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HUNDRED MEN
PERISH IN MINE
Majority of Victims o( Hondo Explo
sion Were Mexicans.
BUT FEW AMERICANS WERE KILLED
Every Mule in the Mine Was killed. Three
'- Dead Ones Being Taken From the Debris
The Work ot Clearing Away the Wreck
la Order to Oct to the Bodied is Being
Rushed as Rapidly as Possible.
San Anlonia. Tex., (Special). The
latest information from the Hondo
(Mex.) mine explosion shows it to have
been fully as serious as at first reported.
There was a fatal of tod miners at work
in the mine w hen the explosion occurred,
nnd all of them are ile.nl. The ma
jority of the victims are Mexicans ami
Chinamen, very few Americans having
been at work in the mine.
livery nnile in the mine was killed.
The work of clearing away the wreck in
order to Ret to the hodies is being inched
as rapidly as pos"lle, hut there is no
hope that any of the io'i men will he
rescued alive.
The explosion occurred in mine No. o
nnd was occasioned hy striking a gas
pocket. The mine is the property oi
the Coahnila Coal Company, K. M. Mc
Kcnny being superintendent. The names
of none of the victims have been learned
here. The loss to the owners of the
mine is very heavy.
LOSS NEARLY A MILLION.
Extent of the Big Conflagration in Norfolk,
Virginia.
Norfolk, Va. (Special.) A heap of
Smoking ruins is all that remains of the
Atlantic Hotel, the massive Columhia
office building, which adjoined the ho
tj, the Albemarle Flats and a block of
stores in the center of the city. The
conflagration, one of the greatest in the
history of Norfolk, hroke out shortly
before 2 o'clock in the morning, and
when finally subdued nearly a million
dollars' worth of property had been de
stroyed. The loss is believed to be fully
covered by insurance. The flames
started in the Columbia, which is the
largest but one of Norfolk's office build
ings. It was a structure .--ix siorics
high, and was built in if'U by David
I-ovvenbcrg. its owner. The lire was
first discovered at 1.5; o'clock, and
shortly afterward over t,.xrj gallons of
whisky stored in the building, exploded
with terrific force, tearing irii the front
wall. The firemen were driven back Lv
the explosion, and 1,(
the
get a stream of water on die liar.'.cs the
entire building was afire.
CARNEGIE MEADS THE LIST. '
dave to Various Institutions $.11,000,000 Dur
ing I lie Year 1901.
New York, (Special). During Pjot
Americans gave $to..V 0.000 for educa
tional and philanthropic purposes, not
including donations to chiircb.es or ap
propriations for ordinary charitable pur
pose:.:. Andrew Carnegie heads the list with
$.(l,coo.ooo. hm Mrs Leland Standford
is :i close second with $,to. 400.000.
Among the other large donations were:
Christopher I.. Magee. beuiu-st for hos
pital, I'iit-hurg. $4,500,000: John I).
Rockefeller. New York, Si.040.500; J.
Pierpont Morgan. N'cw Vork. $1,405.
000; Mrs. F.mnious Blaine. Chicago, $1,
O.io.ooo: Daniel K. Pearsons. Chicago.
$555.ooo; Helen M. Could, New York.
$412,500.
BOY MANGLED BY ICE PLANER.
Drawn Into a Machine and His Flesh Mutilated
in n Horrible Manner.
Goshen. N. Y. I Special ') During the
process of filling one of the large ice
houses at Hurdtown, George Caliah.ir.
aged sixteen years, lost his life in ;-.
shocking m-.::;ier.
The boy was arranging the lamps to
continue th.' filling of the house during
the night, v.'ieu his loot slipped and he
was thrown 011 the conveyor that car
ries the cakes of ice from the water
into the building. ,
Before be-in;; carried into the house
the ice is passed under a machine that
planes it to a uniform thickness. To
ward this planer the )()y was carried,
and before he could he rescued by his
fellow-workmen he was drawn under
the knives of the machine, which cut
away his tVsh and lncs in a horrible
manner. The boy died a short time
after being taken out of the machine.
Cars Skated Down HilL
Pittsburg ( Special I .Three people
killed, two fatally hurt and a score of
others more or less injured', is the rec
ord made by two runaway cars on 1 1 1
Mouongahela branch of the Pittsburg
railway. number of others were
Jiurt. but none seriously enough to be
taken to the hospital. The accident oc
curred at the toot of the long hill run
ning int. I U'ilmerding from Mckces
port. A ear without passengers ,,t
beyond control of the uiotornian and
dashed down the hill, which is a mile
long, at a terrific speed. At the bottom
it jtmmed into the Pennsylvania Rail
road Station, carrying away the side of
the depot and tearing up the platform.
Cut Ofl Mis Wife's Mead.
Cadiz, ().. I Special ). John Ovski, a
Slav miner, murdered his wife here be
severing her head with an ax. He also
held indignant neighbors at bay until
taken into custody by the sheriff.
Bank (Mklai's Suicide.
Middhioun, V Y. (Special). Ste
phen W. Hubert -on. for 10. years con
nected with the First National Rank
here, committed suicide by hanging at
his home here, after attempting to take
Ldsilife villi chloroform. His impaired
menial condition is believed to have been
due lu worry oer the fact that his
brother in-law, Joel C. Kundle, is serv
ing n life sentence at Sing Sing for the
murder of Arthur Morgan. Hobertson
was -15 years old.
Crazy Molnrnian Oarh to Death.
New York (Special ).--While probably
teniK.rari!y iu,a;:c. Philip Kuckenbrodt,
a inotonuMi. w re-lied wilh another,
named Dillon, for contn I of a car, and
increased the sp .1 p, hicIi a fearful
rate that oil read ing a llirvi. ,ltl, .
were thrown from ilie platform and
KiK-Un.hrodr v.a. killed by being dashed
ngainst car on another track. The
other inotormaii l..; a finger. Dillon's
conductor reached the motor by that
lime and sl ut olf the power, so iliat the
car Ciinc to a slop. Kuckenbrodt was
about 45 years old an J Jjit,j at Fort l.te.
SIMMAIY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic
Ten thousand people cheered Admiral
Schley at the State Mouse at Nashville,
Tcnn. Governor .McMillan welcomed
the Admiral to the State and the Admi
ral fittingly responded.
Judge White, in the Norfolk County
Court, granted a new trial to Willie
Hrown, colored, who was convicted of
the murder of Jake Gulh-mhcck, a store
keeper, in Brighton.
James I). Coir was arraigned in New
York on the charge of embezzling $7.otx)
from I.e l'louteber Brothers, who em
ployed him as bookkeeper.
M. A. Osbui'U, a traveling salesman
for the Carriage Manufacturing Com
pany of Decatur. 111., committed suicide
m Alexandria.
bight officers in sleighs overtook the
Middle brothers, the escaped prisoners
from the jail at Allegheny. Pa., and Mrs.
Solid, the wife of the warden, who ac
companied them, tit a point near Mount
Chestnut. Butler county. Pa. A tight
with revolvers and rides resulted in both
the Kiddle hrotlurs being wounded.
Mrs. Soffel, upon seeing them fall, shot
herself in the hr.-a-.t. but her corset de
flected the bullet and she was only
slightly wounded.
I Prisoners in the New Castle County
I (Del.) workhoti-c mutinied on account
i of the food served to them and were
I subdued by their guards only after a
I desperate struggle.
1 he Supreme Court of Porto Kico has
j sustained the sentence of five murderers
j to he g.-irroted this month. Many citi
I ens are petitioning Governor Hunt for
clemency.
I Judge Tuley ordered a receivership
! for the lace industries of Do-.vie- at his
j Xion. in Chicago, in order to protect
Samuel Sti-vcn-on's i;ilere-t in the plant.
An agreement was signed in Now
York by Representatives of various
I transatlantic companies advancing rates
j on grain and provisions.
I To prevent the spread of smallpox the
j Board of Kducatiou of Fremont. ()..
J closed all the public schools tor 10 days.
Sam (i. Mulliiis. a vomit; fanner, liv-
! ing near R.irtnn. Ky.. shot his aunt. Mrs.
l.ticy Stnallwood, and escaped.
I The I). V Cunningham Glass Com
1 p.my, of Pittsburg, raised the wages of
all unskilled labor 10 per cent.
I Joseph Wade and I!. II. Dalton were
i hanged in Portland. Ore., tor the murder
ol James 11. Morrow .
1 Daniel Tucker, colored, was indicted
'. iu Newport News Va.. on the charge of
I murdering his wife.
' The Somerset (.'-, 1 1 Company, with a
capital of $4.vxvmo. was organized iu
New York.
j The Virginia Pocahontas Coal Com
pany was ch-irtercd in Hri-tol. Tcnn.
General Cir uc expects, through the
vigoro'.ti campaign be is now pursuing
a;.r;uusi the Fibpi 10 insurgents, to speed-
i i!v complete the pacification of the i-1-
. amis, wiih the exception of Sainar.
1 j. C. Johnson, a druggist, of Roanoke,
i Ya.. received a pi-uil card warning him
' that if he did not deposit $1,000 in grcen
: back ; at a certain place he would be
j k'llcd.
j Jim Howard was sentenced to life
1 imprisonment, tin: jury having declared
i him gtnlly of, co-.nnb'city in the ns.assj
! nation of Governor Goehcl, of Ken
lucky. There was a ' collision between a
I crowded ferry boat and a railroad lug
in New Yor' harbor. A number of
' women fainted, hut no one was hurt.
'! The sleet storm in Kentucky. Arkan
sas and Tem.es.-vi did immense dam
age, the great nu-es of ice causing the
roofs of buildings to break m.
Foreign.
General llerrera. commander of the
Colombian revolutionary forces, declares
that he has dominion over the Pacific
' coast of the Isthmus of Panama, and
that he will prevent the transportation of
amis or soldiers for the government.
Colonel Picqu.'irt. in an article on the
military position of France, declares that
country has come to the end of her mili
tary resources. lie favors an alliance
with Great Britain.
j The increasing extravagance in wed
ding gifts in London has raised protests
; in society, and some people now ele-
: nounee the custom as an "unbearable
1 social tax."
Mr. Balfour, government leader in the
Briti.-h Parliament, showed his ignor
ance of detail iu not knowing how many
, members constituted the House of Coin-
' inon-.
The Briti-h war secretary introduced
a supplementary army estimate iu Par
liament of $j,s. 000.000. which brings the
total co-t of the war for the year up to
$.1o.;.ooo,ooe). It was shown in the Coin
': nioiis that the contractors were making
enormous profits supplying horses to the
! government for South Africa, and it
; was declared that evidence before the
i committee revealed a gross scandal,
i It iiojc appears that the government
of the Netherlands suggested to the
British government that the Hoer dele
gales now in l-'.urope he 'permitted to go
lo South Africa and endeavor to per
suade the Boers in the field lo surrender.
! Lord Kitchener reports that the cainn
of the Sn-se Kegimcnt. Col. ..
Ill Moulin, was attacked by the Boer,
and that, after severe tight ing. the latter
were repulsed.
Coulinual gales are reported iu the
j Kngbsh channel and shipping is suffering
: severely.
Revolutionary meetings are being iield
in Roscommon county, Ireland, and
John O'DoiinclI is reported to have ad
: dressed a midnight meeting, at which he
' challenged Mr. Wyndham. chief secre
tary for Ireland, to come into the open
at the head of f.ooo men. either soldiers
or police.
Col. L. I'. 1 11 Moulin, of the Siis-ex
Regiment, and eight men were killed and
-even wounded in an engagi inent with
: the Boers near Koffyfontein.
The Colombian government's fleet
! sailed from Panama with the object of
encountering the fleet of the Colombian
i Liberal-, near Ycguala.
Financial.
1 A special meeting of the Keystone
j Watch Case Company has lieen called
; for .March ,(i to vote on a proposition
! to increase the capital stock from $..-
.lon.(XX) to 4.4ix,ooo.
I There is a rumor that the General
Klccliic Company has acquired a con
siderable stock interest 111 the Greene
Consolidated Copper Company.
W. II. Moore, of Rock Island, says
there is no truih 111 the report that K.
K. I able would retire as cnairman ot
j the Rock i.vland Road at the annual
meeting.
! The New York siibireasiiry statement
i shows that the banks have gained $457.
I 000 during the past week.
I be Chicago homli Side l .levated
annual report -limi v a gam oi 5.7 pi r
cent, iu gross and a loss ol J.oj per
I cent, ui nit.
j The ci'y of Philadelphia lias received
sWi.073 ,'S from the Key .tone Bank and
$..',5.',4 from the .pnrg t.;.rden Na
tional Bu"k as final settlements from
those defunct institutions.
Charles )l. Treat, collector of internal
revenue .".t New, York, will defer col
lection of the Federal tax on the undi
vided prol'.s of hanks and trust com
panies u.ihl two test cjscs have been
decided.
CHINA TO EMBRACE
OUR WESTERN WAYS
Empress Bitterly Repents the Attntk on
the Legations.
ENTERTAINS THE EOREIQN WOMEN.
the Dowager Empress, at a Remarkable Re
ception to the Ladies ol the Diplomatic
Corps, (irasps the Hand ol Mrs. Conger,
and. Trembling, Declares the Attack I'pon
the Legations Was a Terrible Mistake.
Pekin, (By Cable). The Dowager
Kinprcss, the F.inperor and the Kmpress
received the ladies ami children of the
J members of the Diplomatic Corps in the
I private apartments of the palace,
j The Dowager Kmpress declared that
China would abandon her isolation and
adopt the best features of Western civil-
iation,
' The audience was the most revoltt
j tionary event since the return of the
j conn to Pekin. i he exchtsiv eness of
: Chinese royalty and the prejudices
1 against the meeting of the sexes were
j waived, and the function was less for
mal than is usual in European courts.
I The Dowager Kmpress occupied the
throne, with a brilliant assemblage of
j princesses and court ladies about her.
1 flu- K-npcror was seated upon a small
I platform in the center of the room.
I I lie visitors, upon entering, bowed '
! twice to the F.inperor, and several of :
: them ascended the throne and Inivved to
I the Dowager Kmpress. Mrs. Conger, 1
w ife of I'nited States Minister Conger, j
las doyeness of the Diplomatic Corps,
read a speech, which was translated hy
Secretary Williams.
, The Dowager Kmpress' reply was ex
. cicdingly friendly in tone. It was in I
part as follows:
"Last year the dissensions in the palace
caused a revolution which compelled our I
; hasty departure, but it is a great gratifi- '
cation to us that our return lo the capi- j
J tal has caused such rejoicing in China
' and abroad." I
Baron Czikann. the Austrian minister, j
and Doyen, of the diplomatic corps, pre- I
seiitvl all the ladies to the Dowager1
Kmpress. w ho took the hand of each of :
t hem. They were next presented to the 1
F.inperor, who also shook hands with
il-.iii. 1
HOWARD WAS CONVICTED.
But Jury Fixed Punishment at Imprison- 1
ment for Life. j
Frankfort. Ky., (Special). The jury
in the case of "Jim" Howard, on trial
for the assassination of William Goebel. 1
returned a verdict of guilty against the
prisoner and fixed his punishment at .
life' imprisonment. The jury was out
the first ballot in the jury room resulted
in favor of a verdict of guilty. The next
ballot was on the question of punish
ment, and then seven jurors voted for ,
lite imprisonment and tine for the
death sentence. One by one those
favoring the death penalty came over. '
until all 12 voted for a life sentence.
Howard's attorney says the case will be.
appealed.
HAGUE DIPLOMATS ARE BL'SY.
Conference Between the British and Dutch '
Officials Over Boer Matter.
The Hague, (By Cable). There is
unwonted activity in diplomatic circles
here, and it is generally believed to have
had some connection with the Dutch
n ite to Great Britain regarding peace iu
South Africa. The German minister. !
Count von Potirtales. had a long inter- !
view w ith the British minister. Sir j
Henry Howard; the first secretary of
the British Legation. A. I-'. G. I.evcsoti- I
t lower, unexpectedly started for l.on- !
don, ami the Dutch foreign minister, I
Karon van l.yndcn, had a conference
with Dr. Kuyper, the premier of the
Netherlands, and suhsecpiently had an
audience of Queen Wilhelmina. When
l.air.u von I.ynden returned from the
palace Sir Henry Howard went to the
Foreign office and held a lengthy confer
ence with the foreign minister.
Nine Killed, Seven Wounded.
London. (By Cable). The War Of
fice's casualty list, just issued, shows
that in a hitherto unreported engage
ment at 'Abraham's Kraal, near KolTy
fontein. Orange river. January jX. Col.
L. K. Dti Moulin, eif the Sussex Regi
ment, and eight men were killed ami
seven men were wemnde-d.
I he report that Commandant Kritz
iuger. who was captured by General
French December 17, had been con
demned to death, is not confirmed here.
It was announced from South Africa,
January jo. that Krit.inger's trial would
begin this week, but nothing has since
been beard of his case.
Across Continent in Three Days.
St. Paul, (Special). l-'rom ocean lo
ocean in three days is a dream the Cana
dian Pacific will make a re'alily early in
the spring. The e-epiipmcnl will cost
the system nearly $ 1 .cxxj.ooo and will he
supplied by builders ,iu the I'nited
Slates. The new service will he in ael-
! elition lo thai formerly operated and the
; new train will be tri-wceklv. The Cana-
' ilian Pacific will cut --4 hours from the I
running time. The new limited will have !
a 7J-honr schedule between Mmtreal J
'and ancouver and will make- average
running; lime of 40..! miles an hour.
A Bliziard In Michigan.
Kalamaoo, Mich., ( Special ). Ior
nearly .'4 hours a blizzard rage-d here, i
1 Nearly a foot of snow lias fallen, drift- i
ing badly and impeding railroad traffic. :
Iu Spanish Prisons.
San Juan, Porto Kico (Special). The
House of Delegates litis asked for infor
mation regarding JVrto Kican prisoners
j in the Spanish penitentiary at Ceiita, Mo-
rocco. The records show that 40 pris
oners were sent from Porto Kico to
i Ceiila between tK8j and )K,X. Against
17 of these persons no spe-ctfic charges
, were brought, they being, il is said, pohl
' ical prisoners. An effort will probably
be made to secure their release through
Secretary of State Hay.
Dynamite Carrier Held.
New York, (Special) Andrew Mur"
ray. who was employe 1 on the rapid
Irausit subway at Park avenue anel
l'eiriy -first street to carry dynamite
cartridges from the powder house, or
shanty, where the dynamite was store-el.
to the poinls where blasting was going
on ill the subway, anil who, according
lo the story of Moses Kpps, tlft- poivelcr
man, was in the shanty just hefore the
explosion, was arraigned iu the Tombs
Police Cemrt and helel iu $10,000 bail
for. examination 011 a charge of man
slaughter in the second degree by Mag
istrate Pranu.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
A "Colonial Office" Next?
The direction of the destinies of our
insular possessions may be raised to the
dignity of an independent Cabinet posi
tion. Secretary Klihti Root has prepared a
plan for the transfer of the Insular Bu
reau of the War Department to another
executive department and lo enlarge its
scope and make it a colonial office with
a civilian lieael. It was the plan of the
late President McKinley to create such
an office, to be styled a colonial office,
placed under the authority of the State
Department.
Mr. Root's scheme follows closely that
of Mr. McKinley ami has in view the
creation of an extensive office under
which will he placed all important af
fairs relating to the Philippines, Porto
Kico, Guam and Hawaii.
New Department Building.
The Senate Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds authorized Sen
ator Fairbanks to make a favorable re
port on his bill providing for the erec
tion of a new elepartment building in
Washington, on the site of the old
Corcoran Art Gallery, at the corner eif
Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue. The hill provides that the
building shall be devoted to the use of
the State Department and the Depart
ment of Justice, and that space shall be
allotted in the building to the clerical
force utieler the immediate control of
the President, and whie-h now finds
working space in the While House. No
appropriation is made, but authority is
given to armiire the site and erect the
building. The supervising architect es- j
timates that a suitable building can be j
put up for $7,000,000. !
W hen Employes Seek a Raise.
The President has issued the following
executive order:
"All officers and employes of the
I'nited States of every description, serv
ing in or under any of the Executive
1 'epartments, and whether so serving
in eir eiut of Washington, are hereby
forbiehlen. either directly or indirectly,
individually or through associations, to
solicit an increase of pay or to influence
or attempt to influence in their own in
terests any legislation whatever, either
before Congress or its committees, or in
any way save through the heads of the
ehpartments in or under which they
serve, em penalty of dismissal from the
( lovernmcnt service'.
"T MKOIlOKK RoOSKVFt.T.
"White Hou:-e, January ,31, l)02."
Census Bill Passes.
The House of Representatives passed
the bill for the'ercation of a permanent
Census Hureaii. The friends of the civil
service law, who wi re opposeel to mak
ing the employees of the bureau eligible
for transfer or retention, were over
whelmingly defeated. By the terms eif
the hill the permanent organization will
succeed the present temporary organiza
tion July 1, iijoj, and all employees on
the rolls upon the elate of the passage of
the act will become eligible for transfer
to other departments or re tention in the
permanent organization. The bill also
provides for a manufacturing census in
1005 and for the collection of certain
special statistics annually.
Se v eral hundred employees of the Cen
sus Bureau who were in the gallery ap
plauded the announcement that the bill
had passed.
Philippines' Treason Acts.
Senator Rawlins introduced a resolu
tion making imptiry of the Secretary of
War whether "the new Treason Act in
the Philippines" has been passed hy the
Philippine Commission.
The resolution cites a circular purport
ing to give the language of the act. One
provision makes the concealment of
treason against the Cnitcd States eir the
Philippines punishable by a fine of $1,000
and imprisonment for seven years; an
other provides a fine eif $j,ooo and im
prisonment for two years for uttering
seditious words, and a third provides a
tine of $1,000 and imprisonment for one
year for persons belonging to secret so
cieties having for their object the pro
motion of treason.
Another prohibition is against advo
cating the independence of the Philip
pines or their separation from the
I'nited States, "whe ther hy peaceable or
forcible means." The penalty for the
infrnctiein eif this requirement is a fine
of $j.ooo and imprisonment for a year.
I lie resolution went over for future con
sideration. Secretary Shaw Takes Oath.
In the presence of the chief officials
of the Treasury Department, Senator
Dolliver aid nearly all of Iowa's dele
gatiem in the lower house of Congress
and either friends, ex-f ioverneir Leslie
M. Shaw, eif Iowa, took the preseribcel
oath of oflie-e as Secretary of the Treas
ury, sue-ceeding Lyman J. Gage. The
oath was administered by Mr. Justice
Shiras, of the I'nited States Supreme
Court, in the largest of the Secretary's
office reioms in the Treasury Building.
As soon as the ceremony was concluded
Secretary Shaw was w'armly congratu
lated hy each person present upon his
accession te his high office.
Only Salvation of Cuba.
The War Department made public
four cablegrams from Cuban sources,
urging in the strongest terms the specely
reiluctioii of import duties on Cuban
sugar anil tobae-co, and stating that such i
action is the only salvation of the islam! '
tn the present crisis eif its economic sit- '
nation. One of them, addressed to the
President, and by him referred to Secre
tary Knot, is signed hy Jorge ilj- la.
Calle. president of the Audencia of I'mar I
del K10, and a numbi-r of other officials i
of that city. Another is from Sanchez
1 oriai, .Mayor ei ."santa tiara.
Cannot Locale Appointees.
There is an nmispal situation i.i the
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Depart
ment, with regard to the appointments
eif Prank H. Church and I'raneis J. 'Mc
Allister to he acting warrant machinists.
These appointments were made Novem
ber I last, hut, though the bureau has
sent any number of telegrams to various
parts eif the country, up to this time it
lias been unable' to inform the two nun
of their good fortune. F.ach ha-, .vrrel
three years as an enlisteel man.
Capital News Iu (ieaeril.
General Chaffee- cabled to the War De
partment a report eif the disastrous expe"
ilitioii of the marines across Samar, in
whiih some were lost, anel the survivprs
found by a relief parly physical anil
menial wrecks ironi -liin jlin; and ex
posure. Ihe urgent ileficieue'y hill, as com
pleted provides for the entertainment eif
Prince Henry and for the expenses of
the coronation embassy.
Civil Governor Taft was the first to he
heard befere the Senate committee in
vestigating the couilit' ns iu the Philippines.
BIDDLE BROTHERS
AREJOTH DEAD
Jack First (0 Succumb lo Wounds Re
ceived in Terrible Baltic.
MRS. SOFFEL'S CONDITION GRAVE
Ed Biddlc Expires a Pew Honrs After Ills
Brother Mrs. Soffel Has Developed
Pneumonia A Lova Letter From Ed
Biddlc to Mrs. Soffel Found In the
Snow.
Itutler, Pa.,
John Bielelle,
who, aieled by
(Special). Edward nnd
the convicted murderers,
the wife of Warden Peter
K. Soffel, escaped from the Pittsburg
jail Thursday and were recaptured the
next day in a sleigh with Mrs. Soffel
while fleeing toward Canada, died in
the jail here from their wounds.
All of the guilty triei had been in a
terrible plight since they fell wounded
after a fight with officers nnd were taken
1' , ', . ': ." , , r
Butler. Mrs. Soffel. besides having
, , , ,' ,.: ' . ','-.; ; "j
'-v, lllll, IIUI, UIIVI 1111 loimioou 1
critical.
It is believed that in addition-to the
wounds inflicted by the officers the cein
victs turned their own weapons on them
selves. Mrs. Soffcl's wound is thought
lo have been self-inflicted.
Developments show that Mrs. Soffel
had been infatuated for weeks with Kd
ward Biieldle, who was young anel hand
some. Began It By Flirting.
Pittsburg, ( Special (.Deeply fraught
with human interest is the story of the
eseape eif the "Biddlc hoys," aided hy
Mrs. Soffel.
As the tale is gradually being 1111
fohlcel here. Mrs. Soffel loved Eilward
Bielelle more than Juliet loved her Ro
meo. She had formed a profound dis
like for her handsome, chivalrous anel
open-hearted husband, her thoughts by
day and night going out to the man in
the cell. Hence the delibcrateness of
her part in the drama. The whole jail
watch knew it, but she was shichleel am!
screened and her own father C. II.
Dietrich, one of the jail guards became
her message bearer.
Should her husband meet Dietrich
there is ne telling what would happen.
Dietrich has closed his home lightly and
is absent, no one knows where. His
son-in-law demanded his instant dis
missal, and the tild man was not brought
before the prison board on account of
the dangerous disposition of the war
den's character tineler the terrible strain.
Warden So fie I has made the startling
revelation that lie had been imile-r the
influence of chloroform elttring the night
when the Biddies broke jail. Mr. Soffel
believes the anaesthetic was administered
hy his wife.
THE CARNEOIE INSTITUTION.
Organization Completed by the Election of
Executive Committee.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
Carnegie Institution completed its or
ganization by the election of the follow
ing executive committee:,
Abram S. Hewitt.
Dr. D. C. Gilman.
Secretary of War Klihti Roe.t.
Dr. J. S. Hillings.
Carroll D. Wright.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.
Dr. C. D. Walcott.
Dr. Gilman. president of the institu
tion, reported that a house, 1439 K
street, had been secured for a tempo
rary home for the institution. The erec
tion later of an administration build
ing in this city is contemplated. Judge
Morrow, of California, offered the fol
lowing Resolution acknowledging the
gift, which was unanimously adopiuel.
licsitkcd. That the hoard of trustee:-,
acknowledging the generosity of the gif.
of Mr. Carnegie in the foundation of the
institution, desire to express the con
concurrence of the trustees in the scopf
and purposes stated in his deed of trust,
anel hereby formally accept the donation
and the responsibilities connected wilh it.
The meeting today was a brief one.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt, of New Vork, pre
sided. The by-laws of the institution
were carefully considered anel a few
changes in the language of the final drafi
were made. These changes make the
terms of oflice of the trustees three in
stead 01 five year's. A specific pro.-iaiott
was inserted in the fifth' article that no
expenditure shall be authorized er made
by the executive conimiitee except iu
pursuance eif a previous appropriation
by the hoard.
ROCKEFELLER'S (JIFT TO HARVARD.
. .. " -" " "
n ."union uoiiars 10 Supplement Morsan ,
Million for Medicnl School :
Cambridge, Mass. (Special.) Pollow
mg the announcement at Harvard ceun- i
inenceinent exercises last June that J. P. i
Morgan had agreed to erect, at a cost of 1
over a million elollars, three of the hnilel- '
nigs required for the accommodation of
the Harvard Medical School, in carrying !
out their ne w plans f(Jr medical cd'uca- !
tion and research, President Kliot an '
nounceel to the medical faculty that J. D. 1
Rockefeller preipe.ses to give a nuliion j
dollars in furtherance of this great proj 1
ect. provided that other friends of the ;
.'""?") '-ose a sum ot inonev 111 '
the
neighborhood eif half a million deil :
lar, to he used by
School for land,
me nt.
the liar
bllileling
vard Medical ;
s or endow -
I
Allempl nn Cmr's l ife?
London, (By Cable ) .The Sunday
Special s correspondent in Vienna tele
graphs that sensational rumors were
current there last night that an attempt
had been made upem the life of the
C zar.
One Word Kills a Will.
New York (Special ). -Because a
clatise 111 ihe will
of Mrs. Kuphcmia
Conklm, of Hai-ki-n
ick, N. J., co:i-
'lined ti;c word "and'
inslead of "eir,"
her residual y
i-.tate, fii.'ioimlinu: to
abort RXr.
'-O.CK), will he el.'vieleel union.;
nearly erne hundred of her i
ntead of between her d-'cear-cei
n
oiisin-,, in-
"liiisl, oi ;
l.vt daughters. This Ueouion has h.-cn
rendered by Vice-Ch:.nce llor Steven
son iu construing ihe l mis of the w ill.
Five Sentenced lo Death Iu Porlo Kits.
San Juan. Porto P.ico, (Special).
The sentencing by the District Court 01
Ponce of live miirdeirrs to he garrotc:l
in February unless the sentence , be com
muted to hfe imprisonment, has been
sust.eiiuii by the Supreme Cemrt of the
Island. A innnbrr of citizen; arc peti
tioning the Governor's cleinen-y. The
men arc liieiiibcn eif a c,an;c five of
whom were garrotee! at lYdice iu jejoo.
The statue of Kinif CliLrlc; I nt Char-
mg y.iv.-1; .i.outton,
aimi .'ci"o--, i;, tV
ihcoi-.itcd 011 the
ictidint; c-t that
DRIVEN INSANE BV HARDSHIPS.
The Terrible Esperience 0) a Company of
Marines In Lntoc.
Washington, D. C. (Special.) Gen
eral Chaffee has cabled to the War De
partment a report of the march of Major
Waller and his marines across Samar.
It is the first full account of the march
ami tells a talc of terrible suffering and
hardship. Major Waller, 4 officers and
50 men, of the Marine Corps; Lieuten
ant Lyles, eif the Twelfth Infantry, and
36 native hearers started during the last
week jn December from Laming, on the
cast coast of Sainar, lo cross the island
to Basey, about .15 miles distant. The
story of their sufferings is told in the
following dispatch :
"The War Department is advised of
the trip of Major Waller, 4 officers and
50 men of the Marine Ceirps, 3(1 native
hearers, with four days' rations, who
starteel the last week of December from
l.anang, on the east ceiast of Samar, to
cross the islam! to Basey. about 35 miles
on ma). Trail at one time existed, hut
fouml in places only. Lieutenant Lyles,
Twelfth Infantry, accompanied the com
mand, incessant rams from the start,
swollen tt earns and either natural ohsta-
alc progress extremely slow. When
rations were consumed men exhausted
.,
Iroppiug em the wav. Maior
Waller separated from Captain Porter,
"1 J I
Lieutenant K. 1'. Williams and major
part of the men preiccctled townrel Bav.
when he arrived January o with two ofli
cers. 13 men; also Lieutenant Lyles.
"He returnee! to the nio intains next
day with relief, but returned lo Basey
about 10 days later unsuccessful. Por
ter was to build rafts, but timber would
not float. Second day after separating
from Waller Porter moved to Lanang.
arriving January 1 1 with two men, and
all exhausted physically anel mentally.
Lieut. K. P. Williams and over ,;o,men
left the mountains in similar condition
with native hearers. Relief expedition,
under Lieut. Kenneth P. Williams. First
Infantry, delayed starting two days by
storm raging anel torrent river. Started
13th; reached marines iKth, saving Lieu
tenant Williams and all except jo men
not found, who are. no doubt, de-ad from
starvation. Major Waller at present dis
ordered in his recollections."
SCHLEY'S APPEAL.
Asks the President to Review Findings ol
the Court.
Washington. D. C, ( Special). --The
Navy Department gave out for publica
tion the full petition of Rear-Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley for a review hy
the President of Secretary John D.
Long's action on the findings of the
Schley Court of Inepiiry. but il withheld
thp abstract prepared by Admiral
Schley's counsel. The petition it, elf,
comprising about ;0 printed pages, was
furnished to the press to he hantllcel as
the exigencies of time might permit.
The petition is especially forceful in
its arguments and citations in refutation
eif the indorsement hy Secretary Long
denying the right of' Admiral George
Dewey to find that Admiral Sehlcv was
in. command at the battle of Santiago
and entitled to the credit due a com
manding officer for that victory.
In his indorsement Secretary Long
declared that evidence 011 the (picstion
of who was in command had been ex
cluded hy the Court of Jniiuiry. In
Admiral Schley's petition many' pages
of testimony heating on this pijint and
comprising extracts from that eif nearly
every important witness examined are
repreiduced. showing that the court de
votee probably as much attention to that
tptestion as to any either presented.
(Juestions designed to disclose whether
or not Admiral Schley was in counnanil
were asked, not only by the counsel of
Admiral Schley, but. as shown by the
extracts quoted in the petition, bv the
Judge-Ailveicate-Gi'iieral and hy 'mem
bers of the court. Witnesses were epies
tioned and cross-, ptestioneil on the sub
ject. The petiiion cites and the extracts
-how that the court discriminated he
Ivveen testimony hearing upon the
course or conduct of Admiral W. T.
Sampson, which was excluded, and tes
timony directly relat'ng to the quality
of and character .of Admiral Schley's
command ehiring the battle, which was
admitted from nearly every w itness. '
Substantially, the request made of the
President iu the petition is that he. shall
himself review and act upon the find
ings of the e'ourl both majority anel
minority instead of accepting the ac
tion of Secretary Leing acting as his
representative. The appeal is taken
from Secretary Long lo the President,
rather than from the court to tht Pres
ident. Tortured In Venezuela?
York, ( Special ). lippolyte
has made a claim for $i.io,nrx
New
Lambert
(i..m,;,,,t.
Venezuela
igainsi the Government eifj
teir alleged false ininrisein-
ment, torture while imprisoned and the
j loss of certain papers. He was arrested
m Caracas 111 July last. In his claim,
tiled with Secretary eif State Hay. he
says he is an American by naturaliza
tion ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS.
-. vVi.tgo tlied v J.cnmida Hmi
V.i., anel wa.; buried in a coiVm he
i'.de in anticiprtioi; of his death.
American .Shmniasters' p,.
el red
I..- I
'I!
t
live .v social 'on er ! a:l esse!
was
::C5.nized 111
'tilm D. 1
?v.)ort News, 'i
;t.
wa.;
of
convicted
e murder
Spiinglield, M;
ot
A'rs. jviary .1. Lane.
'I ),rvc w-.s a five fgiu
soe 'a'i t anel Catholic laclioi
gia'i (! I'i'in'ii-r of Di'i-uiie?.
v!tv. ecu the
in Ike hef-
Mckinley Day wa.; observeel through
out the coiuurv, i.otablc observances
being held in Columhgs, Ohio, where
ihe Legislature met in joint sessiem. and
:n Chicago, where Judge Day, of Ohio,
v. as the prii.cipa! orat:i.
'Ihe light plain of the Consumers'
1-ighl, Heal anil he Company,' at New
port News, Va., was sold eo Peter
Wright, the head of u Norfolk syndi
cate. The price paid is estimated to
have been $iejo,oeje).
In Onawa. Iowa, Mary Christiansen
secured a verdict of $(,ooo damage for
breach of promise against the estate of
rrani. 1.01111, who elieel hefore ilnr dnv
'Ci 101 the weelifmg,
' hirty thousand aen
coal howl m,
jennt-r township. Pennsylvania, have
been seild to New Yo-l: capitalists.
Horace Schrocelcr. aged 17 years, was
filled by robbers in Chicago.
( preliminary report, covering ten
months' operation-, e.f Ihe UnitCel States
Steel Ceirporalion. was mailc public.
Dr. Michael U Kinzer elie'l at Knox
ville, having taken h; mistake morphine
I ji" t, iiiuinc.
s In the Slates General, in The Hague,
Dr. Kuyper cotilumctl Mr. Balfour's
statement with reference to ihe Dutch
K.ivenmieiit's efforts for peace iu South
Africa.
Premier t WaldeckKousse.au presieU-el
at the opening session of the parliament
ary commission appointed to bluijy the
depopulation of Prance.
V ice-Admiral Sir Harry If. Rutison
has been appointed governor of New
S'Ulh Walti.
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TCLD.
Condensed .Special Dispatches From
Many Poinls.
COLUMBIA COUNTY'S GOLD MINE.
Company (a Develop an Eighteen Inch Vela
of Ora Labor Leaders Arresfcd Alloooa
disss Works' Manager Charges Conspiracy
Slate la Build Two Bridge Soldiers
Monument (nr Media.
Pension:; granted: Jacob Met. Oak
land. $d; Samuel Dranc, Duke C'cntrr,
$0; Ray i:. Ade. Liberty, $'; Charles I.
Mensem, Rielgvvay, $8; James Kelly, I'.rie,
$.W : George W atson, Mainchtirg, $14;
Joseph 11. Newcoinh, Hedford. $12:
William Deyarmin, Iniiianna, $w;
William L. Danbensprck. North Hope,
$.'4; Richard W. Jemes. Rradd ick. $10;
John Sihert, lUckneye, $12; James M.
Hughes, Washington, $10 ; Leonard Por
ter, Cambridge Springs, $5: Ephraini A.
Adams, Piinxsutawncy. S'o: Wesie-y
Long. Port Allegany, $10; Oliver 1
Temple. Newton Hamilton. $12: Nich
olas Ott, Allegheny, $8; Mary J. Mar
shall, Dunbar, SK; Mary R. Shinier. HeH
wood. $8; Barbara A. Ki.kpatrick. D11
Hois. $u: Harhara Schad, .Pitt-burg. ;
Mary V. Leather.-, Howard.
Vtradbv.rv Tost, of Media, and Wiloe
Post, eif Chester, of the Grand Army of
tiie Republic, have appointed rom:m
tecs, who with a number of citizens will
seek to lake advantage of the recent art
of Assembly empowering the County
Commissioners to erect soldiers' monu
inen'r.. A petiiion will he presented to
the Grand jury nt the next tern) of
court as a preliminary move for tr.
erection of a suitable monument in the
courthouse yard at Media.
L. C. Gelsi'iger, the Simon Burii". g!as
organization leader, hv.s arrested in Al
toona on a warrant charging hint with
conspiracy. Manager William Orncr, of
ti'e Al'oon.i gjass plant, is the prosecu
tor. A warrant for Prank Yonnison,
has also been issued, the same charge
being made against him. The alleged
attempt to cloe the leical glass plant is
responsible for the preisectilions, the two
accused men being engaged in a effort e
organize ilie local glass workers.
Charters were issued at the State De
partment as. follows: Western Penn
sylvania Tire Patred and Dispatch Cf.,
Pittsburg ; capital, $20,000. Grccnshiire:
Foundry nnd .Machine Co., Crernsbttrg ;
.api.nl. $ 0.000. Wabash Land Compa
ny, Pifishurg; capital, $1,000. Nany-n
Supply Coir.vnny. Nanscn, Elk county ;
-apilal, $10,000. Clarion Si S'tmnierville
Vatttral (.':.:. Company, Clarbn ; capital,
J-'.s.OOO.
William I'lrich. of Hiimiuelstowii ;
I. (). Nissely. of Middle-town: J. M.
Hoover, eif Wifes-I'-nrrc; W. T. Smith,
'nf Mifilinvi'le. and XV. O. Holmes, of
rilooiushiirg. viewers appointed by the
Governor lo report as to the right of the
Stat-: to replace the two brieiges over
'atav. issa Creel: that were washed away
by the rc.vtit flood, hive repeirted in
favor of both bridge.'.. The estimated
eo?.'. for hot1' is th n:t $id,ooo.
S.fi.c.el I.c-'ker, aged jo years, of Phil-tniehihi.-i,
s. inicit at the l-'lwyn Train
ing School r'or ihe i-'cehle Minded, was
killed at t'cc Klwvn Station. A number
of '.Indents were unloading goods from
a freight car, anil whether Locker hist
his balance when an express train came
i.long ar became bewildered and jump
ed to his death, is not known. At all
vents he fell elire'ctly in front of the
moving trr.iu and was crushed to death.
The F.sth.-r I-'urnrice Mining Compa
ny has begun te develeip its mines along
Roaring Creek, in Cleveland Township,
oil wlreh has been found ;,tf eightee-n-inch
vein of vvli.it is .'lid to be gold ore.
The land on whiih the mineral it- found
is (jvvneel by larunrs. and '.he company
is composed of local c; tiitalists. The'
work of erecting i. smelter vi';l he begum
next Monday.
Mrs. Phoebe 'lerberich. vifo of A'.-de-mau
L:.inli'- . Gcrbe rich, of Lancas
ter, died suddenly. With several hun
dred others. Mrs tvrV'ich was march
ing to .'. baiKjuet i a'd. jo participate in
the stiuivcrsary cch.br-iiion of the
Knights; f the Mysrc C brjn. when sjre
.sank to the pa cine 1. "il jhe main .-tret
and expire J a f.'vv . li'iit'es biter. Her
death vt.i due lo he.i- t eliseasc.
John L. Bt'i ie v. a f v eman in the M
toona car .-bins e f iie Pe-nnsylvan a
Railroad, having reaihtd the age of 7
was placed 0:1 the rrii-nl list. He had
been iu the eompHtiy"- service -in Altoe
l);'. since 1850. and had been a fore ins
since S"i.
'J hrougli the efforts of ro.maslcr
James- K. Dougherty. ei Havcrford," the
postoffices along the riiaiu line of the
Pennsylvania Railroad from ' Overbrook
to Paoli, incht'.i.e, v.ill be granted an
additional afternoon mail lo Philadel
phia. lfazleton health department quawii
tinrd the town of Park View, four miles
south, where smallpox exists. No ne
from 'hat plye'c will he allowed to enter
ihe city.
Martin Ward, a iiiiiicr. was killed V.y
falling from the top irin in a mine at
Pittstou to i'ie 'loiioni of the twin shah,
a distance of a how oo feet.
Frank Reel, while crossing the riH
roael tracks at I b Ver'drr.i'pia was strii'K
by a train and kille.!.
The directors of the Safe Deposit
Hank, Pottsville. elected Anelrew Rnh
ertson, of that place, president, to sue
eeeel C. 11. Tyson, who died last week.
While the family of George Knight,
of Lancaster, was absent from home
thieves ransacked the premises and se
cured $.177 hcsielrs clothing and jew
elry. James Kane, aged 17, was caught in
the scraper line at St. Nicholas Colliery,
Mahanoy City, and killed.
Charles Hunt and Richard Devin
were sentenced by Juelge Yerkes at
Deiylestown to three years in the East
ern Penitentiary for robbing the ci(rar
factory of Prank Taller.
Because a citizen of Halrton refused
to shive off a huge black Keard, whirh
made his appearance objectionable to his
wife, she put a match teMhe heard while
he was asleep at his home. The maa's
beard disappeared in a .quick blaze ant!
his face was also badly scorched.
The Pennsylvania Experiment Sta
tion, at State College, after examining
sugar beets raised in loot at more than
thirty i-onils-in Elk County, announees
that Pennsylvania, in the northern coun
ties especially,'' is fitted for the culture
of the sugar beet.
Charters were issued by the State De
partment to the following ceirpeiratioris :
J'lic Meadville Supply Company, Mead
ville, Capital $i,tjoo. The Athens Real
ty ami Investment Company. Athens,
capital, $J.i.(xo. flic Mt. Morris Tel-,
(illume Exchange Company, Mt. Morris,
Green county, Capital, $,i,oex. The'
Merchants anil Manufacturers' Rail and
River Transfer Copipany, Pittsburg,
eMiiltnl. Sl.OeiO.