' ' ' If. - THE OKLVSCRANTON PAPER RECEIVING THE COMPLETE NEWS SERVICE OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GREA TEST NEWS AGENCY IN THE WORLD. TWO CENTS. SORANTON, PA., WEDNESDAY MOJKNING, JANUARY 22, 1902. TWO CENTS. LUTZ WEAKENED The Piusttjn Wife-Murderer Fainted Before the Iran Gould Be Sprung. SHOCKING SCENE ON THE SCAFFOLD The Man Who Had for the Past Two Years Been Seemingly Indifferent to His Fate, Lost His Nerve at Sight of the Noose, and Broke Down His Knees Gave Way and His Last Words Wex-e Expressive of Abject Fear. Spetinl to the FcranUii Tribune. Pittston, Jim. 21. John Lulss, of West Plttston, died ttis morning nt 10.28 on the sallows In the Luzerne county jail at AVllkes-Burro, and the murder of Mrs. Augusta Lut;s, his wife, whose head he cleaved with an axe, has been avenged. The stolid Indifference and the surly demeanor which Lutz hail maintained during the two-year Inter im, from the committing of the crime to the payment of the penalty, gave way as the day for the execution drew nigh, and although he walked to the gallows with a seemingly careless swagger, the drawing of the noose about his neck was too much for him, and the trap" was sprung as Lutz was falling over in a fainting spell. The outcry of the doomed man against his executioners and his col lapse on the scaffold as the trap was .wrung were features which made the execution one of the most remarkable that has ever taken place In this coun 'y. It was witnessed by about BOO people. The last hours of the condemned man's earthly existence were spent pacing the corridor of the jail. He vas clad In a black sack suit, with white shirt and no collar. Around the collar band was a narrow black tie, crossed, but not tied at the front. Al ternately puffing on a cigar and pick ing his teeth with a wooden toothpick, .utz seemingly unconscious of his im pending fate, walked round and round the corridor between two guards. He lad no statement to give the public, .ml during his last earthly hour le eived calls from two nephews who ade him farewell. A very slight trem or was notified as he responded to their adieu. He seemed interested in his son, Albert, and of both visitors Inquired about him. Lutz was rather surprised about fl.r.O when he inquired of the keeper: "What time will the thing take place?" and was told it would be shortly after 10 o'clock. "I thought It would be In the afternoon?" said Lutz, and calling in Warden Llewellyn he asked If the exe cution could not be held off until about 3 o'clock, but made no protest when the warden said the matter rested en tirely with the sheriff. At lO.Oo he was marched to the watchman's office to preare for the final scene. During his prison life, Lutz has become nu inveterate to bacco user and his last request before he left the watchman's office was for a "chow of tobacco," which was granted him. At 10.11, Uitz was taken to the keeper's nlllee and formally trans ferred by Wuiden Llewellyn to Sherllf Jacobs. As Mr. Llewellyn turned to leave htm, Lutz asked that lie accom pany lilui to the gallows and the march through the jail yard was commenced, Sheriff Jacobs leading, and Lutz linked arms with Waiden Llewellyn, follow ing two deputies, Lutz walked with seemingly unfaltering step and walked up the stairs lo the platfotm unas sisted. Scene on the Gallows. The scene which took place on the platform was dramatic, If not sensa tional. Lutz meekly took his place on the trap doors, nnd Sherllf Jacobs re moved the condemned man's hat and placed the noose about his neck. Lutz had maintained his nerve to tills time and would doubtless have .stood this ordeal to its end had there not been a slight hitch in the work of execution, The feet were quickly bound with a stout strap, and two deputies weio binding Lutz's hands behind his bad;, but before they were secuiely bound, Lutz withdrew one hand and reluct antly allowed the-. guards to retle it. Coupled with this, the block had not beep properly adjusted and the sheriff found It necessary to remove and re place It, In the few seconds It ie qulred to do this, Lutz lost tils pervo and as tils executioners were about to leave the platform he reeled for ward, As the sheriff steadied htm hack to a standing position, Lutz yelled rather hiaudlbly, hut dlstlnot to those close by; "Oh, don!" and just ns he reeled backward the tnp was sprung and wttli a groan, the doomed man slid, rather than dropped to his fato, the buck of his coat brush lug the side of the trap door, Five nihuites after the drop, which fell at 10.18. r, Wolfe, the prison physician examined Lutz's pulso imd found It Just about normal; two min utes later Jt wus still strong hut was beginning to weaken and at lO.l'S he was pronounced dead. The body was allowed to hung until 10.41. when It wus cut down and taken In charge by Ihidertuker Knlffeu, of AVIIkes-Barre, by whom It will be shipped to the agent of the nuutomleal board of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, the victim's family having made no claim for the body. n the opinion of Dr. Wolfe death re suited from strangulation, the position of the man's body when the trap was ON THE GALLOWS sprung having taken up two of the live feet slack rope, thus reducing the effect of the fall and sudden stop nt the rope's length. The neck was not broken. The Brutal Crime. A small two-story house at the corner of Franklin nnd Montgomery streets, In the borough of West Plttston, was the scone of the crime for which John Lutz today paid the pennlty on the gallows. About 1 o'clock on the night of November 28, 1900, Lutz committed one of the most brutal crimes ever en acted in this county, slaying his wife as she lay sleeping. An axe was the deadly weapon used. Lutz was em ployed ns a stationary fireman and lived with his wife and five children three boys and two girls at the above place. He was not what might be termed a drinking man, hut was of a peculiar and at times surly and severe disposition. Family quurrels were fre quent. On the night In question Lutz came in about 10 o'clock, just as Mrs. Lutz was preparing the children for bed. He asked his eldest daughter to play on the organ for him, hut his wife objected, saying the girl was tired and ready to retire. A quurrel ensued and Mrs. Lutz proceeded to take the two girls to bed. The eldest was about 10 years of age nnd the youngest a 2-year-old babe. The former slept with her mother and the Infant sleot In a crib In the same room. After seelns the children In bed, Mrs. Lutz, without un dressing, lay on the bed with the girl. Lutz remained downstairs for awhile, went out for an hour or more and re turned. He hud evidently determined In the meantime to do away with his wife, and seizing a heavy, long-handled axe, he stole stealthily upstairs to the room where his wife lay on the bed. Raising his axe he dealt her two blows with the sharp edge, both striking in about the same spot on the head, and inflicting an ugly gash. Other blows were evidently warded off by the wo man, as her left hand showed gashes between the fingers, inflicted, doubt less, ns she raised her hand to protect herself. After committing the deed, Lutz retired to another room and at tempted suicide by cutting his throat with a penknife, but his courage evi dently failed before he had accom plished his purpose. For two years Lutz retained a stolid indifference and refused to speak to anyone other than his attorneys. With in the past week, however, he weak ened and consented to receive 'religious advice. Rev. Dr. MI'ls was called and visited him several times. Lutz's last night on earth was spent outside the cell In which he had been Imprisoned for nearly two years. His first sign of weakening- was displayed shortly after midnight, when he wept bitterly. Warden Llewellyn, who, with the death watch, sat at his side, sang a hymn, and this seemed to stir the con demned man's heart. After listening intently to the singing for several min utes, tears filled In his eves and he broko out Into weeping. At 1.30 he went to bed. He slept soundly and never awoke until S.30 this morning, less than two hours before he wus swung Into eternity. He was asleep yet when Sheriff Jacobs arrived at the jail to per form his gruesome task. He arose and ate a hearty breakfast, consisting of potatoes, biscuit, oranges, coffee, bread, etc. His attorney, Charles B. Lenahan, arrived soon afterward and bade him good-bye. About '.'.30 o'clock Rev. Dr. Mills, pastor of the Memorial Presby terian church, Wllkes-Barre, urilved at the prison and held services with the condemned man. The service lasted about fifteen minutes, when the clergy man left him. Lutz was the thhteeiith man to die on the gallows In this county. It was his Intention to make a statement on the gallows, but on the advice of friends this morning, refrained from doing so, It wns two hours later the young girl was aroused by the crying of the babe in the crib and nrouslng herself, she found her mother groaning. In en deavoring to awaken her mother, the ghl found herself seated In a pool of blood and noticed the gashes in her mother's head, Calling her brothers, who slept in another room, aid was soon summoned, the neighborhood aroused and the crime disclosed. Mrs. Lutz never regained consciousness and died within twenty-four hours, Lutz's wounds were dressed and hu was later removed to the county jail. In due time Lutz's case was called for trial In the criminal court. He had able attorneys to defend hhn, who bet up the Plea of Insanity. The clrcum stautlnl evidence was so strong, how ever, tlmt everybody expected the pris oner would bo promptly coin Icted, The jury, however, remained out sixteen days, the longest time ever recorded in a murder case In Pennsylvania, The failure of the Jury to return u verdict after a week had passed caused un usual Interest In the cose, Jury Indicated Its Views, No news came from the Jury loom, hut as the jurymen passed fioni the court rnnnv it tlic lvnti.1 tn n-cl- nn.ntu ithey gave out Information in an In- niteci way. Eleven or me uumutT wore a green ilbbou on the lapel or ihdr coats. This was taken to mean that the eleven hail agreed upon a verdict, hut that the tweirth Juror, without a ribbon, was holding out. And such was the case. On tho sixteenth day the Jury (lied Into court, and when asked whether they hud agreed upon a verdict they said they had, This was duly recorded. Thsn, when the Jury was polled, a reniarkuble scene occurred, Juror Frank D. Koous arose In his place and said he had signed tho verdict against Ills conscience. He claimed he was III, nnd In order to get out In the fresh nlr he appended his signature to the verdict, hut he did not believe hi hang ing an Innocent man. In his opinion, the prisoner was insane. Judge Hal sey, who presided at the trial, said the place for Koous to have mude his pro test was In the jury room and not :if terter the verdict had been recorded. Kooiir replied that he was so 111 he hardly knew whnt he was doing. On the strength of Koous' declara tion, counsel nt or.ee made n motion for a new trial, and after the lapse of much time It wns granted. Lutz Again Convicted. At tho second trial, Lutz was again convicted. The Jury this time was only out for a short time. The attorneys for Lutz then appealed to the Supreme court for another trial, but tho higher court refused It. The case then came before the board of pardons several times, hut that body refused to Interfere. To make sure, however, that the man was not Insane, they postponed notion on the case until nn Insanity expert could examine Into the case. An o Jert physician came here from Phila delphia and watched Lutz's move ments for some days. He reported to the pardon board that the prisoner was perfectly sane. The board then refused to grant a pardon. accidenFat . cross forks Four Persons Are Killed on the Lackawanna Lum ber Co., Road. By Exclt.iltt Wire from The Astociitcd Pre. Wlllllamsport, Pa., Jan. 21. A tele phone message to the Gazette and Bul letin from Cross Forks, Potter county, says: "A frightful accident on the lumber road of the Lackawanna Lumber com pany occurred above here at 10 o'clock this morning and four men were killed Instantly. ' "At the place named the men were engaged In loading logs on a cor when a runaway train, consisting of four cars loaded with pulp wood, came dashing down the Incline road at terrific speed, crashing Into the car upon which the men were working. An Italian stand ing nearby saw the fast approaching cars and tried to give warning, but too late for the men to get to a place of safety and the crash came with fright ful force, killing the four men and smashing the cais into splinters. "The names of the victims are as fol lows": H. J. Herbstreet, who leaves a wife and child; W. A. Bennett, who leaves a wife and two children; Peter Czec, widower, who leaves eight grown children; Oscar Sanber, single. "The place where the fatality oc curred Is on the side of the mountain, and the grade is seventy-live feet to the mile. "The four runaway cais broke loose about a mile above the spot and had acquired a speed of fully fifty miles an hour by the time they reached the log train. GOV. TAPT TALKS OF PHILIPPINES Says That the War Is Confined to Two Localities A Strong Na tive Peace Party. By Ivxcluaive Wire from The Associated l'resj. San Francisco, Jan. 21. Governor General Toft, who arrived from Ma nila last night, landed this afternoon. He expects to start for Washington tomonow, but will stop at Cincinnati, his home, en route. Discussing condi tions in the Philippines, Governor Taft said: "I wish the press would correct tho impression tlmt there is war in all the Islands. The Insurrection Is confined to two localities the province of Ba tangas and the Island of Samar, "This morning I leeched a most en coui aging cable from General Wright, who Is the acting governor in my ab sence. It was said tlmt owing to Gei eieal Bell's strong repressive measmes the trouble In Batangus was being quieted. lie further said that 700 ihles had been surrendered and tlmt condi tions were generally favorable. There Is no doubt that Batangas will bo as peucoful as any of the other prov inces soon. "I wish to impress upon eveiybodv that civil government Is a success. There Is a strong peace party hi the Islands, and It is composed of the most Influential men among the Fili pinos. They are working earnestly and zealously toward bringing about happy relations between their country men and the government. They ure doing all that is In their power to hi lug about peace, I have never been so encouraged as to the prospects of the Philippines as I have within the past three months. There has cer tainly been a great change In (he sen timent of the people. They aio be ginning to appreclute the fact that civil government means better times for them. I am encouraged and shall so report to Washington, "There aie thirty-rive provinces cap able of government. The only place where there Is trouble Is In the Is land of Samar. That Is the most dif ficult Island for milltury operations. There ate no ("ails and the troops have to use water courses to follow the natives to their fastnesses. But wo are all confident that It Is only a question of a short thnu when the Is land will bo iMcllled, "The great question and difficulty that presents Itself to the government is the land question. The titles to lauds are very unsettled and it Is a difficult matter to adjust them." Governor Tuft expects to return to tho Islands about March 1. DEATHS OF A DAY. Uf Exclusive Wire from'Tlie Awclted t'ren. luncaater, Jan. 21, I'rofev-or I. 8. GeUt, of Marietta, long luumint'iit in Hu bihool mid in dustrial utrjlrs of flat i1jll', and fur many jrarj editor and proprietor of the Marietta Timet, died at that pluce. lant eveulnir from Hrii;lit' disease, aged TO jeau. Mount Vitiiou, O., Jjii. 81. ltcv, Dulfht II. Henry died today, aired u jeaw. lie tvm for merly president ot Greintllle 1'einalo college, Mjr tiusuurgr academy jud I'eimsjlyjuU State Nor-. m j t Mhool. SUPPRESSION OP ANARCHY Address bu Assistant United States Attorneu General James M. Beck. THE INSANE CREED PROPERLY DEFINED Peculiar Difficulty That Confronts Those Who Attempt to Solve the Problem. Lies in the Pact That the Fanatics Who Embrace the Palth Are Ready and Willing to Die for It The Federal Government's Power How People Can Aid in Protection of the President. Albany, Jan. 21. At the annual meeting of the New York State Bar association here today an Interesting address on "The Suppression of An archy" was delivered by Assistant United States Attorney General James M. Beck, of Philadelphia. In It he said: Attempts to ttrrorhc existing society by the iIf.trui.tlon ol Its chief rulei hum cease, for the death of a thief niagMrale may he atcoii'i.inlpd by coiHequente so ill-ustroUs tint no punish nient of the otlender t.ui bear any adequate it lation to the gratify of the oltrnse. If the cx epcrienie of the past bUsgcsU anything, the task Is one of exceptional dililculiy. However he may uppioath it, the thoughtful man is apt to And himself in a blind alley of negative results. Oth er nations have concentrated tlu-lr liest eneicries and Iiighe-t wisdom to comai the destitution of this covenant with hell, but without any ade quate or even MtMattaiy iciulU. Attfitrpt upon the lives of infers have termed to multiply with .strenuous efforts to prevent them. The peculiar difficulty ot the piohlein is due to the fact that a man who Is ttilllnir to die for tho so-called principle of nnaichy i,m not he awed by any law however drastic, lit is n fanatic, and InditTerence to conscqui in es is tho teiy 0-siciu.p nf faintiei-tn. The ulmiiial law only appeals lo a man through his hopes of fears, and to one who-e personal tvelfaie is .1 matUr of some euntcrn. ft has no appeal to one who wMies to "inn ainucl.." To the man ttho is InditTorcnt, to disgruie, impiisonment, and death, the penal pioti-ions of the uinim.il tode lute little meaning. All that the litv can r.xucor to do is to thwart his fell puipo;e, so far as pue tlcable, to detei othei.s fiolu cctihriminatiou hv association, and to utittL.li suremsfut outrages in a maui'tr t.o sternly iinprevite as to tiiidk-tte the light of otietj to existence. Wliufotrr the te-ults of punitive meu-iucR, the law tan not loinpionii-c its own aulhoiity bv making prate with anatthi'U, tveu If the ie Milts of a ipio-ive policy be disappointing. Auauliy his thioun dov n the giuntlet to to tirt.v, and society must tahc it up. It is not a question of policv, but of nulhoiitv. Anaichy has (hallengid all gowinniHil to h wmi to the death, and of neiovsily it inii-t be on the pait of sotletj : wai a iiu11.uk c. We must and wilt And a way to )n.uk the line leiwcen libtit.v and lUene, and piommntc the .stem anathema of tho law ugalie-t iiiliun.il nnuchi-ls who teach tho subveifion of coveinment by anamination. Anarchy Denned. On the tlrretholil of the iHciilon it is neces sary to define the teim "anaichv." To picvent any critlcLmi or question of constitutionality, any legislation should prelimlnaiily define an aicliy as a movement or conspiracy to subvert and destroy oigautzed government bj violent and un lawful means. This matter of dehulrion is not so linimpoitaut as It may seem, for it has here tofore played an important pair, in preventing any legislation to repies.s anarchy. Public attention was first directed to the subject by the Hay maiket masoacre in Chicago. A bill wns intto diued in coures.s to leuiovc dangeious aliens fioni the territory of the t'niled .Stales, but no aition was taken upon it. The following jcr SMiator Mltthfll introduced a bill to eulude "anaiihlsts and nililli-K" but again tlu m"'3' tlun as to whether t)ie-c words might not include political otleudeiH who were seeking a refuge In this toiintiy fioni foieigu oppu.sslou taiwd the defeat of the bill. At the session of lS'rl the whole subject was consldeied Willi gleat tale by touxrerws, and a lompuhcu'.iic statute was adopt ed which excluded convicts, lunatics. Idiots, per sons liable to become, a public charge or alloc led with a contagious disease, and contract laborois. The oilginil bill also iucludtd "an ircli!.-K" hut c'ougie's,, for the leasou mentioned, dcllhuately srrucl; nut the woid. At the session of Ib'i.l an attempt was nude to meet the objection that the Weill "auaichlst" was of doubtful Ijupoit by CM ludiug peisous liclonahitr tn 'Societies which fator or JiMifv the unlawful destrm (Ion of piop. erly or life." Kvcn in this foim, however, tlifi was not suttlclent Intel est on the part of con-, gloss to make it u law. In lS'H a new bill to ex clude anarchists, which had been drawn by Ser letary Carlisle, and approved by Peuetary Ol ney, was Introduced by Senator Hill, of New Yolk, It pased the senile, but the house failed to loncur. Notwithstanding the warning which the whole Utilized woild ucelved ns to the ar litity of an.iulil-ts in the assasiiutiou of Car pot, Kins liuuihut, tho Ktnprcss of Amlila, and the hpahlth piemlei, conuieu did nothing furthei, and public attention in this country ieaed, until the fatal shot at Iluffjlo wa hoard aiound the world. All thoughtful men .lie agieeil that the tima lias come to tlollie the government with innjde power In stamp out this monitions lon-phacy against It existence. As Sllcltc.r (ieueral Itlc'i. aids iccently well aldi "The ifd lla of an archy should be driven fioni th land as the blail; flag of piracy has. been ihlwu fioni the. sea." To accomplish this both stale nnd nation must Intelllutntly co-opeiate. ami to this must bo added fin effective ifstilti the to opciatlun of all tlvilUed nations', Federal Government's Power." The ovver of the 1'edeial government lu pire isli auauliy has at limes been questioned, and may justify u bilif uteienie. As anarchy is Ml u vowed ultaik upon all government, It uui-t of nee elty contemplate llio ilcstiuctlon ot l'i-deial government, and this fact. It teem, lo me, give (lie latter full constitutional power, for the time has passed when the power of the lepublic to defend t ptvn ritdrwf tail be leJioiiably ques tioned, Ai wan said ill IViiiinwrM , Davis (IW l', S,, 237), "'the gcneial government mut icaso to exlt whenever It loses the power of nolect lug Itself in tho ctcul.se of Its loiistiliitloiul powers." Sonic have eiuestloned whether iougre..i coiih) prevent jh assault'iipon Its ntficers by ade quate punishment, miles the assault was com mitted for the t-petlfie piupitiu of "impeding or obstructing the operations of the government," I believe that the government may ttiili pro priety assert It light to the personal security of Its officer without legaid to the motives or pur pose of the assault. Take for example the pLcst dent, whose position, however, tan illlfer only (it degree and not in principle from the h'.unhle.t servant of the government, 'I lie constitution im pose upon htm the duty to "take? caie that tho law be faithfully executed." At alt time and at all place lie U subject to this duty. This U not a legal fiction, for at any moment he miy Continued ou Paget 4. ALTEMOSE FEOZEN TO DEATH. Rescued from..Drowniur and Left to Dlo from Exposmc. Special to tho Scranton Tribune. Stroudsburg, Jan. 21. The frozen body of Wllllnm Altemose, ot lCast Stroudsburg, uged 30 years, was found early today lying stiff nTid stark between two piles of boards, hi the East Stroudsburg Lumber company's yard, by an employe of that company. AlteiUoso was rescued yesterduy from drowning by two companions, while fishing, and was placed ou the 1 umber, where he wns left, and died from exposure. Xo marks of violence were found on the body, although there were signs of a struggle near where the body luy. MINE WORKERS ARE AROUSED The Statement of Miss Mer edith Stirs Up a Row at Indianapolis. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated l'res. Indianapolis, Tnd., Jan. 21. Charges against President Mitchell, Secretary AVIIson and the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America were the first order of business before the convention, and the unexpected an nouncement that the charges would be taken up caused a Hurry of excitement in the convention. President Mitchell, in a voice full of emotion, lu address ing the convention, said: "CienUeiiieii of the United Mine AVorkers: The election of officers was to have been the first thing on the programme today, but I have to say, tlth deep feeling and regret, that charges have been made by Miss Mil lie Meredith, an ex-employe of the na tional oftlce, affecting myself, presi dent of the national body; against your national secretary, Mr. Wilson, ami also against the executive' board. "The time has come for the election of national officers. I am unwilling to have this proceed until these cliarses have been heard. I therefore ask the convention to hear these charges, and I ask Mr. William D. A'an Horn, of In diana, to take the chair while tho charges are being heard." Miss Meredith , then came on the platform and read her statement. The young woman's statement con cerning the n'lleged shortage of ex-Secretary-Treasury Pearee, alleged that President Mitchell and Secretary Treasurer AA'ilson did not give out all the facts concerning Pearce's actions, and that they "wilfully lied" to the miners' copimlttee a year ago. She demanded an Investigation of the books, to see how much Pearce's al leged shortage really was. She Inti mated that botli Mitchell and AVIIson sought to piotect Pearee, nnd for that reason did not give out ail the facts, and charges that Pearee frequently presented bills for double the amount of purchases. She also said that Pearce's "extra money" amounted to $2,000 a year, while Mitchell and AVIIson reported that he had taken only $100. Mis Meredith declared that Mitchell 'al lowed Pearee to go away as a "sick man," and send In his resignation from French Lick Springs. At the conclusion of Miss Meredith's statement, Secretary-Treasurer AVIIson nrose and spoke at length. He denied the truth of the statement and said It was the outgrowth of spite, Miss Meredith, he said, was recently let out ns an assistant secretury. She is tho young woman to whom a gold medal wns presented for discovering the Pearee shortage. Mr. Mitchell also addressed the dele gates, denying the stories contained In Miss Meredith's statement. Ilis re marks were frequently Interrupted by applause, SEVEN LUMBERMEN ARE CREMATED Disastrous Fire in the Camp of the Otter Creek Doom and Lum ber Company. n,v Kxiliislie Mire from 'Hie Asoc luted Press. Ihimhleton, AV, Af0 Jan. 21. About -1 o'clock this morning Camp .1 of the Otter Creek Room and Lumber com pany, several miles froin( here hi the forest, took tire nnd burned so rapidly that seven of the forty men asleen In the building failed to yet out and were burned lo death, Following 'Is the list of dead: John Morrlssey, John Hlley, George A'nn llorn, Aithur Hedrlcks, Mike Grnnnon, Thomas HIckey and Forrest Manard. Hud AVelsh was no badly burned that he Is hi a critical condition. It wus not more, thuii five minutes from the time when the alarm van given until there wns no chance of escape, The camp was twenty-two by Dfty feet and the upper part all In one room, and In this the forty men were sleeping. Two very small ttlndowH and the narrow stairs afforded the only ways of escape, and those who went to thu windows, a dozen or nioie, had to Jump twelve or fifteen feet, the otheis nwlilug down the steps like sheep, pushing and tumh ling and falling oyer each other. After they were out, some of the men Inside could he seen In the flames, but not a cry came from the building. The dead were almost entirely cremated. Thero were scarcely forty pounds of liesh and bones of all seven lit ought here tonlglit hi a little box. Tho men who escaped lost their clothing and weie compelled to travel through eight inches-of snow almost naked, to another camp a mile away. ' m i Dr, Rixey Promoted, 0 Uitlusltc Whe. fioni The Associated l're- Washington, Jan. 21. 1 lie president today none liutcd Dr. Presley M. Itixt-y to be nurgeon gcU' crjl ot lUu uavj, with the rani, tvf itar admiral. WIDE LATITUDE THE IOWA SENATORS. By a Strict Party Vote. Dolliver nnd Allison Arc He-elected. By Kxtlustve Wire troin The Associated 1'rea.i. Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 21. Hy a strict party vote both houses of the legislature today, for the second time In the history of the stute, elected two members to jthe United States senate. Senators Allison and Dolliver weie re elected. The vote was taken this arter noon nnd stood as follows: In the senute: Alllsbn, 30; Thayer, 10: Dolliver, !!0j Zerloy, 10. In the house the vote was: Allison, S2; Thayer, .14; Dolliver, 82; Zerley, II. ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S APPEAL. Counsel Submitted Draft of Long Document to Him Today. fly K-xclusIve Wire from 'Hie Associated Pi en. Washington, Jan. 21. Hear Admiral and Mm. Schley arilved in Washington this morning after a ten-day thit to Savannah, Mi tar, ltoyuor and Teaitue, counsel for Schley, reached the illy loter with the te.xt of the ad inliul'.s appeal to the pieslcleut. They submitted the document to the admiral. Mi. Tcaguc Mid that eveiy effott would he made to place it In PrriMent ltoosevelt'n hand this afleiuoon. The. appeal covera 120 lypewiltten paR-es. Admlial Schley expi'cU to leave Washington for Chicago on Thursday, CAUSE OP RESENT PANAMA BATTLE The Exchange of Prisoners Respon sible for the Disaster to the Panama Government. By Kxtluiive. Wire from T he AModited I'rew. Panama, Jan. 21. The exchange of prisoners was responsible for yester day's disaster to the government. From the former the revolutionists heard of the plans of the government. The government warship I.autanl's circulating pump was out of order and she hud no steam up when she wus attacked by the revolution warship P.ulllla. The Padllla, which was re cently painted white so as to deceive the government officers as to her iden tity advanced unrecognized to a spot about three hundred metres from the Lnutnio. She then begun filing tit the Lautaro. The position of the latter prevented her from using her two big guns mounted forward, but she le lurned the Padilln's fire with her small after guns. Her gunner, however, was the first man killed. The foreign crew of the Lautnro refused to obey orders. General Alban, who displayed daring courage, was shot, on the steamer's deck. General Garcia, a veteran ofll-t-er, has been appointed military gov ernor of the district in succession to General Alban. Seiior Arjona is the civil governor. It Is believed that the revolutionary warships were damaged. The capture of Panama by the i evo lutionists Is considered impossible, ow ing to the number of government troops there. THE GERMANS WERE ALSO OUR PRIENDS Took No Part in Efforts of France and Austria to Make Trouble During the Spanish War, Dy Kxelii'lve Wiie from The Associated I'irM. A'lenna, Jan. 21. Inquiries made by The Associated Press at the Austrian Hungarian fmeign otlice confirm the essential points of tho statement made by Lord Cruuborue, the British foreign under secretary, in the house of com mons yesterday. The dynastic rela tions of Austria with Spain, the queen legent being an arch-duchess of Aus tria, led Austila befoie the declaration of the war between Spain and the United States to begin a peace piopa ganda, which was carried on not only in England but throughout Europe, France was ready to second the ef forts ot Austria, Germany and Russia maintained a passive attitude. Great Britain was at (list disposed to sign the proposed note, but after a confi dential report from AVaHlilngton, de clined either to sign such a note as tho Austrian ambassador proposed, in to tnko any further steps. Afterwards Austria and France made direct rep resentations at Washington, but ceased their efforts after the declaration of war ftom that time forward relying on the efforts of the pope.who was backed by the tuelt approval of all the powers, Berlin, Jan, 21. The foreign oftlce denies that Germany desired, or asso ciated itself with any other govern ment that may have sought to bring about European Intervention in the Spnnlsh-Ainerlcan war. The following statement of the German foreign oflh-e was handed to the correspondent of tho Associated Press today: "The foreign otlice declares with all posltiveness, that Germany, either be fore the outbreak of the Spanish American war nor during Its course, proposed Intervention to other poweis. Neither did Germany support such a proposal mude by other poweis. It Is true that In several Instances, hubbcs tlons were made to the German gov ernment from another souice. In tho dense of Intervention, Hut the Ger man government without exception, maintained a negutive attitude toward such HUggt'btlons, and made known Its negative standpoint whenever occasion offered. It must further be remarked that It wus not from an Austrian Kource that such suggestions reached the German government." Pensions Grouted. By Kstludve Wire from The Associated I'reM. Washington, Jan, St. Pension? (ranted: Ktl S. bliujiudu, of Scuiilon, $10; Citbirlne iltilln (widow), of be rant en, fi. IN HOUSE DEBATE Unlimited Talk Allowed on the Urocncu DeflGlcnGU 3111." MR. SIBLEY SUGGESTS PROCRASTINATION Ho Believes That Irrigation of Arid Lands Should Be Postponed Until the Next Generation The Wasto Lands Not Needed at Present. Senate Considers Philippines Bill. By Kxilualve Wire from The Aiuociated Pre. AVashlngton, Jon.,21. Tn the absenco of other pressing business, the house managers are allowing the widest liitl tude In the debate on the urgent de ficiency bill, now before the house. The irrigation of arid lands In the west and the advisability of retaining control of the Philippines were the main topics under consideration today. The speak ers were Mr. Sibley (Penna.), Mr. Dlnsinore (Ark.), Mr. Newlunds (New), Mr. Mondell (Wyo.), Mr. Robinson (Ind,), Mr. Kerns (111.), Mr. Gaines (Tenn.), Mr. Vandlver (Mo.) and Mr, Greene (Penna.) Mr. Sibley (IVitiia.) made a general speech in opposition to the government entering at this time upon n scheme for the irrigation of mid lands In the west. Mr. Sibley said everyone who had witnessed the tests knew the won deiful productive results of irrigation, but he believed the whole question vas for another generation. Members rep resenting an agricultural constituency should oppose a measure which In volved the expenditure of untold mil lions to be taken by taxation from all. Tie spoke of the decline In value ot farm lands in eastern, middle and southern states, yet this was a propo sition to open up lui'iuheils of millions acres more to be In open competition with these farms. "Let us wait," said Mr. Sibley, "un til our Increased population shall so expand that these lands shall be need ed to meet the, demand for a greater food supply. To my mind, if we un dertake the present accomplishment of irrigation we shall be pressing a pois oned chalice to the lips of the farming classes in tills nation, which if It doerf not kill them will at least leave them for another generation In torpor or misery." Representative AVIUiani Alden Smith, of Michigan, Introduced a resolution reciting the report that the British mllltM-y authorities have passed sen tence of death upon Commandant Scheepers; also that the "world suf fers because of the war Svaged between any family of nations," and that the people of the Ihilted States are moved In behalf of the sufferers from the "terrible win fare being conducted In South Africa," and then proposing a resolution hy the senate and house that the British government be requested to set aside the death sentence on Scheepers. Philippines Bill. For nearly three liouis today the sen ate had under consideration the Phil ippine tariff bill. The measure was made the unfinished business and prob ably will hold that position of prefer ence until It shall have been voted on dually. The debate was opened by Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, chairman of the com mittee on Philippines. lie sketched In a free-hand way the reasons which hud actuated the majority In presenting tho measure and urged stiongly Its enact ment Into law at an early date. Ho explained with some minuteness the necessity for the legislation embodied In the bill, .ilid concluded with an ap peal lo the senate and to congress to deal with questions relating to the Philippines as they might arise, and to knep clear of vague Words and vaguer promises, which were likely to bo mis interpreted and to raise false hopes in the minds of the Filipinos. In an Im passioned peroration, he besought con gress not to give mortgages on an un known futuie. Mr. Rawlins, of IHah, delivered a vlgoious speech In support of tho min ority substitute, hi which Independence was promised to thu Filipino people so soon as a stuble government could, bo established lu the Philippines. His ills cussiou of the general Philippine ques tion coveted much of tho ground that has been uone over during the past three years. Tliioughout ho was ac corded careful attention. Mr, Bacon, of Georgia, sharply ci in cized the secretary of war for ail al leged violation ot tho law In Issuing an order permitting vessels (lying a, for eign ihig to participate In the com merce between the United Stntes am? the Philippines. in i ss Steamship Arrivals. Hy Kxilutha Wire from The Associited TreM. .New oiL, .Ian, 21. AlTheeli I.ahn, (leiioa. Cleaied: r-oiulitvurK, Antwerp! Oermauic, I.lv. eip.wl; Philadelphia, Southampton. Sa,leds Kaiser Wllhelui iter Cirosse, Urcinen t Plymouth and Cheihouitj. (Jlbrallar Arrived! KeUeilu Maria 'fl'Wii. New Yolk for Naple and tlen'oa, Hotttrdam Arrived; Hyndam, New York tU IJoutonuo Sur Mcr. " ss -f t -T-f H-H -- WEATHER FORECAST. 4. Washington, Jin. 21. Forecast for -f" t- Wednesday nd Thurdiy; Eastern I'ciin- 4- . tlvaul, rain Wednesday; probably turn- - 4- Ins to enovr with falling temuerature; 4- 4- Thursday fair j high elillttDC winds be- 4- -- coming northwesterly. -t t t t :t:-t--b -!
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