STRIKE AT VLADIVOSTOK live Japanese Battleships Bombard at Long Range. LANB FORCES MOVING THAT WAY Ristlaat Claim Thai Moat of the Lyddite Shelli Fired by the Jipi Filled to Burst Rut alia Batteries Did Not Reply, the Oea . cralt la Commaod Explaining They Were Awaiting Closer Approach ol the Japanese. Vladivostok, (By Cable).-A fleet of tve Japnnesc battleships anil two crulscra appeared off this place at 1.2.1 P. M. and tombarded the town and shore batteries lor 65 minutes. The fleet oppronched from the direc tion of Askold Island, at the enst en trance to Ussuri Hay, and about H2 miles southeast of Vludivostok. Entering Ussuri Hay the enemy formed in line of lttle, but did not approach to a closer range than five and one-third miles. They directed their tire against the shore bat teries and the town, but no damage re sulted, as most of their SOU lyddite shells failed to burst. The Russian butteries, commanded by Generals Vcroncts nnd ArtanofT, did not reply, awaiting a closer approach of the enemy. The Japanese fire teased at 2.21)1. M., and the enemy retired in the direction f Askold Island. Simultaneously two torpedo-boat destroyers appeared near Askold Island and two more near Cape Maldel. The Japanese ships were cov ered with ice. The attack resulted in no loss to the Russians, but cost the enemy "(Ml, two roubles (100,OCO) in ammunition. Most of the projectiles were 0 and 12 inch abell. The population of Vladivostok was warned of the presence on the horizon 1 ef a hostile, fleet and of the prospect of j an attack during the day, hut the people : remained tranquil. j Viceroy Alexieff's Report. St. Petersburg. (Hv Cable) A coin- munication from Viceroy Alcxiclf to the j Robert McMahon, n brother of Benja C'zar from Mukden hearing Sunday's ; min .McMahon. of New York, committed date says: ' i suicide in Waterloo, In., by taking "I most humbly inform Your Majesty cyanide of potassium, that the commandant at the fortress at I ( lvli,i n W Mereln.nl .1, l,n I, itl.,,1 Vladivostok reports that i.t M.50 A. M seven vessels were sighted south of Askold Island. At I) -Ci they were seen to be warships making for Askold Island. About noon the enemy's squadron was midway between the' coast and Askold Island, making for Ussuri Hay. They were out of reach of the shore batteries At 1.30 the enemy opened tire. Two ves sels in the squadron were probably the first-class cruisers Idurn and Yukumo, but the names of the other vessels arc unknown." Five Killed By Japanese Fire. St. Petersburg, (Hy Cable). Official dispatches received here concerning the bombardment of Vladivostok by a Jap anese fleet do not mention any Russian losses, but private advices say thut live were killed four sailors and the wife of an engineer. It is apparent the.Tapanese were afraid to risk exposing their ships to the plung ing fire of the land batteries, and it is Considered probable here that the attack was really for the purpose of drawing the fire of the Russian forts, compelling the Russians to disclose the position and caliber of their guns, and also for the Jiurpose of ascertaining whether the ussiun squadron is in port. BATTLESHIPS BLOCKED. Wrecked Russian Warship Lies In Way at Port Arthur. London, (Hy Cable;. - Little change in : the Far Eastern situation is reported I here. It is apparent that the Japanese ! are busily engaged in tran porting their , forces Into Korea, and this work is being i Tacillttttcu by the enlorced inactivity of the navy. According to the Schastotiol correction- dent of the Daily Graphic Admiral Skrvd 1 Joff has learned privately from Port Arthur that the Russian battleship Ret vizan lies in such u position as to block ' effectually the exit of battleships from the harbor, the passage being practicable only for cruisers. i The correspondent adds thvt Russia's new battleships now building on the Hal- : tie will not be ready for active commis- ion before the end of August. The Japanese ollieial who has charge ' of Japan's financial nnd commercial in- I tereaU in England declares thut his gov- j eminent foresaw the possibility of coal j being declared contraband of 'war, and ' that It has been collecting large stores of Welsh steam coal for years, so thut it ! haa a supply sullicient for the needs of : the Davy for years to come. - CBOWNEi LI BRIDGE COLLAPSE. j StrMlare Was Weakened By a Cloudburst j and Goes Down. j Cleveland, ., ( Special).- Six men j were drowned and four others injured ns j a result of the collapse of the bridge panning lellow t reek, near Iroudale, on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad. The men were on two locomotives that attempted to cross the bridge close to gether. Most of the men lived at Wellsville, O. Of the 11 men making up the crews of the two engines all went down except one man left at one end o( tlio bridge as a flagman. The bridgo hud been weakened ),v a cloudburst that occurred Thursday. The engines bad hauled out two work' trains and were returning to Wellsville for water when tho accident occurred. Stolen Meat Killed E ht. Birmingham, Ala., (Special;.-Eight negroes are dead from eating poisoned tog meat thut was stolen from the smoke house of Thomas Perkins, a white farmer residing near St. Stephens, Ala. The fanner had been constantly robbed of fcla winter supply of meat, and put rough on rata on a quantity of it," which he placed where the thieves were apt to get Ik Tbey got it, ami the result is that a umber are dead. Other neirroes were l 111, but will recover. More Force Wiped Out. Manila, (Br Cable). (Jen. Wood re port under date of February 15, an en gagement with tho Moros under Hassun (oa the Island of Jolo. Lieut. West and atx private wero wounded. One bus aJnce died. The Moro loss was heavy. Haatao succeeded iu making his escape. Ilia original force of 8.000 bus now been reduced to fifteen. The island is now under the control of the A nierican author Idea, and Influential Moros are aiding in the puraiut of the outlaws. Tho member of the constabulary who revolted at Vlgan are all in custody. The una aad ammunition taken by them eterecoTerecJ. . . JAPANESE CRIISER SINK. She Is Lying Near Chemulpo, Reports Major General Plluj. St. Pctersbusg. (Hy Cable). The fob lowing dispatch, dated March 8, has been received from Ma jor General Pflug, commanding the Russian forces at Port Arthur: "All is (jiiiet nt Port Arthur and Yin kow. "According to Information given by eye-witnesses, a Japanese cruiser having three funnels lies near Chemulpo, be tween islands, having recently sunk there." A correspondent of the Daily Mall, cabling from Chetoo under date of March 1, said, among other things, that he hud seen a Jupnnesc cruiser of the Niintaka type beached nf the entrance of Xamyung Creek, which is about 15 miles south of Chemulpo. Japanese naval vessels of the Niiatakn type have three funnels. news IpTsmrt order The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic. After 1011 years" existence as n financial institution the Mai hlehead (Mass.) Na tional Hank closed Its doors to public biisiin..s, and its affairs w ill lie liquidated as rapidly as possible. I!,- tl... ,.v,, I. ..I,.,, ,,f iIk. l,,.;i,.r of n ttfiu , ,ui Greenwood. Pa.. I. T. Hrown. I the proprietor, and his two helpers, Wal lace I ice and Koncrt t ouipion, were in stantly killed. I liui I s Lasck, who had retained life while pinioned under the ruins of the Hotel Darlington, in New York, for HO hours, died s on after being taken out. A consolidation has been formed of the i ai -service associations of Pittsburg, Philadelphia. M. Louis and Denver. Two hundred marines left the League Island Navy Yard for San Francisco, en route to the Philippines. The establishment of n college of do. inestie science is unuouiiced at the I'nl versity of Chicago, D inick Antcllo killed Miss Nellie Klu na van in New York and then shot himself. Oeoi i.')' II. llutchins in a duel in Curls- bad, N. M., was declurcd not guilty of murder. Richard Sibley, manufacturer of a large molasses importing concern In Boston, Hied a petition in bankruptcy. In a race riot at Bokashe, I. T., two while men were killed und one white man and two negroes seriously wounded. Dan Cushing was captured by brigands near Devils River, Tex., und released after an all-night horseback ride. A number of lives have been lost nnd much property destroyed by prairie fires in Oklahoma und Indian Territory. The crew of the liirhthousetender Nina were put in jail on the charge of mutiny in San Juan, Porto Rico. Denny Memorial Hall, nt Dickinson College, Curlisle, Pa., was destroyed by tire. There were several collisions in New York harbor on account of the fog. The coke trade is hampered by u short age in cars. Dr. Morris Jnstrow, of Philadelphia, has been oflered the chairmanship of the department of the history of religion at tlie St Louis Exposition. A warrant charging Wallace II. Ham with the embezzlement of :I4.000 from the funds of St. Luke's Home was is sued in Huston. The Santa Ke Railroad lias finished all of its preliminary surveys for u new line to Eureka, Hiiuibolt county. Dr. Charles H. Pillsbury, a brother in law of Congressman J. Adam Rede, died at Diiluth, Minn. Edmund K. Dixcv, a once famous minstrel, died in Philadelphia, of conges- ! tion of the lungs Distinguished prelates and educators met in convention in Philadelphia. !cti. Charles E. Dick was declared elected to the United States Senate. A large part of Rocky Mountain, North C arolinn, w as destroyed by fire. Kormer Congressman Levy was severely injured by a full neur his New York city home. The United States transport Sherman sailed for the Philippines. Joseph White, one of the military prisoners w ho secured his release from Alcatra. Island by means of a forged pardon, bus been arrested at San Fran cisco. Fxclgn. British aic" Crermau vessels laden w ith coal, proviT,ns and other contraband articles have reached Vladivostok, Japan not interfering for the reason that they may prove useful to her at a later stage of the enmpuigu, probably when the Jupuncie mako an attempt to bottle up the Russian squadron ut that port. Tho State Department has Informed the New York Presbyterian Society, as well us the Baptists, that Minister Allen, iu Korea, has been instructed to do all he can for the American missionaries in thut Country, The Russian Ambassador at Loudon has presented King Edward with a letter from the Czur acknowledging receipt of tho Kings letter emphasizing Great Britain's complete neutrality during the war. United States Minister Thomas and Mis. Thomas gave n brilliant ball iu the upiutmeuts of the American Legation ut Stockholm. American marines ure guarding prop erty of thu American .Mining Compuiiy in Korea. Lima, Peru, was seriously shaken up by uu earthquake, thu worst thut has De clined there in 110 years. The French Foreign Office don not credit reports that Chinu is about to join Japan in the war. It is also announced by French official that they have not been asked to cedu any islands to Husaiu for coaling stations. Tho Russians are innklng everv effort to prevent u blockade- on the Siberian Railroad. King Edward hus approved the selec. tiou of the Hon. Churles llurdliigc, as sistant under secretary for foreigu affairs, to succeed Sir Charles Scott as Britikli ambassador ut St. Petersburg. The Russian forces at Anju, Korea, are compelling the Koreans to supply them with rice, fodder and fuel, and they are fortifying Autung to prevent the Jap anese from crossing the Yulu Itiver. The Itussluu Government is showing a tendency to check the Antl American feeling hi that couutry. Order were Issued to dispatch SO, 000 trooos to reluforte tho British rarrison at Malta. . MANY PERISHJN FLAMES Indian Territory Settlers Are Caught Bj Prairie Fires. A WIDE SECTU)NLaFd IN WASTE. Six Deaths Definitely Reported and Many Others Rumored-Town of llodart Suffered One Thousand Fire-fighters Saved Lawton from Dea ruction Three Thousand Square Miles Devaatatcd -Losses In Kansas. Lawton, Ok., (Special). Reports re ceived here Indicate that five persons have becu burned to death and 3,000 square miles of territory In Kiowa and Comanche counties swept by pralrlc fires. Hundreds of people are homeless, nnd it is Impossible to estimate accurately the financial loss, ow Ing to the wide extent of country affected. Lives hnve also been lost by fires in other sections. Following is n partial list of the killed nod injured. 1). Harmond, living six miles north east of Lnwton, burned to n crisp. John Harmond; cannot live. A. N. Crawford, near Lawton; seri ously burned. Mrs Henderson, widow, living near Lawton. and two daughters; seriously burned; one cannot live. At Hobart, the county seat of Kiowa county, the fire approached from the cast, destroying the stables und 1" race horses, 13 residences, two business houses and various small buildings. Spreading to the southwest, the tire swept 71.000 acres of government mili tary and timber reserve und Indian school reserve, destroying several Indian houses and 40 head of" government cattle. Spreading westward the flames covered miles of the Homestead district, destroy ing houses, barns and stock. It was In this district that live persons are report ed to have perished in attempting to protect their property. The names of three have been learned. They ure us follows: Doc and John Harmon, brothers, nnd a man named Fischer. The other two were women nnd their names have not yet been learned. Late at night the fire began moving southward toward this city. At mid night 5,000 people of the city were bat tling with the approaching (lames. The advance line of the fire was fully two miles in length, nnd came in u semi circular form. A thousand men turned their efforts to checking the grass borders of the reser vation at the city limits. Water from every source, curried in every conceiv able wny, was distributed ulong this line and carried nil around the city limits. This served the purpose of check ing the advance lines of the fire, but was of little avail in hindering the continual rolling of the firebrands into the streets of the city. Sulina, Kan.. Report of in auy serious prairie fires, aided by the high wind, in this section and west of here are coming in. At Hill city, in the extreme north western part (if the state, the court house, juil and SO residenee lire re ported destroyed, and one woman Is said to have been burned to death. In stances of farmers being caught with their teams in the prairie fires and of many persons seriously burned are num erous. COLLAPSE OF A SKYSCRAPER. Between Thirty aad Forty Killed, lojared and Missing. New York, (Special). Five persons are known to have been killed, isbout a score injured, and eight or ten, all of whom are believed to be dead, arc mis sing through the collapse of the steel skeleton of the Hotel Darlington, a VI- j story nparfment house in course of erec tion at .17 West Forty-sixth street. The steel frame work bait been erected as far us the eleventh floor, nnd the structure was swarming with iron workers, masons und laborers, when, w ithout un instant's w arning, the upper floor sagged and col lapsed, and the whole structure fell with a crash thut was heard for blocks, iiml shook ull the buildings In the vicinity. A portion of the 'steel frame fell upon the rear of the Hotel Patterson, on West Forty-seventh street, crushing in the wall of the dining-room and killing Mrs. Ella Lacey Storrs, tho wife of Frank Storrs, a w'calthy resident, of Rye, West chester county, as she wns sitting nt luncheon with tho wife of tho Rev. Dr. Miuot Savage, who escaped unhurt. TWO KILLED I.N RACE RIOT. Negroes Resist Ad Attempt to Drive Them Out of Town. Fort Smith, Ark., (Special). Two white men ure reported killed nnd one white man and two negroes seriously wounded in a race riot nt Hokushe, I. T. White laborers on the Midland Valley railroad, ut a camp u short distance from Hokasbe, attempted to drive tho negro luhorers from the town. The negroes resisted and a pitched buttle followed, in which Hopper and Butler were killed and three others wounded. Negroes are reported to huve fortified themselves in n strong position in the woods anil seem determined to resist to the utmost efforts to dislodge them. White laborers are making wild threats of vengeance. A Mill Operative Scalped. Covington, Ga., (Special). Mrs. J. AV, Worshnm, wife of the superintendent of the Covington Cotton Mills, suffered from a distressing accident, as tho result of which she may die. While in the basement of the mill her hair was caught iu the belting of moving machinery und she was scalped, the skin and hair being torn from her nose to tho buck of her neck. Twelve Lives Lost In Fire. Robcrval, Quebec, (Special). Twelve lives were lost In h tiro which destroyed the home of Thorn. Guny at St. Felicien. When the fire was first noticed by neigh bors, who live nt ,some distance, the bouse hud been burned to ground. In It at the time were the eight small children of Thomas Guny, Mrs. Phillip Gugnon, und her three small children. All were burned to death. Both Gugnon- und Guay, the fathers, were absent, working in the woods. A YYcstera Oibrslkr. Seattle, Wash., (Special), England Is hurrying supplies, guns and ship to Victoria and plans to make the capital of British Columbia a western Gibraltur. These preparations for defense have lieen long in progress, but it is only since the war In the Orient began, with the possi bility that Englund may become Involv ed, thut the work has been pushed with energy. It is generally known thut tho squadron is to be enlarged greatly by vessel now rounding Capo Horn, and immense piece of orduuuee ai on the war from Woolwich- KIDNAPPED BY BRIGANDS. Texas Railroad Man field By Mexicans for Ransom, Houston, Texas, (Special).-Daniel Cushing,- brother of E. B. 'Cushing, en gineer of maintenance of wny for the Southern Pac ific Railroad, bus been kld nappped by Mexican brigands. He was forced to write n note, which wns found tacked to the door of his cabin nt Devil's river the next morning. E. H. Cushing left on n special train for the border to investigate. The Texas Rangers hnve been put on the case. The note written by Cushing nt the brigands' dictation stated taut n ransom of )1 0,000 wns demanded for his life. nnd that the money must he placed upon the steps of the Mexican schoolhouse In Del Rio next Tuesday night. Cushing'a watch and Masonic pin were found where he had evidently hastily thrown them In the belief that his assail ants were robbers. LIVE WASHINGTONAFFAIRS No American Slave Dealers in the Philippines. Funds for Panama Canal. Secretary Shaw has notified nil speciu national bank depositaries that they w ill be required to pay, on account of till Panama Canal purchase, 20 per cent, of their holdings of government funds on or before March a.V The 20 per cent, ag gregates :W,Ofi0,noo. leaving about 20.. OOO.OtNtto be supplied from the Treasury. It, has been decided heretofore to have the depositary national banks In New York city pay their individual propor tions over to the New York Subtreasiiry nt once to meet ut this time the payment due Panama, and later to pay the new canal company ut Paris the $40,000,000 due it by calls on national bank deposi taries outside New York city. In view, however, of news received from Paris later In the day to the effect that the French company ut once would cull n meeting of its directors and carry out the formalities necessary to the transfer of the title to the property to the United States it was thought best to make the two puvments to the canal company und to the Republic of Panama concurrently about April 1. Laid on the Table. The House Committee on Postoftice and Post Roads unanimously agreed to re- i port the Hay resolution calling for in- I formation relative to the use of "intlu-I ence" by members of the House in be-! half of increases in salaries of postmas- I ters, increases of clerk hire, etc., to the j House with the recommendation that it i "lay on the table." The resolution will i be accompanied by all the information I on this subject which the committee has been able to secure, including confiden tial exhibits in the Bristow report of the fnxrtal investigation and other informa fkro. This will be printed nnd made public and. as it meets the demands of the resolution, the order to "lay on the table" will aot be opposed. The report le to be made Monday. Department Appropriation Bill. 1 1 The conference agreement on the Leg islative, Executive and Judicial Appro priation Hill reai bed makes the total car fled In that measure 2.5.'),yi3. The conferees agree on provisions declaring that no money appropriated in the bill shall be available to pay any pel sons in j the public service incapacitated permit- I nently from performing service nnd limiting the use of carriages at' govern- i ment. expense to those used by the Pies- I ident, his secretary and th-j heads of ex- ! ej-utive departments in the District of ; Columbia. Rijthts nf Rural Carriers. S.'tmtor Alger introduced an amend- ment to the Postotlice Appropriation bill, amending the provision inserted by the 1 House prohibiting rural carriers from i engaging in other liuistiess, so that car- ! ricrs may carry articles authorized by i law not authorized to be accepted for ; mailing, also to make contracts with : publishers to distribute newspapers anil j periodicals upon which one rate of post- ; uge has been paid. ' Wants $8,000 to L'oveil Statue. Secretary Shaw transmitted to the House an estimate of $,000 from the War Department to defray tho expense of dedicating tlie statue of Frederick the Great to be placed on tho ground of the AVar Colleirc in Washington and unveiled October 20, 11104. It is stated that thu money is to be used for pedestal, review ing stands, rent of carriages for distin guished personages, printing invitations ami for other expenses. Obscene Literature In Commerce. The Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce ordered a favorable report on a bill making the act preventing inter state transportation of obscene literature applicable to foreign commerce and nil territory under the jurisdiction of the L'uited States. Congressional and Departments. Judge Pritchard overruled tho motion for a new trial made in behalf nf Samuel A. Groff, one of the convicted defend ants in the postotlice cases, and sen tenced him to two years in tho Mounds ville Penitentiary and to a fine of $10, 000. An appeal was taken. A provision forbidding rural letter carriers from eking out their salaries in outside work has been added to tho Postolllcc appropriation Bill reported to the Houso yesterday, There is strong opposition to the provision in the Senate. The Navy Department has made ar rangements for the trial of several wire less telegraph systems between the New York Navy Yard and tho station ut Navesink, Highlands, N. J. The minority report of the Houso committee urged a complete investiga tion of tho affuirs of tho Postotlice De partment. M. Bunan Varillu, the retiring Panama minister, paid a farewell call ut the State Department. Henry T. Heed, of Cresco, la., was selected by tho Iowa delegation to l e recommended for L'nlted States district Judge for the Northern district of Iowa. It is generally admitted thnt Senntor Fairbanks Is a candidate for vice presi dent on the ticket with Roosevelt. Argument wns made before the House Committee on Labor in opposition to tho Eight hour Bill. The Army Appropriation Bill ns re ported to the Senate curries 77,020,042. William J. O'Brieu, alias William Duffy, an insane discharged soldier, shot and seriously injured Robert J. Manning,' a messenger In the War Department, and also shot Arthur Wiecker, a clerk. Tho Interior Department rejected tho bids submitted by the Portland cement manufacturers, and decided to manu facture cement for the Halt River Irriga tion project in Arizona. Postmaster Payne admitted that It had been decided to reopen the case of Post master Yancott, of Now York city, In order to secure further information. Haziug at West Point Military Acad emy is a thing of the past, according to the report of (superintendent Mills. FACTS FAVOR DREYFUS Reasons Advanced for a Revision of His Trial. OFFICIAL RECORDS ARE FORGED. Initial Altered on One Document and Another Dated While Dreyfus Was on Devils Island ' -Traitor in the French War Office Revealed -Hearing on Appeal Before Court ol Cassa tion Attracts Large Crowd. Pin is, (By Cable). The Court of Cassa tion began the consideration of the ap peal of Alfred Dreyfus for revision of his trial. Councillor Chambarenud presided. Though the general interest in the case was not ns great ns in previous years, yet tho courtroom was crowded with ofllcers, non-commissioned officers and private soldiers, lawyers and others and a number of women, among whom were relatives of Dreyfus. By their side was former Colonel Picquait. Dreyfus was not present, his interests being in the hands of Lawyer Mornard. The report of M. Hoyer, reporter of the court, which Was read, presented the two new facts upon w hich the minister of justice, M. Valle, recommended a revision of the case. These were set forth us follows: "1 The secret documents IikIiiiIc n letter bearinir the initial P.' Now, bv nn nflldavit of October l, 11M:J, signed b'y M. Gribelin, keeper of the nrchives, it appears that this document previously carried the letter 'T. ' For this letter was substituted a 'P, ' und thus the altered document was presented to the court ut Hen ncs. "2 According to the minister of jus tice, another letter, signed 'Alexandrine,' which agent 'A' addressed to agent 'H, ' contained some words in the handwriting of the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry, who committed suicide in prison, after having confessed to committing n forgery in the case This letter relates to the organization ()f French railroads. M. Gribelin swore during the Inquiry of the minister of war thnt this letter was false. It was true, however, that the date of this document was March 2H, 1H0.", when Dreyfus was imprisoned on Devil's Island." The existence of n traitor in the French war office was revealed by an alleged foreign diplomat, who acted without compensation. It Is now claimed that Lieutenant Colonel Henry in iWS caused a book of expenditures to be rccopied in order to remove all trace of payments to this diplomat, who, it has developed, was an employee of the intelligence de partment. It wus claimed by those present in court that if the new facts were acknowl edged by the tribunal the innocence of Dreyfus would be established. Fearing disturbances during the pro ceedings t he government stationed guards among the spectators and in the corridors leading to the court, but their presence w as not necessary. The crowd was in terested, but there were no demonstra tions against the favorable conclusions of the reporter and attorney general. E. F. ABELL DEAD. President of the A. S. Abell Company Ex-pires-Hls Work for the "Sun." Baltimore, Md., (Special). Edwin Franklin Abell, president of the A. S. Abell Company, publishers of Tlie Sun, died Sunday morning tit his residence, northeast corner of Charles and Preston street, in his sixty-fourth year. Mr. Abell was also a director of the Safe De posit nnd I rust Company. ' On .M,:iy 15, IS-lo, Mr. Abell was born i in this city on Lee street, near Charles, ' which at that time was onei f tlie promi- ' ncnt resi '.ential sections of tlie city. Mr. Abell w as the eldest of 12 children, anil i with him passes away the last of the sons of the late A. S. Abell, the founder . of The Sun. Mr. Abell was educated in the public schools in Baltimore and also in Harford ; county, near Jerusalem .Mills, later going 1 to Dalrymple's old I'niversity of Mary- ; land, on the south side of Mulberry St., in what is now the bed of Cathedral ; street, which has since been cut through ' to Saratoga street. Many of the most I prominent men of Baltimore were edit- cated at this school, and the nunc of "Old Dill's" is familiar by reputation ' to even those of u later generation. ' $100,000 For Murder. ! Winchester, Ky., (Special) Mrs. Aru- ! bella Maieuiu. for herself nnd children, j filed suit in the Circuit Court against ! Jus. Hargis, Alexander Hargis, Edward I Cullahan und B. F. French for 100.000 damages. She alleges in her petition ! mat tlie ueicniiiiuis entered into a con spiracy with Curtis Jelt and Thomas White to murder her husband, tlie late J. B. Marcum. Culluhau was formerly Sheriff of Breathit county. Jett und White ure now in jail in Louisville. Hold-L'p in Massachusetts. Clinton, Mass., (Special). Two masked men held up an electric cur on the Worcester Consolidated Hallway, nt South Lancaster. The men were armed and the 20 passengers in the cur were much freightened. II. L. Mauler, of j Luncuster, knocked one of the iiiirhwav- men off the car und a fight followed, during which two shots were fired by tho strangers. Thu highwaymen made their escape. No one was seriously in jured. Assaulted Dy Boy Strikers. Chicago, (Special). Edward Tenney, one of tho men employed by tho West ern Union Telegraph Company iu place of striking messenger boys, wus attacked by three young men, who knocked him down ami stubbed him. A watchman nt the Hamilton Club went to Tenney 's uid and drove away tho assailants. .Tcnuy wus badly cut in the fuce. . FINANCIAL The Erie statement for January, to be issued euily in tho week, is expected to show u decrease in net earnings of be tween 700,000 and 1,000,000. Judge Gilderslecvo has signed the or der authorizing tho Boston & Montana to pay its dividends, umoiiuting to over 13,000,000, to tho Amalgamated. Tho New York Subtreasiiry has paid to banks 7o(i,000 on tclogrphi orders ugalust the deposit of Imported Jupuncso yen at Suu Francisco. The Cherokee Nntioual Bunk of Enid, Oklu., has been tlissovcd, owing to tho inability of tho promoter to supply suf ficient capital to run the bunk. There ure now living In the royal aqua (um, iu Russia, several carp that ure known to bo moro than 600 year old In Chicago it is believed that tho Great Western uew cuts are the spreading of grain rate war to general nierchundisa und thut a big tralllc war is impending. A meeting of We-tern lines bus been tailed to consider tho situutlon. Great Northern ha closed a doi 1 for renewal of the lease of the Sioux City terminals, and bus secured au option at tl.3U0.U00. MILITIA CALLED OUT T Protect Colored Man in Jail at Merl dlan, Mississippi. Meridian, Miss., (Speclnl).-Tho kill ing of Postal Clerk Stockton has caused much excitement. After Paris, the nl leged murderer, was placed In jnll here a mob gathered, and, fearing a lynching, the Sheriff notified Governor Vn'rdamnn, who ordered out the local militia. Birmingham, Ala. According to re ports received here by the officials of tho Alabama Great Southern Rnilrond, the shooting of two postal clerks on n north bound train two miles north of Meridian, Miss,, wbs part of a plot to rob the train. The shooting was clone hy "Jim" Pnrls, n negro, who boarded tlie train In the Meridian yards ns It wns pulling out. Before it was under good headway Paris entered the postal car and opened fire on Clerks J. T. Stockton and A. J. Bass, killing Stockton Inst intly and wounding' Buss In the arm. The negro then seized a -package of registered letter and jumped off. RUSSIANS LEAVE yIn-KOW Unable to Defend the Coast Without Forts and Intrenchments. Yin kow, (By Cable). The Russo Chinese Bank is closing, preparatory to removing to Mukden. , Women and chil dren are preparing to leave Yin kow in anticipation of the arrival of n Japanese fleet, w hich is expected w hen the river opens, probably a fortnight hence. The United States gunboat Helena nnd tbq British cruiser Espiegele are making preparations to leave the dry docks in n week's time. The mainmast of the Russian gunboat Sivotitch has been cut off; this would indicate that she Is being dismantled, but otherw ise she would appear to be clearing for action. On account of t lie impossibility of de fending the coast nt. Yin kow until such time us a thaw permits the construction of intreneliments and forts, the Russians hnve prepured to retire up the main rail road line. Theie are practically no defenses here, nnd. although the shifting and rcshifling of troops and artillery to the small forts ut the mouth of the'Liao River has the appearance of an intention todefend Yin kow, the military authnritiesdepend upon an inland engagement to put a stop to the Japanese advance. As far ns is yet known, the only plans decided upon are, first, that Gen. Kuro patkiu's heudquarteis are to be ut Muk den: Viceroy AlexiefT proposes to remain at Mukden indefinitely, as that city i? tlie center of the Chinese administration and has a viceroy bureau; second, that the plan west of" Tashihchiao, which is almost impossible of defense, will beheld, if possible.on account of the railroad con necting wit li Port Arthur;! bird, Hniching and Liuo-yung are the extreme limits to which troops will be withdrawn on ac count of the exposure of the railroad at these points. That the Japanese will arrive before n thaw permits the construction of defenses is thought here to be practically certain. It would appear also that the authorities expect Port Arthur to bo besieged. Sir Robert Hurt, director of Chinese imperial maritime customs, after sound ing Russian opinion in the mutter, has ordered the Chinese customs lightship and the channel buoy to be placed nt the river mouth us usual. This step, how ever, has no effect upon the neutraliza tion of Niuchwang. ML' ST HAVE CLEAR TITLE No Money Will Be Paid to Panama Untij Then. Washington, (Special). Important matters relating to tlie Panama Canal were under discussion by President Roosevelt and his Cabinet. The meeting consumed more than two hours, und at its conclusion tlie mcmjicrs of the Cabi net were unusually reticent. Attorney General Knox nnd other ofll ci.ils of tlie Department of Justice have miller consideration tho title to the canal property w hich is to be passed to this country by the Panama Canal Company, but as yet they have reached no conclu sion. It was said after the meeting that no money would be paid by this govern ment until a clear title to the property was obtainable, hut no intimation was given as to tho length of time which might elapse before a decision wus reached. Tho entire subject of the canal and its construction was discussed in nddition to the legal phases of the question. It is expected that the commission just ap pointed will get to work practically im mediately. Ills said to be certain thai the commission will go to the istlimuf very soon to inspect thoroughly the con ditions und to start the preliminary work of construction. In this connection it wns decided, at heretofore indicated might bo tho case, to countermand the orders Issued to the Third United States Infuntry to go to the isthmus to relieve the marines now on guard duty there. For sometimo the marine detachment will constitute the guard on the isthmus. This government Is opposed to establishing two jurisdic tions on the isthmus, and us the naval vessels must remuin there it wus thought best to allow the murines to continue to do land duty. It is the earnest wish of the President snd the members of tile Cubiuet that no unnecessary delay should occur iu the beginning of work on the canal, and it it their intention to press it w ith the ut most vigor. Reyes Defeated. Bogota, Colombia, (Hy Cable). The result of the presidential election is thut though Gen. Joaquin Yelex has a major ity of 11 votes over Gen. Raphael Reyes, the fact must be officially declared by the electoral committee on July !1 ucxt. Complete culm prevails hero. $75,000 For Liquor Sclllne. Dallas, Texas, (Special). Tho grand jury of Bell county is making a crusndo against violations of the Local Option law. Morojhan 2,!i00 Indictments havo been returned against illicit liquor sellers, and of the total number 1,117 bills nro against one man, Plimpton ?dorgan. In each conviction Morgan is being assessed money penalties amounting t ."().", mak ing the total penalties a proximato $73, 000. In addition to the fine his cumula tive sentences reach a total of more tliau li'i years' imprisonment. A Despeiate Flfbt. Wintered, la., (Spcclul).-After a tuiriblo fight in which pistoli and knives wero used, John Thornborough, a young married man living near here, thot and Instantly killed Fred Peacock, and per liupj fatally wounded Peacock' father, a mau Ii0 years of age. Thornborough Js terribly7 gashed about the neck and face, but will recover. He is in jnll on a charge of murder. The fight grew out of an effort upon the part of Thorn borough to Induce his wife, from whom he had separated, to leave the Peacock house and accompany him. . . THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest News of Pennsylvania Told in Short Order. Denny Hall, tho lnrgest recltntion building of Dickinson College, Carlisle, a-as destroyed by fire. State Councilor George V. Arold, of ho loynlist wing of the Junior Order of merlenn Mechanics, has filed n bill of tomplaint against George ShifTlcr, Em pire, Inland City, Conestoga and Lnn 'aster Councils, nf Lancaster; also tho Mountvllle Council, Columbia, andShnff '.'ouncll. It Is alleged thnt these conn ;ils have fulled to pay their per capita 'ax and this action was taken to compel them to pay. A henrlng will be ht d be fore the Ju'dlelarv Committee, on March 19, in Philadelphia. This is anothel feature of tho order' troubles and as Lancaster Is a storm center, the outcome will be of much interest. At a special meeting of both branches sf the Che-iter ( i y Council a resolution was missed asking that the Secretary of the N'nvy give the nnme of Chester to one of the new scout cruisers which the Government will construct. Congress man Thomas S. Butler was present, as were all of the city officials. The Secre tary of the Navy recently Informed the Congressman that he would name n ves sel in the navy nfter the city of Chester. It was in Chester that the first ships of the present navy wero constructed. Norris Woodland, one of the oldest conductors nn the Philadelphia & Read ing Railway, by an accident nearly caused tlie death of hinself and family. Ho went into the cellar to attend the heater. He turnvd on the gas. Intending to light it, but not having n match lelt without shutting off the How of gas. At midnight h's wife aroused Mm. She wa ill. A strong (idol of gas filled the house. Then he remembered his oversight, buf not until the children were so overcome (lint the attendance of u physician wuf nccessury to revive them. Director of Public Works E. M. Blgn low, of Pittsburg, announced that II. C. Frick has planned to build a magnificent hotel in tho downtown district. The hotel is to occuppy the entire block front ing on Grant Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, and will lie one of the mi st splendid bnstclries in the world, companion structure to tho Flick oflice building in the adjoining block. The cost of the site alone runs into millions, part of it, Imving been occupied by the Roman Catholic Cathedral, which is be ing razed. Georgo HnHiiwiez sh it and probably fatally injured his wife nt Shenandoah. Haltuwiez wns out drinking and before lis went home purchased a revolver. Reaching his home he found his wife iv bfd with her two youngest children. W.thoit a word I e si ot her fivetimis. Fortunately the children escaped injury. The muu wus arrested. Brass thieve, who removed a numbci of cocks off u gas pipe in a vacant house adjoining the property nt 2728 West Sec ond Street, Chester, came near being re sponsible for the death of Marv Deicoski, the owner of a Polish boarding house, and had not neighbors found her iu tnave she would have been suffocuted in ten minutes. After the removal of the cocks the gns begun to escape from tho pipe in large quantities and soon it had worked through the floors to the room in which tho Polish woman wus preparing break fast. She wus overcome in a short time nnd fell unconscious to the floor. She was revived by neighbors. ' Albert Schneck has found alumiiiunt on his farm along the Jordan Creek, be tween Schneeksville and Weidersville. After a small freshet last week Mr. Schneck found a piece of mineral along the creek which was unlike anything bo bad ever seen. He then drilled a hole about ten feet and sent the mineral to the chemical department of Lehigh I'ni versity. Mr. Schneck received an answer that the analysis showed the rock to con tain 4:1 per cent, of aluminum and ce ment. While 'aluminum is known to exist iu this section, Mr. Scliueck's speci men is tho first to contain a sullicient amount of the metal to make it valuable. The County Commissioner held a con fluence at Norrist iwn with State Senuto Roberts and As-t.'iubly muu Rex, who took exceptions to thu action of the com missioners in deciding to build two miles of gopd roads in Morcland Township uiidt a like length in Worcester. Stato Com missioner of Good Roads Joseph Hunter was present. Senator Roberts urged the commissioners to reconsider their action and distribute ns much good roads over the county us possible, that tho present limited appropriation is but the begin ning of better things and is Intended up a demonstration for modern stone roads, and sample roads should bo spread over an extensive and us widely separated an nrea as possible. The Senator suggested thut one mile be built iu Upper Mcriou, one mile In Upper Providence. No action wns taken. A safe in John A. Bowman's place of business at Minersville, was blown open and rifled. Tho post office nnd thu busi ness place of George Ball wero also broken into. A negro entered the store of Mrs. Gal lagher in Chester, and when discovered trying to rob the place, he threw a light ed lump at the woman's head. Omo of a nest of three boilers exploded ut the Latimer Stripping scalding seveo men. The engineer, Frank Dougherty, was thrown about seventy -five feet, but escaped with a few slight burns. William Faust was shot and killed al Curry Hill, and the authorities arc not yet certain whether it is suieido or murder. Ho was found in his room with an empty shotgun ueur him. Assemblyman Henry G. Troxell saved tho life of George Bycr, ut Williamsport, who, while. attempting to board a raprd ly moving freight train, was thrown und would have rolled under the wheels hud rfot Mr Troxell pulled him out of danger II. L. Haines, Fred Holziugcr und N. Y. Meuds, Red Lion Cigar manufacture: accused of sellingboxes of cigars bearing counterfeit labels of tho cigar makers' union, appeared before Justice Lilly, of McSherrystown. and each guvo bail for appearance in the Adums County Court. While wrestling with a companion over tho possession of a piece of pio ut the Eddystono Print Works. Chester, Roy lied well, aged 14 years, fell into a vat In the bleach house und wus scalded about the face, head and body. The bid wus pulled out of the hot wuter and sent to thu Chester Hospitul, where tho physi cians feur ho muy uot recover. Andrew Evans, a miner, aged 47 yeaiis, was stubbed to death by Mrs. Thotimif Ploll ut tho mine of the Lilly Coal Corn pany, two mile south of Lilly. Just' what caused the fracas cannot be leurned, but It is said that Evan insulted Mr, l'loff, and thoroupon she picked up huge curving knife and sunk it into Evan's body. Tho verdict- of tho Jury empaneled by Coroner Miller held the woman and her husband for the crime. The uew organ erected in. the First Reformed Church, Hamburg at .a coal of ;)JOO, was used (or the first time at the Sunday service. Audrew Carnegie con tributed $1000 to the fund. .' (
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