WARSHIPS BOMBARD FORT
Retaliation for Seizure of a British
Merchant Steamer.
Bid POWERS ARE FORCING WAR.
Attboagh President Castro Sends Word Grant
tag the Satisfaction Demanded lor Insult
to the British Flag, th; Warships Open Fire
Before Acting Consul Volkmir Has Time to
Deliver the Venezuelan Message.
Puerto Cabello, Venezuela (By Ca
ble). The British cruiser Charybdis
and the German cruiser Vincta bom
barded the fortress here at 5 o'clock p.
si. and quickly silenced it. The bom
bardment lasted tor 45 minutes. The
fortress is composed of Fort Solano
and the Castle Libcrtador. After the
firing ceased the Charybdis sent ma
rines to occupy the' castle. The fort
ress was almost demolished.
Three persons were killed, one of
them being a German resident.
The commander of the Castle Libcr
tador has been taken prisoner. The
cruisers are still here.
At 7 o'clock Sunday morning the
Charybdis and the Vineta arrived here
searching for Venezuelan gunboats.
The two cruisers sent their boats into
the inner port, but finding no gun
boats the boats returned.
The captain of the British merchant
steamer Topaze, which was seized by
the mob here last Wednesday, then
visited the British commodore on board
the Charybdis and lodged a protest
against the violation of his ship. The
British captain returned an hour later
with a detachment of 50 marines, who
took charge of the Topaze. The pop
ulace was greatly excited at this inci
dent, and raised the cry "To arms!"
but there was no disorder.
The British commodore then sent a
message to the authorities at Pjierto
Cabello demanding immediate satisfac
tion for the action of the mob in hav
ing hauled down the British flag from
the Topaze. saying that if this satisfac
tion was not forthcoming in two hours
at 5 o'clock the fortress and the
customhouse would be bombarded. On
the receipt of this demand the author
ities sent a message to President Cas
tro, asking (or instructions.
A committee of the merchants of
Puerto Cabello then approached Mr.
V. H. Volkmar. American consul here,
netitionin? him to intervene. The Con
sul accepted the mission and visited the
cruisers, but he could obtain no altera
tion in the decision of the allies.
At a quarter before five a reply was
received from President Castro .who
authorized the chief officials here to
give the British commodore ample sat
isfaction. Before this answer could be
communicated to the American con
sul the hour stipulated for its receipt
had arrived. The cruisers immediately
opened fire on the fortress.
The fire was returned from Fort So
lano and Castle Libcrtador, but the
Venezuelan guns were soon silenced.
While the firing continued there was
intense excitement in this port. Every
bouse in town was closed.
The people of Puerto Cabello cannbt
account for this precipitate action on
the part of the allies, which they con
sider to be proof that Great Britain
and Germany intend forcing war upon
Venezuela.
Arbitration Proposed.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Arbi
tration has been proposed by President
Castro as a means of settling the differ
ences between his Government and those
cf Great Britain and Germany, the prop
osition being made to United States
Minister Bowen for transmission to this
Government, which will present it to the
Foreign Offices at London and Berlin
immediately.
Secretary Hay will act as the medium
of communicating the proposition. The
belief among officials of the State De
partment is that arbitration now is prac
tically impossible, in view of the extreme
measures adopted by the Governments
concerned in the troubles, and that the
situation has reached a stage where
actual war practically prevails, although
no formal declaration has been made or
is likely to be made. There are numer
ous precedents in which nations have
battered down forts and sunk ships with
out war having been formally declared.
The most recent case was the course of
Great Britain and Germany in smashing
the Taku forts and attacking the Chinese
without a declaration of war.
Mr. Hay replied to Mr. Bowen's cable
gram, authorizing him, in his discretion,
to use his good offices to secure arbitra
tion. He was, however, made to under
stand that in the arbitration, if one
should follow, he would represent, not
the Government of the United States,
but that of Venezuela, at its request.
It is realized here that the outcome is
extremely doubtful and the way is beset
with difficulties. If the claims against
Venezuela were only those of Great
Britain and Germany the adjustment
might be easier, but France and Italy,
the United States and perhaps other na
tions also have claims, and they cannot
accept any arrangement which Great
Britain and Germany might force on
Venezuela that would deprive them of
their right of reclamation.
The situation now prevailing has
roused in the last 24 hours great ap
prehension on the part of the Adminis
tration. There was a long discussion of
the case between Mr. Hay and the Presi
dent. Although a perfect understanding
has existed among the United States.
Great Britain and Germany for several
weeks as to the action taken against
Venezuela in behalf of the claimants it
is understood that this Government
never expected such drastic treatment
of the situation as has resulted in the
last few days.
Finds Seves New Poisons.
Chicago (Special). Professor Julius
Schlotterback. professor of pharmacog
nosy in the University of Michigan, has
discovered seven new poisons, says a
special to the Tribune from Ann Arbor,
Mich. Three of them are made from
Allegheny vine. He has named two of
these poisons arllumine and adlumidine
and one is still unnamed. From the
calandine poppy the Professor has ex
tracted the fourth and fifth noisons, call
stylophine and disphylline and from the
Japanese caladine the poison bacconi
dine and one yet unnamed.
Cold ConsoUtloa.
Gardiner, Mc. (Special). The pass
ing of the recent fold snap which clos
ed Maine rivers left those engaged in
- the ice industry on the Kennebec well
satisfied at the prospects of an excellent
harvest. The "freeze" is one of the
best in a number of years. Everything
is in readiness for tho harvest. About
800,000 tons can be taken care of on this
river. While the Kennebec fields are
in excellent condition, those on the Pe
nobscot are not up to what the dealer
would like.
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
Miss Freda Volquartz, of New York,
was attacked by a bulldog, which seized
her by the throat and had to be strangled
to death to release its hold.
Felix MoCloskcy. for 40 years a door
keeper of the House of Representatives,
is dangerously ill with pneumonia at his
home, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
John 1-). Rockefeller's dividend check
for the last quarter of the year on his
holdings of stock in the Standard Oil
Company is for $4,000,000.
There was blizzard weather ami snow
throughout the West and New Kngland,
New York state and also Pennsylvania.
A masked highwayman held up a stage
near Grants Pass, Ore., but got only $15
in the registered mail.
Three large illicit distilleries were de
stroyed by revenue officers in the vicinity
of Dark Corners, S. C.
Edward Morisscy and James Tilton
had a terrible experience in the icy
waters of Gravesend Bay.
A general increase has been made in
the wages of the trainmen of the South
ern Railway.
There were many w itnesses before the
Anthracite Strike Commission to testify
to miners' grievances against the opera
tors. President Mitchell was again on
the stand and had a lively tilt with
Counsel Torrey.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is now assured of enough votes in the
New York Board of Aldermen to pass
the tunnel franchise next Tuesday.
The captain and crew of six of the
abandoned schooner Belle Wooster were
picked up off the coast of Gloucester
after suffering hardships.
The National Bank of New York and
the Western National Bank, New York
concerns, have consolidated.
'The American Public Health Associa
tion concluded its convention in New
Orleans after electing officers.
'The Georgia legislature passed a law
extending the terms of the governor and
other state officials.
There was a fire panic in he Ridpath
Hotel, in Spokane, Wash., but all the
guests got out safely.
A number of Yale students were fined
in New Haven for taking away tickets
from a speculator.
Dr. Daniel C. Oilman was re-elected
president of the National Civil Service
Reform Association.
John N. Partridge, commissioner of
police of New YoAi, has resigned.
J. C. Brotinfield, convicted at Eldo
rado, Kan., of perjury in the trial of
Miss Morrison for the murder of Mrs.
Olin Castle, has been sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary.
Naval men at San Juan say the
shooting of the sailor Costello, of the
United States ship Wasp, by the Porto
Rican police was unwarranted. Costel
lo died of his wound.
The body of the wife of Frof. Mar
shal A. Barber, of Kansas University,
was found in the river near Lawrence,
Kan. She is supposed to have commit
ted suicide.
Lieutenant Commander Rooncy. in
command of the United States steamer
Frolic when it . ran aground, is being
tried by court-martial at Cavite.
By voting against the sale of liquor
the village of Collinwood, near Cleve
land, O., secures the new shops of the
Lake Shore Railroad.
H. L. Meites was arrested in Chicago
on the charge of running a plant for
the counterfeiting of union cigar labels.
A powerful railroad protective bureau
has been organized for the purpose of
running down ticket forgers.
Reciprocity with Canada and Cuba
was discussed at the National Reciproc
ity Convention, in Detroit, Mich.
The Moros on the Island of Min
danao attempted to surprise an Ameri
can camp, but were repulsed.
The building permit for the new Capi
tol at Harrisburg, Pa., fixes the value
at $4,000,000.
Mrs. Dora Lightner was acquitted
of the murder of Miss Lucy Wheeler
at Toledo, O.
Pat Crowe is said by his brother, who
lives in Chicago, to be in Johannes
burg. Foreign.
M. Philipp, the spiritualist who, it has
been reported, exercised for a time a re
markable influence over the Czar, is a
native of Lyons, France, where he en
joyed the reputation of having wonderful
powers for curing people.
In a clash between the strikers and the
police at Marseilles several persons on
both sides were injured. Troops guard
all the approaches to the port. The"
journeymen butchers and bakers have
joined the strikers.
The National Assembly of Hayti will
in a few days elect a new president.
General Nord will enter the capital with
his army next Sunday.
The United Fruit Company's steamer
Kitty, which went ashore on Roncador
Reef, 300 miles from Jamaica, is a total
wreck.
Vice Admiral Kruys, the minister of
marine of the Netherlands, is dead.
Leon y Castillo, the Spanish ambas
sador at Paris, has resigned.
While the British and German resi
dents of Caracas who were arrested
have all been released, it is reported
that the Venezuelan authorities at
Puerto Cabello seized and imprisoned
British and German consuls and other
British and Germans, and also seized a
British steamer. Several thousand
Venezuelan troops are gathering at
Laguayra to resist the foreign forces.
Germany has nominated Dr. Siev
king to be a member of the Interna
tional Court of Arbitration in the place
of Dr. Binger, President of the Sen
ate of the High Court.
Poultney Bigelow, in an address to
the Munich Geographical Society, ad
vocated making Shanghai a republic
free from consular or other official
meddling. -
Terrific storms continue to sweep the
coast oi Newfoundland. Four more
schooners have been lost one with her
entire crew of 10 persons.
Vice-President Deucher was elected
president of the Swiss Confederation.
Financial.
Norfolk & Western has advanced
wages of 00 telegraph operators 10 per
cent.
The Widener-Elkins syndicate de
clares that Rapid Transit doesn't want
United Power.
Standard Oil's increase in prices to
middlemen means an extra $8,000,000
profit, equal to 8 per cent, on the $100,
000.000 capital stock.
Predictions are made that Lehigh Val
ley will cross par by February 1 or. im
mediately after the annual meeting in
January.
United States Steel made a new low
record for (he year and the lowest since
May 9, tool.
President Ramsey threatens to "cut
Pittsburg" unless the Wabash gets fair
treatment.
United States Steel earnings for No
vember are estimated at $11,500,000.
Hereafter street car companies, both
surface and elevated, doing business in
New York, will be reqiiiredto pay a tax
of $50 per year on every car owned by
them.
The Pacific Mail's offer to charter the
United States fleet of Pacific transports
ought to be of advantage to that company.
PACIFIC CABLE LANDED
The Shore
End Successfully Laid at
San Francisco.
MESSAGE SENT OVER THE CABLE.
Sllvertoo Now Speeding Towards Hoaoluta at
the Rate of Siven Knots an Hour, Laying
Ing the Coble on the Bottom of the Pacific
Crowd of 40,009 Witness the Inaugura
tion of a New Era ol Development.
San Francisco (Special). "In mem
ory of John W. Mackay I christen the
Pacific cable. May it always carry
messages of happiness."
With these words, Lucille Gage, the
11-ycar-old daughter of H. T. Gage.
Governor of California, christened the
trans-Pacific cable, and breaking a bot
tle of champagne over the shore end,
inaugurated a new era in the commer
cial development of the Pacific Coast.
he landing and splicing of the shore
end which is to connect the mainland
with Honolulu was accomplished with
out a hitch and was witnessed by nearly
40,000 people. Ideal weather prevailed
there being scarcely any surf.
The steamer Newsboy, carrying six
miles ol cable, steamed close in snore
and by a life-saving boat's crew sent a
rone, to which the cable was attached.
ashore. Word was sent to President
Clarence H. Mackay and the cable and
Postal 1 elcgraph Company othcials
that all was in readiness.
The work of hauling in the cable was
done so quickly that the officials ar
rived on the beach only two minutes
before the cable touched the beach and
was christened at 9.55 a. m.
While the cable was being spliced
to the land end Mayor Schmitz deliver
ed a short speech, congratulating Mr.
Mackay on the successful beginning ol
the work. He spoke of the importance
of the undertaking and the benefit to
the world at large that would result
from its completion.
Clarence H. Mackay. president ot the
Pacific Commercial Cable Company,
made a short speech of thanks.
Gov. H. T. Gage, on behalf of the
State of California, paid a fervent tri
bute to the late John V. .Mackay. the
formal exercises closed with cheers for
the cable and its promoters.
A portion of the cable was cut tip in
to small pieces as souvenirs and dis
tributed bv President Mackay among
his special guests. During the cere
monies an artillery band from the Pre
sidio played.
RACED WITH DEATH.
Suicide Wanted to See His Chlldieo Before He
Died.
Derby. Conn. (Special). Orlando B.
Feeney, a local butcher, raced with death
to bid goodby to his little daughters be
fore succumbing from morphine he had
taken with suicidal intent. A victim of
melancholia, he took the fatal dose in
Bridgeport. He then was seized with
such a desire to see his daughters Lil
lian, 13, and Norma, 8 he boarded a
trolley car and rode to this city, an
hour's trip.
The journey was scarcely half com
pleted when stupor began to overpower
him. Fellow-passengers walked him up
and down the car and he was held with
his face to the biting wind outside until
this city was reached, when he was made
to run to his home. He staggered into
the room of the girls, kissed each good
by and fell unconscious. Dr. Paul Ken
nedy and Dr. G. R. Beardsley wee
quickly at his side, but he died early next
morning.
It is said that Feeney was addicted to
the nse of morphine, otherwise he could
not have remained unconscious for more
than half an hour. He was 48 years old
and was once more prosperous.
$616.61 FOR CHRISTMAS.
Money Sent From This Country to People In
Foreign Lands.
New York (Special). Just $616,618
is now in the strongroom of the big
ocean steamers Kronprinz Wilhclm and
Umbria, which cleared for Bremen and
Liverpool. This money is in the shape
of 34.442 postal money orders, drawn by
the New York postoffice on IS countries
of Europe and sent home as "Christinas
money" by former residents of those
countries who now make the United
States their home.
The 1902 shipment exceeds that car
ried away by the Umbria on December
9 of last year by $206,256. Never before
has such a gigantic shipment of money
orders, either in numbers or amount,
been made.
In addition the regular mail pouches
were packed full with Christmas presents
for relatives and friends on the other
side. 'Tlrs year's Christmas mail ex
ceeds by many thousands of pounds any
previous shipment.
Opposed to Qo'.i Standard.
City oi Mexico (Special). The silver
question continues to be one of the
great topics of public discussion. It is
now certain that the silver miners and
the farming classes will make common
cause against the adoption of the gold
standard. 'The miners argue that the
silver mines in gold standard countries
will have to shut down at the present
price of silver, while Mexican mines
cannot continue to be operated; also
that silver mining and agricultural in
terests have more claim on the protec
tion of the government than railways
or merchants. Meantime all prices are
being raised, and there is much anxiety
felt among the middle classes, espec
ially wage earners and salaried men.
Governor Used Drastic Measures.
Charleston, S. C. (Special). An at
tempt to have an exhibition of fighting
of bulls, dogs and chickens near Rock
hill, York county, resulted disastrously.
Governor McSwecney had instructed the
sheriff to prohibit the fighting. The
owners of the show claimed that nothing
but an injunction from the court could
stop the animal fights. The sheriff there
upon calcd on the Catawba Rifles, of the
local -militia, for aid, and the bull, dog
and chicken fights were stopped.
Robber Wore a Red MssH
Grant's Pass. Ore. (Special). While
the William Creek and Grant's Pass
stage was on its way to Youngfellow a
man, with a red mask, appeared from
the woods, and, presenting a revolver,
commanded the driver and one passenger
to hold up their hands. The robber then
ordered the mailbags to be thrown out.
This was done, and then he commanded
the driver to drive on. Later it was
found that the mailbags had been opened
and only $1; in registered matter se
cured, as the mail was light. Ollicers
B't in pursuit.
DOINGS AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Consular Servke Reform.
A bill was introduced in the House by
Representative Robert Adams (Pa.) to
provide for the reorganization of the
consular service of the United States.
Provision is made for the classification
of consuls-general and consuls, specify
ing the number and salary of each class,
and for the examination of applicants
and those now in the service. Of the
latter those who fail to pass are to be
dropped, but none can be called for ex
amination within six months from the
date of the passage of the bill. Consuls
general and consuls may he transferred
by the President from one place to an
other of the same class. Special exami
nations are provided for those who may
be sent where the United States exercises
extra territorial jurisdiction.
New Inauguration Date.
A joint resolution was introduced in
the House by Representative David A.
Dc Armond, of Missouri, proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, providing that the term
of the President shall continue until
April 30, 1905, at noon, and thereafter
April 30. at noon, shall be substituted
for March 4, as the beginning and ending
of the terms of the President and Vice-
President, and that the Fifty-ninth Con
gress shall end and the Sixtieth begin
on January 8, 1907, at noon, and there
after each Congress shall begin and end
on January 8 at noon.
Responsibility Divided.
Commissioner of Immigration Frank
P. Sargent argued before the House
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce that the Bureau of Immigra
tion would be greatly benefited and the
immigration laws could be more effec
tually enforced if the bureau should be
transferred to the proposed Department
of Commerce.
Mr. Sargent said his bureau must now
rely largely upon the customs collectors
for the enforcement of the immigration
laws, which arrangement, he said, is not
satisfactory to either the collectors or to
his bureau, for the reason that embar
rassment is occasioned to the officers
called on to enforce customs laws and
immigration laws at the same time.
Says Awsrd Is Excessive.
Jnl-f,1-,i- Iiaa armlifirl fri- a rftlirtinll
of the award, aggregating $500,000,
marl Kv lh a rltit rat inn hnnrrl which
met in Washington last spring for in
juries inflicted upon the Salvador Com
mercial Company.an American concern
through the appropriation of their fran
chise. The allegation is made that the
award is excessive.
1 he State -Department has for the
last three weeks been earnestly consid
ering this subject, but from present in
dications it has not changed its mind
as to the justice of the award, which
must be paid over by next February at
the latest.
Old Way Is Preferred.
The committee appointed by Act
ing Postmaster-General Wynne to in
vestigate the many devices submitted
to the department to take the place of
twine in tying up letter packages re
ported to the Postmaster-General
against the devices proposed. The re
port states that while probably, after a
long p-.riod of time, a direct saving
might result from the substitution of
a device which had been tested hereto
fore in the New 'England States, it
would take more time in tying and un
tying the mail, and hence delay the dis
tribution of mail. Other objections
also are raised.
A More Elastic Currency.
A bill was introduced by Representa
tive Pugslev, of New York, the aim
of which, as the title states, is to "ren
der the currency more clastic and re
sponsive to the financial and commer
cial requirements of the country."
The Comptroller of the Currency,
with the consent of the Secretary of the
Treasury, is authorized by this meas
ure to issue circulating notes under
certain prescribed conditions. These
circulating notes may be issued to any
national bank to the extent of one
tenth of the face value of bonds depos
ited by the bank with the Treasury,
and are to be secured by approved
notes, bonds or bills receivable, double
in value the amount of issue.
Money to Fight Cattle Disease.
A favorable report was ordered by the
House Committee on Appropriations on
the bill appropriating $500,000 for use in
stamping out the foot-and-mouth dis
ease in New England States. The bill
also carries $500,000 to pay for rural
free-delivery carriers and various smaller
sums for miscellaneous expenses of the
Postoffice Department.
Roosevelt Ooing to San Francisco.
President Roosevelt formally accepted
the invitation of the citizens' committee
of San Francisco to attend the dedication
of the navy monument to commemorate
the battle of Manila, probably in May
next.
With lb: Lawmakers.
Secret service men and others who ac
companied President Roosevelt on his
bear-hunting expedition in Mississippi
are now suffering with malarial chills
and levers.
The President selected Lloyd Griscom,
Jr., as minister to Japan, and Richmond
Pearson, of North Carolina, as minister
to Persia.
The bar of the United States Supreme
Court adopted resolutions in memory of
the late Justice Gray, of the Supreme
Court.
President Roosevelt promised to attend
the exercises at the dedication of the
I-ouisiana Purchase Exposition in St.
Louis. ,
President Samuel Gompers, of the
Federation, and Vice-President Duncan
denounced as false before the House
Committee on Labor the charges that
unionists impeded work on government
vessels during the strike.
The Legislative, Executive and Ju
dicial Appropriation Bill, carrying $26,
93C453. was reported to the House by
the Appropriation Committee.
The H ouse Committee reported fa
vorably the bill appropriating $7,000,000
for a new Court of Justice building.
A cablegram was received from John
Barrett declining the appointment as
minister to Japan.
The House passed the bill granting a
pension to the widow of the late Rear
Admiral Leary.
Lieutenant Owen was dismissed from
the Navy on account of financial irregu
larities. The House Committee on Judiciary
decided not to report a polygamy reso
lution. The House passed J73 private pension
bills Friday, clearing the calendar.
A joint resolution was offered in the
House by Mr. Shafroth, of Colorado,
authorizing the President to propose to
Great Britain and Germany to submit
their claims against Venezuela to arbi
tration and to guarantee the payment
of the awards. The British and Ger
man ambassadors thanked the State
Department (or the action of Minister
Bowen in securing the release of the
British and German resident at Caracas.
MRS. U. S. GRANT DEAD
An Attack of Bronchitis Brings on Heart
Failure.
NONE OF HER SONS WERE PRESENT.
Illness of the Widow of tht Famous Warrior
and President Terminates Fatally Doctors
Had Olven Up Hope, and the End Was Ex
peeled at Any T.me Mrs. Sartorls Was at
Her Bedside.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Mrs.
Ulysses S. Grant, widow of President
Grant, died nt her residence in this
city at 11. 17 o'clock Sunday night.
Death was due to heart failure, Mrs.
Grant having suffered for some years
from valvular disease of the heart,
which was aggravated by a severe at
tack of bronchitis. Her age prevented
her rallying from the attack. Nellie
Grant Sartoris, her daughter, was the
only one of her children with her at
the time of her death, her three sons,
who HaH ben summoned here, all being
out of the city.
There also were present at the bed
side when the end came Miss Rosemary
a Ki.i.' .ua.iniiter: Or. Bishop,
one of the attending physicians, and the
two trained nurses. Death came peace
fully, the sufferer retaining almost com
plete consciousness practically to the
end. Word has come from Jesse and
Ulysses 3. Urant, two ol the sons now
in California, that they have started
on their way to Washington. The other
son. Gen. 1-red Grant, will hasten here
from Texas as soon as he receives a
message telling him of his mother's
death.
Mrs. Grant has been in poor health
since her return early this fall from
her summer home at Coburg. Canada.
Coburg is a fashionable place for Amer
icans, Europeans and diplomats. Last
August Mrs. Grant was a little over
taxed with anxiety over the details of
the wedding at that place of her grand
daughter. Miss Vivian Mav Sartoris, to
Mr. Frederick Roosevelt Scovel. Early
in October Mrs. Grant's condition was.
such that her physicians advised her
immediate removal to Washington. She
was brought here hurriedly on a special
car. arriving on October 17.
Since then she has been confined to
her bed most of the time. Her son,
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, who has
just returned from the Philippines to
assume command of the Department of
the Texas, was here at the time and
was a source of much comfort to her.
THREE CHILDREN CREMATED.
Mother Became insane When She Found They
Were Dead.
New York (Special). A lighted lamp
as a makeshift to heat a room caused the
death of three negro children named
Smith in a tenement-house at 443 West
Sixteenth street. The lamp exploded or
was overturned by the children, who
were alone in the room. When the fire
men arrived they were dead.
The mother of the children is a laund
ress. She started out to collect from her
customers, leaving the children, Annie,
aged 7; Gertrude, aged 4, and Sadie,
aged 2, in bed for warmth. She locked
the door and took the key with her. The
first intimation to the outside that there
was a fire in the flat came from smoke
pouring through a kitchen window into
a courtyard. In the confusion no one
thought of the Smith children.
Captain Farley, of Engine No. 3, the
first to arrive, climbed tip the fire-escape
to the kitchen window of the Smith flat
and entered the rooms. He found the
little ones dead.
When the Smith woman returned to
the house and learned of the death of her
children she became insane.
Tears Froze on Ills Face.
Auburn, N. Y. (Special). Last Sun
day afternoon Willie Hinger, aged five
years, was sent on an errand by his
parents. He did not return, and Mon
day his dead body was found on the
piazza of Laundryman Haley's home,
outside the city limits. Its clothing
was frozen to the floor. Tears had
frozen upon the little sufferer's face. It
is supposed he had arrived at Mr.
Haley s early Sunday evening and was
overcome by the cold before he could
arouse the household. 'The door lead
ing to the piazza v here the body was
found is little used, and the discovery
was only made Monday. Besides the
regular police force 25 special officers
had been searching for the child.
Stamps Used as FueL
Washington,' D. C. (Special). By
burning $1,000,000 in stamps the gov
ernment employes in the Bureau of En
graving and Printing were kept warm
last month and a saving of $150 in coal
bills made. Coal could not be had in
any quantity, and the engineers sug
gested that the millions of documentary
stamps, rendered wothlcss by the repeal
of the War Revenue Act, be used as
fuel in the furnaces, instead of being
burned in the specially prepared fur
naces. The idea was adopted. While
the stamps were being burned a gov
ernment inspector stood in the engine
room to see that the stamps were con
sumed. NSoutbera Journalists Death.
Riverside, Cal. (Special), James
Harvey Mathcs, a prominent Southern
author and newspaper man, died here
of consumption, aged 60 years. For
many years he was editor of the Mem
phis Republic Ledger and at one time
was on the staff of the Louisville
Courier-General. He was a member of
the Paris Exposition Commission and
had served in the Confederate army as
captain of volunteers.
Not Bound to Have Doctor.
Atlanta (Special). The Supreme
Court of Georgia handed down a decis
ion which is regarded by Christian
Scientists as a vindication. A resident
of Dublin, Ga., a Christian Scientist, re
fused to give medicine to his sick child.
The child died and the father was ar
rested and fined $3xi. The case was
appealed to the State Supreme Court,
which reversed the judgment of the
lower court. It holds that failure to
give medical attendance to children when
ill is not a violation of the laws of the
State.
Big Demand for New Pennies.
New York (Special). A requisition
has been made for 15,000,000 brand new
pennies by the authorities in control
at the subtreasury in this city for use
in the holiday season, a ratio of more
than five new pennies for each man,
woman and child in the Greater City.
This demand, greater by 50 per cent,
than in any preceding year, has been
created largely by department stores,
which, at this season of the year, when
articles run in the "dollar ninety
eights," invariably hand back as part
of the change two shining copper cents.
RECIPROCITY TR3ATY.
Arrangements Belwrcn United States and
Cuba Hare Been Concluded.
Havana (Special). A definite treaty
of commercial reciprocity between Cuba
and the United States was signed at it
o'clock p. m., by General Bliss and
Secretaries Zaldo and Montes. It only
lacks the signature of Secretary Hay
and Scnor Quesada and the approval
of the. United States and Cuban sen
ators to make it operative.
Although the treaty provides for a
uniform reduction of 20 per cent, from
the present tariff charges on Cuban
products entering the llnited States,
a parallel list of products has been
drawn up in which is set forth the re
ductions on each item made by Cuba
and the United States, respectively.
It is impossible now to make any
material change in this list.
Washington Is Puzzled.
Washington ( Special). "Treaty sign
ed 1 1. is p. tn.," was the message which
came to the State Department from
General Bliss, at Havana, confirming
the jifess report of the conclusion of a
reciprocity arrangement between the
United States and Cuba.
'The officials here arc puzzled to know
just what has been signed; they
thought that protocol or protocols had
been prepared, but General Bliss mes
sage carries the inference that he has
actually concluded a definite reciprocity
treaty. If he has done so the President
will accept it and forward it to the Sen
ate for its action, and the officers oi
Minister Quesada here will not be re
quired to" give effect to the convention.
The State Department docs not feel
at liberty to make public the details of
the arrangement; in fact, some of these
will not be known until the Havana
mail reaches here, for General Bliss
undoubtedly has made some changes in
the duties on American imports into
Cuba originally proposed.
Burglars In a Bank.
Irwin, Pa. (Special). Burglars en
tered the First National Bank, this city,
and made seven unsuccessful attempts
to blow open the vault. They succeed
ed in getting away with $1,000 of post
office money that had been placed in a
small, but apparently safe, repository.
They stole two buggies from a livery
stable at Jacksonville, near here, and
drove into town. Meeting Policeman
Wcigcl, who was patrolling his heat,
they sandbagged and bound the officer,
and then went to the telephone ex
change, where they bound and gagged
the night operator. Miss Bessie Fulton,
to prevent any disturbance over the tel
ephone. Fifty-Year Sentence.
Elryia, O. (Special). The trial of
Thomas Gallagher, alias James Casey,
one of the burglars who was shot dur
ing the attempt to rob the home of the
Meach brothers, near Rochester, O.,
October 13, was brought to an abrupt
ending here when the prisoner pleaded
guilty to the charge against him. He
was at once sentenced to serve 50 years
in the penitentiary. Owen McCabc,
alias William Davis, another member
of the gang, recently convicted, was sen
tenced at the same time to life impris
onment. This is said to be the first
life sentence for such a crime in the
history of the State.
Colombia's Reorganization.
Panama, Colombia (By Cable). In
order to facilitate the reorganization ol
public administration, the work of the
electoral council's telegraphic commun
ication is being reestablished with the
interior and the reconstruction of the
line destroyed. by the revolutionists is
being rapidly pushed. Up to date no
official news has been received of the
fixing of a time for the elections to
Congress. The crew for the Costa Ri
can cruiser Poca, recently purchased by
Colombia, left here yesterday for Punta
Arenas. '
Engineer Froien to Death.
Big timber(l Mont. (Special). One
fatality has been reported as a result
of the cold wave which has swept ovei
this section of the State. The victim
was an engineer named English. His
frozen body was found near the Cowler
mining camp, where he had been em
ployed. Reports from various section!
of the State tell of rapidly falling tem
peratures. For Statue of J. E. B. Stuart
Richmond, Va. (Special). At a meet
ing of the Stuart Monument Asscia
tion here $1700 was raised for an eques
trian statue of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, tht
Confederate cavalry leader. The statue
will be erected here. This sum is in
addition to about $500 already in hanc1
for the purpose. The Council will be
asked for aid. and a general effort wi!
be made forthwith to add to the fund
Ninth "Boodler" Gets Nine Years.
St. Louis (Special). John H. Schnet
tier, former member of the House ol
Delegates, was convicted here of brib
ery in connection with the suburban
franchise deal and was given foitr years
in the penitentiary. This is the ninth
"boodle" case disposed of thus far."
Jail Delivery at Marshall, N. C.
Marshall, N. C. (Special). Seven
men escaped from jail at this place at
midnight by sawing out the steel bars
in the cell windows. The escaped pris
oners include Henry Murray and Rice
I lagan, both of whom are undei
charges of murder. There is yet no
trace of the men.
Plan Million-Dollar Station.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). It waf
officially announced that the Indianapo
lis Traction and Terminal Compaii)
will, within the next 48 hours, offer to
lease the Indianapolis Street Railway
Company's lines for 30 years, the length
of the franchise of both, and will, if tlx
proposition be accepted, issue $5,ooo.ooc
stock and $5,000,000 bonds The Ter
minal Company has a franchise and 1
contract with all the intcrurban roads,
and will erect in a few months a sta
tion costing $1,000,000.
Attempt to "Comer" Turkeys.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special). An at
tempt to corner the turkey matket It
the chief subject of gossip in the local
produce district. Aaron & Co. an
said to have contracted for about 500,
000 pounds, which comprises the bulk
of the supply in Missouri, Kansas ami
Nebraska. 'These turkeys are coming
in, and the firm is dressing and pack
ing them for the Christmas trade,
John McKeever, who 'was charged
with the murder of John Kensit, the
antiritualistic crusader, in London, wat
acouiUud.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Nawa Happenings of Interest Oatherel
From All Source.
Pensions granted Pennsylvania!!:
Charles Kecnan. New Brighton, $S;
Walter C. I.etM. Taylor. $V; I.Mah
Campbell, Harold. $17; William Min
gle, Sayrc, $17; Daniel Ramp. Cabala,
fio; Reuben Lucas. Howard, $17; Jos
eph Olinger. Apollo, $10; Amos V.
Harper, Philip-burg. $10; William
MundrrlT, Airy Dale, $17; John Carson,
Pittsburg, $4; Henry Huff. Ja.nes
Creek, $12; Charles J. Estabrooks, Al
lis Hollow, $17; Thomas Artcrs, 'I idi
outc, $17; Egbert Cook, Osceola. $12;
Lewcllcu H. Peck. Everett, $30; George
W. Ayers, Jobs Corners. $12; Nancy
Stratton, Canton, $12; Win. S. Robh,
Oakdale, $o; George Anderson, West
Fairvicw. $8; David C. Mayne, New
Castle, $12; Gustave Ilaknian, Farmers
Valley, $12; John W. Goodwin, Gaines,
$10; Samuel Freeman, Ayres, Wharton,
$ij; George W. Gibson. Allegheny, $8;
William Smith, West Pike, $io: Flora
Sanders, Indian Head. $12: Lavina
Bcighlcy, Drcnncn, $8: Alexander
Downie, Pittsburg, $6; John Henry,
Pittsburg, $8; Charles E. Storrs, West
I.eroy, $12: Marshall Cox, Roland, $12;
Joseph B. Wissinger, Stahltown, $17;
John Shoup, Luccsca, $8; Ebenezcr
Johnston, Allegheny, $io; Samuel A.
Douglass, Indiana, $12; John Lchner,
Upton, $10: Charles Rawson, Gcrmania,
$17; Margaret Jordan, Franklin, $8; mi
ror of James M. Tishue, Somcrfield,
fio; Mary A. Herbst, Birdville, $8;
Nancy E. McKelvcy, Dawson, $8;
Sarah E. Eakin, Bradford, $8; Isabella
Haas, Carnegie, $8.
C. M. Schwab wants to be Santa
CI jus to the poor. of Braddock, Home
stead and other Monongahela River
towns where he worked in the mills for
many years. His secretary, Oliver
Wren, went to these towns and arrang
ed for a distribution of cash to the poor.
'The sum is not mentioned, but will be
substantial. It was arranged that a
meeting of officers and ministers of the
towns be held for the purpose of mak
ing up lists of worthy poor. Mr.
Schwab is specially anxious that any
former employees at the Edgar 'Thom
son furnaces, who may be in destitute
circumstances, be cared for. It was
here that Mr. Schwab began his career,
Secretary Wren stated that Mr. Schwab
expected to be back in New York on
New Year's Day or shortly afterward
A Reading Railway express train was
derailed within fifty feet of Dekalb
Street Station, Norristown, and while
many passengers were shaken up, but
one, Robt. Welsh, required the attend
ance of a physician. The train due at
6.20. is one of the few- that do not stop
at Mill Street Station, where there is a
sharp curve. The trucks of the first
car, a combination smoker, left the
tracks on the curve and after bouncing
over the sills for nearly a hundred yard;
struck a crossover switch and the fronl
trucks were jammed back to the real
and the front of the car dropped to the
tracks, bumping along until the engi
neer stopped.
William E. Gray, a member of the
Center County Bar, died at his home in
Bcllefonte of typhoid fever. He was
42 years old. He studied law with
Hastings and Recdcr, and in 1886 was
admitted to the bar. He was elected
Burgess of Bcllefonte in 1895, serving
three years, and for five consecutive
years was chairman of the Republican
County Committee. . He was until a
year ago the recognized Quay leader in
Center county.
John S. Early, the 20-year-old son ol
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Early, of West
Lebanon, shot and killed himself, ap
parently because his mother rebuked
jiim for using harsh language to her.
His body was found in a lime kiln, and
was frozen stiff.
Coxe Brothers & Co. are making
preparations to open their Timlucken
colliery in January. This Colliery has
been shut down for five years. About
1000 men and boys will be employed.
County Commissioner John J. Dur-
" kin, of Scranton, surrendered the keys
of the ballot boxes to the commission
appointed by Federal Judge R. W.
Archbald to collect and preserve the
hallo's of the last election for use in
the Connell-Howell congressional con
US':. On account of foodstuffs and coal ad
vancing in price, landlords in the coal
region of Shamokin began a movement
to raise the price of board. A call will
be issued next week for a convention,
when the hotel keepers will organize
and arrange a new tariff of rates.
The wholesale grocery warehouse ol
J. L. Connell & Co., at Scranton, was
destroyed by fire which started and
burned for ten hours, entailing a loss ol
$200,000, the greatest part of which is
covered by insurance. Daniel Schoon
over and Thomas Grant, firemen, were
seriously injured by falling bricks.
The plant at North Irwin, of the Rum
baugh Brick company was destroyed by
fire, with a loss of about $15,000.
Jacob McGladdy, alias "Black Dia
mond," was acquitted at Beaver, on J
charge of killing Alonzo Scott at Legion
ville on September 13.
A number of 'citizens of Stonehoro,
Mercer county, have organized the First
National bank and application has been
made to the Comntroller of the Currency
L for a charter. The new institution will
nave an outnorizea capital o; 5.25,000.
The directors are G. S. White, Theodore
N. Houser, E. Houser, H. E. Greer and
F. M. Allison.
Richard Heard, manager of the Mas
cagni Opera Company, was arrested at
Scranton, charged with larceny by a lo
cal manager.
Judge Simonton, at Harrisburg, de
clared unconstitutional the act placing
tax on coal company store orders, winch
was passed bv the last Legislature at the
solicitation of the miners' union.
Mayor McCormick, of Harrisburg,
made charges to Councils that his pre
decessors in office collected "rake off'
from "joints" and gamblers.
Burglars blew open the safe of the
First National bank, of Freedom. The
safe contained $15,000, but the burglar
were compelled to flee before securing
any of the money, as the noise of the
explosion awakened nearby residents.
Frank. II. Buhl, former president of
the Sharon Steel compnnv will invest
$1,500,000 in an irrigation scheme in
Idaho involving thtt reclaiming of 271,000
acres of land along Snake river.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
Dorset Horn Sheep Breeders' Associa
tion of America was held at Harrisburg
this week.
The( boiler of a portable engine fur
nishing power for a crosscut saw usee
in sawing firewood on the farm of Mrs
David Springer, near Mooresbtirg, ex
ploded, killing 18-year-old Wurrci!
Manger, of Danville, who was spending
a vacation on the farm, and seriously
injuring his uncle, John Mauger.
In court at Reading, the last act it
the condemnation of the Berks section
ot the Pcrkiomen and Reading 7 urn
pike was performed, and it emptied th
county treasury. The conipary ha!
been awarded $32,583.54 damages, antf
as there is only ubout $23,000 in w
couiuy treasury, the balance will hav
I to be borrowed.