THOUSAND PEOPLE PERISH A Mljtafy Tidal Wave Swecp3 Over Society Island. HURRICANE RAGES SEVERAL DAYS. Bgnfy Islands Deviitaled by lh Wind and Wart Makeno aid Hao Completely De opnlatetf-Oa Hlkara lilaod. Where 1,000 Wert Engaged la Pearl Diving, Nearly Ha. Itae Number Wert Drswaed. San Francisco (Special). News of a terrible loss of life in a storm that swept ever the South Sea Islands last month reached here by the steamer Mariposa, elirect from Tahiti. The loss of life is estimated at 1,000 persons. On January 13 last a huge tidal wave, accompanied by a terrific hurricane, attacked the So ciety Islands and the Puamoto group with fearful force, causing death and de vastation never before equaled in a land of dreaded storms. The storm raged several days, reach ing its maximum strength between Jan nary 14 and January 16. From the meager news received at Tahiti up to the lime of the sailing of the Mariposa it is estimated that I ,000 of the islanders lot their lives. It is feared that later ad vices will increase this number. The first news of the disaster reached Papeete, Tahiti, January 23 by the schooner Eimco. The captain oT the chooncr placed the fatalities at 500. The steamer Excelsior arrived at Papeete the following day with 400 destitute survi vors. The captain of the Excelsior estimated the total loss of life to he 800. These figures comprised only the" deaths on the three islands of Hao, Hikuera and Ma Jcokaa, the ordinary population of which is 1.B00. On Kikura Island, where 1.000 inhabitants were engaged in pearl-diving, nearly one-half were drowned. On an sdiprrnt island 100 more were washed out to sea. Makeno and Hao are depopulated. Conservatii-e estimates at Tahiti place the number of islands visited by tidal wave and hurricane at 80. All of them re under the control of the French gov ernor at Tahiti. The surviving inhabitants are left dc- j titute of food, shelter and clothing, all 1 having been swept away by the storm. The French government, upon receipt of news of the disaster, took prompt ' measures to relieve the distressed dis- j tricts, and dispatched two warships with fresh water and provisions. The Italian ; man-of-war Calabria accompanied the French vessels on their errand of mercy. 1 As the supply of fresh water and pro- : visions was totally exhausted by the torm. it is feared that many lives will , tw lost before the relief ships can arrive, j So far as is known, eight white people ! were among the drowned. j As the islands were barely 20 feet j above sea level and were not surrounded ' by coral, it was necessary for all the in- j habitants to take to the cocoanut trees j when the tidal wave began to cover the j land. These trees grow to an immense . height, many reaching an altitude of 100 ; feet. All of the lower trees were covered . hr the raging seas, which swept with 1 pitiless force about and over them. The natives in the taller trees were safe until j the cocoanut roots gave way, and then , nicy .too, were swept out mio me sea. REFUSES TO PAY AMERICAN CLAIMS. Minister Powell Informs San Domingo He WUI Not Submit to Delay Any Longer. j San Domingo (Special). A public j meeting has been held under the aus- : pices of the Dominician government to j consider the demands of the United ; States, made through Minister Powell, i for a settlement of the Clyde Line and j Kos claims. The meeting declared that the government of the United States should not interfere in the cases and that the Clyde Line and Ros should settle their differences with the Domi tiician government in the courts here. It was decided to send the minister of finance. Senor Emiliano Tejera. to Washington to announce this decision to the government of the United States. Meanwhile Mr. Powell continues to demand a settlement of the claims, re fuses to accept the terms oroposed and fcas announced that he will not submit to any further delay. It is asserted here that the Dominician government is seeking to evade by all possible means a settlement of the American claims. Caught st Last, I New York (Special). Byram H. i Winters, for seven years in charge of j the customs bureau at the postofficc j lere. was arrested on a charge of cm bczzling money belonging to the Unit ed States. The alleged theft is over 98,000, and the time extends over seven years. Colectlor Stranahan was the complainant. Winters was held in $10. 000 bait by Commissioner Shields for trial, examination being waived. Col lector Stranahan made this statement concerning the arrest: "Byram H. Winters, a clerk in the customhouse, who for seven years has been in charge of the customs bureau at the pnstoffire. lias been found short in his accounts." At Last He Killed HlmselL Monongahela. Pa. (Special). Simon Lilly, of California, who made two at tempts at suicide during the week, tried it again and was successful. He escaped from his house and. running to the Monongahela river, plunged in and was drowned before anyone could interfere. Tuesday night he shot himself and Wed nesday he cut his throat. It is said he was worth half a million dollars. Second la Dewey at Manila Bay. San Francisco, Cal. ( Special). Rear Admiral Frank Wildes, of the United States Navy, died suddenly on board the steamer Oiina. He was on his way home from China, on sick leave, when death overtook him. The Admiral had oen in ill-health for sometime, and was invalided home on account of a general breakdown of his physical constitution. Rear Admiral Wibl von commander on the Asiatic Station, ltymg lus Mag on the Rainbow. William Pean Clarkt Dead. Washington, D. C. (Special). Col. William Penn Clarke, president of the Constitutional Convention of Iowa, field prior to its admission as a State! and chairman of the Iowa convention Slut sent a Lincoln delegation to the Na tional Convention in I Wo. is dead, lie was twrn in Baltimore, Md., 86 years ago. He practiced law in Hcllefontaine, O., where he established the Logan county ;aiettc. He was a oavmastcr in the Army during the Civil War, and prae Sicrd law until 16 years ago. The body will be crem:.:cd end interred at Ar THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic A Cincinnati court set aside the stcn ographic report of the will made on his deathbed by Millionaire John McCor tnick, by wl;ich he left his estate to Miss Henrietta Cecelia Wolfe, who married him shortly before he died. Col. F. N Wicker, United States ap praiser at New Orleans, and who was second in command to Colonel Buck ley in the Kusso-Ame-ican telegraph expedition to Alaska in 1867, died at New Orleans. The miners and operators in the soft coal districts of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana and Illinois agreed upon a scale of wages which is a gen eral increase for the men. The grand jury failed to find a true bill against Miss Katherine V. Rich ardson, who was arrested in Revere, Mass., on the charge of administering poison to her mother. Mrs. Catherine Berdlcr, aged 50 years, disappeared January .11 from her home, in Bridcsburg. Philadelphia, and her children and friends believe she was murdered. It is scmi-officially stated that the proposed increase in the capital of the Pennsylvania Railroad will be from $235,000,000 to S400.ooo.ooo. Dr. Edward Vanderhauf. a former prominent physician of New York, died at a hospital from excessive use of drugs. A silver service of 64 pieces was pre- srntril l,v n ift'iru t if in. of the CitV of j Albany to the cruiser bearing tfiat name. I Firtman McCarthy, of the Philadelphia i and Reading express locomotive, told the I jury at the hospital at Plainfield, N. J., j that he did not know that anything ob . structed the engineer's view, but at Trcn j ton Junction the locomotive was Icak 1 '"P General Manager Allen, of the Mis souri. Kansas and Texas Railroad, an I mitinred that the differences between his j company and the trainmen had been set : tied. The conductors say their demands I uttc conceded. 'I he body of Mr3. Tracy Peck, wife , of Professor Peck, of Yale University, I wsi. found in a park at Morris Cove. I She had been afflicted with grip, wan dered from her home and died from ex ; posure. j Samuel Martin, colored, testified at the trial of Dr. J. C. Alexander, at Indian apolis, that he had an agreement with 1 the latter to furnish him with bodies taken from the cemeteries. The National Petroleum and General Construction Company of London has secured 333 oil wells in Ohio, 4.000 acres oi leases and a monthly production of 20.000 barrel for $085,000. By direction of his physician Maurice Gran has decided to give up his work for a year, and the Metropolitan Opera Coivpany decided to abandon business until he returns. Robert Gould Shaw, of Boston, whose wile recently secured a divorce in Char lottesville, Va., was married in New York to Mrs. Mary Converse, of Newton, Mas.-,. Agents of a New York syndicate are forming a combination of mine car and supply companies in Western Pennsylva nia and West Virginia. Judge Lacombe, in the United States Circuit Court, in New York, granted an order temporarily restraining the sale by the Mercantile Trust Company under foreclosure of the securities un der the Boston United Gas bond trust agreements. Tereign. King George and the Council of Minis-! ters of the Saxon Court have decided i that the former Crown Princess Louise ' cannot see her son Christian, who is dangerously ill. Deputy Sellc, a Socialist, struck Deputy Lasies, an anti-Semitic, a blow in the face in the corridor of the French Chamlier of Deputies and a duel will be the result. Dr. Lewald, commissioner of Germany to the St. Louis Exposition, in an ad dress to manufacturers at Stuttgart, said they could achieve great success at St. Louis. Christian de Wet informed Secre tary Chamberlain that he would foster r spirit of disconttent against the British government in the Transvaal. The European powers look askance at the action of the Sultan in mobilizing a large army in Macedonia. John N. Carroll. United State consul at Cadiz. Spr.in, died of consumption. The Turkish government is taking a record of steamers available for use as transports should it be necessary to send troops to the European provinces in con nection with the Macedonian troubles. The Brazilian forces have captured Puerto Alonzo, in Acre, where Bolivia has heretofore maintained a custom house. Bolivia is said to have rejected a proposal by Brazil for arbitration. Emperor William and other members of the royal family and the German gov ernment attended the Potato-Alcohol Ex position, in which the Emperor is greatly interested. Durinir a row in the Hungarian Par liament a deputy accused the Minister of National Defense ot cowardice in retus ing to fight after he had insulted him. The Lileral Dress in London blames the failt-.re of the Alaskan Treaty on the inability of the British government to unucrsianu vmencan scnuracm, It is reported that the Moorish pre tender, Hit Hamara, is a prisoner in the Hands of the tribesmen, who want to sen him to the Sultan. The trial of Gennaro Rubino, the Ital ian anarchist, for attempting to assassin ate King Leopold of Belgium was be gun in Brussels. The Spanish Minister of Foreign Af fairs denies that any representations have been made to the Cuban minister at Madrid regarding the hoisting of the Cuban flag over his residence. FiaeadaL Very cheerful things are being said clxiut Baltimore & Ohio. Professional traders are all bullish. They see no rocks ahead. Canada is importing Scotch pig iron as a result of the fuel famine. Diamond Match has reclared it usual 2 l-J per cent, semi-annual dividend. Atlantic Coast Line had a bad Decem ber, the net revenue declining $58,000. International Marine shares find a very poor market on the New York curb and in London, The Subtreasury has now draimd more than $s,5oo,too from the New York banks this week. Illinois Central keeps up its profit making campaign, the net for December advancing $140,600. The Pneumatic Tool Company earnel $807,000 net last year, and American Strawboard f 270,010. A bill was introduced in the New York Legislature to reduce the legal rate of interest to 5 per cent. . New York Air Brake has recently made contracts lo equip 20.000 mile of railway, having 30LO locomotives and tco.coo can. REFUSES TO ARBITRATE President Roosevelt Again Avoids Deli cate Position. HAGUE TRIBUNAL MUST NOW DECIDE. All Qu.-stlons Excpt tbit of Preferential Treatment Have Been Agreed Upon Be tween Mr. Bowen and tht Representatives of the Allies, and the Protocols Havt Beta Submitted to Him. Washington, D. C. (Special). Presi dent Roosevelt refused the invitation extended by him by Sir Michael Her bert to act as arbitrator on the ques tion of preferential treatment for the allies in the settlement of the claims against Venezuela. Not for many years have the feelings of those holding the reins of Govern ment here been so aroused against Great Britain as now, when it has be come generally known from unques tionable sources that it has been Lon don and not Berlin which has bten at the bottom of the many delays, unnec essary questions and general uncer tainty over the Venezuelan settlement. Many officials who have not been fully cognizant of the methods employed by Great Britain in the pending trouble now go so far as to state that, in their opinion, she has been trying to cause serious friction between the United States and Germany. Of Great Brit ain's attitude there is no longer the slightest doubt in any official quarter. At a meeting of representatives of the allied powers at the British Em bassy, Sir Michael Herbert submitted to Senor Mayor des Planches and to Baron Speck von Sternberg a note which he had prepared for the Presi dent, inviting him, in the name of the allies, to arbitrate the question of pref erential treatment. From an excellent source it is learned that when the note was read to the representatives of Ger many and Italy the only method in which they signified their approval was by bowing their heads they were evi dently giving their consent reluctantly to a procedure with which they person ally had no sympathy, but to which they had to agree in accordance with instructions received by them from their Foreign Offices, which simply read: '"Follow lead of Great Britain. The note was immediately sent to the President through Secretary Hay, and the President asked for a short time in which to consider it. The contents were carefully considered at a meeting of the Cabinet, and it was then de cided that the answer would be an un qualified refusal. The next step will be the signing of a protocol agreeing upon all the de tails under discussion except preferen tial treatment for the allies, bv Sir Michael Herbert, Baron von Stern berg, Senor des Planches and Minister Bowen. This protocol will provide that the claims of the powers against Ven ezuela will be paid from 30 per cent, of the customs dues collected at La Guayra and Puerto Cabello, that the blockade be lifted immediately after the signing of the document and that the question of preference in the payment of the allies be left for settlement to The Hague tribunal. It had been the hope of Mr. Bowen, who is in high favor with the adminis tration for the frank manner of deal ing with European diplomats, that the entire question would be settled in Washington; but the fact remains that he has gained a partial victory by ob taining the consent of the allies to lift the blockade upon the signing of the protocol, throwing the burden of set tlement upon The Hague. A TUNNEL THEIR PRISON. Gas Fumes Overcome the Trainmen and Pas. sengers. Tacoma, Wash. (Special). A dispatch from Wenatchec, Wash., says: "The eastbound Great Northern pas senger train due here at 3.30 a. am. was stuck in tht tunnel for nearly two hours. The train was hauled by two engines, and the engineers and firemen of both were overcome by gasses from the en gines. A passenger named Abbott made his way to the engine, released the air brakes and allowed the train to make a gravity run out of the tunnel. When the train reached Wcnatchee, at 7 o'clock, the conductor, brakemen and two wo men passengers were still unconscious. But for the work of Abbott every person on the train would have been suffocated, it is believed. "The train was stalled through an ac cident to the air-brakes. The tunnel is nearly two miles long." Freight Trains Collide. El Paso, Texas (Special). A head end collision between two Rock Island freight trai ns near lecolatc, N. M., re sulted in the death of five men and the injury of several others. The dead in clude G. Davis, of Torrance, N. M., a conductor of Kansas City, and Fireman Winderwall. Two unknown men were buried under the wreck. Among the dangerously injured is P. Pillsburn, of Torrance, N. M. The wreck occurred at a sharp curve on a steep grade. Burled Under Falling Walls. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). The brick wall of the three-story Strauss tannery, which was being demolished at Fill more avenue ard William street, fell about 10.30 o'clock a. m. Five laborers are known to be killed, and their bodies have been recovered. Several of the in ured, who have been removed to the hospital, will die. The crash came without warning. The wall simply swayeo lor a monicni ana men tell outward, burying 14 men under the de bris and injuring many persona. Load of Cartridges Go Off. Philadelphia (Special). Peter McCal laghan, an employe of the United States Arsenal, at rrankford, was blown to atoms and Joseph Hunter, another em ploye, was severely injured by the ex plosion of detonating cartridges, Ida Mall, a young woman, was cut by flying glass while seated in her home. More 1 lun 100 panes of glass were shattered by the explosion. McCallaghan was convey ing the cartridges from the arsenal to the railroad station in a wagon, and the man, horse and wagon were torn to fragments. The arsenal was not. damaged. Leaps Falls But Fears Dentist Niagara Falls, N. Y. (Special). Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor, the woman who had the courage to go over Niagara Falls, fainted from fright and nervous ness when she entered a dentist's office in this city to have a tooth extracted. Before collapsing she stated she had a horror of dentists' chairs. Mrs. Tay lor is going to New York with a pe tition to present to the bankers and broker? to raise a fund to secure her barr.i which was stolen from her in N Jersey. WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Department ol Commerce. The Bill creating a department of com merce and labor was agreed upon by the conferees of both houses, and if is ex pected that in the form agreed upon it will become a law. The main point of difference has been in relation to the In terstate Commerce Commission, and by the terms of the bill this commission can not be transferred to the new depart ment. The new department will consist of the Bureau of Corporations, the Bureau of Labor, the Lighthouse Board, the jighthouse establishment, the steamboat inspection service, the Bureau of Navi gation, the Bureau of Standards, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the commis sioner general of immigration, the com missioner of immigration, the Bureau of Immigration, and the immigration ser vice at large, the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department, the Bureau of Navigation, the shipping commissioner, the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, now in the Department of State: the Census Bureau and the Fish Commission. Anti-Trust Bill Passed. By a unanimous vote 245 to 0 the House passed the Anti-trust Bill. The closing chapter was devoid of excite ment. The bill as passed requires cor porations "hereafter organized" to file returns covering its articles of incor poration, financial composition condi tion, etc., with the Interstate Com merce Commission on penalty of be ing restrained from engaging in inter state commerce: prescribes penalties for false returns, etc. The commis sion is given, authority, in its discre tion, to call for similar returns from existing corporations doing an inter state business. The commission is given power to compel the answer to questions, and a fine of not to exceed $5000 is imposed for failure to obey the commission in this respect. Re- Datcs by carriers is made punishable with a fine of not less than $iooo. and corporations violating the provisions of this section are forbidden the use of the instrumentalities of interstate com merce. Small Hopt for Treaty. Practically all hope of ratifying the Alaskan boundary treay at this session of Congress has been abandoned. So formidable is the opposition that the friends of the convention are con vinced that in all probability favorable action cannot be secured. The President has been informed of this fact and says that the Administration, having done everything possible to bring about a set tlement of the question, is prepared to lay the blame for failure on the Senate. Agreed on Judge's Salary. The conferees of the two houses of Congress on the bill increasing the salar ies of United States judges reached an agreement. The measure as it will be come a law fixes the salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States at $13,000 a year and of the Associate Justices at $12,500 each. To Open Oklahoma Lands. The House Committee on Indian Af fairs authorized a favorable report on the bill introduced by Representative John H. Stephens (Rep., Texas) to open to fettlement 505,000 acres of land in the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian reservations in Oklahoma Territory. Inquiry Into Navigation Question. Representative Sulzcr, of New York, introduced a concurrent resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee of the two Houses of Congress to investigate the present policy of international navigation, of this country and to trace its effects' up on the merchant marine of this coun try and to report bills for the develop ment of American shipping. Strength of State Militias. Secretary Root transmitted to the House an abstract of the returns made to the Adjutant General of the army by the adjutants general of the various States showing the militia strength of the States to be as follows: Officers, 8,921 ; enlisted men, 109,338. The ag gregate number in the United States available for militia duty is given at 10,858,396. In the Departments. Senator Patterson introduced an amendment to the Philippine Currency Bill providing for aiv international commission to fix upon a commercial exchange value of gold and silver. Filbert Roth, of New York, has re signed as chief of the Forestry Divi sion. General Land Office, to return to the Forestry Bureau of the Depart ment of Agriculture. The Erie Railroad Company filed with the Interstate Commerce Com mission the same reasons as were given by the other companies for advancing freight rates. M. Jusserand, the new French am bassador, presented his credentials to President Roosevelt and the usual ex change of felicities were indulged in. The central committee of the Twen tieth Century National Gospel Cam paign has issued an appeal for a na tional leiuen gospel campaign. The Senate committee reported the District of Columbia Appropriation Bill. It carries a total of $9,396,090. Stnator Wetmore, from the Commit tee on Library, favorably reported bills providing for the erection in Washington of statues of Count Pulaski and Baron Steuben. The Naval Appropriation Bill as re pcrted to the House provides for the construction of more war-ships and for doubling the present enrolment at the Nsval Academy. stnator Morgan discussed the Isth mian Canal question in the House and predicted war with Colombia if the pres ent course was persisted in. William A. Wilson, a disbursing clerk connected with the Philippine govern ment, was arrested on the charge of embezzlement. Captain Hobson has received a letter from Secretary Moody accepting his resignation from the naval service. 1 he sentence imposed on James Green for volating an injunction against intimidating miners of the Pocahontas Company in Virginia was commuted by the President, to expire at once. Opposition to the nomination of Dr. W. D. Crum for collector of the port of Charleston developed in the Senate Committee on Commerce. Capt. Richard P. Hobson insists on the acceptance of his resignation from the naval service. The debate in the Senate on the Statehood Bill turned largely on the question of polygamy. The General Staff Bill was reconsid ered in the Senate and passed with an amendment putting the chief of staff under the direction of the President "and the Secretary of War under the direction of the President." The House Committee on Pensions authorized a favorable report on the Senate bill to increase pensions of all Mexican War veterans from $8 to $12 per mouth. 1 INCREASE MINERS' WAGES New Soft Coal Miners' fcale Affects Over 300,000. MITCHELL AND THE ORGANIZATION. Art In Ihe Central Competitive District, Com posed of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pitts' burg District ol Pennsylvania Miners In tbt Southern and Southwestern States In directly Affected. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). The na tional executive committee of the mine workers met here Monday. The dis trict conferences will be held between now and April 1. All the dates for the joint conferences in the several states have not been fixed. Of the conventions which have been arranged are Michigan's convention at Saginaw March 15, and the joint confer ence immediately afterwards at Bay City, and nine joint conference in Ohio dur ing the month of March. Vice President Lewis said that dur ing the spring of next year he will be in Indianapolis, at the headquarters of the United Mineworkcrs, the greater part of the time. It is the intention of the offi cers to devote much time this year to the unorganized districts of the country. The wage scale signed directlv and in directly affects the wages 0 300,030 miners. Those directly affected arc the miners in the states of the central com petitive district, composed of Ohio. In diana, Illinois and the Pittsburg district of Pennsylvania. Of these 25,000 are in the Pittsburg district, 33.000 arc in Ohio, 0000 are in the Indiana bituminous fields, 3000 are in the Indiana block coal fields, and 40,000 arc in Illinois. Those whose wages are indirectly af fected are the 30,000 miners of Central Pennsylvania; 3000 of Michigan: 14.000 of Iowa; 4000 of Kentucky; 15,000 of Alabama; 15.000 of Tennessee, and about 20,000 of Kansas, Missouri, Ar kansas ard Indian Territory. All of the latter base their wage demands on the scale adopted in the central dis trict. Vice-President Lewis has calculated the scale of wages which will prevail in the several States and districts. The old and new scales are as follows: Indiana, pick mining, screen basis, was 80 cents, will be 00 cents per ton. Pick miniing. run-of-mine basis, was 49 cents, will be 55 cents per ton. Machine mining, punching machine, screen basis, was 62 cents, will be 72 cents per ton. Machine mining, punching machine, run-of-mine basis, was 39 cents; will be 45 cents per ton. Machine mining, chain machine, run-of-mine basis, was 58 1-2 cents, will be 68 1-2 cents per ton. Machine mining, chain machine, run-of-mine basis, was 36 1-2 cents, will be 42 t-2 cents per ton. Ohio, Hocking Valley, pick mining, screen basis, was 80 cents, will be 90 cents per ton. Pick mining, r.m-of-minc basis, was 80 cents, will be 90 cents per ton. Machine mining was 53 cents, will be 61 cents per ton. Ohio (Massillon district), pick min ing, screened coal, was 80 cents per ton. will be 90 cents per ton. Pick mining, run-of-coal, was 60 cents and is now 67 1-2 cents per ton. Pennsylvania (Pittsburg district), pick mining, one and a quarter inch screened coal, was 80 cents, will be. 90 cents per ton. CUBA MAY RECALL MINISTER. Reported Action of Spain Causes Indignation at Havana. Havana (Special). A dispatch from Madrid published in El Mundo, saying that the Cuban Minister was requested by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain to take down the Cuban flag be cause of an ordinance against foreign flags flying over private houses has caused great indignation here. Representative Castillo has introduced in the House a resolution asking Presi dent Palma to cable immediately to Senor Marchnn, Cuban Minister, for particulars and to place all the circum stances before Congress. The resolution was passed unanimously. If it develops that the Minister was compelled to lowed the flag it is certain the House will vote to recall the Cuban Legation from Madrid. Plan of Revolutionists. Willemstad, Island of Curacoa (By Cable). It is said here that the revo lutionary armies of the east and center of Venezuela, which are operating against Caracas, are waiting for the co operation of the revolutionary army of the west to join in an attack on the capital. General Matos, it is added, will march with the army of the west, with the center and eastern forces on his. 1.. -i .. icii aim rigni wings, respectively. It is further asserted that the revolution ists recently defeated a government force at Duaca, near Barquisimeto, kill ing an important officer and many of the ratvk and file. Congressmsa Moody Dead. Ashcville, N. C. (Special). Congress man James Montraville Moody, of the Asheville district, died at his home in Wayncsville. He was taken sick several weeks ago in Washington and only reached his home a few days ago. His death was caused by congestion of the lungs. fc . . New Departurt la China. Peking (By Cable). On the occasion of the Chinese New Year's audience, the Dowager called the Russian, French and Corean Ministers separately to the throne and addressed each with ex ceeding cordiality. This is quite a new departure. Two Killed By Explosion. Roanoke, Va. (Special). While sev eral men were engaged in thawing a lot of dynamite at the Grubb mines, 15 miles from Roanoke, an explosion occurred. P. W. Wellford and Palmer Keller were instantly killed and L. E. Rayne was fa tally injured. Wellford leaves a widow and several children, The other men were unmarried. Policeman Lewis C. Mills, of Ply. mouth, N. H.. shot and killed Capt. George II. Colby, whom he mistook for a thief. . Mardered His Daughter. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Lewis Kasc was arrested here charged with the mur der of his daughter, Elizabeth, by beat ing her brains out with a hammer. After committing the crime Kase says he went to bed. To the police he made a confes sion and added that he was not sorry, as his daughter intended leaving him. His wife is in an insane asylum, and it is be. lieved that Kase himself is insane. The port of St. JohnsT N. F., is blockaded by ice floes. Great masses of ice will soon be in the ocean ship ping track. J7M48.420 FOR THE NAVY. Appropriation Bill Provides Also for Increases Academy Not Forgottea. Washington, D. C. (Special). The Naval Appropriation bi!l reported to the House carries $79,048,420, or $6,142,089 less than the estimates sub mitted by the Navy Department. The current appropration is $78,856,363. In addition to the provision for the construction of three first-class battle ships, one first-class armored cruiser, two steel training ships and one wood en brig, the bill allows the selection of two midshipmen for each Senator, Representative and Delegate in Con gress, thus doubling the number of offi cers required for the ships in process of construction the deficiency in the num ber of officers at the end of four years will be 1360. unless additional midship men are authorized. Regarding the increase in the num ber of midshipmen the committee says: "The committee saw a year ago the approaching condition and called the attention of Congress to it in i'.s re port and recommended the appoint ment of 500 additional cadets at the Naval Academv. I2 to be annointeri each year during the four successive years. Now the committer presses with renewed vigor the necessity for imme diate action at this session of Con gress. It cannot and must not be lon ger delayed. Unless Congress provides for this situation we must stop the con strction of ships and authorization of new ones, for what use are ships with out officers to command them? Ac cordingly the committee recommends the doubling of the number of cadets." Further provision is made for the ap pointment of 12 ensigns from warrant officers and for the appointment of 30 additional lieutenant-commanders. 50 additional lieutenants, 30 additional surgeons, 120 additional passed assist ant and assistant surgeons, 29 naval constructors, 84 additional officers for the Pay Corps and 3,000 enhsted men. To the Marine Corps the bill adds 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 colonel, 5 ma jors, 12 captains, 25 first lieutenants, 12 second lieutenants. 1 assistant adju tant and inspector with rank of major, 2 assistant adjutants with rank of ma jor, I assistant quartermaster with rank of lieutenant-colonel, 5 assistant quar termasters with the rank of captain. 2 assistant paymasters and 679 more en listed men. The limit of cost for the building of the Naval Academy is increased from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. The sum of $400,000 is appropriated for an experi mental station and testing laboratory in the Department of Marine Engineering and Naval Construction. Besides the regular appropriation for the Norfolk (Va.) Navy Yard, the measure provides an appropriation of $193,000 for improvements there. WAR ON MORMONISM. Dr. Bell Urges That all The Churches Unite In It-Weak Church :s. New York (Special). Rev. Dr. Wil liam M. Bell, general secretary of mis sions of the United Brethren in Christ, of Dayton, O., speaking before the Na tional Federation of Churchworkcrs at their annual conference in this city, said: "There is a vast territory in the West where we shall presently have a tremend ous struggle with Mormonism. And there is no way in which we can grapple successfully with the spirit that possesses that great district unless we federate and fight it together." He also spoke of the good that would result if the different denominations were to co-operate for maintaining weak churches and in the establishment of new ones. "Many churches pay their ministers less than the wages received by trolley car conductors and gripmcn," he said. "It is not right for the great American commonwealth to ask a man to enter the ministry on the basis of a salary that makes poverty certain." The Rev. E. B. Sanford, general sec retary, reported that state federations have been organized in New York, Ohio, Massachusetts and Nebraska, and that the way has been prepared for organiza tion in other states. Besides this. 13 local federations were organized in cities during the year. Reports were received from the secre taries for the different states telling of the progress of the work in their dis tricts. Dr. C. C. Albcrtson. of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Ger mantown: Pa., addressed the conference on the subject of "Associate Member ship," in which he suggested a plan of interdenominational " affiliation. Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, execu tive secretary of the evangelistic com mittee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, opened a discus sion on the subject "the Evangelistic side of ot'r work." For five years there has been a real sag in the evaneelistical work of the churches, he said, but dur ing the past year there has been a re awakening in this respect. Dropped Dead lo Cburcb. New York (Special). During the services in the Gospel Mission, Jersey City, Mrs. Amelia Woodhall dropped dead from apoplexy. The congregation, 20 women and half as many men, had just finished the hymn "Nearer. My God to Thee," when Mrs. Woodhall who, with the rest had been standing, uttered a scream and fell back. The services were brought to an abrupt end. Mount Pelce Still Active. Paris (By Cable). The governor of the Island of Martinique, in a cable dispatch to the Colonial Office, an nounces that the Mont Pelce volcano continues active that its summit is con stantly changing shape, and that masses of incandescent matter are thrown out. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Roland Fitchue, colored, was arrest ed in Kansas City, Mo., on the charge of stealing diamonds and jewelry two years ago from Mrs. J. B. Brady on a Pullman car. A head-end collision between Rock Island freight trains near Tecolate, N. M., on a sharp curve caused the death of five men and the injuries of several others. At a commemorative meeting held by the New York Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Andrew Carnegie nude an address in eulogy of Abram S. Hewitt. The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals reversed the decision of Vice Chancellor Emory, which enjoined the United States Steel Corporation from converting its preferred stock into 5 per cent, bonds. Snakeskins were the novel decora tions at the wedding of Miss Clara Hurd and Raymond Ditmars, a collec tor of snakes in New York, and the bride wore a wriggling snake about her neck. Former Senator Frank T. Cannon, of Utah, is critically ill in Salt Lake, an operation for appendicitis having been performed on him. , 1MB KEYSTONE STATE. Nwi Happenings of Interesl Oatbered From All Sources. . These patents were granted Pcnnsyl vaniars: Edward F. Braucher, Mcy ersdale, dumping wheelbarrow ; George M. Chambers, Erie, corner construc tion for show windows, show cases, etc.; Francis E. Collins. Conshohocken, valve; John W. Garland, Pittsburg, lifting jack; John M. Hansen, Pitts burg, bolster for hopper card; John McCormick, Wilmerding, water gauge: Thomas J. Miqucl, Allegheny, feed mechanism for rolling mills; Henry J. Sage, Beaver, manufacture of glass tile; Samuel Secmann, Sharpsburg, loose leaf book; Robert A. M. Slater, McKeesport, pipe heating and welding spparatus; William H. Smith, Alle gheny, photographic printing frame; George B. M. Tweedy, Pittsburg, puz zle. Pensions granted: Menzo Beverly, New Castle, $6; William Tarr, Cherry tree, $10: Martin Haller, Allegheny, ft2; Sanford E. Campbell, Spring Creek, $30; Thomas J. Moore, Alle gheny. $12: Daniel If. Whilt, Rays Hill, $24; Elizabeth R. Mills, Pittsburg, JS; Frederick H. Weston, Frarkstown, fto: John Funk, Alexandria, $6; Alfred Sisler, Elliottsvillc, $10; Samuel E. ohnson, New Salem, $12; George snydcr, Rimcrsburg, $12; Simon Near Hoof, Tyrone, $12; Jacob H. Frcedline, Troutville, $12; Samuel A. Jordan, idgcwood Park, $12; Mary Jane Krun cleton, Mercersburg, $8. Pensions granted Pennsylvanians: 'oseph T. McCormick. Uniontown, $6; idwin J. Hunt, Austinburg. $17; Philip t'oung, New Brighton, $8; John C mbrosc, Silvan, $14; William C, ourke, Long Valley, $12; Peter S Cepler, Bradford. $8; M ary Bower, tate Line) u. Maria J. Fox, Manor ille, $8; James Sawyer, Brownsville, f: Walter H. Palmer. Cambridge Springs. $10; John Smith, Harrison 'alley. $8; George W. Blinger, Strodes dills, $24; Daniel Gutshall, Less Cross ioads, $10; William M. Goesler, Lew sburg. $8; Magdalena Caton, Meyers , lale, $8;' Susanna Eheam, Wagner, $8; -eah R. McFarland, Altoona. $8; Re ecca Burgess. Morgansea, $8; Louise ""orester, Allegheny. $8; Anna M. .'runkard. Altoona, $8; Lucinda B. Mc-' -aren, Allegheny, $8; Caroline Naugle, tiillsboro, $8. The Pittsburg Coal Company, oper iting the- Edna mine, struck a six-foot ;cin of coal at 375 feet on the Gardner arm, in Hempfield township. The coat s the Pittsburg vein. The company is (inking a shaft for a mine of 3,000 tons rapacity, and will eventually abandon :he Edna mine, which is a slope work ng. The contract for erecting the new Beaver Valley General Hospital, at New Brighton, has been awarded tc f. A. Bradshaw. of New Brighton. His istimate was $26,990. The contract calif :or the completion of the building on Manuary 1, 1904. Work will be started it once. . While on his way into the Bowers mines at Winslow, Isaiah Bowser, 8 driver, aged 19, was overtaken by a number of loaded cars which had broken loose from an outgoing drive and fatally injured. J. F. Rawson. aged 67. was found dead in bed at West Bridgewater. Coroner J. R. Gormlcy decided that death was due to natural causes. Smallpox has broken out near Car michaels, Greene county. Mrs. Henry Boras celebrated her one hundred and fourth birthday at Corry. The bridge spanning the Allegheny river at Oil City was declared free to the public. Mrs. J. W. Williams, of Hickory township. Mercer cotinty. was fatally burned by her clothing catching fire at an open grate. ' Two coal crushers at the entrance to -the big mine of the Cambria Steel Company at Johnstown were destroy ed by fire, causing a loss of $10,000. Fredericktown, Washington county, is without a church, although one of the oldest towns in the county. A movement to erect a house of worship has been taken up, and $500 was sub scribed for the purpose. William Matthews, aged 16. was kill ed at the Ellsworth mines by falling down a shaft. The high water on the Allegheny river compelled the closing of a depart ment of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Com pany at Ford city. William Tones, who was wounded in a fight at Westland, died from his in juries, and officers are looking foi Kichard neper, alleged to have fired the fatal shot. The 3-year-old daughter of Thoma? Carney, of Calumet, is dead, and a son. aged 5, is seriously ill, the Result of drinking a bottle of poisonous medi cine. " Indiana Presbyterians voted to erer a handsome new edifice. The blast f-rnace at Kittannmg lirr closed down because of a coke short age. samuel Mardnck, aged 17, was kill ed by a train at Rainey Junction, n;at Uniontown. Beniamm Hinkson, aged 13, has dis appeared from his home in New Castle, and cannot be found. Thieves entered the home of Louir Stull at Altoona and secured $100. Erf trance was gained by chopping- dowa the kitchen door. Fire in J. H. Mimtz s warehouse at Greenville destroyed several thousand ollars worth of farming machinery and partially destroyed the building. Kev. Lcroy Y. Warren, pastor of the Burgettstown Presbyterian Church, ha scccpted a call from the church at Mo- rongahela. bamuel sprankle. a farmer, war Irowncd in the Juniata river near Ty rone. Miss Clara Tomer, of Pittsburg, has leen declared sane by the court ir Oreensburg, and thereby comes into an .state valued at $60,000. Between 1203 and IS-o R-a"Ln chool children are ilj, and it is slid to be largely dve to the srarritv of coal School officials say that all the rn-m tre well heated and that the homes ol many of the children are not wll warm ed because of want of coil. The rcull is that when thty go home from t'le warm school they catch cold. The pres snt epidemic of illness is said to be greater than at any time in the his or oi tlie R.adi.ig schoo's. The Union Station of the F.ri? and iht l'e'aware ani Hudson Ra'lroad at Siarrucca was broken into by burglars, who dynamited the safe, A rifle was lurried away, The Milling and Lumber Company's jlant at Mercer, was partially destroyed jy fire, causing a $15,000 loss. Walter Wigockl. 17 years old, of Ralston, was found dead in the woods near that lUcc., He had teen hunt ng ind did r.ot return. Searchers were guided by his d'gs, who sat by hi body, howling dismally. Appearances indicated that in pulling his gun over t log it had been dis.-harged, the bai uing ir. l is abdomen. i . -1
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