X01T BURNS, NINE PERISH Staria Liner Glen Island Destroyed on , Long Island Sound. TOE ENGINEER DIES AT HIS POST. Only Oat Passenger Was Lol, and She Would Have Been Saved Had She Not Susbed Back to the Biasing Cabin lo (let Her Purse A Hero Who Rao lo Save Her Alio PerUbcd. Xew York (Spccial).-Nine p-rsons an officer, two passengers and six mem bers o( the crew of the Starin Line boat Clen Island were burned to death near Captain's Island, off Greenwich. Conn., In a fire which destroyed the boat on it trip from New York to New Haven. Those who survived were picked up by the tug Bully and later transferred to Ihe Erastus Corning, of the same littc. and brought to this city. Of the dead, V. E. Hendrickson, the trcond engineer of the boat, stuck to his post until he dropped unconscious to the floor, overcome by smoke. Four fire men toiling in the hold helow 'were cut off from all escape by the thick smoke and the flames, and two of the deck hands who were killed were asleep in their bunks. One of the dead passengers was i woman, who lost her life by going back Into her stateroom for her jewels. That more lives were not sacrificed was undoubtedly due to the personal courage of the officers and crew and the excellent discipline maintained. When Tie steamer was abandoned the flames ere sweeping over her from stem to tern. Of the 3t persons, including to passen gers, who sailed on the Glen Island, 22, including 8 passengers, were brought back on the Bully. " The Glen Island left her pier ut o o'clock. The steamboat runs as an ex cursion craft to Glen Island in the sum mer months and is used in the winter to carry treignt, tor tne most pan iu Haven, for points in Connecticut, having been running iu place of the John II. Starin for some time. With the whole night before her the steamboat was sent along at a leisurely rate. The trip down through the sound was without incident until just before mid night. When about three miles wt of Greenwich, Conn., Captain McAllister left the pilothouse and went below for his midnight lunch. Hardly had the Captain reached the galley when there came a rush of stifling smoke from the hold of the steamer and every electric light on board the craft was extinguish ed When the Captain ruhcd to the deck smoke was pouring from every passageway and flames were sweeping up through the aperture around the walking-beam. Capain McAllister sent in the alarm (or fire drill and the men came tumbling out of their bunks. In the meantime the st :erng jear had been blocked and the pilo's, inding themselves unable to direct the course of the steamer, hur ried to the assistance of Uie other mem bers of the crew 'in saving lives. Captain McAllister ordered McMullin to go to the hurricane deck and loosen one of the bouts, while he went to the main deck and tried to loosen the two large lifeboats. Captain McAllister man aged to loosen the port lifeboat. The other boat was frozen to the davits, but a smaller one was soon ready to be lowered away. While the officers and crew were working there was a fearful scene of confusion among the 10 passengers. They ran about the saloons iu disarray. The woman who lost her life had been roused by the stewardess and was on ber way to one of the boats, when she uddenly turned and dashed back into the flaming cabin. It is supposed that he went back for her valuables. She was not socn again. There was no pos sibility for waiting for the rescue of those who failed to appear at once. In the large boat 15 people were afluat. They included the eight rescued pas sengers and wen of the crew, including the Captain. The large boat was just bout to be lowered, when the Captain ran up and jumped in just in the nick of time, or he, too, would have per ished. The smaller boat, which I'ilot XlcMuHin had managed to free, carried even passengers. The two boats were rowed as far away from the burning tenner as was necessary to escape de struction and waited there and watched the boat burn. They made every possi ble effort to find any additional sur vivors. The burning steamed drifted way toward the Long Island shore. In the meantime the tug Bully, which was passing with a string of barges in tow, sighted the burning steamer, cast ber tow adrift and came to the rescue of persons in the boat. They were taken from the small craft, placed in the furnace room of the tug, clothing was fiven to them and when the strainer rastus Coming came along, shortly fterward, were transferred to the latter nd brought to New York. Ocorglane Ptaa t Hold Ctttoa. Macon, Ga. (Special). Dispatches to the Telegraph from many counties of the State tell of a mass-meeting held by farmers in an effort to further the move anent recently inaugurated to hold cotton for a price of 10 cents. In most of the counties strong resolutions were adopted declaring that farmers should hold all the cotton possible and appealing 10 lo cal banks for aid. Infirmary Buried. Mobile, Ala. (Special). The Inge Sonduraut Infirmary was destroyed by fire. Thirty-seven patients, of whom the majority was unable to assist themselves, were removed before the fire drove the doctors and nurses from the building. One patient, who had undergone an op eration for appendicitis, died during the removal. CapL Thomas A. Doyle, of the fire department, was hurt by falling woodwork. Bloodier Is Macedonia. Constantinople (By Cable). The massacre by Greeks of the wedding party near Mouastir, November 39, ij per sons being killed and J receiving wounds, baa led to number of conflicts between Bulgarian and Greek bands, culminating Thursday last in a stubborn battle last ing five hours. A Creek baud of 38 tacn and a body of Bulgarians met near the village of Sarakinevo and the Creeks lost 24 mm killed. Many assassinations of Bulgarians by Albanian have been exported in the Uikub district m $ IN SHORT ORDER. The latest Happenings Coodcoscd (or Rapid Reading. oneiric Sir Chentune Liana Cheng, the Chi nesc minister, in an address before the American Academy of Political and bo- ctal .Science, discussed China s I radi tional Policy,'1 which he said was one 01 peace. At a special meeting of the Chicago i-ity Council a resolution was adopted declaring Alderman Hubert Butler guilty ot making malicious and false state ments against his colleagues. There was a long conference between representatives of ,16.000 idle New hug land millworkcrs and the manufacturers, but nothing was accomplished. Mrs. Chadwick nleaded not nuiltv in Cleveland, 0.,toall the indictments found against her by the special grand jury She would not give bail. Mounted Policeman Fred crick Schultzc, of Buffalo, was found dead with a bullet hole in his head. The ofli cials ihink he committed suicide. Three persons were killed and ssvera injured, two fatally, in a fire in a resi dence in Williamsburg section of Brook lyn. There was a fire in the Hebrew Or phan Asylum in New York. The chil dren marched out in orderly fashion. Two trolley cars collided in Allen- tow n, I a., and one passenger was killed ;ind another seriously injured. At Toledo, O., Judge Wing issued an onier to trie direct that no visitors arc lo be permitted to sec Mrs. Cassie I.. Chadwick unless they have an order irom Lnitcd Mates Marshal Chandler. The order is designed to prevent Presi dent r.eckwith. of the Olvrliii Rank- from seeing Mrs. Chadwick Upon the receipt of Judge Wing's order Sheriff tiarry issued one excluding the maid Freda and the son Emil from communi cation with. Mrs. Chadwick, and an nouncing that all husines-s they may have to transact must he done through nun. Louis G. Reynolds, organizer of the Carnation League, sucecsts snccial me morial exercises on anniversary of birth 01 tne late President McKmlcy, Janu ary 20. In New York Justice Davis denied the motion of the defense to discharge Miss Patterson. The case will go to the jury and Miss PattcTson will take the stand. In New York an insane man stood on top of a .snow hcan. devoid of cloth ing, and kept half a dozen policemen at Day. He was finally captured. A successful operation was performed on President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton University, at the Presbyte rian Hospital, in IVcw ork. At Portsmouth, O., Eflie Phipps was killed and several women were injured by leaping from a window after an x plosion. Negotiations for the control of the glass flint-jar manufacturing business are being discussed at Toledo by manu facturers. A central organization of Southern cotton growers win he formed in New Orleans during January. The National Executive Committee of the Civic Federation met in New York. Reports were made by Chairman Ralph Easley and others. A letter was read from President Roosevelt. The Seamen's Convention, which has heen m session 111 San Francisco, has ended. It -was decided to hold the next convention at Cleveland, O., in Decem ber, 1005. Jacob Walmrr, n Monroe county (Pa.) farmer, confessed killing his friend, Wil liam Mack, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for 14 years. Fast mail train No. 11, easrtiound, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, was wrecked two miles west of Bristol, 111. Henry Mitchell, an inventor, was fear fully mangled at Reynolds, III, while experimenting with smokeless powder. By fasting for 48 days. Miss Carrie Sawney, of Rogers, Ark., reduced her weight from 340 pounds to 200 pounds. The Southern Gynecological Society, in session tn Birmingham, Ala., elected officers and adjourned. Burglars attempted to rob the safe, containing $5,000, in the hank at Wa konda, S. D., hut failed. John Corcoran, a clerk in New York, unable to make a riving for his family, committed suicide. At Minneapolis, Minn, the total loss by the fire which destroyed the Bontell Brothers' furniture store, the Peck Pho tograph Supply House and Bintliff Manufacturing Company's plant is esti mated at from $700,000 to 5750,00a One member of the insurance patrol was killed. J-erelgn. There was an exciting debate in the French Chamber of Deputies over a re quest that amnesty be granted Paul De roulede and Marcel Habert, convicted in lit) of a plot to overthrow the govern ment. Hubert's term of exile has ex pired. The massacre by Creeks of a wedding party near Mouastir has led lo a num ber of conflicts between Bulgaria and Greek hands, in one of which 24 Greeks were killed. Members of the international commis sion to investigate the North Sea af fair are arriving in Paris and the meet ings will begin next Tuesday. The recent asphyxiation of the French deputy, Gabriel Syveton, has developed the fact that his wife was about to ap ply for divorce on the ground of im proper relations between Syveton and Mme. Menard, a daughter of Mine. Syveton by a former husband. The Irish Parliamentary party, at a meeting in Dublin, discussed the dis tress in the West of Ireland and adopted a resolution condemning the government for existing conditions. The Swiss Hundesrath elected M. Ru chet, vice pesident of the Federal Coun cil, to be president, and M. Forrer, min ister of commerce, industry and agri culture, to be vice president of the Con federation for 1005. Both are Radicals. Mile. I Infer, who was chosen lobe the bride of Gladstone Dowic, has returned to her Swiss chalet She will not marry Dowie. The Russian government has practi cally decided to grant extensive reforms as the result of the liberal agitation. Whits there will be no repreientativc body to make laws, there will be con sultation land council. Adelina Patti gave what she declared to be absolutely her farewell concert in St. Petersburg for the benefit of the Russian Red Cross Society. All the rank and wealth of the Russian capital attended. The Senate of Peru has sanctioned the government' project for a loan, which, it is said, will be negotiated in the United States, for the purchase of war ships sod rmtment. FOR THE GREAT INQUIRY The British Side of Ihe Controversarj is Made Ip. U'SSIANS ON THE DEFENSIVE. Meeting ol the Commission lo Paris This Week Brims Together Leading naval and Legal Authorities ol the Five roremosi Maritime Powers-Th Cass Will De Judged Upon Its Merits. Paris (By Cable). Great activity is manifested iu official and diplomatic quarters in connection with the opening (his week of the sessions of the inter national commission which is to inquire into the North Sea incident of the fir ing upon and sinking of English fishing boats by the Russian squadron. The meeting will bring together some of the leading naval and legal figures of the five foremost maritime powers, Besides t,he Anglo-Russian crisis, which the appointment of the commission has averted, it is expected that the meeting will establish a number of precedents affecting in'criiatioiial naval conditions and the rig:.,s and responsibilities of bel ligerents and neutrals in time o( war. Quarters have been engaged at the Hotel Linen, on, overlooking tMe 1 title ries Gardens, including a private dining- room and saloon and suite ot apart ments. The location is convenient to the commissioners' headquarters, at the foreign Office, on the Oual d Ursay, Admiral Davis' party consists of his wife and daughter and his aide, En sign Win. F. Brickcr. Admiral Davis will be occujicd the first day with calls of ceremony upon Foreign Minister Uclcassc, Marine Minister Pcllclan, Am b.issador Por.er and the other admirals of the commission. The various delegations include a number of in.crestiug personages. The Kussian J-.iubassy said that their party included Admiral KaznakofT, the Kits sian member of the commission ; Lieu tenant Coloiirl Stengcr; Baron Taubc, the Russian judicial adviser; Captain Clado and Lieutenants Ellis, Ott and achrenitclicnko. Special interest attaches to Captain Clado owing to his sensational arrest for engaging in a newspaper campaign with the object of having the Black Sea Meet pass the Dardanelles to reinforce Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron Clado is considered the ablest naval tac tician 111 Russia. He is chief of the Tactical School, and was chief tactician with Koiestvensky. I he tlntish party is made ud of Rear Admiral bir iwis A. Beaumont, Great Britain's representative on the commis sion: Sir Edward Frv. counsel, and Hugh O'Beirn, agent. Mr. O'Beirn is well known in Washington, where for merly he was secretary of the British Embassy and a crack cross-country rider of the Chevy Chase Club. Sir Edward rry, who is past To years of ace. is one of the ablest jurists of England. He will lie pitted against Baron Taube, an equally eminent Russian jurist. Admiral Fournier, the French mem ber of the commission, made mane American friends in connection uiih tle visit of the Rochambeau mission, of which he was a member. Besides the main personaaes. the wit nesses may include fishermen ami ni1. ors, thus giving a truly picturesque stag- 11 11(1 Jg, A SUSPENSION BRIDGE FALLS. ScAookaUdrea killed at Cbarlettown. W. Vs. Bodies Recovered. Charleston, W. Va., (Special). Two persons were killed and five others ser iously injured by the collapse of the sus pension bridge across the Elk River, which connects East and West Charles ton. On the bridge when it went down were six children on their way to school and a number of other pedes trians, together with six teams. The bridge went down without warn ing, but a number of those who were near the end of the structure managed to reach land before it collapsed. Those who went down with the wreckage fell a distance of 4 feet into the ice-covered waters of the river. The steamer Baxter broke the ice to allow small boats to reach 'the scene and the rescue work began immediately. I lie injured were first assisted to shore and later a search was made of the river for dead bodies. The bodies of Mamie Higginbothani and Annie Humphreys were taken out and the search continued until nightfall, but no others were found. The bridge was a single span, 500 feet in length, and was built in 1852. It had been known to be unsafe for some time, and heavy traffic was not allowed on it. The accident was caused by two cables on the north side slipping from their moorings. When that side dropped an other cable snapped and the floor tilted and turned completely over. Was Reservoir Blow Up. Winston-Salem, N. C. (Special). Ev idence has been discovered tending to show that the reservoir disaster by which nine persons lost their lives here on November 3 was caused by dynamite' used by parties unknown. It is stated that a dynamite cartridge was found a few days after the bursting of the reser voir near the broken walls, and that it is now in the possession of a citv offi cial. An investigation has been pro- ceedlng tor some tunc, but its results have not been made public. No Fraud Found Is Hawaii Honolulu (Special). A majority of the Federal grand jury, summoned in special session by Presiding Judge Dole, of the United States District Court, to investigate charges that in the last cam paign certain election officers intimi dated the voters, made improper use of identification marks and otherwise de stroyed the secrecy of the ballot, report ed that they found no evidence which would warrant indicting any person for violating the Federal laws. Aarrkas exhibits la Paris. Washington, D. C (Special). A project to establish an American com mercial center in Paris has been called to the attention of the President, Secre tary Hay, Secretary Metcalf, G. M. Yves Cuyot and Theodore Stanton, mem ber ol the American Chamber of Com merce of Paris, and it has been encour aged by the Administration. It is oro- posed to hold the 'exhibit in the Palais Royal, one ol the historic buildings of Paris. where all sorts of manufactured products of the United States wilt be exhibited, - LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS." A $100,030,000 Navy. Within 2t years, or since the famous White Squadron was started, Congress has tippropriated and there has heen spent in hard cash nearly $1,000,000,000 for the development and oprration of the American Navy. Before the close of the current fiscal year the sum will have become quite that amount. In cluding the older craft now in the serv ice and provided for before 1N83, it is already a billion-dollar weapon of na tional defense. These facts will be brought to the at tention of Congress within a few days by a compilation of naval laws and ap propriations, which will have been print ed for distribution at the Capitol. This compilation is made annually by Mr. Pitman Pulsifcr, the chief clerk of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. It was brought up to date this week and placed in the hands of Senator Hale, of Maine, who has submitted the dixument to the Senate with the request that it be printed. Like the compilations of the llouv: Committee on Appropriations, it is more absolutely definite regarding the actual amounts spent under the various appro priations than any of the documents of the Treasury Department, because it con tains every item of expenditure for all branches of the naval establishment. This compilation will show that the total sum spent on the naval establishment since 1883 was $925,029, u8. 1 4 up to June .10, 1904. The amounts carried in the rcg--tilar annual appropriation hills during that period aggregated $701,127,12.1.8). The total amount appropriated by De ficiency, Sunday Civil and other appro priations bills for the naval service was $133,012,004.30 during the same period and these two grand totals together rep resent the entire cost of the naval estab lishment in the past 21 years. May Give Ball In Library. The House Committee on District of Columbia authorized a report on Ihe res olution making provision for the in augural ball, substituting the Congres sional Library for the Pension Building. The objection was urced to the use of the Congressional Library that its interior arrangement consists of a series of rooms and that fts construction would not permit of the assemblage of a larce crowd in one large room, as is possible 111 the Pension Building. It was also urged that not nearly so many persons would be able to see the President, and. further, that a large portion of the crowd would be 011 the second floor of the building, while in the Pension Building persons would assemble on the first floor. Mr. Babcock, chairman of the District committee, asked as to the stability of the Capitol rotunda, but the suggestion was opposed on the ground that with Congress in session up lo March 4 110 opportunity would be given lo make necessary preparations. To Act 00 Swsyae Case. When the Senate was called to order Thursday Mr. Piatt (Rep. Conn.), chair man of the select committee lo consider the recommendation of the 1 louse of Representatives for the impeachment of Judge Charles Swayne, presented the report of that committee. 1 he report was in the shape of an or der which, after reciting the circum stances in a preamble, proceeded as fol lows : "Ordered, that the Senate will, accord ing to its standing rules and orders in such cases provided, take proper action thereon (upon the presentation of the articles of impeachment), of which due notice shall be given to the House of Representatives. The resolution was agreed to. Eugene F. Ware Stepa Out. Prtmmissiniir nf TViicInno Tmilumip f. Ware relinnuishrd his official duties here and left for his home in Kansas. Deputy Commissioner J. L. Davenport immedately assumed charge of the Pen- sinn Riirf-nn a nrliucr rnnimissinnrr. and will remain in that office pending ., .. . . tne appointment 01 a permanent suc cessor to Mr. Ware. Wants to Know About "Beel Trust." Representative Baker, of New York, introduced a resolution requesting the Attorney-General to report to the House whether he has ascertained that the so called 'Beef Trust' is in restraint of trade; and, if so, what steps he has taken under the provisions ot law to cause a forfeiture of the property (in course of transportation from one State to another) of those constituting the so-called 'Beef Trust. " NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. The President issued an order placing under the civil service rules all positions in the Forest Reserve Corps of the Gen eral Land Office. This will affect about 538 employes. Secretary Morton approved the recom mendation to award the contract for the construction of the two armored cruis ers to the Newport News Shipbuilding Company. h. b. Knabenshue, a political writer on the Toledo Blade, has been appointed consul at Belfast, Ireland, vice VV. W. Touville, deceased. The Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage heard a delegation of women who advocate female suffrage. The President sent to th? Senate the following nominations: Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, Seth Shepard, District of Co lumbia, to succeed Richard II. A Key, resigned: Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, Chas. 11. Uuell, New York, former commis sioner of pf patents, to succeed Justice Micparu. President A. J. Casselt, of the Penn sylvania Railroad . Company, called at the White House and conferred with the President regarding proposed changes in the Interstate Commerce Act. They are not at variance in their ideas. Bids were opened at the New De partment for the const ruction of a bat tleship and two cruisers. The Newport News Miiptitulding Company was the .lowest bidder. At the Senator Smoot inquiry testi mony was given to show the growth of the Mormon Church and its increasing influence in state atlairs. The Senate Committee on Territories authorized s favorable report on the measure admitting Arizona and New Mexico ss one state, and Oklahoma and Indian Territory also as one state. Brigadier Ceneral Samuel M. White side, retired, who had command of the Department of the Santiago during the Spanish War, died suddenly in Wash ington, The House Committee 011 Election of President and Vice President has au thorized s favorable report on the bill fixing in line of presidential succession the places of secretaries of agriculture and ol commerce. ENVELOPED IN STEAM Ken Scalded on United States Battle ship Massachusetts. THREE DEAD AND FOUR INJURED. Lieut. W. C Cole. Assistant Chief Engineer, Terribly Scalded W hile Men Are Working In the Flreroom a Oaaket on the Boiler Olves Way and Only One Man Escapes From the Seethlnt Pit. Philadelphia, Ph., ( Special ). Caught in a trap and helpless to save themselves three men lost their lives and four others, including Lieut. William C. Cole, were terribly scalded by u rush of steam and boiling water iu the firerooin of the bat tleship Massachusetts, lying at the League Island Navy Yard. The dead are : Edward Bub, married, a boihrmaktr and cilvilian. Andrew Hamilton, married, a holier maker and civilian. Charles Rilzel, boilermaker's helper and civilian. Injured : Lieut. William C. Cole, U. S. X., as sistant chief engineer of the Massachu setts, scalded about the head and body; Uken to the Naval Hospital. William Anderson, ship's bolicrmakef. badly scalded; taken to the Naval Hos pital. . , James Wilson, boilermaker's helper and civilian employe, scalded; taken to Methodist Hospital. Joseph A. Duran; hoilcriiiaki r's help er and civilian, scalded; taken to St. Agues' Hospital. With the exception of Lieutenant Cole, all the killed and injured resided iu Philadelphia. Lieutenant Cole receive his injuries in a heroic effort to rescue th: others. The accident was caused by the giv ing way of a gasket or rubber washer on a boiler on the starboard side of the ship. The Massachusetts has .been at the navy yard for sometime undergoing ex tensive repairs, particularly to the boil ers and machinery. Although ("apt. Ed ward D. Taussiir and his rr,ninln,,ii ,,l officers and men arc aboard the ship, ine .Massachusetts is virtually in charge of the authorities of the navy yard. The boiler on which the accident oc curred had recently been cleaned and thoroughly tested, and the boilcnnakers were at worK on another boiler. Without warning the gasket between the boiler plate and the boiler head gave way, and a terrific rush of steam and hot water occurred. The doors of the firerooin were closed at the time the ac cident occurred, and the only avenue of escape was a safety ladder. Only one man, Bramlet, a ship's fireman, thought of the ladder, and he escaped without a scar. Pew on the upper decks knew what hail happened until the steam came rushing up from the seething pit below. The work of rescue was prompt, and to this promptness those who escaped death owe their thanks. The first to enter the fire hole was Lieutenant Cole. Without hesitation at becoming scalded by the hot water and steam, he entered quick ly and dragged the men from ihe place lo the -door, where they were taken in charge by others. Bub and Hamilton were dead when found, and Ritzcl died a few minutes after being taken on deck. Whether the gasket was defective or whether it hail been carelessly put in place remains for the official court of inquiry to determine. It is said the boiler had been thoroughly overhauled and tested under a tremendous pressure of steam. At the time of the accident the. steam pressure was only sufficient to run the ship's heating plant. The accident will cause little or no delay in preparing the battleship for STARTS MANY LAWSUITS. City Is Responsible' (or Injuries Followlnf Previous Esploslons. Albany, N. V. (Special). As the re sult of a decision by the Court of Ap peals the City of New York may have to defend scores of suits for damages for personal injuries growing out of ad explosion at a public display of fire works. The court reversed the lower courts and grants 11 new trial lo Solo mon Landau, who appealed from affirm ance of-a judgment dismissing his com plaint in an action to recover for the death of George Landau, his son. On November 4, 1902, there was a display of fireworks iu Madison Square, New York, in connection with a parade and demonstration of the National Associa tion of Democratic Clubs. A premature explosion of bombs occurred, which caused injuries to 250 persons, am many were killed. The Landau suit is a test case, upon which many others depend. His administrator sued for $25,000 dam ages. Says Innocent Man Is Held. Rochester, Minn. (Special), That the murderer of Dr. Gebhard, of New Ulm, is now in Rochester, and that Dr. Koch, now under arrest, is innocent, is the dec laration of Asaa P. Brooks, who saw the man crouching' nenr the victim on the night of the murder. Mr. Brooks, Su perintendent Tilton, of the hospital here for the insane, and Attorney Somsen, of New Ulm, held n long conference here, and it was said they visited one of the wards of the hospital together. It was after this that Mr. Brooks made to a friend the statement as to Dr. Koch's innocence. Hotel Clerk's Oood Luck. Nashville, Tenn. (Special). Houston Bond, a lerk in n leading hotel of this city, received a certified check from Evansville, Ind., for $10,000. Four years ago an old gentleman fell on the side walk in front of the hotel and severely injured himself. Mr, Bond went to his assistance, lifted him from the ground and cared for him until he had recov ered. The check was the sequel. Mr. Bond would npt disclose the name of the man who sent the check. Alleialloaa ol Bribery. Halifax, N, S. (Special).-A sensa tion was created in political circlet here by the institution of legal proceedings against W. S. Fielding, finance minis ter in the federal cabinet; R. Frederick Borden, minister of militia und defense, anA four other leadinff Liberal m,u. k... nl Parliament ill NI,L-a vt..t,i titions filed in the Supremo Court asked tliai ine parliamentary seals 01 ail six k Xj-larart vai-nilt nil lh rniimt, l alleged bribery committed by agcnti in TIjyjidsy, November 3. . . TISZA HUNG IN EFFIGY. Hunf arias Depstlea Wreck Parliament Chan ber Desks Broken Up. Budapest (By Cable). Hoping to at tract the sympathy of the populace, the members of Ihe opposition in the House of Deputies met at their club, headed by Count Apponyi, former Premier Banffy, Kvancis Kossuth, Count Zichy and other leaders, marched iu procession in a drizzling rain to the Parliament Build ing. The public, however, displayed scant interest, and only a few idlers cheered them. At the entrance they found the police commissioner, who requested them to enter singly. He was roughly thrust aside and maltreated, while the proces sion, dripping and with muddy boots, swarmed into the chamber over the gor geous carpeting, and advanced to the Boards of the president's tribune, con sisting of 40 men, with a roar of execra tion, and ordered them to quit the chamber. Acting on instructions, the guards re mained mute, but immovable, which so incensed the opposition deputies that they boxed the ears and spat in the faces of the guards, who conducted themselves with the greatest passivity and forbearance until compelled to act in self-defense. The deputies fought their way to the platform, tore it to pieces, scattered the debris over l lie house, tore to atoms the codes of law on the president's table, smashed the tables and chairs, and de stroyed the platform and distributed the broken pieces among the deputies, who thus armed attacked the guards, and afler a brief fight drove them from the house. The desks were then torn down and the interior of the house was almost completely wrecked. None of the Lib eral members ventured inside the house, and the opposition members, after com pleting the ruin, established themselves on the site erstwhile occupied by the presidential rostrum. Seven of the guards were injured in the scrimmage before they fled from the chamber. Having piled the debris is the middle of the chamber the rioters crowned their work of destruction by erecting a model of a gallows from broken benches, from which an effigy of Premier Tisia was hanged, the deputi-s standing around amidst the wreckage, smoking cigarettes or pipes, while a crowd of reporters, with cameras, were busy securing pic tures of the memorable scene. Soon afterward Premier Tisza, with other members of the Hungarian min istry, appeared in the chamber and were greeted with deafening shouts and abuse, "scoundrel" and "rogue" being the mild est terms employed. KIDNAPPED AND RELEASED FOR CASH. Episode lo Which Kentucky and West Virginia ' Figured. Louisa, Ky. ( Special). John Baberi Wallace was kidnapped just across the river from this place by a party of eight men, composed, it is alleged, of Morgan Curry and two brothers, Lewis and Charles Dillon; Stewart McNcalty and two others. Wallace was taken' up Tug River, 10 miles, into West Virginia. He paid his captors $200 to spare his life, and later he gave them a cow to release him. The men refused to" ac cept Wallace's check, but John Y. York, a merchant, accepted it and gave them his own check. This episode was the re sult of trouble which occurred about three weeks ago about 10 miles up Tug River. The men concerned live in that neighborhood und some of them are al leged to have been in the liquor busi ness. Wallace was one of these. . Oppo sition grew so strong, it is said, that it resulted in a raid on Wallace's place, which was destroyed. During the trou ble Mrs. Wallace was shot in the leg and a ball from her -rifle entered Tom Curry's breast. Wallace secured war rants and one of the Dillons was then put in jail. Wallace was surprised on returning home by the eight men, who captured him. Rewards aggregating $.150 have been offered by the county for the arrest of the gang. ROCKEFELLER QIVES MILLIONS. Another Proposed tig Christmas Gift to Che cago University. Chicago, III. (Special). John D. Rockefeller has given between $.2,000,000 and $3,000,000 as a Christmas gift to the University of Chicago. This report was declared to bu true by a member of the advisory committee of the Bap list Theological Union. The money, it is understood, is to be used for the crea tion of a school of engineering at the university. President Harper returned from New York, where lie met Mr. Rockefeller. The advisory committee members were his guests at luncheon. "My trip has been satisfactory," was President Harper's assertion, s,oon as he arrived at his office atid was met by some of the members of the faculty. I lis assurance was accompanied by smile. Officials of the university were in consultation with President Harper all morning. FINANCIAL Cable dispatches said that London laughed at Lawson's Copper stories which have been printed there. The truth is that President Mcllen wanted lo buy Navigation, but the Penii iiylvania wouldn't let him. The MeKean estate of Philadelphia has .20,000 shares of Lehigh Navigation. It was not turned over to Ihe Earle pool. Philadelphia houses were big buyers of securities in Wall Street. The Pennsylvania has ordered fifteen locomotives from Baldwin's and fifteen from the American Company. The results of the Lehigh Navigation and Keyuoue Telephone deals prove that even in. high finance a gentlemen's agreeemeut isn't always binding. President Winchell denies that' Rock Island will order 150,000 Inns of steel rails for 1905 delivery. "We have no big building projects on hand, and we shall only order rails needed .for reason able repairs and renewals," he added. Eighty-four railroads in Ocloher earn ed gross $4,003,000, or 3 per cent, more than in October, 190., while the net gaiu was $3,092,000, or about pi per cent. ( It is highly probable that the recent apparent great strength in Colorado Fuel was brought about by the Gould-Rockefeller people, who arc putting out re organization plan. There are $31,000,000 in uew bonds and $6,300,000 in new com mon stock to be issued very soon, the remaining $14,0000,000 of bonds being held in reserve. An American bank has bought fjooor gold in Pari for import. Another fcinli JAPANESE SACRIFICE Reported (o Be Drrescd Over the - Slaughter. THREE TORPEDO-BOATS ARE LOST. Russian Advices Received at Cbefoo Say lbs Japanese Lost 12,000 Men In the Fighting Preceding Capture of 2i)3-Meler Hill, and Thai They Have Not Succeeded In Taking Any ol ihe Main Forts. Several Russians risked their lives in tarrying dispatches from Port Arthur to Chcfoo. They made the perilous trip at night in an open saiibofit during a heavy snowstorm. They were so bad ly frozen when they arrived at Chcfoo that they had to be assisted from their boat. Reports have been received at Chefoo that the Japanese lost 12.000 men in tho desperate' fighting preceding their cap ture of 203-Metcr Hill. Three Japanese torpedo boats have been sunk by strik ing mines near Port Arthur during the past month. Russians from Port Arthur claim that the Japanese have not taken any of the main forts, and that they are discour aged over the terrible sacrifice of life. A dispatch from Mukden says a heavy cannonade is progressing along the Rus sian center. General Kaulbar, com mander of the Third Russian Army in Manchuria, has arrived at the front. While a Japanese column was ad vancing on a Russian position below Mukden Friday night. Russians mined the entrance to the village of Nangouza and then retired. When the Japanese entered the village a fearful explosion killed many of them.. Rufalan Trap lor Japs. Russian Headquarters, Mukden. There was considerable desultory firing on both sides briday. The Japanese made an advance, but it proved to be only a demonstration. Night sorties continue. A curious mclcc resulted from a simultaneous ad vance of both Russians and Japanese. Two columns of Japanese, taking ad vantage of the darkness, advanced on Russian positions, and at the same time a Russian column set out for the vil lage of Nanganza. The Russian col umn heard the Japanese firing in the direction of their base, and thought they had been discovered, but held Nanganza while sappers mined, and then retired. The Japanese re-entered the- village, where they were greeted with a tre mendous' explosion, which killed many of them; . In the meantime the two Japanese columns operating in the di rection of the Russians heard the explo sion and thought they had been out rlankcd, whereupon they retired. The Japanese and Russians met as each side was returning. Both were utterly sur prised. A hand-to-hand scuffle in the darkness ensued, but as it was impos sible to distinguish friend -from foe, probably little damage was done. The Russian loss was only one. On the night of the 14th of December 14 Russian scouts penetrated to the vil lage of Fanshen, where they destroyed a Japanese signal tower and carried off an old bell which had been trsed by the Japanese to signal the approach of Russian troops. Torpedo Coals Sunk By Mines, Chcfoo (By Cable). Passengers who arrived' here from the Kwangtung Pen insula confirm the truthfulness of the official Japanese reports of the sinking of various Russian ships recently at Port Arthur. They say the -Japanese would have been able to accomplish tbis in the past two months, but apparently pre ferred to use their guns against the ' Russian military forces. It is believed the destruction of the Russian ships indicates that the Japa nese have abandoned the hope of cap turing the fortress. The Japanese lost three torpedo boats within the past month by mines, the last one sinking during the night attack of December 14 on the Russian battleship Sevastopol The fighting during which 20.1-Meter Hill was captured was terrific, that achievement alone costing the Japanese 12,000 casualties. The Japanese have been unable to occupy the hill except for observation. They have taken none of the main forts. Three steamers laden with ammuni tion and provisions ran the blockade of PortArthur in the past fortnight, and there are high hopes that the fortress will hold out for many months. The Japanese arc allowed 10 be depressed at their unsuccessful sacrifice of lives. : Chinese AreSulferlng. 1 Peking (By Cubic). Owing to the fact that there are about 30,000 home less Chinese iu and around Mukden ss the result of the war, rich Chinese here, and at Tientsin have subscribed funds to provide warm clothing and food for them. The Japanese military authori ties, fearing that the Russians would benefit by these gifts, refuse to allow them to be sent lo the Russian lines snd threaten to confiscate them if captured A Ralsull Raid la Tangier. Tangier, Morocco. (By Cable). Ri tuli, the notorious brigand chief who :apturcd Ion Pcrdiiarij, ai American :iticn, and his stepson, Cromwell Var ley, a British subject, in May last, bold ly raided a caravan within the city oi v Tangier. ' The' Chid had vrevi'Hisly at- acked another caravxn five miles out tide of Tangier, where he took 11 pris oners and a number of mules. He then :ame into Tangier and repeated his ex ploit. Oeoeral Miles' Orcamenol Role, Boston, Mass. (Special). Lieutenant General Nelson A. Milts, U, S. A., re- ' lired, as chief of the staff of Covcrncr sleet Douglas, will represent the Cov ;rnor at all reviews, parades, balls and. locial funchons which Mr. Douglas canf not attend. Lieutenant Governor Guild will represent the Governor at btisinss conventions and other meetings of civil' Importance. It was anouueed that this arrangement has been agreed to by Lieu tenant Governor Guild. fct Removing Fair Buildings. SL Louis (Special). The board off directors of the Louisiana Purchase Ex positioit approved the contract with a Chicago wrecking company for the 1 moval of the Exposition buildings. The Exposition company Is to receive $4jcy 300. ' .' Representations have been made i the French government against the L mraiice revision law pending, which re quires that American compares hold French securitiei of s v lo their outstandirj I
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