ICE FLOOD LOSSES IN THE MILLIONS lUtjr Railroads Blocked and Industries Paralyied. WOPLE DRIVEN FROM HOMES. Fifty Tboasaad Mea Oat of Work by tbt ' Hooding of the Mills About Pittsburg Few Urea Lest, But Hundreds ol Peoplt Suffering From Eiposure Several Placet la Terrible Conditio. Many millions in money lost, tens of thousands of people thrown out of em ployment and hundreds of families homeless make tip the appalling record f the floods in Maryland, Virginia, "West Virginia, Ohio. Pennsylvania, New Vork, Connecticut, North Carolina, Ten nessee, Georgia and Alabama. A remarkable but fortunate feature of the widespread destruction is the small lost of life. Few persons were drowned, several were killed in railroad wrecks caused by washouts, but considering the rapid rise of the waters in some sec tions, engulfing and sweeping away num bers of houses, it is astonishing that there were not more fatalities. Most of the rivers have begun to slowly fall, but the floods have left ruin and desolation. Hundreds of poor people, particularly women and children, are likely to sut ler serious illness because of the ex posure. Driven from their homes and compelled to flounder about for hours in mud and water and saving but little clothing or household goods, many are in distress. In the vicinity of Pittsburg and about Philadelphia the sweep of the floods caused enormous damage to property. Numerous towns along the Western Pennsylvania rivers are under water, houses being undermined and stores and factories completely ruined. The Schuylkill River spread out over a wide section of Philadelphia. The tracks of the Reading and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads were covered with water. The Baltimore and Ohio station at Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets was flooded four feet deep. On Twenty fourth street, facing the station, over a hundred families were taken from their homes in boats. In the Far Northwest terrific snow storms are raging. Two lives were lost in a railroad collision near Blanchard, N. D., the engineer of one train being unable to see the signal lights on account f the frost and snow. Towns in the Genesee Valley and other parts of New York State are flood ed by the rapid rise in streams from rain and the melting snow and ice. JOHN W. BAILV DEAD. President of tht Philadelphia Record Pub lishing Company. Philadelphia (Special). John W. Bailey, president of the Record Publish ing Company, died at his home here of neuralgia of the heart. He was taken ill last November at Los Angeles, Cal., while on a pleasure trip. Upon his re turn home the attack became serious, and he had been confined to his bed roost of the time since January. Mr. Bailey was in his sixty-seventh year. He vas born at Baileytown, N. J., and came to this city at an early age. He learned the printer's trade, and when the Record was established, in 1870, he was made foreman of the composing room. After the late William M. Singerly se cured control of the Record, Mr. Bailey was appointed managing editor of the paper, which position he retained until he died. MARCONI'S FURTHER PROGRESS. Messages Received at Sea at a Distance of I,f03 Miles From the Station. New York (Special). Signor Mar coni, who arrived Saturday on the Phil adelphia from Southampton, reports a new wireless telegraph record. "This time," said Mr. Marconi, "there can be no error. Captain Mills and Chief Officer Marsden signed each mes sage received as witnesses. Fifteen hun dred miles at sea regular messages were received from the Cornwall Station, and ticks were recorded at a distance of a.000 miles. It had been said that my Newfoundland messages were due to my imagination and to atmospheric currents, so I requested the Captain's signature to hear me out." "I am not going to establish any wire less service between Cuba and the United States, as has been reported, nor have I any intention of establishing a line across the English 'Channel." Rnssla and Japanese Treaty. St Petersburg (By Cable). The An-fc1o-Japanese treaty has not been the subject of any conference between the Caar and the leading military authori ties, as reported by a news agency in the United States. There has been, natu rally, correspondence on the subject be tween the ministers concerned. This exchange of views has in no way en hanced the importance of the treaty in the eyes of the Russian government, which continues to regard positive coun teraction as unnecessary. TwcatyOa oa Death List. New York (Special). E. S. Haise, of Atlanta, Ga., who was burned in the Park Avenue Hotel fire last Saturday, died in Bellevue Hospital. He was 40 years old. His death made the total dumber of lives lost by the fire 21. Kaiser Thanks the Editors. New York, (Special). Emperor Wil liam has made the following reply to the rablc message sent him by the American press on the occasion of the banquet given by the New York Slaats Zeitung sa honor of Prince Henry Mr. Melville E. Stone, New York : Accept my thanks for your welcome message. I highly appreciate the grand and sympathetic reception given to my dear brother by the editors of the daily wspapers of the United States. (Signed) WILLIAM I. R. Killed a Woraaa and Himself. Leavenworth, Kan. (Special.) Dur ing a quarrel Frank Burlanek, a saloon keeper, shot Daisy Carpenter in his place u this city and then killed himself. The woman will dir. Burlanek came here a year ago from Crete, Neb., where he has wife and three children. After a fam ily quarrel he left Nebraska for South Alaka, fell off a train while passing through Leavenworth, nnd has since heeu in business here. Several days ago he received a letter from his wife, saying she was coming. He made the threat at the time that he would kill both his wife and himself if she appear!. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. Domestic By the collapse of a new addition to the Fidelity Trust Company's building in Philadelphia two men were killed and two severely hurt. The five-master John B. Prescott of Fall River, foundered at sea and her crew were taken off by the schooner Savannah. A plan is under way for the consoli dation of the three Southern Pacific Railroads controlled by the Harriman interests. Vernon Rogers was sentenced to pri son for life in Cleveland, O., for killing his sweetheart, Margaret Hallcn. Reports from all parts of the South indicate severe losses on account of the unprecedented floods. Railroad service is completely demoralized, the running of trains being abandoned on some of the roads on account of the many washouts. Some lives were lost in the cyclone that prevailed. Two hundred uniformed bolonien in the Island Qf Samar, Philippines, re cently attacked a scouting party of friendly natives and a detachment of the First Infantry. Eighty of the bolo men were killed and one of the friendly natives was severely boloed. The British steamship Yeoman, bound from Galveston to Hamburg, went ashore off Cape Henry in a dense fog, but was floated uninjured at high tide. She carried a cargo of cotton valued at $1,000,000. J. M. Blue, a magistrate of Smyth county, Va., committed suicide Uy hang ing himself to the bedpost. He was 73 years old and married a young wife two weeks ago. Forrest F. Russell, a member of "A Runaway Girl Company." who was in jured in a railroad wreck near Deca tur, Ind., died in a hospital at Kala mazoo, Mich. Major Ellis rhinos, former suoerin- tendent of the Philadelphia Almshouse and a veteran of the Civil Vv ar, died at his home, in Philadelphia. A passenger train on the Southern Railroad went through a trestle near Zetella, Ga. Four persons were killed and a number injured. Several changes hive been announced in the routes of the Old Domnion steam ers plying on the lower bay and the James river. William M. Gamble, who disappeared from York, Pa., has been located among friends in the lower end of York county. Survey or the Richmond, Fredericks burg and Potomac Railroad for double tracking the road is in oroeress. Frank Burianek, a saloonkeeper, killed Daisy Carpenter in Leavenworth, Kan., and then killed himself. William A. Rinard, a married man, who had been infatuated with Margaret Lambert, or Wilbert, in a jealous rage killed the woman and committed sui cide at Pittsburg. The speaker at the Student Volunteer Convention, in Toronto, showed the growth of the movement. Rev. Dr. Scholl, of Baltimore, delivered an ad dress. Unusually heavy rains washed away bridges arid did considerable damage on the Seaboard Air Line and the South ern Railroad in Georgia and Alabama. Amos Stirling, colored, convicted of conspiracy in the murder of Prof. Roy Wilson White, of the University of Pennsylvania, was hanged in Philadel phia. William Kershner, of Hopewell town ship, York county, made charges of as sault against Joseph Gemmill, postmas ter at Irwig. Foreign. The Panama Canal officials expressed surprise at the attitude of the Colum gian government toward the sale of the canal franchises. M. Waldeck-Rousseau, premier of France, was seriously injured by his carriage being overturned in collision with a street car. Lord Kitchener reports that the Boer casualties during the recent operations aggregated 800 killed and injured. King Leopold's continued illness causes considerable anxiety among the Bel- gaua. Lord Kitchener reports having won a great victory over the Boers on February 27, the anniversary of the battle of Ma juba Hill. It was a combined move ment against the Boers within the Har rismith and Van Reenen line of block houses. For two days the fighting was terrific. The Boers' losses are 600 men killed or captured and 2,000 horses and 28.000 head of cattle. The Boers also scored a success by capturing 16 officers and 451 men, a British escort to a wagon train, on Feb ruary 24. southwest of Klerksdorp, 1 ransvaal. The mining regions in Spain are in a ferment of agitation. At Albujon and Madridejos rioters have set fire to the Octroi offices and burned the documents they contained. There has been another outbreak of disorder at Rirun. Xf... ings are being held frequently, with the object of declaring another general strike. The shareholders of the new Panama Canal Company, in Paris, met and de cided to postpone continuing the negotia tions for the sale of the canal property to the United Stales. The international sugar conference at Brussels is said to have adopted a basis for a convention that would break up the Australian and German kartells. M. Topalis, the Greek minister of jus tice, resigned to fight a duel with Colonel Koumoundowros. From Constantinople it is reported that the United States will seek reim bursement for the sum of $72,500 paid to the brigands as ransom for Miss Stone, holding Turkey responsible, which Turkey disclaims and puts the blame upon Bulgaria. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach stated in the British House of Commons that the gov ernment had received assurances from Russia that the rights of foreigners at Newchwang, as an open port, would not be violated. FIsaoclaL The Delaware & Lackawanna's actual earnings for 1901 amount to 27 per cent, on the shares. It is said that the stock of the Camden & Trenton Railway Company will be brought out on the New York curb. At the annual meeting of the Potts town Iron Company the directors were re-elected and the officers reappointed. The recent strength and activity in Montreal & Boston is said to be upon buying of Canadian and English invest ors. The Columbus Gas, Light and Heating Company has declared a dividend of 4 per cent, on the common stock, payable March 15. It is rumored that negotiations are on for consolidation of a number of woven wire concerns, with a proposed capitali zation of about $8,000,000. J. W. Reed, a New York capitalist, has purchased all but four shares ol the $100,000 capital stock of the Fairmont Brewing Company of Cincinnati. The new $7,500,000 stock issue of the National Fire Proof Company has been vastly over-subscribed. The total, stock of this company is now $12,500,000, of which $8,000,000 is preferred. PRINCE HENRY IN FOUR STATES From Lookout Mountain to Indianapo lis la One Day. HE STUDIED CHICKAMAUOA PARK. As Prince Henry Stood at Rock Polot and Looked Across the Valley ol the Tennessee, He Exclaimed "There Is Nothing, la All Europe That Is Finer. I Hnvt Never Seen Such a Battlefield." Indianapolis, Ind. (Special.) Prince Henry of Prussia went up Lookout Mountain Sunday, and after viewing the grund where the Union and Confederate armies met in conflict and hearing afresh the story of the battles, resumed his journey to the North and West. Leaving Chattanooga over the Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail road his train ran through a corner of Alabama, and then turning to the north hurried across Tennessee, with a short stop at Nashville; through Kentucky, with brief stops at Louisville and Bowl ing Green, and up into Indiana to an other brief halt at Indianapolis. At In dianapolis the course was changed to the westward again, and on the tracks of the Vandalia line his train reached St. Louis. Mis reception in the South was hos pitable and demonstrative. The negroes manifested great curiosity as to the Prince, and they interested and amused him. He had an opportunity to hear the negroes sing at Nashville and their music pleased him. There was a great crowd at Chatta nooga, and the people presented the Prince with a handsome souvenir of his visit. Nashville also made a demonstra tion, as did Louisville and Indianapolis. At every station along the route the peo ple gathered to salute the Prince with cheers. There was much enthusiasm over Admiral- Evans, nnd at several points after they had seen and cheered Prince Henry the people called for the' Admiral. Brief though it was. Prince Henry was delighted with his Southern tour, and as he was leaving Nashville he said : "The people have been very kind to me: everywhere they have received me in the kindliest manner, and I very deeply ap preciate it. 1 wish they might all know how thankful I am." Guided by a pilot engine, the royal special made a rapid run from Cincin nati to Chattanooga. Tired from his exertions of the day, the Prince retired after leaving Cincinnati, but his slum bers were disturbed by the clamorous calls made for him at some of the Ken tucky towns. KILLED THE WHOLE PARTY. Three Members of the Philippine Constabulary Will Oet Medals.. Manila (By Cable). The Philippine Commission has ordered that medals of honor be bestowed on Inspector Knauber and two other members of the Philip pine constabulary. The three men were going from Cavite to Magellanes, in Cavite province, when they were attacked by eight members of Ramos' band. Knauber telegraphs that he and his companions killed the whole attacking party and captured two Mau ser rifles, one Remington rifle, one pistol and three bolos. Two hundred uniformed bolomen in the Island of Samar recently attacked a scouting party of friendly natives and a detachment of the First Infantry. Eighty of the bolomen were killed and one of the friendly natives was severely boloed. The Santa Cruz bridge, which has been in course of construction for over a year, was opened with great ceremony March I. REBELLION IN CHINA SERIOUS. Minister Cosier Notifies Chinese They Must Protect Foreigners. Pekin, (By Cable). The Chinese For eign Office now admits that the rebel lion in the vicinity of the City of Nan Ning. Province of Quang See, 70 miles north of the Gulf of Tonquin, is very grave. Over 1,000 former soldiers are engaged in pillaging. An edict has been issued commanding the Chinese authorities to afford pro tection to the misisonaries and other foreigners. Mr. Conger, the United States minister, has notified Prince Ching. head of the Foreign Office, that he expects China will speedily suppress the rebellion and protect the foreigners in that part of the country. Anxious to Hsv Roosevelt. Charleston, S. C. (Special.) Supple mentary to the resolution passed by the Exposition board of directors renewing the invitation to President Roosevelt to visit Charleston, and also disclaiming any responsibility and sympathy for Lieutenant-Governor Tillman's action in regard to the presentation of a sword to Major Jenkins, the City Council passed resolutions repeating the invitation al ready extended by the city and appointed a special committee to present the resolu tions to President Roosevelt, and to ex press to him the earnest desire of the people of Charleston that he visit the city. Big Bequest by Fire Victim. Columbus, Ohio, (Special). The Ohio House of Representatives has passed a bill providing for the incorporation of a trust to carry out a bequest of W. C. Andrews, who, with his wife, perished in the Park Avenue Hotel fire in New York, for the establishment of a girl's industrial school at Willoughby, Lake county. The bequest amounts to about $1,000,000, Cunard Will Not Slga Agreement Liverpool, (By Cable). The Cu.urd Steamship Company has refused to sign the passenger rate agreement because the Morgan combination insists on a cl.tve pirmitting two freth steamers to engage in the Liverpool-Boston service, which the Cunard people assert would be a formidable opposition to them. The steamers mentioned are the Merion and the Haverford, chartered by the Domin ion Line from the American Line. A war of rates is expected. Falling Floors Crssb Olrls. Cleveland (Special). Ten persons were injured and five were missing as a result of an accident which occurred at the building occupied by the Cleveland Baking Company. The fourth floor of the rear building of the plant collapsed and crashed through the, second and third floors. Eighteen persons were working in that department at the time. Ten girls were caught in the falling debris and fell through to the basement. The walls are still standing, but the sec ond, third and fourth floors are in a tangled heap on the first floor. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, Where the Hitch Came. Admiral Walker was shown the cable gram from Paris regarding the action of the Panama Canal Company in deciding not to continue the negotiations for the sale ot the canal to the United States, and said he had received no advices on the subject. While the Colombian Government, through its minister here, had agreed to the sale ot the property to the United States, that sale was contingent upon an agreement between the United States and Colombia. The Admiral was in clined to think that the news from Paris was not such as to interfere seriously with the purchase of the canal property should this government desire to acquire it. Officials of the Colombian legation ex pressed no surprise at the action of the company, declaring that the decision of the stockholders is directly in line with the work in which the Colombian Gov ernment is now engaged that of off setting the prohibitions contained in ar ticles 21 and 22 of the canal concession. Article 2t provides: "The grantees, or those who in the future may succeed them in their rights, may transfer these rights to other capi talists or financial companies, but it is absolutely prohibited to cede or mort gage them under whatever consideration to any nation or foreign government." Article 22 provides that the grantees or their representatives shall lose the rights acquired in the concession by a violation of article 21. Silk Output lolwa The Census Bureau announces its pre liminary summary of statistics of silk manufactures of the United States for 1000. It shows for the country as a whole 843 establishments engaged in that industry, with a caoital of $81,082,201. an average of 65.416 wage-earners, draw ing total wages of $20,982,194. Of the wage-earners, 34.797 are women 16 years of age and over and 6.413 are children under 16 years. The total cost of mate rials used in the industry was $62,406,- 665. Raw silk consumed aggregated 9,760.770 pounds, costing $40,721,875. 1 ne total value ot products was $107, 256.258. There were 1.087.404 soindlcs and 44.430 looms. 1 he total caoital invested and value of products respectively in the Slates en gaged in silk manufacture follow : California Catiital. $to8.47: prod ucts. $255,902. Connecticut Capital, $12,166,775; products. $12,378,081. Illi nois Capital, $259,540: products, $421. 088. Massachusetts Capital, $5,649.758 ; products, $5,957,532. New Jersey Cap ital, $20,285,792; products, $39,966,662. New York Capital, $9,800,207; prod ucts. $12,706,246. North Carolina Cap ital, $130,376; products, $135,354. Penn sylvaniaCapital, $20,984,042; products, $31,072,926. Rhode Island Capital, $680, 252: products, $1,311,333. Virginia Capital, $594,359: products, $981,680. Philippine Tariff Bill. The conferees of the two houses of Congress on the Philippine tariff bill reached an agreement after one sitting, the representatives of the House accept ing all but one of the material amend ments made by the Senate. The amend ment which was not accepted is that imposing the tonnage taxes of the United States upon foreign vessels engaged in jnter-island traffic in the Philippines. The House conferees also refused to accept the proviso connected with the Senate amendment limiting the operation of the sedition laws of the Philippines, leaving that provision to declare simply that "no person in the Philippine Islands shall under the authority of the United States be convicted of treason by any tribunal, civil or military, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confessions in open court." The part stricken out exempted members of a family from punishment for failing to give information concern ing the treasonable acts of one another. The Senate reduction of 25 per cent, on the rate of duty is retained. Weather Crop Bulletin. The Weather Bureau has issued the following summary of crop conditions for the month of February: In the Lower Missouri and -Upper Mississippi Valleys, to the northward of the Ohio and in the Middle Atlantic States, the month, although cold, was generally favorable for the prosecution of surh fnrm wnrV ne ia iieii.IIu formed in winter. In the Southern States the conditions were not favor able for farm work. Moderate rainfall has partially relieved drouth in Eastern Texas, but elsewhere in that State drouth conditions continue. On the Pa cific Coast the temperature has been favorable and the rainfall abundant. The northern portion of the winter wheat belt was generally well protected by snow during the month, and an im provement in the condition of winter wheat is indicated over the northern portions of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, the outlook being less favor able over the southern portions of these States and in Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. Evacuation of Cuba. Secretary of War Root has received a cablegram from General Wood officially informing him that an election has been held in Cuba under the Constitution and that certain officials have been elected to office. This brought up the question of how and when this Government should retire from Cuba. May 1 has been ten tatively fixed upon for the inauguration of the new officials. This, however, is subject to change. . After the new government has been inaugurated, this Government will nego tiate with the Cuban Government treat ies of various kinds, which will provide for the time when the American troops are to be withdrawn and the government turned over to the Cubans. Wished the Pension Burea Probed. Representative J. R. Williams, of Illi nois, introduced a resolution for the in vestigation of the charges and com plaints against the present adminjstra. tion of the Pension Bureau. , ' The Friar Land Problem. Governor Taft continued his statement before the House Insular' Affairs Com mittee, saying that any plan other than purchase of the friar lands, such as a high rate of taxation or forcible con demnation, would cause much ill-feeling To Relieve Jefferson College. The President has signed the bill for the relief of Jefferson College, in Ten nessee, and also the bill for the relief of parties for property taken by the mil itary forces of the United States during the Civil War. " Capital News la General. The Senate discussed the bill to pro vide a military guard for the President. The United States Senate passed the Omnibus Claim bill. Senators McLaurin and Tillman, of South Carolina, were severely censured by the United States Senate for the sen sational personal encounter between the two Senators on the floor of the Senate. An unsuccessful effort was made in the House Committee on Naval Affairs by Mr. Mudd to secure consideration of the question of reporting a resolution to tender the thanks of Congress to Rear Admiral Schler ' MINERS BURIED IN SNOW SLIDES Half a Hundred or More Are Killed In Colorado. ACC DENT AT LIBERTY BELL MINE. Masses of Snow Crashed Dowa tbs Moun tainside With Terrific Force, Carrying All the JHiqe. Buildings, Away and Bury: log Them Under the Avalanche Nearly Helta Vile Farther On. Telluridge, Col., ( (Special). The most terrible snowslidc ever known in Colorado caused the death of from so to 75 men at Liberty Bell Mine, on Smuggler Mountain. Although' the scene of the disaster is scarcely two miles from this town, information is difficult to obtain on account of the precipitous character of the roads and the vast amount of snow. Nearly all the buildings of the Liberty Bell Mine were carried down by the slide, all the books which show the number and names of the men employed being lost, so that the death list can hardly be known for some time. The first slide occurred while the men of the day shift were preparing for their day's work. About 200 men are em ployed in the mines and mills of the Lilier'.y Bell Company, and less than half these were at work at the time of the accident. The others were in the boardinghouse or bunkhouse near by. Both these buildings were carried down the mountain side a distance of 2,000 feet and crushed by tons of snow. The surviving employes of the Liberty Bell began the work of rescuing the victims of the slide. Several were taken out aiv ?nrl a doten or more bodies were removed from the snow, which lay piled 25 feet deep in the bottom 'of the can yon. A little after noon a second slide, starting a short distance above the first, and practically following its track, swept down the mountain side, hurvinir manv of the rescuers. A third slide came down at t o'clock about a mile below the Liberty Bell Mine, and t,us von Fintcl, John Powell and ram uaipha, who were on their return from the scene of the morninsr catas trophe, were swept away. The Liberty Bell Mine is one of the three largest mines in the district, the Smuggler-Union and the Tomboy being the other two. PEOPLE KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Building Wrecked In Reading, Pa Acetylene the Cause. Reading, Pa., (Special). At 10 o'clock P. M. a terrific explosion occurred in tiie four-story music store of C. H. Lichty. The building at once completely col lapsed. This was followed by th ad joining three-story brick umbrella fac tory of Mrs. Mary Rolland. Both build ings and contents were destroyed. A number of persons were in the build'n;. but they are all accounted for except Mrs. Rolland and a friend, who called to spend the evening, and the watchman in the Lichty Building. It is believed these three persons perished. The explosion is said to have been due to acetylene, which was manufactured by a local company of which Mr. Lichty wan jjreaiuciu. i ne Diiuuing was nneu with musical instruments. l he total loss is $2;o.ooo. Manv nd- joining buildings were damaged. Half a dozen people were seriously injured and neighboring business buildings were badly damaged. The scene of the ex plosion was in the center of the city. Double Murder and Suicide. Elgin, III. (Special.) Benjamin F. Ellsworth, an influential man of Wood stock and owner of extensive machine shops, shot and killed Amos Anderson, Mrs. Ellsworth and himself. Ellsworth was jealous of Anderson's attentions to Mrs. Ellsworth. Ellsworth's 19-year-old son has been held by the police, charged with being in league with his father to kill Anderson. Farmer and Daughter Murdered. Ridcway. Pa. (Snccial.) Bart;-! Sweeney, an aged farmer, and Lis daughter, Mary, were found in their home at Wilcox with their skulls crushed and their bodies decomposed. Sweeney was well to do. and the ac cepted theory is that robbery was the motive for the murder. More Rlota In Sp.ilo. Madrid, (By Cable). The mining re gions are in a ferment of agitation. At Albujon and Madridejos rioters have set fire to the Octoi offices and burned the documents they contained. There has been another outbreak of disorder at Barcelona. Meetings are being held fre quently with the object of declaring another general strike. The metal work ers are constantly assaulting their com rades who have returned to work. Shot In Election Riot Hamilton, Ohio (Special). An elec tion riot occurred at Middleton, this county. The count had been completed and the result given out, when an at tempt was made to break into the elec tion room. George Lafayette, a well known politician and a former attache of the John Robinson circus, was shot in the abdomen by Policeman Henry Lawrence and is thought to be f;. tally injured. Europe Surprised Marquis llo. Tokio (By Cable). Replying to a toast at Kobe, Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesman, said that his European tour had surprised him more than his first tour of 40 years ago, and that Japan must redouble her efforts to keep abreast of the other nations. ' Calls War "Unholy." St. Paul, Minn.. (Special). By a vote of 36 to 5 the State Senate adopted a memorial introduced by Senator Stock well protesting against the United States permitting Great Britain to buy mules 111 this country to be used in the "un holy war in South Africa" as a violation of the treaty of May 8, 1871, with Gren I'ritain. A motion to strike out the word "unholy" in the resolution referring to the war was lost and the resolu-ion was adopted as introduced. Rebels Against the Sultan. Vienna, (By Cable). The Politischc Corresponded reports alarming condi tions in Albania, European Turkey. A formidable force of rebels is said to be besieging the seaport of Aviona, which is entirely cut off from the outside world. According to the Politische Correspond enz, 36 Albanian towns have resolved to demonstrate their independence ot the rule of the Sultan of 'I urkey by refus ing to pay any more taxes. Anarchy prevails in the districts of El Bissau and A MAJUBA BAY FEAT. Oeneral Kitchener Reports Coer Loss el 600 Men. London (By Cable). Following the precedent of Lord Roberts, who an nounced General Cronje's surrender at Paardcberg on the anniversary of the battle of Majuba Hill, February 27, 1881. Lord Kitchener apparently selected the same anniversary to achieve a big sue cess by a combined movement lasting two days .against the Boer forces within the Harrismith and Van Reenen line ol blockhouses. The Boer losses aggregate 600 men killed or captured, and 2.00c horses and 28,000 head of cattle fell into the hands of the British troops. This news was so welcome to the Britirh that it was read out in the House of Com mons by the war secretary, Mr. Brod rick, from a dispatch of Lord Kitchener, as follows: "The combined operations of the col umns terminated in driving the Boers against the Harrismith nnd Van Reenen blockhouse line. The River Wilge was htld by the Leinster Regiment and El liott's mounted infantry from Harri smith, while the columns formed on the Frankfort and Botha's pass blockhouse line, and advanced south, holding the entire country between the Wilge and the Natal frontier. On the first night R very severe attempt to break through was made at a point between Rimingtons and Byng's columns, and the New Zeal andcrs behaved with great gallantry The fighting was at close quarters, and the Boers, as usual, drove a large herd of cattle in front of them. "Manic Botha, the Boer leader, was killed, and thirty-five dead Boers were found on the ground. Over too horses were killed and 6.000 head of cattle were left in our hands. Other small at tempts .to break out were made, nnd in two cases succeeded. On the last dav 450 Boers, with rifles and horses, were captured. All the columns have not yet reported, and the operations have been very wide, ' tit over 600 Boers have been either killed or are prisoners in our hands; also 2.000 horses, 28.000 head of cattle, 200 wagons, 60,000 sheep, 600 rifles, and 50,000 rounds of ammunition. The prisoners include Gen. De Wet's son and his secretary. Commandants Meyer ana irutner, and several held cornets. These satisfactory results are very ap propriate on the anniversary of Ma juba." MINERS PERISH IN A FIRE Sixty Men Were Sleeping When Flames Were First Discovered. Spokane, Wash.. (Snecial). Four men. lost their lives aid a dozen others were injured, three probably fatally, in a fire of unknown origin, which de stroyed the boarding and bunkhouses of tne Standard mine at Mace. Idaho. Six ty men were asleep in the two build ings when the fire was discovered in the second floor of the boarding house. The alarm was quickly given, but the flames spread with such rapidity that the only escape was by the way of win dows. Most of the injured were hurt while making their escape in this man ner, though several were badly burned. It is supposed that the men who lost their lives became confused by the fire and smoke in the hallways and were unable to find a window. Their bodies have been recovered. Blamable for Loss of Thirty Lives. Detroit, Mich., (Special). The cor oner's jury which has been investigating the cause of the explosion ot the boiler at the Penberthv Injectors Company's piani ncre November 2(1 last, which re sulted in the loss of thirty lives, brought in a verdict that the boiler was defective, and censured its makers.' Safe-Blowers Overlook Large Sum. Camden, N. J., (Special). The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad station at Haddonfield, six miles south of this city, was entered by burglars, who blew open the safe and completely wrecked the office. The thieves secured only $ic from the change drawer, overlooking a large amount of money in another com partment. ' Young 0 Donavan Rossa Dead. Colorado Springs, Col., (Special). O'Donovan Rossa, son of the famous Fenian agitator of New York, died to day in St. Francis' Hospital ot blood poisoning, brought on through cutting a callous place on his left foot with a pen knife 10 days ago. Gangrene set in three days ago, which resulted in death. O ath of Win McKlnlcy Aged 84. New York, (Special). William Mc Kinley, of Elizabeth, N. J., a former member of the New Jersey State, Assem bly, died today. He was 84 yeass of age. ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. O Donovan Rossa is reported to be dying i.V Colorado Springs, - Col., from blood-poisoning, following an operation. Admiral and Mrs. Schley attended the Charleston Exposition ua the guests of the Daughters of the Revolution. The family of William Thompson, of Lee5burg, Va., were driven from their home by the fire. Petitions were presented to the Reichs tag suggesting that action be taken for the furtherance of peace negotiations in South Africa, several of the members indulging in bitter attacks upon the Brit ish. The Premier of 'Hungary, in a speech in Parliament, said he believed that the necessity might some day arise for Eu rope to enforce a "commercial Mon roe Doctrine against the United States." Edward Tuck, a wealthy IJostonian, will establish a free American hospital in Paris. It will be named the Franklin Hospital, and lie constructed on the lat est American model. Emperor William and the Empress celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Two thousand two In. mired and forty one students benefited during the year by the Carnegie gift to the Scottish uni versities. (ien. Smith, commanding the United States troops on the Island of Samar, rcportedthe capture by Lieutenant Streb ler's scouts of Lukhan, the guerilla chief An American deserter calling himself Dunston was also captured 111 North Samar. S. Y. Stokes, a prominently connected man of Lancas'er county, Virginia, con victed of criminal tssault and confined in jail, was rescued by his friends, but shot himself rather rliun escape. The Norfolk County (Va.) Commis sioners have instructed the county rep resentative in the Legislature to work for a bill equalizing club licenses and making the amount $100 for each. The Presbytery of Brooklyn, N. Y., has violated a church rule of the Gen eral Assembly in licensing Clarence Doane, a relative of Bishop Doane, of the Episcopal Church, to preach. Doane is a recent convert to the Presbyterian Church, and it is said that the Presby tery licensed him before the probationary period expired. King Edward's horse Ambush II won the Strand steeplechase at the Kempton PENNSYLVANIA JJRIEFLY TOLD. The Latest Happenings Gleaned From All Sources. PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED. Miners Planning a Big Convention Slew Father and Daughter Church Asks Big Damages Said to Have Suffered Becauss f a Cave-in at Shenandosh Lack el Mine Inspectors. Patents Granted Alfred M. Acklin, Pittsburg, car haul ; Joseph L. Campbell, Butler, rail joint ; Francis M. Cannon, McKeesport, weather strip; Frederick Danner, Tarcntum, annealing furnace; Joseph Kiselc. Pittsburg, switch operat ing mechanism; James Geary, Bradford, mail marking machine: David J. Grif fiths. H. VV. Hitsrot and C W. Mower, McKeesport, railway switch; Thomas E. Kearns, New Kensington, white lead dryer; Charles Kraus. Johnstown, rail way track structure ; James A. Mead, Corry, holder for dental devices; Au gustus W. Newell, Bradford, portable heating and cooking shelf; William S. Paca, Eric, telephone exchange switch board system : Ralph V. Sage, Johns town, truck bolster, also door for hopper cars: John B. Semplc, Sewisklcy, pro jectile: Aimer Thomas. Northeast, ma chine for hulling green peas; Oliver S. Weddcll, McKeesport, rail joint. Pensions Granted William Kuni ming, Pittsburg, $6; Hugh C. McKee, Johnstown, $6; Win. B. Perry, Union town. $8; Allen B. Rockwell, Washing ton, $6; Daniel W. Daugherty, Salts burg, $,10; Archibald M. Stuart. Home stead, $12: Daniel Seachrist. Eric, $8; William R. Porter, Lewis. $8; Samuel C. Finkcrton, Pittsfield, $ia; Amos R. Carson. New Hamilton, $12; David K. Bills, Wayneshtirg, $10; William Bee, Reynoldsv'ille, $8; Thomas Bloom, Al toona. $10; John Duncan, Cooperstown, $12; Samuel R. Carney. Brownsville, $10: Sarah A. Park, Allegheny, $8; Eliz abeth E. Sankcy, Potters Milk. $8; Mary T. Hartman, Latrobe. $8; Margaret C. Kimmcll. Boiling Springs, $8; Matilda C. Shaffer, Rainsburg, $8; Maria Lcuck hart, Eric, $12. The hoard created by the late Legis lature for the examination of candidates for mine inspector completed its work at Pottsville. Only eight out of the six teen applicants passed the examination. The successful applicants are: M. J. Brcnnan, Shenandoah ; John Curran, Cumbola ; E. F. Downing, Wadcsville ; B. F. Evans, Buck Mhuntain; P. C. Fcnton, Shenandoah ; ' Martin Kelly, Mincrsville; Charles J. Price, Llewel lyn : James Tinley. Wilhurton. Not a single candidate for Northumberland passed the examination, although there is a mine inspector to be elected there, and the law provides that all candidates must pass the examination. Only one applicant from Columbia County passed and he will be elected without opposition to a position paying $3,000 a year. The dead bodies of Bartcl Swenev. an aged farmer, and his daughlrr Mary, .were found in their house at Wiicox with their skulls crushed and the hcd;es very much decomposed. Swcijey was well-to-do. and the stipposif'on is that rob bery was the motive of the crime. The condition of the bodies indicated that the murder was committed two or three days ago. The gas in the stove was turned on full, in an attempt, apparently, to cause the destruction of the house. It was decided by United Mine Work ers' officials to hold the convention of Districts Nos. I, 7 and 0 in Shamokin, beginning Tuesday, March 18. Between 600 nnd 800 delegates will be present, together with President Mitchell and District Presidents Kahy. Nichols and Duffy. The convention will decide whether to strike or not if the wage scale for the ensuing year is not sstis factory. Scranton council adopted the recom mendation that the franchise of severs! new street railways be limited to forty years, and that a tax be imposed on the gross receipts. The promoters of the companies thereupon asked that the or dinance be withdrawn from further con sideration on the ,--:ound that such re strictions would pn v-.it the financing of the scheme. The trustees of the Ge-man Catholic Church of Shcnarriiah filed a suit in the prothonotary' office for $5,000 dem ises ncainst the Thomas Coal Company. It is alleged that the coal company mined the coal from under the .-hurch. musing the surface to collapse and damaging the church. Charles L. Taft. a newspaper man of Oil City, committed suiride by shooting himself through the head, while standing nn the bridge spanning the Allegheny River. He had been suffering from in somnia. Charles Fabcr, aged 19 years, a tin smith, of Pottstown. fell from the roof of a rolling mill, a distance of forty feet, and sustained injuries from which, he died. A supposed mad dog having bitten several dogs in McVcytown and vicin ity, the Town Council of that place has ordered all dogs to be chained for ten days. The Cambridge Cod Company's col liery. Shenandoah, operated by James McGuiness & Co., resumed operations, giving employment to 130 men and boys. Nathaniel Deits, employed on the Phil adelphia, Newtown and New York Rail road, was killed by a train at Newtown Station while he was making a coup ling. A collision of freight fains or, the Reading Railway at Tame qua resulted in the derailing o five cars and the blocking of traffic for nine hours. A vein of coal ten feet thick has been discovered at the Bear Ridge colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. While Jacob Kerschner, a farmer near Haafsvilfe. was trying to shoot rats with a revolver he shot himself in one of his feet. While Hurry Bush and John Ander son were returning from Gaines their sleigh' went over an embankment. Bush was killed, as was also the horse, An derson escaped, uninjured. Official announcement is made in Pittsburg that the Philadelphia Com pany controlling Allegheny County trac tion lines has purchased the "L road franchises secured by Oliver, Bigelow and R. R. Quay. The price paid is re ported at $2,240,000. r , Rev. Stewart Herman, of North York, at present a student at the Gettysburg Seminary, has accepted the call extended to him by the Lutheran Church nt Wrighlsville. At the meeting of Spanish War vet erans at Heading a State organization was formed. Congressman Henry D. Green, of Reading,, was elected commander-in-chief ; Thomas Whitson, Lan caster, senior vice-commander; Richard W. F. Ruether, Reading, junior vice commander; John Hunnicker, Norris- town, judge-advocate; John T.. Davis, Scranton, quurtermaster ; Joseph G. Uurkholder, Reading, adjutant.
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