I. BGHT MEN KILLED, ELEVEN INJURED Conductor's Blunder Results In a Terri ble Collision. WRECK ON THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. .A Patieitfer and Freight Come Together With Orcut Farce, the Occupants ot the Saoklag Cir Being Pconed In by the Locomotives Only Three ot the Half Datea Escaped. Rockford, III., (Special). Failure on the part of a conductor to obey or terf is supposed to liave been the cause of a bead on collision on tbc Illinois Central, between Irene and Fcrryvillc. The two trains were the eastbound pas senger train and a through freight from Chicago going west. As a result eight people are dead or missing and 1 1 in jured. The trains met in a slight bend in the track, both running at full speed. The amoking, express and baggage cars were piled on the locomotive, penning in the occupants of the smoker. Only three of the half dozen in that car escaped. The ethers were penned in, and if not in stantly killed, were roasted to death and Ihcir bodies, with tho.Cy()f the engine crews, were entirely consumed. All ef forts of the survivors to reach the vic tims were unavailing. The temperature was 20 degrees be low zero, and an icy wind was blowing. The point where the wreck occurred being in a shallow cut afforded no pro tection. The injured were without hats and wraps and suffered terribly. By the united efforts of the survivors, one car was pushed back from the wreckage to escape the flames, and the wounded were placed on the banks inside. Two hours elapsed before any relief was at hand. The engine from the ca'-t pulled the car to Irene, three miles dis tant. A relief train was started from Rockford at i.,to A. M. with medical aid. It arrived at the scene of the wreck --o minutes later. In the meantime the in jured had been brought back (mm Irene and were transferred to the relief train and brought to Rockford. STORM'S HAVOC. Streams in New York and PennsyHania Rise Above Danger Line. Philadelphia, Pa., (Special ). The titter cold wave from the northwest met the furious easterly storm this side of the Allcghanics and checked the latter, I but not before the tremendous down- pour of rain and terrific winds had cans ed losses to nronertv .-u-iTec-it 'tm t-itl lions of dollars in the States, of New York and Penii'-ylv ania. In addition to the enormous damage in fil:iniif-.,-ti,ri,.rr K,. (l.-l- - number of lives were lost. -uitinffo IgleMas. president of the Washouts caused damage and clelavs ! Federation of W r,-:mcn of Porto k.co on the various railroads in Pennsylvania 1 K''-ier wit" nine. companions, was tried and New York. The L. high river over- i aml convicted of c .nsptr.-.cy and sen flowed the canal at Bethlehem. Pa., and ! I''"0'''1 to ln'?c 'car ".' !"l,r forced the Jersey Central and Lehigh j " !'n',!1- ven ,,,f 1,1S companions Valley Railroad's to suspend t ratio. : wcrc sentenced f"lir months. About 200 hoe.se-, in Bethlehem were i Mrs. Valentine Wi-cbakcr was found flooded. J dying at her home, at I'pper Sandusky. The havoc in the Pennsylvania coal 1 Ohio, her skuil having been crushed by regions is enormous, and "the loss to 1 blows from a poker. Her son's body railroad and mining companies will amount to millions of dollars. The Schuylkill, Lehigh, Sr.srjuehanua and Juniata rivers have risen as high as 15 feet above their level-, and all of their tributaries have oversowed, inundating the surrounding country in more than a dozen counties. In the Schuylkill Val ley 48 mines were flooded, and in the Lehigh and Lackawanna regions the de struction is equally great. FEAR UPRISING OF PiLIPI.N'O?. Amy Officer Spys Rebellion Is Rile la IslanJ ot Luzon Pekln, (By Cable). A private letter received here from an American general at Manila, whose position gives his statements the highest authority, says that secret service reports from all ,ilc provinces of the island of Luzon show a remarkable and widespread revival of the spirit of rebellion there. This letter says the American army expects a general outbreak throughout the island of Luzon, and is taking vigor ous measure? to suppress it. Manila is the center of discoi.'ent. General Chaffee ha 5 frequent parades of the garrison through the city's streets to display American strength and fear ing an attempt at a general massacre of Americans. ' Arrangements have been perfected to j concentrate American women and chil- I drcn in the public buddings 011 short 110- j lice. JUDGE HITS EX-CONGRESSMAN. John X Lcoti Assaulted In Court at Clevc lacd, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio., (Special). There was a sensational scene in .Judge Big ger' court, when Judge I). C. Badger assaulted former Congressman John J. Lentz. The episode was the outgrowth of the appointment of a receiver for the Wul frani Guitar Company by Judge Badger. 1-entz had. as attorney for Mr. Wolfram, filed an affidavit in Jndirc Bigger's court alleging prejudice on the part of Judge Itadger, anil asking Judge Bigger to hear a motion to vacate the receivership. Judge Badger happened into the courtroom while the matter was being laid before Judge Bigger, and he aecus- ,H lnt of h.-, finer i,i,st:it,.,l ih,. t.,r, J.entz entered a denial. Judge liadger then assaulted the ex-Congressman. Lentz made no attempt to retaliate, but told Badger t.irt inasmuch as he was a judge lie would not strike him. Pardon ot Miss Easlwick IMujco'. London, (By Cable). The Home Office notified counsel for Mi.ss Jose phine Lastwick, of Philadelphia, under aentence of six months' imprisonment for forging a railroad certificate, that the petition for her pardon on the ground of insanity could not be granted. No reason is given. This action of the Home Office was taken in spite of great pressure brought to bear in Miss Kast wick's behalf by the officials of the American Embassy. A airl's Leg (IroundOlt. Coiiuellsville, Pa., (Special). Bessie Wineurenner, a white girl aged about 13 years, daughter of Minor Winebren ncr, this city, had her left leg ground off by an engine while picking coal from the tracks of tiie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Miss VV'inebrenner is expect ed to die. Kitchener la the F eld. London, (By Cable). "Now that Gen. Ian Hamilton is here." the Pretoria cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph ca Mr, "Lord Kitchener lias personally alien the field and ts directing the tuove- of ihv; troops." SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic Carl Atheno, a hypnotist, awoke in Omaha after a six days' sleep, but went into another trance when confronted by an ullcged deserted wife. The American Federation of Labor, at Scranton. I'a declared in favor of trade autonomy, but refused to indorse socialism. 1 he old officers were re-elected. Manufacturers of copper wire an nounced a reduction in prices that will average one cent a pound. Trices of brass arc expected to fall this week. From the estate of bis uncle. Corne lius V. S. Roosevelt, the President will receive from $50,000 to $t 00,000. In the convention of the American Federation of Labor the proposition to increase the number of vice-presidents from six to eight was defeated. A reso lution instructing unions to hold aloof from State militia was tabled after sharp discussion. It was decided to increase the per capita tax of the unions; that of members of local unions from 5 cents to to cents, the increase of 5 cents a month to go to a defense fund. The relations between President F. D. Underwood, of the F.rie Railroad, and Chairman K. B. Thomas, ot the board, are said to be greatly strained, and that they no longer -.peak to each other. Mr. I'nderwood will likely become president of the Northern Pacific. James Wilcox, former suitor of Nell Cropscy, in a letter to her father. Jus tice Cropscy, again declares that he had nothing whatever to do either directly or indirectly with the girl's disapcarance. The L'uitcd States Steel Corporation instituted a civil service merit system on its lake steamer lines, on which 2.000 men arc employed. The captains and chief engineers will share in the divi dends. George Morgan, president, and Geo. Ilium. Jr.. treasurer, of the Continental Security Redemption Company of Bir minpham. Ala., were arrested on the charge of embezzlement. Charges of maltreatment at sea were brought again-t officers of the naval col lier Aero by a seaman. 1 he charges ! were dismissed for lack of sufficient ei- ! deuce. 1 j Laura Bi-liion. the female companion ! i of Ben Kilpatrick. the Montana train ' I robber, was v.-menced to five years in the I Federal pi'i -"11 at Leavenworth, Kan. ; ! Various p;';crs ad'.' rating the princi ples of peace were read before the Amer ican Friends' Peace Conference, in Phil adelphia. 1 The government thermometer register ed j" de:r:ees below zero in Fergus Falls, Minn. The United States Steel Corporation v.-iil increase the capacity of its steel I wori:s. and hy a new n:etnol tl'.c .-mcr-i ican Tinplnte Company will be able' to 1 compete with foreign manufacturers at home ar.e d ike the 1'nited States the tc manufacturing company greatest titip in the world. was found in n stable. It is supposed he killed his mother and then committed i suicide. Arthur Goebel has lost by fire the papers relating to the death of his brother. William Gnchcl. and the trials of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers and others. In the habeas corpus case of Lawyer Patrick in New York, the court de cided that r-.n otherwise he early trial must be had ; would rclea-e the de- Icneatit. I orcijn. A force under Gen. Bruce Hamilton killed if) and captured 76 Boers at Wil kraens, in the pastern Transvaal. Mobs in Cadiz pillaged stores and ter rorised the peaceable people. After sev- "ai encoun ers. m wt.icti many persons partiy restored order. Representatives of the transatlantic steamship companies met in Cologne to taue steps to regulate trafhc and mini- 1 mize destructive competition. Lord Kitchener reports that the Boer 'caders are no longer able to repress j murder and outrage on the part of their j sr.bjr'iir.atts. A fierce gale was reported to be i sweeping the English and Irish Chan nel. Heavy storms have swept over France I and Kngland. A number of small wrecks I are reported. Telegraph communication I between points in F.ugland and Scotland j is still interrupted. A large new Aus ' trian steamer, the Neritea, has been 1 driven on the rocks of' the English ; coast. I At a concert given by Paderew-ki in Berlin for the benefit of persons impri -; oned as an outcome of the Wenschen 1 schorl scandals the pianist was presented ! with bouquets tied with the Polish col ' ors. i Besides the impending action of Gcr ! many to enforce claims against Ycne 1 zuela. an uprising is threatened in that ! country. j The apt, ointment of Monignor Fal , conio as papal delegate to W ashington I to succeed Cardinal Martinelli i now as I sured. I The Hungarian Premier explained in 1 the Diet that there being no internation- 1 'Vision that horses are war material. ! their shipment" to South Africa for the British Army cannot be stopped. A Chinese edict bestows honors upon the late Li Hung Chang and Prince Clung and decorates Yung Ln, who commanded the troops again-t the allies. I irarcial. The New York Subtre.t -ttry statement shows the banks le.;; $s.7!),coo last week. '1 he We: -tiiighousc Air Brake Co. has declared a regular quarterly dividend .of -'! j and per cent, extra. President Whitney has. it is said, dis po ed of his controlling interest in Do minion Steel & Iron Co., to Montreal capitalists. ibe United Fruit Co. has declared the regular quarterly dividend .of '2 per cent., payable January 15, to stock of record December 31. In the copper trade it is stated that the United Metal Selling Company's quotations for copper are 15! cents for I -ike, 1 5 1 4 for electrolytic End 15 cents for casting. It is reported that a large New York house is backing the Illinois Telegraph & Telephone Co., which own franchises to operate a telephone system in Chica go. It will compete with the Chicago Telephone Co. The Canada foreign trade for the last fiscal year was the largest in its history, amounting to $ 1 4,ooo,ooo more than the volume of the foreign trade of 18), o an increase of nearly 65 per .cent, with in the oriel space oi live je-:is. INQUIRY COURT CENSURES SCHLEY But Admiral Dewey Says He Won the Battle of Santiago. NO FURTHER ACTION RECOMMENDED In a Nutshell, the Decision Is Again' t Ad miral Schley, and Prom lit: Standpoint ot a .Majority of Ibe Court He Is Not Vindi catedAdmiral Dewey, However, Was In (lie Main In Favor ot Schley. Washington. I). C. (Special). Blame and praise. This is the verdict of the Schley Court of Inquiry. It is more blame than praise, because while Admiral Dewey, president of the court, gives him all the credit and glory for the destruction of Cervera's fleet as senior in command at the battle, and the court finds that his conduct was that of a man of courage in the action, the unani mous finding is made that Schley's con duct in the Santiago campaign prior to his supersession by Rear-Admiral Samp son was "characterized vy vacillation. dilatorit-.es s and lack of enterprise." The investigation, unique in naval cn nals and of great historic importance, was intended to end a controversy which has no tonly disrupted the navy, but w Inch has rent the entire country. Instead ed to the controversy, for while Admiral Pewey gives it as his personal and in dividual opinion that to Rear-Admiral Schley belongs the credit of the victory at Santiago, Rear-Admirals Benham and Ramsay, the two junior members of the court, decline to append their signatures to such an expression. OPINION OF THE MAJORITY. Findings ot Benham and Ramsay Are Against Schley. The opinion of the majority is as fol lows : Commodore Schley, in command of ITyirg Squadron. shoubl have proceeded with utmost dispatch off Cienfuegos and should have maintained a eloe blockade of that port. He should have endeavored on May 2,? at Cienfuegos to obtain information regarding the Spanish squadron by com municating with tin- insurgents at the place designated in the memorandum de livered to him at 8.15 A. M. of that date. He should have proceeded from Cien fuegos to Santiago de Cuba with all dis patch and should have disposed his ves sels with a view of intercepting the ene my in any attempt to pass the Flying Squadr. 11. lie should not have delayed the squad ron for the Kaglc. lie should not have made the retro grade turn westward with his squadron. He should have promptly obeyed. the Navy Department's order of May 25. lie should have endeavored to capture or de-troy the Spanish vessels at anchor near the entrance of Santiago harbor on May 20 and 30. He did not do his utmost with the force under his command to capture or de-troy the Colon and other vessels of the enemy which he attacked on May 31. By commencing the engagement on Jiiv .1 with the port battery and turning the Brooklyn around with port helm Commodore Schley caused her to lose distance and position with the Spanish vessels, especially- with the Yizcaya and Colon. 'I he turn of the Brooklyn to star board was made to avoid getting her into dangerous proximity to the Spanish ves sels. The turn was made toward the Texas and caused that vessel to stop and to back her engines to avoid possible collision. Admiral Schley did injustice to Lieut. Com. A. C. Hodgson in publishing only a portion of the correspondence which passed between them. Comodore Schley's conduct in con nection with the events of the Santiago campaign prior to June 1, 189,8, was characterized by vacillation, dilatoriness and lack of enterprise. His official reports regarding the coal supply and the coaling facilities of the Flji'.g Squadron were inaccurate and misleading. His conduct during the battle of July ,1 was self possessed, and he encouraged, in his own person, his subordinate offi cers and men to light courageously. George Dewey. Admiral United States Navy, Presi dent. Samuel C. I.emley, Jr.dge-Advocatc-Gencral United States Navy, Judge-Advocate. ADMIRAL DEWEY'S OPINION. Cok mo Jure Schley Was the Senior Officer la Command. Admiral Dewey's opinion is as fol lows : In tiie opinion of the undersigned the passage from Key West to Cienfuegos was made by the Flying Squadron with all possible dispatch, Comnjodorc Schley having in view the importance of arriv ing off Cienfuegos with as much coal as possible in t'.ie ships' bunkers. The blockade of Cienfuegos was ef fective. Commodore Schley in permitting the steamer Adula to inter the port of Cien fuegos expected to obtain information concerning the Spanish squadron from her when she came out. The passage from Cienfuegos to a point about a miles south of Santiago was made with as much dispatch as was pos-ible, while keeping the squadron a unit. The blockade of Santiago was effect ive. Commodore Schlev was the senior offi cer of our squadron off Santiago when tue Spani-h squadron attempted to es cape on the morning of July 3, 180H. He was in absolute command and is entitled Mrs. Doalne Acquitted. Washington, D. C, ( Special). The jury in the case of Mrs. Lola Ida llemry Iiomr.c. charged with the murder of James Seymour Ayres. Jr., in the Ken more Hotel, in this city, on the night of May 15, returned a verdict of not guilty, and the defendant was set at liberty. Such a conclusion of the trial was gener ally expected, the popular impression here being that from the evidence sub mitted the prosecution had failed to prove its case against Mrs. Honine. killed Bride and Cut Ills Throat. Elkhart, Ind., ( Special) . Ora Strine, a laborer, aged 25, killed his wife and cut his own throat. He was arrested, but it is believed he cannot recover. The couple had been married only three weeks. The cause of the tragedy is not known. Killed Wile, Sislerdn-Law sol Sett Greenville, S. C, ( Special ).-c Edward Mollis, a "drummer," rts-iding t Lima, it miles from this place, shot-;jM killed his wife and sister-in-law, fiial his niMber-in-law and son, but mi I ,lhem and then thor. hiti'telf. I to the credit due to Such commanding officer for the glorious victory which re sulted in the total destruction of the Spanish ships. George Dewev, Admiral 0. S. N. Sam. C. Lemly. Judge-Advocate General U. S, N., Judge-Advocate. The Recommendation. In view of the length of tunc which has elapsed since the occurrence of the events of the Santiago campaign, . the Court recommends no further proceed ings be had in the premises. George Dewey, Admiral U. S. N., President. Sam. C. Lemly, Judgc-Advocate-Gcncral U. S. N., Judge-Advocate. Schley's Probable Future Course. It is possible the cause of Admiral W. S. Schley will next be tried in the courts, rather than in Congress. According to Capt. S. C. Lemley. Ad miral Dewey concurred in the criticisms of Admiral Schley on all counts of the precept which he docs not specifically mention in his minority opinion. At the Navy Department it is said the fact that Admiral Dewey gave Ad miral Schley credit for the victory may result in the reports being returned to the court, since that question it is held, was not in the precept. WHO WON THE PRIZE MONEY? Under Dewey's Decision Ought Schley Get Sampson's Share. Washington, D. C, (Special.) Whether Admiral Sampson or Admiral Schley should receive the share of the prize and bounty money awarded by the Treasury Department to the commander-in-chief of the American licet at San tiago is a question raised by Admiral Dewey's opinion that Admiral Schley was in absolute command. These figures, showing the amount of prize money awarded to each officer in command of a tleet or squadron during the war whh Spain, have been prepared by the Auditor f;jr the Navy Depart ment : Rear-Admiral W. 335. share bounty Spanish ships at T. Sa :impson. for destruction of.! Santiago; Si.Oj, bounty and prize money for captures and ships destroyed independent of San tiago; $j;7i7, total bounty and prize money received. Rear-Admiral Schley, $3.33.4. share bounty money for destruction of Span ish ships at Santiago; $140.53, prize money for capture made by ships under his command : $3.4X3.53. total bounty and prize money' received. Admiral George Dew ey. $0.570, . total bounty for destruction of Spanish ships at Manila. ANAP.CIIISTS DEFY PRESIDENT. An Inflammatory Open Letter From Lenders ot Chicago Society. Chicago (Special). Open letters and manifestos addressed to President Roosevelt, in which defiance and disre spect arc plainly set forth, arc now being resorted to by the Chicago an archists who were arrested at the time of the assassination of President McKin ley. At a conference of anarchist leaders of different cities in Illinois it was de cided that a general manifesto should he issued. J he advance of the general appeal came in the last issue of the Free Society of Abraham Iraak and his co workers. It is an open letter, signed by Abraham Isaak, Jr., extending over a page of the anarchist sheet and address ed to President Roosevelt. Discussing the President's message to Congress, it tells the President that to be logical "you should consider yourself as one of the first subjects to emigrate to the island." "Neither your prisons nor penal colo nies," it continues, "will stop the on ward march of our ideas. Even if you did report to the most barren rocks the adherents of anarchism do not think that the dial of progress can be turned back." BIBLE IN THE LEVANT. Steadily Increasing Demand Reported By American Society. New York, (Special). The Ameri can Bible Society has issued a report based on the recent visitation of its agencies in the Levant by its secretary, Rev. Dr.' William I. Bavcn. The report says that there has been a steadily increasing demand for the Bible in the more than 20 lantru.n?es snoken by the people along the eastern r.horcs ot the .Mediterranean, i lie principal circulation is in Armenian, Greek and Arabic. The Arabic issues during the past year were over 40,000. The distribution of the Bible in the Nile Valley and in the Soudan is also a part of the work of the Levant agen cy of the American Bible Society. Bank Robbers Steal $35,000. Louisville, Ky., (Special). Word was received here that the Bank of Sturgis, at Slurgis, Ky.. was robbed of $35,000 be tween midnight and dawn. The work was done quietly, and nothing was known about the robbery until the bank was opened for business F'riday morn ing. At the time of the theft the bank held the money which was to have been used in paying off the employees of the Treadwater Mining Company. Mr. K ruber's New Home. Utrecht, (By Cable). Mr. Kruger, former president of the South African Republic, has arrived here and taken possession of his new residence. Mr. Kruger, who appeared to be in excel lent health, received a great ovation from crowds of people. Steel Trust May Control Nickel Co. I-ondon, (P,y Cable). The Pall Mall Gazette says it is inclined to cre(dit the rumors, for some time current, to the effect that the United States Steel Cor poration is trying to obtain control of the Nickel Corporation. The paper finds support for the belief in the recon slitution of the latter campaign board, on which appears the name of Colonel Hunsiker as chairman. The Gazette un derstands that Colonel Hunsiker repre sents the Steel Corporation. Revising Brlluln's Anthem. London, (Hy Cable). The national anthem is now undergoing revision in order to make it accord with the new times. As at present sung, it reads: "God Save Our Gracious) King." This, apparently, is not imperialistic enough for the present court, besides which, the word "gracious" is held be more ap plicable to a queen than a king. So, at the coronation, the refrain- will be changed to "God Save Our Lord the King," which, by the way, was used in the earliest extant copies of the anthem, dated 174.1. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Contests lor House Seats. The hearing of the contested election cases will begin early in January before the several elections committees of the House. i There are seven of these contests, in cluding that made by ex-Representative J. J. Lentz. of Ohio, against the sitting member from the seventh Ohio district. Representative Emmet Tompkins. One of the contests, begun by General Walk er, of Virginia, for the seat in the ninth Virginia district, has been terminated by the death of the contestant. Other cases arc: Seventh Alabama. N. B. Spears against Representative John L. Burnett; Third Kentucky, J. M. Moss against Representative John S. Rhea ; Twelfth Missouri, W. M.Horton against Representative James J. Butler; Third North Carolina, J. E. Fowler against Representative Charles R. Thomas ; Seventh South Carolina, A. B. Dentzlcr against Representative J. Wm. Stokes ; Fourth Virginia. C. K. Wilson against Representative Francis R. Lassitcr. Carnegie tiilt Discussed. The acceptance of Mr. Andrew Car negie's gift of $!0.ooo.ooo for educa tional purposes vas discussed infonnally at a recent cabinet meeting, but no defi nite conclusion was reached in regard to it, and probably will not be for several days. The cabinet also discussed a special order, subsequently promulgated bv Sec retary Wilson, prohibiting the landing at any ports of the United States, Hawaii or any of the dependencies of this Gov ernment, of any live stock of any kind from the Philippine islands. The order takes immediate effect and is due to the prevalence of a number of infectious animal diseases in the Philippines. It was announced after the meeting that B. H. Colbert had been selected by the President for United Slates marshal for the southern district of the Indian Territory, vice Mr. John S. Hammer, whose term of office expires January 10. Mr. Colbert was a member of "Roose velt's Rough Riders." Will Not Take It In Bonds. It is said to be defintely decided that President Roosevelt will not accept the offer of Mr. Andrew Carnegie of $to, 000.000 of bond; of the United States Steel Corporal inn for the purpose of founding an institution for higher edu cation in this city. The views of prominent Senators and Representatives as thiy have been given to the President are practically unani mous against the acceptance of the offer in its present shape. The provision at tached to the offer that the Government shall hold the bonds for a term of years is considered especially objectionable. The President, however, is very hope ful that an adjustment can be made bv which Mr. Carnegie will convert the I honds wliicn he tendered into cash or United States bonds, and that the gift can then be accepted in that shape. Cuban Revenues Decline. The Division of Insular Affairs of the War Department gave out the following statement showing the customs revenue in Cuba : The total revenues for the ten months ended October 31, toot, were $13,038, 33b, as compared with $i3,.'.'S.80i for the same period of lyoo, and $12,120,9131 for 1899. The duty on exports was abolished April 1. 1901. The export duties col lected in 1901 amounted to $-'0-440; during the ten months ended October 31, 1900. $734.77(1: ten months ended October 31. 1899, $610,530. The customs revenues exclusive of export duties, increased in 1901 over the previous year by $.76,811. and over the second preceding year by $1,2(0,434. Long's Plan (or Naval Reserve?. .secretary i-ong lias transmitted to Congress a bill providing for the organi zation of a United Stales naval reserve. All officers, petty officers and enlisted men of the naval militia who served dur ing the war with Spain, all officers ap pointed from civil life for service during the continuance of that war. the men who enlisted in the navy for not less than one year and served during the Spanish War. and all graduates of the Naval Academy who have honorably left the service, may he enrolled in the naval reserve in the same grade as that held when they left the service. An ap propriation of $joo,ooo is asked for to carry the bill into operation. Clll for Purchase ot Telegraph Lines. Representative Jackson, of Kansas, has introduced a bill providing that the United Slates Government purchase the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies and thereafter operate them in connection with the Posloflice Depart ment. Provision is made for appraisal of the property of the companies and for the payment of its appraised value when the amount is reported to Congress. Slam's New Minister Presented. Phya Akaraj Oradbara, the newly ar rived Siamese Minister, called at the State Department, accompanied by his English secretary, Mr. Loftus, and was taken to the White House by Secretary Hay and presented to President Roose velt. The Minister presented his creden tials, after which there was the usual exchange of felicitious remarks. Roosevelt May Co to Pacific. Representative Needham, of Califor nia, extended to President Roosevelt an invitation from the Department of Cal ifornia and Nevada, Grand Army of the Republic, to attend the annual encamp ment of that organization at Hanford, Cab, next May. The President said it was his intention to visit California and the Pacific Coast some time next year, but he could not now say when he would be able to make the trip. Capital Ncwj in (iea:n!. Representative Pearrc introduced in the House a bill to allow a pension of $',0 a month to honorably discharged sol diers who have become blind; also a bill to establish a national military park at Eo-.t Frederick, MA.; also, a bill for a monument in Washington to the soldiers of the Revolution. The Naval Hoard on '.wards recom mended that commenda ory letters be sent to the officers and men of the Petrel, who distinguished themselves during the fire on that vensel. Chairman Payne, of the House Ways and Means Committee, submitted the majority report on the Philippine Tariff Hill, and Mr. Richardson the i-tir.ority report. Representative Jackson, of Kansas, in troduced a bill for the government pur chase of the Western Union and postal Telegraph lines. Senator Morgan, from the Committee on Isthmian Canals, reported favorably the bill from Costa Rica and Nicaragua the right of way via the Nicaragua route. The House Committee on Interstate Commerce ordered a favorable rcnort on the Hepburn Nicaragua Ca:(a' Bill, ) SIGNALS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC The Greatest Scientific Achievement of Modern Times. MESSAGE BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Marconi Receives Electric Signals Across the Atlantic Ocean From His Station la Corn wall, England Signals Received Through a Kite With an Aerial Wire a Distanc of Seventeen Hundred Miles. St. Johns, N. F., (Special). Signor Marconi announced the most wonderful scientific discovery of modern times Sat urday, in stating that he had received electric signals across the Atlantic Ocean from his station in Cornwall, Eng. He explains that before leaving England he had made plans for accom plishing this result, for while his prima ry object to communicate with ocean liners in mid-ocean, he hoped also to succeed in attaining the wonder ful scientific achievement of wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic. Signor Marconi's station in Cornwall is most powerful. He possesses an electric force, generated there, a hun dred times greater than at his ordinary stations. ' Before he left England he ar ranged that the electrician in charge of the station, which is located at Pcld Ii it. should begin sending signals daily after a certain date, which Signor Mar coni would cable him after having per fected his arrangements here. Signor Marconi arrived here a week ago Friday, selected Signal Hill, at the entrance to the harbor, as an experi menting station, and moved his couin- nicnt there. Last Monday he cabled 1 to the 1 eldhu station to begin sending signals at 3 P. M. daily, and to continue them until 6 P. M., these hours being, respectively, tlt.io A. M. to 2 :.lo P. M., St. John's time. During these hours Wednesday Signor Marconi elevated a kite with an aerial wire, by means of which signals are sent or received. He remained at the recorder attatched to the receiving apparatus, and, to his pro found satisfaction, signals wcrc received by him at intervals, according to the program arranged previously with the operator at Peldhu. These signals consisted of repeating at intervals the letter "S." which in Marconi's code is made by three dots or quick strokes. This signal was re pealed so frequently and so in accord ance with .the detailed plan arranged to provide safeguards against possibil ity of .- mistake that Signor Marconi was satisfied that il was a genuine transmission .from England. Again 011 Thursday, during the same hours, the kite was elevated and the same signals were renewed. This made the assurance so complete that Signor Marconi cabled to his principals in England and also informed the govern or of Newfoundland. Sir Cavendish Iioyle. who apprised the British Cabi net of the success of the experiments. The Cornwall coast is 1,700 miles fr St. Johns. A TEKRiBLE DEATlf RATF. L'clcycd Reports on Concentration Camps nt Last Appear. Loudon.' (By Cable). The delay in the publication of the October and No vember returns from the South African concentration camps, which were just issued, was apparently due to the gov ernment's desire to accompany the an nouncement of the pitiable high death rate with some kind of official explana tion. A blue book now issued shows .1.15(3 deaths of whites in October, of w-hieh number 2.62.1 were children. There wcra 2.807 deaths of whites in November, of whom 2.271 were children. This makes the total number of deaths for the last six months 1.1.04!, or a death rate ap proximating 25.1 per year per 1,000. Among the Kaffirs there were 1,308 deaths in two months. The blue book also contains the Gov ernment's plans for breaking up the camps, and reports by medical officers, blaming the death rate on the "filthy habits of the Boers," the concealment of deseases, the feeding of babies 011 meat, heavy dough bread and stewed black coffee and the admission to the camps of half-starved refugees riddled with disease. In one instance a batch of "refugees" brought in consisted of eight dying persons and three dead bodies. Chinese Palare Hired". London, (By Cable). A dispatch from Shanghai to the Standard says that on the occasion of the Dowager Empress' birthday, November 20. some members of a secret society fired the im perial palace at Kai l-'eng Fu. Two buildings were destroyed before the fire was extinguished. It is believed that this attempt is the real explanation of the desire of Yung Hit, generalissimo ol the Chinese army, that the court shall batten to Pchin. fraud Charged to Officers. Birmingham, Ala., (Special). On warrants charging embezzlement, Geo. Morgan, president, and Geo. Blinn, Ir.. treasurer, of the Continental Security Redemption Company, for which con- 1 cent a receiver was recently appointed have been arrested. Morgan is charged with embezzling checks and money ag gregating $;H.coo and Blinn with em bez:l:ng $23,000. Both have given hzr.Zi. A Great Sum for Art- London, (By Cable). According tQ a dispatch from Vienna to the Exchange Telegraph Company United Stales Sen ator W. A. Cb.ik, of Montana, has pur chased Gotfried Preyer's collection oi pictures for ?.ioo.xo. CDDS AND LM)S OF Tilfi NEWS. General Ftmston has received sick leave, and will sail on the transport Warren for the United States. Mine. Nordica has claims amounting to millions for property of an ancestor destroyed during the Revolutionary War. Rev. J. S. Robinson, pas'or of the Chapline Street Methodist Episcopal Church, refused to return Brewer Sclinul bach's contribution of $500, despite the protest of the W. C. T, U.. against its acceptance. W. H. Woods and a woman compan ion, both colored were arrested at Oma ha, charged with robbing A. B. Lowen thai, at Portland. Ore., of $15,000 in diamonds and jewelry. The rather of Ella Cropscy, the mis sing Elizabeth City C'tli denounces Wil cox, the girl's suitor, as licing instru mental in her disappearance, and possi bly in her murder. An anti-British mass-meeting wat held in Munich, Bavaria, where address es were made violently denouncing Jos eph Chamberlain. Gen. Bruce Hamilton surprised and captured a Boer Commando at Tricb ards Fouleiu PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. The Latest Condensed Dispatches From Many Points. STATE WILL NOT ACCEPT $102,000. Claim for Spanish War Expenses Cut Down at Washington, and linrrlthurg Officials Are Dissatisfied Opposition to the Proposed Secretary ol Commerce by the State Grange $50,000 tor a School. Tensions granted Pennsylvanians : Alfred Masonhimer, Alleghenv, $6; Nelson R. McNeal. Claysville. $H : John II. Fish, Philipsburg. $o; John Daniel, Monongahela, $10; Sidney W. Clark, Lcroy, $17; John P. Jenkins, Six Mile Run, $10; James M. Floyd. Wilkins burg, $8; Samuel Jordon, Mnsl.ar.tion, $17 ; Amanda Recdcr, Turtle Creek, $H. The twcnty-niulh annual session of the Pennsylvania State Grange, ad journed at Johnstown. The report of the Finance Committee, which was ap proved, showed a' balance in the Grange treasury of almost $8,000. A resolution was aiiopted opposing the appointment of a Cabinet officer to be known as Sec retary of Commerce and Industry. The Legislative Committee submitted a r.up pleinentary report in which the State Grange was solicited to use its energy toward the enforcement of the law that forbids the adulteration of mill feed. A resolution recommending a taxation of all corporate r.nd personal properly at the same rate that the real estate is taxed for the benefit of a road improve ment fund was adopted. A committee report favoring the extension of the free rural delivery system was unanimously adopted. The State has returned to the War Department at Washington the warrant ior $102,000. sent in part payment of the Spanish-American war claims for money soent by the Siatc in preparing the Pennsylvania regiments for service. The total claim was about $400,000, but oer half has been paid. The warrant iitst returned was sent in settlement of ill" claims outside of those called "mis- cellancott These c'nims were made some time ago, and when the warrant was received it was sec 1 that a number of claims had cither been cut down or di.-allowcd. The St.tte officials were not satisfied with this arrangement rr.d the warrant was at once sent back. The War Department has since sent the State a courteous letter, saying that it will look into the matter ajain. With a clothes lire on the end of which was an iron book, James Jones, a prisoner, escaped from the Pittsburg penitentiary. Jones v. .-a employed in the bakehouse. He escaped by making a hole through the roof, and then used the clothes line to scale i'r.c thirty-foot wall surrounding the prison. A fire apparency of incendiary ori gm destroyed the large barn on the farm ef John IL Miller :.t Mibersville. Two mules, a number pi hn.fs, farming im plements, several thousand bushels of wheat and corn and a lare crop of to bacco were consumed. The loss is The County Commissioners fixed the valuation of property in Pottsville at $'1,174,021, 0 decrease of $139.4.18 from the valuation of iast yerr. The de crease may m;,!i; it necessary to raise the rate of taxation from seven and one half to eight mills. A gang of men employed by the Dela ware 6. Atlantic Telephone Company, i:; building a lire from Blooming Glen to Dublin, Mr tick on recount of the number of hours oi work and the entire part- bit for their bonier. I he Ernest. Sill: Mill.Mif East Mat-.ch Chunk, has been sold to 1). (j. Dcry for $75,000, subject to a mortgage of $.10, 000 hi favor of trustees, who are resident:- of the Mauch Chunks. WhiV playing on a flat boat along the river at Muney, Theodore Brass, the S -year-old son. of Ollie C. Brass, fell iut1 the water and war- drowned. The Meadeville Thcrdo--ic.il School has received a Chri .tiuas git of $50,000 in the form of an endowment for the president's chair from an anonymous donor. An order will .soon be issued from National Guard headquarters announc ing that the Spring inspections will be gin in February. . Mrs. William Ueifert was badly gor ed by a bull on her f:um in Mahanoy Valley. The public schools of Royersford, owing to the smallpox, have been closed until January 2. Dcnlinger & Charles' prist mill and a creamery adjoining, at Intercourse, were destroyed by tire, entailing a loss of $4,000. William Habbing:;, of Dent's Run. died at the hospital at Williams-port, of injuries received by being crushed be tween the bumpers of a log train. Michael II. Smith, aged 28 years, was killed by a train at the West Third street crossing. South Bethlehem, of the Phila delphia & Reading Railway. Robbers broke into William Lentz's genera! store, at Jonestown, and stole several wagon leads of goods. Thieves entered the warehouse of An drew Blair, at Carlisle, and blew open the safe with dynamite, but secured no booty. Joseph Canncll, ased 17. of Covcntry ville, was toying with a dynamite cart ridge which he had found in a quarry, when it exploded and blew off his right hand. At the Maynard Sawmill Williams port, the heavy iron wheels were remov ed from five lumber trucks by thieves and taken away in a v.agoiv The plun der weighed 1500 pounds. I-'ire at Shamokin destroyed four hous es owned by Samuel Roughton, caus ing 'a loss of $4,500. Ebenczer S. Blanehard, aged 74 years, of Port Blanehard, died at Wilkcs-Barre in the house where he was born. Patrick Gibbons, of Scranton, was ac quitted of the charge of killing his wife on October (nil last on the grounds that he was insane. John H. Kaiil, a retired-merchant, died at his home in Lanca.ster, from injuries sustained on Saturday when he tripped and fell down u flight of stairs. William Clark, of Slate Run, aged 80 years, who attempted suicide by cutting his throat and then tore out the stitches put in by a physician, is dead. Frank Broosman was killed on the Philadelphia ft Reading Railroad, at Norristown. lie was driving a pair of mules over 'the grade crossing at De Kalb street. Bridgeport, when a passen ger train utrtirk the team. One mule was killed and the wagon v'rccked. The safety gates gates were up ut the time, the watchman as well a Broosman being unable to see the approaching train by reason of escaping steam from two loco motives standing near the crossing. William Clark, aged 80 years, cut his throat with a re. tor at his home at Slate Run. A Hugeon sewed up the wound, but later Clfirk tore it open, lie is now in a critical condition.
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