IDE BOERS LEAD BRITISH INTO TRAP Two Officers and Ten Men killed, Many Injured. THEY PURSUED DOER SOLDIER. British Fore ol Mounted Infantry Surround a Farmhouse Where They Suspected Boers Were la Hiding A Boer Punt From the House and Climbs a Kopje, the British An Trooping Alter Him. Pretoria, (By Cable). One hundred and fifty mounted infantrymen, while pa trolling the Klip river, south of Johan nesburg, February u, surrounded a farmhouse where they suspected Boers were in hiding. A single Iioer broke away from the house, and the . Ftritisli started to pursue hint. The Boer climbed a kopje, the British following1. Im mediately a heavy fire was opened upon them from three sides. The British found themselves in a trap and in a position where they were un able to make any defense. Fight of the British officers made a gallant effort and defended the ridge with carbines and revolvers until thev were overpow ered. The British had two officers and ten men killed and- several officers and 40 men wounded before the force was able to fall back under cover of a block bouse. The Hague, (By Cablet. Messrs. Wolmarans and Wessels sailed for New York on board the Holland-American Line steamer Rotterdam from Boulogne. Their trip to the I'nited States was decided upon at a conference held in the house of iNlr. Krugcr February 12. Messrs. W'olmarans and Wessels intend to tour the United States in the interests of the Boers. Paris, (By Cable). The Temps, in an authorized note, says that the journey of Wessscls and W'olmarans has no dip lomatic object: that it simply appeared necessary that they enter into direct re lations with the pro-Boer Committees in the United States, with a view to mu tual understanding and organization. PRINCE HENRY SAILS. Ti Band Plays "Star Spangled Banner" as Ship Leaves. Bremerhavcn. Germany, (By Cable). Prince Henry sailed for New York at 3-43 P. M. Saturday on the steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm. Bremerhavcn, usually a dreary place, was bright with color in the Prince's honor. All the shipping in the river flew American and German flags. The wharves were black with chering crowds as the Kronprinz Wilhelm drew out into the stream, with her band playing "The Star-Spangled Banner." The last seen of the Trince from the shore was when he stood on the bridge of the ship in an admiral's uniform and lifted his cap in response to the cheers of the assembled crowds. Commander William H. Bechler. United States naval attache at Berlin, bade the Prince good-bye in behalf of the United States Embassy. Senator Tichirsshky, Prussian Minister to the Henseatic critics, said farewell for Em peror William, who also sent his brother a telegram. Bid BOULDER KILLS SEVEN MEN. Crashes Down on th: Caboose ot an Arkan tas Train. Little Rock, Ark.. (Special). Seven men were killed and at hast 14 wtve se riously injured by a boulder weighing 1$ tons, which crushed into the caboose of a work train on the Choctaw. Okla homa and Gulf Railroad, zo miles west of Little Rock. The work train was headed west, the engine pushing six cars and a caboose. As the train was passing under th,? high bluff's bordering the river two miles west of Little Maumcllo. the crew saw a heavy rock rolling dov.-:i, which had been detached from the h'lls-de by the rains. Engineer Nazor revtred his en gine at once, but the rock struck the ca boose and shrivercd it into splinters, and most of the men who v:rc k-'Ued and injured were in the caboose. There was a crew of 54 men., white pnd colored. Just bock ot the caboose were three cars of sand, and many of the men were buried underneath the sand, which was thrown forward by 'he tcrrif.c impact. Fired House to Hide Crime. Rome, Ga., ( Special) .What is be lieved to be an attempt to murder a young woman and burn her bor.y oc curred here. The woman, Estclle Swann, is said to be related to Policeman Reu ben Wilson and Jesse Wilson, of At lanta. A man namn-d Barnes, who says he i.s the woman's husband, has been arrested. Just outside of the city Barnes left the girl in an 'sth:ud cabin, saying he would go to t- 1 and get a carriage for her. Shortly afterward the burning cabin alracted attention. The woman was found inside, badly burned and with knife wounds on her body. Telegraph Through Eertb. Wardencl) ffc, L. I. (Special.) The immense wireless telegraphy plant now being built here by Nikola Tesla is said to mark the beginning of a war between Marconi and the Servian electrical in ventor. The first ot three power houses has been completed, and is being filled with expensive electrical apparatus. Mar coni has so far found only one way to send messages by wireless telegraphy through the air. Tesla will try two methods. By means of his tower he will send messages through the air. By means of his great well he will send messages through the ground. Ghastly Joke oa Firemen. Chicago, (Special). Firemen who groped their way through fire and smoke and dragged six bodies into the street from Bennett Hospital, at Ade and Ful ton streets, carried on their heroic labors in the belief that they were rescuing persons who had been asphyxiated, and not until the fire had been subdued did they learn that they had been in the dissecting-room of Medical College, and that the rescued bodies were from the dissecting tables of the school. Terrible Fate ol a Telephone GlrL Charlotte, N. C, (Special). With her clothing ablaze from heud to foot. Miss Mamie McKane, night operator of the Charlotte Telephone Exchange, ran frantically about the rooms of the ex change, on the third floor of a building in this city, at J.45 o'clock A. M., then dashed out the door and lied down the three flights of stairs to the street. Pass erby, attracted by her screams, rolled her in the snow and extinguished the fire. She died a few hours later. Her dress had become ignited from the stove in the office, NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. Domestic. Robert M. Snyder, 11 New York pro moter who pushed the Traction Bill through the St. Louis Assembly, was in dicted there for bribery. The Virginia Constitutional Conven tion refused to take a recess to allow the LcRislature, which is to meet this week, the right of way. William Jackson, an eng'neer, fell asleep on his train and caused a wreck near Ilayesvillc. Pa., in which Maurice Burk was killed. The Virginia Division of Street Rail way Employes addressed resolutions to the Legislature opposed to the Jim Crow Car Bill. Judge Lacombc, in the United States Circuit Court, in New York, passed an order for the payment of Countess Cas tcllanc's debts. Prof. Joseph McMurn.n, a prominent educator, of West Virginia, died from general debility at his home, in Shcp hcrdstown. Dr. Thomas Nc-nll Penrose, medical director. United States Navy, retired, died in Philadelphia at the age of 07. A lamp explosion started a fire that destroyed nearly the entire business and residence section of Elizabeth City. N. C. The palatial car Idler, for Prince Hen ry's use, has been completed at the Wil mington shops of the Pullman Company. Reported in Baltimore that a number of steamship companies have formed a pooling arrangement. Robert Kilpatrick shot and killed his housekeeper. Mrs. Elizabeth Baymore, in Chester, Pa. The Presbyterian revision committee, which has been in session in Philadel phia, adjourned to meet in Washing ton. April g. Dr. Roberts said that while the committee's work jip to the present had been accomplished without any serious opposition, there had ex isted an ever-changing minority. Richard C. Davis, cashier of the Peo ple's National Bank of Washington, Jnd., withdrew his pica of not guilty to the charge of embezzlement of $75,000 and pleaded guilty. The three-master George W. Ander son sank in upper New York Bay and the five men on board had to leap into the water to save themselves. The grand jury in New York indicted three men for manslaughter in the first degree on account of the explosion in the rapid transit tunnel. A panic was caused among the passen gers of two trains on the Third Avenue Elevated, in New York, which collided, a number being injured. Monroe D. Shcnk, the misguided son of a prominent family in Winchester, fell down an air shaft in Albany, Ky.( and was fatally injured. Attorney C. Ayleit Ashby was ac quitted in Newport News. Ya.. of the charge of manslaughter in killing City Engineer E. A. Marye. Mrs. Clara Colona, of Birds Nest. Ya., set herself on fire while filling a coal oil can over a lighted stove and was fatally burned. An endless chain, started by some un known person, is bringing mai.y letters and dimes to the McKinlcy memorial committee. David Thompson was arrested on the charge of setting fire to the Colum bia Street Theatre, in Utica, N. Y. Nine men were killed in the fight at Lee Turner's Quarter House between the officers and the moonshiners. Daniel Dovan, Miss Helen Gould's second butler, robbed her house while she was off on a trip. foreign. Mrs. Tower, the wife of Ambassador Tower: Mrs. Horace Porter, Miss Por ter and other American ladies, figured prominently in the grand court ball in the Winter Palace, at St. Petersburg. The Mormons are proselyting with success in Denmark. Some of the prom inent leaders of the Mormons are Danes. The fight of the Agrarians on the Ger man Tariff Hill is causing the Govern ment much embarrassment. Russian ofl.cials declare that if near is menaced in the F.ast. Russia will not! fail to take necessary measures to safe- ! guard her interests. They further state ! that they do not believe the United, States is a silp'l? tlni-lnfr- i !-. o,..'' , r , , v t incut, trench newspapers express the opinion mat me .ng!n-jpanc.se treaty accentuates the antagonism between Russia and England. A di --patch from Constantinople states that the ransom of Mi's Stone and her companion, Mine. Tsilka, has been paid, but the time limit allowed for their re lease has not yet expired. Mr. Brod-ick informed the i louse of Commons that should the death sentence be pas-cd upon Commandant Kritinger the House would not be pcrmitt'-d to discuss the matter. Riotous strikers were vcterdav in possession of the City of Trieste, Aus tria, and all the lactones were closed. The military occupied the public squares and drove back the mobs. The British naval estimate for this year shows a total of 1 1,255,000, as compared with i;,o.H;3,rxio last 'year. The new warships include 13 battle ships and 22 armored cruiser.;. I'nited Str.tcs Ambassador White, at Berlin, in speaking of the statements made by the German officials in the Spanish-American War controversy with Great Britain, said that the German government showed "not a captious, vexatious neutrality, ln;i a friendly neu trality." At a meeting of the Association of German Swine Breeders in Berlin it was stated that the unrestrained importa tion of American bacon and lard was ruining the German fattening business. It was announced in the Prussian Ijj,.t that Great Britain had declined to allow the dispatch of a German relief and medical expedition to the concentration camps In South Africa. German Foreign Office officials deny the report that Germany is on the point of presenting an ultimatum to Venezue la, and state that a friendly settlement of the dispute is probable. Financial. The New York suhtreasury statement shows that the banks gained $540,000 las: week. At the M-.ntial r.:(e:ing of the Railway Supply and Equipment Company the di rectors were re-elected. The St. Ijw rcnec and Adirondack Railroad Company ha declared the semi-annual dividend of 2'4 per cent payable March 1. '' The decline in copper is thought to in dicate that the Standard Oil interests are against any further advance. There was general liquidation. The American Telephone and Tele graph Company has applied to the New York Stock Exchange to list $13,000,000 additional 4 per cent, collateral trust bonds of Iyiy. The "Iron Age" says: "The Louisville and Nashville Railroad is reported to have placed its order for 25,000 tons of steel rails abroad. No details have been given out." The statement that Metropolitan in negotiating for the purchase of the New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company is said to have been confirmed by a director of the latter company. rOUR LIVES LOST INJHIS WRECK Light Engine Crashed Into a Passenger Train Near Gilford. - SEVERAL PASSENGERS INJURED, The Wreck Was Evidently Caused by En (Inter Frew Being Mlstakca as to the Time or Falling to Remember the Exist ence of the Passenger Train, Which He Should Have Pascd at OKford. Marshalltown, Iowa (Special). Four lives were lost in a head-on collision on the Iowa Central Railroad, one mile north of Clifford, when a light engine northbound crashed into a passenger train. The dead : Wallace Frew, Kcnthsburg, III., engi neer of the light engine; head crushed, killed instantly ; buried under his engine. The body was recovered and brought hero. John White. Oskaloosa, engineer of the passenger train; left leg crushed and foot severed, both arms broken. Taken to a hospital at Eldora, where he died later. Frank Patton, Marshalltown, fireman ot light engine: skull crushed, died in stantly. Body brought here. Elmer Ogle. Marshalltown, fireman of passenger engine ; driven against boiler, head liauly crushed, died instantly. Re mains brought here. Lawrence A. Jegan, of Chicago, trav eling salesman, was badly bruised about the hips. Several other passengers were slightly injured. The wreck evidently was caused by Engineer Frew being mistaken as to the lime, or failing to remember the exist ence .of the passenger train, which he should have passed at Gifford. BURIAL OF A OIANT. Twelve Strong Men Were Needed to Carry the Body. New York, (Special). It required the strength of 12 strong men to bear to a grave in Calvary Cemetery the body of Dennis Lahcy, a giant, who before his death Wednesday weighed 689 pounds. It was necessary to have a coffin made for the body. He was 37 years old. and the son of the late Dr. Salvator Lahey, a New York fhysician. Almost from his youth Lahey was corpulent, and his parents tried in many ways to reduce his weight They were unsuccesful and his weight continually increased. His height was 6 feet 2 inches. Mr. I-alicy was engaged in the flower business with his brother. He contracted pneumonia Tuesday and his death the next day was unexpected. With the body the weight of the coffin was 1,000 pounds. MILLIONS FOR BRITISH NAVY. Estimates for 1902-1903 Amount to Over $156,000,000. London, (By Cable). The Admir alty's naval estimates for 1002-3 show a total of 31,255.000 (about $156,275,000), as compared with 30.875.000 (about $' 54.375.0) last year. There will be under construction April 1 of this year 13 new battleships, 22 ar mored cruisers. 2 second-class cruisers, 2 third-class cruisers, 10 torpedo-boat de stroyers, 5 torpedo boats and 8 minor craft. Lord Selhorne. first lord of the Ad miralty, announces that a new type of torpedo boat destroyer is contemplated. A committee will be appointed to con sider the establishment of a volunteer naval reserve.- Corpses Found In the Fissures. Tiflis, Russia (by Cable). Two hun dred bodies of victims of the earthquake which destroyed the town of Shamaka have been recovered. It appears cer tain that several hundred bodies arc buried in the fissures and debris caused by the shocks. The quakes continue at intervals and the work of excavating in search of the victims proceeds with dif ficulty. Among the dead are many women, who, at the time of the princi pal shock, were congregated in the va rious bathhouses. Oppose "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Little Rock, Ark. (Special.) Little Rock Memorial Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, has adopted a resolu tion indorsing the action taken by the chapter at Lexington, Ky., in opposition to the play of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." A committee was appointed to call on the local theater management and request, on behalf of the chapter and Southern women of the city, that this play be not brought here again. Children Burned to Leath. Johnstown, Pa., (Special). The house of William C. Webb, a few miles from here, was destroyed by fire and two of his children, Ftank and Dora, aged 4 and 5 years, respectively, were burned to death. Webb, who is a miner, was at work. A neighbor, who discovered the tire, rescued Mrs. Webb, her infant and another child, but it was impossible to save the other two children. A Tombstone Combine Next? Omaha, Neb., (Special). A number of the marble dealers of the country arc in session here with a view to forming a combine, it is said, which will take a majority of the large marble concerns in the country. "It is a plan," said an Omaha marble dealer, "to put prices on a paying basis, not only on that marble which affects cemeteries, but marble of all descriptions. Made Rag Bag ol Flag. Boston, (Special). For using an old I'nited States Hag as a bag in his busi ness of collecting rags, Meyer Ratzman was fined $20 in the Municipal Court here, charges being "contemptuous use of the United States flag." The flag was stained and weather-beaten, but its original dt.igti was not defaced. A po liceman made the arrest oil his own re sponsibility, and while taking Ratzman to the station house was intercepted by two marines, who pleaded for a chance to chastise tiie prisoner. Maslodoo Tooth Weighs Pounds. Morris, 111., (Special). One of the most important discoveries- of mastodon remains that has been made in many years seems to have been unearthed on the farm of John Baniford, 17 miles northeast of this city. A large ivorv tusk, which is J feet long and has a di ameter of 18 inches, is among the things dug up. The jawbones of three masto dons, one of the hones weighing 150 pounds, and several buffalo and deer heads have also been found. One of the smallest teeth discovered weighs 9 pounds. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. To Buy Jamestown Island. Representative Nevin, of Ohio, intro duced a hill in the House for the pur chase of historic Jamestown Island, Ya., with a view of converting the island into a national park, and $.100,000 will be ap propriated by the bill for the property. It is also understood that Senator I lamia will introduce a simitar bill in the Sen ate. It is proposed by the American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society, of which J. Picrpont Morgan is vice-president, to acquire the island from Mrs. Louis J. Barney, of Mcadowville, Ya.. and ask the United States Government to buy the property. Mrs. Barney was originally from the district which Air Nevin represents and her husband left her all the property, with the exception of twenty-two acres, title to which is vested 111 the Association for the 1 rescr vation of Virginia Antiquaries. Considerable importance is attached to the scheme on account of the projected tercentenary celebration at Jamestown 111 1007. Russo-Chlnese Bank Pact. Russia has intimated to the United States that she regrets its action in pro testing against the Russo-Chinesc bank convention, which is on the point of signature in Pekin. This intimation has been made through Ambassador lower, at St. Petcrshurir. It was reported that as a result of the American protest, the Russo-Chinesc bank arrangement will be modified, hut the State Department has received no advices to this effect. It would not surprise well-informed officials however, should Russia make concessions to show her friendship for this country. It is stated emphatically that if such concessions be granted they will not be given because of the threat contained in the Anglo-Japanese treaty. That treaty would, on the other hand, tend to cause Russia to adopt a policy of indifference to the claims of foreign powers. Decrease lo Exports. The monthly statement of the imports and exports of the United States for January, 1002, shows as follows: Merchandise Imports, $70,426,146; in crease as compared with January, 1001, $10,000,000; exports, $126,023,217;- de crease, $7,300,000. Gold Imports. $1,404,787; decrease, $2,800,000; exports, $1,973,675; decrease, $6,300,000. Silver Imports, $2,187,681; decreare, $1,000,000: exports, $4,509,213; decrease, $280,000. During the last year the imports of merchandise amounted to $890. 538.976, an increase, over the corresponding pe riod of 1901 of $72,000,000. The exports of merchandise for the year aggregated $1,457,830,882, a decrease ot ?,?g,aoo,ooo. Oil as Small Craft FueL T Inn!,! ft ,-.,. l. r..l,., l. coal on torpedo boat destroyers and oincr naval small cratt. Tests extending over a year have been romnl,ti-,l l,v 1,.!i-iMif a report presented. Admiral George W. .wciviiio nas asKeu tor $20,000 to con duct further experiments which he be lieves will rlrnmniitrnt, thnf ft, c,n1,. craft can be steamed by oil and thus conceal inemsetves trom the enemy at nigni uy tnc ahsence ot smoke and flare from their stacks. Adniirnl Mi-lviMo lite ,-;. ous offers from Texas companies to fur- iiisii on, some 01 wmcn 11c will accept. Indian Appropriation Bill .... iuuuii "I'l" "1" UlUOII Ulll JUSl completed carries $8,844,500. The item for support of schools is $3 247,920; for fulfilling treaty stipulations, $2,102,157. '1 he bill omits the usual appropriation for an Indian school at Grand Junction, Col., owing to a local controversy, it being claimed that the government is made to pay for sewer and other im provements w hich the public enjoy. Before the bill was reported the com mittee added $40,000 for an Indian ex hibit at the Louisiana Purchase Expo sition at St. Louis. More Pay for Consuls. The diplomatic and consular appro priation bill completed by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs carries about $1,900,000, a small increase over last year. A new United States Legation building at Peking i.s provided, to cost $).ooo. The salary of the Consul to Pretoria, South Africa, was increased from $2,000 to $3,000, and at Dawson City, Alaska, from $3,000 to $3,500, both on account of cost of living. Treason In the Philippines. Senator Hoar offered the following amendment to the Philippines Tariff Bill, now pending in the Senate, the pro vision to be inserted at the end of the lull: "No person in the Philippine Isl ands shall, under the authority of the L'nited States, be convicted of treason by any tribunal, civil or military, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confession in open court." Industrial Commission Disbands. The Industrial Commisison, created several years ago to investigate indus trial problems and report on them with recommendations to Congress, expired by limitation of law Saturday. The quarters of the commission have been dismantled of most of the furniture, but a number of the commissioners, a clerk and a messenger will be here for several days longer closing up affairs. Death ol Doorkeeper Ball. Capt. Joseph J. B. Ball, one of the doorkeepers of the United States Sen ate for nearly 25 years, died here. Dur ing the Civil War he won distinction on several occasions by valuable and haz ardous work. Captain Ball was born at Orange, Mass., June 13. 1828. War Tax aa Collateral Slock. As a result of protests made, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue de cided not to enforce the imposition of a stamp tax on memoranda? accompanying stock deposited as collateral for loans until the ruling can be passed on by judicial authority. Capital News lo Qeaer.il. The Woman's Suffragists, in session Washington, adopted a platform of principles and honored Miss Susan B. Anthony, who celebrated her eighty second birthday anniversary. The Panama Canal protocol has been prepared in Spanish by the Colombian government officials for submission to the Isthmian Canal Commission. The members of the naval trial board declared that the battlcsliip Illinois ex hibited unusual maneuvering abilities. Governor Taft told the Senate com mittee that the Filipinos were not yet fit to do jury duty. Secretary Shaw is investigating com plaints of baggage inspection at the port of New York. President Roosevelt read to the mem bers of the Cabinet a draft of his de cision on Admiral Schley's appeal. . It is said to be couched in strong; language. ADMIRAL DEWEY'S LITTLEGL'NS DID IT How England Came to Switch About in 1898. HER SYMPATHY WAS WITH SPAIN. But Lord Salisbury, It Is Said, Alter Hearing From Manila, Gave a New Cue lo the Lon don Press As a Result Public Opinion Was Reversed and the Government Strained Neutrality to Help the United States. London, ( P,y Cable). The dispute over the nttitudc of the powers toward the United States prior to the Spanish American War continues to take up columns of the London dailies. Opinion is much divided as to the wis dom of Lord Cranbornc's course in making his first statement on the sub ject in the House of Commons. Since the later developments the opposition to further disclosures by the British Gov ernment has been strengthened into a determined protest again the revealing of secret documents relating to the nego tiations of that period. It would be impossible to overrate the irritation expressed in Downing street at the German publication of documents relating to the incident, though implicit belief is expressed that American public opinion is not likely to he intluenced by them. Should Lord Lansdowne, the For eign Secretary, make a more explicit statement regarding the dispute it would not bring the situation much further forward, for the Foreign Office has or pretends to have no record of the de liberations at the diplomatic meeting held in Washington April 14. 1898. Great Britain's contentions would thus he only strengthened to the extent of the re liance placed on Lord Lansdowne's word, as against the allegations of the German officials. Among the Americans who were resi dent in London during May, 1898, it is recalled that intense pro-Spanish feeling existed on many sides, especially in so ciety, where women in the families of government officials appeared wearing the Spanish colors. In this nnd manv other ways London became at that period none too comtortalilc a dwelling place for Americans and the nress teemed with anti-American editorials. 1 he cessation of these editnri.-iU W.I due to a remarkable occurrence. After Dewey's victoiy Lord Salisbury took the almost unprecedented step of com municating with the editors of the lead ing Conservative dailies, urging them to desist from criticism of the United States, declaring that it was vital to Great Britain's interest ih.it it,. r,f the United States, and not that of Spain, -siiouiu uc advocated in the English press. As a remit public opinion was reversed and the G thoroughly supported in its subsequent efforts to strain its neutrality to the point of helping t'.e Lhiited Stales. CARS RAN AWAY ON GRADE. Three Men Killed, Four Likely (0 Die and T o Trains Wrecked. Altoona, Pa., (Special). Three men killed, four probably fatally injured, two icriously injured, one freu.-ht train a complete wreck and another train nearly so, are the results of an accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad on the steep grade a few miles above the Horseshoe Curve. Control of the second section of an east-bound freight train was lost soon auer emerging iron: t.uKirzin tunnel, and two miles west of Allegrippas it ran into the rear of the fir.-t section. Ten cars, the caboose and two engines were wrecked. Engineer Fluke and his firem.-.n jumped when they saw the train ahead of them. Fluke was found unconscious 50 feet away from the track. Imperial Yacht Arrives Safely. New York. (Special). The imperial German yacht Hohenzollcrn, sent here for the use of Prince Henry of Prussia during his forthcoming visit, arrived from Kiel. She was not expected, for she came by the Southern circle, and it was calculated that the run would take at least one day more than it did. It had also been thought that she would touch at Bermuda. and that jilace had re ported her as two days overdue. The weather encountered was unfavorable for a call at Bermuda, and at sea Ad miral Count von Baudissin abandoned the partly formed plan and shaped his course for New York. Education in the South. New York (Special). A movement to organize educational work in the United States, especially in the South, on a scale larger than has ever been at tempted heretofore, has been gaining strength rapidly in this city within a few weeks. It has attracted the favor' of a dozen or more men of great wealth, among them John D. Rockefeller and his son, who have determined to give needed financial support. Already sev eral millions of dollars are ready' to be pledged to the great undertaking, and abundant means will be available as soon as the plans for organization arc completed. Mr. Arkell Leaves Judne. New York (Special). W. J. Arkell, who for ten years has been president of the Judge Publishing Company, has re signed to accept the presidency of the Beisel Engine Company at a salary of $.'5.ooo a year. C. M. Schultz, who has been general manager of the Judge Com pany, will g with Mr. Arkell. The Beisel Engine Company will manufac ture electric-power engines, and is backed by a big corporation of English and American capitalists. Eric Train Lett the Ralls. Cleveland, Ohio (Special). Train No. 10, on the Erie road, leaving Cleve land at 1 P. M. lor New York, was wrecked between Mahoning and Pha lanx, Ohio, about 40 miles from this city. The whole t rain left the tracks and ran on for 20 car lengths, finally top pling over in a ditch. '1 wenty-one per sons arc reported injured, but it is be lieved no fatalities occurred. As the train is made up in this city, most of the injured are probably residents of this city. Two Men Killed by u. A 0. Express. Chester, Ta. (Special.) A. D. Blair, aged 58 years, and his son, Charles R. Blair, aged 36, of F airview, Delaware county, were killed near that .place by an express train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the train striking the carriage in which they were driving. The train did not stop until it reached this city, a mile from the scene of the acci dent, and both bodies, with fragments of the carriage, were then taken from the pilot of the engine. MAN'S RIGHT TO COMMIT SUICIDE.' Philadelphia Judge's Novel Comment and Ad vice lo Would-be Suicide. Philadelphia (Special). Herbert Wright, of this citv, was arraigned be fore Judge Arnold, in Quarter Sessions Court No. 1, on the charge of taking laudanum with suicidal Intent, and in discharging the prisoner, the judge, who is one of the most eminent in the State, made an observation that is of more than passing interest. Wright jdcadc.d "guilty of attempted suicide, hut not with intent to kill myself." In commenting on the case Judge Ar nold said he doubted if there was such an offense in this State or 'country as at tempted suicide. The law emanated from countries where thefc were kings and emperors, who adopted the theory that it was wrong for a man to kill him self and thus reduce the number of the king's subjects. 'I he judge added that a man's life belonged to himself and his Creator, and he did not know hut that the man had the. right to kill himself if he so desired. The judge, however, told Wright that when he died he would be a long time dead, and advised him run to hurry himself off. One olthe Hindoo Twins Dead. Paris (by Cable). The Hindoo twin named Dordica, who was separated from Radica by an operation February 9, died suddenly in convulsions due to the ad vanced stage of the tuberculosis from which she suffered. The twins appeared to improve during last week, and passed their time playing with toys. The death of Dordica has been concealed from Radica, who is making excellent prog ress. Reported Battle In Colombia. Panama, Colombia (by Cable). A Government soldier, who was a prisoner in the camp of the liberal General He rcrra, made his escape and arrived here. He reports that last week an Indian chief named Lorenzo attacked the Gov ernment forces under the command of General Castro, at Agua Dulce, and was defeated. Reinforced with 800 men sent by General Hcrerra, Lorenzo made an other attack on Castro's forces and was again repulsed. University Man's Snlcldc. Providence, R. 1. (Special.) In his chamber in Hope Hall, into which gas was pouring from a wide-open jet, and with two bullet wounds in his body, Richard Montague, Jr., of Newton, Mass., a student at Brown University, was found dead. The young man had committed suicide on account of de spondency. He was 19 years of age and his father was the late Rev. Richard Montague, D. D., a well-known Baptist clergyman. A Woman Burned to Death. New York, (Special). Mrs. Virginia Suret, aged 50, was burned to death in the apartments in which she and her husband Victor lived. Her apron caught fire at the kitchen stove. Mr. Suret and Police Officer Blessing, the latter a boarder with the family, were severely burned in trying to extinguish the flames which enveloped Mrs. Suret. There is some doubt of Mr. Suret's recovery. Rev. Ncedliam Dies Suddenly. Philadelphia (Special). Rev. George Carter Nccdhatn, the noted evangelist, died suddenly of neuralgia of the heart at home, at Narbcrth, a suburb of this city. He returned 1 last week from a three weeks' evangelistic campaign through Tennessee, and expected shortly to go to Chicago to preach. The Fight at Klip River. London, (By Cable). The casualty reports of the fight at Klip River show that four British officers and 29 men were wounded and two men killed. No details of the engagement are given. Skirmishes in the vicinity are of frequent occurrence. Pastor Was Too Osculalory. Fremont, Neb. (Special.) Rev. Henry B. Jefferson, rector of St. James' Epis copal Church, has resigned. Disssatis faction with his alleged conduct in kiss ing and embracing young ladies of his congregation is the reason for his resig nation, which has bec,n accepted. ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. A gang of counterfeiters was ar rested in St. Louis, including three women. The ircdom of the City of London n-ps presented to Mr. Joseph Chamber lain, who made a speech defending the Government's policy in South Africa. Hundreds of strikers are besieging a bather factory at St. J illicit, France, in v.hich a number of non-unionists are entrenched. A story is published showing graphi cally how the wily De Wet and his Boers escaped from the British cordon. Captain Cunningham, of Washington, had his daughter, who had just become the bride of Joseph M. Smith, of Alex andria, arrested on the charge of rob bing him. Bride and groom spent the night in the Ktationhouse, hut in the morning the charge was withdrawn by the irate father. Lincoln's Birthday was observed as a legal holiday in a number of States. A fast train on the Erie Railroad was thrown off the track and into u ditch by spreading rails about 40 miles from Cleveland. Two people were seriously injured and many more were hurt. The establishment of the first free public school in America was commem orated in the dedication of the new Syms-'Eaton Acadeny, at Hamilton. Mrs. Jefferson Davis offers to sell Beauvoir to the State of Mississippi for a home for old Confederates. Fire at Harmarville, Pa., on the West Penn Railroad, destroyed $75,000 worth of property. Joseph Blackburn, son of United States Senator , Blackburn, died at Frankfort, Ky. The Marquis of Dufferin died at his residence, at Cwudeboye, County Down, Ireland. King Edward held his first levee in St. James Palace, in-London, and it was a brilliant fu.icti-.n. Those who were personally known to the King kissed his hand. Gen. Manuel Matrs, leader of the Venezuelan revolution, has made a re port of the naval engagement between the Libcrtador and the government's gunboat Cretpo, in which the latter was put out of business. Manufacturers ui Trenton are expe riencing much (LXculty just now over the coal problem, and many ct the fac tories are greatly hampered berauso of the insufficiency of the supply. PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. Condensed Special Dispatches From Many Polnls. PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED. Officers Spirited the Man Away to Save Him From Angry Crowd Children Burn to Death Engineer and Trainmen Blamed for Accident Steam Radiator Explodes lo a Shirt Factory Crazed by Ills Error. Patents granted Pcnnsylvanians: Al bert J. Hearer, New Kensington, speou Itun ; Arthur B. Bellows, Pittsburg, steel car truck frame, also truck bolster ; Jos. E. Bissell, Pittsburg, means for effect ing the noiseless discharge of guns ; Samuel S. Brechbicl. Altoona, folding stool ; John F. Budke, Cannonsburg, crate for rolls; David II. Burkey, Alle- ?:heny, weather strip; George G. Craw ord, Braddock, furnace valve and dust catcher; William II. Cullers, Allegheny, metallic wheel huh ; John L. Dawes and W. F. Hull, Pittsburg, clipping glass; Samuel Diescher, Pittsburg, heating fur nace; also drawing tubes; Robert T. Gillespie, Rochester, currycomb; also thill support; Thomas Gunning, Pitts burg, feed water heater and purifier; Al exander Heiden, Allegheny, car; Julian Kennedy. Pittsburg, rolling mill; The ron R. Palmer, Eric, billiard table cush ion, Wm. M. Piper, Allegheny, draft rigging; Peter L. Swank, Conemaugb, switch-throwing device. These pensions were granted: Win RcifT, Pittsburg, $6; Peter II. 7.ell, Bea ver Falls, $12; Andrew J. Campbell, Blairs Mills, $12; Nchemiah M. Brun riage, Brownsville, $8; Peter Kinscy, Jr., Johnstown, $17; David Ray, Coopers town, $24; George L. Smijh, Stanton, $16; John R. Kingsley, Cambridge Springs, $ro ; John E. Swartz, Henri etta, $8; Lewis J. Kimble, Mitchell Creek, $8; Jacob H. DeHaas, Kerr rnoor, $8; minor of Jonathan Lohr, Hooversville, $10; Mary Foster, Union Church, $12; Hannah Atkinson. Pitts burg $12; Samuel A. Money, Bradford, $6; John Mull, Washington, $10; James A. Painter, Apollo. $10; John C. Am brose, Sylvan, $10; David Potts. Smith's I-crry, $8. Chester was on the edge of another scene of riot, with the intent of lynching a murderer, as she went through twelve days ago, when 5.000 men were gathered at the City Hall clamoring for the in stant death of West, the colored man who had killed Policeman Mark Allen. Just before noon on this day, which tra dition has given over to thoughts of love, Robert Kilpatrick shot to death his housekeeper, Mrs. Elizabeth Bearmore. An hour later he was under arrest and before midnight had been locked in a cell at the county jirison at Media, but at least twice in the interim crowds gathering with muttered threats of tak ing the law into their own hands, had been dispersed only by the cooler argu ments of less hotheaded citizens. Dora and Frank Webb, childrrr of William Webb, of Kring Station, were burned to death in a fire that destroved the Webb home. The flames originated from a fire that the servant girl had buflt m an outhouse, end spread with great rapidity. Peter Keim smashed in a win dow and rescued Mrs. Webb, who was ill, and her youngest child, while the servant rescued another child. Tho charred remains of the little ones were found after the fire. .Mrs. Webb is in a critical condition and may not recover. The Daughters of the American Rev olution made another attemp.- at Pitts burg to save the environs of the old blockhouse at the point, the standmg relic of Fort Pitt. They appesred before the City, 1-inance Committee with law yers and asked Ho have the propt-ity about the blockhouse purchased for a public ark. The estimated cost of the park would be about $3,:oo.ooo. The hinance Committee shelved the propo sition by referring it to a subcommittee. The explosion of a steam radiator cre ated a panic among twentv-five women employes at Hershey. Brown & Hcrsh ey s shir factory at Paradire. The women, who were in one room, were blinded and burned by the escaping steam, but fought their wav to the stairs. A ntimrW Dunn ,l,.',.i . the bottom and several wee r.iur.-h while attempting to jump fjo.r. a win dow. A second rxnlnsinn I --I ,u radiator, the pieces being hurled through un; muni, .-i iiumocr ot women were badly hurt. Coatless and hatless VViiiW. the engineer llirouizh wboie miti-,L.J three men were fatally injured at Bos ton Run f'ollirrv u.31 rt-A u . friends wandering on Broad Mountain. hen Bbvan learned of tht terrible re sult of his mistake he gave a shriek of aeronv and darted nut r.f ,1,- ..,:., 1 : .-- - v..B.iic nuun over the hills. It is thought his reason i.s uciuroucu. William lackson p;,..t,,. t? . Wayne and Chicago Railway engineer, who caused a fatal wreck by going to sleet) at his r,ost nn fh r'.,,'n . miles from AHeahrni- un 1,1 . grand jury's action by the coroner. With mm were item Morns icklrs, fireman, and Giistave Lewi t,r ti - nv.,iai,, i i,cy are charged with criminal negligence. F.x-Attorncy General W. U. Hensel, o! Lancaster, was nnnric,1 rf !, nnn:... . - - ...a aiyjruillt- ment as the t'ennsvlvnm n,,,K. - . .- , .niL., vi committee of the American Bar Asso- ciiimm iu Biiangc lor me meeting ot a world's congress of lawyers and iurists in St Louis in 1001 in roi-.tiertin,'-! ...;u the exposition conimeniorati,ir Louisiana purchase At the annnal gates of the county Grand Armv posts at Lancaster the following officers were elected: President. H. R. Hrenem,,. Lancaster; vice-presidents, Henry w! Brown MllH Kr,rh.riVlr T-jbc fVI ' . - ....... .. j -nojtit VU1UIT. bia : chanlain W. K I?i secretary and treasurer, John L. Bink- "v, j-antasicr. The Cnnrrr,t mmrUrK, . . : .... ,,1Jr nicruilj f,l - . ..,vw,u, wm-n ln0 following were chosen as representatives ' T-,' 'ft:. Ju,"cs inorpe, William Sharpless. William Biley, j Harvey Dewces, Norris J. Scott, Wm Trimble, Solomon Barker, Jonathan Rhoads, David J. Scott and Edward Hull. Albert J. Williams and Harvev J Makiver, who have been requested by Albert West, colored, of Media, tha slayer of Officer Mark W. Allen, Jr., M defend him, are unwilling to do so on account of the strong public sentiment against the prisoner. A jury has awarded $1,000 damages to Miss Margaret A. Jones, of -Jones-towji, who sued Charles A. Fredericlp, of Pottsyillc, for $10,000, alleging breath -of promise to marry. Isaac II. Strauss, for many years freight agent of the Pennsylvania Rail, road ut Wilkesbarre, was promoted to the superintendency of the Pittsburg .transfer system. George C. Smith, of Shamokin, succeeds him. : Accidentally falling into a tub of bgN ,tng water which had been left on the ;floor, Charles Kelovich, aged thsea years, of Mahanoy City, was fatally scalded.
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