billions lost
in a big fire
One of the Greatest Conflagrations In
History of Country.
26 BLOCKS IN PATERSON, N. J.
Heart at the City, Including lis Finest Build
iota, Ellen Out by the Terrible Destroyer
Northeast Oile Baltics tor Hours Efforts to
Check It Scores Injured, But Lots of Life
Uacertila 500 Dwellings Destroyed.
New York, ( Special). raterson, N
J., was scourged Sunday by one of the
greatest fires in the history of the coun
try. The heart of the proud "Silk City" is
mass of ruins. It was eaten out in
less than 24 hours by a blaze, which, for
fierce destructiveness, has not been par
alleled since that which desolated Jack
sonville, Fla.
Major John HinchlifTc estimates the
aggregate loss at not less than $10,000,
000. Scores of persons were burned or
otherwise injured, but the loss of life
is not believed to be great. Many per
aons are supposed to be missing, but in
the excitemc-it and fright most of these
are probably separated from their fam
ilies and friends. L'ntil order is brought
out of the situation little that is detinite
on this point can be known.
Reuben I.sleib, while serving coffee to
exhausted firemen, was hit on the head
by a falling beam, and it is doubtful
if he will recover.
George Fitzmaurice. a fireman, is dying-
lie was driving an engine from
Passaic when the horses bolted, and be
fore Fitzmaurice could get them under
control they brought the apparatus
against an electric pole. Fitzmaurice.
who had not waited to strap himself
in, was hurled out upon his. head.
Mrs. Brown, who it was said was over
80 years old, was removed from her
home, 18 Broadway, just two doors
from where the fire started. She was
taken to the house of a friend near by
and died about an hour later. Her
death was hastened by the excitement.
A number of firemen were overcome.
An estimate made from a general in
spection of the ruins puts the number
of dwellings and apartment houses de
stroyed at 500 and the number of fami
lies left without shelter at 1,000.
The fire began at midnight and was
checked only after a desperate fight that
lasted until late Sunday morning. Every
city and town within reach of Paterson
sent firemen and apparatus, and it took
their united efforts to win the battle.
A northeast gale gave the conflagra
tion a great impetus and carried burn
ing brands to kindle the blaze afresh.
The firemen made : tand after stand be
fore the wall of fire, but were repeated
ly driven back. When victory finally
came to them they were exhausted.
BURIED BENEATH TONS OF ROCK.
Premature Blast Kills and Injures Several
Persons.
Greensville, Pa., (Special). A fatal
blasting accident occurred on the new
cut-off of the Bessemer and Lake Erie
Railroad near Osgood, two miles east
of here. One man is missing and prob
ably dead; four are fatally injured and
seven are suffering from fractured
limbs, ribs and internal injuries. Su
perintendent Thomas McConville, of
Scranton. Pa., sustained a fractured
skull and a double fracture of the left
leg. All the other injured are Italians,
and their names could not be learned,
as they are known to the contracting
firm only by numbers.
The scene of the accident was a 25
foot cut about 1.000 feet from the new
steel viaduct which is being construct
ed by the American Bridge Company.
The men had entered the cut with Su
perintendent McConville and were pre
pared to make a blast. The charge had
just been connected up, when some one
tampered with the battery and set the
blast off without a moment's warning.
The men were buried beneath tons of
earth and rock.
ACTIVE SERVICE OVER.
Admirals Sampson and Cromwell Put on the
Retired List.
Washington, (Special). The names
of Rear Admirals William T. Sampson
and Bartlett Cromwell verc placed on
the retired list Sunday on account of
their having reached the age of 62 years.
Rear Admiral Sampson is lying ill at
his home in this city. Rear Admiral
Cromwell is in command of the Euro
pean Station and his flag-hip, the Chi
cago, is now in the Mediterranean. Capt.
Joseph E. Craig, commanding the Al
bany, the senior officer on the station,
will assume temporary command of the
stafcon Ufion Admiral Cromwell's re
tirement and will hold this commai.d
until the arrival on the scene early in
April of Hear Adimr.il Crowninshicld
and his staff.
Prizes for Artists.
Philadelphia (Special). The honors
and prizes connected with the seventy
first anual exhibition of the Pennsylva
nia Academy of the Fine Arts were
awarded, with the exception of the gold
medal of honor, which will probably be
awarded at the next meeting of the
board of directors. The Walter Lip
pincott prize of $(oo was awarded to
Walter McEwen for his picture, "An
Ancestor." The Temple gold medal
was awarded to Win-low Homer for his
picture, "Northeaster." The Mary
Smith prize of $100 was awarded to
Eleanor Karle for her picture entitled
"Firelight."
Salt Combine Incorporated.
Chicago (Special). The Interna
tional Salt Company, with a capital
stock of $1,000,000, was incorporated at
Springfield. According to Mark Mor
ton, one of the incorporators, the new
concern will take in the National Salt
Company and the Kefof Salt Company
of New York; Joy Morton & Co. of
Chicago, and several other companies
which Mr. Morton said he was not at
liberty to name. Beside Mr. Morton,
Ltenicl E; Gillingham and Daniel Peter
kin, of Chicago, are named as incorpo
rators. Barber Inhaled Hair.
Wabash, Ind. (Special.) Andrew
Teeter, a barber at Akron, 20 miles
northwest of this city, is at death's door
from a peculiar cause. He has followed
his trade for years, and some time ago
his lungs became affected. A specialist
brought from Wisconsin made an exam
ination and found the patient's throat
and bronchial tubes full of shor hairs,
imbedded in the membrane. It is
thought the hairs were inhaled while
Teeter clipped hair, and the irritation
brought 011 tuberculosis. His death is
only a matter of a few days.
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
Domestic
Warden SofTel ot Allegheny County
Jail, retained counsel to defend his wife,
but will have nothing to do with her
Major K. II. Barclay, editor of the
Lexington (Ya.) Gazette, died in Lex
ington from a blood-clot on the brain.
II. B. Grant, who was a captain of en
gineers on General Beauregard's staff,
died at his home, in Laurel, Miss.
Bartholonie F. Clune, a New York
policeman, committed suicide in prefer
ence to sustaining charges.
Dr. V. Murray Wculman. former
president of the Pennsylvania Medical
Society, died at Reading, Pa.
Rev. Edward A. Waldo, who disap
peared from his home, in New York,
five years ago, and who had been given
up by his relatives as dead, has written
to them from San Francisco, and his
brother. George B. Waldo, a New York
artist, has gone to California to bring
him home.
Count de I.ucenay, of Calcutta, In
dia, held in El Paso, Texas, on the
charge of false swearing, made a num
ber of attempts to kill himself.
The insular presidentes in the Philip
pines will petition Monsignor Sbarretti
to expel the friars and friar bishons.
Former Commissary (iencral, Eag.in
is said to have been challenged to fight
a duel in Mexico.
A receiver was appointed in Newark.
N. J., for the Automobile Company of
America.
Joseph Kearney, a well-known clown,
died in the hospital at York, Pa., of
pneumonia.
The negro soldiers in the Philippines
who deserted to the enemy were cxe-
eiitiM 1
Lieut. Edwin S. Taeob. I'. S. N.. re-
tired, died at Galveston, Texas.
Admiral and Mrs. Schley visited the
University of Tennessee, in Knoxville.
and dedicated a marker on the site of the
first blockhouse erected by the Knoxville
pioneers. 1 here was a banquet in the
evening.
It is reported that the trustees of the
Northwestern l'niversity, near Chicago,
will ask for the resignation of Prof.
Charles W. Pearson, who openly de
near Ouantico. Va.. but ltickilv no one 1
was seriously hurt.
James J. Fravvlev. a Tammany leader.
and Alderman J. J. Dietz, accused of un
lawful conduct in the recent election,
surrendered and were held for a hearing.
An explosion of sulphur in a furnace
in a convent at Mount Carmel, Pa., near
ly suffocated nine Sisters of Charity.
A meeting of peninsula peach grow
ers, shippers and commission men de
clared in favor of the five-eighths bas
ket. The station at Delta, on the Mary
land and Pennsylvania Railroad, was
looted, but the robbers did not get much.
John T. Ford, deputy tax commis
sioner of Bronx Borough, was arrested
on the charge of accepting a bribe.
William H. Souders. a prominent cit
izen of York, Pa., died suddenly of heart
failure.
Eulon Whittaker. colored, accused of
murder, was lynched in Lynchburg.
Tenn.
Rev. Joseph Stuckey. Bishop of the
Mencnite Church, died in Danvcrs, 111.
foreign.
A dispatch from Dublin to the Lon
don Pall Mall Gazette says the belief
is growing in Ireland that nothing short
of a revolution is meant by the United
Irish League.
An interesting discussion took place
in the lower house of the Prussian Diet
upon the attitude of the late President I
McKinley toward bimetallism.
A medallion memorial of the late
John Ruskin was unveiled in Westmin
ster Abbey.
General Herrera, commander of the
Columbian insurgents, in a note to the
American, French, British and German
consuls, asks that the line of the Panama-Columbia
Railroad be declared a
neutral zone. The commander says
the Liberals have a strong force, and
consider the capture of Panama and
Colon necessary to the development of
tneir military plans,
Mr. Brodrick stated in the House of j
Commons that the total 'number of
horses bought during the war in South
Africa was 446.008. of which 77,101
came from the United States.
The French admiral at St. Thomas
D. W. I., on the flagship Torge, ex
changed visits wth Admiral Count von
Baudissin, on the German imperial
yacht 1 lohenznllern.
1 nomas Sidney Cooper, the artist,
died at Vernon Holme, Harbledown,
the spot near Canterbury immortalized
by Chaucer.
Emperor William has taken steps to
check the crusade of the Faith Healers
m Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Schwab
were entertained in London by the Lord
Mayor.
Commandant Marais. a Boer leader,
ha- been captured near Laing-burg.
Mr. Balfour announced in the House
of Commons that copies of the corre
spondence between the Netherlands and
Great Britain had been forwarded to
Lord Miltier, with instructions to ask
Lord Kitchener to communicate the con
tents to the Boer leaders in the field.
A high German official explained to
the Associated Press correspondent how
the Emperor refused Spain's request
that Germany head a European move
ment against the United States in 1808
in defense of the monarchic principle.
The Venezuelan revolutionary steam
er, the Libertador. has not been sunk
by a government gunboat, as had been
reported. Ninety-four political prisoners
killed the commander of the fort at Car
tagena and escaped.-
Financial.
The New York Subtreasury state
ment shows that the banks lost $4,029,
000 last week.
The Erie surplus after charges for
quarter ending December ,11 was $301,
('5 1 as against $300,120 last year.
On four sales of Erie & Western pre
ferred jumped from i.vi;b to 138. The
close on the previous day was at 132.
The common capital stock of the
Northern Pacific Company has been
stricken from the list of the New York
Stock Exchange.
The Cincinnati Court has sustained
the lease of ihe Cincinnati, Southern
Railway to Cincinnati, New Orleans &
Texas Pacific Railway, controlled by
Southern Railway.
The Finance Committee of Cleveland,
O., has recommended the issue of bonds
to the amount of $.2,000,000 to complete
the intercepting sewer system and $50,
000 to establish free baths.
The annual report of the Diamond
Match Company for the year ending
December 31 shows net earnings ot
$2,031,072. an increase over the preced
ing year of $6,233, and a total surplus of
$",7.1.9l9, as compared with $63619
in the previous year.
dared his nonbelie'f in the infallibility of 1 0,,r duties, but any and all initial meas
the Bible ' ,,rcs ,m,st be taken by the two contend-
Philip Gerst. former citv treasurer of I Parties and first agreed upon by
Buffalo. N. Y., ,vas arrested, charged ; ,1,e.m' . . , .
with misappropriating $J7.oooof the i . feigners and foreign property
city's funds. Gerst was removed from , ,ave a J'",11' to full and ample protcc
office in December last bv Mayor Diehl. ! ,lon- a,,d. ,n.ls we sha" ",uicr a" circum
There was a'head-on collision between ! 'Prices insist upon. 1 he governments
two passenger trains on the Richmond, , navl"8 speci treaty rights will, we
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, ! pre.5"mcV sc.e tllat .,1,c' ?rc ,10t violated.
THE POWERS TO
THE INSURGENTS
Cannot
Declare Panama
Neutral Zone.
Railroad
WILL INSIST UPON PROTECTION.
The Consuls Representing the In ted States,
France, Qrcst Britain and Germany, Reply
to the Note of the Insurgent General
llerrera Castro Reports Provisions Scarce
In the Rebel Cam pi.
Panama, (By Cable). The foreign
consuls here have agreed to send to the
insurgent General llerrera the follow
ing answer to his note addressed to the
American, French, British and German
consuls :
"His Excellency, Acting Governor
Aristides Arjona. kindly delivered to
certain persons of the consular body let
ters from you. We understand they
were intended for all the consular corps,
and, therefore, through the Governor,
we beg to reply that the proposal de
claring Panama, Colon and the railroad
line a neutral zone is ideal, and some
thing that we, representing foreign in
terests, would gladly hail as an nccom
phshed fact. However, as we sec it at
present, and in view of existing laws.
1 we recognize the difficulty, it not the
impossibility, of its accomplishment.
"It could be done only bv agreement
I between the contending parties to this
I unpleasant and unfortunate trouble.
' We arc extremely anxious to do all in
Plir Powtr '
en trouble, yet it must
I be ever and positively understood that
we have heen and will continue to re
main neutral.
"As regards the advising of their re
spective government, each consul will
exercise his individual judgment. In
case the contending forces submit to us
or to any member of our body any
matter and asks advice for its determi-
nation, we shall be ready and willing to
act, if the same is within the scone of
.ln ule .none ,nat. ,nere will be an
early termination of the civil strife
which has existed for over two years.
I beg to subscribe myself, in behalf of
the consular corps, verv truly.
"H. A. GUDGER.
"Dean Consular Corps."
ADMIRAL MONTOJO DEAD.
Dewey's Opponent at Minila, Who Wat De
traded by His Government.
Madrid. (By Cable). The. death is
announced of Vice Admiral Jose Mon
tojo. Admiral Montojo had command of
the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay that
was defeated by Admiral Dewey. The
official report he made to his govern
ment showed him to be a very simple
and brave officer. As that report recites,
he fired his guns until there were no
gunners left to fire them, passed, when
his ship was shot from under him, to
another; watched his little squadron go
to the bottom around him, and in the
end, when the fight was done, he re
treated, indeed, but as a lion does, his
face to the foe. The account is infinitely
pathetic. He was tried before the Su
preme Court of Spain, and condemned
to retiremei.t without the right of pro
motion, September 22, 1899. He has
been living on his estates quietly since
then.
THREE EFFORTS TO DIE.
Took
Strychnine and Broken Glass and
Then Tried Drowning.
El Paso, Texas, (Special). "Count"
de I.ucenay, of Calcutta, India, was
arrainged here on the charge of false
swearing and was bound over to the
grand jury. In default of $1,000 bail he
was sent to jail.
His bride, who sat by his side during
the proceedings, returned to jail to be
n.ar h,,cK-nrl Aft., Unt
announced its ' decision the "Count"
reeled and fell to the floor, writhing in
convulsions. Physicians who were sum
moned treated him for strychnine pois
oning, and after an hour's work re
stored him. He was taken to jail and a
hort time later it was reported that he
had attempted to drown himself in a
bathtub. Subsequently, it is said, the
"Count" broke up glass bottles and at
tempted to swallow the fragrants.
I Car Struck Funeral Forty.
j Chicago (Special). Violence pursued
j the Trostel family even after death, an
I electric ear striLiiiir 1 1ij fimor-it fr,i-ii.,m
.-.r .l- .,; l;. i :.t...
Wednesday's explosion in Twenty-second
street. The collision occurred at
Sixty-sixth street and Yimenucs ave
nue, three persons being injured. An
indignant crowd of mourners assailed
the conductor an 1 motorman. Coroner
Tracgcr saved the street car crew from
injury by placing the men under arrest.
Made Big Haul In Georgia.
Acworth, Ga. (Special.) Safe-blowers
forced the vaults of the Lemon
Banking Company here, securing $;.ooo
in gold, a $.-.000 Georgia State bond
and a large amount of stock certificates.
Between $4,500 and $5,000 in notes,
stocks certificates and bonds were hope
lessly mutilated by the explosion, and
much currency and small hills de
stroyed. A box filler! with $jo gold
pieces escaped the notice of the robbers.
I he burglars had to blow through four
protections to reach the money.
$20,000 From Husband's Murderer.
Austin, Texas, (Special). Mrs. Lib
bis Barnhill, of Tennessee, recovered a
Judgment in the Federal Court against
L. T. Morgan, of Fcyetle county, Texas,
for $20,000, equally divided between
actual and exemplary damages. Half
the amount goes to Mrs. Barnhill and
the other half to her children. Her
husband was a former business partner
of Morgan und was killed by the lat
ter as the result, it is alleged, of a bus
iness disagreement.
A University Threatened.
Suwanee, Tenn., (Special). The 600
students and faculty in the University
of the South are terrorized by threats
of mountaineers to wreck the institu
tion. Vice-Chancellor D. L. Wiggins
and Stewart R. I.. Colmore, to whom
special warnings were sent, have left
the college. The trouble is due to the
establishing of a laundry at the univer
sity and the consequent loss by the
mountaineers of the work of washing
for the students, which was their main
support.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Law Against Anarchism.
The House Committee on Judiciary
submitted to the House a report upon
the bill providing for the personal pro
tection of the President, Vice-President.
Cabinet officers and foreign ambassadors
and ministers, and for tlm mmiri'Kuin
of opposition to organized government.
1 ue report argues m lavor ot a bed
eral statute covering the case, and re
gards as a reproach the inability of the
general government to prosecute the as
sassin of the late President McKinley.
1 he renort savs in nart
This bill is intended to serve six pur
noses :
"First To nrevenl reslstnni- fr nm!
I'n'itu me 1 rcsioeni and vice-l resi
dent of the United States and those by
law in the line of Mirrcmn in ili-.i
nign omce.
second 1 o protect the ministers
and ambassadors of foreign govern
ments accredited to and within the
United States.
" I bird To nrevetif th, ,.f.,.n ,.!
liberate afiprnv.il of certain crimes and
also certain unlawful teachings, which,
11 permuted, are calculated .ni minn,
eu to weed lawlessness and crime
against and culminate in the destruction
of the eovernnient.
"Fourth To prevent the commit to
or naturalization in this country of
inosc who teacn or entertain such per
nicious doctrines.
"Fifth To nrevenl ronsnirnrma in
the United States to murder the rulers
ot other civilized nations.
"Sixth To provide adequate and uni
form punishments for these offenses
wherever committed. All are offenses
against government and intended to im
pair or overthrow the government of
the United States."
Southern Forest Reserve.
Senator Pritchard, from the Commit
tee on Forest Reservations, presented a
report on the bill appropriating $5,000,
000 for the creation of a national forest
reserve in the South Appalachian region,
as authorized by the committee several
days ago.
The report urges the establishment of
the reserve for the protection of the
timber and the conservation of the
waters of the land embraced within its
proposed area, placing the damage done
by floods arising in that area in 1901
at $15,000,000.
It is said that the land needed can be
purchased for from $2 to $3 per acre,
arid that in the Southern Appalachian
Mountains there is a greater variety of
hardwood trees than in anv other terri
tory of like size in the Eastern States.
It is also stated that this region has the
highest and largest mountains east of the
Mississinnf thr havi.ct mmfnil ,i,
continent except along the Northern Pa
cific Coast, and that the washing away of
uic suns can dc prevented only Dy keep
ing them covered with forests.
' The absence frnm tliia r-rrttn rt l-,Ue
and gravelly soils, such as abound in the
Northern States nnrl thr c.n- cn.
the rains and give uniformity to the flow
ui streams, tne report continues, "ren
ders the perpetuation of those Southern
forests absnlntelv
tection of both the soils and the streams."
It li Said to Cure Leprosy.
A Venezuelan plant, for which is
claimed wonderful curative powers in
cases of leprosy, has been called to the
attention of the Secretary of Agricul
ture and sent to Hawaii for cultivation
and experimentation.
Secretary Wilson says some experi
ments have been made, but they have
not demonstrated its curative qualities.
Mime ot these shrubs were received
here some time ago, and it was claimed
for them that they would effect a cure
of that dread and supposed-to-be incur
able disease. Some of them were sent
to Hawaii to be experimented with and
some were kept at the Department for
examination. The Secretary says the
investigation has not been abandoned,
and the experiments will continue until
the merits of the shrub are fully tested.
Roosevelt Is Left Out
The President has approved, with
one notable exception, all the recom
mendations made by the Army Brevet
Board, of which General MacArthur
was president, for the bestowal of brevet
rank on all the officers of the army who
rendered especially meritorious services
during the war with Spain and in the
subsequent campaigns in the Philippines
and China.
The exception noted is the case of
Theodore Roosevelt, who was awarded
the brevets of colonel and brigadier
general for distinguished services at San
Juan, Santiago. Under the law these
brevets require the confirmation of the '
Senate, and the nominations have been
made out for transmission to that body, 1
but, as already stated, the list will not
contain the name of the President. i
Appropriations tor the Departments. j
The House passed the legislative, ex-j
ecutivc and judicial appropriation bill,
the stcond of the regular supply bills.
As passed it carries $.15.171. oho. which is !
:o3.7Ji in excess ot the current law.
Only two amendments of importance
were adopted. One provides for a com
mission to redistrict the legislative dis
tricts of Oklahoma, and the other au
thorizes the President, in his discrc- !
tion, to cover into the civil service the !
temporary clerical force employed on
account of the war with Spain. There
are about 1,250 of these clerks still in
the service. By the terms of the
amendment the President must place all
or none of them under the civil service.
The Olf.'c'al Reception Committee.
Assistant Secretary of Slate Hill, Adjutant-General
Corbin and Rear-Admiral
Evans have been officially desig
nated as "the President's delegates for
the reception and entertainment of H.
R. II. Prince Henry of Prussia," and
this title is the formal one used by them
in all their correspondence.
Capital News la Oeoer.il.
Governor Taft told the Senate com
mittee investigating affairs, in the Phil
ippines that the friars were the mon
eyed peojile of the islands.
E. S. Iheall. renresenriiify c;t!ivt &
Campbell, counsel for Admiral Samp
son, filed with the President a protest
against the claim set up in Admiral
Schley's appeal that he was in supreme
command during the battle off Santi
ago. The paper will be considered by
the President in connection with Ad
miral Schley's appeal and the Navy
Department's comment.
The House Committee on Judiciary
reported favorably a bill to protect the
President and for the suppression of
crime against the Government.
' The House of Representatives passed
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Appropriation bill, carrying $5,171,
960. The Judiciary Committee of the
House reported favorably on the bill
for a national bureau of identification.
The United States Senate passed the
Pension Atmropriation bill and dis
cussed the Philippine tariff bill.
Miss Helen Hay, eldest tighter of
the Secretary of .State, VaS married to
t'avne Whitney, of Ney. Yoik.
ELEVEN ARE DEAD
ANDJIANY INJURED
Burning of a Small Hotel in St. Louis
Results Fatally.
THE GUESTS LEAP FROM WINDOWS.
Considerable Delay in Turning In an Alarm
When the Fire Department Arrives the
Whole Front of Ihe Building Is In Flames
Some Escape Fir la Their Nightctothes
to Be Frostbitten on the Streets.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special). A fire
here, which destroyed the Empire Ho
tel, a large three-story building at 2700
and 270 Olive street, caused the death
of II persons and dangerously injured
eight others.
Ten or more who had narrow escapes
from death in the fire were injured by
being frostbitten. Between 35 and 40
persons were in the building. It is be
lieved that $20,000 will cover the
damage to the building and contents.
The fire started about 3.30 A. M. and
gained considerable hen d way before it
was discovered. There was delay in
turning in an alarm. When the engines
finally reaclcd the scene the whole
front of the building was in flames and
the interior was a furnace.
By that time all who cleaned death
had gotten out of the building by jump
ing from the windows or climbing down
ropes made of bedclothes. A few es
caped from the ground floor through
the front door. Some of the escapes
were narrow. Almost everybody who
got out was frostbitten.
The guests barelv had time to flee
when aroused, the flames had spread so
rapidly. Some saved their clothing,
which they carried in their hands, but
others were not so fortunate, losing
everything.
After some delay, near-by houses
were opened to the unfortunates and
they were given shelter ftom the biting
cold weather. It was one of the coldest
niehts of the winter, the ground being
covered with ice and snow. The worst
sufferers were put in the care of physi-
LIVES LOST IN CAR WORKS FIRE
Burning ol the Rock Island Railroad Shops
Several Persons Injured.
Horton, Kan. (Special.) Eire in the
big car works of the Rock Island Rail
road caused the death of two persons
and the destruction of $J50,ooo worth of
property.
'I he fire broke out in the cabinet de
partment and spread so rapidly that the
employees on the second floor and in
Superintendent Studer's office hardly
escaped with their lives, many of the
employees being slightly injured. The
walls ef the car shops fell 20 minutes
after the fire was discovered. The loss
on the building is $50,000; machinery,
$100,000; material, $100,000. The en-
fine house was destroyed, but the new
75,000 boiler plant was saved. McKeon
lost his lite m trying to save Davis.
OVER 200 INCHES OF SKIN ORAFTED.
A Chicago Boy's Father and Mother Give Up
Cuticle to Patch Him Up.
Chicago (Special) . After five months
of wonderful surgery and skin grafting
Marion Weaver, the five-year-old son
of a Chicago nreacher. has emcrircd
from the hospital with a new coat of
skin. More than 219 square inches have
been grafted upon his abdomen, back
and sides. His father and four bro
thers gave up long strips of cuticle to
save the lad, who' was frightfully
burned while playing with matches.
Surgeons say this is the most wonder
ful case of skin grafting on record. The
greatest difficulty was experienced in
getting the new skin to grow upon the
moving diaphragm, and more than 100
square inches were wasted ii the
effort.
STALLIONS FIGHT A DUEL.
Two Blooded Horses Fight on a Railroad
Train One Dead.
Cheyenne, Wyo. (Special.) Two
perchcron stallions, imported from Eng
land, fought a duel to the death on a
fast stock train on the Union Pacific
One was killed, the car was smashed
into splinters, and Edgar Boise, the
owner of the animals, lost $1,500, the
value of his horses.
The two keepers of the animals had
to climb outside to escape the hoofs and
teeth of the infuriated animals. When
they succeeded in apprising the train
men of the battle, a side track was
reached and every effort was made to
separate the animals, but finally one sev
ered the jugular of its rival, which bled
to death.
A Battle With Burglars.
Gap, Pa., (Special). A half-dozen
cracksmen attempted to rob the Gap
National Bank at this place, and but
for the bravery of Special Officer David
Stamix they would doubtless have suc
ceeded. A fusihide of shots were ex
changed between St:unix and the burg
lars, and one of the latter, who com
manded the night watchman to "hold
up his hands," was shot in t lie jaw. He
fell like a log, but was finally taken
away by his companion.
Big Fire In North Carolina.
Washington, N. C, ( Special). The
Atlantic Coast Line freight depot, five
stores, two offices and two barrooms
were destroyed by fire. The loss is
$50,000 on buildings and $20,000 on
goods. A falling wall killed Ed. Peed,
a negro fireman. A number of kegs of
powder blew up, but no one was in
jured. Chinese Dismiss Foreigners.
Pekin, (By" Cable). The Chinese
Government dismissed all the European
professors from the Imperial Univer
sity. The President, Mr. Martin, has
been offered a subordinate position. The
term "university" has been largely a
misnomer. The instruction was chiefly
In languages and the elementary
branches. The Chinese directors say
that elementary schools are more
needed.
Alcohol Fuefoa Warships.
Berlin, (By Cable.) Emperor Wil
liam visited the alcohol exhibition here,
and showed keen interest in the plan,
for introducing alcohol fuel on war
ships. His Majesty advised Professor
Delbrueck to draw up a plan and offer
a price for reversible alcohol engines.
Aid for Earthquake Sufferers.
City of Mexico, (Special) The Fed
eral Government has voted $.20,000 in
aid of the victims of the earthquake ot
Chilpancingo and the city governi.ient
of this canital will send aid.
PRESIDF.NT OOES TO 0R0T0N.
Young Theodore's Condition Continue!
Favorable.
Washington. D. C, (Special). Pres
ident Roosevelt, accompanied by Secre
tary Corlclyou, left here for Groton,
Mass., in a special car attached to the
regular train over the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
It was stated that the President felt
his presence would be a comfort to
Mrs. Roosevelt, and that as the critical
period covers the next three days, he
should be near his son. It is also
stated that the trip to Massachusetts is
taken on the President's own initiative,
and is not due to any alarming news
which has reached him concerning his
son's condition.
The following statement was issued at
the White House:
"The Condition of the Prirlisnf'a crm
is favorable. The doctors sav that the
I'rcsKlcnt should not go to Charleston,
as at A11V time within aiv rhiva (tip rlia.
ease may take a sudden turn for the
worse.''
Owing to the request of the doctors,
the President abandoned his trip to
Charleston, but took the matter of a trip
to Groton into his own hands.
BOER OFFICERS CAPTURED.
A Wlioh Commando of 131 Men Is Re
ported Taken.
Johannesburg. (By Cable). Accord
ing to information just received he.e,
Colonel Kckewieh, having ascertained
'the whereabouts of Commandant Al
bert's laager at Gruisfontein, sent men
to capture it.
The British force arrived at daybreak
and stampeded the horses of the Boers
with pompoms and a well-directed ritlc
fire. 1 he Boers were completely sur
prised, and after a short reply to the
British attack practically the total com
mand, it is stated, fell into the hands of
Mackenzie's force, who (.Upturcd 131
prisoners, including Commandant Pctt
gieter and Cornet Duplessis.
Seven Boers were killed and 12 were
voundc(l7 nearly all belonging to the
KrugTsdorp commando, the whole of
which is now practically accounted for.
The Scottish Horse, which took the
main part in the affair, acted with great
gallantry. The Briiish loss, it is said,
was lo officers and men wounded
THREW HIS BODY INTO THE RIVEk
A Female Accomplice Betrays the Man Who
Commuted the Murder.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special.) Xoah
Long, an aged stone mason, living in
Argentine, Kan., just across the river
from here, mysteriously disappeared
from bi hnnl a tiitr nirn Tim A,
before he had drawn $210 pension
money irom a savings deposit bank.
Saturday a woman named Rhoda Tay
lor ninth' n Urittntl rnnfAceinn in l,&
pedice that Long had been robbed and
uirown into me is.aw river. She de
clares that Henry Donohuc, James Goff,
Long and herself were together at Don
ohue's house in the evening, and that
later the men robbed Long and threw
him into the river.
Manufacturers of Cotton.
The Census Bureau has issued a pre
liminary report on the cotton manufac
tures of the United States. The follow
ing is a summary of the figures for the
manufactures, exclusive of the small
wans:
Establishments, 069; capital. $460,
842,772: average number of watre-earn-ers,
297,929; total 'wages, $85,126,310;
co..t of materials used, $173,441,390;
cotton consumed, 3,660,013 bales, costing
$124,005,075; value of products, $332.
"4.45S: to'al spindles, 10.ooS.3s2;
looms, 450,682. The figures for Mary
land show: Capital, $7,709,256; value of
products. $5,421,550, and looms, 2,810
The Command at Pekln.
Pekin (By Cable). Major Edgar B.
Robe.tson, of the Ninth Inf nntrv.
started for Manila, and Capt. Andre W.
Brewster, of the same regiment, assumed
command of the I 'nitrl i:,,, 1
Guard. Many foreign military men. in-
L-iiHimg Japanese auu uritish officers,
hade the Maim f:iru-.l) A. Ar,,n:
J ..w... , , WULI ILdll
guard of honor was mounted at the
ruuroau station.
Dossier la a Church.
Panama, (By Cable). An accident
111 the Church of Hofencitos, in Chiri
qui, resulted in the death of 13 persons
and the severe wounding of 30 others.
Prince Henry's Louj Service.
Berlin. (By Cable.) Prince Henry,
soon alter returning from (he .United
States, will celehn-.te the quarter centen
ary of his service in the navy.
ODDS AND ENDS OF Till: NEWS.
liatun.-mn, the originator of the scheme
for trafficking in exemptions from tirj
German military service, was sentenced
to 20 months' imprisonment.
A woman hurled a packngi of egt;'i
down upon the deputies in the French
Chamber, ut the same time shouting
"Down with the thieves!"
Americans are interested in the Ivorv
Coast Gold Fields Company of London,
which opens up a new field lor-Amcrican
mining machinery.
M. Kamlcheff, the Bultar:ar. minister
of public instruction, was assassinated at
Sofia by a Macedonian, who then com
mitted suicide.
Adam Worth, alias "Hairy Raymond,"
who had been connected with ban!; rob
beries in the United Slates, died in Lon
don. t he message of Governor Van Sant,
of Minnesota, in opposition to thj rail,
road merger in Minnesota, was read tr
the Legislature.
Mrs. Rita II. de Aeosta Stokes, the
former wife of W. E. D. Stokes, a New
York millionaire, was married in New
York to Capt. Philip M I.ydig. Two
hours later they sailed for Europe.
A. Mackey-Smith, rector of St.
John's Episcopal Church, Washington,
was elected, at Philadelphia, coadjutor
to Bishop Whitaker. of the Pennsylvania
Diocese.
The Town Council of C.hi'iles Town,
W. Ya., passed an order prohibiting the
production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Hobbcrs looted a bank in Clarkville,
Ark., of several thousand dollars .and
killed Sheriff Powers.
Six firemen were killed and six others
were injured by a fulling wad in St.
Louis.
The Railway S-eel Spring Company
has been organized, with u capital of
$20,000,000.
Mrs John Ramer, formerly of Mnr
tinsburg, died in Oakland. Cal
Lord Salisbury unveiled a life-i?e
marble statue of Queen Victoria at the
Junior Constitutional Club. Speaking at
a dinner, Lord Salisbury said Ihe Irish
leaders were today more iiiicompromis,
in cr than in the davs of Pa.nell. nnrl a
very serious problem was presented '
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PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Condensed
Special Dispatches From
Many Points.
PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED.
Six New Companies Incorporated at Harrli
bnrj Father Accused of Wounding Ills
Daughters! Shamokln Lancaster County
Man Has Dwelt Outdoors Many Years-.
Farmers' Institute st Plnevllle.
Pensions granted: John W. Hanna,
Vanburen, $12; Maurice Kavanaugh,
Kane, $17; Matthew H. Holmnn, Alle
gheny, $8; William Stone, Mercers
burg, $ia; Alonzo Wheeler, Washing
ton, $8; George Keefcr, Tylersbttrg,
$17: William F. Blair. Kantner, $30;
Stephen Shaff, Keeneyville, $17; Lem
uel Divvis. Bradford, $8; William K
Kulins. Lcechburg, $S; John S. Muf
ford, Monme. $14; Nathaniel Butler,
Johnstown. S8; Calvin II. Crowl, Ti
oga. $14: S.uah J. Sharah, Tyrone, $8;
minors of Cornelius Bouse, Marshville.
$14; Mary A. Funk, Homestead, $8;
Frances V. Hcllyer, Allegheny, $12;
Mary E. Cramer. Moshannon, $12;
Eiecta Green. Mashview, $12; Peter L,
Amnion, (Rural Valley. $8: William
Patterson. West Middletown, $12; Wil
liam Lint, Connellsville, $30; Joseph
Bebargcr, M'asseysburg, $8; Enoch
Diehl, Middlespring, $12; Lorenzo Nill,
Eldrcd, $8: David Lattin, M01 roeton,
$t2; Catherine M. Pe.iler, Lansforci, $8;
Annie E. Dougan, Washington, , $3 ;
Catherine Ewing, Y.'ayncsburg, $12.
Patents granted: Alfred M. Acklin,
Pittsburg, car haul; Elmer P. Alexan
der, Yeagcrtown, press for forging axes,
etc.; Ernest L. Appleby, Bradford, re
colving phonograph record case; Ralph
Baggaley, Pittsburg, railway track ad
juster; Lester H. Bayne, Washington,
tramway switch ; Philip J. Bloom, Tidi
Jiite, suspender attachment ; Alonzo W,
Upright, Altoona. bolt cutting machine;
Gideon Crazier, Tyrone, variable speed
driving mechanism; George W. Henry,
Oil City cultivator; William J. Knox,
Edgewood Park, testing copper ores;
Carl W A. Koelkebeck, Pittsburg, hot
blast stove: Samuel Leonard, Hollidays
burg, trolley wire bracket; Ernest B
Lydick, Pittsburg, vibrating sign : Dom
inick J. Meyer, Allegheny, metallic rail
way tie and rail fastening; Gustave
Palmbla.-I. McKeesport, curtain and
shade holder; Robcit F. Phillips, Pitts
burg, kiln for dying green sand cores;
William H. F. Reit'snyder, Sackctt, rail
joint; Joseph K. Ritchey, Roaring
Springs, blackboard; William H. Rob
binr,; J. B. Bye and A. E. Jones. Elle
wood City, mill for rolling seamless
tubes.
Efforts that ptoved unavailing have
been made during the extreme cold
weather of the past few days to have
Gottleib Gohdvohl, an aged resident of
Lancaster county, lo give up his abode
in the open air. lie came to thi?
country at the cloe of the Civil War,
and since then he has never sought the
shelter of a house, living outdoors in all
sorts of weather. He is now domiciled
in a small woods near Elizabethtown.
His only protection at night consists
of rags and tattered clothing begged
from farmers. For five years Gohdvohl.
with his wife, who is now dead, lived in
the open along the Conestoga Creek.
The man is well read and perfectly
sane.
The Wrightstown Farmers' Club,
assisted by the State Board of Agricul
ture, held its annual institute at Pine
villc. The exerciser, included the fol
lowing addresses: "Household Con
veniences" and "Handling Miik and
Butter Making," by Prof, Welk W.
Cooke; "How Shall We Study and
Teach from Nature." "Higher Educa
tion for Farmers' Children" and "The
Wife's Share," by Thomas J. Phillips;
"The Culture and Feeding of the Com
Crop" and "What the City Farmer
Teaches Us," by L. W. Lighty.
Charters were issued by the State De
partment to these corporations: Lcroy
lnstiumerlt Company, Pittsburg: capi
tal, $2,500. The llanney-White Com
pany, Philadelphia; capital, $100,000.
flie Sportsmen's Supply Company,
Pittsburg; capital. $30,000. American
Narrow Fabric Company, Reading; cap
ital, $2,000. The American Construc
tion Cnmnanv. Pittshurir: r.miial
$2,000. The Extension Safety Squib
suuiljaiiy, vv iikcs-dui 1 e ; capital, $1,000.
Lewis Nivctsky was arrested at
Shaniokin, chrrged with stabbing his
daughter, Mrs. Josephine Argusky,
white she was asleep. Nivctsky, it is
alleged, went to his daughter's room
and stabbed her twice in the side with a
pocket knife. He was caught by the
woman's husband. Mrs. Argusky
tr.iarrellcd with her father and it said
b.T swore lo have satisfaction before
diybreak.
Suit was entered by the State on in
formation leccived from citizens ot!
Huntingdon, against the Huntingdon
(jus Company and the Huntingdon
Electric Company, lo restrain those cor
porations from consolidating and trans
acting business as one corporation.
John Zag-Pski, a wealthy Pole, of
Homestead, and his three children are
ill from the effects of drinking water
from a well alleged to have been poison
ed by quicksilver. Zaginskf says it was
the result of spite work.
Mrs. Harriet Camp, of Mt. Carmel,
fell on a hot stove. Her clothing caught
lire and she was burned to death.
Frank Bura W:m crushed to death at
Ihe Stoddart Washery, Gilberton.
Mrs. Louis Weaver, who set fire to a
house on November 23, was acquitted at
Scranton on the, ground of insanity.
Charles Washky, a tippleman, was
crushed to death in the mines, and jas.
Johnston, of West Newton, fell from a
train and was instantly killed at Greens
burg. Frederick Speilman, aged 78 years,
was instantly killed near Donohoe Sta
tion by a fast train. He came recently
from Connellsville.
While an Italian laborer was thawing
dynamite oh a railroad job at Cook's
Run twelve sticks exploded. The man
died on the way to the hospital.
Escaping gas filled the houses of sev
eral residents of Jeanctte, at Plymouth,
but the leak was discovered early. The
families of Geo. H. BiHenbender, Thos.
Richards, William Nichols and John
Bowden were made ill, but soon recov
ered. While walking through Hauto Tun
nel, "Tamaqua, on liis way to work, Imro
Hellish was struck by a train and so
badly injured that he died several hours
later.
Sixteen candidates for the office ol
mine inspector in Schuylkill, Columbia
and Northumberland counties, were ex'
amined at Pottsville by the new board
created by the act of the last Legislature.
After suffering sometime from melan
choly, Benjamin Hershey, a farmer and
butcher of East Hcmpfield Township,
committed ouicide at his -home, near
Landisville, by shooting himself in the
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