tc ons A AR A Mighty Tidal Wave Sweeps Over Society Island. a Eighty Islands Devastated by the Wind and Wave —Makeno and Hao Completely Dee populated —On Hikura Island, Where 1,000 Were Engaged in Pearl Diving, Nearly Ha i th: Number Were Drowned. News te-rible loss of life in a storm that swept South month hy San Francisco (Special) last Mariposa, of On January Sea Islands the reached over here the steamer direct from Taliti Ihe loss estimated at 1,000 persons 13 last a huge tidal wave, accompanied by a terrific hurricane, attacked the So- ciety Islands and the Puamoto with fearful force, causing death and de- vastation never before equaled in a land of dreaded storms The storm raged several days, reach ing its maximum strength between Jan- 14 the meager news nary and January 16 From received at the Mariposa it 1s ['ahiti up to the time of the sailing of lost ad of the islanders that ¥ number estimated that 1.000 their lives It is vices will increase The first news of the disaster Papeete, Tahiti, January 23 schoon Eimeo aptain 1 schooner I at 500. The steamer at Papeete the following day i Yors The captain the total | figures com three kokaa, 18 1.80% wih feared later this reached the 1111 by of the isiandas Isl: 1Tage d ere drowned out to Conser the nun wave are under tl ernor at Tal The sur titute « having hee Fhe Fren Tews 1 t foo } of measures tricls, fresh wate man-of Fren were Ag 3 above by coral habitants when the land height fe et by pitiles natives the they tox REFUSES TO PAY AMERICAN CLAIMS Minister Pew:ll Informs San Will Not Submit to Delay Any Longer. It was finance Wash toy the States Meanwhile ) Powell con demand a settlement fuses accept the terms oroposed and has ann will not to any del It is here ti he De government TY evade by all means a nt of the claims ot the claims, re 10 submit asserted minced that he irther rmmncian seeking possible American Caught at Last. (Special) .- H seven years in charge of New York Byram Winters, for the customs at bureau the postoffice here, was arrested on a charge of em- bezzling money belonging to the Unit- ed States. The alleged theft over $8.000, and the time extends over seven years. Colectlor Stranahan was the complainant. Winters was held in $10.- 000 bail by Commissioner Shields trial, examination being waived, Col lector Stranahan made this statement concerning the arrest: “Byram H Winters, a clerk in the customhouse, who for seven years has been in charge of the customs bureau at the postoffice has been found short in his accounts.” At Last He Killed Himself. Monongahela, Pa. is for it again and was successful from his house and, running to Monongahela river, plunged in and was drowned before anyone could interfere. Tuesday night he shot himself and Wed- nesday he cut his throat. It is said he vas worth half a million dollars. Second to Dewey at Manila Bay. San Francisco, Cal. (Special).—Rear Admiral Frank Wildes, of the United States Navy, died suddenly on board the steamer China, He was on his way home from China, on sick leave, when death overtook him. The Admiral had been in ill-health for sometime, and was invalided home on account of a general breakdown of his physical constitution. Rear Admiral Wildes was junior squad- ron commander on the Asiatic Station, flying his flag on the Rainbow. Domestic, A Cincinnati court aside the sten ographic report of the will made on hi by Millionaire John McCor by which left his estate to Henrietta Cecelia Wolfe, who him shortly before he died N. Wicker, United State New Orleans, and who ommand to Colonel Buck Russo-Ame=ican telegraph Alaska at Set mick, he Miss Col. ¥ ap at in the expedition to New The miners and operators in Western Pennsylvama ana and Illinois wages which 15 a the men grand jury failed to agaist Miss Katherine V. Rich- ardson, who was arrested in Revere, Mass., on the charge of administering poison to her mother Mrs. Catherine Bendler, aged years, disappeared January 31 from her home, in Bridesburg, Philadelphia, and her children and friends !} <he was mu It roposed in second ley In : in 1867, died Orleans. the soft coal! districts of Ohio and upon a mcrease The Indi agreed scale of gen for find a true 50 elieve rdered 1s semi-officially stated that cred R ) $400,000,000 y 1" road will ennsyivania 215,000,000 t« Dr. Edward Vanderhauf, a prominent physician of New Yor hospital EXCESSIVE at a from drugs A silver service of sented by 04 a delegatic v1 the nieces piece Ibany name cruiser Fireman McCarthy, of nd Reading expres: loc ury at that he “te the he san powers | the the acts Sultan in mobi large army in Macedonia John carroll, United State consul at Cadiz, Spcin, died of . kish government 1s taking a le for rts should it be necessary to send troops to the European provinces mm con with the Macedonian troubles af consumption steamers avauabie Hee as nection Brazilian forces have captured Alonzo, in Acre, where Bolivia heretofore maintained a cust Jolivia is said to have rejected a Jrazil for arbitration The Puerto has house prope eal by wh Emperor Willham and other members of the royal family and the German gov ernment attended the Potato-Aleohol Ex- position. in which the Emperor is greatly interested During a row in the ‘Hungarian Par lament a deputy accused the Minister of National Defense of cowardice in refus- ing to fight after he had insulted him Liberal press in London blames the failure of the Alaskan Treaty on the inability of the British government to The It is reported that the Moorish pre- hands of the tribesmen, who want to sell him to the Sultan The trial of Gennaro Rubino, the Ital ian anarchist, for attempting to assassin- ate King Leopold of Belgium was be- gun in Brussels, The Spanish Minister of Foreign Al- fairs denies that any representations Cuban flag over his residence, Finencial, Very cheerful things are being said about Baltimore & Ohio. Professional traders are all bliish, They see no rocks ahead. Canada is importing Scotch pig iron as a result of the fuel famine. Diamond Match has reclared its usual 2 1-2 per cent. semi-annual dividend. Atlantic Coast Line had a bad Decem- ber, the net revenue declining International Marine shares r market’ on the New York curb and in London. cate Position, All Questions Exc:pt that o! Preler:atial Treatment Have Been Agreed Upon De tween Mr. Bowen and the Representatives of the Allies, and the Protocols Have Been Submitted to Him. Washington, D. C, (Special). —Presi the Michael the dent refused by Su *t .as arbitrator on Roosevelt Her ques the claims extended by lnm bert to ac preferential treatment {or in the settlement of the against Venezuela Not for many years have the feeling: of those holding the reins of Govern ment here been so aroused against Great Britain as now, when it has be come generally known from able and Hq ues tion sources that it has been Lon don not Berlin which has ben at 1 the many delays, unne ions and bottom of the general uncer Venezuelan settlement i Hy fully ved by als who have not been ritain in ouble iar as A TUNNEL THEIR PRISON (las Fumes Overcome the Traiomen and Pas. seagers. lowed the ut of the od Wenatch en pa But for the senget on the trams it 18 believed was stalled thr Lhe “The train cident the nearly two miles air-brakes to Freight Traias Collide. { Special) —A en two Rock Island Tecolate, N. M., re sulted in the death of five men and the injury of several others. The dead in clude G. Davis, of Torrance, N. M,, a conductor of Kansas City, and Fireman Winderwall. Two unknown men were buried under the wreck Among the dangerously injured is P. Pillsburn, of Torrance, N. M. The wreck occurred at a sharp curve on a steep grade Buried Under Falling Walls. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special) ~The brick ; wall of the three-story Strauss tannery, which was being demolished at Fill. more avenue ard William street, fell about 10.30 o'clock a. m are known to be killed, and their bodies | have been recovered. Several of the in- ured. who have been removed to the hospital, will die. The crash came without warning. The wall simply swayed for a moment and then fell outward, burying 14 men under the de- bris and imjuring many persons, Load of Car.ridges Go OL Philadelphia (Special). ~Peter McCal- | laghan, an employe of the United States Arsenal, at Frankford, was blown to atoms and Joseph Hunter, another em- ploye, was severely injured by the ex- losion of detonating cartridges. Ida Fran, a young woman, was cut by flying | giass while seated in her home. More | than 100 panes of glass were shattered by | the explosion. McCallaghan was convey- ing the cartridges from the arsenal to the railroad station in a wagon, and the fan, | horse and wagon were torn to fragments, The arsenal was not damaged. Texas head end collision betwe freight trains near i Department of Commerce. The | 311] merce and labor w com creatng a departs ent of conterees of both he cs, d pected that in the f« will become a law 1d rm agreed Fhe 1 relation Commission it 18 €X upon it unt of difference has been in ferstate the term not be | ment, i The department will « { the Bureau of Corporations, the { of Labor, the Lighthouse Be | lighthouse establishmer | Inspection the ivi | gation, the Bureau of the | Coast and Geodetic Survey, the commis | sioner general of immigration, the | missioner of immigration, the Bureau of | Immigration, and the immigration | vice at large, the Bureau of St tic the Treasury Department, the Burear | Navigation, the shipping commissio Jureau of Foreign Commer in the Department of State: the { Bureau and the Fish Commi ( omimerce of the transferred Tres bill this com to the new new On ard, the it, the steaml —y Bureau of N Standards wat SCrvice, com the S10nN x . the Vote the Anti-Trust Bill Passed. 3 245 tO O ly a unanimous House pa Anti-trust Bill. The i i ah closing chapter was devord of exent sed the ment 1e bill as passed requ porations “hereafter organized” refurns covers 11s articie composition Interstate ion on penalty of Om engaging ie 3 ortialtie penaitie In the Departments. at og fuced amendment the Philippine Currency Bil p for an international ssion to fix upon a commercial value of gold and silver. Roth, of New York, of the Forestry Divi ion, General Land Office, to return to the Forestry Bureau of the Depart Agriculture The Erie Railroad Company filed with the Interstate Commerce Com mission the same reasons as were given by the other companies for advancing freight rates M. Jusserand., the new French am- bassador, presented his credentials to President Roosevelt and the usual ex- | change of felicities were indulged in The central committee of the Twen- tieth Century National Gospel Cam paigrs has issued an appeal for a na | tional lenten gospel campaign. The Senate committee reported the District of Columbia Appropriation Bill. It carries a total of $0,396,000. | Senator Wetmore, from the Commit- | tee on Library, favorably reported bills { providing for the erection in Washington {of statues of Count Pulaski and Baron { Steuben, The Naval Appropriation Bill as re- Patter Introd on " Filbert has re signed as chiel ment of doubling the present enrolment at the Naval Academy. Senator Morgan discussed the Isth- mian Canal question in the House and predicted war with Colombia if the pres- ent conrse was persisted in, William A. Wilson, a disbursing clerk ment, was arrested on the charge of einbezzlement. Captain Hobson has received a letter from Secretary Moody accepting his resignation from the naval service. e¢ sentence imposed on James Green for volating an injunction against intimidating miners of the Pocahontas by the President, to expire at once. Opposition to the nomination of Dr. W. D. Crum for collector of the port of Charleston developed in the Senate Committee on Commerce, ¢ Over 300,000, | MITCHELL AND THE Are In the Central Competitive District, Com- posed of Ohio, Indiana, Hlinois and Pitts~ burg District of Pennsylvania Migers io the Southern and Southwestern States lo directly Affected. Indianapoli i ’ Ind tional executive commit workers met here Monday trict conference held between April 1 dates now an 11 All the for the in the several states has Of the ventions Michiga con { arranged are ence immediately afterwa ; and mine joint conference ing the month of March Vice ing Pim Lewis of next year President the CUBA MAY RECALL MINISTER. Reported Action of Spain Causes Indignation st Havana Plan of Revolationists. Island of { By revo (uracoa 1s sand here the stionary armies of the east and center Venezuela, which are opera against Caracas, are waiting lor the operation of the revolutionary army the to in an attack capital. General Matos, it 1s added, v march with the army of the west, the center and ecastern forces on left and right wings, respectively It is further asserted that the revolution- ists recently defeated a government force at Duaca, near Barquisimeto, kill ing an important officer and many the rank and file Congressman Moody Dead. Asheville, N. C Congress man James Montraville Moody, of the Asheville district, died at his home in Waynesville. He was taken sick several weeks ago in Washington and only reached his home a few days ago. His | death was caused by congestion of the | lungs : ot tng C0 west fom on od { Special) New Departure in China. Peking (By Cable). ~-On the occasion {of the Chinese New Year's audience, | the Dowager called the Russian, French | and Corean Ministers separately to the {throne and addressed each with ex | ceeding cordiality. This is quite a new | departure, Two Killed 8y Explosion, Roanoke, Va. (Special).—While sev- eral men were engaged in thawing a lot of dynamite at the Grubb mines, 15 miles Linstantly killed and L. E. Rayne was fa- | tally injured. Wellford leaves a widow | and several SHildren. The other men ried. mouth, H., shot and killed Capt. George H. Colby, whom he mistook for a thief, a————————— won em Academy Not Forgotten. D.C (Special) —] NE bill hington, reported to or vi the $70,048 420, $f z i han the ¢ sub The timate Department $78 86,3063. n for the battle 3 two IMGs Representative gress, thus doubling the y required for ti cers 1 : onstruction the « ber of officer will be 1260, unles men are authorized Regarding the ber of 1 The ittee saw a approaching condition Co increase idshipmen the comm comm O11 Lion atte port { and rec Ol S00 Aca C3 giate acti HTess ger WAR ON MORMONISM, Dr. Bell Urges That ali The Churches Io It—Wesk Church:s % € Dr. the First 5 Albertson. of Episcopal Church, of Ger addressed the conference t « Member up.” mn which he suggested a plan i mterdenominational afhliation Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, execn ive secretary the mn mittee of the General the resbyterian Church, opened a d the subject “the Evange ur work.’ For five yea een a real sag in the evangelists of the churches, he said, but Jd 1¢ past year there has been ing in this respect Dropped Dead in Church, New York services in the Gospel City, Mrs. Amelia Methodist mantown, Pa. the subject of “Associate st of evangelistic © Assembly rs 1? awake During the Mission, Jersey Woodhall dropped dead from apoplexy. The congregation. 20 women and half as many men, had just finished the hymn “Nearer, My God to Thee,” when Mrs. Woodhall who, with the rest had been standing, uttered a scream and fell back. The services were brought to an abrupt end { Special) Mount Pelee Still Active. Paris (By Cable), ~The governor of the Island of Martinique, in a cable dispatch to the Colomal Office, an nounces that the Mont Pelee volcano continues active, that its summit is con- of incandescent matter are thrown out. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Roland Fitchue, colored, was arrest- years ago from Mrs, J. B. Brady on a Pullman car. A head-end collision between Rock At a commemorative meeting held by Mr. Andrew Carnegie made an address in enlogy of Abram S. Hewitt.
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