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EXCITEMENT IN VENEZUELAN CITY.
Th People Prepare to Dcleod the Town From
tfca Invaders Calmer Feeling Prevails
Wfcea l Becomes Knows Thai Iht Qermans
Only Wasted la Clear the Port Arbitration
CoamlssJoo.
Laguayra (By Cable). The Germans
suddenly landed a force of marines at
Puerto Cabello and took possession of
the customhouse and wharves before
resistance could be offered. The ex
citement of the inhabitants was intense
and they prepared to defend the rest
of the town.
Streets already had been barricaded
when it was announced th.it the land
ing; pf the Germans was only a move
ment taken in order to clear the port
of small craft and render the blockade
more effective. This had a calming
effect on the people, who at first be
lieved that the allies intended to oc
cupy all the customhouses in the coun
try. The revolutionists are active on the
outskirts of Puerto Cabello.
The British gunboat Zumbardo, for
snerly the Venezuelan war vessel of
that name, which left here for Trini
dad with a number of prizes in tow,
was obliged to fcturn to this port ow
ing; to the hawsers carrying away re
peatedly on account of the heavy gale
blowing and strong, contrary currents.
The British cruiser Tribune went out
to her assistance.
The Italian cruiser Giovanni B.iusan
kas left here for Curacao, where she
will coal.
ARBITRATION COMMISSION.
Veaciaela as Large a Representation as That
of Allied Powers.
Washington, D. C. (Special). De
tails of the terms of the proposed ar
bitration between Venezuela and the
allied foreign powers are gradually be
coming known.
The arbitration commission will be
composed of as many members repre
senting Venezuela as represent the al
lies. If the foreign court is made up of
seven members, the powers will name
three and Venezuela three, and the six
will agree on the seventh. In that case
Germany, England and Italy each would
name one. But if the tribunal is com
posed of only five members, as is
thought likely, the three powers will
have to agree on their two arbitrators.
Some think the allies overlooked a
point in agreeing to have only as many
arbitrators as Venezuela, but that has
been the understanding of the State De
partment from the first. As the allies
afe operating jointly, it is regarded as
natural that they should present their
ease through joint representatives.
AIDING THE REBELS.
Mlalater Bowea Confirms th: N:ws of Crisis
for Cas!ro.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Any
nour may bring the news from Vcne
mela that President Castro has been
forced out. This may be accomplished
by means of the revolution led by Gen
eral Matos or by means of pressure
causing Castro's voluntary abdication,
which would mean his flight, if possi
ble, from Venezuela.
The State Department received a
cablegram from Minister Bowcn, the
purport of which was to a great ex
tent confirmatory of the news that a
crisis had been reached in Castro's ten
ure of Office. Minister Bowcn repre
sents a condition of chaos in Venezuela
and especially Caracas, which is grow
ing steadily and rapidly more serious.
ALLIED POWFRS SILENT.
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Aaiwer as Yet to President Castro's
Amended Proposition.
Washington (Special). Nothing has
been heard here from cither London,
Berlin or Rome in the nature of an
answer to President Castro's amended
proposition relative to arbitration. The
United States ambassadors and charges
at the capitals named have advised the
State Department that they have deliv
ered the Castro proposition at the For
eign Office in their respective capitals,
and it is assumed here that the holiday
season is the- cause of delay, though it
is also known that exchanges are in
progress between London and Berlin
with a view to insuring uniform action
by the allies,
Trestle Goes Down With Train.
Bethlehem, Pa. (Special). At Bath,
near here, a trestle bridge which the
Bath and Northampton Railroad is
building swung from its abutments with
a locomotive and seven loaded cinder
cars, .. with laborers and carpen
ters. It collapsed . -- int. and cars
and men were thrown to the h- '
distance of 20 feet. Lafayette Schall,
carpenter, had several ribs fractured and
was seriously cut about the head.
Skin (trailed oa Her Lip.
Lowell, Mass. (Special). Miss Ber
tha Deenan, who went to McKiuley
Hospital, in Trenton, N. J., to have a
lip constructed, has returned to her
borne in Lowell with as sweet a mouth
as the most fastidious young woman
need wish for. Drs. McCullough and
Brown performed a kin-grafting opera
tion with perfect success, using skin
' from the girl's arm in their work. Her
lip was burned away when she was a
baby.
Miss Jeanlc Creek Fatally IIL
Richmond, Ind. (Special). Miss Jen
nie Creek, the Mill Grove girl who won
a wide reputation by saving a passenger
train from plunging through a burning
bridge, is now at the home of her sister,
in Converse, Ind., fatally ill. The girl
is suffering from a complication of dis
ease and cannot recover. In the sum
mer of 180J she nude a danger signal of
her petticoat and at the risk of her own
lif halted a passenger train on the Pan
handle route in time to save it from a
frightful wreck in a burned bridge.
lUlUd Wall Hunting.
Raleigh, N. C (Special). At Rock
ingbam, Richmond county, James Le
(rand was accidentally hot and in
stantly killed by Henry Dockery, Jr.
They were returning from a birdhunt
and stopped to rest 011 the edge of the
town, planning for the next hunt. Dock
cry tripped backward and became un
balanced, and, it is supposed, clutched
hi gun in a movement to balance him
self and both barrels were discharged,
tM loads taking effect in Legrand's
stack. Lcgrand was the eldest son of
tV late James T. Legrand. He and
Votkety were cousins.
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
Former Governor David R. Francis,
of Missouri, the head of the " . Louis
Exposition, was robbed on 1 electric
car in Chicago nf his pockctbook, con
taining $.?o and valuable papers and
railroad passes.
Swanti Trigunattita. a distinguished
Hindu savant, has arrived in San Fran
cisco direct from the Kama Krishma
Monastery, in Calcutta. India, to make
a pilgrimage around the world.
V. H. Reeves and K. W. Ncwcoine,
of the Dowie Zion community, were
arrested on the charge of kidnapping
Harry Bonn, a boy of 15.
Miss Maud Reed, aged 20 years, died
suddenly from emotional excitement at
a revival meeting of the holiness faith
at North Attlcboro, Mass.
There was a wreck on the Grand
Trunk, near St. Catherines, Out., in
which one man was killed, the pas
sengers escaping with slight injuries.
The final report of Special Master
James M. Beck in the matter of the
sale of the Philadelphia Record was
confirmed by the United States Court.
Graham C. Vorhis, formerly in
charge of a postal substation in New
York, was sent to Sing Sing for two
and a half years for embezzlement.
Stephen T. Garland, who was for
many years prominently identified
with railroad interests, died at his
home, in Philadelphia.
W. X. Sullivan, paymaster of the
Bussoy Coal Mine, was held up and
robbed 0 SiSco. He shot one of the
men.
Miss Iona Dunlap was acquitted in
Aledo, 111., of the charge of killing
Miss Allie Dool with poisoned candy.
The settling ' of the Delaware and
Hudson mine-workings at Olyphant,
Pa., caused J. V. O'Brien's hotel and
the residence of Mrs. Mary F.vans, ad
joining, to cave in. The buildings took
fire immediately after sinking.
The Pittsburg Local of the Interna
tional Association of Bridge and Struc
tural Iron Workers has submitted a
new scale to the manufacturers calling
for an advance from 4754 to 50 cents
an hour for an eight-hour day.
In a fight among Italians, brothers and
cousins, in Santiago dc Cuba, two were
killed instantly, two died from wounds,
the tilth is fatally and the sixth serious
ly wounded.
Dr. Edgar F. Smith, professor of
chemistry and vice provost of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, was clccteil
president of the American Philosoph
ical society.
The Pressed Steel Car Company has
adopted the profit-sharing scheme and
its employes may secure preferred
stock easily.
lhe Tmcw Orleans-ban rrancisro Kaii
road was chartered in New Orleans,
with a capital of $5,000,000.
A gorgeous carnival of flowers was
held at Pasadena, Cal.. 1 lie proces
sion of carriages, automobiles, bicycles
and carts decorated with flowers re
quired .10 minutes to pass a given point.
A young woman was found in 1 11c
Campbell House, in Newark. N. J.,
nearly suffocated from gas. Another
woman was found nearly dead in the
same hotel troni carbolic acid.
Henri Wattcrson issued another
philippic against the Smart Set, being
moved thereto by the promised com
ing of the King of Belgium and the
Crown Princess of Saxony.
lhe Riverside Woolen .Mills, ot
Knoxville. Tenn.. announce a reduc
tion of hours of their employes, the re
duction being from it to 10 hours as a
day's work.
Foreign.
King Edwacd has appointed Sir
Francis l.evcson Bertie, now an as
sistant under secretary for foreign af
fairs, to succeed Lord Currie, of
Hawlcy, as British ambassador at
Rome. Lord Currie resigned his post
December 19.
It was reported at Madrid that the
pretender to the throne of Morocco
had entered Fez. Another dispatch
says the Sultan's condition is critical,
as the 10,000 Jews in Fez arc inclined
to support the pretender.
Crown Prince Frederick William of
Germany, will make a trip to Russia,
and possibly later to the United States.
Volcanoes in Nicaragua, Salvador
and Guatemala are showing symptoms
of becoming dangerous.
Thousands of British and Indian sol
diers participated in a grand assault-at-arms
at Delhi.
Ambassador Storcr presented his
credentials at the palace in Vienna.
The King of Saxony is reported in
a critical condition.
The pretender has announced that he
is not fighting for the throne of Moroc
co for himself, but for the Sultan's im
prisoned brother, Mulat Mohammed.
The dispatch of Spanish reinforcements
to Morocco has been countermanded.
Detachments of French troops have
been ordered to the Morocco frontier.
The Sultan may summon the border
tribes to a holy war.
The Archduke Leopold says that
Archduke Johann Satvator, who re
nounced his titles and took the name
of John Orth. and was supposed to
hive perished in a shipwreck, is really
alive.
G. H. F.ldcr was remanded by a
London police court, charged on his
confession with having embez
zled ;.. ''om his employers,
Brown, Shipley U inkers.
The Portuguese Cortes opencu ... .'
the King in his speech spoke of the
cordial relations existing between Por
tugal and nil the powers, especially
Great Britain.
Bulgarian and Turkish troops had a
fight at the village of Drcnovo. in
which the Turkish commander and IS
of his men were killed.
The German Commrreial Treaty So
ciety has issued a circular complain
ing of the United States customs'
treatment of German goods.
The Saxon Court will make an at
tempt to obtain possession of the ex
pected child oi the Crown Princess.
Financial.
Gold shipments from London to Ja
pan are considered likely.
The English Government is expected
to issue the Transvaal loan in March.
Lake Superior in 1901 shipped 209,
000 tons of ore and in 1902 more than
300,000 tons.
The Government report will most
probably put the cotton crop under 10,
000,000 bales.
Susquehanna Iron and Steel has de
clared its regular semi-annnal dividend
of 3 per cent.
It does not require tales of mergers
of the hard coal roads to advance the
price of shares.
James M. Guffcy denies that be will
sell his Texas properties to the Stan
dard Oil Company.
Standard Oil has again advanced the
price of crude three cent barrel.
standard Oil stock row to 715 y ester
uay.
American Sugar Company's net earl
ings ior 1003 are estimated ut Sil
000,00a 18
Price of railroad stocks Una id k
about 4 per cent, higher tlwn they A .
last year. Industrials arc about on' n
level
BILL TO CRUSH TRUSTS
Senator Hoar's Measure Has Far-Reach.
Inr Provisions.
PROVIDES SOME SEVERE PENALTIES.
Requires tbe Filing of a Csoiplet Statement
of the Financial Status ot Corporations En
(aged to Interstate or Foreign Commerce,
Also of Their Relations With Other
Corporations.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Sena
tor Hoar made public the antitrust bill
which he asked leave before the Senate
adjourned for the holidays to introduce.
The bill goes to the Committee on
Judiciary, of which Senator Hoar is
chairman. It provides, first, that none
of the existing laws regulating com
merce or directed against trusts or mo
nopolies shall be in any wise repealed or
restricted by this act.
The sum of $500,000 is placed at the
disposal of the Attorney General to pros
ecute offenders under any antitrust act.
It then provided that no corporation
shall engage in interstate or foreign
commerce until it shall file a statement
in the office of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, signed and sworn to by its
president, its treasurer, its general man
ager and a majority of its directors, or
by the persons exercising the powers
usually exercised by such officers and
directors on or before September IS.
in the year 1904, and shall on or before
September 15 in each year thereafter
tile a like statement for the year show
ing the amount of its capital stock, the
market value of the same, how much of
the same has been paid in full in cash,
or. if the same has not been paid in
full in cash, what has been received by
the said corporation, joint stock company
or other association, in lieu thereof, and
the value of whatever shall have been so
received by it: the names of all the offi
cers and directors and all agents ; the
amount it has paid in dividends during
said period, the rate of percentage and
times of paying; a statement of all the
stock owned by it of any other corpo
ration, joint stock company or other as
sociation, specifying the corporation,
joint stock company or other associa
tion, and the number and value of shares
in each ; the amount of its own Stock
held by other corporations and the value
thereof, and the amount of stock in
other corporations held in trust for it
; or in which it has any interest, directly
j or indirectly.
I An undertaking signed by said officers,
1 general managers and directors, that
they will comply with the provisions of
this and all other laws of the United
States in the management of the affairs
of said corporations.
This statement shall be in addition to
all statements now or hereafter required
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
or by any other public authority.
The Attorney General of the United
States may at any time require of any
such corporation any statement he may
think fit in regard to the conduct of its
business. And he may especially require
any sucli corporation to give a list of
all contracts or transactions entered into
within the 12 months preceding such
requisition in which it has sold any ar
ticle or product or carried by any other
person than the party to such transac
tion. And he may further require the
reasons for such distinction.
TALLEST OP SKYSCRAPERS.
New Bank to Be 25 Stories and Highest In
the World.
New York (Special). Workmen are
now busy upon the foundations of what
is to be the tallest office building, from
basement to roof, in the world.
From basement to roof the building
will be 3,17 feet high, which means about
327 teet from the street level to the
roof. This excels even the Park Row
building, which is now the tallest office
structure in the world, for, while the
towers of the latter rise 382 feet above
ground, the roof itself is only 309 feet.
The proposed structure is being erect
ed for the National Bank of North
America, and is to be known as the Wall
Exchange Building. It will be 25 sto
ries high, the lower io of granite, those
above of brick and terra-cotta.
Charles W. Morse is the real leader of
the enterprise. Several months ago Mr.
Morse and his associates got control of
the bank, which then had a capital of
$100,000, absorbed and merged it into
the Bank of the State of New V'ork,
which had a capital of $1,200,000, and
moved the enlarged bank to the home
of the latter concern at the northwest
corner cf William street and Exchange
Place.
That corner plot, containing only
3,300 square feet, has since been sold for
$ 1,000,00a Mr. Morse organized from
among his fellow-directors an associa
tion which purchased the plot adjoining
the old bank building, 100 feet square,
and began the erection of the skyscraper.
MARCONI'S WIRES ALL OVER CANADA.
Wireless System to Bring the Oreat North
Country Into Communication.
Winnipeg, Man. (Special). Marconi
is preparing to instal a wireless trans
continental service through Canada.
j ..y, .' '' experts passed through Win
nipeg on their x'rst to arrange for
a scries of tests in the koc.,, ! '-"'mains,
where it is expected the diverse elect.!
cat currents in the rarified atmosphere
of the high altitudes may interfere with
the successful sending of messages.
Winnipeg is to be the half-way house
of the system. It is understood the sta
tion will be located at Stony Mountain,
an eminence 12 miles from here. It will
receive Eastern messages from Muunt
Royal at Montreal, and it is the work of
the experts to locate the next Western
station in the Rockies.
Five Skaters Drowned.
Evansville, Ind. (Special). Three
boys lost their lives while skating on
a pond a short distance below the city.
Pembroke, Mass. (Special). The
bodies of Oscar Pratt and George Sil
via were found in Big Sandy pond.
The hoys started out on Christmas
morning for a day's skating on Big
Sandy pond, and nothing was seen or
heard of them afterward until their
bodies were found Saturday. ,
I7S.M0 ta Ask Mora Pay.
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St Louis, Mo. (Special). That the
eneral movement of Western railroad
ployes for a wage advance is rap-
1 approaching a crisis Is evidenced
the early arrival of many delegates
to the national conference to be held
here this week, at which committee
reports will be received and acted upon.
It is declared that the conference will
represent fully 175,000 railroad em
ployes. While it is difficult to learn
the exact nature ol the reports to be
submitted by the committees, it is said
on good authority that the schedule
which will probably be fixed Upon will
call for an advance of 12 Oct cent. '
DOINGS AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
Over Tea Million Surplus.
The monthly comparative statement
of the government receipts and expen
ditures shows that for the month of De
cember, 7902, the total receipts were
$47,151,290 and the expenditures $36.
533,744. having a surplus for the month
of $io,6i8,coo. The receipts for the
month are about $100,000 in excess of
those for December, 1001, and the ex
penditures $785,000 less than for that
month. The receipts from the several
sources of revenue are given as follows :
Customs, $23,670,004; increase as com
pared with December, 1901, about $2,
630,000. Internal revenue, $20,979,318; de
crease, $2,215,000.
Miscellaneous, $2,501,886; decrease,
$320,000.
The expenditures on account of the
war department show a small decrease
and on account of the navy an increase
of about $1,213,000.
For the first half of the present fiscal
year a surplus is shown of $24,734,000,
as against a surplus of $42,621,897 for
the corresponding period last year.
Although the receipts from the inter
nal revenue arc less than for December,
1901, the amount of the decrease is sur
prisingly small, and it is a noteworthy
fact that in some of the larger revenue
districts the total collections are greater
than they were before the war tax was
removed on July I, 1002.
The monthly circulation statement is
sued by the comptroller of the currency
shows that at the close of the calendar
year the total circulation of national
bank notes was $384,929,784, an increase
for the year of $24,640,058. and an in
crease for the month of $75,270; the cir
culation based on United States bonds
amounted to $342,127,844, an increase for
the year of $17,118,538, and an increase
for the month of $1,027,433.
The circulation secured by lawful
money amounted to $42,801,940, an in
crease for the year of $7,51,520, and a
decrease for the month of $052,163. The
amount of United States registered
bonds on deposit to secure circulating
notes was $344,252,120, and to secure
public deposits $153,384,070.
May End Disastrously for China.
Administration officials have been
forced by the discontent of European
powers at China's refusal to pay in
gold the second installment of the Box
er indemnity to regard the Chinese
question as one of the most menacing
now obscuring the horizon of world
politics.
The United States has always held
that the protocol signed by the powers
provided for the payment of the install
ments of the indemnity at the rate of
exchange prevailing in April, 1901.
The European powers insist that each
pavmcnt shall be made at the rate of
exchange prevalent at the time of pay
ment. No secret is made of the fact that the
Administration regards the situation as
extremely serious. It is feared that the
impatience of Russia, Germany, Eng
land and other foreign cowers will de
velop into something more threatening
to China. The claims of these powers
always have been regarded by the
United States Government as extor
tionate. A high official said:
"There is no question but that the
powers will attempt to practice extor
tion on China, foolish though that may
be, for China is in dire straits finan
cially and commercially. The United
States has always been China's friend
in this matter, simply because "China is
right in refusing to pay trie indemnity
at a higher rate of exchange than pre
vailed in April, 1901.
"Just when the powers will take it
upon themselves to threaten China with
partition or attempt some other dras
tic measure remains to be seen. Moral
sentiment is unquestionably on the side
of China."
Australia Needs Wheat
Two hundred thousand tons of bread-
stuffs must be imported Trom wheat
producing centers to Australia during
the coming season to meet harvest de
ficiencies, says United States Consul
Gooding, at New Castle, in a report to
the Slate Department.
The crop in New South Wales, he
says, will not reach 50 per cent, of the
quantity reaped last year and Victoria
will require imports of 3,637,929 bushels
of wheat to supply her needs.
The situation is not so bad in South
Australia, though the crop is less than
last year. Fifteen thousand tons of
California flour are afloat for New
South Wales, but the Consul says the
price of California flour has risen so
greatly that the effect will be to divert
a good deal of trade to Canada, which
raises hard wheat of a class well suit
ed to mix with California flour.
Panama Canal Negotiations.
Mr. Herran, the Columbian charge
here, and Mr. Cromwell, counsel for
the Panama Canal Company, called at
the State Department by arrangement,
separately, though in pursuit of a com
mon purpose. Naturally in the incom
plete state of the canal negotiations the
State Department officials are unwilling
to discuss details. Mr. Cromwell, how
ever, was willing to be quoted to the
effect that now, in the judgment of the
canal company officials, the negotiations
are progressing satisfactorily and prom
ise to result in a settlement and the sign
ing of a treaty.
With the Lawmakers.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Darl
ing sent a letter highly praising En
sign Cronan and the crew of a lifeboat
of the Marietta, which saved at great
risk a Venezuelan from drowning.
Walter Wellman says he knows how
the North Pole can be reached and
will give the information to anyone
who will properly utilize it.
Secretary Hav gave a cabinet dinner
in honor of President and Mrs. Roose
velt. .
The President and Cabinet discuss
ed the Venezuelan situation, and Sec
retary Hay said that no definite re
sponses had been received from any
of the allied powers to President Cas
tro's last communication.
Charges were brought before the In
terstate Commerce Commission against
the Chicago, Burlington and Cjuincy
Railroad by Gilbert Barr, of Kearney,
Mo., who alleged onjust tariff on live
stock. A valuable collection of relics of Gen
eral Grant's tour around the world has
been placed on exhibition.
A committee from the llniversity' of
Virginia called npon the President to
invite him to attend the annual com
mencement. v At a cabinet meeting it was decided to
close the postoffice at Indianola. Miss.,
wife re the postmistress, Minnie M. Cox,
a colored woman, was forced to resign
by threats of the people.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
a reception in the White House, which
was attended by Washington official
society, including the diplomatic corps.
The Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture says there is no reason for the
existing high prices for meat. He urges
tb people to demand a reduction.
BY CABLE TO HAWAII
Message Flashed to (he Presidenl at
Washington.
THE GREAT JOY OP THE ISLANDERS.
The Completion ol the Cable to the Islands
In the Pacific a Notable Event Operators
Waiting Impatiently lor lbs Signal lo let
Them Know That All Was Ready-Tns Line
Is Now Open for Business.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special). San
Francisco and Honolulu are now con
nected by cable. The first words
passed under the ocean a few moments
after it o'clock. The wire worked per
fectly. The Silvcrtown, just before splicing
the ends, some. thirty miles off . shore
from Honolulu, telegraphed both ways
for the land stations to wait until it. to
o'clock, San Francisco time, before
trying the cable. That time was de
sired to insure the perfect hardening
of the gutta percha in the splice after
the joint should be lowered overboard
from the ship in about 2500 feet of
water.
Operators sat anxiously and eagerly
about the instruments in King street,
at Honolulu, and in the cable office
on Market street, in San Francisco,
waiting for the time lime limit to ex
pire.
Just alter it o clock a signal went
from this end to Honolulu. The first
response from Honolulu came into
nan Francisco at exactly lt.03 o'clock
It was 8.41 in- Honolulu, the time dif
ference being two hours twenty-two
minutes and a tew seconds.
The first message received was from
Goveror Dole to President Roosevelt.
It was merely a formal greeting and
congratulation from the people of Ha
waii to. the people of the United States,
from one chief executive to the other.
The message was transmitted at the
Market street oflice to a wire leading
directly to the Executive Mansion at
Washington, and its receipt was im
mediately acknowledged.
After the first message came a sec
ond message from Honolulu. P was
a greeting from the people of Hawaii
to Clarence H. Mackay, president of
the Cable Company, congratulating
him on the completion of the cable
and expressing sorrow that John W.
Mackay had not survived to see the
instantaneous bond between the islands
and the American Continent. This
message was signed by Henry E. Coo
per. Secretary of the Territory of Ha
waii. The paper ribbon containing the rec
ord of the first experimental work be
tween San Francisco and Honolulu
was cut into little sections of a few
phrases each and divided among the
score of spectators who were assem
bled about the instruments when San
Francisco and Honolulu first spoke to
each other tinder the Pacific ocean.
MAYOR UNDER ARREST.
Charged With Destroying Evidence ol Alleged
Peculations.
San Juan, Porto Rico (Special).
The mayor of this city, Manuel Egoz
cue, has been arrested, and is held in
$5,000 bail on the charge, made by In
sular Official Inspector Hoist, of de
stroying the records of the city water
receipts, which constituted the only evi
dence of alleged extensive peculations
and embezzlements.
The allegations against the Mayor
were originally made last October in
a petition of citizens which was present
ed to the governor, and which asked
for the prosecution of the mayor. The
editor of the News, which published the
text of the petition, was arrested on
October 23 on the complaint of the
mayor on a charge of libel. This ar
rest caused considerable excitement,
which ended in the shooting of two
men. Since then three other officials
have been arrested and are being pros
ecuted for alleged shortages in their
accounts and for embezzlements. The
peculations arc said to range from
$8,000 to $43,000, and niisappropria
t'ons of other funds are also alleged.
Miners to Gel More Pay.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special). A wage
advance averaging 10 per cent will be
granted by every important mining con
cern in West Virginia. It was given
January 1 in the Norfolk and Western
Raijroad and Fairmont regions, and oth
ers indicate like concessions this month.
The famine caused by the anthracite
strike increased the selling price of coal
considerably, and thus allows the vol
untary wage concessions, but it is said
the threat of President John Mitchell,
of the United Mine Workers, to estab
lish headquarters in the Fairmont re
gion January 25, and remain until the
Wist .Virginia field was thoroughly or
ganized, was a strong factor in influenc
ing the operators, who fear a general
strike in the spring.
Cuban Editor Killed.
Santiago de Cuba (Special). Con
gressman Corona, editor of the Cuhano
Libre, shot and instantly killed Senor
Insula, editor of the Republica. Both
men were prominent politicians and lead
ers of rival parties. Senor Corona was
drinking in a cafe, when Senor Insula
and a party of friends entered the place
and began a political discussion. Per
sonalities and insults followed and
quickly was started a fight with canei,
during which Senor Corona, it is al
leged, suddenly drew a revolver and
shot Senor Insula three timei. Senor
Corona then walked away and has not
yet been arrested.
Twins Bora la IHffereut Year.
Chicago (Special). There is a curi
ous situation at the home of Mr.' and
Mrs. John Stift, of this city. They are
the parents of twins, and the story of
the birth of the babies in different years
is now going the rounds. One of the
twins was born at 10.30 p. m. on the
last day of 1902, and along after mid
night, an hour or so after the birth of
1903, the second child was born. The
birthday of one is December 31, 1902,
and that of the other January i, 1903.
Araiy Barracks Barasd.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mick' ( Special ).j
The army barracks at Fort Brady were
completely destroyed by fire. The loss
is placed at $80,000 The barracks were
occupied by a battalion of the Four
teenth United States Infantry, and the
men saved their accoutrements and the
furniture of the building. 1'here was
little water in the city standpipc when
the alarm was turned in, and consequently-
not sufficient pressure in the
mains for the faremcn to cope with the
flames. An investigation of the lack of
water is now being made. The barrack
were built in 1892.
CASTRO DISPLEASED.
Arbitration By Hit Hague Not lo His Uklqg
His Views Not Accepted.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A con
dition which President Castro attached
to his response to the allies' arbitration
proposal was in the nature of an altci
native proposition.
Almost from the beginning Castro has
shown an aversion to The Hague tri
bunal, and, while accepting arbitration,
ne nas asked that trie case be tried by
one of the American Republics.
As President Roosevelt already had
declined to act as arbitrator, and as
some of the reasons which inspired him
in his declination would apply with equal
force to the chief executive of any other
American State than the United States,
he was obliged to withhold any indorse
ment of this proposition of President
Castro. Therefore, it may be dismissed
from tbe field of possibilities and. un
less Castro is unexpectedly insistent
upon his own plan, the original proposi
tion of reference to The Hague tribunal
will carry.
Berlin (By Cable) The Foreign Of
fice here is satisfied with the spirit of
Castro's answer to the allies. A fur
ther interchange of views, preparatory
to signing the protocol, will take place
in Washington. The only really import
ant question to be settled is what shall
be done with the blockade. A continu
ance of the blockade is relied upon to
hasten the conclusion of the arbitra
tion preliminaries, especially on the
part of Venezuela.
London (By Cable). The Birming
ham Post says that Germany, through
her Ambassadors at Washington and
London, has asked whether the United
States and Great Britain think that dip
lomatic relations with Venezuela
should be resumed, pending the inves
tigation by The Hague tribunal of ar
bitration. The opinion of official cir
cles in Germany is against the res'.irrp
tion of these relations until the claims
are paid.
BANK PREri DENT'S SUICIDE.
Financial Difficulties May Have Led to S:lf
Destruction.
Silverton, Col. (Special). At noon
James II. Robbin, the missing presi
dent of the Bank of Silverton, which
w;ii closed on account of his disap
pearance, was found dead three miles
from town. He had shot himself in the
head. It is supposed that financial
troubles caused him to commit suicide.
He was about 45 years old and leaves a
widow and three children living in Den
ver. Mr. Robbin was principal owner of
the Iowa-Tiger mine and chief promo
ter of the Camp Bird Extension Com
pany, and was heavily interested in nu
merous mining ventures. He was re
puted to be worth $5,000,000.
1 he liabilities of the bank are said to
be about $300,000 ; assets unknown.
Cuts Off His Own Foot.
St. Paul (Special). His foot pinion
ed under wreckage of. his,dismantlcd en
gine, with escaping steam scalding his
tace and slowly torturing lum to death,
Engineer C. J. Wood, of the Burling
ton road, drew a pocket knife from his
clothing and amputated his foot below
the ankle. Crawling away from the
fury of roaring steam he sat shivering
in the cold morning air, stanching the
flow of blood with a handkerchief until
the crew of the incoming Burlington
train, with which the wrecked engine
came in collision in the St. Paul yards,
hurried to the scene and found the en
gineer by the side of the track.
Tralo Rolls Down Bank.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). A pas
senger train on the Southern Railway
bound from Atlanta to Birmingham wa.-
derailed near Weems Station, about 15
miles from here. The baggage and
mail cars were thrown down an em
bankment and wrecked Engineer White
was the only person killed. About 27
passengers were injured. 1 hey were
brought here. None of the injured is
in a serious conation, as trie passenger
coaches remained on the track..
Horse Crosses High Trestle.
Lockport, N. Y. (Special). King
Stanton, a race horse, ran away over
the railway tracks. He crossed the
Market street trestle bridge and the rail
road bridge which spans the big chasm,
in which flows the Erie canal, 60 feet,
below. The bridge is 500 feet long, un
covered, and the ties were ice coated.
The horse succeeded in crossing with
out an accident.
Fatal Fire In Dallas.
Dallas, Texas (Special). Fire in the
warehouse and stables of the Hughes
Bros. Manufacturing Company, on
Hughes avenue, burned J. W. Williams,
a negro boy, to death and destroyed 20
head of horses. A warehouse contain
ing machinery and manufactured goods
also was consumed, making a total loss
estimated it $50,000.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
At Fort Dodge, la., fire destroyed
the grain elevator and 100,000 bushels
Li oats belonging to the Great West
ern Cereal Company. The loss is
$125,000.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Company has forwarded to the
mine strike commission statistics of
hours and wages of its employes (or
1901.
There has been much fighting in the
new oil regions in Wyoming by men
staking off claims, but no bloodshed
has been reported yet.
Mrs. W. A. Clark, Jr., daughter-in-law
of the Montana senator, died at
Butte, Mont, Her child was born De
cember 3. . .
The wife 'of Governor Dockery, of
Missouri, who has been seriously ill
for some weeks, is dead.
At Sioux City. Ia., fire did $100,000
damage, destroying one elevator and
its contents and a number of other
buildings.
Marconi is preparing to etabli&h his
system of wireless telegraphy through
out Canada.
Negroes of Boston observed the for
tieth anniversary of the emancipation
proclamation. .
Associate Justice W. A. Little, of the
Supreme Court of Georgia, has re
signed. Gen. Francis V. Greene assumed the
office of police commissioner of New
York.
Electrical workers of Indianapolis are
on a strike for an increase in wages.
B. B. Odell, Jr., was inaugurated
Governor of New York for a second
term.
The capitol at Jefferson City, Mo.,
was slightly damaged by fire.
' The Iron Trade Review says that the
iron industry is in good shape.
Kite-flyer Eddy says he has discov
ered a practical airship.
Sir Charles Allen Lawson had his
wife arrested, in London as an habitual
drunkard.
The exports from Germany tt tbc
United States increased during the
year.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Nw Happealois of Interest Oathertd
Front Ail Sottrcea,
Patents granted: Edward BagnalL
Pittsburg, apparatus for grinding
smoothing and polishing plate glass;
Charles W. Bray, Pittsburg, -manufacture
of black plates or sheets, also ap
paratus for making black plates ot
sheets; William M. Brown, Johnstown,
contact box tor electric railways, also
electric switch ; James T. Callahan, But
ler, well casing packer; Frank Conrad,
Wilkinsburg, menus for measuring the
energy of threu-phrse alternating cur
rent circuits; also ground detector for
electric circuits; James W. Cruikshanks,
Pittsburg, leer for anucaling plhte
glass; Thomas F. Davies, Duquc-up, '
rail joint and fastening; Lords B. J-tfl-ton,
Pittsburg, pump governor.
Pensions granted: Henry - T. Mc
Kclvcy, MeKcesport,' $6; Patrick H.
McGee, Beaver Falls, $to; Georg?
Sharp, Camprnn, $0; John A. Willisrus,
Roaring Spring, $10; George W. Neff,
Hollidaysbtirg. S12; Charles H. Farrw
worth, West Bingham, $10; Winfield S.
Sniclds, Marion Center, $10; Andrew
Bonner, Houtzdalc, $14: Jennie A. Pat
terson, Allegheny. $; Hannah Mc
Clure, New Castle, $8; Hatlie Hobson,
Allegheny, $8; Mary S. Ferguson,
Franklin, $8; Rebecca Adams, laren
tum. $8; Albert V. Jerauld. Nicholson,
$6; Jacob Josbcrger, dead, Pittsburg,
$12; N orris Crossman. Titusville, $N;
Laurice Dchan, Oil Ci.y. $8; Daniel
Moc' McConnollsvillc, $-2; Absalo.n
F. Mortimer, Fie, $10; Benjamin J.
Caldwell. Soldiers' and Sailors' Home,
Erie, $8; George W. Confer, Venns,
fi2; Timothy Sullivan, Jamestown, $8;
nnie Ream. Johnstown. $8; Sarah M.
Hayward. Bradford. $8; Martha E.
Hays, New Castle, $12.
Two new coal operations were start
ed in Pottsville. which will laro-elv in-.
rrease the output of this district. The
Darkwater Coal Company started the
opening oi a mine on the Pott and Ban
ian tract, which contains an immense
jmount of coal. This company is com
prised of. Philadelphia and New York ,
capitalists, with offices in Philadelphia.
The Stanton Colliery, which was aban
doned by the Reading Company, ton
vears ago, is being reopened by Smith.
Meyers & Co.. who started the erection
sf a large breaker on the ground. The
Black Diamond Company, headed by
Terrcnce V. Powderly, also expects
soon to begin shipping coal.
At the Oak Hill Colliery, at Dnn
:ott, which employs 600 men, too sticks
ol dynamite were exploded when a mi
ner tried to pry off the cover of a case
:ontaining the explosive. Three miners
were killed and a score more or less
injured. The accident occurred nearly
a quarter of a mile under ground and
500 feet from the foot 6f the slope.
Nine sets of timbers were blown out
and there was a fail of many tons of
coal and rock, which filled a large por
tion of the gangway. Many miners
were cut by tiying rocks', splinters ol
timbers and other missiles. The bodies
of tin men that were killed were badly
dismembered.
Sarah Ilickey. the 13-ycar old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hickcy. of
East Smethport. perished in a fire that
destroyed their home. The flames made
such quick progress that the occupants
of the upper part of the building had
scant time to escape with their lives.
The daughter-was thi first to emerge
from the burning house and not seeing
her mother she rushed frantically back
through smoke and flame to rescue her
parent, whoi in the meantime, hnd
jumped to the ground from a windojw.
Both Mrs. Hickey and the grand
mother, Mrs. Conley, in their attempts,
to reach the child, were badly bu-ncd.
Announcement was made today at
Lewisburg of the successful completion
of the effort to secure $100,000 addi
tional endowment for Bucknell Univer
sity. The institution is now worth
$1,000,000, and has an attendance this
year of 620 students, an increase over
that of last year. West College, the
new dormitory, with accommodations
for ninety students, erected two years
ago, is occupied now and every roo:n
is taken. 'Hie new physical laboratory,
which includes a heating plant from
which all the buildings are warmed, is
being used this year for the first ti.ne. 1
The Schuylkill County Commission
ers have reduced the county debt $27,
000 by calling in bonds to that amount. ,
There is over $100,000 in the treasury
and the commissioners expect soon
to clear the county of debt.
Rev. F. J. Millman. pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church, of Potts
- vilie, has been indorsed by the Schuyl
kill and Lackawanna delegates for chap
lain of the Lower House of the State
Legislature. Support of other counties ,
has been assured.
Constables Michael and Roehricb
took into custody, at Lancaster, Cyrus
Sandoe and Frank Parmer, Welsh
mountaineers, on charges of robbing
the railraod station at East Earl and
Martin's store, at Cedar Lane. Fan
doe recently turned detective and w;i
investigating other robberies in eastern
Lancaster county.
Paul W. Houck. of Shenandoah. ha
just received word his appointment to
th? vacancy on the State Pharmaceut
ical Board, caused by the dcafli of Dr.
Gcorgc W. Kennedy, of Pottsville
The selection of Mr. Houck is receiv
ed by Scfnyylkil! county with much grat
ification. Th; position pay.) 6oo
year.
During the past week the Municipa'
Hospital building at Oakview, where
n-.any smallpox patients were treated
last winter, has been broken into and
numeious articles have been carrici
away. Since the closing of the '
hospital blankets, sheets and other ne- ,
cessitics have been kept in the build
ing on the second floor, and many ol
these arc missing.
At a meeting of the State Forestry
Reservation Commission it was an
nounced that during Governor Stone's
administration the State holdings. oi
forest land for State purpofes wax in
creased to 653,000 acres. Resolution! '
were passed thanking Governor Stone
for his co-operation
Mrs. H. F. McReynold, widow ut
II. F. McReynolds, for years editor
and publisher of the Harnsbnrg ''Pa
triot, is dead, aged 7$ years.
Fred Gifford, of Penfietd, accident
ally shot and killed himself while out
hunting, hit gun being discharged at
he was carrying it by the muzzle.
William Carmont -was killed by fat!- V
lug from a freight train at .Marietta, ,
Carmont hails from PitrsbuVg, is a
traveling peddler and is known as th
Buffalo Bill of Pittsburg. ,
Samuel Quimby, aged no year, com
mitted suicide at his home in Reading.
He had spent the afternoon with his
sweetheart and declined an invitatioa '
to remain for dinner. Half an hoist
after he left the girl received a n
from him, s.ying: "By the time 70a
get this IU be no more." She sew
word to his home, two squares away,
ana nis ooay was found in the rest
yard with the jugular severed with one
vslash of a razor.
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