LIVES LOST IN RUSH.
Women Throw Children From a Theater
Gallery in Chicitgo.
LITTLE ONES TRAVELED TO DEATH.
A Mass of Struwiinj People In a Panic Cause J
br Cry of f ire During Thtatrical Perform
act Id a Tomer Mall In Chicago-Six Per
ana Crj;bcd to Death and Others More or
Lca Injured.
Chicago (Special). Six people won1
crushed to death and ns ninny nunc
seriously injured In a panic which fol
lowed n man's cry of "Fire!" In the
Wert Twelfth Street Tumor Hall.
About oi.ht hundred people wore In
the place, gathered to witness the per
formance of a play entitled "The Green
Horn,"
The play win In Yiddish, nod the
Audience, comprising for the most part
women and children, all Hebrews.
The hall stands in t!ie center of a dis
trict densely populated by Jew. The
ylny was nearly over when the cry
which canned the pmic ms raised, and
within five e,-oiids after it rang
through the hail the entire, audience
was converted Into a ft antic mob.
every member of which was fighting
for the safety which lay beyond the
doors of the building. Around
the upper pait of the hall extends n
balcony which is op"tl only at one end.
Here were scat d 150 women and chil
dren, and the women at the farther end
of the balcony, away 'rom the stair
way, seeing thai the rush toward the
'Xlt js hlocktd to them and their
children, began at once to throw the
little ones over the rall:ng to the fl;or,
10 feet below. The children fell Into
the midst of the maddened throne and
were at once trampled under feet. It
In known that thnt' of the dead wore
children who were thrown from the
balcony and were trampled by the
crowd, with not a chance for their
lives. . Following the children, many
of the women sprang from the balcony
upon the crowd below and ethers,
swinging ever, hung by their hands
before they dropped. The railing of
the bale, my was broken through In
half a dozen places by the pressure
brought against It by the maddened
crowd.
Within five minutes efter the begin
ning of the panic It was ail over and
the poliee and firemen who came
hurrying to the scene of the disaster
were called upon to do nothing beyond
carrying away the dead and Injured.
BURLEIGH BILL PASSED.
House Representation Increased From 357 to
386 Members.
Washington (Special). After one of
the most interesting discussions heard
during the present session the House
of Representatives, by a vote of 163 to
102, passed what Is known as the Bur
lelgh bill and which Increases the rep
resentation in the popular legislative
branch from 357 to 3S0.
Ever since the reassembling of Con
gress the question of reapportionment
baa been under consideration, and at
times the debate was quite acrimoni
ous. It began with an attempt to draw
party lines upon a resolution aimed at
those Southern States in which the re
quirements practically disfranchised
the colored voters. The conservative
members, however, backed by the ad
ministration, frowned down any legis
lation which was intended to cut down
representation in that section, and the
fight thereupon narrowed down to the
basis and to the total membership of
the House.
Fatal Quarrel Between Doctor).
Alexandria. La. (Special). Dr. S.
P. Bevill was shot and killed by Dr. C.
J. Gromillion here. Both physicians
were armed at the time, but Dr. Rovlll,
it is said, did not have an opportunity
to use his pistol. The trouble arose
over a cape which Dr. Bevill was at
tending, and which Dr. Gromillion
was called In as consulting physician.
It was charged by Dr. Hevlll that Dr.
Oremllllon influenced the family em
ploying him (Dr. riovill) to discharge
him from further attending the case.
Suicide ol a New Jersey Postmaster.
Trenton, N. J. (Special) Samuel
M. Bobbins, a general storekeeper and
the postmaster of Hamilton Square, a
small village about four miles from
here, committed suicide by shooting
mmpeir. His body was found in the
room above the store, where ho slept.
He had been drinking heavily, and
this, combined with poor business, is
believed to have made him despondent.
Ohio Bank Kobbed.
Ehiloh, 0. (Special). David Ozier's
private bank was burglarized. The
robbers are said to have secured ijiiuuu
In currency, a number of Government
bonds and a lot of valuable Jewelry
belonging to the banker's wife. They
tole a horse and buggy and escaped.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
The State Department has boon offl
rlally advised that the Hay-Fauncefute
Treaty is now under consideration at
Ivondon, with a view to returning a
final answer to this government.
The Slate Department has no con
firmation of a news dispatch from
Pekin that the Chinese commissioners
bave received orders from the court to
ign the Joint note of the powers.
Consul General Mason reported that
Herman manufacturers were trying to
ward off American competition by hav
ing their advertisements boycotted by
the trade Journals.
Secretary Long concurred in the rec
ommendation of the naval board to
transfer the South Atlantic naval sta
tion from Port Itoyui t i Charleston.
Joseph Yates Paige, chief clerk of
the Comptroller of the Currency, died
at his home.
Agricultural Interests In Cuba are
uniting .n an effort to have the I nked
States I-; ivertimer.t make a modifica
tion of the duties on sugar and to
bacco. Reports from General MacArthur tell
of the conviction arid sentence to death
of Filipinos, members of secret bands
of assassins, who have been murdering
and rubbing both natives aud Ameri
cans. "
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith has asked for p.n appropriation
of $500,000 for "ti aiiKportuUon ot mail
by pneumatic tube or othir similar
devices" for the ftscul year, 1902.
A num)er of Washington business
men and financiers Invested heavily in
the Flowers' Arizona aud Montana
mining scheme.
Attorney General Griggs and ex-Secretary
of the Treasury Carlisle made
arguments before the Supreme Court
In the Porto Hleo case.
The Board of Naval Officers selected
Olungapo, in Suing Hay, as the most
desirable aitu for a permanent naval
station.
Secretary Long has written a letter
latlng that ho will not be a candidate
for the Culled Slates Senate against
Senator Hoar.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Despite strenuous efforts, relatives
and friends of John Armstrong Chan
ter, former husband of Amello Rives,
have not been able to find any clue to
his whereabouts since he di.ipp;arcd
from r.ioomlngdale Asylum.
The members of the congressional
committee Investigating hazing at
West Point were shown the locality at
Fort Putnam where the pugilistic en
counters of the railets took place.
Rev. Oresto Vinzio, who CRme to Ran
Francisco on a British ship, snld that
he wai forced to work as a common
sailor, despite the fact that he had paid
his passage.
St. Louis citizens have completed the
local fund of $..000.0i) for the World's
Fair and a committee goes to Washing
ton this week to push the bill.
Negotiations are reported to be un
d r way lo. iking to the purchase of the
Carneirle stool interests by a syndicate
controlled by J. Pierpont Morgan.
The attorneys for Mollincut want nil
the evidence In the case. Including
what was stricken out by Recorder
Goff. Inserted In the record.
Charles Reed, of Southampton. Pa.,
who was struck by a Cumlwrland Val
ley passenger train, died In the hospi
tal at Chambersburg.
HUhop Henry C. Potter, of New
York, suggests that the city ought to
hnve n mllitnry man at the head of the
Police Department.
The West Virgln'a legislature decid
ed not to discuss the debt question, on
the ground that the Stnte owed no part
of the debt. A bill Introduced for n con
stitutional convention apparently
meets with favor.
A cablegram was received in Norfolk
from Admiral Cervora denying that he
Is ill, but declaring, on the other hand,
that he is in good health.
George Taylor was arrested In Nor
folk. Ya., for the murder In Newport
News, Va.. of Sam Uoyd, who, how
ever, turned up alive.
Government officers arretted three
men in St. Louis for swindling Eastern
firms from whom they fraudulently se
cured goods.
Asa Jones, colored, confessed in
Petersburg. Va., that it was he who
had shot Rev. W A. Fishburn in
Prince Gorge county.
A witch .hazel trust Is reported to
have been formed In New England.
John G. Fee. founder of Boroa Col
lege, died at his home in Herea, Ky.
A plan of arbitration to prevent
strikes and lockouts has been agreed
upon by committees of the Interna
tional Typographical Vnlon and the
Newspaper Publishers' Association,
which will be submitted to the two or
ganizations for ratification.
Reported from Chicago that Morgan,
Hill and the other railroad powers are
now after the express companies with
the intention of acquiring and operat
ing them as regular departments of the
railrords.
President Williams, of the Seaboard
Air Line, announced the appointment
of General Superintendent Mcliee to
temporarily succeed Mr. St. John as
vice president and general manager.
The Philadelphia grand Jury Indicted
Robert liryan, the saloonkeeper, for
the murder of Father Riegel, to whom
knockout drops had been administered.
The congressional committee Investi
gating the West Point hazing forced
several of the cadets to tell on men
still in the academy who had hazed
them.
l'mt"d States Commissioner Riddle
berger. In Norfolk. Va., held Julius
Brantigan, a Richmond postal clerk, on
the charge of robbing the malls.
William L. Treuholm. who was
comptroller of the treasury during
Cleveland's first administration, died at
his home, In New York.
Charles IT, Boylan. a deputy regent
of the Royal Arcanum, was arrested in
New Haven, Ct., on the charge of
forgery.
Albert Adler, formerly of Baltimore,
died in Birmingham, Ala., from the ef
fects of a fail from a high trestle.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Quarlos were
arrested in York, Pa., on the charge of
deserting their child.
In the causus of the Republican
members of the New Hampshire legis
lature Judge Henry E. llurnham de
feated Senator William E. Chandler,
for the nomination for United States
Senator, receiving 19S votes to 47 for
Chandler.
Mayor Taylor, of Richmond, in reply
to a letter from the Sunday Observance
League asking for better observance of
Sabbath laws, replied that the chief of
poliee knew his business.
Habeas corpus proceedings were In
stituted In Topeka, Kan.. In behalf of
Mrs. Carrie Nation, who started out on
a crusade to demolish all saloon fix
tures. Jacob Winne, Annie Bryan, Charles
Burns and Kllle Burrett were arrested
In Pnlladelphia. charged with partici
pating in the murder of Father Riegel.
The Richmond locomotive and Ma
chine Works received an order from
the Wabash Railroad Company for 50
locomotives.
Johu Gee, lfi years old. after being
chlded by his mother in Philadelphia
for his laziness, shot and killed him
self. Arthur Carter, colored, folded with
an army musket and killed his sister iu
Chuniborsbtirg, Pennsylvania.
The law school of the University of
Wisconsin at Madison was closed on
account of the smallpox scare.
The town of Olean, N. Y., was ter
rorized by burglars and a number of
people were robbed.
Miss Ada It. Fairfax shot herself,
wltli probably fatal result, in Lyneh
bur;;, Va.
Surgeon Daly, of Genera! Miles' staff,
churartiTlzi .-. f inner Secretary Alger's
magazine article as a "bodge podge"
of inaccuracies.
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., pleaded
, guilty to embezzling funds of the First
j National Lank of New York. Ho will
! Ire sentenced Tuesday.
George Ward and James Jones, both
colored, were hanged at Washington,
Pa., for the murder of Samuel Wust-
l: li, an eged German.
Lev. Vincent DiIIoiiIm sued Mayor
Corcoran, of I'ltiston, who prevented
his delivering a U dure during the
strike in the coal regions.
Philip D. Armour was buried in Chi
cago. His body wai placed on view In,
the Armour mansion pi lor to the
funeral.
Archie W. Benedict, a guard of Au
burn (N. Y.) Prison, was murdered by
Clarence Egnor, a couvlct.
Northern capitalists will engage ex
tensively in the tea-growing industry
in South Carolina.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will spend $5,000,000 in improvements
this year.
Mr. M. J. O'Brien has been re-elected
president of the Southern Express
Company.
The transport Grant, which arrived
at Han Francisco, reported a rough ex
perience in a typhoon December 18 off
j the Japautij coist.
HAY CLOCKED.
lie Withdraws Plan to Transfer Chinese
Negotiations.
THE POWERS LINED UP QUiCKLY.
Germany and Trance Sload Together and Eng"
land Is Said to Have Been Strangest Opponent-It
la Said In Washington the United
States Has Not Sustained a Diplomatic De
tent, Nor Has Any Nutloo Achieved a Victory
Washington (Special). Opposition
by the European powers will prevent
consideration of the questions of In
demnity and revision of the commer
cial treaties with China by an Inter
national commission sitting elsewhere
than at Pekin, as suggested by Secre
tary Hay.
In urging thnt these questions bo dis
cussed in the manner suggested Minis
ter Conger Informed the State Depart
ment that they could bo settled by the
Ministers in Pekin only with the great
est difficulty. The disinclination of
the powers to accept the proposition of
Mr. Hay has caused him to withdraw
It, and the Ministers In Pekin will be
droetcd to try to reach an agreement.
It s explained that Mr. Hay's proposi
tion was designed to facilitate the con
clusion of the negotiations as a whole
by separating those still requiring con
siderable deliberation from those al
ready determined. Some of the powers
did not look with favor upon this sepa
ration, and others hesitated to decide.
Announcement regarding the with
drawal of the proposition was made
after a call by Count Quadt. the Ger
man Secretary of legation, at the State
Department, and the receipt of a cable
gram from Ambassador Porter, glvftig
the views of the French Government.
Then. too. England is said to have op
posed the plan even more strongly
than other powers. The authorities
had expected from the preliminary
advices received, after the diplomatic
representatives of the United States
had submitted the proposition abroad,
that it would meet with some favor,
but It is evident from the final replies
whieh have reached the department
that it was impossible to. hope for
adoption.
It is said here that the United States
has not sustained a diplomatic defeat,
nor has any nation achieved a diplo
matic victory; that the proposition was
submitted as a motion would bo in a
legislative assembly, and that It be
ing apparent that the plan could not
command united support Its author
promptly withdrew it.
FILIPINOS SENT TO 0UAV.
Relegation of Leaders to Obscurity Promises
Results Among Insurgents,
Manila (By Cable). The action of
General MacArthur In ordering the de
portation to Guam of twenty-six Fili
pino Insurgent leaders Is enthusiasti
cally indorsed by law-abiding citizens.
It came as a thunderbolt to the insur
gents. The average rebel leader
dreads obscurity as much as he does
death, and the families of the men
condemned to exile until pence is es
tablished are preparing a petition to
General MacArthur to reconsider his
action. The Indications are that there
will be a general stampede to enter the
American lines and take the oath of
allegiance.
MRS. RICHARDSON NOW ACCUSED.
Wile ot St. Joseph Millionaire Charged With
Firing the Fatal Shot.
Savannah, Mo. (Special). The coro
ner's Jury in the ease of Frank L.
Richardson, the merchant who was
murdered in the doorway of his resi
dence Christmas evening, returned a
verdict charging that "Richardson
came to his death from a pistol shot
fired by his wife, or by some person
known to her and unknown to the
Jury." The Jury was out fifty-five min
utes, and the verdict created a pro
found sensation. Mrs. Richardson
was placed under arrest and furnished
bail in the sum of $1000.
GOVERNORS TAKE OATH.
Inauguration of Laloliette at Madison and
W hite at Bismarck.
Madison, Wis. (Special). Robert
M. Lafollette was inaugurated Gover
nor of Wisconsin here. The ceremo
nies were without display. Escorted
by militia, the newly elected officials
drove to the capitol, where Governor
Peofield introduced his successor, and
Chief Justice Cassidy administered
the oath of office.
Bismarck. N.D. (Special). Governor
White and the other new State officers
were inducted into office. A large
crowd assembled at the capitol to wit
ness the ceremony.
Salt Lake. Utah (Special). Heber
M. Wells was inaugurated as Governor
of Utah. Imposing military and civic
ceremonies marked the occasion. This
is Governor Wells' second term.
Chinese Boys Roasted.
London (By Cable). A Si3ter ot
Charity, writing from the House of the
Infant Jesus at Ningpo, China, No
vember 20, describes the massacre at
Nankin of luO little boys. Some of
them, she says, were roasted alive in a
church. Others escaped to the orphan
age outside the city, but all were killed
and the buildings were burned. "De
spite threats of torture and the fre
quency of most painful deaths." the
Sister says, "apostasy was wonderfully
rare."
Another Fire in Rochester.
Rochester, N. Y. (Special). The ni
trate building of the Eastman Kodak
Works was destroyed by fire. Two
firemen were killed by the fumes of
burning chemicals and one other was
so seriously Injured that he wH prob
ably die. The fire started by the con
tact of escaping nitric acid with the
wooden floor. Tho loss is placed at
?mjuo.
I The Czar's Summer I'ula.e.
1 St. Petersburg (By Cable). The
i Sarkos-Hchi Palace (tho summer pal
ace. 17 tulles south ot St. Petersburg)
I is being prepared for the reception of
i the Czar, who Is expected January 22,
the marine colouration occurring Janu
ury 24.
Horrible Death of a Farmer.
Carlisle, Pa. (Special). While
threshing William Gardner, a farmer
living near Newvillo, in this county.
was instantly killed. His clothing
and his head was crushed to a pulp.
A Grand Duke's Burial.
Weimar (By Cable). The obsequies
of the Grand Duke Charles Alexander
of Saxe-Welar, who died January 5
were Imposing. The ceremonies wore
attended by representatives of Em
peror William, the foreign courts and
numerous military and other deputa
Hons.
Liabilities Aggregate $19,000,000.
London (By Cable). The liabilities
of the 16 Stoclt Exchange firms which
recently failed aggregate 2,000,000, In
one case the figures reaching 11)00,000.
GEN. GRANT IS PACIFVINQ.
lie Says Pampanga Is Now Ready tor Civil
Government.
Manila (By Cable). General Grant
who Is trying to finish the latest out
break In his district and who Is per
sonally commanding his scouts at th
southern end. reports that he bas en
countered a number of bands south ol
Buloc Mountain, all of whom retired
up the hills.
Ho says 100 of tho natives, who were
well Intrenched, made considerable re
sistance, but were driven from tholt
position. Four bodies of Filipinos were
found. The American losses were a
sergeant and a private of Troop A.
Philippine Cavalry, wounded.
In tho opinion of General Grant, hi
district Is now fairly pacified, with the
exception of the locality south of Buloc
Mountain, and the Province of Pam
panga Is ready for civil government
It is expected that Pampanga will be
tho first province to which provincial
government will be applied.
CONGRESSIONAr PROCEEDINGS.
Some ol the Work Being Done By the No
tionnl Legislature.
Senator Prltchard Introduced a bill
authorizing tho establishment of a
forest reservation of two million acres
In the southern Appalachian Moun
tains, In the states of North Carolina
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee.
Senator Hoar gave notice of an
amendment he will offer to the legisla
tive, executive and Judical appropria
tion bill Increasing 1he salary of the
Chief Justice of the United States Su
preme Court to 115.500, aud that of the
associate Justices to $15,000 each.
Representative Baker furnished to
Chairman Mercer, of the House com
mittee, figures to support the bill to
provide a new postofflco building for
Westminster.
The Senate passed the Reapportion
ment Bill and adopted several amend
ments to the Army Reorganization
Bill.
The House passed 170 special pen
sion bills.
The Army Reorganization Bill was
debated in tho Senate and the commit
tee amendments adopted.
Tho Senate Committee agreed upon a
number of amendments to the Ship
Subsidy Bill.
The House Committee on Naval Af
fairs completed the Naval Appropria
tion Bill.
By a vote of 34 to 15 tho Senate laid
on the table tho committee amendment
to the Army Bill providing for a con
tinuance of the present canteen system
in tho army.
Congress will attempt no insular
legislation until the ponding case be
fore the Supreme Court shall have been
decided.
The House had under consideration
the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation
Bill.
Senator Warren introduced a Joint
resolution extending the thanks of
Congress to Capt. C. E. Clark and tho
officers and men of the battleship Ore
gon "for bringing the battleship 14,000
miles at forced speed from the Pacific
to the Atlantic station, in condition for
instant services and for gallant and
meritorious services in aiding in the
destruction of the Spanish fleet at San
tiago." Senator Harris introduced a bill
amending the civil service lawR so that
preference will be given to civil war
veterans in appointments, retention
and promotion.
Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, intro
duced a bill to encourage exports of
manufacturers of which domestic alco
hol Is a constituent part. It allows a
drawback of the Internal revenue tax
paid on the alcohol used in manufac
turing the article.
Representative Kahn introduced a
bill continuing In force for twenty
years after May 5. 1902, all laws pro
hibiting and regulating the coming of
Chinese persons and persons of Chi
nese descent into the United States.
Representative Call introduced a bill
providing that additional appointments
to the Naval Academy shall hereafter
be made each year, by the President.
of the cadet or student standing first
in the graduating class of that year lu
tho Nautical Training School of every
State in which such a school is main
tained at the State's expense.
More than the usual amount of rou
tine business was transacted by the
Senate. About half an hour was de
voted to tho introduction of memorials
and bills.
The Army canteen was discussed In
the Senate, Messrs. So well, Money anU
Hawiey iavoring it and Messrs. Gal
linger and Hansbrough opposing It.
1 he House Committee on Agriculture
heard arguments by wholesale seed
dealers against free distribution of
seed by the government.
A sharp tilt occurred in the Senate
between Mr. Pettlgrew and Mr. Hawiey
regaraing tno canteen tn the army.
l ne benate committee on Agricul
ture concluded its hearing on tho Oleo
margarine BUI.
Hospital lor Consumptives.
Albany (Special). Dr. Willis Q.
MacDonald. of the board of trustees of
the State Hospital for the treatment of
incipient pulmonary tuberculosis, has
been designated by his associates to
confer with State Architect Helns re
garding buildings to be erected in the
Adlrondacks probably at Ray Brook.
Dr. MacDonald has received data from
hospital authorities in this country
and abroad, and the plans which will
be drawn will embrace the best Ideas
contained in all. It is likely that the
structure will be two-story, instead of
one, as was first proposed, and it will
cost at least $100,000. Its construc
tion will be frame, with a veneer of
brick. Of tho $50,000 appropriated
but $1000 htis been expended. .An ap
propriation of $100,000 more will be
asked of the Legislature this winter.
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR.
Krupp has 47,000 employes.
The railroads to-day employ as many
men as America contained in 1800
900,000.
To carry a ton of wheat from Buffalo
to New York in 1800 cost$100; to-day
it costs $1.50.
Missouri is the center of a district
that produces more egg than any
other part of the earth.
More than one-third of the manu-v
facturcd goods made in France are tho
products of female labor.
In 1820 our cotton crop was 870,415
bales; in J8U!f it had grown to 11,235,
383 bales, or 90 per cent, ot tho total
crop grown -In the world.
The early American settlors ate their
broad with lard or gravy; butter was
rare; last year America produced one
third of all the butter in the world.
United States first coal mlno, 1806;
first iron factory, 1812; first cotton
mill. 1812; first stereotyping, 1813;
first gas, 1816; first savings bunk, 181(1;
first sewing machine, 1818; first steam
power press, 1823; first matches, 1829;
first revolver, 1835; first clock. 1837;
first gold from California, 1848.
WIPED OUT WHOLE FAMILY
Triple Murder Committed By an Albany
Painter.
SUICIDE HAD DRUNK TO EXCESS.
He Cut His Wife's Throat, Brained His Only
Boy With a Baseball Bat, and Then Poisoned
Himself With Paris Oreen, Besides Cutting
Hla Throat From Ear to Ear-In Ilia Letter
He Speaks Unkindly of Hla Wife.
Albany, N. Y. (Special). Louis Cur
rier, aged 40 years, cut his wife's
throat, broke his son Archie's head
with a baseball bat, took a dose of
paris green and then cut his own
throat from oar to ear with a razor.
All throe are dead. Currier left a
letter addressed to the poliee, whieh
shows that the murder was premedi
tated. The letter is as follows:
To Whom It May Concern:
When you find our dead bodies you
may call upon the president of the
Painters' Union and got one hundred
and fifty dollars for my funeral anil
one hundred dollars on my wife. That
will bury tho three of us, I guess.
Notify my brother-in-law and his wife,
which is my sister. She keeps a store
on the corner of First and Lexington
avenue.
I give thorn nil my belongings, and
also her father In North Adams. I have
a sister on Morton street. Don't let her
see any of us. With my best
wishes, I remain till death.
LOUIS CURRIER.
She bought the parls green herself
last week from Harvaith's drug store
for the purpose of poisoning me, but. I
watch her too closo, and I gave her a
hard death. I wish I could have given
her more, for that is not half enough.
1 wish I had done it before.
Currier was a painter by trade, and
was 40 years of ago. His wife, whom
ho married 13 years ago, was then em
ployed in a woolen mill at North
Adams, Mass. Their one child, the
second victim of the father's gruesome
deed, was 12 years of age.
Mrs. Israel Currier, sister of tho mur
derer and suicide, exonerates the dead
woman, and states that her brother
made life most wretched for his wife,
drinking to excess and abusing her.
A Tremendous Explosion.
Burlington, Vt. (Special). Fourteen
hundred and fifty pounds of dynamite
exploded at Colchester Point, along the
line of the Rutland and Canadian Rail
road, about eight miles from this city,
in a storehouse, whore It was being
heated by steam. No one was near the
building, which was completely demol
ished, and an immense hole blown in
the ground. The shock was terrific,
shattering windows a mile or more
away. It was distinctly felt and heard
in this city, people rushing out of
houses to see it a boiler near by bad
exploded.
A Head-On Collision.
Detroit. Mich. (Special). A disas
trous collision occurred on the Pore
Marquette Railway about a mile and
one-half northwest of Plymouth, a vil
lage about forty miles from Detroit,
which resulted In the death of throe
men and injury to several others. The
collision was a head-on affair between
a passenger train coming to Detroit
from Saginaw and a freight engine on
a Y.
The accident Is supposed to be due
to the snowstorm. Engineer Moore
and John Kennedy, his fireman, wore
instantly killed. None of the passen
gers, it is said, were injured.
Congress of Mothers. -
Washington (Special). The Na
tional Congress of Mothers has accept
ed the invitation of Columbus, Ohio, as
the place for holding Its next conven
tion. The congress had Invitations
from eight cities, the one from Colum
bus being extended by the mayor,
president of tho Board of Trade and
president of the Federation of Women's
Clubs of that city. The meeting will
be held some time in May, the date to
be announced next week.
McKlnley to Honor Lincoln.
New York (Special). General O. O.
Howard announced that President Mc
Klnley will be one of the speakers at
the celebration of the birth of Abra
ham Lincoln to be hold at Carnegie
Hall on the evening of February 11.
Governor Odoll will preside. Colonel
Henry Watterson, of Louisville, will
deliver his lecture on Lincoln, and
Fred E. Brooks will read a poem on
Lincoln.
Fire In Cudahy's Home.
Omaha, Nob. ((Special). A small
blaze occurred in the basement of the
E. A. Cudahy mansion at an early
hour. The fire was insignificant in
money loss, but it is learned that a I
investigation Is in progress, the expec
tation being that the fire wll be proven
of incendiary origin. The threats re
ceived by Mr. Cudahy through the
malls since the abduction of his son,
several weeks ago, are the basis for
flie belief as to Incendiarism.
An Editorial Wilier Killed.
Boston, Mass. (Special). Charles E.
Bockus, for many years an editorial
writer on tho Boston Herald, was in
stantly killed by an express train on
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad, at the Harrison Square
Station, Dorchester. He attempted to
cross the tracks after the gates wore
down. The gateman, Edward Rlckard,
had both legs broken In trying to ros
ue Mr. Bockus.
Mr. Ilanna to a London Newspaper.
London (By Cable). The Dally Mali
publishes a two-column article signed
by Mark Hanna discussing the aspects
of the merchant shipping question In
the United States, and giving his rea
sons for supporting the bill now before
the United States Senate.
Women Burned to Dealh.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). MarySpitz-
man and ciara Meyers, servants, were
burned to death in a fire that destroy
ed the fifth floor of the Buckingham
apartment house. The fire started in
the kitchen of the fifth floor, dlreotly
below the servants' rtsim. Ordinarily
eight girls occupy those quarters; but
tlx of thorn wore out of town, leaving
but two girls in the house. The women
came originally from Titusvllle, Pa.
The property loss Is estimated at $85
000 $35,000 on the building and $50,000
on furniture and other contents of the
building.
Can Telephone Under the Sea.
Now York (Special). Tho Electrical
Review announced the purchase by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company (the parent Bell Company) of
the patents or ur. m. i. Pupln, of
Columbia college, which, it states,
cover the art of ocean telephony, and
which enable telephone messages to be
sent ovor a;y length of land lines. It
further states that the turn of $200,000
has been paid to Dr. Pupin for this in
vention, with an annual salary to him
(during the life of the patents) of
I 17500.
MILLIONS FOR A WORLD'S FAIR.
The Local FunJ Completed and a CommltUe
Will Now Push Bill Before Congress.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Announce
ment of the completion of the local
World's Fair fund of li.000.000 will be
made this week. On Tuesday or Wed
nesday a eommlUoe will start for
Washington, bearing the documentary
proof that St. Louis has done what Is
promised In behalf of the fair. ,'m
mcdlatoly upon the committee's ar
rival In Washington House bill No. 7?9,
which is already prepared, and w ll
make It sn accompllsHod fact, will be
presented and a special day sot for Its
consideration. No doubt Is entortr.lned
either In St. Louis or Washington oi
prompt and favorable action by Con
gross. In order to avoid tho probability of
delay or misunderstanding, tho com
mittee will remain in Washington so
long as may be necessary.
There Is every reason to believe the
bill will be ronortod back to the House
not later than January 24, which would
admit of its being called up and
passed before February 1.
RUSSIA AND AMERICA.
Both Countries in Perfect Harmony Cn
All Questions. 1
St. Petersburg (Bv Cable). "In this
question Russia and America are alto
gether of one mind. Indeed, through
out the Chinese trouble America and
Russia have been like that The
speaker, the Russian Minister of Fi
nance, M. do Wltte, locked his fore
fingers to Illustrate tho words. He re
ferred to the United States' proposal to
make peace without settling on the
compensation and commercial treaty
questions, those to bo relegated to a
congress.
M. de Wltte continued:
"We are faithful friends of the
United States, and they are our faith
ful friends."
Such words cannot help but be grati
fying to America, coming from one of
the wisest and most powerful states
men in Europe, whose Influence upon
the Russian Empire continues growing,
and seems destined to become still
greater.
The correspondent observed that
even the Russian Journals declared
that the effects of tho Chinese disturb
ances wore more serious upon Industry
and commerce than the entire Russo
Turklsh War. an opinion which, he was
informed, hankers also share.
M. do Wltte said:
"Our position Is quite normal com
pared with other countries. Our mala
dies are not from ourselves, but from
without, and prevail in all the Euro
pean markets. They come from the
war In the Transvaal. When once this
malady Is passed, our affairs will be all
right again. The principal evil is the
lack of capital, which is due to many
causes, equally affective also In Berlin,
Paris, Vienna and London. While
many causes are operative, as stated,
the greatest is the Transvaal. This Is
true, because, first, England has had
enormous expenses, which absorb capi
tal otherwise available for the world s
commerce and industry; secondly, the
Transvaal gold is not coming to
Europe."
To Obtain Public Documents
Washington (Special). To cover the
refusal of the President and Secretary
Root to hand over the Lawshe report
on Cuban fiscal matters. Senator Bacon
introduced a resolution to the effect
that the Sennte shall bo entitled to in
spect any and every public document
or record on file in any department
relating to any subject over which
Congress has Jurisdiction or control
under tho Constitution. The resolu
tion went over.
Cigar Trust.
Trenton, N. J. , (Special). The
American Cigar Company, capltat
$10,000,000, was incorporated hero.
James B. Duke is among the nine in
corporators. The company Is under
stood to have boon formed for the pur
pose of taking charge of the manufac
turing department of the American
Tobacco Company's business.
Mckinley Out Driving.
Washington (Special). President
McKlnley was so much improved In
health that he was able to go outdoors
in a carriage for a short time. It is
expected that a few more days will see
him again able to attend to bus.ncss
as usual.
Another Carnegie Library.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). Andrew
Carnegie has promised Seattle a gift of
$200,000 to be expended in the con
struction of a new public library. He
requires a yearly guarantee of $50,000
for maintenance and improvement.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The reports of an outbreak of the
plague at Vlaillvostock have been con
firmed. Severe cold Is reported in France and
a number of people have frozen to
death on the streets of Paris.
It Is predicted that a ministerial
crisis will occur In Spain after the sus
pension of the sittings of the Chamber.
A decree has been Issued restraining
German physicians from exceeding
humane bounds In experimenting upon
patients.
Russian newspapers predict further
trouble in China, and regard tho Chi
nese acceptance of peace terms as
merely a formality.
Prince Cbing says be does not be
lieve the people in Southern China are
antagonistic to the present dynasty,
and will start a revolution.
The Columbtnn government paid
0000 indemnity to the Pncific Steam
Navigation Company for tho seizure of
the British steamer Taboga.
Li Hung Chang has suffered a re
lapse, and it is feared at Pekin that
ho will be unable to uct as minister in
the further negotiations
Tho Cape Town officials are calling
for reinforcements from England, on
the ground that Kitchener's uvallablo
forces are emphiyed in protecting tho
lines of communication. ,
The British government announces
appointments of chief civil oltielals for
now colonies in South Africa, including
Sir Alfred Mllnor to be governor of tho
Transvaal and British- high commis
sioner. A big battle was fought recently near
the Venezuelan border between tho
Columbian government forces and
2000 Insurgents, resulting in tho defeat
of the rebels.
A dispatch from Shanghai states that
tho Empress Dowager has ordered Gou.
Feng Tse Tsat to proceed northward
with an army of 15,000 men.
Advices from North China toll of a
plot of Korean Boxers to masuacro
foreigners and follow in Korea the re
cent Boxer program in China.
Lord Kitchener called for 6000 men
to guard the Rand mines. Three sepa
rate British columns are still pursuing
Do Wet, but without any success.
England will build the two lurgeat
battleships lu the world. Their dis
placement will be 18,000 tons, and they
will be named the Queen and the
Prince of Wales.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
FALLING RAILS KILL FIVE MEN.
Victims Crushed I'ndcr Tons ol Steel at the
Jlottora ol the Monongahcla River by nn
Accident to a Barge-Big Demand for New
Coal Lands-Heavy Sentences for the As
sailr.nts ol an Aged Couple-Other News.
Five men were drowned by the split
ting of a barge which was being loaded
with steel rails on the Monongaheia
River at the Edgar Thompson Steel
Works, Braddock. The four missing
bodies are pinned to the 'bed of the
river under 375 tons of steel rails, with
which the barge was being loaded. The
barge Is one which was used for send
ing rails South. While twenty-nine
men were on board putting the rails
In shape, the riverward side of the
craft suddenly cracked open with a
noise like an explosion. The capacity
of the boat was 600 tons, and It is
thought that the 375 tons which had
been placed aboard suddenly shifted
to one side, tearing the craft along a
weak seam.
Charles Rood, of Southampton, died
at the hospital at Chambersburg from
injuries received by being struck by
a Cumberland Valley passenger train
In Shlppensburg. He was 21 years old.
He saw the train, but his reins were
crossed, and In striving to pull the
team away he guided the horse on tho
rails. The coroners of Franklin coun
ty, whore he died, and Cumberland
county, .where the accident occurred,
conferred and held the Inquest in
Chambersburg. A girl with him,
Joanna Wolf, had her collarbone
broken.
The mangled body of Antone Morovo,
day watchman at Falrview Station, on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was
found under Crum Creek Bridge, Ches
ter. On the side of the track his din
ner pail and lantern, still burning,
were found, both intact. This latter
fact has caused Coroner Fry to make
an investigation, especially as the spot
whore Morovo met his death has been
selected on several occasions by train
wreckers to derail Baltimore and Ohio
trains. v
When Mrs. John Clements' Infant
son died, at Shamokln, she called next
door at the home of her friend, Mrs.
Joseph Simmons, tor assistance. The
residence was full of coal gas. Mrs.
Simmons and her four children were
senseless in bed and almost dead. Mrs.
Clements carried the occupants to the
open air and summoned a physician,
who revived the patients.
William R. Martin, James Kennedy,
Frank Groen, Patrick Murphy, Wil
liam Murphy and John Carson, tramps
who were on trial for assaulting Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Baker, an aged couplo
of Pottsvllle, were found guilty. Judge
A. L. Shay Imposed the heavy sentence
of ten years each at separate and soli
tary confinement.
Detectives In the employ of the
State Pharmaceutical Board summoned
thirteen druggists and druggists' clerks
to appear before Alderman Pollock at
Wllkes-Barre on the charge of not hav
ing their certificates displayed in the
stores. They were each fined $10 and
costs.
Much Eastern money is seeking in
vestment In western Pennsylvania coal
lands at this time. In counties adjoin
ing Allegheny particularly there Is
great demand for land for mining, and
or. deals already closed $1,000,000 will
come to this end of the State and nego
tiations are on for more acreage. -
A paper on the "Buried Valley of
Wyoming" was read at the Historical
Society rooms at.Wilkes-Barre by Wil
liam Griffiths, a mining expert. Many
facts about the formation of tho coal
strata and the presence of large bodies
of quicksand were explained.
James Mlllage, a 10-year-old boy,
was arraigned before the coroner at
Pittsburg, charged with causing the
denth of May Dlober, a 6-year-old girl.
It was .alleged that young Mlllage
chased the girl with a burning broom,
finally setting fire to her clothing. Be
fore tho flames wore extinguished the
little one was totally burned.
George Delshelmer, of Georgetown,
W'ayne county, accidentally shot and
instantly killed his wife. Delshelmer
was cleaning a gun, which he did not
know was loaded. Mrs. Delshelmer
was standing close by, and as her hus
band touched the trigger the charge
exploded.
While Dr. W. O. Weavor and W. E.
Finney, of Wilkes-Barre, wore driving
between Sugar Notch and Ashley the
buggy went over a steep embankment
and was broken. Neither of tho men
was badly hurt.
The first prisoner to occupy a cell in
the new township lockup at Ardniore
is James Glendinnlng, who was arrest
ed for drunkenness and disorderly con
duct at the Pennsylvania Railroad sta
tion. The Shamokln Coal Company, oper
ating the Natalie Colliery, notified Its
1200 employees, who had asked that
the colliery be operated ten hours in
stead ot nine, that the petition was
granted. The new hours will go into
effect at once.
While walking on tho Lehigh Valley
Railroad tracks one mile east of Ash
laud, Mrs. Maltilda Ferguson, 70 years
of age, was run down by a Lehigh Val
ley train and terribly injured.
Frank Galway, aged 70 years, who
worked in the mines nearly fifty years
and was never before In an accident)
was Instantly killed by a fall of coal
in the Beaver Brook mines, Hazleton.
Henry Hess while unloading coal
from a car Tit Chambersburg fell
through the trap door underneath tho
car and was carried to the bin below
and completely burled by tho coal.
With great difficulty he was rescued.
D-ath suddenly terminated a social
meeting of the Black Horse Athletic
Club at Norrlstown, when Captain
James H1U was stricken down while
playing cards. Apoplexy caused hla
death.
William Hoffman, a countable of
EUzaJjotulown,, was arrested, charged
with being lmplloAtl in the robbery of
.turkey from Albert F-'.kor, of that
pluoe. HolTmBC gave bail.
An old tool-house at Austin caved
in while Adam Pcrlaskl, aged 16, was
at work and he was fatally crushed.
Captain Smedloy Darlington Butler,
of the Unltod States Marino Corps,
who was wounded in the battle of
Thutsln, arrived at his home In West
Chesjer.
Officials of the Miners' Union refused
to sanction the striko at the Delaware
Mine, near WUJ.es-Barre, where men
engaged in fighting a mine fire had quit
work. The ccmpauy engaged a new
force ot workmeu.
A runaway freight train on the Dela
ware and Hudson. Uailroud near
Wllkes-Barre Jumped from a switch to
the main track aud continued its flight
In safety.