MANY CHINESE DROWNED Jtftloi Havoc Wrought By Oale Which Swept Dowa on Vessels. THOUSAND RESCUES ARE REPORTED. Far Pays DIsaMea Jaaks Drilled Helplessly Akoat, Tbelr Occupants Suffering From Tarrst aad Hangar. The Hoagkong dovern Mat Tender Staalcy Rescued a Number, ricking l Eight Junks aod Taking 122 Mta OIL Victoria. B. C (Special) ). Advices rere received from Smith China by the Athenian of the loss of thousands of lives s a remit of the destruction of several hundred fishing junks in a typhoon off Swatow. The liavoc was awful when the gale twcjjt down on the Chinese, vessels. For iaji disabled junks drifted helplessly about, their occupants suffering from thirst and hunger. The Hongkong government tender Stanley rescued a numher, picking up eight junki and takirig 122 men off ves sels that were abandoned. The Stanley then returned to the scene, for tlie rescued fishermen reported that there were 400 junks fishing off Swatow when the typhoon came on November 4 From the Stanlry 57 junks were seen Eying distress signals. Several junks were toned to Hongkong and then a third relief cruise was made. Meanwhile three torpedo boat destroy ers, the naval water lxat Cherub and a Chinese cruiser were sent out and res cued many. Several hundred men were taken from the wrecked craft suffering Kreatly. some being without food or water from two to five days. Of the 400 fishing junks at least .loo are reported disabled or sunk, and thou sands of lives were lost DREYFUS OAINS GREAT POINT. Jaslclal Examination lo Be Made of Famous Case. Tari (By Cable). The efforts of Alfred Dreyfus to secure a judicial ex amination of his case have at last been crowned with success. After examin ing the dossier in the case submitted to him by General Andre, the minister of war. Minister of Justice Vallc has transmitted that document, together with the petition of Dreyfus, for a re vision of his sentence to M. Durand, the president of a commission insti tuted by the Ministry of Justice. This Commission will pronounce upon the admissibility of the request for a revi sion of sentence. M. Dreyfus owes the favorable ac tion taken to the careful consideration triven the case by Minister Andre, whose conclusions are regarded ns in the highest degree favorable to Drey fas, since they determined the Minis ter of Justice to refer the question of a revision to a commission. Nothing has yet transpired to indi cate that General Andre has discov ered documents of doubtful authentic ity, or that there was maneuvering on the part of the ministry of war during the Dreyfus trial to conceal important facts, though assertions to this effect have been made. It is stated that M. (iribelin, formerly principal keeper of the records of the headquarters staff, fcas made important revelations. The commission will receive the documents text Wednesday. FORGETS HE EVER WROTE A BOOK. aVaarkahle Eianple of "Double Conscious oet" la David Charters. Denver, Col. (Special). What is pronounced by physicians to be a case cf double consciousness, was brought to public notice here by a suit filed ty David Charters .against the City of Denver for $15,000 damages for in juries to bis liead, sustained by falling on a defective sidewalk. After the ac cident, which occurred December 30, I got, after which Charters proclaimed himself "Daniel the Prophet," and wrote a book, entitled "Daniel S. Vis ion and Mission; Is Heaven Real: Is Hell Real?" He preached on the streets and es tablished a prosperous mission. He also traveled about the country as an evangelist. Charters a few weeks ago recovered from his injury and the at tendant aberration and declared that the interval following the accident was a blank to him. He had no knowledge el having written a book. After read ing the book he pronounced its con tents idiotic. ARMY WINS EASILY. Kalis Vp a Foalbal Score ol 40 Points to Hat ft 5 la Aaaual Coatcst I'hiladelphia (Special). In one of the aost tiresome and uninteresting foot ball games ever witnessed on Franklin Field the West Point eleven defeated (he Annapolis team by the score of 40 to 5. The miserable fumbles in rap id succession gave the Navy their onl. score. As a fol4ball game it was a dis mal failure, but as a society function it was a glorious success. Seated in boxes around the field were Secretary Knot, Secretary Moody, Lieutenant General S. II. M. Young. Major General and Mrs. Chaffee, Assistant Secretary ol the Navy Darling. Admiral Taylor, of the Bureau of Navigation; Colon. Mills, superintendent ol West Point; Superintendent Rrownson, of the An napolis Naval Academy; Major Gen eral Iirooke, General Miles, Major Genera! Henry S. Corbin and Mrs. Corbin and many other persons prom inent in Army and Navy circles. S 200.00a New Orleans Flrt. Kew Oilcans (Special). Fire in the ieart of the business and manufacturing districts completely destroyed the plant of the National Biscuit Company, at South Peters and Howard avenue, and damaged considerably a number of sur rounding warehouses and other property. The plant covered a square and there was a unusually heavy stock on hand. The Sosa to the biscuit company and sur rounding property is roughly estimated mi between $200.000 and $225.000. KUkd By Savages. Damaiijcotta. Me. (Special). A letter received here from the wife of Captain HiocUtad, of the ship Ben Sewall, wrecked in Formosa channel, partially confirms the report that a boatload, in eluding Morris, the first mate, ta men and a woman, were killed on Boteltobago, am island inhabited by savages. The let ter aaya fire men, including a Russian. Japanese and Filipino, were found, and evra) men and a Japanese woman, wife af Mate Morris, were missing. From the wordvag, although the letter is not ex plicit, it is thought that the writer meant aJtat tke ksidica ol the fir men were THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. The visit of the Italian cruiser Li guria to San Juan, l'orto Kiro, has been made the occasion fur a show of international good feeling, the snlors of the United States cruiser Balti ninre and those of the Liguria frater nizing. Judge Acheson filed nn opinion in the United States Court of Appeals, in Philadelphia, sustaining -judge Kirkpatnck in appointing James Smith. Jr., as rcreiver lor the L'nited States Shipbuilding Company. The McXair Mill, at Fcrnandina, I'la., with all the lumber stored in the null yard, " of the Seaboard Air Line warehouses, was destroyed bv fire. The entire wateriroiit was saved with difficulty. The W. A. Dcnccke private bank at Casper, Wyo capitalized at $5000, but carrying large deposits, failed, over speculation in poor stock loans being the statement of the cause. Six persons wrcc injured, one of them fatally, by the explosion of a boiler on a steam scow belonging to the Empire Shipbuilding Company, at liufTalo, X. V. Capt. Uberlin M. Carter having com pleted his term at Fort Leavenworth for conspiracy to defraud the govern ment, was released and hastened to Chicago. Commander Robert I". Peary, who arrived at -New York on the steamer Philadelphia, spoke with confidence of his ability to reach the North Pole. Katharine l lynn Kay was arrested in Newark, N. J., on the charge of torturing her niece, Mary Conning, six years old. until the child died Rev. William K. Hinshaw, a life pris oner for wile murder in Michigan City Prison, was allowed to go to the bedside of his dying mother. '1 lie all Juan (Porto Rico) office of the Yandegnft Construction Company, interested in a S,).ooo,ooo trolley scheme, has been closed for nonpay ment of rent and owing to attachments for salaries in behalf of many engineers, other employes and business creditors. Mrs. Caroline Koch, aged 46 years. committed suicide at her home, in ; Philadelphia, upon learning that her daughter had been secretly married in opposition to the family's wishes. Judge tjuarton has appointed Frank Weimar receiver for the State Bank of Gcrnunia, la. The institution has $25,000 capital and $40,000 of deposits. Mrs. Mary Ousick and Mrs. Julia Ward, who boarded with Mrs. Ousick, died in New York under circumstances indicating death from some poison. The Ogden-l.ucien cutoff across the Great Salt Pake was formally declared completed and made part 01 the Ilar riman system. It has cost Si, 200,000. Under involuntary bankruptcy pro ceedings the Lacrosse (Wis.) Cheese and Butter Company has been adjudg ed bankrupt. The White Star liner Ccdric, which was falsely reported to have been lust in midoceau, arrived at New York. The military force in the Cripple Creek (Col.) coal district, where the miners' strike is prevailing, has been increased. Gen. Huiz Reyes, representing the government of Columbia, reached New Orleans on his way to Washington. I lisha B. Gaddis, a multimillionaire, of Newark, N. J., died suddenly of heart failure. I creign. Prince Jaine, brother of the Princess Alice of Schocnburg-WaMcnburg, de clares untrue the recent accusations against her, and says the trial of the suit for separation from her husband, Prince Prederico, w ill soon be begun at Dresden. M. Oishi, former Japanese minister of commerce, has in a public speech pro tested against the incessant increase of the Russian forces in the Par Last. Ambassador Tower has been asked to luiwuiu .III ,unuKiaiii itiiti ii.Mii I 1 .... ..... 1. I...-.- f-... U'i.ww Peter of .Servia, advising President I "", " "-"" h " Roosevelt of his accession to the throne. I in the morning by the most destructive A violent storm swept the French coast fire that has occurred there for several Friday night, the Cities of Bordeaux and j years, causing loss amounting to be LaRochelle suffering much damage. , ' 0,0.000 and Sts ooo. William I. Ilrvan has written to St. Petersburg from London to arrange for an interview with Count Tolstm. The Russian government is satisfied with Turkey's reply to the Austro-Rus-sian reform scheme for Macedonia. 1'ivc Russian soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a conflict with Chinese robbers in Manchuria. The taking of testimony in the Fair case was begun before Commissioner Lisler. in Paris. lord Roberts is about to resign his po sition as conmiander-in-chief of the Brit ish Army. The Austria-Hungarian government has rccognied the new 'Republic of Pan ama. United States Minister Powell has re fused to acknowledge the provisional government of Santo Domingo and has ulso denied its demand for the with drawal of Former Finance Minister Gal- van, who, with Judge Gray, of Delaware has been appointed to arbitrate the Santo 1 Domingo Improvement Compuany mat- j Premier Balfour, in a speech in I-on- ! don, sharply replied to Lord Kosebery's j company was one of the three men who criticisms of the present government's removed the spikes and fishplates from military policy and said the great mili- I a rail. The other two men, it is alleg lary problem now was the defense of the led, were Charles McKinncy and Thos. large Indian frontier against tlie great I Foster, who are under arrest. Two and, he was glad to think, friendly Lm- I agents of the railroad were in hiding nire of Russia some uneasiness is telt at tnc Kussian court on account of the inflammation of the Czarina's ear, which does not yie'd to treatment. The delay in the settlement of the Rus- so-J;ipancsc negotiations is due to the inability to agree upon the status of Ko rea. Ann-Austrian demonstrations in Rome, the result of the prohibition by the Austrian government of the in stitution of a free Italian university at Innsbruck, assumed an alarming phase. All over Rome the cry was Down with Francis joseont Lets break the Triple Alliancel" Floanciat. The bonded debt of the Baltimore & Ohio is now $182,000,000. F.urope has absorbed 100.000 shares ol American stock in a week. There is nothing the matter with the American Locomotive Company except too big a capital for the amount of business it does. New York Central's net earnings for the September quarter decreased $35!, 817. Directors ol the Mexican Northern Railway have decided to suspend divi dends. Kailroad stocks were higher this week than at any previous time for seven weeks. L'nited States Steel holds up remark ably well compared with the other industrials. A few shares of Girard National Bank - stock were sold at $225. This bank has an especially large surplui and an able body of directors and offi cials. A. A. Housman, who Is Morgan's chief broker, says: "I'm bullish on Steel and Atchison. In fact I'm bullish on the entire market, although to be bullish now it not fashionable." CONFESS EIGHT MURDERS Ycung Pandits Captured After a Desper ate Fight. TWO CHICAGO YOUTHS WERE SHOT. After a Battle In the Dark Near a Railroad Slallco In Indiana the Desperadoes, Al though Wounded, Kill a Railroad Urakcman, Sciu a Locomotive and Force Ihe Engineer to Carry Them Two Miles. Chicago (Special). Chained wrUt to wrist, their hair matted with dried blood, their clothing covered with dust and dirt two beardless boys Peter Nicdcrmcier and Harvey Van Dine sat in the pres ence of Mayor Harrison and Chief of Po lice O'Neil, calmly confessing to their share in a six months' career of crime which has included eight murders, the wounding of five ether men and a long series of robberies. The two young bandits, neither of whom is over 21 years of age, together with their companion, Kmil Rocske. who i no ohler, were captured near Liver pool, Ind., after a fight in which they battled against policemen, railroad detec tives, railroad laborers and farmers. One man was killed, another fatally wounded and all three of the young ban dits were wounded, but not seriously. Neidcrmcicr was wounded in the hand by birdshot; Van Dine was similarly in jured, and sustained in addition a flesh wound in the left thigh. Roeski was shot in the right hip. His wound is the jr.ost serious of any inflicted upon the three men, but was not sufficiently seri ous to prevent him from traveling a long distance after receiving it. The three men were wanted by the po lice for complicity in the murders at the car barns at the Chicago City Railroad Company on Augtisf 30. when two men were killed, a third badly wounded and $2,jsO stolen from the company. Gus tave Marx, who last Saturday night mur dered Officer John Quiim when the po liceman endeavored to place him under arrest, confessed after iiis capture that he, in company with the three men, had committed the crime at the car barns. There were four desperadoes in the gang, one of whom, Gustav Marx, got drunk, and upon being arrested "peached" on his pals. These crimes netted the highwaymen $2,540. F.mholdcncd by the success of their depredations and their apparent im munity from detection, outlawry on a wider scale had been planned by the four desperadoes. '1 he holding up of railroad trains in Chicaeo was decided on. Dynamite be ing difficult to buy in Illinois, and being easily traceable, t hoy made a special trip to Cripple Creek, Col., to secure the ex plosive. The scheme to hold up a train on the Chicago and Northwestern Road was aliorted because the engineer did not stop at their signal. The hunt for Van Dine, Kicdcmcicr and Roeski has been hot ever since. Although they knew that the entire po lice force was looking for them, the three men remained in the city until Wednesday morning. "We were 'lay ing' for a fellow that was a witness against Marx," said Van Dine. On Wednesday they left Chicago, going to a dugout made by railroad laborers near the tracks of the Michigan Central Rail road. $160,000 CHARLESTON FIRU. Stores ol the Jbawvcr Company and Ben jimla Cear Destroyed. Charleston, W. Ya. (Special). pi,,ri. , ,.,V;,, .,!,, , .l,.l. The fire started in the wholesale and retail houstfurnishing store of the W. F. Shawver Company, in the Baer Block, on Kanawha street. The build ing is a four-story brick, owned by Benjamin Baer, and was occupied by the Shawver Company and Baer's li quor store. The Shawver Company's loss is probably $40,000, with $15,000 insurance, while Baer's stock and loss to building is estimated at about $30, 000, with $25,000 insurance. Adjoin ing property was damaged to the ex tent of several thousand dollars. Richard Stanley, a cook in a res taurant adjoining the Baer building, was seriously injured by a falling wall. Detective Train Wrecker. Cripple Creek, Col. (Special). The full facts regarding the attempted wrecking of the suburban Florence and Cripple Creek train on November 17 disclosed. 1. annears that a de- tective in the employ of the railroad within 2s feet of where the crime was being attempted. These men were heavily armed, but did not shoot, as to have done so would have endangered the detective's life. Foster's friends as sert that he will be able to establish an alibi. Oiler lo Fight Russia. London (By Cable). The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph cabies that the viceroys and governors of 13 provinces outside of Clu-Li have offered the Chinese Throne to send oo, 000 foreign drilled troops to fight Rus sia for Manchuria. Killed His Llltls Sister. Newbern. N. C. (Special). Samuel S. Lancaster, keeper of the draw of a Neuse river bridge in this city, left his gun, loaded with duckshot, a lew mm utes in a room where his wife and chil dren were. Mr. Lancaster s oldest daughter, Lottie, aged 12, unnoticed by the mother, picked up the gun and acci dentally discharged both barrels. The shot passed tnrougn me neaa ot ner sister Manilla, aged 5 years', killing her instantly, and entering deeply into the back of her sister Winona, aged 10 years, who is still living, but is in a dangerous condition. Rough ea Firelighters. Cincinnati, O. (Special). Fireman William Grove was killed and seven other firemen were injured while fight ing a fire which destroyed tha five story brick building of Smith, Myers, Schnier & Co., manufacturers of cigar box machines here. Of the injured, two are probably fatally hurt. They are John Conncrs, who is suffering from concussion oi the brain, and James Kecgan, whose skull was fractured. The men were on the second floor, when it gave way with them and all were buried tn tha debris, NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Mrk.-s riea For Statehood. The annual report of Governor Otero, of New Mexico, makes a plea for the admission of the territory to Statehood. The Governor says during the last year the building of railroads continu ed with unabated vigor and capital made extensive investments. The fi nances of the territory are in excellent condition anil so are those of the coun ties and cities, with a few exceptions, caused by loose methods many years ago, and the results id which methods the counties affected are making every effort to overcome. 'Ihe territory, as well as most of the counties, is reduc ing its indebtedness, while several counties arc refunding their indebted ness at a lower rate of interest. The assessed valuation of New Mex ico shows an increase of about $1,000, 000 over that of the preceding year, but as the average assessment rate is only about 20 per cent, of the real value, the actual increase of taxable valuation, owing to the elimination of double assessments, reported, in former years, is almost $3,000,000. Tax collec tions for the last six months by the territory exceeded those of the same period of the previous year by about $50,000. Home lor Potent Office. A bill to provide for the construction of a Government building for the sole use of the Patent Office, including a hall of inventions, was introduced in the Senate by Mr. John Daniel, of Vir ginia. '1 his bill was introduced by th. same Senator in May, 1902, but failed of action before the adjournment ol Congress a few weeks later. The bill designates as the proposed site the plats of ground cast of the Capitol plaza, between La-t Capital and B streets and between .First and Sec ond streets northeast. So much of A .street and Maryland avenue as is em braced in the area named is included. The building is lo be fireproof and erected by a commission to consist of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Patents, the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, the Superintendent of Building of the Li brary of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol. To acquire the site and prepare the ground $(00,000 is intended to be ap propriated and for the building proper $5,000,000. The act is to take effect from the date of its passage. To Aid Ihe Filipinos. For some time the President has been discussing with members of Congress the proposition wm reduce the duties on Phil ippine products coming into this coun try to 50 per cent, of the Dingley law rates. Considerable opposition has de veloped to the suggestion, and what the result of the endeavor to secure a reduc tion of the duties will be cannot now be foretold. The opposition arises princi pally from congressmen representing su gar and tobacco States. They maintain that if only 50 per cent, of the Dingley rates of duty arc levied on sugar and to bacco the industries represented by those products in this country will be impaired seriously. They have indicated to the President that they will make a hard fight against the proposed reduction. It is understood that the President may dis cuss the subject in his annual message to Congress, but his position regarding it has not been disclosed. Confederates as Members. Representative Robert W. Parker in troduced a bill to provide for a na tional military park commission. The bill abolishes the present military park commission alter July I, ions The new commission is to consist of five members, to be appointed by the President from Civil War veterans and two of tliem from the Confederate Army. A salary of $3000 for each commissioner is provided. He also introduced a bill restoring the army canteen. The bill provides: "That fermented malt beverages and light wines, but 110 ardent spirits, may be sold in post exchanges and on trans ports, under regulations to be perscrib ed by the Secretary of War." Government Laboratory Buildings. The Secretary of Agriculture has ap proved plans for the construction of three laboratory buildings for the De partment of Agriculture, at a maximum cost of $1,500,000. The actual opera tions will begin shortly. These structures form part of the general scheme of ten new buildings for the department. Only the money for the three laboratory build ings thus far has been appropriated. Ture Food Bill Revived. Representative Hepburn introduced a bill known as the Pure Food bill, being the same measure which was fe ported last Congress by the Commit tee on Interstate and Foreign Com merce. To Wlpj Out Slavery. Representative M. R. Patterson in troduced a bill to abolish slavery in the Philippines and to abrogate the treaty between the United States and the Sul tan of Sulu. In tbe Departments, General Reyes, envoy of Colombia to the United States, who has arrived in Washington to confer with Secre tary Hay, says Colombia will grant all the canal concessions provided in the 1 1 ay -1 1 e rr an Treaty free of cost if the United States will permit Colombia to regain Panama. A man giving his name as Rev. Rob ert Waters, of Altooin, Pa., was ar rested as nu alleged crank. He said he had come lo collect SJ.MQ.gw.go. from President Roosevelt to defray the expense of a trip to Rome. Secretary Cortclyou ordered the de portation of two aliens who came over veffii the understanding that they would be employed at the nulls of the Ameri can Textile Company, in Pawtucket, R. I. Joseph Naganab, a Chippewa Indian, instituted proceedings against Secre tary Hitchcock to have the Forestry Act of 1902 declared unconstitutional. New assistant attorney generals for the PostoflV;e Department were appointed to succeed tnose mvoivcu in ine scanu.ui United States Minister Bcaupre ca bles the State Department that, while ex citement still prevails at the Colombian capital, no troops have yet been enlisted, and there are rumors of a revolution in the State of Cauca. There is also talk of the formation of a combination of South American countries against the United States. In his annual report Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes explains that the decrease in receipts is due to the reduction of taxes. Advices from Panama state that at soon as the canal treaty has been rati fied by the Junta the btter will ask tlie United States for $2,000,000 in cash, and that the other $8,000000 shall be trans ferred so that it can be invested. Maior James . Runcie. of Havana, testified before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs in the case of the charges against Gen. Leonard wood. Brmadicr General Tasker H. Blits sub mitted his resignation at president of the Army war College. TAKE ACTION IN ADVANCE Junta Has Already Decided to Ap prove Trcaly. THE U. S. GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED. Signed by the Foreign Minister, II Has the Force ol a Decree Treaty Will fie Signed s Soon as. Received Action ol Ihe Jun;a Credited, in a Measure, lo the Representa tions ol Mr, Varllla. Panama (By Cable). The junta, composed of Jose Agustin Arungo, Tomas Arias and Manual F.spinosa, held a meeting at 10 o'clock a. in., all the ministers of state and councilors being present, and unanimously decided to ratify the canal treaty so soon as it is received here, and authorize Min ister Hunan-Varilla officially to com municate the junta's decision to the United States Government. The decision of the junta was receiv ed with great joy throughout the isth mus without distinction of parties or classes. Rear Admirals Walker and Glass have been informed of the action taken by the junta. Washington. D. C. (Special) Offi cial confirmation of the determination of the Panama junta to ratify the llav- liunau-Varilla Panama canal treaty was j received by Minister Varilla at .V.to j o'clock. The minister's dispatch is as 1 follows: "Panama. Varilla, minister plenipo tentiary of the republic of Panama, Washington : "In view of the approbation given by the delegates, Amador and Boyd (the commissioners who were sent by the government of Panama to confer with Minister Varilla) to the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty,, you arc authorized to notify officially the government of the United States that as soon as the doc ument is received by the junta of the government of the republic of Panama, it will be ratified and signed. "J. A. A RAN GO, "TOMAS ARIAS. "MAN URL F.SPI NOSA." Countersigned by the minister of for eign relations. "DF. LA F.SPRIF.l.LA." Minister Varilla calls special atten tion to the fact that the message re ceived by him is siined not only by the members of the junta, but also by the minister of foreign relations, which be says gives the communication the character of a formal decree of the government. The action taken by the Panama junta doubtless is due in part at least to the urgent representation of Minister Varilla that prompt steps be taken with a view to the ratification of the treaty as soon as it shall reach Panama. Last Saturday the minister cabled a long synopsis of the treaty to Panama, and since that time has been in communica tion with the government on the sub ject. Francisco dc F. Manotas, who Arriv ed at New York from Savanilla, is a member of the commission sent by the Governor of the state of Bolivar to the United States to obtain information as to the real stale of affairs on the Isthmus Tif Panama. His departure was delayed-, at the time his fellow commis sionerswho arrived in Washington sonic days ago left Bolivar. LETTER WKITI RS ARRESTED. Secret Serv ce Men Th'nk Th-y May Be Dangerous lo the PreMcnL New York (Special). Chas. Tresh- j on, who is charged with writing letters I 1.. !.,.. 1. . lammi jMJoseveii, complaining mat an mlliienlial person 111 govern- invmai urcies 111 n asuiiigton lias an eiecirit Dauery wnicn is attached to the I soles of 'I hrcshon's feet and so militates against his chances of seeing the Prcsi dent, was sent to Uelleviic Hospital for examination as to his sanity. When arraigned before Magistrate Mayo the . ..-1 1. . ... , . .. ' prisoner said he was u "double sun.' .None of the letters contained anv threats. ihreshon, it was said by Secret Ser vice officials, has twice before been ar rested, once on January 6, 1805, when he sent a letter lo President Cievelaud Irom Baltimore, containing allusions j iu ic i-itiuic current wnicn prevented him from reaching the President, and again in tool, when he sent a similar letter to President McKinlcy and was arrested, declared insane and sent to hospital in Washington. Another arrest of the same nature was made later when Kalman Fodessy was taken into custody by officers of the Secret Service and sent to Bellcvuo for examination. F'odessy is a watch maker, who came to this country from liudapest two years ago. For sonic time he has been writing letters to President Roosevell. iliiiMu .-iKottt no. lice officials of Buffalo, and when nr- i rested he told a rambling, disconnected j story. At the tunc ol his arrest In had a 10 page typewritten letter' ad dressed to the President in his pos session. Shot Dead on the Sir;cL New York (Special) Observing a man whom he believed lo be a burglar leaving the tenement in which he Hives in Flbriilgc street, Harold Andressen opened fire from a second story window ami killed the man as lie was p.issmg down the street. The dead man proved 10 be Morris Groppcr, a tailor, who Itorc an excellent reputation. Andiessen, wh-.i was arrested, told the police that ho was aroused by someone trying to enter his apartment, and on his demanding to know who was there heard the intruder run down stairs. Then he reached the window in time to see a man leaving the house, and fired on him after he had re fused to halt Left Estate ol ;!1,3ai,76S. New York (Special). The appraisal of the estate of Collis P. Huntington, who died on August IJ, 1000, shows that he left a net real and personal estate in this State valued at $2&30i,7o5. The gross personally amounted to $.15,594,586, from which are deducted the debts due by the estate, the expenses of administra tion and the executors' commissions. Tlie -appraisal was directed by the Surro gate's Court. . Situation la Sin Doming. Washington, D. C. (Special). The State Department has received a cable grant from Minister Powell at San Do mingo stating that up lo that time Ihe provisional government had not leached tlie capital, and tluit the retiring presi dent. Wos y Gil, with -his cabinet, had sailed for San Juan on the German war ship Falkc. ' Crown Prince Frederick William, rep resenting the German Emperor, was present at the dedication of tha new J American vhurch in Berlin. TIMBERS TORN FROM TH2 WALLS. Terrific Explosion In Mine Also Causes Great Damage lo Property. Foil Smith, Ark. (Special). Thir teen miners were killed and great dam-' age was done by an accidental explo sion of gas in coal mine No. 20, at Bonanza, Ark., twelve miles from this city. When the explosion occurred there were about 175 men in the various .shafts. All escaped without injury ex cept the thirteen who were employed in entry "K," the scene of the explo sion. The force of Ihe explosion was ter rific and timbers were torn from tit walls of the passages for several hun dred yards at the mouth of entry "K." The passages were so completely ob structed that the work ( rescuing the entombed men was tedious in the ex treme and several hours were consum ed before the first body was found. It is thought that the gas was acci dentally ignited by a miner's lamp. The miners who escaped, with the aic1 of others summoned from nearby shaft! immediately set about clearing the pas sages in the hope that some of the thir teen entombed men might have surviv ed the explosion. liy nightfall six bodies had been re covered and the rescue work was stil' in progress. Jt is now considered certain that 11I of the entombed men have perish". THE PRICE REDUCED. United Slates (lets Honolulu Naval Stntlor lor $75,009. Honolulu (Special). A compromisi has been affected between the Unite States. For this amount the plantatiot i Company in the matter of the land of the corporation desired by the gov eminent for the naval station at Pear Harbor. The verdict of a jury had fixed tin price lo be paid at $102,000. An appca was taken, and the case has now beei settled by the payment into the Fed eral Court of $75,000 by the Uti iter Slate. For this amount the plaiitauoi company will give deeds to the proper! an I the government will acquire al 1 lie laud needed for the naval station This settles the last of the Pearl liar bor laud suits. A PLUCKY GIRL. Hums Cords From Her Wrists an.1 choker Burglar From House. Chicago, III. (Special). After havinj been bound and gagged by a colorei thief in the residence of Mrs. R. A. Bar clay, on Grand Boulevard, a plucky 16 year-old girl, employed as a domestic burned the cords from her wrists am chased the , intruder from (he housi with a carving knife. This is the storj as related by the girl, whose name i' Anna Hastings. Opening the cellar door in response to a knock, she says a colored 111:11 seized her by the throat, dragged bet to the kitchen, and after tying licr fore ed a napkin into her mouth, while hi proceeded lo ransack the house. Tlu girl dragged herself to the range nnr succeeded in freeing herself, receiviiiu a severe burning in the operation. Eiigah" Su:d, 'Eiigah' Detioit Mich. (Special). A Irei Press dispatch from Muskegon, Mich. i says: . l. .ucuurg ec 1-0.; 01 un cago, began suit against John Alcxan dcr Dowie, leader of the Christian Catholic Church, by filing an attach mrnt against lien MacDhui, the pala .:. 1 1. .r i....: ... im.:. tial summer home of Dowic at White Lake. The amount of the claim is $)(;X 28, alleged lo be due for books' purchased bv Dowie for the magnificent library at lien MacDhui." High cca Were Drowned. Slacaugrr, Norway (Special) The Norwegian steamer , Victoria was stranded during the storm off this port. Sixlen members of the crew and two persons who were passengers on board of her, were diowncd. Five persons were rescued from the steamer. SPAIiKS fROYl THJ WUHi While President 1 Roosevelt was in New Y"rk tiltending the funeral of the laic James King Grade, A. B. Drilling, a harmless crank, made his way through the army of olliceis and placed a teller in the Piesideut's bands asking that he recommend Deming's charcoal cure for cancer to 1'jnperor William. President Keuisen, of the Johns Hop kins University, and Professor Upde gralT, of the Girls' Latin Schcml, deliv ered iddri-sses at the convention of the Association of Col lege and Preparatory Schools of ibn Middle Slates and Mary land. The Probate Court judge in New Ha ven, Ct., entered a decree that the docu ments inakinir the hcaiicst to Bi van could not be recorded as part of ttic will of Philo S. Bennett. Grover Cleveland wrote a letter lo Si. Clair McKclw.'.y declaring that he can not open Ins muni In the thought of be coming a candidate for the presidency. The American Flint-glass Manufac turers' Association announced a reduc tion of from 18 lo 14 cent. Wages will be reduced accordingly. The country honw of William Webh Ilariisim, at Glenside, a suburb of Phila delphia, was robbed of jewelry valued al $.5,000. Tlie barge Ogaitia, lumber laden, struck a submerged crib near the en trance to Cleveland harbor while coming in and sank. . The German army officers have secure: tpectucles with special "aiming lense." lo enable private , soldiers to shoot straight. Alfred Frith, who murdered Fred erick J- Bailey, naval store keeper al F.squimalt. 11. C., was hanged at Vic toria, B. C. ' John K. Duke, defaulting cashier o! the Royal Building and Limn Atfocia lion, committed suicide in Portsmouth O. 1 ,-..- . The Russian newspapers arc grcatlj agitated over the British expedition t, 'hbet. declaring that if the 11 ilish go" a hold upon the holy land of Tibet: 500, fOoo.uoo BuddhiMt will believe F-nglauij lo be the greatrt power in the world. T he Counivssi Ituilrcki, aeuuittod n tlie charge of , presenting a false, heii lo an est ale.' has received a letter 'writ ten to her. lawyer by - Count Uecloi Kuilccki admitting that the accunatiot was unfounded. it The tnetrlbirs ol the Panama Junlr decidtd to ratify the Canal Treaty soor as received. The decision of tha junu ras ;ifcccivcd with joy throughout the 'Ihniua, ... THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest News oi Perm jylva.il j Toll D Short Order. These patents were granted PennsyU vanians: Kdward L. Aiken, Warren, coil forming apparatus; Charles H. Baisley, New Haven, coin controlled vending machine for newspapers, mag. azincs, etc.; Richard Black, Canons burg, metallic railway tie; Christopher Bowers, McKecspnrt, rotary eng;n:; Benjamin F. Bradbury. Castile, cream separator; George F. Bush, Pricedalc, weight supporting device; Lee Schad wick, Ridley Park, controlling mechan ism for gas engines; William M. Her vey, Homestead, novelty device; John F. Jacobs, Burnham, miter clamps; Jesse 1). Lyon, Pittsburg, developing ipparahis for photographic plates; Geo, W. Mackenzie, Beaver, vending appa ratus; Thcron R. Palmer, Jcannette, making single tube pneumatic tires; Perry A. Reno, Reyuoldsvillc, packing or .sliinnina box: Moriu Uojctmvcig, Mleghrny, cuspidor; John K. Ross and I.. Singer, Allegheny, apparatus for in creasing speed of vessels; Louis C. Sands, Jr., Pittsburg, center iron for walking beams and Samson posts; Henry C. Seipp. Pittsburg, mechanism for operating elevator door; Phillips Semmer, Pittsburg, apparatus for breaking tile strips. A fire which broke out one year ago at the Lehigh Valley Co.'s Sioux Colli ery, and which was supposed to have been extinguished lately, broke out afresh and the officials arc fighting it in a new find original manner. During the first fire bore holes were driven .hrough the ground to the burning sec tion. Concrete and sand are now bo ng run through the holes, the ofli litis thinking a olid concrete wall will orm and create an air-tight compart ort in which the blaze may be smoth ered. Ihe 10x00 miners employed by the ,'eiinsylvania. Coal & Coke Company it its' mines' in Cambria county hav hreatened to strike because of an ordcl sued by the company this week chang . n the hour for going to work in thf miming from " to ".30 o'clock. Charles Trout, a hotel clerk in Ty one, and son-in-law of the proprietor. Charles Woodin, is under bail accuser if shooting Thomas Brown, colored lorter at the hotel. The two quarrelec and Brown was shot in the hand anr .-heck. Notice was posted at the works of th' mcrican Steel Foundries Company Sharon, of a reduction in wages to tak effect this week. The cut will be H per cent., which will bring the mould ers' wages to ?.VI5 a day. It is saic that the reduction is to take effect lr all the plants of the American Stee Foundries Company. All the outbuildings on the farm o' Isaac Rcablin's. Penn's Manor, to gether with grain, hay, farming 'imple ments and some stock were destroyer by fire. Several years ago the out buildings on the same 'farm were de stroyed by fire. Mrs. Harry Eckroth, of Wilkes Barre, was found on the Central Rail road tracks seriously injured. She ha been struck by a train. She died a' he Mercy Hospital. The strike at the Red Asl Colliery, Wilkes-Barre, the only seri nus one in the anthracite region, pre scnts a new and peculiar condition. I'll' rompany i.s anxious to settle it by sub mining the grievances to the Concil iation Board, but the miners have re ius.cd to submit their grievances ar.f -laini they want to light the matter om with the company, expecting the com pany officials to decide what they wil concede. The strikers have been ou' (or five months. The men declare the) will not return to work until the su perintendent now eniploycd is dis charged. Adam R. Gruber. of Obold. was re turning home from a visit in Reading, driving a two-horse team, when tin horses took iright at a train near Lo rah and ran away. The carriage was upset and Mr. Gruber thrown to the ground, landing on his head. His neck was btoken and death resulted almost instantly. In a runaway accident Francis De vore, a farmer, of Buffalo Mills, waf so seriously injured that he died soon after. His horses tramped on him at he was dragged over the frozen ground. District Attorney Lichtenwalncr, ol AUentown, says that information for the arrest of David Weiscnberg, on charges of being accessory to the mur der of Mabel Bechtel, before and aftet the fact was made by Constable John Shrunk. There will probably be no hearing and the case will go to the Grand Jury., Weisenberg, it is believ ed, was the last person outside of the Bechtel family who saw the girl alive. lie accompanied her home on the Sun day night when it is supposed she was murdered, but he did not enter the house. After the alleged finding of the body in the areaway of the Bechtel home on the Tuesday morning follow ing by Mrs. Bechtel, the mother, the latter told her story to the police that Mabel had been out driving with Weiscnberg 011 Monday and that dur ing the night she was awakened by the barking of dogs and saw two men car rying what she thought was a bag of potatoes or apples into a neighbor'i yard. Weisenberg having left town, he was the first one for whom the police looked and he surrendered himself to the New York police. He voluntarily returned to AUentown and proved an alibi. District Attorney Liehtenwalncf will also accuse Weisenberg of a mis demeanor, he having admitted that hr and the girl visited a hotel on the Sun day night in question. It is said that the prosecution's plan will be to have Weisenberg acquitted of the more seri ous charges and thus make him a com petent witness against the Bechtels. John Flemniing, foreman of the ma chine shops at the Keeley Stove Works, Columbia, was fatally injured by a boiler falling on him. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the new hospital at Coatesville realized $1000 by a fair. Because of the prevalence of scarla tina at Catawissa, many houses are quarantined. Philip Prouencial, a foreman for a railroad contractor at Dubois, was kill ed by an explosion while attempting to '.haw out dynamite. Several other sorkmen were injured. 1 1 Morrisville will be one hundred yean dd as a borough 011 April 18, 1904, and he people arc preparing to celebrate :he centennial. W. L. Malhues, State Treasurer-elect, A'as tendered a dinner and reception by :he members of the Media Republican Club and friends to the nul iber of 300. Congressman Thomas S- Butler was the' only out-of-town speaker. Mr. Butler, in his speech of congratulation, look occasion to predict the passage of legislation for the deepening of the Delaware river channel. Mr. Matheus, in his speech, predicted that if the Del aware river channel i widened " 1 deepcad that Chester will become I . iron center of Pennsylvania. (
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