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FORECAST OF THE
WEEK IN CONGRESS
Isthmian Ganal Will Glalm Larae
Share of rttieiuion
This Week.
NO LIMIT FIXED TO
THE TIME OF DEBATE
Offer of the Panama Canal Company
Mny Prolong the Discussion Ap-
proprintlon Bills Beady foi Con
siderationNo Programme for
the Week in the Senate An Im
mediate Adjournment Will Prob
nbly Follow tho Announcement of
the Death of Senator Sewell.
fly ExcluMtc Who from 'i'lie Asoil.ilcd Press,
Washington, Jnn. 5. After a recess
of almost three weeks both houses of
congress will reconvene tomorrow. The
principal Item on the house programme
for the week Is tho Hepburn isthmian
canal bill, which is the special order
for Tuesday. No limit has been fixed
as to the time for debate upon this
measure, but Mr.' Hepburn does not
contemplate n prolonged discussion of
It. It Is surmised In some quarters,
however, that If the proposition of the
Panama Canal eoirpany to sell its
property franchls' for $40,000,000, should
ho made tomorroiV as promised this
may have the effect of opening a wider
field of discussion than at Ilrst seemed
probable, and If this should prove to
be the case the bill may be before the
house for a larger time than Is now
:ontemplated.
Mr. Burton has given notice of a
speech on the bill and it is understood
'.hat there will also be other speeches
m criticism of special features of tho
measure, but Its friends arc very san
guine, not only that the bill will pass
'but that it will pass speedily. Mr.
Hepburn, the nuthoiot the bill, thinks
that only a few day 'of debate will be
necessary.
Tt Is understood that by the time
the canal bill is disposed of there will
be one or more appropriation bills
ready for consideration by the , house.
None of the appropriation bills have
been passed on by the appropriations
committee, but the urgent deficiency
and the pension bills are In a forward
state and the expectation Is that they
will be considered by the committee
during the current week. The present
intention is to give first attention to
the deficiency bill. The estimates for
that bill aggregate 12,000.000. and it Is
not believed that these figures will he
scaled down materially.
No Programme in Senate.
The senate has no programme for
the week and very little business on Its
calendar as the reorganization of the
' senate committees did not take place
until just before the holidays. There
are, however, a few bridge bills re
ported, and Senator Morgan's bill for
the acquisition of right of way for tho
Nicaragua canal Is among the meas
ures In position to receive nttentlon.
It Is not probable, however, that the
rlfiht of way bill will receive consid
eration at this time, the disposition be
ing rather to await the action of the
house upon the general subject, and
then have the senate predicate Its ac
tion on the house bill. If this course
should be decided on the discussion of
the canal question In the senate will
be postponed for a few weeks. The
committee on the Philippines will take
up the Philippine tariff question very
soon but there Is yet no Indication as
to how much time the matter may
consume In committee, Henco there Is
no probability that tho senate itself
will be able to reach that question for
s-omo time. Senator Fryo Is engaged
on this report on the shipping bill, but
is not yet able to (Ix the time for Its
completion.
Tho announcement of Senator Sew
ell's death probably will be made to
morrow, when there will bo an Im
mediate adjournment for the day. An
adjournment from Thursday until tho
following Monday Is contemplated.
STEAM HEATING
BOILER EXPLODES.
A Washington Residence Wrecked,
A Colored Butler Badly Injured,
pV i:xclulte Wire from The Assuciatid Picks,
Wellington, Jan. 6. 'Hip explosion of a buller
connected ttlth the licitlns uppji.ilus u the
lui.ciu.eiit of the luiiihoiiie tlve-Mory lesideino nf
Mr. Ilcalc II, IIum.iiiI, at 1110 MMcentli tiet.
tills mniiilijf, K'rluiiily iIjiimkciI I he liuiw ami
nay icsult in ns ol life,
The nhoik of (hi etploeiou m.i frit tliroinjhuiit
thr Immediate iieiKhhuilioml mill the hou-e m
to badly wrecked ua to lie unlit fm uicupaiuy.
William Pockus, the roloieil liutUi, who tui in
truding the tires miliar the holla' .it tho time
or the eiploslon, tva frightfully Kjlded and
badly cut about tin bands and fuic, Ills inniii
lion la critical. A lough ii-tiuiala ol the dam
age places it at 410,000 or mote.
Missing Man Was Murdered,
fly 1'j.chbttc Wire from The Associated Press.
Chester, I'j.i Jan. 8, The body of Ninmel
Venerable, ol I'nltigton, who has liccu inl.inj
for tctcral ttccU, ttas found n a flclJ near tint
pluii today with a gun bliot ttoitud behind the
hit rar. The eorouci, ttho madn a paitlal lints
ligation, eau lint Ibo nature ol (he wound ami
tho poiltfmi ol tho hod when found iiidliate
.murder. One of the poikcts of tho roat hail licen
tinned Inside out, Alios the body lay u shot
pun tilth one baud empty, The body was ill-
Jlicu in a Kunncr'a outilt.
Scots Oreys Ambushed,
n Kaclujlve Wire from The Associated I'reu.
J'lrtorU, Jan. li,- The Hocm ninbinheil a parly
line bevut lirt iat iMiuiday near liiunlhvtiJ
iilt ubont roily iiiIIik (..it i( 1'ieloria Mi
railroad). The lirlll.h ca.ujllles uciu IK
killed and llilrty-tlirns ttouiidjV "
SHELTON WINS THE MATCH.
Colored Pedestrian Ahead in the Go-as-you-Pleaso
Contest.
By Exclusive Wire Ironi The Associated Press.
St, I,oul, Jin. fi. Hairy Miction, (lie New
York roloreil pi'itrlrloii, won the ito-m-joipplcinc
match at the Wist Knd lolleetim tonlnht, leading
Ucorcc Tiucey, of KtiulcilionK. X, V by twenty
nil mlle, 'I wry bcliiR cletcn lnllci nhcid ol
(leorirc N'ori'tnnc, of I'hlhiililphli,
The ni.ilcb did not ?o 100 limns ni -ihfduled,
but was finished nl 11 i. in., 07 huun utler It
began. Twche men uric In the uce at the
ftnMi. lite colclld mcr nOO llllle on (nitons:
Harry Shcllnii, Kill miles; (!coirc Tiucc.t, :Mj;
Oconee N'nrein.ie, ::JI; llcoigc Cutwriglit, :!:l;
Trank Hilt, :il3.
F0RAHER WINS SENATE
AND HANNA THE HOUSE
Tickets Nominated by the Ohio Re
publican Caucus at Columbus.
Vote on Senator Will Take
Place Tuesday.
fly i:cluslic Wire from 'I lie Associated Press.
Columbus, O,, Jan. C The republi
can caucus last night nominated the
Foraker ticket for the senate and tho
Ilnnna ticket for the house. The con
test was continued today on the same
lines over the make-up of the standing
committees, and it Is evident that the
chairmanships and preferred places
will go the same way as the offices.
Price, who was defeated for speaker
by McKlnnon, will be shown consider
ation as chairman of the judiciary
committee, and the chairmanship of
one of the committees on municipal af
fairs, In deference to George B. Cox,
will go to some member Irom Cincin
nati, but the courtesy will not be ex
tended further.
The senate committees are being ap
portioned by a special committee on
the lines of the Itepubllcan caucus,
with the Democrats co-operating.
As the liquor associations threw their
influence to Price, that interest Is now
attempting a fusion of the Democrats
with such Republicans as sire opposed
to local bills.
Senator Foraker is not expected here
until next week, when till the commit
tees will bo made up. It is pioposed,
therefore, to have a demonstration in
the interest of harmony. On Tuesday
of next week the two houses will vote
separately for United States senator,
and the next day in joint session they
will declare the lesult. Then Foraker
Is expected to make a speech of accept
ance. As he was endorsed by resolu
tion at the last stale convention for
re-election, the Republican joint sena
torial caucus this week will be merely
si formal affair.
Mayor Tom Johnson, who came hero
yesterday with the Cuyahoga delega
tion to attend the opening of the legis
lature, has leturned to Cleveland to
meet William J. Bryan there.
BILL PROVIDING FOR
M'KINLEY MEMORIAL
A Commission Desired to Select a
Site and Secure Plans for Arch
to Be Erected at Washington.
lly Kstlii-hc Mile horn The A-.oil.ilcd I'icv..
"Washington, Jan. fi, The William
McKlnley National Memorial associa
tion has diafted the following bill,
which will be inttoduced in congress
this week and supported by a petition
Mgned by the members of the associa
tion and also the members of tho Mc
Klnley National Memorial association
foinied to erect a monument, in Can
ton, to wlilcdi the arch association
yielded the Held of popular subscrip
tions: A bill to provide a commission to se
lect a site and secure plans for a me
morial arch In honor 'of William Mc
Klnley, late president of the United
States, to be erected In the District of
Columbia,
Be It enacted, etc., that the chair
man of tho Joint committee on the
library, thu secretary of state and the
secretary of war, be, and are hereby,
created a commission to select a slto
and secure plans and designs for a me
morial arch in honor of William Mc
Klnley, latu ptesldont of the United
Slates.
Section 2 That ntld commission Is
authorized to select any unoccupied
land belonging to tho United States lit
the District of Columbia, except tho
grounds of the capltol and the library
of congress, on which to erect the said
memorial arch,
Section 3 That said commission Is
authorized and required to obtain, by
any form of competition which may
deem advisable, plans, specillcatlous
and models for said memorial, provided
for In Section 1, anil may pay for the
same to competing artists not exceed
ing $25,000, which. sum Is hereby up.
proprlnted out of any money In tho
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The said commission may select any ot
tho plans, specillcatlous or models that
It may prefer, or any part of them,
Section 4 That as soon as practlc.
able after the- selections authorized by
Sections - and 3 ate made, said com.
mltteo shall report Its notion to the
congress of the United States,
Monitor as a Training Vessel..
Uy Kiclmlve Who fiom The Auoclatcd I'km.
Philadelphia, Jan. 3. The I'liltnl States mon
itor Tenor hit the I-caupe ilanii luiy jaid to
day, ju tow o( u to eminent htf 'or AnnipolU,
Md, The old monitor l be ned them a u
tialnlnc voxel,
Steamship Arrivals.
By Kiclmlv Wjw (rom 'the Auocialcd Preaa
New Voik, Jen. ,1,- Arrhcil; (!ia( Waldimo,
llainbmtr and I'lymguili. S-iutinipton i-allvd;
Autaiite Victoria (hvm Utimburi;), New' Voik.
;ucn.ton Sailed; Dtiurlu (from Liverpool),
New York.
THE BRIGANDS PURSUED
Captors of Miss Stono Hustled by
Inhabitants of Turkish Territory
in Which They Hide.
Uy i:clmlvc W)re Irom The Aoclatcd l'rov.
Constantinople, Jan. n. The news
that tho brigands holding Miss Htuuc
captive are being hustled by the In
habitants of the Turkish territory In
which they are said to be in hiding,
has created considerable of a sensation
here. A deadly feud Is said to eslst
between the leaders of the hostile
bands, some of whom are reported to
have deserted, unit as attempting to re
enter Bulgaria. Much anxiety I.s felt
here with regard to the outcome of
these development!'.
The American legation here has not
yet li'celved news from Clarigulo, the
dragoman of the legation, who left Sa
lonika for tho Interior the latter part
of last month with tho purpose of
meeting Miss Stoue'h captors. Mem
bers of the legation say the rumors
of Miss Stone's release are tptlte un
founded. Xo direct news has been re
ceived from the American captive slnco
Nov. IS. the date of the last letter from
Miss Sto'e to Mr. Dlckerson, consul
general at Constantinople, who was
then netlngMs diplomatic agent of the
United States at Sofia.
PR0-B0ER MEETING
AT CLEVELAND
Mr. Bryon Expresses Joy That tho
War Has Cost Great Britain So
Much in Lives nnd Property.
By i:clu-dc Wiie from The Aociatcd l'reis.
Cleveland, O., Jan. C Four thous
and people attended a pro-Boer meet
ing In Gray's armory this afternoon.
There was enthusiastic applause for
every expression of sympathy and en
couragement for the struggling Boers.
An unexpected event In the meeting
was the appearance of Hon. "William
J. Bryan, who Is in the city for the
day as tho guest of Mayor Johnson.
When the committee in chatge of' the
meeting learnid that the Deinccintic
leader was In the city, an Invitation
was sent to him and the mayor to at
tend and address the meeting. Both
men accepted, and when, towards the
close of other speeches, Mr. Bryan and
Mr. Johnson entered the hall, the whole
audience ruse enmasse and repeatedly
shouted the names of "Bryan" and
"Johnson," and greeted them with hur
lahs and hand-clapplug.
Both subsequently spoke, expressing
sympathy with the object of the meet
ing. , .,.,..,,-,.
The audience was composed mostly
ot men, although a number of women
were present. The trl-color of th- Boer
republic;, was a piomlnent featuie of
the armory's decorations and little
streamers were tied in the button
holes of many of the men. Upon the
stage were several native Boers who
had been In some of the early con
flicts of their countrymen against tho
Knglls-h s-ohlleis. They were driven
fiom the country and are now resi
dents of this city.
The meeting continued for four
hours, the principal address being by
Hon. John J. Lentz. Rev. August
Franz, a local Beformed Lulheian
clergyman, also spoke.
When the formal speeches of tho af
ternoon were concluded, Messrs Bryan
and Johnson were called upon to ad
dress the vast audience. Mr. Bryan
spoke for about five minutes, during
which time he said:
"Sad will be that day, fallen will be
the star of our destiny, If the time ever
conies when struggling ftecmen feel
that they cannot look upon the people
i'f these states for sympathy."
Mr. Bryan said that he was in en
tile sympathy with the intent of the
meeting; eulogized the light I'ng African
farmeis, and urged them to continue
the struggle, lie said that ho was glad
the war had cos: England so dearly,
and that the disastrous cost In muney
and life would be a much-needed les
son for the Kngllsh government, be
cause It would teach and hns already
taught a lesson which will not soon
be forgotten,
Mr. Bryan suid that he considered It
a compliment that tho Boers looked to
tho United States for nld and sympa
thy In their struggle and that he con
sidered It a disgrace that no official
expression of sympathy had yet been
made by this government. -Mr. Bryan
believed that the English people ate
opposed to the continuum') of the war,
because they, too, are suffering by the
unhappy conlllct and siro the ones that
must bear thu burden of tho cost.
LIBERTADOR OFF UCHIRE
Tito Revolutionary Steamer, It Is
Believed, Has Been Successful in
Landing Men and Material.
lly i:xi,luilie Win- (loin Tho .Vnwilatid iea,
AVIIUemstnd, Curacao, Jan. C Tho
armed revolutionary steamer Libert u
dor (formerly called tho Han High,
which left Fort do France, Island of
Martinique, December 31, for the Venn,
zueluu coast with (leneral Matos, liOU
volunteeis and it cargo of munitions of
war) Is now reported to havo anchored
early yesterday morning off IJchlre, on
tho Venezuelan coast, near Bio Cltlco,
and to have sailed from Uchlro the
same afternoon, it Is believed hem
that tho Llhertador has been success
ful In executing tho first part of her
pi'ojjrniiiiiai of luudltie; men and war
material in Venezuela,
Threo Venezuelan war vessels are to
day 'cruising off tho coast of Uchlro,
m i
Mormon Conference at Berlin,
fljr Ctiluihe Win- friia The Aaaorlalrd I'rc.
Merlin, Jan. 0. Tho (Jcinun Mormon confer
tme liis assembled here under the 1caderhli of
1 1 nt-di J. f'fiiuiMi. fun ol the late fleJiiio t).
Cannon, the "ill known Murmoii apo.tlc. One
hundred and twcntj-llic Muiiiiou mlviluiiarhw an
iiuw hoiMiii: in (irrmaiiy and lue wrmed i,ux
follower. The present conference L intended hy
morc thaji one. bundled tiepuiui uiMouarle,
TELEPHONE
A
New Sutem Is Successtullu
Tested at Lcxliioton,
.Kentucku.
REMARKABLE WORK
OF A TRANSMITTER
A Kentucky Inventor Astonishes
tho People with an. Instrument
That Transmits Sounds of the
Human Voice Through Blocks of
Houses in a Town Messages Sim
ultaneously Delivered at Seven
Different Stations by Nathan Stub
blefield. Dy Exclusive Wlic from The Aoclatcd Pre.
Philadelphia, Jan. G. A Lexington,
Ky., special to the Press today says:
Through wood, brick, mortar and
solid stone; through blocks of business
houses, over long distances through
city streets, uninterrupted by the noise
of trafllc, Nathan Stubblefleld, an In
ventor of Murray, Ky., has transmitted
tho sounds of the human voice with
out wires.
He has devised a system of wireless
telephony. The story of how ho spent
his New Year's day In astounding the
citizens of the little western Kentucky
town will be world history before many
weeks.
From a station In tho law ofTice of a
friend over a transmitter of his own
Invention ho gave his friends a New
Year's greeting by wireless telephony,
and at seven stntions locates In differ
ent business houses and offices In tlje
town the message was simultaneously
delivered. Music, songs, whispered con
versations could be heard with perfect
ease. Hundreds of people visited the
different receivers during the period of
the public demonstration and were as
tounded at the results. As Insidious
and penetrating as the wonderful X
ray, stopping for no material object,
"the electric envelope of the earth"
bore the Stubblefleld messages. This
mysterious, intangible envelopo is what
Stubblefleld claims to have made a
messenger boy for the millions that In
habit the globe.
Discovery ,of a Farmer.
Nathan Stubblefleld, the Inventor, is,
according to his own description, a
"practical furiner, fruit grower and
i electrician." He owns valuable farm
ing property In tho vicinity of Murray,
anil it Is here that his experiments
have been carried on. He is -h! years
of age and Is plain and unassuming in
his manner. He Is the Inventor of sev
eral electrical contrivances which have
been patented in this country and Eu
rope. His only assistant In the work
on the Invention has been his 11-year-old
son, Bernard B. Stubblefleld. The
father has for years been an enthusi
ast on the subject of electricity, and
the boy has made playthings of elec
trical devices since babyhood. Tho
father says the son deserves credit for
! mimprmm v:ilnnlL fliitrnrtcHnnu rrl-
In the course of working up the details
of the Invention.
Apparatus a Secret.
The nature of tho apparatus used by
the inventor Is not known. Ho posi
tively declines at this time to give out
I either technical descriptions or dia
grams of the vital part of his appar
atus. All that Is exposed to view while
his apparatus Is in working order Is the
ordinary commercial telephone trans
milter and receiver. 'Within a brightly
polished box which is not opened In
public, the Inventor conceals his secret,
which, he says, he will not disclose
until It Is perfected to the smallest de
tall. Up to this time he has devoted
his entire attention to the construction
of a transmitter. He will now occupy
himself with the completion of an im
plored lecelver, which has been par
tially constructed. It will, when per
fected, bring up the sounds to any de
sired pitch,
In speaking of his Invention, Mr.
Stubblefleld said:
"I know that I have solved the prob
lem of wireless telephony, and I will
now devote myself to perfecting my ap
paratus. I want It to he perfect when
given to tho public, and it Is my desire
that It shall not appear with defects
for tho scientific journals to pick to
pieces. With my device It will be pos
sible to communicate with hundreds ot
homes at tho same time, A single mes
sage can bo sent from a central station
to all parts of the Halted States. I am
confident that It will operate over long
distances and oven at great distances.
Tho transmitter will bo no bulky In
strument, but quite small and conveni
ent to handle. I think that my dovlco
would be Invaluable In the matter or
sending out tho t'nlted States weuther
bureau predictions, In directing the
movements of n tleet at sea and In
numerous ways which appeal to one at
first thought.
Wants an Appropriation.
"I am In hopes" of getting a govern
ment nppropiintlon to aid mo in curry
ing on my work or at least tho prom.
Iso of Its adoption when perfected, Tho
possibilities of the Invention seems to
be practically unlimited, and It will be
no uioio than a matter nf time when
conversation over long distances be
tween the great cities of the country
will bo carried on dally without wires,
I Intend to continue n( work on my do
vlco nnd think that I will get other
Rturtllug results In a short time."
Skated Into an Airhole.
Dy Kulu.hc Who fiom The Auodatcil l'rcu.
t'ouulikcendc, V. V., Jan. 3.--Threw men, Pert
Cooper, Aitluir Nijiler, of Mount Vernon, l'a,,
and Daniel l.cary, ol llmoloun, j.katcd Into u
air hole while tkatlug today, Cooper and Suiler
i any' iii,uiidu' the toiid lie and v.cio drowned.
Ijry cjme up lit open water and after a'tenlblc
ktjUStie luaiuefed to pull himself cut.
ZIONIST MASS MEETING
Two Thousand Supporters of tho
Plnu to Open Again the Prom
ised Land, Meet at Chicago.
By Excliidic Wire from The Aocla(cd t'rru.
Chicago, Jan, o. Impetus to tho
movement to establish tho Jewish raco
onc"c more In Palestine was given to
night at a mass meeting of Zionists,
at the Medlnnh temple theatre. Two
thousand Hebrews, for the most part
supporters of the plan to open again
the promised land for the chosen peo
ple, crowded tho hnll. The meeting
wns In connection with the annual
convention of Western Zionists, whose
organization embraces ten stales. The
plan determined upon at the Basle,
.Switzerland, conference was outlined
by Leon Zolotkoff, grand master of
the Knights of 'Aon who said that tho
Idea was to create a legolly assured
home for the Jews and a refuge for
Jews who cannot be assimilated by the
people among whom they now live.
"Wo dp not mean to take the Jews
by the neck nnd throw them Into Pal
estine," ho said, nor do we Intend to
transform tho Jews overnight Into ag
ricultural people. We want to resume
the broken thread of our nation; we
want to show to the world the moral
strength, the Intellectual power of the
Jewish people. We want a place where
tho race can again be centralized."
PEKIN NOW PRESENTS
GAUDY APPEARANCE
Palaces, Pagodas and Temples Have
All Been Repaired and Painted
in Honor of the Return of
the Pagan Court.
flj- r.cluiic Wile from The Aoclated I'rew.
Pekln, Jnn. 5. Tho Chinese capital,
on the eve of the court's return, pre
sents an animated and gaudy scene not
before equalled In Its history.
All the palaces, pagodas and temples
have been repaired and painted tb form
a glittering spectacle. The roofs of
these buildings, viewed Trom the city
walls, are patches of shining yellow
tiles and brick. The walls about the
Imperial city are a vivid crimson, and
the gates have been repaired and
glided.
The ministers of the foreign powers
have i-eeeived notice from the Chinese
foreign ofllco that all streets upon
which the Chinese court will pass will
be closed Monday and Tuesday. Two
buildings on the principal stieets of the
line of procession have been provided,
from which tho(.membea's.of.,thc lega
tion will be permitted to witness the
re-entry of the court. This Is an un
precedented concession. The foreign
ministers have decided. In consider
ation of recent events, not to witness
the re-entry of the court. This decis
ion is strengthened by the fact that the
majority of the ministers have not yet
presented their credentials. Chinese
olllellils have strongly protested to Sir
ISrnest Satow, the British minister,
against British oflloers being in chnrgo
all the way from Pao-Tlng-Fu to Pekln
of the trains upon which the Chinese
court will travel. They said that if
foreign otllcinls were conspicuous at
Teng-Tl junction, tho court would pre
fer to leave the railroad and take an
other route. Acting on this protest,
Minister Satow has requested the ofll
cers to refrain from making the mili
tary conspicuous, and this request will
be compiled with.
Negotiations concerning the Man
churlan treaty await the arrival of the
court. Paul Lessar, the Busslan min
ister to China, when dlscusslujt the
question of the railroads with the Chi
nese plenipotentiaries. Insisted that
under no circumstances would Uussla
consent that other powers have a hand
In the construction and operation or
railroads in Manchuria without ilrst
obtaining Busslan permission.
THE ROCKEFELLERS
ALARM PARISIANS
Scheme to Supply Gas for the Capi
tal of Prance Meets with
Much Opposition.
Uy :cliihc Wire from The Associated l'ref.
Paris, Jan. 5. La Ltberto has pub
lished u report to the effect that tho
itockefellers Intend to apply for a con
cession to supply gas to the city of
Paris. The paper vigorously opposes
this scheme and says It would be tin
act of mental aberration to accept such
a proposition, which would be disas
trous to national production and a
powerful help to the designs ot the
Americans, who wish not only to expel
foreign Industry from their own coun
try, hut who seek to nuppiaut foreign
ers on their own ground.
La Llberto says the Uockofellers
would not use a ton of French coal,
and that the granting of Ibis conces
sion to them would ha a mighty wea
pon for the realization of the econo
mic schemes of American Imperialists
in Km ope.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
lly i:.iinio Wiie bom The Awociateil I'reu,
Sulillat'ii do ( bile, .l.in. 0. ItlUiaul (ild,lii,
uiiiih, a well known Ameiiuiii ciivlucci, has dkd
here,
Philadelphia, .Ian. S. MiiluO lavldj. who
wan piomlnent in Caibon loui.ly p'dillci until
,i few )vm ago, died at Ills homo In thU ilt
bull), )lr, I'aseMy emd In thn mate hou-e
of min-aemathei In ICT and UN, Later on ho
was ileik to the Caibon county lonnnlsoneiw
nnd was ubscipicntly appointed lUputy smuyor
for the port o Philadelphia by President Clew
land, lie will bo bulled Wednesday ui eMUl
honluit, CarlKni touiity, where he was born in
1501.
, -ii i
Whole Family Asphyxiated,
By JJjclusbc W'Jre from 'flic Associated I'rwi.
Hartford, Conn., Jan, U. Anton CTutc, liU
who and tuo )car old boy, Joncph uud MUa
JUiy !ct Ida,, Hired 18, wcio1 aph.vlalcd cirly
tldj moriitui; at their home in New I'aik avenue.
Mr." and Mm. tliatu were found dead, and hvfoie
a phy!tiaii arrlteil at, the house llio little boy
and 9111 Devld dud.
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
IN PHILIPPINES
ROUXETTE BURNED.
Town Without Eire Extinguishing
Apparatus Suffers from Flames.
lly llieluihc Wire from The Associated If hi,
foiiderspoit, l'a Jan. fl. The UllflKC "f Hon
lctli', 1'ottir inuiity, wan Isllcd curly thti morn
Inir by a instructive fire, eaiKcd, It In believed,
by o cr.nresjure u( natural B.w. The torc4 nf
llronti 4: Co. nnd It. L. White, the lintel llrcli
inir, C.ivmiiUKh's s.ilocu, lite Odd lVllons' tem
ple and opeuP home and several mnaller btilid
inici were binned. Only one itoie I left yland
l"if. The town U luthout fire rxlliiRiiMiltnc appai
otm nnd the file burned Itself out. The lots will
i-Moeil i:o,ttm, which li pattly cowed by In
Miranic. FRENCH BARK MAX
ALSO DISABLED
The Ship Which Collided with the
Stenmer Wnlla Walla Is Being
Towed to San Francisco.
Dy i:.iclmlc Wiie (rom 'flic Associated Press.
San Francisco, Jan. C The French
bark Max, which collided with the
steamship Walla Walla early Thursday
morning, Is being towed to this city
In a bndly disabled condition. The
steamer Cieorge W. Elder, from Port
laud, reports that she passed the Max
this morning In tow ot tne sienmer
Aemo and the United States revenue
cutter McCulloch, eighteen miles
northwest of Point Reyes. The Max's
bowsprit was carried away .and her
bow was stove In both above and be
low the "water line. The watertight
compartments alone were keeping her
afloat. Ninety-two survivors of the
Walla Walla arrived here today from
Eureka on tho steamer Pomona. There
is still some discrepancy in the list ot
dead and missing. This discrepancy Is
due to the fact that several passengers
boarded the vessel just as she was
leaving port. Others who were trav
eling second class gave assumed names
In order to hide their identity. By
atrihlng out which are possible dupli
cates the number of the list stands at
42 classed as follows:
Known dead, 9; missing, passengers
13, crew 20.
One life raft is unaccounted for and
It is feared that all the missing are
lost.
Rev. Henry Krlckson, who was
among the six survivors brought to
this city by the steamer Nome City
last nlgllt. Is nt a hospital, a physical
and almost a 'mental wreck. His wife
and children are among the dead and
missing. The ICrlckson family, ex
cepting the mother, were second class
passengers. When the crash came
they were awalcened and all got on
the' upper deck together. Mrs. Kiick
son and the two younger children were
j-ejiarated from their father and the
elder brother. What their fate was is
not known, but it is presumed they
were drowned when the vessel went
down. Elickson and his son clung to
gether and were pitched into the water
clear of the sinking steamer.
They floated around for some time
and finally were picked up by the life
raft, on which were a number of the
officers of the Walla Walla, Jt was al
most daybreak when they were found
and they were In nn exhausted condi
tion. Father and son were pulled on
the light structuie but the boy was
too weak to stand the exposure. A few
hours later he died In his father's arms
and after tho heartbroken man had
bowed his head In silent prayer the
body was consigned to the waves. The
sea was running high and dashing over
the raft, but all clung to It through
tin. inntr houm of the day and the
nlgllt. They hoped against hope until
the Nome City picked them up. Mr.
ICtleksou was the first to be lifted
aboard, it Is thought he will recover
from the terrible effects of the expos
ure. ,
MEMOKIAL OF LINCOLN.
Congregational Churches Are Urged
to Observo Feb. 0.
lly i:cliilto Wire (rom The As-ociated l'ies.
New Yoik, Jan. 0. Tho American
Missionary association has Issued an
appeal to tho Congregational churches
of tho country to observe Sunday, Feb.
i, as a memorial of Abraham Lincoln,
whose birthday Is Feb, 12. The
churches and especially their Sabbath
schools and Endeavor societies mo
urged to emphasize Christian patt lot
Ism. "Abraham Lincoln," says this appeal.
i "was born In the mountains of tho
I south, where schools anil churches
have been established by tills associa
tion. Tho negroes have gnnyu Into a
great multitude of mom than eight
millions, among whom this association
has planted Its Institutions and mis
slons. Through Its missionaries tho
colored people are being trained In
shop, on the farm, in the school and
dun uli nnd home, for safe cltlisenshlp
tmd Christian responsibility. Presi
dent Lincoln urged tho Iclnd ami chris
tian treatment of thn Indians. The
negio nnd Indian departments of mis
sionary, work curried on by this asso
ciation nro theiefore naturally suggest
ed by his name."
Coal Famine at Hnzleton,
lly i:clutIto Who (rom The ,wrlatetl I'icm.
lUUton, .1.111. ,1. Citing to the tdleurts u( u
majority of the mal mines In this dUtilot, whkli
bate been Hooded for Unci vccl, u coat (amino
pietalls here. tJ, iIuiIiib Hie last wecK, was
advanced IKIy to setinly-llte mils u ton. It
will be a week .it least iufoie alt tho inlnci in
this district, will be In lotiditiou (or lesuinpllon.
. Australian Pugilist 111. .
By r'.icliuhc Wire lro'i 'llio AuwUttd. Press.
rhiilnnatl, -Jar. ,1. Urn Hall, the fonncr well
lanmii AuMulUu pugllltt, was tt,ii to a hu
plul caily thU mumini;, totfciliu; (rom luinj
trouble. Udle coiiilnir tilth 'friciuU Uc ytas
Wlwd villi a tiolcnt hemorrhage, lie tvai taken
Immediately tu the city Uopitll, Tho pli J ti
ll jus wid tlicie was no Immediate, danger,
The Insiiroents Are Belna Driven
In Ail Directions by the
American Troops.
WINT AND DOUGHERTY
DOING GOOD WORK
Advocates of Peace at Manila Aro
Finding Fault with tho Stern
Measures Adopted by General JT.
Franklin Bell, Who Has Been Ag
gressive in His Dealings with In
surgents General Bell Believes
That the Best Peace Methods Are
Found In Kigorouo Warfare Until
the Insurrection Has Been Com
pletely Crushed.
By Ktilu-dte Who from The Associated I'rcu.
Manila, Jan. 5. General J. Franklin
Hell Is conducting n vigorous cumpalgn
In Batangas province. Every nvalluble
soldier Is In the field. The columns
under the command of Colonels Wlnt1
and Dougherty are doing excellent
work and driving the Filipinos In all
directions. A number of the latter are
fleeing to Tayabas province, where the
native constabulary are rendering valu
able assistance In capturing men and
rifles. s
The advocates of peace at Manila
deprecate the stern measures employed
by General Bell. In reply, General Bell
says that these peace advocates have
had numerous opportunities to use
their influence, as they have been given
passes through the American lines al
most for the asking, and that It baa
been afterwards proved that they often
only went through the lines for the
purpose of assisting the Insurrection.
General Cell says that the best peace
methods now Is a rigorous warfare
until the insurrection Is completely
subdued.
The arrest of members of the wealthy
Lopez family and the conllscatlon of
their steamers and rice, as well as tho
arrest of threo niembe"otuie religious
corporations, who were known to be In
stigators of the Insurrection, hns had
an excellent effect upon the natives.
Conditions at Samar.
Conditions in the island of Samar are
still unsatisfactory, owing to tho diffi
culty of ilndlng the insurgents. Cap
tain SchoeiTcl, of the Ninth Infantry
(who was wounded in a severe hand
light last month at Dupdap, Samar isl
and, between eighteen men of Company
10 of his regiment nnd a large force of
bolomen), has practically recovered
from the effects of his wound. In an
official report of the encounter In which
Captain Sehoeffel was hurt. It Is said
that Hchoeffel killed three men before
he received his wound, and that tho
remnants of the detachment of eighteen
men with him were saved by his per
sonal courage and daring. The civil
authorities say that the Island of Leyto
Is now perfectly peaceful. On the other
hand, the military authorities consider
Leyte to be dangerous on account of
its proximity to Samar, If for no other
reason.
Last Friday, Major Albert L. Slyer,
of the Eleventh infantry, captured
quite an extensive arsenal and plant
for the making of cartridges, at Ormoc,
on the northwest coast of Leyte. Slajor
Slyer also captured another powder
factory, large (tuantllles of ammuni
tion, four cannon nnd several lilies,
Signal Corps Wires Cut.
Slajor Henry T. Allen (ex-governor of
the Island of Leyte, now on a tour of
Inspection through that Island ami
Stlndoro) reported yesterday that tho
majority of the signal corps wires on
Leyte had been cut and this action was
evidently pro-concoct cd.
Pitcher reports that ho Is rapidly lid
ding the island of Slludoro insurgents.
The constabulary of Tatiac. Luzon,
havo capttued u number of members of
the Filipino secret society, called tho
"Guardiii de Honor," Tho prisoners In
tended moving to the island of Follllo
(off the east coast of Luzon), where
they expected to be free of aVmetican
Interference, temporarily at least, and
where they had decided to resist.
American Invasion to the uttoriuosti
Twenty members of thu "Guardla 'do
Honor" are ehai'ised with sedition.
Tho big stono church at lluliiynii.. In
Hatangus pi mince, is falling to ify-cM
as a result of the recent earthquake.
LEDGER COAL ARTICLE.
11; lltcluslte Wire fiom The Auocialril-,Prea.
Philadelphia Jan. a. The l.cdtfi'iy In It? ena
ailide toinoiiow, will sayi
Tin' antln.li Ho toal trado last week wat nut
tire aetltc, (mini; to llio holiday I'ondltlom and
the' nlwtiiii tiers to transportation, and at the
mlllille llnoiissli the Moriiw sjnd floods tthlili
ifduud bviih flie niitput and' movement of coul.
Tlie new jiai, liotMtir, openi with a brlirl.l
uutlool., film pi his at the mines uud nntlelpi
llom of CMclluit bulncs.( Them Is no rliansu
In llio ear ilmtlage, (lib, tllfflc, HUe all other
hraniben o( lallway fri-IsMim-, bclnc; cuitalled
by want of facilltlw to mote It. There, how
eter, will be the miul tliortened product Ion in
Jamuiy, Mid IbN may enable tomo of tho topi
panK'4 to initially catch up. The, lake mow
liicnt la iiiilcd and llo tidewater shipment alone
the coast aig i educed to tho customary winter
UmIii."
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WEATHER FORECAST.
4- WasJiinplon, Jan. 6. I'orccast (or Jloiv
-f day and Tucadaj: Eastern lVnii?ylt3ii.i
4- j-'alr Monday, Tiiebday, partly i lowly i
-V- probably lain or snow in northern poi-
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