L4FFAIRS JUST DRIFTING Japanese Governm:ut Awaits Russia's Reply Wlih lateaie Anxiety. "tVlli BE WAR OR PEACE VERY SOON. Dispatches Havs Beta Received la Wnh fettM la Ik Lilt Few Dayi Either from Ik Foetlfa Office or (he Amerlcia Em kxtj it London Ttrsw.of Much Additional Ufhl the Sltotlon. Washington, D. C. (Special). L'nit Wd States Minister Griscom reports to the State Department from Tokyo that there has been no change in the situa tion there relative to the Russian ne gotiations. Intense interest is exhibited, ftnit the Japanese are awaiting with pa tience for the decision of Russia. Although he called for another pur pose, Sir Mortimer Duraud, the British Ambassador, had an informal talk with 5Ir. Looinis, the acting secretary of -State, about affairs in the far East. No dispatches have been received here in hc last few ilays either from the foreign -tiffice or the American embassy at Lon don throwing much additional light on the situation, but it is known that the Japanese government is awaiting the ar rival of the Russian reply with "intense nxiety." The British ambassadors throughout the far Eastern negotiations has been Closely advised on both sides of the ' question. St. Petersburg. The necessity of an exchange of views between Russia and Ihe other powers interested regarding the application of their rights in Man yhuria, "so as to avoid misunderstand ing! and harmonize the interests of Rus sia and the other powers in that prov ince," is emphasized in Russ. This paper says it learns authorita tively that the announcement that Rus sia has recognized the inviolability of . the rights acquired by foreign powers in Manchuria under existing treaties hris tio connection with the ratification f the commercial treaty between the Unit ed States and China or the Japane-c-Chinese treaty. The Russ also denies that Russia has given her assent to the ratification of these treaties, "because. : ls China is not a vassal to the state, she has perfect liberty to conclude anv I treaty." "Nevertheless." adds the Russ, "for- ; rign powers must take into account the i tKussian occupation of Manchuria, I which, although it does not eliminate ! fhe authority of the Chinese govern- . jnem, places certain restrictions on the exercise of that authority which can Siot escape the notice of foreign repre sentatives who wish to enter into rela tions with the Chinese administration ' tf that province." London. There is no confirmation Jiereof the reports that Japan has occu pied Masampho. Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister, not only discredited them, but said that the Japanese govern ment had previously decided not to take nay half measures, or any steps which could be construed as being prejudicial to the negotiations, so long as they arc proceeding. "When Japan decides to take action," lie added, "she will announce it frankly ' to Russia and the rest of the world." According to Baron Hayashi, the sit uation is unchanged. He continues to JtaVe the eloa licst view of the situa ' toon. Beatiaf the Death Trust. Cliicago (Special). The end of the "death trust" is in sight, according to at statement made by Secretary Pritch uii, of the City Health Department. Jlr. Pritchard announced that within 48 tours the medical profession of Chicago will be supplied with antitoxin scrum at a premium far below that of the al leged trust's prices. What the sources re from which the Health Department expects to secure the supply Secretary Pritchard was not prepared to say, but e-very effort is being made to frustrate the attempt of the three antitoxin man ufacturing firms to form a monopoly at the expense of human life. Boodlers to the Bar. Kansas City (Special). The grand Jury which for the past month has been investigating charges of boodliug in Kansas City, Kan., in connection with the Board of Education in the appoint ment of teachers and the awarding of school contracts, and the city oflicials an the protection of gambling and illicit iloons, practically finished its work nd, it is said, has decided to return 17 indictments. Although the citizens' committee which was formed some time ago to push the investigation urg ed the grand jury to continue its work, Attorney General Coleman, who has J.ad charge of the jury, declined. Arrests Follow a Hold-Up. Jacksonville, Fla. ( Special). S. A. Petty and M. Petty, charged with hold tip and dynamiting the Seaboard Air Jjne passenger train at Sanderson on January 17, have been captured. When arrested the men had dynamite in their possession. 'J hey have been identified V? .,ne engineer and baggageman. The United States authorities will charge them with firing into a mail coach and jeopardizing the life of the mail agent. To Vaccloite Calves. Berlin (By Cable.) Every calf in Germany will be vaccinated upon reach ng its third month with specially pre pared tuberculosis bacilli, taken from hu man beings, if the proposals of Prof. Ucbxing are accepted. School Teacher Mvrdered. Bedford, Ind. (Special). The toily of Misa Sarah Schacfcr, teacher of -Latio in the Bedford High School, was iixmA in a carriage house. She had lw asaaulted and robbed and the 6ody Iwdly mutilated. The appearance of the hrd indicated a terrific struggle. Miss Schaefer cane here from Elkhart, Ind., year ago and was much admired. Jltere was much excitement over the vnurdcr and bloodhounds will be put en the scent VUllee at Terrible Crlsee. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). Lafay s1e Dedman and his wife, while on their way to visit relatives near Bowman, sver seined by seven men, who carried them to Kairvirw Church, where Dcd anaai was forc-d to stand in the comer I the auditorium at the point of a re- 27" ,h,' l,ie otl,fr ,ix aulted his Wit. IJie men made their escape, but wcaea are on their trail. One man hat It trrcd to Flora, III., and his father f ytef ' City Marshal Williamson Mone to at rest two others, one of - iu 10 DC III niflin in fh 1 the officers SMALL BIRTH RATE; HIGH LIVINO. Chicago Professor Blames Lov ol Luxury for Many Smstl Families. Chicago (Special). To the high standard of living today is the alarming decrease in the birth rate in the United States was the declaration of Prof. H. I. Davenport, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. In speaking to a class Professor Davenport said the American birth rate would soon be almost nothing as com pared with that of European nations, if the present luxury of home life is kept up or increased. 'Americans will not have children if they cannot afford to support them in luxury." said the P-ofcssor. " They have to follow every ia-liioii and spend their money foolishly. Many men with sal aries or incomes of $,iooo a year will not marry. Women today must have even thing they w ant. news 1nshorT order The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic. Dr. Ashbel P. Grinnell, of the Uni versity 01 Vermont, secured a verdict for $12,500 damages against Edwin Weston in New York, who had him I arrested as a indler. j Sevi nleeii indictments were ioiind by I the grand jury that investigated the! 1 charges of I, mulling in Kansas City. J ! Ciiaries Itoiiier was sentenced in But- j ! falo tc be elc-'lrncutcd during the week , beginning Echriiary 20 j j Neil II. Fowler, leading man of the, ; Empire Theater Stock Company, com-i I nutted Mt.cidc in Cohunbu-., (.), j i Harry l.audon, arrested in South; : NorH.ilk. t't . for passing counterfeit ! com. committed suicide. Yinccno Roecho, an Italian contrac tor, was shot and luilcd in New York' by Marco I rebi. Rihop Tin ,111.-1 s Underwood Dudley, of Louisville, died of heart disease. A fine specimen of Icthyosaurus was , found 111 South America. j I hree men are dead, three will prob ably die and seven others were seriously . injured as the result of the explosion at ' the Cambria Steel Company's plant at ' John-town, Pa. ; hornier Judge Alfred llugg, the Nes tor of Camden county bar. was aeci- ! dentally asphyxiated in his bedroom in 1 Camden. N. J., by the fumes escaping from a gas stove. i Ex-Alderman James O. McCool and ; ex-City Clerk Isaac F. Eenoreaux, ac- 1 ciised in Grand Rapids, Mich., of accept- j mg bribes, changed their pleas of not guilty to guilty. The cyanide mill of the United States Reduction and Refining Company, north of Elorencc, Col., the largest in the world, was destroyed by lire. Loss $100,000. The stock warehouses of the Shelby Tube Steel Company at Shelby, O., were destroyed by lire. I ocign. The third anniversary of the death of (Juccn Victoria was observed in England, the King and the Queen and other members of the royal family at tending memorial services. Emperor William attended a memorial service at the English Church in Berlin and un veiled tablets in memory of Queen Vic toria and the late Empress Frederick. The expulsion from France of an Alsatian priest has revived the animos ities growing out of the Franco-Prussian War, and a pro-Alsatian demon stration in Paris resulted in the ar rest of f) persons. 'ihe Sultan of Turkey ordered that general amnesty be granted the Bul garians and Macedonians who have been imprisoned for participation in the dis turbances of last summer. The chief of the bacteriological labo ratory of the Russian Imperial Insti tute of Experimental Medicine died at Fort Alexander from the plague. I he Middle European Economic So-i ciety was formally organised in Berlin ! to wage commercial war on America, j Secretary of State G ronton was wounded in the right hand in a duel near Budapest. Lieut. Prince Prosper von Arcnbcrg of Germany, who was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for the murder of a native supcctcd of being a British spy while engaged in the colonial service in German Southwest Africa, has liecn granted a new trial, it being doubtful whether he is sane. The British Chancellor of the Ex chequer, 111 a speech at a banquet, said fne Somahlaud campaign had proved more costly than anticipated and that he was afraid he would not be able to pro pose to Parliament a remission of taxa tion. Kenna's Somali Infantry had a brush with the Mad Mullah's forces near Eili uaade, killing 50 spearmen. The Inr East. Japanese railway men have been at tacked by Koreans along the Seoul-I'u-san Railway, and the Korean authori ties have been notified that if the dis orders are not Mopped Japanese troops will be sent for that purpose. The answer of Russia to Japan's latest note will, it is said, be dispatched in two days, and the Russian view, as made I known in Paris, is that the real issue is the maintenance of while supremacy in Northern Asia. The United States government quietly made inquiries of the foreign powers with a view to learning whether any thing could be done to bring Japan and Russia together, but the principals were not w illing. It is reported that the Dowager Em press of China is determined, if neces sary to fight for the freedom of Man churia from foreign control. A Russian squadron, including battle ship, a cruiser and six torpedo-boat de stroyers, sailed from Suez for the Far East. Financial. Pig lead was advanced $2 a ton. Nearly all the professionals are bulls. Coffee, sugar, cotton, wheat and stocks are all moving upward. European capitalists were induced to buy securities on the more hopeful outlook in the far East. Amalgamated Copper directors de clared the regular quarterly dividend of one-hall of I per cent. The Southern Pacific has sold $S.ooo. 000 of its 4 per cent, bonds at 08 to two large banking houses. New V'ork Central's earnings for the year were 7'A per cent, on its $132,000, 000 of capital stock. It paid j per cent, to its shareholders. Iehigh Valley earn ed 17 per cent, and pays nothing. A private Wall Street dispatch to Winthrop, Smith & Co., says that the manipulation in Rock Island is done with the consent of a large bank which will try to float the new bonds of the railroad. After having made a few millions in cotton, Dan Sully says: "I don't be lieve in corners and never did. But there is not enough cotton to go around. Diamonds are dear because ihcv aa, scarce" , PANIC IN A SKYSCRAPER Excifinf Fire and Miraculous Escapes In Masonic Temple. many p;rsons INJURED IN RUSH. All Occupiafs ol the Blf Bulldlnf Escape Without Scrlons lnu.-y Throirfh the Brsv. ery of the Elevator Mea, Who Remalotd at Their Posts, Operating lb Cars While Dense Clouds of Smoke Filled the Buildlnf. Chicago. Ill, (Special). Fire in the Masonic Temple here caused a panic among the 4.000 occupants of the build ing and damaged the stock and fixtures of tenants to the extent of $20,000. All occupants of the building escaped without serious injury through the brav ery of the elevator men, who remained at their posts, operating their cars while dense clouds of smoke filled the building. 1 he fire broke out in the suite of five rooms on the fifth floor occupied by Rob ert l'riedlander & Co., manufacturers of X-ray apparatus. A lighted match carelessly thrown by an employe into a pile of excelsior lying in a corner of the packing room is be lieved to have started the fire. There was a large number of X-ray vacuum tubes stored in the company's rooms and these exploded the moment the heat reached them. Robert Fried lander, senior member of the firm, real ized the danger from these tubes and worked until overcome by smoke throw ing them out of the window. The fire 'pread rapidly from the packing room to the other rooms anil in a few min utes the entire suite was in flames and the light shaft of the building was filled with flames. I he occupants of the building, with the memory of the Iroquois Theater holocaust, which occurred but one-half square away, fresh in their minds, were alarmed when clouds of smoke filled every floor and rushed to the elevators Many women fainted in the scramble to get into the elevators, but none were seriously injured. The large building was emptied within half an hour after the fire was discovered. Hundreds of men and women groped their way through the smoke and came down the stairs. That the damage to property and in jury to individuals was not greater was probably due largely to the efficiency of the tire drill of the emploves. hen the great bell at the top of the rotunda sounded the alarm of fire cverv janitor, engineer and fireman in the building re sponded, and long before the fire de partment had reached the scene the 1 emplc Fire Brigade had attached hose to the standpipes, which extend from the basement to the roof of the structure, and eight streams of water were turned upon the conflagration by the volunteer firemen. The fire department used but little of its hose, the building equipment being called into use. KILLED IN HOTEL WRECK. Natural Oas Causes Explosion snd Death of Three People. Marion, Ind. (Special). In an explo sion which wrecked the Seitz Hotel, three people were killed, two fatally hurt and ten seriously injured. The injured were all guests of the hotel. The explosion is credited to na tural gas, which escaped into the base ment from a pipe line running near the hotel. The building was a two-story brick, having five business rooms on the first floor, The hotel occupying the second floor and having about 30 guests. 'J he outer walls w ere blown out, the second floor falling on the first with the roof on it. The guests wcrcNiudcr the w reck, which at once ignited. They were asleep in their rooms when the explo sion occurred. Rescuers had great difficulty in taking the injured from the wreck. The gas could not be shut off and fed the fire, which continued to gain headway. TRAINS COLLIDE ON CURVE. Freight Cars 00 the Pennsylvania Wrecked Takes Fire. Altoona, Pa. ( Special). An east bound freight train collided head-on with a westbound freight at the Horse shoe Curve on the Pennsylvania Rail road and as a result two engines', a cab ami 11 cars were wrecked. The wreck age at once took fire and burned fiercely. A hurry call was sent to this city, and a fire engine of the city department has gone to the scene. Bade II m Kill the President. New York ( Special). E. A. Erier, a baker, who claimed that mystic influ ences were at work on him through the agency of his stomach, bidding him kill the President, was committed to Belle vuc Hospital for examination as to his sanity. Erier, who was arrested after writing a long rambling letter to Police Commissioner McAdoo, greeted the offi cers as "deliverers fronj his bondage." Ren Down a Schooner. New York (Special). Captain Nel son, of the supervisors' tug Lamont, re ports at 7.10 the steamer Waccamaw, from Georgetown, S. C, while coming up the swash channel abreast the Ko mer ran down the fishing schooner Julia Graham, carrying away a part of the rigging and did other damage. The schooner was picked up and towed to New York by the tug Ariosa. Five Men Injured. Sharon, Pa. (Special). Reports which have just reached here state that the Sharpsville bridge has been swept away and that four men went down with the bridge to death in the swirling waters. Victor Dunham and three for eigners are said to have been on the bridge when it fell. The current is very swift at that point and the four men struggled desperately for a time to reach the shore, but finally sank. Bank Deposits $9oo,000,000. New York (Special) This week's bank statement breaks all previous rec ords, particularly in loans and deposits. Loans for the week show an increase over all previous figures by about $joo, 000, and the previous grand total is in creased by abtnit $15,000,000. bringing that item to $65,ooo,ooo within J.vs, coo,noo of te $1,000,000,000 mark, the week's increase in deposits is $8,500,000 ver alt previous figures, and total de losits are now greater than loans by iver $i 1, 000,000. Various theories have been advanced to account for these rec ord figures. IROQUOIS RESPONSI 1ILITV. Mansfer Powers Blames the Tragedy on the Tbeslrt Builders. Chicago (Special). Harry J. Powers, one of the "resident owners and asso ciate managers" of the Iroquois Thea ter, took the stand as a witness before the Cormier's Jury. Mr. Powers said the Iroquois Theater had no fire apparatus 't -cause the house fireman. Sailers, had not ordered it, as was Sailer's duty. lie also placed re sponsibility on the Fuller Construction Company, which, be said, was supposed to be constructing the building according to law. Manager W. J. Davis, when called to the stand, said that n few davs before theater opened he had talked with Building Commissioner Williams after the latter had inspected the theater, and said that Mr. Williams declared that it was the safest and most complete the ater building he hail cur seen. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS Significant Action of Dr. Hcrran Colom bian Charge. Dlrfy Money May Br Abolished. 'Io abolish dirty money a hearing will be given by the House Banking Com mittee this week. No longer able to resist the demand of bankers through out the country for clean bills, members of the House will make a strong en deavor to secure legislation at this ses sion abolishing the use of dirty monev. A bill has been introduced provid ing that when a bank has accumulated Jiooo in bills it can forward such bills to the Treasury for redemption. The Government is to pay the charges for shipment both ways. Some time ago a bill was received from Cuba which was found full of mi crobes. Instances are numerous where the Treasury has received filthv inoncv to be disinfected and later the office had to be disiniected. Field Maneuvers Cos'ly. j A request for an appropriation of $!.45..yi6 for field maneuvers for 1003 and of $t.2s-.4.6 for the same purpose ' for the fiscal year 1006 was transmitted I to the House from the War Depart-1 ment. A communication from General Chaf- fee accompanies the request, in which ! he declares field maneuvers to be of I great professional value. It is the gen- ! eral scheme, he says, to hold the ma- ' nctivcrs in two of the four military di- j visions of the country each year. Dur- ; mg uie present year llley are to be field I 1. it .muiim iiiiti 1 aciUC UIV1SIOI1S ailU in 1005 in the Northern and Southern divisions. It is also proposed to in crease .the number of troops participat ing to 40.000, from 10,000, and the time likewise to be lengthened. To Probe Smoot Charge. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections decided to investigate the charges made against Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, in connection with the demand for his expulsion from the Sen ate and authorized Senator. Julius C. Burrows (Rep., Mich.), chairman of the committee, to present a resolution in the Senate permitting the committee to send for witnesses and documents. The committee did not attempt to de cide at present how extensive the in quiry should be. Some of the members express the opinion that when the in vcstigation 1 . , ,,, j ice entered upon it will I be impossible to prevent opening the doors wide and going into all the points thoroughly. They agree it is wise to leave the extent of the work to be done to future developments. Morgan's New Canal Kill. Senator Morgan caused surprise by introducing a bill which specifically rec ognizes the independence of Repub- j he of auama, provides for its annexa- tion to the I'nitcd States and for ihe construction of the waterway. His col leagues do not think Mr. Morgan would vote for his own bill, and attribute its introduction to a desire on the part of the Senator from Alabama to complicate the situation by "giving the people of the new Republic to understand that the United States intends to annex it. Pure Food Bill Passsd. 'The House passed the Hepburn pure food bill on a rising vote 201 to 68 its opponents being unable to secure a roll call on the bill. 'The bill fixes the standard of foods i and drugs as to their purity, strength and character and defines what shall be 1 considered adulterations or misbranding of food and drugs. It also nrohibits I inter-State commerce, importation and : exportation of such misbranded or adul- : terated articles. Land lor Every Citizen. Representative Thayer, of Massachu setts, introduced, by request, an amend ment to the Constitution providing that the lands of the United States shall be so divided as to give each citizen of the country eight acres, in as nearly a square piece as possible. In the Departments. 'The commission has selected the tri angle at the junction of Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth streets, North west, for the statue of Pulaski, and one of the comers of Lafayette Square for that of Von Steuben. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Har lan called oil the P resident to complain of the action of Major McCawley in giving the diplomats precedence over them. 'The Democratic senators at a con ference decided to introduce a resolu tion asking for the correspondence with Colombia. 'The Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Bill, as compared by the House Com mittee, carries a total of $1,251,308. It has been practically determined that there will be no financial legisla tion at the present session of Congress. 'The House Committee on Rivers and Harbors decided that there .should be no river and harbor appropriation bill at the present session of Congress, al though a few surveys may be author ized. Senator Foraker presented the cre dentials of Senator I fauna for the term of six years, beginning March 4, 1005. The Senate, after some modifications, adopted the Gorman resolution calling on the President for information con cerning the Panama situation. Counsel for the government in the trial of the Groffs, the Lorenzes and Machen announced that near v all the evidence is in. Miss Martha C. Brown, receiver of public moneys at Gunnison, was re-nominated for that office by the President. .Mr. Buchanan, the recently appoint ed minister to Panama, is about to re turn to this country. Senator Foraker had a talk with the President about the political situation in Ohio. LIVES LOST BY FLOOD ThlrtySeven Killed and Many Hurl io Tornado. AN ALABAMA TOWN IS WRECKED. Io the Ml idle of the Night the Storm Sweeps Through Moundsvllle People Crushed Io Death In the Ruins of Th.-lr Hom:s Depot snd Hotel Destroyed Freight Cars Blown From the Tracks. Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Special). The most disastrous cyclone that ever swept over this section visited Moundvillc, Ala., a town of .too inhabitants, 15 miles south of Tuscaloosa, at t o'clock a. m. Twenty-eight persons were killed and more than 100 injured. Every business house in the town except a small drug store was destroyed. The cyclone struck the town from the southwest. Its path was a quar ter of a mile wide. Following is a list of the white per sons who were killed. E. P Seymour, of Nashville, Temv, who accepted a position as telegraph operator at the railroad station only last evening. A. II. Warren, of Birmingham, em ployed by the Alabama Grocery Com pany. J. H. Redmond, of Nashville. Robert Powers, of Tuscaloosa. Miss Nettie Farley, of Tuscaloosa. 'The negro de.nl arc: W. N. Miles, wife and six children. Albert Ilolstein, wife and three chil dren. Isaac Ilolstein, wife and three chil dren. Five other negroes yet unidentified. The following is a partial list of the seriously injured: .Mrs. W. A. Grubbs. of Kentucky, dislocated hip. R. T. Griffin, sprained back. Mrs. R. T. Griffin, arm broken. Lee Griffin, badly bruised. A. B. Griffin, eyes torn out. Mr. Farley, blinded. Mrs. I-arley, face cut and ankle broken. Mrs. F. T. Gailev, badlv lacerated. A. B. Taylor, leg broken. ; Mrs. McCanev, breast crushed.' The names of the injured negroes iinv e not yet been obtained. 1 Surgeons were rushed to Moundvillc ' from Greensboro and 'Tuscaloosa. By the force of the storm persons were blown hundreds of feet from their , beds in the 1 hickness of night. 'Through terror, a father, mother and three chil- j drcn fled from their home to seek rcf- 1 rgc, and in their excitement left a 5-year-old boy n bed. In the morning he wis pulled iron) beneath some timber, and thus far it is impossible to find any other member of the family. Bedding, carpets and wearing ap parel are scattered for ten miles through what was a forest, but is now as clear as 'f it had been cut by the woodman's ax Freight cars were torn to splinters, the trucks under them being hurled liun t'reds of feet from the track. The depot, the hotel, warehouses, cot ton gins, io homes, the stores occupied I 1... 1.1 w t'.riir., a w w;.. . s: i Ml l. M. UII.'MII ,1. II. MIKMI.I U .'"II, xv l)om(.jck. ..y )) Griffin and W. P. Phifer, together with their stocks, j of George Ftancts Train & Co., ship were destroyed. Where they stood it pers. in Melbourne, Australia, and dur is impossible to find even the pillars on 1 jug iht same year declined the prcsi which lhc buildings rested. dencv of the Australian republic. In "ale of cotton stored in warehouses l were mown to atoms, I lie Iraginents 01 I lint, together with the debris lodging in i the trees, making it appear as if the 1 1 1 1 M ;n.i i... .. r.. ...... 1 'it :' ' - 1 ' sT l.m,.,-s I A young clerk employed by W. T. , others 'An American Merchant 111 Eu Phifer,' hearing the terrible roaring of j rooe," "Asia and Australia," "Young the approaching cyclone, let nimscit down into a well 111 me center 01 tne store. He no sooner had found his place of safety than the store was de molished. Later lie was drawn out un injured. STEEL TRUST LOSES $3,000,030. Entire Product ol Shelby Tube Company Destroyed By l ire. Shelby, Ohio ( Special ). The United ! States Steel Corporation sustained an enormous loss by fire at the plant of the Shelby Steel Tube Company. 'The fire started in one of the smaller slock rooms . l1,0"1 a defective electric wire, and spread t 'he larger stock rooms completely de st roving all of them. 'The product of the entire plant for the past six months was destroyed within an hour, consisting of 800,000 tons, making in all 25.000,000 feet of finished product and valued at $3,000,000. Battered and twisted, the finished pro duct lies in a heap and is almost a total loss. Tube works officials state that a portion can be worked over, but it will require the entire capacity of the plant anu will delay the nulls on other orders, j The stock consisted mostly of locomo- ! tive Doner lines and other government worw 01 various kind various Kiniis. ne ire was confined to the stock buildings, which were built at an expense of $100,000. The tubing manufactured by the Shel by plant was used extensively bv the government for boiler flues in United States war vessels. 'The demand of the government alone is sufficient to keep a good sized- plant running continuously the year round. T he United States gov ernment has been the best customer of the local plant. 'The plant was erected in 1800 and has made gigantic strides for ww U. Favorable to Dreyfus. Paris (By Cable). The report of Attorney General Baudoin is favorable to Dreyfus, following the view adopt ed by the court which recommended a revision of the case. The Attorney General today finished the examination of the case before the Court of Cassa tion. The decision of the court, which is not expected for some weeks, un doubtedly will be in favor of Dreyfus. Oreat Speed Tests. Schenectady, N. Y. (Special). rians to equal and possibly beat the speed record of the 120 miles an hour made at Prossen, Germany, some time ago, were made at a conference between officials and experts representing the New York Central Railroad and the General Elec tric Company. The tests are to be made on the tracks between this city and lioff mans. If present plans hold, the Central thus will be enabled to run trains through New York city on its suburban in at an unparalleled rate of speed. MRS. BECIITCL ACQUITTED. Mother of Murdered Olrl Freed By Allentowa Jjry. Allcntown, Pa. (Special). Mrs. Cath erine Bechtcl, the aged mother of Mabel Bechtel, who was found murdered last October, was acquitted of being an ac cessory to the crime. Her trial occupied nine days and the jury deliberated an hour before render ing the verdict. The gray-haired woman received the news of her acquittal with tears and expressions of joy. She was immediately released from custody and went to her home, accompanied by her sons and daughters, Martha, her youngest daughter, and her sons, John mid Charles, are undei indictment on a similar charge, but their trials have been postponed until the April term of court. ROBBERS JfiET xprcss fafe Is Taken Limited. $80,000. From Sunset San Luis Obispo. Cal. (Special). Southern Pacific train No. 0, which left ,San Luis Obispo at 10.40 P. M. for San I Francisco, was robbed of the express safe on Qucsla grade, about six mile I northeast of this city, j Messenger Sullivan, in charge of the ! express car, had occasion to leave the I car west of tunnel No. 6, and when he j returned he found the door burst open j and the safe gone. 'The safe is said tc have contained about $80,000. Officers from this city as soon as notified went tc the scene to starch for the robbers. I San Francisco. At the offices ol Wells-Fargo & Co., in this city, little in I formation regarding the robbery was oh- tained. It was admitted that the saff j of Messenger T. Sullivan had been taken I dining his temporary absence from the j ear. but regarding the details of the af I fair, the oflicials of the Company were I reticent. 'The report that the amount j taken aggregated about $8o,coD was dc- nied and the statement made that the ! contents of the purloined safe were ol I Title value. No definite figures, how I e cr. were given. i Salina. Cal 'The Sunset Limited train on th Southern Pacific, which left San ! l-'ranci co at 6 o'clock P. M.. was held ! up by robbers between Paso Roblcs ami ; San Ardo. 'The engineer, so the report j says, pulled up at the sight of a red I light displayed as a danger signal, when I the trainmen were overpowered and the 1 robbers forced an entrance into the ex press and mail cars. It is said that tiiey looted a number of mail bags. GEORQB FRANCIS TRAIN DEsD. Eccentric 0:n!us and Philosopher Succumbi to Attack ol Heart Dis:ase. New York (Special). George Fran- cis Train died from heart disease, at Mills Hotel No. 1, where he has lived for some years. Heart disease, from which he died, followed an attack of acute nephritis. George Francis Train was born in Boston, March 24. 18.29. In 1833 his father, mother and three sisters died of yellow fever in New Orleans. In llc .,vai '" college in Cambridge, .Mass. lie was married llrtohrr c ' ' 1 lSt. In 1853 he established the house t.sro-oi be devoted himself to the in- iroduc'.ion ol street railways in London, but, not fiiccceding in thi.s, relumed tc America in iKoj and became noted as a nublic sneaker. Man of his fP-he -L been published, and he has also written various works, amouu America 111 Wall Street, Spread- America in caslcisni." In iCfu 'Train was assaulted in Bos ton, Dayton and elsewhere on account of bis utterances, and an attempt was also made to assassinate him at Alton, 111. SUICIDE FEARED HIS CREDITORS. , "I Won't Have to Meet Th;m Now' Slid I Harry S. Twambley. i Biddcford, Me. (Special). Rather ! than face his creditors, Harry S. j Twambley, a well known jeweler of this city, ended bis life by taking syanide of potassium. j A week ago his firm assigned. Mr. j Twambley, who with his brother-in-law, Prentiss a Freeman, remained at the ! store late, learned by a telephone nies j sage at midnight that a committee rep- resecting his creditors, proposed to call 1 on him 'Thursday. I Mr. 'Twambley, on the pretext of t Betting a drink of water, went to the i sink room and procured a solution of i cyanide of potassium and, returning, 1 drank it in the presence of Freeman. ir:.i. .1 ... ... . . v 11 11 i iic exclamation, 1 wont nave to meet them now." he fell dead WANT THE MAYOR REMOVED. Americans in Isle of Pines to Petition Pres ident Roosevelt. Havana (Special). United States Consul S tcinhart, having declined to in terfere in the grievances which the American residents of the Isle of Pines have iifiai.iit Mayor Sanchez, of Nucva Corona, in connection with the arrest and imprisonment of Morgan Tearcy, the son of a prominent American, a pe tition to President Roosevelt is being prepared for the signatures of the Americans. , SPARKS I ROM IHi WIRES. It is announced that the Japanese gov ernment will luit accept the mediation of any foreign power. Mrs. Arthur Oswald, in a fit of mur derous insanity, beheaded her five-year-old sou and a pet dog at Oswald, a vil lage in New Jersey. 'The Iroquois Memorial Association will offer the rite of the Iroquois 'The ater for the erection of a memorial to the victims of lhc fire. 'Trains and trolley lines are held i'i by snow blockades in Northern New York State. Chicago theater managers will rai-e, the price of theater tickets owing to the expensive alterations to which they will be subjected. Many members of theatrical troupes were driven into the streets by a lire in a Cnicago hotel. Changes in the constitution of Ihe Boot and Shoe Workers' Union were adopted. The Pacific Coast will soon have fine military maneuvering grounds. The old officers of the Lehigh Valley Railroad were re-elected. The funeral of James L. Blair, for med general counsel of the St. Louis J'-xposition- was held at Si. Louis. - THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest Ncivs ol Pennsylvania Told la Short Orde;. At the closing session of the Far mers' Institute in King of Prussia, State Senator Algernon B. Robert! spoke on the subject of good road and discussed the Sproul good road law. Senator Roberts said that the criticism of the Grangers thatlthe road bill increases the burden of taxation upon the farmer is entirely unsound and it is to be regretted, the speaker said, that the farmers are opposing this measure, which was passed for theii especial benefit. If the bill was amend ed, Senator Roberts said, to suit the Grangers, so that the State should ap portion the appropriation among the townships and let them spend it as they see fit, the result would be most un satisfactory. The people would refuse to pay even the small road tax which is now demanded and the money would be spent by the supervisors in the same careless manner which they exhibit in lhc management of country highways, so that instead of being a good roads bill it would be turned into a bad roads bill. The Dauphin County Court heard the case of James Russ, a Harrisburg ho telkceper, against the State of Pennsyl vania, an action to recover money for services, food and drink furnished the members of the Legislature of 1807 dur ing their trip to New York on the occasion of the dedication of the Grant Memorial Tomb. The bill sent in by Mr. Russ was for $5911. Judge Weiss granted a compulsory non-suit after hearing the testimony of several wit nesses. Permission was given, how ever, to move for an opening of the non-suit upon argument. The famous legislature junket of which this bill is a relic was taken under the auspices of the Military Committee of the Senate, under a resolution passed by both Sen ate and House. Every legislator and legislative employee who could get away took part in it. No one asserts that Mr. Russ did not furnish food and drink in abundance. David Patterson, dreading a long term of imprisonment in the peniten tiary for stealing goods from the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, broke away from the officers in the Blair County courtroom and jumped out of a second story window, falling forty feet into a snow bank. After this desperate leap for liberty he was chased several squares by the officers before he col lapsed, lie was picked up uncon scious. Patterson resides at Kitauning Point. He will be sentenced as soon as he recovers from his injuriis. As a result of the breaking of a gov :mor belt, allowing an immense' fly wheel to run away and burst, in the ' Cambria Steel Company's No. 2 rail mill, John-town, three men were killed and nine badly injured. When Engineer Hishler, who was standing by his en gine, felt the jar ci the immense fiy ivhecl running wild, without pausing to ronsidcr his own danger, he rushed to '.he steam valve and tried to stop the engine. He was too late, however, for the explosion of the wheel was almoit instantaneous. Robbers blew open and wrecked the !arge safe in the Coplay postofiice, but secured only $6.25. G. J. Wesley, a ba ker next door to the postofiice, heard the explosion and raised an alarm, ad his sou fired a shot at the robbers, who returned three shots. In September, 1901, Mary and Mar garet Burke entered into a contrail with the School Board of Wilkes-Barn 'Township to teach for three years ir the schools of the township at salarj of $50 a monlh. At the end of iwc years a new school board removed the two teachers. They brought suit to i: cover salaries for the third year. De spite the fact that they did not teach a day in the third year a jury awarder' them a full year's salary. Directors of the Duylestown National Bank reorgnnized today by electing these officers: President, Dr. John N Jacobs; vice-president, John G. King cashier, W. Henry Carges; clerks, V. Sharp Hulshizcr. Fred A. Clayton anc William P. McCoy. Mrs. David Foehl, aged 85 years, i burned to death :.t the home of hsi son, Jacob Foh.l, near Martinsville, . while alone. Her garments were igniter from a stove. Thomas Giles, a junk dealer, of Lan caster, and Aaron Glasco, of Coat:s villc. both colored, are in the Cliesui County prison charged with the larcenj of 1800 pounds of scrap iron from car on the Pennsylvania Railroad. John W. Hill, of Philadelphia; Ru dolph Herring, of New York, and Col onel Alexander M. Miller, of Wash ington, the three filtration experts whe arc to revise the estimates oi the cosi of a filtration plant in Pittsburg, have accepted the commission. Council! have appropriated $5000 to pay the three experts. The court has granted a charter tc the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, of Lancaster. The new Church of United Brcthrer in Christ in I.urgan was dedicated Rev. Dr. H. I. Becker, of Dayton, Ohio, delivered the sermon, Michael L. Hughes, of Plains, war struck by a car on the Laurel Line, near Wilkes-Barre, and killed. Stanley Rowliu's four children left :heir home in Hazleton and were found it the home of their grandfather, Michael Filipick, of Sugar Loaf Town ihip. Rowlin applied to Court to se :ure the children. The grandfathei stated that the children had come tc him and refused to return home, as he advised them. He had not forcibly de tained them. The Court thereupon dis missed the case and the children went home with their father. Acting under instructions from the Mayor, the Chief of Police notified the Danville clubs that they can no longer dispense liquors under the provision? nf the Mann law, not even to members. This action entirely shuts liquor out nl ihe town, except what may come in oil orders sent to neighbaring towns. Men employed 011 the railroad on '.he Alleghenies, forty miles west ol Altoona, discovered a bunch of frozen rattlesnakes and took them to their :abin as curiosities. The snakes thaw :d out and in the scramble which fol lowed four men were bitten. f One thousand skilled men returned to work at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Braddock, and in a few days ;hc entire plant, including blast fur naces, will be in operation. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers ol the Lehigh Valley Railroad was held in Philadelphia. A pitched battle was fought at Kan las City, Mo., 'between union and non union bridgeworkers. The lives of aoo persons were jeop ardized ,by a fire in an apartment house in Marion, Ind.
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