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DISCOVRYOF A PLOT.
(ported Conspiracy Against General
Huentas.
SEVERAL MEN ARE UNDER ARREST.
Effort (be Pirl of t Few Army Officers to
ladac the Oirrltoa it Panama lo Revolt
aad Asaasslaale the Commandcfln Chlel
JVtsidest Rooasvelt Keceives Oeoeral
feejee.
Colon (By Cable). Through a letter
the Panama Government li.is discover
ed what is alleged to have been a plot
gainst the life o( General Huertas,
commander-in-chief of the forces of tin:
Republic of Panama, and an effort on
the part of a few army officers to per
suade the garrison at Panama to revolt.
li uch a plot really existed it was
firomptly nipped in the bud by the ap
prehension at Panama of four alleged
tonspirators, who were immediately
trought under guard to Colon and
hipped hence to Port l.imon, Costa
Rica.
The prisoners were all born in the in
ferior of Colombia anil have been on
the isthmus for some years. They were
members of the Colombia battalion
which gave its support to the new gov
ernment when tile republic was form
td and which was commanded by Gin
tral Hucrtas. They all tool; the oatii
M allegiance to me new rcpuinic ami i
rontimied to serve in t no army. On;- o:
them is a colonel named -cro. two
are majors and the fourth is the adj-i-tant
of General Urn-Mas.
They declare that the charge that they
ere engaged in a conspiracy is th.
work rif personal enemies, and that
tome Colombian who was deported
from the isthmus immediately alter the
establishment of the republic Novem
ter 3 sent a letter from Port l.imon
ddrcsscd to Colonel I-'eroI. The com
munication was written in terms im
plicating them in such a plot. At the
ame time they say the writer advi-cd
some of the officials at Panama to se
cure and read the letter addressed to
Colonel Ferol before it was delivered to
him. This was done. The four prison
ers were arrested at the barracks and
lodged in jail. In the afternoon they
-were conveyed to the railway station,
where they were placed on board a
train bound for Colon.
According to their statesnicnt, they
were not allowed to make any explan
ations. The writer of the letter, they
say, may have been prompted by a
desire to injure them because they had
turned Panamaians, or the whole plot
may have been concocted in Panama
in order to get them out of the country
because, as Colombians, they were dis
liked here. They do not dare to go
to Colombia, where they assert they
would be treated as traitors. The gov
ernment will pay their passage to Port
l.imon. They arc entirely without
funds and have no means of earning a
'iving, but they express the hope that
ultimately they will be permitted to re
turn to the isthmus.
Upon arriving here the prisoners
were placed in jail. The reports in cir
ralation that they attempted to assas
sinate General Hucrtas arc not true.
Nevertheless, the government doubtless
had some evidence against them sufli
rient, it is believed, to justify the radi
cal step of deporting them.
GEN. REYES TALKS WITH PRESIDENT.
Colombian Commissioner, However, Receives
No Encouragement
Washington, D. C. (Special). Gen.
Rafael Reyes, the special minister from
Colombia, practically initiated his mis
ion when he called upon President
Roosevelt at the White House and told
kim why he had come to Washington.
General Reyes was accompanied by Sec
retary Hay, who introduced him to the
President, and by Dr. llerran, the Co
lombian charge. The presentation took
place in the Blue Parlor, where all regu
lar ambassadors and ministers are re
ceived, but the President infused so much
cordiality into his greeting that this oc
casion was a little out of the ordinary.
There was no exchange of formal
peeches, though the Colombians were
prepared to do so in case of need. In
Mead the President greeted General
Keyes informally as a former acquaint
ance, having met him when the General
was visiting the United States some time
ago. Instead of standing to recieve his
callers, as is the case in ordinary diplo
matic presentations, the President him
self sat down and invited General Reyes
to a seat beside him. The two then en
tered upon an animated conversation,
which touched upon some notable ex
ploits in General Keyes' life, with which
the President seemed to be more or less
familiar and gradually drifted around to
the subject of General Reyes' mission.
There was no definite proposition ad
vanced by the Colombians, for the Presi
dent intimated that the Panama problem
was a matter with which the State De
partment alone could properly deal. So
the conversation of tins point closed w ith
on understanding that General Reve
who now regards bis mission as dulv
launched, should Inn after make any
representations respecting Panama that
lie cared to broach to Secretary Hay
Nevertheless, thrre was just enough in
timation in the President's talk to make
liis callers aware that he saw little pros
pect of being able to meet their wi-hes.
tailed Slates Rsqutst of Korea.
Seoul, Korea (Special). United
States Minister Allen had a long inu-i--siew
with the Emperor of Korea on
the subject of the request of the United
States for the opening to the com
merce of the world of the Korean port
cf Wiju, on the Yalu river. No defi
nite decision was reached. The gov
ernment has been placed in a dilemma
fey the demand of the United States.
Roosevelt lo lbs Rtscur.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Presi
dent Roosevelt was riding in Rock Creek
J'ark when he witnessed an accident to
Mrs. William Pettus, of this city, and
gallantly went to her assistance. Mrs
Pettus had been thrown from her horse
nd lay for a moment unconscious in the
roadwar until the President dashed ui
ni dismounted. President . Roosevelt
assisted Mrs. Pettus to her feet while
hit orderly went in pursuit of her horse.
Urs. Pettus was oniy slightly hurt.
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Three Btnka Sasptad.
Des Moines, la. (Special). Banks at
Ira, Baxter and Mingo, owned by Geo.
D. Woods, who committed suicide at
. -Colfax, have closed their doors tem
porarily. A mechanic's lien on bank
'.rixturet for $1500 filed by a Dei Moinet
firm may precipitate the crisis. Polk
county has formally demanded the re
turn of Jjo.ooo deposited in the Bank
of Colfax. The demand has not been
Acceded to Ex-County Treasurer
1-ayman has not recovered $0,000 thai
lie deposited in the Colfax Bank during
-4ii adininstration.
TI E LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
Domestic.
Blanche St. Clair, who was connected
with a gang of postolticc thieves, died
in a Philadelphia hospital without re
vealing the whereabouts of her hus
band, the leader of the gang, though
urged by the police and physicians to
do so.
John Slaughter, the oldest Wyoming
pioneer, died at Cheyenne, aged 94. He
went to Wyoming in 18(1", and was
territory ami stale librarian lor .to years
and was assistant librarian at the lime
of his death.
The cruiser Dcs Moines in her offi
cial speed trial over the Cape Ann
course cxcnilcl her contract speed,
making an avcrayc u( 16.633 knots per
hour.
The government authorities have
confiscated 14.000 Mexican cigars in a
private warehouse in San Francisco,
many of them valued at 25 cents each.
Albert A. Honey, Chicago inventor
of the underground trolley, is dead
from a stroke of paralysis. He was an
old-time telegraph operator.
A letter Icit by Amodeo Nicola, an
Italian, who committed suicirde near
Sacramento, Cal., chimes the Mafia of
Brooklyn for his death.
'1 he prosecution closed in the case
of Mrs. Mary Mcknight, on trial in
Candillac, Mich., on the charge of poi
soning her brother.
'1 wo employes of the United Suites
F.vpre- Company were arrested in
l'iltburg on the charge of ritlinif ex
press package-.
In tin- destruction of the home of
George Wright, by fire in Whatcom,
Wa-li.. Ins eight-year-old son, Reuben,
was burned to death. In trying to save
his life his sister. Maggie. 17 years old.
was terribly burned and was compelled
1 1 jump from an upper window.
Ex-Alderman Ghysels, of Grand Rap
ids. Mich., and Corey P. Bisscll, former
member of the Hoard of Public Works,
confessed that they had accepted bribes
from Salsbury and announced their pur
pose to plead guilty.
City Attorney I.ant Salsbury, of Grand
Rapids, Mich., continued his evidence
against Alderman Charles T. Johnson,
charged with being involved in the water
deal scandal.
The executive committee of the Citi
zens' Industrial Association of America,
in session in Dayton, O., took steps to
light the walking'dclcgatc and the eight
hour law.
A wagonload of Chinamen who were
being smuggled into this country was
Eric Canal. Four of the Chinamen were
overturned near Buffalo and fell into the
I'.rie Canal. Pour of the Chinamen were
drowned.
T imothy McCarthy, the walking dele
gate of the Housesmiths and Bridge-men's
Union in New York, was sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary for extor
tion. jy dinner was given at his home, in
New York, by Andrew Carnegie, to 4.1
men who were formerly associated with
him in the Carnegie Steel Companv.
Bishop Burgess, of I.ong Island,' in a
sermon in St. Paul's Chapel, New York,
protested, on religious grounds, against
the production of "Parsifal."
There was terrific excitement on the
New York and New Orleans Cotton
Exchanges on receipt of the govern
ment crop report, and new high rec
ords were made, the extent of the trans
actions leing enormous.
Rev. George D. Morgan, rector of
Christ Church, of New Haven, Ct., was
elected bishop-coadjutor of the Epis
copal Diocese of Springfield by the
synod.
Victor Herbert has resigned as di
rector of the Pittsburg Orchestra.
I ncifo.
The Austrian cotton manufacturers
are seriously affected by the advance
in the American cotton market. A ma
jority of them were entirely unprepar
ed for the rise, carrying small stocks,
and they will be obliged to restrict
their output to the lowest possible
amount.
Yuan Shi Kai, governor of Chi I.i
Province, has been promoted to the en
tire command ot the Chinese Army
and Navy. He and Prince Ching and
a Mandiu official will reorganize the
armies.
Japan urges upon the Russian gov
ernment the desirability for an early
response to the Japanese note regard
ing affairs in the Par East on account
f the Political agitation in Tokio.
A Children's World International Ex
position was opened at St. Petersburg.
T he exhibit of the United States consists
of photographs of American schools and
school children.
Charles Allen, upon being released in
London after serving a term, was arrest
ed on an extradition warrant accusing
him of postoflice robbery in Springfield,
III.
German officials say that their govern
ment will not object to the proposition
of Russia and Austria for an interna
tional administration of Macedonia.
The provisional government of Santo
Domingo made an official request for
recognition lo the diplomatic and con
sular IkhIic;. The United States Min
ister makes the condition that the Santo
Domingo government must abide by the
agreements of other administrations.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany will make an issue in London of
$14,000,000 4 per cent, consolidated de
bentures stock, about one-half of which
amount is for the ptirpo-c of paying for
the Atlantic steamship line bought last
T he French authorities deny the report
that negotiations are on for the sale of
the colony of St. Pierre and Miquelon.
off the south coast of Newfoundland, by
France to the United States.
T he Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke
Company and the South Durham Iron
and Steel Company, large concerns in
the North of England steel trade, have
been amalgamated.
Eleven coal miners were killed at the
Gasson-I.armnssc mines at Montegnee,
ucigium. tlirongli the breaking of the
rope by which the? cage was being hauled
up.
f InanclaL
Tom Law. on advises the purchase of
Amalgamated Copper.
About $15,000,000. gold has been en
saged lor import since the movement
started a couple ol weeks ago.
Pennsylvania Steel preferred receded
J points to 70. There is no reason
whatever to think that the 7 r.e cent
dividend will be cut.
Pittsburg bank exchanges were $41,
Gooooo smaller in November than in
the previous month and $18,500,000 les,
than in October, igoj.
New York Stock Exchange seats
have advanced $500 in a week. That
is a good sign.
The Government' estimate of ilii
year's cotton crop is now Q.ofu.noo
unirs, compared witn 10.417,000 bales
estimated at this time last year.
If. C. Prick, it can be stated on ex
cellent authority, now owns 54,000
sharts of Pennsylvania. He bought the
niK-:i pn ui mi) uioiK inn autumn
fin .It.. Urn ........ I. ... .1 . I.
V ju,wti,,.u will , lilt
r, .,! .1 it..;. -J t.. c. 1 1
i 1 '- svii,. wiMVlkllU I'll IM
stock. The company Itis year earned
m nop fmnt it.i.Lnil itm - I
1111u.11 inorc man m, it.ai imoiini
THE TENSION IS ACUTE.
Japan Makes Demand Upon Russia For
a Reply.
ALARMING REPORTS FROM TOKIO.
The Question of an Ultimatum lo Russia Said
to Have Been Considered by the Japanese
Cabinet Council The Olel Meets This
Week, When ll Is Hoped Crisis May Be
Finally Averted.
London (By Cable). The Tokio cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says it is
reported on credible authority that at
Tuesday's cabinet council it was actu
ally proposed to send an ultimatum to
Russia, but that this grave step was
eventually abandoned in favor of the
milder course which was ultimately
adopted.
The correspondent says the tension is
acute and it is generally felt that a
few days will sec important develop
ments, It is reported at Tokio that Japanese
Minister Kurino, at St. Petersburg,
twice within the past 10 days had de
manded Count I.aiusdorfT's reply to the
final proposals of the Japanese govern
ment. Count Lamsdorfl proposed pro
ceeding lo Alexandrov for the purpose
of securing the sanction of the Czar
to the draft of the answer drawn by
Viceroy Ak-xicff and Baron de Rosen,
the Russian minister to Japan, but had
so far been prevented from so doing
owing to the illness of Czarina.
The Emperor of Japan, it is expected,
will open the Diet this week, when it
is hoped that definite developments in
the Ear Eastern situation may avert the
impending crisis and allay the domes
tic impatience.
The Shimpoto, or Progressists, the
opposition in the lower house of the
Japanese DifM, and the Sci Yu Kai
(or party following the Marquis Ito,
president of the Privy Council), the
two leading political parties, held mass
meetings at Tokio. The Shimpotos'
leader, Okuma, severely censured the
Cabinet's foreign policy. The Marquis
Sauonji, the Sei Yu Kais' leader, was
more moderate, but he hinted at cen
sure. Both agreed on the necessity for
mutual co-operation, which obviously
is against the Cabinet.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
a report is current in Port Arthur,
originating in Chinese quarters, of an
anti-Christian rising in the Province of
Szcchuan.
MARTIAL LAW AT MINES.
Provost Marshal Threatens fo Lock I'p
Dcovsr Correspondents.
Cripple Creek, Col. (Special). The
declaration of martial law has paralyzed
business in this city. Heavily armed
pickets of the National Guards arc sta
tioned on ail street corners, and many
residents of the city do not venture upon
the streets. Provost Marshal Thomas E.
McClalland is occupying the Mayor's of
fice. He has caused the arrest of sev
eral persons, but no important arrests
have yet liecn made.
Following the suppression of an edi
torial in the Victor Record, Provost
Marshal McClelland threatened to cut
off Cripple Creek from the outside world
by locking up the correspondents of the
Denver papers and to censor all matter
to lie sent to the Denver papers.
Major Naylor, commanding officer in
the absence' of Colonel Ycrdcckherg,
slated today that a news censor from
the city of Denver would arrive in the
district and be in charge of all news to be
published in the future. T he name of the
censor he has not divulged.
Denver. Col. (Special). The execu
tive board of the Western Federation of
Miners issued an address pledging the
moral and financial support of the or
ganization to its members in Colorado,
Arizona. California and every other lo
cality where they "are fighting a battle
against corporate despotism and for the
uplifting of humanity."
To the coal miners who have joined in
the fight for an tight-hour day the ad
dress says :
"We pledge the deathless fraternity of
our organization."
Concerning Governor Peabody's action
in placing Cripple Creek under martial
law, the address says :
" The executive board can find no words
sufficiently strong to denounce this ac
tion, the most brutal form of coercion,
that makes a Russian Siberia a paradise
when compared to Colorado,
"We know no surrender, and justice
will arise from the staggering blows ad
ministered by a callous executive, and
the future will record the political re
venge of an oppressed people who are
awakening from their lethargy to smite
unbridled tyranny a blow that will end in
its eternal death."
WENTZ SAID TO BS DEMENTED.
Mlss'ni Millionaire Reported lo be la Phila
delphia.
Richmond, Va. ( Special). A Bristol
(Tenn.) .special says: It is reported
nhat Edward L. Wenlz, the young Phila
delphia millionaire, who had been miss
ing since October 14, lias lieen found, ana
that he is probably demented.
According to the report, young Wentz
is cither in Philadelphia or on his way
there. His brother, Daniel W. Wentz,
went to Philadelphia three days ago.
One 01 the Wentz attorneys, when
asked about the matter, would not deny
that Wentz had been found, but said that
it might be so. Eurther than this he
would not express himself.
"It appears that Wentz has been in
hiding in the mountains not far from
Finney, a station on the Clinch Valley
division of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad."
EvAldermca Plead Guilty.
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special). As
was expected, six ex-city officials who
had waived examinations in the Police
Court on the charge of accepting bribes
from ex-City Attorney I-nt K. Sals
bury, went into the Supreme Court and
pleaded guilty. Judge Newnham deferred
sentence, releasing them under bonds to
appear whenever ordered by the court.
Those who pleaded guilty were Corey P.
Bisscll. John T. Donavon. Clark E. Slo
cum, John Mcljichlin, Reyner Stone
house and Abraham Ghysels.
Oat Killed Pretty Artist
New York (Special). Virginia L.
Thornton, the artist, who was found
dead in her bathroom, at a; East Six
teenth street, belonged to an old
Southern family and was born in Fred
erick, Md. She wa a student as well,
and books and pictures were her furni
ture in the little room which she oc
cupied. A mattress on a wooden frame
a tew inches above the floor was her
bed in an alcove. In the bathroom,
common to the house, she grew faint
from escaping gas and died. Then her
body was removed to the morgue.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Rural Delivery Service Costly.
Third Assistant- Postmastcf General
Edwin C. Madden, in his annual report,
says that the reform of the abuses of
the second-class mailing privileges is
moving steadily forward, and can he
completed in' two years. Upward of
30 publications arc still involved in
court proceedings on the question of
second-class privileges, and on the re
sult of these cases a great part of the
reform depends. Mr. Madden expects
the court proceedings will be ended
within the next few months, and the
way then opened to complete the re
form. Mr. Madden recommends that
Congress consolidate the third and
fourth classes of mail matter and fix
the rate of postage at one cent for each
two ounces or traction thereof. The
report compares the expenditures for
rural free delivery and the deficiency
in postal revenue for the last three fis
cal vcars, and says:
"'i herateof increase in expenditure for
the introduction and maintenance of
the rural free delivery service has been
more than 100 per cent, per year, where
as the normal per cent, of increase for
the whole service has been approxi
mately it per cent. But for this sud
den and extraordinary increase in ex
penditure for a practically new, though
necessary branch of the postal service,
the deficiency in tli postal revenue by
the natural operation of things, under
the system of administration now pre
vailing, would have been almost, if not
entirely, eliminated."
The gross selling value of stamped
envelopes and newspaper wrap;crs is
sued to .postmasters was $18.8,11.27,
and their postage value was $17,751,
852, leaving $i,079..i75 to defray, the cost
of manufacture and distribution.
The total number of pieces of stamp
ed paper issued to postmasters during
the fiscal year was 7,024.00.2,-05, of the
value of $i2y,;?3i,88o, an increase over
the previous year of 16 per cent, in
number and 15 per cent, in value. To
these stamp supplies should be added
9,829,240 stamp books, the selling price
of wliich over the value of the stamps
contained therein was $08,292, making
the total number of pieces of stamped
paper and stamp books issued to post
masters 7.034,7.12,035, of the value of
$129,430,173. The sales of stamp
books increased almost 39 per cent,
over the previous year, and the net
profit to the department in their sale
was $67,999.
There were 770.657,950 postal cards
issued. Mr. Madden recommends that
Congress authorize the Postmaster
General to accept the mailings on large
quantities of identical pieces of p-inted
matter and small articles of merchan
dise without the necessity of affixing
postage stamps to the individual
pieces.
Tyner Protests to Roosevelt
Former Assistant Attorney General
James N. Tyner, who is under indict
ment on the charge of conspiring with
his nephew, Harrison J. Barrett, of Bal
timore, to connive at certain violations
of the "fraud and lottery statutes," of
which General Tyner was the author,
has, under date of December 2, addressed
a letter to President Roosevelt taking
exceptions to the denunciation of him
by the President before an opportunity
had been afforded him to present his de
fense in court.
Goicral Tyner points out that the ref
erences to his case in the memorandum
of President Roosevelt were based en
tirely on General Bristow's report, and
that President Roosevelt had never heard
a word from General Tyner in his behalf.
To Fight Boll WeevIL
In the House Representative Burgess,
of Texas, introduced a bill to lessen the
damage of the cotton boll weevil, direct
ing the Secretary of Agriculture to ap
point a cotton commission in his depart
ment, to include resident; of the State
of Texas and Louisiana, to study the
problem.
In the Departments.
Mrs. Josephine E. Henry, a widow
pensioner, living in Boston, has given
up her pension because she has an
abundant income.
Professor Langley has prepared his
acrodoiue for another fly.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the First National Bank of
Allegheny, Pa., to resume.
The United States Supreme Court
heard argument in the case of Isabella
Gonzales, the Porto Rican woman whose
landing at New York was refused by the
immigration officials.
The annual report of S. I. Kimball,
general superintendent of the Life-saving
Service, shows that the efficiency of
the service has been maintained.
Ray Stannard Baker testified before
the Senate committee investigating
Wood about the magazine article,
while Dr. Pablo Desvernenie, a Cuban
lawyer, declared that Wood changed
laws and removed judges to secure
the conviction of Rathbonc.
Mrs. Anita New-comb McGce wrote
to the Japanese minister offering to
send a detachment of trained nurses
to serve the wounded in the event of
war with Russia.
Ex-Secretary John G. Carlisle was
named as the representative of the San
Domingo Improvement Company in its
claim against that government.
Commis-ioncr of Pensions Ware rc
, ceived a letter from Governor Bliss,
of Michigan, relinquishing his pension.
The President received a committee
representing the National Congress of
Mothers' Clubs.
Senator Cullom had an interview
with the President about the Panama
Treaty. He expressed the opinion
that there would be a fight against rat
ification, but that it would eventually
be ratified.
The President A Legatee.
New Y'ork (Special). President
Roosevelt is to receive $30,000 and
his children, Kermit dnd Ethel, $5000
each, from the estate of the late James
King Gracie, an uncle by marriage of
the President. The will has been ad
mitted to probate in the Nassau County
Surrogate's Court. The will is a long
document, covering every detail of the
testator's possessions, and forgetting
none of those related to him.
Gave Lite lor Other. '
New York (Special)). Patrolman
Frank J. Redican lost his life during the
progress of a fire in a restaurant in Pul
ton street. Redican discovered the fire
and, after turning in an alarm, returned
to the building to warn the tenants of the
upper floors, all of whom escaped. After
the fire was out Redican was found suf
focated in a room on the third floor.
Gates purchased 20,000 shares of
Pennsylvania, all of which presumably
was to cover short contracts put out at
much lower figures. The loss on that
)iil bear deal probably nets aaxna.
TOWN NEARLY WRECKED
Carload of Naphtha Blown Up and
Causes Great Damage.
TWO DEAD; MANY OTHERS INJURED.
Terrific Explosion as the Result ot a Wreck ot
Freight Trains on Delaware Division ol
Pennsylvania Railroad-Cars ol Naphtha
Also Explode and the Burning. Flnld Is
Scattered Far and Wide. .
Harrington, Del. (Special). A terri
ble wreck occurred at Greenwood, a
town of about 700 persdns on the Del
aware division of the Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington Railroad at
noon.
Owing to a heavy snowfall Engineer
William Sheppard, of freight train No.
5160, ran into an almost stalled freight
preceding.
The cars took fire and a car loaded
with naphtha exploded with terrific
force. Of the hundreds of townspeople
who were hurrying to the wreck sev
eral received serious injuries. Scores
were badly hurt and hundreds suffered
from shock.
About ten feet from the naphtha car
a hole fifteen feet deep and two hundred
yards in circumference was torn up.
The nearby cars were sent in all direc
tions, the contents of sonic being
blown a great distance.
The known dead are:
Brakcman Edward J. Roach, of
Georgtown; taken from the wreck dead.
An infant child died from shock.
Injured trainmen:
Engineer II. W. Sheppard, of Wil
mington, seriously, having inhaled
steam and flames.
Conductor Cornelius J. Hall, Wil
mington, badly burned.
Fireman John Barker, Wilmington,
badly burned.
T'cnvcrman Horace Lynch, Green
wood. Three oystermen who were working
their way to Baltimore, are missing.
Many citizens were injured or suf
fered seriously from shock. Of these
the condition of Mrs. W. Morris is
serious.
The telephone and telegraph wires
were broken and communication with
other towns was impossible. As soon
as possible a locomotive was sent back
to Seaford and it returned with a spe
cial train bringing five physicians from
Harrington.
While the physicians were looking
after the injured citizens and trainmen
a party of rescuers was at work around
the wrecked train and another party
directed its efforts to the burning
buildings.
The body of Brakeman Edward J.
Roach was found under the first car
burned to an unrecognizable crisp.
Not one of the hundreds of homes
of the pretty village intact. Few have
chimneys left and there is not a lamp
and but few panes of glass in town.
All telegraph wires of the railroad
companies and the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies were "kill
ed." The railroad officials managed to
get a telephone wire and notified their
agents to send doctors, nurses and
firemen to the scene on a special train.
At the same time all regular trains were
annulled.
Fifteen cars were wrecked, three of
which were destroyed by fire.
A whole block of houses was burned.
Besides having to rebuild a new town,
including churches, schools and hotels,
the Pcnsylvauia Railroad's direct loss
will amount to $100,000.
BIQ HAUL BV DETECTIVES.
Five Men and Three Women Arrested la
Philadelphia la Diamond Fraud.
Philadelphia (Special). Five men
and three women, all of whom said
they lived in New York, were arrested
in an apartment house here on sus
picion of being professional thieves.
A sixth man, who was in the room
when the six city detectives entered the
place, made his escape. In the room
were found diamonds, furs, dress
goods, paintings and a costly sealskin
coat. These articles, with the excep
tion of the diamonds, were stored in
trunks and dress-suit cases, which, it
is said, were to have been sent to New
York.
The accused persons had been in the
house only a few days, and the ar
rests were the direct result of a con
versation overheard by the proprietress
of the apartment house. She claims to
have heard one of the prisoners say
how easily the- had robbed Steam &
Co.. of New ork, of property valued
at $600, and that they intended to rob
a prominent store in this city.
The police say they also found arti
cles valued at $,oo, be.lieved to have
been stolen in Denver, Col. The po
lice claim to know one of the women,
and say .her picture is in the rogues'
gallery in Brooklyn, where tiiey claim
she served 18 months.
Water L'sed By Sugar Trust.
New York (Special). The Brooklyn
grand jury, which investigated thek
charge that the American Sugar Re
fining Company has been obtaining
large quantities of water from tin
Brooklyn mains without payment, rec
ommended that a claim of f525.ooo for
in, metered water to July, ly, 1003, be
prosecuted with ull the powers of the
legal department. In July it was dis
covered by a water .commissioner, it
is alleged, that the American Sugar
Refining Company refinery in Brook
lyn had been obtaining water from the
mains through several unmctered con
nections of which the water department
had no knowledge.
Killed By Elevator.
New York (Special). One man was
killed and five severely injured by the
fall of a hoist in a wine cellar under
the bridge arches between Williams and
Rose streets. The accident occurred in
the wine cellar of Luyties Brothers
shortly before 1 o'clock.' The elevator
is a very old affair, not protected in
any way, and runs from the sub-cellar
to the street level. The nun were re
turning from their lunch and took-the
elevator to reach the office fluor.,
in
, Walking Delegate Sentenced.
New York (Special). Timothy Mc
Carthy, the .walking delegate of the
Housesmiths and Bridgemcn's Union,
who was convicted of extortion, was
sentenced 10 serve one year in the peni
tentiary on Blackwelli Island. In sen
tencing McCarthy, who was found
guilty of extorting $300 from the Lce-Ih-1
Andrews Company to settle a strike,
Recorder Goff said that in his opinion
McCarthy was simply the tool of Sam
Parks, and tint he took this into con
si.l.rjtuwi hi the sentence.
MANY MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED.
Federal Courts Take Possession ol
Dowie's Zlon Cily Property, '
Chicago (Special). Financial diffi
culties which began during the crusade
of John Alexander Dowic, the self
styled "Elijah III.," and. his restora
tion host to New York a month ago
and which have been rapidly increas
ing since Dowie's return, culminated
Tuesday in the I-'cdcral courts taking
possession of all the property controll
ed by Dowic in Zion City, III, This
town, wliich was founded two years ago
by Dowic, has a population of over
10,000, is the general headquarters for
Dowie's church, and is said to repre
sent fill expenditure of $20,000,000.
Fred M. Blount, cashier of the Chi
cago National Bank, and , Albert D.
Currier, a law- partner of Congress
man Boutell, were appointed receivers
of the property. Their bonds were fix
ed at $100,000 by Judge Kohlsaat, of the
United States District Court, who
made the appointment on the petition
of several creditors. The receivers left
for Zion City to take possession of the
property.
The bankruptcy proceedings against
Dowic were based on the allegation
that he is insolvent, and that while in
this financial condition he committed
an act of bankruptcy bv making a pref
erential payment, on November i, tc
the I-.. S. Strcetcr Lumber Company
for $3775. Dowie has been hard press
ed by his creditors, especially since it
was announced that his recent mission
to New York had proved unsucccssfu'
financially.
Dowic is known to have accumulated
a large sum as the head of the Chris
tian Catholic Church, the assets of the
organization being estimated at be
tween $20,000,000 and $30,000,000. Then
was a large outlay of money, however,
when .ion City was started. Ther
lace and candy industries were started
and as both of these ventures nevcl
had been a paying investment, a grca
deal more money was tied up. Dowic'.
differences with his brother-in-law, Ste
venson, over the management of thi
lace factory, cost more than $100,000
and other suits recently begun in Laki
county by creditors are said to aggre
gate a large sum.
Attorney Ettclson, representing tin
petitioning creditors, in his argument
before Judge Kohlsaat said:
"The creditors whom I represcn
have reason to believe that Dr. Down
is insolvent. Judgments have been ac
cumulating against him for scvera
weeks past and there was every indica
tion that the overseer of Zion congre
gation could not pay his debts, lr
such a crisis the creditors sought pro
tection for their interests in the Bank
rtiptcy Court. It is impossible to es
timate the liabilities or assets o
Dowic. Zion's affairs are complicated
and it will take several weeks, I be
lievc, before any idea of Dowie's fi
nances can be had."
Judge Kohlsaat at first refused to ap
point a receiver for the property on tin
ground that Dowie should have notici
of so important a proceeding. After
listening to a further account of Dow
ic's affairs from Mr. Ettclson, Judg'i
Kohlsaat decided it would be well t
have the receivers appointed before tin
property at Zion City could be dissi
patcd. He, therefore, entered the or
der appointing Messrs. Blount and Cur
Two Stories en Bridge. ' '
New York (Special). Bridge Com
missioner Lindcnthal expects to an
nounce before he goes out of office, 01
January 1 next, a plan for the reeon
struction of the present Brooklyn Bridg
at a cost of $3,000,000. The plans pro
vide for a second deck to be built above
the elevated tracks and promenade, and
extend partly over the roadway.- The
present trolley tracks will be removed
to the upper deck, thereby giving more
room for general traffic on the roadways
Two promenades would be placed on the
tipper deck and the present one done
away with. '
' Battleship Commissioned. ' ' "
Newport News, Va. (Special). The
United States battleship Missouri was
placed in .commission at the plant of
the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company Tuesday. Super
intendent Walter A. Post made a shor
speech, turning- the ship over to the
Government, and Captain Cowles,
brother-in-law of the President, receiv
ed the ves,tl in the name of the United
States Navy. The Missouri will go
to the Norfolk Navy-yard, preparatory
to a Southern cruise. '
Bullet In Heart T Days.
Newark, N. J- (Special). An autopsy
on the body of l.uigi Russomaunb,
who died at his home here, revealed
the fact that two bulhts had pierced
bis heart. The fact that the man had
been shot was discovered by the under
taker who was called in to prepare the
body (or burhl, it having been stated
by members of the family that the man
had died a natural death. T he policu
learned that Russonanno had beer
fliot in a tight in a raloon on Satur
day, and that with two bullets in hit
heart he had walked home and lived
for nearly two days.
1 s'arks ri;o me wires.
Joseph Cauovsky, who beat his wife
to death at their home in Minersville,
Pa., was hanged in the jailyard.
One thousand one hundred and forty
three cases of typhoid have thus far
been reported in Butler, Pa.
: Advh-e from St. Petersburg state
that Russia's reply to Japan's propos
als has been completed, but will not be
transmitted to Tokio until next week
The will ol James K, Gracie, who
died in New York recently, bequeaths
$30,000 to President Roosevelt and
$5000 each to Kermit and Ethel,
St., Paul's German Lutheran Church
one of the finest houses of worship in
Fort Wayne, ind., was completely gut
ted by fire.
' A reduction of 10 per cent, has been
made -in the wages of the miners in
the, Meycrsdale. region. -. , , ,,
Mr. , and .Mrs. Franz Frehr, of Buf
falo, were murdered and the police ar
rested Charles Bonier; ,
Glanders caused the death, ol Mrs
F.ipjia Mueller, a'bride of a week, In
Br-ogeport, Ct.t V mi r . ' .
Seymour Bell, the British commercial
agent in the United States, in an "ar
ticle in the " London Board of Trade
Journal, predicts a mor extensive in
vasion of the British markets by Amer
ican tirittk. 'i " '. r ! ;
T. ' P. O'Connor gave a dinnor at
the National Liberal Club in London
in honor of Mr. Bryan, at which a num
ber of Jrbh and Liberal members of
the House ol Commons were present.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest Nes ol Pennsylvania Told In
Short Order.
Two tramps were taken into custody
by coal and iron policemen at Delano
nil suspicion of being implicated in the
robbery of the stations of the Phila
delphia & Reading Railway at Gilbcr
:on and Frackvillc. At the hearing be
iori Magistrate Lewis, strong evidence
as produced against them. The pris
oners gave their names as James Mc
Fadden. of Tartown, Adams county,
Pa., and Tcter Davis, Tcrrc Haute, Ind.
A,s McFaddcn stood in court attention
was drawn to a light blue overcoat
Ahich he wore. "Why, that's my gar
nenf," promptly declared Station Agent
Burkhciser, of Frackvillc. "And it was
stolen from the station a few nights
go." The prisoners were identified
5y Operator Matthews, of Gilbcrton,
is the men who had been around the
depot a few hours prior to the burglary
;herc. Several witnesses swore that
:he prisoners endeavored to dispose ol
large quantity of cigars and a roll of
Ire' s goods at Park Place on the morn--ng
following the Gilbcrton robbery,
I he prisoners admitted this, but plead
:d that they purchased the goods from
mother man early in the day. Magis
:rnte Lewis committed the pair to tha
xu'iity jail in default of $jooo bail each.
McFaddcn was identified by several ofi'i
:crs as James Gallagher, formerly of
Coaldalc, who was several times con
victed and imprisoned in Blooms-burn
and Pottsville jails for similar offenses.
Four masked robbers battered down
the doors of Henry Davis' farmhouse
he o:her morning and through a ruse
captured and bound the entire family,
Davis was tortured, his feet being burn
ed to extract a confession as to where
he hid his money, of which he was re
a"A to have plenty. After breaking
down the doors the robbers ran
through the house carrying lighted
newspapers and crying "Fire!" Tin
members of the family rushed down,
stairs, the farmer coming first. If
va.i caught and gagged and bound.
Mrs. Davis and her two daughters were
handled in the same manner, all fout
being laid out in a row. The tortur
ing followed. All the robbers got wal
I I and some jewelry. After they left
one of the daughters freed herself fron
'.lie bonds and released the others.
Assistant Postmaster E. R. Dobbins
iif Hollidaysburg, was attacked on thi
town's main street by a big black beat
nt 5 o'clock a. m. and severely injured,
The animal suddenly approached Dob
bins on his hind legs, placing his pawl
on his breast and pushing him to the
ground. He managed to free himsell
from th? bear's embrace and regain hi
feet. He then drew a revolver and fir
id several shots, which missed the
mark, and the bear retreated. Dobbins'
clothing was almost torn off him and
his body and limbs were lacerated.
Jaccb Buzzard, 35 years old, son ol
Abe Buzzard, now in jail at Reading
awaiting trial on charges of stealing
rhicltens, was arrested by Detective
Mai tz. He is charged with having ac-.-ompanicd
his father on his famous
rhicken thieving expedition on the
light of November 6 last, which re
sulted in thi cloture of the oldpr Run.'
:ard the following morning. Jacob is
k cigar maker and lives in Mohansville,
five miles from Reading. He says he is
'nr.occnt.
Lancaster county will have a tobacco
fxhibit at the St. Louis Export Exposi
ion, the like of which has never been
wide by any tobacco growing county n
he United States. This was decided
ipon at a meeting of the joint com
mittee of the County Growers' and
Dealers' Associations. The committee
mt in consultation with Colonel J. H.
Lambert, the executive officer of the
Pennsylvania Commission and head of
he State agricultural exhibit. Colonel
Lambert said the commission would
5a y the lion's share of attention to
'..aiiraster county in the way of tobacco,
is the county raised from 45,000 to
u.ooo cases, half or more of the State's
mire crop.
Two burglars entered the chapter
louse of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
ind went to the room occupied by
Eeniamin F. White, of Bradford, and
ATlliam A. W. Grier, of Salem, N. J.,
wo Bucknell University athletes. The
utruders took $76 from the pocketes ol
he students' clothes. Then they found
ind lighted cigarettes, which awoke
he students, who started in pursuit ol
he fleeing burglars, chasing them a
.quare in the snow robed only in their
mjamas. The burglars got away.
Attorneys Rowland's. Morris, ol
Philadelphia, and John S. Rilling, ol
Srie, in court at Erie, attacked the va
idity of four indictments made under
slate pure food law of 1883. Erie meat
lealcrs were charged with using sul
hite of sodium to prcs-rrve meat. One
tttorney moved that the prisoners be
liscnargeu, masmucn as me law 01
:J03, which, he claimed, repealed the
r.w of 1885, did not include sulphite ol
odium as poisonous.
While hunting near North Mountain,
ii-.sscll Swisher was fatslly wounded by
he accidental discharge of a gun in thf
lands of hie grandson. Ths latter slip
ed while climbing over a 1 g and botli
larrcls of his shotgun were discharge
d, the charges entering Swisher'i
imin.
Mis. William A. Edwards, of Wat
iontown, was struck and killed by an
ast-bound Pennsylvania passenget
rain near WiMianisport. She wai
hrown onto- the pilot of the engine,
vhtre she clung for a few seconds and
hen rolled beneath the wheels.
Michael Durando, 40 years old, war
ound hanging from a tree at Taylor
')ur.indo was unmarried.
John A. Roland, one of Alt. Joy'i
nost prominent citizens, was instantly
;illed on the Pennsylvania Railroad a
h;,t place. Mr. Roland was 72 yean
ld.
The Monroe Medical Society electee'
he following officers: President, Dr
'. B. Shaw, Delaware Gap: vicc-prcsi
lent, Dr. E. H. Levering, Stroiulsburg:
tvretary, Dr. W. E.- Gregory, one
reasurer. Dr. I. A. Haurcrman. of
u-iota.
Ill the matter of the protest maik
y the Queinahoning Coal Compaii)
trainst the granting of a charter to thi
jucir.ahoning Valley Coal Company
leeause of similarity of names. ,Attor
ley General Carson decided that char
ei should be approved if the title
.hall be changed to "The Quemxhonina
alley Mining Company.
Mr. Margaret Lorah, living- neat
Seamstown, has a large orchard of
ipp!e tree which she raised entirely
fom the seeds of apples and pearl
hat she ale. One of the pear trees
cars ripe fruit and blossom annul
aneouily every year. , . ' .
Physicians have reported to the Di
rict Attorney that Charles Cawley, the
y-year-old ' youth who killed hit
ifother and four other member of the
Jawley family at Homestead last fall,
s insane. The report will be intrcwluc
id at the trial, which I et lor next
seek. . .
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