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FUNERAL OF
BENJAMIN
HARRISON
fully Fifteen Thousand oi His Fel
low Citizens Witness the Burial
o, the Statesman.
TOKENS OF RESPECT
Little Passionate Grief Outside of
Mcmbeis of the Tninily, but the
Ttibutes of Respect Were Univer
salServices nt the Grave The
Chief Magistiate of the Nation
Beside the' Grave.
At IvIuMie Ulie from The oilte.l l're
Indianapolis. Mm cli 17. Km rounded
b fully 15.000 of his fellow-cltlzons,
die toinnltis of Benjamin lluul.snn
wete lids afternoon intoned III the
fntullv lot In Ciown tllll cemeteiy.
ririN by the gtavo wcif tin' meinbeis
of his fn mlly. Piesldent McKlnley und
other vlltoix of distinction nnd the
niit Intimate fi lends of I.-ncial Hui
ilsoii litii k n disunite of fifty yards,
l bind lopes gum dec! jealously by a
biirff fon i' of io1l(i Flood with 1111
i 'nril heads tin gtent multitude who
know lihn not o well aw did tliey who
-food beside die freshly uptiiined
.nth. but who linunicd hlni and ud
nilird hlni iiilti' as nmoh. It Is doubt
ful If mi) public 111(1)1. nt least In this
generation, has been borne to bis last
resting place aniline: so many numlfes
t tlns nf repct t. or passionate giief
i re iuij Utile outride the meinbeis
of Ills fandl); but the tilbuto of ic
Hppit was uulvcisal. It i.imo fioni all
allki. tioui thoo of Ills own political
filth and tinui thoi who dllfeied with
bbn . ouccinlng what Is best for the
mittdii s Rood. 1 1 inn nirii who have
be. a bis lire-Inng fi lends, and fioni
tins- who knew hlni nietely by sight
and to whom ho had inner spoken. It
line trom women and chlldieii, fioin
vbii and black, fioni all conditions
an I kinds nf people There was no ex-
ptimi aii)wheie to the expression
i let the mil Ion had lost one of It
abb st men and the greatest man of
hi. geiicintlon in his own Mate.
It) III" ginve stood the chief magls
tmli or the nation, and behiml the
lopes weie the sticet aiabs of (lenetnl
ltiiiihou'H city, every guide of liuiiiaii
lit' In America between the two was
i-pic.-entcd in the nowd: and anions
"em all thi'ie was but tin. one reeling
that a man had died who was honest
nt all Unas with himself ,m( Wt,
iluis and whoso ability and chiirac--r
wcio such as the nation could 111
alfuid to lose
Tie weather, like that of )e,telilny.
was splendid, lulgllt sunlight, the
"ittlii bieaih of sptlng ill eveiy lneoze,
mid et in nu. i a touch of winter
Hi it biought the blood to the dieok
niid a "p.ukle to the eye
flu sen-lies at the chinch anil gi.ive
w ie simple In till' eMieine. all ill most
'dleiu taste, and like the pioceetl
Ings ycstcitla) there was an utter ah
s mi of filctlon In cveiythlng that
".s done All was well unified and
well pet fin nied.
At the Hanison Home.
r the llniilson home, beron. the
run.ilw wue taken to the b'list Phs
1 it 1 1 nt ihiiiih. where the full ser
mci was held, lltete weie biief ev
en ises tot i li mi-tuber of the tainllv
end mine iuimeiilale fib nils of den
'Hl Hanison Possibly lift people
veu picuMH. Miv. 1 Unison did not
npptai, bul iciniiliieil In hoi loom until
li was time to eae for the chitim.
iMoi-ldi'lu McKlnley, accompanied by
fb.vcinor Dm bin, tailed at the house
nbout 1 o'clock-. At about the ..im,.
i mie (anie the mcmheis of I'ieldent
IIlllliS0ir.s cabinet lllld otheis Cli ky
amved vntll the shoit mm vices were
oxi-i. The i eople sat In the p.ulnis,
riled the balls, and a ninnbei of them
ml upon the Hairs, while Dr. Haines
lead it shoit passage item criptuies
and made a few leiuaiks touching tlr
Ufi and ihiii.n ter of fleneial Harioou.
as did Dr. f.'liiull. of Si. lmuls, and
altet a brb r prayer bv Di. Haines the
sn vices woic o,r. The lloilst's
wagon came to the lions,. Ull ,, m.
boi of the l.uger pieces wue loade 1
li.to the chicle iirepaiutorv lo being
taken to the chureh. "Vnnl was "llieu
sent to Mis. Hanison Hint the tlm
had conie for the body to be lemnvod
to the church, and she at onie came
down fiotn liei loom into the pailor.
The procession was to hive left the
house nj 1.S0 o'clock, but It was fully
thirty minutes Piter when eveiythlncr
was In readiness. The iIooif weie
thrown wide open mid the honoi.uy
ptill hearers, who weie ilonoial n.ui.
Jamln P. Tiaey, of Xew Yml;: John
VanatntiIter, of Philadelphia: William
11. U. Miller, of Indianapolis: .lolm S'.
Noble, of St. Louis, nnd riiarles b'os.
tcr, of Poatnrla, Ohio; Oeneril l,ow
Wallace, of Indianapolis: .ludson Tim -nion,
of rinclnnatl and William A.
Wo'ods. of Iiullailiipolls. came slowly
down the walk le-nlliisr to the stieet.
After thfin came tho active pall har
pis. heaihiB the easUet. They weiv:
A h. Muson, James Whltiomh ltlley,
Hvans Woollen, Hairy J .Mllliuan,
Pllffoid Anlek. William Ilobbs,
Harry P. New, Howard ('ale, John T.
nrlfllths, Newton U. Taiklngton. till
ton V. llrovn nnd Samuel Held.
While the casket was heliiK- Placed In
the hearse, the honoraiy pnll beaiers
stood to one side with bitted head.
As the liear.io moved fiom the Iront
nf tlio house, the eairlajft's came up
japldly and (lie family aijd vlsltois en
ffred them. The undertaker and his
assistants held n list of the occupants
nf each nrilaue ui It should ko In tha
ptoeesslon, and as (illicitly as a. car
riage 'stopped tlin people to whom It
helonKed were UHheied In and It moved
down thn stieet to take lis place In
the procession.
I llehliid the casket came Mrs, Harri
son with her binthei, l.liititctinnt f'mn-
mander I'atlter. of the navy, and little
KtUaheth Hanison.
Route of the Procession.
Then came. Secretary Tlhbott and
Mis, Tlbholt; then .Mr. and Mis. Me
Kee, -Mr. and Mrs. Itusselt Jl. Ilanlsoti:
then the other tel.ltlves of the dead
e-piesldent. Dlieclly after the mora
het.s of the family came I'lesldenl Mc
Klnley and fiovetnor Dm bin. nnd fol
low Imk them the filend.s of the family
The lotitu of the procession was bouth
on Delawnte stieet, then one block east
to I'liinsylviinla stieet. and thence dl
ice i to the chinch, a total distance of
twelve siiim-es. Twelve mounted police
men led the way and denied lite
stleels. There weie several thousand
people mound tho Hanison ieldence
as the funeral procession moved away,
hut the ctowd theie was iuslKiilllcaut
lo that witheied around the chinch.
It was 2.H0 o'clock when the pioies.
slon oi'iivcd at the chinch, and for one
hour and twenty minutes bcfoie that
llnte the chinch had been packed to
Us utmost capacity. In lad. Its ciipin
Ity was sttctdied somewhat, and hi
plaies Inside the buUdlns the people
weie wedged loffethei much too tight
for coinfmt.
Dheetlv after the nioinlim; idlslous
sei vices In the chinch the uheis who
weie to take chnrRe of the ctowd dtn
lnr the funeinl services of the after
noon went Into the chinch to complete
their Dual airatiKcments. Jonp tibbous
of silk, white upon one side, black on
the iecise. weie stielched aiound
twenty pews in the body of the chinch,
nnd fifteen on each side, makliiKa lotal
icservatlon of fifty pews for the fam
ily, pall-beaiei.s anil vNltois. One
o'clotk was the hour set for opening
the churih, 'although It was opened
somewhat culler than that. Ily 1 10
eveiy seat was occupied; chairs tilled
the side aisles, a lonu tow of people
stood alons- the -Ide walls, and men
were pei died upon the pulpit stairs.
A wait of more than an hour ensued,
dtnliiK which the nrgnnlst pla)Cd soft
ly. At 2.S0 the llorlst with his men
i anie In. bearing many of the laise
lloral pieces which had been around
the casket yestetday while it lay In
the State House. Most of the flowers
had been lenewed and looked biiRhter
iiul handsomer than before President
MeKlnley's Kieat w tenth or Kolden
Rate loses had, however, lost niiieli of
Its beauty as compaied with the day
befoie, but for all that it was one of
the most handsome pieces present.
Theie weie baskets of loses of ciimson,
of yellow and of white; there were
violets, orchids, eall.i lilies, Mies of the
valley and many otheis In so Rieat
piofusion lli.it theie was no longer
spare on the floor for them, and many
wi paths weie Iiiiiir over the sides of
pews.
The llorlst had scaieely completed
his woik when the fiont doors opened
and the fnnetal paity appeared. The
ii1icis hastily Ratheied up the black
and white ribbons and letlied to the
flout of the hutch.
The Fiuieial Patty.
The houotaiy and in tual pall-beaters
came slowly up the noith center
aisle, tilling the seats at the side. The
ttsheis, foimlnK In column near the
door, i nine up the .south aisle. adliiK
as an escoit to the piesldehl, who was
aicoiiip.inlcd b) .Mis. Dm bin. As Hit.
president i cached the pew set ap.ut
tor him, the tisheis tinned and faced
him He bowed his thanks for the
honor, and then, usheiiiiR Mrs. Dm bin
into the pew, followed after, (inventor
Dm bin and Seuetary I'orlelyon iiUei
lip the pew.
Immediately In fiont of the t askel
and behind the pa IN beat els came the
Itev. ji, Haines and I'.ev. Samuel
.1. Xliols, of St. hauls, the latter bear
ing a t.H lal t ORPinhl.iui e to Senator
Hiiutiu, although he Is a mm h laiger
man.
Immediately lollowlux the casket
was Lieutenant I'ouimauder Parker
and Mis. Ilairison. Tlle oicupled the
second seat fioni the fiont to the left
of the not th lenlei aUe, i oriespondlng
10 that of Hie I'tesblent on the south
aisle, with them wcrePiank Tlbboti.
(leneial HaiiNou's pihate secietary,
and Jlis. Patkei. l''ollowlng them were
Mr and Mis Ittissell Hanlxuii, Mi.
and .Mis. .1. It. Jb Kee and Jlrs Haton,
John Scott Hanison and Carter II.
Hanison, .Mr. and Jlrs. Xcwcomei. jr.
and Mis. S. V. Mori Is and other lela
fives and dose fi lends of the f.iniil).
Mi. and Mis. JldCee and Jlr inid
Mis. Ittts.-ell II. Hanl'-oii occupied tho
pew dlleiH) In the ,.nr ,j ,UU (
whli h .Mis. llanl-on s.u.
When all had taken tlnli sects, jii,
Haines advanied to the fiont of the
pulpit platfonn. and. noting his ,rt
hnnd upon I he I.uge church lllble,
opened the sei Ice by sn)lllg,
"I am the lesuirectlon and the life.
He that bell.'vetli in jk. thoiiKh he
weie dead, yet shall he live, and he
thai llveth and bellevilb on Me shall
never die "
.Mi. Xlecols then lead fioni b'list
I'oiluthlans. v ;!"i-;;s. fmiuslvf, after
which Mr. Hi. lues olfeied piayei. Af
ll the pi aver the choir lend'eied the
hymn. 'Hock of Ages." In a he.ititllul
and linpiesslve iiiaiwioi. This was
lit in nil Ilaiilsmi's favoilte liymif'. and
11 I" said It Is the only one he tier
atteuiplPd to slug.
Kollowlug tlie hymn. Dr. Nlicols
n-ad put lions of Scilptures from the
fi-tliteentlt chapter of St. John nnd the
twetity-tlist dmpter of Revelation, af
ter whli It Dr. Halne dellv-eted tho
addiess and Dr. Nlccols offeieil puiyer.
The seivbis weie dosed with a bail
tone solo. "Hails, Hatk, JI Soul," ten
deied by IMvvaid Nell, Tu which the
entile chier Joined In the chums.
The patty left the diutch In the
same oulei In which It entered. For
the most pait. those who attended the
diuich set vices left Immediately for
flown II 111 cemetety.
The only flowers bulled with the cas
ket weie those sent peisonally by Jlis,
Hanison. This was by her special le
(itest. A pot Hon of tho tlowets sent
by TtusM'll Hanison and Mis. MaKee
weie placed on the crave of Mis. Cam
Hue Scott Harrison, their niothei.
Rev. Elijah Keller Dead.
lb l.viliuiir Wire fiom Ihr oclatnl Pre.,
llirp.wcll, f vijich K. u,i, f.IIIjIi Kfllir.
mitlior nnd prradin, who-e fame iiticl on lilc
Imki1 fur Iiii.k ami liU teinpoilllon, "-"lurljciu
lo III lilailljlom," nlilili nrjily icci.v nhoob
ln.,1 lias i.i run I ii .nine llinr, illril it M It.niir
leilj), lu hl I'lthlj.ilKlali ytir.
GERMANY AND
THE MEAT LAW
Measure Prohibitum the Importa
tion of American Meat
Has No Friends.
OUR MEAT IS IN DEMAND
The Ameilcnn Canned Beef Veiy
Popular with the Laboiing Classes
' on Account of Its Moderate Pi ice
and Its Loss Is Seveiely Felt Aus
tria Still Remains Finn and Is
Taking Steps to Keep Out Ameti
can Products.
0 Kii1iiIi Hit fiom 1 1 r WrdjicJ l'r"
Washington, Maich IT. The Herman
meat Inspection law, absolutely pio
hlbllliiR the hnpoitation of Anietlcan
loined beef, sausage, etc-., wlilch went
Into effect some time ago. has made no
ft lends, accenting to a lepott leceived
at the slate department fiom 1'nlled
States Consul Dledmlch, at Itieineu.
The law has been the objei t of very
seveie criticism in (ietmany, accotdlng
to the consul, and one of the most
pointed arguments against II has been
that II defeats Its avowed piupos,. bf
piomotltm public health, because the
lesultatit high pi Ices on meat lessen lis
consumption, while the health of the
Met man nation demands an lneiecise
The fact that the meat Inspection law
has put the prices up Is a well estab
lished fact, accoidlng to Consul iDled
eileli. K-pcelally among the laboring
classes is the loss of American coined
beef at a low tlRine most strongly felt.
Austila Is Still Finn.
Theie In a stiong movement afoot In
Austria against the hnpoitation of
American ptoducls, according to ad
vices iccelved at the state depait
nient fiom 1'nlted States Consul Hoss
lleld, at Tileste. The expliatlon of the
tariff tieaties of Austila-Hiutgaiy In
1P0J will necesslte a geneial revision
of the customs laws of the fountr.v,
and Consul Hosslleld says theie Is cet
talnly eveiy Indication that the new
tariff laws will be framed with a spe
cial view lo prohibiting the Impntta
tlon of Ameilcau pioduets. A uiajoil
ty of Austila's economists have no
fear of American letallatlon. states the
consul, because Austila buys from the
1'nlted Stales nioi e than she sells to
her.
In i oncltislon the i onsitl says that
public opinion certalnlv appears to be
with the piohlliltlonists. who ate a
well oiganlzed and artlve body,
AGRICULTURAL
EXPERIMENTS
Jaied Smith, of the Depaitment of
Agiicultuie. Will Open a Sta
tion at Honolulu.
11' I ulu.itt Wad lioni 'lli Viuiut'd Pitr
Washington, Jlaich IT Jaied Smith,
who has been In charge of the odlies
of seed and plant Intioductloti lu the
department of agiicultuie, has been dl
lected to start In a few da.vs for Hono
lulu to establish an agilctiltur.il i
peilmint station theie, As dlieclor,
his fltsi woik will be to teach the Ha
waiian people how to giow gaulen
tllltk. Most of the vegetables now
consumed In the Island aie Imported
ft mil San Fi.inclsco. They will be
taught, also, the value of daily cows
among poor families, butter and eheee
making, the forage plants most ecu
uointcall) produced for Hawaiian con
sumption and the value of poor fami
lies lalslng chickens and pigs. This
agilcultur.il mlssloiuii) woik lu (he
Intel est ot the common people of the
Island will be essujed before the other
agilcultuial problems will be lousld
eied. Theie aie 200 acres, i mining
fiom the i oast to th top of a moun
tain, set apatt by the Hawaiian legis
lative for this purpose. These motteis
will he given attention near the ioast;
toffee raising 'Will be studied cm the
higher elevations, and torestiy work
will be clone on the mountain tops
Regarding agrlcultui.il espeiluient
woik lu the Philippines, Seirdaiy Wll
son said today
"Congiess will not appiopilaic money
Tor cvpeitmeiitlng In the Philippines
until Hie people theie have quieted
down. Tin n the depaitment of iiriI
tulture will be icady to conduct le
seaiches: in fact, the gieen houses of
the department hcie now liave plants
glowing for shipment theie as soon as
conditions aie tips. Among these Is
lubber, seeds of which are being
In ought tiom all paits of the woild
for sending to the new Islands itudei
the Anierli an Hag."
TEMPLK IRON CO. OFFICERS.
Elected at Meeting of Stockholder
at Reading.
It) 1. In.iif Min fiom 'le .ou.Ufi ir,
Iteidlng. I'a., Jlurch IT The stoik.
holdeis of the Temple lion company
met hme last evening and ie. elected
these otllcers:
1'iesldent, tleoige !' Huer. Heading
dliectors. Allied Walter, piesldcnt of
the Lehigh Valley ralltoad. J. It. Jiax
well, president of the Jeisey Centiul
lallroad; W. H. Tiuesdale. piesldent
of the Delawate. Luckiuvann.i nud
Westetn iitllro.ul: i:. H. Thomas, prcsl
cut of the Kile inlliniid' Thomas p.
Kcwler. piesldent or the Ontario and
Western tallio.nl: .1 a. Hauls, piesl
dent of the Heading railway, rjentley
II. Smith and P. c. Smlnk, or Huid
lug. Neatly all the coal.cariyliiR ralhoidH
arc thus tepresented by the lespec
live piesldent, Tho company Is one of
the Iiii'kcsI owners of collieries In ihe
I'l per iinthiaclle legion
LI HUNG CHANG
IN ILL HEALTH.
Mr. Rockhill Stntes That the Chinese
Statesman Is a Physical Vicck.
Ilr f.iilihhe Who (rem Tiie Atn Ltnl Pin.
I'ekln, .Match IT. The health ot hi
Illing Chang Is aguln a matter of
grave consideration to the mlntsteis of
the poweis. Mr. ltockhlll, the Ameri
can special commissioner, who vlHlted
Hail Ll yesteidii), says he Is a physical
wreck, and upputently lu it statu of
utter collapse, although mentully as
billllant as ever. .Mr. Horlthlll would
not be surprised (o hear of his death
at any moment.
The lemoval of Ll Hung Chang by
death or any other cause at the pies
ent moment would be very unfortunate.
Jl. I)e ('lets, Kusslsn mlulster. said to
day. "LI Hung Chang Is a great diplomat,
and bis Influence with the Chinese
court Is absolutely unique."
Settor tie ColoRun, Spanish nilnlstei
and doven of the diplomatic corps,
SHld: "The Chinese cottit could not
appoint a plenlpoientlaiy of the same
t allbie and having equal Influence
with the Chinese and the foielcneis."
Tientsin, Miudi IT. Theie Is no
change In the situation developed by
the Anglo-Husslan railway dispute
here. The i:ttslnn and tliltlsh foices
are still lepiesented by small detach
ments with olllcets. encamped on op
posite shies or the railway siding. The
utmost filendlliuss Is exhibited tow aid
each other by the opposing patties, but
as n measttie of precaution the guaids
have been i educed to twetity-sfven on
each side In oitler to prevent any pos
sible collision dm Ins the negotiations.
FATAL BLAZT
AT PITTSBURG
William Miller Killed Several Are
Injured Property Loss Esti
mated at 8250,000.
Itj i:iluntr Wlr- finni Hi taoilntrJ Pi,..
Pittsburg. Pa , March IT. During the
piogiess of a the today at the coiner
of Diiquesne way and Fort stieet one
Hi email lost his life and three others
were badly hurt. The ptopeity loss, will
be fully $J,0,nflO. well Instil ed
The dead fireman Is William Miller
The Injuied aie: (leoige J. Snyder,
Harry C.ilfllth. 11. H. Sdieckler. The
injuied men aie lu the hospital In
lather bad shape, but all will lecover.
The flic bioke out lu the boiler toom
of thtt Hiram W. French company's
hair felt factor). Just opposite the Im
position main building. Thiough .sonic
confusion no ahum was tin tied In for
some time, and it w ts fully twenty
minutes after the Hie was dlsioveied
befoie the engines i cached the s, etie
Piom the fell inctory the Humes
Jumped ncioss the stieet. ami In a
vety shoii time the i:posltloii build
ing was burning Deuel). All th flie
nien could do here vas lo pt event the
Humes spreading. After haul wotk
this was accomplished, and .Machinery
Hall with all Its valuable contents
was saved. The main hitlldltix was a
tompleie wieik. Two lumbei yauls
adlolnlng the felt fiutoi) soon suc
cumbed. Oallnghet Ar Banket lost one
million feel of lumber, and Henr.v
Henk .l.".0.O0O feet of valltuhle hnul
wood. Tlttee small dwellings weie de
slioyed. H'lIllHtil Jllllei and his rellow (lie.
men were victims of a live wlte. The
Intense heat melted the network ot
vvln-s miming lu ever) dlrei (Ion, and
one of them in falling stiuck n trolley
wlte, the other end ciosslng the biusx
no.zle of the hose held hy Miller and
Snvder. Iloth men fell as though they
had. been shot. Si hecklet and llrllllth
In going to the le.si tie weie also caught
and both weie badly binned When
the ptosliate men weie i eat lied Miller
was dead, and two of Ihe othirs nu
const Ions.
The loss on the Ivxposltlou building
will i each tion.onn, lully Insuicd. 1'ies
liletlt Torraiue savs (he struduie will
be inbuilt at once and will be lead)- fot
the fall engagements.
SIX PERSONS PERISH.
They Aie Burned to Death as the
Result of an Explosion of a
Coal Oil Stove.
lit hibibr MIli" flflil 'Hi' M0iUlnl 1'itni.
inufalo. N. Y Jlauh IT. A special
to the Hpiess fiom Canipbelltowu, ,N.
I! . says:
Sis persons vvete bin mil lo death
last night nt Little Casc.iprda, Que,
its the nstiit of the evplo-lon ot a
i mil o'l stove lu the In use of John
Oaiithler. The stove exploded on the
landing of the stalls, and Jlrs. Clou
thler. who was sick In bed. and flvfl
children, were burned to death.
BANK WRECKER ARRESTED.
Charles A. Johnson, Cashiet, of Niles,
Mich., in the Toils.
II) I.m liib rp fium The VixiiUtnl I'ic.t
I iilumluM, O, UjicIi IT.- ( lullfs A, .loliiui'l,
i.i.hler (f tlm 1'ln.l Njtlcn.il li ml. oi Mlc,
Vnli, Ma,- .niitril I i loiU) on a iluiiro of
niiittlUK tli.it imilliitlcn. lie v.ii l.ncil hi lliu
llllCU'llll lllplt.ll HOCJIIK" of liln i1ilul mj,.
lltlMi. lie it likilly hiokcu in licdlh and nini.li
riiuiiaioil. ami vii) iif I voiu. Ili cxprod
wlllnsair to lit inn lu viIiIk.hi .it nu,
Johnton l lil I" I""1' t"'iie lu l utuniLtis
Ilium dUtch Jtttl loolrii Nilf-. ibnui lo
wtilh jku. ,vl1'" tin' Inimtlgatloii el the Unl.'ii
jfUUs vwk liojlin. lie ilit lined to IjU jliol.t
Die jtl.ih of Ike 1ijii1. On lli piltMi' pci.on
ne ftiiiiid ccililluim cr ihisi.ii fi.r l.W in
a I'.int- hi lid ill).
Ledger Coal Article.
lb l.xilinbo wire 'roni 'flic 3rUtir I'ic.j
riilji(lli!i. MJHli IT.-lhf lrdjfi In In
cnjl mtlile limo.iiiw w II f ' I .inilirjclip
ce.il lintli ii-poil i liutn iitiut f lota Pie
utile lie., villi li tint) in hiiijII pi.vlui II m i.n m.
liii'it if Hie ilniuulit. Ihr ictriit (opl nu r.ilnj
nn.t pii.vldlnfr jii Jiiiplt tjtn .ii.pb, I 'i lies
Jul rlcnunil conllihi- prjflii.illi ji In u-tuji'if.
'Ihi iniiMiiuii iuf v-i) iarln(T in ilt-ii ii,'iln,
jtul lliU iitilric t the iltaltiii, who, i; tin tv
pislutloii of a reduction of lh ..princ chctilir 'f
pilir., arc nnu'illlnc lo te iMiichl with uiw.M
ft-ii t,. 'I lift i' lontlniirt to lip Hindi lull, alunit
Ihr Ijlior iiiellon, but .in .itnlt.ililr- jiljii.tnirnt
l inioi ill) ontli Ip.ltnl."
PANIC ON A
STEAMSHIP
Explosion of an ninmonlri Tank and
a Broken Shaft Gansc
Gonsternation.
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
Number of Stewards and Steetage
Passengets Near the Tank When
It Exploded and All Were 111 fiom
Effects of Inhaling' the Fumes.
lit lvilu.be Wlrr fiom 'Ihe Win uttil l'i ..
Xevv York, .March IT. -The steamship
New Yolk leached her dock toululit,
after a passape lu which an explosion
of an ammonia tank and a hioken
shaft caused ios of life and much
damage to the vessel.
As .i tesult of the explosion fifteen
men weie overcome by the fumes of
ntumottla on Thtiisday morning last,
and so seilotisly prostiated that two
deaths followed. Iloth victims wuie
butied at sea. Sevetal otheis were
conlliud to the ship's hospital for some
time, and one was still In the hospital
when the ship docked.
The dead ate .lohn Kent, a siewuid
of the vessel, and fail lhiglailst. mi
Atneilcan citizen, a stceiage passenget.
V. Colston, a cabin steward, Is still
suffeilng fiom Inflammation of ihe
lungs.
The explosion or esiape of unimoulii.
occutred at C.SD o'clock Thuisdiiy
morning. The bonnet of the condenser
on the tefilgeiatlng app.nalus was
forced lu some manner. Near the ap
patatus at the time weie eleven slew
aids, steei-ngu and cabin, and fifteen
steetage pussengeis. When the am
monia fumes buist out Into the coni
paitmeiit. which is on the same deck
as the main dining saloon, theie was
a mad lush for escape.
Some weie oveicoiue by the fume''
and diopped to the lloor. Otheis weie
able to get out of the toom and aid In
opening up the conipaitment and let
the ammonia escape.
The bieaklns of the shaft occiuied
Kilday morning. The shaft bmice near
the ptopeller on the port side of the
ship. Sttllleleiu repalts weie quickly
made.
WOMAN KILLED BY
A FOX TERRIER
Shocking Death of Mis. Cat tie Co
bus of West Eighteenth Stieet,
New York City.
B. Ktchuhf Wli front The XMoilileJ I'ren.
New Yoilc, March IT. Alts, cairle
Cobus, living on West Klglileenth
stii-el. in! death 111 a shocking man
ner tonight, being killed by her dog.
Mis Cobus, her liusbai.d, hei son and
hr molhei lived togethei. Mis. Co
bus wa.i ."s jeais old, and subjeet lo
epileptic fits. Hep constant companion
was a lo tenler of uiiii'-nal Inlelll
gftiie. .Mis. Lllzubeth Htoadhead, .Mis
I'tibus' luother, savs her ilatightr
went out Into the kilt lieu nbout T
o'clock A few .iilnut'S laler Mis.
Ilio.idheyd heiud the do.; bulking ev
t lledlv. The nirifher i.iu cut and lotinrl
her daushlei I) In; on (lie lloor. She
1 ii. v It was an epileptic attttr.l;, anil
ilahlng a pltihet of wntei In her
riutlKhlei's fm (. she I an Into the hall
und "treained for help.
Philip Ito.'kefeller, living neat bv,
heuttl her and inn to Iter assl-timce.
They went Into the room wheie Mis.
Cobus lay, nnd theie sav n hotilfyltig
ipeelacle. The pet culr seeing Its
mistress lu agon), appeals lo have
gone mail, lb !w al the piostutte
VMiinaii as sh,. iwlihed on Ihe lloor -mil
itpeatedl) iiltacketl bei. burvlug IH
feeth in lift thio.il and eveilng (h
Jugular vein. When Hot kefcllei tiled
io le.u i be niaibl"tii,tl brute nwav II
chum to the dying woman with ten!
hie tenacity. II" ilnallj goi the anl
mn,! lone. It then atlat ked the mother
and the man. but Ihey beat II off
A pbv 'limn was summoned, but Mis.
(Mills laid bled to death The dog dls
appeaieil In the stieet
CHARGED WITH AWFUL CRIME.
Albert Vogl Accused of Having
Killed an Aged Client.
lit rxrlivbr r fiom I no i.i ulrnl fv a
Loudon, Mareh is. The Vienna cur
icspondenl of the Dally Mxptess says:
"A piomlnent bankei ot Vienna. Al
beit Vogl, was aiiested .Sattnday at
the olllre of the dale .Munufaetttilng
lompiiny, Ameilean madilne makeis,
whose icpiesentallve he was.on charge
of murdering by poison an aged client
named Taubln, whose body he had cie
mated after Inducing him to make a
will whereby Vogl obtained H.'.OOO."
Other dispatches fiom Vienna say
that Vogl was. fot met ly connected with
a New York newspaper, and once
raced with a liner actoss the Atlantic
In s yacht of the proprietor oi the
paper in question. Taubln, It appeals,
was a Kusslan Jew., a miser and a
druiikaid. and died lu Vienna last
April.
VICTIMS OF FACTORY FIRE.
Scruch in the Ruins nt St. Joseph
Reveals Two Bodies
Hi l.xchulve VMir (torn llio .oiUlnl IV.n
St. Joseph. Mo,, Match IT Setiidi of
the nilus of the Hoyes-Noinian shoe
factoiy, which was (lest toyed by,ilro
yestenla), icsulted In the finding of
but two bodies, They ate those of Miss
Noia Ualcs and Louise Klondeau. A
pot lion of another body, believed to be
that of a woman, was found, but theie
Is no way to Identify the victim.
One glil who escaped fioni the sev
cnth lloor. says theie weie live or six
other girls left behind when she went
down the file-escape, ami she thinks
all perished.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Wcitlicr Indication Tudiy,
rAlftj rtlSINO TEMreitATUHE.
1 (irmral FntiTJl of rxd'ililnl II.irrli.eii
i rifcrfnrp of Anirrknti llrpubllii.
fiiniun Prohibition of Vtiitilr.in Mfit.
Kvplo'loti nil Ihe Mriinihlp w VoiV.
2 (frnrril ('jrliotiiblc Hepirtu nt,
.1 Local -Sfttpipr Mm Vleiv the HiiDjIu '.
poillldti
J to . Ur. MdcoO'ii s, i toon on Uini-on,
4 rdib.rl.1l
Note nnd Coiiiiot'iit.
5 I o j1- I'ornllar Uieck on lie li. I,, i W.
Mine W'niLcis' ilffkria Will Uci lite.
A .Vfyitrtloiw I'lr.
C I is al-Wivt Stuiitmi mil siilm Inn.
" Cuicrjl Nortlii'jttptn lVi.ti.ibunlj.
I be Inilii.lllat Nenn.
ritiiiiil.it .ind fomincii IjI.
8 Iocj.1 bull Text of tin- Opinion .s.uii,Inj
III Hipper lllll.
EDITOR DE RODAYS
IS WOUNDED
He Is Shot hi the Thigh In His Duel
with the Count de Cas-
tellnue.
ft,r Kxiluth Mil from II.- tuoi i.l-J 1'iril
I'ails, Maich IT. The duel between
Count de castellane and M. tie Hodays
took place al ::.B0 o'doi k yesteida.v af
teinoou. Only the witnesses and neces.
saiy atteitdanls weie spectalois of the
meeting
M. tie Jtoilays and Ills seconds wete
the flit to teach the T'arc des IViiices,
at J o'clock, though they weie almost
Immediately followed by the Castellane
carriages, which weie two hi number.
One contained Count Iioul de Caste),
lane and the count tie Dion, and in the
other were the Mitiquls of Castellane,
the count's father, and M. .lolllvet. The
meeting; occurred In the Pare des
Prince, wheie man)- cycling races
weie held last summer The men met
In a grass) plot in th cenlei of the
tiack.
Count tie iJloii, as diieitor of the
duel, can led the pistols, width weie
carefull) examined. On each side the
other pi eliminates wete soon com
pleted. The duel was tallied out with the
utmost i oi ici tiiess, and evvi) step of
the pioceedlngs was uiaiked by abso
lute calmness and eotulesy on both
sides, which. If anything, enhanced Its
dutiuatlc eltect. The sei ret legaidlug
the plate and hour of the encounter
was so well kept thut onl) the pilnd
p.ils. their seionds, the Mattiuls tie
castellane and Counts Jean nnd Stan
islaus de C.iatcll.ine wtte anparonlly
within the I'aic des Pi luces, though u
few sliangers witues-ed Ihe tuedlng
from outside the palisade.
No time was lost In plelinilnai les;
gleellngs weie lulelly and speedily
cxadinnged. and then Count de Dion
was seen by the spectators to separ
ate the gioup, IN a slick In the centre
of the sjiiisx, take twenty-live tegular
pates, and plajil another stick.
Count lionl and M de Hnda.vs then
divested themselves of their oven oafs,
and took their positions at either ey
tietnlt) of Ihr space inaikeil olf. Holli
turned up Ihe colbus of their fitH-k
math lu older to conical I heir while
linen, which offeiei) a mat k.
Count de Dion then letuiiied to the
gioup and, kneeling down, bioke the
seals ot the cas- lit which the plloIs
had been bi ought to the giounds. The
weapons weie laken out und exam
ined by the seconds on both sides
Count de Dion now In a cleat, leson
anl vobe slated the inles of the duel,
and then went to the pilndpals and
handed them the pistols, afterwaul
withdrawing twenl) paces and station
ing himself midway between them to
the iIkIU lie asked lln-m lo cock their
weapons, anil bolh did so xx 1 1 ll the
utiiio-t c aie
A leu moments ,.f deep sllellce lol-
lowvtl. Then. "Aie vou riadv'.'" asked
Count de Dion. 'Yes," i.une the ie.
ply fi out both. Anolhei bilef silence,
and then Ihe woid "Kite"' long out.
hl.ilpl). followed li) Ihe oids. "One,"
"Two," "Thice," at legnlui luteivals,
Hetwern the words, "One" and
"Two" it leport whs hejiU, and smoke
Issu-d fi oiii the inti.7.le of M, de Ilo
th.) s' v.fnpon. "Two" had ,ii"t sounded
when Count llnnl's pistol spoke, and
Immediately M. liodays i lapped his
hand o lib- light thigh and esdaliued,
"I am wotinded'" At the same mo
inenl the fpectalois ciletl, "lie Is lilt!"
and htm led to the side of M. tie lio
days, who totteted and thou leaned
heavily on his left leg. He was car
lied to the side of the Hack, where
Ihe surgeons piobed and di eased the
wound.
M. ce Itodnys was taiiled from ihe
giouiid nnd laid upon ihe lower bent h
of the giandstand, while he was un
til essed. Dr. lilum, a sitigi-on fioin the
SI. Antolne hospital, dressed his
wound. Count Honl nppionched the
wounded man and asked. "Jl. de Ho
day, aie xou In pain?"
"Not too much," was the iepi).
Count Honl then stielched out his
hand, which M, tie Rodnys accepted.
Count Hon! and his party then diove
home, and M. de liodays was leiuoved
lo his lesldence. i
Fatally Wounds His Daughter.
U r.vilu.h wlie bum lie voiljleil Pie.
Ww Voil. VIjuIi IT - I iuiIm I llfiltiuii. "I
mju oltl, oi IlianU.in, ji .uittril lanlKiit,
iluiKer) mtIUi ilie luiirb r of l.ls iliuehtcr. . I--.i.-.
Hi nionlh nlil. mid I lie pratulilu t.tal wnnniiii.
ol III Uanghlri, Helen, .1 vrju old. It U a!
benl (lilt while in a leinpvurv l.t of Intjiiiiy
1'iinlniaii i-lisl .i ileil, and lnitl hi" ilms'iter
.livle cm tlm honl; ihen pit Uing Hi Ihe lix I;
lie I.inled tt nt tl.o otlier (lllld 111" Ijtlei hJH
u llnl t iliJluo fm it. in on.
Consul Hay Returns,
lb I. li lu.ii' Wlu lioni 'I lie Vii.orl.itid l'u.
Sen Viiil.. VUoli IT -Vilollint -. Hi). I nll-il
Sljlm cuiiMil al 1'ieioil.i, nil hnl hcie lonltflit
in Hie .lunar New il. lie lefnseil in (Jit
t i.in tilling the "-oiitli Vfiluii liiuiiiiii
FlBgue at Cape Town,
lit- r.vtlnbe Wlie from lln Awotljtril l'ir
Cope Tonn, Mufli IT. -Nine new iiivi of bu
bonic tliiiiiu hue las'ii rfitdall)' irpoited In I'jpe
luwn ilinlna Ihe j. iiil).eli,hl Itonr.. l! of
l.i if ule uilnrnl prt.on., Jtnl t III ee binnpeiiii,
AN AMERICAN
CONFERENCE
Dclouatcs iron, tlie Southern Rc
publics Will Meet in the Gitu
o, Mexico in October.
ARBITRATION SENTIMENT
Stiong; in the Last South American
Congress ami Also in the Recent)
Congress at Mndtld Pent Lookn
rorwaul to This Congress as a
Means of Presenting Her View ofl
a Long Pending Conllict Tho Con
giess Will Probably Deal Also
with Commeicial Aftaiia of Inter
est to Republics of the Western
Hemlspheie.
Il Kviln.ne Wue finm I he V.-nljlfd Pies'
Yasnliigton, Maich IT, Response.
have now been leceived fioni prac
tically all of the South and Cential
American lepubllcs accepting the tn
vltutlon lo participate lu the confer
ence of Ameilcau lepubllcs, which I
10 be held lu the City of Mexico nj,t
Odobei. The piellinlnmy work of the
congtcys !ms been directed fiom 'Wah
h.gton and the 1'nlted Stales govern
ment has taken gicat Interest In tho
meeting, and has the co-operation of
the southern cotiutiles. Sevetal of the
lepubllcs aheatly either hive chosen
the If tleltgiiles or have names under
c. nsideiallon.
The tilateinalaii minister In Wash-
11 ston. Ml. l.aoo Arragta, has been
designated by his government to iep
ifsent them, but he lus not yet tie
tennineil whether he will accept thn
mb'slnn. It Is undoi stood that tlm
lirazilhiti deb gates have been elios-on.
and that the names of thoe who will
lepiesenl Chill .lie selected, condi
tional upon the extent ot participation
which Chill will have In fhe Congrors.
Thi personnel of the delegates from
the 1'nlled Slates Is beginning to at
ti tic t attention, and lu South Ameri
can circles theie Is an earnest deslio
that at bast one of the tlelegates
lioni thU countiy shall sustain some
oflldal i elation to the slate depiri
m c nt. In the fot mer congie. held In
Washington, Mi. Hlalue was a con
spicuous llgme, and lite southern re
publics aie tlcstienis dial there be llko
pininlnenct it th" coming convention.
l.Iltle attention lias yet been given to
the consldci niton of particular names,
vet among- those Informally mentioned
aro Assistant Secietary of State Tllll.
Dlieclor liockhlll, of the btiteau of
American lepubllcs. and John Hassett
Mooie. who was assistant secretary of
state dining Judge Day's iidmlnlstia
tlou ol the stat' department. Mr.
M note's name has ionic up lu connec
tion with the leseaidu's lui has made
cm the Mibjct I of uibltiatlon. whldi
pioilllses lo be oil" of the most Inter
esting themes before the congiess. The
South American icpublbw have show n
a slums' Inditiatlon low aids arbitra
tion In tlie settlement of their fie
ciiietit bouudaiy tll.'llt ultles. and theie
Is a lendencv to adopt this method
iiulte geiieiallv. and. If posflble, i.nl
xetsallv lo avoid border tonllltts and
llielr allendaiit menace of war. Some
of lhoe inteiened In the congiess luivi
hop. d to see It bilng leulls snillar tu
'i he llapue t onfereuc", vlth a per
manent court of nihltialloii for tho
wtslein lepubllcs like that of Tho
Hague fot lnteiiuIlon.il tonfllcts In
whlilt the coiintiles of r.utope and tho
I'llilod States nilghl be Involved.
None of tlie 'outherri lepubllcs was
lepicsetuel al Th" Hague conference.
Sentiment for Arbitiation.
The sentiment for aibllratlou w,n
stiong lu the last South American con
8ieu, and In Ihe iccent tungiess at
Madild It again took foim. At thn
same time It has been itntleistood that
Chill might not deslie to participate If
the subjei t was lo be discussed lu stu It
foim as lo Involve the pending' ton
tlOVelsv between chill, I'eiu and Ho
llv la. In sUnlfying her purpose to at -ivpt.
the Chilian authoiltles said In
substance that It would be conditional
U)ioii the discussion of no topics -which
would Involve pending' questions lu
w libit that tommy was concerned.
From this It lias been infeneil that th
particular iietioii desired to be elim
inated Is that now In shaip dispute be.
tweeu chili and Peru. On the other
band, Peru looks forward finite confi
dently to this congiess as n means of
presenting bar -view of this long pend
ing conflict. But In any event It s not
espoctoil that a subject of the magni
tude of arbitiation can be enthely
eliminated fiom a congiess of i Ml t
chaiacler.
Besides this topic. It Is expected tlmr
the congress will deal with commeicial
affahs of luteiest to this country and
the other lepublli's, developing means
for tlioiough to-operatlon and niiitnil
expansion of tiado. To some extent
also tlie gatheilug will have o brond
political aspect, Indliatlug the frater
nity width exists among the tepubllc?
of the western hemisphere.
Death of a Veteiau.
Ri I x! Inane Wire fivi.i Ihe AiiiJleil l'ifi.
Ihlnago. Maioli IT.- i.e.iisv Until, icttntu t
pirier.il nf Ihe xute m llllnnlx fnaii ts( io tsr-.
anil a vrieun of the I ivil w.ir, died Indjt jl I
home In Itbruide. Mr. Ilnni uu hiouslil in'n
pioinliwiiie ihiilnc lit. two teinu -h ,utorn v
guitrJl li) eifi.t IiIr um. tihleli he li millril for
Ihe itjte. ll J lie Mini fmiiiil the com h
lion of the 1 1 a 1 1 1 1 1 k ( t itoten, In the I'lllti'd
M.lien Snpiime tonn oil the jppejl to tht inli.
nr.jl.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Wf.hliul'in. Mjtc.Ii IT. I'oieriil for 4-
Vlonilj) mid Ine.djv: lljitein I'mnyl- 4-
timla I'jIi Vihij, iin; tc-mprr itur.,
t MlttiU becoinini; .iulhi.i.toii) , frei.li l 4-
li'.U in Hie ioi.i. Tinsulii, pmlulily
4 lain. '
l MrtltlHt TTTt'