FMILY CREMATED IN A BURNING HOUSE Fihcr, Molhcr and Five Children Are Burned to flcnih. BUILDING WRF.CKED BY EXPLOSION. Joseph Supowskl, Who Owned tho Builiiioij, and Karl Brackl, Ills Brother-ln-Law, Have Been Arrested Pending an Investiga tion Stipowskl Carried an Insu ance of $9000 on the Building and Its Contents. Buffalo, N. Y.. (Special). Henry I'earlstein, his wife ami five children, ranging in age from I'i to 12 years, were burned to death in a fire that de stroyed a two-story frame building here. Joseph Stipowski. who owned the building, and Karl Bracki. his brother-in-law. have been arrested pending an investigation. Supowski carried an in surance of ').ooo on the building and its contents. The Pcarlstcirs and another family lived in rooms above the shoe store and were asleen when the tire started. Su powski told the police that he accident- j ally dropped a lamp. j A few minutes after the fire he-.an there was a loud explosion thnt blew j out the front of the store and hurled , some of the contents of the windows into the middle of the street. Plate-glass I windows on the opposite side of Broad way were shattered and the sound of the explosion was heard two blocks away. J he flames enveloped the building tn a i short time. The family living in the rear flat bare ly escaped with their lives. The Pearl steins were awakened, hut before they could reach the only stairway leading from their rooms, the fire bad under mined the floor in the hallway and it collapsed, carrying them down into a mass of flames. Their charred bodies were found at 8 o'clock, four hours after the firemen had extinguished the flames. The body of the mother and baby w ere found togeth er, the little one tightly clasped in its mother's arms. Pearlstein's corpse was found close to that of his wife. He a No held one of the children in his arms. The bodies of the other three children were found huddled together close to the father's re mains. NEGRO NEARLY KILLS WOMAN. A Horrible Crime Committed In Lynchburg, Virginia. Lynchburg. Va.. ( Special"! . Thc most dastardly crime ever perpetrated in this j . city occurred when Mrs. Ralph Webber, a young married lady living on Monroe ! street, was outraged an I desperately j wounded by an unknown negro man. J The brute, after having accomplished his purpose, dragged lit r to thc floor and choked her. he plac-d his knee on her head and with a knife cut her throat al most from ear to ear. Mrs. Webber, in her attempt to save her life bad both hands gashed, the left thumb being cut and the ball of the middle linger of the right hand hi ing nearly sliced off. In addition to this, she has a big bruise on her right temple, where the fiend's knee rested. The negro disappeared, and Mrs. Web ber, although desperately wounded, stag gered to the next house above, which is occupied by Mrs. R. B. Wood. She call ed for help as she went and managed to reach her neighbor's door, where she fainted from loss of blood and fell to thc ground. Her cries had been heard by a colored man and help was summoned, a physician and nurses soon being at hand. She describes thc negro as being almost as light-colored as a white man, of medium height, with no mustache, and well dressed. PHONES FROM MOVING CARS. The Remarkable Invention of an Ohloaa Ii Given a Test. Muskegon. Mich.. (Special). C. F. Bidwcll. of Toledo. Ohio, gave the first practical demonstration here of his father's iiiveiuiou of a telephone system whereby it is possible to call up and talk from an electric car going at full speed with anyone who is located in another car on the same line running in any di rection and at any distance. The system is applicable to either steam or electric roads. The overhead trolley is used for one side of the cir cuit, and for the other a second wire is strung parallel with the stationary trol ley. The metal trolley pole of the car is attached to a second pole which oper ates on the additonal wire by means of a flanged wheel. A closed circuit is thus obtained. Telephone wires are attached to each of the two trolley poles which lead to the telephone in the ear. The heavy voltage rcipiiird to operate the electric ears is reduced to that used for telephone service by a special invention. Ordinary telephones were used. Robbed Six Times in Six Years. New York (Special). For the sixth time in as many years the postoflicc at Short Hills. N. J.. was entered by rob bers. They got into the outer safe by the tise of dynamite, but got only $10. Every time the postoflicc has been robbed the liurglars operated in the same way. This time, as on the othe-r occasions, they broke open a tool box which stands by the side of the Lackawanna railroad tracks and got a hammer and heavy iron bar. They then knocked off the combi nation of the safe and, inserting a charge of dj lamite. blew off the outside door of the -afe. Dr. Anthony Released. Washington, D. C, (Special). A cable message received at the State De partment from l'nited States Consul General Bingham, at Cape Town, an nounces the actpiittal and release of Dr. Richard S. Anthony, who has been on trial there on a charge of high treason and aiding the enemy. Anthony is an American citizen, but Ins lived for some time in South America. Mrs. Anthony, Ins wife, is at present in Chicago. Murdered and Burned In Firebox. St. Petersburg, ( F!y Cable!. A rail road paymaster, while riding on a lo comotive, has been nuirdired near Khar kotf, and hi body was burned in the tire hox. The engineer is charged with the murder and with the robbery of ,yj,ooo rouuics taixiul .v 15,000), which tlx lie pay- master bad. torln; Cup for Schley. Knoxville. 'leim., (Special). It lias been decided to pre cut Rear Admiral Schley a band sonic gold and -.il ver loving up 011 the occasion of his visit bt"-e Kbi uaiy 5 and u. flMViAf.VOF THE LATEST NEWS. Pomesllc. Admiral Schley had a remarkable re ception at the City Hall in Savannah. He met and shook hands with thousands of people of all classes. The streets were packed with people, who cheered him with a will. Richard A. Moran, aged "3 years, an old California miner, was fatally suffo cated mar Middletown, X. Y by tail ing into a street cutter. He w;n pos sessed of considerable property. From St. l'aul. Minn., comes the re port of a progressive scheme of railroad consolidation which contemplates the bringing together of all the important railroad systems in the country. I he I'nion Pacific is preparing to ex pend from $25,000,000 to $.10,001,000 in order to be able to light the Northern lines under the control of J. J. Hill. The National League of Commission Merchants concluded its i-.miua! conven ii..ti ,1. tM.;'-,,i..'-,!,;a w ; Mm-hell ,,f 1 ,,;.,.iii' 1, :;, i,.nt. ami ' Chicago was scl.vted as the next n.cri ing place. Major Waller, of the United Slates Marine Corps, and his men had a hard march aero-s the Island of Sa.nar, dur ing which they killed 1.1 insurgents and captured 2 officers. C ivernor an Sant will call an extra : ,,, ynil tiul ) ,avc ordered my yacht session of th? Minnesota Legislature ' 1 Iokcn?ol!crn to cross over and iic pres about the middle of February, v. hen the ; CMt t,c ceremony. Mv brother. Ad-O'.u-stion 01 the raihoad combination will ,jral prince Ilenrv of Prussia, will ap- iikcIv be considered. 1 Two Filipino in; urgent chiefs and renegade who stole a valuable image of tne irgm from a.churci. lor which they obtained large sums ot monev. have surrendered. Co'. William Washington, of the fami- lv of Gen. George Washington, died in Philadelphia, aged 57 years. The Euclid Avenue Trust and Savings rnnmanv of f 'l.-vrl:o-d marie- an .nssbrn- ment. ' j Sydney Leascelles. a noted swindler, was caught by tiie police of Boston. , Gencral Woods reasons for silsoenil-, --- - - - i ing Miguel Gener. the mayor of Havana, were because of his alleged incompcten- cy. I he petition tor tlu- .Mayor s removal was signed by 23 of the Havana coun- ; crimen. 1 Rev. Lyman Abbott delivered an ad dress to the Rcto-m Club, in New York cily, on the r.ue-t'on of the Stale law and the Sunday opening of saloons. The pass jreement in the Central Passenger As-'ociaiiou lias been broken, and Gould's Wabah Company is said to be responsible for the break. J. S. Duke, of North Carolina, has or dered a design for a bronze statute of McKinley. lo be placed at Trinity Col lege, Durham, N. C. Paul Alexander Tuholski. of Erie. Pa., a student in the Union Theological Seminary, New York, committed sui- Ci.l'-. Ex-Gov. James H. MeCreary was nom- , .... ....... ..... ... . I'rsaKioii, ivy., lor e.nucu states sen ator. 1 he Liberty Tlell arrived at Charles ton and was received by the militia. A salute of 13 guns was fired. Henry II. Savage, a student in Prince ton University, has been attacked by smallpox. Charles Caleb Crc-son. aged 86 years, was killed by gas in Philadelphia. Foreign. The smallpox scare. in London is as suming such alarming proportions that an official of a transatlantic steamship : company says lie tears that London will 1 ne 111 quarantine wiien img r.iiwaiu is crow ned. An international athletic tournament will be held in London in connection with the coronation ceremonies. Ameri can pugilists will be invited to partici pate in contests for big stakes and a 'coronation belt." Joseph Chamberlain, the British colo nial secretary, in a speech at Birming ham, replied to the criticisms of thc Ger mans by declaring that he withdrew j nothing, qualified nothing, defended j nothing. The French Minister at Pekin has re- 1 fused to present his credentials until j China fulfills demands of the French ! government. l"or this reason the joint i audience of the foreign and Chinese : ministers has been postponed. The revolution in Paraguay turns out , to be more serious than first reported, i President Acenal resigned. During a right in the Chamber of Deputies, one 1 official was killed and three othcis wounded. ! John E. Redmond was re-elecied 1 chairman of the Irish Parliamentary j party. Resolutions were adopted con- j detuning the coercion methods of George 1 Wyndhani. chief secretary for Ireland. I The Boer delegates in Holland ex- poet that peace overtures will shortly ' he made. The Boers will not reject 1 what they call "any fair offer of terms." According to the German income tax i return-., krupp is the richest man in j Germany, having an income of over $s. 000.000 a year. 1 The Dowager Empress of China thank- . ed several 1 epresentatives of foreign lowers lor the care thev bad taken ot the pah.ces I According to a Hamburg newspaper's ailvtce. Nicaragua is making extensive 1 war preparations, she has brought one war-hip and is negotiating for two others. It is said ihat Nicaragua. Hon duras and Sa'.'ador intend to attack Guatemala and Costa Kiea and compel them to join the t-ropo.-id Central Amer ican union. The Dovvi.ger Kmpress of China lias a.--erted her complete snpiemkey by de ciding to receive the foreign d'iplor.iits in a hall which no woman of the court has ever been permitted to enter. She wants (o prevent any communication between-the diplomats and ti e Emperor csavpt tinder her t en - orsbip. William Redmond ami Joseph Devlin, Irish leader-, will sail for ihe United I States to complete work of organising the league. financial. Ohio Coal Traffic Association roads will advance rales 011 coal ten cents a ton. The proposed merger of the Western stove companies is said to be progress ing slowly. The Wayne '1 itle & Trust Company has declared a dividend of j per cem., payable this wek A Northern Pacific official says: "Our hallic is certain lo .ncrease for years lo e'ome. Jnmiigruiioii is pouring into our territory, thus increasing tin- ton-r-i'ge." 1 1 ;s reported that there is a new deal on foot between tiie Cuban Sleil Ore ("otiipaity and the owners of the iron ore iiinies leased by ihein in Cuba, and that Ihe .'eases will change hands. At the St. Louis and San Francisco di rectors' meeting nothing but routine bus iness was transacted, It is reported Ihat the net earnings for the month of No vember tiill show an increase ot over f '!). OOO. Application has bee-:i received, bv lhc New York Stock F'xchange to list $55). 000 additional Burlington, Cedar Rapids and North Railway of Ohio, consoli dated first mortgage and coliaierid mist 3 for cent, bond., of 1(1,54, EHfERCR WILLIAM TO ROOSEVELT Prince Henry Coming Over to Yacht Chriftenftig. the WILL BRING IMPERIAL YACHT. in pcror Wiliiar.i Cnbies Ills Gra ifltatloa at the President's Permission for Miss Koo -veil to Perform the Christcnl."ii Ceremony ol His New Yacht-President Assures hearty Welcome for Prince Henry. Berlin. (By Cable). Emperor Wil liam's yacht llohcnzollcrn will go to New York to participate in the launch ing of His Majesty's new yacht. Prince Henry of Frusta will also be present at the ceremony as representative of Em- peror Wiliiam Emperor William telegraphed as fol lows in English to President Roosevelt: I am most gratified by your kind per mission for Miss Roosevelt's performing the christening ceremony of my yacht, l! gives me great pleasure to announce mar as mv renresentative. and will be able to express to you once more my re feelings and friendship for the ,!;, cj States and their illustrious head , WILLIAM. R. I. j , ,. : . President Roosevelt replied as follows 1,1 1 'crman : our Majesty s intention to send over .your yacht llohcnzollcrn to attend the christening by my daughter of your new yacht is a source of great pleasure and 1 satisfaction to me. I can assure you a hearty welcome for your brother, Ad- , mnai irmcc uemy. 10 wnom 1 sua.. , . ' personally express my sincere fee hugs ; of esteem for your Majesty as well as , ' ncsi w.sncs iur tne ntiuit ui mc. 'iertnan people. i-igneiu Ti I rrr-r-i-io rr r-w -c rr l.-T 'r i iin.eianr. ieoo.-j,i e.i 1 . j The Hohenzollem has been placed in 1 drydock at Kiel to have her bottom scraped and painted. She is under or ders to be fitted out for a 10-weeks' cruise and will sail for New York. Jan uary jj. according to present plans, ar riving there about F'cbruary 3. Prince Henry will sail early in February on one ot the North German Uovd steamers. lie will be attended bv several officers ! ot high rank, whose names have not yet I been announced. l hc date of the launching of the lCm- peror's yacht, it is understuod, has been fixed for February 26. The length of Prince Henry's slay in tU. 1. niied Mates 1 undetermined and will depend in part upon the wishes of President Roosevelt and the program for his entertainment. Prince Henry's visit to America is regarded bv the court as another evidence of the Emperor's desire I to win thc good will of the American j I" pie and government for Germany. CAPTAIN AND SIX MliN DROWNED. The Slcainer Bristol, fcr Alaska, Wrecked on Green Island. Vancouver. B. C. (Snecial). Tile ' learner Bristol, one of the oldest heavy I steamer Uristol, one ot the oldest heavy carriers ot tne coast, was wrecked Jan- nary 2. on thc end of Green Island, and 1 her captain. with six of the crew- drowned. The steamer was on her way from 1 adystnitb, Vancouver Island, to the Treadwell mine, on Douglass Island, Alaska, with 2.500 tons of coal. Passen gers arriving by thc City of Seattle give accounts of the disaster. Green Island lies in the path eif Alas ka steamers, and, being low and small, is impossible to be seen on a dark night. The steamer was trying to make Dix on's entrance in a rough sea when she went aground. It was 11 o'clock when she struck and seas washed over her stern until she disappeared. Three of the boats were safely launch ed : the fourth was probably smashed against the side of the ship. It has never been found, and there is no trace of it or the seven men who were to go aboard and for whom all hope has been given tin. The steamer Cottage City ramr came along at 8 o'clock in the morning ' an t picked up Hie three boats. VltLDINQ TO GEN. BELL Filipino Leaders In Betanxas Surrender Unconditionally. Manila. (By Cable). Colonel Mari sigaii, Major Cabrera and a renegade priest. Padre Castillo, who is alleged to have stolen a valuable image of tne Vir gin from a church, for which, it is 'al lege'd, be obtained large sums of money, base surrendered unconditionally lo i General Bell, who is conducting the I campaign against the insurgents in Ba- tangas. I lu v had control of the district of Toaei. extending westward to the sea. including the towns of Banan and Gue 110.1. A-i agreement has been made that these chiefs shall on Monday absolutely surrender otr; man and ge 1 in their di-triof. It is estimated (hat Ido rill-s .viil he Turned in. Many men ami rifles hi e been captured during the past few lay;, and small engagements occur daily. Gentrsl Bell visited the city, and bad a conn enc with General Chaffee. He ays th present campaign is securing talualile results, and that it is uossible that General Malvar, the insurgent lead er. will surrender next week. The United Slates Commission has ap- propriated $J.suo,ooo for insular e - pendtturcs during .he firs, quarter of the ''ar- Threw Acid on Wronf Man. Aurora, III., ( Special). Charles Strauss-burger, of Chicago, a student for the priesthood, was the mistaken victim of an acid thrower at the Chicago, Burlington and Quinry depot lif e. The fluid missed his eyes, but the right cheek and side of his nose were burned. The thrower took a ircond look at his vic tim, cried out : "My God, I've got the wrong man," and fled. Straussburger was able to rrturu to bis home in Chi cago. Murdered by Helper. Uniui1tov.11, Pa., ( Special). At t'le new Sharon Steel Company mines, eiylit miles west of this place, Henry Grant almost instantly killed William Jenkins. Jenkins was shift bo-s on thc gang sink ing the shaft and Grant had been in charge of the drilling machine. He proved unsuitable, and was reduced to helper, while Jenkins put his brother in Grant's place. Just as the men quit work Grant slipped up behind Jenkins, plung ed a big knife through his body and ran, escaping ill lhc conii-sioii. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFA1R3. Department of Commerce. The Senate Committee on Commerce authorized a favorable report on Sena tor Nelson's bill for the creation of an executive department of the Government to be known as the Department of Com merce. Besides providing for an additional member of the Cabinet, known as a sec retary of commerce, the bill provides for an assistant secretary and a com plement of officers. Under the new de partment shall be the following offices an. I bureaus: l.i.'e-S.iving service. Lighthouse Board. Light house srrvlce, Marine llos- pital service. Steanibi at Inspection scr-1 vice, bureau of Navigation anil I nited 1 neighbors, and especially with those of , Stales Shipping Commissioners. Bureau;,. . , .... ,.; of Immigration, Iiurcau of Statistics. the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, thc Commissioner of Railroads, the Census Office, thc Patent Office, the Department of Labor. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. P-nn-an of Foreign Commerce, now in the Stale Department. to lie consolidated with thc Bureau of Statistics. There are also to be established a bu- rcau of manufactures and a bureau of mines and mining. The new department is designed to promote commerce and gather and furnish ail information upon commerce and industries. It also will relieve the other departments, notably tiie Treasury, of a great amount of work now perlornud there Three Months' Work in Vain. An adjournment of the Pan-American Congress, which has been in session in the City of Mexico for the last three months, is expected in a few days. Advices received bv the Bureau of American Republics are to the effect that lhc col s as .,,,. ai,;in(onc(l hope (,f a Pllcl.CPsfl: sollltj ,,f the arbitra- , , - , n ... . slm,m,s i i-mi in .1 11 u is. 1 1 11 n v 1 1 1 1 1 mis rm. ' , objrcte(, an ,. thc )mMH.cts r,f f a,liol,nilm.n, .ithot anv ,!,,,;,, r, an suits having been obtained on this im portant iptestion, seem now practically ; settled. Chili has succeeded in prevent- - ..... .; , 1 m;r action by tiie congress on tins sun- ; ject. and is still fighting to prevent even a motion being submitted on the Moor ot the congress which it is hclieved would result in a majority favorable to , some form of arbitration, not necessari- ! ly compulsory. i The United States, by its refusal to force matters and bring Chili to terms, probably will cause an adjournment of the congress without any positive con- elusions as to arbitration. tl.pburn Gill Passes. Thc Hepburn Nicaraguan Canall bill : passed the House by practically a unani- 1 inous vote. Only two members out of ; 310 voted against it Messrs. Elctehe (Rep., Minn.) and I.assiter ( Dem., Ya.) The opposition to committing the Gov- eminent to the Mc;:i agnail route at- ; tempted to secure anit-rd-.ncrits to lodge with the President the discretionary power to purcl.a.-e and complete the Pan- amacamd.it it could be purchased for $40,000,000. The te.-t came on the first vote, when thc advocates o? an alterna- 1 live rritili, wilti'd IflJ n'.illst 1 To -Tltp. i At each succe. ..ling vote their 'sirencth dwindled, until Mr. Cannon I 111.), .luder " "" leadership the light was made. , ; !- , It, the -ives and iiavs on a i ,,,iiri .,, r,.,.,,,,it ill mln-r nm-ml- I incuts failed and thc bill passed exactly ; .... : ,. t i. , x' i .is 11 -.nine ijuui 1111 1 eii nil 11 1 11 v. isuiit-- j of the voles, excent that on the final lias- I sage of thc bill, was a record vote. ....,. I left entirely wilh the trustees. Quicker Special Delivery. , of ,he insl;tlltim M. Wo, In collection wilh efforts the Postofhce cott said, would even permit aid in the Department is making to expedite the : carrying on of investigation by individ delivery of mails in cities, a new scheme ua,j? Perfecting inventions although for quicker dispatch of special delivery j letters is under rouidri alioii by Assist :.nt Postmaster fi-ncral Shallcnhergcr. This contemplates attaching a supple mental letter-box to the p'gnlar letter boxes on the strteis, with a vi"w to de positing therein only the special ' deliv ery letters. This will he of iimeh benefit to sections of cities remote from thc postoffice, as special delivery niesrei'.gers would make a rapd round of these spe cial delivery boxes at frequent intervals transferring the ordinary letters erronc- ouslv deposited to the regular boxes and j carrying the special deliveries to 1 postoffice for postmarking and then de-i ivermg immediately to the addresses. ' Shaw and Payne Confirmed. The Senate, in executive session, con firmed the nomination of Hon. Leslie M. Shaw to be Secretary of the Treas ury, and of Hon. Henry C. Payne to be Postmaster-General. The confirmation of Mr. Shaw was ac complished without comment, but there- was some controversy over the action of the Committee on Postoffice in reporting Mr. Payne's nomination without going through the formality ot a meeting. For a Permanent Census Bureau. The Senate Committee on Census unanimously agieed to recommend the passage of the bill introduced by Sc-a- tor Hale to create a permanent census bureau it,- eoiiiiiiitiee was anuressi!! by Director Mcma.11. who said 1 , that with a permanent establishment the work of the bureau could be done bet- ter and more economically. ! $25,000 Salary for Ex-President. I Representative I.overing, of Massachu setts, introduced a bill providing a sal- ! ary for ex-Presidents of the United i I States at the rate of $5.ixo annually from the date of retirement from thc ! Presidency. '1 he bill is to annlv to anv I ex -President living at the tnue the law I ,s t'n:ict('- Pension Approprialioa $l-8,842,230. The Pension Appropriation bill was completed by the House Committee on Appropriations and rronrfed to Ihe House. It carries $1 39.84-', j.jo, exactly the amount of the estimates, as against ?I45,.'45..'.W appropriated last jtar. Capita! News in Gener.il. Rear Admiral Wildes has been as signed to comand the Asiatic Squadron The memorial meeting in honor of Mr. McKinley will be held in the House of Repre-entaiives on February 27. Sec retary I lay will deliver Ihe address. Aduvral 1 1 iggmsoii, with bis 'i.-.l; Kea-'-a"' e, and sever,. I otlur . "nips of the North Atlantic ScjMudri-u will go lo Yciirr.ueh.i' wi'er.i. 'I he names, of the hoard .of trustees 01 the Carnegie Ii:..l,lution. for which Mr. Carnegie piovidi d $10,000,000, were made public. Dr. Oilman's name is on ihe list. Miss Julia 1'oraker, youngest daugh :er of Senator'aiid -Mrs. Forakcr, w'as married at her parents' residence to Mr. Francis King Waiuwright, of Philadelphia. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. Di . Mackay-Smilh. and was followed by a reception, at which about 400 guests were present. UNITED STATES IS AT THE TOP Wealthiest of All the Powers! and Has the Least Indebtedness.1 GREAT IN ll OF ITS PRODUCTS. Far Beyond Any Other Country tn Wheat, Iron and Steel Jay British Statistic? tlluJ (rated by Some Statements .Vade by the Loniltn Daily Mail Year Bonk fur Iv02 Re ceived by the Bureau of Statistics. Washington, IX C. (Special). Thc standing of thc L'nited Slates with her I . 1 ! made by thc London I 'aily Mail c.tr j Rook for too.!, a copy of which has just j j rc!ll.IC(j ,,,, reaMiry Bureau of Stalis-i , . . . . ', . . .li.eussrs i 1 tlc"- 1,1 Us various ch,,.nrs ,t disuisses , Marions features of conditions m the ; United Stales. Under the head of wealth j I it places the l'nited Slates at the bend i of the list of great nations, the ligurcs j : of wealth being: United Slates. 16.-1 to.ooo.ooo : United Kmgd mi, 1 1.H00,- ! 000 ono: France, o.(.oo.ooo.ooo : Ger- ! many. fX.o-2.000.000, and Russia. ().- j ,4.100.000. While the United Stales j heads this list of countries in its wealth, ! it shows the smallest national indebted- Under the hf.id of commercial compe- : and from thc wreckage ami darkness tition it savs that "the first vear of the , came thc cries of thc injured and calls twentieth c'enlnrv opened badly for two for assistance by those who escaped, of the four leading industrial nations.1 Within a few minutes the work of The trade of the United Stales was good j rtscne. marked by heroism and sacrifice, and showed no decline from the booming 1 hegan. Alarms that brought every period of !)) and i:;oo, but rather, in 1 available ambulance in the cty, the po most industries, a continuance of the ! ',t-e reserves of five precincts, and the boom of which the l'nited States has j "renir-i, of the Central Eastern district ha.l so disproportionately large a share. Manhattan, were sounded at once, anil France, which had" responded less ! 11,1 police, firen.cn and surgeons came expansively lo the boom, remained un- j s,re of, volunteer physicians and half affected bv the decline and progress else- i a 'loz,',, clergymen. where. In England and Germany, how ever, the decline was felt acutely. Under the head of the world s whea crop it shows the United States far .,,,..,, 1 ..f .,,. ,,,1,,,. ;,, ii,.. . . . w'.s "". o... i,. dm-don of wheat Under the head of "Fight for the iron trade" it calls attention to the fact that the United States is now the world's lr,rpest producer of pig iron and steel, and says "it will be noted that tin l'nited Kingdom has lost ground, pro ducing 3Hi.74) tons less in luoo than in lHiio. the total for Great Britain be ing nearly 5.000,000 tons less than in America. An unsatisfactory feature in lhc British iron and steel trade is that in 1 1,00 we imported more iron and steel titan in any previous vear and exported less, while the United Slates exported more than ever. i ' j VilLl. NOT P.E A UNIYTPSITY. i I - . - . I I srr(.iniv nl rnrni-i.il- In coemn Inmrnnr-i. '. tors Talks of' Plan. 1 1 Washington. D. I.. (Special). Di- r(X.((,r v;deotl of the Geological survey.! i 1. .- . - . " '; "' -eireuny ot tne mcoipora- tors ot the Carnegie Institution, says that : he lias received applications for places' under the institution and for its aid in v.:,ri"". y:,'.- T1,c P'M'olar impression that the institution was to be a muver- i s'ily, Mr. Walcolt said, was erroneous. There would undoubtedly be a complete equipment 01 laboratories and nistruc- t"rsto enable students lo follow tip a particular hue of scientific research. An . . administrative building, at least, was also contemplated and probably others but that was a detail which had been to ascertain the practicability ot each j case and lo guard against cranky ideas. 1 CHICAGO BURGLAR HAD NcRVE. Tells Sick Woman He Is a Physician and Writes a Prescription. Chicago, (Special). While Mrs. W. W. Reynolds of 46,4 Calumet avenue. who is ill and under the care ot a physi- cian. was in a light sleep a man appeared j ,i,t. ro0!1, Removing his overcoat, 1,e apirtiachcd Mrs. Reynolds and said: Doctor cannot he here today, and requested me to make hi I lien lie-gently lifted the hand and felt of her pulse. "Ah!" be murmured, "just trace of fever." patient s a slight inquiring wnetiicr sue nan rested we ll took notes of her appetite, wrote what purported fo be a prescription and left. Five hundred dollars' worth of jewels were missing. The prescription j read : "I am sorry had lo steal like ihi j Fatal Joller Explosion, Charleston. W. Ya., (Special). I 'nvs reached this cily from the interior 1 .1. r .. ... 1,1 UK eomiiy 01 a disastrous hoiler c-x j l1'0''0" at Island Branch. The- lS tYl "".1 R'ist I plodetl. the boiler going throuul i-i f nonei 01 er "going through the roof" ,r. ...;iu, ...... .... 1 1. :u- ...:n 1 , ..,,, . 1,,.-. , , ...111 1 i.:u- 1 John Shaffer, the son of the owner, be ' . : 'v nt,""K sides injuring six men, several perhaps 1 I.ilally. A team ol horses si.mdiiic nearby was scalded in a terrible manner. Nicaragua Celebrated Over Canal. Managua. Nicaragua, (By Cable). There is great rejoicing in the official circles of Nicaragua over the news by cable that the Nicaraguan canal bill has passed the House of Rcnresentativcs. The national band at Managua played i ' Uii Coiumbia';" and sllhdes were fired ; from the battery. Zclaya Seizes Vasques. Managua, Nicaragua, (By Cable). Government of Nicaragua has arrested Genera! Vasqucz.the former President of Honduras, on board the South Ameri can Steamship Company's steamer Tu capel. The General is charged with at tempting to incite a re volution in Central America against President Zel.iya, of Nicaragua, who drove General Vasquez from the Presidency of Honduras in 180.4 for the same offense. Through Flames fo Safety. Sault Sle Marie, Mich., (.Special). The home of Henry Plaimt was de stroyed by fire and Ihe eleven inmates barely escaped with their lives. Four members of the family were horribly binned in making their escape from the house, their passage being through a mass of llame. A 10-year-old boy saved his life by jumping from a second-story window. Flaunt, clad only in his night clothes, hare-headed mid barefooted, ran four blocks through a storm to give the alarm. An explosion of a lamp was the cause of the file. PASSENGER TRAINS COLLlDb. A Frightful Accident In r Tunnel in New York City. New York, (Special). In the New York Central Railroad tunnel that runs tinder Park avenue, this cily, '.wo local trains collided. Fifteen passengers were killed and twice that number -were injured. A dozen of the latter were seriously hurt and the list of the dead may be extended. It was a rear-end collision between a South Norwalk local that ran in over tiic New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad, and was halted by block signals at the southern entrance of the tunnel, and a White Plains local that 1 came by the 1 larlem Branch of the New ' " -1. I8--... .1 .1. 1 York Central. The wreck occurred at 8.17 A. M.. at which hour the trains were crowded bv suburbanites. Most pf thg (ca(h jnjury am, damagc w wrought by the engine of the White Plains train, which plunged into thc rear car of the motionless train and was M1,as,jn? ti,c scat, all( furnishings and splitting the sides as it moved forward he victims either were mangled in thc mass of wreckage carried at the pilot, crushed in the space between boiler and car sides, or scalded by steam which came hissing from broken pipes ami cylinders. The engine, in its final plunge of 40 feet, carried the tear car forward and sent twisted iron, broken timbers and splinters crashing into thc NORDICA 111 RT IN WRECK. The Famous Singer Injyred in a Georgia Collision. Rome Ga., (Special). As a result of a collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Southern Railway, near Reeves Station. 20 miles north of Rome, Mme. Lillian Nordica, the singer, was injured. Her accompanist. E. Ro manic Simmons, sustained a bruised hand. An engineer was killed and three other employes of the road were injured. The train to which Mme. Nordica's private car was attached was a mixed rscr.ger and lreigbt. It arrived at Keeves Station at 3,W o clock A. M., "here it had orders to meet freight .o. 55. A freight train, which proved to be an extra, was on the siding at Reeves when the passenger arrived, and the en- cinccr of the iiasseiiirer evidently assum- ,d tl,at w:,,s ,N-' 53 an1 tlkl,"?-t, st"' but continued his run toward Cliatta- nooga. A "i,e "orth of Reeves, while going I at a rapid rate, the passenger train met .ii .1 i.timi i.iie. uie Jiissiimn th(, frc , on a sll.ir., cllrv(, Thc tw0 engines crashed into each other, and Engineer Tracey in attempting to jump, was caught between the two locomotives and crushed to death. Womnn Ronst.'d to Death. Marinette, Wis. (Special). Mrs. Lena Christel, aged 70, was literally roasted to death here. Her charred and lifeless body was found in her room by a police man who had seen smoke issuing from the place. The woman's death was a mysterious one and Martin Cbristel. her son, is in jail awaiting an investigation. She was a Russian. Circumstances indi cated that when her clothes were burn ing she had made a struggle for life, as her body was found .some distance T ',ed"W"CrC 'yi"g Fasted Thirty Days. Boulder. Col., (Special). -J. D. Choale, of New York city, is at the Colorado Sanatorium here. For thirty days Mr. Choate has eaten absolute'y nothing. His fast has been self-imposed and because of stomach trouble, which world not vield to medical : treatment. Hi ; mental and nhvsical condition, aside from thc weakness of hody due to his protracted fast, has not sulTcrcd in thc least. One Woman Shoots Another. Manchester. N. H., (Special). Annie Hcaudry shot Jennie' Gagnon in one of the Ainosksag Corporation mills here and then committed suicide. Miss Gag non is alive, but in a critical condition. ! It is believed that Miss Beaudry was not ' her right mind. It was reported that J "he accused Miss Gagnon of. having persecuted her. and for that reason she nan given up ner situation in tne nun. Miss Beaudry was about 2$ years of age. Moonshiners Fire From Ambush. Gaincsboro, Ala., (Special). Deputy Marshal J. N. Hollenback was killed and his son was wounded by men sun- 1 poseci u- uc iiioousiiiiiers near nils place, i -ii .,., .,, ,...,1 1 1 j j'"1'8"1 ""f"Kr- .a(' bringing him to Gadsden, when the party was I 1 lie: iiu ij linn uiieaieel JJllil iill-Ole, ail c. 1 . .....K....1, -ri 1.- pursued by a sheriff's possc Have European Canals. London, (By Cable). One of the most important of American commercial enterprises in Europe is now being dis cussed here. It consists in the securing of all-water routes for American car goes of grain and other commodities from inland ports in the l'nited States to inland ports in Europe, and embrace.! the purchase by American capital of sev eral British and other canals. ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. A( Milton, N. II., the Milton Lcatliu Board Mills w ere destroyed, by fire, caus ing a loss between $55,000 and $(10,000 Rev. Frederick William Keator was; consecrated at Dubuque. Ia., F.pis copal missionary bishop of. Olyinpia. Col. G. W. Thompson, an officer in Ihe Confederate Army, died in Barry, Mo ased 7H years. l-'red Lee, weighing 101 pounds, elop ed in Ohio with Myrtle Long, weighing 4,U pounds. The farmers in 20 counties in Kansas are holding 411,000,000 bushels of wheat Marcellns Hartley, a millionaire, d'ed of heart disease in New York. Major B, F. Chainpc, a well-known railroad man, died at Nashville. Count von Buelow read the speech from the throne at the opening of lhc Prussian Diet, and Baron 'bhiebnaii secretary of the treasury, made a state ment at thc opening of the Reichstag Both took a gloomy view of the finan cial situation in Germany. It is reported that the Danish cr:ii;"i Valkyrien, now at St.. Thomas, has been ordered to remain. Her presence will affect the vote if a plebiscite is taken. ' Gen. Santos J. Zelaya was declared to be re-elected president of Nicaragua, PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. Condensed Special Diypntciic-i From Many Poinls. father and son killed by train. Sled Which They Occupied Struck hy the Buffalo Flyer Minister's Wif; Arrested Alnskcd Bjrglnr Cut Her -Scr.inton Cai Blown L'p To Answer For Murder llunser Fined $2,5 Chartrrf. Thcs pensions were granted Pcnpsyl vanians; Jacob Rhoads Shaneysville, $3 Isaac C. Saylor, Warble. ?to; William Cmmit'gliaiii, Pavia, $10; Satiric'. H Mays, Verou?, $,2: Henry Kr.epp, Fom bcll, $3; G-'.'f C V. Vawn, Shade Val ley, $H; F'rW'L C. I.nmnm-m. Troy, $14; Mary Lower, l.cwi.-biiig. $8; Lur Sayles, VVellshoro $ij- William Black Lecchbi-.rg, itj; Chau.ieey C. Hays Townv'lle, ?io; Audr'w- II. McDonald Patcrson. $1.1; John Severs, Coyleullc $12; Anthony M. Marshall. John-on-burg, $S; George T. Hamilton, ln;'ina. $10; Mary Ann McClelland. Lowville ?8; Jane Rcilly, Erie, ?8 ; Elizabeth Zim merman. Shirimaiistown. $12; Sarah D Clark. Millvillagc. $12; Sarah A. Yard Towanda, $12; William V. Reed, Sirh et, $8; liilis S. Voting. Tyrone. ?6; Chas Shaffer, Coraopolis. $,',: Silas ii. Little, Saxton. ?to: John V . Ko s, Washington, $12: Theodore. S'.a'Vnrd, Millerton. ?S; Wi'lia-n KoU.-u, Eat Canton. $u; Andrew Weavr, Hol brook. $17: Marv I".. Cujtis. Smcthnort, ?8: Mary A. Morrow. Br.-idenvillc' $3 ; Jane Emerson, Cnion City. $12; Marga ret Finn, Hollidaysburg, $8. The "Buffalo Flyer," which was run ning late, struck a two-horse team at Watsontown, instantly killing Joseph Croinley, aged 38 years, and his only clidd, a son about 10 years old. They wcte returning home in a rb:d alter de livering a load of grain, and when they reached a grade crossing just within the limits of the town the accident occurred. Both of lhc horses were badly mangled and the- sled was wrecked. Mrs. Margaret Ilittchiiijor.. wife of Rev. Samuel Hutchinson, of Wilki.-"-bnrg, was held for court under hail by an jildermau or a charge of assault pi in ferred by Miss Nellie Stark.formerly em ployed at the Hutchinson home. Mii-s Stark testified that Mrs. Hutchinson ac cused her of being too familiar with Mr. nutchin.soii, and Ihii led to the al leged assault. A trolley car was badly wiecked at Rcranton by running over a piece of dynamite Ihat was placed on the Wash ington Avenue track. Detective Sylves ter Cosgrove, Officer IVaid; Ktipchinskj and Motorman Frank Kinsley were in indictcd for murder by the grand jury. They arc charged with, kiln.ig F'amtT McAuliffe in one of the riots a few weeks ago, growing out t f the street car strike. Charters were issued r.y the Mate Ds partmcnt to the following corporations : American Manufacturing & Novelty Company, Eric; capital, $25,000. Wil liam T. Leggett Company, Pittsburg; capital, $1,000. McKccfrey Coal Com pany, Pittsburg; ccapital, $100,000. Bruening Cork Company. Pittsburg; capital. $l,ono. Domermaii Rivet & Boit Manufacturing Company, Pittsburg ; capital, $10,000. Nelson Rosa, of L'lster Township, was arrested and lodged in the county jail, charged with thc murder of M. Ves pasian Mills, of North Towanda, who was found deatl on his barn floor on the night of December 20. The evidence in possession of the officers was not nv.de known. Jt is said that Rosa and Mills were very friendly. A masked burglar entered the heme of Charles Moyer, in Reading, and with a bread knife attacked the housekeeper, Stella Yost, who was alone, in the din ing room. Her calls fur help brought in the neighbors, and the intruder es caped, taking several piecrs of jewelry. Miss Yost received a few slight cuts. Governor Stone fixed the dales of exe cution for the following: Amos Sterl ing, Philadelphia, Thursday. February. 27, 1002. Eugene Clements, Philadel phia, Tuesday, March It, 1902. Jacob Pesendorfer, Philadelphia, Thursday March 13, 1002. While Mrs. Collins and Thomas Mil ler, of Ncsquehoning, were on their way to catch a train at Lansford, both fell. Mrs. Collins' leg was broken, while Mil ler's wrist was fractured. George W. Rorapaugh was arrested for hugging women on the unfrequent ed streets of West Scranton. He was identified in police court by a number of his alleged victims and was fined $25 Judge Lynch notified the Grand Jury that there is too much gambling, dog and cock fighting going on at Pittsion and 'hat body will investigate the mat ter. Felix FJornsifc has confessed that he is guilty of several of the burglaries recently committed in ' Williamsport, but denies that he had anything to do with the Cochran jewelry robbery. Ray Riegle, Anthony Ornish, " John Rokasky and Wally Split, whose ages range from 12 to 15 years, were de tected stealing from stores in Shamokin and were sent to jail to each serve thirty days. William Thomas, wdio was arrestrd at Roanoke, Va for stealing $y.ooo, which he spent in two days in Philadel phia, was sentenced at Pottsvillc- to two years in jail by Judge Bcchtel. For the first time in the history of Sabbath schools, in Pottsvillc. a woman, Mrs. Andrew Moyer, holds ihe position of associate superintendent. She is connected witft th L'nited Evangelical Sunday School. Benjamin Sockett committed suicide at Norristown by drinking poison. Miss Maggie Campbell, aged 25 years, of Doylestown, has been taken lo a Philadelphia hospital for treatment for lockjaw. Miss Campbell was vaccina ted a short time before the lockjaw set in. When the kitchen fire at the home of Harry Sigafoos, at Pittston, would not burn. Mrs. Sigafoos poured kerosene on it. The can of oil caught fire and ex ploded, settiug lire to the woman's clothes, Her husband rushed to her as sistance and his own clothes ca.ught fire. Both are seriously burned. The house was destroyed by the fire that ensued. Owen McLain, aged 73 years, a watch man on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at (iirardville, on leaving for home. in. the evening fixed the fire in his watch-box and" locked the door. Next mornino- he found the door open and the fire out. After making preparations to kindle a fresh fire, be was about to apply the match when he discovered in the bottom of the stove a fuse to which was attached a cap and three sticks of dynamite. Amos, A. Hastier, a 15-year-old son of George Tlassler, of F.phrata. was found dead at the home of George llaiinan, at Pcnryn. Hassler retired in apparently good health, but investigation by the coroner's physician showed that pneu monia developed during the night
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