BILLIONS IN COMMERCE
TV Responsibilities ol the New Depart
meat Will Be Great.
GROWTH OP PER CAPITA WEALTH.
Cnmmi Commercial Interests of lb United
Stales and Their Rapid Qrowth Aa later
fuU Commerc ( Twenty Bllloa Dollars,
Eaaal to lb Eatlrt International Cam.
aserc ol la World.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A bul
letin of the Treasury Bureau of Statis
tics calls attention to the fact that the
new Department of Commerce will have
dealings with the largest commercial in
terests of the world.
Figures presented estimate the internal
commerce of this country at $20,000,000,
ooo, an amount equal to that of the en
tire international commerce of the world,
Ihe United States being first in domestic
exports, in manufactures, in transporta
tion and in internal commerce. In arriv
ing; at this estimate of $.20,000,000,000,
the bureau includes only one transaction
in each article produced, while, in fact,
a very large number of the articles pro
dured pass through the hands of several
,.' middlemen" between those of the pro
ducer and those of the consumer. The
scjtimate is based upon the figures of the
Census, which put the total value, of
manufactures in J900 at $1 3,000,000,000 :
those of agriculture at nearly $4,000,000,
two, and those of minerals about Si.ooo,-
000,00a Adding to these the product of
the fisheries, the total value of the pro
ducts ot the great industries in 1900
would be Si 8,000,000.000, and the rapid
rrowth in all lines of industry since
aooo, especially inmanuTacturing, seems
to justify the conclusion that even a sin
gle transaction in all the products of the
country would produce an aggregate for
190a of fully $20,000,000,000.
Estimating the internal commerce of
the country at former census years by
the same method, the Bureau of Statis
tics finds that the total internal com
merce has grown from about $2,oqp,ooo,
000 in 1850: $3,500,000,000 in 1800: $6,
350,000,000 in 1870; $7,750,000,000 in
J880 and $12,000,000,000 in 1890. It will
te seen from this that the internal com
merce seems to have increased 50 per
cent, in the decade from 1800 to 1900,
and is 10 times as large in 1902 as in the
year 1850.
During the same period, from 1850 to
1002, the population has increased from
83,000,000 to 79,000,000, and is therefore
only three and a half times as great as
in 1850, while the internal commerce is
ten times as great as at that time. This
Relative gain of internal commerce over
population is due, in part, to the greatly
increased facilities for transportation,
the cheapening of cost of articles utilized,
and the increased earnings and increased
wealth of the people. The railroads have
increased from 9.021 miles in 1850 to
so 1, 8.1G miles in 1902, and the estimated
wealth of the country from $7,135,780,000
5n 1850 to $94,300,000,000 in 1900 a per
capita increase of from $308 in 1850 to
$1,336 in 1900. This increase in wealth
has been accompanied by an increase in
deposits in banks, those in savings banks
alone increasing from $48,431,130 in 1850
to $2,597,094,580 in 1901.
CONVICT TORTURED TO DEATH.
California Prison Committee Mikes s Startling
Report
San Francisco (Special). The As
sembly Committee on Prisons has made
a report on its investigation of cruel
gmnishmcnt in the San Qucntin and
Folsom State Prisons.
It finds that the strait-jacket and
other methods of torture are in use at
both institutions, though the results are
snore disastrous at Folsom than at San
Qucntin. The committee listened to
many convicts and made the following
report:
"At Folsom we found that one con
vict. Robert Smith, had been perma
nently crioolcd in his Tight arm and
hand and had sustained other injuries.
In the case of Morris Weiss, alias
Weitr, we find he sustained such inju
ries to his hands and arms as a result
of the punishment that in all proba
bility he will never tie able to work at
4iis trade, that of a tailor, again.
"In the case of James Deare we
learned that he was found dead in his
cell within 24 hours after being releas
ed from the strait-jacket."
Killed tbe Wronf Man.
Jackson, Tenn. (Special). Robert E.
McCaw, whose home is said to be in
Rochester, N. V., was shot to death
Jiere, presumably by a man who mis
took McCaw for another who, already
Slaving a wife, married the daughter of
the man who fired the shut. The mar
riage of Albert Bilderback and Miss
Lucy Hudgins, members of a prominent
family, took place Friday. Later in the
day a warrant was sworn out by Sam
uel Hudgins, father of the bride, charg
ing Bilderback with bigamy. At mid
night Kobert .mcliw answerer! a ring
SI itij. ftrwir rtf tin. lii-tuc. v-li n r l lie.
ed and was shot without warning. Hud- I
gins was arrested.
Colled States Was Consulted.
Liverpool (By Cable). Premier Bal
four, in a speech at a luncheon given
Ly the Conservative Club here, declared
the British Government had no choice
hnt to take action against Venezuela.
The Ministers had shown no undue
tiaste, no greed for money and no in
humanity. The United States Govern
ment, he said, had been taken into con
fidence at every stage of the proceed
ings. The Monroe Doctrine had no en
emies in this country.
Silkworms Dyi Cocoons.
Washington, D. C. (Special). To
displace the dyer and cause silkworms
to color silk naturally in any desired
shade is the object of interesting ex
periments which lorm the subject ol a
special report to the State Department
from United States Consul At well at
Roubaix, France. He says that two
French scientists actually have succeed
ed in producing bright red cocoons by
feeding the silkworms with leaves wash
ed over with red. Orange and blue
shades also have been produced.
Imitates CarrW Jtailoa.
Topeka, Kan. (Special). Plate-glass
window fronts of four of the finest
Kansas avenue saloons and of two drug
tores were smashed to bits at an early
hour in the morning with an axe in the
lauds ol Miss Blanch Boise, a disciple
of Mrs. Nation. The damage will
amount lo hundreds of dollars. Miss
, JUoite achieved notoriety some months
ago by horsewhipping Mayor Parker
surd was in several raids in times past
with Mrs. Nation. She gives as her ex
cuse (or her hatred of saloons that
liquor ruined favorite brother. She
m'M arrested and placed in jail.
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
New York detectives, at the instance
ol postoftice inspectors, arrested Henry
G. Cart wright, a broken: William
Treadwell, a broken and Charles E.
Goodrich, a clerk, charged with im
proper use ol the mails in an alleged
combination for "turf speculation."
John William, alias Cullcn, and John
Wittmcr, were arrested in New ork,
charged with stealing about $10,000
worth of silverware and silks from the
store of R. II. Macy & Co. Wittmcr
was head night watchman for the firm.
Carter Harrison', of Chicago, is re
ported to have entered into an alliance
with Congressman Hearst. of New
York, by which the Heart interests in
Chicago are to support Harrison for a
fourth term in the mayoralty.
The forging of J. Picrpont Morgan's
name in London is said to involve an
amount exceeding $165,000. Mr. Mor
gan is not acting in the matter, which
concerns only the banks that accepted
the notes.
Two mailcarriers and two prospec
tors have been lost in the blizzard in
the mountains of Idaho. In Wyoming
and Colorado the weather has been
very severe and livestock has suffered.
Recent advances in the stocks of the
four principal express companies the
Adams, the American, the Wclls-I-'ar-go
and the United States have revived
rumors ol consolidation.
A faithful Newfoundland dog. after
arousing the family of George Copper
smith, at Ilawthorrc, N. J., and thus
enabling tliein to escape from their
burning home, perished in the (lames.
William H. Kimball, former presi
dent of the Seventh National Bank of
New York, was sentenced to pay $5000
for over-certification of checks.
Margaret Snedcgar, alias Blanche
Smith, aged 26 'years, was found dead
in her room, in Cleveland, O., and the
police think she was murdered.
John Cunimings, on trial in Welling
ton, Kan., for the murder of Annie Dish
man, claims that his wife is the real
murderer.
George Nelk, a youth, who. murdered
his mother and fatally wounded his sis
ter Minnie at their home, in German
town, Pa., is still at large. His brother
arrived from Baltimore and visited his
dying sister.
Reginia Curry, aged 24 years, was as
saulted and murdered on a lonely road
just outside Philadelphia late Thursday
night. When she left a car a man also
Rot off,' and the conductor saw him fol
low her.
Robert E. McGraw was shot and killed
in Jackson, Tenn., presumably by Samuel
Hudgins, who mistook him for a biga
mist who had married Hudgins' daugh
ter. The collier Ajax brought to New York
the victims of the gun explosion on the
battleship Massachusetts.
The First National Bank of Asbury,
N. J., was closed and the national bank
examiner placed in charge.
William Hooper Young, convicted in
New York of murder in the second de
gree, was taken to Sing Sing.
George L O. Perry, colored, was in
dicted for the murder of Miss Agnes
McPhee at Somerville, Mass.
Foreign.
The president and other officials of the
Macedonian Committee have been ar
rested, and the Bulgarian government
has determined to dissolve the commit
tees in Bulgaria and place a strong mili
tary cordon along the Macedonian fron
tier.
The United States revenue cutter
Seminole, Lieutenant Sturtevant com
manding, made two ineffectual attempts
to rescue the five American fishing
schooners in the ice packs near Bay Is
lands, of Newfoundland."
A British punitive expedition occupied
Kano, West Africa, after putting to
flight the Emir of Kano and 1,000 horse
men. The enemy lost heavily.
United States Ambassador Tower, at
Berlin, has adopted a uniform some
what similar to that worn by other diplo
mats on state occasions.
The Archduchess Elizabeth, mother of
the former queen regent, Maria Chris
tina of Spain, died in Vienna.
Max kegis had two duels near Paris,
and his insulting conduct on the field
led to another challenge.
Maurice Binder, a Nationalist, caused
a furor in the French Chamber of Depu
ties by making charges against the
Premier and other ministers in connec
tion with the Humbert case.
The German government has decided
not to buy the four battleships now be
ing constructed in England and Italy
for Chili and Argentina.
Generals Botha, Delarey and Smuts re
fused to accept the government's tender
of seats in the legislative council at Pre
toria. At a luncheon given by the Conserva
tive Club in Liverpool Premier Balfour
replied to Lord Rosebery's criticism.
Bolivia has accepted unconditionally,
but under protests, the Brazilian de
mands in the Acre matter.
King Edward received Marconi, the
wireless telegraph inventor at Bucking
ham Palace.
At the annual dinner of the Royal
College of Surgeons at Dublin, Earl
of Dudley, lord lieutenant of Ireland,
made a speech predicting a bright fu
ture for Ireland.
The decree of divorce, granted at
Drfsd,erV Saxony, to the
and . Princess l-rcdcrick
to the Crown Prince
permits both
uarties to marrv again
William Duffy, Nationalist member
of Parliament, and three others im
prisoned in Dublin under the Coercion
Act, were released.
The British nunboat Harrier has cap
Hired three pirate ships in the Red Sea
with their entire crews.
Rev. Dr. Randall Davidson was en
throned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
serious loss ot lue has tollowed an
outbreak on the Island of Madagimcar.
The Humbert family were brought for
trial in Paris on the charge of slandering
a money-lender, whom they had railed a
usurer.
Financial
Lake Superior charcoal has advanced
$1.50 a ton at Chicaao since last month.
A merger of Alabama coal, iron, steel
and railroad properties is talked of. The
capital suggested is $250,000,000.
A bill was introduced in the I.egisla
ture at AILany to issue $50,000,000 State
bonds for the improvement of public
roads.
Ihe ratio of operating exrcnsoj to
earnings in 1902 for all the railroads in
the United States as officially reported
was 64.62 per cent. The previous year
it wai 04.80 per cent.
At the end of last week the visible
supply of cotton was more than 400,000
bales below that for the corresponding
period in 1902, and the general belief is
that the American crof will not exceed
11,000,000, whereas earlier estimates had
placed it at 1 1,20,000 bales, and even al
11,500,000 bales.
The Home Trust Company of Hobo-
Ken, N. J., recently chartered with
capital of $100,000, was organized solely
to look after Andrew Carnesie s finan
cial affairs. Nearly all of the $5,300,000
given to New York for libraries is tie-
posited there, sS well as the $1,500,000
given to Philadelphia and other big
sums 01 money.
PROTOCOLS ALL SIGNED
Britain, Germany and Italy In Line for
Peace With Venezuela.
THE BLOCKADE WILL BE RAISED.
Mldnlfbt When the Signing Took Plac al
British Embassy Wltbla Twenty-four Honrs
lb Commanders of lb Blockading Fleet
Along the Veneiuelan Coast Will Recelv
Orders to Withdraw Warships.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Hcr
bdt W. Bowcn, Venezuela's represen
tative in the peace negotiations at
Washington, has signed with each of
the allies' representatives here a pro
tocol providing for the immediate rais
ing of the Venezuelan blockade, and for
the reference of the question of prefer,
cntial treatment of the claims of the
allies against Venezuela to The Hague
arbitration tribunal. The final formali
ties occurred at the British Embassy.
At it. 30 o'clock p. m. Herbert Dcring,
first secretary of the British Embassy,
announced tlia tthe British protocol
had just been signed, and that signa
ture of the Italian and German proto
cols would follow in the order named.
The Italian protocol was signed at
11.50 and the German protocol at 12.10
o'clock, the presence of Baron Stern
berg at the White House musical de
laying a final close to the negotiations
until after midnight.
The British protocol was in English:
the Italian in Italian and German, and
the German in German and English.
Mr. Bowen signed in duplicate for
Venezuela; Sir Michael Herbert for
Great Britain; Signor Mayor des
Planccs for Italy, and Baron Spec von
Sternberg for Germany. Immediately
on the signing of the last protocol ca
bles were dispatched to London, Berlin
and Rome announcing the fact.
By the provisions of these prelimin
ary protocols, which have required
more than three weeks of constant ne
gotiations, Venezuela makes two dis
tinct gains the immediate raising of a
blockade from which she has been suf
fering for some weeks, and the return
of all her vessels, war and merchant,
which have been captured by the allied
fleet.
Great Britain, Germany and Italy re
ceive advance payments of 5500 each,
Great Britain receiving her payment
on the signature of the protocol, and
Germany and Italy within 30 and 60
days from date. Germany, in addition,
will receive five monthly payments un
til the full amount paid her in advance
aggregates $340,000.
As a guaranty for the satisfaction of
their claims, Mr. Bowcn pledges the
allies a share with the other creditor
nations in 30 per cent, of the customs
receipts of the two ports of Laguayra
and Porto Cabello. This percentage
will be set aside beginning March I
and retained in the Venezuelan treas
ury until The Hague tribunal shall de
cide whether it shall be distributed
without preference among the claimant
nations or whether the allied powers of
Great Britain, Germany and Italy shall
receive preferential payments.
Italy, by her protocol, gains immedi
ate payment of her first-class claims,
without further adjudication, as soon
as the joint commission at Caracas shall
have passed on the remainder of her
claims. In round numbers the adjudi
cated Italian claims amount to $560,000,
from which will be subtracted the $27,
500 to be paid her 60 days from the
signature of her first protocol. 1 he
Italian Ambassador also has secured
for his government the insertion in
his protocol of an agreement that Ven
ezuela will insert in her treaty with
Italy the favored-nation clause possess
ed by the other nations.
Castro Hears Ihe flood News.
Caracas (By Cable). News ol the
raising of the blockade was received by
President Castro in a cablegram from
Mr. Bowen, who said;
1 he protocols have been signed.
Blockade will be raised to-morrow.
Congratulations."
lo this message President Castro re
plied as follows:
liowen. Washington, in the name ot
Venezuela and in my own name I offer
you expressions of my eternal gratitude
for the decided spontaneousness witn
which vou served the cause of the hu
manity that distinguishes superior minds.
(bigncd) LAS1KU
ACCUSED THE FRENCH PREMIER.
Chamber of Deputies In An Uproar Over Ibe
Humbert Csse.
Paris (By Cable). The sitting of the
Chamber of Deputies Friday afternoon
was suspended amid an uproar, which
was precipitated by charges brought by
Maurice Binder, Nationalist, against the
Premier and other ministers in conncc
tion with the Humbert case.
The Deputy accused the Government
of corruption in the matter, and called
Premier Combs a chameleon. 1 he V ice
President, who was in the chair, ordered
Binder to withdraw his terms, but the
latter refused. Amid a general uproar,
the Ministers lett the hall.
M. Binder continued to use harsh
terms in characterizing the Government's
act-on, referring to the rremier as sin
uous."
The Vice-President finally became so
exasperated that he ordered the galleries
cleared, and, putting on his hat, left the
chair.
Al. Hinder refused to withdraw or
apologize, and was censured, and the
sitting was suspended, nut M. uindcr re
maincd in possession of the tribune until
the House reassembled.
He then refused to leave the tribune
ur.til threatened with expulsion.
$25,000 Lost la tbe Mali.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). A mail
pouch, containing upward of $25,000,
placed on the Pennsylvania train leaving
Louisville at 8 p. m., is missing and
after making every effort to find it the
postal authorities have about decided to
give up. It is supposed that it was
stolen from the Indianapolis Union Kail
way Company's station. One draft for
$17,000, said to be from a Louisville bank
to a New York bank, was lost in the
missing pouch.
, BalgarUas Vigor Actions.
Sofia, Bulgaria (By Cable).- President
Michaelovski, of the Central Macedonian
Committee; General Zoutcheff, the vice
president; President Stantcheff, of the
Sarafoff-Macedonian , Committee, and
many others have been arrested. It is
officially announced that the government
has decided to dissolve the Macedonian
committees in Bulgaria and place a
strong military cordon along the Mace
donian frontier, thus demonstrating Bul
garia's readiness to fulfil her interna
tiunaj obligation. '
WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Expulsion for Hailng.
Representative Charles Dick intro
duced a bill providing that the superin
tendent of the Naval Academy shall
make such rules, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of the Navy, as will
effectually prevent the practice of hazing
at the academy.
The bill further provides that any mid
shipman found guilty of hazing shall I
summarily expelled and shall not be
eligible for reappointment to the corps
or as a commissioned officer in the army
or navy until two years after the gradu
ation of the class of which he was a
member.
Indian Bill Reported.
The Senate Committee on Indian Af
fairs concluded its consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill. The commit
tee recommends a nnmher of changes,
and its amendments add $f,488,f8s to the
aggregate of the bill as passed by the
House, making a grand total of $10,434,
213. The most important item of in
crease is $t,2ro,ooo to pay awards to
loyal Creek Indians whose property was
destroyed during the war of the rebellion.
Election Laws for Hawaii.
Representatives Graham, of Pennsyl
vania, from the Committee on Territor
ies, favorably reported the bill to re-
modify certain .sections of the election
laws of the Territory of Hawaii with
amendments. The bill provides, among
other things, that election officials shall
be apportioned equally between the two
political parties. Provision also is made
for an official ballot, civinir the names
of candidates, the office to which nomi
nated, and the political party.
Urging Eight Hour Bill.
Mr. MoComas cave notice in the Sen
ate that he would call uo the cieht-hour
bill at the the earliest opportunity, which
brought from Mr. Quay the statement
mat until the fecnator from Maryland
and those obstructionists behind him"
consent to the fixing of a day when a
vote can be taken on the Statchoood bill.
he would oppose any action on the eight
hour bill.
Refused to Reconsider.
Mr. Pcttus. of Alabama, sought to re
open discussion of the Alaskan boundary
treaty by moving to reconsider the vote
of the previous day. This was resisted
by Senator Lodge. He moved to lay the
motion to reconsider on the table. There
was a roll call and Mr. Lodge's motion
was carried 36 to 25, which closed the
ubject.
Includes Nsphtha Boats.
The House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries authorized a fav
orable report on the bill making ap
plicable to vessels propelled by gas,
naphtha, or electric motor which carry
passengers or freight for hire the same
regulations provided by law lor steam
vessels.
In the Departments.
The House adopted the Sundry Civil
Bill and then broke all records in the
matter of private pension bills by pass
ing 325 private pension bills and clear
ing the calendar.
Ihe suite which the new Chinese
minister will bring to Washington will
contain people of high rank, a depart
ure from the traditional policy of
China.
The Senate agreed to the House
amendments to the Elkins Anti-rebate
Bill, which now goes to the President.
The foot-and-mouth disease is re
ported to have broken out again in Ver
mont. The Elkins bill passed the House by
a vote of 241 to 6. Ihose voting in the
negative were Messrs. Cochran and De-
Armond (Mo.), Glass (Dem., Va.),
Hooker (Dem., Miss.), Klutz (Dem.,
N. C.) and Neville (Dem., Neb.).
The Senate Committee on Postoffices
and Post Roads decided to amend the
Postoffice Appropriation Bill by adding
as an amendment the Omnibus Statehood
Bill. The vote on the motion to amend
was 8 to 5.
Secretary Root ha3 issued an order to
carry out the purpose of Congress di
recting the submission by li. V. Valen
tine ,of Richmond, Va., of designs for a
bronze statue of Gen. Hugh Mercer.
It is stated that the President has de
termined to call an extra session of
Congress unless the Senate ratifies the
Panama Canal and the Cuban Recipro
city Treaties.
'ri- c r :.-
1 11c oi-naie -oiiiiiuwec oil uua iuii-
sidercd Major Rathbone's petition for an
investigation of the circumstances con
nected with his trial.
A bill was passed by the Senate mak
ing Chester, Pa., a subport of entry.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
agreed to report adversely the nomin
ation of Dr. W. D. Crum to be collector
of the port at Charleston, S. C. The
vote on confirmation was 6 to 8. All
the Democrats voted aginst confirma
tion, and they were reinforced by the
votes of Jones ol Nevada and rerkins
of California.
An amendment to cut in half the ap
propriation for the relief of distress in
the Philippines from $3,000,000 to $1,-
500,000 was defeated in the House, but
the language of the paragraph was
modified to require annual reports of
the expenditure of the money.
Mr. William Loeb, Jr., of New York,
will succeed Mr. Cortclyou as secretary
to the President upon the lattcr's ele
vation to the new cabinet portfolio, the
Department of Commerce.
Mr. Stewart E. Barber, of Easton,
Md., was appointed an assistant pay
master in the Aavy by the President.
Admiral Dewey is confined to his
home by a severe couch and cold.
Secretary Hay and Mr. Brun, the Dan
ish minister, have been discussine the
approaching termination by limitation of
the period for time for the ratification of
treaty lor the cession to tne united
States of the Danish West India Islands,
The House of Representatives made
fair progress on the sundry Civil Appro
priation Bill.
The Department of Commerce Bill
was agreed upon by the Senate without
debate.
An interesting insight of the losses
caused by the depreciation of silver in
the Straits Settlements and Indo-China
is given in a set of consular reports pub
lished by the State Department.
Minister Bowen, acting for Venezuela,
has formally accepted Great Britain's
protocol framed to secure a reference of
the dispute to The Hague arbitration
tribunal.
The Siemens-Halske and Schuckert
electrical companies, of Berlin, have de
cided to unite.
DWd From Dread ol Dlseas.
New York (Special). Andrew J. Teg
gin, a landscape artist, took chloroform
and died soon afterward at the New
York Hospital. His death was the end
of five years of mortal dread of Bright's
disease. Though eminent specialists had
assured him he had no symptoms of the
disease, he persisted in believing that he
was doomed to die from it This so
worked on his mind that he killed him'
self rather than wait for the end he felt
sure would come,
HELD UP' BY BANDITS
A Burlington Train Robbed Near Butte,
Montana.
BLOODHOUNDS ARE ON THE TRAIL
On ot lb Trainmen Wounded la lb Fight
With lb Robhers-Dyaamlt Was Used
Two Explosions Wrecked Ih Car Not Yet
Kaowa What Booty Was Secured Reward
of $5,000 Ottered tor Their Capture.
Butte, Mont. (Special). The Bur
lington Express, No. 6, eastbound, was
held up shortly after midnight on the
Northern Pacific tracks eight miles east
of this city, near Homestead, by two
mounted men. They covered the sides
of the train with their guns, uncoupled
the engine, mail and express cars and
ran them ahead of the train about two
miles. The trainmen, after the robbers
had left with the engine and cars, hast
ened back toward Butte and met an
incoming freight train, the engine of
which was uncoupled to run to Butte,
and the alarm given.
The train was a double header, and
the engines with the mail and express
cars were run about 600 feet ahead of
the rest of the train. A few moments
after the train was stopped there were
two explosions of dynamite, which
wrecked the express car. The roof
was blown off, but no one was injured.
Reports vary as to the amount of
booty secured by the robbers. The
express messenger says that the rob
bers did not get more than $500.
In other quarters it is said the plun
der will amount to several thousand
dollars at least. It is also said that
several of the mail pouches were rifled.
When the express messenger realized
that there was a holdup he tossed a
package of money that he held in his
hand upon a rack above his head, and
this money probably was saved. This
fact will not be definitely known, .how
ever, until an opportunity is given for
a search of the wrecked car.
After the express messenger threw
the package of money up in the rack
he jumped out of the car on the other
side. In the exchange of shots he is
said to have been hit by a bullet in the
hip, but he and the other trainmen
went on with the train, and he was not
hurt badly enough to cause him to re
turn to Butte.
Sheriff Quinn and a posse when about
a mile and a half out of the city were
met by Division Superintendent Boyle,
who was a passenger on the train held
up. Superintendent Boyle rushed to
the front of the train when it was
stopped by the robbers, but refrained
from shooting, fearing he would hit the
trainmen.
Every officer in the city has been
called to South Butte, and all ap
proaches to the city are carefully
guarded.
Detective Murphy arrested William
McCullagh on suspicion of being one
of the train robbers. Four hundred
and eighty-five dollars was in McCul
laugh's possession.
Helena, Mont. (Special). The
Northern Pacific Railway Company has
offered a reward of $5000 for the arrest
and conviction of the five men who are
said to have held up the Burlington
Express just east of Butte. The com
pany will pay the $5000 reward for the
entire gang or $tooo for each member
convicted.
STRIKE HEARINGS END.
Clarence S. Darro'ws Argument Completes
Miners' Case.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). At last
the beginning of the end is reached in
the long-drawn-out hearings of the An
thracite Strike Commission. When the
Commission adjourned Friday afternoon,
after the last word had been spoken in
behalf of the miners by Clarence S. Dar-
row, all that remained to be done was
for the Commission to struggle with the
great mass of testimony and render the
decision, wiucn, no matter wnat 11 may
be, will be binding upon both operators
and miners for three years.
Tbe Session ol Fifty-Six Days.
October 15 Commission named by
President.
October 24 Meets and organizes tn
Washington, with Judge Gray as Chair-
an.
October 29 Starts on inspection ol
mines in Pennsylvania.
November 6 Inspection ot mines
ended.
November 14 Testimony begins at
Scranton, with John Mitchell on stand.
November 22 Keccss taken.
December 3 Hearings resumed.
December 17 Miners' side of cs
closed.
December 18 Non-union men begin
to testify.
December 20 Adjournment tor noli
davs.
January 6 Hearings resumed in
Philadelphia.
January 10 Operators begin with
tluir witnesses.
February 5 All testimony in.
February 9 Arguments begun by
miners' lawyers.
February 13 All arguments ended.
The Commission has been in session
56 days. It has heard 506 witnesses.
Nine of these were called by the Com
mission, 244 by the union miners, 155 by
the non-union miners and 158 by the
operators. The stenographers tool; down
approximately 9200 typewritten pages of
testimony, or 2,300,000 words.
Germany Declines Warships.
Berlin (By Cable). The German
Navy Department, after considering the
proposal that Germany purchase the four
battle-ships being constructed for Argen
tina and Chile in England and Italy, has
decided not to do so.
Drowned In a Gale.
Washington, "N. C. (Special). Dur
ing the heavy gale of Thursday night the
skipper Manco was capsized in Swan
Quarter bay. Capt. Robert Westcott,
master, and two white members of his
crew were drowned, Reports are con
flicting. One rumor is that five negroes,
also of the boat's crew, were drowned.
The same evening in Pamlico river, off
Form Point, two miles distant from
Washington, the schooner Father and
Son was sunk. The crew of two were
saved:
- Murdered His Mother.
Philadelphia (Special). George Nelk
of Germantown murdered his mother
with a hatchet on Wednesday night
and wounded his sister so that her life
is despaired of. Nelk left a note be
hind saying that he had committed the
crime and that he had taken $1000 to
have a r;ood time. "I have taken
$1000," the note read, "and am going
out to have a good time. Then I will
kill myself." Nelk has not been caught
The mother died in the hospital to
which she was taken without regaining
consciousness.
DEWEY IS FOR BIOOER NAVY.
Win Recommend lh Construction of Fir
First-Class Vessels Annually.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Ad
miral Dewey and the other officers of
the General Board of the Navy are go
ing to send a report to Congress that
will probably open the eyes of the Con
gressmen and the country generally.
They are going to say that it should
be the policy of this government to
annually provide for the construction
of at least five shins of the first clasi
and the enlistment of a sufficient num
ber of men to man them at all times.
This report is to be the answer
of the department to the resolution re
cently offered by Representative Day
ton, ol West Virginia, asking the de
partment what in its opinion Congresr
should do in the way of makinir a sys
tematic increase in the Navy.
ah the naval powers except the Unit
ed States have a definite oronram.
whereby at a certain time they expect
to nave a navy ot a certain size. I he
United States has gone at the work ol
rebuilding the Navv in a hatDV-tro-
lucky manner. Each Congress has de
cided the number and character of the
ships that ought to be built without
much rccrard for the oniniona of the
naval officers.
LET THE GIRLS PROPOSE.
A Chicago Woman Says Ihe Men Lack the
Necessary Nerve.
Chicago (Special). "If custom were
swept aside and woman might propose,
there would be many more marriages and
the President would not be scolding us,"
said Miss Catherine Coggin, in an ad
dress to the women of a prominent
Chicago society.
"I firmly believe that the convention
which prevents woman from selecting
the man of her choice and making that
selection known should be done away
with. I can declare without fear ol suc
cessful contradiction that there are hun
dreds of men here in Chicago who
haven't the nerve to propose. Away
with convention then; let the women do
it for them."
Left-Handed Inside' Man.
St. Paul (Special). J. C. Chanmatix,
who is "left-handed inside," as doc
tors express it, has the honor of fur
nishing the surgical and medical world
with one of the most unique cases on
record. When he was admitted to the
City Hospital as a typhoid fever pa
tient several days ago he did not know
that he was different from other per
sons. The discovery was made by doc
tors, who found that his heart was on
the Tight side instead of the left, that
his liver was on the left side instead ol
the right, and that his spleen, instead
of being on the left side, where it be
longed, -was on the right side.
Army Staff Bill Signed.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Presi
dent Roosevelt signed the Army Staff
bill. One of the first acts following
the approval of the bill was the promo
tion oi Col. William F. Randolph, Chiel
of Artillery, to the grade of brigadier
general in accordance with the provi
sions of that act. The other provision?
ot the act do not take effect until after
the retirement of Lieutenant-General
Miles, August 15 next.
Chief of Police Shot.
Tonawanda, N. Y. (Special). Chief
of Police Charles Dicdrich and his wife
returned from a ball early in the morn
ing. As the chief opened his door he
was met by a man who fired four shots
at him from a revolver ,two of which
took effect one just above the heart.
The man fled. Mrs. Diedrich caught
her husband in her arms as he fell and
carried him in the house. His condi
tion is critical.
Charged With Killing Husband.
Des Moines, la. (Special). Mrs
Frank Lavejleur was arrested at New
ton charged with the 'murder of het
husband. It is alleged in the indict
ment that she killed him with an axe
and placed the remains in a barn, which
she subsequently set on fire. The al
leged crime occurred last summer.
Lavellcur was the woman's third hus
band. A Carolina Town Burned.
Raleigh, N. C. (Special). The towr
of Grimcsland, Pitt county, was prac
tically wiped out by fire. Eleven build;
ings, including several warehouses am'
the town hall, were destroyed. The losi
is placed at $25,000, one-fourth covered
by insurance.
Urlbe-Urlb Suicide Denied.
Panama (Special). The announce
ment from Kingston, Jamaica, on Feb
ruary 8 that General Uribe-Uribe had
committed suicide is said here to be
untrue. It is stated that Col. Roberto
Uribe, of Herrcra's army, took his owr
life, but not the General.
SPARKS FROM THB WIRES.
A plot was unearthed among girl in
mates of the Utah State Reform School
to poison the teachers.
Capt. Donald Wright and crew o'
bark E. S. Powell, from New York te
Savannah, which foundered 200 milei
northeast of Hatteras, arrived at Wil
mington, N. C, having been rescued bj
the schooner Edgar W. Murdock.
Prof. J. W. Jenks, of Cornell Uni
versity, has been invited by the Mexi
can government to consult with the au
thoritics there regarding the establish
ment of a new monetary system, and he
will leave for Mexico on March I.
The Santa Fe Railroad traininer
want a 20 per cent, increase in wages,
which the president of the companj
says will not be granted.
Harry Francis, Jr., of Philadelphia
a student at Cornell, died of typhoid
fever. Fewer new cases were reported
yesterday.
A business man of Korea is on hii
way to New York to contract for idoli
to be used in the heathen temples.
The Crown Prince of Saxony has beet
granted a divrce from the formei
Crown Princess Louise.
The Multiple Speed and Tractior
Company has proposed to build in New
York a $6,000,000 subway, with threi
moving platforms, from the Manhattat
terminal of the Williamsburg Bridge tc
Bowling Green.
Charles Smith, half brother of Mrs
Charles Fair, declares that his mothei
was in no condition to transact businesi
when she signed the agreement in Sat
Francisco.
Mrs. Charles E. Qnintard, of Soun
Beach, Ct., has sued Miss Alice Bradle)
for $50,000 damages for alienating th
affections of her husband.
By an explosion in a colliery tj tro
Lehigh and Wilkeabarre Coal Companj
at Plymouth eight men were burned an
injured, two seriously. . . ,
Frank Boyle, a miner, and Josepl
Carr, his helper, were seriously injure
in an explosion in a mine near Tamaqua
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Ktwi appealnfs ot Interest Qatkar4
Pram All Sonrcaa.
Patents granted Pennsylvanlans:
William B. Barhlin, Warren, check
valve; Amos Burson, Reissing, sol
der for envelopes, papers, etc. ; An
drew Christianson, Allegheny, bolster
for hopper cars, corner post pocket, fast
ening for car safety chains; John P.
Coleman, Edgewood Park, lightning
arrestor; Edwin Cross, Burnhnm, mold
ing apparatus: James J. Donnelly. Pat
ton, display case; George H. Goodell,
Hcllevue, car bolster, also truck bolster;
William Gorman, Pittsburg, milk car
lid or the like; Frederick Grimeshaw
Northeast, medicinal battery; John M.
Hansen, Pittsburg, flat-bottom car with
flush door, also bolster for hopper cars
i'illic Hoffman, Pittsburg, window cur
tain pole; Sigmond V. Hubber, Fitts
burg, feed mechanism for rolling mills 1
William A. Hunt and R. W. Russell,
Noblcstown, curtain pole; James Kclley,
Pittsburg, rail joint; Henry F. Klein
Schmidt, Johnstown, clasp.
Pensions granted : Josiah R. Dodds,
Franklin, $6; William Long, Rebersburg,
J12: Benjamin F. McCaulcy, Bcllwood,
M2; James G. Burkhart, Braddock, $10;
Edward Zorn, Berlin, $24; James Carnn
ban. South Burgcttstown, $10; John W,
Scott, Blandbnrg, $12: Jacob Zavers,
I-ecs Cross Roads, $8: Wilson Williams,
Martha Furnace, $12; Daniel J. Allen,
Wampum, $8; John Lee, Bedford, $10;
William Evcrsoti, Eleven Miles, $12;
Barbara McMillen. Normalville, $8;
Catherine Nau, Allegheny, $8; Mary A.
Jewell, Karns City, $8; Clarisa McMul
Icn, Morris, $8; Elizabeth F. Reily,
Pittsburg, $8; Caroline Thompson, Rock
Hill Furnace, $8; minor of Stephen Vo
gan. Mercer, $2; Evaline D. Wallace,
Gold. $8.
The annual exhibition of the Arm
strong County Fair association will be
held in Kitta,nning, August 10-22.
The bar mill of the Stewart Iron com
pany, at Sharon, has resumed after a
shutdown on account of coke shortage.
Moses Simpson and Charles Piatt
were hurled several feet and injured by
the explosion of a boiler of an oil well
near Kitting.
Yatcsboro, Armstrong county, is ex
periencing a religious awakening. At
revival services in the Cumberland Pres
byterian church, Rev. H. G. Teagarden,'
pastor, there were 149 professions.
At Greenshurg, county officials were
warned that friends of Conlin and Simp
son, the convicted Irwin bank robbers,
would make an attempt to release them
from jail.
Rev. W. Frank Reher. pastor of Rcy
noldsvillc, Presbyterian church for the
past six months, has resigned and will
go to Urbana, O., where he has accepted
a call to one of the leading churches in
that city.
Martin Stonvitch committed suicidr
at Kittanning. by hanging.
The Methodist Episcopal congregation
at Butler, will erect a $35,000 edifice.
Sharon will vote on the question of
issuing $80,000 worth of bonds for build
ing two new school houses.
The Latrobe Steel company has begun
the erection of a large addition to thf
open hearth department of the works.
The Hoblitzell National bark, at
Hvndman. was opened for business witb
William T. Johnson as cashier.
' The first case of smallpox at Latrobe
was discovered, L. C. Starry., a bar
keeper, having contracted the disease.
Twenty-five men guarded by 100 depu
ties, went to work unmolested by strik
ers at the Lake Erie limestone quar
ries, in Hillsville.
A Wrabash railroad ordinance permit
ting that company to cross streets al
grade under certain conditions was fa
vorably considered by New Castle coun
cils. .
The semi-.vmual meeting of the State
Executive Committee of the Pennsyl
vania Christian Endeavor Society was
held at Lancaster .with Re.v. William N.
Yates, of Philadelphia, in the chair. The
resignation of Jenks B. Robinson, of
Philadelphia, as superintendent of the
State Junior Department was received
and accepted. Plans were perfected for
the transportation of the Pennsylvania
delegation to the national convention at
Denver.
The State school directors' conven
tion in Harisburg, adopted resolutions
favoring the proposed legislation to fix
the minimum salary of teachers at $5
a month and recommending that no
school district should receive a greater
amount from the State than is raised
from that district by local taxation.
Forestry Commissioner Rothrock, in
his annual report, says thousands of
acres of State forests are open to con
sumptives and other sufferers who may
be benefited by outdoor life.
The Chartiers Presbyterian Church,
ol Washington county, begins suit to
break the will of Thomas Allison, a
wealthy bachelor, on the ground that
Allison's brother persuaded him to re
voke several bequests to the church.
Counsel for a negro on trial at Wash
ington, Pa., for assaulting a 3-year-old
girl presents testimony to show that
the father of the girl was subject to hal
lucinations and that the girl was not
assaulted.
Representative Thompson, of Fay
ette county, who is but 22 years old,
he being the youngest member of the
Legislature, acts as Speaker pro tern,
during the session of the House.
Mascagni's manager is acquitted of a
charge of embezzlement in Scranton.
Silverdale borough will be lighted by
electricity generated in Perkasie.
A $4o,oco temple i3 to be built by the
five Masonic bodies of New Castle.
William Bowcn, of Perkasie, a line
man, fell from a telegraph pole near Eu
reka and received injuries likely to
prove fatal.
An unknown man tell beneath the
wheels of the fast freight at Woodlane
Station, Norristown, and was killed.
Thomas Hewitt, aged 6 years, war
drowned in the Susquehanna river al
Sunbury.
Joseph Snyder was held in default
of $1000 on the charge of having rob
bed the store of H. VV. ReitT, Leder
achsville, in December. Mr. Reiff iden
tified jewelry found on the prisoner
as some stolen from himself.
Two Italians named Michael and An
tonio Soinozzoli, who have lived in Al
toona since 1889 and 1896 respectively,
were held in bail by United States Com
missioner J. H. Craig, of this city, on
the charge of violating the naturalization
laws.
John Kondave was caught under a
(all of coal at the Columbus colliery,
Mt Carmel, and fatally injured. y
Theodore C Perry, of Chicago, in
Pittsburg on a business trip, was walk
ing along, the P. and L. P. tracks, his
head down to protect his face from the
sharp wind, when a passenger train cut
him in two.
Ludwig Nelson, a theological student,
employed as a nurse at the Homeopathic
Hospital, in Pittsburg, pending the
lime when he would save enough money
10 continue his studies, was sentenced to
.'he workhouse for ten months, having
been convicted of the larceny of $125
from a patient in the hospital.
Mrs. Anna Rede, of New Castle, was
fatally burned by the explosion of a,
lamp she attempted to extinguish by
blowing down the chimney. i
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