PRINCE HENRY ON AMERICAN SOIL 'Welcomed la (he Name of the People, President, Navy and Army. PRINCE RETURNED ALL THE VISITS. Tie Out of tn Font and Battleships Roomed a Noisy Salute and Rear Admiral Evans Cava Him tbt First Official Greet tof Then Iho Various Representatives of the Government. New York, (Special). Admiral I'rince Henry of Prussia arrived in American water! on the North German I.loyd Line steamer Kronprinz Wilhelni and landed in New York al 12 35 P. M. Sunday. Friendly messages were exchanged hy I'rince Henry and President Roosevelt. The Prince got a welcome long to he remembered. When his htp reached Sandy Hook at 10 A. M. the din began. All the way tin New York hay and har bor there were the noise of cannonading, rhcering by immense crowds and the blasts of steam whistles. Rear-Admiral Kohley D. F.vans of ficially welcomed the royal visitor in the name of the American people. The l'rince landed on the West Thirty-fourth street pier. He passed over the pier and went on board the Imperial Yacht llo lienrollern. Then came representatives of the Pres ident, the army, the navy and the Ger man Embassy to pay their respects. At 8 R M. the Prince entertained some of his notable visitors at luncheon. In the afternoon be returned calls and visited the battleship Illinois. At dinner the Prince had more guests. T-ater he went to the clubhouse of the Dcutscher Verein. in New York, where he held a reception. He left at a late hour on a special train on his way to Washington. Prince Henry to the President. Washington (Special). Messages that have passed between Prince Henry and I'rcsidcnt Roosevelt were made public here. The telegrams are as follows: On Board the Steamer Kronprinz Wil helni, off Nantucket Island, Mass.. via New York I lerald Marine Wireless Station, Siasconset, Mass., Feb. jj. President Roosevelt, Care New York Herald. New York: Hope state of health of your son faor nbly progressing. Wish speedy recovery. Permit me to congratulate you and American nation on today's commemora tion Washington's Birthday. Sorry to disappoint you through late arrival. Very heavy, persistent easterly wind, which makes progress slow for this beautiful vessel. I look forward to meet yon. Henry of Prussia. President to tbs Prince. White House, February 23. Prince Henry of Prussia, the Hohenzollern. New York city : Accept my heartiest greetings on your safe, arrival. I thank you for your mes sage. In the name of the American peo ple I welcome you and look forward to meeting you personally tomorrow. Theodore Roosevelt. SLAIN BY THEIR OWN RACL Army Reports on Filipinos Murdered by Filipinos. Washington, (Special). Among the latest reports received by the War De partment is a .statement from the com manders of the military districts show ing the number of natives killed or as saulted by the Filipinos beca.ise of real or suspected sympathy with Americans. These reports, which extend to the middle of last December, show that the number of natives murdered was 504, while 51.? were assaulted. In addition to these, 00 municipal officials were mur dered hy natives, it is alleged, because they took office under the American offi cials, and 32 were victims of assault. The records also show that up to Au Rust last 31 enlisted men and j civilians had been tried by court-martial for of fenses committed aainst natives. Ten of these were sentenced to death, four to life imprisonment and 20 to terms of imprisonment ranging up to 20 years. TRAGEDY IN A THEATER. Students Clubbed to Death by Drovniks A Brutal Altcck. London, (By Cable). The St. Peters burg correspondent of the Daily Express says that the police learning that some 500 students had arranged a meeting to be held in a certain theatre last Friday night, quietly tilled the galleries of the theatre with 1.000 Dvorniks. After the performance had ended, at midnight, the students remained in the pit, the Dvor niks still in the gallery. At 3 o'clock in the morning, at a given signal, the Dvorniks suddenly descended and attacked the students, beating them with clubs in a most brutal manner. The students had arms, ribs and heads broken, and some of them were killed. A large number of them have been sent to hospitals, while others have been im prisoned. A Couple Suffocated by (ia;. Detroit. (Special). James McGlashan, ged 38 years, a foreman in the con struction department of the Michigan Telephone Company , and an unidentified woman were found dead in a rooming house on Park Place. Gas had escaped in some manner from tin; gas stove in the room and suffocated the couple. The gas had also penetrated into the adjoin ing room in which Marguerite Steven?, was asleep, and she was unconscious when the door was hurst open. She v.-as resuscitated and will recover. Big Day nt Charlculoii. Charleston, S. C. (Special.) Satur day was military day at the exposition, State militia from South Carolina and Georgia participating in the exercises. The parade to the exposition grounds was led by Governor White, of West Virginia, with his staff, and Adjutant General Floyd, of South Crolina, with the staff of Governor McSweeny. The Chatham Artillery, of Savannah, with the famous Washington guns, was in line. Another Dig Deal Pen Jin. San Francisco ( Special). The Exam incr says every indication points to the belief that a big railroad a:id financial deal is oil tho lapis by which George J Gould's Missouri Pacific will gain an entrance into San Fran-.-isco. Prime Pouiatowski, F. S. liulloek, one ot lib partners in several t tiler,)riscs, and Sen alor Clark, of Montana, arc reported a beitis connected wall Gould in hit. t-hrmc to extend th Gould railroad sv; ieui from Suit Lake to San Franc sto NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. Domestic Charles K. Jones told in New York how be chloroformed and killed Rice, the millionaire,, upon the inMructions of Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, now on trial for murder. Miss Rec Reinica, of Front Royal. Va., and Flmer W. McConnel. of Par kersburg, W. Ya eloped to Winchester and were married there. Joseph Ramsey, on trial in F.sscx County Court. Virginia, 011 the charge of killing Joseph Dunn, was convicted of murder in the first degree. The new steamship Kroonland. the largest built in the I'nited States, was launched at the Cramps' shipyard, Phil adelphia. Gertrude Gothic was shot and killed in Philadelphia bj George Sutton, her jealous lover, who then tried to kill him self. lr. l.ouis Lewis, a medical and surgi cal authority, living in Philadelphia, died at St. Vincent's Hospital. New York. decision of the Supreme Court of Missouri ousting five city officials put the municipal government in a predicament. People were shocked and a number of horses killed in Philadelphia by live wires breaking down with the weight of ice. The sleet storm was the worst in many years, the ice breaking down wires and cutting olf telegraphic com munication. The Royal Arcanum has a-ked the Massachusetts Legislature for a law to permit the admittance to membership in the order of persons between the ages of 18 and 21 years. St. Louis will present Prince Henry with a solid gold and silver casket, which will contain an address of wel come handsomely engrossed on parch ment. The new Chesapeake and Ohio steam er Virginia proved herself the speediest vessel on Hampton Roads and came out first in an exciting race. Vera and Charles Lotion, three and four years of age. respectively, were burned to death at the Rose Petit Or phanage, at Grecndalc, Mass. Col. L. D. Stark, a prominent lawyer and president of the Norfolk Landmark Publishing Company, died in Norfolk, aged -( years. John D. Rockefeller has sent a cluck for ?5.ooo fur the William L. Wilson en dowment fund at Washington and Lee University. Locbc & Hcnc's dry goods store and other buildings in Lafayette, lnd.. were destroyed by tire, causing an aggregate loss of $.200,000. A long-distance telephone line will be constructed between Leesburg, Ya., and Washington. J. A. Camp, a merchant of Lynch burg, Va.. died after a lingering illness. Ajjhur T. Wilson was found dead in bed 111 Norfolk. Petersburg, Va.. will have a country club in Dinwiddie county, three miles from town. The contract has been awarded and it will cost about $10,000. foreign. Anarchists and revolutionists are in citing the laboring classes in Barcelona and other parts of Spain to rioting. Nearly all the anarchistic elements in Europe are said to he represented at Barcelona. The strike troubles are spreading. The rioters attacked the Jesuit college at Saragossa and the priests fired upon them. General Weylcr has been urging the Queen Regent to give him a free hand in dealing with the rebels in Catalonia, but if this is granted Premier Sagasta threatens to resign. English political circles arc stirred up oyer Lord Koseherry's announcement of his final separation from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's section of the Liberal party. There are rumors of a new coalition between the L'nionists ami Imperial Liberals, under the leadership of the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Rosebery. The Italian Cabinet has resigned be cause the Government's candidate for President of the Chamber of Deputies was not re-elected. The I'nited States Steel Corporation, it is reported, will take control of the North Swedish mines. The Dowager Empress and the Em peror of China granted a New Year's audience to the diplomatic corps, which ceremony was very undignified; the dip lomats rushing toward the throne and scrambling for a peep at the imperial party. Advices through French sources from Rarcelona, Spain, state that in a battle between troops and rioters a field batterv raked the streets, and it is reported that 500 person-, were killed and wounded. 1 he Boers have cut up a detachment of the Scots Greys, one of England's crack dragoon regiments. Major Feil den was killed and Captain L'rsher wounded. Forty-six of the British were captured. King Victor Emmanuel, in a speech opening the Italian Parliament, said in regard to the divorce bill that he in tended to maintain strictly the separation of the civil from spiritual authority. It is said in Boor circles that if the Boer delegates, after a tour of the I'nited Stales, advise Mr. Kruger to come to this country in the interest of his cause, he w ill do so. Mr. Marconi announced at a general meeting of the Marconi Wireless Tele graph Company that the next series of tests would include the transmission of words and telegrams. Pope Leo entered upon the twenty fifth year of his pontificate. He received a committee which presented him with a commemorative medal. The German Navy Department has de cided to establish a chain of wireless telegraph stations along the entire coast of Germany. E. T. Kelly and Stiles, two bookmak ers, pleaded guilty in London to the charge of complicity in the Bank of Liv erpool scandal. Ihirty-two persons were disentombed i-iivc at Shamaka, Transcaucasia, re cently visited by an earthquake. Fir social. A stiv.t dispatch from Denver says be Guggcnhcimer Exploration Company nas secured control of the output of lead iluxing ores of the country. The directors of the Corn Exchange ;xd Merchants' National Banks, of Chi cago, have voted in favor of the absorp tion of the latter by the former. The directors of the Bell Telephone Company will on April 22 iubmit to the itockholders a proposition to increase the capitalisation by issuing $4,000,000 more of stock. The St. Louis and San Francisco Rail road Company has issued a circular ru.-.rantecing 5 per cent, on Kansas, Fort Scott & Memphis income bonds and .-rikir.g them callable at rjj. The Golf and S'.iip Island Railroad ockhoVdcrs have authorized the di rectors to execute a new first refunding and terminal mortgage for $5,003,000, to cure the issue ol jo-ycar 5 per cent, 'if nd.s. Returns from the constituent coin ::r.irs of United States Steel warrant : tiniatc January net earnings at $;,ooj -oo to $io,ooo,c;o or about $2,000,000 in rcss of December. February earnings ill fall beow Juuu.-.ry mark. - ARMORY BLOWN IP AND HOTEL BURNED Latest Addition to New York's Shock ing Tragedies. 1000 POUNDS OF POWDER EXPLODED Col. Pepper, of Louisville, k One of the Vic tints Other Dead Bod es Brought Out of the Burning Building The Armory ol tht Seventy-first Regiment Mas Totally Destroyed, and the Loss Will Amount to $1,030,000, Thirteen persons, including several women, lost their lives, and 40 to 50 ! others were injured in a fire that I started early in the morning in the Dcvcniy-nrsi Kcgimcni Armory, at 1 arx avenue and Thirty-fourth street,- New York, and spread to the Tark Avenue Hotel, diagonally across the street. The armory was destroyed, the hotel partially burned. New York (Special). Fire that broke out early in the morning in the armory of the Seventy-first Regiment, New York National Guards, at Park avenue. Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets, spread to the Park Avenue Hotel, and at least four lives were lost, while the damage is roughly estimated at over $1,000,000. One woman, a guest of the hotel, jumped from the fifth story and is believed to be fatally injured. Four bodies have been taken out. but only one so far identified, said to be that of Colonel Pepper, of Louisville. Ky. The Park Avenue Hotel is a total loss. The Seventy-first Regiment Armory, a magnificent granite structure, and one of the finest in the city, was destroyed. The ear barns of the Metropolitan Street Railway, on an adjoining corner, were threatened with destruction, but the good work of the firemen succeeded in saving them. The armory occupied an entire block, and was occupied also by the Second Battery and the First Signal Corps. The fire was discovered burning from a window of the armory on the Thirty fourth street side, and by the time the firemen arrived the flames had com pletely enveloped the building and ap peared through the roof. Shortly after the cartridges and ammunition exploded. Shortly after 2 o'clock a thousand pounds of powder in the cellar exploded, and the walls of the building were thrown outward. By this time the peo ple living in the neighborhood had been driven from their homes by the heat. The guests of the Park Avenue Hotel, numbering about (xx, were aroused as quickly as possible, but not without panic among the women and children. Firemen poured n streams upon the side of the hotel nearest the armory, but. in spite of this, the third floor caught fire. Notwithstanding the fact that every body in the hotel had ample time to get out. a large number of women were car ried down the ladders by firemen, flntil it was thought everybody had been taken out. Just at this time a woman in her night clothes appeared at a window on the fifth floor, and before warning could reach her flung herself headlong to a portico over the main entrance. It is believed that she will die. Two bodies were found on the fifth floor by the firemen, and two more in another part of the building. It is feared that several other bodies will be found in other parts of the building. Admiral Miller, United States Navy, retired, who had a room on the fifth floor of the Park Avenue Hotel, fell un conscious in his attempt to escape from the burning building. It is stated that he cannot recover. Admiral Miller went through the Windsor Hotel fire and the Murray Hill explosion unscathed. A VOTINO-MACHINE TRUST. ; Six Companies Have Secured a South Dakota ! Charter. 1 New York (Special). With the object , of consolidating the voting machine com i panics of the country, New York inter ests have organized the Federal Voting Machine Company, with a capital stock 1 of $5,000,000. 1 The company has already taken out ! papers of incorporation in South Da- kola. It is understood, however, that ; the action of the organizers in incorpo I rating in South Dakota was for the pur 1 pose of securing patents, and that the J Federal Company will be reincorporated ; under the laws of either New Jersey or j Maine. ! There arc about six voting machine concerns in the United States, all of I which, it is said, will be taken over by j the Federal Company, which is said to j have strong financial backing. 1 Childreo Perish lo Fire. Worcester, Mass. (Special,) Vera and Charles Loucn, three and four years old, were burned to death in a fire which de stroyed the Rose relit Orphanage, on Hermitage lane, at Grecndale, this city. The firemen arrived in time to rescue eight children from the building. Mrs. Petit aided in the rescue. She was burned about the face and hands during her ef forts to save the little ones. The fire started from the furnace, and catching in an air shaft, went to the second floor of the building, where the children were asleep. Wants Popular Election. j Columbus, O. (Special). The House j of Representatives of the Ohio Legis lature has placed itself on rccurd as being in favor of electing the United States Senators by a direct vote of the people. This action was taken when the Worthington resolution came up for consideration, it being adopted by a vote of 73 to 23. The resolution asks Con gress to take the necessary action. Californlans for Beer Liberty. San Francisco (Special). Mayor Schmitx presidd at a Ingely attended meeting of Boer sympathizers in Metro politan Hall here. An address was made hy Commandant W. D. Snynian, of Gen eral De Wit's staff. Resolutions were adopted and ordered sent to President Roosevelt and the California Senators and Representatives urging that Con gress take action looking to intervention by the nations with a view of ending the war by arbitration and assuring the inde pendence of the Boers. Fira Risks Up IS Per CeaL Atlanta (Special). The Southwest cm Tariff Association decided that a 25 per cent, increase in rates be male on all classes of merchandise and on frame store buildings; also, on all man ufacturing risks and their special hazards which have not been rated under re vised schedules within a year. This fic tion went into effect Friday and was caused hy the extraordinary fire losses which they have been called on to bear luring the last three years, and especially since the beginning of the present year. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Canal Treaty Ratified. Final ratifications of the Hay-Pauncc-fotc Treaty, giving England's assent to the construction of a canal across Cen tral America by the United States, were exchanged at the State Department. There was little ceremony about the affair, though this was an act that rounded out and completed negotiations that have geen in progress intermit tently for many years, and which are regarded as of the first order of import ance. Lord Pauncefote was accompan ied hv Mr. Raikes, his first secretary of the Embassy, while Sidney Smith, Chief of the Diplomatic Bureau, was Secre tary Hay's attendant. Copies of the treaty had heon prepared precisely sim ilar except in the fact that the signa tures were inverted in one copy, and thvse were formally exchanged between Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay, a protocol being signed formally attest ing that fact, which will form part of the records. No affirmative action is required un der the treaty : it is simply declaratory of the powers and rights accorded to the I'nited States in connection with the construction of an isthmian canal, and it does not distinguish as between any of the projected routes for tthc waterway it is quite as applicable to Panama as to Nicaragua or to Darien. Fist Fight in the Senate. . In the United States Senate Saturday afternoon occurred one of the most sen sational physical encounters ever wit nessed in that body. Senator B. R. Tillman, of South Car olina, was proceeding with his speech against the Philippine tariff bill, when Senator John C. Spooner, of Wiscon sin, interrupted to ask how a two-thirds majority of the Senate had been ob tained to ratify the Paris treaty of peace. Mr. Tillman finally intimated that one Senator referring to his colleague, Mr. McLaurin had been won over by prom ises of patronage in South Carolina. Mr. McLaurin. who was absent from the chamber at this time, returned and. speaking in his own defense, denounced Mr. Tillman's statement as "a malicious lie." Tillman immediately rushed to ward McLaurin and struck him on the forehead. The two clinched and finally were separated. The Senate adjudged both of them guilty of contempt, and, after each had apologized, the incident was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elec tions. Fears for Miss Stone. It is estimated at the State Depart ment that 15 days have elapsed since the money for Miss Ellen H. Stone's ran som was paid over to the agents of the Balkan brigands. At least five days have elapsed beyond the time fixed in the stipulation to put her in the hands of her friends. It is hoped that physical conditions, such as heavy snows and adverse weath er, may account for the delay. The of ficials are loath to believe that there has been a breach of faith on the part of the brigands, but even if this were so they do not regard themselves as blamewor thy for having trusted them. Minister Leishman, at Constantinople, was im plored to pay down the ransom money in advance by the misionary agents, and in addition he had before him letters from Miss Stone and Madame Tsilka, declaring that unless this were done their lives would surely pay the for feit. Each Has Route Preference. Dr. Francis C. Bransford, of the navy, who has accompanied a number of naval expeditions to Central America, and Prof. W. H. R. Burr, of the Isthmian Canal Commission, testified before the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Can als. Dr. Bransford said that in the mat ter of hcalthfulncss the Nicaragua route is incomparably superior to the Panama route. Professor Burr spoke as a civil engineer, saying that from his point of view the advantages arc with the Pan ama line. He said he is firmly convinced of the wisdom of accepting the offer of the Panama Company to sell its prop erty and franchises for $40,000,000. Favor Statehood for Territories. The House Committee on Territories unanimously voted to report bills for the admission of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. The vote was taken upon a motion made by Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, declaring it to be the sense of the committee that the three Territories are entitled to statehood and that subcommittees be appointed to prepare the bills. The sub committees were appointed. Secretary Long Will Retire. After a Cabinet meeting Secretary John D. Long stated that the report that he intended leaving the Cabinet, as Sec retary of the Navy, is quite true. He said he had fixed on no specific date for his retirement and he had not yet formally sent his resignation to the President, and might not do so for some time. 'The President, however, is fully aware of his purpose, which was formed many months un. Satisfied as to Manchuria. The United States government is now said to be perfectly satisfied as to the correctness of Russia's intentions re pecting Manchuria. The pledges heretofore obtained from Russia have been renewed and rein forced so strongly, it is stated, that they must be accepted as satisfactory, unless our government is prepared to deliber ately question Russia's integrity, which, it is said, it has not the least disposition to do. Those London Dock Charges. , The House Committee on Commerce ordered a favorable report on the bill designed to remedy the alleged irregu larity in London dock charges. The bill prevents the insertion in bills of lading of provisions for these charges. Capital Ncwj jo Qeie.-jl. Attorney General Knox has submit ted to President Roosevelt Uis report and recommendations in the case of Judge Noyes, of Alaska. An attempt was made in the House to defeat the appropriation for the Carlisle Indian School, but it failed. Justice Cray, of the Supreme Court, who is suffering from paralysis, is some what better. The national encampment of the G. A. R. will be held in Washington the first week in October. A petition was presented to the Presi dent in behalf of the workingmen of Cuba, asking for the grant of tariff con cessions. The President granted a pardon to Walter Holmes, convicted in 1900 of rohbing the Baltimore Postoffiec r u small sum of money. Senator Patterson, of Colorado, made a speech accusing Governor Taft of mis representing the situation in the Philip pines. Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote "xchanged ratifications of the Hay Pauncefote treaty, permitting the con struction of a canal across South Amer ica by the United States. MISS STONE FREE SAYSYICE CONSUL She Arrived at Strumitis, Macedonia, Sunday Morning. MADAME TSILKA AND BABY RELEASED Tbey Ara All Well, and Apparently Nose the Worse for Their Long Captivity For Over Fivt Months the American Missionary Was s Captlvt of the Brigands A Message to Miss Stone's Mother. Constantinople (By Cable). Miss len M. Stone, the American missionary, who, with Mmc. Tsilka, was captured by brigands in the district of Salonika Sep tember 3 last, has been released, and ar rived at Strumitz, Macedonia, at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Nobody was at Strumitz to meet Miss Stone, as the brigands had given no in dication where they proposed to release the prisoners. Mmc. Tsilka and her baby were released at the same time. 'They arc all well. Miss Stone immediately made herself known to the authorities at Strumitz. The first news of Miss Stone's release was contained in a telegram received by Mr. Dickinson, the American consul general at Constantinople, from the Am erican vice-consul at Salonika. The tel egram gives no details of the release. As Strumitz is near the Salonika Uskitb Railroad, Miss Stone will proceed to Salonika without drlay. - London (By Cable). Cabling from Constantinople, the correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says he understands that, owing to the necessity of protecting the innocent persons who assisted them, the American delegates will never di vulge where and how the ransom money for the release of Miss Stone was paid. The correspondent learns, however, that the ruse of filling the money bags with lead after the ransom had been paid, with a view of making it appear that the mission to pay the ransom had failed, was completely successful. It is practi cally certain that the ransom money will go to the Macedonian committee. Boston (Special). Secretary Barton, of the American Board, lias received the following cablegram : "Both Miss Stone and Mmc. Tsilka and child released from confinement in good physical condition and good spir its." Secretary Barton regards this news as absolutely authent ic, as the missionaries of the board have been given instructions to send no cablegrams based on mere re ports, but to await until positive infor mation could be given. BARCELONA LESS STORMY. The Rioters Are Given Three Days to Sur render Their Arms. Barcelona, (By Cable). Although there was some renewal of ordinary life in this city Saturday, it was largely arti ficial. A few public establishments reopened under the compulsion of the authori ties, but practically 110 business was transacted. The street cars ceased run ning at 8 o'clock in the evening and the newspapers were unable to publish, the compositors refusing to work. The captain-general authorized the managers of the papers to seek printers outside of Barcelona. There were some isolutcd affrays and attempts to sack bakeries, during which five persons were wounded. It was re ported that a number of workmen bad been caught in the act of preparing bombs. The captain-generai has allowed the rioters three days jn which to deliver up all of their arms. After the expira tion of that time any person found in possession of arms will be tried by drum head court-martial. Orders have been issued to all the saloons to close at 7 P. M. LONO TERMS IN PRISON. Despite Partial Restitution, Bank of Liverpool .Wreckers Must Serve Long Term. London (By Cable). Sentences were pronounced on the prisoners found guilty of complicity in the Bank of Liverpool frauds. Thomas P. Goiidic, the book keeper of the bank, and Dick Burge. the pugilist, were each sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, and F. T. Kelly, a book maker of Bradford, and Stiles, another bookmaker, each received two-year sen tences. Counsel had previously announced that Laurie Marks, the American bookmaker, who is supposed to have committed sui cide, James Mances, another American bookmaker, who is also missing, and Burge had 01,000 of the bank's money, of which amount 76,000 had been re ceived, Burge having returned 30,000. while 12,000 and 34,000 stood to the credit of Marks and Mances, respec tively, in a bank. Kelly and Stiles had divided 75,000 between themselves, and Kelly had now restored 17,000 and Stiles 6,500. National Council 0! Women. Washington, (Special). The National Council of Women at the triennial ses sion here elected the following officers: President, Mrs. William Todd Helmutli, New York, formerly president of Sorosis ami of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs; vice-president, Mrs. Mary W. Swift, of California; corre sponding secretary, Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller, formerly president of the Na tional Women's Relief Corps; first re cording secretary, Mrs. Ida Weaver, of Idaho; second recording secretary, Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, District of Columbia; treasurer. Mrs. Lillian Hol lister, Detroit, Mich., supreme com mander of the Supreme Hive of Macca bees of the world. Scouts Capture Boers. Ixmdon (By Cable). A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Friday. February 21, says Colonel Park, with 300 mounted national scouts, recently surprised a Boer force at Nooltgedacht. Transvaal Colony, and captured 164 pris oners, together with a quantity of mu nitions of war and a number of horses and wagons. 'There were no British cas nalties. The prisoners include Field Cornets Joubert and Dejater and Lieu tenant Kiljoen. Two Death Scalenus Commuted. Ralrigh, N. C, (Special). Governor Aycock has commumcd the death sen tence of Russell Gates, a white man. and Harry Mills, a negro, two of the Emma postollice burglars, who stood guard out side the building. 'The other two John sou, white, and Foster, colorcdr-werc hanged Wednesday. On the tame day John Hciry Rose was hanged for mur der, at Wil.on. and Andrew Sliermaa Jackso:, r.t Lincobiton for burglary. The report of the surrender of Mius. Sto.ie by the l.rij .ndj i:; iaid to be premature. FLOODS ARE EXPECTED. Warning as to Rivers In Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Washington, (Special). Special warn ing of danger from breaking up of ice in rivers of Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania was issued by the United States Weather Bureau. The bulletin says : - "Warmer weather is indicated for next two davs, with conditions favorable for rain. 'These conditions will be most fa vorable for a general breaking up of ice in the mountain rivers and streams of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. "Notify all interests concerned that danger from floods from low-lying lands is imminent." English Like American Engines. London (By Cable). American rail road methods and American locomotives were referred to approvingly by Lord Stalbridgc, chairman of the London and Northwestern Railroad, while presiding at the meeting of the stockholders of that company. "Following the Ameri can lead, said Lord Stalhrilge, "the Northwestern has introduced more pow erful locomotives." Two Hang for Assault. Salisbury, N. C. (Special.) Richard Blatin and "Dick" Fleming were con victed in Rowan Superior Court on a charge of committing a criminal assault on Mrs. Belle Livingood. a widow, who lives about 15 miles from Salisbury. 'They were sentenced to be hanged on April it. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. Passenger Train Held and Robbed. Knoxvillc. Tcnn. (Special.) A spe cial to the Sentinel from Bristol, Tcnn., says a Virginia and Southwestern pas senger train was helj up by unknown parties near Big Stone (lap, about six miles northwest of Bristol. The men took $76 from a box in the baggage car. Victim of Gas Explosion. Springfield, Mass. (Special.) T. El mer Gould is dead, the fourth victim of the West Brookfield gas explosion last Saturday. Mr. Gould underwent the amputation of one leg and had not strength enough to rally. ODDS AND ENDS OF TH3 NEWS. Trainmen 011 the Baltimore and Ohio near Winchester had a fierce fight with Warren Corder, a fugitive from justice, who was stealing a ride. He assaulted the engineer and injured him badly, lint was knocked unconscious by Fireman Tobmey. Six notorious criminals wanted in va rious parts of the country were arrested in Philadelphia, where they had gone, it is believed, to. rob the Traction Com pany offices. Miss Colliiif, a teacher at the Union Mission College for Negroes, in Nor folk, was arraigned for whipping a 12-ycar-told pupil. The court sustained her action. During a discussion in the lower house af the Prussian Diet of the noneonfirma tion by the Emperor of the election of Herr Kauffman as second bin gomastcr af Berlin, Baron von Hammerstem. the minister of the interior, admitted his personal disapproval of the Emperor's action. Herr Richtcr, the Radical leader, made a sharp attack upon the minister. Colonel Park, with . 300 mounted scouts, surprised a Boer force in the Transvaal and captured 164 prisoners, together with a quantity of war mate rial. The rioters in Barcelona attempted to sack bakeries and a number of work men were caught in the act of making bombs. The abandoned invalid wife of George Mercicr. of Chicago, gave up her marital rights that her husband might be legally married to another. The Senate discussed the Philippine tariff hill, and in the House the talk was on desultory matters. ' . The first meeting of the Civic Confed eration's executive committee was held iin New York. Charles B. Triggs was killed ..mar Martinsburg by an engine, j Dr. Levi Lane, an eminent surgeon, died in San Fmacisco. I tJphn A. Stewart, president of the I L'nited States 'Trust Company, tendered ma 1 i-iwuiiiiciKii'.iton at a nieeimg 01 me trustee.-, and recommended that Lyman J. Gage, former Secretary of the 'Treas ury, be elected to yucceed him. Max Fcrers, a;: ii-year-old boy under arrest in Chicago, confesses to having started 14 fires in buildings just for the fun of seeing the engines come out. A body, probably of one of the crew :f the wrecked barge Belle of Oregon, was washed ashore near the Lane Hill Life-Saving Station. The Dowager Empress will break sway from existing rules and receive a number of foreigners not members of the diplomatic corps. Dick Burge. the English prize-fighter, ivas found guilty on the charge of being e.mcerned 01 thi Ttnnlr ..if T ivfri.,-ml ' frauds. Forty farms on Lord de Frcyne's es tate, in Ireland, were sold bythc Sheriff, '.he tenants having refused to pay rent. The Colombian Transport Conip-my'j teamer Juan B. Elbers was sunk in a rollision in the Magdalena river. An agreement was signed in Paris for the resumption of diplomatic relations between France and Venezuela. 'The skeltons of five American soldiers killed in action in the Philippines were recovered. The Zionists expect concessions from the Sultan looking to colonization in Palestine. The directors of the Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western Railroad Company have increased the salary of President Trucsik'le 10000 per year in recognition "f his vahuble services to the corpora lion. 1 ; e v.'sy glean i n c 2. Riifdiij'ja in Loudon ha3 uol I ccn to bud I4 yonra. Genuany'a new pofituso stumps will le iHsut'd 011 April 1. The Slnlue of Liberty In New YcrU II 11 i lior (rrently need repnlra. Houllioni cities will maUo a great cot ton display nt St. Louia In VMS. Tho United States requires tlia cerv ices of about lo0,0(0 physicians, A promoter has offered to present n bloodless bull tight In New yprU City. A friend of (ho Tuskcgec Institute him Kiven $25,000 for a sills' dormitory building. A new electric rorul, part elevated nud part underground, bus been opened In Berlin, Uurumny, Tlio Paris Municipality hns definite ly adopted the scheme of funning out the gas supply to a mw company. Tho will of tho late Thomas Robert son, of ltoekford. ill., leuves .1i,000 lo cduentlouul and religious iustltuliou.. The Urst American blunt furnace in Germany, wllh nu nutoaiuile tiiniging lp:ii-ulus. bus becu started la tllealu. PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. Condensed Special Dispatches From Many Points. ' STATE'S TRAVELING LIBRARIES. Thirty-Four of Them Crested, Which May Be Secured by Any Place That Lacks Library Facilities Crumbed Under Big Boulder Coaster Ki led by a Trolley Car Osmesis (Jives J30 0:0. Pensions, granted Pcnnsylvanians : Edward J. Skees, Pittsburg, $16; Har vey Thorpe. Burgcttstown, $3; Leet S. Moore, Pittsburg. $12; John E. Ganger, Stahlstown, $6; Philip Miller, Warble. $u ; William Fitzgerald, Ueorgeville, $8; John Zinges, Johnstown, $12; Harvey Elliott. Butler, $12; James A, Roche, I'lysses, $8; William Lucas, Homer City, $10; Frederick Dcsscnhcrger, fc'cw Cumberland, $10; Jerry Bennington, Canonsburg, $.8; John Ward, Srwick ley. $8; 'Thomas Davis. Emblentnn, $14; Francis Gemmell, Pittsburg, $10; Sarah Falkinburg, Woodcook, $8; Emma J. Connick. Stcamburg, $12; John R. Gil fillcn, Tidioutc, $12: Samuel C, Dc woody. Franklin. $8; Lamar Donahue, Allegheny, $12; Levi C. Reed, Dudley, $10; Fitzimmons Laughlin, Hoopstown, $8; Charles S. Henry, Allegheny, $8; Richard M. Hoffman, Bullion, $8; Can ada Davis, Carmichacl, $8; James P. Ewing, Walnut Bottom, $12; Nicholas R. Short. Tanoma, $12; Ellis B. Gar rison, Uniontown, $8. The Pennsylvania Free Library Com mission met in the State Library, Har risbttrg, J. G. Roscngarten, of Phila delphia, presiding and all of the mem bers present. It was announced that up to the present time the commission has created thirty-four traveling libra ries, which have been sent to twenty-five points in the State, and thirty more li braries arc now being created and will soon be ready for distribution. To secure one of these libraries an application must conic from twelve taxpayers in any town not having library facilities, or from any rural district. A library of fifty vol umes is sent for six months, when it is ordered to be shipped to some other point where an application has been made. The books in these libraries cover history, travel, fiction, useful arts, etc., and the, demand for them increases as the facts about them become known. At Redmond's Mills, near Homestead, a large boulder fell from a hillside, where a gang of laborers were work ing, to the tracks of the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Railroad and killed Raffaelo Diuseso and Antonio Bo zalo. Michael Surra, Gusippc Cirallo and Laurent Falletti were injured. While coasting down Hygienic Hill, Steelton. Julius Shade, age g years, was killed by a trolley car. His companion, William Marks, escaped death by roll ing off the sled when he saw the impend ing danger. Andrew Carnegie has given the larg est library donation on record, taking the population into consideration. North Bessemer, a borough but a few years old, and with a population scarcely of 1,000. will receive $,?o,oco for a library. The annual banquet of the Dauphin County Bar Association was held at Harrisburg. with Hon. Robert Snod grass as toastmaster. 'Toasts were re sponded to by Judge R. W. Archibald, Judge J. W. Simonton. Congressman M. E. Olmstead, Meade D. Detweiler, Sena tor John E. Fox and Hon. Lyman D. Gilbert. Judge Ferris permanently restrained the Avoca authorities from interfering with the construction of the Scranton & Northeastern Railway through that town. They had repeatedly arrested the workmen for alleged violations of ordi nances. The storeroom and postoftice in J. A. Schwenk's building, at Proveidence Square, were destroyed by fire. The K Collegcville Fire Department saved the dwelling part from total destruction. The loss is trbout $1,000. The eighth annual banquet of the Vir ginia F"ire Company of Columbia was held in that city. Over one hudred mem bers were present. Among the guests were C. C. Hirtnian. chief engineer of the Lebanon, and William E. Kinn, of Columbia. At the Juniata Silica Works, near Vineyard, John Patrico, of Wellsville, the engineer, was caught in a connect ing shaft while he was oiling the-bearings and whirled about the shaft and killed. Frank Larkin and Oakley Lee, two hoys, have been missing from their homes in Darby since Friday, and despite the' efforts of their parents to locate them, their whereabouts arc unknown. Negotiations are in progress for the sale of the Hatlxjro Water Company and the Hatboro Electric Light Company to a syndicate of capitalists headed by C. Taylor Leland, of Philadelphia. On the ground that a clerk at Hickory Ridge Colliery, operated by the Union Coal Company, overcharged them for mine supplies. 600 men and bovirwent on a strike. John Startzell fell down a breast 250 feet deep at Burnsidc Colliery, Shanio kin, and was killed. Louis Paschuck committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at Shenan doah. II. H. Mann was appointed postmaster at Patience. Fire at Coatesvillc destroyed the houses of William Johns and David H. Mills, in the southern part of the bor ough. Anthony Morica.. who was injured by falling coal at Gilberton Colliery, Ma hanoy City, died at the Miners' Hos pital. While purchasing a revolver in a Nor ristown gun store. William MeCormirk, of Bridgeport, accidentally shot himself in the left hand. The body of Wassil Barrill was found in the Cranberry Mine, Hazleton, where he was drowned three months ago. Was sill entered the mines during a heavy rainstorm, which caused a sudden in undation of the mines. A special' meeting of the Schuylkill Classics of the Reformed Church was held at Pottsville. Addresses were made by Rev. J. G. Kershner, of Mahanoy Citv, and Rev. C. E. Bartholomew, of Cressona. When a smallpox guard's shanty caught, fire at Pittston and he was busy, putting out the Haines the patient was watching his escape from the house. He was captured a half hour later. The local Methodist congregation has decided to build a new church at Potts ville, which will cost $80,000. Willi.im Tlilner. 'of Port Rnvnl nurd 1 70 years, and Mrs. Bella Gish. of Har- rtbhurg, also 70 years old, were married. John Brown, of Chase, a lumberman, was killed on the mountains while log ging with his father. A tree he was chopping down tell on him.
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