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asking the Deonle to return to their homes quietly and not to afford a pre text to the authorities to resort to force. The council also appealed for support until all the revolutionists were armed for a rising, which, they declared, would soon come and leave Russia a republic. The crowds then dispersed. It is generally felt that the leaders acted wisely for the interests of the revolutionary party, the prospects of which they did not wish to endanger by hasty action. The abandonment was not intended and was not regarded as a surrender, The council's control of the workers i3 strong enough to inspire confidence that its members will reestablish the strike whenever it is most opportune to paralyzi the country, following this by a call to arms when the time is ripe.

That preparations for such a call are going on is unquestionable. The aim will be to completely overthrow the bureaucracy, including Count AVItte and all his friends. The revolutionary leaders and the seven million strikers, who at their bidding, held up the government and comn.erce of the empire for two weeks, are more determined to do this than to ootain a parliamentary system. Although the granting of a constitution momentarily demoralized the bureaucracy they are still enormously powerful for obstructive resistance, and the national chaos they can produce before their downfall is the blackest danger that is now facing Russia. Your correspondent learns that there are signs that the army In the.

provinces will side with the proletariat against the bureaucracy. The chief Independent reformers, Including Prince Eugene Troubetzkol ami Count Ourusoff, whom Count Witte asked to Join his cabinet, have refused to accept office. His list now mostly consists of his former proteges. In ac cordance with the amnesty proclama tlon issued by the czar two hundred and sixty political prisoners In St, Petersburg were released yesterday, One hundred and fifty are awaiting re lease. CALM AFTER THE STORM Odessa, Nov.

5. The storm here Is over, at any rate for the present and the city begun to assume Its normal aspect. The calm, however, only em phasizes the awful nature of the out burst of devilish fury, which It is Im possible for the worst mediaeval per ecutions of Hebrews to have sur pawsed. Access to the ravaged districts be. Ing reopened It Is possible to add some details to the earlier and Incomplete lepons, wnicn were In no wise exaggerated.

The estimates of the number of victims grow In magnitude, being now placed at 3,500 killed, and 12.000 wounded. The accuracy of these figures will never be known but when it Is stated that In the suburb of Mol dtvanka alone a thousand dead and wounded lay in the streets from midnight until noon It" will bo realized that no official denials will serve to hide the terrible extent of the butchery. Neither will official denials of police Instigation coinpllcty convince ninny Independent observers here that thnlr guilt was too hastily assumed. How far Jewish revolutionists brought down on their co rellg lonlsts tho fury of the police and the mob cannot be sold. There seems to be no doubt thnt there Is a Inrire I portion of Hebrews among the socially and revolutionary parties here and that they took their full shore In the ftt'acks on the bureaucraiiwu pud oo creditors existed has lust been made States government is sifting this matter as thoroughly as any one possibly could for the benefit of those who have been robbed.

We hope to bring the guilty to justice and to clean up what ever money is possible for the Receiver Cunningham is making every effort to ascertain the names of persons to whom large loans were made with a view of securing what money he can from them. He does not believe, however, that there will be anything left for general distribution after the preferred creditors are paid off. TOMCAT "PHIL" ATTACKS AND ROUTS A BEAR. Bruin Was Foraging and Made an Un fortunate Visit to a Kitchen Where Cooking Was Going On. MONKTOX, Nov.

5. A black bear which has terrorized the inhabl tants of this town for more than a week met his match in a fair sized tom cat and the result was that hunters followed the animal and his skin now hangs In the shed of Thomas Sheehan who never saw a bear except in "a circus unljl he killed this one. Bruin first made his appearance something over a week ago. It was In the early evening that ho was first seen by some little children who ran to their homes with the story. Mark Thompson started after the animal and found him rummaging In a neighbor's garbage tub.

Just as Thompson was drawing a bead, bruin turned and charged the man, who fled. Bruin became more bold ns the days went by, and one afternoon made his appearance at the kitchen door of Mr. Sheehan's house. Mrs. Sheehan was cooking and the odor passing through the open door probably attracted the bear.

Sleeping beneath the stove was "Phil," the cat, an animal famous In the town because of its many victories over dogs. When bruin thrust his nose through the door, Phil rushed from his resting place, and with fur erect on end, spat and growled. Bruin advanced a trifle and then Phil gave a leap, landing squarely on the Intruder's head. This was too much for the berfr and he turned and ran, with Phil clinging on, continuing to dig his claws Into the bear's hide. Attracted by the cries of his wife, Mr.

Sheehan. with two farm hands, went In pursuit of the bear and nfter a half hour's chase killed him. The anlninl weighed over four hun dred pounds and Mr. Sheehan not only sold the meat but will also get a good sized bounty from the state. He Intends to have tho skin made Into a rug.

AIM'KAI, of dkath penalty. HONDO. Texas, Nov. fi. Albert Tny or.

ii penitentiary convict, who killed follow convict near here nnd was recently convicted nnil sentenced to be bunged, wns serving two sentences or murder nt the time the lust crime wns committed, lloth sentences ure or life, anil the legal point hns been rained that lie cannot be executed ns long ns the other sentences nre operative. An appeal of the dentil pemilty sentence has been taken oa this round. NEW YORK, Nov. 5 Gussie Leich er, a low type of Tenderloin creature, was brutally murdered in a room on the second floor of number two hundred and sixty two West Twenty eightlv street this afternoon. Her head was crushed and beneath her body when it was found, lay an 8 inch iron bar, wrapped in a newspaper and covered with blood.

The murdered girl was twenty three years old and a Russian. She was well known to the Tenderloin police. The place where the murder occurred is on the second floor over a saloon at the corner of Seventh avenue. The entrance is on the corner of Twenty eighth street and up one flight is a series of rooms. In a small one of these in the rear the murder took place.

Marie Henriette, a Frenchwoman, rents the rooms as a harbor for craft such as the Leicher woman was. About 4:30 o'clock this afternoon she heard loud talking in the Leicher woman's room. A man was cursing and so was the woman. A few moments later the Leicher woman was heard to scream and then the Henriette woman sent Marie Girard art old French servant, to tell the couple not to make so much noise. As the old woman tottered down the dark and narrow hallway, she was brushed aside by a man who had darted out of the room.

He bounded down the stairs and fled to the street. The Girard woman continued down the hallway and peered into the room. Seeing the Leicher woman stretched out on the floor and covered with blood she made her way to the street and notified Policeman Clark. News of the murder was carried to the Tenderloin police station and Captain Dooley hustled out all his sleuths. Detectives from Inspector Schmittbergor's headquarters also rushed over to the place.

A great crowd of the characters of that neighborhood gathered in a few minutes. Among them as Isadore Leicher, who had visited the woman earlier In the dav. Althoueh the servant. gered by this discovery, threaten to who'Mdfled doiSeSirs, the po bring suit to see If something cannot be done for them. Special Examiner E.

P. Moxey, who learned today that suits were threatened, said: "While I sympathize with these people from the bottom of my heart, I do not see how they can do any good by bringing suit. The United nce aeciciea quite suddenly that Lelch er had committed the crime and he was locked up as a suspicious person. Leicher is no relation to the woman. He explained his visit to her in the morning.

He makes his living by selling cheap jewelry and clothing to tne women of the Tenderloin. The police also arrested Marie Henriette and old Marie Girard and Lottie Williams. The three women were detained as witnesses. Robbery was evidently not the motive for the crime as $19 was found in the stocking of the victim. ATTACKED iY STATE GUARDS, Desperate Battle Waged With a Gang of Outlaws.

4UJJ1JL.4.SHOKO, Nov. 5. The Middlesboro company of state guards recently organized for the purpose of nrst capturing Frank Ball, the alleged murderer of Jack Bulen, and second, of preserving order In the community, made an attack this afternoon on the outlaw and his band in their fortified house, located on a mountain four miles south of here and for two hours waged as desperate a battle as was ever fought on a more pretentious field. As the result of the fight, two poldiers are wounded and In the hospital hero, two more are missing and Shelby Ball, a brother of the murderer, was dangerously wounded and may be dead by this time. If any of the other outlaws fell, they kept the fact concealed the two returning soldiers claim to have seen several of them fall.

The soldiers began to return about 6 o'clock and since then have been drifting In by twos and fours, firing as they came. Another party is to be organized tonight and will certainly make an attack before dawn. The utmost chaos reigns here as the result of the fight. The fact that tho soldiers did not gain a victory but were com pellod to beat a retreat has had dispiriting effect on the citizens who now, more than ever, anticipate an at tack from Ball and his band. The battle this afternoon began about 3 o'clock and raged fiercely for more than three hours.

FOIR CHII.nitKX KILLED. Three Adults Were Alsn Kstnlly Jnrril by Una Explosion. In HOUGHTON. Nov. 5 At Isli pnmlng at 9:30 o'clock this mornlnir i gns explosion In the basement In the Miners' National bunk completely wrecked the building, killing four chil dren nn! fatally Injuring three adults, nnd more or less seriously Injuring dozen others.

A leak In the gas pipes in the uimcnicnt caused the explosion. Tho four children killed and majority of Injured were returning from early mass nt St. John's church. Tlie foree of the explosion blew a box car. off the track lit the rear of tho building nnd broke windows for several blocks.

Offices nn tin upper floor were utterly demolished. Hunk vaults up IMiciitly Intact. IHIK NKWft. NEW YORK. Nov.

5. Arrived: PS. La lirctagnn from Havre. Arrived out from New York: BR Noordum at Rotterdam. HS.

St. Paul nt Southampton. KH. Cltlc nt Liverpool, gf). L'm brlu at Liverpool.

Childhood no forebodings; but then It In soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow. Georgo Eliot. IF ALIVE HE MUST SAY SO. Should Goodman Not Appear His Wife Will Be Declared Widow. PITTSBURG, Nov.

5. Doubt existing as to whether or not Benjamin Goodman, former superintendent of the Gusky Orphan is alive, published notice is made that if he does not appear in orphans' court within the next three months and prove that he is not dead, letters of administration will be issued on his estate. Mr. Goodman disappeared seven years ago and is presumably dead. Should he be alive and yet not heed or hear of the court's order he will be legally dead.

Mi's. Julia Goodman, matron of the Gusky orphanage, wife, or maybe widow, of the missing man, has been searching for her husband since May 11, 1898, when he left the cky, supposedly to take a vacation. Mrs. Goodman, in her appeal to the court, said there was no unpleasantness between her and4her husband and that she knew of no reason why he should desire to absent himself. The couple were married November 28, 1882.

OFFICIALS RESIGN AS RESULT OF EXPOSURES Murders of Negroes in Town of Ken ner, Force Mayor and Councilmen Out. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5. The town of Kehner, near New Orleans, is now in the hands of Sheriff Marrero, the mayor, councilmen and other town officials having resigned as the resutt of the exposures in regard to the recent murders of negroes there. Mr.

Cowan, son of the mayor, having turned state's evidence and confessed, the local judge and tjwn constable, who were arrested, told the story of the outrage. The constable, one Led oux, had a personal difficulty with a negro named Andrew Jackson. He, ac7 companied by Judge Aflams, the mayor's son, and a fourtlj man named Brown, visited the restiurant of Jackson, where the party ojtned fire on the establishment without brevious notice, killing or wounding five negroes, in eluding Jackson and aj woman named Smallwood. I The latter was kllle. instantly.

The murders were hushed up, a coroner's jury gave a non coi tmital verdict, and the news was giv out tw8 days afterwards that the sllooting was due to a row among negr'ifes In the Jack son place. The sheriff, however, inter fered, convicted some If the principal town officials and brdight out the truth. The resignation! of the mayor, councilmen and other low'n officials is du to a feeling are responsible In part" for the condition of affairs in Kener and they should have been able to bring out the tiuth without the aid of the sheriff. DR. FELIX ADLER ON BERNARD SHAW Before Society of Ethica Cult presses Approval of Suppression of "Mrs.

Warren's Profession." I ture Ex NEW YORK, Nov. 5 Dr. Felix Ad ler gave his opinion of Bernard Shaw before the society for ethical culture this morning. Dr. Adler quite agrees with the police in th suppression of "Mrs.

Warren's Profession," although he believes that "Man and Superman" is more harmful on the whole, The lecture was an arraignment of these tendencies In modern letters of which Shaw, Ibsen and Maeternick are examples. One reason, Dr. Adler said, is the modern desire to know life as It Is. But life is a proposition so vast that even the wisest and most experienced can know only a little part of It. "Which part would you know?" asked Dr.

Adler. "If you will fill your mind with the nether side of things, if you stuff your mind with the badness of the world you are shutting out your mind from something else." Authors have various motives for such books. In Shaw's case there Is the desire to propogandize. He Is an acute socialist. Wiser than his fellows he sees that the populace can not be trusted to rule Itself in its II A BLffiOF GLORY Bed Fire and a Flow of Oratory Winds Up the New York Campaign.

TAMMANY'S. BIG CLAIM CUM EPDBU DAILY, WEEKLY. SUNDAY, EDITIONS. a RAIN TODAY. FAIR TOMORROW.

THIRf NIXTH YEAR. MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 6, 1905. PRICE TWO CENTS. HAS BEEN ABANDONED Great Demonstration Arranged in Honor of Ktifsiiin Kevohitiouists was Kut Held Yesterday.

GEN. TBEPOFFS ORDER ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 5 The great demonstration which had been arranged to be held today in honor of all vho have fallen in the revolution, v. as abandoned.

The city was placard ed this morning with a notice signed by General Trepoff stating the political demonstrations would not be allowed in the present disturbed state of affairs, when one section of the popula tion, was ready to rise in arms against the other. This decision, it was added, "was taken in the interests of the pro rosed demonstrators themselves and the peaceable majority of the inhabit ants. The notice' contained no threat of repressive measures? and the extent tif the government's interference, should the demonstration be attempted in spite of the notice could only be surmised, but in receiving a deputa tion who visited him General Trepoff tpoke in the most straightforward r.ianner regarding the course the authorities would pursue. Subsequently the leaders of the workmen decided to abandon their plan, but a meetini V.as held, at which a resolution was adopted that "the peaceful intentions of the St. Petersburg workmen have called to their feet all the representa tives of a dying order.

"General Trepoff foreshadows pos sible attacks by bands of rough3, armed by the police, that blood may again flew in the streets of St. Peters burg. In view of this plan, showing the value to be attached to the prom ises that have been made and the manifestoes issued, the council of delegates announce that the prolet ariate of St. Petersburg will give the government the last fight, not on the day chosen by General Trepoff, but when it is convenient for the. few armed and organized people." The abandonment of the parade did not become generally known, and vast, orderly crowds, mostly dressed in mourning, gathered.

in public places with the intention of participating the demonstration or sympathizing Bn lcnniaaJ council of delegates went to the dif ferent centers and announced the de cision to abandon the demonstration lice. This, of course, gave the latter a plausible pretext for indulging in their superstitious hate of the Israelites. Numbers of the victims were women and children. Two sud cross doctors a'lone, claim to have treated 300 children, who were gashed with sworis on their heads and shoulders. Numbers cf women were disemboweled.

Many aged and sick of both sexes were hidden by relatives in cellars, but they were found by the mob, who poured petroleum on the helpless victims and burned them alive. Some were killed by nails that were driven into the heads. The eyes of others were gouged out, ears lopped off and tongues torn out with pincers. Some children were torn asunder by ruffians holding opposite legs. The brains of others were dashed out against walls.

Numbers of all ages were thrown alive from high windows, and they included many women. The wretches composing the mob were deaf to all the entreaties and prayers of the women, and the tears of the children moved them no more than the cries of its victim affects a tiger. The Jews fought 'with desperate courage and were aided by students and recently enrolled civil police but they were overwhelmingly outnumbered. Many students and civil police were overpowered by official police, who wrenched their revolvers from them and shot them with them. Starvation and exposure are now the lot of thousands, whose ruined homes are uninhabitable.

Many are being assisted by philanthropic Christians, but the number of sufferers is so immense that it will be long before comfort can be restored for them. Some of the officials continue to excuse the massacre, declaring that after the Jews spat on the czar's portrait, insulted the flag and shot soldiers and police, it was onf to be expected that the loyal citizens would retaliate. N9TH.NG LEFT FOR SMALL CREDITORS After Preferred Creditors Are Paid Off by Enterprise Bank Widows and Orphans Will Get Little. PITTSBURG, Nov. 5.

The latest revelations in the Enterprise bank failure are to the effect that the ordinary depositors of the bank, which means the widows and orphans who had their little stores in the wrecked institution, will not receive a penny of their money. So completely has the bank been gutted that there will be toothing left after the claims of a number of preferred creditors are paid. it The discovery that these preferred BRUTALLMURDERED Woman was Found in the New York Tenderloin With Her Head Crushed In, SUSPECT UNDER ARREST present state of Imperfection. So he has the fantastic theory of the super mana nation of Cromwell's. His sec ondary motive Is the desire for notor lety.

An easy way to fame In these days Is the method of shock Then there nre those earnest and sincere men, the literary anarchist who defy all standards In literature and are Impatient on all bonds of in dividual happiness. Now as to mar rliisre against which the cry of the literary anarchist Is heard so loud WhRt Is It based on except fair play between man and woman? No one Is forced to mnrry today. A woman can earn her bread. If you've gone Into It with your eyes shut you've yourself to blame. If you ve gone Into It with your eyes open It's not fulr to go away because you ve found some Ideal romance of yourself not fulfilled or because you've seen some one else who more nearly suits your fancy.

It's not fair to break this relation. Above all. It's not fair to the child. In this literature of which I have spoken, how often does the face of a child appear on the page?" "This alliance of literature nnd tin moral opinions could be dextroyed by the force of public opinion, concluded Dr. Adler.

"The play us It Is expressed should be shunnqd. You should not eountennnce them by your presence. There Is a greut den I which we can afford not to show. Public opinion In such mutters Is the only safeguard." WARSHIP IMJIKUD. VALLFJOE.

Nov. S. Refrigera tor ship Celtic, which arrived nt Mure Island yard this while nt templing to moor alongside the cruis er Mnrtilchnd crashed Into thnt shin with such terrific force thnt two of the Miirblchonrt's five Inch guns were broken, and It Is feared some of her plntes nre badly cracked. The Celtic suffered a loss of two smnll whnte bouts which were smashed Into kindling wood. A strong north wind which prevailed on he bny caus ed the accident, ns the Celtic stands so high out of water when the' wind grusped lior she gvt beyond control.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5. Everybody is elected according to the newspapers here. Partisans of any of the three leading candidates for mayor can find comfort if they only strike the right publication. Ivins is elected by 25,000 plurality according to the Tribune.

It is Hearst by an overwhelming majority, says the American. McClellan wins In a walk is' the solemn assertion of the Daily News. The Herald and World both refuse to commit themselves as to the outcome, but those assert that they made secret canvasses which showed Hearst in the lead. Practically all the newspapers agree however that Jerome will' be elected by an overwhelming plurality, yet the betting men who look at the matter from a strictly business view point on everything are giving odds of only 10 to 7 on Jerome, while they are willing to wager 2Va and 3 to 7 on McClellan. In spite of the termendous sentiment that appears on the surface for Jerome and in spite of the wonderful and almost unanimous support of the press experienced and non partisan observers express the opinion that it will be little short 6T miraculous if he is elected in view of the tremendous odds he is fighting against.

This is not said in any disparagment of Mr. Jerome's candidacy, but rather as a matter of fact cold blooded view of the situation. The thing that militates most strongly against him, these observers hold, is the fact that he is backed by no organization great or small and that every single voter who wishes to cast a ballot for him will have to split his ticket. Few In Tammany hall believe he will be elected for reasons closely connected with this. The real Inside estimate of the wig wam, based on the figures turned In by the thirty five district leaders show that McClellan will be elected by from 25,000 to 75,000.

If the mayor's vote reaches anywhere near the latter figure they assert there will be no hope for Jerome. Nevertheless the district attorney's friends and campaign managers are confident that he will be swept into office again by a veritable landslide of whicHhas not been seen since Bird S. Coler while running for governor carried the city bjf 122,000 plurality. The campaign wound up tonight In a blaze of glory. There was never so much red fire or such a flow or oratory in any previous municipal campaign.

Mayor McClellan made sixty five speeches Instead of the seven he had originally planned and Hearst and Ivins were close seconds on the volume of platform oratory. Both of the latter show the strain imposed upon them by the strenuous ness of the campaign but the mayor always in splendid physical and vocal trim looked fresher today than the night he started out. This is due, his friends say, to the fact that he consistently stuck to his text and indulged In no personal abuse of any kind. Neither Colonel McClellan nor Mr. Ivins took; part in the final rallies tonight but Air.

Hearst appeared at the Madison Square Garden meeting where thousands upon thousands of people gathered to get a look at him. All through the campaign the most Intense curiosity has been manifested as to the personality of Mr. Hearst. So many people had heard about him and his newspapers and so few had seen him that he was almost mobbed wherever he went by those who wanted to get a close look at him or to shake his hand. The centre of Tammany's activity tonight was the Bowery where the followers of the Republicans turned out in great swarms and where big Tim made a speech, the only one in this campaign.

JEROME IS GRATEFUL. New York, Nov. 5. District Attor ney William Travers Jerome spent today for the most part at his home at No. 3 Rutgers street.

Late this even ing Mr. Jerome dropped In at the Gil sey house headquarters and said: "As this campaign closes I have but one feeling in my heart and this Is one of overwhelming gratitude, that I have been permitted to be part of a movement so stirring and significant. "Starting seemingly as a mere contest between Individuals for an office, the fundamental principle of the liberty of the people Involved in It came steadily and clearly to the front until the candidate and the office Itself have been entirely lost sight of and the fight has become a glorious principle to put back Into the hands of the people the power which theoretically, and only theoretically, they posses and which they should really have and exercise. "All over the country they see It as we do In New York a fight on the part of the people to resume the pow er that Justly resides In them and which unjustly has been taken away from them. "Deeply as I feel the many expres sions of personal approval It seems to me to be unseemly even to offer thanks for this, because In this mat ter It is the great principles and not the Individual that has raised this overwhelming tide." BASKETBALL IIIRTS FATAL.

Young Woman, senil Fnralysed Two Years, Dim of laJnrlrN. ITHACA, N. Nov. S. After Ivlnir for two years In a condition of semi paralysis caused by Injuries received while playing basketball on the irlrls' team of the Ithaca high school.

Miss Jennie O. McNiimara, aged twenty two years, died today. The young woman was runnlne nipldly during the game when she struck a brick pillar In the gymnasium. One side of her body became paralysed and she was never able to leave the house, after being carried bom DEN MAIM THOMPSON QUITS. Vetern Actor Retires fror Stage for the Season.

BOSTON, N6v. 5 Denman Thomp son, the veteran actor, who for twenty years has been a familiar figure to audiences throughout the country as Joshua Whitcomb in "The Old Home stead," retires fromMhe stage, accord ing to announcement made today, at least for the remainder of the season. The condition of his health will deter mine whether the retirement will be permanent. Mr. Thompson contracted a cold soon after his company opened in this city four weeks ago and was able to appear only a portion of the time.

Pneumonia developed, and his illness at one time was critical. He is now convalescent, and his physician says a period of rest will bring full recovery. Mr. Thompson will go to his home at Swanaey, N. next week.

William Lawrence will take Mr, Thompson's role in "The Old Home stead." AWAITING VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE Mayor Weaver Has Waned a Strenu ous Campaign in Philadelphia. In Other States. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5. After one of the most sensational campaigns in the history of Pennsylvania, candi dates of the Republican and Fusion parties are now awaiting the result Indications are that neither side will win in Philadelphia by more than 25 000 and the majority in the state may not be much more.

Mayor Weaver has waged a strenuous campaign on behalf of the city party making nightly stumping tours of the city in an automobile. Cleveland, Nov. 5. The political campaign in Ohio closed last night with the leaders of both parties confi dent of victory at the polls on Tues day. The campaign notwithstanding the fact that Senator Dick tried to force the tariff question as an issue, has been fought on Governor Herrick's attitude toward the Brannock local option law, a temperance measure, and bossism.

The election of Tom L. Johnson for his third term as mayor of Cleveland Is practically conceded as Is that of ex Congressman Badger, the Democrat for mayor of Columbus. In Toledo, Brand Whitlock, the nov elist, Independent candidate for mayor will probably be electeed. In Cincinnati the Democrats and independent Republicans are claiming the election of Dempsey for mayor over ex Lteu tenant Governor Gordon. Baltimore, Nov.

5. The latest reports from all parts of Maryland tonight indicate a close vote if not the defeat of Gorman's disfranchising constitutional amendment. Hundreds of prominent conservative Democrats, following the lead of the Democratic governor, are coming out against the amendment. The Democrats are positively sure of securing a good working majority In the legislature, but the Republicans believe that Wieir chances are good for large gains In the lower house. Boston, Nov.

5. Tomorrow night Henry M. Whitney will bring to a close with a tour of Cape Cod the bitterest state campaign that Massachusetts has known in a generation, and on Tuesday the voters will settle the questions as to who shall be the next governor and lieutenant governor. Outside of the head of the ticket it is a settled fact that the Republican ticket will win, and the party will continue in control of both branches of the legislature, but perhaps by a slightly reduced majority in the house. A STRENUOUS DAY FOR PRINCE LOUIS Attended Church Services and a Luncheon, Made a Couple of Calls and Went Out to Dinner.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. What was to have been a day of quiet and rest for Prince Louis of Battenberg really turned out to be quite a strenuous time of entertainment and calls. The prince attended church services and a lunch eon, made a couple of calls on friends and went out to dinner this evening. Between times he stayed at the British embassy.

The prince will leave Wash lngton tomorrow. A trip to Mount Vernon In the morning has been planned and tomorrow afternoon the Dolphin will carry the prince and his party down the Potomac for good, bound for Annapolis. An added feature of the prince's visit to this country will be a three hour's stay in Baltimore on Tuesday. He Is anxious to see the famous burned dis trict and since he came to Washing ton he decided to Include Baltimore In his itinerary. Following the services at St.

Thomas Episcopal church today Prince Louis went to luncheon at the home of Gen eral Robert Shaw Oliver, acting secretary of war. The luncheon was really In honor of Joseph H. Choate, formerly ambassador from the United States to England. There were fourteen covers laid and the guests were the British Ambassador and Lady Durand, the French ambassador and Mme. Jusser and, Mrs.

W. H. Taft, wife of the secretary of war, the attorney general, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes; Mrs, John Davis and Miss Board man.

Tonight Walter Haupre Townley, counsellor for the British embassy nnd Lady Susan Townley entertained at dinner In honor of Prince Louis. The guests were Miss Roosevelt, Prince Alexander of Battenberg, (King Edward's newphew) Captain Ryan, military attache of the British embassy and Mrs. Ryan; Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, Mrs.

Townsend and Miss Townsend of Philadelphia nnd Captain Mark Kerr of the Royal navy. After the dinner about a hundred guests were asked to meet the Prince. He "How long will our honeymoon last, love?" She "How much money have you ot, dear? Yonkers Slates man, REPOR IDE PUBLIC State Superintendent Hendricks on Condition and Affairs of Equitable Life Assurance Society. NO COMMENT ON SCANDALS NEW YORK, Nov. 5.

The final report of Francis Hendricks, state superintendent of insurance, on the condition and affairs of the Equitable Life Assurance society was made public today. The report is made by examiners of the department and addressed to Superintendent Hendricks. It deals chiefly with the financial standing of the society and those who expected that Superintendent Hendricks would comment on the scandals which he omitted or suppressed In his preliminary report were disappointed. The matter of political contributions by the Equitable and Uie other big companies is passed over. In regard to the notorious $685,000 "yellow dog" fund carried by the Equitable in the Mercantile Trust company, the policy holders and the general public are informed merely that the state department has discovered that $100,000 of the Equitable's money was applied at one time to that account.

Of the list of payments made on the account, the names of the men who finally settled it to cover themselves there Is not a single word, although State Superintendent of Banks Kilburn was sent to the Mercantile Trust company at Governor Higgins' order and obtained all the information which the officers of that company had in regard to the "yellow dog" transactions. The one phase of the Equitable scandal which is exploited is what has been known as the "Turner" loans. In these transactions Mr. Hendricks shows conclusively that ex President James W. Alexander without the authority of any committee, assumed on behalf of the Equitable society obligations amount ing to more than $2,000,000 for which the Henry B.

Hyde estate, Louis Fitzgerald, Marcellus Hartley and others were personally responsible. Mr. Hendricks in his final report makes a reduction In the total amount of the Equitable's assets of about $15, 000,000. The total amount of the Equit able's assets as shown in the society's report of Jan. 1, 1905, which was certified by the state Insurance depart $413,953,010.74.

The amount of June 30, 1906, as shown In the report is $406,073,068.68. In the six montBS the Equitable has of course, been Investing its earnings so that the $7,000,000 difference does not repre sent exactly the amount of the cut. The company's surplus representing the excess of admitted assets over liabilities was reduced from $80,060,000 to $62,000,000. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. At Minneapolis Mrs.

Jas. Brennan, stepmother to the four children of James Brennan, shot and killed three of the children, fatally wounded the fourth and is herself dying of a self nfticted wound. At San Francisco the municipal campaign ended with a big pnrade of union labor forces in a great fusion meeting. The London Times publishes a dls patch from Its correspondent at St. Petersburg, which says: 'Finland has won her freedom.

Tho czar has surrendered before a pacific revolt, the formula of which the Finns so skillfully borrowed from the Rus Inn strikers. A manifesto embody ing all the demands presented by tlio popular delegates at Helsingfors to Prince Obolcnsky was submitted for the imperial signature by Secretary of State Lindner at Peterhof. The sub committee on the board of consulting engineers on the Panama canal, which has been charged with the preparation of plans for a lock canal, may have Its report ready for presentation to Ihe country on Tuesday next. At Allentown the barn on tho farm of Jonathan Sterner, along tho Lehigh Valley railroad, a mile from the city, was burned while a Bcore of tramps were sleeping there. A man named Pickles Gallnijlier and his com panion, Mrs.

Nancy Aiken, were burned to death together with seven horses and fifteen head of cattle. At Boston Ir. Percy McLeod. held at the Charles street jail on a charge of performing nn Illegal operation on Susanna deary, was released on $20. 000 ball.

Dr. McLeod refused to mako any statement to the newspaper men. "While no direct admissions havo been made by witnesses so far examined, I nm convinced that young Plerson was tied to the rail," declared Prosecutor St 111 well of Mount Vernon, "As yet I have not the evidence thnt would warrant me In bringing tho matter before the grand Jury or making arrests, but I expect to produce something of a sensntlonal nature next week. Winona Charlotte Newton, aged fifteen years, daughter of Thomas Newton, a painter, wns found dead at Kansas City, hexlde a bridge over a small stream on the outskirts of the city. The girl evidently had been murdered.

Picking winners nt Aqueduct on, form Saturday wns like hunting for the proverbial needle In haystack. Four heavily played favorites were unable to bring home the money for the talent and the bookmakers went home with bulging sutchels, Clifton Forge won the Bay View event. JOIN HOLY OHTIIODOX CHURCH. NEW YORK. Nov.

5. Rev. Dr. In gram K. W.

Irvine, intely deposed from the Prolestant Eplscopnl ministry, was made a priest of the Holy Ortho dox church of Russia lod.iy. He was made a deacon on Saturday. 1'sually deacons are compelled to wnltt six months or a year before being advanced to priesthood, but nn excen tlon was mnde In Dr. Irvine's case be rntise of his long servile In another communion. v' WRATH Ell FOB EC A ST.

Washington! Nov. R.irml Pennsylvania Rain MondHy! fresh To brisk south winds; Tuemluy, taft ynnd colder. Western Pennsylvania Rain, Hon dny, followed by fair nnd the afternoon: Tuesday, fair,) brisk south wsst to wat wlilda,.