Hundreds of Mexicans Killed j During an Earthquake. DETAILS AHE ME AG TIE. The Town of Chilpsiitciiigo was lkitlly W recked. MANY KILLED IN A CHURCH. I t.rrul l.o** of LUt' Occurred Within an i:<lltl<« Ulirrc C rowd* of People ; Wore U or«lilpi>liiL r Tin- Hoof of the 1 tliurcli Fell oil tlie People. .Mexico City, Jan. 18.—One of the most terrible catastrophes ever" re corded in tin"state of Guerrero oc curred late Thursday afternoon, when an extremely violent earth quake shock was feit at < hilpancingo, causing great loss of life and injur ing' many persons. Details from the stricken district are very meagre, but scattering reports received here indicate that probably 300 persons were killed and as many more in jured. It is known that the state Capitol, the parish church and many business houses and residences are in ruins and there is much suffer ing as a result of the awful seismic •disturbance. One of the edifices that suffered most was the federal telegraph of- J fice, which explains the scarcity of news that has reached this city so far. The telegraph lines and ap paratus at Chilpancingo were badly damaged, but the employes, all of whom were uninjured, quickly pro- j ceeded to erect an improvised tele- j graph office on the outskirts of the j ■city. The number of deaths was greater j in the parish church than in any sin- j gle place, as a crowd of worshippers j were gathered there for the after- ; noon service. The solid roof of ma- i sonry came toppling down on the j worshippers as if it had been j wrenched from its bearings by a thousand strong hands. The war department has ordered | the troops in the neighborhood to co- | operate in the work of rescue. lrn til t ffis work is completed it will be impossible to learn accurately the number of victims. It is believed, however, that this is one of the most destructive seismic phenomena that i has occurred in Mexico. Tlife greater part of the people of Chilpancingo ; are now camping out under trees. Earthquake shocks were feit in many other cities and towns. In (Mexico City the earthquake ' took place at 5:17 p. m.and was of such violence as to shake the most ■substantial buildings. The Pan- American congress was in session at the time and many of the delegates were greatly alarmed. The first | movement was very sharp. It was j followed by an easier oscillatory i movement north-northeast to south southwest. The duration was 5i sec- 1 onds. The damage ill this city was only slight. The state of Guerrero has always been the focus of seismic disturb ances. lteports received here state that the shock was very severe at Chilapa. So casualties are so far reported from there. The earthquake was heavy at Tguala, in the state of Guerrero, de stroying the parish church and man; buildings in the city and neighbor hood. Among the latter was the sugar mill of (Jen. Frisbie, an Aineri- j can. '"he mil) had just been com- | plet.ed and fitted up with American I anachinery at a cost of $200,000. The property loss is immense throughout the state of Guerrero. The Indian* Hot the .Money. Dowagiae, Mich., Jan. 18.—Yester day every man, woman and child in the Pottowattamie tribe of Indians received from Attorney Baines, of Chicago, a check for SIOO. On Thurs day tin- probate judge of this county interfered and directed that the money should not be paid to the Indians, but to their guardians. The matter was argued Friday before the court, and as it was shown that the | Indians were badly in need of money, the court withdrew his objection, al lowing the payment to be made. \ Preacher Kill* III* Stepxon. Alton, 111., Jan. 18.—Kev. Mr. Gid dings last night stabbed to death his stepson, Harry Ilighfield, and was himself perhaps fatally injured, sus taining two fractured ribs, besides internal injuries. The affair took place three miles east of Shipman, 111. The tragedy was the culmina tion of a feud of long standing be tween the father and son, dating from the marriage of the boy's mother, five years ago. Ilighfield had just returned from three years' serv 'ce in the army. An SBO,OOO Fire. Detroit, Mich., .lan. 18.—Fire last sfht destroyed the interior of the ree upper floors of a four-story ilding at So. 184 Jetferson avenue, ■iipied by Sehloss IJros., wholesale thing manufacturers, entailing a >s estimated at SBO,OOO. Smallpox 111 WlNcoiiMiii. "Madison, Wis., Jan. 18.—.At a meet ing' of the state board ol' health yes terday it.was decided to take vigor ous steps to suppress the spread of smallpox. Secretary Wingate re ported .■)(>() cases in the state at the present time. An Oil Hoom at Moulder. ißoulder, Col., Jan. 18. —The second producing oil well near this city was opened Friday. It is half a mile dis tant from the first. The excitement is great, land values are rising and many persons arts preparing to drill for oil. THE WISE DOCTOR. 0> Doctor U. S. Sanator —I Wouldn't take that, Sam! It's not good for youi constitution. Uncle Sam—Nor for your health, eh Doc? NEELY TESTIFIES. Ifo C»lveM mi Kxplunation A bout thr ! Salet ol Stani|>» lie Dente* (living money to Kenven. IMavana, Jan. IS.—At Friday's ses- | sion of the court which i« trying the I Charges growing «>ut of the Cuban post office frauds, C. F. W • Xeely was called and examined by the fiscal. Xeely said that when the stamps were burned a certain amount were reserved for collectors, but that he , did not know how many, and that after the sales to collectors, fell off he gave the surcharged stamps to §senor Mo.va, a Cuban stamp clerk in the Havana post office, instructing LMoya to sell tliein. He asserted he took the money resulting from these sales and put it in the vault. Xeely made no record of these stamps. Xeely denied having any interest in the Cowan Printing Co.. of Muncie, lnd„ and said that he had not re ceived $3,000 as coming from the lock box company that putin the lock boxes to Havana post office, lie ex plained that 11) is. company was the lowest biddder for that work. Xcely was confronted with Reeves, who re iterated his statement that Xeely gave him $4,001) before leaving to make the books tally. Xeely an swered that 1 lii.-i was not so, and said he was with tiii employe of the 1 post office at the hour named by | Reeves in his statement. At the re quest of Xeely's counsel this employe will be summoned to testify. What Will He Sayf Chicaffa, .lan. 18. —<Bear Admiral Schley has reserved hf'j first public utterance since the recent famous Sampson-Schley controversy and court of inquiry for a Chicago audi ence. When tiie hero of Santiago stands before the banquet board as the guest of honor of the Hamilton club at the Auditorium, a week from to-night, it. is expected he will say something of national interest. Of ficial announcement to this effect was made last night by President Manger, of the club, .lust what the tenor of the admiral's remarks will be is not definitely known. A NEW Hallway Project. Warren, <)., Jan. 18.—< A plan where by the Pennsylvania and the Balti more Ohio roads are to get a di rect Cleveland-Pittsburg route via the Mahoning Valley, developed Fri day. Options are being secured for the building of a line to connect the Pittsburg, Youngstown <£• Ashtabula branch of the Pennsylvania lilies at .Mies with the 11. & 6. at l)e Forest. Hach company will then use its own line f roi/i Pittsburg to Xiles. Both will use the I!. <fc 0. line from Xiles to Ravenna and the Cleveland & Pittsburg between Ravenna and Cleveland. AH to Prince Henry't VLXLL. Washington, Jan. 18. —'William : Downey, n member of the firm build ing Emperor William's yacht, called ! at the. White House yesterday and ; it was decided that the launch shall occur February 2.">. There is little doubt that Prince Henry will be able to accept some of the invitations ten dered by various cities. The commit tee here will arrange a program which will take him as far west as •it. Louis, and it is possible that Charleston will be included in the re turn trip. The prince's American visit will last only 1(1 days in all. four .Vlinert Killed. Joplin, 'Mo., Jan. 18. —In a cave-in , at the Ada mine at Carterville, near here, Friday, four miners lost their | lives, another was injured fatally and ! several others were seriously hurt, i The accident was caused by a prema ! ture explosion of dynamite, which j blocked the entrance to the mine. Agreed on Arbitration. Mexico City, Jan. 18.—The at ! mosphere of the Pan-American con ference was suddenly r-1 day, and, with the most excellent ; feeling on till sides, both the plan of j compulsory arbitration and The | Hague agreement passed the confer ence. Young'M Shortage. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 18.—Former i City Treasurer Stuart S. Young's shortage is placed at $40,520 by ex | pert accountants who have been ex- I amining the books of the treasurer's | office. Young committed suicide in j November when news of his shortage j was published iu u newspaper. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1902. A FULL IN l'lilffi. Is Noted in Some Staples and Securities. THE REVIEW OF TRADE. Quotations tor Manufactures are Not Affected. RAILWAY EARNINGS GAIN. \otlilii<; HUM Orciirri'fl to lllMturli the Outlook In tlx'lron and steel Industry—The Volume of Wheat lix l>orl» l« IHiiilnlnlilnti. I Xmv York, Jan. 18.—It. 0. Dun & fo.'s Weekly IJeview of Trade says: Iteadjustment of prices continued during the second week of January, and the general average reached a much lower point than prevailed when the year opened. Manufactured products were scarcely disturbed, but both staples and securities suf fered. Business conditions are sound, liberal distribution and prompt pay ments being reported, except at a few southern cities. Cotton still fails to command the price proportioned to the estimated crop,-and as a consequence the re turn to growers is insufficient to sustain business at the rate estab lished by the previous year's most profitable yield. Transporting inter ests are less behind with deliveries, and railway earnings for the first week of January show gains of 7.4 per cent, over last year's phenome nal figures. Nothing has transpired to disturb the bright outlook in the iron and steel industry. Deliveries of fuel are less delayed and furnaces operate more fully, while mills receive ma terial with a fair degree of prompt ness. Quotations are maintained firmly, especially for pig iron. Footwear producers have made a general advance of from 2y 3 to 5 cents. Wholesalers have not alter ed lists. Stocks of cotton goods are not burdensome, and demands gradually expand with the advanc ing season, especially for fine grades. Woolen goods opened lower than ex pected, and purchases were retarded rather than stimulated by the de clines. Changes were few and small. •Grain reacted sharply from the high point, and a large western oper ator was caught with more than he could carry. Another unsatisfactory feature was the recent falling off in foreign demand, official figures for December showing smaller exports of wheat th:«n for any month of the calendar year, although for six months of the crop year there still appears a gain of about 50,000,000 bushels over the corresponding months of 1900. Failures for the week numbered 334 in the United States, against 325 last, year, and 40 in Canada, against 43 last year. A I'amoiiK \ aelitnMian IMc*. 'New York, Jan. 18. —( apt. Joseph Ellsworth, one of the best known American yachting captains, died last night at his home in Bayonne, X. J., aged 71 years. In 1885 he sailed the America's cup defender Puritan against the Genesta and won all the races. In the following year he com manded the cup defender Mayflower and won against the challenger Galatea. The Ship Siibuld) Hill. Washington, Jan. 18.—The senate committee on commerce yesterday authorized a favorable report on Senator Krye's ship subsidy bill. The democratic members of the commit tee voted against reporting the bill. They also voted to strike out the general subsidy provision of the hill. The committee made several amend ments to the bill. The most import ant. were: Allowing mail carrying vessels under the bill to be either ' iron or steel, instead of steel only, as originally provided, and another reducing to 1,000 gross registered I tons the vessels receiving a, bounty. CHIEF OF ORDNANCE. Young Man Now in Charge of Im portant Department. A Few Week* A«<> William Crosier \\ UN U I'laia Captain, \KIV 11 r Holtla the Hank of llriKixlier Ocn ■ cral ia the Arniy. The president recently appointed Capt. William Crozier, of the ord nance department to be chief of the bureau of ordnance of the army with the rank of brigadier general, to fill the vacancy caused by the re tirement of Gen. A. li. Bullingtou, on account of age. The appointment of Gen. Crozier was made largely upon the recom mendation of Secretary Root, who has become very favorably impressed with Gen. Crozier's ability, and who desires to suround himself with ac tive men of high professional ability in the conduct of the military estab lisment. Gen. Crozier has demon strated his ability in nearly every de partment of ordnance, and has i shown a wide knowledge of all af fairs pertaining to his profession, lie was the military member for the United States delegation at The Hague peace conference, and assisted in bringing about the agreement finally reached for more humane con duct of war. Gen. Crozier is a native of Ohio, but was appointed to the military academy from Kansas in 1872. When he graduated in 1876 he entered the artillery, and was transferred to the ordnance in 1881. He became a cap tain in 1890, after 11 years' service. During the Spanish war he served as a major and inspector general of vol unteers. During bis career as ord nance officer he has given the strict est attention to guns and gun car riages, and was a joint inventor, | with Gen. Butlington, who retired GEN. WILLIAM CROZIER. (Chief o£ the Bureau of Ordnance of the Nation's Army.) the other day, of the Buflington-Cro i zier disappearing gun carriage. The following is an official state- ! j ment of his military record: He joined his regiment October 20, j 1876, and served therewith at Fori | Robinson, Neb., to November, 1876; j | in the Held with the Powder river ex- j j ped'.tion to December 29, 1876; at i Point San Jose, Cal., to Febritary'2l, j ] 1877; at Verba, Buena Island, Cal., to j ' April 3, 1877; at Point San Jose, Cal., j (on field service from June 25 to Oc tober 2, 1878), to July 21, 1879; as- j assistant professor of mathematics | at the United States Military aead- j emy from August 28, 1879, to August j ! 28, 1884; on duty at Watertown ar- I I senal, Mass., to November 1, 1S86; on J J sick leave of absence to November 1, | 1887; on duty in the office of the j ; chief of ordnance at Washington, I). t <C. (on special ordnance service in ! Europe from November 24, ISSB, to ! December 4, 1889, and on sick leave j ! from May to November, 1891), to j February 14, 1892; member of the ! ordance board at New York city ! (commanding Sandy Hook proving ground, N. J., from July 22 to Au gust 23, 1893) and on inspection duty to December 16, 1896; on duty in the I office of the chief of ordnance at j Washington, 1). C., and on inspection I duty to April 17, 1599; member of the peace commission at The Hague, ! Holland, to September 28, 1899, when he rejoined Washington, D. C., and 1 was on duty at the office of the chief ! of ordnance until November 16, 1899; ; en route to and on duty in the divi sion of the Philippines to July 14, i 1900; chief ordnance officer of the China relief expedition to August 31, j 1900; on duty at Washington, D. C., \ in connection therewith to January ! 18, 1901; member of the ordnance board with station at New York ar senal, N. Y., to present date. Some difference of opinion exists | among army officers as to whether Gen. Crozier's appointment is pcr- I manent or whether iit is a detail I of four years under the army reor ganization law. The opinion of sev | eral gentlemen versed in military law is that the appointment is per manent and that the detail of four j years provided for in the reorgani zation law applies only to the line of ficers detailed as chiefs of bureaus. Gen. Crozier will not retire until 1919, and if the contention is sustained that iiis appointment is permanent, ; his term as chief of ordnance will be ! nearly 18 years, and will preclude the ■ possibility of any' of the officers that j rank him securing ft)at grade. YTv»<*le Sum IN l<il»crnl. A cadet in the United States navy ia paid as highly as a lieutenant in the | British navy. Mortality from Cnncor. In England the mortality rat* from [ cancer has risen from 3 8 per 10,000 i In 18«4 to 8.4 ia 1900, ON A BRIBERY CHARGE. An Ki-Npcakrror tlx* niclilsaii Houne ol' Itoprt'Hdilutl v<'H IN HI'III:: Tried. Mason, Mich., Jan. 15.- The trial of Edgar I. Adams, speaker of the house of the Michigan legislature of 1899, charged with taking a bribe, began Tuesday before Judge Wiest, in the Ingham circuit court, it is alleged that Charles 11. Pratt, agent of the West Publishing Co., of St. Paul, tried to secure the passage of a joint resolution through the legis lature to have each county in the state supplied with the reports pub lished by his company and that $20,- 0(10 was deposited in the First na tional bank, of 'St. Paul, to be used as a corruption fund and against this deposit Pratt drew two checks of $5,000 each and five oi $2,000 each. Land Commissioner French, it is alleged, received $14,000, and Speak er Adams $6,000 to be used in put ting the deal through. The joint resolution failed and the checks were returned to l'ratt and destroyed. Pratt was convicted November 2 of bribery and appealed. Mason, Mich., Jan. 16. —At the re sumption yesterday of the trial of ex-Speaker K. J. Adams, of the house of representatives, on the charge of accepting a bribe, Attorney Groes beck filed a petition asking that the service of the subpoena on Witness Charles 11. Pratt, who lias been con victed of offering a bribe to Adams, be set aside and he be permitted to return to Chicago. i.Mr. Groesbeck argued that Pratt resides in Chicago and came to Mason at this time by order of the court made at the time of his conviction, November 2, that therefore his attendance was invol untary and for that reason he was exempt from supoena during his com ing and going. The court held the service of the eubpoena to be good and the prose cution called Pratt to the witness stand. Pratt refused to testify, claiming his constitutional privilege. Judge Wiest ruled the interrogatories proper and directed the witness to answer. Pratt still declined and the court held him guilty of criminal contempt of court and committed him to the county jail for 30 days. MR. BABCOCK'S BILL. It Would l*nt IVlanv Slicl Product* oil the Free Lint. Washington, Jan. 15. —Representa- tive Habcock, of Wisconsin, on Tues day introduced a bill placing a num ber of articles in the iron and steel schedule on the free list and mate rially reducing the duties on other articles throughout the iron and steel schedule. Mr. Babcock made the following statement summarizing the measure: "The bill affects only the iron and steel schedule of ttie Dingley act. It. differs from the one 1 presented last session in several important features. This bill has been drawn with care ful attempts to meet present condi tions intelligently. It is an effort to maintain the theory of protec tion in accordance with the best re publican traditions, anil to prevent the party from becoming responsi ble, by non-action, for schedules that have been outgrown by changed con ditions and are made use of by com binations to extort unreasonable prices from domestic consumers. "The bill represents the views of many intelligent men who are them selves interested in the steel indus try and who are experts in all mat ters touching upon this subject. "I have placed the heavy products of the furnace on the free list, such as iron and steel in slabs, blooms, loops, beams, girders, joists, and all structural iron or steel, boiler and ship plates, steel rails, steel ingots, billets and bars. "The steel and iron schedule is very complicated, and the plaefng of these articles on the free list re quired the readjustment of nearly all of the paragraphs in schedule C. After numerous conferences with iron and steel manufacturers, these paragraphs have been amended upon strictly protective lines; that is, each article is given full protection as compared with the cost of produc tion in other countries, which still leaves a margin in our favor." SURRENDERED. Fnll Force of (Jell. .TinrlHlnan (lava Tliemwt'l VVM I |> to <acn. Kcll oil tlic lOtli. '.Manila, Jan. 15. —The full surren der of the force of Col. Marisigan, who, with Maj. Cabrera and a rene gade priest named Castilla, gave themselves up, January 10, to Gen. Bell, who is conducting the cam paign against the Insurgents in llatangas province, occurred Monday at Taal. The insurgents created a surprise by bringing in 60 more rifles than the authorities thought Marisigan could command in the district of Taal, which he controlled. The Fili pinos who surrendered included tlircv colonels, one major, rfive captains am 12 lieutenants. They gave up 219 rifles and one cannon. All the in surgents who surrendered did so un conditionally. Gen. liell ordered the men to be released. Col. Marisigan says he can prevail on many more men to surrender dur ing the next few days, and also ob tain possession of a number of addi tional rifles. Marisigan, the colonel, was a lead er of importance under the insurgent general, Malvar, operating in the western part of Batangas. That sec tion is reported now to be practical ly clear of hostile forces. l>lillll»» Fail* Again. Chicago, Jan. 15. —uV notice was posted at the opening of the board of trade yesterday calling for the clos ing of all open deals with George 11. Phillips, the former "corn king." A heavy call for extra margins is said to have been the cause of the posting of the notice. The trouble is said to have been due to a '.i l /* cent break in rye. Jacob Ringer, attor ney for Mr. Phillips, gave out a state ment saying that his client had been practically wiped off the financial slate, "lie is 'broke,' " said Mr. Ring er. A Tit AIX HELD UP. Masked Men Did the Job in Indian Territory. U Proved Very Unprofitable, How* ewer, lor the Itubbpra, n* They Only Secured About S3—A I'ewOtlier Detail* of the Incident. Fort, Smith, Ark., Jan. 17.—Tli« southbound Kansas City Southern passenger train was "held up" Wed nesday night half a mile north of Kpiro, I. T., by seven masked men. The express and mail car were en tered. The local safe in the express car was opened. The seene of the robbery is 15 miles from Fort Smith. United States marshals are scouring the country in search of the robbers. Three suspects, miners. Have been ar rested and taken to I'oteau, I. T. Spiro is a small station near the Arkansas river in Indian Territory. It is a desolate place in the timber, Which affords good cover for a rob fjery. I'oteau, the second station south from Spiro, was the scene of a former train holdup. The robbers flagged the train be tween (Spiro and Kedland. While two of the seven men covered the en gineer and firemen with revolvers, others forced a porter who had ap peared on the steps of the forward coach, to uncouple the baggage ear from the rest of the train. John Block, a traveling salesman from Fort Smith, alighted from the traiit and was about to fire upon one of the robbers when he was prevented by Conductor Sullivan. , The baggage car uncoupled, the en gineer was compelled to pull up the road a distance of one mile. There the robbers, after disarming the messenger, went through the bag gage and mail car. Their work fin ished. one of the robbers handed the messenger the revolver taken from him and all made for the woods. Postal officials here deny that any registered mail was taken and the express officials say that one pack age containing s:t covers their loss. TROUBLE IN A MINE. Hattle Between Silver Tliiirr.-t anil Ore Thieve*—The Itobbent llncaiii'd, Victor, Col., Jan. 17.—A desperate battle 401) feet under ground between ore thieves and officers and trusted employes occurred Thursday in the Independence mine on Rattle Moun tain. Between 50 and 75 shots were exchanged between the opposing parties. Lee Glockner, a member of the company's force, was shot twice, but not seriously injured. The tight was most determined, but the thieves finally gained the up per hand and forced the company men to retreat toward the big shaft, giving the thieves an opportunity to escape. The management of Stratton's In dependence Co., of London. England, which owns the Independence mine, has been aware for a long time that rich deposits of sylvanite in the mine were being systematically robbed, the stealing amounting to thousands of dollars eaen month. Detectives were employed and it is said the thieves were detected in the act, of looting a rich seam of ore. They escaped through the underground workings connected with an adjoin ing property. INDIANS ON A TEAR. Tliey Reallege and Threaten to Loot a Hank In a *1 ic hlu.an Town. Dowagiac, iMicli., .lan. 17. l'hree hundred Pottawattamie Indians went on a rampage last night, be sieging Lee Bros.' bank, which they threaten to break open if they are. not paid the money they expected to receive for signing over their claims to lake front land in Chicago. Many of the Indians are armed. The town marshal swore in a number of deputies. All other citizens kept in doors, fearing to leave their homes. The Indians came to town yester day to get $38,000, which was to be paid them by an agent of the Chi cago syndicate to which they have signed over their power of attorney to act in the lake front land case. The Indians were to have received SIOO each. Just as the agent was about to issue the money an order was received from the probate judge of the county instructing him to make payment only to the guardians of the Indians. LOST IN THE SNOW. Terrible Kxperlenee of I'our Miners Who Were 4'aught in a llllzzard. Vancouver, B. Jan. 17.—News reached here Thursday from Nelson, 1!. C., of the great sufferings of three miners and the death of a fourth from exposure in the mountains of the fSlocum district, 50 miles west of Nelson. On January 4 J. I*. Stevens, W. ('. Thomas, S. liockaway and M. Wall started across the mountain opposite Slocum City to visit the (Bondholder claim. Before night they became lost in seven feet of drifts of soft snow on the mountain top. They missed their way and spent three days of great suffering caused by the extreme and biting wind of the worst blizzard on record in that section. On the fourth day. Wall, Stevens and Thomas managed to reach a camp and at once sent back for liockaway, who had been left exhausted on the trail. lie was found frozen to death. To be the lilt-cent of KM Kind. St. Louis, Jan. 17. —The contract for the power plant of the Louisiana Purchase exposition has been award ed to the Westinghouse Electric Co., of Pittsburg. The plant is to be 10.677 horse power, and will be the biggest ever built for an exposition. (*ronii»i N to Double lCudi 4,1f1. Poughkeepsie, X. Y., Jan. 17. — It was announced in the chapel of Vas sar college last evening that John I>. Rockefeller had promised to double every gift made to the college before commencement day, 1002, to a sum not exceeding $200,000. l 3
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