KLl INTO DEATII PIT.
Collapse of a Roof Crowded with Foot
ball Spectators.
KILLED AND INJURED NUMBER SIXTY
Nine Persons Slowly Roasted to D;alh la the
Hot Fsrnaces Upon Which 7 bey P li-Oame
Between Stanford and University of Cali
fornia Elevens Disturbed by a Terrible
Disaster Just Outside the Ground'.
Ban Francisco (Special). During the
progress of hP California-Stanford
UtriversHy football game between 300
nd 600 persons, most of whom were
young men and boys, wore witnessing
tns struggle between the universities
from the roofs of one of the buildings
of the San Francisco and Pacific Glasa
Works at Fifteenth and Hryant streets,
when It collapsed. A large number
were precipitated Into the gigantic fur
nare, fully 70 feet below, and 13 were
killed or burned to death and at least
SO were injured, many of whom will
die.
One of the victims, whose' Identity
lias not yet been discovered, fell into
a tank containing burning oil and was
cooked until the flesh fell from his
bones.
It is safe to say that some of the vic
tims were rons-ted to death, while
others were killed by falling timbers.
While the furnace attendants were
trying to give what assistance they
could to the injured and dying the
heartrending cries for help were in
strong contrast with the cheers of the
football enthusiasts which loudly rent
the air. These, however, were quick
ly sillied when It became known that
the disaster had occurred.
The crash of the falling roof was
heard a groat distance away, and thou
sands of people hurried to the scene.
Messsages were sent to the City Re
ceiving Hospital and the morgue, and
all available ambulances were hurried
to the spot when the extent of the acci
dent was known.
Moat of the fatalities were caused by
burning. In the glass works the fur
naces were at white heat, and the most
of the unfortunates who fell upon them
ware quickly burned to death. The
smell of burning flesh and clothing
added to the horror of the occurrence.
J. F. J. Frechtlor, who was on the
roof of the glasa works, but who es
caped serious injury, said:
'We were watching the game and
there were Beveral hundred of us there,
and no women. Most of us were young
men and boys. The game had not
been going long when the roof,
which was of sheetiron, fell through.
Several fell into an oven of molten
glass. All I can remember Is a big
crash. When 1 came to I smelled
burning flesh and when I looked
around I saw two dead men. Then
afterward I waa told seven had been
killed."
Thomas Simmons, employed In the
works, saved the lives of 30 persons by
hauling them off the furnace, and
James Gunper, who also waa on the
roof at the time of the disaster, said he
counted 64 that fell. Gunper says a
fatt"' and two sons were taken to one
of the hoepuaK.
Thirty-six boys are In the Railroad
Hospital wounded and burned.
A LITTLE LAD'S CRIME.
He Chloroforms an Old Woman and Tries to
Set Her on- Fire.
Philadelphia (Special). Philip
Goodman, a lad In knickerbockers, not
yet fifteen years old, visited the home
of Mrs. Wllhelmlna Muller, chloro
formed, Che old woman, and then, be
lieving he bad killed her, poured kero
sene over the woman's clothes, pre
paratory to burning the body and de
stroying evidence of his crime. After
he had spent some time In the rear
of the houBe, ostensibly to wash his
hands, but really to lock the doors, he
approached Mrs. Muller In the parlor,
seized her by the throat and clapped a
chloroform-Maturated cloth over her
nose. He tried to smother and stranglo
her at the name time, and when sho
had dropped to the floor, overcome, be
evidently concluded that he had killed
tor.
After he had soaked the woman's
clothes and hair with kerosene she
half recovered consciousness and cried
out, which attracted a neighbor. The
boy confessed that he chloroformed the
women to rob her.
MIS SKULL A WATCH CHARM.
Surgeons Removed Shattered Bone and
Patient Made Use of It.
Bowling Green, Ky. (Special). Geo.
Clark of Pembervllle has a watch
chain made out of pieces of his own
skull.. The chain Is made of portions
of bone fastened together by links of
gold. A piece as large as a dollar, on
which is the date of the accident In
which this chain cuts an important
figure, bangs as a pendant. Clurk
while In an oil derrick was struck on
the head by a crown pulley and his
slrull was crushed. He was taken to
hia home, where he lay unconscious
for two weeks. The surgeons said he
could not live. As a last resort they
removed She entire upper portion of his
skull. To their amazement he recov
ered, and Is now living with au arti
ficial top to his head.
Double Tragedy in Oregon.
Jacksonville, Ore. (Special). G. W.
Traynor rtiiot nnd. killed J. Hardon
brook and then killed himself, Har
denbrook was engaged to be married
to Miss Sarah L. llceson, a sister of
Mrs. Traynor, but Traynor objected to
the match, and It Is said threatened
Hardcnhrook's life. About 11 o'clock
Mlea lleeson, Hardenbrook nad Mrs.
Traynor were silting around the fire
When Traynor walked out on the
porc'h and a few minutes later a bullet
came crushing through the window. It
struck Hardenbrook In the head and
he died in an hour.
flen. Lee Receives Orders.
Washington (Special). Gen. Fkz
hugh Lee, who recently wns relieved
from duly bb Commander of Hie Divi
sion of Havana and Santa Clara and
ordered to take command of the De
partment of Missouri, relieving Gen
oral Merriam, was at the War Depart
ment receiving final instructions. He
will proceed to the headquarters of the
department of Missouri at Omaha
within a few days to assume his new
duties. General Merriam will retain
his position as Commander of the De
partment of Colorado, with headquar
ter at Denver.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Havana's Mayor Wants to Duel.
Havana (Special). General Rod
riguez, Mayor of Havana, la said to
. have challenged Senor San Miguel, edi
tor of I -a l.ucha, to flpht a duel because
of an alleged libelous article attack
ing the Integrity of the Mayor's otllco.
General Rodriguez natnedSenor Alenun
as his second. La l.ucha published a
statement t'rat It had no Intention of
attacking the character of the Mayor.
Doth partita deny that the matter
will be carried any farther. The
friends of both say that the denial Is
only a rune to put the police off the
cent.
An Injunction was sued out In Pensa
cola, Fla., to restrain the sale by State
Comptroller Reynolds, of the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad.
Colonel A. L. Ilooz indignantly
denies the Btory that Oscar L. Hooz, a
former cadet at West Point, Is critical
ly 111 as a result of hazing.
F. N. Pike have given up the man
agement of the Hygela Hotel at Old
Point, Va., and former Chief Clerk Hol
lyday will have charge.
The charter revision committee In
New York suggested a number of
changes In the charter of Greater New
York.
Blanche Wits, of Waynesboro, Pa.,
burned herself severely while cleaning
gloves with gasoline.
The striking clgarmakcrs In Tampa
are trying to stop the transportation of
cigars from that section.
Colonel H. C. Symonds, a classmate
of General Sheridan, died at his home
in Ix8 Gatos, Cal.
Joseph Henry Lee, an obdurate col
ored prisoner, was lashed in Newport
News, Va.
Governor Joseph R Johnson retired
from the executive office in Alabama.
A meeting of the different railway
orders of the Baltimore and Ohio was
held In Newark for the purpose of
forming a federation. This was not
accomplished, but will probably be
done In the near future.
It is reported that Theodore B.
Noyes, of Washington, will be offered
the position of minister to Austria,
soon to be vacated by the resignation
of W. C. Harris.
Cornelius Flame, a boy of 14 years,
employed on Thomas Cronan's farm,
In Connecticut, admitted poisoning a
large number of fowl and cattle for
spite.
General Wood will unite the rural
guards in Cuba under one head, so as
to utilize them wherever needed for the
preservation of peace on the island.
Mrs. Hattle Norton Welch, of In
dianapolis, was robbed and deserted by
her husband within three hours after,
their marriage. He was arrested.
Miss Georgia Cayvan, the popular
New York actress. Is a patient at the
Sanford Hall Sanitarium, in Long
Island, a mental and physical wreck.
Timber Ridge Church, near Lexing
ton, Va., waa rededlcated with Interest
ing exercises In the presence of a large
congregation.
Governor Llnd, of Minnesota, offered
the vacancy caused by the death of
8enator Davis to Judge Loren W. Col
lins. The steamer Olbers arrived at New
York with the crew of the abandoned
shipwrecked bark Bolivia.
In a wreck on the Mexican Central
Railroad near Tamanocha 20 men were
killed and 60 Injured.
In a fight between Mormons and
marauding Indiana one Indian and two
squaws were killed.
Arthu Weir, night editor of an Ot
tawa paper, committed suicide.
L. Trumball Kelly, left tackle of the
Capital Culture Football Club, of
Johnstown, Pa., died from an Injury
received In a game on Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Emma van Ltew was sentenced
to 10 years in the penitentiary for
causing Miss Alice Hummell's death
by throwing vitriol In her face.
Clarence Moharter, while gunning
near Wllkesbarre, Pa., accidentally
shot and killed his cousin, Clarence
Cope.
Lawyer Patrick's counsel filed an al
leged will of millionaire Rice, in which
Patrick Is made residuary legatee.
Edmund J. Bell was arrested in New
York for robbing the mails. He con
fessed. Jacob Schroll, of Manchester town
ship, Pa., committed suicide.
Thomas Bonner, of York, Pa., died
from a mule's kick.
President Hustin, of the Panama
Canal Company, called on President
McKlnley with reference to the com
pany's tender of the property to the
government.
Fire that was discovered In the files
room, on the third floor of the Treas
ury Department, Washington, was ex
tinguished before serious damage was
done.
Admiray Remey reports great desti
tution at Guam, caused by the ty
phoon. The government has ordered
supplies sent.
Miss Eugenie Washington, a great
grandnlere of George Washington,
died in Washington.
A convict burglar In Ohio Peniten
tiary was lent to crack the safe of a
business man who died without reveal
ing the combination.
A party of Japanese officials arrived
at San Francisco, and will negotiate
for the construction of gunboats or
cruisers.
A New York barber shot his fiancee
because she would not consent to ac
company him to Germany. She will
recover.
The Vermont legislature hua passed
a bill prohibiting the sale of cisurcttes
In the Slate.
Since 18H0 the population of Okla
homa Territory bus increased from
182,719 to 319,148.
Mrs. Anna Weed died at Merrlmac,
Mass., aged nearly 103 years.
Nathaniel Wells died lu Washington,
aged 107 years.
It has been discovered that the ac
counts of George Griffith, deceased, late
clerk of the Board of Education of
Cincinnati, are short $100,000.
Deputy Marshals Charles Gee and
John Chapman were shot by moon
shiners while rulding an illicit still in
Mecklenburg county, Va.
It Is supposed that Margaret Kelly,
a srhool girl of sixteen years, was ab
ducted iu Wllkesbarre, Pa., by two
Btrange men.
The oath of office was administered
to Colonel W. J. Sanford as governor
of Alabama on his sick bed in Ope
lika, AU.
George L. Wolfe, a musician of Ham-
l meleln'B Meal Company, committed
i suicide In Wllkesbarre, Pa.
The three-master Robert McQuIllin
became disabled off Hog, Island, Va.,
and was towed to Norfoik.
Some unknown porson blew up the
barroom of W. K. Morris in Warsaw
Va., with dynamite.
Hoboken, N. J., police are following
an alleged clue to a plot to kill Presi
dent McKlnley.
Rev. J. Flshburn died suddenly at
Lebanon, Pa., from apoplexy.
Henry Robinson was shot and killed
In a fight at Waycroes, Ga.
The trouble among the clgarmakers
in Tampa, F(a., continues.
Hecretury Root returned from his
trip to Cuba.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad directors declared
a seml-annuul dividend of four per
cent.
Six cases of smallpox wero reported
in New York.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Wilson died at bis home in Washing
ton, D. C.
CLAIMS ON TWO SULTANS
American Battleship Kentucky to Be
Sent to Morocco.
FOR MURDER OF AMERICAN CITIZENS
The Moorish Government Failed to Punish
the Murderers' -The Consul Will Proceed
to the Moorish Court, and the Battleship
Will Back Up His Demands-Relations with
Turkey Still Friendly.
Washington (Special). The State
Department has sent instructions to
United States Consul Gummere, at
Tanglers, Morocco, to proceed to the
capital of that country, so far as pos
sible, on a United States man-of-war
to present afresh the claim of the
United States for Indemnity on ac
count of the murder of Marcus Eza
guln, a naturalized American citizen,
who was killed In June, 1900. The
warship, which probably will be the
Kentucky, recalled from Smyrna for
that purpose, will' convey the Consul
from Tanglers to Mazagan, which is
the nearest port to Fez, the capital of
Morocco.
The Indemnity demanded In behalf
of the widow of Ezaguln amounts to
$5000, and was baaed on the failure of
the Moorish government to punish the
murderers. The Moorish government
declined the first demand, on the
ground that Ezaguin, by long residence
in Morocco, had become a Moorish
citizen under the terms of the Madrid
Convention. The State Department,
however, holds now that the returned
naturalized citizen has a right to elect
whether he shall become a Moor or
leave the country, and Ezaguln waa
prevented from exercisLng that choice
by hla murder.
In view of this fact, and the further
fact that the last diBCUBsion on this
subject between United States Consul
Gummere and the Moorish authorities
was without result, the State Depart
ment has thought the present to be a
fitting occasion to let Gummere pay a
visit to the Sultan's court, where no
representative of the United States has
been for years, with full powers to close
the case of the murdered man and the
other claims that have been pending
against the government of Morocco.
The disposition of the United States
government is entirely friendly, but it
feels that it has not been given proper
consideration, and the Navy Depart
ment has been asked to supply a man-
of-war to convey the Consul to Maza
gan, the port nearest the Moorish cap
ital, anu to await his future movements.
POSTMASTERS NAMED DURINQ YEAR.
Report of Fourth Assistant Postmagter-Gen-
erat Brlstow-Recommendatlons.
Washington (Special). Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General John L.
Brlstow, in his annual report, recom
mends an amendment to the Interstate
commerce law prohibiting telegraph
ana express companies, or their em
ployes, from aiding or abetting In the
green goods or lottery swindles, or any
other schemes carried on partly by
mail and partly by common carrier
and in violation of the postal laws.
There were 15,142 appointments of
postmasters made during the past fis
cal year, 14,435 being of the fourth
class and 707 being presidential. There
were 3000 postotilces established dur
ing the year, and 1912 offices were dis
continued, mostly due to rural free de
livery extension and public highway
Improvements.
A vigorous effort has been made
to suppress postofflces conducted
throughout the country for the sole
benefit of some corporation, nursery
company, patent medicine firm or
other private Institution.
There were 47 resignations and 45
deaths of presidential postmasters, and
919 deaths and 8013 resignations of
fourth-class postmasters. On June 30
last the number of postofflces was 7C,
688, as follows: First class, 194; sec
ond, 852; third, 3187; fourth, 72,455.
The total number of arrests during
the year for offenses ngainst the postal
laws was 1520, including 119 postmas
ters, 29 assistant postmasters and 144
postofllce clerks, carriers and other
postal employes. Of the total number
arrested 526 were convicted.
Baby Has $7,000,000.
Newport, R. I. (Special). John Nich
olas Brown, 9 months old, Is believed to
be the richest baby In the world. Ills
fortune Is estimated at $7,000,000, and
Is likely to be augmented before he
becomes old enough to know of his
wealth. When the wills of John
Nicholas Brown, Sr., and Howard
Brown, father and uncle of the Infant
millionaire, wero made public laBt
June it was thought that the baby
would hold the record. Confirmation
Is given in a partial inventory of the
estate of the father, which has Just
been filed here by Mrs. Natolia Bay
ard Brown, mother and guardian of
John Nicholas the younger.
A Brave Chicago (Jlrl.
Chicago (Special). Walking a nar
row stone ledge thirty feet from the
ground, connecting the balcony of her
father's residence with that of a neigh
bor. Miss Jennie Younglove gave the
alarm that a burglar was at work In
her home. A squad of policemen re
sponded to a telephone call, but the
Intruder, after frightening Miss Young
love'B mother into hysterics, had es
caped. Mr. Younglove was absent from
the city and the two women and a
servant were alone la the house. Hav
ing given the alarm, Miss Younglove
retraced her steps to protect her
mother.
Filipinos to Be Hanged.
Manila (By cable). Four natives
were hanged at Dagupan, Luzon. They
were convicted of arson nnd murder,
the victims of the latter crime Includ
ing two American prisoners. The mili
tary courts are now returning numer
ous death sentences upon natives.
Must Put it In Writing
Washington (Special). General
Hughes, In command of the Depart
ment of the Visayas, Philippine group,
has Issued a circular directing, In con
nection with the "notice of amnesty"
recently Issued, that "persons coming
in nnd announcing that they had dis
covered their error and wished to quit
carrying arms and return to their
peaceful pursuits must hereafter make
a formal declaration in writing ac
knowledging and accepting the sover
eignty and authority of the United
States In the archipelago."
Each Fired with Fatal Result.
Daisy, Ga. (Special). A shooting af
fray took place at Kennedy's Mill, near
Groveland, Ga., in which L. Johnson
and Robert Hatten, two white men,
were killed. They had a misunder
standing, and Hatten shot Johnson
through the neck. Johnson fell, but
arose and shot Hatten's brains out.
Johnson died soon afterward.
Naval Academy Instructor Dki.
Annapolis, Md. (Special). Prof.
Marshal Oliver of the Naval Academy,
died of aprplexy. Prof. Oliver was as
sistant professor in mechanical draw
Ins and civil engineering,
V. S. SENATOR C. K. DAVIS DEAD.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs Passes Away
Brave Struggle.
St. Paul, Minn. (Special). United
States 8cnator Cushman Kellogg
Davis, chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate, died
at his home, In this city, after an ill
ness of two months. He had suffered
greatly during his sickness, and grad
ually sank away, being unconscious for
several hours before death, and, so far
as known, suffered no pain.
For more than a week It has been
known that the death of Senator Davis
was certain to occur within a short
time. However, the announcement ot
death came as a profound shock to the
friends and fellow townsmen of the
distinguished statesman. The Sena
tor's devoted wife, who had been in
constant attendance upon his sick bed,
had never lost hope.
The Senator, In his moments ol
lucidity, expressed a strong determin
ation to recover, and within the past
week told United States District At
torney Evans, who had been admitted
to see him, that he Was positive he
would soon be well." Indeed, It is the
general belief that the Senator's Iron
will is all that haB kept him alive for
the past week.
On Sunday, November 18, a Berlous
change for the worse was noted. Pre
vious to that time the Senator had
been reported as having occasional
periods of delirium. On that day
these delirious spells became more
marked, and since then the lucid In
tervals have become less and less fre
quent, until the Senator was almost
constantly out of his mind.
Afer his return from the Maine
campaign In September Senator
Davis was troubled by twinges of pain
In one of his feet, to which he paid
little attention, thinking It due to some
neuralgic condition, which would soon
pass. He began an active campaign In
this State, and his sufferings increased
An operation failed to give him relief.
After another operation he began to
mend, and was apparently on the way
to complete recovery, when, on No
vember 11, kidney trouble became ap
parent, both nephritis and diabetes
complicating the case.
STORMS SWEEP COUNTRY.
Vessels Wrecked and Many Towns Flooded"
Lives Reported Lost.
Violent wind and rain storms and
floods In West Virginia, Ohio, Ken
tucky and Western New York have
caused considerable damage to prop
erty, and, it is feared, a number of
lives have been lost.
Considerable anxiety was caused in
Cincinnati and Wheeling by reports.ot
a terrible disaster on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad near Hlnton, W.
Va. It was rumored that a passenger
train had plunged Into the river. The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad officials
denied that there was any truth in the
report.
In Guyandotte Valley, W. Va., thou
sands of logs sweeping down the river
carried away the base works of two
new railroad bridges in course of erec
tion south of Barboursville.
The battered hulk of the schooner
Advance went ashore on Wallls Sand,
N. H. Nothing la known of the fate
of the crew of 'five men who were on
board.
The steamer West Branch went
down near her dock at Hammondspnrt,
N. Y. The steamer M. Slrklen and'rhe
schooners Spademan and Malvina went
ashore on Marblehead Beach, Lake
Erie.
The wind blew 60 miles an hour over
Lake Erie. The heavy sleot that was
driven by- the gale did great damage
to wires throughout Northern Ohio. At
Cambridge, 0., several buildings were
blown down, and; at Batavia a young
woman was drowned.
A tornado swept through a part of
Georgia. Considerable damage was
done in the village of Slloam.
Snowstorms in Maine, Vermont nnd
New Hampshire delayed railroad
travel.
OSCAR WILDE DEAD.
Once the Idol ol Aesthetic Cult, He Expires
in Obscurity.
London (By cable). Oscar Wilde
died here at a small hotel in the Latin
Quarter of Paris.
For the lust threa days he had been
unconscious in delirium from an ab
scess In the ear, which the doctors
could not locate exactly. Inflamma
tion from this gradually mounted to
the brain. He died attended by a few
faithful friends, who declined to ac
cept the general verdict of the world
against him.
The Paris Journal says it is rumored
that Wilde committed suicide.
It is interesting to note that "Mr.
and Mrs. Daventry," a play with the
authorship of which Wilde was credit
ed, Is now a rage here. The majority
consider it shocking, and many rush
to see whether it is as bad as reported.
Wilde, It Is declared, was receiving
one-fourth of the profits of the piece,
In which Mrs. Patrick Campbell ap
pears as the star.
Physician Accidentally Shot.
Moorefield, W. Va. (Special). Dr. J.
S. Goochnauer, of this place, was shot,
It is feared fatally, by Richard Chlpley
while hunting deer. Dr. Goochnauer
was at a crossing watching for a deer
the dogs had started. The game camo
In Bight of Mr. Chlpley, watching at
another crossing, and he fired several
shols, one of which accidentally struck
Dr. Goochnauer. He la a very promi
nent physician.
Stabbed to Death.
Minneapolis (Special). Frank II.
Hamilton, a Minneapolis newspaper
man, Is a prisoner at the Central
l'ollce Station with the charge of mur
der against him as t'he result of the
stabbing of Leonard Day, a young mil
lionaire of this city, at the West Hotel.
BRITISH LOSE HEAVILY,
Six Officers and Fifty or More Men
Wounded.
GEN. PAGET IN SHARP ENCOUNTER.
FOkl.lU.N AFFAIRS.
It was reported that General French
was pursued by the Boers all the way
from Middleliurg to Standerton.
The German Clerical party demands
of the Imperial government the crea
tion of an Imperial supreme court.
The Ijondon Times continues to bit
terly attack every move made by the
United States government In the China
matter.
Charles Williams, an English war
critic, claims that General Kitchener
contemplates a ruthless extermination
of the Boers.
The British Cabinet decided to rec
ommend that Lord Kitchener be made,
a lieutenant general, so that he can
take supreme command when Lord
Roberts leaves the Transvaal.
Professor Natorst, of Stockholm, Is
taking steps to tit out an expedition to
search the coast of Iceland for wreck
age of Andrea's balloon.
. London newspapers, in commenting
upon the recognition of Kruger as still
president of the Transvaal by both the
French government and the Queen of
Holland, say that It is Great Britain's
fault in not formally communicating to
the powers the annexation ot the
South African republic.
Oeneral Kitchener's First Report as the New
Commander-ln-Chlcl Contains List of Losses
The Boers Attack Bochop, But Arc
Promptly Repulsed-Anothcr Big Battle
Reported.
London (By Cable). During the
past week thorn has been more fighting
and heavier losses on the British side
than occurred during the preceding five
or Blx weeks. Over a score of British
soldiers have been killed, more than a
hundred wounded, including a number
of officers, and 400 taken prisoners.
It Is reported that a great battle was
fought between the British General
Knox and the Boers under General do
Wet near Rouxvllle, In the southeast
ern extremity of the Orange River
colony.
The first dispatch from General
Kitchener In hlB capacity of commander-in-chief
of the British forces in
South Africa is dated Bloemfontein,
November 30, and confirms the reports
of fighting between General Pllcher
and General de Wet, and adds the lat
est reports that General Knox is in
touch with General de Wet's force near
Tafolberg, 12 miles north of Bethulle
(Orange River colony); that the Boers
attacked Boshof November 28, renew
ed the attack November 29 and were
repulsed without British loss.
General Kltchner also reports that
November 28-29 General Paget was
fighting with the Vlljoen and Erasmus
commands, and that he drove the
Boers to a position in the vicinity of
Rietfonteln.
The British casualties were heavy.
Colonel Lloyd and five other officers
were wounded, five men were killed
and 50 were wounded.
1,200 BOLOMEN SURRENDER.
Food Supplies Run Short, and They Gave Up
Fighting Under Oeneral Tlno.
Manila (By Cable). Lieutenant Col
onel Goodrell, commanding the Slxh
Marine Battalion, with 100 marines,
has gone to Sublg to relieve the troops
there. The rebels in that vicinity have
been active of late.
A detachment of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry, in the mountains near Iba,
found the camp of the guerrilla leader,
Joaquin, forsaken. Suspended ' from
the trees near the camp were the
bodies of three amlgoes, and it was
found the rebels had tortured other
captives.
Twelve hundred bolomen entered
Vlgan, Island of Luzon, and surrender
ed to Captain Green, of the Thirty
third Infantry. This is the largest
number of men who have yet sur
rendered in Luzon at one time. Gen
eral Tinlo has been keeping a swarm
of bolomen along the mountains, and
they have impoverished the food sup
ply. Sheriff Freeman Replies.
Denver, Col. (Special). T'he Rocky
Mountain News prints the reply of
Sheriff Freeman of Lincoln county to
the letter of District Attorney McAl
lister of Colorado Springs concerning
the prosecution ot the persons who
lynched Preston Porter at Llmon, Col.,
recently. After alleging 4ihat he was
Influenced into taking Porter from
Denver to Llmon by the assurance of
leading ciliizons of Lincoln county that
he would be allowed to pass through
Llmon unmolested to Hugo, where ho
would be permltledi to place Porter in
the county Jail. Sheriff Freeman de
clnrvs that it would bo impossible to
get a Jury iu Lincoln or any adjoin
ing county that would convict any one
charged with participation In the burn
ing of Porter.
Reported Seaboard Defalcation.
New York (Special). Word was re
ceived at police headquarters here to
theeffect that a clerk of the Seabonrd
Air Line has been arrrested at Fer
nandina, Fla., for the peculation of a
very large sum of money from that
line. The. clerk's name was not given.
It Is said that the money taken by the
clerk was lost through speculation
with the firm of Chester B. Lawrence,
Jr., & Co., which failed last week. The
amount taken was reported to be $50,
000. At the city office of the Seaboard
Air Line here It was said that no one
there had heard of this arrest. They
wero certain that no one in the New
York City department hud run away
or been caught.
Exploded In His Hands.
Hagerstown (Special). Wade An
derson, n boy aged 16 years, was prob
ably fatally injured by a gun explod
ing lu his hands while shooting ait a
mark near Clear Spring. The barrel
of the gun, an old musket, which was
heavily charged, burst and several
fragments pierced Anderson's skull.
They were removed, leaving him in a
precarious condition.
Trying to Save Mrs. May brick.
Norfolk. Va. (Special). The Norfolk
friends of Mrs. Florence Maybrlck are
again moving In the matter of securing
the release of the unfortunate Ameri
can woman from Woking Prison, Eng
land. President McKlnley will bo
asked to Interfere in her behalf. There
Is no doubt In the mlnd.i of any of the
Norfolk people who knew the May
bricks during their residence here but
t'hat the husband, who was a confirmed
arsenic eater, killed- hlinselt by an
overdose of the drug.
Christmas Box for Soldiers.
New York (Special). Miss Helen
M. Gould bought $300 worth of tooth
hrusheB, combs and other toilet ar
ticles which she will ship to the sol
diers in tho Philippines for Christ
mas. Eaten by a Panther.
Fort Worth, Tex. (Special). Jesus
Lutere, foreman of the ranch of Vljo,
near Cotulla, lost two small children
through the ravages of a panther.
Four men on the ranch began a hunt
for the children and beast. The dogs
caught the panther, but before the man
came up four of the hounds were killed
by the animal. It was shot at ouce.
The crazed mother waa taken to San
Antonio for medical treatment.
Henry Neall picked up a live wire
near Wilmington, Del., and was killed
by the shock.
More Lives Reported Lost.
Mcmph'lB, Tenn. (Special). Several
lives were lost In the floods recently In
West Tennessee. North of Dyersburg
a woman and two children In a buggy
were thrown into a slough by the
crumbling of the roadway and all were
drowned. A mall-carrlor was drowned
In Caney Creek, near Glyrnph, Lauder
dale county, while attempting to ford
the stream. A section hand on the Il
linois Central Railroad was drowned
at the south fork of the Forked River.
The Treasury Department decided to
admit the lacemakers imported by
Divine Ileal? Dowlo.
TRADE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Dun ft Co. and Bredstreet't Report that the'
Marktts Maintain a Satisfactory
Condition.
New York (Special). R. G. Dun &
Company's weekly review of trade
says:
"Commercial failures In November
were 850 In number and $12,300,316 In
amount of liabilities, against 782 in
October for $9,072,791 and 886 in No
vember last year, when liabilities were
only, $8,046,848. Manufacturing de
faults were but 193 In number and $3.
883.165 in amount, the bulk of the
mortality occurring in trading con
cerns, of which 617 failed for $7,G06,
3R8. There were forty other commer
cial failures with liabilities of $910,793.
Four banking and financial companies
defaulted for $823,000.
"At first glance the November state
ment appears very unsatisfactory, but
it must be remembered that, a few
heavy failures In wool and other tex
tile Industries account for a large
share of the reported liabilities.
Aside from this one branch of trade,
which has naturally suffered heavily
from the tardy approach of Winter,
the figures show business to be on a
good foundation."
Bradstreet's says:
"Unsettled weather and holldnys are
a drawback to retail and Jobbing dis
tribution In many markets, but the
general situation is still a most sat
isfactory one, and the Iron and Btecl,
coal, boot and shoe, hardware and
lumber trades are conspicuously well
Bituated. The industrial situation is
also deserving of note because of the
striking absence of complaint as to
Idleness or as to pending or future
troubles.
"The feature In. tho grain market
this week was the carrying to a suc
cessful conclusion of the November
corn corner In Chicago. Wheal has
been Irregular but with the undertone
bearish, because of large supplies and
discouraged speculative liquidation.
"Wheat, Including flour, shipments
for the week aggregate 2,497,880 bush
els against 3,827,296 last week and
3,699,400 In the corresponding week of
1899. Corn exports for the week ag
gregate 4,801,030 against 6,235,568
bushels last week, and 4,441,514 In this
week a year ago.
"Failures for the week number 181
as against 215 last week; 177 in this
week a year ago; 212 In 1898; 250 in
1897, and 315 in 1896."
FLOODS CAUSE RUIN.
Hundreds of Thousands Worth of Property
Damrged and Three Lives Lost In
Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). After three
days of incessant rain a flood un
precedented for this season of the
year and quite unexpected in Its fury
Bwept down the Monongahela and Al
legheny Rivers. In their mad niBh
the waters ruined hundreds of thou
sands of dollars' worth of property,
caused the loss of ait least three lives,
temporarily threw out of employment
thousands of workmen by the forced
suspension of the many industrial es
tablishments lining the banks of both
streams and rendered hundreds ot
families homeless.
A November flood is quk.e. common,
but it rarely reaches the danger-line,
and for this season the steady rains of
the past few days caused no alarm.
The precipitation had been heavier
than usual in the mountains at the
headwaters of both rivers, however.
The result was the fast rising watets
caught many wholly unprepared and
much valuable property that waa tied
up for only a moderate stage was car
ried away.
The lowlunds in PlttBburg, Alle
gheny, South Pittsburg, Shnrpsburg
and McKeesport are inundated and
nearly every plant fronting the two
rivers has been forced to shut down.
Hundreds of families In these districts
have ejther been driven from their
homes or are living In the upper floors
and using skiffs. There were many
narrow escapes from drowning during
the night and several men are reported
to the police as missing, but the only
known futalitles directly traceable to
the flood were those of Koppmun,
Flocker and Davis.
Davis and Flocker, with three com
panions, attempted to row across the
Allogheny In a skiff, which became
unmanageable and collided with a
coalboat. The men were thrown into
the river and Davis and Flocker
drowned. The others clung to the up
turned boat and were rescued after be
ing carried two miles down the rivet
At Neville Islund, the four-span rail
road bridge in course of construction
was swept away during the night. It
was being erected for the American
Steel and Wire Company, and was also
to be used for passenger traffic by the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
Company.
Killed in a Peculiar Way.
Carlisle, Pa. (Special). Jacob Fry, a
prominent citizen of Plalnfield, a vil
lage three miles west of here, waa
found dead with his neck raugjit be
tween two palings of. the feme and
with one hand holding firmly to the
top of another paling. It Is supposed
he sti angled to death. It is not known
If he fell against the fence and was
stricken with heart disease or whether
he had committed suicide. Coroner
Dlven did not consider It necessary to
hold au inquest. Fry leaves a wifo
and several children.
FIELD OF LABOR.
F. of L. has 610 organizers.
China has IOC Chinese papers.
St. Louis has, It is Bald, 70,000 union
ists. New York State has 1653 labor
unions.
New York brlckmakers are erecting
a co-operative hall.
Chinese coal miners work . twelve
hours for 6 to 10 cents.
An universal label Is to be submit
ted to the F. of L. convention.
St. Louis grocery clerks want early
closing and no Sunday work.
Gov. Dockory, of Missouri, will urge
the law to tax. franchises.
Out In New Mexico a woman Is n
trainmaster on the Southern Pacific.
Shetland has had the largest herring
catch on record, valued at over $1,
500,000. Tho Puyallup, Wash., hop market Is
firm, and prices range from 12 to 14 1-4
cents.
The Allied Printing Trades Council
now represents 2500 men In St. Louis.
Typographical Union No. 8 has 850
members.
The London Statist predicts a great
boom for shipbuilding in the United
States.
The Chicago Sheet Mctat Workers'
Union has reduced Its initiation fee
from $50 to $25.
Shares in London's water company
have gone up 50,000 per cent, though
tho founder died poor.
Within eleven' years tho Do Beers
mines have yielded diamonds to the
value of over $160,000,000. v
In New Zealand no male under six
teen or female under eighteen is perM
niltted to work In the factories. MeJi
work forty-eight and women forty-fou.'r
hours per week-
THE KEYSTONE STAT
Latest News Happening, rjCJM ,
Various Parts.
STUDENT MAYiE fROM haz
Twin. Found In . Bare Rom..A(
Jumps Into Vat Filled wlthT.n.i I
-Owed IUNM, M
Mercer Puts the Contents ol . Re ,i
Head-Jacob Schroll Hanged l,2;l
Arndt K. Housekeeper of v. .!
was discharged as a voinn. ar,T
nipt in the United XV'i
Court, with liabilities of r J 'fj
and assets $25. it .. !.- J1-f
ilrteen v,.r. " "laM I
thirteen years ago, when iiZ J
was 22 vears of n
ducd him to go on th ' ZV
gigantic real estate operati"1
Involved the erection of sol T
Philadelphia and nearby eit ,T
V rhJ'0 m.attf,r" rta , ' ,
the burden of the mori. ,
$3,000,000 fell on his ho rs"
holder, of the mortgage, h'f
coed nn nimln.it m .. ,an
drill hnslm. l, T... " '
afterward became a drug
Oscar L. Booz.
of age, lies at the plnt of Zih 1
young Boob was appointed bvl
gressman Wanger to the eJ )
clared that the hazing R.lminl.t?,
that time waa of such an atr,
nature that death to their ,nn
suit. After the hazing fong";
Wanger s appointee was ,.f, ln ,
wjoii-u. vuiiuiuon mat he had
sign his cadetshln. li l .i,.!..;
tobasco sauce was poured down it
throat, red m.ntmi- .u
eyes, hot grease poured on his
-""ia KnocKeci out and n
operations generally Indulged I
James Dougherty was killed
Oordonvllle while carelessly hai
a sholgun. Dougherty was one
party of nomnds, consisting of
men, three women and a numb
children, who have been living li
sy fashion during the summer
pack of dogs had stirred up F'
rabbits when Dougherty reach"
his gun in a wagon. He grasps
the barrel, the muzzle almost i
Ing his chest. The trigger eaugli
the contents of tho gun were err
Int. kl. V... . 1 . M
ijio meant uihjvc ine neart. ft
Ing a frightful wound. He dieil
snort time.
John Ronmlano. an Italian hi
employed in the tannery at Sf
uaie, gave nis own lire to save I
a friend. The latter, while at
with Ronmlano, fell Into a vatf
taming tanning liquid. In an
Ronmlano had Jumped in after!
ana after a desperate strueel
ceeded in pulling the almost eih
man from the vat. ln the itrj
iwuuuaiiu ntia iun.eu unuer me
a portion of which he swaHon-
caused his death.
A pitiful case of destltutlo
brougnt to light In South Bethl
Hjiddled together on the floor
pile of dirty rags, shivering frol
and almost dead for want of to
men neighbors found Mrs. VI
Singer and her twin babes, In
and cheerless room in a house
east end of the town. The p
thorltles were notified and
assistance placed the womi
babes ln a comfortable coi
Much indignation is expressed ;
the husband in the community.
Leonard and Mary S iller, a
years of happy married life, an
at their home in Altoona, thcirl
occurring within half an hour
other. They had often expre.-f
hope that they would be tog
death, ns they had been In li
Soller was seized with a era
died ln his wife's arms. "Now,
go, top," prayed the old lady,
was led to her bed. Praying, s
The doctors say the slunk kil
The couple will be buried side
Jacob Schroll, who lived i'
Chester township, (ommitted
by hanging himself with a hah
from the limb of a young sapl.
was cut down ns soon as di
but life was extinct. The sp.-i
he bunged himself Is only a;
yards from where his neighb
Bahn, committed suidile
months ago, also by hanging
Among the charters Issued
State Department were the M
The Sandy Lake water noi
Lake, Mercer county; capital
The Shenandoah Ice Compan
andoah: capital, $25,utw. li
Brighton Steel Company.
Hrlirhton. Beaver county; WP!
000. The 11. S. Jiinney, Jr. & t
Philadelphia; capital, liw.w
Governor Stone respited
Ward, the Washington county
er. from December 4 to Jnt
1901. Tho date for the exe
James Jones, of the same coud
fixed for January 9, ami at tint
of the county olllcian
respited until the latter date :
might be hanged on uie
Stephen Mercer, a promli;
wealthy farmer of Collier
committed suicide by shouilc'
In the head with an o'.i tw
ing rifle. No reason n St
the suicide. The family o"
caught him with the rUle '
making preparation to W h
At Greutbetid. KuHiHieha'i" '
100 carloads of tan hark,
of the American Hid''
Company, was destroyed d
aether with Ihe liuildli'S fon
The fire is believed to liax
ln endiary origin. j
Krunk M. Welllmch'T,
a Pilk mill In Alleiuo .
signm.-nt for the beii.'iit oi
tors to Isaac 11. UM.
N. J.
Tho Jury in the n
Keenan. charged with
derided at llellef"'' ' h
i .iiiwiliiii. that tf
Annie llobblns by h m "',.
on an 4 land In lwnn
purely J accidental. kL
once discharged.
Lewi P. Wor'!'1'1'
cashier! of the W1?.,
the hank for for
Bepieriuuer u ',"k
iicconVit of ill h''""n'
Tile wire nail mill. ,
. . .nuflYI "'
tihnron Steel tump , )(
d. Maries to bo campW. .
un. ine Sever
be C000 kegs a d.
y,.en will be eml'M0,
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porliitendent of in ijj
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