A COMPROMISE OFFERED
latest Plan May Solve the Venezuelan
Question.
MINISTER BOWEN WAITING ANSWER.
. Tie Proposition Suggested by a Representa
tive of One ol the Allien, Is Thai tor a Short
Period ol the Year the Allies Shalt Exclu
sively Receive a Percentage ol the Custom
Duties.
. Washington, D. C. (Special). Prop
ositions involving a compromise of the
allied powers' contention for preferen
tial treatment in the settlement of their
claims against Venezuela have been
submitted to the governments of Great
Britain, Germany and Italy by their
representatives at Washington, and,
while no answers have been received as
yet, there is reason for the belief tfTat
the allies will see a way to accept the
latest proposition. This compromise
lias been suggested by one of the rep
resentatives of the allies here, and
while it has not formally received the
indorsement of Minister Bowcn, it is
felt that he will not enter serious ob
jections to its adoption, provided the
United States and the other claimant
nations outside the alliance can be
convinced that their own interests in
Venezuela will not be substantially in
jured by yielding to a plan which seems
to offer a solution of the present seri
ous hitch in the Washington negotia
tions. The details of the proposition now
under consideration by the three allied
nations are not obtainable, but in a
general way it is understood to be a
odification of the allies' contention
that they be recognized as Venezuela's
preferred claimants in the payment of
the indemnity. The plan suggested
provides that for a short period, per
haps six months or a year. Great Bri
tain, Germany and Italy shall receive
exclusively a percentage of customs re
ceipts of the ports of Porto Cabello
nd Laguayra. and that at the end of
thia period the exact length of which
is yet open to decision that all the
claimant nations be placed on the same
footing, and at the expiration of that
time the 30 per cent, of the receipts ot
these two ports be divided among all
the claimant nations in ratio based on
the amount of each nation's claim. j
The plan is regarded as a compromise ,
which will enable the allies to with
draw their ships from Venezuelan wa
ters without a serious loss of prestige. !
Whether the claimant nations outside
the tripartite agreement will assent to ;
this scheme is not vet known. The ;
British ambassador called by appoint
ment on Secretary Hay this afternoon
at 2 o'clock, and it is believed that some
nch plan as this was under consider
ation, the British ambassador wishing
to acquaint hiniFclf with the exact at
titude of the United States rceardine?
Lord Lansdowne's contention for pref
erential treatment for the allies.
BOY MURDERER GETS 20 YEARS.
Judge Ltndij, at Lancaster, Pa., Thinks
Sentence too Light.
Lancaster, Pa. (Special). Clarence
McCoy and William Gutcrman, the two
Columbia (Pa.) boys convicted of mur
der in the second degree, were given the
maximum sentence of 20 years by Judge
Landis, who stated he was sorry he could
not make the punishment more severe.
The prisoners arc each jo years of
age, and the crime for which they were
convicted was the murder of Jacob II.
Bostick, a trackwalker on the Pennsyl
vania railroad. After .-hooting and beat
ing him over the head the murderers
placed the body on the track, expecting
that a train would run over it and hide
the evidence of murder.
The body was discovered a few min
utes before the passage of a train.
$1,000,000 DEAL REPORTED.
Chicago Cooctra May Buy Four Min:s of
Perry Company.
Clarksburg, W. Va. (Special). A re
port is current at Clarksburg that the
Perry Coal Company will sell its hold
ings in this county to the Weaver Coal
Company, of Chicago. The price is re
ported to be $1,000,000.
The Perry property consists of four
mines the Howard, at Wilsonbttrg; the
Perry and Gore, at Ada.nston, and the
I'ooz, near Lumbcrpoit. The three lat
ter plants arc inoilern and were con
structed at considerable cost. In the
tract of coal lauds is comprised 2.000 or
3,000 acres of the regular nine-foot
"'Pittsburg vein." It fronts on the Balti
more and Ohio and the Short Line rail
roads. Will Work Day aod Night.
Washington, D. C. ( Special ). The
three-shift system, by which work will
le kept up day and night, has begun in
tbe gun-carriage shop at the Washington
Navy Yord. There is an imperative de
mand for completing the orders now on
liand. and this step is taken with a view
to expediting the completion of work
the orders for which were given over
two years. It is the purpose of the naval
officials to keep the other shops at the
yard in full operation during the entire
day and night as soon as sufficient work
men can be obtained.
Fatality ou the U. S. S. Boston.
Vallejo, Cal. (By Cable). The blow
ing out of a plate in the engine-room of
the United States steamer Boston cost
Edward Lee Baker his life and another.
Concord Tate, lies in a critical condi
tion. The two men were naval machin
ists and were endeavoring to repair a
leaky valve.
David P. Jones Dead.
Pittsburg (Special). David Phillips
Jones, Chief Engineer of the United
States Navy, retired, died at his apart
ment at the Iroquois here. As father of
modern engineering in the navy Chief
Kngineer Jones was prominently known
throughout the United States. The dis
tinction was earned by his establishment
ti the engineering department of the
Naval Academy. After the course was
opened he became one of the professors
tut was one of the most successful and
popular ones ever at the naval school
Waats Censors si Draraa.
Chicago (Special). A committee of
leading citizens, rather than the general
public, which makes or breaks a theatrical
venture should decide what the stage
hall produce, in the opinion of Robert
Baird, Professor of Greek in North
western University. "As remedy for
the existing evil of the modern stage."
be said, "i would recommend the cen
sorship of prominent people and that no
play be produced unless these persons
houU recommend it. These censors
steed not be ministers, but representa
tive moral citizens. I awak front cott
ar ictioo." ,
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
The Pennsylvania Railroad's famous
20-hour special between New York and
Chicago will be abandoned in order to
aid i-i removing the traffic congestion.
Justice Macl.can, of the Supreme
Court of New York, has denied an ap
plication for separation based on an
antemarital error on the part of the wife.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial As
sociation has isucd an appeal through
its president, Admiral Dewey, for funds
to erect a memorial to Jefferson at the
capital.
At the Indianapolis wage conference
the operators unanimously voted not to
grant the demand of the miners for
higher wages and certain changes in the
method of mining. The tiuestion was
discussed and referred to the scale com
mittee. C. P.. Allison, an electrical contractor
of Sheraden, a suburb of Pittsburg, was
called to the front door of his home and
shot down by an unknown person.
The Southern Pacific has reached an
agreement with its firemen on the wage
question. The increase granted aver
ages between 6 and 12 per cent.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
has voluntarily increased the wages of
all its machinists, boilermakers, black
smiths and car repairers.
An appraisal of the estate of the late
Augustin Daly, of New York, shows
that it is not sufficient to cover lus debts.
Jean Jules Jusscrand, the new French
ambassador, and his wife reached New
York on the French liner La Lorraine.
The schooner Minnehaha sprung a
leak and sank at the entrance to Winyah
Bay, South Carolina.
The bis department store of Weni-
stock, Lubin & Co., in Sacramento, Cal., !
was destroyed.
At the opening of the afternoon 'es
sion of the Strike Commission in Phila
delphia Attorney Wolverton, for the
Reading, announced that at a conference
held during the noon recces between
John Vcith. general mining superinten
dent of the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company, and George W.
I lartlein. secretary of District No. 9, of
the miners' union, it was agreed that the
weighing of coal in the Ninth district,
which takes in all of the southern coal
field, is impracticable because of the
Hitching veins. This -'tt!cs, so far as
the lower fields arc concerned, one of the
principal issues in dispute in the other
two regions. j
The National Board of Education,
which was incorporated by a recent act
of Congress, organized by electing W. 11.
Baldwin, Jr., president. John D. Rocke
feller. Jr., is a member of the board.
John D. Rockefeller, Sr., has given $100,
000 for 10 years.
Levy Ankeny, the millionaire banker
and farmer of Walla Walla, was elected
L'nitcd States .senator by the Washing
ton legislature.
Mr. Abraham Gompcrs. son of Mr.
Samuel Gompcrs, president of the
American Federation of Labor, died in
Denver, Col.
While crazed by drink at Titusvillc,
Pa., John Fiddler shot and killed his
wife, tried to kill his son and then killed
himself.
John Beard Allen, a former United
States senator from Washington, is
dead.
Foreign.
A story is current in the provincial
and Berlin papers that the Crown Prince
of Saxony is determined to renounce his
succession to the throne in favor of his
son, George, who is 10 years old. .
L'nitcd States Minister Powell and a
representative of the Dominican govern
ment signed a protocol to submit an
American company's claim to arbitration.
Brazilian generals, with guns and
ammunition, have gone to the Bolivian
frontier to take command of the Brazil
ian troops there.
The French Chamber of Deputies,
amid a patriotic demonstration, adopted
the first chapter of the army budget.
The engineers of the Netherlands Rail
road struck, stopping traffic between
Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Sousa's Band played American airs in
Waterloo Castle, London, for King
F.dward.
Serious floods have been caused in
Scotland by the melting of the snow.
llerr Ballih. director general of the
Hamburg-American Line, explained that
the French Line has renewed the usual
traffic agreement, but has not entered
into the shipping combine.
Dr. van Lyndcn, the Dutch foreign
minister, announced that Carnegie's
offer of $250,000 for a library for the In
ternational Court of Arbitration had been
rejected.
Countess Isabella Wcsierska Kwilccki
was for the second time arrested in Ber
lin on the charge of palming off a bogus
child as the heir to a large Polish estate.
Foreign Minister Princtti, of Italy,
had an attack of paralysis while attend
ing a conference of the ministers with
the King at the Quirinal.
An American chamber of commerce
was organized with 101 members, who
are engaged in business in various Ger
man cities.
The Crown Princess of Saxony has
been excluded from all rights and dig
nities of a member cf the Saxon royal
house.
It i reported that Ben Hamara, the
pretender to the throne of Morocco, has
been defeated.
FIoibcUU
The Reading is producing an average
of 33,000 tons of coal daily.
Standard Oil brokers freely sold St.
Paul when it had risen to 179.
St. Paul Railroad is putting Eastern
freight in storage, the railroads being
so badly blocked.
European exchange rates were un
changed, money conditions running
smoothly despite Venezuela.
Storage battery jumps about very
lii'T'bly. It is so closelv held the in
siders can do anything they care to
with it.
Chicago Great Western is n he tmna.
ferrcd to one of the big raifsjoad sys
tems, says Vice-President Oppenhi .111
Of seventy-nine independent tin p!te
mills only eighteen are now rutiimg
owing to a reduction from $4 tp $J.'j
box. There are 227 out of 364 tru,t
mills in operation.
Railroad official! at Chicago assert
that freight rate wars have been en
tirely eliminated from the possibilities
ol the near future.
Bank of England still clings to its
4 per cent, discount rate. The Old Lady
of Threadnecdle street is afraid of
London gold exports.
It requires 14800 men in the new
British Locomotive Trust to make 600
engines. At Baldwin's 13.000 produce
more than 1 000 locomotives.
It will not astonish Wall street if
Pennsylvania shall take over the New
York & New Haven, the leading rail
road of New England-
$50,090,080 WAS IN DANGER
Fire In United States Assay Office, New
York City.
BLAZE STARTED IN WOODEN FLUE.
The Employes Hastened to Save the Millions
ol Treasure Before Looking for Their Own
Safety Damage Was Slight to the Build
Ing Cause ol Fire Inkiowa Bullllng an
Historic One.
New York (Special). Fire broke out
in a laboratory on the second floor
of the United States assay office, which
is net door to the Subtrcasury, and
destroyed a portion of the roof and up
per story and some apparatus. Chief
Assaycr Torrey said the loss on the
apparatus probably would not exceed
$2000, and that the loss on the build
ing would be nominal. He thought the
business of the assay office, which
amounted to about 75 assays a day,
would not be interrupted longer than
three or four days.
Mr. Torrey believed that nitric acid,
which is used in testing bullion, was
the cause oi the fire. He said it might
have eaten into the wooden line which
leads from the glass basins when the
gold and silver bars are melted and sub
jected to chemical action.
The flames, which were first seen in
one of these lines, soon got beyond
control. An alarm was turned in, and
the d." government employes in the
building hastened to save the millions
oi treasure in the:r care. There was
about $40,000,000 in bullion in the vaults
and "about Sl.5c0.000 lying outside in
various t.a-ts of the building. The
St.son.oco and about $100,000 in a melt
ed state, as well as the books of ac-
c tr t and ncord, were hastily locked
in the vavlts.
Thtn til j employes hurried out of
the budding; or ther own safety. As
saycr Torrev, who has been cmplpyed
in the building for 40 years, said it was
the first serious fire in the assay office.
Several times the flues for conducting
the f"mes up the chimney had caught
fire, but the flame- always had been
put out easily by men in the laboratory.
The building used by the assay of
fice is historic. Before it began to be
used as an assay office, 40 years ago. it
was a povornment mint, and for a time
it was the United States or Government
Bank. The s'ructurc is of gray stone
and brkk and very old-fashioned.
CUBA CLAIMS ISLE OF PINES.
Governor Nunez Says Americans There
Must Pay Taxes.
Havana (Special). General Nunez.
Governor of the Province of Havana,
in which the Isle of Pines is included,
stated that the Government had direct
ed the municipal officials in the Isle
of Tines to collect taxes which the
American residents there decline to pay.
In default of payment the officials
will have recourse to the courts for
the collection of the money. Governor
Nunez attributes the memorial on the
subject, recently sent to Washington
by the American residents, solely to
land speculators who, he alleges, mis
informed the buyers to the effect that
the island was bound to belong to the
United States.
The Cuban officials do not believe
that the United States desires the Isle
of Pines. They say that, aside from
sentimental considerations, Cuba's only
advantage in continuing her sovereign
ty over the isle will be the prevention
of an easy means of smuggling through
the Isle of Pines into Cuba, which
smuggling would be carried on if the
former were in the possession of the
United States.
CARS CRASH AND TAKE FIRE.
One Struck Wagon, Went Back And fie Other
Ran Into It.
Pittsburg (Special). One of the
worst wrecks the Pittsburg Traction
Company has experienced since its or
ganization occurred here. A score of
passengers were injured and two cars
were destroyed. Traffic was stopped
for several hours. Eight victims are in
a hospital, the others having been taken
to their homes.
A car on the Homestead branch was
on its way to Pittsburg. Just as it
passed Forward avenue it struck a
huckster's wagon. After going some
distance it was backed up the hill to
learn what damage had been done.
Just then it was mvt by a second car
coming down the hill at a terrific speed.
When the collision occurred the trol
ley wires were crossed, causing a fire
which consumed both cars. Fortunattdy
all of the injured passengers were taken
out before the flames reached them.
Young Postolflcj Robbers.
Newark (Special). Commissioner
Jones had before him George Melius.
14 years old, of Minebrook, charged
with recent robberies of the Minebrook
postoffice. Two other boys, aged 9 and
IO, were implicated, but on account of
their youth, they were not arrested.
Melius pleaded guilty and was remand
ed. The boy had been janitor of the
district school, and had learned that
they key of the schoolhouse door fitted
the door of the postoffice.
Selected to Kill King.
Barcelona (By Cable). A Belgian
Anarchist, named Martin, has been ar
rested in this city. He has confessed
that he was selected to kill the King
of the Belgians, but was prevented from
carrying out the deed by being arrested
d 'ring the strike in Barcelona a year
ago.
South China to Secede.
Hongkong (By Cable). The revolu
tionary movement which led to the ar
rest here of seven Kivangsi rebels is
said to be a very serious attelnpt to over
throw the central power and establish a
separate government in the South of
China. None of the arrested men is
prominent ; the real leaders are said to
be in the interior collecting forces. The
revolutionary organization embraces the
provinces of Kwangtung, Kwangsi,
Kwei-Chau and Fokien. The insurrec
tionists are posing as reformers and are
anxious to secure foreign, sympathy.
Little Meo Form Club.
New Haven, Conn, (Special). The
little men of Yale who have not height,
weight nor strength enough to make a
football team of varsity caliber have
come into prominence by forming a
"Peewee Club" for social purposes, mu
tual admiration and to make known the
valorous deeds of men of small stature.
No student of more than five feet five
inches is eligible to memliership. The
charter members number eight, all sen
iors. It is learned that the subject of
discussion at the first session of the
Pee wees will be traits and peculiarities
01 tne pigmies ot south Airy "
WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Accepts Statehood Rider.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture
agreed to place the Omnibus Statehood
bill on the Agricultural Appropriation
bill as a rider.
This proposition was strongly antago
nized, but it carried bv a two-thirds vote.
Senators Henry C. Hansbrough, Addi
son G. Foster ( Wash.) and M. S. Quay
(Pa.), Republicans, and William B.
Bate, Henry lleitfeld and F. McL.Sini
mons, Democrat., voting in the affirma
tive and Senators Redfield Proctor. J. P.
Dolliver and J. V. Quarlcs, Republicans,
in the negative.
Senator F. E. Warren (Wyo.) and II.
D. Money (Miss.) were absent and were
not recorded. It is stated, however, that
Senator Money would vote for the
amendment if present.
Includes General Staff
The army appropriation bill was re
ported to the Senate amended in various
particulars, the most important additions
providing for the retirement with an ad
vance rank of officers who served in the
civil war, and for the creation of a gen
eral staff. The retirement amendment
is in the exact language of the bill re
cently reortcd by the Senate Military
Committee, while the staff amendment is
in the language of the staff bill recom
mended by the Secretary of War. with
the Military Committee's amendments
added.
i he committee recommended increases
aggregating $3,366,000. the total carried
by the bill as reported being $77,241,277.
Free Postage for BllnJ.
The Tfnncs fninm,',,.., Trt
offices and Post Roads has directed Mr.
Knitted, of Illinois, on motion of Mr.
Swanson, of Virginia, to report favor
ably a hill tf nr,,,.,..!, il,A .u,
of reading m.-itti-r ;im,,,nr I. ;,,,! I,
allows the transmission of all reading
matter in raised characters for the
blind through the mail free of charge
when sent liv mt!,li- in.tii,i..n ,u
blind as a loan to blind readers or when
returned by the latter to such institu
tions. The bill was passed by the Senate
June 25 last, and will very probably
pass the House at an early day.
Marking of Confederate Graves.
The House Committee on Military
Affairs reported favorably a bill to ap
propriate $61,500 for marking the posi
tion of the regular organizations, infan
try, artillery and cavalry, on the Get
tysburg battlefield. The positions of
the volunteer organizations were mark
ed by the States. The committee also
ordered a favorable report upon the
Forakcr bill to appropriate $200,000 to
mark the graves of Confederate sol
diers and sailors who died in North
ern prisons.
Sovereignty Over Isle of Pines.
Senator Carmack introduced a reso
lution calling upon the President for
information as to whether the govern
ment of Cuba is exercising the right of
sovereignty and control over the Isle
of Pines; whether steps have been taken
to transfer the island from the United
States, and, if so, what steps have been
taken to protect the property of citi
zens of the United States on the Isle
of Pines.
Wellington's Wealth Limit.
tii.uui uuorgc l.. Wellington, 01
Maryland, introduced an amendment to
the Constitution prohibiting the holding
of fortunes exceeding $10,000,000 by any
one individual in the United States.
In case of such holding the amend
ment provides that "the excess shall all
be condemned, whether or not as a pub
lic nuisance, a public folly or a public
peril, and be accordingly forfeited into
the United States Treasury."
Statues Are Accepted.
The statues of Charles Carroll of Car
rollton and John Hanson, gifts of the
State of Maryland for Statuary Hall,
were formally accepted by the Senate
and House. Speeches were delivered in
both bodies and resolutions adopted.
$100,000 for the President.
Representative Bristow, of New York,
introduced a bill increasing the salary of
the President of the United States from
$50,000 to $100,000 per annum. The bill
provides that the increased salary shall
lie effective on and after March 5, 1905.
The bill seeks to amend the act of 1874,
which increased the President's salary to
$50,000.
In the Departments.
An important conference was held at
the White House between the President,
Secretary Hay and Senator Cullom re
garding the status of the Panama Canal
Treaty.
The Gridiron Club gave its annual din
ner, one of the features being hits at the
expense of J. Pierpont Morgan, who was
one of the guests.
The Postoffice Appropriation Bill was
discussed in the House.
The President sent to Congress a mes
sage in relation to the currency and the
coinage of the Mexican and Chinese
governments accompanied by papers
from the representatives of those govern
ments. He recommended legislation
which would enable the government of
the United States to assist in carrying
out the proposed arrangement.
The Army Appropriation Bill, which
was reported to the Senate, contains the
Root Staff Bill as reported from the
Committee on Military Affairs some
time ago; also, the Retirement Bill,
which was also reported from the same
committee.
In the Senate Mr. Hanna moved to
disagree to the amendments of the
House to the Department of Commerce
Bill and agree to a conference. The
chair appointed Messrs. Hanna, Nelson
and Clay on the part of the Senate.
Representative Bristow, of New York,
introduced a bill to increase the Presi
dent's salary to $100,000 per annum.
In the Senate the resolution offered
by Mr. Rawlings calling upon the Sec
retary of War for information regard
ing certain trials by court-martial in
the Philippines was called up and pro
voked a lively debate.
Because of the absence of a member
the House Naval Committee did not re
Port. the nmnns in the investigation
of charge of attempt at bribery pre
ferred by Mr. Lessler.
The House agreed to the Senate
amendments to the Bankruptcy Bill.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion will give a hearing February 26 on
the recent advance in freight rates.
Senator Foraker introduced a bill
providing 'ir the admission of 50 Porto
Ricans at the Indian School, at Car
lisle, Pa.
The House resumed consideration of
the Indian Appropriation Bill.
In the House Mr. Jones, of Washing
ton, introduced a resolution protesting
against any other interpretation of the
Alaskan boundary than that which has
been accepted for 50 years by the Unit
ed States and Great Britain.
An extra session of the Senate is pos
sible to consider the Cuban reciprocity,
the Panama and Alaskan boundary
c. r t ,i. ,1. . -
"JSreaties. ......
FOR JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
Appeal Issued to American People to
Contribute to Fund.
IT IS A NON-PARTISAN MOVEMENT.
Aid Sought on Behalf of Fund for Suitably
Perpeluatlrf the Fame of the
Author of the Declaration ol Independ
enceDewey Calls on the Peop'e to Help
the Undertaking.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Associa
tion, organized for the purpose of erect
ing at the national capital an appropri
ate and national memorial to the "au
thor of the Declaration of Independ
ence," through its president, Admiral
George Dewey, has issued an appeal to
the American people for funds to carry
out the object of the association. The
text of the appeal is as follows:
Headquarters Thomas Jefferson Me
morial Association ot the United
States, ,
Washington, D. C. Jan. 31, 1903.
To the American People:
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial As
sociation has been organized to tunc
up the long neglected duty of erecting
a fitting memorial to the memory of the
man who wrote the Declaration ot In
dependence. We have here beautiful and costly
tributes to the memory of American
soldiers, sailors, statesmen, physicians,
inventors and philanthropists, and the
soldiers and sailors of France are hon
ored, but there is not one tablet to the
memory of that great American,
Thomas Jefferson.
We ask the people to contribute, ac
cording to their ability, to this memo
rial. Congress will not be asked for
money, as we rely solely upon thepeo
ple. the young and the old. the c1iiki:en
and their parents, for the success of the
movement.
The character and cost of the propos
ed memorial cannot now be stated, but
it will be appropriate to the greatness
of the man and the importance of the
document from which his name is in
separable. Rigid economy will be ob
served in the expenses of carrying on
the work. Every contributor will re
ceive a certificate acknowledging his
subscription, and carrying with it mem
bership in the association. In time to
come these certificates will be badges
of honor."
Contributions, checks, money orders
or drafts should be made payable to
the order of the treasurer of the asso
ciation. Mr. Jesse R. Wilson, president
of the Lincoln National Bank.
The people will be kept informed of
all important actions of the association.
Communications addressed to the sec
retary. Mr. W. S. McKean. will re
ceive prompt and rcsnectful attention.
(Signed) GEORGE DEWEY.
Admiral of the Navy,
President.
The association is now complete in
its list of officers, every State being
represented by a vice-president, and in
some cases by a representative on the
board of governors, the controlling
body. No great movement of a simi
lar character in this country, it is
claimed, had as its officers more men of
national character and influence than
this organization. Prominent men from
all sections of the country have be
come interested in the movement, and
have written to the officers of the asso
ciation expressions of approval.
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR.
Packing Plant at Fort Wayne, Indiana, Is
Wrecked.
Fort Wayne, Ind. (Special). Four
men were killed, one fatally and three
others seriously injured and half a score
others more or less severely hurt in an
explosion which wrecked a large sec
tion of the Eckhart Packing Com
pany's plant in this city.
The explosion occurred half an hour
after operations had begun for the day,
and is believed to have been due to an ac
cumulation of natural gas in the cellar
beneath the section of the factory de
stroyed. There were a score of men
at work in the s.vcral departments of
that section of the plant, and scarcely
one escaped injury of some sort.
The explosion was terrible, com
pletely wrecking a section of the build
ing 50 by too feet and two stories in
height. The dead and injured were
buried in the ruins and the peril of
those yet living was increased by flames
following the explosion and the escape
of large quantities of ammonia stored
in the basement. The property loss
will probably reach $15,000.
ANOTHER TRAIN WRECK.
Express and Freight In Head-on Collision
Two Killed.
Hazlcton, Pa. (Special). The fast ex
press train from Wilkesbarre for Phila
delphia on the Schuylkill Valley Divis
ion of the Pennsylvania Railroad collid
ed head-on with a freight train near
Lofty, nine miles south of Hazleton.
The engineer and fireman of the freight
train were killed; the engineer and fire
man and colored porter of the passenger
train seriously hurt, and seven passengers
slightly injured. Between Hazlcton and
Lofty there is a single track which is
used by both the Lehigh Valley ami
Pennsylvania Railroads. Through a
misunderstanding of orders both trains
got on this single stretch of track, and
before the engineers saw the danger it
was too late to avert the collision.
Wireless Trains.
Berlin (By Cable). Experiments on
the military railroad between Berlin and
Zosscn in connection with keeping a
moving train in continuous wireless
communication with the signal station
have been completely successful. The
Braun system was used.
Congressman Dies ol C sneer.
Washington. D. C. (Special). A tele
gram received here announced the
death of Representative John N. W.
Rumple, of the Second Iowa district, at
the St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago. Mr.
Rumple was afflicted with cancer and
had been in the hospital practically all
winter. ,
Charged Willi kilting Hvsbaad.
Hazleton (Special)'. Adam Reichert,
aged 50 years, died here as a result of
bullet wounds inflicted by his wife dur
ing a quarrel. Mrs. Reichert is under
arrest
Americans la Blockade.
Puerto Cabello, Venezuela (By Cable).
Two Americans, James Cooper and
Grovie Allen, have arrived here in a
sloop after having forced the blockade.
Cooper is an ex-Confederate major of
cavalry and Allen is a military engineer.
They have come to, serve with Venezuela
against the allies in the eyent of hos
tilities, and they left for Caracas to-day.
Ministers Oppose Snoot. ' ff
San Francisco (Sepcial). The min
isters of the Christian churches here have
passed resolutions protesting against the
acceptance oi Reed Smoot, Mormon
aoostJe.
BLUNDER OP OPERATOR,
Score ol Lives Lost In Railroad Accident In
Ariio.11.
Tucson, Ariz. (Special). The failure
of Night Operator George Clough, at
Vail's Station, to deliver orders to a
westbound train, known as the Sunset
Limited, caused a disastrous collision at
3 o'clock a. m., between two passenger
trains four miles east of Tucson and six
miles from Vail's Station.
At last accounts twenty bodies had
been taken from the mas.i of burned and
charred wreckage, and it is believed that
several more are buried in the twisted
and mangled mass of iron and steel
The first known of the collision va
ine coming of the tourist car, which
broke loose from No. 9 and ran down
grade tO Tursnn. u-flpr, if -a rnntnt-ffrl
The westbound train was six miles
west ot vailsburg, running at a speed of
fifty miles an hour. Rounding a sharp
curve the train crashed into the Sunset
Limited running forty-five miles an hour.
1 11c crasn and tne scenes immediately
following were beyond description. So
great was the ininnrt from th ii'n lit,.
ing trains that the two engines reared up
iiKe animals engaged in combat and
crashed the boilers like shells.
Threatened by Mormons.
New York (Special). Miss Elizabeth
Dickinson, a witness in the Hooper
Young murder case, has received sev
eral anonymous letters warning her
uiai 11 sue gives evinence against the
grandson of Brigham Young she will
pay for it with her life. Passages from
the Book of Mormon ire quoted, and
she is told plainly that it will imperil
her life if she discloses any of the
things she learned while a member of
the Mormon Church or testifies to hav
ing seen ioung or Mrs. Pulitzer to
gether at any of the meetings she at
tended. So alarmed was Miss Dickin
son that she took most of the letters to
District Attorney Jerome.
Miners Change Their Laws.
Indianapolis (Special). The United
Mine Workers' convention finished
changing the constitution and by-laws.
The changes are numerous, but only a
few of them arc of great importance.
The changing of the power to vote a
strike from the two-thirds membership
of the national executive board to a
full two-thirds membership of the or
ganization: fixing a uniform initiation
fee of $10 for miners and $2.50 for boys
between 14 and 16 years of age; provid
ing free admission to the organization
for boys that are orphans of union
miners, and placing a fine of $10 on
officers of local unions that issue trans
fer cards to miners that are more than
three months delinquent, are the most
important changes.
Women Lead Coal Raiders.
Chicago (Special). A mob of nearly
500 men, women and boys held up a
Chicago and Northwestern coal train,
at Webster avenue, on the Wisconsin
division, and carried away the contents
of five cars before they were dispersed
by the police. Women led the attack,
uncoupling the cars in a number of
places, and intimidating the train crew.
For three hours traffic was suspended,
while the mob increased to more than
a thousand persons. A riot call wa
turned in and order finally restored.
A Mexican Tobacco Trust.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). The Mexi
can Tobacco and Cigarette Corpora
tion, incorporated two weeks ago with
an authorized capital of $too,ooo, filed
papers increasing its capital to $12,000,
000, of which $6,000,000 is to be pre
ferred, with non-cumulative dividends
of 7 per cent. The company is formed
to grow and maufacturc tobacco, ci
gars and cigarettes and also to make
pipes and other smokers' appliances.
The incorporators arc Charles N. King,
W. M. Greene and Le Grand Boukcr,
all of Jersey City. .
Rush Orders at Norfolk Navy Yard.
Norfolk, Va. (Special). Rush orders
were received at the navy yard here
from Washington to hurry work on all
ships undergoing repairs. The cruiset
San Francisco, which has been at the
yard for some time, is being repaired,
and an extra force of mechanics was
placed aboard her to fit her for sea duty,
l'he Prairie is ordered to be ready for
service by Saturday of this week.
27,776 Patents Issued in 1902.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Thf
report of the Commissioner of Patenti
for 100J shows 40.490 applications, and
that -7.776 patents were issued. In ad
dition there were 110 patents reissued
2006 trademarks registered, 767 labels
and 158 prints registered. During the
year 2,1.3,31 patents expired. 1 he ex
cess of receipts over the cxpendituret
were $159,514.
Whole Family Slaughtered.
Tencha, Texas (Special). Charle:
Rowe, his wife and their three children
were found dead at their home near her
Friday. The three children had beer
slaughtered with an ax. Mrs. Rowe';
throat was cut and Rowe had his throat
cut and a stab wound near the heart
The opinion prevails that Rowe mice
his family and then committed suicide.
Monument to Murdered Ldllor.
Columbia, S. C. (Special). In the
banks of Columbia subscription list;
were opened to raise a fund for the erec
tion of a monument to N. G. Gonzales
late editor of the State. One thousanc
dollars was subscribed, and it is believer
that the fund will reach $5,000 before tin
end of the week. All Columbia banki
arc authorized to receive subscriptions.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRCS.
In Philadelphia the Anthracite Coa
Strike Commission heard additiona
testimony from the independent oncra
tors. The examination of the witncssei
by counsel for the miners was conduct
ed with a view of ascertaining the rea
sons why the independent operatori
preferred to permit the flooding o
their mines rather than grant their em
ploye J an ' eight-hour working day.
A mob of men, women and childrcr
seized a train of coal in the suburbi
of Chicago.
A boiler in the Southern Car anc
Foundry Company's plant, at Annis
ton, Ala., exploded, killing six personi
instantly and wounding several. The
cause of the explosion is not known.
Dr. Daniel Willard. formerly Bal
timore and Ohio official, was promoter1
to be first vice-president of the Erii
Railroad Company.
Memorial services for the late Thoni
as B. Reed were held by both branchei
of the Maine legislature at Augusta.
Samuel G. De Coursey, a native ol
the Eastern Shore of Maryland, who
had become prominent as a railroad
man and financier, died in Philadclnhii
of grip, ,
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Happeninfs of Interest dithered
From All Sources.
Governor Pennypackcr has reap
pointed all the old members of the State
Board of Medical Examiners, as fol
lows: Representing the State Medical
Society. Drs. Henry Beatcs, Jr., -Philadelphia;
Hiram S. McConnell, New
Brighton: R. W. Ranmev riiamW.
!urg. State Homeopathic Medical So
ciety, Drs. John J. Detweilcr, Easton;
Gustave A. Miller. Allegheny; C. S.
Middlcton. Philadelphia. State Eclec
tic Medical. Society, Drs. C. L. John
sort Baugh. West Bethlehem; L. P.
ONcall, Mcchamcsburg; C. M. Ewing,
I yrone. The Governor also appointed
J. Charles Port, of Huntingdon, to be
Sheriff of Huntingdon county, in place
of Sheriff Wilson, who died recently.
The Goodyears have closed a deal
or the purchase of 50.000 acres of the
best coal territory in the northern sec
tion of Indiana county. Most of the
land lies in Northwest, East and South
Mahoning townships. M. J. Mc
Crcight, of the DuBois Deposit Bank,
represented the Goodyears in the trans
action. According to the terms of the
sale, tests will be made and if satisfac
tory the entire field will be taken up.
1 he landowners will receive a uniform
price of $35 an acre for their holdings.
The Stineman Coal Mining Company
purchased from George B. Stineman, ol
South Fork. 750 acres of coal land, the
purchase price being $130,000. Among
the heavy stockholders of the company
arc several Philadelphia capitalists.
Fifteen ' men, some hatless, others
coatlcss, made a break for liberty from
the boarding house of Mrs. E. S. dim
ming., at Altoona, all on account ol
the appearance of a health officer bear
ing a smallpox placard. There were 17
sealed at the breakfast table when the
health officer appeared, and 15 of that
number made good their escape. The
two are detained, with the members of
the household, until it is shown that
the infection, caused by the develop
ment of the smallpox "case of E. H.
Shrow, a boarder, has been removed.
The platinum works operated by J.
Bishop & Co. at Sugartown. were de
stroyed by fire. The blaze is supposed
to have been started by robbers. The
house of Mrs. Edwin G. Coxe, just
north of the establishment, was also
burned, with all the contents with the
exception of the parlor furniture. Res
idents of the place formed a bucket bri
gade and saved other property. The
loss on the nlatinum works is about
$8000, partly insured. Mrs. Coxe loses
about $5000 on her house and at least
$2000 on contents.
Burglars broke into the home of R.'
C. Luther, general superintendent of
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal &
iron company, at Bulls Head. Mr.
Luther is in Philadelphia testifying be
fore the Strike Commission. Though
a neighbor shot at the robbers, they
searched the house, no one being at
home. They took two sacks of coal
from the cellar, but dropped one of the
sacks in their flight.
Rombold Lodge No. 25 lias seceded
Vom the Tin Plate Workers' Interna
ional Association and the members
lave organized an association for their. .
iwn mutual benefit. The lodge was
icmposed of over 200 men who work-,
d in the tinning and cold-rolled de
lartments of the Shenango tin mill,
l'he action of Rombold Lodge is con
idered a- hard blow to the Tin Work
ers' Association, which has head of
ices at Wheeling.
George Peigh, a Pennsylvania Rail
oad employe, started from Altoona
or Bellwood with a horse and sleigh.
Two hours after he left town the liv
tryman received word that his horse
vas found dead, the rig having gone
ivcr an embankment near Blair fur
lace. Peigh has not since been seen.
'X is. feared he was injured and wan
Icred off to the mountains.
The entire plant of the Osterbura;
'News," of Osterburg, Bedford county,
.vas destroyed by fire. The whole
juilding was enveloped in flames when
:hc fire was discovered and nothing
vas saved. 1 he loss is partially cov-
:red by insurance. This is the second
:itr.e this paper has been burned out
ithin a year.
The home of Andrew McAuley. in
North Union township, was burned and
;wo ot the smaller children perished
r. the flames. The mother in her ef
ort3 to save her children received prob-
ibly fatal injuries. The father and two
Jther children were also severely burn
id. The gilded axe received by Prsidcnt
Roosevelt, it has transpired, was sent
by Abram Lane, a merchant of Clay,
Lancaster county, whost- interest was
aroused by an account that he read of
;hc President's ability as a wooddiop
pcr. Burglars blew the safe in the post
office at Dclraont. securing $75 in
stamps and $25 in money.
Fire at Beech creek destroyed even
buildings, including the postoffice, caus
ing a loss of $13,000.
Pearl Kettering, aged 17. made an
unsuccessful attempt at suicide at Sha
ron by swallowing poison.
At the February term of court in
Grccnsburg, George Killon, his wife
and Thomas Roache will be placed on
trial for the murder of Louis Ernctte,
at Jeanncttc.
, While Mackey Lyons was at work on
a stone crusher in Bcllefonte his cloth
ing caught in a cog wheel. He was
drawn through the wheel and thrown
out the other side, his arms, legs and
body being crushed to a pulp. Lyons
was 33 years old.
J. W. Jacobson, a Baltimore and
Ohio brakeman, was run down and
killed by a train at New Castle.
Lauffer's general store at Manor was
burglarized and citizens have organized
a vigilance committee.
At Ilollidaysburg, Mrs. Rachel
Erode and Berry Dodson were con-V
vitted of involuntary manslaughter, re
sulting from the fatal shooting ol Am
brose Gelh, during a masquerade party
at the woman's home.
Evidence is being collected at Potts
ville by the United Mine Workers to
show that there were proportionately
more arrests of soldiers during the
strike than of miners. This will be pre
sented to the Strike Commission to
demonstrate the impracticability of
keeping good order among - a large
body of idle men.
At a recent semi-annual meeting of
the board of trustees of Bucknell Uni
versity the president' reported that'
$100,000 bad been secured making'
$300,000 recently added. Plans were
submitted for raising' $1,250,000. The
hnarH inHnrcd th nlana ami i,tfirrJ
ed the president to enter upon the e(-'
tort to secure tne amount. Ul this -sum
$250,000 is for the improvement of
the property, and $1,000,000 for increas
ing the endowment. ',
In a coasting accident at New Cas.i
tie. Misses May Churchfield, Maude and '
Bessie Painter, and Harry Ronn.
Weir Emerick and Harry Clitch were
seriously injured. . . . ; 14 ' .
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