VICE-ADMIRAL MAKAROFF SANK WITH HIS SHIP. Ferisicd on Big Battleship With About 700 of Tho.se Aboard Terrible Accident as the Fleet Was Going Out to Give Battle Turned Turtle and Went Down. London, (By Cable). The St. Petersburg officials announce that at caybreak Wedr lay the battleship I'etropavlovsk was destroyed at Tort Arthur, with 700 men anil oll'icers, including V'ice-Aclniiral MakarofT. The Russian advice declare the vessel was blown up by a mine that i.ad drifted from its moorings, but litspatchcs from Wei llai Wei induce the confident belief here that a naval engagement occurcd off I'ort Arthur of a severe character and that later telegrams will show that the Russian niffcred a severer loss than is yet admitted. A rumor has reached Rome that Vice-Admiral Makaroff's squadron was attacked by the whole Japanese fleet, concealed behind Miatoao is lands. His retreat was cut off ami lie was forced to fight against odds, with the result that all his shipj were .maged, while the I'etropavlovsk was turrounded by torpedo boats, struck l'y five torpedoes and blown up. Another report is to the effect that Rear Admiral Molas is ammv those killed aboard the I'etropavlovsk. RUSSIAN STORY OF CATASTROPHE. Dramatic Description ol the Lost of the I'etropavlovsk. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). - All Russia wit stunned by dispatches from Port Arthur telling of the blow ing up and sinking of the lir-t '.lass battleship Pcthopavlovsk by a mine and the death of Vicc-Admiral Maka loff and all but a score of the 700 men and oflicers on his flagship. The whole population of St. Peters burg is awake, waiting for further particulars of the disaster; and ex citement throughout the city, and par ticularly among the crowds of thous ands who throng the streets is at fever heat. Despair prevails everywhere. The streets are patrolled by largely in creased guards. At the palace the high officials of the go tnent are in constant con ference. 1 he censors arc planning a more rigid surveillance of war news. The only circumstance in connection with the awful affair that affords satis faction is the fact that the Grand Duke Cyril, the Czar's cousin and tirst officer of the fated vessel, was saved. He sustained injuries, the nature of which is not known. His rid lost his life. The rather formal dispatches re ceived so far do not make clear whether the mine was a Russian or Japanese, but it it thought it was one of the former, which had drifted out of place. It is also uncertain as to whether there was fighting after the destruc tion of the I'etropavlovsk, but one elispatch indicates that a severe en gagement was on. The account of the disaster is dra matic. The Russian fleet steamed out of the harbor of Port Arthur ot daylight. Vice-Admiral MakarofT, the com mander of the Russian Pacific fleet, liad hoisted his flag on the formidable I'etropavlovsk and led the big array t.f fighting ships as then went to en gage the enemy. Admiral Togo's vessels were far rut on the horizon, maneuvering to Kain the best position to meet their oncoming foes. The great hulks of the Russians moved in dignified columns seaward, manned fur action. .MakarofT, with the first officer of his hip. Grand Duke Cyril, Captain JakovlctT and the other officers the vessel, were on the bridge laying their TWENTY-FOUR MEN AND FIVE OFFICERS KILLED. I'nited States Battleship Missouri Was Holding Its First Target Practice When Ciin Exploded -Big Warship Barely Escapes Destrnction. I'cnsacola, Ha., ( Special ). The tew est battleship ef the navy, the Mis souri, bad a narrow escape from be ing blown to pieces by the extdosion . a magazine and also being heuchci lias just come to light. Capt. William S. Cowles prevented the latter when the vessel was within i.;o yards of the beach by giving e.rdcrs that the ship's course be chang- !. Chief Gunner's Mate M 01. son faved the ship and the -live, of over too men by jumping into the open magazine and closing the door behind Jir.i. It is stale'!, though not by officer t'i the Misso-iri, that when the oflicers heard the explosion in the turret and W-:iic fire lapping through the tup they realized the hot magazine would ticxl explode and headed the snip for the beach, intending to beach her if possible before the explosion. Cap. tain Cowles quickly stopped ilir plan ml put the ship back to sea. Kcatly for Service. Washington, ( Special ).- Rear Ad miral Cooper, commanding ihr si;nlr fleet, cabled the Navy I ep'trl:nent Irom Cavite that l.ieutr mint Chandler, romrnaiidiiig the torpedo boat flotilla which juM arrived at that port after run of about r 5.000 miles from Hampton Roads, "repuru flotilli ready tr service." This nrw is very gratifying to the .fecials of the Navy department and pcak well for the seawortl i irss e.f the torpedo boats anil tl,e flue sea 111 an ship of officers and 1.1m Palais Will Not lalcrler. Havana, (Special). The moderate coalition Congressmen have declined the proposal of the Independent to lielp form k quorum of the I louse of Kepreri!falives if the coalition Con jrressnivu will permit investigation ( rlecli.m fraud. Most of ihr inod t rates have taken the position ilrn t . Ilrm.fj cannot go hvyo'til declaring voiel such elections as are proved to he fraudulent and cannot srat persons tsho a-e with'.';! credential. It i Keucrallv believed that President Pal .ia roiifd brin-f the opposing parlies together, but be decline to interfere course and planning the expected bat tle. Kvcry man was at his post and the great guns were being ranged for the fray. On the other vessels of the fleet the nine methodical preparations were being made to do battle, h'rom their bridges iheir officers eagerly watched the big vessel in the morning mist idiead of them from which signal were being displayed for their dispo sition in the lin" 0 battle. The sea fighters were well out of the harbor when suddenly the watch crs on the trailing boats saw an im mense column of water spout up Miiidships of the starboard side of the Pctropavlovsk, reaching far above the fighting masts and descending in a deluge on the stripped decks of the cscl. There was an accompanying muffled roar. The giant vessel pau-cd a- if stayed by an unseen hand, lurched, sprang forward and began 10 settle to star board. The nearest Iii lowered boats, which pulled away for the distressed battleship. A score of such rescuers were in the water in a lew minutes. On the Pctropavl'isvk there must have been scenes of the direst horror. Of the 700 men all but n score were below decks or in the turrets. When the explosion occurred the oflicers immediately divined the cause. A mine had been struck and a great hole torn in the side of the vessel be low ilie water line. Into this the sea poured, listing the vessel rapidly. Orders w ere issued to flood the compartment on the port side of t he- ship in order to bring it to an even keel, but these instructions could not be carried out Gradually over went the big battle- ship. Into a few boats scrambled 1 Harry T. Hill, the veteran thcatri Mich of the men as were above deck. cal manager, died at his home, in The first thought was for the irand j Saratoga. N. Y. Duke Cyril and he w as helped to a ; The I'nited Stales torpedo-boat flo boat by his lieutenants. i tilla arrived at Cavite. St. Petersburg. I I'.y Cable ). Rarely recovering from the shock of the catastrophe to the battleship Pctro palvlovsk, the city and nation were again plunged more deeply plunged :i.to grief w hen official telegram were :ivcn out announcing the sinking of the torpedo-boat destroyer Rczstra shni. with a crew of forty-five, and the damaging of the battleship P bieda n'l a mine the Port Arthur horbor. No news was received from port Arthur until 10 o'clock in the morn- ing, w hen a long cipher message was received and hurried to the naval otlicials and translated. 1 he message was from Rear Admiral Prince Ouk tonisky, who tersely told of the new mistortunc w hich had overcome the squadron. The message after con- j firming the loss of the Petropalovsk, i aid: ! " The torpedo boat Ctrashni was; sent out with others, on a night ex- pidition, and was unable to return, j wing to the stress of weather. She was surrounded by the enemy's tor- J pedo boats and sank fighting. Five ' men were saved. "After the sinking of the I'etro pavlovsk I took over temporal ily the command of the fleet. W hile surrounded by the enemy's s(iiadroii, the battleship Pobieda ran into a mine, which struck her star- t board 'side aniidship. The Pobieda 1 ucceeded in making the harbor with , out aid. No one on board was hurt The Pobieda is a battleship of 12. 074 tons displacement and of 14.500 horsepower. She is 401 1 i feet long, has yi'j feet beam and draws 26 feet ot water and is heavily armored with steel. She was completed in loot; has a complement of 7.12 men. Her estimated speed is 18 knots. The steel armor of the battleship vanes in thickness from four to nine and a naif inches along her belt, he arma ment of the Pobieda consists of four ten-inch gun.-, eleven six-inch guns, sixteen three-inch gnus, ten I.K-incit (.tins and seventeen 1.4-inch guns, She has si torpedo tubes. When the first explosion occurred in the turret the men in the handling room knew in an instant what had occurcd. The big magaine door was open and standing against it were lour charges ol powder. Without a moment's hesitation Gunner's Mate 1... 1 ...I .... :-i- : .,.-mi-oii .innrn uirsc aside, and jump- j ing into the magazine pulled the door 1 1 dose, alter him. The magazine was totally flooded! 'he matter of a Zionist settlement with water, and when the men opened i '" Uganda, l ast Africa, has been ar llie floor found Monson barely alivi . : anged satisfactorily, the water having reached his neck. The i'.erlin canals an.l waterways li e damage to the battle,!,.,, j hill hl, presented to the Prussian .i.uch greater than was stated at hrst. , pro M lc ,.Xpcnnjture of $ " . ... uu on 10 111c urge amount 01 . ammunition ruined hv the magazine being flooded, which will amount lo thousands of dollars, the after turret is badly injured, the top being burned ..way and ail brass work melted in--ide. The hoist is a charred mass. and the mechai.ism of the nuns 1. i completely ruined, The estimated damage caused b I .he explosion will reach $.v.ooo. The total list of the dead now i iiiimbrrs thirty-two. The Missouri w ill no; conclude her j target practice, but will go to New I 1 ot k t,, i,e ii ,1 locked as soon as the 1 v livkesl its Inirliiios court ol inquiry mkest its findings SkryiiMI 10 Command. St. Petersburg. ( l!y Cable). It has been definitely decided that Yicc-Ad-miral Skrydioff, commander eif the Hlack sea fleet, will succeed the late-Vice-Admiral MakarofT as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian naal lorces in the Far F.:-.t. Orders h ive been sent to Vice-Ad-miral Skrydioff to conic to St. Peters burg for the purpose of receiving in Uructions. after which he will leave iminri.'iatel,- for the Far Fast Cttlain Wheeler killed. Manila, (By Cable). Capt. David P. Wheeler and Corporal I'rrc llcy velt, of the 'I'wenty-.ecemd Infantry, while rrco'iuoilcring the Moro works .long the Taraca River, in the Lake i anao district of the Island of Mm diitiao, April 11. were slabbed in the abdomen. Captain Wheeler died at .Marabui. April ij. Corporal lley vrlt is fatally wounded. Standard Oil made another cut in the price of crude ml, indicating once more. a desire on the part of Rocke feller for higher ccurity price. I NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. The Latest Happenings Condensed (or Rapid Reading. Domestic Two Chicago negroes caused the ar rest of several Chinamen for violation of the Civil Rights Law by refusing to serve them in a restaurant. Six men were injured by a collapse of a building at Fighth avenue and Thirty-fifth street. New York, l-'our of the injured were passersby. Two St. I.ouis physicians arc using a new drug in the treatment of con sumption with promising results. Four persons were injured by a tasolnip explosion in an automobile laclory 111 Detroit. The first trip through the new sub -ay of Ney York City was made. Six men were injured by the col lapse of a building in New York. W. II. Kenworthy, an American Kxpress Company messenger, and Harry Drake, a baggagemaster on the Ilig Pour Railroad, have confessed to the Cincinnati police that for a year they have been robbing trunks and express packages. A settlement was reached in the sheet and tin-plate wage dispute and a 1 ike avoided that would have in olved thousands of men. "Monk" Kastman. the leader of a notorious gang of thugs of the Fast Side. New York, was conviite.l of u .aull in the first degree. A fine of S.i.ooo was imposed on R. l-'riedlander (V Co., of Chicago, for making false affidavits to undervalue 'inporls. Dr. George W. Webster, of the Ill inois State Hoard of Health, gave whisky-drinking as one of the causes t typhoid. j The Standard Oil Company an nounced another reduction of half per cent, on all grades of refined pctro- I leuni. I The Circuit Court, in Richmond, I Ky., threw out as invalid all the vari I ...ill. ..I r- m ! Clay. inn, hi inr 1.11c viiii. vassm.s. Thousands of men employed in the eigar factories and breweries of Ma nila united in a demonstration against proposed measures of the government to secure internal revenue. The San I'rancisco Merchants' Ex change has received a cablegram stat ing that the steamer Colon has been wrecked at Punta Remedios. Mrs. Joseph Ii. Hall, nronrietor of . the Catskill Recorder, one of the nld- j est newspapers in the Unite. 1 States, died at Catskill. I The car barn and paint simp of the ! International Traction Company at ! Cold Snriins. near UnfT.-ilo nrrp de- stroyed by fire. Former Police Chief Devery has made demand on Commissioner Mc Adoo for $.15,000 as damages for breach of contract. The llour mills at Minneapolis will '.lose down lor an inde'finite period because of railroad discrimination. Charles A. Bcccher, a friend and adviser of Abraham Lincoln, died sud denly at Marysville, O. A fire in the hold of the steamer Havana caused a damage of $20,000. Foreign. The House of Commons sanctioned by resolution the employment of In- dian troops in the political mission l" I diet. It was announced that Colonel Younghusband had reached Gyangste, 1 ibet, which was his coal. An imposing funeral service was held over the body of (Juecn Isabella m Paris, after which the body was taken to Madrid. -The police in Barcelona have ar rested an acotnplice to Joaquin Miguel Artao. who attempted to assassinate i remier Maura. Colonel Marchand. the hero of the j l-ashoda affair, bitterly resents his i treatment by the French War Office, j Rebel, the Socialist leader, criticised :n the Reichstag the German govern ment for permitting the sale of a I steamship by the Hamburg-American j Company to a Russian company, j Chancellor von liuelow replied that the sale did not affect Germany's neu- tralily, and that Japan had an equal 1 right to buy ships Irom Germany, i F.mpcreir William went on board j the American steam yacht North Star, 1 it Syracuse. Sicily, "and had a chat : with Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Yaudcr 1 bill. An infernal machine concealed in -.11 anarchist's trunk in a hotel in St. ! Petersburg exploded, blowing him m ' to bits and causing a fire in the hotel. The British torpedo-boat destroyer Teazer. which 'ran ashore during the naval inane uCers at Portsmouth, has been towed off. The Mad Mullah, whom the llritish 1 1... . . . , .m iii-i-n living to eaten, nas es- leaped into Italian territory. 000.000 on new ,i,r,M i..,-l. on new waterways. ; canal from Merlin to Stettin, large vei.eN, for llnaaclal. Nearly $4,000,000 of Japanese gold has jn.-t arrived at San Francisco. When Lake Superior gets that f,oo.oex from Canada, things ought 10 "P- There has been better buying of L'nit- eel Sti.tcs Steel common this week 'or three months. "I'm bullish." savs lohn W Gm,... 'ft , . . , ' hat e.oesn t quite carry the wc ,gh. such it remark nncp h:i,l i such a remark once had. Kport business of the United States Steel Cemipanv is falling off. The "big fellows' are leaving Wall Street. J. J. Hill and K. II. Ilarriipan have gone West and J. P. Morgan is 011 the Atlantic. American petroleum sold in Kurope last year was $.t7.4Kooo worth of re fined and $.s,3'.S,eio worth of crude eil Seventy-one railroads in February earned gros, $80,(148.000, an increase of $m'4.coo, but net earnings were Sig.sWiooo, a decrease of $1,470,000. For eight months of the fiscal year gross revenue has risen $5o,ooo,eioo; and net profits $H,5,j5,ooo. The annual number of divorce in Canada has averaged two for thirty four years. Since the Russo-Jaiipanese war he ll an the Japane.e bonds have fallen i.et IJ per cent.. Russian i'i per cent., Chinese 4's, about 4 per cent.; llrit ish consuls, y, of 1 per cent.; German, (er cent.; French, I per cent.; Spanish, yj per cent., and I'urkish. ( per cent. Relurns from local trade union, end from branches of the amalga mated bodir show a general increase in the number of unemployed among I he machine-tool makers throughout Fn;!.ui ' FORCES ALONG THE YALU The Japanese Army Majr Soon Try to Cross the River. RUSSIANS ArFrEaTy FOR THEM. About 70,000 Prepared to Resist 1 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria The Russians Occupying Strongly Fortified Positions on the Manchurlan Side North of Antung Japanese Submarine Boats. l.ondon. Sunday, (By Cable). Ad vices from Seoul and points near the Valu River indicate that the Japanese will soon make an attempt to cross the river and invade Manchuria. Rumors of a battle at Wiju are not confirmed, though an engagement may begin at any moment. The Russians occupy strongly for tified positions at Chin Tien Chen, on the Manchnrian side of the river and about ten miles north of Antung. and "ii Tiger Hill, a rock promontory jut ting out into the Yaln River. Th Japanese forces and batteries are screened behind the hill between the river ami Wiju. A recent dispatch from I.ioyang said the Russian intrenchments on the alu had been completed. The center of the line of fortified positions js at Antung. The right flank rests at Tatting Koa. about 25 miles south west of Antung, and the left at Chin Tien Cheng. It has been re ported that there are about 20.000 Rus sians, composed of infantry, calvary and artillery, at Antung ready to op pose the Japanese if they attempt to cross the river, and a recent dispatch from Tokio says it is known there that the Russians were in force on the Manchnrian side of the Yaltt! The major force of the first Japan ese army to land in Korea is near Wiju. according to a dispatch from Korea, and the Japanese are said to be landing at Chulsan, near the mouth of the Yalu. There have ben frequent skirmishes between Russian and Japanese troops in the vicinity of Wiju during the last w eek. TERRIBLE PANIC IN HOSPITAL FIRE. A Woman Leaps From Fourth Story and I Killed. Indianapolis", lud., ( Special). W hile the city fire department, reinforced by companies from the suburbs, was be ing taxed to its utmost fighting the Occidental Hotel tire an alarm was turned in from St. Vincent's Hospital. When the first fire company arrive ! 'ne life had been lost and several were :erious!y injured in the tire that fol low ed. The dead: Harriet l.eahy; jumped from the fourth floor and instantly killed. The injureel: Miss Kate Reach: believed to be :'atally injured by falling from the third floor while trying to e-capc by means of a rope made of bed cloth ing. Sister Superior Stella; seriously in jured by shock following a surgical operation. Sister Nor lica; seriously injured hv shock. William Schneider, a patient, who at the time of the fire was undergoing ;:n operation. Henry Nicholas, just operated upon for appendicitis, ran down stairs. Several other nurses and attendants were more or less bruised in their en deavor to escape from what they thought would be instant death. The panic that raged on the third and fourth floors continued until long after the fire had been extinguished. .Many ot the patients who had re- entlv undergone operations became j irantic and made violent efforts to e eape. 1 he attending physicians are fearful that fatalities may result to those whose wounds from operation, had not yet healed. The financial l iss is $jr5,eoo. EMPEROR WILLIAM'S PERSONAL EXHIBI . Qif: Made to ll m and HI Wife at Their Wed etinj to Be Shown. New York. ( Special ).-One of the most uniiUf exhibits destined for the Louisiana Purchase Imposition, at Si. Louis, arrived here on the steamer Pretoria. The exhibit consists of jo ases of silverware. It is the per :.nal exhibit of ICmperor William o: Germany, and is made up entirely of gifts that he and his consort received it their wedding, in 1.XK1. The silver piece-, were presented to the royal :ouile by the various Prussian cities, one from each city. They wi'l be on : :.hibition in the German building at he exposition. The value of the sil- tr. which is in charge of llerr achau. an attache of the royal Prus .ian household, is roughly estimate. I t Sljo.oeiei. Mine Laid By Japancfe. Chefu. (By Cable). It has been learned from Japanese sources here that the attack on the Russian I'ort Arthur fleet was pl-euued and put into effect in the following manner' At daylight the Japanese torpedo boats made a demonstration In (ore he port and at the same lime laid mines across the outer entrance to the harbor. They then returneil and toined the main siiadron. The iliiadioit thru advanced, and as it ircw near the Russian snips were seen coming out. ' "' i' hi i it? 11111 1 eirniia ovsK SHUCK one of ,! mines laid hv the lapanese . , . . . ,.i.on-. i lie I attiesluii t etrntiavlov-k struck torpcilo boats and was destroyed Big hire In Annaroll. Annapolis, Md, I Special I. Fire broke out Saturday night in the large livery stable belonging to R. (;. fha ney. back of West street here, and de stroyed that building, another stable and 11 dwelling houses. The losses aggregated about Ju.ooo to $i5,eoo, and the greater part is covered by in Mirance. No lixestock was lost. 'The (ire was finally controlled by the cily fire department and the Na'viil Acad emy enyine, manned by mi.lsiiipmcn and enlisted men. Plot lo Kill French Preldtul. Marseilles, (By Cable). Michael Giovanni and two other Italians have been arrested here in connection with a supposed plot to kill President Lou bet during his coining visit to Italy. Giovanni is said to have made u state ment that he intended to kill M. Lou bet during the President's stay in Italy. The detectives searched a re sort freiiented by G;ovanni and foun I a lithograph of L. Loubet with th-.-v eird "death" written acros the face. The men arrested with Giovanni arc nnineil, respectively, Carziole and I'tomh-.i. SAILORS FIGHT TOLICE. Riot at Pensacola Quelled By the Marine One Wat Killed and Four Injured. I'cnsacola, 1'la., (Special). In a riot here between police and bluejackets from the warships ami a few artillery men from Fort Harraneas, Private Ranks, of the Seventh Company of Artillery, was instantly killed and four bluejackets from the Iowa and Ala bama wounded, though not seriously. The riot started over the arrest eif a bluejacket. Three police oflicers wete at the patrol call, when a petty officer from one of the ships blew a whistle signal in use on the ships to call the men to assemble. Fully 300 gathered and rushed the policemen. Two of the police oflicers backed away from the crowd, firing as fast as possible at the advancing bluejackets, who were hurling stones, bottles and other missiles at them. It was during this shooting that the artilleryman was killed. Reinforcements from the police sta tion arrived at this juncture and partly disbanded the blue jackets. Later, ow ing to many threats of the men from the warships to kill the policeman. Ad miral Darker ordered marine guards from two of the ships ashore, and they quelled the riot and prevented fur ther trouble. BALTIMORE WILL LOSE- $20,000,000. Insurance Companies to Pay Only $30,000,000 to the 258 Losers. Baltimore, (Special). The total loss by the great fire on .February 7 and 8 was beteewn $43,000,000 and $50,000, 000. The number of losers is 258. The insurance companies will pay a trifle over $.10,000,000 to the losers, : 1 1 1. , . v . u.inju.uuu oj 1111; lose IS, of which amount over $,5,000,000 has lw.ti -...;.. , I-,,.. 1 immisR nunc i isasier, been pai.l.already. w)lcl) hc Mlmmoll(.(1 , Ncw Ynrk' These arc the figures that will Charles L. Taylor, chairman, and F. stand eut most prominently in thcM. Wilmot. manager, of the Andrew report of Chairman Paul Turner, of 1 Carnegie relief fund, to eliscuss with the General Insurance Committee, them plans for the relief of the suf callcd to Baltimore to deal with the fcrers from this catastrophe. On this recent calamity. His report is rapidly j occasion Mr. Carnegie announced to rearing completion and will be sup-'Messrs. Taylor and Wilmot his in plcmented by an exhautive report on j tentiem to endow a fund for heroes, "fireproof" buildings. It will admit outlined his plans and asked that the claims made by builders lo be j ".hey consider the preiject and write justified by the experiences of such him regarding it. making such stig Uructures over which the fiames pass- ! geslieuis and giving such ideas as ed in Baltimore. might occur to them. This they diei, CHILDREN WITNESSED TRAGEDY. j ??L"JV. feJl' Three Little One Saw Father Attempt Mother' Life. South lladley Falls, Mass. (Special) The three children of Dana Cape stand, a wood chopper, died e.f poi soning, and Mrs. Capestand is ill with the same malady. Parts of the bodies of two of the children and the meat from which it is snsnerted tlo noicn.i came have been taken to Harvard for Peru'ar'ly than before until ab-ain analysis. !lbIc lo work. In case of death the The three children aged 6, 4. and I W,,;)W imd children or others de .'. who died very suddenly were jPv'tH to be provided for the wielow buried Friday. There were present at I sc ,s remarried and the children the cemetery Medical F.xnminer I ,lu'y llavc reached a seli-sup- P.ranch, of Amherst; Chief of Police I l",rilnK age. l-or e:.ceptionul children Huchcy. of the Falls, and Maj. James McWay. of the stale police. Thev arc very reticent about their suspicions, but claim that it is a case of murder. WOMANTNOCmi.DREirPulsO.NED. Police Are Having Analysis Made and Will Search fur Murderer. Philadelphia. Pa.. (Special). Fred erick Scaife, aged years, committed nicide after shooting his wife Mary, She will recover. Mrs. Schaife said she knew of no reason for her bus- t nd's crime unless it ,a:. his ground- less jealous v. The woman saved her life by her .reseller of mind. When her husband drew hir revolver he threw her arms 'bout him and a fierce struggle en- tied. Schaife managed to discharge the weapon, a bullet entering his wife's Hack. She fell. and. thinking he had k:lled her, he turned the weapon upon himself and blew his brains out. The couple have three young child ren and the shooting occurred in the presence of the little ones. Captalo Linden Dead. Philadelphia, Pa., (Special). Capi. Robert J. Linden, formerly superin tendent of police of this city, a famous detective, died at his home here of pneumonia, after a month's illness. He .as (10 years old. Captain Linden was instrumental in breaking up the notorious .Molly Maguire gang, which committed so many murders in the anthracite coal regions a number of years ngo. Crowded Church Dynamited. Kvaiis illc, Lid., (Special). The Evening Lights Church at Blaclibum. Pike county, was dynamited while full e l people. No one was killed, but sev eral were hurt in the panic that fol lowed. The front er.d of the church was blown out. f ACTS WORTH REMEMLERINO. A .-.oman ;, feet ,t inches high slmc.ld seigh U7 pom. ils. In Sweden there is but one drna store to every Is.ooo people. Pens are p lisheei with emery pr.wder in a large revolving drum. The Southern States are producing half the lumber cut in America. Public benefactions in America dur irg ten years aggregate $f 1 0,4 1 0.000. I he Russian population of Siberia now numbers nin far from S.ooo.ooo. We have now twelve batlle-.-hips m service, and fourteen more building or uUlkoriztd. That the cost of living l a increased ,;o per cent, in ten years in shown by Dun's Index The Railway Kxchange Building Just completed 111 Chicago has oHice loom for .s.tioo persons. The Fnglish buy $.tocori.ooo of eggs i'broad each year, the iiverage price being 16 ecu's a dozen. An invention which secures the com plete combustion 01 coal was men tioned at a bampiet at Glasgow. Maximite, the- secret explosive used in shells by the United States, is 50 per cent, stronger than dynamite. The manufacture of liejui.l air for scientific and technical purpose has a'Minicd considerable proportions in German;.. The .:ich of n searchlight for practical use is 700 yards, but torpc tioes can be used effectively from i.joo to 4,000 yatds. '1 he result of ? cricket match in .Melbourne was Ci'ble.l to London, 17,. (00 miles, through fine relays, in two 1 ti. 1 a half minutes. Dr. I oeh has created a new Hiecies i f sea life,- by crossing star fish and scni'rrhms by the use of lolution of kod.'iiii hydrate. Considering our exports by coun tries, the largest total is to the Uni ted Kingdom, $.SJ4.j6.ooo; the next largcH to Germany, $1(3,842,000 and Canada, $: 07,000. $5,000,000 F01THER0 FUND A New Endowment By Mr. Andrew Carnegie. VERY GENEROUS BENEFACTION. Hi Purpow Ii to Plac Those Following; Peaceful Vocation Who Have Been Injur ed In Heroic Effort to Sav Human Life In Better Pecuniary Condition Than They Were and. to Provide for the Dependants. Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). It was learned here that Andrew Carnegie has created a fund eif $5,000,000 for the benefit eif "the dependents of those losing their lives in heroic effort to save their fellow-men, or for the heroes themselves if injured only." Provision is also made for medals to be given in commemoration of heroic acts. The endowment is to be known as "the Hero Fund," and consists of $.5,000,000 of first collateral 5 per cent, bond of the United Stales Steel Corporation. The trust is placed in the hands of n commission composed of the following gentlemen: W. L. lAbnit. F.dwin II. Anderson. W. VV. Rlackburn, Fdward M. Rigelow, ! joseph Ruflington, Win. N. Frev, Rev. I W. I. Holland, lohn H. laekson. Thomas Lynch. Charles C.. Mcllor, T. N. Miller, Thomas Morrison, Fred erick C. Perkins, Robert Pitcaim, II. Kirk Porter, Jai. .s H. Reed, W. L. Scaife, Willaim Scott, W. II. Steven son; M. Wilmot, secretary. The commission held its first meet ing here and made known its pro- ect. It is learned that the scheme was - .i.i.n uiu, ii.ini; na Mr. Carnegie immediate- 'i- - ..... .iii ii.nit .1,1- wareieel a letter to Mr. Taylor an nouncing the plan, and stating that the certificates of the bonds liar", been placed in his hands. In a letter to the hero fund com mission Mr. Carnegie outlines the general scheme of the Tund. which in his eiwn words is "to place those fol lowing peaceful vocations who have been injured in heroic effort to save human life in somewhat better posi- I ecptional grants may be made for 1 -Jf-'eptional education. Grants of sums of money may also he made to heroes or heroines as the commission thinks ..dviseable, each case to be judged ent Us merits It is provided that no grant is to be continued unless it be soberly and properly u.-ed. and recipients remain respectable, well-behaved members of I he community. A medal shail be given to the hero or widow, or next to kin, which shall I tecite the heroic deed -it com memorates. The medal shall lv iriven : for the heroic act, even if the doer be uninjured, and also a sum of money, should the commission deem such a gift desirable. APPROPRIATION ASKED. Ten Thousand Dollar I the Amount That I Requested. Washington, (Special). Secretary of the Navy Moody transmitted to the llouc a rcciuest for a $10,000 appropriation to provide for the proper care of the remains of the victims of the explosion on the battleship Missouri. Tilt bureau of navigation of the navy department announces that the W. J. Bogard, named in the dispatch (.1 Admiral barker ot the ijth mst., as bavin;; been killed in the Missouri explosion, and whose name cendd not be found on the records, has been identified as William Joseph Rougard, of Brooklyn. N. Y., whoe next eif kin is James Rougard, a brotlu-r. who lives ai jy.t Prospect avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. This man was blown overboard niil hi body has not been recovered. The bureau eif navigation also an nounces that the B. J. Mulligan, men tioned in the same dispatch as having been kilied, and whose name could not e. found on .the records, is John Joseph Mulligan, landsman, of Provi dence. R. I. His next of kin is given as James Mulligan, of 206 Chestnut '..trcet, Pr'.vidence, R. 1., his father. Exposition Hall Collapsed. Philadelphia, Pa., (Special). Kx po sition Mull, the main building of the kroun at Thirty-third and South streets, that served to house the Na tional l-.xport I-.xposition in tS)g, and 11 wmcn tne repunitcan national con vention met one year later, collapsed burying several workmen in its ruins, 1 nree 01 me injured men were so I adly hurt that they were taken to the Philadelphia hospital for treatment, while a elozen others, although bruised imd shaken up, refused to go to the Hospital, and had their wounds attend- 1! tout their homes. Confessed to Robbtry. Nevada, Mo (Special). F.dwin Griffith, son "of the postmaster at Great Bend. Kiius., has been arrested for stealing a registered package ot 55,000, winch was sent by the traders Rank at Kansas City to a bank at Great Rend on F'chruarv q. Griffith has con fessed. Griffith was an employe of me vjreat ncnei oince, ana nuu access lo registered packages. After taking the $5,000 he fled to El Paso, Tex. He came to Nevada to give part of the money to a woman. The woman turn ed the money over to the inspector. (lift to Tuberculosis Camp. New York, (Special). Mr. An drew Carnegie has offered to equal the highest donation to the Speedwell Country Home Society for the open ing eif a tuberculosis camp for the poor children of the tenements, with in easy reach of New York City. The announcement was made by Mr. Donald Sage MacKay, the president, at the annual meeting, which was held at the home of Miss Helen Miller Gould. The Speedwell Society ha homes in the vicinity of Morris-town, N. J and in its work it recognises neither race nor creed distinctions. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. To See Our Clvllliatlon. Arthur Fcrgnsson, of this city, sec tary of the Philippine Commission, sailed from Yokohama for San Fraiv cico in charge of a party of 50 pro minent Filipinos. They are sent to this country at the expense eif the Philippine Govern ment, the purpose being to afford these men of influence an opportunity to study American institutions and methods, so that they may impress Iheir fellow-countrytneti upon their return with ,)ic true character of American ciyllzation. The Filipinos under Mr. Fcrgnsson 's guidance will visit the principal cities of the Unite.! States and will spend some time at the national capital and in viewing the Louisiana Purchase Imposition. Paraguay's First Minister. Don Cecilio liaez, Envoy F.xtordi. nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States from Paraguary, was reieived by President Roose velt at the White House. The cere mony took place in the blue room. Secretary of Stal" Hay presented till new Minister to the' President an.l to Secretary l.ocb. The exchanges between the Minister and the Presi dent were cordial. Dr. Itaez has th distinction if being the first Minister of his country to be accredited to th Washington Government. At the con elusion of the formalities the Presid ent and Minister Hacz had a pleasant personal interview. Hid for Philippine Bond. Rids were opened at the War De parlmcnt for the $3,000,000 of Philip pine certificates of it-.de'of.icss. The bids were mostly for small lots i... , ' 1.??? banking companies ef New York Tl. l.:.i .'...! t . . . 1 ne nigiicM inn was mat 01 tne Amer ican National Rank of Kansas Cit for the whole issue at tot. 181. The next highest bid was that of A. W. Harris & Co., of New York, entire i.-sue at 101. 0 M. The syndicate hie was 100.107. This syndicate is com posed of the National City Bank. Harvey Fiske & Son, Fisk & Robin, son and the Guaranty Trust Company Rolos for the Army. General Crozier, chief of the ord nance department of the army, ha.' ordered the manufacture at Water vliel arsenal of 11 5-inch barbette car riages, model of 190.1, and 200 car riages for J.5-inch life-saving gun! for the Treasury Department. Three thousand hospital corps knives of new model also have beet! ordered manufactured. General Cro i.ier has ordered the purchase of 5.00c bolos, with sheaths, for issue to the troops in the Philippines. In the future saber scabbards for officers will be made of steel, nickel-plated, in stead of German silver, and in ordci to obtain better results in gallery prac tice an elongated bullet, weighing 10; grains, has been adopted in plac- of the round ball. Classification of Postofficc Clerk. I''. T. Rogers, president of the Na tional Orginazat'on of Postofficc Clerks, w;;s heard by the House Cont I mittce on Postofficcs and Po.-t Roads in favor of the bill of Representative Wilson, ol Illinois, providing for the classification of clerks employed in postoflices of the first and second class. Retire mcnt of Letter Carriers. Senator l-'rey introduced a bill pro vieling for the retirement of letter car riers who have reached the age of 65 years and who have served for M years. The bill gives the carriers re tired pay at Co per cent, of the sala ries they were receiving at the time of retirement. Home for Disabled Volunteers. . . The House Committee on Military Affairs authorized a favorable report on a bill appropriating $60,000 to pur chase .1 temporary home in the Dis trict of Columbia for disabled volun teer -soldiers. Coofretflonal and Departments, Senateir Dietrich has been exoner ated from all blame in connection with poslollice patronage in Nebraska b a special committee of the Senate, which made an investigation. investigation. The Mouse and Senate committees agreed to the bill allowing the con tractors of the Baltimore Custom house $i75,exjti for loss sustained in the recent fire. The . committee investigating Red Cross affairs had an expert examine the accounts of Miss Clara Barton. Mrs. McCotnas, the wife of the Maryland Senator, (lied at her Wash ington home from Rright's. disease. Senator Proctor introduced a bill to provide for a "distinguished service list." The Mouse ef Representatives pass ed the Philippine Rill. President Roeisevelt has decided to 11ppoi.1t James Holland judge of the recently created eastern district of 1 ennsylvama. The Comptroller of the Currency authorized the Traders' National Bank of Clarksburg, W. Va., to reopen for business. The Senate Committee on Postof tices and Post Roads will investigate the workings of the Posloftice De partment. Arthur J.. Orrison, a jutor in the Walton cmhezylcment trial, was sen tenced lo jail for contempt of court. By a decisive vote the Senate put itself on record against any investi gation eif the. Postofficc Department at this session of Congress. Senittor McComas introduced a bill to extend the Coastwise Shipping Laws to the Panama Canal zone. Secretary Moody declared himsell epposed to the proposed bill for the creation of a general staff in the Navy. A resolution was introduced in the Mouse lo ask the Secretary of the In terior if the officials involved in the land frauds were still in the public service, and if so, why. The Mouse passed the bill appro priating $.1,000,000 for river and harbor improvements. f The pay roll ef the navy js $JO,0uo,- 000 a year. Ocervolr Bursts, Rulslsf Jail. ' ' Marshalltown, la., (Special). A storage reservoir at Story City, forty miles northwest of here, has collanse.l. The tank, containing 1400 barrels of water, fell on the city jail, which was completely demolished. Three tramp in the jail were badiy injured. Tho lrperty damage amounts to several thousand dollars. Great Hritain. ha -jno n, France,- 77,ooo; Russia, t.c'oo.oon. ami the touted States, 1.000,000. The total number in the world is about so.?oo.-! 000.
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