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
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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
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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.