SENATE RATIFIES
fhere Was No Opposition to the Agree-
ment With Denmark.
The
Assumes No
Terms of the Agreement All Claims ileld
by Denmark Against the
Would Be Cancelled.
United States in Taking
D. C
little more than an hour's
Washington,
ate disposed of the treat)
ceding to the United Stat
sideration oi $5,000,000 the islands
Thomas, St. John and St
Croix,
posing the group of the
West Indi
Rico,
as the Danish
east of Porto
this country is «
1
by
a transaction wi
siderat:
ministr
Senator
Committee
plained the
of the islan
would plac
ratification
Se nator
treaty by
vision
Constituti
when they
States. He
ure to accept the ;
prevent
believed
der that
permit an)
the islands, an
not in fairne
then ref:
for sale
The amen
division
Sen:
count of
their trade
He said the
rights of the
the provision ©
Spanish treat;
nn the
on In
1
PRINCE HENRY SAILS.
The Band Plays “Star Spangled Baogmer”
as Ship Leaves.
343 P. M. §
Kronprinz Will
BIG BOULDER KILLS SEVEN MEN
Crashes Down om the Caboose of an Arkan.
sas Train.
The
engine
As the
bluffs
west of
a heavy rock
been detached from
rains. Engineer Na
gine at
boose and shri ered it into spi
most of
injured were
a crew
put
aw
had
the
i his en
k the ca-
ters, and
were killed and
here was
colored.
roll
FO
the hills
rT TEVEer
once, but the rock
the mer w he
the men who
in the caboose
54 men, white
3 :
Of anda
Suicide and Insurance.
St. Louis, Mo., A decision
was rendered by Judges Caldwell, Thay-
er and Sanborn, of the
Circuit Court of Appeals, releasing the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York from the obligation of paying $7,-
500 to the widow of Edward S. Kelly,
one of its policyholders, who committed
suicide in Colfax, la, on February 21,
189s. The Court of Appeals reversed
the decision of the United States Circuit
Court of lowa.
{ Special)
United
General Funston Has Recovered.
Kansas City, Mo., (Special). Gener
al Frederick Funston has entirely recov
him here two weeks ago, and will, it is
stated, be discharged from the hospitak
General Funston will review the Third
Regiment, K. N. G., then proceed
Iola, Kan.. on a visit to his parents, later
going to Washington and New York
(ihastly Joke on Firemen,
Chicago, (Special). Firemen
groped their way t
from Bennett Hospital, at Ade and Ful-
persons who had been agg
not until the fire had been subdued did
they learn that they had been in the
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD,
Domestic
| Tie
of the
fon was
¢
annual meeting of the
United St
held in Hobok:« 3 N J
by
stockhold
Steel Corpora i
All the |
Ix ard
ers
made thi
were approved
wil
Mads
minstrel tre
at New
by the white
Frank M
ene
Beckw
ife
back home at
in t!
in
Fwo safes
mpton,
pen and $1,000 in
taken,
Capt. Henry 1
» constabulary in
rts that it is don
Lieut
Ig very
Ad
eitects
Furey,
Infantry,
he barracks in Col
sued mn
an office |
Clarence
United State
at t
permit was
building of
accom
mda
mcide
A
1
to imodate
M
» fight of the
Tariff Ball )
much embarrassment.
ssian officials declare that if peace
menaced in the East, Russia will not
fail to take necessary measures to safe-
guard her interests. They further state
that they do not believe the United
States 1s a silent partner in the agree-
ment. French newspapers express the
opinion that the Anglo-Japanese treaty
accentuates the antagonism between
Russia and England.
A dispatch from Constantinople states
that the ransom of Miss Stone and her
companion, Mme. Tsilka, has been paid,
but the time limit allowed for their re-
lease has not yet expired.
Mr. Brodrick informed the House of
Commons that should the death sentence
be passed upon Commandant Kritzinger
the House would not be permitted to
discuss the matter
Riotous strikers were yesterday
possession of the City of Trieste, Aus
is
United States Ambassador White, at
Berlin, in speaking of the statements
made by the German officials in
Spanish-American War controversy
government showed "not a captious,
trality.”
Financial.
The New York sublreasury statement
At the snnual meeting of the Railway
The St Adirondack
declared the
and
has
Lawrence
Company
payable March 1.
I'he decline in copper is thought to in.
that the rescued bodies were
dissecting tables of the school,
was general liquidation,
»
BLIZZARD SWEEPS
THE COAST STATES
York, Philadelphia and Other
Cities Are Smowed Under.
New
THE TRAINS DELAYED FOR HOURS
The Fierce Storm and the
the Rivers Impede Navigation,
Ferrvboats Have Great Difficulty in Cross.
ing—A Serious
the Big City.
and
Congestion of
t CSCam
:
¢
BURIAL OF A GIANT.
Twelve Strong Mem Were Needed to Carry
the Body.
Fired House to Hide Crime.
1, At
who says
i i has been
ide of the city Bar .
| in an Saying
go th town and get a carriage
Shortly afterward the burning
cabin attention The woman
was found msde, ba raed and with
knife wounds on her
3 Rie
isolated cabin,
: x
ior her
atracted
Corpses Found in the Fissures
Tiflis, Russia (by Cable) —Two hun-
dred bodies of victims of the earthquake
which destroyed the town of Shamaka
have been It
tain that
recovered
several
appears cer-
by the shocks.
intervals and the work of excavating in
search of the victims proceeds with dif-
ficulty. Among the dead are
pal shock, were congregated in the va
A Tombstone Combine Next?
Omaha, Neb, (Special) A number
in session here with a view to forming
a combine, it 1s said, which will take a
majority of the large marble concerns
“It is a plan,” said an
Omaha marble dealer, “to put prices on
Made Rag Bag of Flag.
Joston, (Special). For using an old
United States flag as a bag in his busi-
ness of collecting rags, Meyer Ratzman
was fined $20 in the Municipal Court
here, charges being “contemptuous use
of the United States flags The flag
was stained and weather-beaten, but its
original design was not defaced. A po-
liceman made the arrest on his own re-
sponsibility, and while taking Ratzman
to the station house was intercepted by
two marines, who pleaded for a chance
to chastise the prisoner. *
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
To Buy Jamestown Island.
Representative Nevin, of Ohio,
duced a bill House for the
[sland
chase of historic Jame {own i
i land into
ay
ap
intro-
in the
w of converting the 1
nal park, and £100,000 will be
bill the pr
understood that Senator Hanna
the for operiy
niroduce
the American Deen
Society, of
gan is vice-presi
land from Mrs
Meadowyville,
States Government
property. Mrs. Barney
from the district which
repre and her husband
the property, with the e
1
titie
and
acquire
larney, ot (a.
the United
was
Mr
v the
originally
ry
Nevin
f1er
ents
all
twenty-two acres, to
A S501
ion of \ irginia
ation for the Preser
‘ A 4
‘ An
IATICS,
of the projec ted
at Jamestown
Russo-Chinese Bank Pact.
nated 1
Oris «
r AgRregate i $1 "To
$ 1.000.000
Oil as Small Craft Fuel
substitued
#
£4
4
wided, to cost
of the Consul to
ed
Pretoria,
from $2,000
mn City, Algska,
both account
) Africa, was increas
to $3000, and at Daws
from $1.000 to $1,500
of cost of living
on
Treason in the Philippines.
Hoar
fo
Senator offered the following
amendment the Philippines Tanff
Bill, now pending in the Senate, the pro
vision to be inserted at the end of the
bill: “No person in the Philippine Isl-
ands shall, under the authority of the
by any tribunal, civil or military, unless
on the testimony of two witnesses to
the same overt act or on confession in
open court.”
Industrial Commission Dishbande
The Industrial Commisison,
several years ago to investigate indus-
trial problems and report on them with
recommendations to Congress, expired
The
days longer closing up affairs.
Death of Doorkeeper Ball
Capt. Joseph J. B. Ball, one of the
doorkeepers of the United States Sen-
ate for nearly 28 years, died here. Dur.
ing the Civil War he won distinction on
several occasions by valuable and haz-
ardous work. Captain Ball was born at
Orange, Mass, June 13, 1828
Capitai News. in General
President Roosevelt sent a message
to Congress recommending the retire-
ment of Captain Hobson, according to
the latter's request, for disabilities mn-
curred in the line of duty.
The Treasury investigation into the
baggage inspection at the port of New
York resulted in the discharge of two
inspectors and the reprimanding of
others,
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt was re-
elected president of the National Ameri.
can Woman Suffrage Association for
the ensuing year.
FOUR LIVES LOST
IN THIS WRECK
Light Engine Crashed Into a Passenger
Train Near Gifford.
SEVERAL PASSENGERS INJURED.
The Wreck Wes Evidently Caused by Eo
glncer Frew Being Mistaken as to the
Time or Failing to Remember the Exist:
ence of the Passenger Train, Which He
Should Have Passed at Gifford.
halltown, lowa (Special) —Four
2 head-on col
Central Railroad,
Gifford, light engine
lowa one
of
northbound
The dead:
Wallace Frew
of the }
when a |
crashed into a
Hn
Kenthsburg
a lit engine
ngs
CARS RAN AWAY ON GRADE
Three Men Killed, Four Likely to Die and Te
Traios Wrecked.
Spe i
{ Special)
nEineer
mped when they s
ahead
MSCIONS
the
1d
om the track
fran
them. Fluke was four
¢
fect away ir
une
Mr. Arkell Leaves Judge.
fork (S -W. J
president of
Lis
Arkell
University
acc
19 years of age
late Rev. Richar
l-known Baptist
and his fa
Montague
clergyman
d
4
A Woman Burned to Death.
New York, (Special). —Mrs
Suret, aged 50, was burned to death in
she and her
Her apron caught
fire at the kitchen stove. Mr. Suret and
Police Officer Blessing, the latter a
boarder with the family, were severely
burned in trying to extinguish the flames
which enveloped Mrs. Suret. There is
Virginia
the apartments in which
husband Victor lived
Rev. Needham Dies Suddenly.
Philadelphia (Special).—~Rev. George
Carter Needham, the noted evangelist,
died suddenly of neuralgia of the heart
at home, at Narberth, a suburb of this
city. He returned last week from a
three weeks evangelistic campai
through Tennessee, and expected nm
The Fight at Klip River,
London, (By Cable).—~The casualty
reports of the fight at Klip River show
that four British officers and 20 men
were wounded and two men killed. No
details of the engagement are given
Skirmishes in the vicinity are of frequent
occurrence
Two Men Killed by B. & O. Express.
Chester, Pa. (Special. )=-A. D. Blair
aged SB years, and his son, Charles R.
Blair, aged 36, of Fairview, Delaware
county, were killed near that place by
an express train of the Baltimore ane
Ohio Railroad, the train striking the
carriage in which they were driving. The
train did not stop until it reached thi
city, a mile from the scene of the acci
dent, and both bodies, with fragment:
of the carriage, were then taken from
the pilot of the engine,
i
i
DEWEY'S GUNS DID IT.
Was With Spein
The dispute
A
towar
MILLIONS FOR BRITISH NAVY.
1902.1903 Amount
$156,000,000.
¢
Estimates for to Over
{ Fix
Children Burned to Death.
I he
se1d a arslr mad ye
children nk and Dora,
§ years, respectively, were burned
o death. Webb, who 15 2 miner. was
A neighbor, who discovered
he fire. rescued Mra. Webb, her mnfant
ind another child, but it wa® impossible
0 save the other two children.
it work
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS
I'he grand jury in New York indicted
hree men for manslaughter in the first
legree on account of the explosion in
he rapid transit tunnel
A panic was caused among the pasten.
crs of two trains on the Third Avenue
“levated, in New York, which collided.
t+ number being injured.
Monroe D. Shenk, the misguided son
of a prominent family in Winchester,
fell down an air shaft in Albany, Ky.
ind was fatally injured
Attorney C. Aylett Ashby was ac-
guitted in Newport News, Va. of the
charge of manslaughter in killing City
Engmeer E. A. Marve
Mrs. Clara Colona, of Birds Nest,
Va, set herself on fire while filling a
coal oil can over a lighted stove and
was fatally burned.
An endless chain, started by some un-
known person, is bringing many letters
and dimes to the McKinley memorial
committee,
David Thompson was arrested on the
charge of setting fire to the Colum
bia Street Theatre, in Utica, N. Y.
Nine men were killed m the fight
at Lee Turner's Quarter House between
the officers and the moonshiners,
The British naval estimate for this
year shows a total of f£31.255000, as
compared with £3087 last year. The
new warships include 13 battle ships
and 22 armored cruisers,
At a Hecting, of the Association of
wine Breeders in Berlin it was
stated that the unrestrained
tion of American bacon
ruining
wh