lEO'S millions TO PIUS
& Remarkable Return of Riches to (be
Vatican.
5 1 MOO. WO BY CARDINAL QOTTI.
oa Teres II Over to Popt Plu, Stallai That
foae Lee Just Be tore Death Confided tbe
Maaer Hln Pendlof the Election ot
Ssccettor, He to tie It at He Tbouttit
Beat, Shoald l B Elected Pope.
. Rome (By Cable). According to ttie
Tribuna, the Vatican had sudden wealth
poured into its coffers. l or some time
"OTtain turns which were known to be
possessed by Pope I-co were looked
flor rllhout result, flic search toward
tbt end becoming somewhat feverish,
i Cardinal Cotti, prefect of the Propn
' panda, accompanied by Monsignor
'JJarzolini, one o( the late Pope's sec
retaries, drove up to the Vatican and,
Betting out hurriedly, began tugging
't a heavy object in the carriage. As
sistance was offered, but it was refus
ed, and Cardinal Gotti and Monsignor
3larzolint between them carried the
iiysterious object to the apartment of
-2Pcpc Pius. They wire immediately
admitted, and remained for two hours.
Intense curiosity was aroused hy t!ii
rt, as it was believed to have some
relation to the missing wealth, and the
Wildest rumors were circulate;!. li
f-oon became known, however, that the j
tag contained 45,000,000 francs ($y,ooo,- j
tni) in bank notes.
i When Cardinal f jot t i entered the ;
.presence of the Pope he sank to his j
Jen res, and, pointing to his
burden,
aa-.d:
"Your Holiness, the lamented I.eo
'1st before his death confided to mc
the money which I now lay at your
lett, saying that if I succeeded him I
was to use it as I thought best; that
if another took his place 1 was to turn
the money over to him alter a period
cd four months had elapsed. This I
now do in the presence of Monsignor
Zvlarzolini, who lias been the only other
jerson to share the secret."
The Pope was much affected.
The Tribuna goes on to relate that
Just about the time this .sccncc was be
ing enacted in the papal apartments an
'electrician, while removing the hang
ings in the late Poppe Leo's chamber,
'In order to get at the electric light
i wires, found in a hole in the wall sev
eral bags which were carelessly tied.
jThese bags, when opened, were found
to contain 9,250,000 francs ($1,830,000).
Aaolber Version 01 It.
, Faris (By Cable). The Rome corre
spondent to the Figaro says that Car
dinal Gotti, prefect of the Propaganda
nd one of the executors of the will of
jLeo XIII., was received by the Pope
fend informed His Holiness that he held
B large sum of money confided to him
fcy the late Pope, with the mission that
he should hand it to the new pontiff
four months after his election. The al
leged reason for Pope Leo's course is
that be wished his successor to learn
hovt dicffilut it would be to rule the
Church without money, thereby im
pressing upon him the necessity for
economy. The sum left by Pope Leo is
aid to amount to $7,000,000.
CO. RI VES IN NO l.b'RRY.
Trying to Prevent Colombia From Milking a
Warlike Move.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Be
cause of the determination of General
Reyes to support all the contentions he
makes in his brief, that this or that
jliase of this government's isthmian
j'olicy was against precedent by his
torical references, as well as by high
authorities of international law, the
preparation of the paper is taking
onger than was at first expected. It
was said that it was not at all certain
hen the note would be ready for trans
mission to the State Department. In
cieed. General Reyes is not in any haste
to send it, for this may be taken by
the Colombians as the termination of
their envoy's mission here and the
country might seize on the opportunity
to make war, a contingency which Gen
eral Reyes has 'thus far used his ut
most endeavor to prevent.
Control ol Powder Trade.
Philadelphia (Special). It was an
nounced at the office of the Marsdcn
Company that the International Smoke
less Powder and Chemical Company,
. -which is controlled by the Marsdcn Com
! fany, has passed into the hands of the
'imPont International Powder Company.
I This deal, it is said, gives the DuPont
, Company control of 90 per cent, of the
. jpowder business from the United States.
ihe DuPont Company was organised
1 under the laws of Delaware last Tuesday.
. It is capitalized at $10,000,000. The
terms under which the Internationa!
Smokeless Powder Company passes to
tbe control of the DuPont Company was
accomplished through an exchange of
stock and cash payment of $400,000.
Oat Her Husband AoJ Money.
Albany. N. Y. (Special). A million
iollars is said to be involved in the case
of Ilerzog vs. the Title Guaranty Com
Jinny, in which the Court of Appeals sus
tained the judgment of Justice Truax, of
the Supreme Court. The decision gives
, J-nny McComb Herzog a epiarter inter
est in the estate of her father, who died
In New York city in March, lorn. One
clause of the McComb will gives her this
smarter interest, hut a codicil cut her in
terest in the will in case she married Mr.
Ileriog. Justice 1 max, at special term,
ia Ins decision gave Mrs. llcrzog the
Jtiartcr interest first provided for iii the
A Military Scandal.
New York ( Special). Charges of du
plicating his pay accounts for the months
f October and November were pre
ferred against Capt. John W. L. Phillips,
Twenty-seventh United States Infantry.
j Col. Francis S. Dodge, chief paymas
ter of the Department of the Fast
Colonel Dodge lias forwarded the papers
in Ihe case to the Paymaster General at
Washington for further action. Captain
Unllips it on leave of absence from his
frgiinent, which is now stationed in the
Xlulipvinet.
facoad Torpedo Flotilla.
Charleston, S. C. (Special). The
tarcond torpedo boat flotilla, under
command of Lieutenant Marbury John
on, arrived ler from Norfolk, and
probably will leave here for the south
ward Salurady. The torpedo boat de
etroycrs are the Lawrence, Stewart,'
jTmaton, Worden and Whipple. They
report having a very easy passage, av
eraging 15 knots an hour the entire
,trip. The convoy, the battleship Texas,
tarted will) them, but wat toon dis
tanced. 2bc bat iiot yet readied here.
TI E LATEST MWS IN SHORT ORDER,
Domestic.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, sitting in Philadelphia, sus
tained the District Court of New Jer
sey in the case of Harry C. Spinks and
other stockholders, who appealed
against the payment of an assessment
called by Receiver Henry C. Tatnall,
of the Asphalt Company of America.
Judge Martin, of Philadelphia, has
given Dr. James Strickland, of Roan
oke, Va., lite custody of his two chil
dren, whom the mother was accused
of abducting from a convent school in
Baltimore.
On account of ill.- refusal of skilled
laborers of the New Haven Iron and
Steel Company to accept a 10 per cent,
reduction in wages the mill will close
down, throwing 400 men out of work.
The American Bible Society has ap
proved the project of the British and
Foreign Bible Society to observe
March 7, 1004. as Bible Sunday.
A committee meeting of the National
Congress of Mothers was held in Phil
adelphia to devise ways and means of
oMiiiig Reed Smoot.
A retrenchment movement has fol
lowed the consolidation of the Ameri
can Tinplate and the American Sheet
Steel Companies.
Anna Krciien, wife of Fred Krencn,
drowned herself and her two children
111 a ostein at their home, in Lcseur,
Minn.
Mrs. Geneva Flaherty, of Duluth,
Minn., died from starvation on a train
while 011 her way to her brother's
home.
A jury of six women at in a case
in the Juvenile Court in Chicago.
The I'lutc 1 States grand jury at
0::::ha returned indiomcnts against
1 United S.:.;cs Senator Charles II.
Dietrich, former Adjutant General
Leonard W. Colby, of Nebra 'u; for
mer State Sc.tator I'.Uiott Lor. il. M.
Ailcu, ptes.d'.iit of the Standard Cs'.tle
Company, tti.l other.
Mayor Weiver vetoed the loan bill
appropriating $;6 000.000 (or municipal
ii!V:c.vcnic:-.ts in Pln.ad.-'jihia and City
Co-ii:.l immediately pa ed the bill
o.er the veto. The loan will no-.v be
submitted to the votcts.
The cruiser Olympia. flagship of the
Cirribean Sea squarlron, sailed from
Norfolk for Panama tilled with ammu
nition, arms and other supplies for the
marines on t he isthmus.
Chief Paymaster Dodge, of the Dc-
yartment of the Fast, accuses Capt.
ohn V. L. Phillips, of the Twenty
seventh Infantry, with duplicating pay
accounts.
Mrs. Harry L. Smith and her two
children were cremated in a fire that
burned their home at Gahlaiic, a su-.
burb of Philadelphia.
Rufus U. Councils, president of the
defunct banks at lndiahoma, Sterling
and Oluska, Ok., was found guilty of
forgery.
loieifn.
The attitude of the Russians at Seoul
indicates a possible determination to
prevent Japan from gaining a foothold
in Korea. Advices from Tokio state
that the situation is more unfavorable.
The Russian fleet now at Bizerta, Tu
nis, will be reinforced by six torpedo
boats and proceed to the Far East.
The United Colombian Committee in
Paris announces that should a request
for the submission of the dispute with
the United States over Panama to The
Hague Court of Arbitration be refused
Colombia will go to war and rely on
the I.alin republics for aid.
The appearance on the Venezuelan
Alps of bombyrilla palliuac, small birds
found only in the bar North, indicate
the prevalence of very severe weather in
the polar regions.
General Dclarey made a speech to the
Hoer prisoners at Admagtiagar and suc
ceeded in persuading all but 10 of them
to sign the oath of allegiance to Great
Britain.
The bill providing $130,000 to defray
the expenses of Italy's participation in
the St. Louis Imposition was approved
by the Chamber of Deputies.
A new Greek Cabinet has been formed,
with M. Theotakis as president and min
ister of the interior.
King Edward and. Queen Alexandra
will visit Ireland during the Punches
town racing week.
Miss von Rheimbaden, daughter of
Baton von Rheimbaden, the finance
minister of Germany, had a narrow es
cape from death. She fell between two
vlectr.c cars in Berlin, and in saving
her Henry Davidson, an English r.avai
constructor,, was killed.
Joseph Chamberlain's commission cf
experts to inquire into the condition of
British trade, v hi: the object of drawing
up a tariff reform measure, includes
leading bankers and men prominent in
industrial, mining and shipping interests.
The Japanese ministers have deter
mined to present a strong front to Rus
sia, in view of the lattcr's unsatisfactory
ren'y to the Japanese proposals. The
P.ur.sian drr.ft of the proposed agreement
is net acceptable in the present form.
The French War Office has considered
li e details of rrryfus' reinstatement in
the r.rmy, end the regiment he will com
mand, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel,
has bren chosen.
An Italian warship is bombarding Dur
bo, in Italian Komaliland, where Lieuten
ant Gruban was killed, "merely for the
purpose of impressing the natives."
William J. Bryan arrived in St
Petersburg and went to visit Count Tol
stoi. 'Ihe national committee of the Pro
hibition party met in Chicago and de
cided that the national convention be
held in Kansas City Wednesday, June
20, 1004. Fight cities were in the bid
ding, including Baltimore.
Mrs. Daniel Manning was elected
president of the World's Fair Board of
Lady Managers.
I Insoclit.
Sterling exchange has risen 2 cents
in the pound in ten days.
Copper shares Friday touched the
highest point for many months.
Evidently Philadelphia shareholders
like Speyer's plan belter than Mof
lly's plan.
The principal bull tips ore still on
Amalgamated Copper and Brooklyn
Rapid 1 rausit.
Egyptian cotton merchants who are
now 111 this country jay that their
home country it mil bulliUi on Amer
ican cotton.
After the Cuban bill was signed SugaY
shares fell sliarply.
The Western crowd attacked Penn
sylvania and clipped off nearly 1 per
cent, temporarily.
Two-dollar oil in Pennsylvania seems
to be the Sandard't aim. That is the
highest price for years.
Chicago hears that Vice-President
Wilhard, of the Erie, will become vice-'
president of the Burlington,
An official of the St. Paul says that
railroad could easily pay 10 per cent,
dividends, instead of 7 per cent.
During Ibis year the total shipments
of Lake Superior ore by water were 2J.
500,000 tons, against 27,500,000 in 1002
I WOULD NOT LOWER FLAG
American Lieutenant Refused to Com
ply Wild Colombian Demand.
TROOPS READY TO MOVE ON PANAMA.
Cruiser Atfaati Discovers a Detachment of
Colombian Troops on the Western Short of
the Quit ol Dirlen At Lieutenant Perrlll
Approaches the Shore Oeneril Novo, Calls
Oul: "Whit Way Is This to Make War."
Colon (By Cable). The United States
cruiser Atlanta, Commander William II.
Turner, returned here from the Gulf of
Daricn.
She discovered on December 15 a de
tachment of Colombian troops, number
ing apparently about 500 men, but, ac
cording to their statements, 1,500 to
2,000, at Titumnti, on the western side
of the gulf, just north of the mouth of
the Attato river.
The commander cf the Atlanta sent on
shore an officer who talked with the Co
lombian's commander. The latter pro
tested energetically against the presence
of American warshins in Colombian
waters, insoitrich as war between Co
lombia and the United States had not
been declared, and requested the Atlanta
to leave the gulf, because it belonged to
Colombia. Commander Turner ignored
the request and the Atlanta returned to
Colon to report to Rear Admiral Cogh
lan. T!:c Colombians arc clearly busy with
protective and strengthening measures.
Although they treated the Americans
courteously, they decidedly resented the
prcser.ee of the Atlanta's landing party.
'1 he Colombian force was composed
partly cf the men landed recently at the
Atr.-.to river by the Colombian cruisers
CartaRcna and General Pinzon.
Early in the morning of December 15
the Atlanta sighted a small schooner in
the center of the Guif of Daricn and fol
lowed her to the western shore, where
the schooner attempted to hide behind an
ir.let. Lieut. Harlan P. Pcrrill, of the
Atlanta, was ordered to board her, and
thereupon a whaleboat was lowered and
pulled toward the schooner. It was
found that the schooner had on board
a hundred armed Colombian soldiers,
commanded by Gen. Rafael Novo, who
said (Jen. Daniel Ortiz, commandcr-in-chitf
of the Colombian forces of the At
lantic and Pacific, had a large camp a
mile away on the mainland.
General Novo requested Lieutenant
Pcrrill to land and confer with General
Ortiz. After temporarily returning to
to the Atlanta Lieutenant Pcrrill went
bad: to the schooner, which in the mean
time had taken up a position off a beach
within a small bay. Great excitement
prevailed among the Colombians on the
whalebo.-it's approach. There were re
peated cries of "Viva Colombia!"
1 here v.-a'i a sudden concentration of
about ISO Colombian soldiers on the
beach. For some moments the situation
appeared dangerous and had the appear
ance of an ambuscade. General Ortiz
appeared on the beach when Lieutenant
Perrill went ashore, the whaleboat in the
meantime lying close to the beach.
General Ortiz insisted that Lieutenant
Perrill should fly the Colombian flag at
the bov; of the whaleboat or lower the
American flag at her stern, because she
was in Colombian waters. Lieutenant
Perrill replied that he did not have a
Colombian Hag and refused to lower the
Stars and Stripes. General Ortiz did
not insist upon his so doi,-n, but he pro
tested in writing agaiiv.t the presence of
the Americans in Colombian waters.
Lieutenant Perrill accepted the protest
and conveyed it to Commander Turner,
who handed it to Rear Admiral Coghlan
on his arrival here.
Lieutenant Pcrrill's boat's crew con
sisted of 12 men. On the first trip they
were unarmed, excepting four revolvers.
When the . whaleboat approached the
schooner 24 soldiers were seen seated on
the side nearest to the direction from
which the Americans came with rifles
lying handily rcro'ss their knees and
pointing toward the whaleboat. General
Novo, who in a Venezuelan by birth,
and .second in command of the Colom
bian forces, stood on the deck of the
schooner and instantly called out in
broken English:
"What way is 'his to make war?"
Lieutenant Perrill explained that it
was not war, but a friendly visit.
General Novo, how'evcr, refused to
furnish him with any information.
An interpreter who boarded the
chooner discovered that she had 70 to
80 armed men, packed sardine-like in her
hold.
Fip'otloo Raised tbe Roof.
Indianapolis, I ml. (Special). Three
robbers stood guard in the office of the
Star Elevator with drawn revolvers,
while three of their companions work
ed for an hour and exploded seven
charges of dynamite. The heavy explo
sions raised the root" of the building
from its loundalioii. Terrified people
in the neighborhood stood at a distance
and watched the robbers, who finally
became discouraged at their repeated
failure to reach the inside of a burglar
proof strong box inside the safe and
lc(t a few minufes before the police
arrived.
Commits Suicide by Fire.
Oxford, O. (Special). Miss Mary
Kyger, aged 40 years, a member of one
of the wealthiest families in this county,
committed suicide. She saturated her
clothing with gasoline and then ct her
self 011 fire. No cause is known.
Warlike W 1 From Japan.
Tokio (By Cable). In consequence
of Russia's reply, a special conference
of the elder stafesmcn of Japan, includ
ing 1 lie Marquis I to and the Cabinet
Ministers, is proceeding here. It is
understood that the statesmen arc con
sidering the adoption of a firm stand
against Russia. General Kodama, the
War Minister, was present for the first
time at the conference. There is re
newed activity at the Admiralty, in view
of a possible naval demonstration. .
"Ualttd Calaabiaas" Formed.
Paris (By Cable). The formal or
ganization here of the "United Colom
bian Committee," with a membership
of Colombians throughout Europe, is
announced for the purpose of inform
ing the LTiropran publie of Colombia's
rights in the Panma affair. The Com
mittee's headquarters are at 61 Avenue
Marccau.
The report of Messrs. Contad and
Bonaparte on the charges made by S.
W. 1 ulloch against the administration
ol the Washington Postoftict was sub
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Tbt Cubtn Bill Signed.
The President signed the Cuban reci
procity bill. If passed the Senate by
a vote of 57 to 18.
The bill was taken to the White
House by Representative I'rank
Wachtcr, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Enrolled Bills. Mr. Wachter
also took with him a gold pen with
which the measure had been signed by
Speaker Cannon and Senator Fryc,
president pro tempore of the Senate.
With the same pen, the President affix
ed his signature to the bill, thus mak
ing it a law. The pen was furnished
by Minister Quesada of Cuba, and to
him it will be returned.
Present, besides the President', at the
time of the signing of the measure,
were Secretary Loch, William Barnes,
Jr., editor of the Albany (New York)
Journal; Representative Wachter and
Justice James A. Fcchtig of Balti
more. Now that the bill has become a law,
a question ol great interest lias arisen
namely, the effect of the reduction
of the duty on Cuban sugar upon im
portations ol sugar Irom other conn
tries. J he British Government has
served formal notice upon the State
Department that under the favored na
tion clause it expects that Brtish sugar
from the British West Indies shall 'be
admitted into the United States on
equal terms with Cuban sugar, and it
is not doubted that Germany, France.
Austria and the otner great beet-sugar-producing
countries will do likewise,
An old holding of Attorney General
uincy in President -Cleveland 3 Admsn
istration was adverse to such demands,
out 1 11c question promises to be reop
ened with vigor.
To Protect Publishers.
In the Senate Mr. Mc Comas reported
a bill from the Committee on Patents
providing for the protection of foreign
exhibitors of artistic, musical and lit
erary works at the St. Louis World's
Fair, and at his request the bill was
given immediate consideration and
passed.
Protection is afforded foreign exhib
itors by giving them the sole right of
producing and vending their literary or
art works for a term of two years un
der the copyright law upon payment of
a fee of Si. 50 for each title or descrip
tion recorded at the Library of Con
gress. The full term of copyright privi
lege may be obtained by filing two
copies of the original text of any book
or copies of any work of art brought
into this country for the purpose of ex
hibition at St. Louis.
Another bill favorably reported in
creases the protection given to authors
or proprietors of books in foreign lan
guages in obtaining translations into
the English language for sale hi this
country.
The Senate' also passed a bill au
thorizing the purchase of 2000 acres
of land near Columbus, Ohio, upon
which to erect a military post. The
bill appropriates $180,000.
I.elshnnn Was Vigorous.
Further advices from Minister LeUh
man at Constantinople to the State De
partment show that he has made a very
energetic protest to the Porte against
the action of the Turkish officials at
Alcxandrctta in the case of United
States Consul Davis.
Mr. Leishman's last cable message
sustains Consul Davis in hia action, and
the State Department, consequently,
is not disposed 10 regard favorably anv
complaints from tin: Porte against his
defense of naturalized American ci'i
zens. flail Miy Succeed Trocter.
The President has tendered the posi
tion of Civil Service Commissioner,
made vacant by the death of John R.
Procter, to Gen. John C. Black, of Chi
cago. General Back is commander in
chief of the Grind Army.
General Black has not indicated
whether or not he will accept the ap
pointment. He was Commissioner of
Pensions during the second Adminis
tration of President Cleveland.
In Ihe Departments.
The House passed a resolution au
thorizing the Committee on Expendi
tures in the Postollicc Department to
request the Postmaster General to fur
nish that committee the papers in con
nection with the postoflice investiga
tion. The Senate Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds authorized a
favorable report on the bill making an
appropriation of $7,000,000 for a build
ing for the Department of Stale, Jus
lice and Labor.
Arguments were made in the Crim
inal Court on the demurrer to the in
dictments against James V. Tyncr and
Harrison J. Barrett, accused of con
spiracy to defraud the government.
The House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors was asked to recommend an
appropriation of If.t.Rto.ooo for deepen
ing the Delaware river channel from
Philadelphia 1o the sea.
'Hie Senate raliefid the Chinese Com
mercial Treaty. Senators expressed
resentment toward Russia for. intrigu
ing to prevent more advantageous
terms.
Henry C. Hallcnbeek and. Norman
C. Metcalf, of New York, involved in
the postoflice scandal, gave bond for
trial.
In the Senate, Mr. Daniel, of Vir
ginia, made an attack on the adminis
tration's policy in Panama.
The annual report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission was submitted
to Congress.
Charges of using his office to perse
cute Col. V. A. Wilder, of Warwick,
N. V., were filed against United Slates
District Attorney Atkinson, of the
Southern district of New York.
Capt. Everett E. Benjamin, Twenty
seventh Infantry, died in the hospital at
Manila, of .malarial fever. He was ap
pointed from New York.
The Senate confirmed the nomination
of William J. Buchanan to be minister
to Panama.
President Roosevelt has decided that
the charges brought against Postmas
ter McMichael, of Philadelphia, were
not sustained.
The Senate passed a bill authorizing
the purchase of 2000 acres of land near
Columbus, O., upon which to erect a
military post. ,
The Senate committee t expected to
confirm the appointment of General
Wood as major general.
Secretary of War Root wat a wit
nest before the Senate Committee on
Military Affair, which is investigating
the protests against the confirmation
ol General Wood.
WILL RETIRNON WARSHIP
Consul Davis to Oo Back (0 Alexan.
dretla on Board a Cruiser.
PROMPT ACTION IS TAKEN BY V. S,
Tbt Turkish Government Is Willing to Com
pensate Atlrlaa and Deport lllm-lt It
Understood That the Main Olfenst It the
Atstult Upon the United States Consul, a
Matter ol dravlty In International Law.
Washington, D. C. (Special). As a
result of Miuiiter Leishman's advices
respecting the Alcxandrctta affair the
State Department has requested the
Navy Dpartmcnt to place a warship at
the disposal of Consul Davis, now at
Beirut, upon which he might return to
Alcxandrctta ot his pleasure.
The Navy Department accordingly
cabled instructions to Admiral Cotton,
on board the flagship Brooklyn at
Alexandria, Egypt, to place a vessel
at the disposal of Mr. Davis. It is be
lieved the Brooklyn will be selected.
It is left to the consul to arrange the
terms of his reception.
Acting Sc'cretary of State Adcc has
taken a firm stand in the matter of
the assault upon Consul Davis by
Turkish officials and police at Alcxan
drctta. He has cabled Minister Irish
man to present the facts to the Turk
ish government and inform that gov
ernment that the case is one seeming
to invite an expression of regret and
reparation.
The State Department does not indi
cate what measure of reparation is ex
pected, but it is understood that the
Turkish government certainly will, bv
removal or otherwise, punish the of
fending Turkish officials at Alcxandrct
ta and compensate Attriau for tho
losses and injuries he has sustained.
The Turkish government is willing to
compensate Attrian and deport him.
It is understood that the main offense
is the assault upon the Uruted Stales
consul, a matter of gravitj' in interna
tional law.
The consul has found refuge for the
time being at Beirut awaiting instruc
tions from the State Department or
from Minister Leishman as to whether
or not he shall return to his post. The
information that has reached the de
partment is to the effect that Mr. Da
vis was acting entirely within his rights
and powers, and that while engaged in
protecting, as was his duty, a natural
ized American citizen, he was set upon
by five Turkish policemen and dragged
along the ground. It also appears in
cidentally that upon recovering his
footing the consul promptly 'and sound
ly thrashed all five of the policemen.
Mr. Leishman, our minister at Con
stantinople, under the department's in
structions, has made a quick inquiry
Into the assault and, while the detailed
mail report of the result of his inves
tigation has not yet reached the Slate
Department, Acting Secretary Adec felt
that cable advices warranted him in
taking positive action.
MISSIONS OF THE WORLD.
3.613,391 Nstltes
Form lbs
Total Const!!-
ueocy.
Boston (Special). The American
Board of Commissioners for F'orcign
Missions made public a summary of
Protestant foreign missions. The in
come of societies in the United States
and Great Britain alone shows an in
crease of over $-',000,000. The statistics
arc as follows:
Stations, 5771; out-stations, 22,364;
total missionaries, 16,618: native work
ers, 75,281; communicants in churches,
1,307,042; pupils under instruction,
1, 1 27,53. The total native constitu
ency is 3.613,391.
1 he United Slates is represented bv
6991 stations and oiii-stations, 1617
men, jo )S women, 20.901 native labor
ers, 506,000 communicants, 43.723 added
last year, 259.537 under instruction; ill -income
of the societies reported is
$7;l6,H4.v
'Jhc missionary work of the Hawaiian
Islands having been assumed by the
churches U the islands, that mission
disappears ibis year from the rolls.' But
that to the Philippines has been added,
so that the number of missions is .si ill
twenty.
In the Chinese missions of the Amer
ican Board there are more 1 hurch mem
bers by 885 than before the Boxer out
break, while the native laborers have
increased neat ly threefold. No oilier or
ganization has such interests within
the Turkish Empire. These interests
the Turkish Government has (ailed to
recognize as it should, The United
Stales Government is seeking to secure
the same privileges for American mis
sionaries as have been granted to the
subjects of other nations.
Mrs. Dow!.- Llvlni Well.
Cannes. France (By Cable).--Mrs.
Dowie and her son. Gladstone Dowie,
arc following the usual habits of tin
visitors hero. They have line apart
ments and they take their meals in a
restaurant. They have a carriage anil
enjoy every couu'oit. The hotel-keeper
was anxious over the drst news of the
financial trouble o( "Elijah III.." hut
he seems to be satisfied now that bis
patrons have plenty of money.
Mrs, Manning it Chosen.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Mrs. Dan
iel Manning, of Albany, N. Y.r was
elected president of the World's I'air
board of lady managers, vice Mrs. Jas.
L. Blair, resigned. She received 13 mil
of 15 votes. Mrs. Manning had 110
opposition. She was nominated by Miss
Helen Gould, who made a short speech
reviewing her qualifications.
Tblt Legacy Will Lapse.
London (By Cable). The will of the
late Cardinal llcrrcro y I-'spinosa con
tains, according to a special dispatch
from Madrid, the extraordinary bequest
of $10,030 to "Ihe first Spanish general
landing in United Stales territory with
an army sufficiently strong to avenge tho
the defeats of Cuba and the Philippines."
Pending the happening of this event Ihe
legacy is to remain deposited in the Bank
of Spain.
Idcalllied Stolea Dill.
Augusta. Ca. (Special). Frank Mil
ler, ulias Frank White, was arrested here
and is charged with being one of the
men who. cracked the safe. at Guytoii,
Ga., and secured several hundred dol
lars. On being searched at police bar
racks, a number of pennies were found
on him. Chief Norri became suspicious,
and wired for the manager of the com.
pany robbed to come to Augusta. A
peculiarly torn $10 bill, which had lecn
in the possession of the company for sev
eral months, was identified by the irtan
ager. ( .
WORTH MILLIONS A POUND.
Radium Is 6,000 Times More Cosily
ThanOold.
Baltimore, Md. (Special). The won
derful properties of that almost unknown
and inuch-discusscd substance which has
been called the "modern miracle," but is
known as radium, was the subject of an
interesting lecture, illustrated with nu
merous experiments, by Mr. William J.
Hammer, of New York, before the Geo
graphical Society of Baltimore at Tea
body Hall.
Mr. Hammer is probably as well vers
ed in the properties of this newly dis
covered substance as any person on this
side of the ocean, and has for over two
years been experimenting with it in this
country and abroad. I le exhibited speci
mens of the substance ranging from 40
Id 7000 units in strength, and explained
the enormous possibilities of it for cither
good or evil.
In appearance radium resembles salt
and could not be told from the while
crystal by the uninitiated, but its power
ful properties have startled the scien
tific world and opened up possibilities
hitherto undreamed of.
In opening his lecture Mr. Hammer
said he should first speak of phosphor
escent substances, or those which could
be made to give out a cold light, or
light without beat, by being stimulated
by electric currents, as it was in this
field that radium nave promise of beiner
of the greatest commercial value. 11c
said that it was within the range of pos
sibilities that buildings would be lighted
by large globes painted with phosphores
cent paint and .stimulated with radium,
giving out constantly its immense store
of light at a speed half that of the light
of the sun, which is 186,000 miles a sec
ond. He told of the wonderful properties
of the radium in giving out these im
mense rays constantly without dimin
ishing its own weight and said that the
assertion of a German scientist that
radium did depreciate in weight had
uecn acknowledged by the scientist him
self to be incorrect.
In speaking of radium and radio
active substances, Mr. Hammer first ex
plained from what radium was obtained.
He said it was made from pitchblende,
which was found in Bohemia, but was
also found in a number of States in tliij
country, lie said he had received a let
ter from Professor Curie, who, with
bis wife, has made the most expensive
experiments. Mrs. Curie discovered the
substance. Professor Curie said that he
was tillable to obtain the pitchblende
from Bohemia, except for experimental
purposes, as sonic Germans had corner
ed the supply, and would not allow him
to obtain any for commercial purposes
Mr. Hammer said it was known that
some Germans had recently come to this
country for the purpose of investigating
the supply to be obtained here.
From 5000 tons gf the pitchblende, Mr
Hammer said about 2.2 pounds of radi
um could be obtained. Its value had bei:
about $2,750,000 a pound, but it had risen
to four or five times that amount ami
was probably worth about 6000 times a:
much as pure gold. The difficulties ol
separating it from I lie numerous ingredi
ents of which pitchblende was composed
he said, could hardly be appreciated and
hunting for the proverbial needle in the
hay stack was child's play to it.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
W. A. McKowen, secretary of th:
board of regents of the California
State University, has confessed that
he is a defaulter to the amount of $20,
000. Most of the money was lost on
the race tracks. .
'ihe application of the Mercantile
Trust Company for the appointment ol
an additional receiver for the United
States Shipbuilding Company was de
nied. Serious difficulty is being encounter
ed in the construction of the new East
River tunnel from the Battery to
Brooklyn.
Rear Admirals Evans and Cooper ar
rived at Honolulu with the ships of the
North Asiatic Squadron.
A quarrel over six cents resulted
in the murder of two persons in the
Italian quarter of Philadelphia.
Charles Cawley, 18 years old, was
placed on trial for the murder ot five
members of his family.
Two men lost their lives and one
was fatally hurt in a freight collision
mar Pawnee, Kan.
A feeling of uneasiness prevails in
Meel structural quarters over the sub
ject of prices.
I'.t I. vi en 75 and loo people were ren
dered homeless by a lire at Millvalc,
Pa.
Dr. Frank B. Mallory, of the Harvard
Medical School, has made an mportant
di.-covcry ;is to the origin of scarlet
fever.
New York police have begun an inves
tigation hi ihe death of Adolphus
I 'i inker, a former member of the Brit
i.-li Parliament.
W, S. Crosby, of the Chicago Boari'
of Trade, declares that the campaigr.
:i i 1 1 -t the bucket shops has been r
failure.
Major William 11. Garland, who haf
shaken hands with every president sinct
Washington, died at Johnson City
Tctm.
Testimony will lie taken of the charge:
against Attorney Tleorge A. Lamb b;
the Northern Pacific Railway Company
A reduction of wages averaging 1;
per cent, mid a Heeling 30,000 men it
the Coiiucllsv illc coke regions has beet
announced.
The engineer of 11 Chcago-Dcnvc!
Iqnilcd train was killed near Oiuah;
by the locomotive jumping the track.
The assets of the Consolidated Laki
Superior Company were sold at auc
lion in New- York to Speyer & Co..
A. C. Bushiicll. cashier of the Yah
National Bank. New Haven, Ct., tho
himsvlf at Ihe bank building.
Willi the exception of France, al
Ihe power interested in the Venezuela!
arbitration have forwarded to the tri
bunal a notification of the trrifkatior '
of their claims by the Caracas Com
mission. Judgment will be deliterci1
early in February.
The Jsea of Azof is disappearing and
ihe waters have receded to such an ex
tent 111 live days that the bed uf the sej
is visible' lor a distance uf thousands
of feet.
France will make a favorably reply
to the Austro Russian proposal for the
establishment. of the Cretan system of
administration for Macedonia. Italy
and Great Britain arc aKo expected to
accept it. ;
In consequence of Ihe reduction 0
wages by Ihe United Slatet Steel Cor
poration 1 lie Scotch tecl makers arc
negotiating with the view of fixing tell
ing prices and amending the wage
stale. , ,
'Ihe cruiter Dixie disembarked 330
marines ot Colon and thry left inime- ,
diately for Empire Station, near Pan
ama, taking with them 16 machine guns
and 0 automatic guns.
I I ' ' ' '
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Lalest Nes ot Pennsylvania Told In
Shnrt Ordsr.
Under the act of 1887. a charter was
applied for at the Slate Department for
the Warren Academy of Science, at
Warren, Pa., the purpose of which was
"educating the public by exhibiting ar
tistic, mechanical, agricultural and hor
ticultural products and providing in
instruction in the arts and sciences."
Govrrnor Pcnnypacker referred the
matter to Attorney General Carson,
who has decided against the charter.
The act of 1887, he says, applies only
to eutcprises that give national, in
terstate or international exhibitions and
not to private enterprises. The act
confers the right of eminent domain.
"I cannot conceive," says the Attorney
General, "that it was ever intended by
the Legislature to confer upon an acad
emy of science, even though exhibiting
artistic, mechanical, agricultural and
horticultural products, power so sweep
ing and dangerous. No other educa
tional institution in the land has power
to take public property or the property
of a private citizen for its purpose. Our
great universities and other educational
and scientific institutions possess col
lections of great value and magnitude,
of the highest educational importance,
and yet they do not possess the powei
of eminent domain. I see no reason foi
stretching the terms of the statute so
as to cover the present application."
Several hundred striking female
weavers of the Dti Plan Silk Company
and their sympathizers gathered at the
mill in Hazlcton and attacked the forty
or fifty girls who had been in the milf
all day when they tried to go to theil
homes. Four constables tried to stem
the rush for the workers, but they wen
swept aside and Constable John Dusct
was knocked down and trampled upon,
Andrew Leingang, who attempted ta
go to the rescue of his daughter, win
also felled by a blow from one of the
male sympathizers of the strikers. Thr
girls from the mill were roughly han
dled. Then finally retreated to the
building and remained there until 10.3c
o'clock. At this hour Sheriff Albcr
Jacobs, who had been in Philadelphia,
arrived on the scene and afforded th
girls safe escort to their homes. Tin
sheriff and a number of officers guard'
cd the grounds and drove back a crowe
of one hundred strikers who gathered
The presence of pickets, however, de
terred the operators from going to t lie
mill and the plant could not be started)
The part pi Montgomery county be-
I ll'PPtl f Pill.- Ill IriM-ll -i.trl A .i.KIn- .a i .
fested with thieves and the residcnlj
suffer much from their depredations
'1 In: scene of operations was transfer
red to Fort Washington where foul
houses were enlere-l. At ex-Postmaster
HufTnagL,-s home the burglars en
tered by u rear window. They ran
sacked the house from cellar to gar
ret. Mr. and Mrs. riurTnaglc heard
them at work in the dining-room and
attempted to go down, but found theit
room door guarded bv a burglar. Otf
the third floor the thieves secured a
number of old coins. From a. vest
pocket beside the bed of George
Scheffer, who was visiting the Huff
iiaglcs. the thieves took his gold watch '
They leisurely went about their work,
although Mr. HurTnaglc was calling
out a window for help, as they knew his
calls could not be heard by the near
est neighbor. They next entered th
house of Dr. G. H. Ewing, but sccun
ed no booty. Except as to eatable;
they , were likewise unrewarded afte
breaking into the home of Mrs. Sam
uel Maust. In attempting to enter the
home of John II. Morris thev were
scared off by a dog. '
jsernvilic will he lighted with clec
tricity. - j
A case of smallpox has developed in
Doylestown.
A Iodize of the ladies of the Golden
Eagles has been organized in Picas-
antville.
Charles Muruliv. of Wilkp.shnrrp. -n
frozen to death in Manor in the water
of Brush creek.
ihe cold weather has increased the
demand for coal to such tin extent that
the supply in the storage yards in
rott'vuic i rapiniy Ijcmjr depleted.
illiain A.. Snyder, of Barto, shot
I'lO rabbits, 32 irav suuirrels. 8 Hood-
chuck, 6 pheasants ami other small
game during the hunting .season just
closed.
Louis Long, of Ha;:lc(on, in hurrying
to summon a doctrr to attend his wife.
fell and three f.ngers of his right hand
were fractured. Loim was later arrest
ed, charged witll beating his wife.
By order of court, Edward Ricker,
of Easton, who killed his wife last Sep
tember with an ax, was acquitted in
court on the ground of insanity. Ricker
will be sent to the Norristowti Asylum.
A grand juror was Uncharged from
duty at court at Lebanc.ii on an alle
gation that smallpox exis'.-i in his home.
The juror persisted thtit the dis-ease in
merely chicken pox, and refused l"
leave the courtroom until 'threatened
with arrest.
While Vi'illi.ini Grim, a farm hand,
near RothrocUi.ville. was watering
mules, one of the a:.ir.ials kicked him,
tearim; off his face and part of his
head. It is feared he will die.
Mrs. Clara A. Franklin, widow of
Colonel Fnfyn 1'iaiiklin, of the One
Hundred and T.vcnty-second Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, died nt Lancaster,
aged 70 years.
'ihe Young ?.ft:i's Christian Associa
tion of West Chc-tcr. lieid a special ser
vice Sunday to signalize the fact that
sufficient subscriptions have been secur
ed to iiisuie Ine permanency of the in-
sti'.tiliou. .
An overturned oil stove caused a fire
at. the residence of Patrick Reilly, ii
Norristown. Reilly's mother, who is 8o
years old, is an invalid and the flame
ignited the bed on which she was
r.slecp. The woman was enveloped iit
(lames when Reilly went to her assist-
unci r,ii(..t:eucu iii vm lying iivr iv
a place of safety. The tire department .
extinguished the blaze.
Gottlieb Waltz, aged 45 .years, a Lan
caster peddler, commuted suicide in hi
cell at tl:e police station 111. that city.
He was arrested for drunkenness and
idiom 10 o'clock was found hanging by
his suspenders from a steam pipe. v
Intelligent Dog Diet.
After an absence of a week, Re, a
French poodle bolonglng to Fields
Rboadb, a newspaper dealer of Chea
ter, Pa,, wu found dead lirV ditch by
lta owner. Tbe dog always accom
panied bla master on hit newapa,pr
rounds and served many; of tb Cus
tomers, taking the papers in' his'
mouth and leaving them on the door
atepa or carrying thorn Into th yard,
as Instructed.
Mr. Rboads avers that the poodla
would often take papers front tb
store to cuHtotnera and would never
mako a mlotake,- going unerringly to
the bouse of tbe pernon to which tui
was directed.
"Celled!, Rei!" meant tbat be wis
to bring book penny, and tbe C . 1
would wait until tbe peony hat) t.,a
given to him. '