ml" LI CARNEGIE'S SPLENDID GIFT Formal Incorporation ol the Institution In Washington. HO CONORESS ONAL INTERFERENCE. Mr. Carnegie Will Not Give Ih Tea Mil Boat to ihi OoTernmeot, as Was Originally latended, But to a Corporation Selected ky Himself, Which Met and Adopted Aril dca ml Incorporation. Washington, D. C, (Special). Tlic first step toward accepting Mr. Andrew Carnegie's offer of $10,000,000 to the United States Government as an endow tnent fund for the promotion of higher education was taken here, when articles were filed with the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia for the' Car negie Institution. The incorporators are : John May. Secretary of State. Edward D. White, Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Daniel Coit Oilman, late President of the Johns Hopkins University. Charles IX vValcott, superintendent of the Geological Survey. John S. Billings, cx-Surgeon-Gcneral of the Navy. Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor. The articles fix the name and title of the institution as the "Carnegie Institu tion" and show that it is organized "for a perpetual term.-' Its objects are "the promotion of study and research, the power to acquire, hold and convey real estate and other property, and to estab lish general and special funds ; to as sist investigations in science, literature or art; to co-operate with governments, universities, colleges, technical schools, learned societies and individuals ; to ap point committees of experts to direct special lines of research, publish and distribute documents, conduct lectures and hold meetings, acquire and maintain a library, and in general to do and per form all things necessary to promote the objects of said institution." The affairs, funds and property of the corporation will be in general charge of a board of trustees, to consist during the first year of 27, and thereafter not to exceed 30 members, except by a three tjturtcr vote of the board. The filing of the papers followed a meeting in the offce of Secretary Hay, which was attended by all of the incor porators and Mr. Baker. It is assumed that from the legal action thus taken, Mr. Carnegie has removed the cause of the objection raised to the securities in which the $10,000,000 endowment was to be made on December 10, it being aaid that United States Steel Corpora lion bonds were the collateral. It was aaid that such securities in the posses aion of the United States, the income of which was used for the promotion of education, might seriously embarrass the Pepartment of Justice in the event of legal action being taken against combi nations or trusts. So Mr. Carnegie was informed their acceptance was impossi- A few days later, Mr. Carnegie ap peared at the White House and dined with the President, after which it was announced Mr. Carnegie had decided to remove all grounds for objection. About he same time a sale of Steel Corpora tion securities amounting to about $11, 000,000 was reported in New York, and announced Mr. Carnegie had decided to this, in conection with Mr. Carnegie's proposed donor was the seller. Whether the new offer is in cash or some undis puted bonds was not stated. THREE TRAINS IN A WRECK. JHmU Collided With Freight and Aaotber Freifht Crashed lato Them. Johnstown, Pa., (Special). Because of a wrong signal at Nineveh tower, a fast east-bound Pennsylvania mail and express train ran into a slow freight ahead five miles west of this city, and a few minutes later a west-bound freight crashed into the wreck, causing the death of four persons and the serious injury of at least five others. The wreck occurred about 10 P. M. The passenger train got a "clear block" at the tower, and, running ahead at full speed, crashed into the rear of the extra freight, wrecking the engine and two passenger cars and the cab and two cars of the freight. The west-bound freight almost immediately piled into the debris, the engine and 10 cars tumbling into the river. The injured, it is thought, will recov er. The wreck occurred on a sharp curve and the engineer of the mail train could not stop after coming in sight of the freight ahead, while the west-bound freight ran in before a flagman could be aent forward. TO PRODUCE ITS OWN COAL Steel Corporatloe Plaota Coaiuuie Over 3,509,000 Toaa a Vear. Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). The United States Steel Corporation has arranged to produce its own supply of coal in the Pittsburg district by the development of 50,000 acres, worth approximately $10, 000,000. The work of development will be started at once by a subsidiary com pany, the National Mining Company, of which President Thos. Lynch, of the II. C. Frick Coke Company, is the head. The National Mining Company will open its first mine in the Pan-Handle field, 14 miles from Pittsburg, in the Chartiers Valley, where 7.500 acres of coal property will be developed. Con tracts have already been placed for the electric hauling and other modern equipment, and this first mining plant is to be in operation before the end of the year. Other properties will be started during the year. Ex-Premier of Hawaii Weds. San Francisco, (Special). Samuel Parker, formerly Premier and Minister ot Foreign AfTairs of Hawaii, has been married to Mrs. Abigail Campbell, of San Jose, widow of the millionaire plant er, James Campbell, the engagement of whose daughter Abhic to Prince Ka wananakoa was recently announced. The wedding was private, the ceremony being performed at the Occidental Ho tel by Superior Court Judge Hubbard. 3 he marriage was followed by a dinner. Talks By Wireless 'Phone. Murray, Ky. (Special.) Nathan Stub Wcfitld, the local electrician, who has invented a wireless telephone, gave a practical tes-pf his system here. SeveralOl'k were established in jifM low. ow!V4;id messages yullas lleruhart 01, a dittjmcc w.is a visitor to k,,ieves he cai, An' Inst tvoek, ( at j,y is of his ceivcrs, n ordi- SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Doatstlc. The St. Paul Trust Company, capital $200,000, has voted to 00 into linuidation. The chief cause is a recent supreme court decision making tne trust company liable for a judgment for $too.ooo in the estate of C. D. Strong, which had been in charge of the company. The circuit court of Toledo, Ohio, af firmed a decision of lower courts giving Mrs. Adelaide Smith, of Fremont, Ohio, judgment of $5,400 against the estate of the late President Hayes. Mrs. Smith was bitten by a dog that belonged to Mr. Hayes. Four robbers entered the town of St. Joseph, Mo., and blew up the vault of the Bank of Camden Point with dyna mite. The explosion aroused the citi zens and a pitched battle with the rob bers ensued, the rubbers getting away. The Chicago Northwestern University proposes to abandon the woman's medi cal department, and James H. Raymond, a trustee of the university, declares that it is impossible to make a doctor of a woman. The trials of the cars growing out of the postofficc emcbzzlemcnts in Cuba are scheduled to begin in Havana today. The attorneys for Rathbonc will ask for a suspension of trial. Three men were scalded to death as the result of an explosion at the South Penn Oil Company's pumping station, in Doddridge county, West Virginia. A run was started on the Dime Sav ings and Banking Company in Cleve land, and the bank officials took advan tage of the 00 days' notice rule. Bernard Michael, aged (7 years, was found in his oftice. in St. Paul, Minn., with his throat cut. He W3s in the real estate business and wealthy. John G. Thomas, cashier of the Welis Fargo Express Company in Cincinnati, has been missing since Monday. His accounts are all straight. Experiments are being made at Mem phis Medical College with an embalming fluid said to be better than that used by the Egyptians. President Lynn, of the levy court, put an end to all difficulties by sending his resignation to Governor Hunn, of Dela ware. Governor Hunt, in his message to the forto Kico legislature, suggests the re peal of the old law under which Iglesias, the representative of the American Fede ration of Labor, was sentenced to im prisonment, as a law unworthy the American government. The Nortrfern Pacific Railway Com pany has given notice that it has re deemed all the preferred stock, and that it would require holders of 4 per cent, convertible certificates to exchange them for common stock. There is some talk in New York as to whether Captain Mahan will be called to account for violating the naval regula tions in making public comment on the decision of the Schley court of inquiry. A committee of Cleveland bankers was appointed to take charge of the proper ties of the Everett-Moore syndicate, which controls many trolley and tele phone lines in Michigan and Ohio. The body of Robert Lee Johnson, of the Twenty-third Regiment. United States Signal Corps, who died in the Philippines, was brought to Harper's Ferry for interment. Charges of perjury and larceny were brought against William C. Wakefield, promoter of the international copper syn dicate, in South Framingham, Mass. Mrs. Bullock, the manager of the Searchlight Hotel, in Searchlight, Nev., was burned to death, with her two chil dren, in a fire which broke out in the hotel. By the explosion of a locomotive boiler in the shops of the Georgia Central Rail way, at Macon, Ga., 5 men were killed and 12 injured. Miss Lizzie Miller, a Wisconsin girl, has sued Henry J. Huening. of Chicago, for $5,000, alleging breach of promise of marriage. II. Murray Crane was sworn in to serve his third term as Governor of Mas sachusetts. Small-pox broke out in the Hudson county, N. J., jail and in the almshouse. Foreign. The German officials have handed President Castro of Venezuela a note, in which Germany's claims against Ven ezuela are clearly defined and in which a time limit is set for a reply. Reports of the release of Miss Stone and her companion, Mme. Tsilka, con tinue unconfirmed. The brigands are said to be hiding in Turkish territory. John Murray, who recently surren dered to the police in Ireland, is to be brought to Jefferson, Ohio, to answer the charge of wife murder. Twenty thousand men are on strike in Barcelona, and large forces of troops have been concentrated in and about the city to prevent trouble. The Count de Turenne, of the French diplomatic service, has suggested a basis tor the settlement ot the bouth African war. Baron Charles C. Boilleau, a French nobleman, committed suicide in a rail road carriage near London. The Dowages Empress of China is again showing anti-foreign tendencies. General i ling Lu is organizing two ami foreign army corps. The Dowager Em press and Yung Lu fear the foreign ofri cials will try to entrap them upon their arrival in Pekin. Capt. Guy Burrows, just retired from the employ of the Congo rree State gov eminent, says that the conditions pre vailing in the Congo are a disgrace to civilization. An unconfirmed report was received in London from Vienna that Miss Ellen Stone, the American missionary, had been released by the brigands. Riotous strikers in the Bangor district North Wales, have been wrecking houses. and the military has been ordered there to smiiiress them. A philanthropist in London has placed Ikt.ooo.ooo at tne aisposai 01 rung t.u ward for a sanitarium for consumtives. Syrian officials were sharply rebuked by the Ottoman government lor arresting naturalized American citizens. Financial. The deposits of Eric Telephone stock under the reorganization plan are very lare. I he New York Subtreasury statement shows the banks have gained $1,406,000 sine? December 27. Mr. Post, of National Sugar, denies the rumor that his company has ac quired sugar plantations in Cuba. Application has been made to the New York Stock Exchange to list $.1,290,000 additional capital stock of the Rutland Railroad Company. Judfee Gary says there is no truth in tin; report from London that negotia tions hi.vc been completed by which the United States Steel will get control of nickle mines in New Caledonia. It is stated that the United States Steel Corporation December net earnings will approximate $12,000,000. It is con servatively estimatrd that during the first year of the Steel Trust its net earnings will exceed $135,000,000. At tiic annual meeting of Swift & Co. in Chicago, the stockholders voted unan imously to increase the capital stock from $20 000,00a to $25,000,000 ai recom mended by the directors, the proceeds to be devoted to the extension of the business. GENERAL BELL'S PEACE METHODS Rigorous Warfare Until la Subdued. Insurrection CONDITIONS ARE UNSATISFACTORY. The Arrtsti ol Members ol the Rich Lopct Family and ol Members ol Religious Cor porallons Known to Be Instigators ol Insurrections Are Having a Oood Effect Driving Filipinos In All Directions. Manlia. (By Cable). Gen. J. Frank lin Bell is codnucting a vigorous cam paign in Batangas province. Every avialable soldier is in the field. The columns under the command of Colonels Wint and Daughcrty arc doing excel lent work, and driving the Filipinos in all directions. A number of the latter are fleeing to Tayabas province, where the native constabulary are rendering valuable assistance in capturing men and rifles. The advocates of peace at Manila dep recate the stern measures employed by Genera! Bell. In reply, General Bell says that these peace advocates have had numerous opportunities to use their in fluence, as they have been given passes through the American lines almost for the asking, and that it has been after ward proved that they often only went through the lines for the purpose of assisting the insurrection. General Bell says that the best peace methods now is a rigorous warfare until the insurrection is completely subdued. The arrest of members of the wealthy Lopez family and the confiscation of their steamers and rice, as well as the arrest of three members of the religious corporations who were known to be in stigators of the insurrection, has had an excellent effect upon the natives. Conditions in the Island of Samar are still unsatisfactory, owing to the diffi culty of finding the insurgents. Cap tain SchoefTel, of the Ninth Infantry, who was wounded in a severe hand-to-hand fight last month at Dapdap, Samar Island, between 18 men of Company E. of his regiment, and a large force of bolomen, has practically recovered from the effects of his wound. In an official report of the encounter in which Cap tain SchoefTel was hurt, it is said that SchoefTel killed three men before he re ceived his wound, and that the remnants of the detachment of 18 men with him were saved by his personal courage and daring. MINISTER BURNED TO DEATH Daughter Cremated and Son Injured In the Burning ol Their Home. Bethany, Conn., (Special). Rev. Ed mund Peck, a retired Methodist clergy man, aged 80 years, and his daughter, Mary Peck, 35 years old, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their handsome homestead on the Bethany turnpike. The house was wrapped in flames when a neighbor awoke at 4 o'clock. His shouts aroused Charles Peck, who part ly overcome by smoke, made his way to the roof and jumped, severely injur ing himsclt. It was impossible to rescue the other inmates of the house, which was reduced to ashes in less than an hour. Mr. Peck was active in the Methodist ministry for many years, but retired 20 years ago. FIOHT WITH BANK BURGLARS. Building Surrounded by Armed Men, But Tbrc Robbers Escape. Camden Point, Mo. (Special.) Four masked robbers entered the Bank of Camden Point and wrecked the vault with dynamite. A P. Sarrhurst, assistant cashier of the bank, and H. F. Rixcy, a local mer chant, returning from a country dance, passed the bank just as the explosion occurred. Hastily arming themselves with shotguns and summoning a small posse, they turrounded the bank and opened fire on the robbers. After a fusilade lasting several min utes, in which one of the robbers was shot in the shoulder, the bandits re treated from the bank, ran to the rail road tracks and escaped on a hand car. They secured no booty. Several armed posses are searching for the robbers. A FLUID TO PETRIFY THE DEAD. A Modern Memphlan Says He Can Save Bodies Indefinitely. Memphis, Tenn.( Special.) The Mem phis Medical College has for several weeks been experimenting with an em balming fluid declared by the inventor to be superior to the embalming prepa ration used by the Egyptians. The infusion, it is said, petrifies the body, and will preserve the subject for all time. The shriveling that was insep arable from the Egyptian embalming is absent. The principal experiment up to this time has been upon the body of a dog, which was trealed 30 days ago. It ap pears as natural as in life. It is rigid, but in a natural pose. There is no trace of odor about it, nor is there any visible symptom ot decay. Burglars Used Five Charges. Bethany, 111., (Special). Four' men broke into the bank of A. R. Scott here. blew open the safe and secured $2,000. A large nuantity of gold and silver was left, as the robbers were driven off by residents, who were aroused by the ex plosion and began shooting. The rob bers were at work two hours and fired five charges of nitroglycerin before the residents got out. A Double Tragedy. Grafton, W. Va., (Special). News reached here that Samuel Caroihcrs, who came here, accompanied by his 3-year-old girl, from Whitman, Nebraska, to visit his mother, 10 miles north of this place, had, shortly after arriving at his destination, deliberately shot and killed his little girl and then blown his own brains out. Mis wife is in a hospital in South Dakota. It is supposed that domestic trouble was the cause of the tragedy. Britain's Terrible Losses, London, (By Cable). The total re duction of Great Britain's military forces in South Africa from the beginning of the war to December, including deaths from disease, reported missing, etc., amounts to 24,200 men. Of this number 19,430 were actually killed or died. A total of 64,330 men were invalided home; the majority of them recovered and re joined their commands. The Boers ambushed a party of the Scots Grays last Saturday near Brank horst Spruit (about 40 miles east of Pretoria, on the railroad), 'i ha British casualties were six men killed and thir te.ro wounded. NATIONAL CAPiTAL AFFAIRS. Nation ol Coffee Criiriters. The coffee importations of the United States will in the calendar year loot be the largest in the history of the coun try's import trade. Eleven months' figures of the Treasury bureau of statistics show that these im portations amounted to 967.g69.585 pounds, against 707,406,152 in the corre sponding months of 1900, 817,223,877 in the corresponding months of 1809, 744. 910.179 in the corresponding months of 1898. 726,1 t9,gofi in the same months of 1807 and 567,929,817 in the n months of i8)6. These figures indicate not only that the coffee importations of 1901 will be larger than those of any preceding year, but that they will for the first time exceed 1.000.000,000 pounds. The value of these imports will reach about $70,000,000. While the quantity imported will exceed by more than 200,000,000 pounds that of any preceding year, the cost will be less than the average during the years from 1890 to 1897, when the cost per pound was materially higher than at pre?cnt. Brazil furnishes, of course, by fir the largest proportion of the coffee impor tations of the United States. In the 11 months ended with November these im ports amounted to 762,148.514 pounds, while the next quantity came from other South American countries, 91,297,714 pounds; Central America, 64,554.400; Mexico, ili,5p4,432. In Need ol More Room. The first Cabinet meeting of the new year was devoted to the discussion of minor subjects relative to the various departments among them the over crowded condition of some of the build ings. Lack of space in the Navy and War Departments is especially evident and there was sonic discussion of the neces sity for a new building. It was sug gested that if the Department of Justice and State Department c:uld be accom modated in a single building, thus leav ing the present State, War and Navjr Building for the use of the latter two departments, the situation would be greatly relieved. No conclusion, how ever, was reached. Secretary Gage talked for some time about the hardships imposed upon for eigners deported under the immigration laws. He instanced the case of a wife and child now being held in New York because afflicted with a contagious dis ease of the eyes. They are Assyrians and the husband is now in this country. The case has excited sympathy in New York, but tinder the law the mother and child must be deported. Gage Leaves January 25. Ex-Governor Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, was in conference with Secretary Gage over affairs of the Treasury Department, and then left with the Secretary for the White House. Mr. Shaw said he will take charge of the Treasury Department January 25. He said he has not contemplated anv changes in the official force here, and did not know that he would have any oc casion to consider such changes. Ex-Governor Shaw and Secretary Gage remained with the President about half an hour. Mr. Shaw later lunched with the President. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury H. A. Taylor will retain his position. This .was agreed upon at a consultation between the President and members of the Wisconsin delegation. Yield of Gold and Silver. The nreliminarv estimate of Tlirrctnr of the Mint Roberts on the production ot gold and silver m the United States during the calendar year 1901 indicates only a slight gain over the production of the preceding year. The yield of Alaska fell off by about $1,000,000. Col orado made a slight gain in gold and the other producers were nearly sta tionary. The yield of silver exceeded that of the previous year by about 2,000,000 fine ounces. The total number of ounces of fine gold produced is shown to have been 3.880,578 of the value of $80,318,800. The number of fine ounces of silver pro duced was 59,653,788, having a commer cial value of $35,792,200. The coinage value of the silver is aproximately $77, 000,000. Clemency for Soldier.'. The army regulations have been amended so as to provide that the pow er to pardon or mitigate punishment im posed by a court-martial vested in the authority which confirms the proceed ings, or the coresponding authority un der whose jurisdiction the sentence is being executed, extends only to the un executed portions of a sentence. An aphcation for clemency in the case of a prisoner sentenced to confine ment in a penitentiary must be forward ed to the Secretary of War for the ac tion of the President. General Miles says that the power to commute sen tences imposed by military tribunals, not being vested in military commanders, can only be exercised by the President. At the King's Coronation. It is understood that a way may be found by which two naval officers of high rank will take part in the corona tion ceremonies of King Edward VII. The present indications are that the President will select a civilian represent ative and also one officer of the army and one officer of the navy to accomnanv this civilian. Quite apart from this, the navy win oe represented Dy a squadron in English waters, with a rear-admiral in command. The effect of this arrange ment will be to place two naval officers of high rank in service in connection with the coronation. His Visit to Charleston. Atrat'gernents are being' made for the Presidents trip to the Charleston, S. C, Exposition in February. The President probably will be accompanied by most of the members of the Cabinet and some of the Cabinet ladies. They will leave here probably on February 10 arriving in cnanesion tne lonowing uay. To Christian Kaiser's Boat.x Miss Alice Roosevelt,' the eldest daughter of President Roosevelt, will christen the German Kaiser's new yacht now building at Stateu Island. N. Y. This announcement was made at the W lute 1 louse. 1 he Kaiser s invitation to Miss Roosevelt was extended through Dr. von Holleben, the German ambas sador to the United States. Congress ol Mothers to Meet The National Congress of Mothers will hold its sixth annual reunion in Washington from February 25 to 28. Capital News la Oeaeril. Through M. Boeufve, the Panama Canal Company offered to sell to the United States government the entire properties of the canal for $40,000,000. The proposition was submitted to Ad miral Walker, of the Isthmian Commis sion, who reported it to the President. Th! latter will submit it to Congress, Robert S. Chilton, United States con sul at Goderich, Canada, and Robert S. Chilton, Jr., chief of the consular bu reau, have resigned. Col. E. W. Ayres, at one time Wash ington correspondent of the Kansas City Times, dropped dead in the Citinens' Na tional Bank. CRASH AT SEA IN THE NIGHT Twenty or More Lives Lost In a Terrible Disister. SOME OF CREW CRUSHED TO DEATH Steamer Walla Walls, From Fan Francisco lor Puget Sound, Collides With a Sailing Ship oa the Pacific Off the California Coast With a Big Hole In Her Side the Steamer Sinks In Half an Hour. San Francisco (Special). A collision at sea between the steamship Walla Walla and an unknown sailing vessel re sulted in the sinking of the steamship. Twenty-seven poisons are missing. Ow ing to confusion of the lists, their namc3 cannot be determined accmately. The Walla Walla, owned by the Pa cific Coast Steamship Company, sailed from San Francisco New Year's day for I'nget sound porta. She carried 36 first class passengers, 28 sccond-clcss and a crew of 80 men. When off Cape Mendo cino, on the California coast, at 4.10 o'clock the next morning, an iron bark, believed to be French, loomed up 1.1 the haze and crashed into the Walla Walla's bow. Then the sailing vessel slid of! into the darkness and was seen no more. All the passengers and crew of the Walla Walla, except the few on watch, were asleep, but were nrriised by the crash. The steerage-quarters were in the bow, and it is believed that some of the steerage passengers and crew were crushed to death. A big hole was made in the steamer's bow and she sank in 35 minutes. The officers and crew maintained strict discipline. Boats and life rafts were promptly lowered. All who were not killed in the collision got off, except Capt. L. A. Hall, who went down with his ship. He was picked up later by one of the boats uninjured, cr.ccpt for a few bruises. A choppy sea was running and the smali boats could not make a landing on the shore, a few miles distant. They drifted about all day, and finally 65 persons were picked up by the steamer Dispatch, which took them to Eureka. Another boat, under command of Frc ginecr Brown, and containing 13 per sons, attempted to land at Trinidad and was swamped. John Wilson, quarter master; William Barton, fireman; L. Brule, pacsenger, and four unknown men were drowned from this boat, but the others were saved. When the Dispatch reached Eureka with the survivors tugs were sent out tor the missing boats. The tug Ranger picked up one boat cnntaii.ing 11 pas sengers and 3 of the Walla Walla's crew. Captain Kali, of the wrecked ship, gives a graphic account of the disaster. He says: "The weather thickened as Wednesday night advanced, and Thurs day morning a heavy fog, accompanied by a light rain, set in. About 4.10 A. M. I was suddenly awakened by an awful crash on the port sWe, well forward. Second Officer Luke was on watch at the time. The ship's housing, especially in the vicinity of my cabin, was badly shat tered, the main force of the collision striking just forward of my stateroom. My bunk was struck and thrown across the room on my table. "After the crash the strange vessel, which I think was a French bark, judg ing from the language used by her sail ors, rebounded and groped alongside. I called to her to stand by. She drifted away and was lost to view. I could not tell how badly she was injured, but I do not imagine she was severely hurt, as she struck us bow on. Though her forward rigging might have been bro ken, it is not likely her hull suffered ma terially. "Those of the passengers who had not been awakened by the crash were aroused at once. 1 he vessel began to till imme diately and sank in 35 minutes. There was no confusion on loard. The officers and crew kept the passengers from be coming panic-stricken." Hit the Walla Wallr. San Francisco, (Special). The cap tain of the steamer collier Washtena, which has just arrived at Neah Bay, State of Washington, reports being in company with the French bark Max off Cape Mendocino, January 2. The Max had been in collision with a large passen ger steamer at 4 o'clock that morning. The bark had three holes stove in her bow and her stem was bent to port, but no lives were lost on board her. The pasenger steamer in the collision was undoubtedly the Walla Walla. The Max was bound from Havre to San Francisco in ballast. It is not known yet how many per sons perished in the wreck of the Walla Walla. A conservative estimate puts the number of dead at 8 and the missing at 45- Great Week at Charleston. Charleston, S. C, (Special). The week was a notable one at the exposi tion. The stock show opened with 1,010 entries, under the supervision of Geo. F. Weston, of Biltmore, N. C. On Thursday the Liberty Bell arrived from Philadelphia and was placed in the beau tiful structure specially built for it. On Friday the International League of Press Clubs, the Pen and Pencil Club, of Philadelphia, was assembled here, and the great musical festival, conducted by Inncs Band, opened. Protocol Not Yet Slgaed. Santiago de Chili, (By Cable). Argentina has not yet officially ratified the protocol signed by Senor Yanes, the Chilian minister of foreign affairs, and Senor Portela, the Argentina minister to Chili, and has asked the Chilian govern ment for further explanations. Big Deal la Coal Land. Clarksburg, W. Va., (Special). A 4.000-acre coal tract in the Wallace dis trict. Harrison founty, W. Va., on the Short Line Railroad, is about to change hands. James R. Baines, of Uniontown, Pa., is making the sale, the purchasers being identified with the J. P. Morgan syndicate, of New York. The price to be paid is in the neighborhood of $400,000. The deeds are being prepared and the transfer will he made in a few days, The tract will be developed on an ex tensive scale. Beaten Till He Was Insane. Chicago, (Special). A coroner's jury listened to evidence showing that a some what remarkable series of occurrences led to the death of Frank J. Schell here. The jury returned a report show ing that Schell had been held up by two highwaymen and beaten so severely that he was rendered temporarily insane. While in this condition he walked some distance to the river and jumped or fell in. Schell and his brother recently came into possession of a $100,000 estate. The footpads stole lu9 overcoat, which is said to have contained valuable papers pertaining to the estate, TWO KILLED, MANY INJURED., Engine and Flv Cars r.f Passenger Train ' Leave Track. Glcncoe, Pa. (Special.) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger train No. 6, drawn by engine 888, was wrecked while rounding a curve about one and one-half miles east of here. The engine and, train were entirely destroyed by fire, leaving only the trucks "and iron parts. . The engineer and fireman of the train were killed and 2t injured. A special train was hurried to the scene of the wreck, with Drs. Bice, Wiley, Spear, Claybrook and Twigg on bffard, and upon arrival it was found that Dr. G. B. Haggard, of Massilon. Ohio, and Dr. V. T. McGillicudy, of Los Angeles, Cal., who' were on the wrecked train, had ministered as far as possible to the wants of the injured. Seven men whose injuries were most severe were brought to the hospital here and are doing well. A number were taken to Myersdale, Pa. Just what caused the wreck is not known. The train was coming down a steep grade at a lively rate when the en gine suddenly left the track and buried itself in the mountain side, almost com pletely clearing the tracks and flattening itself against the mountain. The front of the engine, including the cylinders and side rods, were completely driven into the mountain. The mail car struck the engine tank and swung around he side the engine, while other cars of the train, consisting of a baggage car. smo ker, day coach and two Pullmans, jumped the track and ran on the lies the full length of the train beyond the engine. The engine and postal car immediately caught fire, the gas lights in the latter car causing the blaze, and the flames being communicated from there to the rear Pullman, spread through to the bag gage car, the entire wreck burning like tinder. All the cars were more or less wrecked by the sudden stop, the chairs .n the Pullman beng torn from their places and thrown around the cars. The tr.'cks were badly torn up. Mail Clerk Partello states that there we-e about 80,000 pieces of mail in the ma. I car, and that the only thing saved was one registered letter and one reg istered parcel. World's Record Rain Fall. Honolulu, (By Cable). Unofficial re ports from Papaaloa, Island of Hawaii, state that last Wednesday 40 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. Professor Lyons, of the government observatory, says that this is a world's record, but he dis credits the report. From another dis trict a fall of 10 inches in five hours is reported, and throughout the islands there were heavy rains. A few washouts occurred, but there was no serious dam age. Collision ol Two Freights, Atlanta, Ga., (Special). As the re sult of a head-on collision between two freight trains of the Southern Railway, near Rex, Ga., 14 miles from this place, three of the trains' crews were killed and a number of freight cars destroyed by fire. The two trains met on a sharp curve, the derailed cars catching fire. The collision, it is said, was caused by a disregard of signals by the crew of one of the two trains. Anarchist Plots to Spa n. Madrid, (By Cable). The police have discovered traces of anarchist plots in the towns of Jerez de la Frontera, Alcala dc les Gazulos and Areas de la Frontera, in the Province of Cadiz. Forty-nine arrests were made and the prisoners conveyed to Barcelona, where they will be tried by the military courts. Party Ended In Fight. Augusta, Ga., (Special). Three pcor pie were killed and two wounded at Robbins, N. C, in a fight which occurred during a party given at the residence of Jesse Griffin. The participants in the light were white people and well know" in this part of the country. ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. Seth Low. the new Mayor of New York, and the other newly elected city officials, entered upon their duties, and Van Wyck and the other officials gave up their places. General Whcaton reports that the Isl and of Samar is more unfriendly than ever before. Matters arc progressing favorably in Bantangas Province. The Foraker faction corraled some members of the House for their candi date for Speaker, but the Hanna -people still claim a caucus majority. There was a collision near Keithville, La., in which a number of valuable horses, en route from the New Orleans meeting, were killed. David Hoge, of Greene county, West Virginia, was arrested on suspicion of having murdered Elizabeth Shannon, near Blacksville. William S. Miller, the father of the fruit industry in the Shenandoah Valley, died at his home, in Gerardstown.W.Va. The independent Wilson & McCallay tobacco plant, at Hamilton, Ohio, has been sold to the Continental Tobacco Company. , Three people were killed and two wounded in a fight which broke up a watch party at Robbins, N C. The Porto Rican Legislature con vened at San Juan. Governor Hunt gave a reception and ball to the mem bers. , Lieut. James W. Bevan, of the Eighth Artillery, committed suicide at Fort Canby, Washington. A freight train went through a bridge at Crescent, W. Va., and two bridgemen were buried. Three persons were hurt in the first ice-yacht race on Lake Monona, in Michigan. The indications arc that the tntirc Palma ticket was elected in Cuba. . President Caslio, of YeiiiMiiela, re ports that Fernaiid.-z has be-.-.i defeated and the revolution crushe 1. Emperor William has asked that Pres ident Roosevelt's daughter, Miss Alice, christen his yacht, now .building at Staten Island. President Koch, of the German Reichsbank, thinks the- new year brings better business prospects to Germany. New Year's greetings were exchanged between President Lonbct of France and the Czar of Russia. The German Court emerged from mourning and Emperor William re ceived the Ambassadors. Baak Looted by Sale-Blowesr. Bethany ,111., (Special). Four men broke into the bank of A. R. Scott here, blew the safe and secured $2,000. A large quantity of gold and silver was left, as the robbers were driven off by citizens who were aroused by the ox plosion and began shooting. The rob bers were at work two hours und fired five charges of nitro glycerine before the citizens got out. PENNSYLVANIA JRIEFLY TOLD. Condensed Special Dispatches From Many Points. Pennsylvanians received these pen sions: John Ludwig, Sizcrville, $12; Henry Harmon, Pittsburg. $6; Vin cent Amos, Scenery Hill, $10; Freder ick Bcrthel, Washington, $12; William Morlock, McKeesport, $12; George Coy, Den Run. $10; Michael P. Dick, oaring Spring, $8; Joseph B. Milhurn, Bristol, $12 ; Oliver Stalcy, Claysville, $12; Orion W. Miller, Tepleville, $u; Alfred M. Gorlcy, Uniontown. $10; Nancy Holmes, Millvillagc. $12; Alfred Walton, Dick sonburg, $t2; William H. Robinson, Pittsburg, $6: John II. Camp, South Oil City, $6; Martin S. Potter, Altoona, $10; Philip Johnson, Oil City, $6; Hi ram Davis, Saegertown, $8,,o; Johnson H. Crick, Rimershurg. $8; Daniel Sim mons, Braddock, $12: Charles W. Smith, Dugall, $12; Samuel A. Morse, Leroy, $24; John Kelly, Sandy Lake, $10; Rhoda A. Adams, RustII, $8; Rachel Hilty, Pittsburg, $8: Mary H. West Vandcrgrift, $8; Lydia A. Cox, Wells boro, $25; Sarah A. Fruit. Transfer, $8; Julia A. Sourwine, Rockford, $8. Judge Harry White, who sat in the court appointed for the Barker-O'Connor judicial contest, in Blair county, has received three threatening letters. While attending the session of the court he received two letters saying that if Barker were seated, there would be trouble for him. A third letter was found by Judge White at his home. It was mailed at Jefferson and declared: "The people here are not going to take any fooling. You Judge, are safer at home. It has been remarked that a Yankee was as safe at Gettysburg as you are at F-bcnsburg. Barker will never be Judge there will be some ore drop before it is over." The contest concluded a few days ago by the with drawal of Barker. Charters were issued by the Slate Deparment to the following corpora tions: Steelton 4 New Cumberland Bridge Co., Harrisburg; capital, $l,ooo. . The Farmers & Mechanics Trust Co., Mercer; capital, $125,000. The Scran ton "Journal" Publishing Company, Scranton; capital, $6,000. Davies Tex tile Company, Frankford ; capital, $100, 000. Standard Connecting Rod Com pany, Beaver Falls; capital, $30,000. Pittsburg & Brady's Bend Railroad Co., to build seven miles of road in Clarion, Armstrong and Butler counties; capital, $70,000; president, Edward Wilkins Dewey, New York. Under the order sent out by officers of the American Steel & Wire Company of Pittsburg, a pension department has been created in that organization. Its provisions retire from active service and under pension all employees who at tain a certain age or whose physical con dition necessitates a relief from duty. The new order went into effect January I. The company has about 20,000 em ployees. A fixed fund, the amount of which has not yet been announced, has been set aside by the Company. It will be placed in charge of a committee of disbursement., A board of arbitration, to be announced hereafter, will be ap pointed to frame regulations. State Treasurer Barnett reports that nt the close of business on December 31, there was $4,390,63157 in the general fund of the State Treasury. Philadel phia banks held the following rims: Farmers and Mechanics' National, $156, 560.11; Quaker City National,- $639, 156.92; Corn Exchange National. $75, xx; National Bank. Cermantown, $30, xx; Ridge Avenue Bank, $20,000; Sixth National, $30,000; Southwark National, f.io.ooo. Auditor General Hardenbergh will proceed agairst a number of corpora tions which have not complied with the 'aw passed by the last Legislature re quiring them to pay to the State treas ury a honus on their authorized increase yf capital stock. H is alleged that in many instances this increase has been made and not reported, and the law punishes "such delinquents to the cx.nr of forfeiting their charters. Having read of the action of the May or of McKcespprt in offering to ac knowledge total abstinence oaths on New Year's Day free of charge, Alderman Alexander M. Snyder, of Lebanon, an nounced that during this whole year he will administer sw-earing-off oaths with out price. He has added the stipulation that all violations of the oath are to be punishable with thirty days in jail. Al ready a large number of persons have taken the oath. The lower public school building in the Second Ward, Allentown, was dam aged by fire to the extent of $2,000. The fire occurred before any of - the pupils were in the building. The old part of the schoolhouse was one of the two buildings in which the first homeopathic medical college in the world was started, this being the institution out of which Hannemann College in Philadelphia grew. It has been used for public rchoo) purposes many yeafs. Charles Minnich, 13 years of age, of Danielsvillc, was burned to death. The boy was assisting in throwing hay from the loft of a stable when the lantern ex ploded and the building caught fire. Be fore the lad could escape he was toasted to death. The stable was destroyed causing a loss of $1,500. John Wilson was arrested at Media, charged with stealing a large quantity of wire from the line of the Postal Tel egraph Company along the West Ches ter Pike in Haverford Township. A man with Wilson succeeded in escap ing. Dairy and Food Commissioner Cope has turned over W the State Tressilry $1,600 collected from violators cf th0 "oleo" and pure food law. Of the sum $735 was paid by dealers convicted in Westmoreland county. Harold Brown, aged ifi yurs, was ar rested in Lancaster, on the charge of holding up Koy Martin, an older boy, from whom a purse containing $; waj taken. A charge of attempting to rob the home of Rev. Walter Whitlty has also been preferred against Brown. A silk flag has been presented to John Brown Circle, of the Ladies of the G A. R., of Chester by Mrs. Susan Shan non. Ida, the 5-ycar-old daughter of Henry Urban, of Lancaster, was burned )( death, the result of playing ivilli matches. "Coal is king, and will remain kini? for six months jt least," says G. A. IIol den general sales agent of Lackawanna 'I he demand has been considerably in excess of the supply and there is no in dication for this condition changing." Fire in the big dry goods house of Todd, Burns & Co., 111 Dublin, caused a loss of li 30,000. -) . The victory of the Nationalist party was celebrated in various ways in San tiago. Prof. John Birrell, of St. Andrew's University, is dead.
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