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
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