CAVEIN AFTER AN EXPLOSION Twelve Miners Are Killed In West Virginia. A HUNDRED BARELY ESCAPE. Disaster at the Mine of the Pennsyl vanin Company at Lorentz, W. Va., Caused by an Explosion of Firedamp Five of the Dead Arc Americana and Seven Italians. Weitton, W. Va. (Special). Five Americana and seven Italians arc known to be dead up the result of an explosion of fire dump In the Penn sylvania Company mine at Lorentz, W. Va., near Burkbatinon, W. Va., which occurred about 6.30 Saturday evening. Immediately following the explo ilon the mine caved In and nearly caused the entombment of all the miners, estimated at 100. The bodies of 12 dead men have been recovered, and It Is not known nf thin time whether any others met death The bodies of several Italians have also been recovered, but as they are known only by numbers, their iden tity Ih not possible until later. The explosion occurred just as Iho day force was leaving the mine. Only n few of the men had reached the surface when, with a terrific re port, the fire damp exploded. The mine elevator bad just started fcr the top. carrying about 20 men, and almost SO men were still at the bot tom of the Bhaft. Immediately there was a panic among the men still in the mine. There was but one direction in which they could run. and this was back into the drift. From this direc tion, however, a strong flow of gas was slowly enveloping them. Al most suffocated, they huddled close ly together and cried pitifully up the ahaft for assistance. Several rescuers took posses-don of the elevator car and quickly ran It down Into the shaft. There was ac commodation for about 20 of the men at the time, however, and the foreign miners, who were crazed from fright, fought like demons to board the car, greatly retarding the work of rescue The car was finally load i J and run to the top. With great precision nnd quickness the elevator continued to make trips until all the men at the bottom of tle shaft were brought to the sur face. On the last two trips a majori ty of the miners were unconscious and had to be carried from the car. The five Americans and seven Ital ians who were killed were found about 100 feet back in the mine. Ap parently, the 12 men had been over come with gas and died, as their bodies were not burned. MILL WORKERS CREMATED. Five Lives Lost in a Fire in New Hampshire. Dover, N H. (Special). Dover's most disastrous fire, which occurred Satudray, cost the lives of four and probably five young mill operatives and a property loss of bait a million dollars. The fire destroyed Mill No. 1 of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company. The bodies of four boys, charred beyond hope of Identification, were found in the smoking ruins, and, as five boys are known to be missing, it is believed that another body will be discovered. Several of the injured were hurt while descending by ropes. The fire broke out in the mill not long after the 500 or more opera tives had assembled for their day's work. Friction from a belt generat ed sparks which lodged In a mass of cotton and the names quickly spread throughout the building. The exits soon became blocked by a struggling mass of mill hands, and many were obliged to jump from the windows. Others secured ropes and descended to the ground. There were several daring rescues by firemen. Four Imprisoned men on the fourth floor were taken out of a window, though nut uutll they had climbed one by one down a stout pole which the firemen had made fast to the top of a ladder too short to reach the window sill. The financial loss is $5 00,000, cov ered by insurance. 1NE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic Judge Holt in the United States Cirrult Court at New York, beard arguments on the demurrer Inter posed by the Delaware, Ijackawnnnn aiid Western Railway Company to the indictment returned against it al leging violations of the Elklns act, In the granting of rebates to the American Sugar Company. The smaller metal dealers of the New Knglnnd and Middle States have organized and have called on Secre tary Bonaparte to bring suit to pre vent the formation of a combination of the copper mining companies. The next annual ((invention of the National Educational Association will be held in Los Angeles, Cal., the first week in .Inly. Mrs. Isabella Heecher Hooker, sis ter of Henry Ward needier Stowe, died at Hartford, Ct. It Is believed Mrs Harry K. Thaw will testify thut Stanford White dis played one of her photographs in public to anger her husband. Three additional jurors were selected. A teat vote taken In the South Carolina Sennte shows a majority of that body against the State Dis pensary Law. 1 The National Shoe Wholesale As sociation held Its annual meeting in Boston. Harry Kendall Thaw was placed on trial Wednesday before Justice Fitzgerald In the Criminal Branch of the BuprMM Court, of New York for the murder Ot Stanford White, the architect, on the Madison Square Garden roof on the night of June 25 last. Two jurors were selected and 1 7 talesmen rejected. By order of the County Court of St. Paul, Minnesota, the Great North ern Railway was enjoined t'mpor arlly, pending the court's decision, from issuing its proposed $60,000, 000 worth of additional stock with out first obtaining approval of the state railway commission. Fifteen minutes after he had reg istered at the Grand Union Hotel, New York, Lathrop Smith, of Kansas City, Mo., a student at the Columbia Law Schol, committed suicide by shooting himself. City Judge Everest, of Plattsburg, N. Y.( ruled that refusal to admit a soldier In uniform to a place of pub lic amusement does not constitute a violation of the Civil Rights Act of New York. Governor Winthrop, of Porto Rico, had a narrow escape In a sallroad ac cident on the island. John Gardner, a cod fisherman, was drowned by the upsetting of a boat off Atlantic City. Francis S. McAvoy has been chosen to succeed Recorder Goff, of the New York Court of Special Sessions. President McCrea, of the Penn sylvania Railroad, favors a 35-foot channel In the Delaware River. Justi-e Newburger has ruled that William A. Brown, Jr., president of the Washington Life Insurance Com pany, charged with perjury and for gery, must stand trial. Margharetta Carnevole, who pur sued for four months a man she ac cuses of killing her sweetheart, came across him accldently in New York and had him arrested. The Jury in the conspiracy trial of Cornelius P. Shea, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, reported a disagreement. The jury was discharged. Field Worth 75.000,000. Chicago (Special). The execu tors of the estate of Marshall Field filed In the Probate Court their In ventory of the estate, In the docu ment, which gives a detailed ac count of the personal and real prop erty of the estate, the par value of the stocks and bonds are given, but no statement is made showing the present cash value of the securities. For this reason it Is impossible to make an accurate estimate of the value af the estate from the Inven tory, but counsel for the executors place the total value of the property described in the Inventor.- at $75,-000,000. Burning Of A Courthouse. Hudson, N. Y. (Special). The Co. lumbla County Courthouse, located here, was burned. The loss la proba bly $200,000. The building, which was erected in 1900, wus a three story structure of white marble, and In addition (o all the county offices contained the office of Justbe Coch rane, of the appellate division of the Supreme Court. A Double Suicide. Detroit, Mich. (Special). Thomas Thompson, aged 18 years, a loborer, and his wife were found dead In their lodgings, on Champlaln Street, with an empty strychnine bottle and two glasses close by The couple came from England three years ago, and Mrs. Viompson Is bald to have con tracted the liquor habit since her arrival in this country. Despondency over the womaiiV inability to reform Is thought, to have Impelled them to commit suicide. Million l.oun To JullK-stowu. Washington (Special) Tho Sen ate Committee on Appropriations adopted as a rider on the House bill making appropriations to supply ad dltlonal urgent deficiencies the Sen ate bill appropriating $1,000,000 as a loan to the Jamestown Exposition Company, this loan to become a first :ien upon the gross receipts, in ad dition, the committee included $65, (V00 for the purpose of constructing two piers from the Exposition ground: to tho water of Hampton Roads. Foreign. King Alfonso called tae Conserva tives to power because the Marquis de Armijo was unable to form a min istry. Senor Maura is the new pre mier. The Russian government has de cided to withdraw Its troops from Manchuria immediately instead of awaiting the date, April 15, fixed by the Russo-Japanese ngreement. Many persons were injured in a fierce encounter betwene 500 troops and the people at Vannes, France, during the eviction of the seminar ists of St. Anne d'Auray. The American tariff commission ers to Germany were presented to Emperor William, who expressed gratification at the satisfactory re sults of their mission. Returns from the German elec tions for members of the Reichstag show a setback for the Socialists and a victory for the government. William Whitely, founder of the firht big department store in London, was shot and killed by Cecil Whitely, a young man, who then attempted suicide. The murderer claims to be the son of the man he killed. Professor De Maartens, of St. Petersburg, had another conference with United States Ambassador Tow er, in Berlin, regarding the position of the United States toward the sec ond peace conference. The Hamburg-Americun Steamship Company has decided upon paying a dividend of 10 per cent., and es tablishing a service between New York and Brazil. The Spanish Cabinet has resigned as a result of the dissensions be tween Liberals and Radicals over the law of associations. It is said that arrangements have been made to ship arms from Japan to Russian revolutionists in Siberia. Students at the university at Lam berg, Austria, made a demonstration because they wanted the Polish lan gauagc used. One hundred were ar rested. The British government has re ceived cable messages from Governor Swettenham, but their nature has not been made public. Augustln Birrell, president of the Board of Education, will he the new chief secretary for Ireland, succeed ing James Bryce. It was reported at San Juan that the battleship Connecticut ran on a reef while entering the harbor at Culebro Island. The Moroccan War Minister Is con centrating men and munitions at Zlnah for a supreme effort to cap ture Ralsull. President Diaz, ot Mexico, partici pated in the ceremonies inaugurat ing the operation of tho Tehuantepec Railroad. The eruption of Mauna Loa, a vol cano In Hawulta, furulshed a beauti ful spectacle and in volved no danger. The French government has ac cepted the constitution of the French Apostolic Catholic Church. Two severe earthquake shocks caused alarm among the peop.e of Kingston. Admiral Dikoff has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian fleet. The French Cabinet introduced a bill in parliament suppressing the formality of a declaration before holding u religious public meeting. The British steamer Areola, from Philadelphia Is on the rocks In Havana barbor. CHAOS REIGNS IN THE WRECKED CITY Swettenham Is Reported To Have Resigned. HE 1$ UNEQUAL TO THE TASK. No Organized Movement to Facilitate Relief Work or Clearing Away of the Ruins Reports That American Sailors Engaged in Looting Author! tatitely Denied. Kingston, Jamaica (By Cable). The lack of cooperation on the part of the central control here Is greatly hampering the work of extending relief, providing shelter for the earthquake sufferers, pulling down the unsafe walls and repairing the damaged buildings, for which Gov ernor Swettenham Is severely con demned. The Daily Telegraph In an editorial says: "Ills Excellency is still careering around the city, poking his nose into various corners and attending to petty details which his subordinates ought to attend to. The result Is thnt when prominent officials and other gentlemen In charge of Im portant work call nt headquarters house to consult him they cannot find the Governor. There Is a total absence of a deliberate, organized movement. This is a state of affairs on which the British and colonial governments cannot congratulate themselves." An Instance of the Governor's un timely, obstructive measures Is the police enforcement of tho regula tion forbidding the re-erectlon of buildings, even wooden shacks, with out the city surveyor's approval of the plans, which is causing great de lay and dissatisfaction, fhe general opinion Is that the Governor has completely lost his head and is ut terly unequal to the task of meet ing the emergency. Colonial Secretary Bourne caused the publication of a letter In reply to the letter of the American consul, Mr. Orrett, saying that his recol lection of the visit of Rear Admiral Davis to headquarters, when the per mission to land sailors was given, does not agree with Mr. Orrett's version, but he does not explain the' dlfferonce. Eugene Magnus, manager of the Crosswell store, which tho Governor In his letter to Admiral Davis said the Americans had cleaned up, de nies the Governor's version of the affair. He says the sailors merely assisted in getting out the safe, dur ing whicn Swettenham arrived on the spot and angrily protested be cause' the sailors were Americans. A report Issued by Health Officer Ogilvle warmly thanks the crew of the American battleship Missouri for their assistance In erecting tonts, and commends the services of Sur geon Norton, of the Missouri, In es tablishing the American hospital In Winchester Park. The report that the sailors were guilty of some loot ing Is authoritatively denied. Earth tremors continue, but at longer Intervals and In decreased In tensity. Governor Swettenham has cabled to the secretary of state for the col onies that the provisions received are more than ample for the relief of the destitute, and that no further funds are needed except for the re building of the houses of the lower and middle classes. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. A CUBAN'S CURE FOR LEPROSY. Dr. Duque's Favorable Experiment With Mangrove Tree. Havana (By Cable). A commis sion appointed by the government has turned In a report to the effect that Dr. Matlas Duque, who Is In charge of the Hospital for Conta gious Diseases, probably has discov ered a cure for leprosy. Two lepers were turned over to the Doctor sev eral years ago for experimental pur poses, and these persons have no exterior traces of the disease and are gaining notably in weight. Sev eral other cases treated by Dr. Duque are in various stages of Im provement. Dr. Duque's experiments have been along the line of what he terms the red mangrove tree" treatment. He claims to have discovered this treatment as a result of his study to find a cure for his sister, who suf fered from leprosy, and who he has succeeding In curing. Insane Asylum Burned. Elizabeth City, N. C. (Special). The building UBed for the confine ment of Insane and unmanageable inmates at the almshouse caught on fire from a defective flue and burned down, Incinerating two insane In mates. One of the victims was a white man named Meads and tho other a negro woman. To Stop Land Frauds. President Roosevelt has determin ed to put an end, possibly, to frauds In the acquisition of public lands by Individuals and corporations. He has directed thnt hereafter no patent! shall be Issued to public, land until an examination of the ground shall have been made by an authorized officer of the government. The President's order Vt In tho form of a letter to Secretary Hitch cock, and under Its provisions Order were sent out by the officials of the General Land Office. Following Is the text of President Roosevelt's letter: The White House, Washington, January 25, 1907. The Secretary of the Interior: Sir To prevent the fraud now practiced In the acquisition of public lands of the United States, I have to direct that hereafter no final cer tificates, patent, or other evidence of title shall be issued tinder the public land laws until an actual ex amination has been made on the ground by an authorized officer of the government; but the following shall be excepted from tho force of this order: 1. All claims which have hereto fore been axamined on the ground by an authorized officer of the govern ment whose report is found satisfactory. 2. All claims where heretofore an officer of the government, other thnn offirers authorized to take final proof, shall have been present at the taking of final proof to cross-examine claim ant and witnesses If such proof is found satisfactory. 3. All claimB where claimants compliance with law has been estab lished by contest or other regular ad verse proceedings. 4. Entries which may have been confirmed by virtue of any act of Congress. 5. Selections and entries In which no residence or Improvement Is re quired by law when the lands em braced therein are, strictly speaking. In agricultural districts, or when character has been fixed by Investiga tion and classification made In ac cordance with law. 6. Cases of reissuance of patents because of some clerical error occur ring In the patent heretofore Issued. 7. All Indian allotments which have been regularly approved, In ac cordance with Instructions of the Sec retary of the Interior. You will Is sue nil necessary Instructions to car ry this order Into effect. This order is in lieu of my order of December 13, 1906. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. PRESIDENT'S GOOD WOROS ARE APPRECIATED Swettenham's Career As Governor About Ended. THOUSANDS PEOPLE STILL HOMELESS Prominent Prelate at Kingston, Cables Thanks for Prompt Visit of the Amer ican Warships Under Rear Admiral Davis-Additional Men to Those Need ed to Guard Consulate Only Landed. WORSE FOR SWETTENHAM. United States government offi cials have found numerous prece dents for Admiral Davis' action. In 1895 bluejnekets were land ed from United States warship to put out a fire on the Island of Trinidad, which service was gratefully acknowledged by the Governor. The Most Rev. Dr. Nuttall, lord archbishop of the West In dies, has cabled President Roose velt his thanks for Admiral Davis' timely aid. British government officials In timate that Goven.or Swetten hnm's career Is at an end. Official reports from Rear Ad miral Davis show that the land ing of men additional to those put ashore to guard the consulate was upon the earnest entreaty of the Colonial Secretary. Earthquake shocks continue to alarm the people. Will Start Schuetzeiifist. Washington (Special). President Roosevelt piomlseB to press a button at the White House some day in May that will fire a rifle at Charleston, S. C. The occasion will be the opening of the triennial shooting festival of the National Schuentzenbund. The President has also promised to write a letter to be read at the festival. Automatic Divorce Decrees. Constantinople (By Cable). A coal-laden ship, name not ascertain ed, trading between Songuldak and Eregll, on the Black Sea. has found ered In a storm. Sixty workmen, wiio were going to Eregll, and the ship's entire crew were drowned. Trouble With Cuban otlbiul. Havana (By Cable) .--Trouble is threatened at Santiago de las Vegas, Havana Province, owing to the re fusal of the acting mayor of that town to turn over his authority to the actual mayor. Governor Nunez, of Havana, conferred with Governor Magoon on the subject. The govern ment does not apprehend any serious trouble, though the Mayor of Santi ago de las Vegas has asked for assistance. Hundreds Flee For Llvce. Terre Haute, Ind. (Special). Tel ephone advices from Merom, south of this city, state that the Wabash River levee protecting an entire township broke and the 300 poople of the valley bad to flee for their Uvea. Three Killed In A Mine. Wllkes-Burre, Pa. (Special). By a fall of rock In the Hudson Mine, at Plymouth, near her, John Mayer, a miner, and two Polish laborers were killed. Congress And The Departments. A White House conference over the bids for the construction of the Panama Canal resulted In the elimi nation of Bangs as a bidder and a conditional decision to award the contract to William J. Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn. Oliver and Bangs had bid together, their bid being the lowest. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion transmitted to Congress Kb first report on Its Investigation of dis criminations and monopolies under the joint, resolution of Congress of March 7 , 1906. The report deals with the bituminous coal carried east of the Ohio River. Senator Simmons Introduced o child labor bill making It unlawful for an interstate carrier to transport from the state of production unto another state products a mine or fac tory in which child labor is employed. The Senate passed an urgent de ficiency appropriation bill containing, among other provisions, a Senate amendment authorizing a loan ot $1,000,000 by the government to the Jamestown Exposition Company. Representative Fobs reported the Naval Appropriation Bill. It carries an appropriation of $90,167,155, or $19,000,000 less than was asked In the estimates. In the case of Burton and D.u breull against Senator Elklns and plaintiffs closed their case, and the court denied the motion of the de fendants to dismiss the case. America's exportation of canned beet decreased about 40,000,000 pounds in the year 1906, according to statistics announced by the De partment of Commerce and Labor. The House Committee on Naval Affairs recommended the construc tion of an additional battleship of not less than 20,000 tons, to cost $10,000,000. The House adopted the Pension Appropriation Bill, carrying $130, 000,000, with a provision abolishing all pension agencies except that at Washington. Announcement was made that Chief Engineer Stevens would also become chief engineer of the Isth mian Canal Commission. Before the House committee Mr. Bonaparte defended his manner of making the armor plate awards. The President gave a dinner at the White House in honor of the justices of the Supreme Court. Various states are co-operating with the Postoffico Department to Improve the county roads. The Senate committee has decided to begin the Brownsville Investiga tion on February 4. Theodore P. shouts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, sent his resignation to President Roosevelt, to take effect at the Presi dent's pleasure, but not later than March 4 of this year. He goes to New York to take charge of the Bel-mont-Ryan traction interests in New York. Charles D. Walcott, director of the Geological Survey, was elected sec retary of the Smithsonian Institute by the board of regents at their an nual meeting. Brigadier General W. P. Rogers, United States Army, retired, has been appointed deputy governor of the SoldierB' Home In Washington. Chairman Wadsworth, of the Agricultural Committee, reported to' the House the Agricultural Appropria tion Bill, carrying an appropriation of $8,125,799. This Is an increase of a million dollars. Free seeds are eliminated. The Census Bureau Issued a bulle tin stating that 12,167,873 bales of cotton-had been ginned from growth of 1906 to January 16, 1907, as compared with 9,989,634 to the cor responding date last year. The Committee on Ways and Means agreed to a favorable report on a bill to amend the Denatured Alcohol Law In order to afford re lief to the small manufacturers of the product. The Senate concurred in the House arnondment to the Tillman bill pro hibiting corporations from making campaign contributions. London (By Cable). Foreign Sec retary Grey sent the following reply to Mr. Bacon through Esme Howard, the rnar: d'affaires of the British Emtx-.ssy. at Washington: IV'se express to the Assistant Secretary of Stafe my thanks for his message. The friendly attitude of the President nnd the American government are warmly appreciated by His Majesty's government." Washington (Special). President Roosevelt received a cablegram from the Most Rev. Dr. Enos Nuttall, lord archbishop of the West Indies and chairman of the Kingston relief com mittee, tendering his thnnkB for the prompt visit of the American war ships under Rear Admiral Davis. The message Is as follows: "We all appreciate deeply Ameri can sympathy In our distress and the prompt visit of your men-of-war for our succor. Happily the supply of food available for the relief commit tee Is sufficient. After meeting the cost of this, our next great want will be the means for making small houses habitable. All our people are behaving splendidly." The receipt of the official full text of the correspondence between Rear Admlrai navis and Governor Swet tenham, of Jamaica, caused the na val officials to again study the situa tion to see if Admiral Davis had in any way transgressed the bounds of propriety on his visit to Kingston. They not only found a precedent for his landing men from his ships to preserve order, strangely enough in the case of another British island in the West Indies, but also saw noth ing in the whole affair to warrant the letter addressed to him by Gov ernor Swettenham. Earnest Entreaties. Secretary Metcalf gave out the following statement bearing on the subject: "The department has received the full text of the correspondence be tween Rear Admiral Davis, com manding the squadron of naval ves sels which recently vlBlted Kingston, Jamaica, after the earthquake, and Sir Alexander Swettenham, governor of Jamaica. "From this correspondence it ap pears Admiral Davis landen a party of six men for the purpose of guard ing and securing the archleves of the American consulate and another party of 10 men for the purpose of clearing away the wreckage. Later, upon the earnest entreaty of the co lonial secretary and the inspector of police, who spoke for the Governor (the Governor being absent from the city and at King's House, some three miles distant), 50 men were lauded under arms from the Indiana to overawe an alleged mutiny at the penitentiary, containing BOO or 600 prisoners. Admiral Davis then pro ceeded by carriage to visit the Gov ernor at King's House, and found him living with IiIb family In tents and was accompanied back to the city by the Governor. That same afternoon, upon request the Governor, the men were withdrawn from shore and re turned to their ships. On the aa day the following let ter was delivered to Admiral Davis from the Governor of the island: Colonial Secretary's Office, Jamaica, January 18, 1907. Sir I beg to thank Your Excel lency for the kind assistance which you have rendered to the govern ment of this colony. I have the honor to be, sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) J. A. SWETTENHAM, Governor. Men Landed At Trinidad. The action of Admiral Davis in landing under the circumstances Is not without precedent, there being numerous cases to Justify It, and as an Incident Rear Admiral R. W. Meade, U. S. N landed men at Port of Strain, Trinidad, on March 4, 189B, to suppress a fire, and the governor of the Island of Trinidad expressed his' gratitude. l.SOO People Perish. The Hague (By Cable). The tidal wave which devastated some of the Dutch East Indian islands south of At chin, as anounced January 11, practically engulfed the Island of Slmalu. According to the latest In formation received here Slmalu has almost disappeared. It is said that probably ',600 persons lost their lives. Violent earth shocks continue to be felt dally. The civil governor of Atchln has gone to the scene of the catastrophe. Corporal Tanner's Bill. Washington (Special) The House Committee on Military Affairs decid ed to make a favorable report on a bill permitting the wives ot enlisted men to be, burled In the same grave with their husbands in national cem eteries. This' measure was strongly urged for several years by Mrs. Tanner, the wife of "Corporal" Tan ner, who was killed in an automobile accident last summer. Since her death "Corporal" Tanner has worked earnestly for the measure, and he is largely responsible for its progress. SENATE VDTESFOR MORE PAT Concurs in the Action of the House of Representatives. Washington (Special). The Sen ate Wednesday accepted the propo sition of the House of Representa tives to incrense the salaries of sena tors, members and territorial dele gates to $7,500 annually, and those of the Vice President, the. Speaker of tpe House and members of the President's Cabinet to $12,000. This action wbb taken by a vote of 53 to 21, and followed a discussion ot nearly three hours. An amendment ronflning the Increase to Cabinet of ficers and the presiding officers of the Senato nnd House was voted down, an was also a proposition to postpone the Increase until 1913. The Increase becomes effective March 4, 1909. The House provision was carried by a vote of 53 to 21, the details of the vote being as follows: Yeas Aldrleh, Allee, Ankeny, Benson, Beverldgo, Brandegee, Balk ley. Biirnham, Burrows, Carter, Clark (Mont), Clark (Wyo.), Clarke (Ark.). Crane, Cullom, Daniel, Dirk, Dillingham. Dubois Du Pont, Flint, Eoraker, Fottr, Frye, Fulton, Oal llttger, 'T.tle, Heybnrn, Hopkins, Kit tredge, Knox, Latimer, Lodge, Long, McCu mber, McEnery, Millard, Money, Newlands, Nixon, Overman, Penrose, Pettus, Piles, Scott, Simmons, Smoot, Bpooner, Sutherland, Teller, Tillman, Wnrner nnd Warren 53. Nays Bacon, Berry, Blackburn, Burkatt, Curmack, Clapp, Clay, Cul berson, Fraisler, Hansbrough, Hemen way, Lafollette, McCreary, Mallory, Nelson, Patterson, Perkins, Rayner, Stone, Taliaferro and Whyte 21. A conference committee was ap pointed as to the other matters of disagreement between the House nnd Senate on the Legislative Bill. in the debate which proceeded the adoption of the salary increase pro position, Mr. Berry contended that $5,000 was not a grossly Inadequate salary for senators and members of Congress. He denied that they could not li.ve on that amount. "There Is not one-half of them," he declared, 'who ever could or did make $5,000 a year engaged In any other busi ness." Senator Nelson offered an amend ment confining the Increase to the vice president, speaker and cabinet officers, and spoke in support of It. He said: "We as legislators are paid higher than legislators of any other country." Mr. Nelson then gave fig ures showing the salaries paid to legislators In European countries, and, continuing his argument, spoke with resentment of the Idea that legislators were here as laborers for a salary. Theirs was a post of honor, and pay enough to live mod estly was sufficient. "We do not want to enter the social world," he asserted. He then expressed satis faction that some senators and mem bers have ambition in that line, and have the means to mingle socially with diplomats, etc. Mr. Gallinger supported the pro posed increase. He said be believed public opinion was in favor of the increase. "We have been Increasing salaries all along the line except our own." Each member must make political contributions. This was Just, he said, and so were many oth er demands which could not be evad ed. He said the entire extra expense to the government would be only about $1,000,000 annually. Mr. Lodge, In favoring the in crease, said that members of the English Parliament received no sal aries; that the Irish members, who were poor, received contributions from the people of their districts and from this country; that the labor members were paid by their labor unions. This, he asserted, was a bad system, and he believed Great Britain was coming to recognize it. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. AN INDIAN SLAYER. Arizona Cowboy Picks Them On! In One-two-three Order. Douglas, Ariz. (Special) At. Beat ty Camp, on the new Southern Pa cific Line from Montezuma to Guay- amaB, eight miles from Montezuma, Sonora, Mexico, Bert. Seely, a noted Arizona cowboy, single-handed, shot and killed six Yaqui laborers. Seely, it is said, acted In self-defense. He had a quarrel with one of the gang of Indians with whom he was work ing on the grade, apd all of them attacked him with shoveU and picks. Before they reached him Seely fired Ave shots at the Indians from his re volvers. He picked the five foremost of the advancing Indians in one-two-three order, stopping their onslaught Every Bhot he fired proved fatal. Running down the grade a sixth In dian tried to Intercept him, and See ly also shot this one dead. Seely escaped. He bears an excellent repu tation In Arizona. IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. Philadelphia banks have loaned considerable money to railroads. Manipulation was apparent in Reading but 'traders were puzzled as to its object. The United Power & Transporta tion Company has declared a divi dend of $3.20 per share. It is asserted that enough Mars don stock has been deposited to on sure the merger with the Consoli dated Paper Company. Since the organization of the re lief department of tho Pennsylvania Railroad, February 15, 1 886, there have been paid In death benefits $6, 46:1,894.13, and on account of dis ablement;,, $9,346,638.60, or a total of $16,810,532.73. Fuel tonnage of the railroads is larger this month than it was In January, 1906. "I do not believe," said the head of one the big trust companies in Philadelphia, "that the increase to 3 Va per cent, interest to be paid on deposits by a number ot Institutions will reduce the deposits ot the lar ger trust companies. I think, how ever, that this Increase will result in larger deposit for the compan ies that will pay 3V4 per cent, but they will come from savings In other directions." There will be a general feeling ot relief when the Union Pacific probe is ended. That Southern Pacific stock juggle which wub effected In order to down Keene and fool a Federal Court made such unpleas ant reading that Wall Street doesn't want another dose of It. Bank Vault Dynamited. Crittenden, Ky. (Special). The vruH ot the Tobacco Orowers' De posit Bank was dynamited by rob bers. The men secured only $600, leaving $4,000 in the vault. With the weather below zero, John Marshall, his Invalid wife, their daughter and two visitors had to run for their lives the other morn ing when flames almost completely destroyed their home at Colllngdale. An alarm was sent out and the Are companies from Norwood, Sharon Hill and Folcroft responded, but little of tho house could be saved. The Are was discovered by Mr. Marshall's daughter while the fam ily was at breakfast, and so quick was Its spread that they wore com polled to leave their uncompleted meal and fly- Several streams from the chemical extinguishers were poon playing on the blazing building, but the water was turned to Ice al most as soon as It left the nozzle. Mrs. Marshall received such a nerv ous shock from the excitement at tendant on the fire that a physician had to be summoned. Mr. Marshall is the father of former County Com missioner J. Harry Marshall and ot former Sheriff J. Humphrey Mar shall, lioth prominent In Delaware County politics. Tho home of William G. Daniels, at Scranton, former clerk ot tho County Commissioners, now secre tary of the Poor Board, was almost totally destroyed by fire. The total loss on house and furniture will reach $4,000, on which there la some Insurance. The Are was due to the thawing out of frozen water pipes which was being done by the domestic, Miss Emma Bartosch. In this work tho young woman used a hand lnmp, the flame from which overheated and set Are to the wood work. The lives of two children, John and Mary Machak, aged 3 and 6 respectively, were sacrificed In a Are which broke out In a large double house In tho Fourteenth Ward, JohnBtown. The little ones were suffocated by smoke aa they lay in' bed In an upper room. Fire from a defected flue attacked the parti tion between the two houses and shortly filled the side in which the children were with smoke, suffocat ing them. The damage to the build ing was slight. Quite a sensation was caused In Bethlehem when Postal Inspector W. W. Stone, of Philadelphia, arrested Walter F. Hoffman, a highly respect ed young man, and charged him with' I robbing the malls. Hoffman had . 'been employed at the post office for seven years as chief mailing clerk, but his irregularities are said to have extended over a two year per iod. When arrested several decoy, letters containing stiver coin werej found on his person. At a hearing: before United States Commissioner W. J. Jones, Hoffman was held n' $1,000 ball. His trial will take place In the United States District Court at Philadelphia in March. Hoffman is largely the support of a widowed mother and an Invalid sister. He is 26 years old. A number of property owners in Springfield encouraged by Mrs. Mary Agnew, a neighbor, recovering dam ages from the Llowellyn Mining Com pany for undermining and causing nor lot to cave In, instituted suit against the company for undermin ing their houses and lots. Mrs. W. B. Beltzel, who for the past ten years has had charge of the art department at Betzger Col lege for women, Carlisle, has re signed her position, which will bo taken by Miss Winifred S. Woods, who has lately returned from South America, where she was at the head of the art department of Conception College, Chill. The sharp turn of a trolley car, in rounding a curve In Pittsburg, shook Frederick Bushar, who was riding on the rear platform, so that he dropped his false teeth. He saw them going and in reaching to save them, fell headlong to the street. Bushar sustained a broken arm and shoulder and several fractured ribs, In addition to internal Injuries. He lies In a serious condition. Joseph Long, a Cambria brake man, 21 years of age, fell under bis train at Johnstown and was ground to pieces. As a reward for saving the- First National Bank of Altoona from burn ing at Sunday morning's fire, Presi dent John Lloyd has sent to the Firemen's Relief Association a check 'or $260. Caught between cars on-the Read ing Railroad at Landingvllle, Wil liam Martin, aged 21 years, has his thest crushed in. His death oc curred Instantly. The accident oo lurred when the man tried to pass between two sections ot a coal train. Valentine W. Schrelnor and Catha rine- Schreiner, his wife, have Drought Eult In the Columbia County Courts against the Sbamokln & Mount Carmel Electric Railway Company tor $12,000 damages, al- tsged to have been sustained by Mrs. ohrclner when one of the company's tars collided with a cow. While tunneling for water near Fisher's Ferry, Joseph Roughton tnd John Moody found a well de fined copper vein, the outcrop being thin and almost perpendicular. Peter Kuzlkewlcz, aged 26 years, ton of a Shenandoah merchant, was killed In a railroad wreck near Havre, Montana. He was fireman on a locomotive. Fire of unknown origin destroyed a large slaughter house of O. B. De long, at Lansford, entailing a loss of $10,000, partly covered by insur-' affce. Announcement Is made of an In crease of $10 a month in the wages of section foremen on the main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and an increase of from $5 to $7.50 In the pay of division foremen. While crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Mountvllle, the team driven by Dr. S. B. Koser was struck by a fast eastbound passon ger train. The horse was killed, the wagon wbb reduced to kindling wood and Dr Koser was dragged fifty feet. Several ribs were broken and It is feared the phyalcan was in jured internally. George H. Mandevllle, of Johns town, representing Philadelphia and Baltimore capitalists, 1b about to, close a deal for 82,000 acres of coal land In Somerset and Westmoreland Counties. The tract has been tap-, ped at four places, the output being several thousand tons a day at this time. Unseen by her parents, Mary Hen nlnger, a young girl, ot Gowen City, found a box of strychnine pills on a shelf at hoe and, thinking tbeyi were candy, swallowed Borne.- She' died In great agony shortly afterward.
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