TAKING IP FOR MORGAN.
Resolutions By Chicago Federation of
Labor Favor (he Gunner.
, ...
SAMPSON'S LETTER IS DENOUNCED.
Class Distinctions Declared to Be Opposed Id
(to Faadameatil Prtn.lples ol the (lovern
eat ol Ibe United State, and flunner Mor
gan's Aaibltion Spoken ol at an Honorable
Aspiration.
Chicago (Special). Tlie Chicago
Federation ot Labor, .it a meeting Sun
day, adopted a series o( resolutions
enpousing the came of (iuntier Charles
Morgan, who is seeking promotion in
the United States Navy. The resolu
tions adopted, which will he forwarded
to President McKinley, declare it to lie
one of the fundamental principle of this
government that there should be no
class distinction, and that "the Chicago
Federation of Labor, representing more
than a hundred thousand toilers ot this I
city, docs unqualifiedly condemn and
emphatically protest against the as
anmptiott put forth by Admiral Samp
son that restriction should be put upon
th honorable aspiration ot Gunner
Charles Morgan, who sought at the
hands of said Sampson favorable in
dorsement of his application for pry-
motion to a commission, and received :
instead a cruel and outrageous insult." j
The resolutions further criticise Ad-
mira! Sampson for his stand in the i
natter.
NEW GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Judge Tuft to be (iovernor aud General Chat
lee to Command the Troops.
Washington (Special). Following
close upon the approval of the Army !
Appropriation Hill, containing the
amended Spooncr proposition for a
provisional government in the Philip- ;
pines, the President will issue an exc- .
cutive order designating (leueral Mac
Arthur and all the other officials ot the
present military government to ad-
minister "all military, civil and '
judicial powers necessary to gov- !
mi. the Philippine Islands." Pi
other words, the existing government j
will continue, under a new designation i
oi authority from the President, until
arrangements can be made "for the e- ;
tahlishincnt of civil government and for
maintaining ami protecting the inhabi-
tants of said islands in the free enjoy- ;
nient of their liberty, property and re- ;
ligion." It will be for the President to ,
determine what and how the new gov- j
eminent shall he inaugurated. It seems j
to be settled that Judge Tal't will be the
first civil governor of the Philippines, j
and that General Chaffee will have coin- !
mand of the military forces.
BEATEN TO DEATH FOli SIX CENTS.
Gala Could Not Pay for What He Ate. So tue
Bowery Walters Killed Him. j
New York (Special). George Gala, I
a laborer from Providence. R. I., lost I
his life in a cheap Bowery restaurant
because he could not pay 6 cents for
food he had just eaten. Gala went into
the place and ordered coffee and butter i
cakes, lie ate ravenously, and then !
told the cashier that he had no nionev.-l
It is the custom on the Howcry to beat
a man severely when he fails to pay
lor his food. In accordance with this
rule, as soon as Gala said he couldn't
pay, he was set upon by several waiters
and roughly handled. One man hit
him in the face, knocking him against
a counter, which his head struck with
great force. He fell unconscious, and
was dragged to the sidewalk where a
policeman found him. An ambulance
was sent for, but, when it arrived, Gala
was dead.
A Crazy .Man's Deed.
York, Pa. (Special). Polk Fulton,
while mentally deranged, made a futile
attempt to kill, his wife. Mr. Fulton's
mental condition for the past few days
has been very serious, and a strict
watch was kept on him by members ol
the family. While he and his wife were
together, on the second floor of their
home he made an attempt to choke
Mrs. Fulton to death. She with the
assistance of her daughter managed to
break loose. F.nraged at the escape of
his intended victim, he snatched up a
large coal oil lamp, which was standing
upon a stand in the room, and threw it
after the retreating woman.
Southern Spinners to Curtail Output.
Charlotte N. C. (Special). A list of
sixty-five cotton mills is published here,
ipresrnting the total to date agreeing
to the curtailment resolution of the
Souhern Cotton Spinners' Association
passed here on the 10th instant. Three
hundred and eighty thousand spindles
are represented. Other mills outside
the organization will also curtail.
Polo at West Point.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). The gov
ernment b-.s contracted 'with a horse
dealer of South Omaha for 20 ponies,
to be used as polo ponies at West Point
by the cadets. The animals are to be
delivered to the quartermaster at
Or.iaha not later than March 15. It is
stated that this is a new departure, and
that the War Department henceforth is
to recognize polo as the official game
a i ine national .Military Academy. j
Bank Uookkeep:r Arrested. j
Pittsburg. Pa. ( Special). Hank E;- '
kminer Slack had C. II. Siedle, individ-
uai uooKKecper 01 me 1 turd national
Bank, of this city, arrested for an al
leged shortage in his accounts of $36,
000. Siedle was afterwards released on
bail, pending a more complete examina
tion of the books.
Children Stricken by tbe Flaju;.
Cape Town (By Cable). A white
cniiu aieu nere 01 uununic plague and
three white children have been attack
ed by the disease.
A Murderer Lva.bcJ.
Camden, Mo. (Special). Dewey
Smith, a negro miner, who shot and
killed Chester Stanley, a white miner,
at Mine No. d. four miles souih of
, Richmond, Mo., was captured by a mob ;
aad taken back to the scene of his crime 1
and lynched. !
Florida Manufacturer Shot by Negro. j
Live Oak, Fla. (Spe-ial). Henry J.
j'lati, a navai stoics manuiacturer on
the Suwanee River, near here, was shot
and mortally wounded by a negro in
liia commissary.
Four Met Death.
Knoxville, Term. (Special). In a
head-on collision of two freight trains
on the Southern Railway at I.enoir
City, Tenn.. four trainmen were killed,
two fatally injured and several serious
ly hurt. A misunderstanding of orders
i said to have caused the collision.
None ol those aboard the trains escaped
ui injured.
Congressman to Succeed Bi :lle.
Bangor. Me. (Special). Ex-Gover-U
nor Llewellyn Powers was nominated
on the first ballot for representative to
Congress, to succeed Congressman
Boutellc,
SUMMARY OF THE NLWS.
hoinestic
Arthur l'ootc, aged 18 years, and
Charles Foote have been arrested,
charged with the murder of Mrs. Foote,
the mother of the former and the wife
of the hitter, at Hcssemcr, Ala. The
husband is charged with being an ac
cessory. John llnehr. a Spanish-American
W ar volunteer, conies. ed in Elizabeth.
N. J.. that he had started a number of
.incendiary tires. His conduct, he said,
was due to an uncontrollable impulse.
John F. Dover, who enlisted at Pitts
burg, Pa., in the United States Navy,
has since learned that he U one of the
heirs to a big estate in England, and is
now trying to get out.
Physicians at the City Hospital in St.
l.ouis say that the life of William
Meyer, wlm was shot in the lung hy his
bro;hrr-m law, was savtd by salt sdu-,
tion.
Mrs. Kosa Weise stopptd her hus
band, Isaac Weise. as he was about to
clopv Irom New York on the steamer
Etrnru wiih another woman.
Miss Ethel Bartholtimcw. who de
clares that she was scared speechless
by Charles I. I'jrnielec. has sued him
(or $io,ori damages,
Lewis II Epplcy, formerly clerk in
the York County Hank, died suddenly
at his home, in that city.
The coroner's jury in San Francisco
charge the responsibility for the sink
ing of the R if Janeiro at the Golden
Gate upon ("ap'am Ward, who was
drowned, and Pilot Jordan.
The trim-port Indiana brought to San
Francisco the bodies of a number of sol
diers who died in the Philippines. Eight
deaths occurred on the transport during
the voyage.
The Norfolk ami Western Railway
Company executed a mortgage (or
5110,000 in New York to the Mercantile
Trust Company.
The National Educational Associa
tion, in session in Chicago, adopted a
resolution condemning the u-c of aleo
lnvl as a fi.iid.
The Linseed Oil Trust filed a mort
gage ior So.eoo.oco in Toledo. C. in
favor of the Morcton Trust Company.
Dr. Edward A. Fcssendui. of Port
land, Me., drank carbolic acid in mis
take, and died soon afterwards.
if is feared the .Norwegian steamer
Islrim, from Philadelphia for Vera Cru,:,
has foundered at sea.
Thomas Goode arrested in Peters
burg, Ya.. is wanted in Georgia for the
murder of J. N. Clark.
C. If. Roby. a farmer of Spotlsyl
vania county. Va., was found insane in
the woods.
Four children were cremated in a
tire at their home in Litchfield. Pa
Judge Brown, of the United States
Circuit Court, at Boston, decided
against the American Hell Telephone
Company in the famous Berliner patent
case.
A bill has been introduced into the
Pennsylvania legislature placing kid
napping upon the same plane as first
degree murder.
The fortieth anniversary meeting of
the Woman's Union Missionary So
ciety i6 being held in Philadelphia.
The Duke and Duchess of Manches
ter sailed from New York for England.
Colorado Prohibitionists have indors
ed the saloon-smashing by Mrs. Na
tion. The antiprize-fight law was rushed
through the Kansas legislature.
Oil is reported to have been found in
York county, S. C.
Foreign.
The preparations for the departure of
the American troops from China arc
going forward actively. All supplies,
excepting enough for two companies,
have been packed for .shipment to Ma
nila. Mobs of seamen and striking dock
laborers tried to induce the crews to
quit steamships at Marseilles. On ac
count of the strike many steamers were
unable to discharge their cargoes.
General de Wet has completely fooled
the British again, having not only re
crossed the Orange River, bnt thrown
his pursuers, off the track.
General de Wet, ex-President Steyn
and 1500 Boers are reported to have
crossed the Orange River near Coles
berg Bridge.
King Edward returned to Loudon
from his visit to his sister, the Empress
Dowager Frederick, in Germany.
Paul Deroulcde's agents presented a
challenge to Andre Buffet to fight a
duel.
Troops guard the streets of Oporto,
Portugal, to prevent renewal of the re
ligious demonstrations.
Captain Stephen L'Homcdieu SIo
cuin, U. S. A., was presented to the
Car.
Sir Cavendish Boyle was gazetted as
governor of Newfoundland.
King Edward to-day will leave Cron
berg on his return to England.
While a few of De Wei's men have
succeeded in crossing the Orange River,
General De Wet, Mr. Steyn and the
bulk of the force are on the south bank
awaiting an opportunity to cross.
Fifty thousand Turkish troops are to
be concentrated on the Bulgarian fron
tier, owing to the agitation of the Bul
garian revolutionary committees in
Macedonia.
Karporich. who attempted to assassi
nate M. BogolicpofT, the minister of
public instruction, was arrested in St.
Petersburg.
The first prize in tlw international
chess tournament at Monte Carlo was
awarded to Janowski, the 1'arisiati
chess master.
General Kitchener reported a num
ber of Boer captures made by the Brit
ish and a hopelul feeling now pervades
the British War Ofiice, where it is be
lieved that the beginning of. the end of
the war is in sight.
The House ol Commons passed the
second reading of the bill restricting the
work of the miners by eight hours
daily.
It was announced in London that the
Marquis of Headiort will soon marry
Miss Rosa Boote, the actress.
Th,' Pan-Germans and the Czechs
hu'l several fist-fights in the Austrian
h'eichsrath.
The remains of Verdi, the composer,
were buried in Milan with imposing
ceremonies.
In a vote on the civil service estimates
in the House of Commons the govern
ment could only muster 52 majority.
Financial
Messrs. Dick Brothers Company.
Philadelphia, have successfully placed
the $700,000 Michigan Traction first
mortgage 5 per cent, gold bonds.
It is reported that the Crucible Steel
Company may be included in the steel
combination.
The Cramp Shipbuilding Compart
has declared the quarterly dividend of
l 1-4 per cent., payable March 15.
The Delaware and Hudson Company
has bought the mines of the Langchffe
and Lallin Coal Companies at Avoca
and Lallin, in the Scranton district. The
price is said to be $1,500000.
DE WET FORCED BACK.
But General Kitchener Loses Eighty
of His Scouts.
TWO HUNDRED BOEK PRISONERS.
Tbe British Commaadcr-la-Chlcl Reports
that De Wet la Now Clear of Cape Colony
-Kitchener's Scouts Attacked by a Lime
Force of Boers-After Twenty Are Wounded
tbe Entire Party Surrender.
London (By Cable). The War Of
fice has received the following from
Lord Kitchener:
"De Wet has been forced north over
the Orange River, and is now clear of
Cape Colony. Two hundred prisoners
have been taken, others, who were
tragglers, being captured.
"Eighty men of kitchener's fighting
scouts were attacked ty superior num
bers and, after a prolonged right and
sustaining 20 casualties, surrendered."
The War Olhce has made a contract
with an American merchant to supply
.toco felling axe for the British troops
in South Africa. English firms arc un
able to make sufficiently prompt de
livery. Mr. Hrodrick. the war sccrrtary, has
issued a statement of the army esti
mates for jooi-oj. The total is 87,
015,000. of which 58,250.000 comes un
der the heading of war services and is
based on the assumption that for the
first four months of the new financial
year the field force in South Africa will
be maintained at its full strength, and
that thereafter a general diminution will
occur.
This sum also provides for the trans
port home of troops, for war gratuities,
etc. The number of men provided for
is .150,000, being.230,000 above the nor
mal army establishment, and due to the
war in South Africa and the operations
in China.
A NOTABLE LIFE CLOSES.
l ong Career ot William M. Evarts, Lawyer
and Statesman, Ended.
New York (Special). William M.
Evarts died at his home, in this city,
at the age of 83.
Mr. Evarts' death was caused by
pneumonia. For several years past he
had been without the use of his eyes,
and was otherwise so feeble that he was
unable to leave his home. Up to the
time of his death he was the nominal
head of the law firm of Evarts, Choate
it Heaman, although for many years he
hail not been in active practice.
William M. Evarts was ex-Attorney
General of the United States, ex-Secretary
of Slate and former United States
Senator from New York. Mr. Evarts
was one of the most prominent lawyers
in the country. He defended Andrew
Johnson in the famous impeachment
trial, and his defense was so able that
the President was not convicted. Mr.
Evarts also once defended Henry Ward
Beccher. In the Hayes-Tilden contest
he was also in evidence, and he was re
warded for services rendered the victor
by the office of Secretary of State.
Swallowed $1,000 Diamond.
Chicago (Special). Fatally wounded,
William Tate, a negro, lies at the Coun
ty Jail Hospital with a $1000 diamond
stud in his stomach. He was shot by
Patrolman Frederick Bush while flee
ing from the victim of his robbery, Au
gust Anderson. Anderson is a wealthy
saloonkeeper. He alighted from a
South Side elevated train at the Twenty-second
street station and was assault
ed by the negro. The robber snatched
the diamond from Anderson's shirt
front and made an effort to seize a fine
watch worth ?5x. with a $75 chain.
Mrs. Condifl Set Free.
Baltimore, Md. (Special). Mrs. Bes
sie Miller CondifT, of Solomon's Island,
charged with murdering her husband,
Capt. Littleton T. CondifT, early Thurs
day morning. September 13, 1000, was
acquitted by the jury in Criminal Court
No. 1. Justice Wickes, after an hour and
ten minutes' deliberation. On hearing
the verdict Mrs. Condiff fainted and
would hare fallen to the floor had she
not been cauglit by Deputy Warden
Fisher, Rev. F. B. Randall and Mr. T.
T. Thomas her attorney, who were
standing near by.
Mistook Morphine Pills for Candy.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Martha
and Florence Spanglcr, aged three and
two years respectively, died from the
effects oi an overdose of morphine. The
children, who were the daughters of
Arthur Spanglcr, air-brake inspector of
the Fort Wayne Railroad, during a
short absence of their mother from the
room this morning secured a box of
morphine pills from the dresser, and.
thinking they were candy, ate five of
the 1-4 grain pellets.
One ot Dewey's Men Guilty of Murder.
New York (Special). Edward A.
Leisure, a former electrician on 1 lie
battleship Oregon, pleaded guilty be
fore Judge Hurd, in Brooklyn, to man
slaughter in the second degree for the
killing of George Crotty on April 26
last in South Brooklyn, with a revolver,
because, as alleged, he had become
afraid that Crotty would sooner or later
take his life for a dispute over a wo
man. Besides serving on the Oregon
ni the Santiago blockade, Leasure was
under Dewey in the Asiatic squadron.
Another Charge Against Rathbone.
Havana (Special). Ex-Postal Direc
tor Kathbone was summoned before the
judge and notified that he would be
obliged to furnish additional bonds in
the sum of $5000 on a charge of com
plicity with Neely. The new charge is
based on a statement of receipts from
the Matanzas office .showing $19,000 was
received monthly, while Neely credited
only $12,000 on his books. The fiscal
says he has suspicions that Rathbone
is implicated, but is now unable to
prove it.
Henry Mass Gets 10 Years.
Baltimore, Md. (Special). "Henry
Maas, the judgment of this Court is
that you return the stolen goods and
serve to years in the penitentiary."
With these words 01 Judge Burke at
Towson the famous case of the State
against the man who was charged with
being a party to the assault and robbery
of Mr. Alexander Hubbard, the aged
jeweler, on November 20, came to an
end. Just to minutes were required by
the jury to reach this decision. One A
the 12 men said after the verdict that
they had agreed on it before they left
.he room.
Two Miners Killed by Explosion.
New Whatcom (Special). An explo-
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sion in ine oiuc canyon coai Mine, a
'ew mines from here, killed Ed Mulli
'.'an and Dick Daley, two of the day
"t. The rest of the day shift had iusi
left the mine and the night shift had
not yet gone in. 1 tie cause of the ex
plosion is not known.
Alles Succeeds Vaadcrllp.
Washington (Special). The Presi
dent nominated Milton E. Ailes of
Ohio to be Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, vice Frank Vanderlip, re
signed.
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
CougresMoaal Proceeding
The volume of work done by the
Congress just closing was shown in a
supplement to the House calendar, pre
pared by Tally Clerk Wakefield, ol the
House staff. The Congress was in ses
sion 179 days, which is less than any
congress for years. The following is
given o( hills, acts, etc.: Number of
bills, 14.336; number of reports 3000;
public acts, 345: private acts, 1250; total
acts, 1595; number of joint resolutions,
39S.
Both Houses of Congress met Sun
day afternoon, and, with sercral re
cesses, continued in session nearly all
night. The Senate yielded to the House
on the Naral Appropriation Bill, which
was passed by both houses, as was
the General Deficiency as well as sev
eral other bills.
The House concurred io the Senate
amendments to the Army Appropria
tion Bill, thus removing one of the pos
sible reasons for calling an extra ses
sion of Congress.
The Senate without a word of discus
sion passed the River and Harlor hill,
carrying over $50,000,000, adopted con
ference reports on the War Revenue
Reduction bill, the Diplomatic and Gon
sular Appropriation bill, the Agricul
tural Appropriation bill and ordered
another conference on the PostolVicc
Appropriation bill.
. The House adopted the conference
reports on the War Revenue Reduction,
tjie Diplomatic and Consular and Agri
cultural Appropriation bills.
A resolution was introduced in the
Senate by Mr. Allen instructing the
Secretary of the Navy to send to the
Senate copies of the letter of Gunner
Morgan to Admiral Sampson request
ing the tatter's endorsement of his ap
plication for promotion and of the Ad
miral's oominent on it. The resolution
went over
The Spooncr Philippine amendment
was adopted by the Senate 45 to 25.
It was a party vote, with the exception
of Senator Hoar.
, A resolution offered by Mr. Galling
cr, of the. Committee cm Pensions, au
thorizing that comniittc to make an ex
amination of all laws granting pensions
to soldiers, their survivors and de
pendents, was adopted in the Senate.
The Senate agreed to a conference
upon the post-office appropriation bill.
Senators Woleott, Chandler, and Butler
being named as conferees on the part of
the Senate.
CThe Senate passed House hill to re
lieve the estates of William B. Moses
and L. II. Rodgers from liability as
sureties of Capt. Howgate, who, as a
government official, it is alleged, was
a defaulter.
House bill creating a new Federal
.judicial district in Pennsylvania to be
Known as the Middle district, was
passed by the Senate.
Capital News In General.
Vice President-elect and Mrs. Roose
velt called on President McKir'.cy, and
at night were entertained at dinner by
Senator Depcw.
Admiral Schley has been detached
from the command of the South At
lantic Squadron and ordered home.
Rear Admiral Cromwell at present in
command of the navy yard at Ports
mouth, N. H., will succeed Admiral
Schley on the South Atlantic Station.
Commander Tilley, naval governor of
Tutuila, reported that he had a cannibal
in Ins crew, a savage whom he had
saved from death at the hands of
Samoans.
The United States government will
pay for land in Pckin for the legation
site, and has protested against the
other powers appropriating land for
such purposes.
Brigadier Generals Fitzhugh Lee and
James 11. Wilson were placed on the
retired list.
Reese Blizzard was nominated for
United States district attorney of West
Virginia.
The House investigating committee
reported various abuses that had grown
up in the cmplovment of men in that
chamber.
The President has appointed William
A. Rublee, of Wisconsin, as consul gen
eral, at Hong Kong, to take the place
made vacant hy the death of Mr.
Rounscvclle Wildman.
Miss Mary Edna Gormen, youngest
daughter of former Senator Gorman,
and Mr. R.-llph W. Hills were married
at the bride's home, in Washington.
The Republican conferees on the
Revenue Reduction Bill have
reahced an agreement on many of
the items in controversy, in ad
dition to those on beer, to
bacco, bank checks and medicines,
heretofore given. The House provision
repealing the tax on insurance policies
life and tire arc retained. The Sen
ate provisions regarding conveyances of
real estate, etc., arc preferred over those
of the House.
Mr. Tettigrew, debating the Philip
pine amendment in the Senate, read let
ters and papers concerning the connec
tion of Lieutenant Colonel Heistand, of
the Adjutant General's Department,
w ith a proposed company to control the
hemp product of the islands. He read
the charges made by Major Hawkes
against Heistand and others in the War
Department.
Our New Possessions.
The Federalists are securing many
new members for their party in Laguiui
province, east of Manila.
The steamer Newark, of the Quarter
master's Deparement, has been wreck
ed on Catanduanes Island, Luzon.
The United States Philippine Com
mission has established a provincial
government in Bacalan, Island of
Luzon.
An epidemic: of rinderpest exists in
the Visayan Islands. Twenty-five thou
sand caribao have already died on Mas
bate Island.
A band of seventy armed insurgents
entered the town of Suog in the prov
ince of South llocos, Lit? on, where they
killed one native and abducted five.
All the Spanish military ofjicers in
the Philippine Islands have been order
ed through the Spanish Consul Gen
eral, to return to Spain. There are
about seventy of them.
The news that the Spoonor amend
ment prohibits the sale of 'and, timber
and mining concessions has alarmed
those who are dependent upon such
concessions for their business success.
The three chambers of commerce of
Manila are wiring protests.
Lieutenant Lewis, with a detachment
of the Third Infantry has had five skir
mishes with the insurgents in the Pan
panga swamps. The enemy were routed
and sixteen rifles were secured.
The insurgents attacked the (own of
Santa Maria, burning fifty houses. The
insurgents were repulsed by the Ameri
cans, who had one man wounded. One
native scout and two civilians were
killed.
Twenty-one rebel officers and 120
Bolomen have surrendered to Lieuten
ant Desque, of the Forty-seventh
United States Volunteer Infantry, at the
town of Irocin, in Albay province,
Southern Luzon.
PENITENTIARY FIRE.
Lincoln Slate Prison Almost Entirely
Destroyed.
THE CONVICTS WERE WELL HANDLED
Started After Most of the Inmates of the
Big Building Were Fast Asleep-All the
Convicts Saved But One, Who Went Back
to His Cell to Secure Some Personal Effects
-Marched Into the Yard Under Guard.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special). Nebraska's
State penitentiary, three miles from this
city, was almost destroyed by the fire
which started at midnight.
The loss will be about $200,000. There
was no disorder among the convicts,
who were guarded by militiamen hasti
ly summoned from Lincoln. Every
precaustion has been taken to guard the
prisoners, who were moved to the re
serve room under extra guard without
difficulty. Lieutenant-Governor Savage
nrranged to have a sufficient number of
the National Guard sent to the peniten
tiary to prevent any escapes being
made.
One convict. George Prleuger, lost
his life. He was released with the other
convicts and had marched out with
them, but went back to his cell for
some personal eefTets. When the ruins
began to cool off his charred body was
found Pllcuger was serving a sentence
for the murder of his wife.
The fire was discovered hy Warden
Davis shortly before midnight, when
he was aroused by the crackling ol
flames and odor of smoke. An alarm
was immediately given, convicts, guards
and employes were aroused ami an ap
peal was telephoned the Lincoln Fire
Department lor help. The convicts
were ordered to clothe themselves and
were marshaled into the prison yard,
where for several hours 300 of them
were kept standing in a long double line
under the espionage of a score of armed
guards patrolling the ton of the wall
surrounding the yard.
The prisoners were apparently the
least concerned of all the excited men
when the fire was at its height, and
never was a body of supposed lawless
men more tractable and orderly.
TO BURN LAKE OF OIL.
Was Formed by the Big Gusher Near Beau
mont, Texas.
Austin Tex. (Special). J. M. GufTey
an i J. H. Galey, the owners of the
Great Lucas oil gusher, near Beau
mont, have decided Ibat the 300,00c
barrels of oil which now till an earth
reservoir covering about 75 acres arc oi
such little commercial value owing to
their being mixed with surface dirt and
trash they shall be destroyed hy burn
ing. This oil represented a value of
thousands of c'ollars. It will be divert
ed into small ditches and set on fire
one day next week. It will be one of
the biggest fires ever witnessed in this
country, and every precaution is to he
taken to prevent it doing damage to
property in that section. It is expect
ed that the oil will burn several days
before it is completely destroyed, asthc
"ound is thoroughly saturated with it.
Tossed and Gored by Mad Bull.
Hudson, New York (Special).
John Finch, a well-to-do Columbia
county farmer, residing at Raybille,
aged sixty years, went to the barnyard
to feed the cattle, and was attacked by
by a bull. He was tossed in the air.
and before assistance came Finch was
terribly mangled. A rille ball finally
stopped the animal's fury. Finch has
'ittle chance of recovery.
College Girls io Burning Dormitory.
Kansas City, Mo.- (Special). Park
Hall, one of the four Park College
dormitories for young ladies, at Park
ville. Mo., was burned to the ground.
None of the twenty-five young ladies
who were sleeping in the building was
injured, but many lost all their cloth
ing and personal effects. The loss was
small.
Cudahy Hears From Kidnapper.
Chicago (Special). A special to the
Post from Omaha, Neb., says: "Ed
ward A. Cudahy has received a letter
from the men who kidnapped his son,
offering to return $20,000 of the ransom
money on condition that all detectives
be withdrawn and that no attempt be
made to prosecute the abductors,
should their identity be discovered. It
is understood the letter was mailed at
Council Bluffs.
Published Interview a Fake.
Washington (Special). An authori
tative denial is given at the White
House to an alleged interview with
President McKinley, printed in the
Manchester (Eng.) Guardian and circu
lated in this country. The language at
tributed to the P resident is as follows:
"The thirst of Christendom for blood
must now be considered sufficiently
slaked after taking at least too lives for
every Christian slaughtered." -
Electricity for Consumption.
Cleveland, Ohio (Special). It is
stated that a company will be organized
here within a few days composed
of Cleveland and Eastern capitalists and
capitalized at $1,000,000 to erect a sys
tem of sanitariums in the larger cities
of the country for the cure of consump
tion by electricity. It is alleged that
a positive cure for the disease has been
found.
Bank Robbers' Plan Falls.
Youngstown (Special). Four mask
id men tried to roh the Farmers' Na
tional Bank at Canlield, 10 miles Irom
here. Explosions in attempting to open
the safe aroused the citizens and the
would-be bank robbers sought safety
in flight. They had a team and light
wagon and were pursued several miles
in the direction of Salem. '
Consul Wood's Death.
Wshington (Special). Word was re
ceived at the State Department that Mr.
Alexander Wood, of Pennsylvania,
United States ynsul nt Kiel, Germany,
died this morning of paralysis. Mr.
Wood was appointed consul at Kiel in
October, 1800.
Many Bodies Entombed.
Cumberland, B. C. (Special). After
nearly a week, during which a heavy
ulunin of water has tioured contmnniw.
ly into the shaft of No. 2 mine and No.
9 mine, the task of pumping out the
water has commenced.
Coinage During February.
Washington (Special). The monthly
coinage statement issued by the direc
tor of the mint shows that the total
coinage executed at the United Staets
mints during February, toot, was $11,
588,966, as follows: Gold, $0,230,300;
silver, $2,242,166; minor coins, $116,500.
Stabbed Two People (0 Death.
Macon, Ga. (Special). Levi Carrcll,
a young negro, stabbed his father to
death. lie then went to the house of
Diana Lockett, colored, and while she
was asleep, stabbed her to death. He
said he killed his father because he
would not support him.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Bradstrccd "Financial Review" says:
"Not only did the activity of the stock
market fall off this week, but reaction
ary tendencies asserted themselves in the
movement of prices. Speculation was
more professional than had been the
case in the preceding fortnight, ar;d the
traders, tmder the lead of some heavy
operators, showed a willingness to act on
the short side of the account." -
The bank clearings of all the clearing
houses 'in the United States Inst week
were $1,784,113,824, against $1.987, 143,
947 for the previous week and $1,417,
273,461 for the corresponding week last
year.
STATE OP TRADE.
Bradstrcct's Review Shows That Business li
Geoe rally Satisfactory.
New York (Special). Bradstreet's
says: "Trade a a whole has shown
further expansion this week, despite Se
vere weather tending to check trade tit
some northern and western markets ind
in the face of very unsatisfactory con
ditions in the cotton manufacturing
trade, broughf ahont by dullness in cot
ton goods at first hands. The posiii.m
of retailers with large stocks has been
really improved by the continued old
weather.
"Foremost nmong the lines noting
improvement this week is the dry goods
trade, which is reported active on
Sring account by jobbers. The boot
and shoe industry has likewise con
tinued in a satisfactory shape.
"The cereals show little definite
movement, taking the week as a whole,
excepting in flour, which is 10 to 20
cents a barrel higher. Wheat is frac
tionally higher and corn and oats are
unchanged.
"Wheat, including flour, shipments for
five days aggregate 3.424,302 bushels,
against 4.814.878 last '"cek and 3.660.850
in the correponding week of 1000. Corn
exports for the week aggregate 3.267,668
bushels, against 4.760,422 last week and
2,806,175 i" this week a year ago.
"Business failures in the United States
for the week number 2tg. as against 226
last week and 168 in this week a year
ago. Canadian failures for the week
number 24, as against 39 last week and
28 in this week a year ago."
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Baltimore.
Flour Baltimore Best Patent... 4.75a
High Grade Extra 4.25a
Cornmeal, per 100 pounds... i.ioai.20
Buckwheat Flour, per 100 lbs.2. 15a2.35
Ilominy. pcr bbl 2.6oa2.70
Hominy Grits, per bbl 2.6032.70
Wheat. No. 2 red, 78c: steamer No. 2
red 76c; sample lots, 72a78c. Western
opened firmer; February, 76)4a77c ami
May 7K-c.
Corn. Quote white nominally at 45.1
46c and yellow at the same price. Cob
corn $2.40 per bbl.
Oats. White No. 2, 32c; white. No.
3. 3ia3i4c; No. 3, 2S;3a2oc ; mixed, No.
4. 27; ja 28c.
Rye. Quote: No. 2 rye, in car lots,
54c nominal; No. rye, 50c; No. 1
Western rye 56!c. Bag lots nearby
quotable at from 50,153c per bushel.
Mill Feed. Lightweight winter bran,
$18.00 per ton; medium do, $17.50;
heavy do, $1650; middlings, $16.50
17.00, all in bulk, the latter figures for
lightweight.
Hay. Market quiet and about steady.
No. I timothy, $17.00; No. 2 timothy,
$16.50; No. 3, timothy, $15.00.115.50; No.
I clover mixed, $15.50316.00; No. 2,
clover mixed, $i4.ooai5.o; No. t
clover, $15.00315.50; No. 3 clover.
$13.50314.50.
Clovcrseed. New Western clover,
on spot, at lie per lb, and choice do at
nJ4c.
Green F'ruits and Vegetables.
Onions, per bushel, Ssauoc. Cabbage,
New York, per ton, $ 14.00a! 6.00; do,
home grown per 100, $2.5033.00. Cel
ery, per dozen, 25360c. Apples, per bbl,
$1.5033.50. Oranges, Florida, per box,
$2.ooa3.oo. Cranberries, Cspe Cod, p:
bbl. $9.ooa 10.00.
Potatoes. White Maryland and
Pennsylvania prime, per bushel, 50a
55c; do, New York, prunes, per hiistiel,
54a.57c; do, Michigan and Ohio, per
bushel, soassc. Sweets Eastern Shore,
kiln dried truck, per bbl, $1.23.11.50.
Beans and Peas. New York, mar
row, choice hand picked, $2.4032.45;
do do medium, do do, $2.2032.25.
Blsckeye peas, per bushel, choice, new.
$165.
Provisions. Bulk shoulders, 7Jc;
do short ribs, 84c: clear sides, 84Cj
bacon shoulders, 8J4c. Sugar cured
breasts, loc; sugar cured shoulders,
8J4c. Hams Small, liKSc; large,
iijC 1.3rd Beift refined, pure, in
tierces, Sjc; in tubs, 8$c per lb. Mess
pork, per bbl, $15.00.
Live poultry. Market is steady.
Quote: Ileus, 9!4c; old roosters, each
20325c; spring chickens, loauc; win
ter do, 2 lbs. and under, 14316c. Ducks,
C3I2C. Turkeys, 84ai2c. Gccse, apiece,
50.165c.
Dressed Poultry. Turkeys, loai.K
Ducks, 12al3c Chickens, 931 ic.
Gccse, oaioc. Capons, 10314c.
Butter. The market is steady.
Creamery Separator 23 a23
Creamery Gathered Cream.. 20 a2i
Creamery Imitation 16 017
Eggs. Fresh laid eggs, !7Viai8c.
Dressed Hogs. Choice lightweights,
Western Maryland and Pennsylvania
per lb, 6a64c; Southern Maryland
and Virginia, per 114. tc.
Philadelphia.
Wheat steady; contract grade, Febru
ary, 77Vj378c. Corn firm, J4c higher;
No. 2, mixed, Febuary, 44a44XiC
Oats, steady. No. 2 while clipped, 33.
Butter firm; prints, !4aic higher; fancy
Western crcameyy, i.i'Ac; do do
prints 23jc; do nearby prints, 35c.
Eggs firm 2c higher; fresh nearby, 19c;
do Western 19c; do Southwestern,
jgc; do Southern, 17c. Cheese steady;
New York full creameries, fancy, small,
Ul4c.
LABOR itfb INDUSTRY.
London 4ias 4800 drapers.
Austria has women miners.
Pekin has no manufactures. '
Krupp has 46,679 employes.
Shangai has eight cotton mills.
Japan has 3000 union printers.
Porto Rico boasts a labor paper.
St. Louis claims 65,000 unionists.
Japanese coal "is equal to American."?
M l! l.,...l.,l. 1 ....
ers.
Trade unionists of Oklahoma City
organized to take political action in
dependent of all parties.
Frisco has 15,000 Chinese domes
tics. Cleveland newsboys are in the F.
G. L.
New Hampshire s annual shot out
put, $23,000,000.
The printers of Montana are urging
the passage by the legislature of a bill
to provide for a State printing plant.
Four thousand Chicago metal work
ers, makers of architectural and struc
tural iron material, ure preparing to de
mand a nine-hour day on May 1.
A new cotton ginning machine en
ables two men tv gin 4000 pounds
daily, and under the old system they
could turn out less thau a hundredth
pvt in '.lit ume auioiuJ of time.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
Tbe Latest Happenings Gleaned From
All Over the State.
WOMAN FALLS DEAD FROM FRIGHT.
Drunken Maniac Flourishing a Botcher Knife
Dashes Into a Room With Fatal Results to a
Witness-Panic at a Spelling Bee-Several
Persons Were Injured la a Schoolhouse la
Mercer County-Other Live News.
SevTral persons were injured, two
seriously, by the collapse of the floor
and a panic that followed in No. 4
Schoolhouse at Kile, Mercer county. A
spelling bee was being held and the
room was packed with scholars and
spectators, about 200 being present.
Twenty people standing around the
stove when the floor collapsed were pre
cipitated into the cellar, a distance of
about 10 feet. The stove coming to
pieces a large amount of burning coals
were turned out on the floor, and it was
with much dilliculty the building was
saved from destruction. Some one
shouted "Fire" and all in the room
made a wild rush for the single exit.
The weaker ones were trampled under
foot and several were nearly suffocated.
When the excitement had subsided the
injured were removed to nearby houses
and surgeons summoned, who dressed
their injuries. Only one out of those
who fell into the cellar was hurt.
John Hazlctt. of Allegheny, went
crazy and rushed into the house of John
Roberts, at New Castle, and, whirling
a large butcher knife menacingly over
his head, frightened Miss Mary Rob
erts so badly that she died in a few
minutes. There were several women
in the house when Hazlett bounced into
the room. He rushed at them with all
the fury of a wild beast. Three fainted
and the others ran screaming rom the
house. The police had followed him
and took him into custody. Miss Rob
erts never revived from her fright.
Hazlett will be placed in an asylum.
A window-smashing thief operating
in the western part of the town ol Ches
ter has so far eluded the police, but
nightly he is at work and up to date a
dozen stores here have been robbed.
After smashing the window of J. Rosen
berg's store, the thief was shot at by
the aroused proprietor. At the next
corner the thief aroused Scott Grace,
and escaped without any plunder. A
square below, however, the store of Dan
iel Toohey was robbed and a small sum
of money and several bottles of whiskey
secured.
The general fund of the State Treas
ury contained $4,527,184.08 at the close
of business for February. Eastern hanks
held the following sums: Farmers' and
Mechanics' National. Philadelphia, $1,
154.031.25; Chester N3tioii3l Bank,
Chester, $15,000; Chester National
Bank, Media, $to,ooo; Corn Exchange
National Bank, Philadelphia, $180,000;
National Bank, Germantown, $25,000;
Quaker City National, Philadelphia,
$664,256.92.
Louis Sterling, of Titusville. came
near losing his life by the hand ol his
son Amos, who, with a companion
named Donahay, made an assault on
the parent and two brothers. The old
man was shot in the head and arm with
a revolver in the hands of Amos, who
at last accounts was still at large. The
father may recover.
J. Kassan, of Corning, N. Y a fire
man of the New York Central Railroad,
met death in a peculiar manner at Wil
lismsport. While the trsin wss run
ning at high speed a flue on the engine
burst, causing a blinding flash of flame
to shoot up. Kassau became frighten
ed by the explosion and Hash and jump
ed from the engine, fracturing his skull.
The William A. Colliery at Duryea,
owned by the Council Coal Company,
was sold to the Lehigh Valley Com
pany. The price is said to be $2,000,
000. The president of the Connell Coal
Company is Congressman William Con
nell. Application will be made at Harris
burg on Monday, March 25, for a char
ter for the Sharon Coke Company. The
incorporators are H. Buhl, John
Stevenson. Jr.. J. P. Whitla, Sharon;
Senator William Flinn and George W.
Darr, Pittsburg. The company will
erect coke ovens at the Sharon Steel
Works and will employ 200 hands.
As Charles Bangson was passing the
residence of Mrs. Jessie Hughes, at
Oriole he heard cries of distress com
ing from the house, of which she was
the sole occupant. Upon an investiga
tion the woman was found in a dying;
condition and almost stiff with cold.
She died a few hours later.
Tim managers of. the Hess and Gold
smith Silk Mills, Wilkes-Barre, shut
down the mills and declare they will
not reopen them until the strikers are
ready to give in and go back to Work
They ssy they h3ve turned the strike
into a lockout. The strike lias been on
for two months and the mill has been
running with a small force.
Jacob Weber, a wealthy and well
known farmer of Eby's P. C) Salisbury
Township, is missing and grave doubts
as to his safety are entertained. Several
days ago he went to Lancaster and sold
his tobacco crop for $200. A search is
being instituted for the missing man.
Maud Smith, a 14-year-old daughter
of Charles O. Smith, of Stowe, was
fatally burned while kindling a fire io
the kitchen stove. In her agony she
ran to the yard and plunged into a bar
rel ot water, from which her mother
lifted her in an unconscious condition.
The Pottsville Board of Trade has
succeeded in securing aNatin mill, with
a capital of $50,000, for Pottsville. The
board and five banking institutions of
the town raised $18,000 as the local
contribution to the project.
An incendiary attempted to burn a
row of frame houses between Kerlin
and Ulrich streets, Chester, by setting
fire to a quantity of paper piled against
the. framework. A boy discovered the
blaze und notified the police.
John McMenany, a contractor work
ing on a new furnace for the Cambria
Steel Company, Johnstown, fell fifty
feet from a scaffold and was instantly
killed.
Mrs. Sarah Patterson, wife of J. L.
Patterson, cashier of the Burgettstown
National Bank, was struck by a freight
train and instantly killed.
Mr. Charles H. Robey, one of the
best-known citizens of Spottsylvania
county, has been adjudged insane by a
commission and will be sent to an asy
lum. The residence of Mn D. C. Tricker,
near N hide's Store, King George coun
ty, was destroyed by fire this week. No
insurance.
George McAnary, supposed to be
from Chicago, took his lite in his room
in a boarding house at Scranton by as
phyxiation. John G.- Kern, 73 yean old, commit
ted suicide by hanging. His body was
found in a henhouse.