A TEKRIFIC (JALK. Death iind Ruin Follow in Its Wake oil the Atlantic Coast. ■Milpn Were \Vrrrked--l.itlimit ICd'ort* ol" Lite Saver* to ICeMcuc Crewi— Several Corpse* Are Washed A*liorr— I Two Itarjjr* and lit People iVll»«Ui|£. New York, Feb. 4.—The gale which has been sweeping the coasts of Long Island and .New Jersey for more than 24 hours and is continuing, although with abated force, brought death and destruction to sailors and their craft. Reports of loss of life are confined to the eastern end of Long Island, whence comes news that sev eral bodies have been washed ashore. It was not known up to 10 o'clock last night what vessels the men who lost their lives came from. They might have been on either of the barges towed by the tug Richmond, reported as passing, without tow, Block island bound from .New York for Xewport, li. 1., or the tug Cuba— which passed Block island two hours later—which left Xew London, Conn., on Sunday for Xewport News. Wreckage strews the shore in the vicinity of Hell Port, L. 1., life sav ing station, and one body came ashore east of this station. One barge was threshing about Monday afternoon near Forge Hiver station. The crew of the American mer chantman Seheppp. a full rigged ship which went ashore on Long Heach, L. 1., shoals early Monday, were in peril all day. A westerly gale was blowing at the rate of "0 miles an hour when the Seheppp struck at 3:30 in the morn ing. It was bright moonlight at the time and from Capt. Khoades' life saving station, a mile to the east, the life savers had no difficulty in lo cating the vessel. They reached the Schepp about daybreak and found the seas break ing over her bow and stern. She was about 1,000 feet from shore and toss ing heavily with every thrust of the powerful breakers. Her main top gallant and royal mizzen topsail with the fore topgallant studding sail had been carried away anil nearly every spar in her was twisted or broken. The life savers of ('apt. Rhoades' station and those of the Long 1 Reach station under ('apt. Van Wycklen made several attempts to shoot the life lines over the Schepp. but the efforts were not successful The crews of the tugs John E. lier wynd and E. S. Atwood had a nar row escape from g*oing to the bot tom with their craft Sunday after noon. Philadelphia, Feb. 4.—The wind storm, which reached a velocity of 50 miles along* the southern .New ,ler-~ sey coast and in th vicinity of the .Delaware breakwater, has diminished. Reports indicate that vessels that were exposed to the pale weathered the storm fairly well. Two vessels are ashore on iirigantine shoal, a short distance north of Atlantic City, N. J., and two steamers are aground in Delaware bay, about .iO miles below this city. Fa 11 River, .Mass., Feb. 4.—The tug Cuba, of Taunton, arrived here last night and reported the loss of her two barges, Matanzas and Cardenas, off J'lock island Sunday night during the gale. New York, Feb. s.—There is every reason to believe that three barges, coal laden, from Newport News for lioston, have been lost as a result of the storm on Sunday night and that 13 people comprising the crews have perished. The barges were the Antelope, Belle of Oregon and Mystic Ilelle, They were in tow of the tug Rich mond and the finding of a piece of wreckage bearing the letters '•(). I*. E." lends confirmation to other in formation at hand. The Antelope loaded coal at New port News for lioston. She was towed to .New York by the tug Claverton and was there transferred to the Richmond, which was to have towed her to Newport. The tug Richmond belongs to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co. Agent Willette, of that company, says that Sunday afternoon the Richmond, in command of ('apt. McConnell, left Liberty island, in New York bay, with three barges in tow, coal laden. Each barge had on board three men. Resides these there were ( apt. .Mil ler and his wife, who acted as cook on the barge Antelope; Capt. Hard ing on the lielle of Oregon and Capt. Rogers on the Mystic lielle, a total of 13 passengers. Agent Willette was in communica tion with Capt. McConnell, who had reached Newport, R. I. The barges, he said, were well out to sea at 6 o'clock on Sunday night off the Long Island coast. The rope from the for ward barge parted and the barges were blown away from the tug. Capt. McConnell said he did not give up the hope of rescuing the men on the barges until it became too dark for hi into distinguish them. New York, Feb. o.—The barge Mys tic lielle, one of the three of the tug Richmond's tow which broke away and drifted out to sea in Sunday's gale, was picked up by the tug Cuba, about 60 miles east of Montauk Point, Tuesday night, and was towed to Newport, 11. I. l'l-li mill (•uiiic Show OpciiM. Chicago, Feb. 4.—The opening of the second annual sportsman's show of the International Forest, Fish and wn t.ha." APPEAL OF THE DONS. lliiMhlM Turn I'd It lloi\ 11 In Short Or* dor-*A ■ ii'iicliiiiiiii'N Story. Paris, Fob. o.—The following state ment is made by an official who held a very high position during the early days of the Spanish-American wut and it is undoubtedly authentic: "The Spanish government believed that Queen Victoria would support any step taken with a view to pre venting the war and come to the aid of the queen regent, it was not ig norant of tlie fact that Mr. Chamber lain was in agreement with Lord Salisbury in the desire to endeavoi to render the United States a signal service, but information which reached it. conveyed to the Madrid government the idea that any mission of pacification would be well re ceived by England. English society entertained the most hostile spirit towards the United States. It had not forgotten the Venezuela affair and in Loudon it was thought the proper thing to support the Span iards. "Thus the principal diplomatic ef fort of Spain was brought to bear on the central European powers and more particularly Russia. It was not thought that England would take the initiative in its favor, but being con vinced that England would not dare to stand aloof from a common action undertaken by Europe to bring about peaee, Spain sought before every thing else to win over Russia to her cause, but her appeal was met with refusal. "This reply undermined the friemf ly disposition that France and Ger many had at first shown towards Spain and the pacification of the powers, instead of being exercised collectively i»nd of great moral au thority, reduced itself to individual advice, counseling Spain to make con cessions. "England was therefore called up on to declare itself. The sympathy of certain statesmen in the conserva tive cabinet was certainly for the United States, but they were not re quired to display it. They afterward insinuated that their role had been to hold Europe in check to the' ad vantage of the United States. As is seen from the foregoing they did nothing of the kind." TRAITS OF FILIPINOS. GOT. Tall 'IVII* About Tliein—Are ¥*o lite unit Coiirteou*. Washington. Feb. G. —(iov. Tuft- con tinued his statement before the sen ate committee on the Philippines yes terday. He said that he had never met a Filipino who was not a musi cian, and lie added: "All Filipino crowds are well behaved and polite, and the people are courteous. The Filipino shows capacity for skilled labor, but he is negligent of machin ery. 1 wish it were true that the Filipino is as industrious as is claimed, but he is not. Indeed, there are many of them who might secure work who do not seek it. This condi tion leads to a demand for the bring ing in of Chinese." This statement led Senator Hale to make inquiry concerning the prcs enee of Chinese. The witness replied that the contractors and business men generally contend for the neces sity of bringing in Chinese labor. This importation was, however, gen erally resented by the natives, not so much because of the competition of the Chinese as laborers as because of their competition as merchants. The Chinaman generally saved his wage*? and in a few months would establish a mercantile establish ment. the result being that the next door neighbor, who is a native, would be driven out. Under the present regulations no Chinese ore admitted. Replying to other questions Gov. Taft stated that in the islands there are about 000,000 acres of land held by private persons, and that of this 40:s,000 acres are owned by the Catho lic friars. Of these 403,000 acres, 250,- 000 are the best lands in the islands. As to the honesty of the native Filipino, (iov. Taft said that many exaggerated pictures have been drawn. They were neither so bad nor so good as they had been repre sented. Many were arrested for theft and there also were charges of treachery and duplicity. That some are dishonest and others double faced was true, but that all present these characteristics was not true. Hence no general characterization was possible. SHORT TERM IN JAIL. Ollleer* ofu Wire Company arc Ordered to «.<> to l»rlnon lor Contempt ol Court. Hirmingham, Ala., Feb. 0. —E. T. Schuler and (i. 11. Schuler. president secretary-treasurer of the Al bania Steel and Wire Co., were yes terday ordered to serve five flays' im prisonment and to pay a fine of SSO each by Judge W. Wilkerson, of the city court. The contempt proceedings were in stituted by Mr. Ilobinson, a resident of Juliet, 111., who is a minority stockholder in the Alabama Steel and Wire Co. Mr. Uobinson charged the defend ants with mismanagement and it was brought out at the trial that some books of the company had been burned. ilobinnon alleged it was to prevent him from obtaining inform!* tion as a stockholder, after he had an order of the court allowing him to inspect these books. lin-tlayor Hilkou l»le*. I'ittsburg, Feb. 6.—George Wilson, president of the Western Pennsyl vania Humane society and the oldest ex-mayor of Pittsburg, died at his home last night. Mr. Wilson was mayor during the. war of the rebel lion and was instrumental in prevent ing the looting of the arsenal to sup ply the Confederates with arms. A Fierce Storm. St. Johns, X. F., Feb. f>.—Another severe storm is raging here. The northern coast of the island is block aded with ice, and the mail steamer has been unable to make hei trips. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1902. BLOOD TEST OF GUILT. Striking Instance of Super*tltion Lately Witne»*ed Inn Chinese Mixed Court, An instance of the prevalence of su perstition among the better class of Chinese, even in European ized com munities, is supplied by a recent trial before the mixed court at Shanghai, reports the Xew York Sun. Magis trate Chang was sitting. An English assessor was present, and counsel ap peared on both sides. The case was one in which a native defective was accused of abducting a girl betrothed to another man. The question before the magistrate to de cide was whether the accused should be arraigned on a civil or a criminal charge. All the witnesses, even the girl her self and her mother, declared that the man had not maltreated her. Hut Magistrate Chang was of another opinion, and lie commanded that the mother be beaten in order to extract the confession he was sure she was withholding. This was futile, of course, as the poor woman had noth ing to confess. Then the accused man, who was already on his knees, took oath in Chinese fashion by breaking a saucer. Most solemnly he protested that his relations with the girl had been proper. Still the magistrate was not satisfied and he demanded another test. The girl's forefinger was first cut and the blood therefrom allowed to to drop into a bowl of water provid ed by the court. The detective's fin ger was next cut, and the same pro- DR. PRESLEY MARION RIXEY. W Jf&fay. * \ \ Dr. Rixey, who has Just been appointed surgeon general of the United States navy, has been a capable and popular officer of that service since 1&74. He is a native of Virginia, entered the navy when 21 years old, and lias served in numerous positions in the medical department of the service. He was a close and warm friend of President McKinley, whose confidence and esteem he enjoyed in the highest degree, and who had promised to nominate him for the surgeon general ship. a promise that has now been ratilled by President Roosevelt. Dr. Kixey is BS years of age. ceeding carried out. The magistrate then held that as the blood mixed, the detective was guilty, and remand ed him for trial before the court on a criminal charge. Fox Hunt In a Church. Religious services were in progress in a schoolhouse in Cushing, Me., on a recent Sabbath when a startling dis turbance occurred. A fox darted in through the open door pursued bj a couple of hounds, and in a few mo ments the animals and the; clothing of the frightened ladies became alarm ingly mixed. The women's screams at last terrified the four-footed inter lopers and they bounded off toward the woods. Flreil hy an loiclo. An icicle, dropping into a barrel of unslaked lime, started a fire in one of the buildings at the new state cap itol at Jackson, Miss., a few days ago. The watchman turned in .'in alarm. The firemen threw water upon the fire, but that caused hundreds of bar rels of liine to ignite, and the build ing was speedily destroyed, the de partment devoting its attention to saving the new structure and adjoin ing buildings. DIFFICULT FEATS OF CANADIAN SKATER. if —y* !!: ''''' '' ■* Canadians, North Americans and Swedes have always excelled in fancy skating. The most remarkable trick and fancy skater of the day, however, seems to be J. K. Davidson, of Toronto. Ont., who Is on a tour through the east at the present time. Standing on stilts, 20 inches high, with skates attached to their lower end he goes through the most complicated movements and performs the most marvelous feats in fancy skating. The accompanying pictures, taken from the New York Herald, show Mr. Davidson in two of his most diilicult and artistic feats. INDIAN GOLD HOARDERS. Milliard* t poll Milliard* of Kranoa Siipp»*«*d lo lie I.yiiiic Idle 111 llidinu IMucea. Of the outpouring of gold which during four centuries has been scat tered all over the world, an immense portion remains idle in India, where it has been imbedded. In India the gold returns to the earth and re mains there move completely hidden than it was in its original state. The amount of gold brought into India during the past CO years, that is to .say, from IS.'>7 to IH9S, is greater by three milliards nine hundred and for ty-tliree millions of francs than the amount exported. The soil of India absorbs the floods of gold ju s the sand of the deserts swallow .e over flow of the great rivers. , .icn it is remembered that this work of ab sorption has been going on with little interruption for ten centuries and still continues, it is easy to form an idea of the immense treasures that are hidden in that country. Ail this gold remains sterile, and, consequent ly, is lost. It is estimated that mil liards upon milliards of francs in gold lie idle in the hiding places of India, and it is known that this colossal treasure is in coin that dates back several centuries. A HUNTING EPISODE. Had Ma rk smn n*li Ip I* \ot Invariably m UiNiidvunliiKe a* la Here Seen. Two hunters who were shooting- in New Jersey were not equally matched as regards skill in shooting. One of them bagged many birds, while the other did not get a feather, says Judge. "What, ho," said the first, "but you are punk. Why don't you practice with a pop-gun? You could not hit a barrel if you poked the end of your fowling piece in the bung-hole." The other said nothing, but he gazed sadly on his empty bag and enviously at the birds his companion had slaugh tered. As they were about to start for home they met an affable stranger, who asked: "What luck?" "I have killed 23 birds," said the good shot, "while this lobster here has not killed one. Isn't he a chump to carry such a heavy gun all day?" "Well, 1 am not sure," said the affable stranger. "I am a game warden and this is the closed season. Those birds will cost you ten dollars apiece." Mora!—A bird in the game bag is sometimes worth a whole bunch in the bushes. AV»rk by .InpiiiiONo AVomon, The women of Japan are now largely employed in telephone and post offices, and they are said to be excellent bookkeepers. HISTORIC "T" RAIL. Piece of tlio I'll--.I One Errr .llatir la I*re»eiifc«l to Andrew ('urnrgle. New York, Feb. 7.—Andrew Car negie last night formally ]>resented to the Stevens Institute of Tech nology sit Hobifken, ,1., the new building erected at his expense and known as the "Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering." The ceremonies consisted of the delivery of the kej's to Mr. Carnegie by the architects, and the handing of these keys by Mr. Carnegie to S. Bayard Dodd, presi dent of the board of trustees, a few appropriate words accompanying do nation and acceptance. Following this was the presenta tion to Mr. Carnegie by I)r. Henry Norton, president of the faculty, act ing for the alumni association, of a beautiful decorated silver box con taining a piece of the first "T" rail ever made. This rail was invented by I{. IStevens and made in 1830 by Sir John Guest at his works in Wales, under the personal supervi sion of Mr. Stevens. It was with these rails that the Camden & Am boy railroad was laid in 1831-2. The collation which followed the exercises was novel in point of table decorations. There was a srtielting furnace four feet high, which gave out a stream of punch; railroad tracks on which ran flat ears on trucks supporting '"ingot moulds" of bread and "ladles" filled with salads, an "open hearth furnace" so illumi nated as to appear red hot, but yield ing fried oysters; a Bessemer con verter holding fancy cakes, kegs con taining rail spikes of bread and cake and ice cream served in tue form of "T" rails. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. Kvery tleinbrr ul' a Schooner'* CrfW, ■Cxccpt One, Win Frostbitten. New York, Feb. 7.—The coastwise schooner Charles Noble Simmons, from Norfolk, for Fall Kiver, coal laden, was towed into port yester day by the steamer Indian. Capt. Green was disabled and all of the crew were frostbitten. Almost from the start the schooner encountered bad weather, the winds being high from the northwest and the cold in tense. On Monday the gale assumed hurricane force and carried away the fore and main booms. Falling wreckage struck Captain Green on the head and lie remained uncon scious until noon Thursday. The mate navigated the schooner to a position off Fire island, where she anchored to ride out the gale. The mate and crew were all pros trated by the intense cold and had hands and feet frostbitten. The stew ard was the only one on board able for duty. The steamer Indian went to the schooner's assistance oil Wed nesday. Five attempts were made to get n hawser on board, but the schooner's crew were so disabled they could not help themselves. In one at tempt the Indian got too close to the disabled vessel and struck her on the port bow. doing some injury to the bulwarks. Finally the steamer managed to get three men on board the Simmons, who made a line fast and the steamer was able to tow the schooner to this port. Her rigging, deck, rails and sides were heavily coated with ice. DIED IN LONDON. IKxii U li» Stole tlie Famous CalnM boroiiiili I'll lure Pn»»e* Away. Chicago, Feb. 7.- Adam Worth, alias Henry.l. ltaymond, and known as the "Napoleon of Crime," is dead in London, and with the announcement of his death yesterday all the details of the recovery of the celebrated Gainsborough painting were made public in Chicago. When the famous picture was re stored to its owner in Chicago last April there were many surmises as to the medium of its return. William A. Pinkerton, who announced the re covery of the painting, refused to confirm or deny any of the stories. Now that Worth is dead, Mr. Pinker ton can speak. Worth gave him writ ten permission to reveal the (iains- J borough secret after he had died. Wrapped in oil cloth, the canvas j was handed over to Moreland Agnew one morning last April in Chicago by ! Worth, who 25 years before had out j the painting from its frame in the | Agnew galleries in London. The return of the painting took j place in Mr. Pinkerton's office. AN EXPENSIVE BLAZE. Fire nrMlrojM a fliicuKo Apartment lloune Limn #loo,ooo Firemen Injured. Chicago, Feb. 7. —The 'Varsity flat building, situated near the Chicago j university buildings, was destroyed j by lire last evening, entailing an ag- ; gregate loss upon the owner of the | structure and tenants of $1(50,000. The building was four stories high 1 and contained 17 flats, all of which were occupied. All the tenants had time to escape, however, and no lives were lost. The fire started in the basement in a pile of rubbish. During the fire an explosion of gasoline in a grocery store, located in the building, hurled Fireman James Tillman from the fire escape on the second story to the ground, breaking his thigh and injuring him internally. Itobert Hartley, another fireman, was thrown from a window in the second story and his head was badly cut. Tail's TeMlmony. Washington, Feb. 7.—Gov. Taft in his talk to the senate's Philippine committee yesterday said that the assessable taxable property in Manila would not exceed $.'!(),000,000. This, he added, would not exceed one-sixth of the valuation of an American city of the same size, and yet Manila would require a far larger expendi ture than would an American city of the same class. One considerable item of expense would be that of maintaining sanitary conditions. It was necessary at all times to guard tg.ninst the plague. MUCH ADVICE IN IT. Industrial Commission Sends lis Final Report to Congress. Art vtx Hti'M Ciovcruinciital Kuprrvlnlua ol' ICullroKds—Hei-omiiK-iitlutloua Arc tludr lor <»lvlng iTlore Power to Secretary or Agriculture. 'Washington, Feb. 7.—The industrial commission has subipitted its final re port to congress. The first, part, which lias been made public, deals with the progress of the nation, agriculture, mining and transporta tion. Recommendations arc made on the subjects of transportation and agri culture. The commission advises as to transportation: "That the policy of governmental supervision and control of railroads, as originally laid down in the senate committee's report of 1886, and em bodied the following year in the in ter-state commerce act, be revived and strengthened; that the authority of the inter-state commerce commis sion, necessary for the adequate pro tection of the shippers and clearly in tended by the framers of the law, b« restored, and that the powers and functions of the commission l>e en larged practically as contemplated in the so-called Cullom bill of 1900, ex cept as to authority to prepare and enforce a uniform classification. Such legislation should provide'! "For more stringent regulation of the conditions under which freight and passenger tariffs are published. "No rate or classification ought to be changed without at least 00 days' notice to shippers, unless authorized by the inter-state commerce commis sion. "That strict adherence to published tariffs be required and rebates and J discrimiiu-tion prevented by an in crease of }••■ penalties. "That t- 1 long and short haul clause be trengtliened and rigidly enforced, unless the carriers shall be released by special order of the inter : state conmierce commission. "For the definite grant of power to the inter-state commerce commission, never on its own initiative, but only on formal complaint, to pass upon the reasonableness of freight and pas senger rates or charges; also grant of power to declare given rates un reasonable as at present, together with power to prescribe reasonable rates in substitution." Prefacing its recommendations re garding agriculture, the commission says that "agriculture has derived more benefit from the establishment of the department of agriculture and from its administrative work than from any other federal legislation." it makes the following recommenda tions on thi«4 subject. "That the secretary of agriculture be given authority to inspect dairy products intended for export and to certify to their grade and quality. "To fix standard grades for cereals, based on season of growing, quality and weight per measure, and, when intended for export, to inspect and certify the same. "To require and direct the proper disposition of diseased meat. "That a more comprehensive pen alty clause for shipping diseased meat be enacted. "That a law be enacted to provide for the inspection of nursery stock intended for inter-sttae commerce or for export, and prohibiting the trans portation of diseased, infected and uninspected nursery stock, and for rules and regulations to govern the importation of nursery stock and fruit, and prohibiting the importa tion of diseased, infected or unin spected nursery stock or fruit. "That a pure food section in the chemistry division in the department of agriculture be established to pre vent the adulteration, false brand ing and deceptive imitation of foods, beverages, candies and condiments in the District of Columbia and the ter ritories and for regulating interstate traffic therein. "That adequate legislation be en acted by the states, where needed, to control such diseases as glanders, tuberculosis, etc. "That whatever changes may be made in the tariff, by reciprocity or otherwise, adequate protection to the beet sugar industry be maintained." THE PANAMA ROUTE. A llHllroa«l tlnn Tell* ol" the Itlltieiil tie* Kiicoiiutercd In IH^uim:an mluii Canal. Washington, Feb. 7. —-S. W. Plume, of New Orleans, testified yesterday before the senate committee on in ter-oceanic canals concerning the feasibility of the Panama route for a canal. Mr. Plume is a contractor and railroad man and in the latter capacity spent five years as roadmns ter of the Panama railroad. Me said the difficulty of excavating a canal In that region would be very great because of the character of the soil. '1 ne country is full of small springs, which keep the soil in such a moist condition that it is quite difficult to handle it except in the most tedious and expensive manner. He also spj>ke of the section as the most unhealthy on the American con tinent, saying that of oli men sent to the isthmus as engineers, superin tendents, clerks, etc., all but threti had died within three months. I** oiiiicl Hold on IIIk Farm. Ogdensburg, X. V., Feb. 7. —(Jold has been discovered on the rocky farm of Lincoln Hockens, of Depeys ter. The discovery has been kept secret awaiting the report of an ex pert assayist, which, just made, places the ore at a value of $75 per ton. Mr. llockens lias taken out a ton and a half of gold-bearing quarts!. The vein was found near the surface, and runs into the side of a hill. Ex pert miners say the find is a valuable one. Preparations are being made for extensive mining operations la the spring. 3