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
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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.