GEN. HARRISON BURIED. President McKinlcy at the Grave o( the Ex-President. THOUSANDS SEE FUNERAL CORTECE. The Honorary Pallbearers Include Member ol the Cabinet ol ficn. Harrison When President-James Whitcomb Riley an Active Pall' bearer-An Impressive Scene In the hirst Presbyterian Church. Indianapolis ( Special V Surrounded 1y tully 15.000 of hi iellow-citizcns the body of Benjamin Harrison was Sun day afternoon buried in the family lot in Crown Hill Cemetery. Close by the grave were the members of his family, President McKinlcy and other visitors oi distinction, and the more intimate friends of General Har rison. Hack a distance of 50 yards, be hind ropes guapdcd zealously by a large force of police, stood widi uncovered heads a great multitude who did not know him so well as those who stood beside the freshly upturned earth, but who honored him and admired him quite as much. For nine hours Saturday the body lay in state in the Capitol, and in that time not for a moment was there a break jn the lines of those passing by the coffin to take a last look at the ex-President. The outpouring at the funeral was a continuation of the evidence of the es teem in which he was held. At the Harrison home before the body was taken to the First Presby terian Church, where the full service was ield Sunday, brief exercises were held for the members of the family and im mediate friends of General Harrison. About 150 persons were present. Mrs Harrison did not appear, but remained in her room until it was time to leave for the church. President McKinlcy. accompanied by Governor Durbin. called at the house about 1 o'clock. At about the same time came the members of President Harrisnn's Cabinet and others continu- ally arrived until the short services were j over. 1 The procession was to have let t the house at 1.30 o clock, but it was tully 30 minutes later than that when every thing was in readiness. The doors were thrown wide open and the honor ary pall-hearers Gen. Benjamin V. Tracv. oi New York: John Wanatuaker, of Philadelphia: Win. H. H. Miller, of j Inrtianniiolis. lohn ih p ol M. Louis; Charles Foster, of Fostoria, Ohio; Gen. Lew Wallace, of Indian apolis; Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati, and William A. Woods, of Indianapolis came slow ly down the walk leading to th" street After them came the active pall-bear- ers bearing the coffin. Thev were: A. T. Masnn. l.-.m.s Whitro'mh Rdev. ll.irrv T. Milliuan. Clii- i ford Arrick, William C. Bobbs. Harry j S. New. Howard Cale. John T. Grit- ; fiths. Newton Booth Tarkington. Hil- j ton D. Brown and Samuel Reid. I ; Erenta in Geo. Harrison's Life. Born at North Bend. Ohio. August 20; son of John Scott Harrison and grandson of William Henry Harri son. President of the United States. 1851 Graduated from Miami Univer sity. Oxiord. Ohio. 185.? Married to Caroline Levinia Scott. 1854 Began the practice of law in Indianapolis. 1862 Raised a company of Indiana volunteers for the Union Army; was successively promoted until he became brigadier-general. 1876 Unsuccessful Republican can didate for Governor of Indiana. 1881 Took a seat in the United States Senate, holding it until 18X7. 1888 Elected President of the United States on the Republican ticket, receiv ing 2.15 votes in the F-lectoral College against H8 for Grovcr Cleveland. l8yj Renominated for the Presi dency and de'eated by Grovcr Cleve land, who received 277 Electoral votes, against 145 for 'Harrison and 22 tor J. B. Weaver, Populist. 1806 His first wife having died, he married her niece, Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmock. 180Q Counsel for the Venezuelan Government before the arbitration tri bunal to settle the boundary dispute with Great Britain. 1000. Appointed by President Mc Kinlcy a member of the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Three Killed in Collision, r-i-.. c. ..:...!, 1.-., c i WaH-on collision h.-twrer, fr,.il,r ,!. on Illinois Central Railroad three men were instantly kille and three fatallv U HUH injured. The dead are Engineer Dick ey, of Paducah, Fireman Newman, of Newbern. Tcnn.. and Fireman Ham lett, of Fulton, Ky. Engineer Born schein, of Paducah. Engineer Ha.leton and lirakeman Roberts (colored) were injured. A misunderstanding of orders is haul to have caused the wreck. Three Children Burned to Death. Washington. Ind. (Special I. Three children of Guy Williams, aged 1, 3 and s years, were burned to death seven miles north of this city while their father was felling tiriher on his farm. The mother went to Cornettsville to do some trading, leaving the children in the house at play. The house caught fire, and when Williams arrived upon the scene, the children were dead, their Charred bodies lying close together. Mrs. Nation Talks Plainly. Topeka, Kan. (Special). Mrs. Car rie Nation called a meeting of the "home defenders'' to settle on a candi date for Mayor against the one nomi nated at the Republican primaries. They refused to be dictated to in the matter, and bluntly told Mrs. Nation so. She made a talk to them, in which she called them "liars and devils." The defenders repudiated Mrs. Nation. Bool Sihoots De Rodays. Paris (Bv Cable). The De Rodavs Castellane duel is over, M. de Rodays ras received a nan in tnc inigii and Count Boni and the journalist have shaken hands The combatants were dressed in tightly buttoned black frock coats, with the collars raised, so as not to show any shirt or collar, ami each wore a silk hat. Both looked calm. The scene was curious, for the two ad versaries, with the seconds and doctors, had only exchanged a "parliamenta y bow" as they took their respective places. Used the Wrong Circular. Topeka, Kan. (Special). Joseph H. Choate, United States Ainha;ador to England, has sent a letter to this city in which the regrets of King Edward VII. are expressed for the unfortunate wording of a reply to a letter of con dolence from the Kansas Legislature af ter tlx- death of Queen Victoria, ex pressing thanks for tiie "InyaKy" of the Kansaixs. Mr. Choatc's letter explains that a common wording was used in all letters of acknowledgment to persons in the Ilritish dominions, and by an over sight the wording was not changed in ruing to the Kansas Legislature. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS. Domestic. The United Mincworkers' Conven tion, in session at Hazlcton, Pa., passed a resolution authorizing the executive board to order a strike if the operators refused to attend "a joint conference to be called. J. Kennedy Tod, a New York banker, bought the Dewey Arch, which he will place at the entrance to bis summer resi dence at Sound Peach, Conn. Bailie Crutchtield, a col red woman of Rome, Teiin., who was suspected of larceny, was shot to death by a mob and her body was thrown into a creek. The strikers refused an otter of 12 per cent, increase made by Superintendent Davis, of the Sanquo'it Silk Mill, in Scranton, Pa. George Kerr, one of Jennie Boss chicter's murderers, is reported to be on the verge of physical collapse in New Jersey State Prison. lour contraband t-hinaiiicn were ar rested at Morristown. X. 1 in jail. They crossed the ami nut ice from Canada. Messenger Poughcrtv. of the United States Subtreasury in Philadelphia, was robbed of $1,000 by a pickpocket. Fight bundled miners employed at the I.ick Fork and Logan mines, in West Virginia, struck. Militiamen on guard at the Nebraska Penitentiary prevented the escape of 12 convict. Congressman Marrio;; Brosius. of Pennsylvania, died at his home in Lan caster. ti. -;r;,,;, rm,n f .nnnU hmuled 1 down a decision sustaining the ouster ot ; Chief of Police Harwood and finally : ending the fight between him and I Mavor Moss, of Newport News. Miss Kthelvn Quitnbv. of Grand Rap- - ids. secured the arrest of Mrs. Belle Fitzgerald, a fortune-teller in New York, who got money and jewelry from j her. The United States District Court in Boston found an indictment against George M. F'oster, formerly cashier oi the South Danvers National Bank. Signor Marconi arrived in New York auu is going 10 n asniiigion 10 K1r me esianiisning 01 wircicss o-i. graph stations along the coast. Ralph C. Bateman. of Norwood, Mass.. killed Miss Ella F. White, who : rejected his attentions, and then com- i mitted suicide. Former Congressman W. E. Fuller, of West Union. Iowa, accepted the ap- poitittncnt as ssistant Attorncy-uen- tr.ll Philin Marlowe was acquitted in Newport News. Y 01 the charge ol ottering a bribe to councilman mir- j011"'. r- , r-. Suits were filed by the Southern City I Product Company m Lexington. a., gamst eight insurance companies 1 h- annual convention of the Carlisle : In'han School was held in the presence ' a larSe gathering Mr. de Costa and a syndicate have :ascti te Rappahannock Gold Mine in N 'J-R.ina. . '"?', ptr'v,8-p6 yea" " .T'., VJj? near ellsville. Pa., committed suicide. Thomas Roderick stabbed and killed Thomas Longerbeam at Harpers I'er ry. W. Va. The Supreme Court of California de nied a new trial to Mrs. Botkin. On her builders' trial trip outside the Virginia Capes the battleship Illinois more than measured up to expectations. I The ship was not taken out to deep sea, 1 but was given a nm down the coast, the j main object of the trip being to test ; her boilers. I A suggestion has been made that an j International Congress, to harmonize 1 differences concerning the Nicaragua 1 Canal, be held in Washington. The j Washington government is undecided I whether ta attempt to draw a new j treaty with Great Britain. The thr'e-masted schooner John F. j Kranz, loaded with merchandise, from J Boston for Baltimore. was blown I a-hore oft Cherrystone Bar Monday ; night. I Foreign. : United States Minister Conger is rc . ported to have said before leaving Pekin ' that if the Manchurian Treaty between China and Russia was ratified it would certainly affect the peace negotiations. I With interesting ceremonies the I sfamcr Ophir. having on board the ; Duke and Duchess of. York and Corn I wall, started on its tour, which is to j include all the British possessions. I Pressure is being brought to bear on ! the British government to bring about a countervailing, in addition to the Uali I penny per pound tax to be imposed 011 I sugar. 1 he Reichstag passed to second read- "' the supplementary estimates for the China expedition, amounting to 12.1.323, I 1 "V In the dm-1 fonoht hi-lwepn Count ilr Castellanc and M. de Rodays the latter was shot in the thigh and the Count was uninjured. Advices from Durban, Natal, state that the Boer commanders met at Pietcrs- burg to discuss the situation .JS Fl!ar'!l1 by troops, and the imoprted laborers were undisturbed. The students' riot in Moscow, it now develops, was more serious than had i been reported. 1 M. Henri Rochefort is organizing a i big b'ttcry throughout Europe in aid ot ' the Boers. Two thousand British troops sailed . c 1. t.:.... 1 from Southampton for South Africa. I A lipatch from Shanghai not veri i ed. states that the negotiations in Pe I kin arc likely to be suspended, owing to the Manchurian difficulty. Li Hang I Chang is better again. Lord Salisbury, in the House ot Lords, warmly supported the Bishop of i 1 it.i.:. 1 T, 1 I- . 0:11 j Manchester's Habitual Drunkard's Bill, land it passed its second reading. I Commandant de Jager, tried in Natal as a rebel, ,has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment and to pay a fine , of $25,000. The French ' Cabinet considered the 'question of reducing the French mili- j tary service to two years. Swiss police are clo-ely following up I Buffet and Deroulede will a view to pre- I venting the duel. Count H0111 de Castellanc thrashed y dc j()day, the editor oi Figaro The British naval estimates fur 10:11- 02 amount to over $154,000,000. an in crease of over $10,000,000, chiefly for shipbuilding, and provides for three battleships, six armored cruisers, two third-class cruisers, ten torpedo-boat destroyers and other war vessels. At London the Admiralty Court awarded the German steamer Valencia, 8,000 for assisting the Cunard liner Carinthia. Financial. It is rumored in Chicago that the Il linois Central has secured control of Wisconsin Central. The English national debt was 628, (178,782 on March 31, 1000, and it has been increased in the fiscal year now drawing to a close. At the annual meeting of the Iron Mountain Company in St. Louis T. T. Eckert was elected a director in place oi J. W. Gates. According o the London "Econo mist's" index numbers the average of price fell abroad in the first iwo months of this year 2.4 per cent. A BIG BOSTON BLAZE. Fierce in the Advertiser and Record Newspaper Building. THREE KILLED AND MANY INJURED. Flames Rush Through the Building at Light ning Speed, and Editor Have to Run lor Their Lives-Proofreader and Compositors Are Surprised by a Cloud of Smoke, and Three Proofreaderi Suffocated. Boston (Special.) Three lives sacri ficed, nearly a dozen men more or less injured and many thousands of dollars' damage were the results of a fierce fire in the Daily Advertiser and Record seven-story, granite-front building in Newspaper Row here. How the fire started is not known, but it was first seen in the pressroom, and it spread to the elevator well and darted to the ton so ranidlv that before the occupants of the two upper floors were aware that the building was on hre their rooms were filled with flames and smoke. In the editorial room, on the sixth floor, there were but five men. All had to run for their lives. On the upper floor, occupied by the composing-room, were 18 compositors and proofreaders, whose situation was most critical. Panic-stricken, they rushed for the win dows leading to the fire-escapes, and all but t'iree of them succeeded in gain ing the roof of an adjoining building. Long ladders were raised ais quickly as the network of electric wires over the street would permit, but before a ladder could be placed in position the men had dropped through a skylight in the building roof and reached places of safety, f.xcept in the pressroom the basement, there was practically no tire in the building below the fifth story. No one was in the pressroom at the time the fire started except the fireman, who bad not been seen up to a late hour. It took three hours of work to drown out the fire. The three victims, all proofreaders, were suffocated before they had time to reach the fire-escapes. ! Those who found the bodies were obliged to jump several feet to the root of the adjoining buildings, and. 111 this way uite a number of them sustained injuries. Four firemen were badly hurt, j CARNEGIE GIVES FIVE MILLIONS. The Steel King Gives a Princely Donation as lie Retires From Business. Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). Two com munications from Andrew Carnegie, which were made public here, tell of the Steel King's retirement from active business life and of his donation of $4, 000,000 for the endowment of a fund for superannuated and disabled employes of the Carnegie Company and $1,000,000 for libraries for the employes This benefaction is by far the largest of the many created by Mr. Carnegie, and is probably without a counterpart anywhere in the world. The fund will in no wise interfere with the continua'nee of the savings fund established by the company 15 years ago for the benefit of its employes. In this latter fund 1 about $2,000,000 of the employes' tav- ings are on deposit, upon which the I company by contract pays 6 per cent. ! and loans money to the workmen to build their own homes. Lynchers Lodged In Jail. Cartilage, N. C. (Special). L. J. Jones, Dr. M. E. Street, David An drews, and William S. Harding, among the most prominent citizens of Eastern North Carolina, were arrested here, and lodged in jail, charged with being re sponsible for the horrible death of Silas Martindale. The jail of Moore Coun ty at Carthage was broken into Satur day by a mob of fifty men, who secured Martindale, who was confined on a charge of assault, and hanged him to a tree. This is the first time in fifty years that a white man has met death at the hands of a mob in North Carolina. Gas Explodes in a Room. ElufTton. Ind. (Special). A girl 4 years of age caused a gas explosion here that wrecked a house and cost the life of the child and that of her 2-year-old sister and the fital injury of her mother, Mrs. William Huffman. The girl's mother. Mrs. Huffman, was at work in the kitchen, while her two children were playing in an adjoining room. The elder pulled the gas con nection from the stove: the gas filled the room and, igniting from the heat of the stove, caused an, explosion. Mrs. Huffman rushed into the blazing room and grabbed the younger child, and was herselt burned so severely that there is i " hope for her recovery. Saved Girls From Fire. Baltimore (Special). Thirtv-five working girls made narrow escapes I the' cement' of TVrankTsoT j u n . I dealers in rags. Joseph Gillingham, an I employee of the firm, jumped from a 1 second-story window and procured a ; ladder, down which he helped seventeen ; of the women from the third story to ; the roof of an adjoining building, from ! which thev made their way to the 1 .. 1 i. . . . .. 1 . , Kave ,nc i building 111 that way was almost uncon scious from smoke. New Trial lor Mrs. Botkin. San F'rancsico (Special). The State Supreme Court has granted a new trial to Mrs. Cordelia Botkin. who was con- , victed of the murder of Mrs. J. P. Dun . . . .. V ning in the summer of 1808 and sen tenced to life imprisonment. The trial resulting in the conviction of Mrs. Bot kin was a noted one in criminal his tory. She was charged with sending from this city to Dover, Del., a box of poisoned candy which caused the death of Mrs. Dunning, to whom it was ad dressed. The Hon. C. T. Gorham Dead. Marshall. Mich. (Special). The Hon. C. ,T. Gorham, .Minister to The Hague under I'resident Grant, and As sistant Secretary of the Interior under Zachariah Chandler, dierl at his resi dence in this city from paralysis. Mr. j Gorham. who was 8g years of age. was one ol the oldest bankers in Michigan. He established a private bank here in 1840 and the First National Bank in iWiJ, of which he was president until 1808. In 1856 Mr. Gorham was major general of the State militia and he also served one term as State Senator. Boers Now Cutting Wires. Capetown (By Cable). The Boers have cut the wires on the telegraph line connecting with Natal, thus isolating that province from the forces in the Transvaal for the time being. This, taken in connection with De Wet's re ported march Natalward, is regarded as serious. Many Bodies Entombed. Cumberland, B. C. (Special). After nearly a week, during which a heavy column of water has poured continuous ly into the shaft of No. 2 mine and No. 6 mine, the task of pumping out the water has commenced. LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. America Keeps Hand's Off. Warlike talk in reference to the Tien tsin incident is deplored in official cir cles here, where it is fully understood that war would precipitate the dismem berment of China, which the President and Secretary Hay are trying to pic vent. Europe thoroughly understands that aside from the exercise of its moral influence the American Government will not interfere, provided its commercial and other rights in China are not jeop ardized by any action that may be taken. In the opinion of the official ncithet Russia nor Japan is financially in a position to go to war; England is still engaged in South Africa, and Germany is the only nation that is ready to as sume the aggressive. It is appreciated here that Russia has certain rights growing out of the necessity of pro tecting her frontier and her railroad, and the Administration desires that they shall be accorded recognition. Great Britain, Germany and Japan are sus picious of the St. Petersburg Govern ment, notwithstanding its protestations. Chinese Trouble Has Cost Lives. There have been more casualties in the American Navy during the recent disturbances in China than there were in all the war with Spain. The Ma rine Corps suffered most of the loss., the others occurring among the blue-jackets who were landed at Tientsin in the early part of the troubles. From June 13 to October 13 there were 120 casu tltics from all causes, of which 30 re sulted in death. The entire number of gunshot wounds was 06. The cases of sunstroke were numerous, two resulting in death. II being nearly fatal. The Marine Guard in Pekin suffered the worst loss, for out of 56 men 8 were killed and 0 younded, making 30 per cent, of casualties. Treaty May Be Abrogated. Negotiations with Great Britain to secure the abrogation or amendment ol the Clayton-Bulwer treaty will be re newed by the State Department at an early date. It is the opinion of the high officials of the Department that Con gress will not wait much- longer on di plomacy to remove obstacles in the path of the construction by the United States of an Isthmian canal. There is a well-defined expectation, amounting to a conviction, among them that soon after the reassembling of Congress that legislative body will take matters into its own bands and pass a law abrogat ing the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Capital News In General. In reply to the criticisms made of th new methods of customs inspection at New York, Assistant Secretary Spauld ing shows that under them $10,413 was collected in 11 days, against $1,398 fot the same period last year. The officials o'f the Treasury Depart ment arc making arrangements to re deem unused revenue stamps when tin War Revenue Reduction Law goes intc effect. The Civil Service Commission has ar ranged for examinations to be held throughout the country for federal posi tions in the Philippines. Captain John McGowan, U. S. N., ha been ordered to Washington to be exam ined for retirement. The Naval Board reported upon tin result of the trial trip of the battleship Alabama. The government has sent an order to General Chaffee for the evacuation of China by American troops, leaving only a legation guard of 150 men. General Chaffee and his staff will accompany the troops to Manila. All of the army officers stationed in Washington, by order, appeared at the Department in uniform and were intro duced to Colonel Sanger, the new As sistant Secretary of State. The Board of Awards of the Navy Department recommended the advance ment of Colonel Meade and Lieutenant Winship. Fllaboratc arrangements have been made ior the dispatch of regulars to the Philippines and the return of the vol unteers. Charles 11. Duell, commissioner of patents, submitted his resignation to the President. Vice-President Clark, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, discussed the question of public ownership before the Industrial Commission. President McKinlcy issued a procla mation directing that the highest official honors be paid to the memory of ex- t'resident Harrison. Vice-President Roosevelt, after calling on President McKinlcy, left for his home at Oyster Bay. Col. William Cary Sanger, of New York, was appointed Assistant Secre tary oi War. Lieutenant-General Miles and 'his party left for a trip to Cuba. President McKinlcy granted a special audience to a delegation sent by a Porto Kican mass-meeting to protest against the Hollander Tax Bill. Some idea of the pressure upon Sec retary Root for places in the army can be gained Irom the statement of the fact that there are over 7000 applications for the 610 second lieutenants from vol unteers or ex-volunteers alone. Secretary Long has conferred upon the board of awards the task of procur ing a suitable design for the medal which is to be bestowed upon sailors who participated in the battle of July 3, off Santiago, under the terms of the recent act of Congress. Our New Possessions. A majority of the members of the Cuban Constitutional Convention com mittee on foreign relations will recom mend that the L nited States be given the Isle of Pines, but that other provisions of the Plait amendment be not agreed to. Lieutenant General Mariano Trias, with nine officers and 200 men- of the Filipino insurgents, surrendered to the Americans. , There are a number of cases of vario loid in Porto Rico, but vaccination is general. President Russell, of the Hawaii Sen ate, cast the deciding vote defeating a resolution asking Congress to grant statehood to Hawaii. Two members of the Porto Rican regiment at San Juan committed sui cide. There have been seven suicides in this regiment in six months, The Cebu pirates who had been raid ing the opposite shore of Negros Island have bcc.i ".lppressed and tlieir boats burned. Colonel Gardiner ha been appointed civil governor oi Southern Luzon. More natives, including officers, have surrendered in that quarter. Lieutenant Watson, of the Forty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, while scouting near the hamlet of Bado, in Camarines Prov ince, southern Luzon, killed five insur gents and destroyed fifteen of the ene my's thatched barracks. Capt. Gulick. of the Forty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, has received the surrender of the insurgent Maj. Pulay, with AO officers and 40 men. at the town of Gubat, in Albay province. Southern Luzon. The total receipts from the Philippine customs for February were $750,000. The internal revenue receipts for the first quarter exceed the receipts of any like period during the Spanish (egime. .CLASH IN CHINA. British With Fixed Bayonets Face . Russian Troops. THE CZAR'S SOLDIERS INTRENCHING. Piece of Land In Dlspute-The Rivals Are Holding Their Positions and Awaiting In structions From Their Home Governments -Which Will Yield Is Now the Question to Be Decided. London (By Cable.) A dispatch re ceived here from Tientsin, China, by the Renter Telegram Company, dated from that citv. says: "The Russians arc now entrenching in the disputed terri tory. A company of the Hongkong regiment, with fixed bayonets, is in front, while two companies of the Mad ras Pioneers, under the command of Major Johnson, are held in reserve. Horh the Russians and the British are awaiting instructions from tlieir gov ernments. The dispute is over the lim its of railway property, which is de clared to be in the Russian concession. The British in the vicinity have been strongly reinforced." A Pekin dispatch says: "According to information received here, the Rus sians at Tientsin took possession of the railway siding and armed sentries are now guarding it. General Barrow, who is second in command of the British forces, hesitates to act in the absence of General Gaselee. the commander-in-chief, feeling sure that bloodshed would ensue. He had a long consul tation to-day with Sir Ernest Satow, the British Minister. The Russians arc jubilant." A question in the House of Com mons in regard to the friction between the Russians and British at Tientsin elicited information from Lord George Hamilton. Secretary of State for India. He said Russia had claimed the land in dispute by virtue of a concession al leged to have been granted by China since the recent disturbances began. The authorities on the spot, he also said, were dealing with the question. The Government had not sent special instructions, as throughout the Chinese operations the British officers had "shown a spirit of excessive concilia tion." NO MORE CHINESE HEADS. The Names of Ninety-Six Minor Officials Will Be Submitted for Trial. Pekin (By Cable). A general meet ing of the foreign ministers was held here at which the reports of the com mittees were heard. Regarding more punishment of the Chinese connected with the Boxers, there is strenuous op position against demanding many more heads, but a list containing the names of 06 minor officials will shortly be pre sented to Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang, urging that they be tried for complicity in the outrages and punish ed, when found guilty, in such manner as the Chinese themselves see fit, ex cept in the' case of six men, who, the ministers think, should be executed. The report of the committee on the general principles on which indemnity claims should be considered was adopt ed. Those claims which are palpably unjust will be disallowed. UNITED STATES HOLDS ALOOF. Will Not Take Any Part in International D' agreements Between Foreign Powers. VVashiugton (Special). The orders given to General Chaffee to withdraw all troops from Pekin except the two companies of the Ninth Infantry which will remain as a legation guard, indicate that this government adheres con sistently to the policy which it has al ways announced of taking no part in any international disagreements that may arise between the powers in Pekin over tiie division of Chinese territory. The announcement that the Signal Corps has taken down the telegraph wires it built from Tien Tsin to Pekin and that General Chaffee himself is making ready to sail for Manila, where he will succeed General McArthur. is plain proof that this government con siders its military operations in China at an end. Fire In Washington Hotel. Washington (Special). An electric light wire started a fire .in the Mer chants' Hotel, 485 Pennsylvania Ave nue, which spread rapidly, causing a panic among the guests, several of whom jumped from the windows. One person was killed and four severely in jured. James Y. Donohue, a clerk in the Pension Office, 48 years of age. was suffocated. W. B. Catchins, of Ken tucky, back sprained, legs and right side bruised, caused by jumping from window; John Scanlon, head cut by bnnninc from window anrl VV H I "kctchum, of Connecticut, bruised by ! falling down stairs. Firemen easily ex tinguished the flames. The damage to the building was small. Hitch In Negotiations Probable. Capetown (By Cable). The general opinion regarding the result of the peace negotiations is that there is very litle prospect of their being brought to a favorable issue, and that the obsta cles which have been encountered will probably prove insurmountable. The reasons for this opinion are not clearly defined as to details, but the universal feeling is that something has happened to interfere with the plans of Generals Kitchener and Botha and that the guer rilla war is likely to go on. School for Employes' Children. Greensboro, N. C. (Special). The Proximity Manufacturing Company, of this city, has decided to maintain a graded school lor the benefit of the children of the people employed in the mill. The building will be a handsome brick structure, witli all the modern equipments, and will be large enough to accommodate all the children of school age in the district about 700. White Convict Beaten to Death. Winston-Salem, N. C. (Special). The county commissioners passed an order requesting Gov. Aycock to offer a reward of $joo for the arrest of Pink Fulton, the guard who stands charged with beating Rand Hart, a white con vict, to death. Prluce Albrecht a Suicide, Berlin (By Cable). Prince Albrecht zu bolms-Urauntels has committed sui cide at Wiesbaden, having learned that the disease from which he was suffering was incurauie. Queta Buys 100 Cradles. Rome (By Cable). The newspapers state that Queen Helena has ordered 100 cradles and 100 sets of baby dothes, one of each of which will be given to every baby born on the same day as hers. Suicide's Ingenuity. Salem, N, J. (Special).-David D. Prummond, aged Si years, of Penton ville, three miles from this city com mitted suicide by shouting himself, lie went into a henhouse, placed the end of a gun barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger by means of a string attach ed to his toe. BURNED AT THE STAKE. A Horrible Crime Committed at Corslcana, Texss-S,000 People Present. Corsicana, Texas (Special). John Henderson, colored, who brutally as saulted and murdered Mrs. Conway Younger, a farmer's wife, living just outside this city, Wednesday night ol last week, was burned to death in the Court house square here. A written confession of the crime, attested by Justice Roberts, was secured from the prisoner. F'ive thousand persons wit nessed the burning and business was practically suspended for a time. Henderson was captured after a long chase. He was trailed by bloodhounds from the Ymmger homestead many miles back and forth across the coun try, and was finally captured near Ilillsboro. A committee was appointed to see Henderson pnd pass finally upon his guilt or innocence. He made a writ ten confession that he had murdered an "unknown whits lady three miles north of Corsicana March 6." No one was present, he said, but himself and the woman's two little children. When it became public that Hender son had confessed people swarmed around the jail. It was decided to burn the prisoner at the stake at 2 p. m., but news was received that troops had been started from Dallas, and the execution was hurried. Just before noon about 40 men rushed from the jail across the square to the place where the rail had been planted. In their midst was Hen derson, handcuffed. Cans of oil were emptied over Hen derson's clothing and dozens of lighted matches touched the inflammable ma terial. The fire alarms were rung and the stores of the city were deserted, as their occupants rushed to the square to witness the burning. Just as the pile was fired Conway Younger, husband of the murdered woman, jumped at Hen derson and slashed him across the face with a knife. Henderson gave no indi cation of pain or suffering. He rolled his eyes to get a glimpse of the angry .ices which surrounded him and there was a slight movement of the hands. In 10 minutes Henderson was dead. At no time did he make an outcry ot' than an occasional groan. THE PENNSY'S STOCK. One Hundred Millions Added by the Stock-bolders-Now $251,700,000. Philadelphia (Special). The stock holders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at their' annual meeting here decided to vote on the question of in creasing the capital stock of the com pany $100,000,000 and to take a vote on the classification of the directors. The stock will be voted on these questions on Tuesday. March 26, when the annual election will be held. The capital stock is now $151,700,000 and the increase will bring the total to $.251700, 000. Nothing was said about the man ner in which the stock will be issued, the resolution adopted by the share holders authorizing "the issuance, dis position and sale at a price not less than par of such increase, at such time or times and in such manner as the direc tors of said company shall by resolution prescribe." 1 The 13 directors of the company arc to beWvidcd into four classes, the first class to consist of four and each of the other classes of three directors, and will be elected as follows: Those of the first class for the term of one year, those of the second class for the term of two years, those of the third class for the term of three years, and those of the fourth class for the term of four years. The chairman of the meeting was au thorized to appoint a committee to nominate a ticket for the directorate, which will be voted for on March -6. John P. Green, first vice-president. read the resolutions as they were adopt ed, in ofiering them lie made some explanations that were the first official statement of the needs and purposes of the increase of capital stock, and fore told the policy of the company in the matter of its internal administration. "In the annual report," said the first vice-president, "The company iuust have, from time to time, the capital which is required for the making of im provements and betterments wlncli tnc development of its business render im perative. Kcarsargc's Bad Gun. Orders have been given by Rear Ad miral O'Neil, chief of ordnance, for the shipment of a 13-inch gun to the New York Navy Yard, where it will be installed in the place of the damaged 13 inch weapon on the battleship Kcar sarge. Department officials say that several weeks will be required to make the repairs. It has been decided that it will be necessary to remove the up per 8-inch turret and then the top of the 13-inch turret, after which the gun will be lifted out. The operation will be .1 lengthy one, and it will be cited" by the opponents of the superposed type of turrets as an additional objection to their adoption in future battleships. Schley Ordered Home. Washington (Special). In the naval orders Rear Admiral Schley is detached froi."i the command of the South Atlan tic Station and is instructed to proceed home, there to await further orders. It is understood that he will not be given a new command, but will be kept on "waiting orders" until his retirement next fall. Rear Admiral B. J. Crowcll is detached from command of the Portsmouth Navy Yard and assigned to Schley's command of the South Atlan tic Station. Oovernmcnt Treasurer Robbed. Phialdelphia (Special). Messenger Dougherty, of the United States Sub treasury, was robbed in the corridor of the postofhee of registered mail believed to contain over $1000. Dougherty re ceived the mail from the registry clerk in the postolbcc and placed the package of letters in his overcoat pocket. While he was removing general mail from the box in the corridor Caraegic's Gift to New York. New York (Special). Controller Coler called at the Mayor's office to con fer with the Mayor regarding the gift of Andrew Carnegie. The men were closeted for some time. Upon leafing the controller said: "We have decided to accept the gift up to the limit. We will go to work immediately, so that the city can accept the gift at once." Two men were killed and the build ing wrecked by the explosion of the "cooker" at the McKeesport Brewery, McKccsport, Pa. Negro Schoolbouta Burned. Corsicana, Tex. (Special). A negro schoolhouse at Corbet, eight' miles west of Corsicana. has been burned by in cendiaries, . The negroes in that neigh borhood were warned to leave in 48 hours. Several shots were fired into a negro house, but none of the occupants were injured. The negroes feared a race war as a sequel to the recent burn ing of John Henderson. Dr. John Randolph Page, of the well known Virginia family, and Lyttleton T. Walke, of Norfolk, a student at the I'nivcrsily of Virginia, died in Char-lotteswlle. PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. Flic Latest Happenings Gleaned From All Over the State. WON'T ASSESS THE CARNEGIE MEN. It Is Believed the Income From Hie $4,000,0M Fund Will Be Sufficient to Provide Pensions -Twice Struck by Lightning-Claimant ol De funct Trust Company Clamoring (or 165,000 Dairymen Organize, President C. M. Schwab, of the Car negie Company, on his return to Pitts burg said that a meeting of company officials would be held shortly to act on the pension plan involved In Mr. Carnegie s donation of $4,000,000, the interest on which is to be used for such a purpose. It was learned authoriia tivcly that there would be no assess ment feature in the plan. The best that' n possible will be done with the $200, '00 annually coming from the bonds. It is believed that the income from the fund will be sufficient, as the money is intended only to supplement what the company already regularly does for the .ictims of accidents. The report that Mr. Carnegie intended to endow the Polytechnic School which he has found ed with $25,ooo.,ooo is denied as absurd by those in a position to know. Mr. Carnegie will doubtless care for the .school as its requirements may arise in the future on the same system by which he has from time to time added to the Carnegie Institute Endowment fund, but this is all. During a thunderstorm at Sharon Mrs. Archibald Rankin, aged 65 years, received a violent shock from light ning, totally paralyzing her. When re stored to consciousness she was sub jected to a sensation of prickly heat, re sembling being punctured by the points of a thousand needles. Some years ago Mrs. Rankin was severely 'shocked by lightning, since which time she has been exceedingly sensitive and suscep tible to its influence. She has been styled "the human magnet" on account of her keen susceptibility to all electri cal disturbances. F"or years she has been compelled to sleep in a bed on the legs of which are glass insulators. She also sits in an insulated chair. Her case has been a puzzle to doctors gener ally for years. The stockholders and depositors in the defunct Chester County Guarantee Safe Deposit and Trust Company are wanting another dividend or division of what is left of the wreck. The affairs of the concern have been in the hands of receivers for over four years, during which time 30 per cent, has been divid ed among the claimants. Now there is about $65,000 more in the hands of the receivers and those interested arc clam oring for it. To fight the Philadelphia milk deal ers more successfully and to promote the dairymen's interests generally, a meeting was held at Chadd's Ford. Af ter discussing methods to be. adopted by the shippers, the following officers were elected upon what is considered a protective platform: President, Albert B. Huey, Lcnape: vice-president, James A. Kirkpatrick, Brandywinc Summit; secretary, George Byers, Brandywine Summit; treasurer, Joseph P. Williams, of same place. W. D. Brisbin. while collecting mail in the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail road yards at McKeesport, made a ghastly discovery of a dead man sitting on top of a box car pinned to the up right brake. Upon investigation it wa-s found that the man had been struck by a beam of a bridge fifteen miles below the city. The top of his head was knocked off. It was learned aiterward that the man was John B. Ncfcy, of Driftwood, Pa. It, is feared that Edward Kuhn. a wealthy and retired farmer living at Oakville, has been murdered and his body cast into the Loyalhanna creek. Three clays ago he left home with a large amount of money to pay a con tractor several miles away. It devel oped that he was last seen in company with three men near the bank of the cre'ek. The creek is being dragged for Kuhn's body. , The Central Labor Union, at a meet ing at Wilkesbarre, determined to make an investigation regarding the ages of children employed at he factories and breakers in that valley. Factory In spector Campbell will aid the union in discovering and punishing parents who have falsely sworn as to the ages of tlieir children in order to secure em ployment for them. A mine prop gave way in a heading at Hickory Swamp colliery, Shamokin, and tons of coal and rock rushed out and completely buried George Ramsey and William Blyler. Alter a rescuing party had worked over eight hours Ramsey was found dead. His compan ion was taken out in a dying condition, Peter McCann, a resident of Green field, who was arrested by Detective Neary in Wilkesbarre on the charge of robbery, committed suicide in the jail by hanging himself with a pair of sus penders. McCann's body was found by Chief of Police McAndrews. McCann was perfectly sane when arrested, but had been drinking hard last night. Easton has declined to accept a pub lic library from Andrew Carnegie, who offered to donate $50,000 for the pur pose if the city would maintain the in stitution. There is much disappoint ment over the fact that the Board of Control voted not to levy a tax suffi cient to support the library. Jesse Shoop, aged 16 years, r.on of Harry Shoop, of Steclton, while tiding on a freight train fell off near the Penn sylvania Railroad Station and was in stantly killed. The body of an unknown man w.vs found floating in the river ten miles above Lock Haven by tlic crew of a raft. The body was taken ashore and an inquest will be held. A number of capitalists of Wilkesbarre have obtained the light "of way for building an electric road around Har vey's Lake and will complete it by July. One man was killed and two fatally injured on the railroad near Greens burg. George Lindsey, 28 years old, living at Crabtree, met instant death. John Skutchell, a hnstowh brakemun, and George Bradley, of Hermbinie were crushed so badly that death is ex pected. By the will of Laura II. Witmer, of Lancaster, $500 is bequeathed to Long necker's Mennonite Meeting He-use. August Stultz, a prominent merchant of Moundsville, died suddenly at his home, He ate his dinner and com plained of pain in his side. He lay down on a sofa and was dead before his wifo could go to-him. The students of Washington and Leo University were addressed at the regu lar weekly gathering by the Rev. Dr. James P. Smith, of Richmond. His ad dress was especially to the young men. The speaker made pathetic allusion to the death of William C. Preston. Two-year-old Johnnie Sprout follow ed his father irom their home in Ches- ir anH rrmlinff thf atrt tit a varan lot waded into a pond and was drowned. 1
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