fIFTY PEOPLE DROWNED Terrible Disaster Off Coast of British Colombia. HOT A WOMAN OR CHILD SAVED. JKoaottr War Sattbcs Deadlight and " SM Is Fleeded All Ibo Passengers Wk Tck la Ik Bails la Hope al Safety Prcfshed-SoM Aftar Tas Fro Port Tewsead Reich lb Steamer It Ooti Down. Tort Townsend, Wash. (Special). lifttwo lives were lost in the sink ing of the fine new steamer Clallam in a storm that swept over the straits of Jnn de Fuel vilh relentless fury. The vessel was a regular daily passenger jacket She made moderately good progress across the straits, bound for Victoria Island, until oft the entrance to the harbor was abeam. Then terrific cross-sea was pelt inn the 'vessel, retarding her progress and snaking life uncomfortable for those aboard. Little fear was manifested, fcomever, until word came up from be low that the vessel was leaking. Inves tigation showed that the waves) on the windward side had stove in a dead light, through which the water rushed In volume, resisting all efforts to stop it. Seeing the efforts futile, the safety of the passengers, particularly the women nd children, was looked after, and all who desired were put off from the ateamer in the ship's boats. The heavily laden boats were thrown aibout wildly in the choppy sea, and -one after another, after succeeding in getting away from the vessel, were cither capsized or swamped. The terrible fury of the storm is at tested by the fact that not a woman or -child of all those aboard has lived to tell the tale. An apparent discrepancy in numbers from the list of fatalities . following is accountable to the fact that only such children as paid half fare were enrolled in the passenger list. In the meantime word had come from Victoria of the vessel's prcdica aent and a fleet of powerful tugs were dispatched from here to render assist ance. The Richard Holyoke, in com mand of CApt. Robert Hall was the first to reach the Clallam which had tr this time careened partly over from the inrush of water Which had put the engines out of commission. The Holy oke reached the Clallam about 1 1 o'clock and about I a. m. succeeded in Setting a hawser aboard with which die started to tow the Clallam to safety. The Clallam took a heavy lurch and those remaining aboard were compelled to climb up the side to safety, finally Teaching the roof of the pilot house. "Without a moment's hesitation the tog's boats were lowered and the work est rescue commenced. At this point the tug Sea Lion, Captain Hunter, arrived amd her men rendered valuable assist ance. Before all the struggling people bad been taken off the Clallam com menced to break up and soon afterward went down. All possible assistance to V BOS.UCU V)J1C w3 given uy IHC IWU ship masters and their crews and the toga hurried to Port Townsend. The passengers surviving and the remainder of the crew then took passage on the lirigo, bound for Seattle. W. IL Grimes, of Redmond, Wash., -board the Clallam, bound for Victoria, gjives this statement : . "The weather was pretty rough," said he, "but we had no suspicion of danger mtil someone forward said something boot life preservers. I went forward to investigate and there learned that the Oallatn was making water rapidly. The boats were promptly manned and launched and the women and children and such passengers as desired to leave were placed in them, competent crews be ing in charge. The boats made off from the ateamer safely, but one after an other they capsized and we were helpless to render them any assistance. MATH OP RUM CLEVELAND. Ea-PntaUcat'a EMest Daughter Victim af Dletbcr.'a. Princeton, N. J. (Special). Ruth Cleveland, the eldest child of ex-President Crover Cleveland, died at the Cleveland home here very unexpectedly, the immediate cause of death being a weakening of the heart action during znild attack of diphtheria. Dr. Wyck off, the attending physician, said that Miss Cleveland had been ill with a mild form of diphthrria for four days, and that the heart affection was not antici pated. She was 15 yeais old. The Cleveland housrhol I is grief stricken over the death of the eldest shiagbter, and many messages of con dolence are being received. The pri vate school which Ruth attended has Iwen closed for the rest of the week out of resitect. Sti Killed at Csssvlll. Huntington. W. Va. (Special). A dy atamite esnlmion occurred rear Cassville, t tVrjme county, while a number of cm s4oyea on the Norfolk and Western 'x tensioe) were at luncheon. Six men were killed and fourteen injured. All the dead re natives of Wayne county except two, mho lived nvar ltaltimore. AAariU CaaedMloa af Maay MarJers. Uvcensburg, Pa. (Special). Charles E. Kruger, in jail here awaiting execu tion for the murder of Constable Harry F". Bicrer on July 9 last, is reported to have confessed to the murder of John 121c ire. former city treasurer of New- castle, Awe years ago; to the murder of Aleaer McNaught, near here on April tH, 1902, and to many other crimes. Kragrrs confessions have been made to heriff John H. Tresclier, Deputy Sher iff BctMMnixi Ilrown and IC D. North, re sinainnal in the extreme. aVxlcaa Velceaa Raging. Chicago (Special). A special to the duly Newa from Cuadalajara, Mexico, ays: Violent eruptions of Mount Co Km voieatio have alarmed the inhabi teaAa e4 the adjacent country. Many f the fewfile lave left their homes and sought safety from the ashes and lava. 1km eaoet terrorizing features of the ruptioa la the earthquake shocks which r felt M the region of the volcano, t.'hrse seismic disturbances arc of un "al aavaritv, but so serious damage 1 reported. Xr.E I ATEST ISF.WS IN SHORT ORDER, Domestic. T. S. Bidgood, cashier of the Peo ple's liank, in Mobile, Ala., died, aged 46 years. He was widely known in business circles through the South. Congressman William W. Skilcs, rep resenting the Fourteenth district of Ohio, died of pneumonia at his home, at Shelby, O., aged 54. The iteamcr Provan brought to Ros ton the captain and crew of the schoon er G. A. Smith, which vessel soon after foundered. Henry W. Peacock fell from the sev enth lloor of the Reading Terminal Station, in Philadelphia, and was in sanity killed. A fire in the New York Stock Ex change Building deranged the tele graph system by which stock quota tions were sent out. The Alva National Bank, of Alva, Ok., was closed and a receiver appoint ed by tlic Comptroller of the Cur rency. Former Governor of Ohio Charles Foster died at the residence of Gen. J. Warren Keifer, in Springfield, O. The Window-glass Workers' Asso ciation refused to amalgamate with I.. A. No. ,100 of the Knights of l-ibor. The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee indorsed Richard Olncy for the presidential nomination. Francis D. Wayland, formerly dean of the Yale L--v School, died at his home, in New llaen. Mr. William Jennings Rryan re turned to New York and spoke in a general way of his tour abroad. Horace G. Hurt, it is stated, will be come president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Orders were posted for the resump tion of work at the Jolict plant of Il linois Steel Company. I.. C. Willing was caught in the act of setting fire to his department store, in Waterloo, la. The court in Omaha sustained the demurrer filed in behalf of Senato- Dietrich deciding that he was not a senator at the time of the commission of the acts complained of because he had not then qualified. During a thick fog the I-all River Line steamer Priscilla. from New New York for Fall River, ran ashore on the north side of the Lime Rock Lighthouse, but was subsequently float ed. I he attempt of Charles Rrooks to escape from New Jersey State Prison resulted in the death of Brooks, the shooting of Keepers John Fitzgerald ami William J. Harney. President Henry l.ear and Cashier George P. Brook, of the Doylcstown (Pa.) National Bank, were arrested on the charge of misapplying bank funds. fc-vidcnce was begun in ,ew Y ork 111 the suit to foreclose the second mort- gage for $10,000,000 given by the L't ited States Shipbuilding Company. President Raymond, of the Wcsleyan University, in Connecticut, suspended six of the sophomore class for trying to haze a fellow-student. 1 r hearing was begun before the In terstate Commerce Commission in Chicago as to the (justification for the advance of freight rates. The Mayor of Bloommgton. III., has ordered all of the aldermen to do police duty as special officers during the street railway strike. Rev. B. A. Chorry was found guilty of subornation of perjury and sentenc ed to three years in the penitentiary. I relgu. Fire broke out in a crowded theatre at Gross Wardcin, Hungary, but it was put out before the audience was aware of the danger. Then it was discovered that all the emergency exits were lock ed and the keys missing. Because of the threatening condition of the famous Cathedral of Spolcto. the government has ordered the immediate removal of the tombs of Fra Filippi Lippi and Orsini. A thousand armed Armenians are in the district of Sassoun, and detachments of Kurdish cavalry have been stationed at all villages along the Russian frontier. It is announced from Hamburg that the creation of the International Union of Sailing-ship Owners for the establish ment of minimum freight rates is now as sured. King Edward, Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria have greatly enjoyed their visit to Chatsworth. the scat of the Duke of Devonshire, in Derbyshire. Emigration from Hamburg and Brem en in 1903 shows a large increase, the to tal being 3t9.So, against 266,884 for 1002. The decision in the Venezuelan claims by the arbitration tribunal will not be ready before the end of I-chruary. By the explosion of dynamite at the I. os l.aureles Mines, west ot Ouadala jara, Mex., 20 men were killed and 40 others injured. Rev. Nicolaus Delsor, a Catholic priest and member of tnc German Keichstag, v. as expelled from French territory. It is reported that the Duke of Dev onshire and Lord Rosebery have buried the "political hatchet" and that the Duke, who last October resigned as lord president of the Council, will re turn to the Liberal party. Negotiations for a revision of the commercial treaty between France and Brazil have been suspended, but rela tions between the two countries are not seriously affected. Lieutenant General Klcigeis. prefect of St. Petersburg, has been appointed governor general of the governments to KicfT, Podolia and Volhynia. Violent eruptions of the Mount Co:. hina volcano, in Mexico, have alarmed the people, earthquake shocks being frequent in the region of the volcano. A conference of German bankers was held in Berlin to consider how to im prove the market vaulc of government securities. A 12,000-ton steamer recently launch ed on the Clyde has been bought by tnc Cunard Company for the American service. I lataclsk British consols fell to the lowest figure touched since 1866. United States Steel has only $tv .100.000 cash in its treasury, against $00, 000,000 about four months ago. Clarence Mackay, the ocean cable magnate, is behind the Federal Sugar Company, which promises to invade the American Company's field. The April quarterly dividend on United States Steel preferred is selling in the street for $1 50 a share. That is equivalent to a 6 per cent, rate against the regular 7 per cent. Philadelphia interest rates will have to come down. Sailer & Stevenson, the Philadelphia bankers, announce that the entire issvie of $10,000,000 Philadelphia, Baltimore At Washington 4s has been sold. Philadelphia absorbed a large block of the bonds. E. IL Ilarriman was elected presi dent of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. He is also president of the Southern Pacific and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. fMr. Ilarriman is by far the most important financier identified with Pacific coast enter prises. j . WAR SPIRIT IS STRONG While Negotiation for Settlement Cor. finues Topulace Gamers for Fight. AN 1MPR0VMEM IN THE SITUATION. Military ana Naval Aufborlilea Working Night and Day to Miks Ready for War-Jspas L'able to Win tbe First Nival Bade lias I be Ailvantige of Run a la This Respect Tokyo (By Cable). The war spirit is still strong among the Japanese. The attitude of the British and Ameri cans greatly encourage such feeling. Japan addressed a note to Russia through Minister de Rosen. Its char acter has not been disclosed, but it is said that Japan requires an answer within a given number of days. Whether the note mentions the time, making the document an ultimatum or whether the time is intimated other wise, is unknown. The government, however, is determined to secure an early response and close the discussion if it should prove to be fruitless. It is understood that Japan adheres iloscly to her original contentions, and it is believed that ii Russia fails to fairly meet the demands, war will en sue. Paris. Official advices received here further convince those in the highest authority that the Russo-Japanese war crisis has been averted, at least for the prcent, that the situation is again brought distinctly within the lines of diplomatic adjustment. Reports chiefly from Tokyo, but also from St. Petersburg, give a clear view of the circumstances leading up to the sud den improvement in the situation. They show that the Russian answer actually reached Tokyo the night of January 6 and proved to be the turning point. Prior to its receipt Japan had been making strenuous preparations for sending two divisions to Southern Korea. The official reports establish ing these preparations are beyond the slightest question, but the note received oil the sixth disclosed to Japan for the first time that Russia fully conceded Japan's paramount rights in Southern Korea. Russia's concession thus gave Japan practically what she had been prepar ing to assert by force and, according ly, military activity was suspended, as Russia's concession made unnecessary Japan's forcible assertion of a para mount position in Southern Korea. The three days succeeding January 6 gave an opportunity to the authori ties at Tokyo to consider and recog nize Russia's concession. Whether it will be satisfactory the reports have not yet disclosed, but the suspension of military activity is regarded as re moving the most dangerous aspect and as giving nope that Japan is likely to receive Russia's answer in a concilia tory spirit. It is not known whether Russia's concession goes to the extent of relinquishing her contention for a neutral zone across Northern Korea, but it is understood that it relates chiefly to giving definite assurance of Japan's rights in Southern Korea. Although reports of mediation con tinue to circulate, the authoritative statement was made that no steps have been taken by France toward mediat ing. It is pointed out that such a movement, if addressed to Japan, prob ably would originate with Great Bri tain, owing to their closer political re lations. MRS MAYBRICK'S RELEASE. It Will Occur Sometime During the Prcseot Veir. London (By Cable). Referring to the statement published in the United States that final arrangements were made at a conference between Ambassador Choate and the Home Office officials for the re lease in April of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American woman under sentence of life imprisonment on the charge of poi soning her husband. The exact date of her release is not yet fixed. Baroness dc Roques says that her daughter, Mrs. Maybrick is decidedly in better health and gaining strength, now that she has the certainty of being re leased. "All the sensational newspaper ac counts relative to our business interests and future fortune," added the Baroness, "have not resulted in any profit to us. Quite the contrary." Two Killed: Flvt Injured. Montague, Maine (Special). A gas explosion in the millinery store 01 Cleary Brothers killed at least two per sons, severely injured five others, and started a fire that destroyed the build ing with a loss of $.5,ooo. Four per sons who are thought to have been in the store when the explosion occurred are missing, and it is feared that their bodies will be found in the ruins. Those known to have lost their lives are James Cleary. one of the proprie tors, and a woman bookkeeper in the store. The explosion is said to have been caused by the clogging of a gas pipe. The concusfion was felt through out the town and huge timbers were thrown a hundred yards. 15)0 Mo e Cokt Oven. Scottdalc, Pa. (Special). Orders have been issued by the II. C. Frick Coke Cotupaqy for the immediate re sumption of fifteen h'Mi lr?d adlitional coke ovens, making jroo idle ovens started this week. Five hundred ovens were also blown in by the Raincy Coke Company, an independent concern. To Divide Macedonia. Rome (By Cable). Dr. Milanovitch, the Servian minister to Italy, expressed the hope that General Dcgiorgis, com mander of the international gendarm erie, will be capable of enforcing the reforms in Macedonia under the Aus-tro-Russian plan. Otherwise the min ister thinks that the best solution of the situation would be to divide Mace donia between Bulgaria, Greece and Servia, forming a federation of the Balkan ttatei. Pistol Vadtr His "Mow. Saranac Lake, N. Y. (Special). Carl Gordon, a brother-in-law of Daniel S. Hanna, of Cleveland, O., accidentally shot and killed himself here. During the evening Gordon was at bowling alley with party of friends. He re turned home about II o'clock. It was his custom to keep a loaded revolver under his pillow, and during the night it was in some manner discharged, the bullet entering Gordon's check and passing out through the top of his head, killing him instantly. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.1 Colombia Appeals to Conns. Notice of an important step taken by an agent of the Colombian government in Paris was received at the .Colombian Legation here in a dispatch to Dr. Ilerran, the charge d'affairs. It was to the effect that a French tribunal had been appclcd to with a view to pre venting the transfer of the Panama Canal Company's rights on the isthmus to the American government without the consent of Colombia, Counsel for the Colombian government, according to the dispatch, assured the agent that he thought there was good ground for believing that the effort to prevent the transfer would be successful. The step taken, it is understood, is with the full cognizance of the Co lombian authorities, and was instituted by an agent of the government, who left this country after consultations with General Reyes and Dr. Hcrran. The end sought to be attained is to frus trate the sale of the concessions, fran chises, and property of the canal com pany to the United States, preparations for which already have been under way, the amount to be paid by this govern ment being $40,000,000. Colombia asserts that the company cannot lawfully dispose of its rights without her explicit consent. Such consent was expressly given in the Hay-Herran treaty, which failed of ratification by the Colombian Congress. The action of the Colombian authori ties caused considerable surprise here when it became generally known. Rcves Receives Hay's Answer. Gen. Rafael Reyc, the Colombian special envoy, has received the answer of the Washington government to his note charging the United States with open violation of the treaty of 1846. . The answer, which was prepared by Secretary Hay, though couched in the most diplomatic terms and expressing the wish of this government to deal justly with Colombia, is an emphatic refusal to reopen the Panama question. Prior to the receipt of the reply Gen eral Reyes wrote to the state depart ment requesting that the correspond ence be transmitted to the Senate for its consideration. Pending an answer to this request the correspondence will not be made public. Geo. Chaffee Commands Army. After having served at the head of the army as chief of staff, with the rank of lieutenant general, for a little less than five months, Lieut.-Gcn. S. B. M. Young relinquished his duties at noon Saturday to his successor in office, Gen. A. R. Chaffee, who has been acting as his chief assistant for several weeks past. The change is due to the fact that General Young became 64 years old Sat urday, and, therefore, under the law was relegated to the retired list. The retirement of General Young and the accession of General Chaffee was marked by the usual reception to the out going and incoming officials. This re ception took place in the office of the chief of staff, and was largely attended by army officers on duty in the War De partment and vicinity. Army Maneuvers Expensive. A statement prepared at the War De partment shows that the recent maneu vers of the regular army and State mili tia at Fort Riley, Kan., and West Point, Ky cost the general government about $500,000. This amount includes acutl disbursements for transportation and other items of expense in connection with the militia organizations which partici pated in the maneuvers. The expenses attached to the participation of the regu lar troops at the maneuvers was only for such extra service as transportaiton, and does not include expenses of subsistence, which would have been the same at the regular station of the troop. Fire a: the CiplloL A fire in the electric duct on the Senate side of the Capitol building at 6 o'clock P. M. burned the insulation off the wires and left that portion of the structure in total darkness. Be cause of the inconvenience attending working in contracted quarters, the firemen were busy about an hour be fore the flames were under control. I he remainder of the building was not in any danger at any time. The fire probably was the result of crossed elec tric light wires. The amount of dam age is not known. In (he Departments. Prof. Willis Moore asked for an in crease in the appropriation for the Weather Bureau Service to establish eight new stations. Lieutenant General S. B. M. Young retired as chief of staff and General Chaffee was formally installed as the head of the Army. A meeting of the Senate committer has been called to consider proposed amendments to the Immigration Laws. The army maneuvers held at Fort Riley cost the government half a mil lion dollars. There is a strong feeling among the members of the Senate that the United States should annex Santo Domingo and Hayti. The House made available the sum of $.150,000 to be used to meet the emer gency caused by the ravages of the cotton-boll weevil. Pension Commissioner Ware decided that when a pensioner is convicted and sentenced to prison for life he loses his pension. The Senate, in executive session, dis cussed the nomination of W. I. Bu chanan to be minister to Panama. Representative Dalzell introduced bill providing for the consolidation of third and fourth class mail matter. Secretary Shaw transmitted to the House a request -of Secretary Root for an appropriation of $585,000 for new arms and equipments for organized mi litia. The Senate Committee on Commerce favorably reported a bill providing that only American ships shall be used for the transportation of government sup plies. The Senate Committee on Military Affairs' authorized Senator Foraker to repprt favorably the nomination of Governor Taft, of the Philippines, to be secretary of war. - Mr. Scott, of West Virginia, made an argument in the .Senate in behalf of the Darien route for an interoceanic canal. John J. McCardy, of St. Paul, Minn., was appointed to be auditor for the Postoflice Department, to succeed Henry A. Castle, also of Minnesota, resigned. Anarchy prevails and business is at a standstill at Puerto Plata, according to dispatch from Commander Dilling ham. Miss Isabel McKenna, eldest daugh ter of Justice McKenna, of Supreme Court, was married to Pitts Dufhcld. 10UIS WANTS DAMAGES Brines Suit for $50,000 Against Joseph Bristow and Others. DECLARES THAT HE WAS RIDICULED. Poi:master deoeral Payne an J lbs Washing too Post, Stir and Times Are Also Made Defendants Statements In lbs Postolflce Report Are Ibe Basis ol the Charge Plal i tiff Removed as a Resalt of lovestljitlon. Washington, D. C. (Special). Michael W. Louis, formerly superintendent of the Division of Supplies in the Postoffice De partment, but who was removed October 21 last as a result of the postal investiga tion, entered fuit for $50,000 damages against Joseph Bristow, the' fourth assist ant postmaster general ; Henry C. Payne, postmaster general, and the Washington Post Newspaper Company. The basis of the charge for which damages are asked is an extract from the report of General Bristow dealing with the award of con tracts on the division of which Louis was at the head for ink, ink pads, etc., at alleged excessive prices, etc. The defendants are charged with hav ing composed, written and published con cerning the plaintiff the extract of the re port referred to with the intent, it is al leged, to injure the plaintiff in his good name. By reason of the committing of the grievances complained of the plaintiff says he has been brought into public scandal, ridicule and disgrace. Suits of a like character for similar amounts were also brought against the Postmaster General, Mr. Bristow and the Evening Star, and againstjic Postmaster General, Mr. Bristow and the Washing ton Times. FOUND NEW EVIDENCE OF fRAl'D. Dswes Commission Chang:s Plan for Indian Lint Segregation. Muskogee, I. T. (Special). The Dawes Commission adopted a plan for the Delaware land segregation. When the commission was first ordered to make the segregation it proceeded upon a plan known as the Logan-Adams schedule. In April, Secretary Hitchcock, upon ad vice of the commission, became convinced that there was something wrong with this schedule, and ordered the commission to investigate. Surveying parties and locating parties went into the Delaware country and made a record of every Delaware, his lands and improvements and maps. As a result, the commission has repudiated the old schedule and so notified the Sec retary. The commission is very reticent about the matter, but it is said upon the best authority that the report of the Sec retary will indicate that there has been fraud attempted. It was because of this fact that was furnished the commission that the Chero kee land office was closed, and injunc tion served against the commission to stop the segregation, and a suit for $1,000,000 damages brought against them. forty-Three Killed on Warib:p. Sydney, N. S. W. (Special). Forty three persons have been killed by the explosion of the boilers on the British cruiser Wallaroo. The Wallaroo, which ws proceeding to Hohart, signaled Mon-t.-gue Island, 2to miles south of Sydney, r porting the disaster, but giving no de tails. 'J be Wallaroo is a third-class irtiiser of 2.575 tons displacement used f'.T Australasian trade protection. She was formerly named t lie Persian. M sucre ot Christians. Sal onica ( By Cable). An order has been received from Constantinople to hold the Third Army Corps in rcadi ness. There is great military activit in Seres. Troops are leaving'Monastir for t'skub. A massacre of Christians at Monastir is expected in th ecvent of the departure of Hilmi Pacha, the in spector general of the Sultan's reform movement. Clly Treasurer Arrest:d. Haverhill, Mass. (Special). John A. Glines, city treasurer, was arrested here, charged with larceny of $43,000 of the city's funds. The nuking fund commissioners discovered the shortage and reported il to Mayor Wood. The mayor at once summoned the treasurer, who. it is said, admitted that he had pledged the bonds in stock transac tions. Glines has been treasurer and collector of taxes since 1800. Lost Roll Call for flea. Gordon Miami, Fla. (Special). Gen. John B. Gordon, the famous Confederate oflicer, died here at 10.35 o'clock P. M. Kver since the close of the Civil War General Gordon, although active in politics and in the business affairs of life, had been a sufferer from wounds received in battle s. For a long time he had been afflicted by kidney trouble, which ultimately caused his death. Dowe Wants Another Zoa ' San Antonio, Tex. (Special). John Alexander Dov.ic returned here from a trip of inspection along the Texas Coast and announced that he would locate a new Zion city and farm in. Texas. He declines, however, to give any details. Several sites for such an establishment have been inspected. Mr. Dowie has not abandoned his Australian trip, but will (ail from San Francisco on January 25. Decline la timings. New York (Special). The dividend on United States Steel common was passed at the quarterly meeting of the directors in this city, but the regular I 3-4 per cent, was declared on the pre ferred stock. This was practically what Wall street expected. At the previous quarterly meeting the common dividend was cut from a 4 to a 2 per cent, basis. Chairman Gary made the formal state ment after the meeting that the action of the directors was unanimous. The state ment of earnings for 1903 shows a great shrinkage in the business 61a Jma Aaarcllils. San J uau, Porto Rico (Special). Simplico Diaz, the foreman of a large cigar factory at Agua Biicnas, was mur dered in the presence of a large crowd. The murderer was Basilio Foresticr, a labor leader, who was angered at his in ability to foment a strike of cigarmakers. Diss Was shot in the heart and brain and died immediately. Foresticr glories in his crime, and says that il was his duty to remove Disk. He predicts that there will be three more killings within a few days. Anarchist literature was found in Forestier's pocket, proving to the au thorities that avowed anarchists are pres ent and active in Porto Rico, NEW YORK MEDICAL MAN THE HERO. Seventeen Killed In Wreck on the Loni Island R. R. Topeka, Kan. (Special). Seventeen persons were killed and 37 injured by the collision of the Rock Island Rail road's California and Mexico express with a freight train at 1. 35 o'clock a. m two miles west of Willard, Kan. Willard is 14 miles west of Topeka. Most of the injured are in hospitals in Topeka. The doctors announce that all will recover except Mrs. M. A. Hill, of Grecnsburg, Kan. It is though: rr.-.t carelessness by trainmen caused the wreck. Instructed m meet a special stock train at Wil lard, the engineer and conductor of the ill-fated passenger train, noting that a freight train stood on the side track at Willard, rushed through, thinking that the cars they had seen were the ones they had been instructed to past. I'pon seeing the freight train on the siding, Engineer S. J. Benjamin threw open the throttle. Under the impetus of full steam the passenger train leap ed into the darkness and dashed along at a rate which, the passengers say, was fully 65 miles an hour. Not a note of warning of the impending dangei made ite!f known. General Superintendent Gruber, of the Uock Island, made this statement! "The engineer of the passenger train had orders to wait at Willard for the special stock train. Nohodv rise is tc j blame so far as our information goes.' 1 he hero of the wreck was Dr. F. M. Bell, of New York city, a young physician, himself a cripple walking on crutches. Dr. Bell, although slightlj hurt as a result of the collision, wai the first man to leave the Pullman sleeper, which was not damaged. Strug gling heroically forward on his crutches he assumed charge of the rescue work. First he ordered the chair car and sleeper cleared. Then, after directing the removal of the injured to these cars, he allayed the pain of the injured as much as was possible without medi cine or instruments, bandaged broken legs and arms with strips torn at his direction by others from sheets and pillow slips, administered what whis ky was at hand to deaden the injuries until the relief train should arrive, and saved the life of the fireman by tying an artery with the aid of a penknife and a piece of string. After working until nearly exhausted Dr. Bell gave way only when physi cians arrived from Topeka with medi cines and instruments. He was on his way to F.I Paso, Texas, for his health. Soon after returning to Topeka from the scene of the wreck he boarded an other train for the South. "When the collision came," said Dr. Bell before his departure, "wc in the sleeper were in our berths. I was thrown from mine and immediately got into my clothes to see what was wrong. "I saw that medical assistance was the first thing needed. There were two young women in my car who of fered their services, and they worked unhesitatingly with the injured. All the people in the sleepers were bun dled out to make room for the injutcd. "With one exception, those i.i the sleepers devoted themselves unselfish ly to the care of the wounded, That exception was a man who wouldn't give up his berth. I told some men to jerk him out. Thev jerked him out, and I haven't seen him since." CURTAIN FAILED BEFORE. Warning at Previous F re In Iroquois Theatre Not Heeded. Chicago (Special). Evidence tend- j ing to show grosser negligence than i anything previously shown was given i tinder oath in the Fi'e Department in j vestigatiou of the Iroquois Theatre j fire. I Joseph Danghf rty, who had charge I of the curtain, swore that two weeks j ago during a matinee performance there was a fire on the stage and thai when he attempted to lower the asbes tos curtain it was stopped by the same obstruction that prevented its opera tion on the fatal ailcrnoou. The curtain manager declares that he protested at that time, but no atten tion was paid to his warning. In his opinion, if the curtain had been run 1 down during the fatal matinee the lives I of many if not all the victims of the disaster might have been saved. The Iroquois Theatre fire claimed a fresh victim, mal ing the total num ber of deaths 591. Miss Josephine Spence was one of those severely burn ed during the fire. She wa found by relatives and taken to her -home, where she died. President W. G. Schardt. of tht Chi cago Federation of Labor, will name a commission of non labor representa tives to report or. the Iroquois Theatre fire. The unions seek to prove that in competent non-union stage employes caused the blaze "pick up ' men, paid $1 a performance, while organization members get $4.50. Use of the Iroquois Theatre site as n memorial through the erection of a suitable church or memorial building to replace the present scared, scarred structure is suggested. The ..same idea was carried out in Richmond. Va., where e Monumental Church stands on the site of the great theatre panic of 181 1. The people of Vi also in mem ory of the 800 lives lo .t in the Ring strasse 'Iheatrc in 1881, have erected a magnificent church on its site. Mandel Hall, at the University of Chi cago, has come under the general ban placed on theaters and halls and was closed. The specific cause is the lack f an asbestos curtain. . SPARKS FROM TUB WIRES. A. C. Twining.-president, and' D C. Cornell, treasurer, of the defunct Mon mouth Trust Company of Asbury Park, N. J., were sentecned to three years in the state prison for misusing funds. The Shamokin Coal Company an nounced that the Natalie colliery, em ploying 800 men and boys, would re sume work in a few days after an idle ness of two months. The mother, sister and brothers ol Miss Mabel Bethtel werc indicted in Allcntown, Pa., on the charge of mur dering her, Joseph Anderson, suspected of set ting fire lo a tenement, was roughly treated by a mob in New York before the police landed him in the police station. Russell Beckett, the fugitive bank clerk who is wanted in Chili for rob bing the Bank of Tarapaca of $5,000, was remanded pending habeas corpus proceeding;. Substantial increases are now being made in coke production. Representatives of so grain x change of the country met in New York lo protest against the proposed establishment of national inspection of grain. v ' THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest Nei of Peansylvaali Toll In t Short Order. Niiss Minnie Morgan's toothache sarly the other morning was the means si saving her parents and several ol :heir children from asphyxiation bv :oal gas, at their home in Sha nokin. Miss Morgan awoke with a pain in her jaws. Stepping from her room she found the house reeking with ias. Hastily raising a number of win lows, she struggled through the fumes :o a room occupied by two of her sis ters, who were senseless and almost Jcad. She raised the windows and managed to arouse her parents, who were succumbing to the gas. Physi cians were summoned, and after a hard light Miss Morgan's sisters were re vived. At a meeting of the State Game Commission, held in Harrisburg, the State Game Waidcn presented his re ports, showing that during the year 55ft violations of the game laws were reported to the department and there were 216 prosecutions, the State win mng 1 Ho and losing 36. Dr. Kalbfus recommends legislation supplemental 1 that forbidding the purchase or salt of game of various kinds; prohibiting the hunting for wages of hire; protect ing doves; permitting blackbirds to bf kilicd in the Fall; establishing game preserves on State forestry lands, and preventing the use of the new pumr automatic gun. At the :losc of a public reception given by the residents of Shawnee. 1 K:invmer resort village, to C. C. Worth ington, the millionaire New York man ufacturer, in honor of his 50th birth day anniversary, it was announced b Mr. Worthington that he would give the town a public hall, theater anc1 library. The donor is owner of Buck wood Park at Shawnee and for year? has spent his summers at the plac Buckwood Park is worth several bun dred thousand dollars. Kightccn orchestra conductors, some well known in Kuropcan music centers have applied to the Pittsburg Art So ciety for the position of condvetbr of the Pittsburg Orchestra, wh.ch be comes vacant in April, when Victoi Herbert, who has resigned, will return to New York. At a meeting of the so ciety the applications were filed and will be acted upon when the guarantee for next season is secured. This will probably be before the expiration of January. Three Italians employed on the con struction of a stone bridge near Mil ierstown werc struck and instantly killed by an express train going east. The men werc so 'badly mangled that they could not be identified. The men were walking on the track at the time of the accident and it is believed they b :nnie confused at a number of trains' which were passing at the time and not hear the approaching express. The strike of the miners at the col liery of the Silver Brook Coal Co., Ha rlelon, has been ended by an adjustment af all the differences except that of the imputation of the 10 per cent, wage advances granted by the President's ronimission. This is referred to the Conciliation Board. The Shamokin Coal Company an nounced that the Natalie Colliery, em ploying 8(xi men and boys, would re sume work in a few days, after an idle ness of two mouths, caused by litiga jion among stockholders. The plant is one of the largest in the coal r." ?ion. If the widow of Henry W. Maus. of Hazleton. marries she will lose a small 'ortune. Maus left by his will $jj.coo. ivhich is all to be hers ft she does not marry again, but if she marries the estate is to be divided with her chil Irrn, John and Albert. Mrs. Sarah R. I f ill, daughter of Geo. Dut.li, a renowned sea captain during Revolutionary times, died in Bethle hem. Although Mrs. Hall never knew the exact date of her birth, it is known '.hat she was nearly a century old. Toward l.ut, who in a spirit of fui discharged a rillc at a passenger train, was severely lectured at Pottsville by Judge Shay and then sentenced to two years' imprisonment, $100 fine and1 costs. Lancaster Counrils have appropri ated $180,000 for the improvement ol the 'sewer system in the northcastcrr section of the city. Jacob S. Shaffer, of Marietta, aged 54 years, a veteran of the Civil Wat and a pensioner, was killed by a trail) while gathering coal on the railroad at Locust Grove. The body of Samuel C. Ayers of Gap, was found in the cellar of a house where he was employed in stripping tobacco. He had been asphyxiated by to.i1 gas. Roland LTlntan. a reporter, was the victim of a hoht-up on the Chestct Pike. Ullman, who was armed for such occasions, pulled a pistol from his pocket and put the stranger to. fight. With her clothing ablaze and no help near, Mrs. Johannah biswert saved hei life by throwing herself onto a lounge . ind rolling about until she smothered the flames. Her clothing had caught fi-e from the stove. The amount of business transacted at the Coatesville postoffice for last yeai wis the largest in the history of the office. Receipts from sales of postage stamps, etc., exceeded the previous years by $125674. ' The total income from this source was $19,191. G. B. May and W. .A. Alexander, druggists in Everett, have been arrest ;d, charged with violating the local Dption law. The arrests were made b a Pittsburg detective at the instance ol the Woman's Anti-Liquor League of Everett. The fight between the faction? has been bitter, the license advocate? declaring that the morals of the town have been worse since the saloons have been abolished. The Schuylkill county courts have refused naturalization papers to ten foreigners because they did not know whether they came to this country be fore they were 18 years of age. Judge Marr has added a new qualification foi naturalization. Every applicant, from the mining towns must prove that he did not take part in the riots during the miners' strike in ioa, which made it necessary to call out the State troops. The Court is endeavoring to bring the foreigners to a realization that the) must not interfere with any man who wants to work. 1 Two men were oiscoverea stealing, soft coal trom the Pennsylvania Rails' road yards in Williamsporl. They tried to escape from railroad detectives, when Detective Lehman shot one of the iugitives through the leg. The wounded man still resisted the officers and Leh. man was Compelled to use a club to sub due the prisoner. The prisoner gave hie name as William Willow. 1 1 ; ' The' German Impressionists have ap pealed to the Reichstag to compel those in charge to allot them a part of the space at the St. l.ouis. Exposition devoted to Gerniai ait.
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