ARE BURNING SAMAR TOWNS. Recent Demonstrations on tbe Island Due to Lack ol Food, INSURGENT LEADER SURRENDERS. The Government Only Doles Out Rice Enoufh for Ob Meel Negotiation In Profrest tor the Surrender of Maxltet Thirty-live Intarieots Killed In a Fight With Con stabnlary Near PastL Manila (By Cable). The constabu lary report a fight with insurgents near Passi, Province of Iloilo, Island of Pa tiay, in which 25 insurgents were killed and three captured, together with a quantity of arms and ammunition. The new from General Hughe re garding conditions in the Island of Cebu is encouraging. Lorcga has surrender ed with his entire force and one cannon end several rifles, while General Hughes if negotiating for the surrender of Maxi lot, who styles himself "Governor Po litico Militar." His surrender will snean the pacification of the province. Lack of food and the harassing ef fects of the aggressive tactics now pur sued by the American forces are having their influence upon the natives. Tn many places where rice is doled out by the government, only enough is given for one meal, so that it is hardly pos sible for any large quantity to find its way to the insurgents. It is believed that the recent mani festations in the Island of Samar were chiefly due to the lack of food, the in surgents finding it necessary to make outlets to the coast in order to obtain this. The first labor problem growing out of the new tariff has taken place. A hat and umbrella factory, employing 600 hands, has found it necessary to close. The lawyers are making a pro test to the Commission, urging protec tion, as the goods from Germany can be sold here at half the prices it takes to manufacture them here. Dispatches from Catbalogan, Samar, say that stringent and energetic meas ures are taken to suppress the insurrec tion in that island. General Smith has notified all the presidentcs and head men of the pueblos that, in order to avoid trouble, they must surrender all arms and turn over the persons impli cated in the Balangiga massacre. Marines, under Major Littleton W. Waller, have been stationed at Balan giga and Bascy, and ten gunboats are vigilantly patrolling the Samar coast. Most of the towns in the southern part of the island have been destroyed. DR. RIXEVS REPORT. Hie Record ot Mckinley's Case Goes Deeply Into Detail. Washington, D. C. (Special). "In the line of duty, while receiving the people, was shot by Leon F. Czolgosz," is the official statement filed with the Surgeon General of the Navy, by Dr. Presley M. Rixey, Medical Inspector, United States Navy, as the introduction for his report upon the wounding illness and death of President McKinley. The cause of death is thus stated: "Gangrene of both walls of stomach and pancreas, following gunshot wound." The report itself is remarkable for its exhibition in the closest possible detail of the exact state of the patient during his mortal illness. It is almost in the shape of a ship's log, showing at inter vals of a very few minutes sometimes a aingle minute, rarely more than an hour the patient's progress toward the end. But perhaps the most valuable data contained, from a medical point of view, is the accurate registering of the medi cation of the case not a single morsel of food nor a dose of medicine nor a bath is omitted in this account , Includ ed in the running story at the proper in tervals are the bulletins which were given to the public as the case progressed. HORRORS OP CHINESE FAMINE. rlearly a Million Persons Are On the Verji ol Starvation. Shanghai (By Cable). According to reliable reports received by British Gon-aul-General Warren, 600,000 persons in the Province of An-Hul and 300,000 in the Province of Kiang-Su are on the verge of starvation, and the famine is spreading. The available funds are comparatively insignificant. The Chinese have con tributed $37.5o and the foreigners $7500. A committee of the consuls is being formed to aid the sufferers. The newspapers consider that a secret dispatch from General Yung Lu to Li Hung Chang declaring that the Empress Dowager is anxious to enter into friendly relations with Russia, and that Li Hung Change must promptly conclude the Manchurian treaty, indicates Yung Lu's determination to revenge himself upon the viceroys who balked his designs. A NEW WEAPON OF DEATH. Harry Hammclfarb Stabh.d' to Death With a Basting Needle. Chicago, 111. (Special). A large bast ing needle, such as is used by tailors, was the weapon with winch David Bcrn stine. aged 13 years, stabbed 17-ycar-old Harry Himniclfarb to death. The younger brothers of the boys had a childish quarrel. When the older bovs met they took up tlie quarrel of the little fellows, Himmelfarb. who is a coatmaker's helper, pulled from a half finiihed coat he whs (carrying home a big basting needle, plunged it into yo-.ng Bernsteine's thigh and ran. Bemstine, mad with pain, pursued him, and drawing the needle from his leg as he overtook his adversary, he held Hiinmclt.irb with one hand while with the other he drove the long needle into his heart, the boy dropping j(.a( where he stood. Another Destroyer Launched. Philadelphia,' Pa. (Special). The torpedo-boat dciroyer Chauncey was launched here at .W.ific and Levy's ship yard. Mrs. Mae Chauncey Strphens Todd christened the vessel. Distinguish ed officers of the army and navy and men prominent in civil life witnessed the cere mony. The Chauncey, which is a sister ship of the Bainhridge. launched some time ago, and the Barry, now being built, is 245 fet long and 23 feet beam, with four cylinder triple expansion engines and Thorncycroft boilei;;. Her speed will be about 29 knots. Found a 16-Inch lootlt Afton, I. T. (Special). Relics have been unearthed in a bog at what is known at Whie Sulphur Springs, two miles north of Afton, by Prof. W. II. Holmes, head of the bureau of ethnology of the Smithsonian Institute, in Washington, and V. A. Gill, a Government photog rapher, who came here to make an in vestigation. The find includes several large teeth and bones, together with many arrow points and heads. One tooth that of a mastodon measured sixteen inches tn length and four inches across the top. 1 his is said to be the largest tooth of these extinct animals ever seen. SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic. Judge Jones, of Sioux Falls. S. D., dissolved the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cicbhard and awarded Mrs. Geb hard $1000 for counsel fees and court expenses. Mrs. Gcbhard and her moth er arrived in Sioux Falls just in time for the wife to file a cross bill charging desertion, and the court held that Gcb hard wilfully deserted his wife in 1890. Arrangements were completed in Philadelphia for the transfer of 238.624 acres of land in West Virginia, owned by the Flat Top Land Association, to a syndicate representing the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company for $10,000,000. The falling of a nest of wasps in a Methodist church near Greenbackville, in Accomac county, Virginia, broke up a revival service, and many of those in the congregation were stung by the in sects. Five men were killed and nine in jured by an explosion of gas in the But tonwood Mine of the Parrish Coal Co., near Wilkes-Barre, Pa. "The white girl students of the North western University, at Evanston, 111., have drawn the color line against a col ored girl from Texas. Horace Morrison Hale, former presi dent of the University of Colorado, and father of Gen. Irving Hale, died at his home in Denver. The Manufacturers' Association at Fall River reiused to advance wages 10 per cent., and it is likely th; operatives will strike. Four men were injured by an explo sion in the dust catcher of a furnace of the Carnegie Company at Rankin, Pa. Andrew Carnegie has offered to give $100,000 for a public library at San Juan, P. R., under the usual conditions. In Chicago, David Bemstine, 13 years old, stabbed Harry Himmelfarb to the heart with a basting needle. Mrs. David Gressley, wife of a letter carrier, in York, Pa., shot herself, with fatal effect. The Supreme Court of Illinois affirm ed the decision of the lower court in the Chicago teachers' tax case, in which they insisted that the capital stock of corporations should be assessed. This ruling will add over $100,000,000 to the taxable property in Chicago. The coroner's jury at New Haven has found that Edward F. Corrigan came to his death by the careless act of Hen ry Mac Donald Scdley, and that there had been no quarrel between them. Both young men were students at Yale. The National Union Veterans' Union at the sixteenth annual encampment, at Chicago, elected Gen. Robert S. Dy renforth, of Washington, commander-in-chief. The Anti-Imperialist League has is sued a statement expressing a hope that President Roosevelt will consider a colonial policy impossible for this gov ernment. A monument was dedicated in the National Cemetery in Knoxville that had been erected in memory of 32,000 Tennesseans who enlisted in the Union Army. In a railroad wreck on the Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City road, near Exline, Iowa, two persons were fatally injured and a number of others hurt. The Altoona Car Company was oblig ed to shut down, owing to inability to secure coal, railroad traffic being so large that there is a famine in cars. By a cave-in near Shenandoh. Pa., a locomotive and several cars plunged into the chasm, and James O'Connor, the fireman, went down with the wreck. Sidney Rosenbaum, of the firm of Block & Rosenbaum, Richmond. Va., was killed by falling from a railroad train near Fredericksburg, Va. Lunda Lilly, an officer, was fatally wounded and several other persons in jured in a tight to release prisoners at Flat Top, W. Va. The Pennsylvania Telephone Com pany ha9 declared a quarterly dividend of Vi per cent. Foreign. Numerous meetings are being held in England to denounce the action of the government in the case of General Bul ler. It is said that General Buller had flatly refused to resign, even when he received an intimation from the King to that effect. The Scottish Liberal As sociation adopted resolutions declaring that the continued existence of Lord Salisbury's government threatened the country with humiliation and disaster. Mr. Chamberlain, the British Colo nial Secretary, in a speech at Edinburgh announced that the government intend ed to limit Irish obstruction by reduc ing Irish representation in Parliament. Communication has been established from Melnik with the brigands who ab ducted Miss Ellen Stone. Sternberg, the Berlin banker, was ac quitted of the charges 01 offenses against public morality. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York have sailed from St. Johns, N. F., for England. The British War Office has prepared for the contingency of calling out every volunteer in the country to go to South Africa, if necessary. Monsignor Benzler, the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz, took the oath ot allegiance before Emperor William on the throne. The Irish leaders, John E. Redmond, Patrick A. McHugh and Thomas O'Donnell, sailed from Quecnstown for New York. Advices from Constantinople state that the missionaries have gotten in touch with the brigands who abducted Miss Stone. Great quantities of oats, hay and other produce are being shipped from Canada to the British army in South Airica. Anarchists in Spain say that 8.000,000 iorkmcn throughout the world are only awaiting a signal to begin a gen eral strike. The Duke and Duchess of York were civen a warin reception at St. John's, X. F., and presented with many gifts. financial It is rumored that the steel pool has closed out a large part of its hold ings and thai the syndicate account will be closed before long. Strawhoard manufacturers of Iowa and Indianapolis are discussing plans for the formation of a combination of interests with a capitalization of i, 000,000. At the meeting of the directors of the Erie Telephone Telegraph Company James T. Morse, of New York, was elected a director to succeed Henry R, Wilson, resigned. The Midland Portland Cement Com- any nas oeen incorporated in Mew ersey with a capital of $1,000,000. A Burlington traffic official says that with the corn crop eliminated from estimates of the year's traffic he is sat isfied the company could maintain its present rate of earnings. Fred Peavey has been elected a direc tor of the Chicago Great Western. President Stickney says nobody is ne gotiating for the road. The sale of a New York Stock Ex change seat Friday at $71,000 compares with the last sale at $65,000, made Sep tember 2T. A seat sold at $71,000, the ,,record, May 7, 1901. CALEB POWERS IS AGAIN FOUND GUILTY Many Women Embrace and Kiss Him in the Court PRISONER PALE AND MOTIONLESS. Kentuckv'i en-Secretary ot Stale Convicted a Second Time as an Accessory Before the l ad to Hie Murder el Oovernor Oocbel Again Sentenced to Imprisonment lor Life Motion for New Trial. Georgetown, Ky. (Special). Ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers was again convicted as an accessory before the fact to the murder of William Gochcl in Janu ary, igoo, and for the second time has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. The second trial began October 8. and has continued with three sessions daily, court adjourning late at night. Argu ments were limited so that the case went to the jury at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and a verdict of guilty soon followed. Powers sat pale and motionless when the verdict was announced by the fore man, B. S. Calvert, his old schoolmate. Opposite Powers on the other side of the courtroom, with the attorneys, sat Ar thur Goebcl, brother of the late gover nor, with his eyes fixed on the prisoner. The attorneys of Towers shook his hand, expressing their belief in his in nocence. Women crowded around Powers, em bracing and kissing him, and tears were shed. The defense having filed a motion for a new trial. Judge Contrill, at 2.30 p. m., heard arguments on it. The jury was out only 50 minutes. Then a motion for a new trial was over ruled, and the case will be appealed. The sentence was read and judgment sus pended pending the decision of the higher tribunal. Powers was taken to Frank fort on an evening train and committed to jail without bail. NINETEEN DEAD AT A FIRE. The Employes of a Philadelphia Furniture Firm Caught By Flames. Philadelphia (Special). Nineteen known dead and property loss amounting to more than $500,000 is the awful result of a fire which occurred in the heart of Philadelphia. The number of injured is not known definitely, but fully a score of victims were treated at various hospitals. The buildings destroyed were the eight-story structure, 1219 and 1221 Mar ket street, occupied by Hunt, Wilkinson & Co., upholsterers and furniture dealers, and three three-story buildings occupied by small merchants. The furniture build ing extended back a half block to Com merce street and was owned by Henry C. Lea. Never in its history has Philadelphia experienced a fire which spread with such great rapidity. At 10.20 o'clock a. m. the blaze broke forth in the building occupied by Hunt, Wilkinson & Co., and one hour later the horrible sacrifice of life had been made and the great loss of property had been sustained. The origin of the conflagra tion is unknown. It is said that an ex plosion of naphtha or gasoline in the basement was the cause, but this is de nied by Mr. Wilkinson, who says there never was a sufficient quantity of either explosive about the building to be re sponsible for the disaster. Rumor has it also that an elevator constructor at work in the basement permitted the flame of his lantern to communicate with some of the gaseous liquids stored in the base ment and that this was the origin of the fire. The scenes while the flames raged were ROBBERS BLOW BIG SAFE TO PIECES, Bonds, Deeds and Securities of the Baldwin Uni versity Obtained by Thieves. Bcrca, Ohio (Special). The hard ware store of Lawrence & Brightman was entered by robbers, and the thieves made their escape, carrying away booty aggregating $100,000. Baldwin Univer sity bears the heaviest loss. C. C. Bright man, the junior member of the firm, is also treasurer and a trustee of Bald win University, and all of the valuable papers of the institution which were left in Brightman's custody were kept in the safe. Bonds, deeds, notes and mortgages of the university were secured by the robbers. Many of the notes held by Bald win University were of long standing and bore numerous endorsements, mak ing it impossible to produce them in du plicate. A diligent search for the thieves has been instituted but, as yet, no clew FIVE KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Terrific Qas Explosion in the Buttonwood Mine, Wilkes-Barre Rescuers Risk Their Lives. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Special). A terrific explosion of gas occurred in the But tonwood mine of the Parrish Coal Co., situated one mile south of this city, which caused the death of five men and the i.ijury of nine others. Directly after the explosion occurred a numlicr of brave rescuers, at the risk lf their lives, entered the mine, now filled with dangerous aflerdamp, and brought out the bodies of the dead and injured. The Jmdy of Inspector Phillips was the last to be taken out. So far as can be learned, the explosion MISS STONE AND COMPANION ALIVE.. Information About Them Received Though Channel of the Negotiations. Constantinople (By Cable). Miss Stone and her companion were alive and well live days ago. Consequently the re ported death of Madame Tsilka is un true. This news comes through a sure channel, which is kept secret because it MURDER FOR FIFTY CENTS. A Dane Who Killed a Boy In Montreal Surrenders to the Police. Montreal (Special). "I killed a boy," said Tobin Hansen, a Dane, 35 years of age, to the officer in charge when he walked into the Central Police Station here. "1 killed him for money and I only got SO cents. Thfit is not enough, and so I THE DEED OF A MANIAC. Murdered Two, Wounded Another and Then Commit tel Suicide. Iron River, Wis. (Special). Andrew Irsaelson, a homesteader living near Beechwood, a small settlement eight miles west of this place, became sud denly and violently insane and attacked the members of the household with a gun. Two persons besides himself are dead and a fourth is dying. His wife was the first to fall, being killed instantly by a bullet through her head. Her father, who went to her assistance, was shot through the body and is believed to be fatally wounded. The third victim was Israelson's sister-in-law, and after shoot ing her through the heart the maniac set fire to the house, in which, lying ill in bed, was the aged mother of his wife. The flames had gained much headway before several men who were attracted by the fire rushed upon the scene. As they did so Israclson, who was in the barnyard (where in his frczy he had killed the cow), put the gun to his mouth and blew out his brains. OAS SHATTERS FURNACE Foar Men Injured by an Explosion Near Pittsburg. Pittsburg (Special). By the explosion of gas in the dust-catcher of Furnace No. I, of the Carrie furnaces of the Carnegie Steel Cpmpany, at Rankin, Pa., four men were badly injured. The property damage is about $30,000. The furnace was wrecked, the dust catcher ruined, a big gas tank destroyed and part of the boilerhouse demolished. The dust-catcher is an apparatus which extracts dust from the gas after it has passed through the furnace, and the ex plosion is said to have resulted from an insufficient blast. The furnace was known as the record-breaker of the world, having been in use, up to 10 weeks ago, for seven years without hav ing to be shut down for repairs. horrifying. Men and women met death in sight of thousands of spectators who were unable to lift a hand to their assist ance. The rear of Hunt, Wilkinson & Co.'s building abuts on Commerce street, a small thoroughfare. Employes who started down the fire escape on that side of the building before the flames were visible from the street were compelled to jump before they had traveled two stories because of the flames breaking through the windows. On the fire "escape at this end of the building two men and one woman were slowly roasted to death while the horror stricken throng on the street below turn ed sick at the sight. In the front on Mar ket street a woman, driven to despera tion, leaped from a window on the top floor and was dashed to death on the pavement. One woman leaped from a window and fell astride of an awning pole and her body was torn almost in half. The corpse hung in the air many minutes before the firemen could recover it. The dense smoke was responsible for the loss of some lives. Firemen stood on the pavement with life nets spread ready to catch those who jumped, but both victims and life-savers were so blinded they could not see each other. These are only a few of the heart rending scenes attending the conflagra tion. Firemen say they saw men and women, unable to reach the windows or fire escapes, burned to death in the in terior of the building. If this be so little or nothing remains of these victims, and it is doubtful if any portion of their bodies wjll be recovered. as to their whereabouts or identity has' been established. A fact regarded as singular is that the explosion of the safe was heard by par ties residing a half mile north and more than that distance southwest of the cen ter of town, while those residing in the business district were unaware that an explosion had occurred. The force of the explosion was terrific. The safe was constructed on fire and burglar proof principles, yet the heavy doors were twisted from their hinges as if made of paper, and large pieces of the doors were embedded in the walls of the building, one section weighing 50 pounds being blown clear through a board partition into an adjoining room. Six men are believed to have been en gaged in the affair. was caused by the carelessness of one of the Hungarian laborers, who was in jured. He opened his safety lamp while at work in his chamber. This caused a small body of gas to explode, which, however, did not injure the man or cause any damage. The explosion was heard, however, by the foreman and his assist ants, who rushed into the chamber only to encounter another large body of gas which hail accumulated from' the first explosion. The second explosion was of such force that it hurled the men in" all directions. The bodies of the dead were badly mangled. is the one through which the negotiations with the brigands are conducted. It is reported that the negotiations are pro gressing satisfactorily and the officials hourly anticipate important develop ments. came to give myself up." Hansen described the locality in which the deed had been committed, and the po lice found the boy's body. It was iden-, tified as that of Samuel Marrotte, a son of Samuel Marrotte, a well-known spice and coffee merchant. MONEY LOST ON THE PAN-AMERICAN FAIR The Buffalo Exposition Has Not Been a Financial Success. DEFICIT WILL BE ABOUT $2,000,000. The Total Admissions to Date, Paid and Free, It 7.600,000, and They W II Not Greatly Ex ceed 8,000,000 by the Close Of This One Quarter at Least Hat Been Free Admissions Daily Expenses About $4,000. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). The Pan American Exposition has not been a financial success, but reports of its fail ure have been exaggerated. It seems that the impression has been created outside Buffalo that the institu tion, as well as the city, will be almost bankrupt after the first of November, while the truth is that the fair will leave this city in a condition much better than has prevailed in any of the large cities of the country where expositions have been held during the last quarter of a century. The exact financiaf conuTtion is, of course, very much a matter of specula tion, but that it is not a matter of entire ignorance is due to the talkativeness of contractors and bondholders. A state ment is published that the deficit will amount to $4,100,000. This, however, is denied by Treasurer Williams, and the superintendent of the bureau of admis sions and collections says that $2,000,000 would cover all that would be lost by the enterprise, including $1,650,000 of capi tal stock. President Milburn said at a private dinner given to the Governor of New Jersey, at which were present a few of the chief men of the Exposition, ana no reporters, that the amount woinC ue be tween $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. Though the receipts of the Exposi tion will not be made public until after November I, when all the total paid attendance will be known, there is a reasonable certainty now as to the ac curacy of those receipts. The total of admissions to date, paid and free, is 7. 600.000, and they will not greatly exceed 8,000,000 by the close. Of this one quarter at least has been free admis sions. This reduces the paid attendance to 6,000.000, or a financial collection of $3,000,000. To that should be added the income from concessions. This now amounts to 2t cents on an admission a record which has prevailed for three months while before that it varied from 17 to 18 cents, making a general average of 20 cents. This 20-cent reve nue from every entrance is to be com puted on the 8,000,000, and makes the total receipts, estimated in round fig ures, to be $4,600,000. The cost of maintenance is unknown, but it has not exceeded $720,000, for it has been at a daily average of about $4000. In addition to this may be placed the preliminary expenses, including that of publicity, all of which was about $8, 000,000, so that the two make an ex pended sum for necessaries of $1,500,000. The cost of construction was, in round numbers, $3,600,000; of this 40 per cent, has been paid. That amount, $1,420,000, added to the other, makes $2,020,000. The first mortgage bonds, amounting to $2,500,000, have been paid in half, which is $1,250,000. This makes the grand to tal of expenditures to date $4,170,000. There yet remains to be paid the 50 per cent, of the first mortgage bonds; the second mortgage bonds, amounting to $500,000; the stock, amounting to $1,650,000, and the balance due to the contractors, which is about $200,000. The grand total of indebtedness, then, would be about $3,600,000. WOMAN DOES OVER FALLS. She Suffered a Severe Scalp Wound Over Her Right Ear and Is Drulscd. Niagara Falls, N. Y. (Special). Mrs. Anna Edson Taylor, a widow, aged 43 years, born in Aubnrn, N. Y., went over the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara in a barrel and lives to tell the story of her experiences. To her belongs the credit of making the first attempt, and the first success. The barrel, with her in it, was set adrift out in the river toward the Ca nadian side about a mile up stream at 4.05 o'clock. It rode the waves and rapids nicely, floating upright very similar to barrels going through the whirlpool rapids. It remained upright in passing over the falls, making the leap on the Canadian side of the centre. It immediately reappeared in the low er river and was carried down stream and over into an eddy on the Canadian side. It was 4.23 oclock when it passed the brink and 4.40 when it landed. Mrs. Taylor was alive, but the rescu ing party had to saw off a portion of the barrel and take off one hoop to get her out, for she was practically helpless. She suffered a severe scalp wound over her right ear and is bruised, while the shock was exceedingly severe upon her. No bones were broken. GIRLS WHO EAT MOTH HbALI.S. Remarkable Discovery Made at a Wisconsin Seminary An Abnormal Taste. Applcton, Wis. (Special). A fad for eating and inhaling the odor of moth balls was discovered among the young women students of Lawrence Univer sity. No fewer .than 30 of the co-eds, it is found upon investigation, are vic tims of the habit. At first the odors of the naphthalin were simply inhaled, but the abnormal taste has developed of late to eat the stuff. Two of the girls con fessed that they actually ate the drugged insect destroyers. Two girls of Mari nette, aged respectively 18 and 20 years, admit that they are responsible for in troducing the fascinating effects of moth balls in the seminary At first the teachers attributed the pe culiar odor to the bringing out of win ter clothing, but as it failed to wear away, and the girls wore the same clothes, an investigation was started. Serious Riots la Cadiz. Cadiz, Spain (By Cable). A demon stration in favor of the Mayor of Cadiz, who was recently dismissed from his post, led to a series of conflicts with the police. Many persons were injured by stones and weapons and numbers were arrested. Hall Calae Wins an Election. London (By Cable). Hall Caine lias been elected to represent the town of Ramsay in the Manx Parliament, re ceiving 458 votes to 191 cast for his opponent, a local lawyer, Mr. Kerinodc. CbaTlce Wants 600 Recruits. Washington, D. C. (Special). The War Department has received a cable gram from General Chaffee asking thai 600 recruits be sent at once to Manila to fill vacancies in several regiments. General Chaffee reports that the effect ive strength of the army in Northern Luzon is 8000 less now than on Janu ary 1. Killed by a Falling Tree. Cedarville, 111. (Special).Rcv. Dan iel Franz and wife, of Fairview, Kan., were killed outright and three others iniured here, by. a falling tree, , iV NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. China Muddle Not Over. Settlement of the Chinese indemnity question by The Hague 'Court of Arbitra tion, In accordance with the suggestion long advocated by the United States, may yet be necessary. With the signing of the Pekin proto col the powers believed that they had de termined the vexatious questions arising out of the Chinese revolt. That protocol provided that China should issue bonds valued at $336,000,000, which should be distributed among the powers in payment of their respective claims for indemnity. Special Commissioner Rockhill has now reported to the State Department the fact that the aggregate of the claims of all Government is over $34,000,000. No European nation is likely to scale its claim without similar action by other Governments and the United States may take the initiative by proposing, as it did last spring, to cut its claim in half. Should this action be taken and other nations follow its example then the ag gregate would be less than $336,000,000, the bonds for which China has already taken measures to hand over to the dean of the Diplomatic Corps at Pekin. Ap prehension is expressed that certain na tions, seeing a possible reduction below the limit accepted, will increase their claims. In the interest of a prompt and satis factory settlement the authorities here are becoming impressed with the advisa bility of again putting forth the proposi tion that the claims be referred to The Hague Court of Arbitration. Produ.tlon o Precious Metals. Director Roberts, of the mint, has prepared a statement showing the pro duction of the precious metals for the calendar year of 1900. It shows that the production of gold in the world that year was 12,457,287 ounces of the value of $257,514,700, a loss in value of $49,070,200 from 1899. The loss was mainly in the Transvaal field, South Africa, and due to the war. The produc tion of South Africa in 1899 was of the value of $73,277,100, and in 1900 of $9,671,000. The principal gains were $8,118,000 in the .United States and $6,606,000 in Canada. The United States again heads the list. In the United States the principal gains were by Alaska, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. The silver output of the world amounted to 178.706,796 fine ounces, the largest ever known. It exceeds tht product of 1899 by 11.572,513 ounces. The United States again leads all other producers, with a slight excess over Mexico. There was an important ad vance in the price of silver during the year, the price ranging from 59.1 cemc per ounce in January to 66.3 cents in the last month of the year. Needs of Agricultural Department. The estimates for the Department 01 Agriculture for the next fiscal year ag gregate $4,789,540. This is against $3. 862,420 for the current fiscal year, show ing an increase of almost $1,000,000 for next year. Included in this is $10,000 for sine in vestigation, which is to be entered upon for the first time. It is to enable the department to experiment, collect and disseminate information relative to silk culture in this country. The total for the Weather Bureau, as submitted by Chief Moore and included in Secretary Wilson's estimates, is $1. 218,090, an increase of $169,700. There is an increase of $113,950 in salaries and $58,000 for vegetable pathological work.. The total estimates for forestry work are $260,100, an increase of $113,900, and for soil investigation $173,000, an in crease of $82,000. A Woman Chief. Miss Lilian A. Norton has been given the temporary appointment as Chief of the Postal Finance Division of the Post office Department upon the recommenda tion of Edwin C. Madden, the Third As sistant Postmaster-General. The vacancy was created little more than a week ago through the death of Mr. A. W. Bingham, and carries with it a salary of $2250 a year. It is understood the permanent successor of Mr. Bingham has been selected, but cannot take charge for some time. A New Style Message. President Roosevelt hat decided to write all of his own message to Congress. Heretofore the Secretary of State has written that portion covering foreign re lations and the other Cabinet officers each have contributed a chapter on his respec tive department. The President will de vote his message to only such topics as he chooses to lay particularly before the attention of Congress, leaving the reports of the Cabinet officers to acquaint Con gress with the details of administration. Women Applicants Needn't Hop. The Civil Service Commission notified the Postmaster-General that it had modi fied its regulations in accordance with the request to waive certain physical re quirements of female applicants for po sitions as postoffee clerks, including that requiring them to hop on one foot foa a distance of 12 feet. Says Hnziard Deserves a Hcd.il. General Chaffee has recommended to the War Department that Lieut. Rus sell T. Hazard, First Cavalry, com manding the Macabcbe Scouts, be given a medal of honor for entering the camp of the insurgents with a few scouts at night in order to effect the capture of a deserter, which he accomplished. Concord Ordered to Panama. The Navy Department has decided to send the gunboat Concord, instead of the cruiser Philadelphia, to Panama, to relieve the battleship Iowa, so that the last-named vessel may proceed down the Chilean coast and dock for necessary repairs. Capital News in General. United States Consul Nelsen, at Ber gen, Norway, reported that leprosy is prevalent in Denmark, due to the un cleanly habits of the people. Experts of the Agricultural Depart ment will bun all over the United States for conditions favorable to the production of filler tobacco. Brig. -Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, chief of ihe Record and Pension Division, submitted his annual report on the work of his office. The McKinley National Memorial Arch Association issued an address, in viting popular subscriptions to the pro ject. Representatives of the International Association of Machinists called on the President with reference to the-strike in San Francisco. The Treasury Department decided that Earl Russell, who, after a Nevada divo-cc, was convicted of bigamy ip England, was entitled to-be admitted to this country, as he was guilty of no crime hc.e. Secretary Long announced that Rear Admiral Crowninshicld would be de tailed from the Navigation Bureau to take command of the European Squad ron. Thomas W. Cridler will resign hit position as third assistant Secretary of State tc become European commission er of the Louisiana, Purchase Exposi1 tion. PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. Carnegie Library Trustees Oet a Collcc tion of Sheila at West Chester. PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED. Fund lor Soldiers' Club at Manila Under I round Flood Swept Miners Almost to Death Philadelphia Delegates to Mothers' Congress Commends Juvenile Court Potlstowo Con. atructlon Co. Receives Government Contract Pensions just granted Israel V. Hoag, Allegheny, $10; James Anderon, Rochester, $6 ; Samuel Anderson, Tallcy Cavey, $8; Albert B. Cook, Turtle Point, $8; Thomas Armor, Pittsburg, $8; Wil liam C. Andrews, Phillipshurg, $8; George W. Thomas, Altoona, $6; Willis Emery, New Castle, $12 ; Hugh Mc Gahan, Taylorstown, $10; Michael Ba ker, Cribbs, $12; David A. Gildca, Hol lidaysburg, $10; Patrick Donahue, Erie, $8; Calvin C. Moses, Eldred, $24; J ud son N. Carrier, Transfer, $8; Samuel J. Lidy, Pittsburg, $12; Samuel Bell, Mifllintown, $17; Randall Lincoln, En nisvillc, $8; Leah Mentzer, Waynesburg. $8; Mahala Porter, Canton, $12; Kate Levers, Hilltown, $6; Mary Swartz walder, Elk Lick, $8. Latest patents Issued to Pennsylva nians are John W. Anderson, Alle gheny, ingot molds ; Daniel Bcrnhart, Pittsburg, cash register; Horace Chris man, Pittsburg, fluid meter; Joseph Dar ling, Chicora, vehicle spindle; Edward Dithridge, Elwood City, manufacture of enamel ; Joseph Goldberg, McKeesport, folding box; William S. Halsey, Pitts burg, gas engine; John G. Hchr, Pitts burg, bottle washing machine, also cask rinser; Reinhold Herman, Crafton, ad justable head for signals; William G. Hughes, Pittsburg, incandescent lamp and heating apparatus ; George G. Ken nedy, New Castle, compound for polish ing and cleaning tin plates; Arvid M. Levin, Wilkinsburg, ore gate; Henry S. Lydick, Pittsburg, plotting or protracting apparatus; William G. H. Ripper, New Brighton, animal trap; Joseph S. Sea man, Jr., Pittsburg, mold for the manu facture of rolls; Arnold Stucki. Alle gheny, bolster for railway cars; Levi E. Umsted and J. G. Dickie, Allegheny, book holder; William J. Wood, Pitts burg, washing machine. At the closing meeting of the State Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution,' at Harrisburg, it was an nounced the contributions for the Sol diers' Club Home at Manila amounted to $6848. The Philadelphia Chapter suggest ed the necessity of revision of papers of applicants, requiring dates of births and the names of ancestors of Revolutionary sires. The recommendation was adopt ed. At the recent session of the Pennsylva nia Congress of Mothers held at Wil liamsport, reports were heard from the various subordinate organizations. Mrs. Frederick Schoff, of Philadelphia, presi dent of the congress, spoke of the neces sity of mothers and teachers co-operating in the care and education of children. She commended the Juvenile Couit law passed by the last Legislature. More than a score of miners made nar row escapes from death at Tamaqua by the breaking of water into No. 12 work ings. Joseph Rodgers and Joseph Far ber were carried a considerable distance by the force of the water, but outside of being badly bruised they were not se riously hurt. The shells collected by the late Dr. W. D. Hartman of West Chester, was sold to the trustees of the Carnegie. Library, of Pittsburg. The collection has 35,000 specimens. Some years ago the heirs were offered $6000 for them, but declined to sell. Now it is understood that the col lection was -sold for $ioco. A construction company of Pottstown has reveived a contract from the Govern ment for 1000 tons of structural iron work for building to be erected at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Thieves stole 300 pounds of copper wire from the Western Union telegraph line between West Chester and Phila delphia. . A vein of copper ore has been discov ered on the farm of Jared Hofer, in the Lizard Creek Valley, near Tamaqua. Angileto Cirotti Was struck by a train on the Northern Central Railroad at York Haven and instantly killed. The barn on the farm of John Fite, of Wakefield, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $2000. Frederic Archer, the organist at Car negie Musk Hall, died at hit home in East End. He had suffered from cancer ior some months. Mr. Archer was born in Oxford, England, on June 16, 1838. Charged with opening letters address ed to her stepdaughter, Sallie Spatr, Mrs. Clarissa Spatz, of Reading, has been arrested and held in $500 bail for a hearing before a United States Com missioner. Edward StaufTer, 24 years of age, the son of Joseph Stauffer, a hotel keeper, shot himself in the head with a revolver in the reading room ot the Chester Hotel. It is thought, the wound will prove fatal. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Loski, who were married the other day, discovered that they had been robbed of $96, which the bride is said to have earned by selling kisses to the male guests who attended the wedding festivities. The couple were very happy until they learned of their loss. J. G. Schnapp, of West Jcannctte, met death in a peculiar manner. He had been suffering for a time with ma larial fever. He went to the yard and while attempting to dip water from a rain barrel he fell headforemost into the barrel. He was found a half hour later, dead. . . . While eating his dinner in Packer Colliery, Girardville, Michael Y'ordus was killed by a fall of rock. 'Charles Johnston, of Sharon, a brick layer, committed suicide at Youngs town by cutting hit throat. Mistaking his brother David for a chicken thief, Thomas Jones, of Hazle ton, shot the former in the arm. The operation. of the free delivery ser vice established nt Sharpsburg has been postponed until December. I. A big wildcat sprang at the horse driven by Warren Jaxoby, who runs the rural mail route between Cabin Run Hollow and Berwick. The cat tore the horse's face, but the animal shook it off and ran away. Jacoby beat the record into Berwick. The corner-stone of the new Evan gelical Church now being erected jn Spring City was laid Sunday by Rev." Henry Hauler. Rev. John Plank and Rev. Thomas Witman, of Pottstown, made addresses. The church will cost about $10,000. The miners at the Lee Colliery, near Vilket-Barre,- went on strike because, the company, it is laid, failed to pay them their semi-monthly pay which was due. The members of the Empire Hook and Ladder Company of Pottstown celebrated the 25th aniversary of their organization.
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