rv r ... ; INQUIRY. Jiands Legal Recoj. i Innocence. ,.'.. , -FEND HIS HONOR. 'ft French Premier He . . ..tie Ihe Statement of Henri 1 it He Sent to Emperor William iiolcn from the Embassy at Paris 1 Protests. . tjf (By Cable). Dreyfus has wrlt 1 ' 'ft to the premier, M. Waldock-Rous- ' rau, classing as another falsehood a opnt statement of M. Henri Rochefort fa the Instransigpant that he (Dreyfus) . .nad sent to Emperor William of Ger J"many In 1894 a letter stolen from the ; t German embassy at Paris, and which. .annotated by the Emperor, constituted formal proof of the crime "for wh'.ch I have been twice unjustly condemned," and adding: "My Innocence is absolute, and legal .roni.lt.lon of thin Innocence by a re vision I will seek to my last breath. I am not the author of the bordereau annotated by the Emperor, which In a forgery, nor of the original, authentic bordereau, written by Esterhazy to ware Henry. All the principal authors of my IniqultouH condemnation are frtill alive. I am not despoiled of all my rights. I mill retain that of every man to defend hi honor and have the truth proclaimed. I, therefore, have the right to ask you to order an in quiry." Colonel Plcauart has written to M. "Waldeck Rousseau warmly protesting against the Inclusion of himself in the amnesty bill. Ho says he does not Winn to owe his rehabilitation to such a measure, and Indignantly repudiates the rumors that compensation will be offered to him, now that he has been amnestied. He declares that, In order to demonstrate the falseness of eucn stories, be renounces his appeal to the State Council against the de cree placing him on the retired list, thus disposing of the accusation that he is seeking advancement or decora tlon. CARS CRASH IN CROWD. Killed. Two Injured Near the Broadway Ferry, In Brooklyn. New York (Special). As a result of at trolley crash near the Broadway fer ry, Brooklyn, one woman was killed outright and two were fatally Injured. Several other persons sustained pain ful Injuries. The accident occurred at half-past six o'clock, just as a great crowd of Christmas shoppers were merging from the ferry house. A Metropolitan avenue car was standing on the track at the terminus, and. a Newton car was waiting for it to start up. The raotorman of the latter car accidentally pulled off the lever and the conductor at the same time set the trolley pole on the line. Instantly the Newton car plunged forward with such force as to knock the car in front of it dear off the track, sending it full 150 feet into the street An unknown wo man dressed in black was caught be neath the car and instantly crushed to death. Two other women, who were Jnst boarding the rear platform of the Metropolitan car, wereso badly crush ed that they cannot live. 30,000 Philippine Leper. Washington (Special). An append ed report to Gen. MacArthur's review of the civil affairs of the Philippines for the past fiscal year, gives some rather startling facts regarding the In troduction and prevalence of leprosy In the islands. According to the esti mates of the Franciscan Fathers, says MnJ. Guy L. Edle, the writer of the re port, there are no less than 30,000 lepers in the archipelago, the major portion of these being in the Viscayas. Leprosy was introduced in 1633, when the Emperor of Japan sent a ship with 150 lepers on board to the Philippines as -a present, to be cared for by the Catholic priests. Georgia Train Wreckers. ) Rome, Ga. (Special). A passenger train on the Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railway was wrecked at Mil lers. Tb train was running at full speed when It suddenly took the side track and crashed into a dozen box cars. The switch had been thrown open for the purpose of wrecking the train. The engineer and fireman saved their lives by jumping. A Kentucky Feud. -London, Ky. (Special). Two men were killed and two wounded at Farls Distillery In Clay county, 12 miles from - here. Four members of the Slzemore family on one side and Henry Barrett and W. H. Voting on the other, engaged In a desperate light. Young and one ' of the Bizemores were killed and two of the Sizemores were probably fatally -wounded. An old feud was the cause t the trouble. Murdered by Robbers. Bonhatn, Tex. (Special). At Oober, a few miles south of here, J. J. John son, a prominent farmer, was murder ed by robbers. His body was found In the yard badly bruised, and the flesh burned from his breast and arms. It is supposed the bandits burned their Tictlm in an effort to force him to tell where his money was hidden. Two ar rests have been made. Bold Attempt at Robbery. Patterson, N. J. (Special). Annie and Carrie Burg, 'sisters, engaged in the mllinery business here, were at tacked on Main street, near their home, by a robber, who attempted to seize a Michel containing $1300, which one of them carried. The women were knock ed down twice and severely handled by the footpad. Their screams at tracted tiie attention of several mon, whose arrival frightened the robber, and he made bis escape. Boy Kills His Father. Chicago (Special). To shield his mother from abuse and to save himself from a beating with a poker, Albert Albertson, aged 17, shot and killed his 1 father at tholr home In Wentworth avenue, young Albertson was arrested. I , Killed as Ho Had Killed Three Other. . Mlddlesboro, Ky. (Special). Gillis Johnson was shot and killed by Charles Wilcox, of Harlan county. Wilcox was ; lightly wounded. Johnson was shot . . four times, death being instantaneous. v Johnson is reputed to have killed three men. Kidnappers Let Him Go. Kalamazoo, Mich. (Special). Hobart Clayberg, a 17-year-old boy, whose father, John B. Clayberg, is a promi nent citizen of Helena, Mont., was kid napped in this city by two men.- The boy was blindfolded and compelled to walk to Mattawan, a distance of 11 miles. It became so stormy that the kidnappers released youug Clayberg at Mattawan utter relieving him of the ituiaii sum in nioiwy uu can in nis pocket. The boy telegraphed here for Lelp, and was brought homo during the night. The sheriff and a force of deputies have been working on the case since Clayberg' return NLWS IN BRIEF. The Now York Jury In the case of Lout H. Milliard, who died at Hello vue Hospital, gave a verdict that he came to his death from Injuries caused by Davis, Dean and Marshall, the nurses. The accused were held 1 for the grand, jury. Myles McDonald and Thomas Ken nedy, a pair of gamblers In New York, had a pistol duel, the result of which was the mortal wounding of Edward Courtcncy and George Price. In his address before the Southern Educational Association, Professor Branson attributed the backwardness of education in the South to the lack of co-operation. Andrew and Elizabeth Noel, of Jack son township, Pa., were arrested on the charge of burning their house to defraud the insurance company. The threatened strike on the Wllkos- barre and Wyoming Valley Electric Railway was avoided, a compromise being amicably agreed upon. D. A. Jennings, of Columbus, Ohio, sued ?0 people of Washington county, Ind., for $200,000 damages for perse cuting him and his family. A fortune In government bonds was found In the cave of Ypsulantl Smith, a hermit, who died noar Fletcher, Ohio. The Red Mountain stnge was over turned near Ouray, Col., and six pas sengers precipitated over a cliff. William Westlake, widely known as on Inventor, died at his home in Brooklyn. , Prof. Moses Colt Tyler, of Cornell University, died at Ithaca, N. Y. . William H. Smythe, grand secretary of the Masonic Order in Indiana, was shot and seriously wounded in his of fice In Indianapolis. He says a woman shot him. At the second quarterly meeting of the American Physical Society, held in New York, Prof. Rowland, of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, was re-elected president. Samuel D. Miller, whose son was ab ducted from Indianapolis, Ind., by the boy's mother, recovered the child at Lawrence. Mrs. Lulu C. Jenkins, whose husband was lynched in Ripley county, Ind., will receive $1000 damages from the bondsmen of the Sheriff. Abraham Johnston and his wife, an aged couple, were tortured and robbed at their home, near Marietta, O. Mrs. Mary Kennedy was burned to death and several other women were Injured in a fire in Chicago. Michael Maloney, a farmer, died at his home. In Lenox township, Pa., at the ago of 107 years. John F. Welshaus, a former resident of Shepherdstown, W. Va., died sud denly in Chicago. The general meeting of the Ameri can Chemical Society was held in Chi cago. The wife of Samuel D. Miller, son of former United 8tates Attorney General Miller, kidnapped her seven-year-old son, who, with his father, was living at the home of his grandfather in In dianapolis. The couple have been liv ing apart, but are not divorced. The fifth annual convention of the National Commercial Teachers' Fed eration was opened in Detroit W. C. Stevenson, of Port Deposit, Md., presi dent of the federation, made an ad dress on the progress of commercial education. Mr. Bryan, in a srjeech at a Jefferson banquet in Lincoln, Neb., said that whether he would ever .be a candidate for office again was a question which must be determined by events, Charles II. Cramp says he received a cablegram announcing the signing of the eontract with the Turkish Minister of Marine for the construction of a cruiser. Deputy John Usher and Charles Bowline, a saloonkeeper, were killed. and Birch Hlllen wounded. In Mayfleld. Ky., as the result of an effort to arrest Hiller. Physiologists of the University of Chicago announced as the result of ex periments made upon turtles that salt causes the heart to beat. Handsome Elk, a dangerous Indian, of South Dakota, beat his squaw near ly to death and scalped another Indian woman. Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner' sur rendered his office as district attorney of New York to Eugene A. Phllbln un der protest. Prof. D. W. Batson, dean of Ken tucky Wesleyan College, resigned on account of his opposition to football playing. Mr. Cleveland wrote a letter to the Atlanta Journal stating that he did not vote for McKinley at the recent elec tion. Rev. Dr. Thomas Murphy, an emi nent Presbyterian clergyman and ec clesiastical writer, died in Philadel phia. Frank Corcoran, while skating on Louck's Dam, near York, Pa., broke through the ice and was drowned. The strike of the miners at the En terprise colliery, in Shamekin, was set tled. The new Rocky Mountain smelter started up at Florence, near Pueblo, Col. Mr. Bryan, in a greeting to political friends In Kausas, says, "The princi ples of Democracy still live, and the policies for which the fusion forces fought will yet be vindicated." There-Is growing doubt as to Mr. Ad dlcks' abl'lity to capture one of the Del aware senatorships, to be filled when the legislature of that State meets in January. The pony supposed to have been rid den by ono of young Cudahy's ab ductors has been found in a barn 23 miles south of Omaha, where it was abandoned. Hughes Dlllard, a well-known resi dent of Martinsville, Va., was probably fatally shot by a negro. The latter probably .escaped lynching by flight. Mrs. Sarah Frank, of Brooklyn, N.Y., took a dose of parls green in mistake for headache powder, and died an hour afterward. The Agricultural Department an nounces a successful experiment near Hartford, Conn., in the growth of Su matra tobacco. Noble Lindsey, president of the First National Bank of Alexandria, died sud denly after a few hours' Illness. Senator Hanna attended a dinner given to 1500 poor people at Cleveland by the Salvation Army and made a short speech. Mr. R. B. Cooke has been elected traffic manager of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company, with headquarters In Nor folk. Furmers around Newport News are eudenvorlng to have the study of ag riculture introduced into public schools. Becaise Louis Lombardo persisted 14 uingii ( love songs in serenading his sweetheart, In Brooklyn, be was shut in the head by the girl's father. ANARCHISTS CRIME. Attempted Assassination of the Chief of Police of Barre, Vf. ITALIANS LAY IN WAIT FOR HIM. He Had Expelled the Anarchists Who Had Attempted to Break Up a Ball Given by a Socialist Society-Two of His Assailants Have Been Arrested and Identlfied-Condl-tlon Critical. Barre, Vt. (Special). Chief of Police Patrick Brown is in a crltlsal condi tion, with small hopes for recovery, on account of three bullet wounds in flicted by Italian anarchists. The chief had been called to a hall In which an Italian socialist society was holding a Dan, to quell a row. Several persons wprc driven from the hall. The chief was shot from ambush on his way to the station. Otto Bernacclo and Lulgl Sassi have been arrested and identified hy the chief as being connected with tne attempted assassination. ine row at tne socialists' ball oc curred at about midnight, when sev eral persons wj j were known to be anarchists appeared at the hall. Fists. clubs and revolvers were used, and the ponce were summoned to put a stop to me disturbance. After considerable difficulty the wra batants were separated and disarmed and the anarchists were expelled. This seemed to settle the difficulty, and the police withdrew. As Chief Brown was moking his way along a lonely street he heard a shot as a bullet whistled by his head. This seemed a signal for a fusilade from different directions, and the chief started to run, at the same time trying to open his coat to get his own revolver. Then two bullets struck him, and as he fell, a third found lodg ment in his body. In their excitement arter the first shot three men had ap peared, and the chief recognized them all. When they saw him fall the men ran away. The chief became uncon scious, and for an hour he lay where he had fallen in the snow, exposed to Diner com. At the end of that time a passerby saw the man and assistance was called and the chief taken to his home, where he recovered consciousness and was able to tell who his assailants were. After some search in the Italian Quar ter the police found Otto Bernacclo and Lulgl Sassi, and placed the men under arrest. WASHINGTON NOTES. The President tendered to Fred Rittman, of Cleveland, the fourth audi torship, made vacant by the murder of Mr. Morris. Arguments were made before the Senate committee in favor of estab lishing the proposed standardizing bu reau. A cablegram from General MacAr thur announced the death from dysen tery of First Lieutenant Walter - T. Stack, Forty-Seventh Volunteer Infan try. Chairman Hull, of the House Mili tary Affairs Committee, expressed con fidence that the Army Reorganization Bill would pass. The resignation of Mr. D. A. Gros venor, of Maryland, brother of Con gressman Grosvenor, of Ohio, and who has been deputy auditor of the Treas ury, has been accepted by Secretary Gage. The German Government has pre sented claims to the United States Gov ernment for damages to German sub jects in Cuba during the insurrection prior to the Spanish-American War. No action can be taken looking to the return of volunteers from the Philip pines until Congress shall have made provision for their replacement The amended Hay-Pauncefote Treaty wll' be sent to the British Cabinet through two sources. Lord Pauncefote and Ambassador Choato. Mr. Charles H. Cramp gave his views on American shipbuilding before the Industrial Commission. GALE OFF BRITAIN'S COAST. Many Wrecks Reported In the Channel-Bark Founders. London (By Cable). There has been a recurrence of storms and violent gales In the Channel and considerable damage has been wrought ashore. The telegraph lines are down In many places. The British bark Pegasus,' which sailed from Queenstown December 26 for Sharpness, has foundered off Pennrth Roads. One man of the crew was landed at Cardiff. The fate of the rest is unknown. The British bark Queen of Cambria, from Tocopllla on August 30 for Fal mouth, parted her towline and the force of the gale blew her across the bow of the British bark Crown of In dia, which arrived at Falmouth on De cember 27 from San Francisco. The latter vessel suffered damage to her head, and the Queen of Cambria was cut down to the water's edge. She has been beached and is leaking. Used Drastic Methods. Wichita, Kan.( Special). Mrs. Car rie Nation, president of Barber County W. C. T. U., entered the Carey Hotel barroom, and with a stone smashed a 1300 painting and a mirror valued at $100. Mrs. Nation broke mirrors in two saloons at Kiowa, Kan., some months ago, and declared there is no law under which she can be prosecut ed. She was lodged In the county jail, charged with malicious destruction of property. New Ambassador to Italy. Washington (Special). George von L. Meyer, of Massachusetts, who has been appointed to succeed Mr. Draper as ambassador to Italy, called upon the President to pay his respects. He was accompanied by Senator Lodge. Invited to Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special). The Common Council of this city unani mously adopted a resolution extending Mr. Kruger an official welcomo and the freedom of the city. In acordanco with this action the city clerk sent the fol lowing cablegram: President Kruger, The Hague: We extend greetings, and most urg ently request you to visit our city and meet more than 30,000 of your country men. , (Signed) COMMON COUNCIL. Grand Ruptds, Mich. Dance Leads to Tragedy. Mlddlesboro, Ky. (Special). Frank Davis, Buck Chad well, Estepp Morgan and Richard Davis 'quarreled at a dance at Walnut Hill. A pitched bat tle ensued, In which Frar.k Davis was killed, Morgan and Dick. Davis were mortally wounded, and Chadwell slightly wounded. Church Wrecked and Pastor Injured. St . Joseph, Mo. (Special). Fire caused by the explosion of an air-tight stove, partially destroyed the Provi dence Methodist Episcopal 'Church. Rev. J. L. Leouard. the pastor, was fatally burned. CLAIMS AQAINST CUBA. If Pressed, the Situation Will Involve Com plexltles. Washington (Special). In view of the declination of the United States to consider Germany's claims, growing out of the Cuban insurrection and the operations of American troops in Cuba during the war with Spain, it Is ex pected that European Governments having claims against the island will await American withdrawal and then present them to the succeeding gov ernment for settlement This is ono of the questions In con nection with the foreign relations of Cuba which deeply affect the United States, as, in case Cuba declines to sat isfy the claims, a European Govern ment may adopt forcible measure for their collection, which would be ex tremely distasteful to this country. In the interests of peace for the United States and Cuba, Administration offi cials say, It is desirable that American control of the foreign relations of the Island should continue even after the Cuba government enters into opera tion. BOERS OUTWIT ENGLISH. Renewed Activity In London Over Sllua tion in South Africa. Cape Town (By Cable). A squadron of Yeomanry, which had been follow ing the Boers from Britstown, is re ported to have been entrapped. There were several casualties, it is said, and the remainder of the force was cap tured. It is reported that the British are now pressing De Wet in the Lady brand District The Boers have blown up a culvert south of De Aar. The Ladybi-and district borders on the northwestern part of Cape Colony and commands the boundary line of the Cape for some distance. The Cale don River divides the two districts, and if De Wet were allowed a free run ho could easily cross the Caledon and threaten Cape territory. General Kitchener has left Naauw poort and gone northward. The rapid concentration of troops in the disturb ed districts through the personal en ergy of General Kitchener has allayed the local uneasiness. London (By Cable). The Govern ment still does not issue anything in dicating a belief in the gravity of the situation in South Africa, and a ma jority of the correspondents at Cape Town do not treat the invasion of Cnne Colony by the Boers as a serious mat ter. They soy there is too great readi ness to take an alarmist view of the situation. Practically no colonists have joined the invaders. The government has taken care to keen their stocks of ammunition low, and it is believed that only a few effective arms are In the possession of anti-British colonists. The correspondents add that the damage done to the railways and tele- grapns or the Colony was slight and has been repaired. 1 he Government Is renresented as taking the most elaborate precautions to prevent the situation from develop ing seriously, and the Incursion has ex pedited the recruiting for the various irregular corps to a marvelous extent, while many villages and towns are forming volunteer guards and' conJ structing intrenchments. Boutelle't Resignation. ' Washington (Special). The reslena- tion of Capt Charles A. Boutelle. of Bangor, Me., as a member of the House for the Fifty-seventh Congress, will do tendered about March 4. according to an understanding with President McKinley. The resolution passed by Congress a few days ago, authoring the appointment of Captain Boutelle to the retired list of the Navy, with the rank of captain, will be effective before that time. The President, however, will not make the appointment till O resignation from the House occurs. Two Killed In Making Arrest. Mayfleld, Ky. (Special). Two men i dead and another wounded is the re sult of a tragedy thnt occurred in this city. Deputy John Usher and Charles Bowline, a saloonkeeper, were killed, and Birch Hiller received a bullet in the head. Usher and Sheriff Sam Douthitt went to Bowline's house to arrest Hiller. Ho resisted, and Usher procured a revolver and fired at him. Bowline then fired a bullet through Usher's heart, and was himself shot dead by Sheriff Douthitt. Fatal Runaway Accident Flint, Mich. (Special). In a runa way accident Dr. George W. Howlund was killed and G. H. Quigley, a promi nent business man, fatally injured. The men were driving home to dinner, when the horse took fright and ran away, overturning the buggy. The oc cupants were thrown out, Dr. Ilowland falling on a large rock. Quigley struck on his head on a stone walk, fracturing his skull. Dr. Howland, whose side was terribly crushed, died in less than half an hour. $62,000 In a Raffle. Sioux City, la. (Special). B. M. Bills, a Jeweler, of Vinton, la., held the winning ticket which entitled him to possession of the magnificent stone mansion put on the market four months ago by its owner, John Pierce, to be disposed of in this manner. The residence Is in the fashionable part of Sioux City and cost $62,000. It was built in 1893. Forty thousand persons held tickets, and they were scattered all over the United States. The draw ing took place in the Union Depot in the presence of a large crowd. A Father Shoots His Son. Great Falls, Mont. (Special). Jacob Werten shot and fatally wounded his son John. Werten had threatened his wife, and treated her badly, and the son interfered to protect the mother. The father drew a revolver and fired a ball luto the boy's neck. The son is paralyzed, and will die. Werten sur rendered to the authorities. FIELD OF LABOR. St Louis has 800 union team drivers. LoulBville telephone girls have or ganized. The union label has at last Invaded England. Cincinnati team drivers demand 'a ten-hour day. A needle machine turns out 1,600,000 needles a week. In 1835 Indian elephants fetched $225; now they run up to $4000 apiece. Female compositors in Paris are not legally permitted to set type at night. There were 2,042 brotherhood car penters In 1881; there are nearly 69, 000 to-day. The wages of common-school teach ers in Minnesota are 22.28 per cent, higher than a year ago. The Parliament building in Welling ton, New Zealand, Is the largest wood en structure In the world. A Mil for an effective State arbitra tion law is being considered by a num ber of St. Louis labor representatives. Over 800 men, says the Salt Lake Tribune, will 'eventually be employed at the big mechanical plant the Rio Grande Western will establish iu that city. ALGER AFTER MILES. The Ex-Secretary of War Revives the Beef Controversy. COMMISSARY 0ENERAL , EUL00IZED. den. Alter Writes Magazine Article In Which He Makes an Effort to Convict General Mile) of Unsoldleriy Conduct, and Winds Up by Lamenting His Promotion to Be Lieutenant General. New York (Special). The North American Review in its next issue will contain an article on "The Food of the Army During the Spanish War" by ex Secretary of War Russell A. Alger. General Alger opens his article with a'reference to the statement made by Gen. Nelson A. Miles before the Dodge Commission and alleged newspaper in terviews In reference to tho "embalm ed" beef charges. Ho censures the commandor-ln-chlef for refusing to be sworn In testifying and for not having made a report of the alleged improper food long before that time. Continu ing, General Alger says: "Upon Commissary-General Chas. P. Eagan the charges fell with the sud denness and sharpness of a blow from an assassin's knife out of the dark. General Eagan had been an officer of the regular army for 36 years. He had risen from a second lieutenancy to fue highest rank In the commissary de partment to which his ambition could aspire. Gallant and fearless on the battlefields of the Civil War and the hostile Indian plains of the West, lt had a record for soldierly qualities ol which any officer might well be proud." General Alger then tells of General Eagan preparing and reading his statement before the Dodge commis sion, and says: "Had General Eagan submitted his manuscript to me he would undoubted' ly at this writing still bo in full pos session of the rank and privileges of the office of Commissary General of the United States Army. As it was, even the self-prejudicial and intemper ate presentation made by General Eagan convinced the commission that there was no foundation in fact for th. charges and insinuations deducible from the terms 'pretense of cxDcrl- ment' and 'embalmed beef.' In conclusion, ex-Secretary Alger says: "While the allegations of General Miles were not based upon fact and were conclusively dlsproven by two separate tribunals, unimpeachable in their composition and methods of In vestigation, the irreparable damage had been done. A brave, honest and faithful officer, suffering under the lash of such cruel, unwarranted and unjus tified imputations, while exonerated from the heavy odium of thesecharges, was, as a result of them, sacrificed on the altar of his own passion, righteous In its existence, but Inexcusable in its expression. "Besides thufi, a' false Impression had been created throughout the country as to the food furnished the army, which may never bo removed. The charges of General Miles, twice proven false in spirit and substance, are, therefore, the more heinous in their effect. Yet the present Congrss .promoted General Miles to be Lleutenant-General and has thus far failed to give to General Shafter the rank of major-general to retire upon in his old age, and this, after his magnificent campaign at San tiago, as well as his former distin guished services." MILLIONS FOR EDUCATION. States In Union Expended $197,000,000 on Schools During the Year. Washington (Special). The renort of the National Bureau of Education contains some interesting statements on public education. Massachusetts, Nevada. California and New York, In the order named, still lead the other States in the amount of money spent per capita for public education. The sparsely settled condition of Nevada makes nublic schools in that State expensive. Massachusetts is credited with spend ing $5.07 per capita; Nevada, $4.96, and New York, $4.03. South Carolina is credited with $3.90. However, the growth of public education expendi tures in the South has been much greater proportionately than in the North. In Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, West Virginia and Flori da a decrease is shown in the number of public school children between tho I ages of 6 and 18 to each 1000 of popu- I lation, compared with 30 years ago. All oi the North Atlantic States fchow a decrease. ' During the last year tho various States expended $197,000,000 for publle education. Thirty-three millions of this went for buildings and permanent plant, $128,000,000 for solaries and the balance for maintenance. Funds lor Inaugural Expenses. Washington (Special). It was an nounced that the $50,000 guarantee fund, authorized to be raised for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the ceremonies attending the second Inauguration of President McKinley, has practically been completed. The fund is used for all preliminary ex penses of the Inaugural committee, but ine BuusecriDera usually are fully re paid out of the receipts derived from the inaugural ball, the promenade con certs In the Pension Office and the sale of privileges. Mexican Troops Cut Up by Vaquls. El Paso, Tex. (Special). Mexican troops In Sonora, Mexico, were recently attacked by a band of Yaqui Indians, and four officers and about thirty men were killed outright. Col. Francis Peinade, one of the leading officers of the army, was shot through the stom ach and seriously wounded. The Mex icans were fired on from ambush near Laniisa. Sinned to Remedy an Evil. ' Frankfort, Ind. (Special). Charles E. Miller is under arrest on charges of safe-blowing and forgery, and insur ance companies are Investigating the uurnrog or nis nne residence, which muy result In other serious charges. He Is manager of the A. J. Miller Dry Goods Company, and is the sou of A. J. Miller, one of the wealthiest resi dents of the community. Ha admits the robberies and forgeries. He blew open the safe In tho dry goods store of M. B. Thrasher, but was frightened by tbe force of the explosion and left without securing anything. Mckinley's Niece Weds. Youngstown, Ohio (Special). Miss Mamie Stambough, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Daniel Stambough, and Philip Gerald Cook, a lawyer of Clarendon, N. x., were marrieu at mo Stambough home, this city, The bride is a niece of President McKinley, Plague Kills 25,003 In One District. Calcutta (By Cable). Lord Curzou of Kedleston, tho Viceroy of India, In the course of a speech, said lha since the appearance of tho bubonic plague, In 18U8, 25,000 deaths from the disease have occurred In the Mysore State. THE KEYSTONfc STATE. Latest News Oaihcred From All Parts of Pennsylvania. MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN BURNED . ; In a Vain Effort to Sava Her Daughters, Mrs. John Herring Sacrifices Her Own Life at Slgel-Morrls Eck Shot at Thieves and Got Bullet In His Sldc-The Sharon Steel Com pany Will Spend $10,000 on a Plant. Two children met a horrible death from fire at Slgel, a small hamlet, near Brookvllle, and the mother, In her frantic attempts to save her babes, sacrificed her own life. The house which was burned was that of John Hnrriger, a lumber Jobber, who was away at work in the woods. When Mrs. Harriger and her two sons arose and went down stairs they found th iwer part or the building In flames. The mother rushed back up the stairs and succeeded In saving the 3 months old baby by throwing it out of tho win dow. The flames had, by this time, gained great headway, and dense vol umes of smoke filled the rooms. It Is supposed that the unfortunate woman, in attempting to find the other little ones, became confused and suffocaed. She was not seen after leaving the window, and her charred remains were round near those of her two daughters, wiio were agca 5 and 7 years. Morris Eck, night engineer and watchman at Daeufer's brewery, Allen town, had a thrilling experience with Durgiars. He discovered a man trvin to break into the hotel connected with tne brewery. Mr. Eck was Just about io snooi at tne fellow when he was surprised by a shot which struck him in tne left side. The bullet came from iciiow who was acting as sentry for tne robbers. Mr. Eck fired again wnen another shot came from the sen try, the bullet going through Mr. Eck cap. The tvo robbers then escaped. Morgan Spangler, aged about 7 years, was found dead .n the wood about two squares from his house, at Blandon, by William C. Lloyd, of rnoenlxvllle, who Is spending the holi aays at Mr. Spangler's home. The de ceased was last seen alive at the depot, wuu nis son, jonn, who spent Christ mas witn him. Afterwards he went into tne woods where he was engag- in cnopping trees. Death was due to paralysis. Joe Metchesl and John Farro attend ed the celebration of a Hungarian wed oing at Scott Haven and quarreled about paying for the beer. Metchesl drew a revolver and shot Farro In the right groin, inflicting a wound that will likely prove fatal. The groom at tempting to disarm Metchesl was shot in the arm, after which the shooter es caped. it has been announced that the bharon Steel Company will sDend sio 000,000 In erecting new works at South Sharon. The original intentions of the company were to use about $5,000,000. F. H. Buhl, president of the comnanv. said: "We will need 3000 new houses to accommodate our men. We cannot start our works till these are built." a queer conirmution to the con science fund was received by Director Wilson, of the Pittsburg Publle Works Department S. B. Hady, of 1243 Mich Igan Avenue, Chicago, sent two cents for crossing a city bridge some years ago. Hady said that he had Joined the Dowieites, and was determined to right every wrong which he bad com mitted. Michael Maloney, a farmer of Lenox township, Is dead at his home at the age of 107 years. His death was re. corded in the office of the Register and Recorder. It is the only instance in the history of Susquehanna county wnere tne aeatn of a person at such an advanced age Is a matter of record. Air. Maloney was a native of Ireland. The semi-centennial of tho foundlcc or tne uisnop Bowman Home for Aged women at Lancaster bv tho lat Bishop Samuel Bowman was celebrat ed at tho Home. Dr. E. V. Gerhart. president of the Reformed Theological seminary, ana frof. J. P. McCaskel. principal of the Boys' High School, de livered, aaaresses. The Valley Forgo Park Commission. of which Edward A. Price, of Media, is a member, has decided to ask the Leg islature for tne sum of 873,200. Of this amount, $60,000 is intended for tho condemnation of additional land, not exceeumg auu acres, lor auditions io the park. Mrs. Annie O'Neill, of West Chester, was badly burned in her efforts to ex tinguish a lamp which had been over turned by a cat. But for the prompt assistance of Jerry Cummings Mrs. O'Neill would have lost her life, as her clothing was all ablaze. Henry Neider, pit boss at Tarr, was held up by two colored men about a mile from Mt Pleasant, and ' after a struggle, robbed of $85. A colored man named Jonos was arrested and Iden tified as one of the men, and is now in the Mt. Pleasant lockup. Charles Swink, of Bartonsville, fell from hiH wagon and the wheels of tho vehicle crushed his skull, causing in stant death. Deceased was the road supervisor of the northern district of Hamilton township. A trolley car at Scranton, in charge of Superintendent Patterson, and a non-union crew, was attacked by strikers and heir friends. Mr. Patter son was injured and the crew was forced to abandon the car. The Delaware and Hudson Company has purchased three collieries with an annual capacity of over 600,000 tons. John M. Kulp. aged about 60 years, a farmer of Pluinstead township, while eating dinner, was choked to death by a piece of meat that lodged la his throat. v At a meetiug ef school superinten dents at Wllkes-Barre. it was agreed that In the matter of teaching penman ship the opinion of experts should be followed. The 2,500 employes of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company at various col lieries about Pittston returned to work upon being assured that they would be paid semimonthly. , How lie Makes Hliunalf Uaefut. "I wonder what is the secret of Bid- dleton s popularity, anyway? He seemt to .be a prime favorite everywhere, but I never could understand why." . "You see, whenover any one gets oft a conundrum with a catch In it be is always smart enough to ask the ques tion which will turn the laugh on him." Noblo Lineage. "Cotint, your family is of nobfe lin eage?" "Of course! I tell you in our family archives we have many unpaid debt certificates which have been superan nuated for centuries." INSURANCE .THAT DIDN'T INSURE. ( , , A Policy Which Reunited In the Hnvlng or Man's Life. "The tendency of the Insurnnce busi ness nowadays," sold a ypternn solici tor of this city, "is to make the .poll -i 1 cles as simple and free from restrict tions ns possible. Nearly nil of the old reservations have been stricken out, and even the famous 'suicide clause' Is absent from a good many of the newest forms. Thnt reminds me, by the way, of a remarkable case that occurred some years ngo In n neigh boring State, and was indirectly asso ciated with the very tendency to which I linve Just referrei! I will give you the facts briefly, without mentioning nonies. A young man, who wns n member of a very excellent Southern family, and whose future was regard ed nt the time as exceptionally bright and promising, had his life Insured for $(1500 on the day of his marriage.1 Soon after, for no apparent reason.' he began to disslpnte henvily, and H presently became apparent to every body that he was going to the dogs.1 By successive steps ho lost his posi tion, his friends, his health, his self-' respect lost everything, In fact, thnt a man ran lose In such a downwnrd career. His wife, after a heroic strug gle, wns forced to obtain a divorce;1 hts family finally abandoned htm to his fate, and in thnt pitiful plight lie! cupped tbe climax by committing nl deliberate murder In a drunken brawl.l "It seemed certain thnt he would be convicted, mid little or no effort had been mnde to arrnnge for Ills defense,' when the ngent who had Insured his life happened to remember that the 'hanging clause', was- omitted in the form of policy he had taken out. The old forms contained a reservation void ing pnyment when death was Inflicted 'as a punishment for crime,' but in the process of simplification it had been stricken out. In other words, it wns clenr thnt the company would bo stuck for $0500 in case the unhappy man went to tbe gallows, and the agent, who wns an enterprising fellow, nt once bestirred himself to avert such an expensive tragedy. He hired tlw best lawyer lu town to conduct the defense, drummed up witnesses, did missionary work with tho press, and, to make a long story short, the Jury, brought in a verdict of manslaughter, The young man was sent to prison for a term of years, and, falling to pay lilf next premium, the policy wns can celled. He was afterward pardoned, and I believe he is still alive. I don't know whether the company ever re warded Us faithful representative, but ' he certainly deserved a medal as bis around as a wagon wheel." New Or leans Times-Democrat. Facts About Tired Eyes. Dr. Lofton, a prominent English physician, says there Is a popular no tion that it is much more dangerous to tire the eyes by use than it is to tlr? any other organ of the body. It Is not necessarily Injurious to the legs or the arms or the brain to become tired, for proper rest may restore nil these to their normal condition. The same is true lu regard to the eyes. Proofreaders, sewing women n'nd me chanics, who use their eyes for n long time upon near objects, must of ne cessity weary the muscles thnt adjust the eye to vision; but if the weariness is compensated for by rest nt pioi.er Intervals there will be no hnrm done to the eyes, for they nre so construct-' ed that they can benr maximum fa tigue ns well us other parts of the body.- Education would cense, nil ruo- chnuical work would soon have nu end If the eyes of our school children nud of certain kinds of workmen were never tired. Eyes nre never overworked, even If they feel very tired when the tnsk Is done, If their natural power nnd ficshncKS return after the proper Intervals of rest during the day nnd sleep lit night. Wants Her Honey Clean. A woman who lives on South Six teenth street' bus a great horror of filthy lucre. She is thoroughly Imbued with the Idea thnt nil Borts of germs and microbes lurk in dirty money, and when she gets soiled bank notes sho washes und irons them, after which broceas the greenbacks come out bright and beautiful. She also washes all silver and copper coins that fall Into her hands, after which she lays them on the carpet to restore the lustre. One afternoon recently, while so engaged In her kitchen, with the door wide open, a neighbor's dog ran lu, and, picking up a half dollar In its mouth ran out ngnlu. All efforts to locate tho nnlmnl fulled until evening, when Its master returned home. Then the dog suddenly appeared, nnd, rushing up to Its master, laid the half dollar at his feet. It bad earrled the coin In its mouth for nearly four hours. Phila delphia Record. Mo Bank For the President's Wll. . The wife of the President of l lie v French Republic has no more official ' rank than tbe wife of an English bish op. Unless as hostess at the Elysee actually discharging that function, sho, may be overlooked by royal nud Im perial strangers who call on her hus band. They give no offeuce when they Ignore her. The Grand Duke Vladi mir, therefore (says our Paris corre spondent), goes out of his way to-dny, nnd without any protocal obligation to do so, In paying a visit to Mine. Lou- bet He told M. Loubet on Sunday nt the shooting party at Ramboulllet th tt he wished to pay her "ses hommages," and asked when he might hope to find her In. The President said" she would be greatly flattered and that he knew she would be at home to-day.Londou News. Cabbages to Germany. Think of American cabbages being transformed Into sauerkraut, lu Ger many I But that Is exuetly what is now being; done. The attention of German manufac turers of sauerkraut hns been to the large, firm heads of cq raised la this country, pnrtlo Michigan. There the headi only large, but the crop is t big one notably so this sel as there Is more than enough consumption tbe farmers or ing the foreign demand and tens of thousands of heads t y.ed t1'
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