tISTRESS BY BLOCKADE Tkc Foaa Sappfles of Cat Off. Veoeiodant ACCOMMODATIONS FOR COMMISSION. BdM Aarttsstdor Witt Likely Prttldo Over lk Ceafcrtace Oemtni Fear that lbs Fardfa Stfrhxts la Vcaeiaela Mar Not Be Sal Aflar Mttlater Bawta'a Departare A Larfi Oatkerki Sees Mtalttcr Bowca Off. Washington (Special). A cabelgram received from Minister Bowcn at the State Department conveys the informa tion that he sailed from Laguayra for the United States Sunday, and he should be in Washington within a week or to days. The Minister also stated in his mes sage that considerable distress is be ing felt through the operation of the blockade in the cutting off of food sup dies. While arrangements have not yet been made for the meeting of the Ven ezuelan commission, some attention baa been given to the subject, and it appears that the United States gov ernment will be expected to provide ac commodations for the body. It is probable that accommodations will be procured in one of the hotels here, for the State Department has no avail able roqm to devote to such purposes. Signor Mayor des Planches, the Ital ian ambassador here, is, by virtue of seniority, entitled to preside if the pro ceedings are to be in the nature of a joint meeting, and his long diplomatic act-vice is regarded as peculiarly fitting tiico for the important work imposed upon the commission. All four of the prospective members of .the commis sion, namely. Signor Mayor des Plan dies, the Italian ambassador; Sir Mich ael Herbert, the British ambassador, aad Count Quadt and Baron Sternberg, at well as Minister Bowen, will speak Knglish perfectly, and it is likely that this language will be the official com ammication in the commission's pro ceedings. That there may be no delay in laying Italy's claims against Venezuela before he joint commission soon to meet in Washington, the Italian ambassador itmor Mavor des Planches has cabled he Foreign Office at Rome asking that n Aliotti be ordered to bring to ashino-ton at once all the naners in he case which are now at the Italian ention at Caracas. Baron Aliotti. bo was formerly second secretary of txobatsy here, and was later promoted to be first' secretary at Buenos Ayres, it now aboard the Italian cruiser Gio vanni Bausan in Venezuelan wa-tcrs. Minister Riva was given leave of ab sence after presenting Italy's ultimatum to Castro, and, although diplomatic re lations between Italy and Venezuela tuire not been resumed, the Baron has remained aboard the warship in the ca pacity of what might be termed a charge d'affaires expectant, rather an amomalous position in diplomatic cir--cles. Baron Aliotti, if ordered to Washington, will also be instructed to remain here temporarily as secretary to the Italian representative on the com mission. BLOWN TO BITS BY DYNAMITE. Warkawa Killed la Exploslon-A Paalc Asioflf Women. Philadelphia (Special). One man mxt killed, half a dozen were injured and the women's wing of the House of Correction was partially wrecked by the captation of several sticks of dynamite in No. 3 shaft of the new filtration plant at Holmesburg, a suburb. The dead man, who was a laborer, was blown to pieces. The women's wing of the House of Correction adjoins the shaft the south. The women were at breakfast when the explosion occurred, and when the building began to shake there was a wild rush to get out, re sulting in a panic. The women were ajottea out in safety and quickly escort ed to another part of the building. Eight hundred panes of glass in the north wing of the building were broken, and the force of the explosion was felt lor many miles. FROZEN FOR LACK OP FUEL Two Here People Killed While Picking Coal at Calctfa, Cbkago (Special). With thousands of carloads of coal lying in cars within Ibe city limits two person froze to death Sunday because there was no fuel to beat the rooms in which they lived. The victims are Mrs. Esther Bennett, foand frozen in a tireless little room at S33 La Salle avenue, and baby Mary illers. who died of the cold in her (Bother t arms at 1341 Northwestern ave arae. An unknown man and boy were killed while picking up pieces of coal along railways. Hard pressed for coal to run its packing plant, the firm of Ar mour & Co. it said to have confiscated three carloads of fuel consigned to a city pumping station. Cerate It's Otter Accepted. Philadelphia (Special). Andrew Car Mgie'a offer of $1,500,000 for the erec tion of 30 branch library buildings in this city was formally accepted by the trustees of the Philadelphia Free Li brary. The City Council will also ac cept h. Mr. Carnegie, in a letter to John Thomson, of the Free Library, ang rests that $50,000 be expended in the construction of each branch. A Career b Partaor Kllbd. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Andrew SfcWilliatns, one of the junior partners ad Andrew Carnegie, and suoerinten- dfcat of carpenters at the Edgar Thom son Steel Works, was struck and killed tf a yard engine. lasers far (I,M.M. Philadelphia (Special). One of the biggest life insurance policies ever it saed bat been written out by the Fidel sty Mutual Life Insurance Company lor John M. Mack, the well-known Philadelphia contractor and politician. The sasonnt of the risk it $1,000,000. There is only one other man in thit coaatry who carries an individual pol ler lor that amount in one comoanv. He it Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, whdse Me is insured by the Mutual Company new I or. , MJUkaatrt a Saklde. Kew York (Special). Thomas A. COoaobue, treasurer of the O'Douo- tnas Coffee Company and a millionaire, was instantly killed by jumping from s seventh-story window of the Ormonde apartment house, Broadwav and Seven tieth street Mr. O'Donoh.te commit ted suicide ia a moment of delirium cased by typhoid fever. He wat soci ally well connected and lived in int fur arihcd rooms in the Ormonde, where other members of the O'Donohue fanv aly alto reside. He wat 30 cars old sum tuunarrico- . . THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER, Dosjettic Bersie E. Toone, daughter of Robert Toone, auditor of the Texas Division oj the Union Pacific Railroad, and a niece of President Newman, of the New York Central, eloped with Joseph Williard, leading man at the New American Thea ter, Chicago. They were married in that city, Andrew Overick. wealthy proprietor of a Polish boardinghouse m Pittsburg, was murdered, and William Szwabow ski was arrested on suspicion of being the murderer. Mrs. Walter L. Brockett, a well known elocutionist, was instantly killed and her four-year-old son fatally in jured in a runaway accident at New Haven, Ct. The United States Court of Appeals in New York gave a judgment against Kipling-in his suit against the publish ing firm of G. P. Putnam & Son. A special grand jury in Chicago will investigate the alleged conspiracy be tween coal operators, railroads and coal dealers to increase the price of coal. Mrs. Virginia Hcininch has with drawn her caveat to the will of Jacob S. Rogers, which bequeaths $6,000,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Four men who are alleged to have held tip a Burlington train at Marcus. III., were arrested and taken to Mount Carroll, III., for trial. A mortgage for $1,000,000 has been placed on the Matimee Valley Railway Company in favor of the Morton Trust Company of New York. In Southbcnd, Ind., the people, unable) to secure anthracite, are burning beans. Col. A. B. c!c Freece died at hia home in New Rochclle, N. Y. The Arapahoe Indians are reported to be starving. Members of the Havana Merchants' Union informed the Cuban Senate Committee that unless American mer chants tried to suit the taste of Cuban merchants the increase in American trade under the treaty would not be over 30 per cent. - Heavy snowstorms prevailed cast of the Mississippi river, and freezing weather extended over Kentucky and Tennessee and the southern half of the cotton belt. At the court-martial trial of Major Glenn at Manila, a native sergeant testified that he witnessed the killing of four guides by order of Ramos; a scout. The Illinois Court of Appeals de cided that the men who operated a cor ner cannot enforce contracts based upon the fictitious prices that ensued. It is reported that W. G. Hunter. Jr., son of United States Minister Hunter, has been acquitted in Guatemala of the murder of Fitzgerald. Miss Margaret Dale, whose brother committed suicide about three months ago, took carbolic acid in New York and died from the effects. ForelfO. In Germany it is generally accepted that Baron von Hollebcn's leave of ab sence is practically a recall on account of lack of skill in handling his end of the Venezuelan negotiations. President Castro's reply to the allied powers gives satisfaction in London and Berlin. The question as to the time for raising the blockade on the Venezuelan coast is being discussed. The sentence of death passed upon Henry Vidal, the murderer of women, at Nice, has been commuted to penal servitude for life. Robert S. McCormick. the newly ap pointed United States ambassador to Russia, has arrived at bt. Petersburg with Mrs. McCormick. Vienna's advice from Macedonia re port new atrocities, and it is said the people are fleeing from the country in large numbers. A thousand of the unemployed people in London marched through the streets to attract attention, but there was no disorder. No agreement has been reached in the negotiations between Russia and China on the subject of the Manchurian cus toms. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of King Victor Emmanuel II. wat observed by a pilgrimage to his tomb. The City of Vienna, Austria, main tained its record for suicides. Madame Humbert, in a preliminary examination in Paris, it reported to have said that the ttory of the Craw fords and their millions was true, that the took the responsibility of the whole affair and that her family had nothing to do with it. Six hundred people attended a ban quet in Berlin, the principal dishes at which consisted ot horse-meat in vari ous forms. The Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals gave the 'feast to encourage the sale ot old horses for food. Count A. von Quadt-Wykradt-isny, counselor of embassy and first secre tary, has been appointed charge d'affaires at Washington pending the cave of absence granted on account ot llness to Baron von Holleben. French troops were ordered out to disperse a riotous mob on the race course at Marseillei. The crowd, en raged over a bad ftart in a race, de manded the money bet and committed depredations. Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, younger brother of the Crown Princess of Sax ony, will endeavor to induce hit sister to break off her' relations with Giron and take up her residence in Austria. Kichard Lampre. secretary ot tne new Panama Canal Company, denied that any German offer of any kind had been made for the Panama Canal prop erty. General Botha announced at a meet ing of burrhen in. Pretoria that S25 000 had been collected in America and Europe for the relief of destitute- Boers, Ftaaadal Lehigh Valley it now earning more than 8 per cent, on its $40,000,000 of caoital stock. New York banks have eained nearly $i,5oo,oco from the Subtreatury thit week. Bank of England still keeps ks dis count rate at 4 per cent. There it more talk about combining the Gould Western linet into one cor poration. Standard Oil will name two directors of the American Sugar Company to suc ceed the retiring members. It it said that the Rockfellert own 200,000 tharet of Missouri Pacific, 4Pr 000 shares Colorado Fuel, 40,000 tharet of Sugar, 75,000 shares Manhattan, loo, 000 tharet of St. Paul and more than 200,000 United Statet Steel. The ttream of gold that flowed west ward from New York for four months has set in the other way. A Standard Oil man it quoted as fol lows: "The whole market it going nwch higher, but I think that the coal ers and the corn roadt will lead. United btatet Steel earned 10 1-2 fter cent, on its common stock in 1901, and paid 4 per cent lhe balance went int 0 1'irulus (una. KING OF SPAIN IN PERIL A Mao Fired at One of Ibe Court Carriages. BUT THE BULLET MISSED THE MARK. Alloota Heard lbs Shot and Pat Hit Head Oat lot Csrrlsf t Window, Bat the Qteee Mather Qnkkly Drafted Him Back Mas Who Find lbs Shot Reported to liars Said Ho Watted to Kid lbs Lord Chamberlain. Madrid (By Cable). While King Al fonso, Dowager Queen Christiana and the court were returning from church a man, who afcrwards gave his name at Feito, fired a pistol at one of the carriages in the royal procession. The bullet went wild and no one wat injur ed. The King heard the shot and put his head out of the carriage window, hut he was immediately dragged back into his seat by the queen mother. The escort of civil guards threw them selves upon the would-be assassin and overpowered him. Feito was taken to the police sta tion, where he said he did not desire to kill the King but the grand cham berlain, the Duke of Sotomayor, at whose carriage he had aimed. He was searched, and in his pockets were found unmailed letters marked "Registered," and addressed to Presi dent Roosevelt, King Edward, the Em peror of Germany and the president of the High Court of Justice at Mexico, and also receipts for a number of reg istered letters and a visiting card of the mayor of Madrid. Feito later was put under examina ation by a magistrate, to whom he re peated his statement as to the object of his shooting. He insisted that he was not an anarchist, and said his w;ifc, a French woman, had confined him in a lunatic asylum. The prisoner, in mak ing this statement, did not appear ex cited, but there arc. indications that he is insane. The Minister of the Interior has tel egraphed to the prefects in the prov inches that the attempt was directed against the Grand Chamberlain and not against the King. A police sergeant, who was the first to seize Feito, makes the following statement: "After the King's carriage had pass ed, Feito, who was standing in front of me. raised a pistol and fired at the sec ond carriage in the procession. Before he could fire a second time 1 struck him with my sword. He cried: "You wish to kill me, but I seek the life of the Duke of Sotomayor, who is the cause of all my troubles." The Duke of Sotomayor, however, was not in the second carriage. It was occupied by the Marquis de La Mina, the court grand equerry, and two pal ace guards. Questioned as to what reasons he had for wishing to kill the Grand Chamberlain, Fcilo said the Duke of Sotomayor had offered him a position at the palace, but had failed to fulfill his promise. TO RECORD BRAIN ACTION. Pneumooogrtph Btlnj Used oa a Olrl With Lott Memory. New York. Searching for the "lost chord" is the vagrant memory of Mad eline Clark, or Church, as she has va riously called herself. Hypnotism is be ing used by the staff of the Psycho pathic Hospital connected with the New York Infirmary. The girl was found wandering on the street recently unable to recall her identity. By the use of a marvelous machine, the pneumonograph, the erratic course of the girl's mind is recorded in chart form. This machine produces an odd series of wave lines showing increasing respiration as the girl makes efforts to answer questions. The pen is electri cally connected with a band about the patient's chest. SANQ HER JAW OUT OF SOCKET. Mist Mertboa Also Dislocated It By Yawalar, It Is Ssht Chicago (Special). Miss Bernice Mershon, 18 years old, was tinging at a concert when her lower jaw became misplaced, tayt a dispatch to the Inter- ocean from Marion, Ind. She succeed ed in getting it back in place, but a short time later, when she attempted to yawn, the jaw was again dislocated. A doctor attempted- to replace the jaw with his hands, but was unable to do sa He then procured clampt and finally succeeded in getting the iaw back into itt tockets. It wat then plac ed in splints and bandages. The physician wno hat cnarge 01 tne case said Miss Mershon had weakened the lower jaw by constant singing. Twla Sisters Frezt la BUmrd. Sisseton, S. D. (Special). Twin daughters of Ole Thorson, a farmer 12 milet west of here, were frozen to death in the recent blizzard, according to in formation jut received. They set out for home with their father, but lost their way and wandered all night, perishing before dawn, ine tamer wat not oau ly frozen. The girls were 14 years old Firs Destroys a Hotel. South Haven, Mich. (Special). The Colonial Hotel here and several other buildings were destroyed by fire, the to tal losses aggregating about $50,000. Owing to a nigh wind the fire depart ment had hard work preventing the rle r thr entire business Dortion of the town.. Frozen hydrantt caused a considerable delay before any streams could be turned on tne names. Salclds By Fire. Meridian. Miss. (Special) A blaze wat teen in the home of Policeman W. D. Boyd and the door wat broken open. In the dining room the body of Mrs. Boyd wat found upright in a chair, the rlnthinv entirely burned away and the body severely scorched. In another room Mr Boyd was stleep in a bed. Mrs. Boyd had been in ill health for some time. A few hours before the fire Mrs. Boyd placed her lo-yearid oaugn mm in fhart of a friend, with instruc tions as to its rearing should anything happen to ncrtcit aunng tne mgm Her Ass' of let Crssss. Baltimore, Md. (Special). Miss Henrietta M. Thomas, a student st the Woman's Medical College of this city, observed that typhoid lever is most Drevalent in Auautt and September, when the most ice cream it eaten. She hat been making invettigationt in the city bacteriological laboratory. She found no bacilli of typhoid in the ice cream, nut something worse atrepto coccut lenccolatut. totragenut auerus yellow totradt and the pneumonia germ. f - ' Hokey-pokey containing v -r.j coccut wat injected into a guinea pig mi .1 ornmuuv flieo. WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Hosts Commutes Votes ta Fsrorsbly Report Oold Standard for Philippines. The House Committee on Insular Af fairs agreed to favorably report the bill introduced by Representative Cooper, of Wisconsin, to establish a currency ays tern in the Philippines, with certain amendments, one change proposed being that the gold coin of the United States and the silver coin authorized in the bill shall be legal tender in the islands. The bill as introduced provided that lawful money of the United States should be legal tender. The committee tayt in the report in explanation of the bill : "The object of the bill is not materially to change the money now in use in the islands, but simply to give stability of value to it, and especially to the ratio between the Philippine silver coins and the gold dollar of the United States. It is the fluctuation in thit ratio caused by the depreciation in silver amounting to 30 percent during the last year, which has resulted ia such great injury to the business interests of the islands, besides involving a loss to the insular treasury of approximately $1,000,000 in gold. Priotlof of Pretideat't Metssfe. A resolution offered by Representa tive Henry C. Smith, of Michigan, after reciting that "Whereas, Congress has heretofore authorized the printing and distribution of the messages and docu ments of the President, and, whereas, it is stated that said messages and docu ments are being printed and distrib uted by one or more concerns or print ing establishments in such a manner that the public are led to believe that the same are official," authorizes the House Committee on Printing or some other committee to be appointed by the Speaker to investigate the matter. Proprosed Limit to Fortunes. Representative Griffith, of Indiana, by request, introduced a joint resolu tion proposing a limit of $10,000,000 to fortunes in the United States. The res olution proposes an amendment to the Constitution giving Congress power to make- this limitation. It sets forth that fortunes in excess of $10,000,000 are a "nuisance and a menance," and declares that if the framers of the Constitution could have foreseen present conditions they undoubtedly would have inserted some such provision. Tbaoki to Chalfee sod His Army. A joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Gen. Adna R. Chaffee and the officers and men who served with him in China was intro duced in the Senate by Senator For aker. Senator Hoar presented a reso lution tendering thanks to the officers and men of Company C, Ninth Infan try, who were at Balangiga, Island of Samar, on the occasion of the massacre which occurred there September 28, IOOI. Draorbt Animals lor Philippines. The Senate Committee on the Philip pines took favorable action upon an amendment to the sundry civil appro priation bill suggested by Senator Lodge, appropriating $2,500,000 for the purchase of draught animals for the Filipinos. The measure was prepared in response to a suggestion by Gover nor Taft, and the funds are desired to supply stock in place of that destroyed by disease. Substitute lor Pure Food Bin. Senator McCumber. chairman of the Senate Committee on Manufactures. reported from that committee a sub stitute tor me pure 100a dim, wnicn re cently passed the House. The substi-. tute strikes out the provision of the bill requiring the Agricultural Department to hx a standard ot purity tor toods and drugs, and confines itself largely to prohibiting interstate commerce in adulterated or misbranded articles. Bill to Increase Pensions. Representative Loudenslager, of New Jersey, introduced a bill in the House providing that an applicant for pen sion or increase of pension shall, upon arriving at the age of seventy years, be held to be wholly disabled and entitled to the maximum rating of $12 per month in the administration of the pen sion act 01 June 27, Jtsoo. , Cost of Cootalar Service. The House Committee on Foreien Affairs concluded the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, which will be reported to the House. It carries approximately $1,900,000, which it lest man tne estimates ana lest tnan tne appropriation of last year. Ta Protest Baak Depositors. A bill was introduced by Representa tive Russell, of Texas, making it a lelony lor any olticer oi any national bank to receive any deposit of money or other valuable property after such officer hat knowledge that such bank it insolvent. la lbs Departojests. Rear Admiral George W. Melville, chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineer ing, hat been placed on the retired list, having reached the age limit of 62 years. He mav continue his tervicet at the head of the bureau until hit commis sion expires, August o, 1003. The decision of the court of inquiry, approved by General Bates, condemning Major Ayres for making unfounded charges against Captain Barntim, wat received at the War Department. - By resigning hit mug berth in Wash ington with a lieutenant colonelcy in sight to go to the Philippines with his company Lieutenant Mckinley hat won tne admiration 01 army omcert. The Naval Board of Construction rec ommended the acceptance of the Cramps bid for the building of the battleships Tennessee and Washington. President Roosevelt has sent a mes sage to the Utah legislature urging that body not to elect a Mormon apostle as United States senator. Senator Burrows told President Roosevelt that the beet-sugar men would appose the Cuban treaty unlets a five-year clause is inserted. United States Consul Monaghan re ports that a crop of Egyptian cotton has been successfully raised in German East Africa. The' first formal wireless message across the Atlantic from thit country will be 'tent by Pretident Roosevelt to King fcdward. Senator McLaurin urged President Kooscveit to-reopen the lndianola pott office. Joteph O. ThomDton. recently so- pointed collector of internal revenue for the district of Alabama, became ill while 011 his wsy to Washington of smallpox. Maior General Chaffee emphatically denied that he had ever given any or der which might be construed into an authorization of the administration of th?' w&ter-cuie. The Navy Department has decided to court-martial Gunner George Ford, and the trial will raise a number ot in tereitino' uuestions. At the cabinet meeting the lndianola affair, Cuban reciprocity treaty and Venezuela were discussed. . COAL TRAIN IS HELD IP CHiieos of Areola, III., Find Relief From Fuel Famine. PASTORS WERE "INCLUDED IN RAID. Efforts to Bay the Cost From the Rsllrosd Ceapaay Were Fruitless sad tb Crowd of m or MO People Set ta Work to Unload It Barters sad Other Promlaeat Cltlieos Took Ptrt la the Raid. ' Areola, III. (Special). Areola, which in the past two weeks hat suffered a fuel famine, now ha4 .coal to burn. An Illinois Central train, loaded with IS cars of coal, stopped here to repair the locomotive. The coal wat confis cated by a body of citizens. Efforts to buy the coal from the rail way company were fruitless and the crowd, which had increased to 500 or 6oq people, set to work to unload it. Many prominent citizens assisted in the raid. Among the number were CoT. J. R. Beggs, president of the First National Bank; Thos. Lyons, president of the State Bank; Rev. Edward Beach, pas tor of the Presbyterian Church; Rev. William F. Prout, pastor of the Free Methodist Church; Policeman Craft, prominent merchants and scores of other citizens. The raid was an astoundingly cool proceeding. Fate in the guise of a broken engine brought the opportunity. Seizing their chance, a committee of leading residents presented themselves before the train crew and carried on a colloquy something after this otder: We are a committee representing people of Areola. W'e need coal and we want to buy this." "We have no authority to sell you the coal," replied the spokesman of the crew. "Will you. then, ask the officials of the railroad company in Chicago by wire if we can buy the coal on this train?" "Certainly," said the trainman, appre ciating that there was a ring of deter mination in the questions. In due time the answer came back from Chicago that the company refused to sell the coal and that it must be taken through to its destination as soon as possible. "Then we shall proceed to take your coal," declared the committee. "We are law-abiding, but the law of human ity in this case rises above the statutes." "You will take the coal at your own risk." said the trainmen. "We assume all responsibility for that action," replied the committee. "You will make forcible resistance at your Deri!. The train shall not be moved un til the people of Areola are supplied." Organized seizure was then resorted to. A weigher was selected and word was sent throughout the town that coal could be had for the asking. Teams rushed to the cars and the committee of citizens helped to fill the wagons, the weigher keeping an account of the amount each person obtained, together with his name. By 10 o clock 500 teams were hauling away the confiscated coal as fast as they could. The work was kept up all day, and the fuel famine was broken. That night the mercury went to two degrees below zero and a heavy snow, seven inches deep, fell, but there was no suffering, for all were warmed by the confiscated fuel. Those who had form ed the mob-of determined men went to church on Sunday and joined in singing "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow." DASHED INTO CARS. Slf ail Given Too Lets to Stop the Fstt Freight Tares Pssseagers Killed. . Ada, Ohio (Special). Three men dead and fourteen or more other per sons injured, one fatally, is the result of a collision between two trains on the Pennsylvania system on the main street of this city at 5 o'clock p. m. The accident was one of the worst that ever occurred on this division of the Pennsylvsnia system, and was highly sensational in all its details, oc curring as it did on the main street of the town st a time when the thorough fare was crowded with people. Train No. 33, west-bound, for Fort Wayne, had started out of the station, but at the Main street crossing was compell ed to stop 'on account of some accident to the air brakes. A flagman was sent back to notify No. 19; a freight going in the tame direction, which was sev eral minutes late. Owing to the snowstorm the engi neer of No. 19 was unable to tee the signal in time to tlacken his speed. His engine crashed into the rear of No. 35. No. 35 consisted of two coaches, the rear one being a combination bag gage and passenger car, with another passenger car in front. Both were tel escoped, and scarcely a passenger es caped injury of tome tort. The engi neer and hreman ot No. 19 were also tlightly hurt, but not enough to pre vent them from rendering immediate assistance to those who were in greater distress. FUlplao's Wtnt Ttft to Stsy. Manila (By Cable). Tha Filipinos intend to orgsnize meetings snd popu lar demonstrations to urge Governor Tsft not to lesve the Philippines. One large meeting has already been held, those attending filling the palace grounds. Ihe general opinion it that if Governor Tart leavet Commissioner Wright will succeed him, and that Com missioner Ide will become Vice-Gov- crnor. Haaf Her Babes, Tata StO. Palmyra, Wis. (Special). Mrs. Amel ia Roller, of this place, hung her two children, Arthur, aged 3 years, snd Clarence, aged $ years, snd then com mitted suicide by hsnging herself. She is supposed to have been insane. In a note written to a friend before the trag edy Mrs. Roller said: "I am driven to it by gottipt of Palmyra." A coroner't inquest wat held and the jury's verdict wat tn sccordance with fro facts stated. Mrs. Roller had appeared as usual upon the streets during tne day. A Vaatasy WUJUf to TsO. Frankfort, Ky. (Special). Henry E. Youttey, serving a life sentence in the penitentiary on a conviction for com plicity in the Goebol murder, was be fore the grand jury in the Franklin Cir cuit Court. Youtsey recently aiade a statement that he would testify in the Goebcl catct if called, and would XtU what Jie knew about the aliened conspir acy. Thit it the first time Youtsey hat been before the grand jury 'or testified in the caset, and it it btlieved he will ba uted ss a state witnesses in the trials. SSVEN MEN KILLED. Several Others Likely to Be Added ta the List Wreck Near Plttebarf. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). As a result of a collision between a passenger train and the rear end of a freight train on the Monongahela division of the Penn sylvania railroad at Cochrane Station, just above Duquesne, seven men are dead, one is dying and five others are injured. The passenger trsin in the wreck wat the West Elizabeth accommodation, wfiich left Pittsburg at 3.20 p. m. It was on tirre and had a clear track, ae- cording to the signals displayed. At the siding at Cochrane it ran into the rear car of an extra freight which had taken the switch but failed to clear the main line. The officials of the road attribute the disaster to the failure of Patrick Quinn. the rear brakeman of the freight, to tee that his train had duly cleared. When the passenger train came alone the caboose of the freieht overlapped the main track enough to catch thr tender ot the passenger engine, which was forced back upon the combination baggage and smoking car with terri ble force. The thirteen passengers were jammed against the rear end ol the car into almost a solid mass Three of the victims were ' apparently killed outright, two of the other fout were literally roasted to death, and the two who died on the way to the hos pital were so badly burned that rec ognition was impossible. Almost immediately after the impact fire from the stove in the smoker com municated to the wreckage, and the imprisoned victims were tortured be yond description. CASTRO GETS AN ANSWER. Wss Delivered to Venetaelsa President By Minister Bowta. Carcaras (By Cable). The answer of the powers to President Castro's last proposal relative to arbitration were de livered to President Castro by United States Minister Bowen. A meeting ol the cabinet was at once called to consid er these communications. It has been learned from an authority tative source that the answers of tin powers delivered by Mr. Bowcn have created a feeling of depression in Ven ezuelan government circles. An interesting fact in connection whi ttle presentation of the treaty is thai the Venezuelan representative in th conference refused, upon the instruction of his government, to participate in thr formulation of the document. All sorts of rumors are current in Car acas concerning President Castro's an swer to the communication of the pow ers, but none of them is reliable. German Position. Berlin (By Cable). That portion of the joint reply of the powers to Ven ezuela suggesting a settlement withou arbitration only goes so far as to offei to treat for a settlement out of court after the payment of cash or the giving of a sufficient guarantee for the paymen: o $33S.ooo to each power. Tlus reser vation remains as the fixed and onl condition precedent to arbitration or ne gotiations direct for a supplementary agreement. The German government would mud prefer to close up the matter by negotia tions through Minister Bowen while thi blockade continues, than withdraw th blockade and adjust the claims through The Hague arbitration court. . -Italy's Answer. Washington, D. C. (Special). Through the United States embassy a Rome the state department received thi answer of the Italian government t( President Castro's proposition, and a: was the case with the British and Ger man answers, Secretary Hay has for worded it to Minister Bowen at Caraca: for submission to President Castro. I is stated that the Italian note is on line similar to the British and German notes hfrleg ed Their Permits. La Guaira, Venezuela. Fishin smacks were not allowed to leave thii port owing to the fact that some of then had infringed their blockade permitt b; communicating with and purchasinj goods from a sloop which had contra blind of war on board. Es'Qovtraor HastlofS Dead. Belief onte, Pa. (Special). Forme Gov. Daniel Hardman Hastings die. of pleuro-pneumonia after an illness o four days. Born February 26, 1849, in Saloni Pa., Daniel Hardman Hastings wa reared on a farm and received a com mon school education. He chose lai for a profession, and practised it fros 1875 until 1888. Later in life he b came largely interested in coal mine and banking. He was made Adjutan General of Pennsylvania in 1887, an served in that office until 1891, havini charge of the relief measure at Johm town in 1889. Whits Heass Estrones Closed. Washington, D. C. (Special). The north door of the White House, whjch for more than a hundred years, has been the main entrance for the public, will hereafter be closed to all except per sonal friends of the Pretident. The daily throngs of sightseers and all guests invited to official functions will enter the house by the new east en trance, opposite the Treasury Building. Patksts Rtscatd Frosi Baralag Bsltdlof. Raleigh, N. C (Special). The in firmary at St. Mary's College, an insti tution for young women, under the cart of the Episcopal Church in North ami South Carolina, was burned. The flames sprexd rapidly and patients were rescued with difficulty. Seversl had tc be taken out through windows. Thr college being outside the city limits. It was some time before the firemen could render assistance. The lots it covered by insurance. IttMM Firs la NasavlUs. Nashville, Tenn. (Special)'. The wholesale dry goods establishment of the Lyles Black Company was destroy ed by fire, and the dry goodt house of Kernmsn ft Sawver and O'Brien Bros on either side of the burning building, wtre damaged. 'The loss on the Lyles Black stock it estimated ft $lo,ooo, and is insured for $100.000. . . , ' Baraujt Beats far Feel v South Bend, Ind. ' (Special). In South Bend anthracite or bituminous coal cannot be bad at aiy price. Peo ple are burning beans at $i.$y a bushcL THE KEYSTONE STATE - 1 Ntwa Baaaanlngi of loler.st Oatberto1 Frta All Sources. Patents granted: Henry Aiken Pittsburg, roof structure; John C. Bar rett, Washington, steam or hot watei heater; Charles H. Brown. DuBois cake or doughnut cutter; Charles A Daly, Carnot, air and gas mixer; Chris tian Filzer. Erie, hydrocarbon torch) Elmer E. Kerns, Bradford, gas and ait regulating valve; James R. Klippelt N. W. Jeffert and W. D. Bradford Pittsburg, automatic street railwa; switch; Willie S. Leehart. Bakersville wrench attachment; John E. Lewis Avenue, machinery for pickling platei for coating with tin; James B. McCalin Washington, telephone receiver holder; Patrick McDonald. Larimer, four-waj cocki Francis McWilliams. Duquesne tube extractor; John Mehlferber. Pitts burg, folding baby carriage; Camillt Mercader, Pittsburg, piling apparatus also making seamless tubes or hollow articles; Burton B. Mcsser, Washing ton, ice cream freezer; James E. Pat ton, Pittsburg, game board. These pensions were granted Pcnn sylvanians: Thos. Leadbeatcr. Johns town, $12; George Hotchkiss. Pitts field, $12; Thomas J. Baker. Ncwry, $12; John Wilson Shields. Gilpin, $10; Lewis W. Feistol. New Salcn, $8; God frey K. Biber. Charleryi. $10; Smith N, Brown, Youngsville. $10: William J. McKce, Butler. $8; Peter Gensler, Bio. scrville, $8; Thaddeus B. Webb. Mif. flintown, $12; Jacob Kohler, Bowmans dale, $12; Elizabeth Freeman. McKces port. $8; Ellen Basct. Corry. $8; Emily A. Keen, Shermansville, $8; Frede-ick O. Dupont, Bo?kford. $8; Casper L, Gelnett. Dubois, $10; William A. Ca vett. East Smithficld, $17; Graffius Weston, Port Matilda, $17; Henry H. Rhodes. East Brook, $24? Thomas S. Hall. Allegheny, $8; Alfred B. Lam ason. Maplcton depot. $.10; Jonathan W. Clark, Dubois. $8; Charles Simp kins, Petersburg, $14: - John-Sumpman, Mt. Joy. $24: Stisan McLaughlin, New Haven, $8: Catherine Wilson, New Cas tle. $8; Adelaide B. Kinter, Marion Center, $8; Helen C. Carroll, Bradford, $12. At the Reading Company's Burnside breaker, Sliamokin, a powder keg, sup posed to be empty, was dumped from a wagon into the dump chute of the breaker. The keg bounded down to the bottom of the chute, but before it could fall into the iron rollers which rrirsh the coal is was picked up and flung into tho rock chute. Once more the keg rolled down to the bottom, and lay there until John A. Otto found it. He thought it would make an excel lent coal bucket and pried off the top, when he fo'.md the inside almost filled with dynamite. In all there were thirty five sticks of the explosive. How the dynamite came to be placed in the wa gon is unknown. A grain of corn lodged in the car nf a little daughter of J. M. Stambaugh, of Oneida Township, a few days ago and her parents were unable to remove it. Mr. Stambaugh told his wife he did not think it would hurt the girl if the kernel was allowed to remain in her ear. To prove this he put a grain of corn in his own ear. His ear soon became inflamed, and the fright ened man and his daughter hastened to a physician. The latter soon relieved Ihe girl, but it took two doctors to ex tract the kernel from the car of the father. He says he will make no more experiments of this kind. With his train going at a good speed. Engineer Heller stuck his head out of the cab window on his run from Phila delphia to Bethlehem, to watch the sig nal tower lights. As he did so his head came in contact with an iron rod projecting from a freight car and he was almost knocked out of the cab. His forehead was cut and he was other wise hurt, but he clung to the throttle imtil Bethlehem was reached, 'when he ell unconscious. ' Because of a clairvoyant's statement the body of John Tine, Jr., was exhum ;d at Dubois by direction of his sister, and the discovery wat made that what was supposed to be an accidental death was in reality a murder. The body was for.nd on November 10 Iving along the tracks of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad. A train had pass ed over the body, cutting it in two at the hips. A coroner's jury rendered a verdict of accidental death and the body wat interred in St. Catharine's Ceme tery. ' Harvey M. Braueher, an 18-year-old school teacher of Albany Township, was arrested at Reading and held in $500 bail for a hearing on the charge of aggravated assault and battery. Wil liam E. Snyder, a 13-year-old pupil, charges that because he came to school a few minutes late the teacher accused him of interrupting the prayer and se verely, .beat him .with a branch of a cherry ; tree. Tbe-' boy's back, it is al leged, is covered with black and blue stripes. Rose Skolsky, 39 years old, of Mc Kee sport, was found dead in bed at her home. . ' Charles Hsstings. 54 yeart old, ol Ross township, while on his way to take a train at Avalon, fell on the ice and fractured his skull. His condition is serious. Harry Henderson, 9 years old, of Al legheny, who hsd one eye destroyed July 4. was struck on the other eye by a snowball Wednesday, and the sight o i destroyed, leaving him totally blind. William Roth, of Allegheny, died at .the West Penn hospital as the result ol s fall from a roof on December,?. Roth was a roofer and wss making repairs. The clothing store of J. P. Lintner at Blairsville, wat robbed of overcoatt tc the value of $ 15a The 4-vear-old-son of Emil Ander son, st New Castle, wat scalded to death by falling into a tub of boiling water. A trolley car of the Potttville Union Traction Company, running from Or wigsburg to Schuylkill Haven, left the railt and hung over the brink of a fit-teen-foot embankment, blocking the tracks of the Philadelphia tc Reading; Railway. There were but two passen gers, George Parts and John Holly? both of Potttville, with Conductor Thomas Burger, in the csr st the time. All three were badly bruised, and when they attempted to make their exit found it was impossible to open the doors Fesring that they might be run down by a train they, kicked the glatt out of teveral windows and made their escape. Gerk of the Courts John T. Shoener wat arretted at Potttville, .charged with the embezzlement of $5000 frorri the county fundt. County Controller H. J. Muldoon made the charge, and Shoener was held under Ifooo bail for court. The Controller charges that Shoener has received on behalf of the county fees and money for settled esses and for liquor license applications which he has refused to turn over to the County Treasurer. Shoener is alto charged with misdemeanor by the Con troller. -:..( The Pittsburg Block Coal Company hat puruchated l.aoo acres of coat lands J lUrrjson county, O., near.CadlSj.
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