HANY CHINESE DROWNED
Alo! Havoc Wrotighl By Oale Which
Swept Dowi oa Vessels.
Thousand rescues are reported.
Tt Part DIsaMed Jaeks Drifted Helplesily
Afceat, Tkelr Occupants Suffering From
Thirst and Haaf ar. The Hoagkonf, Qovern
seal Trader Staalty Rescued a Number,
Picking Up Elr.nl Junks and Taking 122
Mta OIL
Victoria, B. C (Special) J". Advices
vere received from South Cliina by the
Athenian of the loss of thousands of lives
at remit of the destruction of several
hundred fishing junks in a typhoon off
Swatow.
The liavoc was awful when the gale
twejit down on the Chinese vessels. For
iayt disabled junks drifted helplessly
alout, their occupants suffering from
thirst and hunger.
The Hongkong government tender
Stanley rescued a number, picking up
right junks and taking 122 men off ves
sels that were abandoned.
The Stanley then returned to the scene,
for the rescued fishermen reported that
there were 400 junks fishing off Swatow
when the typhoon came mi Novcmlier 4
From the Staulry 57 junks were Men
filing distress signals. Several junks
at ere towed to Hongkong and then a
third relief cruise was made.
Meanwhile three torpedo lioat destroy
er, the naval water boat Cherub and a
Chinese cruiser were sent out and res
cued many. Several hundred men were
taken from the wrecked craft suffering
greatly, some being without food or
water from two to five days.
Of the 400 fishing junks at least .loo
re reported disabled or sunk, and thou
sands of lives were lost
DREYFUS GAINS GREAT POINT.
Judicial Exaalaatloa la Be Made of Famous
Case.
Taria (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
cf 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 ol Justice. This
commission will pronounce upon the
admissibility of the request for a rcvi
aion of sentence.
M. Dreyfus owes the favorable ac
tion taken to the careful consideration
friven the case by Minister Andre,
whose conclusions are regarded as in
the highest degree favorable to Drey
fus, since they determined the Minis
ter of Justice to refer the question of
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,
has made important revelations. The
commission will receive the documents
teat Wednesday.
FORGETS HE EVER WROTH A BOOK.
Rrniriablc Eianple of "Double Coosclous
ocas" 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
Jenver for $ IS. 000 damages for in
juries to his liead, sustained by falling
on a defective sidewalk. After the ac
cident, which occurred December 30,
igoi, after which Charters proclaimed
himself "Daniel the Prophet," and
wrote a book, entitled "Daniel S. Vis
ion and Mission; Is Heaven Real; Is
Jlell Keair
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
eij having written a book. After read
ing the book he pronounced its con
tents idiotic.
ary wins easily.
Kalis Vp a Football Score ol 40 Points to
Navy's 5 la Aaoaal CoatcsL
Philadelphia (Special). In one of the
Taost tiresome and uninteresting foot
ball games ever witnessed on Franklin
Field the West Point eleven defeated
the Annapolis team by the score of
40 to 5. The miserable fumbles in rap
id succession gave the Navy their on!.
rore. As a football game it was a dis
asal failure, but as a society function it
was a glorious success. Seated in boxes
round the field were Secretary R(iot,
Secretary Moody, Lieutenant General
S. li. M. Young, Major General and
Mrs. Chaffee, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Darling. Admiral Taylor, of
the Bureau of Navigation; Colon.
Mills, superintendent of West Point;
Superintendent iirownson, ol the An
aiapolis Naval Academy; Major Gen
eral Brooke, General Miles, Major
(ienrral Henry S. Corbin and Mrs.
C'orbio and many other persons prom
inent in Army and rsavy circles.
12OS.0M New Orlcaas Fir.
New Orleans (Special). Fire in the
keart 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
n unusually heavy stock on hand. The
Sots to the biscuit company and sur
rounding property is roughly estimated
at between $200,000 and $.125,000.
""Killed By Savages.
Pamarijcotta, Me. (Special) A letter
received here from the wife of Captain
Qioelstad, of the ship lien Sewall,
wrecked in Formosa channel, partially
confirms the report that boatload, in
cluding Morris, the first mate, 13 men
Hid a woman, were killed on Uoteltobago,
am island Inhabited by savages. The let
ter says five men, including Russian.
Japanese and Filipino, were found, and
rea) men and a Japanese woman, wife
c4 Mat Morris, were missing. From the
wording, although the letter Is not ea
fdicit at is thought that the writer meant
akat tac bodies el U are men were
THE IATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
The visit of the Italian cruiser T.i
guria to San Juan, l'orto Kieo, has
been made the occasion for a show oi
international good feeling, the a lors
of the United States cruiser Balti
more and those of the I.iguria frater
nizing. Judge Achcson filed an opinion in
the United States Court of Appeals,
in Philadelphia, sustaining judge
Kirkpatrick in appointing James Smith.
Jr., us receiver ior the United States
Shipbuilding Company.
The Mc.N'air Mill, at Fcrnandina,
Fla., with all the lumber stored in the
mill yard. " of the Seaboard Air
I.inc warehouse, was destroyed he
Arc. The entire wateriront was saved
with difficult y.
The W. A. Dcnccke private bank at
Casper, Wo., capitalized at $5000, but
carrying large deposits, failed, over
speculation ill 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 r.nipire Shipbuilding Company, at
Buffalo, X. V.
Capt. Obcrlin M. Carter having com
pleted liis term at Fort Leavenworth
for conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, was released and hastened to
Chicago.
Commander Robert K. Peary, who
arrived at New Vork on the steamer
I'hila -lelphia, spoke with confidence of
Ins ability to reach the- .North Pole.
Katharine I'lynn Kay was arrested
in Newark, N. J., on the charge of
torturing her niece, Mary Conning, six
years old. until the child died.
Kev. W illiam K. Hinshaw, a life pris
oner for wile murder in Michigan City
Prison, vas allowed to go to the bedside
if his dying mother.
'1 he San Juan (l'orto Rico) office of
the Vaudcgnft Construction Company,
interested in a $..000,000 trolley
scheme, has been closed for nonpay
ment of rent and owing to attachments
lor salaries in behalf ol 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 (Juarton has appointed Frank
W eimar receiver for the State Hank of
t ierinania, la. The institution has
$-'.".000 capital and $40,000 of deposits.
Mr-i. Mary Ousick and Mrs. Julia
Ward, who boarded with Mrs. Ousick,
died in New Vork under circumstances
indicating death from some poison.
The Ogden-Lucien cutoff across the
Great Salt Lake was formally declared
completed and made part oi the Har
riman system. It has cost $4,200,000.
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 lost
in midocean, arrived at New Vork.
The military force in the Cripple
Creek (Col.) coal district, where the
miners' strike is prevailing, has been
increased.
Gen. Ruiz Reyes, representing the
government of Columbia, reached New
Orleans on his way to Washington.
Klisha B. Gaddis, a multimillionaire,
of Newark, N. J., died suddenly of heart
failure.
foreign.
Prince Jaine, brother of the Princess
Alice of Schoenburg-WaMcnburg, de
clares untrue the recent accusations
against her, and says the trial of the suit
lor separation trom her husband, 1 mice
Frederico. will soon be begun at Dresden.
M. Chilli, former Japanese minister ol
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
forward an autograph letter from King
Peter of hervia, advising 1 resident
Roosevelt of his accession to the throne.
A violent storm swept the French coast
Friday night, the Cities of Bordeaux and 1
1 li l. II . . .Y ' I. . I
L3 icocnciie sintering mucn damage.
William J Iiryan has written to St.
Petersburg from I-ondon to arrange for
an interview with Count Tolstoi.
l'he Russian government is satisfied
with Turkey's reply to the Austro-Kus-
sian reform scheme for Macedonia.
Five Russian soldiers were killed and
nine wounded in a conflict with Chinese
robbers in Manchuria.
'l'he taking of testimony in the Fair
case was begun before Commissioner
Lislcr. in Paris.
Ixird Roberts is about to resign his po
sition as commander-in-chief of the Brit
ish Army.
1 he 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
iilso 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
Domingo Improvement Compuany mat
ters. Premier Balfour, in a speech 111 I-on-
don, sharply replied to Lord Kosebcry's
criticisms ol tlie present government s
military policy and said the great mili
tary problem now was the defense of the
large Indian frontier against the great
and, he was glad to think, friendly Em
pire of Russia.
Some uneasiness is felt at the Russian
court on account of the inflammation of
the Czarina's ear, which docs not yield
to treatment.
The delay in the settlement of the Russo-Japanese
negotiations is due to the
inability to agree upon the status of Ko
rea. '
Anti-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
"Dewn with Francis Joseph! Let's
break the Triple Alliance!"
FlosoclaU
The bonded debt of the Baltimore &
Ohio is now $182,000,000.
Furnn tia nli&nrl.rl f nn rvvn thnrpt
A : V
01 niiicriean siock in a ween.
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 $JSI,
817. Directors of the Mexican Northern
Railway have decided to suspend divi
dends. Railroad stocks were higher this week
than at any previous time for seven
weeks.
United States Steel holds up remark
ably well compared with the other
industrials.
A (ew shares of Girard National
Bank-stock were sold at 13S. This
bank has an especially large surplui
and an able body of directors and offi
cial. A. A. Housman, who is Morgan's
chief broker, says: "I'm bullish on
Steef and Atchison. In fact I'm bullish
on the entire market, although to bs
bullish now if not fashionable."
CONFESS EIGHT MURDERS
Ycung Bandits Captured After a Desper
ate Fight.
TWO CHICAGO YOUTHS WERE SHOT.
After a Battle In the Dark Near a Railroad
Stollcn In Indiana (tie Desperadoes, Al
though Wounicd, Kill a Railroad liraktman,
Sc.'u a Locomotive and Force the Engineer
to Carry Them Two Miles.
Chicago (Special). Chained wrist to
wrist, their hair matted with dried blood,
their clothing covered with dust and dirt
two beardless hoys Peter Nicdcrmcicr
and Harvey Van Dine sat in the pres
ence of Mayor Harrison and Chief of Po
lice O'N'eil, calmly confessing to their
share in a six months' career of crime
which has included eight murders, the
wounding of five other men and a long
series of robberies.
The two young bandits, neither of
whom is over 21 years of age, together
with their companion, Fmil Roeske, who
is no older, were captured near Liver
pool, I ml., after a tight 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, hut not seriously.
Xeidcrmeicr was wounded in the hand
by hirdshot; Van Dine was similarly in
jured, and sustained in addition a flesh
wound in the left thigh. Rocski was
shot in the right hip. His wound is the
jr.ost serious of any inllicted 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
i car uarns at tne Chicago city K.inroau
Company on Aiigusf .10. when two men
were killed, a third badly wounded and
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 his 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. Kmboldcncd 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.
'I lie holding up of railroad trains in
Chicago was decided nn. Dynamite be
ing difficult to buy in Illinois, and being
easily traceable, they 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
alorted because the engineer did not stop
at their signal.
The hunt for Van Dine, Niedcmeier
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 Flk'i
Sices of the Shawver Company and Ben
Jimla tear Destroyed.
Charleston, W. Va. (Special).
Charleston was visited about 4 o'clock
in the morning by the nieist destructive
fire that has occurred there for several
years, causing loss amounting to be
tween $60,000 and $75,000.
The fire started in the wholesale and
retail housefurnishing store of the W.
I. Shawver Company, in the Bacr
Block, on Kanawha street. The build
ing is a four-story brick, owned by
Benjamin Bacr, 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 $.?o,
000, with $J5,ooo insurance. Adjoin
ing property was damaged to the ex
tent of several thousand dollars.
Richard Stanley, a cook in a res
taurant adjoining the Bacr 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
were disclosed. It appears that a de
tective in the employ of the railroad
company was one of the three men who
removed the spikes and fishplates from
a rail. The other two men, it is alleg
ed, were Charles McKinney and Thos.
Foster, who are under arrest. Two
agents of the railroad were in hiding
within 25 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 liie. Foster's friends as
sert that he will be able to establish an
alibi.
Olur to Fight Russia.
London (By Cable). The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
cabies that the viceroys and governors
of 13 provinces outside of Cln-Li have
offered the Chinese Throne to send 90,
000 foreign drilled troops to fight Rus
sia for Manchuria,
Killed His Little Sister.
Newborn, 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 few min
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 through the head of her
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 oo Flrs-flghltra.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). Fireman
William Grove was killed and seven
other firemen were injured while fight
ing a fire which destroyed the five
story brick building of Smith, Myers,
Schnirr St Co., manufacturers of cigar-
box machines here. Of the injured, two
are probably fatally hurt. I hey are
lohn Conners. who is ruder in a from
concussion of the brain, and James
Keegan, whose skull was fractured. The
men were on the second floor, when it
gave way with them and all were buried
in ine ucurii, ....
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Mrk.-t riea For Statehood.
The annual report of Governor
Otero, of New Mexico, makes a plea
for the admission oi the territory to
Statehood.
The Governor says during the last
year the building of railroads continu
ed with unabated vigir and capital
made extensive investments. The fi
nances of the territory arc in excellent
condition and so are those of the coun
ties and cities, with a few exceptions,
caused by loose methods many years
ago, and the results of which methods
the counties affected arc making every
effort to overcome. 'I he 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 1111 increase of about $1,000,
000 over that of the preceding year,
but as the average assessment rate i
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 $.?,ooo,ooo. 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 Patent 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. This bill was introduced by 111;1
same Senator in May, Kjo2, but failed
of action before the adjournment of
Congress a few weeks later.
The bill designates as the proposed
site the ulats of ground east ol the
Capitol plaza, between Fast Capital and
Is streets and between l-irst and rice
ond streets northeast. So much of A
street and Maryland avenue as is em
braced in the area named is included.
The building is to 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 ol Building of the Li
brary of Congress and the Architect of
the Capitol.
To acquire the site and prepare the
ground $000,000 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 as-agc.
To Aid the Filipinos.
For some time the President has been
discussing with members of Congress the
proposition lot reduce the duties on Phil
ippine products coming into this coun
try to 50 per cent, of the Dingley law
rates. Considerable opposition ha3 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 after July 1, 1005
The new commission is to consist of
five members, to be appointed by the
President from Civil War veterans And
two of them from the Confederate
Army. A salary of $-000 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 no ardent spirits, may
be sold in post exchanges and on trans
ports, under regulations to be pcrscrib
ed by the Secretary of War."
Qovernment Laboratory Buildings.
The Secretary of Agriculture has ap
proved plans for the construction of
three laboratory buildings for the De
partment of Agriculiurc, 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 (he department. Only
the money for the three laboratory build
ings thus far has been appropriated.
Tiire 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. Fatterson in
troduced a bill to abolish slavery in the
riulippmes and to abrogate the treaty
between the United States and the Sul
tan of Sulu.
la Ibe Department.
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
Hay-lhrran Treaty free of cost if the
United States will permit Colombia to
regain Panama.
A man giving his name as Rev. Rob
ert Waters, oi Altoim.i, Pa , was ar
rested as an alleged crank. He said
he had come to collect $2,Q04.9j.oo.
from President Roosevelt to defray
the expense of a trip to Rome.
Secretary Cortelyou ordered the de
portation of two aliens who came over
cTiu the understanding that they would
be employed at the mills of the Ameri
can Textile Company, in Pawtuckct,
R. I.
Joseph Naganab, a Chippewa Indian,
instituted proceedings against Secre
tary Hitchcock to have the Forestry
Act of igo2 declared unconstitutional.
New assistant attorney generals for
the Postoffrce Department were appointed
to succeed those involved in the scandals.
United States Minister Beaupre 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 1 due to
the reduction of taxes.
Advices from Panama state that as
soon at the canal treaty has been rati
fied by the Junta the latter will ask tlx
United States for $2,000,000 in cash, and
that the other $8,000000 shall be trans
ferred so that it can be invested.
Major James E. Runcie, of Havana,
testified before the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs in the -case of the
charges against Gen. Leonard Wood.
Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss sub
mitted his resignation at president of
the Army War College,
TAKE ACTIONJN ADVANCE
Junta Has Already Decided to Ap
prove Trcaly.
THE U. S. GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED.
Signed by the Foreign Minister, It Hns the
Force of a Decree Trcaly Will B Slgn.d
as Sooa as. Received Action ol the Jun a
Credited, In a Measure, to the Representa
tions of Mr. Varllla.
Tanama (By Cable). The Junta,
composed of Jose Aguslin Arnngo,
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 Bunau-Varilla officially to com
municate the junta's decision to the
United Stales 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 Hay-I'unau-Varilla
Panama canal treaty was
received by Minister Varilla at .1..10
o'clock. The minister's dispatch is as
follows:
"Panama. Varilla, minister plenipo
tentiary ol the republic of Panama,
Washington:
"In view of the approbation given bv
the delegates, Amador and Boyd (the
commissioners who were sent by the
government of Panama to confer with
Minister Varilla) to the llay-Bunau-Varilla
treaty you are 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. ARANGO,
"TOMAS ARIAS.
"MANUKL KSPINOSA."
Countersigned by the minister of for
eign relations.
"DF. LA FSPRIF.l.LA."
Minister Varilla calls special atten
tion to the fact that the message re
ceived by him is signed not onlv bv
the members of the junta, but also by
the minister of foreign relations, which
he 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 de 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 state of affairs 011 the
Isthmus nf Panama. His departure was
delayed', at the time his fellow commis
sioners who arrived in Washington
sonic days ago left Bolivar.
LETTCR WKITIRS AKRESTED.
Secret Serv'ce Men Th'nk They May Be
Dangerous to Hie President.
New York (Special). Chas. Tresh-!
on, who is charged with writing letters
to President Roosevelt, complaining
that an influential person in govern
mental circles in Washington has an
electric battery which is attached to the
soles of Threshon's feet and so militates
against his chances of seeing the Presi
dent, was sent to Bellevuc Hospital
for examination as to his sanity. When
arraigned before Magistrate Mayo, the
prisoner said he was a "double sun."
None of the letters contained any
threats.
Threshon, it was said by Secret Ser
vice officials, has twice before been ar
rested, once on January 6, 1805, when
he sent a letter to President Cleveland
from Baltimore, containing allusions
to the electric current which prevented
him from reaching the President, and
again in 1001, when he sent a similar
letter to President McKinlcv and was
arrested, declared insane and sent to
a hospital, in Washington,
Another arrest o the same nature
was made later when Kalman Fodessy
was taken into custody bv officers of
the Secret Service and sent to Bellevuc
lor examination, hodessy is a watch
maker, who came to this country from
Budapest two years ago. For some
time he has been writing letters to
President Roosevelt, chiefly about po
lice officials of Buffalo, and when ar
rested he told a rambling, disconnected
story. At the tune of Ins arrest he
had a 10-page typewritten letter' ad
dressed to the President in his pos
session. Shot Dead on Hie Sir.-cl.
New York ( Special ) Observing a'
man whom he believed to be a burglar
leaving the tenement in w hich he Hives
in Hlbricige street, Harold Andressen
opened fire from a second-story window
and killed the man as he was passing
down the strei't. The dead man proved
to be Morris Cropper, a tailor, who bore
an excellent reputation. Andiessen, wh.i
was arrested, told the police that lie, 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 tune to see a man leaving the
house, and fired on him after he had re
fused to halt
Lell Estate of SJ8.JUI.765.
New York (Special). The appraisal
of the estate of Collis P. Huntington,
who died on August 13, 1900, shows that
he left a net real and personal estate in
this State valued at $-'&joi,7o5. The
gross personalty amounted to $.15,594,586,
from which arc deducted the debts due
by the estate, the expenses of administra
tion and the executors' commissions.
The appraisal was directed by the Surro
gate's Court.
. Situation la Sin Domlege.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
State Department has received a cable
gram from Minister Powell at San Do
mingo stating that up to that time the
provisional government had not reached
the capital, and that the retiring presi
dent. Wos y Gil, with his cabinet, had
sailed for an Juan ou the German war
ship Falkc. . .
Crown Prince Frederick William, rep
resenting the German Emperor, was
present at the dedication of the new
American tburch 'u Berlin.
TIMBERS TORN FROM TH2 WALLS.
Terrific Explosion In Mine Also Causes
Great Damage to Properly.
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 the explosion was ter
rific and timbers were torn from ll:
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 of 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 M
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.
By nightfall six bodies had been re
covered ami the rescue work was stiP
in progress.
It is now considered certain that al
of the entombed men have perish"4.
THE PRICE RHDUCF.D.
United Stales Gets Honolulu Naval Slntlor
lor $75,008.
Honolulu (Special). A compromisi
has been affected between the Unite
States. For this amount the plantatiot
Company in the matter of the land
of the corporation desired by the gov
ernment for the naval station at Pear
Harbor.
The verdict of a jury had fixed tin
price to be paid at $io.,ooo. An appca
was taken, and the case has now beei
settled by the payment into the Fed
eral Court of $75,000 by the Unitct
Slate. For this amount the plamatioi
company will give deeds to the proper!
an 1 t lie government will acquire al
1 lie laud needed for the naval station
This settles the last of the Pearl lf.tr
bor land suits.
A PLUCKY GIRL.
Hums Cords From Her Wrists on.l Uiatcr
Burglar From House.
Chicago, 111. (Special). After havinf
been bound and gagged by a colore
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 the housi
with a carving knife. This is the storj
as related by the girl, whose name h
Anna Hastings.
Opening the cellar door in response
to a knock, she says a colored mar
seize'd her by the throat, dragged hci
to the kitchen, and after tying her fore
ed a napkin into her mouth, while Ik
proceeded to ransack the house. Th
girl dragged herscli to the range nnc
succeeded ill freeing herself, receivinu
a severe burning in the operation.
Ellgah" Su:d.
Detioit, Mich. (Special). A Free
Press dispatch from Muskegon, Mich,
says: "A. C. McClurg & Co" of Chi
cago, began suit against John Alcxau
der Dowir, leader of the Christian
Catholic Church, by filing an attach
nient against Ben MaeDhiii, the pala
tial summer home of Dowic at White
Lake-. The amount of the claim is
$ooX 8. alleged to be due for books'
purchased bv Dowie lor the magnificent
library at lien MacDhui."
h'lgh cca Were Drowned.
Slacangcr, Norway (Special). Tin
Norwegian steamer Victoria was
stranded during the storm off this port.
Sixjen members of the crew and two
persons who were passengers on board
of her . were drowned. Five persons
were rescued from the steamer.
SHAIikS fROH THJ WLtSi
While President : Roosevelt was in
New York attending the funeral of the
late James King Graeie, A. B. Drilling,
a liariiilcss crank, made his way through .
the army of officer and placed a letter
in the Piesideiit's hands asking that he
rieommeiid Drilling's charcoal cure for
cancer to luuperor William.
President Reuisen, of the Johns Mop
kins L'niversiiv, and Professor Upde
giaff, of the ti'irls'' Latin School, deliv
ered i.ddri'sses at the convention of the
Association of Colleges and Preparatory
Schools of the Middle Slates and Mary
land. The Probate Court judge in New Ha
ven, Cl , entered a decree that the docu
ments making the bequest to Bryan could
not be recorded as part of the will of
Philn S. Bennett.
(irover Cleveland wrote a letter to St.
Clair McKclw.'.y declaring that he can
not open his 1111111I to the thought of be
coming a candidate for the presidency.
The American Flint-glass Manufac
turers' Association announced a reduc
tion of from 18 to 14 cents. Wages will
be reduced accordingly.
The country homo of William Wel-h
Harrison, at Glenside, a suburb of Phila
delphia, was robbed of jewelry valued al
$.5,000.
T!ie barge Ogaitia, lumber laden,
struck a submerged crib near the en
trance to Cleveland harbor while coming
in and sank, t
T he German army officers have secured
fpectacles with special "aiming lense"
to enable , private . soldiers to shoot
straight.
Alfred J Frith, who murdered Fred
erick J. Bailey, naval store keeper al
F.sciuimalt. li. C., was hanged at Vic
toria. B. C. '
John K. Duke, defaulting cashier ol
the Royal Building and Loan Associa
tion, committed suicide In Portsmouth
O. .,'
The Russian newspapers are greatlj
agitated over the British expedition t,
'I ibet. declaring that if the B itisli gc
a hold upon ibt holy land of Tibet.' 500,
Ooo.ooo BuddhiMs will believe England
to be the greatest power in the world.
'1 he Coumrs Kuilrcki, acuuitlod n
the charge of , presenting a , false heii
to an estate.' has received a letter writ
ten to her lawyer by Count llecloi
Kuilecki admitting that the accusalior'
was unfounded. '11
The ineirlbers of -the Panama Juntj
decided to ratify the Canal Treaty toor
as received. The decision of the junti
was 'ecived with joy throughout the
MhmuA. .....
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest Ncs of Pena3ylva.ili Told 0
Short Order.
These patents were granted Pennsvl.
vanians: Fdward L. Aiken, Warren,
coil forming apparatus; Charles I),
Baisley, New Haven, coin controlled
vending machine for newspapers, man-
azincs, etc.: Richard Black. Canons
burg, metallic railway tie; Christopher
Bowers, McKecspnrt, rotary cng;n;;
Itenjanun f. Hraelbury. Lastiie, cream
separator; George v. Hush, 1 rtocdalc,
weight supporting device: Lee achad
wick. Ridlev Park, controlling mechan
ism for gas engines: William M. Her.
i'cy, Homestead, novelty device; John
F. Jacobs, Burnham, miter clamps;
Jesse I). Lyon, Pittsburg, developing
ipparatus for photographic plates; Geo.
W. Mackenzie, Beaver, vending appa
ratus; Thcron R. Palmer, Jcannette,
making single tube pneumatic tires;
i'errv A. Reno, Kcynoldsville, packing
or shipping box; Moritz Ro.-cnzwcig,
Mleuhenv. citsuidor: 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
Scmmer, 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 and original manner. During
the first fire bore holes were driven
through the ground to the burning sec
lion. Concrete and sand arc now bc
ng run through the holes, the olli
ials thinking a colid concrete wall will
orm and create an nir-tight compart
nrt in which the blaze may be smoth
ered. The 10,000 miners employed by the
Pennsylvania, Coal & Coke Company
it its 'mines' in Cambria county hav
hrcatcned to strike because of an ordct
-sued by the company this week chang
. ng the hour for going to work in th
miming from 7 to 7.30 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
iorter at the hotel. The two quarrelec
ami Brown was shot in the hand an1
.heck.
Notice was posted at the works of th'
incrican Steel Foundries Company
Aharon, of a reduction in wages to tak
L'ffcct this week. The cut will be K
per cent., which will bring the mould
ers' wages to f.t.15 a day. It is sau
that the reduction is to take effect ir
all the plants of the American Stee
Foundries Company.
All the outbuildings on the farm o'
Isaac Reabltn's, Penn's Manor, to
gether with grain, hay, farming 'imple
ments and some stock were destroye
by fire. Several years ago the out
buildings on the same 'farm were de
stroyed by fire.
Mrs. Harry F.ckroth, of Wilkes
Barre, was found on the Central Rail
road tracks seriously injured. She hac
been struck by a train. She died a'
'.he Mercy Hospital.
The strike at the Red Asl
Colliery, Wilkcs-Barrc, the only seri
nus one in the anthracite region, pre
sents a new and peculiar condition. Tin
rompany i.s anxious to settle it by sub
mitting the grievances to the Concil
iation Board, but the miners have re
ius.cd to submit their grievances an
claim they want to fight the matter 0111
with the companv. expecting the com-
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concede. The strikers have been ou1
for five months. The men declare the)
will not return to work until the su
perintendent now employed is dis
charged. '
Adam R. GruBcr, of Obold, was re
turning home from a visit in Reading,
driving a two-horse team, when th
horses took fright at a train near Lo
rah and ran away. The carriage was
upset and Mr. Gruber thrown to the
ground, landing ou his head. His neck
was biokcn and death resulted almost
instantly.
In a runaway accident Francis De
vore, a farmer, of Buffalo Mills, waf
fo seriously injured that he died soon
after. His horses tramped on him as
he was drapt'ed over the frozen ground.
District Attorney Lichtenwalner, ol
AUentown, says that information for
the arrest of David Weisenberg, 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 Sim
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 arcaway of the Bechtel
homo 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
Weisenberg on Monday and that dur
ing the niifht 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's
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 Lichtenwalner
will also accuse Weisenberg of a mis
demeanor, he having admitted that h
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 Fleinming, foreman of the ma
chine shops at the Keelcy Stove
Works, Columbia, was fatally injured
by a boiler falling on him. '
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the new
hospital at Coatesvillc realized $1000
by a fair.
Because of the prevalence of scarla
tina at Catawissa, many houses are
quarantined.
Philip Prouencial, a foreman for
railroad contractor at Dubois, was kill
fd by an explosion while attempting to
:haw out dynamite. Several other
workmen were injured. ; j i
Morrisville will be one hundred years
u , .0 . , .
iei as a uorougu oil stprn io, lyu, unci
he neoule are nreiiarinor to celebrate
:ht centennial,
, W. L. Mathues, State Treasurer-elect,
vat tendered a dinner and reception by
:he members of the Media Republican
Club and friends to the nut tber of 300.
Congressman Thomas S. Butler was
the- only out-of-town speaker. Mr.
Butler, in his speech of congratulation,
took occasion to predict the passage of
legislation (or the -deepening of the
Delaware river channel. Mr. Math'us,
in his speech, predicted that if the h -aware
river channel is widened r
deepend that Chester will become ,
iron center ol Pennsylvania.