NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Tkc Lattsl flappcnlnfs Condensed far Rapid Rradlnf. Domestic. The court in Auburn, Mo., granted the petition of Charles F. Dunlap for the appointment of a guardian for his grand con, who is n in the Holy Ghost and Us Colonly, at Sliiloll. Former directors of the American Crass Twine Company paid hack $050. 000 for which suit had been instituted on the ground that dividends had been illegally declared. A foolish woman Marted a panic at the matinee at the Manhattan Theater, in New York, which was checked by the presence of mind of the actors. Edward Madden, a New York clothing: designer, fell down a Might of stairs Sat urday night and was found dead in bed Sunday morning. The Old Dominion Line steamer Oc racoke collided with a pleasure sloop near Elizabeth City, N. J. All on the sloop were saved. Four railroad men were killed, three (.tally and several seriously injured in a collision between freight trains at Shawnee, Tcnn. Sight has been restored to John F. Martin, who served as Mihstitutc for Rouss. the millionaire, to try all rem edies for blindness. Charles Tuxham, a farmer, living near Me Person, Kait., killed his two sons, set fire to his property and then killed himself. KjV. Thomas Stanton, a traveling evangeiit, was arrested in Sharon, Pa., on suspicion of being a fng-'.ive from justice. The I'nitul States customs collector has found in Cleveland valuable ivories and laces belonging to Mrs. Chadwick. Four persons lo-,t their lives in a fire that destroyed the residence of George Barnes, a farmer, in North Wisconsin. James S. Metcalf, the New York dra matic critic and editor of Life, has been barred from 47 theaters in New York. The schooner Volunteer sprang aleak and sank in the Gulf. The crew was picked up and landed at Sand Key. Mrs. Rachel Peters, an inmate of the almshouse, near York, Pa., was burned to death. Site was Ho years old. Several raids were made by the poliA in New York on gambling places and opium dens. Three earthquake shocks were felt in the neighborhood of Santiago, Cuba. John Yv. Fleming, one of the two tteamnoat inspectors who examined the General Slocum, and who reported her equipment to be perfect, and who is on '.rial in New York on the charge of man slaughter, was taken suddenly ill in tourt. The crancmcn at the American Steel Foundries Company's plant at Sharon, Pa., have demanded the restoration of the wages which they received prior to the 10 per cent, reduction. At Indianapolis, Ind., Delegate Ran dall, of Wyoming, who charged Presi- j dent Mitchell with having sold out the Colorado miners, was expelled from the United Mineworkers of America. Jacob Ridgeway Wright, a former res ident of Wilkesharre, shot himself in his room, in the Motel Imperial, in New York. Before his death he said the shooting was an accident. The application for the appointment of a commission on person and estate of Brodic L. Duke was postponed in New York for one week. Application has been made to the New York Stock Exchange to list Western Maryland Railroad Company's $607,000 additional bonds. Secretary Hester, of the New Or leans Cotton Exchange, reports 171,863 bales of cotton in sight for movement. The new Mount Washington Metho dist Episcopal Church, Pittsburg, was robbed and burned. Loss, $50,000. A Chicago wife committed suicide be cause she was upbraided by her hus band for smoking cigarettes. The New Y'ork Stock Exchange seat of Daniel J. Sully, the cotton opera tor, has been sold for $76,000. Mrs. Chadwick's attorney failed to se rure bail for her release from jail in Cleveland, The National Good Roads Conven tion is in session at JacksonTIlle, Fla. President Angell, of the University of Michigan, has resigned. Mrs. Mignonette Seavey, of Barring ton, N. II., a patient at the State In sane Asylum, at Concord, killed two patients, injured a third and also in jured a nurse. Elijah Wigginton was fined $500 by the Supreme Court in Denver, Col., for conduct as an election judge in violation of the court's injunction. Mrs. James W. Bell lost her case in White Plains, N. Y., where she was suing to have the will of her father, Henry Viliard, set aside. Samuel Lyons, a dealer, emen d suit in Chicago as.-iinst the International Silverware Company, which he accuses of being a trust. Moses J. Jackson, a member of the New York City Board of Coroners, vas arrested on the charge of attempted bribery. Forcttu. The gendarmeries were called out at Budapest, Hungary, to quell a disturb ance following a meeting of local Lib erals at the village ot Turopolya. The gendarmes fired on the mob, killing four and wounding one of them. A large anarchist demonstration took place in Paris at the funeral of Louise Michel, but heavy guards of soldiers prevented any serious disorder. It is announced that M. Rouvier has formed a ministry and will today advise President Loubert of his acceptance of the premiership. The Ealken committee has memorial ized President Roosevelt for American support of any action Great Britain may take to bring about more effective re forms in the Christian provinces of Tur- A special military commission has been appointed in St. Petersburg to investi gate the origin ofithe firing of a charge of grapeshot during the religious cele- brat ion Thursday. Germany will send 2.300 fresh troops to Southwest Africa, although it is be lieved the Herero part of the African rebellion is at an end. It was stated in the Reichstag that the strike at Essen had been foreseen be rause the coal syndicate had since liyoo been forcing down the wages of the miners. The British ship Tamar, from Ilam lurg for Seattle, put into Plymouth, England, with iar commander, Captain Griffith, in irons, charged with attempt ing to murder the mate and a sailor. Winton Churchill, in a speech in Lon don, predicted a great Liberal victory at the next election. There is some uneasinesa in Rome over the concentration of Austrian IraniH na the Italian frontier. MANY SHOT DOWNJN ST. PETERSBURG A Sunday of Riot and Bloodshed in Russia's Capital. PEOPLt CRY "DOWNMII THE EMPEROR." Their lailh in the Ciar Turned to a Terrible Hatred, Which it Is feared, May Lead to a General Revolution The Dead and Wounded tstimatcd at 500 to 1.000. St. Petersburg (By Cable). Sunday was a day of unspeakable horror in St. Petersburg. The strikers of Saturday, goaded to desperation by a day of vio lence, fury and bloodshed, are in a state of open insurrection against the govern ment. A condition almost bordering on civil war exists in the terror-stricken Russian capital. The city is tinder mar tial law, with Prince VasilchikofI as commander of over 50,000 of the Em peror's crack guards. Troops are bivouacking in the streets, and at arious places on the Ncsky Prospect, the main thoroughfare of the city. On the Island of Vassili Ostrov and in the industrial sections infuriated men have thrown up barricades, which they are holding. The Empress Dow ager has hastily sought safety at Tsar skoe Seio, where Emperor Nicholas II. is living. Minister of the Interior Sviatopolk Mir.sky presented to His Majesty Satur day night the invitation of the workmen to appear at the Winter Palace Sunday afternoon and receive their petition, but the Emperor's advisors already had taken a decision to show a firm and reso lute front, and the Emperor's answer to 11x1.000 workmen trying to make their way to the palace square was a solid ar ray of troops, who met them with rifle, bayonet and saber. There was a very dramatic scene at the Narva Gate when Father Gopon, in golden vestments, bearing aloft an ikon and flanked by Uvo clergymen carrying religious banners, approached at the head of a procession of 8,000 workmen. Troops were drawn up across the en trance. Several times an officer called upon the procession to stop, hut Father Go pon did not falter. Then an order was given to fire, first with blank car tridges. Two volleys rang out, but the line still did .not waver. Then, with seeming reluctance, an officer gave the command to load with ball, and the next volley was followed by shrieks and cries of the wounded. As the Cossacks followed up the vol lev with a charge the workmen fled be fore them, leaving about 100 dead or wounded. It was evident that the sol diers deliberately spared Father Gopon. One of the clergymen by his side was wounded, but he escaped untouched and hid behind a wall until the Cossacks passed, and he was then spirited away bv workmen. The figures of the total number killed or wounded here, at the Moscow gate, at various bridges and islands and at the Winter Palace vary. The best es timate is 500, although there are exag crated figures placing the number as high as 5.000. Many men were accompanied by their wives and children, and in the contusion, which left no time for dis crimination, the latter shared the fate of the men. The troops, with the exception of a single regiment, which is reported to have thrown down its arms, remained loyal and obeyed orders. But the blood which crimsoned the snow has fired the brains and passions of the strikers and turned women as well as men into wild beasts, and the cry of the infuriated populace is for vengeance. The sympathy of he middle classes is with the workmen. If Father Gopon, the master mind of the movement, aimed at open revolution, he managed the affair like a genius 10 brer.k the faith of the people in "The Little Father." who they were convinced, and whom Father Gopon had taught them to believe, would right their wrongs and redress their grievances. Gorky, the Russian novelist, expresses the opinion that Sunday's work will break this faith of the people in the Em peror. He said this evening: Sunday inaugurated revolution 111 Rusja. The Emperor's prestige will h. irrevocably shattered by the shedding of innocent blood. He lias alienated him self forever from his people. Gopon taught the workmen to believe that an appeal direct to the "Little Father' would be heeded. Tin y have been un deceived. Gopon is now convinced that pe.iecir.! means have failed, and that the only remedy is force. The fir-t llood has been 'bed, but more will follow. It is now the people against the oppres sors and the battle will be fought to the bitter end." The military authorities bad a firm grip on every artery in the city. At daybreak guards, regiments, cavalry and infantry held every bridge across the frozen Neva, the network of canals which interlaces the city and the gates leading from the industrial sections, while in the Palace Square, at the storm center, were. massed dragoon regiments, infantry and Cossacks of the Guard. Girl Foully Murdered. Decatur, Ala. (Special). Shortly alt er leaving her father's store on her way home Miss Belle Bloodworth, daughter of a well-known merchant of this city, was found murdered in an alley in New Decatur. Evidently beaten into insen sibility with a heavy instrument, the as sassin afterward made good his work by sending two bullets through the girl's brain. So far there is no clue to work on, but every inch of g-ound is being covered by bloodhounds. Hundreds Perish. London By Cable). A dispatch from St. .Petersburg reports that an earth quake at Shemakha, "6 miles norih northwest of Baku, buried hundreds of persons in the ruins of buildings in the lower part of the town, which was densely populated, despite the decision after the earthquake of three years ago that no mora houses should be built Four I. oat Tbclr Lives. Iron River, Wis. (Special). The resi dence of George Barnes, one of the best known farmers in North Wisconsin, wat St. Petersburg (By Cable). -The festival of the Epiphany, the blessing of the waters, had just concluded at t o'clock P. M., when, simultaneously with the aslute tired from the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress a rain of grape shot tired from a saluting gun on the bourse swept over the little chapel built over the frozen Neva in front of the Winter Palace where Emperor Nich olas and every member of the Romanoff family were participating in the serv ice. Some of the missiles struck the chapel and others went high, entering windows of the splendid row of salons along the water front, from which the Empress, the ladies of the court and the members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassador McCormick, Sec retary Eddy and Second Secretary Bliss and all the high dignitaries of the state, army and navy were witnessing the glittering spectacle below. Fortunately, the bullets passed over the heads of all present, striking the op posite wall and clattering down on the porqueted floor of the white salon. The first impression of those who heard the crash was that it was due to falling crystals from the glass chande liers, and caused by concussion from the booming guns. Everybody had been laboring under a more or less nervous strain because of the strike situation, and when the truth was realized the windows were hastily vacated and the greatest excitement reigned within the palace. Lieutenant General F'ullon, chief of police of St. Petersburg, himself pick ed up a missile in the while salon. It w as the size of a bird's egg. The police chief was immediately surrounded by officers of the guards, who examined the bullet, and expressed their opinion that it had come from a gun located on the Bourse ICsplanadc, and which replied to the salute of the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress, explaining that a gun might have been charged with a loaded cartridge by mistake. Such a thing, however, it was admitted was hard to conceive without a delib erate plot. From the holes passing through the double windows it is cer tain that the bullets came from the direction of the bourse. In the mean time there was no evidence outside of what occurred. The crowds of the people who formed black lines along the quays, the palace bridge, the steps of the bourse and every point of vantage in the" white arctic landscape did not betray the slightest excitement. Neither did the imperial party in the chapel below. Although the actual ceremony was end ed, the Emperor remained and accom panied the Metropolitan and clergy as they circled the pavilion around the chapel to bless the gorgeous standards of the famous guard regiments assem bled there. Then the procession moved hack to the palace and the original pro gram was carried out. The Emperor displaved splendid nerve He did not show a trace of excitement. He received the diplomats in his usual cordial, gentle manner, reviewed the guard regiments on the square behind the palcr.ee and subsequently had lunch- con served 11! tne state dining room. When. a correspondent, who was about to go down to the w hite salon when one of the missiles 'lew right over his head, left the palace he saw a hole in the window of another salon and holes out side in the stucco of the massive red building. This statement was obtained from the police : "With the second or third shot from the Bourse Battery, on Basil Inland, a very large number of shrapnel bullets struck the chapel of the palace. Two entered the interior, where the Emperor was standing. The bullets had a very low velocity. The two which entered the chapel fell harmlessly to the floor. Several policemen about the chapel were struck. With the exception of one man, named Romanoff, who was se verely wounded, they all escaped with contusions. An inquiry is being con ducted by the Grand Duke Sergius Michaelov itch, inspector general of ar tillery. It has not been established whetther it was an accident or was due to premeditation." The official account makes the mys terious shooting appear to be'an acci dent, as follows : "I luring 'he ceremony of the bless ings of the waters of the Neva, in the presence of the Emperor, as the usual salute was being fired an acci dent happened. A charge of grape, in stead of a saluting charge, was fired from a gun belonging to one of the built rics stationed near the Bourse. Some bullets struck the facade of the Winter Palace, near the Quay Gardens, breaking four windows. A policeman belonging to the St. Petersburg force was wounded. According to the in formation to hand at present no other accident occurred. Inquiry continues." Later it was stated in official circles that the grape was fired from one of the guns of the Seventeenth Battery of the First Horse Artillery of the Guard, the most aristocratic corps in the Russian finny. It seems that at gun practice on Tuesday a loaded shell was inadvertent ly left in the gun. Another Charfe Against Sorensoa. Portland, Ore. ( Special). The fed eral grand jury has returned an addi tional indictment against George Sorcn son, charging him with perjury in con nection with the land-fraud cases now under investigation by the government authorities. Soreiwm was tried on a charge of attempting 10 bribe former United States District Attorney John II. Hall, but the jury failed to agree, and was discharged by Judg; Bellinger. Desperate Farmer's Deed. MePherson, Kan. (Special). Charles Tuxhom, a farmer, living 14 miles south west of here, killed his town sons, aged six and ten years, burned his house and barn, with all the contents, and shot and killed himself. Tuxhom smothered his sons to death, took their bodies to a neighbor's orchard, a half mile distant, where he laid them on the ground and covered them with blankets, lie then returned to hit home and sel fire to all of his property, after, which he killed k;..if LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Steel Output tod Steel Trust A resolution introduced by Repre sentative Little, of Arkansas, directs the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate the conditions of the iron and steel industry of the United States for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent the iron and steel industries in the United States, including tbc output and prices of its products, arc controlled by the l nitcd Slates Steel Corporation and its associates and constituent com panies; to what extent the concern men tioned controls the output and prices of the finished products, made by independ ent companies dependent upon it for raw material, and to what extent, it at all, does the United States Steel Corpora tion, its associates, or constituent coin panics, sell its products cheaper in ex port trade than in domestic trade, and whether such conditions have resulted in whole or in part from any contract, combination or agreement in the nature of a trust or conspiracy in restraint of interstate or foreign commerce. The Secretary is directed to report the evidence taken and such recommenda tions as he mav deem wise to make. To Study Trade Abroad. The President sent a message to the Senate recommending favorable action upon a suggestion made by Assistant Secretary Loomis for co-operation by the Department of State and Comcmrcc and Labor in collecting information con cerning trade conditions in foreign coun tries. The President recommends that pro vision be made for the appointment of six special agents, to be called commer cial attaches, who shall visit the differ ent countries and make a study of in dustrial conditions with a view to sug gesting modifications and changes in the existing plans of American for eign commerce. For a Citizenship Commission. Representative Hilt, of Illinois, chair man of the House Committee on For eign Affairs, introduced a joint resolu tion to create a commission of five mem bers to examine into the subjects of citizenship of the United States, ex patriation and protection abroad. The commission is to make a report and recommendations to the President, who is to transmit than to Congress. War Bound tor Roosevelt. President Roosevelt received a genuine Sioux war bonnet and a Soux buckskin coat from John Flinn, superintendent of the Indian School, at Chamberlain, S. D., in behalf of admirers of the Presi dent. The war bonnet is largely of feathers. Raising Pay of Naval Officers. The House Committee on Naval Af fairs has authorized a favorable report on the bill giving naval officers the same pay as army officers of relative rank. It does away with shore pay and prize money. A New Porto Rlcao Attorney. The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of A. G. Stewart, of Iowa, to be Attorney-General of Porto Rico; also Capt. Otto Becker to be a paymaster in the army with the rank of major. Notes of the Departments. Dr. Thomas II. Norton, American con sul at Harput, Turkey, reports that 5,000 lives were lost 111 the Sassun dis trict in last summer's massacres, and that the benevolence of United States citizens, had accomplished much for the welfare of the people. Secretary Hay has issued a state ment explaining the conditions that led the United States govcrnnment to take charge of the finances of San Domingo, take over the customs duties and pay the debts. The annual report of Samuel McC. Lindsay, commissioner of education of Porto Rico, has been submitted. Rear Admiral Sigsbee reported his ar rival at Santo Domingo City in the flag ship Newark. Hugh L. Bond, sccotul vice president of the Baltimore and Qhio Railroad, made a statement before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce in opposition to railroad rate making by the government. Mr. W. J. Bryan was a visitor in the lobby of the House of Representatives, where he was greeted by many Demo cratic members. The President has nominated Govern or Brodic, of Arizona, to be assistant chief of thi Record and Pension Office. Senator Smoot testified in his own behalf before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. The Woman's Army and Navy League presented a petition to the Senate Com mittee on Military Affairs, urging the re-establishment of the army canteen. Court-martial proceedings are to be instituted against the officers of the sup ply ship Culgoa, which collided wijli the schooner Wilson and Hunting. The testimony for the defense was continued before the Senate committee investgating the Smoot case. The Navy Department has adopted the two-arm .semaphore alphabet in its signal system. The Interstate Commerce Commission has issued a report on railroad accidents in the United States during the months of July, August and September, IQ04, showing jjH passengers and 1S3 employes killed, and .2,154 passengers and 1,50. employes injured in train accidents. The Senate Committee on Foreign Re lations authorized a favorable report on the amendment to the extradition treaty with Spain. Prof. James E. Talmage, of Hk T tah State University, and author of some of the doctrines accepted as authorita tive teachings of the Mormon Church, was on the stand in the Smoot investi gation before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. The House Committee on PoMoffices and Post Roads reported the PnMoffire Appropriation Bill. It carries $180. K 1,903. Senator Mitchell made a speech in the United Slates Senate declaring the charges against him to be absolutely and atrociously .false. The House of Representatives adopted the 12 articles of impe:.nmrnt against Judge Swayne, of Florida. The Speak er was authorized to appoint seven man agers to present the case to the Senate and to conduct impeachment proceed ings. In the Senate Mr. Stone made a speech criticising the conduct of the laic presi dential campaign. Leaders of the Senate and House have agreed to pass a moderate railroad rate law. The President has designated the per sons to act as incorporators of the American National Red Cross. MR. BOWEN SET ASIDE rrciident Castro Breaks Relations With American Minister. THE ASPHALT ROW IS THE CAISE. Vcnctuela'a Executive Has Lett Capital lilt) Attorney-Oeneral Moody is Studying the Situation From All Points et View, and Warships May B Sent to the Vtntiuela Coast In the Spring. Washington (Special). Diplomatic intercourse between United States Min ister Herbert W. Bow en, at Caracas, Venezuela, and President Castro had been broken, and as a consequence the relations between the United States and Venezuela arc in an exceedingly strained condition. The State Department received a long cable dispatch from Minister Bowcn, in which he tells of the events leading up to the departure of President Caslr-j from Caracas and the consequent diplo matic rupture between the representa tive of the United States and Venezue la's Executive. President Castro a few days ago pre sented a proposal to Minister Bowcn that the differences between the United States and Venezuela be settled by the appointment of an international court of arbitration. Further than this, however, Minister Bowen reports, President Cas tro in his note suggesting such a court questioned the "right of the United States to "meddle" in the asphalt affair, which, he stated, was being settled by the Venezuelan courts. From what can be gleaned at the State Department, Cas tro's note was not couched in the most temperate language and not calculated to bring about better relations between the United States and Venezuela. Without ado, Minister Bowen savs, he absolutely (and the State Department supports him in this action) rejected the offer of President Castro. He held, and properly, so the State Department says, that there was no need for the appoint ment of an international tribunal of ar bitration, as a court filling all such func tions exists through the agreement of the Pan-American Congress. The fact that President Castro questioned the "right" of the United States to lake any action whatsoever in the asphalt controversy antl that he made the set tlement of this question of "right" pre cedent upon the appointment of his in ternational court of arbitration the State Department characterizes as ridiculous and in line with his other acts. Minister Bowen reports that immedi ately upon his reply to the note of Pres ident Castro being received by him Cas tro left Caracas, temporarily breaking off all diplomatic relations with the United States through Minister Bowcn. What step President Castro will next take Minister Bowen does not state, but that the situation is critical the State Department fully realizes. In the meanwhile Attorney-General W. H. Moody is making an exhaustive re view of the whole asphalt case with a view to placing the United States in a position to take drastic action against President Castro's Government in the early spring. The latest acts of Cas tro, as reported by Minister Bowcn, strengthen the President in his desire to once and for all bring Venezuela, as represented by ils President, to "a prop er respect for the rights of American citizens holding properties in Venezue la." There seems to be no doubt" in offi cial circles here that the United States would be perfectly in the right in inter fering in the asphalt affair and pro tecting the rights of the American. as phalt property holders. With this end in view, and reinforced by the opinion of Attorney-General Moody, warships will go to Venezuelan ports within a few months, and thus strengthened Minister Bowen will bring President Castro to terms. Mr. Pulido, who until a few days ago was charge d'affaires of the Venezuelan Legation and was succeeded by Mr. Vcl oz, secretary of the Bureau of American Republics, has received a cablegram from his Government announcing his appoint ment as first secretary of the legation, the position he formerly held. This means that Mr. Pulido will continue on duty in Washington. He called at the Stale Department today to ask if any information had been received regard ing the arbitration of the asphalt case. He has had no recent advices on this subject. It appears that Mr. Veloz is appointed charge d'affaires on a special mission. Tried as a Russian Spy. Yokohama, (By Cable).!!. B. Col lins, of Portuguese blood, who has long been a resident of Japan, was tried on the charge of disclosing military secrets. The evidence showed that Collins visited Port Arthur and Tientsin last year anil received ,ooo yen from Generais Ogor odinkoff and Dcssino and a private cipher that he might transmit informa tion. Last October Collins wrote from Yokohama detailing the proposed dis patch of Japanese troops, givin their number, destination and purpose to Gen eral Dcssino, hut the letter was stopp-.-d at Nagasaki. A Treasure Car Robbed, El Paso, Tex. (Special). A car con taining a quantity of silver lead bullion bound from New York to an El Paso smeller, was broken into and a num ber of bars were carried away. The smelter officials decline to give the value of the bullion stolen, but it is said to be large. Qcatler Rosseau ladlcted. , New York, (Special). Gcsslcr Ros seau, charged with sending an infernal machine to the Cuuard doc, a year ago last May, was indicted by the grand jury under the section of the penal code which makes it a felony to send dynamite or other explosives to a steamship or rail road without label or other sign of its character. It is expected that Rosseau will be speedily extradited from Phila delphia and brought to this city for tr al. "Dead" Maq Called Wife. ' Matewan Depot, N. J., (Special). Thomas Carney, a man who is noted as having nine lives, like 3 cat, went into a trance and was a!l laid out in the front room. Neighbors and friends, knowing Corn's long illness, were not surprised when his death was announc ed. They were surpised. though, when Mrs. Carney heard a feeble familiar voice in he front room and, on open ing the door, found her husband sitting up and alive. Carney is about 65 years old and has had some pretty hard knocks in his life time. REFORM FAILS IN MACEDONIA. England Communicated Wl:b Other Powers Ready for Radical Action. London, (By Cable). The British Foreign Office is convinced that the Austro-Russian reform measures decid ed upon for Macedonia arc a hopeless failure, and is communicating with the powers interested in the Near Eastern question, with a view of obtaining an expression of the extent to which they arc willing to go to secure more ex tensive and more real reforms, and prob ably will lay before Parliament very early in the session a sweeping project which Foreign Secretary Lausdowne be lieves will insure success. When Great Britain agreed to support the Austro-Russian scheme, the For eign Office reserved the right to offer amendments to the program in the event that the scheme known as the "Meurz sleg program," proved a failure. All recent reports to the Foreign Office from British consuls in the interior of Ma cedonia, proclaim the utter collapse of the scheme, anil show that the condi tions prevailing in the interior are no better than before the late rcolution. It is expected that if Lord Lausdowne receives sufficient support from the powers he will renew the suggestion of fered a year ago to place Macedonia un der the control of a Christian governor general, not responsible to the Sultan, but to the powers. Up to the present Italy alone lias signified her willingness lo co-operate wilh Great Britain in de manding more effectual methods.. There is some doubt concerning the position which France will take, but it is understood that the French govern ment, though inclined lo side with effec tual reforms, is not Willing to disturb I lie existing state of the Balkans, hoping that the summer will pass Without a serious conflict. At I he same time French and German financiers are ar ranging to supply Turkey with a loan of $25,000,000, the largest part of which will be devoted to fitting out the Turkish Army with new batteries of quick-firing guns, orders for which have been placed with French and German manufacturers. Similar orders recently have been placed by Bulgaria. It is not likely that Austria and Rus sia, which refused to consent to Great Britain's original proposition for the appointment of a Christian governor geireral, will now agree to it, and it is said that Germany probably will main tain a friendly attitude toward Turkey. RADIUM IN THE SOLAR PHOTOSPHERE Professor Monroe Snyder, Announces a Discovery. Philadelphia (Special). Prof. Mon roe B. Snyder, director of the Philadel phia Observatory, announces that he has discovered the existence of radium in the solor photosphere and of radium emanation in the solar corona and in the auroral strcamsTS of the earth. He also finds that radium and radi um emanation, the latter identical with coroninm, are widely and corclatively distributed in stars, nebulae and, very probably, comets. He further announces these laws: First, there is universal celestial radioactivity, namely, negative or associative and positive or dissocia tive transformation of the elements, wilh accompanying absorption and emis sion of radiant energv of characteristic frequencies and intensities. Second. Maximum radioactivity is critically dependent upon the energy gradient, ami is, therefore, periodic and often local in nin, stars, new stars, nebu lae and comets. FELL DEAD IN CHURCH. An Unbeliever to Whom a Revivalist Had Just Referred. Winamac, Ind. ( Special). Worship ers at the Chapel at Wildcrs Station, near here, arc in a state of excitement over an incident which occurred dur ing a revival service. Rev. James Mc Carcy, an evangelist, was conducting a meeting and just before the congrega tion was dismissed he began a fervent exhortation to sinners to repent. While he was talking, Richard Bossy, a confessed unbeliever in religion, step ped into the church. As Mr. McCarcy'a eyes rested upon him he exclaimed : "There is one unbeliever in this con gregation a sinner who cannot be saved from death unless he becomes a Chris tian." As the words were uttered there was an exclamation of pain from Mr. Bossy, and he fell to the floor. Members of the congregation ran to him, but he was dead when they reached his side. Tried for Slocum Disaster. New York ( Special (.-Charged with fraud, misconduct and violation of law in connection with the inspection of the excursion steamer General Slocum, which was burned in East River last June with a loss of more than 1.000 lives, John W. Fleming and Henrv Lnndberg, formerly attached to the local office of United States inspectors of .steamboats, were placed on trial before Judge Thom as, in the United Slates Circuit Court. The indictment against Fleming and Lnndberg is based un the section of the United States statutes which makes neg lect i:i the inspection of steam vessels, as the result of which life is destroyed, manslaughter. FINANCIAL. The Pennsylvania has issued 110 mort gage bonds for ten years. A private despatch from Gates said: "It is a cinch to buy copper." They are talking of 3 cent car fares for short distance in Pittsburg. "Excellent conditions" is the report on Winter wheat made by 4he "Mod ern Miller." The last sale of Kensington BanU stock was at an advance of $8 over th same time last year. By accepting Midvale's armor plate bid Uncle Sam would save $132,800 in royalties for the Krupp and Harvey processes. Persons who nre anticipating the planting of a small cotton c"rop are sell ing Virginia Chemical chares. Less Fertilizer. A financial agency, the New York News. Bureau, says that in igoj Lehigh Navigation earned Q'A per cent, on its stock, and in 1904 about 9 per cent. ' Lehigh Valley will be put upon a 5 per cent, divider d basis six months nencc," says a banker who has figured prominently in recent buying. MRS. CASSIE CHADWICK ILL Physical and Mental Collapse in thi Jail in Cleveland. MOVED BY MR. CARNEGIE'S OFFER. The Accused Woman Has Frequent Fainting I Spella -Hutband Visits Her Mr. Andrew Carncgli Sends Creek for $IS,000 Citizen' National Bank Unod, Except lor Chadwick Paper. Cleveland (Special ). Two physicians were summoned lo attend Mrs. Cassis L. Chadwick in jail here. She is said to be suffering from physical and mental collapse. Attorney Daw ley says she is afflicted with heart trouble and would not ba able to stand a trial in court in he present condition. Mrs. Chadwick i said to have frequent fainting spells. The announcement that Mr. Carnegif had decided to reimburse the losers by. the failure of the Oberlin Bank has 'Cem ed to greatly affect Mrs. Chadwick. Dr. Chadwick called at the jail in the morning and spent half an hour in con versation with his wife. He admitted to the 'ail officials that he thought his wife was a very sick woman, lie asked1 to be notified immediately if any dan gerous symptoms should develop. Dr. Chadwick had not called on hi wife in u davs. Elyri.i. Ohio (Special). Andrew Car negie placed $15,000 in the hands of Rev. W. E. Cadmus, pastor of the First Congregational Church of this city, to be distributed to the depositors who losl their money in the failed Citizen National Bank of Oberlin as a result of the Chadwick loans. Mr. Carnegie said in a letter to Rev. Mr. Cadmus 10 use the money among the depositors who had placed their savings in the Oberlin Bank, and also to investigate among the students at Ober lin College ami learn the amount tl:e lost. When lliis is dune, it is understood, more money vyill be forthcoming. Judge Steele, of Olie'rlin, will appoint a com mittee to investigate the most worthy cases. Mr. Carnegie has also given Mr, Cadmus $3,000 to reimburse the Ober lin Young Men's Christian Association. Ob'erlin. Ohio (Special). Officials of Oberlin College expressed the belief thai not to exceed $15,000 will be remiircd" from Mr. Carnegie to carry nut the hit ter's ideas in assisting needy depositors in the bankrupt Citizens' National Bank. The fund wi'I be used only to make good the deposits of students, widows, old soldiers and other persons who are actually in need as a result of the failnjc. It is now definitely known that the depositors will receive at least 40, antf possibly 50, per cent, of their money from the bank when its affairs arc final ly settled. The experts who have been at work on the bank's books state that they have found everything in unusually good shape and the collateral on hand fi":-:J:sss, with the single exception of tba Chadwick paper. Two Prisoners Killed. Philadelphia (Special). Locked in a prison van, eight inmates of the House of Correction were dragged over a 20 foot embankment, and Matthew Aoker inan was killed and John Sharley was probably fatally injured. The others were severely cut and bruised. Tho prisoners were being taken from tho House of Correction to the site of the new Municipal Hospital, where they are employed. Stoesscl Starts Home. Nagasaki. Japan (Special). The French steamer Australian sailed fof Marseilles, having on board General Stossel, his wife and 565 Russians, in eluding Admirals Grigorovitch and Loc kinsky. Generals Gorbatowsky and Reiss and 24$ other" officers and their wives. She w.is not allowed to leave the har bor hefore dark, as a precaution against the Russians or otherj obtaining knowl edge of the defenses. Twenty Miners Entombed. Decatur, 111. (Special). Three miner are known to be dead and a score of) others arc entombed in a 600-foot shafo' of the Decatur Coal Company's mine,( cut off from rescue by dense smoke pro duced by a fire that started in a inulol stable. Rescuing parties have gone into) the mine, but have been unable to reacbj the cnto nbed men. A mile away is art escapemmt shaft, and to this most of) the mini rs hastened. No Insurance If Japs Hired. Seattle, Wash. (Special). Within the; last few days several local fire-insurance agents have received instructions not tol write policies upon sawmills or shingle nulls with which Japanese are in any way identified, cither as employes or iu any capacity, or as owners. Underwrit ers do not precisely agree as to the rea-i son. which is based upon the "moral haz ard." Five Bodice from Texas Flood. El Paso, Texas (Special). Informa-.-tion comes from Clifton, Ariz., that five bodies have been recovered since the flood last week and that others are still entangled in the drift All wires havi been down since the flood. The first news was brought by travelers who row ed 40 miles to the railroad. Damage to property of private individuals alone is $100,000. tight Escape From Jail Georgetown, Del. (Special). Eight prisoners escaped from the county jail, and at a late hour only one had been captured. He is Delaney Maddox, who is serving a life sentence for murder. The other seven vre serving long terms. The prisoners escaped by remov ing an iron bar that held a door. This is the third tyne prisoners- have es caped from the jail recen'ly, the second escape having occurred about two weeks ago, when Maddox uvas ariong those, who got away. He was captured atj Bridgeville. To Aid la Hlgbllag Tobacco Trust Nashville, Tenn. (Special). The State Senate passed a bill allowing banks to advance money on tobacco. The bill was introduced as a measure of relief to the lobaoco growers, whose crops are tied up in the association organized to wage war on the Tobacco Trust, Independence BUI Killed. San Juan, P. R, (Special). In theJ legislature a bill declaring for inde-J pendence under an American protector- ate was killed. The hill was introduced by a member of the Unionist party, bud the Republicans supported it '
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