THE DEADLY CRASH OF FERRYBOATS J Number of Lives Are Lost In San Francisco Bay. PASSENGERS RESCUED BY ROPES. A Terrific Crash Followed br a Scene of Wild Confusion Two Hundred Passengers a the Steamboat That Went Down, But H b Believed That the Lois ol Life Will Not Exceed Twenty. San Francisco. Cal., (Special') .The ferryboats Sausalito and San Rafael Col lided in a dense fog, and the San Ra fael sunk in bctwc.cn io and 15 minutes. It is thought that not more than 20 per sons were drowned, although the San Rafael carried between 150 and 200 pas sengers. The Sansulito was not serious ly injured, and after rescuing all the pas sengers on the San Rafael that she could she proceeded to San Francisco under her own steam. The boats belonged to the San "Francisco and North Pacific Railway. They plied between S.w Fran cisco and Sausalito, a suburb across the bay in Marin county. At Sausalito a train connects for Kos Valley and San Kafael, where many San Francico bus iness men make their summer and w inter homes. The San Rafael left San San Francis co at 6.15, with 150 to 200 passengers. There had been a dense fog on the bay all day, and towards evening it seemed to thicken. Captain McKenzie. of the San Rafael, sent his boat along under a slow bell. He was somewhat near Al catraz Island when the Sausalito, com ing from Sausalito to San Francisco, crashed into her. There were but few passengers on the Sausalito, but they were badly frightened, and for a few moments it looked as if both boats were going down. When it was seen that the Sausalito was not badly injured, she stood by the San Rafael and officers and crew and passengers engaged in the rescue of the unfortunate passengers of the sinking vessel. Both boats are side-wheelers and ordinarily carry many hundred passen gers. Fortunately, this was the winter season and the lt trip, so there were not so many passengers as usual. CROWDS AT IVORY CITY. A Grand Religious Prelude to '.he Opening Ceremony. Charleston. S. C. ( Special). The re ligious services attendant upon the open ing of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition were held in the Auditorium at the grounds Sunday afternoon, and were attended by 10.000 people. The exercises were imposing, a leading feature being the dedication ode, written by George Herbert Sass, and sung by a chorus too strong, ac companied by the First United States Artillery Band. Addresses were deliv ered by bishops and eminent divines of every religious denomination in the State. The weather was ideal, the sun shine and the air having the tempera ture of spring rather than winter. The services began at 3 P. M., and it was long after nightfall before they were finally concluded. The main buildings of the exposition are all completed and the work of plac ing exhibits goes forward night and day. Two thousand men were at work in the buildings and about the grounds, despite the fact that it w as Sunday. People are pouring into the city by every train. The hotels that arc open are already crowded almost to their capacity. Fell 700 Feet to the Bottom. Masontown, Pa.. (Special). At the Lambert mines, near here, eight men, after dropping r. di-tance of 700 feet clown a mine shaft, were all brought up to the surface living, but with three dy ing and the others probably fatally hurt. Just as they got aboard the cage the cable parted and the cage dropped. 'The cage on the opposite side was imme diately loaded with a rescue party, who on arriving at the bottom found the men lyfng unconscious on the floor of the cage with crushed chests, broken arms and legs and in some cases the bones protruding through the flesh. One man's skull was fractured. Special Crashes Into a Freight. Syracuse, N. Y (Special). Twelve persons were injured in a rear-end colli sion between a special and a freight on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wc-t-crn, near Tully Station. The special was bringing home from Cortland a large party of Syracuse Knights of Columbus, who bad been attending lodge festivities there. The engineer thought that t :e freight had taken the siding at Tullv. when he suddenly saw the calxiose directly ahead of him. The engineer and fireman jumped, e.-caping inj ury. Poisoned Their Children. Ith aca, Mich., (Special). Mrs, Elmer Quimby was found guilty of murdering her two children by administering poi son and sentenced to life imprisonment. The woman and her hu.band planned to rid thmsclves of the; children, and poisoned them hoii. The husband was last week convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Paralyzed at football Hot Springs, Ark., (Special'). As a result of injuries received in a football game here between the Peabodys. ot Little Rock, and the Shamrocks, of Hot Springs, C. O. Steele, of the latter place, bad both arms and both leg:: paralyzed. Killed Ills Wife on Street. Camden, X. J., (Special). Samuel Vanstavern, aged 4.2 years, shot and in stantly hilled his wife. The shooting took place on the sidewalk near Fourth and Chestnut streets, and was witnessed by a l.yga number of persons. Vanstav ern fired four shots, each of which took effect. The couple had been married 18 years, but had frequently separated, and bad not been living together recently. They have one son. Vanstavern sur rendered to the police immediately after the shooting. Million for a Painting. Rome, (By Cable). The Chamber of Deputies passed a bill appropriating 3.500,000 lire (about $700,000) for the purchase of the Borghesc collection of pictures, the estimated value of which is 10,000,000 lire (about $2,000,000). l'rincc liorghese has offered to give the entire collection of paintings to the na tion if ho would be permitted to sell Raphael's "Sacred and I'n-fane Love" abroad. lie had hern offered 5.000.000 lire (a!o;if Sl.oso.orjo) for this' picture. Vhe i;:i(i'n;v.i;t refused tern ion lo do to. SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic Mrs. rulhnan, the mother of George M. Pullman, who died in San Francisco, ordered that his remains be shipped to Chicago. The widow objected, but the mother refuses to recognize the widow. A compromise was reached under which the remains will be buried temporarily in San Mateo, and later be removed to Chicago. The Allegheny Valley Railroad is still badly crippled by the switchmen's strike. The strikers, despite the state ments of railroad officials to the con trary, claim that they are gaining ground. The Filipino insurgents arc active in Batatigas Province, and Brigadier Gen eral liell. with a battalion of the Fifth Infantry, has gone there. James Morrison, who was drunk and hunting trouble, was killed in Franklin county. Va., by J. W. McCoy, whom he had attacked. Justice I.ncombe, in the United States Court, held A. K. Flower, the copper magnate, to be in contempt for refusing to answer questions. A cage at the Lambert Mines, ner, Masontown, Pa., fell, carrying eight men to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 700 feet. The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company has decided to ac cept no more foreign orders for coal at present. Twelve persons were injured in a col lision between a special and a freight train on the Lackawanna near Syracuse. A gang of masked men entered John Neale's hotel, at Avoca, Pa., and held up and robbed the inmates. Chief of Police Johnson, of Newport News. Va., secured a verdict against ex Chief Harwood for $107 salary. Two Chinamen were killed and two mortally wounded by Highbinders in Chinatown, San Francisco. In a crowded Chicago street J. W. Rogge was held up and robbed, then thrown through a window. Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Hauer. the oldest clergyman in the United States, died at his home, in Hanover. Pa. He was horn in Frederick. Md.. and had served a number of charges in Frederick and Carroll counties before going to Penn sylvania. It now appears that the sewer contract at Havana, Cuba, has m t yet been awarded to Michael J. Daily, of Brook lyn, at his reduced bid of $10,913,858, as has been reported. The switchmen's strike Pittsburg is practically over, the Brotherhood of Trainmen having refused assistance. Many strikers asked to he taken back, but were refused. The works of the National Enameling and Stamping Company, in Brooklyn, N. V., were burned, and George Koch, a watchman, lost his life. Property loss $500,000. The defalcation of former City Treas urer Stuart R. Voting, of Louisville. Ky., who committed suicide, appears to be between $40,000 and $50,000. President Francis E. Clark, of the World's Christian Endeavor, will sail for Europe January 4 to work to estab lish the society more firmly on the Conti nent. John Krause was killed in Trenton, X. J., hv a blow from a stick, indicted, ac- ; cording to Mrs. Frank Williams' story, I in a fit of anger by her husband. J The schooner Caledonia was capsized I off Glen Haven, Mich., during a tierce gale and the crew was saved alter a ter rible experience. Dr. J. P.. Arrington, postmaster at Mc Ewen. Tcnn., shot anil killed Alexander Wright, of the McEwen Drug Company. The woodwork mill of W. E. Upter grove & Bros, was burned in New Vork, involving a loss of half a million dollars. Foreign. In accordance with the agreement en tered into by the Colombian Liberals and the Conservative government's offi cers in the presence of the commanders ot the American and other foreign war ships, the Liberals at Colon yesterday surrendered to General Alban, turning over their arms to Captain Perry, of the Iowa, who, in turn handed them to the Colombian government commander. Miss Dorothea Klumpke, the Ameri can astronomer, assistant at the Park Observatory, is going to Stanford Uni versity, California, as assistant to Prof. Isaac Roberts. It is rumored in Amsterdam that Queen Wilhemina may apply for divorce on grounds of cruelty and improper be havior on the part of the Prince Con sort. The lower house of the Austrian Reichsrath ordered a committee to pre pare a bill prohibiting the dealing in grain futures. Francisco Margall, chief of the Republican-Federal party in Spain, is dead, at the age of 81. The Duke of Teck was thrown from his horse and seriously injured while hunting. C. T. Ritchie, of the British Cabinet, now explains that Premier Salisbury's statement that "no shred of independ ence should be left to the republics" did not mean that the liners should not have a representative in the government. A British governmental committee that has been investigating food pre servatives and coloring matters reports that a total prohibition of such methods wouM be attended with serious results to the public health. Seymour Bell, the commercial agent of Great Britain in the United States, ex plained the cause of the decline of Brit ish trade to he due to her backward ness in employing modern improved ma chinery. United States Minister Merry is in daily conference with Dr. Sanchez, the Nicaragtian minister of foreign affairs, at Managua, concerning tile construc tion of the Nicaragua!! Canal. The Czar had a conference with Mar quis Ito, the Japanese statesman, with a view, it is believed, of establishing a more effective entente between Russia and Japan. financial. The New Vork Subtreasury state ment shows the banks lost $jo6,ooo last w eek. 'The Distilling Company of America, known as the Whisky Trust, is going to reduce its capital stock by $40,000,000. 'The new Philadelphia Company col lateral trust 5s are quoted in Pittsburg at 104'$ and interest, bid, and 105 asked. 'The Northern Pacific is reported to have sold 125.000 acres in North Da kota to the Missouri Slope Land and Coal Company. The Cramp Shipbuilding Company di rectors have declared the regular quart erly dividend of i4 per cent., payable December 14. The October statement of the St. Paul Railroa'd shows the gross in creased $.'41,425. and net increaked $12!. 258. Last year October gross increased $.J4.r-372 ; net increaseed $3,4;;). The United Metal Selling Company has told (0,000,000 pounds of copper dur.ing the past week at between 16 and 17 cents, and guarantees consumers against any further decline. During the past four months the Read ltn. I r .me.; nv im-r-rn;fl ' a.rninn . ! $.,;o,ooo over the same period of lHjy. GEN. ALBAN USED GREAT STRATEGY Won the Town of Colon by an Attack on Liberal Rear. HEAVY CROSS-FIRE DID THE WORK. Vlclorlcui General Hailed as Hero, and Spoken of for the Highest Honors In Colombia There Is No Doubt That Guerrilla Warfare Will Be Returned In the Mountains Trains 00 the Railroad Are Runnii on Time. Colon, Colombia, (By Ciifclc). This town is full of Govcrnnicr.: troops. Over 700 soldiers landed from the gun boat General Pinzon, and the Govcern nient forces arc in complete possession. Details of the rebel defeat are coming to light. By cutting a passage through the woods unknown to Colonel Barrcra, who occupied a small hill at Buena Vis ta, a detachment of the Government forces attacked Barrcra's troops in the rear. A cross-lire in both front and rear resulted in disaster to the attacked, and the ultimate surrender of the town. From Panama comes the news that the surrender of Colon to the Govern ment struck the Liberals like a thun derbolt. General Alban s Colon triumph without the aid of the troops from the Pinzon is regarded here as an achieve ment that may lead him to the highest honors in the service of the republic. He was welcomed at the railway station by a large crowd. 'The General went from the station to the barracks under escort of a torchlight procession, head ed by a band. Along the line of march many "Vivas !" were heard, and there was much firing of squibs. The restau rants were open until 10 o'clock in the evening for the first time in many months. There is no doubt that guerrilla war fare will he resumed in the mountains, but stronger forces and better organiza tion are considered essential requisites for the Liberals if they intend to resume the struggle seriously. 'Trains on the railroad still carry armed American guards and arc run ning on time. The German man-of-war Stein lias ar rived at Colon. 'The steamer Sunrise, belonging to the United States Fruit Company, was wrecked at Bocas del Torn. The Government censorship of cable grams has been resumed. PRESIDENT SEES SOLDIERS WIN. Out the Navy Team Played the Better I Football. j Philadelphia. Pa., (Special). I Probably the most distinguished gather ! ing that ever witnessed a football con- test in this country, and admittedly the ' greatest crowd that ever entered the ! gates of Franklin Field, saw West Point defeat Annapolis Saturday aftcr j noon by the score of 1 1 to 5. From the j moment that President Roosevelt and I his party entered the great amphithca- ter until half an hour after the tinie I keeper had blown his whistle, announc I ing the cessation of hostilities, there was ; an almost continuous uproar, such as j has probably never taken place on any I football field in the country. I Even the President and several mem ' hers of his Cabinet, worked up to a nerv ous pitch by the excitement, left their seats in the private box which had been set apart for their occupation and took positions on the side line benches. which are usually used for substitute players and coaches. 'There was not a seat un occupied, and hundreds stood around the field through the entire game. DECIDED NOT TO KILL THEM. The Latest Reports Concerning Miss Stone and Her Companion. Sofia, (By Cable). According to a letter dated Dubnitza, November 28, Miss Stone and Mine. Tsilka are still alive. The letter in question further says that at a recent meeting of the committee held in Dubnitza it was defi nitely decid-d not to kill the prisoners upon any pretext whatever. Neverthe less, the committee insisted upon the payment of the full amount of the ran som. A naive suggestion is current in polit ical circles here to the effect that the United States should force Turkey to pay the balance of the ransom, and as soon as the prisoners arc in safety force Bulgaria to punish those persons guilty of their abduction. Borrowed Book Leads to Murder. Chicago, 111., (Special). A quarrel over a borrowed book was followed by a murder here, when George Johnson shot and killed Robert Newitt, a life long friend. Mrs. Johnson is authority for the statement that the shooting came on the heels of the quarrel over the book which was owned by Johnson. When Newitt fell to the floor Johnson, wear ing neither coat nor hat, rushed from the house. After running two blocks he was seen by a policeman, who gave chase and arrested him. Put Iter Babe in an Oven. Siorx City, la., (Special). Mrs. J. Fred Meyers, living five miles from Cor rectionville, wrapped her five-months-old babe in a blanket, put her in the oven of the kitchen stove to keep warm, and went out in the yard to gather fuel. When, half an hour later, she came back, the fire in the stove had blazed up and the room was filled with smoke. Rushing to the oven she found the blanket and clothing in flames. The infant was dead ; its arms and legs burned to a crisp. Crushed by His Horse. Leavenworth, Kan., (Special), Pri vate Albert Francis, Fourth Cavalry, was killed at Fort Leavenworth by his horse falling on him. His home was in In dianapolis. He was 20 years old and en listed two years ago. Senator Ifaoua's Subscription. Cleveland, Ohio, (Special.) Senator Hanna has given $5,000 as his subscrip tion to the Cleveland committee of the National McKinley Memorial Associa tion. Perishing by Thousands. Victoria, B. C, (By Cable). Accord ing to advices brought by the steamer Glenogle, which just arrived here from the Orient, there is still great distress in the Vang Tse Valley because of the floods. Thousands have been drowned and thousands are starving. Was Teaching Boy How to Hunt Westchester, Pa., ( Special) .-J-George Rhyfedde Foulkf, a prominent farmer of East Bradford, was shot by his 12-year-ohl son w hile gunning on tha Welsh mountains. He died at night. 'i l'otilke had taken the boy out to give kiiftl his in itial gunning experience. .' COST OP A BLUNDER. Eighty Lives Sacrificed to Englnecr'i Error Details ot Wreck. Detroit, Mich., (Special). When night fell over the scene of the awful calamity on the Wabash Railroad, near Seneca, Mich., the Detroit newspaper men who had been investigating the dis aster, had found nothing to alter the es timate of about eighty lives lost as a re sult of the collision. Superintendent George M. Burns, of the division on which the wreck occur red, insists that the estimates arc too high. "I do not consider," said he, "that the total death list will exceed twenty." However, in support of the larger estimate, it is pointed out that there are now fourteen passengers known to be dead. The bodies of eight of these have been recovered, and it is considered that the fragments of other bodies now in the morgue at Adrain, will account for many more than the twelve dead necessary to make up Su perintendent Burns' estimate of twenty. In addition to the comparatively few fragments recovered und sent to the morgue, those who were early on the scene, say that many more pieces were discovered which crumbled to powder while they were being removed. 'The list of injured will probably reach 125. Superintendent Burns states that he is unable to tell the exact number of Ital ian immigrants aboard 'Train No. 13, but thought there were not more than fifty. Passengers on the train and a number of those who were early on the scene dispute this, and say the number was nearer eighty. Superintendent Burns lias received no report as yet from Ticket Collector Karnes, of Train No. 13. who probably knows nearer than any one else the num ber of Italians in the cars. No steps have been taken as yet to ward the arrest of Engineer Strong, whom Superintendent Burns says is re sponsible for the collision and holocaust. 26 KILLED, 24 INJURED. Awful Disaster Caused By the Ezploslon ol a Boiler. Detroit, Mich., (Special). Twenty six men are dead, five of them uniden tified and so terribly burned and black ened that identification is almost impos sible, and 24 other men arc lying in the various hospitals of the city suffering from terrible cuts and burns and other injuries, all the result of an explosion of a boiler in the Penberthy Injector Com pany's large plant at the corner of Ab bott street and Brooklyn avenue. 'Twenty others who-are less seriously injured are in the hospitals. In addition to these a dozen or more of the employes who suffered compara tively slight injuries were taken directly to their homes. Eighteen men and boys have not as yet been located either at their homes or at the hospitals. The five unidentified bodies account for five of these, and the officers of the company say they feel positive that the others are at their homes. 'The Penberthy Injector Company's plant occupied half a square at the cor ner of Abbott street and Brooklyn ave nue. It was composed of two brick buildings, separated by a 16-foot alley. The rear building, in which the boiler was located and which was completely destroyed, was three stories in height, 54 feet in depth and 100 feet wide. The boiler room was located at the north west corner of the building, on the first floor. It was in this building that most of the manufacturing was done. The first floor was utilized as the engine and boiler room and a room for testing the out-put of the plant ; the finishing and brass manufacturing department was lo cated on the second floor and the third floor was devoted to the foundry. It is impossible to tell exactly how many men were at work in the various departments of the building when the ex plosion occurred, but the officers insist that the number was not over 85. There were four boilers in the plant, two hori zontal ones, which furnished steam for the engines, and two vertical boilers which were used solely to test injectors. It was the horizontal boiler that was in use which exploded and caused the great loss of life. The crash came without the slightest warning. Those in the front building said it seemed like the concussion of an immense cannon. The floors and roof of the rear building bulged upward and then crashed down with their heavy loads of machinery and foundry appa ratus. Walls, roof and all dropped into a shapeless mass of debris. Windows in houses for a block around were broken by the concussion and flying bricks filled the neighboring yards. TRANSPORT WRIGHT LOST. United States Vessel Goes Down In Philip pine Waters. Manila, (By Cable). The United States transport Wright has been wrecked in the Straits of Darnian. She will probably turn out to be a total loss. The Wright struck on an unchartered rock at the entrance of San Jacinto and sank in fifteen feet of water. To raise her will require wrecking machinery, which is not available here. The United States transport Wright, formerly the Aid, was originally a fruit er, and was presented to the government by some patriotic women (if Boston, when the Spanish war broke out, to be used as a hospital ship . Later she was fitted out a a dispatch-boat, and was sent to Cuba to be used by Gen. Wood. More recently she was sent to the Philip pines as a dispatch-boat and store ship. She had a refrigerating plant and a re frigerated store room, which made her of great value in the service. The Wright was first called the Bay State. 'That was before she was trans formed into a hospital ship. Big Blaze Near Raleigh. Ealcigh, N. C, (Special). The Wa tauga Hall, one of the buildings of tlie Agricultural and Mechanical College, which is outside of the city limits, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $10, 000; insurance $6,000. 'The hall was used as a dining-room, kitchen and dor mitory, and 50 students occupying the building lost all of their effects. As the college has no vacant rooms in the main dormitory, they will have to return to their homes. President McKloley's Personal Estate. Canton, Ohio, (Special). The ap praisers have filed their report of the ap praisement of the estate of .the late Pres ident McKinley. The report shows that the deceased died, posi.-ssed of personal goods and chattels to the value of $2, 655.89; f securities, bank deposits and life insurance, $133,105.15 ; moneys, $120.15. 'Total personal estate, $135,890, it, of which $60,132.19 was life insur ance. The real estate was not appraised as, under the will, it goes to Mrs, Mc Kinley for life, and at her death to his family. It is believed lo be worth from $jO,ooo to $;5,uoo. SEVEN DEAD AND SEVENTY INJURED Casualties on the Gridiron tor the Season of 1901. HARD-FOUGHT BATTLES FOR PIGSKIN Long List ol Victims Is Ascribed by College Physicians and Trainers to Lack ot Prepara tion for Contests Wh'cb Demand the Utmost the Human Frame Can Endure Unusual Accident In Philadelphia. Chicago, III., (Special). Seven dead and "5 injured is the total casualties re ported for the football season of 1901, as compiled from all dispatches. Fathers and mothers may be appalled by a long list of vistims, Tint coaches and univer sity physicians view it with equanimity although with regret, and say that ir most cases the sufferers themselves wcrt to blame. In one way this argument is bomt out. A large percentage of the list come! from the forepart of the season. It i contended from this that the victims were untrained. It is pointed out that it takes, weeks of hard and persistent training to prepare any player for a bruising scrimmage, and broken bones and strained joints, if no- worse, arc more likely than otherwise to result from disregard of this precaution. Following is the list of the dead for the season : Charles Bctickman, 19 years old, 887 Kedsic avenue, Chicago, paralyzed by being trampled on in scrimmage between the Northwests and the Advanced So cials, September 17, died September 18. Edwoiu Longncckcr, 21 years old, quarter-back of the Brown Preparatory School football eleven, spine fractured in practice game at Philadelphia; died October 13. John Buckner. colored, aged II years, died at Kirksville, Mo., November 9 as a result of injuries received during foot ball game November 4. Leon Aycrs, aged 10 years, commit ted suicide at Janesville Wis., October 7. It was thought that he w.-.s mentally unbalanced, partly as a result of inju ries, received in a football game a week previous to his death. Robt. I. McKee died at Alma, Mich.', October 8. as the result of injuries re ceived October s in Detroit in a game between the Detroit Athletic Club foot ball team and the Alma College team. John L. Segrist died at Columbus, O., October 28 from injuries received Octo ber 26 in the football game between Ohio State University and the Western Re serve team. David Wark. aged 20 years, electrocu ted at Philadelphia while playing foot hall. The ball lodged in the globe.of an electric light, and Ward caught the full current trying to rescue it. Panic in a Kansas Church. Wellington, Kansas, (Special). A woman threw a lighted match into a can of gasoline in a church where a thous and people were attending a religious revival here. 'The flames spread and the panic-stricken congregation stampeded for the door. Many persons were injur ed, but no one was seriously hurt. The pastor helped fight the fire, which was extinguished with small loss. Two Women Found Dead. Ilarrisburg, Pa., (Special). Mrs. An nie Baer, aged 52 years, and Mrs. Kat Sol felt, aged 59 years, were found deac1 at their home in this city. The woniei' lived together, and physicians say the) were dead 48 hours when fotmd. Mrs Solfelt died of an overdose of mor phia and her companion from heart dis ease. May Seize Famous Madonna. Rome, (By Cable). Francia's "Ma donna" having been sold to an Ameri can for .320,000 francs, the Procurer General has brought an action in tht courts demanding that the Marquis Fan Ronie and the agent who arranged the sale be 'condemned to pay a joint fine ol 10.000 francs, and that the picture bt seized by the state. Denver City Hall Burned. Denver, Col., (Special). A fire which started on the fourth floor of the Den ver City Hall practically ruined the building, destroying much property and probably a large amount of valuable rec ords. Three firemen arc said to be miss ing, and it is feared they have perished in the flames. Manchuria Deal Broken Off. London, (By Cable). The Foreign Office here confirms the report that the Russo-Chincse negotiations almut Man churia are broken off. The officials at tribute this more to the opposition of the Chinese vicc-roj s and the death of Li Hung Chang than to the objections of Japan. ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. The Belgian socialists forced an ad journment of the Chamber of Deputies, owing to the refusal of the government to consider a universal suffrage resolu tion. Reported from Rome that Louis Gran ctti, the accomplice of Bresci in the as sassination of King Humbert, is now in Chicago. A tidal wave ban done great damage along the eastern coast of England from Norfolk to Kent. 'The French Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 335 to 213, adopted the Chi nese Joan. Mrs, McNeal, wife of a Detroit physi cian, was washed overboard from the steamship Belgerland in the Atlantic and drowned. She was summoned to the deck by her husband to watch a passing steamship. Miss Nellie Cropsey, the 17-year-old girl who disappeared in Elizabeth City, N. C, a week ago, has not bee located, although an exhaustive search has been made. The police think she has been murdered. Three more deaths from lockjaw fol lowing vaccination have occurred in New Jersey. Vaccination has been sus pended in Camden during an investiga tion by the Board of Health. Now reported that the brigands will wait until the disappearance of snow be fore resuming negotiations for the re lease of Miss Stone. There was a lively battle between the freshmen and sophomores at Miami University, Hamilton, O., in which the girls as well as the boys participated. A husband stopped a cab on a crowded boulevard in Paris and, firing through the window, killed his faithless wife and her lover in full view of hundreds of people. The rise in value of Texas lands owned by the Knights of Pythias, owing to the oil boom, has greatly decreased the deficiency of $500,000. These land securities were thought to be almost worthless at the time John Hinsey was arrested on the charge of embezzlement of funds of the endowment rank. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. No Interference In Cuba. Secretary Root addressed a communi cation to Eligio Bcnachea, president of the convention at Havana thst nomi nated Bartholomo Maso for President, relative to complaints that United States authorities were interfering in the Cuban elections. A press dispatch from Havana slated that Maso complained that the influence of United States officers was being ex erted in favor of Estrada Palma. Among other things Secretary Root says in his reply : "The rcptcetitativcs of the interven ing Government in Cuba are already aware that their duty rquires them not merely to be strictly impartial in the electoral contest in Cuba, hut to refrain from interfering in any manner what ever with the free expression of the wishes of the Cuban people at the polls. They have not violated this rule in the past and will not in the future. They will have nothing lo do with the elec toral contest except to enforce the elec toral law presciibed by the Constitu tional Convention and promulgated by the Military Governor on the 14th of October last. This will be done u":. partially and effectively." ' ' Income From War Tax. A statement prepared by the Internal Revenue Bureau shows the total re ccipts from the war revenue 'act only from June 13, 1808, to June 30, 1901. also the four months tinder operation of the act of Morch 2, 1001, from July I to October 31, 1001. The total receipts from these acts alone amounted to $343,838,634, as follows, cents omitted : Documentary stamps $115,352,300 Proprietary stamps 14 279.855 Beer 111,700,058 Special taxes 18.829.559 (Tobacco 52.087,273 jSnuff 2.971,198 iCigars 9.480.545 Cigarettes 3,907.014 Legacies 11,162,802 (Excise tax 3,053.572 iMixed Flour 23,154 Additional taxes on tobacco 1 and beer 991,208 Entitled to the Reward. I The War Department has approved 'an opinion given by Judge-Advocate General Davis of the army in the case cf Private James A. Morgan, Ninety eighth Company, Coast Artillery, on a fclaim by nn officer for the reward for the private's apprehension as a deserter The point at issue was whether an offi cer is entitled to the reward offered tor tile apprehension and delivery of desert ers when he arrests a soldier who. while rharged with desertion, afterward proves lo be "not guilty." General Davis de tided that in tl.e case of Private Mor an the officer who apprehended him ictcd in good faith and the reward could iot properly be withheld from him, but aiat hereafter an officer's right to the ;cward shall depend upon whether or tot the soldier on investigation is found k have betjn a deserter. Philippine Currency. Accompanying the annual rcpoit of Secretary Root is a report made by Spe :ial Commissioner Charles A. Conant. Ivho was sent to the Philippines to in icstigate the currency situation. His Recommendations arc submitted to Con gress for its action. The most import ant are: That there should be a distinctive Philippine coin of silver which shall be legal tender for 50 cents in gold, to be balled the peso, and to contain 2,5 gram mes of silver. The coin is to be issued in such quantities as the trade requires, find sustained at a parity with gold by limitation of the amount coined. The Mexican silver dollar and other coins sshall cease to be legal tender after a Iertain date. It also is recommended hat national banks, both in the Philip bines and the United States, shall have jiuthority to establish branches through put the islands and in the United S:atc , Root's Gifts to the Cablne'. j Secretary Root at the Cabinet meet ing presented the President and each o. his associates with a cane made from tin wood of an ancient Chinese gun car ringe captured at the siege of Pekin The carriage was said to be over 50. years old. Gold Prize for Captain Rhodes. The Military Service Institution oi the United States has awarded the' sea man prize for 1901 $100 in goldfor the best essay on "The Utilization of Native Troops in Our Foreign Posses ions" to Capt. C. D. Rhodes, Sixth United States Cavalry. The essay sub mitted by Col. J. W. Powell was found Worthy of honorable mention. Industries of Kentucky. The preliminary census report on the panufaettiring industries of Kentucky (hows the capital invested in its indus tries was"$i04,030.79i, an increase of 30 er cent, since 1890; 9,559 establish Dents, 63.206 wage earners and total t.ages $22,430,958. Civil War Males Rewarded. In accordance with a decision of th l'avy Department all the mates now in tie navy who served during the Civil War are to be warranted as boatswains (1 recognition of their long service. Capital News in G:cmI. President Roosevelt appointed Thomas h. Ferguson governor of Oklahoma. I aving removed William B. Jenkins, who became interested in a contract made Ivith the territory. Secretary Foot informed the Cubans (hat it is not necessary to tell United States officials that they nuiat not inter fere in the elections. , Orders were sent to Governor Taft, hf the Philippine:, to return to the United Stales to recuperate and give Information to Ccngrcss. ; While the Navy Department supports Captain Perry in his action in not per mitting the Isthmian Railway to be used for the transportation of armed troops, naval officials in Washington are annoy ed 'because of the ill-feeling manifested toward the American officer. Fire at the laundry building of 71. II. Ptto, Altoona, caused a loss of about $5.ooo. Tailerewiikl Lorer ot Milliards. M. Puderewskl, like other mortals ot lesa note, has his hobby namely, bill iards. He plays nearly every day when ho can spare time from practicing and composing, and Is a very fair one. "I thluU I like billiards," ho says, "be cauKS U not only exercises my eye and hand, and keeps them In tralnlug even when I am amus-fng myself, but It also produces In mo tho delfrute and rcfliud artistic, feellnga which I have so often to express on the piano, as when, for ir.staree, I phiy my fuvur Ite Clie?Din.'" PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. The Latest Condensed Dispatches From Many Points. LIST OF NEW PENSIONS GRANTED. Two Men Dead From Anthrax Teamsters Em ployed st a Sullivan County Tannery Con. tract the Dlsesse Seven Masked Ken tn vsde a Hotel In Avoca Alarming Result ot s Lebanon Girl's Encounter With a Pet Cat Pensions granted Fcnnsylvanians : David C. Slioop, Job. $6 ; John P. Nor man, Monongahela City, $6; George Farmerie, Etna, $6; Joseph D. Gray, Pittvillc, $6; David Martin, Davis, $ta; Albert (i. Painter, Apollo. $8; Jonathan Walls, Ruble, $8; Conrad Schlegcl, Pittsburg, $24 George W. King, Aliens ville, $10: Henry Suivcly. HalTey, $to; Reuben R. Wrbbert. Roiling Springs, $8; Steele Argjle. Rraddock, $12; Klin Shovcr. Kerrsville. $8; Margaret Mc Cormick, Pittsburg, $8; Flizabcth Mil ler, Pittsburg, $8; minors of Edward Shall, Altoona, $12; Jane A. Drake, Pittsburg, ?8. ' Dr. Herman Strecker. a sculptor and entomologist of world-wide fame, died in Reading, aged 65 years. He was 50 years in gathering his superb collection of butterflies, which contains 200,000 spe cimens, the largest collection in America, and upon w hich he expended $25,000. Miss Bridget Lavellc was arrested at Scranton charged with setting fire to her houte in that place to secure insurance money. She was committed to jail. She occupied the house until a few weeks ago, when she moved all of her goods out except a few articles of small value. Late Thursday night) it is alleged, she was seen entering tire hcuse and wan dering about in it. A short time later flames broke our and the house had a narrow escape froln complete destruc tion. As a result of the death of Miles Jen kins, a teamster in the employ of the Union Tanning Company, at Hillsgrove. all the other teamsters employed by the company have quit work. Jenkins' death was due to anthrax, the disease first appearing on his nc-k in the form of a small pimple. It spread rapidly, and he died in great agony. This is the second death from the disease among the temstcrs. and the others have con cluded to find work c'sewhere rather than rim the risk of contracting the dis ease. Seven masked men broke into the hotel of John Nealis, at Avoca, and after beating the proprietor into insensi bility in his bed compelled his wife, al the point of a revolver, to show them where Ncah's kept his money. They made their escape with $246, two gold watches and other Jewelry. The meth ods of the marauders are identical with fhosc used in the Coiccran murder cast! two years ago, and the officials believe that the perpetrators of ihc two crime? are the .same. Miss Rebecca IT. Boyle, for many ycais a leader in Women's Christian 'Temperance Union work, was killed by a fall at Phoeuixville. Miss Royle was moving to a new home she had just built, and in movinf- a table she fell from her porch to the pavement. Her skull was foctured and death ensued. Miss Boyte has been active in opposing the granting of h'pior licenses. She was also prominent as a tempcrai.ee lecturer. Walter Hani's, of Pittsburg, went to Shenandoah in search of his brother John, w horn he had not seen for thirty two years He learned that his brother was living at Ringtown, two -miles from Shenandoah, and while crossing the mountain he overtook a farmer driving to that place, v.-ho i;r. ited him to a seat in his wagon. Harris related his story to the stranger, who suddenly thrcv his arms around Karris' neck, saying: "Why, I'm your brother." Miss r.ucv Wabuer, of Lebanon, was badly pouoned as the result of being bitten by a pet cat. The animal was heretofore considered harmless, but sev eral days a(o viciously turned on the girl mid bit her hand when she t.fed to drive it out of the house. The hand is swol len to alarming proportions. George Reus was killed in a runaway accident at Hanover. The horse which he was driving became unmanageable and dashed against an electric railway pole, hurling the occupant against the curb and fracturing his skull. The Council, School Board and Board of Health and citizens of Plymouth met and discussed means of fighting the smallpox epidemic. A committee was appointed to investigate alleged negli gence. Mrs. Carrie Cox, of Williamsport, whfl is charged by William MrFadden with having attempted to poison his two children by giving them biscuits spread with Paris green, was indicted by the Grand Jury. Fenlon M. T ravers. Conr'uctor on the Pennsylvania switcher, while attempting to jump from a passenger train at Mil ton fell under the cars. Rolh legs were cut off and he died from loss of blood. While George J. Krell vv.is at work in the nulling room of the Tamaua Manufacturing Company he was caught in the machinery and so badly squeezed that his death ensued. -C. C. Kaufman, president of the Ncv Haven Iron and Steel Company, denies that hi.s company's works are to be old to the Susquehanna Iron and Steel Com pany. Louis Morgan, while running at full sliced wiih ihc ball in a footb.ajl game at Pottsville was tackled and thrown?1 sus taining a broken leg. A serious fire broke out in Samuel Block's clothing establishment Shenan doah. Mr. Block places his loss at $12, 000, partly insured. At Philadelphia, Nellie Kelley, aged 3 years, and her 10-nionths-old sister. El la, were burned to death as the result of playing with matches while Mrs. James Kelly, their mother, is in "a hospital se verely burned. The children were amus ing themselves with the matches when their clothing ignited. Their streams at tracted Mrs. Kelly, whose clothing caught fire while she was endeavoring to save her little ones. The three were re moved to the hospital, where the two children died. Mrs. Kelly will probably recover. Robbed of $1,000. Wheeling, W. Va., (Special). At Belton, Marshall county, four masked men assaulted and robbed Lindsay Bur ley and members of his family, securing over $t,ooo in cash, besides other valua bles. The family, consisting of father mother, 'son and daughter, were bound hand and foot by the robbers. While one stood (uard over them the others ran-1 sacked the house. The robbers tortured the father and i;i.-de him reveal the hid--ing place of the money. A posse of citi zens and bloodhounds are scouring the country in sctrch it" the robbers.
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