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No. 3() Hulliilo ExprexH, daily except Hu nilav ll:i"a. in No. 2 Oil City "uiul I'iitshurir Exr rcsB,daily,exccpt Huuday..7:.'10 p.m. For Ilickory.Tidioute, Warren, Kiii7.ua, Mraill'oril, Olean ami tho East : No. 81 Olean Expreis, ilaily except Sunday 8:5") a. 111. No. H:l t'i Itshu ri; Exprew, daily exwpt Sunday )::!!) p. ni. For Time Tallin and additional Infor mation commit Ticket Agent. J. II. HUTCHINSON, J. K. WOOD, (ieneral Manner. Uen'l I'amenKer At. IT DA VQ TO AI'VEItTlS ' 1 ' " 1 J THIS I'AI'EK. SE in FIERCE NAVAL FIGHT. Government and Insurgents' Warships Engaged. General Carloa Alban,-Governor of Panama, Killed in the Engagement Reported that the Government Ves- ael Waa Deaerted by the Crew. Newa Confirmed from Washington. Washington, Jan. 21. The secre tary uf the navy has received the fol lowing cablegram from Capt. Mead, "ommandcr of the United States cruiser Philadelphia, dated Panama yesterday. "The Insurgent steamer Padilla at tacked the Lautaro yeattrday morn ing at close quarters. Crew has de serted her. Is now on fire and sink ing." Panama, Jan .21. Gen. Carlos Al ban, the military commander of this dli-trict and the governor of Panama, waa killed during the fighting yester day morning. Ills death Is deeply de plored, for Gen. Alhau was loved by lit -i soldiers and enjoyed the esteem of the community. It Is asserted that the death of too Colombian leader may have the effect of bringing to the government side laive numbers of men anxious to avntixe his loss. Somo of the men killed on board the government ship lautaro have been brought aHhoie, where they are being burled. Later. The Lautaro has Just sunk. It Is reported here that her crew re belled. The revolutionary gunboat Padilla surprised the Lautaro at the opening of the fteht and bepan shooting at clone range. Many men on board the Lautaro were killed. A pasollne launch has just left here to obtain details of the fighting. The hlow movements of the Padilla, which are noticeable from the shore, lend to tho belief that she has been damaged, News In O'fclal Circlet. Washington, Jan .21. No word has yet been received at the Colombian legation touching the reported naval bnttle between the government ships jind the revolutionary fleet off Pan ama. Pr. Silva. the Colombian minister here, has been assured by the state depaitment that anything In the nature of a bombardment of either of the Isthmian towns, with Its accom panying danger to American Interests and Interruption to transit, would be prevented by (he American naval rep resentation in that quarter. The location ofllcials therefore feel sure that In case the revolutionary fleet Is victorious In destroying the government vessels the victory will end there. Captain Mead of the Philadelphia has the same general Instructions from Secretary Lont which governed the actions of Capt. Perry of the bat tlesdiln Iowa when tho Liberals can tured Colon, and he will Intervene oniv wncn American Interests or treaty rights are threatened. Naval Engagement at Panama. New York Jan. 21. The Panama Railway Company yesterday received a cablegram from Colon saying that three insurgent and two government vessels had been sunk In the naval en gagement In Panama harbor. The cablegram came from Colonel J. B. Shnler, general superintendent at Colon for the Panama Railway Com pany. TUNNEL INQUEST. President Newman of the Central Will lie Called on Friday. New York, Jan. 21. Edward Fltz- gibbons, a locomotive engineer on the New York Harlem road, with whom Wisker was a fireman for about six months, gave It as his belief that Wiskor was a perfectly safe and reli able engineer. Charles Piatt, general superintend ent of the New Yoik, New Haven & Hartford railroad, said he considered the torpedo more reliable as a danger signal than as a caution signal and ho believed It should be used accordingly. After Mr. Piatt had concluded. Mr. Jerome said there probably would be no necessity for calling President Hall. An adjournment was then taken until Friday, when President Newman of the New York Central will be sailed. State Named as Trustee. Albany, Jan. 21. State Treasurer John P. Jaeckel yesterday received a check for $33,000 from the surrogate of Chautauqua county. This Is the first Instalment of a trust fund of $2o0,ooo leH by William Vorce of that county for the benefit of the public schools of the county. In his lost will he named the state as trustee of the fund. State Treasurer Jaeckel Is un certain a3 to whether the state can ac cept a trusteeship, and In consequence the check has not been deposited to the credit of the state. The attorney general will be called upon for an opinion. Trains Delayed. I'tlca. Jan. 21. Central trains from the west are delayed from 13 minutes to an hour and a half on account of cold weather. At Clearwater In the Adirondai ks it was 18 below zero yes- tenlay morning. Weather Indications. Western New York Snow Tuesday, possibly heavy by night, warmer In eastern portion; Wednesday snow and colder: increasing northeasterly to easterly winds Tuesday. CtNERAL CHAFFEE'S REPORT. Municipal and Provincial Governmenta Are Being Organized. Manila, Jan. 20. General Chaffee in the annual report, which has Just been i.ssued, sums up the situation from the military point of view by Bay ' S that tin provinces of Batangas and l-aguna. in Southern Luzon, and the Is lands of Samar, Mindore and Cebti constitute the disturbed area In which bodies of Insurgents In force are to Ve found. General Chaffee says the prolonga tion of guerrilla warfare is due to the physical character of the country and to the nature of warfare carried on by the insurgents wh opose as friends and act as enemies in the same hour; to the humanity displayed by the American troops, of which the lnsur gents take advantage, and to the rear of assassination on the part of those natives who are friendly disposed to ward the Americans, should they give the latter Information concerning the movements or the whereabouts of the Insurgents. Municipal and provincial govern ments are being organized. These gov ernments have not yet received a prac tical trial. They constitute the only certnln and reliable method of ascer taining the progress of the Filipinos toward self-government. MURDER IN ROCHESTER. Merchant Gagged and Beaten to Death In His Store. Rochester, Jan. 20. Bela E. Brown, aged 63, a prominent dealer in diamonds and manufacutrer of Jew elry, was found brutally murdered In his store over No. 24 State street at 8:15 o'clock last night. Night Watch man John Rauuet while making hiB ac customed rounds at that time entered the Jeweler's salesroom as usual and found In-own dead. His legs were tied together and he was gagged with a long red neck scarf. The body rested on a chair back of a stand or show cases and In front of the safe and was leaned over so that the head rested on a small chest of drawers standing about two und a half feet from tho floor. The lace was turned toward the well and the eyes were staring wide open. Abundant evidence of the brutal mur der was seen In the terrible wounds on the head. At the back of the head was a hole extending Into the brain and about It were several gashes In the scalp, evidently made by a ham mer, which was found near the body smeared with mingled blood and white hairs from the head of the victim. The murdered man's head was covered with blood and a great peel of It had gathered on top of a small chest of drawers over which the head lay. All abcut wer eevldences of a fierce stran gle but a most through search failed to discover any positive clue as to the Identity of the murderer or murderers. MINORITY REPORT. Oppose Bill to Exchange Gold Fop Silver Dollars. Washington, Jan. 20. The Demo cratic members of the house commit tee on coinage, weights and meas ures have agreed on a minority report on the bill directing the secretary of the treasury "to exchange gold for legal tender 6ilver doilurs" and the report will be presented to the house today by Mr. Shaflroth. The report takes the position that the passage of the bill Is certain to produce financial disturbances. The following gene-al proposition is laid down: 'Our government has never con ceded the right to the holder of silver dollars to demand from the treasury gold therefor nor to the holder of gold to demand sliver dollars thereior. Such demands always have been re fused at the treasury. It Is the notes and bonds of the government that are payable In either gold or silver at the option of the holder." BUILDINGS COLLAPSE. Business Block in Detroit Completely Demolished. Detroit, Jan. 20. Four buildings, each four stories high, located In tho heart of the wholesale district of this city, collapB.-d last night, without any .pparent cause, and all that now re mains is a smouldering heap of ruins. The buildings were a part of the blot I: bounded by Jefferson avenue and Shelby and Griswold streets, and were occupied by five concerns and their stocks are a total loss which is esti mated at $l.r,2,ooo, exclusive of the loss on the buildings which amount to $30,500. After the buildings collapsed the In flammable material caught fire. There was no Ins sof life. Eiqht Mines to Be Opened. Pittsburg, Jan. 18. A t.yndicatc of Pittsburg capitalists have concluded negotiations for 11 end acres of coal land in the first wxl district. Tim price Is said to have been $s.hn).oiio. Eight mines are to be opened, to have a daily capacity of K'.ooo tons, and 1,0000 houses for the workmen are to be built. Priest and Converts Murdered. Pckin. Jan. 21. A French priest named Juliea and two Chinese con verls have been murdered at a village In the north of Kwang Si province. Chinese official assert the murders Were committed by robbers and were hot a result of an anti-Christian temonstratlon. Accident to Freight Engine. I'tica, Jan. ?I.--Au aioid.-nt to a freight engine on the Delaware, Lack awanna & Western railioad two milc3 north of Greene yesterday tore up con siderable track and delayed traftV nearlv six hours. No one as lijuied GREAT LOSS OF LIFE, Earthquii.-e Shock In a Mex ican Towa. State Capitol, Parish Church and Many Houses In Ruins Soldiers fHelping In Work or Rescue Shock Felt In the Capital and Many Other Places. Mexico ( ity, Jan. 18. One of the mcjt te;-;i!.le catastrophes ever i- cordud in the stale ot Guerrero is re ported to have ttcurred late Tnurs- day alteiiiLon when an extremely vio lent earthquake shock was tell at Chilpauciiigo, causing a great loss of life and injuring many persons. Details In m the stricken district are very meagre, but scattering reports re ceived here indicate that probably 300 persons were Killed and as many more injured. It Is known that the state capitol the parish church and many business houses and residences are In ruins and there Is much suffering as a re sult of the awful seismic disturbance, One of the edifices that suffered most was the federal telegraph office, which explains tha paucity of news that has reached this city. Telegraph lines and apparatus were badly damaged, but the employes, all of whom wore uninjured, quickly proceeded to erect an improvised telegraph office on the outskirts of the city. The number of deaths was greater In the parish church than in any sin gle place as the crowd of worshippers were gathered there for the after noon service. The solid masonry. walled roof, tcppled down on the worshippers. The war department has ordered the troop? In the nel hborhced to co operate I:i tho work of rescue. Until this work Is criv.ple'.ed It will be Im possible to learn accurately the num ber of victims. It Is believed thnt this Is one cf tho most destructive seismic plmncmena thnt has occurred In Mexico. The greater part of the people of Chili onclngo are now camp ing out under trec3 around the town, which Is five dnys Journey from the national hospital. Enrthntia!;r shocks were felt In many ether cities and towns. In Mexico City the earthnuake took place at 5:17 p. m.. and was of such violence as to shake the most sub stantial buildings. The Tan-American congress wai In session at the time and many of the delegates were great easier csclllntory movements north very sharp. U was followed by an easier isclllatory movement north northeast to flonth-soiilhwe-t. The duration was 53 seconds. The dam age In the rlly was only slight. The state of Guenero has always been the focus of seismic disturbances. Reports received here state that the shock vias very severe nt Chilapa. No casualties are so far reported from there. In duration the Chllnanelngo shock was less prolonged thantlmt In Mexico City, having lasted 50 reeends against 1)5 seconds at the capital. Tho earthnuake was also heavy at Iguala, In the state of Guerrero, de stroying the pnrlsh rhiinh and many buildings In the city and neighbor hood. Among the latter was the surar mill of General Frtsble. an American. The mill had tuot been completed and fitted up with American machinery at a cost of 2fi0 .000. The property less is Immense throughout (he state of Guerrero. GALLAGHER MURDER TRIAL. Defendant on the Stand Tells of the Encounter. Auburn, Jan. 21. Late yesterday afternoon James G. Gallagher, the de fendant on trial for the murder of George E. Seibert, testifying in his own behalf, described the encounter In the saloon and he declared that Sei bert attacked him first; that he, be lieving himself In danger of great bodily harm, pulled his revolver and fired over his opponent's head, Intend ing to scare him. Seibert continued the struggle and the defendant Btruck him on the top of the head with the revolver and, while using the weapon as a club, it exploded. Among the witnesses called to testify to Gallagher's previous good character were former Congressman Thomas Flood, Chief of Police Cas cada. Attorney Joseph P. Eustice and Andrew FUz-sImmons of Elmlra. The morning session was taken up by expret Hamilton In explaining how near the revolver must have been to the victim's head and showing how It mipht have been flred by accident. Veteran Frozen to Death. Hath, N. Y., Jan. 20. The body of Dennis Ixinovan, an Inmate of the Sol diurs' home, was found yesterday un der an old store house, u short dis tance from the Erie depot. He ap parently had been dead for several days and the body was frozen. He was "4 years old, formerly lived In Btiflalo and went to Rochester Jan. 8 for examination by the pension board and was probably returning to the home and crawled under the shed ami was frozen to death. Admiral Schley's Appeal. Baltimore, Jan. 21. Isidor Rayner. counsel for Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, has fin I shed the draft of the appeal from the findings of the court of inquiry and will go to Washington today for a conference with the ad miral. It Is expected the admiral will be ready to hand the appeal to I'n-sl-dent Roosevelt on Wednesday. Tho document contains over 100 typewrit .ten, pages. LABOR AND TYRANNY. Railroad President Denounces Union as Arbitrary. Lancaster. Pa., Jan. 18. At Frank lin and Marshal college chapel Thurs day evening, George P. Baer. president of the board of trustees of the college and president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad and the Central Rail road of New Jersey, delivered a lert vo on "Work Is Worship." in which e severely denounced labor unions. He said in part: "Today there is no greater absolute despotism and tyranny on the earth than the power which forbids a -maa to woik because of some other man's quarrels. "In some trades employers are not permitted to employ workmen without labor organization cards. Union men will not work with non-union men. Wns ever before such tyranny prac tised by one set of men over their fel low men. "So apathetic has the public con scinc.' beer me to (he terrorism, ty ranny ar.d lawlessness of labor organ izations, that not only the politicians, who are seeking votes, but well mean ing men. who ctmht to knew better, crv aloud against the decrees of the ecurts when the principles of consti tutional liberty are Invoked In legally established tribunals to restrain the lawlessness of labor organizations." INHALED NATURAL GAS. One Woman Dead and Another's Re covery Is Doubtful. Corry, Pa., Jan. 18. Mrs. William Woodan of West Washington street was found lying on a bed. dead, and In the same room near the door, gasping for breath, lay her cousin, Delia Drouse, dying. The Prouse woman was at once removed to the City hos pital, but there are only slight hopes for her recovery. hm i i . The lady occupying the upper part of the house had been away attend - ins fnno.al nA w,, ., "" "" -.J u . ' " r- . , inns nno wiihik, Ule shades being down and the house very quiet. SHU not thinking anv thing serious she did not spread the alarm for several minutes. Finally neighbors were aroused and decided to force the door. This was quickly accomplished and the sad sight was exposed. Doctors were summoned, but nothing could be done for Mrs. Woodan. Death Is supposed to have been caused by natural ran. wnicn nan permeated tne rooms. This Is the second accident cf the kind In this reelrn within a month. A sad feature of the tragedv Is that Mrs. Woodan. had returned home to pack her household gcods. as she In tended to move to a farm presented by her father. She was 22 years old. TTup conctti la 9rt Two Miners Killed. Shenairloah, Jan. 18. A gas explos ion at the Maple Hill colliery hero Wednesday resulted In the death of John MoGuire and John I avansky. both married men of this city. The explosion was caused by the men en tering Breast No. 39 In mistake for I their own. This breast was filled with gas. and as the men entcre 1 with their naked lanips the gas exploded with such force as to shock the whole Inside workings. Edinboro, Pa., In Flames. Erio, Pa.. Jan. IS. The business part of the town of Edinboro, 10 miles south of Erie, was wiped out Wednesday by a fire. Eleven busi ness buildings und three residences are In ruins. Fire apparatus from Erie was sent there. State Farmers Meet. Harrlslmrp. Jan. 1?. The mooting of the State Agricultural society, held here Wednesday, was very largely at tended. The holding of th" annual state fair was discussed and the selee. lion of a timo and place left to the executive committee. ITEMS IN BRIEF. Clarksburg, V. Va. Gaylord Cot troll, a carpenter, cn.iihyed on the Williams building, fell 35 feet and crushed his frontal bone. He will die. Parkersgurg Eiipene Elsie, arod 21 years, a v.trkn.nn on the electric line from hrre to Marietta, f-il frrn a trestle at Boaz and died from his In juries. Conneilsville Alexander B. John Iton has been elected captain of Com pany D. Tenth regiment. N. O. P. He was tho only candidate for the of fice and there was no opposition. Punxsutawney The strike that has been in progress for the past 10 days at Eleanor and F orenco mines has been settled satisfactorily to both sides, and the -men returned to work New Castle lly the will of Mrs. Sara M. Duiilap she bequeaths $!.00 to the Alnilre home for Aged Women nf this city and $5no to the Home Mis sionary society of the Central Pres byterian church here. Beaver Falls The laying of a third track at this place on the Fort Wayne road from the bridge over the Beaver river, south of town, to Highland .a few miles north. Is In progress, with a large force of hands. Woosler - Burglars at a nearly hour Thursday punning wrecked the safe In tho store of Ilrntzler & PcarlsMn at Orrvllle. Nothing was secured from the safe. A lot of Jewelry and silks Is missing from tho store. Altoona The milk controversy be tween the producers and retail deal ers of the city has been settled. Tin largo amount of milk coining here from a distmoe has brought about in adjustment. It Is contended that the regular shipments, ns heretofore, lie expected to arrive In the cltjr today. WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW Bradilml'i Krpnrt on tha Conditio ff IliitJurM. New York, Jan. 18. Bradstreet's says: Tho usual "January thaw" in prices irrived this week, and securities, food products, particularly the cereals, pork and dairy products, coffee and sugar imong the groceries and copper among tie metals have all weakened and l lose lower on the week. Improve ment may be expected to follow, a striking example of this being in the cere-W. "liah prices have killed off export trade but this seems to have revived this week on the decline. In distributive trade the situation has certainly improved. Northwest advices are particularly good, agricultural Implements and dry goods being ordered and shipped In large volume. Trade In the South west continues satisfactory, but tho lack of needed moisture for the win ter wheat crop is a disturbing ele ment, tending to dull the edge of trade. It is to be noted also that rain is needed In the wheat growing sec tions of California. More is doing In leading Eastern textile markets, prints and ginghams moving well with Jobbers, while a good business Is also reported In woolen goods, though the new prices made are rather lower than expected. There is even some Im provement noted In Southern trade, ltrgely the result of the firmer tone of raw cotton. Extremes have met this week, tho publication of widely divergent low minumum and high maximum crop es timates. Among tho Industries Iron and steel is still easily first In the volume of new business and In production al though the car shortage is shown to have materially reduced the Decem ber output of pig Iron. Conservatism In the matter of ad vancing pig Iron prices Is still noted. I vnncing pig iroi c...,.k ... 1 ,w m j: cers announce that they will discourage any advance bo- I""' """'. 12 f''r Birmingham The advance In wire products Is con firmed, price cutting is to be stopped, rods are stronger and sales of plntes. merchant bars and structural are large. Tho boot and shoe Industry looks forward confidently to an active spring business. Although the question Is not settled, It is generally expected that prices will go higher. The lum ber trade Is very strong. Sugar dropped 3 cents for centri fugals, and refined Is down to 4.65 cents (about 4V cents net.) The cereals have been active and existed, liquidation by dlsapoplntod longs was a feature early, and prices crumbled. Flour acted In sympathy with wheat. Corn and oats went ofT in sympathy, but those cereals are still above export levels. Nineteen hundred and one wns un doubtedly the very best year ever ex perienced by the railways of tho coun try. Partial returns to BradHtreefs give a total of $1.423,2M.2!5 as gross earnings for 11101, an Increase of 10.4 per cent over 1000. Business failures for tho week num ber 2!)1, as against 3lfi last week: 290 In this week last year; HZ In 1900; 2B2 In 1S99 and 309 In 1898. Canadian trade Is expanding. Re tailer whoso stocks of winter goods are light are buying more freely of spring goods and slilnments are large. Failures for the week nirmher 33. at against 32 last week and 50 In this week a year ago. DR. KUYPER'S MISSION. Dutch Premier Endeavoring to Bring About Peace. London, Jan. 18. Heater's Tele graph company has received the fol lowing dispatch from Amsterdam: According to trustworthy informatlou Dr. Ktiyper, the Dutch premier, recent ly intimated to the lloer delegates the desirability. In view of Lord Roso bery's speech at Chesterfield, of their giving some intimation to Hit RritlBh government of the basis upon which they would entertnin peace negotia tions. Dr. Kuyper pointed out tho Im probability of any of tho great p iwers intervening In South Africa in tho near future and suggested that he bo allowed Informally to sound his friends In London, In the hope of a semioltlcial response. The Dutch premier accordingly met Abraham Fischer, the leader of the Boer debv gates, and others, at Brussels, where a long conference wns held, after which Dr. Kuyper proceeded to Ixm don. The result of his visit, if any has been nttuined. Is not yet known. "It Is understood thnt Dr. Kuyper distinctly assured the Boers that Hol land, under no circumstances, would act as an Intermediary. Dr. Leyds, the representative In Europe of the Transvaal. Is expected shortly at The Hague." Missing War Ship Condor. Victoria. II. C.. Jan. 21. The cruiser I'hasfon will put to sea today to search for the missing warship Con dor, of which no news has been re ceived. The schooner Manila, which arrived twenty-three days from Hono lulu, brought no news of her, hut her tiaster reports Hint when to bun- Ired miles or so out from the Ha waiian port a lot of wreckage was passed. Railroad Ticket Thieves. I'tica, Jan. 21. Railroad ticket office thieves are operating along tho Central. Hudson ami West Shore roads . The stp ns at Kirkvllle on both roads ami he Clilttennngu on tho Central were broken Into. About $30 In money wns gat In-red up by the thieves and Hie penny In the sl,t gum and candy ma bines were r --'-ed aud their foments l:i' . r. !: 'M were taken.
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