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MCEIVES DANITE THREAT.
Htessetrtker !hs Doctrine of Blood Atonement.
A WARNINQ FROM SALT LAKE CITY.
tysterfoa Utter Received kjr Mltf Qrtce
Tatkol Mad ley, a Yoaai Woman Who,
Year At. Removed From Una to New
Vara. Where She U Now Schoolteacher
Aallwr al Book Aisinst Mormoolim.
New York ( Special ). "Tlie Danites
arc not all dead. Their power may still
Teach from Zion to Babylon. Rcmem
tef the old doctrine of ISIood Atone
sncnt. Beware of blasphemous stories
kgaimt the Mints."
This is the startling communication
teeeivtd by Miss Grace Talbot Hadlcy,
cf No. 4 Lenox avenue. She is a
liigrily intellectual young woman, who
las moved to New York from Salt Lake
City within the last year, and the mys
terious communication she received is
attributed by her to the fact that she has
licen an earnest fighter against the influ
ence of Mormonism.
Shortly after coming to New York
Miss Hartley published a book called
".Much Married Saints and Some Sin
ners." 'J hen, she says, she began to rc
rtive communications from indirect
sources insinuating that the publication
of stories aliout Mormonism was not
pleasing in certain high quarters.
"Much Married Saints and Some Sin
tiers" is a collection of short stories,
telling of the sufferings of plural wives
in Utah mid of the methods by which
voung women arc induced to go to the
land of Moriiiouisin.
For seven years Miss Hadley, who is
at present a teacher in the public schools,
lived in Salt Like City, where she also
taught.
"I was so impressed with the horrors
cf Mormonism that I determined to
make a study of the religion," she said.
"The denial of the existence of plural
-wive nnd the real stale of affairs in
Salt Lake made my blood IkiiI. I lived
in a Mormon house for three months,
and later lived in the Fifth Fast Motet,
which the United States built for the
use of plural wives.
"When the law prohibiting polygamy
was passed the Mormons asked : "What
tire we to do with our plural wives?"
Uncle Sam built a big house for them,
tut they refused to live there. It has
since been bought and made into a hotel,
and it was there I lived part of the time
while I was in Utah.
"When I was in Salt Lake City I
was often rebuked for taking so strong
a view of the servile position of women,
and was warned several times not to
rive expression in print to any of my
ideas.
"I had antagonized some of the eld
ers by trying to help several unfortu
nate plural wives, and consequently my
opinions were known. When I wrote
my collection of impressions I had no
idea that any action would be taken
against me by the Mormons, for I left
Salt Lake City when it was published.
The ways of offenders arc, however,
watched with minuteness. How the
writer of the letter I just received knew
my address is beyond me,' as I have
moved three times since 1 have been in
New York. To say that I am fright
ened would lie exaggerating my sensa
tions, for I do not believe that the old
practices of the Danites are ever put
into effect now. Of course, you still
hear queer stories of what happens to
people opposing Mormonism, but I can
not believe that any harm will befall
me.
"Every statement I made in my book
is true, but it is evident that whoever
wrote the letter is afraid I may write
Hill further of conditions in Utah."
A BLIZZARD SWEEPS SEVERAL STATES.
KiHraads la Central Illinois Badly Hampered
Drop In Temperature.
ISIoomington, 111. (Special). A bliz
zard prevails throughout Central Il
linois and transportation lines are bad
ly hampered. The Chicago and Alton
Jvailroad Company issued orders to
move only stock or perishable freight,
and then in light trains. All passen
ger trains are badly delayed. Other
Central Illinois roads are already pre
paring for the blockade.
Lincoln, Neb. Zero weather, or even
colder, is in store for Southeastern
Nebraska. The temperature late at
night was j degrees above, but falling
steadily, a drop in 24 hours of 29, de
crees. The range country is experi
encing the lowest December tempera
ture for years. Snow has fallen in that
tectioti, but shelter for stock, with few
exceptions, has been provided.
Kansas City, Mo. The first genuine
llizzard of the season prevails in por
tions of Northern, Central and cst
rrn Kansas having raged for the past
32 hours. Since midnight the ther
mometer at some points dropped 40 de
crees. It now stands at 10 above. A
tnuw and wind storm of milder propor
tions prevails in Western Missouri.
St. Louis, Mo. I.ate in the afternoon
Llizzard weather swept over St. I.ouis
and at ratrht a heavy wind drove the
moderate fall of snow into drifts. The
temperature dropped from 40 degrees at
1 o'clock to 10 degrees at nightfall, and
the ajovrriinirnt bureau predicted zero
weather by daylight.
Ht'a; till Mother lor a Rurjlar.
McKeeport. I'a. (Special). Mrs. Sa
rah l.anglry, aired s, a widow, residing
it) this city with her ,n, l.dward. .aged
34. was mistaken by him for a burglar
and was shot at by Ins three times. One
Vullrt took effect and the woman is in a
ftcrious condition.
Jloa.W lor farata Co'.lcfc.
Charlotte, N. C. (Special). Rev. K.
M. rot cat, president of l-'urnam Uni
versity, a Baptist college, located at
Greenville, S. C, who is here attending
the Baptist State convention, hat jut
returned from the North. There he
etured from John D. Rockefeller a
donation cl $100,000 for Furman Uni
versity. Dr. I'otcat recently raised
tu&xo for hit institution, most of the
contributions being in blocks of $i$o.
New Railroad Lniarlcs.
Chicago (Special). Beginning next
Sunday the entire Great Western System
will be equipped with new combination
cafe, parlor and observation cars, em
Itodyina; all the characteristics of an up-to-Ulc
four-room Hat. Finished in Cu-
Vmit mahogany, there are to be found
in regular order a library and smoking
toon. a parlor, a dining room and a
kitchen. For those who do not care for
the borne car there ha also been ar
yaagedl a "club" car, which embraces
mil the luxuries to be found in the av
erage club.
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic
President Brodcrick and Cashier Col
lins, of the Indiana National Rank, at
Klkhart, were arrested on the charge
of violating the National Banking
Law.
John F. Chandler was arrested in
Los Angeles, Cat., on the charge of
dynamiting the transfer house of the
Sun and Moon Mine, at Idaho Springs,
Col.
At the annual dinner of the Arctic
Club in New York Walter Wcllman
said he had some entirely new ideas
about the way to surely reach the
North I'olc.
Merchants of Havana, Cuba, expect
the passage of the Reciprocity Treaty
to result immediately in an extraordin
ary demand for American goods.
Ben C. Ayler was acquitted in
Carthage. Mo., of the charge of mur
der, his plea being that he killed Gor
don Allen in self-defense.
The Franklin Union, No. 4, Press
Feeder, of Chicago, was fined $1000
by Judge llolden, of Chicago, for con
tempt of court.
The New Orleans flyer and a freight
train collided at the terminals in Fast
St. Louis, and the passengers had a
shaking up.
L'nited States Minister Sciuicrs sail
ed from Havana for New York, whence
he will go immediately to Washington.
Anna I press, the young wife of an
Austrian coal miner of Federal, l'a., was
found dead at her home with a gunshot
wound 111 her breast. The husband is
under arrest, pending an investigation.
Mrs. Rachel Ann Brail, "t years old,
was found murdered in her home, in
Washington, D. C. Two men and a
woman, members of the murdered
woman's family, are under arrest on sus
picion. A firm of Cleveland commission brok
ers secured in New York a verdict for
$7.94.1 against Alfred F. Coslin, Robert
A. Amnion and other members of the
gel-rich-quirk syndicate.
The schooner Willie L. Newton was
capsized while en route from Jackson
ville to Providence, K. I., and the cap
tain and crew of six men were drowned.
Robert Middlrbrooks, colored, was
hanged at Cartcrsville. Ca., for the mur
der of )!aililT Reed, whom he killed six
months ago while resisting arrest.
The railways of Pennsylvania have
devoted $.i".oo,am to construction
work and betterments to steam and elec
tric railways during the past year.
Colonel Ycrdeckhcrg, commander of
the militia in the Cripple Creek district,
refused to recognize the writ of habeas
corpus.
Three of the leading booksellers of
Boston were convicted of having obscene
literature in their possession and fined.
Charles Bonier, 74 years old, was in
dicted in Buffalo on the charge of mur
dering Franz and Johanna Frchr.
Major General MacArthur is report
ed to have said in Honolulu that the
probability of war between the United
States and Germany makes the Ha
waiian National Guard of great import
ance. The Lake City Eelcctric Railway was
sold in Michigan city, Ind., to Francis
M. Inglcr, representing claims amount
ing to $115,000, which amount was ob
tained at the sale.
A second explosion occurred in the
Euclid Mines at Port Royal, Pa., kill
ing Superintendent A. W. Sweeney and
fatally injuring the pit boss and two
others.
I tieign.
Two of the royal gamekeepers in
Spain have been arrested in connection
with the shooting of a shepherd while
King Alfonso was hunting, and the ru
mors are revived that the affair was
really a plot against the King's life.
The Countess Diane Ogier d'JvTy, a
beautiful young woman, while in male
attire was fatally injured in u driving
accident in Paris and her sex was dis
covered by the surgeons at the hospital
in which she died.
Russia's reply to the Japanese pro
posals has been received at 'Tokio. J he
Japanese government is apparently de- !
ternuned to prosecute the negotiations
according to the original plan.
The Panama Junta has called a na
tional convention for January 15, 1 004, to
form a constitution and laws for govern
ment of the republic.
Emperor William was warmly cheered
in Berlin on his first appearance since
the operation upon his throat. He looked
strong and healthy.
Hundreds of children have been im
ported from Italy to enrich the gang of
ladroncs by begging in the streets of
Loudon.
Colombian troops that started for Pan
a ma were compelled to abandon the un
dertaking after several days of privation.
It is also reported that 4.1x10 Colombian
troops left Bogota two weeks ago, but
on reaching Honda were ordered lo re
turn, it is believed, at the instance of
General Reyes.
The British, French, German and Bel
gian ministers at Santo Domingo have
refused to recognise the provisional gov
ernment until similar action is taken by
the United States, which insists that the
new government must accept the settle
ments of American claims made with the
previous government.
All the foreign ministers arc leaving
or preparing to leave Servia because
King Peter has negatived their demands
for the punishment of the assassins of
King Alexander anil Queen Draga.
Dr. Perriquet testified in Paris that,
from the position of the bodies of Mr.
and Mrs. Fair as he found t lion) after
the fatal automobile accident, he be
lieved Mrs Fair survived her husband.
War Minister von luncm admitted in
the German Reichstag that there was
some truth in Lieutenant Bilseu's book
that led to the Lieutenant's dismissal
from the army.
Governor llurd, of Louisiana, in his
message to the legislature in special
session, dwelt on the necessity of a
law providing measures to check the
cotton boll weevil.
Financial.
The Pullman Car Company has a
cash surplus of $14,275,740.
Don t buy Brooklyn Rapid transit
until it drops to 4(," says Harry Weil,
the bear leader.
Penival Roberts, Jr., succeeds the
late W. L. Elkins in the directorate ol
Ihe Laud Title Trust.
Loudon was a heavy seller of Amer
ican storks hrul.iy, nnd particularly
United Slate Steel preferred.
"It is too early to estimate 190,1 re
sults," tays President John Mack, of
the General Asphalt Company.
At last Reading will get its uptown
ferry in New York, something it hai
been working for a good many years.
Missouri Pacific is hurt by the deci
sion of the Rock Island people to build
an independent railway into New Or
leans. There are 5118 national banks in the
United States, and in their statements
to Ihe Comptroller of the Currency on
November 17 they held f 05,000,000 of
L'nited Slatci deposits.
New York Stock Exchange gover
nors decided to close on Saturday fol
lowing Christmas, The Philadelphia
Eorh.nge will also be closed.
DID M'ARTHIR SAY WAR?
Reported as Predicting
Germany.
a Fight With
URGES THE FORTIFYINO OF HAWAII.
Said to Have Made the Statement at an Ar
gument lor Maklnf the National Gusrd el
Hawaii Elf clent So to Protect tbo
Pacific Coast State Against Invasion The
rtory Discredited.
Honolulu (By Cable). Much interest
has been aroused here by a report of
Colonel Jones, of the Hawaiian militia,
to Governor Carter, of the Territory of
Hawaii, in which Colonel" Jones, In
commenting on the strategic import
ance of the Hawaiian Islands and the
need of strong defense, quoted Major
General MacArthur, United States
Army, as predicting war in the imme
diate future between the United States
and Germany, and that the principal
scene of the fighting would be in the
Pacific ocean, with the Hawaiian Is
lands as an objective point.
General MacArthur, who is still in
Honolulu, having been here the past
two weeks studying the military situa
tion of the Territory, stated that the
report of Colonel Jones docs not cor
rectly represent his views in any par
ticular and utterly hiisreprcscnts tncin
in some.
Colonel Jones said his report to
Governor Carter was based solely upon
social conversions he had with Major
General MacArthur and that he only
icportcd his expressions in substance
with a view of impressing Governor
Carter with the need of strengthening
the isolated islands from a military
standpoint. Colonel Jones said he took
no notes of his conversation with Gen
eral MacArthur and that his report was
made from memory.
Colonel Jones in his report quotes
General MacArthur as saying that the
Pan-Germanic doctrine which is being
spread throughout the world is being
fosterer! and propagated by the Im
perial Government in every possible
way. The theatre of operations, ac
cording to Colonel Jones' account of
what General McArthur said, is chang
ing gradually into the Pacific. The
German people arc multiplying rapidly
and emigrating in large numbers, the
tide of immigration being directed by
the German Government toward South
America. The manufactured products
of the German Empire overbalance
their consumption, so that a market
has to lv ordered for the surplus. The
known policy of the Emperor is to ac
quire colonics which , ili provide mar
kets for such overproduction and places
to which the tide of immigration shall
be directed for strengthening the
Fatherland.
Throughout all South American
countries the Germans are advancing
in commercial power and prestige
The conclusion General MacArthur
is said to have drawn was that the in
terests of Germany in South America,
where there arc large colonies of Ger
mans, numbering hundreds of thou
sands, presage another testing and
straining of the Monroe doctrine and
in all probability a contest of arms be
tween Germany and the United States
in the near future, in which event no
one can now forecast the. attitude of
England and other European powers,
SURGEON'S FATAL BLUNDER.
Lift Steel Forceps lo Patient's Side After an
Op;rat:on.
Hammond. Ind. (Special). Dr. I. B
Washburn, of Rensselaer, Ind., is dead
at a private hospital at Valparaiso,
Ind., as the result of a curious blunder
made during an operation performed
two years ago. He had complained of
his side ever since the operation, but
did not know the cause of the trou
blc, and recently decided upon a second
operation. Dr. Loring operated on
Dr. ashburn, and was amazed to (lis
cover in the patient's side, near the
liver, a steel forcep, about five and
three-fourths inches in length. The for
ccps had become rusty. Dr. Wash
burn died a few hours after the opera
tion. His son, who is also a doctor,
says the forceps caused death. The
decedent was a member of the Indiana
legislature in 1872 and surgeon in the
Civil War. He was the organizer and
first president of the Kankakee Valley
.Medical Association.
Was Ruined by War.
Berlin ( By Cable). The Spanish
American war is held responsible for
the financial and moral ruin of Lieut
Col. Goctz nnd Schwanenflicss, of the
King Frederick Wilhclm HI.'s Grena
dier Regiment at Frankfnrt-on-thc-
Oder, who was sentenced to two years
and three months in a penitentiary for
forging the signatures of comrades and
their wives to promissory notes
Schwanenflicss married a Cuban heir
ess, having an income amounting to
Jw.joo before the war. The income
rapidly diminished during the war and
finally ceased altogether. 1 he family
were unable to accustom themselves
to the changed situation, and friends
were obliged to settle their numerous
debts. Finally Schwanenflicss yielded
to temptation and forged signatures to
new notes.
Explosion Near Manila.
Manila (By Cable). Three Ameri
cans and seven natives were killed by a
blast of 46 tons of dynamite in a quarry
of the Atlantic and Pacific Company at
Marvclcs, near the entrance to Manila
Bay. Among those killed were Joseph
I-aw, superintendent, and Thomas Stra
der, engineer.
Miners' Wages.
Cleveland, O. (Special). It is Mated
that a meeting of Ihe coal operators
of Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and
Western Fcnsylvania district has been
called to meet here this week. It is
understood that the most important
matter to be discussed is the proposi
tion to reduce miners' wages. The min
ers will probably be asked to abrogate
the agreement made last spring and
accept a reduction in wages.
Mrs. Solfel Out of Jail.
Pittsburg (Special). Mrs. Kathar
ine Soffel, wife of the warden of the
Allegheny County Jail, at the time of
the escape of the notorious Biddlc
brother from that institution, was lib
crated from the Western Penitentiary,
having served 30 month (or the part
she played in that sensational affair.
Mr. Soffel i the woman who released
the two bandit and then accompanied
them in their flight from Pittsburg.
During her incarceration in the peniten
tiary her husband was granted a divorce.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Envoy to Panama.
In order that the United States may
have the services of a trained diplo
mat at Panama without delay President
Roosevelt appointed Mr. W. I. Bu
chanan, of New Y'ork, to the United
States Minister to the Republic of Pan
ama on a special mission. The char
acter of this appointment will permit
Mr. Uuchanan to start for Panama im
mediately. In the meanwhile his regu
lar appointment as F.nvoy Extraordin
ary and Minister Plenipotentiary will
go to the senate.
Mr. Buchanan was selected by the
President on the recommendation of
the State Department because of his
long experience as a diplomat in the
Argentine Republic to which he was
accredited as United States Minister
during the administration of President
Cleveland. His services in this capac
ity were of such a high order of merit
that President McKinley continued him
in office for several years after his ac
cession to office.
Mr. Buchanan expects to leave for
Panama Tuesday and will remain there
as United States Minister until the set
tlement of relations between the new
republic and the United States and un
til the formation of a permanent gov
ernment by Panama.
It is expected 111 olhcal circles that
there will be a fight in the Senate bv
those opposed to the Administration's
policy over the confirmation of Mr.
Buchanan. It was for this reason that
he has been given a commission as
Minister on a "special mission, so that
there may be no delay in his assuming
the duties of his position in Panama.
New Year' Greeting lo Ibe World.
The United States Naval Observa
tory announced the details of its
scheme to send telegraphic time signals
throughout the world t-o mark the be
ginning of the new year. The signals
were sent out last year for each of the
four great standard-time belts of the
United States, but this year it is pro
posed not only to secure a wide distri
bution of these new-year signals
throughout North and South America
by the co-operation of the telegraph
and cable companies, but also to send
one or more of the four scries of sig
nals around the world and back to the
room in the Naval Observatory where
they started.
'1 he signals will begin at II. 55 p. m.
nnd end at midnight, Eastern time.
1 he same scries will be sent out an
hour later, ending at midnight, central
standard time: again an hour later.
ending at 2 a. 111., for midnight of
mountain standard time, and again an
hour alter that, ending at 3 a. in., for
midnight of the Pacific Coast standard
time. During each of these four five
minute intervals the transmitting clock
will send an electric impulse practically
every second. On the world circuit
the signals will go by land lines to
Cape Causo, Nova Scotia; thence by ca
ble to the Azores, Lisbon, Gibraltar,
Malta, Alexandra and Port Said; by
land to Suez; by cable to Aden and
Bombay; by land to Madras; by cable
to Penang, Singapore, Saigon, Hong
kong, Manila, Guam, Midway, Hono
lulu and San F'rancisco, and by land
back to Washington.
Naval Olllccrs on Colliers.
The Secretary of the Navy has ap
proved a project for manning 11 of
the 20 naval colliers with naval officers
and enlisted men at the beginning of
the next fiscal year and to follow this
course with the remaining nine colliers
as rapidly as conditions of the service
will permit. These colliers arc now offi
cered and manned by civilians.
In the Departments.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections asked Senator Smoot to
submit in writing any reply lit might
wish to make to the petitions filed ask
ing that may be ousted.
Morgan Josephs, formerly a fireman
in the Navy, sued Commander Joseph
Edgar Craig, U. S. Is., lor $25,000
damages, charging him with cruelty.
Senator fjuarlcs introduced a bill to
further define the duties and powers of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Civil Service Commissioner John K.
Proctor died soon after beng stricken
with neuralgia of the heart.
The Republican National Committee
decided to hold the national convention
in Chicago, beginning June 21.
The Democratic senators in caucus
decided not to offer any amendments to
the Cuban Reciprocity Bill.
The Cuban Reciprocity Bill was dis
cussed in the Senate by Senators Fos
ter, Dcpew and Clay.
The Turkish Minister filed at the
State Department an explanation from
the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the assault upon United States Con
sul Davis at Alexandretta, stating that
the consul tried to 'procure the illegal
emigration of a Turkish soldier and, fail
ing, attackcil the Turkish police and then
took the steamer. 'I he reports to the
L'nited States legation at Constantino
ple, however, couhrnr the reports of the
attack upon the consul.
Herbert W. Bowen, the American
minister to Venezuela, has had a con
ference in Washington with General
Reyes, and it is said an agreement is
about to be effected between Venezuela
and Colombia for a renewal of diplo
matic relations.
Senator Tillman introduced a resolu
tion directing the Committee on Judi
ciary to inquire as to what, under the
law .constituted a recess appointment.
Representative Gibson, of Tennessee,
introduced a resolution directed toward
the reduction of the naval armament of
the maritime nations of the world.
Senator llnnna has decided to sub
pena General Wood lo appear before the
.Military Committee.
Governor Biadv. in his annual report
says Alaska's great need is pioneers and
homebuilders.
The Cuban Reciprocity Bill was dis
cussed in the Senate. .
The Comptroller of the Currency
has authorized the Federal National
Bank, of Pittsburg, Pa., wihch closed
it door October 31, lyo.t, to resume
business on Monday morning.
The Senate Committee gave a hear
ing on the hilt to deny the use of the
mail to classes of insurance- com
panies alleged to be fraudulent.
Thomas J. Akins, of Missouri, will
be appointed Assistant United Stales
treasurer at St. Louis.
The eighth national convention'of the
American Antisaloon League began at
Washington.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio,
introduced a bill limiting the meaning
of the word "conspiracy ' and the use
ot Injunction.
A. delegation presented to President
Roosevelt a certificate of associate
membership in the Travelers Protect
ive Association.
Ex-Attorney General Griggs filed in
the Supreme Court a briei defending
the legality of the Northern Securities
Company. . ,
The government official have receiv
ed no confirmation of the reported
movement ol Colombian troop toward
the isthmus, .
UNITED STATES READY.
The Country Has prepared for Possible
Conflict With Colombia.
ALL MILITARY PLANS PERFECTED.
Order Have Been Issued by the Ntvy Depart
ment Sending the Cruiser Prairie, now at
Ouiotanitno, With 300 Marine Aboard to
Colon, lo Act as Reinforcement lo Ihe
Nival Force Already There.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Lieu
tenant General Young, chief of staff,
authorized the statement that the War
Department was ready to dispatch
troops to the Isthmus of Panama on
short notice should their presence be
demanded.
Although the statement heretofore
has been denied, it is learned that the
department has taken notice of ihe re
peated reports that Colombian troops
were assembling at different points
with the avowed purpose of making a
hostile demonstration against Pana
ma, and has perfected all military plans
to repel such an invasion.
General Young said that should he be
called upon to assist the navy it would
not be necessary to send to the isth
mus more than a regiment, or two.
Although none of the members of the
joint army and navy board would ad
mit that the isthmian situation was
under discussion, it is known that such
was the case and that both the army
and the navy arc now in a state of pre
paredness for any conflict with Colom
bia which might arise.
General Reyes has been fully inform
ed by President Roosevelt himself as lo
the intentions of the government respecting-
the isthmus, lie was told by
the President that, as was, set out in
the President's message lo Congress,
the United States had determined lo
maintain the independence of the new
Republic of Panama against all com
ers. While this- guarantee is contain
ed in a treaty now pending before the
United States Senate and as yet unrati
fied, the administration has for some
time past been acting upon the theory
that the understanding is in full force.
Therefore, all necessary preparations
have been made to exert whatever
physical force may be necessary to pro
tect the isthmian transit. And instead
of confining military and naval opera
tions to the narrow strip of the right
of way across the isthmus, it has been
decided that sound military policy re
quires the extension of ihe protected
zone to include the entire territory of
the Republic of Panama. Consequently,
no Colombian troops will be allowed to
cross the frontier into Panama, or if
they cross, they will be ejected in due
time.
Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge
d'affaires, authorized the statement that
if troops from Cartagena have landed
near the mouth of the Atrato river, as
reported by the French steamer which
has arrived at La Guaira, it is directly
in oposition to the advices of both
himself and General Reyes.
GRAND RAI'IDS WATER SCANDAL
Former City Clerk Makes a Statement and
Gives Ball lor Court.
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special).
Isaac I'. Lamoreaux, former city clerk,
the only one of the last batch of re
spondents for whom warrants were is
sued in connection with the water deal
who had not appeared in court, went
before Judge llaggcrty, waived exam
ination and was bound over to the
Superior Court in $-'kk) bail. Lamo
reaux went to the office of Prosecutor
Ward before going to court and was
closeted with him for a considerable
time. Lamoreaux said to a reporter:
"I have made a full statement to
Mr. Ward about my connection with
the water deal and it will all come out
in due time."
John Krcmer, former keeper of the
supply store in the city poor depait
mcut, who was charged by Salsbury
with having received money with uhirh
to buy off certain of the jurors in the
former Salsbury trial, admitted today
that he received money from Salsbury.
lie said:
"I do not deny that I received money'
upon several occasions from Salsbury.
1 got it for campaign purposes and for
other work I did for him. So far as
attempting lo bribe, jurors is concern
ed, however, I say his statements are
lalsc. lie may h.ivc given me money
for that purpose,' but I never approach
ed any man upon the subject."
INJl'RIiD BV EXPLOSION.
Several Person Hurt la Acildent la Clonk
Factory.
j, Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Seven per
sons were seriously burned and a num
ber of others sustained slight injuries
in a fire and explosion at Armstrong's
cork factory. One man is missing
'Those seriously binned were: George
Friel, James Kccnan. Thomas I human.
Andrew Kerr, 'Thomas F'ttgi-rahl and
William Rockford.
The fire started in the grinding room
on the second floor, and gained such
rapid headway that many of J he xi
employees narrowly escaped from ihe
building with their lives. Oxer 100 gills
were carried by the poli.-t- and fin-men
from the second lloor by means of lad
ders. 'The explosion was due to a molor
and boiler, and partly wrecked the build
ing, which was a small structure, ad
joining the laiger buildings.
Robert Haulm is the name of the
missing man. It is supposed h is
buried in the ruins. 'The tire itself did
not amount to much ami the total loss
is placed at $40,000.
Oeseral Reyes Now President.
Washington, D. C. ( Special ). I he"
Colombian Legation received a cable
gram from General de Custro, commander-in-chief
of the Colombian Army,
dated Port Liinon, Costa Rica, convey
ing the information that the results of
the election for president held through
out Colombia on December 8 show ,1
complete triumph for General Reyes.
When seen General Reyes would make
110 statement beyond saying'that he ex
torted to remain in the L'nited Stales for
a fortnight longer. '
Russia's Reply Mas Reached Tokle.
Tokio (By Cable). Russia's reply ha
been received. The russian minister in
formed Premier Katsura that Russia cn
teitains Japan's proposals, probably with
modification. The general election ha
been fixed for March t. There is no
excitement here, notwithstanding the
dissolution of the Diet, which, it is ex
pected, will have little effect on Ihe
diplomatic situation. The government is
(.-dm and confident nnd apparently re
solved to prosecute the negotiations ac
cord. ng to the origins! plan.
AN INVESTIGATION IS ORDERED.
United Slates Official Breaks Off Re
lations.
Constantinople (By Cable). Insult
ed and assaulted by the local police, the
American consul at Alexandretta, Asi
atic Turkey, Mr. Davis, hauled down
the flag of the United States from its
place above the consulate and left fot
the city of Beirut.
The affair has caused a big sensation
and is regarded in a very serious light
here.
The matter is engaging the energetic
attention of the United States legation
here. Minister Leishman has made
urgent representations to the Forte,
and is now awaiting a fuller report be
fore taking further steps.
The outrage, it is anticipated here,
will lead to strong action on the part
of the United States to obtain fill'
reparation, especially as full satisfac
tion for the Beirut affair has not yet
been given.
'The affair grew out of the arrest ol
an Armenian, Ohannes Attarian,
naturalized American citizen.- Attarian
had been in prison at Aleppo for two
months, and had just been released
through the intervention of the Ameri
can consular agent on condition that
he would leave the country at once.
Mr. Davis was accompanying At
tarian on board a steamer when the
police intercepted the parly, assaulted
and insulted Mr. Davis, and, despite
the resistance of the consul and his at
tendant guards, rearrested Attaria:i
and took him back lo prison.
Mr. Davis immediately lowered the
Pag over the consulate and formally
broke off relations with the Turkish
authorities by quitting Alexandretta,
leaving the consulate in charge of the
vice-consul. A mob of Moslems seized
on the occasion lo make a hostile
demonstration against the consulate
and against the Christians generally.
The local authorities assert that Mr.
Davis struck- the police with a cane,
and that niter the rearrest of Attarian
the consular cavasses (military cour
iers) attempted to rescue him, and in
the fracas which ensued the cavasses
bmke the windows of the prison.
'ihe Turkish authorities further claim
that Attarian. who is a native of Diar
kckir, Asiatic 'Turkey, has been travel
ing about the country with an illegal
pa; rport. 'They also point out that the
question of Armenians, naturalized in
America returning lo Turkey has al
wa been a source of trouble since
the Porte invariably refuses to recog
nize naturalization.
When Attarian was arrested $2 50c
was found in his pocket. This, it is
Itlicvd, may have contributed to his
arrest, the Turks suspecting him ol
being u revolutionist.
Washington (Special). The Slate
Department has received a brief cable
gram from Consul Davis at Alcxand
ictla, Asiatic 'Turkey, saying that he
had had trouble with the local police
at Alexandretta and had left for Bei
rut in consequence. The Stale Depart
ment promptly cabled Minister Leish
man at Constantinople lo institute a
thorough investigation of- the whole
affair.
'The State Department has had end
less trouble with naturalized Armen
ians who insist on returning to Tur
key notwithstanding the fact that the
Turkish government has steadfastly
refused to recognize the rights of j
Turkish subject to expatriate himself,
and the most that our' ministers and
consuls have been able to do in such
cases is to secure the release of the nat
uralized Armenians or Turk upon
promise to quit Turkey.
Used Mall to Defraud.
Columbus, O. (Special). William
McDonald, a former commission mer
chant of Zancsvillc, O., and Robert
G. Hall, who was associated with Mc
Donald in business, pleaded guilty to
using the mails in a conspiracy to de
fraud In the United States Court here,
nnd McDonald was sentenced to fif
teen mouths and Hall to thirteen
months' imprisonment in the Ohio pen
itentiary. SlxDonald bought immense
quantities of produce anil shipped it to
New York, pocketing the proceeds
without settling with his creditors. It
is claimed that he obtained $18,000 in
this manner.
More T.nuble for Dowle.
Chicago, 111. Special). Settlement ol
the Dowie receivership may not pass
as quietly as the order signed by Judge
Kohlsaal 'Tuesday indicated. Attorneys
for one of the creditors served notice
on representatives of all the other in
lerested parlies that a motion would he
presented before Judge Kohlsaat tc
strike out that part of the order provid
ing for' payment by Dowie of all ex
pertscs of the receivership. 'The point
will be made that Dowie has 110 right
! to agree to pay these costs until he is
proved miIvciiI.
Editor Turnbull Dacd.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). Rev
Henry Clay 'Trumbull, editor of tin
Sunday School 'Times and known
throughout the world as an author, dice
at his home, in this city, aged 7."
years. Dr. Trumbull was stricken with
apoplexy, ami remained unconscious
until the hour of his death. Aiuony
ills best-known works arc "Teacher!
and 'Teaching." "War Memories of ar
Army .Chaplain." "Friendship :h
Master Passion" and "Kadesh-Bar-
fifty Person Are Drowoed.
Athens - (By Cable). 'The Greek
steamers 1'yloios nnd Assos collider'
al Ithaca. 'The Pyloros was parllj
submerged and fifty of her passengers
were drowned.
SPARKS 1-COM THS WIRES.
John Charlton, a member of Ihe Cu
nudiaii Parliament, in an address hcfori
thu. Boston Chamber of Commerce
uiged reciprorily with Canada.
'The schooiicl Clarence II. capsized
off the mouth of the Cupc Fear rivet
and the capiaiu, l wo seamen and two
passengers wen drowned.
'The Roentgen Ray Society at ill
meeting in Philadelphia, discussed the
value of the x-ray treatment for can
cer. 'The president of the New York State
Prison Commission bitterly denounced
Sing Sing Prison.
Miss Gillespie was shot and killed
by uu unknown assassin at Rising; Sun,
Ind.
General Tzonlchcfl, the Macedonian
leader, says he considers a war be
tween Turkey and Bulgaria next spring,
inevitable, nnd he believes Servia will
co-operate with Bulgaria. .
Chancellor von Bitclow nnd Bcbel,
the Socialist leaderengaged in a sharp
debate tinged with tarcaiu in the
Reichstag. Bcbel made a ferocious at-u-.k
uoon Russia.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest Neta ol Peansylvaala Told In
Short Order.
Advices from Dr. Wilbur R. Bait,
quarantine officer-at-large of the board,
to Dr. Benjamin Lee, secretary of the
State Board of Health, are to the effect
that the distribution of the milk supply
at Butler i under control and that the
supply of the lacteal (o'od is being thor
oughly investigated and inspected by
Dr. John W. Evans, veterinarian to
the State Board of Health. Prepara
tions for a more effective destruction
of all poisonous matter are rapidly
ncaring completion and it is likely, says
Dr. Lee, that a brick incinerating plant
will have to be erected. The construc
tion of the houses of Butler is such
that the authorities are hampered in
the means of destruction by fire of the
waste material for fear of burning the
houses. Dr. Lee received a com
munication from Dr. Brown, president
of Lehigh University, who was re
quested to make an investigation of
t lie condition of the fever-stricken city
for the benefit of the State Board of
Health of Massachusetts. Dr. Brown
states that the work of the Pennsyl
vania State Board of Health at. Butler
merits high commendation.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the Federal National Bank
of Pittsburg, which closed its doors
October 31, 10x13, to resume business,
and the receiver has been instructed to
surrender to the new president and
board of directors all the assets of the
bank in his possession. The Comptrol
ler states that the bank apparently was
solvent at the time of closing, and will
resume with an unimpaired capital.
Burglars forced their way into the
pos'totlice at Bailsman and blew up the
safe with dynamite, securing $75 in
stamps and cash. A toll-gate house
was also entered, but at that place
Ihe thieves had to be content with a
box of cigars. The postoffice build
ing, in charge of H. D. Bailsman, war
badly damaged.
The Capitol Commission held its
regular monthly meeting at Harris
burg and received reports fcom Jos
eph M. Huston, architect; B. R
Green, supervising engineer, and Geo.
V. Payne, contractor, that the work or
the new State Capitol is progressing
in accordance with the terms of th
contract.
Howard McMillen, of Fastbrook,
frustrated an attempt to derail lh.
night southbound passenger train front
Oil City, on the Western, New York
and 1'cnsjlvania branch of the Penn
sylvania. McMillen passed over a
bridge and found a barricade built ol
stones and railroad ties. The train was
due in ten minutes, but by hard work
he was able to clear the track.
A large black bear walked into
Lockport, a mining village and house
wives were thrown into a panic. The!
bear broke into a pigsty and killed two
pigs. After dining heartily bruin de
parted. Men were summoned from the
mines and. gave chase, but th; bear es
caped. A mad dog recently attacked a herd
of cows belonging to Alfred Lewis, ol
Blakcslce. Several of them developed
rabies and the herd was killed. In all
there were twenty-one, the loss being
over $Jloo to Mr. Lewis.
A second explosion occurred in the ,
Euclid mines at Fort Royal, killing
Superintendent A. W. Sweeney and fa
tally injuring the pit boss and .two
others.
While attending a lecture at Associa
tion Hall, Williamsport, Mrs. Lena
Stambach, aged so years, was taken
suddenly ill and died in a few minutes.
Fred W. Stock shot and killed him
self in a hotel at Scranton just after
quitting work at the Delaware, Lack
awanna ' & Western Machine Shop,
where he was timekeeper.
While hunting muskrats . Milton
Schrantz, of Springfield, in exploring
a hole under a tree accidentally kicked
the trigger of his gun and the entire
charge entered his right side above the
hip.
By direction of Chief Rodcrich, In
spector Stein is sending out notices
to mine superintendents notifying them
that after January, 1004, they must re
quire affidavits of all boy employes that
appear to be under the legal age for
employment.
J. D. Walk discovered two men try
ing to break into his store at Lewis
town. One of the men dropped his
tools; pulled out a revolver and ordered
Walk to throw up hisjhands, but Walk
opened fire 011 the two men, who took
to their heels and disappeared.
Representative Wesley F. Crone, of
Donaldson, was elected mercantile ap- .
praised by the County Commissioners
at a salary of iooo per year. W. Ed
gar Be-.rstler, of Pottsville, was made
transcribing clerk in the commissioner's
office at a salary of $000 a year.
Mrs. Phoebe Riddell, who for many
years has been doing missionary work
for the Presbyterian Church in the In
dian Territory, was stricken with pa
talysis on the train between Altoona
and Harrisburg while .on her way to
Williamsport to visit a daughter.
Oscar Baker, aged 17, oi Altoona,
was on his svay to Blair Furnace with
a load of groceries, when he was held
up by two highwaymen, who sand
bagged him and reliever! him of his
Christmas savings, amounting to $.1.05.
The horse was started and Baker was
carried unconscious to his destination.
Prof. C. B. Cochran, who has held
the chair of chemistry in the State
Normal School of West Chester for
over a quarter of a century, has re
linquished all his work there except that
of teaching one class. He will devote
nearly all his time to his laboratory
work. F'or many years he has been
chemist for the Pennsylvania Boari?
of Agriculture, and he is now also
chemist for the pure food officials.
The First Presbyterian Church ol
Lewistown has extended a unanimous
call to Rev. William L. Mudge, pastoi
of the Phoenixvillc Presbytcriae
Church, to succeed Rev. William Har
rison Decker, who accepted a call from
Homestead.
The shooting of Fred Trichlcr, a
gunner, of Pottsvillr, which was re
ported to Coroner Gillcrs as suicidal,
is now believed to have been accidental
There was no witness, but a mark upoi
a rail fence indicated that the triggei
.aught as the hunter was clambering
over. I
The State Medical Council, at a meet
ing in Harrisburg, appointed a commit
tee to investigate the standard of licens
ing physicians in the State of Ne
York lor the purpose of ascertaimn
whether the indorsement by Pennsyl
vania of license from that State should
be continued. Pennsylvania accepts li
cense issued by New York, but that
Slate doc not accept those Issued by
the Pennsylvania Medical Council.
Rev. Dr. II. S. Gerdsen, x.f New
York, has accepted a call to the pas
torate of the Moravian Chuuh of Lan
caster, The pastor of the !cal church.'
Rev. Charles Nagel, has accepted a call
lo Slaten lslaud. , .