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