ANARCHY JN WARSAW TMesale Pillage Bj Strikers in Polish Capital. TE5H.E CUT HINGED IN DARKNESS. Tfte Grand Dike, Wksa b Liberal Call Intsla'f Evil Genius, Rtsponsiblt lor (crowing Inlcraal Troublet la lb Empire More Russian Wrltera, Inclndlof, aa Aged Attaorcss Throve Infa Prison. Warsaw, Russia (Ry Cable). The trfke disorders arc becoming more scri Bos. The ordinary, life of the city is sus pended Saturday the strikers stopped "Ae street-railway service, but remained "ertherwise orderly. Sunday, however, hey began wholesale pillage. A mi ". Jorhy of the shops in Marshal Kovski 'Street and the slate vodka shops were looted. All the factories, shops, schools and 'theaters are closed, and the 'street lamps are extinguished. There have been sev eral collisions between the police and trikers, and many arrests have been made. Peace-abiding inhabitants arc terror stricken. Complete Anarchy There. London (liy Cable). The correspond ent at Warsaw of the Daily Mail tele graphs as follows : A group of Hussars ran down Brit ish Vice-Consul Muoukain Saturday night in Marshal Kovski street. Two Hussars rushed at him with their swords, indicting severe cuts across hii face and lower lip. Dripping with blood, .Muoukain was taken to a hospital, where he is now doing well. British Consul Gencral Murray had a narrow escape from being similarly run down in Wicrz bova street. It appears that the inci dents were due to a company of Hus sars getting drunk ami running amuck.'' The same correspondent descriles Warsaw as being in a state of complete anarchy. "Many have been killed or wounded in charges by troops and the recklessness of swashbuckling Hussars," he says. "The only conveyances moving in War taw Sunday have been military supply carts, ambulance wagons and tumbrils for he dead. The attempted rising of workmen has failed, and the great dem onstration timed for Sunday has been postponed. After some fighting the wrecked and distraught city pauses to see what night will bring. Describing the pillaging of stores, the correspondent says: "Many put chalk crosses on their doors r lighted ikons in their windows, and thus secured their safety. The rioters paused before the sacred emblems. The hoarse murmurs of the mob drowned the church bells. In several cases soldiers fired on looting mobs, and in one case, ! in a working-class suburb, they fired a cannon shot, hoping to disperse the .iuwu. iiuei uiuicui uwn$ was piu.ec.u-i ing there all day. ! "Hundred;, of shops were wrecked ard Several stores were burned'. Probably a few score persons were killed. Theam bulances were busy all day. Ther are alarming rumors from the count try dis tricts. It is reported that the tjwn of Urestlitovsk is burning. Tha Daily Mail's St. Petersburg cor respondent reports that Svfr Charles Jfardinpe, the British Ambassador, has tusked the Russian Covernnent to make inquiry into the outrages in the British Consul-General and Vice-consul at War saw. Minister Swallowed DrilL Louisville, Ky. (Special). A promi nent Louisville minster while in a den tist's chair swallcywed a steel diill one and one-half inches long, which became loosened from tlie holder. The reverend gentleman has loeen subjected three times unsuccessfully to the X-ray. The name cf the minister is withheld at his re quest upon the ground that publicity would bririg him into unpleasant no toriety and operate to his disadvantage in the pulblic by distracting the attention of his hearers to thoughts of the acci dent Banker Beckw th Very IIL C'berlin, Ohio (Special). President C. T.. Beckwith, of the defunct Citizens' National Bank, is reported to be in a (very serious condition. He has been u with heart trouble ever since the close the bank and has gradually grown tmker. It is believed by his physi cians that he will not live to be tried on tie charges against him in the Unite 1 Stats District Court. Aeta Crosses the Andes. Saniago, Chile (By Cable). -The first auto-vobile has just crossed the Andes at an tlevation of 25,000 feet above the aea level. An automobile crossed the Alps last uly in a fifteen days' trip from N'eu chatel to Geneva. The way included twenty-nine passes, four of which were taken twice from opposite sides to test ihe ability of the car to make the ascent equally well from either approach. Explosion Kills Chemist. New York (Special). Joseph Glatz, a jhemist, widely known in the drug and chemical trade, is dead at his home in Brooklyn from the effects of an explo sion of chemicals in his laboratory. He araa engaged in chemical research and n the manufacure of glycerine. He was a member of the Royal Chemical Society f Great Britain. Rich Mao's Sun's f t a. Wheeling, W. Va. (Special). Edw. Schenk, son of F. Schenk, a millionaire ork packer, and brother-in-law of Dr. T. M. Haskins, late Republican candi date for Mayor, sent a bullet into his right temple with alleged suicidal in tent and is not expected to survive. He selected the anniversary of his mother's death for the deed. He brooded over protracted illness and religious subjects antil his mind is supposed to have been temporarily deranged. Orange Crop Badly Hurl. Tampa, Fla. (Special). Additional advices from the orange belt show that of 500,000 boxes of oranges and grape (rah remaining on the trees about 75 er cent, has been frozen and made un salable. A large portion of this loss (alls upon the buyers who bought the crops on the trees, although some grow ers have been heavily hit. Reports from Arcadia and other De Soto county points .say oranges on young trees and practi cally all vegetables were killed, but the Crape-fruit crop was only slightly damaged. MWS IN SII0KT OKDIR. T Laical rluppenlnft Coodenscd lor Rapid Reading. Domestic. The Shakers of Mount I. (banon. N. Y., and Wcl Piilsfield, Mass., have sold to the forestry deparlnunl of Pennsyl vania their "promised land." The tract consists of in.ooo acrrs in I'.looiniiigton. Pike county, Pa. Mrs. Louisa Cody has filed in Chey enne, Wyo., an amended answer to the amended petition of her husband, Uuf falo lull, for divorce. She denies all charges made by him and makes charges against him. The County Court in Omaha, Neb, granted 30-ycar-old Charles Cook a writ of h:dieas rorpu for the possession of his intended bride, Mrs. Matilda A. Reed, whose age is t). Dr. Kdwnrd l.ind-ey Cunningham, said to have been the olde-t surviving graduate of the Harvard Medical School, died at Newport, R. I., at the age of oj years. William Collins, of Owensvillo, Ky., offered hi-' wife $1.1100 if she would re !ur:i to hi:u. She declared she would not come back fur three times th;:i amount. A trapper who, under the name of ICugrne Folletle, has been hunting in the Hudson Bay district for 10 years, it has ju-t been discovered, is a woman. Lincoln Rogers was niarrici'.lm Frank fort. Ind., to Mrs. Maitie R. Morian, of Renselaer, whom he had never seen and whom he courted by mail. Col. Samuel R. Honey has sued Hol lis 11. Hunnewell, of Wellcslcy, Mass., for $.25,000 f.r conducting the divorce, of his wife against her former husband; John Wauamaktr, of Philadelphia, was ordered to Florida for his health. He is suffering from throat trouble and a general breakdown. Frank A. Cray, alleged green goods man, was arrested in New York on the charge of swindling Mrs. Irene Rother, of Marion, O., out of $500. A colored woman died from smallpox on a Philadelphia and Reading ferry loat at Philadelphia. The passengers were quarantined and disinfected. Work 011 the Canton-I knikow Railway will soon begin, according to W. W. Pinks-ton, one of the 'officials, who is no'v in San Francisco. The armored cruiser Maryland, in hor official trial trip off, the New England coast, attained an average speed of 23. 306 knotes an hok-r. Two nephews of Col. James M. Guf fey were killed near Grecnsburg, Pa., by the collision of a sleigh with a rail road train. A photograph of John Hoch has been identified as that of Hatch, who was as sociated with Holmes, the famous mur derer. Col. James B. Simpson, a prominent Confederate, died at Dallas, Tex., from injuries received in a runaway accident. John M. Hall, formerly president of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad, died suddenly at New Haven. Receivers for the Standard Rope and Twine Company were appointed at Trenton by Chancellor Magce. A bill to prohibit bucketshops has been favorably reported in the North Carolina legislature. A number of warrants were issued for officers of the defunct German Bank of Buffalo. I Samuel IT. Piles, of Seattle, was elect ed United States senator from Wash inptoti. The family of John Kirby was mur dered at Wauchula, Fin. After passing resolutions to form a Southern cotton association, commend ing the government reports and urging reduction of acreage, the Southern In terstate Cotton Convention adjourned. The freight steamer Georgetown, of the Atlantic Steamship Company's fleet, went ashore on the outside of Great Point. The captain and crew of 17 men landed in safety. Foreign. Demonstrations were held in the prin cipal cities of Italy to protest against the Russian government's action toward the strikers. In Rome 3,000 people, fry ing "Long live the Russian revolution," tried to break through a cordon of troops and reach the capital. They were dispersed by cavalry charges. Several persons were wounded. The Russian Holy Synod, in a circu lar to tlie orthodox, urges the clergy 13 "admonish their flocks to keep the peace," and denounces Father Gopon as a criminal priest who impudently dis dained his sacred vow and is now be fore the ecclesiastical court." Dr. Theodore Barth, of Berlin, editor of the Nation, says he hopes editors and writers in America will join in petitions to the Russian government for the re lease from prison of Maxim Gorky, the Russian aulhor. Prince Gurilley, an officer of the po lice guard at Batoum, while driving past the iron works, was shot and killed by an unknown man. The condition of Prince Eitel of Ger many continues serious. Troops have been removed from the streets of St. IVter.-diurg, but the news papers are prohibited from publishing news or comment regarding the strike, The authorities declare the danger of a general tie-up of industries is practi cally over. Nevertheless, troops were ordered to Mitau to quell disturbances, and the strikes are spreading at Warsaw and other towns. In the riots at Riga 27 men and 2owem newer killed;- 27 men and a women were killed, and 37 civilians and 8 soldiers wounded. Russian officials profess to be non plussed over the proposition of Secre tary Hay to submit the question of the violation of .Chinese neutrality to inter national arbitration. When Premier Rouvier, in reading the declaration of the policy 01 the new ministry in the Chamber of Dcftties re ferred to the Franco-Russian alliance, the Socialists cried "Down with the Czar !" The Hungarian government has been defeated in the elections for members of Parliament, the opposition having se cured 171 seats out of 210. A Russian witness before the inter national commission admitted that he temporarily mistook the English trawler Crane for a torpedo boat, but soon de tected his mistake. A diamond weighing 3,032 karats, the largest ever discovered, has been found near. Pretoria, in the Transvaal, and is valued at $3,500,000. Germany is introducing Chinese labor in Samoa, the government paying half the cost of the transportation of the laborers. King Alfonso has sanctioned the new Spanish ministry as organized by the Marquis Villeverde as premier. Rumors were circulated in Moscow that the British are responsible for the German coal strike in order to prevent coaling of the vessels of tha Russian sec ond Pacific squadron. BATTLE INJWANCHIRIA An Engagement Spreading Along the Entire Line. RUSSIAN FORCES TAKE SANDEPA5. (ieatrsl Kuropalkit Claims to Nave Snccesa? fully Repuhed in; Japaneae Believes la St Petersburg That kuropatklo Has Turned the Tables on Marshal Ojaraa and Indicted Heavy Lous on Japaocse. Russia's disturbed internal condition and the increase cf Marhal Oyania's army by over ;n.ooo men (mm Tort Ar ihur, evidently tusp:rel the Japanese commander to renew (iterations in Man churia in spite of tlie butcr weather. According to Rii-i;.n advices, however, General Kjjropa'.kln has turned the ta ble on Oyama. The Japanese arrniptrd to force back the Rus-ian riis'it wing, but General Ku rupaikin reports thai, by a counter at tack, the Russians repulsed the Japa nese and occupied Sandepas and other villages in the vicinity of the Htm River. The fighting was desperate. A German correspondent wires front Mukden that a genera! engagement be gan Thursday and continued, that the losses on both sides were considerable a-.'id that the fighting was especially Vieavy at the Russian center. This indi cates that the fighting on the right has extended along the line. In fact, Ku ropatkin reports having repulsed a movement on his left. The Japanese are evidently renewing the campaign with vigor and Kuropat kin is vigorously meeting them at every point. The battlefields are partly cov ered with snow. The St. Petersburg authorities are using the news of Kuropatkin's success to distract public attention from the strikes and revolutionary troubles. Russian Repulse ol Japanese Advance. St. Petersburg (By Cable). News of General Kuropatkin's successful repulse of the Japanese advance conies most op portunely. The belief exists here that Field Marshal Oyama sought to take advantage of any depression prevailing in the Russian ranks as the result of the news from St. Petersburg to launch an attack against General Kuropatkin's right; but the Russian commander-in- chief seems to have nicely turned the tables, inflicting considerable loss upon the Japanese on Thursday, and taking several positions westward along the plain of the Hun River. Evidently General Kuropatkin is fol lowing up his victory, the latest dis patches from the front, dated 6 o'clock P. M., indicating that there is a battle in progress, extending along the center and becoming more and more serious. However, it seems to be confined to ar tillery. If the fighting develops into a general engagement, military men here believe that it must reach out to the flanks, their opinion being that a frontal at tack by cither side under the present cir cumstances is impossible. The authorities are receiving the news from the front with great satisfaction, bing convinced that it will serve to at least partially distract attention from the strike situation and internal affairs generally. At the same time the strike situation generally is improving. In St.. Petersburg there is no longer any doubt that the strike is practically broken. F'ourteen establishments, including the Franco-Russian. Aboukoff, Baltic, Rus- so-Amciican Rubber Company and Ropes' American Refinery already have resumed, and an entire starting up of factories seems to be assured for next Monday. A remarkable feature is that the men who are returning to work are not ask ing conditions of the employers. They have seemingly turned their backs upon political agitators and accepted the gov ernment s promises in the matter of shorter hours and an equitable adjust ment of their grievances at their face value. That the government purposes to com pel the men to settle upon the govern ment's terms is plainly evidenced by Finance Minister Kokovsoff's response to a deputation of masters to whom he announced tlie government s decision, after an impartial investigation of both sides of the controversy, to carry out the letter and spirit of the proclamation of January 25. Naturally, to the mas ters this means that they will have to foot the bills. One of the best posted and most fa mous of Russians Liberals said: "Whilst the evepts of last Sunday have given an enormous impetus throughout Russia to all movements against the existing order of things, it is truly marvelous with what skill and adroitness the government seems to bi turning the situation to its own account with the very men who have suffered, and who, less than a week ago, would have been in open revolt had they been able to procure arms. More Strikers Shot By Troops. London, (By Cable). A dispsfcth from Riga, Russia, says the strikers in the suburban factories there attempted to enter the town, but were opposed by troops. The strikers were dispersed af ter a bloody conflict. Thirty workmen were killed or wound ed and a subchicf of polic and two soldiers were mortally wounded. Paator Killed In Wreck. Charlotte, N. C. (Special). One man killed, seven seriously injured, and a number of other slightly hurt as the result of a wreck on the Ashboro and Aberdeen Railroad, at Troy, N. C. All passengers on board, save two or three, were hurt to some extent. The wreck was caused by spreading of the rails on a curve. The two cars went down an embankment 10 feet high and were de molUhed. Cable Cau(ht Whale. Seattle, Wash. (Special). -The break in the cable between this city and Val dez, Alaska, which has been out of commission for nearly three months, is now repaired, and the work of for warding messages has been resumed. When the Sitka end of the cable was raised by the cable ship Burnside.i? was found that a dead whale was attached. The animal's jaws were firmlyj entan gled in the wires and rubber insula tion. It is the belief of the cnble ex perts that the damage to the cable was caused by the whale. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Control of Wireless. 'The Administration's views on Gov ernment control of wireless telegraphy have been cmliodicd in a bill drafted by the Commissioner of Navigation, as sisted by Captain Seabury, of the navy, and others. This provides that no person or cor poration shall use any apparatus for wireless telegraphy in this country or upon any American vessel except he be licensed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Persons exchanging mes sages or signals between points situated in the same State or on behalf of the Government are to be exempt from this requirement, however. The official li cense shall provide that the President of ihe United Slates in lime of war or public peril may close any wireless sta tion or authorize its use by the Gov ernment. The President is given power to es tablish regulations winch shall prevent interference between the naval and mili tary wireless telegraph stations anil the private or commercial stations. Each licensed station is to be required to an swer calls ami signals from any other licensed station and to receive all such messages or signals offered for trans mission to a neighboring station, the raip to bp that eii.toiuarilv rcntiired for such service. This requirement is to be 1 observed regardless of the system used on pain of revocation of the license of the offending person or corporation. Operation of any apparatus for wireless ; tplpcrrniiliv on a foriiMi shin while that ' -s.s.", -. . ship is in American waters shall be in accordance with the regulations pre scribed by law. Government stations are prohibited from competing for com mercial messages with licensed wireless stations. Federal Clerk Suspended. Charles L. Blanton for many years a clerk in the office of the auditor of the treasury for the Postoffice Department, has been suspended pending the out come of his trial in Missouri on a charge oi accepting money from private interests in connection with his work of reporting on proposed sites for federal buildings in several Missouri cities and towns several years ago. A cousin of Blanton recently was con victed of accepting money for corrupt- 1 ing a public official, it being charged that he represented to property owners that for certain amounts of money he could arrange a favorable decision from Mr. Blanton, who was sent out by the government to examine into the sites. This cousin, a man named Vernon, tes tified that Blanton had no knowledge of these representation', and Blanton, whose trial is sot for May, denies any knowledge of ttj matter, "Open Door" in the Orient. The full text of Secretary Hay's cir cular telegram to the powers of January 13, intended to insure the protection of Chinese integrity, no matter what may be the outcome of the war now in pro gress between Russia and Japan, has been made public. The telegram was sent to the American ambassadors and ministers to Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy and Portu gal, all neutral powers, thus leaving Russia and Japan bound in this respect only by their original pledges given in the early days of the war. All of the powers addressed save Belgium and Portugal have replied to the American representation, the correspondence show ing them as "entirely agreeing with the position taken by the government of the United States and declaring their con stant adhesion to the policy of the in tegrity of China and the 'open door' in the Orient." Philippine Sugar Tariff. James D. Hill, speaking for the Lou isiana sugar planters, before the House Committee on Ways and Means in op position to the proposed reduction of tariff on sugar from the Philippines to 25 per cent, of the Dingley rales, said in answer to questions, that the large crops of last year aiter the Cuban reci procity act went into effect, were due to the favorable conditions which prevailed, and that the increased price of sugar was due to the abolition of the cartel system and the bounty fed sugar of Europe. He urged that the reduction of tariff on Philippine sugar would in crease the products of the island, where sugar can be grown at a much less cost than in the United States. Treatiea Wllb Nicaragua. Senor Corca, the Nicaraguan minister, personally notified Acting Secretary Loomis that he had received from his government the necessary powers to conclude two treaties with the United States to replace those denounced by the Nicaraguan government about a year ago as antiquated and no longer serviceable. The first, upon which some work has already been done, is a treaty of commerce, amity and friendship, and the second is an extradition treaty. Neither will present any novel feature, but the conventions will be representa tive of the latest types of international agreements of this character. Government Ratc-mnkiof,. No conclusion on the subject of gov ernment rate-making for the railroads was reached as a result of the first ex ecutive meeting held by the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The Hepburn Bill was the subject of general discusssion. No amendments were made to the measure. The com nyittee decided to meet daily except Saturdays until a bill is ready to re port to the House. Notea ol I be Departments. The Year Book of the Carnegie Insti tution gives the result of researches made under its direction. Professor. Si mon Neweomb, in his report, says that while there have been many scientific data secured within the past half cen tury, they lack system and are defective. President Roosevelt delivered an ad dress at the rededication of the Luther Place Memorial Church. Arbitration treaties were considered by the Senate Committee on Foreign Re lations. Secretary Hay will send to the Sen ate a treaty to take the place of the pro tocol negotiated with the Santo Domin go government. The argument for the defense in the Stnoot hearing was made before the Senate committee. Commissioner of Corporations Gar field appeared before the House. Com mittee on Judiciary. A bill, the result of President Roose velt's conferences with labor leaders, was introduced in the House. It pro vides that there shall ba no injunctions issued in labor disputes until there hat been hearing. . MILE'S LAST HOPE CONE The 'Virginia Supreme Court Refuses a Writ of Error. PROPRIETY Jl'RORS READING PAPERS. Former Mayor ol Charlotte; r. He, who Murder, ed Ills Wilt, Muni Hsnf oa February 10 - Summary ol Decision ol tlljhest Court ol Stats on Supplements! Petition Filed by M'Cue's Law) era. Richmond, Va., (Special ). The Su preme Court of Appeals refused the sup plemental petition of McCue's lawyers for a writ of error in hi case, and, in all probability, this decision settle?, the doom of the condemned man. This closes all hope of judicial aid, and only the Governor 'ha power to change liis fate. That the Governor will interfere in little thought, and McCne will likely i.ang February 10, the cpira tion of hi respite. The decision of the Supreme Court is contained in the following summitry: "In obedience to the mandate ot the statute and in strict acordancc with es tablished precedent, having given carrfoi consideration to the petitions and iccord, and being of opinion thai no error is shown to the prejudice of the accused, ' we abide by the order entered at a j former day ol the term and deny a writ of error." j It is rare thai the Supreme Court : hands down a detail of opinion upon the refusal of a petition for a writ of I error; but in this case, bce.ni e of its peculiar character, the court takes up 1 and discusses the assignments of error at length, answers the discussions of counsel and expounds the law in the case. The opinion covers 40 pages of type written cap paper, and was written by Judge Keith, president of the court. The points decided are extremely inter esting, particularly that relating to the reading of newspapers by the jury. The court passes fully on the1, merits of the case, and designates the crime as an atrocious murder. The court says : "No one can read the petitions for a writ of error in this case without being satisfied that the accused had every ad vantage that could accrue to him from the efforts of able and astute counsel; but no one can read the facts presented in evidence without being convinced that no advocacy, however skilled to make the worse appear the bi tter reason, could have brought about any other result than that which has been reached. The. evidence precludes every reasonable hypothesis of innocence and points with unerring certainty to the guilty man. The record disclosed a homicide remark able only for its atrocity, save in the fact that it was committed by a member of the profession of the law. who had been intrusted by his fellow-citizens with a responsible office, and the victim was his wife." In regard to the objection to the jur ors reading the newspapers, the court cites where it held that no objection being made by the accused to reading newspapers during the progress of the trial at the time, objection could not be made after the verdict, and the court says: "The case under consideration is far stronger than those cited. Tlie court, 111 the presence of the prisoner and of his counsel, at the instance of the jury, permitted them to have access to news papers under rules which it prescribed. It docs not apea.- that the limits imposed by the court were exceeded, or that the prisoner was prejudiced by what oc curred. But, however that may be, he had no right to sit mute, prepared to abide by the results if they were favor able, or to make objection if they were adverse. 'We think it the safer and better practice to exclude newspapers from the jury. The jurors arc called upon to ex ercise the most sacred dutv which can devolve upon a citizen, and in its dis charge they must make such personal sacrifice as is necessary to its due per formance, but under the circumstances of this case no reversable c'Vror is dis closed in this respect." Charlottesville, Va. J. Samuel McCue, convicted of wife murder, was informed in his cell that the Court of Appeals of Virginia had refused a rehearing in his case. He took the news calmly for a few minutes, and then, saying "I will get justice above," burst into tears. He gave way to uncontrolablc grief for five minutes. FORTY PEOPLE HURT BY EXPLOSION. Thousands of Windows Broken and Fifteen Residences Damaged. rittsburg, Pa., (Special). An ex plosion of dynamite at the Shoenbcrger plant of the American Steel and Wire Company, a subsidary of the United States- Steel Corporation, brought pain ful injuries to 40 persons, temporarily damaged IS residences and broke at least 2,500 windows. The Shoenbcrger mill is located at Fourteenth and I'ike streets, and is sur rounded by dwellings of workmen em ployed there and at other mills in the immediate neighborhood. In a shed near the plant the company had 300 pounds of dynamite stored, to he used as required in breaking up the large ore piles. A few moments before the explosion, it is said, an Italian, who is supposed to be Vincenzo Pessimato, was seen to enter the shed. The onlty remnants found of him were portions of his trousers, vest and shirt hanging to telegraph wires in the vicinity. Of the 40 injured people the majority were in their homes, and were cut by broken window panes or by flying pieces of the shed. At Atul Trafedy. Onawa, Mich. (Special). Two little children of Mrs. John Longworthy were burned to death in their home here, and the shock has made their mother a mani ac. Mrs. Longworthy locked her three children, aged 5 years, 2 years and 3 months, in the house while she went to a neighbor's on an errand. Fire broke out in her absence and spread so fast that it was impossible to rescue the younger children. The older one made his way out of the burning house, but is unable to tell how the fire started. Farmer Frozen to Death. Allcntown, Pa., (Special). -Tilghman Prey, a well-to-do farmer living three miles north of Allentown, was found frozen to death in the road a half mile from hit home. lie had called on a neighbor and was overcome while re turning home. He was 35 years of age and leaves a widow and two children. hiccoughed lo Death. Cincinnati, O., (Special). William Schroeder, laborer, died in the City Hospital here after two weeks of almost incessant hiccoughing. FAMILY OF SIX WIPED OIL They Wtrs Flral killed and Thea Bodies Wert Cremated. Tampa, Fla. Special). The little farming community of Wauchula, in Polk county, was plunged into excite ment at the discovery of a crime equal ing in horror the tragedy at Statcsboro, Ga., last year. The home of John Kir by, a farmer, who moved there last Oc tober from Blount county, Ala., was found in ashes, and in the smoldering ruins were found the bodies of Kirby. his wife and four children, ranging in age from a boy of 12 to an infant of one year. The whole neighborhood soon reached the scene, and an investigation was made, which resulted in the conclusion that Ihe entire family had been mur dered and n torch applied to the dwell ing. The skulls of each of rhe vic lims exrept that of Mrs. Kirby, had been crushed in by ome heavy weapon, and each, with the exception of the women, had evidently been murdered as tiny slept A hammer u-a 'J,- only wi an' ii 'found in the ruins whie.i could l ave indicted the wounds. A coroner's jury was empaneled, and, after making examination of the premises, rendered a verdict that the family came tn.ricath "by fire or some other means unknown." The general theory is that a party of negroes committed the crime, although no traces of the perpetrators can be found. DISEASE CURED BY KNIFE WOUND. Peculiar Case Attracting Much Attention Amont Chicago Pbyslcisns. - Chicago (Special ). The remarkable recovery of Mrs. John Lciendeckcr, who, after severing her windpipe over a month ago, is now almost completely restored to health, is causing astonish ment not only among her friends, but among medical men. A peculiarity of the case is the apparent removal of the distase which had inspired the woman to take her own life. For many months Mrs. Leiendcckcr, who is the widow- of John Leiendcckcr, had been ill with a chronic stomach trouble which caused her much suffering. Seeing no pros peels of relief and crazed with pain, she secured a sharp knife on Decem ber 2! and completely severed her w ind pipe. A physician stitched the wound with as much care as though the in jury were but slight, and to the sur prise of the physician, the nurse and the patient herself, Mrs. I.eienderker has steadily improved, until now she is able to be up. Many Lives Imperiled. Detroit, Mich. (Special). Arsenic in sufficient quantities to kill a hundred people has been found in a can of bak ing powder that was used in cooking for the patrons of the cafe of an apart ment house in this city, a dozen of whom were taken seriously ill last Thursday from some unknown cause. All recov ered after prompt medical assistance had been given, it was at first thought to be ptomaine poisoning, but an exam ination of all the food, milk and ice used in the cafe failed to disclose any proof of this. When City Chemist Hay ward analyzed a can of baking powder he found the arsenic. Declared a Bankrupt. Cleveland, O. (Special). Mrs. Cassic L. Chidwick was formally adjudged a bankrupt by default in tltf United States District Court. She failed to file an answer .within the legal (line limit to the bankruptcy proceedings brought against her sometime since. As a re sult of the court's action the creditors will meet and elect a trustee to take charge of her property until it shall be sold. Mrs. Chadwick has been ordered to file a list of all her creditors, to gether with a schedule of her assets and liabilities, within 10 (Jays. May Take Action. New York (Special). There was a rumor current that Thomas W. Law son would lay papers and evidence be fore District Attorney Jerome asking for the indictment of many prominent men on charges of conspiracy to ruin him. The report said that Lawson would show books and papers which had been stolen; would submit evidence that two attempts had been made on his life, and that bribes or false affidavits had been freely offered. Maryland Makes Twenty-four Knots. - . Boston (Special). The United States cruiser Maryland, which is to lmve her official speed trial over the Cape Ann course this week, arrived in the harbor at I2:.W o'clock Monday morning. On the trip from Newport News she main tained an average speed of eighteen knots an hour, and at times reached a speed of twenty-four knots an hour. A Little Heiress Dead. Chicago, (Special). F.lizabeth Mc Cormick, the only daughter of Cyrus II, McCormick, is dead, aged 12 years, The death of the heiress of the million aire ifamily came as the result of an at tack of appendicitis which began more than a week ago. An operation had been performed and the patient had rallies:!, but a relapse followed from which she never recovered. FINANCIAL. Dan Sully's scat on the New York Stock Exchange has been sold for $76, 000. United States Steel in December ex ported upwards of 50,000 tons of fin- isnea prouuets. All of the $40,000,000 Mexican 4 per cents, recently uougm by a -big bank ing house have been sold. Some surprise was created bv the fact that Xuhn, Locb & Co. were selling aoutnern raciiic Cambria Steel has put in an order for 40,000 tons ot pig iron, to be delivered in the next two months. When asked if William S. Rockefeller resigned as a director of Amalgamated Copper because of recent attacks from Boston a leading Standard Uil man re plied : "Bosh.' The strength in Asphalt preferred, which rose to 45, its top price, confirms the belief that the 5 per cent, dividend which becomes cumulative, next May will De pain. Reports from the West re still favor able on Winter wheat. PEABODY TRUST CLOSES) The Board of Trustees Vote to TaW This Action. SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS' BENEFITSj The Vole on ihe Queatlon of Dlssolvlni Ibsf Pcabody Trust Followed Considerable Dls cossion Several Members Expressed Varyj' Positive Opposition to the Motion let Dts' solve Volt Waa II to 2. Washington, D. C. ( Special).. Th trnstees of the Pcabody Education Fund met at the Arlington Hotel here and voted to dissolve their trust. A vote slo was taken on the proposition to appropriate $1,000,000 for the Georgtj Pcalxxly School for Teachers at Nash ville, Tenn., and it was unanimously) carried. The vote on the question dissolving the Pcabody trust followed consider able discussion. Several members ex pressed very positive opposition to thd motion to dissolve, and when the votf was taken it stood 11 to 2. President Roosevelt, who is a membel of the board of trustees, came over from tlie While House and remained almosl an hour, taking pail in the deliberation of the board. J. Pierpont Morgan, who1 came from New York last night, re maincd throughout the session, and tmt others present were Chief Justice Ful ler, of the Supreme Court of the United Slates; ex-Sccrctary of State Richard Olnry, of Massachusetts; Morris K. Jcsnp, of New York; ex-Gov. Jamei D. Porter, of Tennessee; Senator Geo. Pcabody Wefmore, of Rhode Island; Charles E. Fenner, of Louisiana; Hen derson M. Somerville, of Alabama; Wil-I liam A. Courtney, of South Carolina Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, of MassaW chusetts; Dr. Daniel C. t.ilman, of Bal timorc, ex-president of the Johns Hop kins University, and Dr. Samuel AJ Green, of Boston. Chief' Justice Fuller presided at tlie meeting. The absentees were Ambas sador Joseph Choate, at London; ex Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, who was detained by an important law case, and Bishop W. C. Doane, wdiose' hrother, George Doane, was buried at .Newark, N. I., today. The meetinoc closed in the afternoon, when the fol lowing statement was given out : "by a two-thirds vote it was resolved that the time had come to close the trust. Thereupon. $1,000,000 was annn priated to the George Pcabody College' (- T.-1 :.. V'-.i...:n- ' ivi jiaiiieis 111 .asiivine. oil ceridini conditions, which include contr.butioni from the State of Tennessee, Davidson county and the city of Nashville." the trustees declined to state which two trustees voted against the closing 01 the corporate trust. President Roose velt voted affirmatively on both propj osiuons, mat is, to Close tlie trust ana to make the $1,000,000 appropriation. . the trust was created by Mr. Pea body February 8, 1867, and amounted ta $3,000,000, but almost $Soo,ooo of this was 111 bonds issued by the States o Florida and Mississippi and subset qiicntly repudiated. The fund today fi( approximately, therefore, $j,joo,ooo. Th trustees were given power to distribute this fund at the expiration of 30 years, which period ended in 1807, and sinctj then a number of questions hive arisen) as to the distribution. The State o( Tennessee, Davidson county and Nash ville recently offered a bonus of $!, 000,000, provided the Pcabody trustee! WO11M nnnrnnrlnt. n rniu-H titiUir,,? .l1J lajs for the Peabody College for Teach ers. 1 The details of this appropriation will now be worked out by a committee. If leaves a fund of approximately $l,200.. 000, which will be distributed latefj among otttcr educational nistitttions, probably at the next annual meeting, which will be held the first Wednesday, in next October in New York. HAS SIXTEEN WIVES. Chicago s Alleged Bluebeard Is Under Arretl May ttava Secret Poison. Chicago (Special). That John Hoch', 1 whom the police allege to be a modern) Blucheard, is an expert chemist, and may possess knowledge of a secret poi son, was the declaration of Police InJ spector Shippy. The inspector says ha) has evidence that Hoch was a druggist some years ago and compounded manjj poisons. I "It may be that being proficient in tilt use of poisons he found some poisori that could not be detected," said the! inspector. j The police say Hoch has many aliases, and that he has served at least two sen tenccs for surreptitiously selling before complete payment furniture purchased on the installment plan. "This man is poisoning me," are the words Mrs. William Steinbecker tolr the police that her mother-in-law sale1 shortly before death ten years ago. Th( dead woman is said to have married Hoch about ton years ago, and to hav been taken suddenly ill two months aftel the wedding. Mrs. Steinbecker told In spector Shippy that after her inother-irv law's death property valued at $4,000 was disposed of by Hoch. The police now assert they have evu dence that Hoch has had at least six,J teen wives in as many years. The po4 lice also declare that besides the twe'vtj wives who are living, tliere were at least four who died. Oovernor Makes Arrest. fackson, Miss. (Special). W!,iltj Governor Vardaman was on a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad tralnf Sunday night he arrested Jim Hannah negro, charged with the murder ol two men in Homes County. The gov ernor, learning that Hannah was on thd train, borrowed a revolver from the conJ ductor, went to the forward coach and compelled the negro Jo surrender. Hei turned his prisoner over to the sheriff at xazoo v-iiy. Want Pardon for Orolf. Washington, D. C. (Special). Thej Attornev General hat referred to DisJ trict Attorney Beach an application fol the pardon joI Samuel A. Groff of thig city, convicted, with Machcn and others, of conspiracy lit connection with the postal frauds. The petitioner claims his conviction was due to a misunderstand ing of the jurors, who, he says, though) he had signed a mutilated leiter thai figured In the postal trials. It is under stood tht District Attorney will recjp ommetid 1 denial of the application.
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