JAPS AND BALTIC FLEET KanamarVs Battleship f.-jioj is Aft rRoiesriCJsky's Fugitive Shirs. TOUCfl IN THE. INDIAN OCEAN? Tkr Hear That Ihe Japtocst Hv Found tb Rasskai at Last-Anolher Clf Battle Sooa I Begin Kuropatkln Must Soon Mak Aa Attack or Retreat to the Northward Japs Qet Niw Worship. Tokyo (Dy Cable). Important new fcas been received at the admiralty oliiec. Its nature has nut been made public, and there has been considerable ."pecu lation concerning it. It is not believed there lias been any collision between the Japanese and Russian fleets in the In dian Ocean, but it is believed that the Japanese squadron of observation lias crime in touch with ike Russians, and that an attack on Kojcstvensky is likely lo be made as soon ;n the battleship squadron under Admiral Kntnara joins the advanced section of the Japanese fleet. Whether the Japanese have ad vanced to the westward or the Kits-dans to the cast is a matter of conjecture. The general staff has a gain taken up the question of investigating Vladivos tok. The situation at Mukden is re garded as entirely satisfactory, and Ova ana is held now lo have all the men he requires to carry out his plan of cam paign. There arc 250.000 troops in Ja pan, consisting largely of reserve', who have served their terms on the active lists, who can be debarked as rapidly as transports can be found for them. The understanding now is that these men wiH be landed on the northern coast of Korea and sent toward the east in an effort to cut the Russian lint between Vladivostok and Harbin. . Peace May Be Very Near. London (By Cable). The Russian minister, M. BcnchcndorfT, called upon King Edward and was in close con sultation with him for some time. It was said at the Russian embassy and tthe foreign office after the conference lhat it had nothing whatever to do with the question of peace negotiations between Russia and Japan. Neverthe less the general impression is that M. BcnckendorfT presented to His Majcsfv a communication from the Oar which ! indicated that Russia would be glad to have the good offices of Great Britain in opening negotiations with Japan look ing to and end of the war. There is no clement in Great Britain vhktli is in better position to know what the prospects are for peace than the great financial houses which consti tute London, the money center of the world. Jt is z noteworthy fact that the responsible men in the world of high finance arc confident that peace is close at hand and that Great l!ri?ain and ! the United States will have, much to C with bringing about a settlement. To military nien the situation in Man chuf'.a is extremely i Meres: int;. As jicarly as can be ascertained from the best sources of information tin- two armies abovt Muk'lfn are pretty evenly matched, so f.'.t y'the number of men is concerned, with a preponderance of ar tillery in favor of the Japanese. The advantage, according to the1 British ex pert estimate of the situation, lies with Oyama, in so far as he is in a position o act cither on the defensive or of fersive. as the situation at the move ment scents to demand. Japan Gets a Chilean Ship. London (By Cable). According to the Tokyo correspondent of the Tele graph, it is now Mated that the Chilean warship that Japan bought was the bat tleship Capitaii Prat. The sale was 11c ictiate.i through an American firm. The utmost precautions are being taken against the Russian Baltic lleei. Talicnivan bay has been mined, and the icm at Port Arthur are being hastily rriuilt. Four battleships of the latest British type li.'ive been ordered in ling land, Guns to U:e value of $.',500,000 Jiave also been ordered. The correspondent adds that, owing to the Russian activity on the Sha River. Oeneral Nogi is taking command of the extreme Japanese r.g'.it dank. It is be lieved that when .'ouiuthmg decisive oc curs General Kainimura, whose new army is equipped wiih a larpj.- number of field guns, will try to m: the Rus sian communications north o; Vladi vostok. It is now undoubtedly the am bition of the Japanese to invade at ica-t a small part of acma! Russian territory, but the severity of the winter prevctfs an active riete of Vladivostok, which will eventually b; come a Japanese ob jective. It was On!)- Cfc c :enrc Cleveland ( Spc-ial). The authorities have !r;.::.ted a'.tope ?U to the viJiu; of :.'g.ooo br- custom?, i-r j .v i;ht into this country by Mrs. Chadiviek. upon ' arhich it is definite!;.' i;;i...vn that ;,,. paid no duty. Of these w.!uUc- about 140,000 worth hav- been turned ov-r to th customs officials by parties who held the .11. Dies at the Age of 107 Years. Nerw York (Special). Andrew Crow ley, 107 years oi l, f.j Montgomery street, Brooklyn. U dtaj. Mr. Crowley had fetii ill slticc the last heavy snowstorm, when he contracted a heavy cold. Some vccri ago Mr. Crowley was a produce merchant in Yt'ashhifftuti Mailer. He it survived by five chilli-en. ( 1 IcLalnny in a Pui ch Uuwt, Providence, ' R. I. (Special). The Quarter Century Ciub held its r.ttnual "sng"' dinner in the WVIK.-igt ,n. The lut is c-i:ipoy;d of u$ prominent pro fessional trctv. In the midst of the din ner a surprise was sprung on the diners. The punch was brought on in a huge html, and when the cover was lilted a little pickaninny jumped tip and from the recesses of the iir.li served the i.. Tie menu were uho of unique design. Big (llil lor Cbltag University. Chicago, IK. (Special). The gift cf a $1,000,000 building to the University of Chicago wa announced, but the nui veraity aul'inriiks withheld the n.iirte f .!ie donor. It :; OelievcJ that the ;ift ia from Mis. Emmons Blaine, founder of lh Emmons Bl.iinc School ( EJ ica'.ion. The new buildinrf will cixnp'e the quadrangle of the Em moiU) ?lainc School of Education, be tween Klmbark and Monroe avenues. The aiinotirwwniciit vas made by Dean W lham li. Owen, of University High KEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Ttc Latctl Happenings Condensed lor Rapid Reading. Domestic' A committee headed by former Sena tor Mcl.aurin, of South Carolina, and cnmpi-cd of business men of the South, will call upon President K.xm-vclt Feb ruary 20 and will confer -with him rela tive to the development of new cotton markets in the Orient. V. F. Miller, of Franklin Syndicate fame, will be released from prison by Governor Higg-ns, of New ork, on recommendation of District Attorney Je rome. According to advices from Chicago, a corner in eggs has been formed in that city. It is said that 45.000,000 eggs are in cold storage in the city. The Kansas House of Delegates will investigate charges of iioodling made in connection with a bill to establish a state oil refinery. Charles II. Ilackhy. of 'Muskegon. Mich., whose Cort'.ine w.'.s estimated at ? 15, 000,000, ts (Kail. The Standard Oil Company's teatner City Cf Everett returned to New York with J of the crew of the Norwegian steamer l.eif Erksven, which was sunk in a collision. Charles A. llamman, postmaster at Zionsville, Pa., was held in $1,000 bi.l on the charge of withholding from his surety a letter bearing upon his offi cial conduct. Conductor Bargdell anil Brakcman Tenn were killed in a colli-ion between freight trains on the Iowa Central Rail way near New Sharon, la. The various interests of Fleischmann & Co., of Cincinnati, arc to be brought under the control of one corporation, capitalized at fo,ooo,ooo. Two persons were killed and 24 in jured in a wreck near Melbourne, la., caused by a broken rail. There was a general shakcup of the police in Philadelphia in prosecuting the war against vice. i The indictment against Manager Da vis, of the Iroquois Theater, in Chicago, was quashed. W. Griffith Giball, a 'tudeni at Ogontz School, near Philadelphia, attempted suicide in a room at the new Hotel Astor, New York. He was taken to a hospital, a prisoner, suffering .severely from the effect of an unknown drug. A bill has been introduced in the New York Assembly providing for '.he flat tax cf I per cent, on the ;ross prc. miums of all insurance companies doing business in that state., Banker Fred S. Wright, of Colum bus, O., admits a private loan of $5,000 to Mrs. Chsdwick, which he says is protected by jewelry deposited with him. The police of Colorado Springs, Col., have requested the arrest of Milton Franklin Andrews, whom they accuse of the murder of Bessie Bonton. Students of Kcnyon Military Acad emy, at Gambier, O., are on a strik- because of the suspension of three 01 their number. George a Gilbert, assistant general superintendent of the Railway Mail Service, died at his home, in Rochester, X. Y. Pennsylvania Railroad directors cre ated the office of coal freight agent and appointed Robert II. Large to fill the position. The National Convention of Journey man Tailors is in session in liloom ington. 111. Petitions have been pouring in upon Governor Pennypaeker, of Pennsylva nia, in behalf of Mrs. Kate Edwards, condemned to die for the murder of her husband. Henry Harnet Cohen, prominent in club and society circles of Philadelphia, was shot and wounded during an en counter with a burglar. A spark from a workman's torch started a fire which destroyed the Rome Merchant Iron Mill, at Rome, N. Y'., entailing a loss of Soo.ooo. Mrs. Alice Webb Duke was discharged from custody in New York, the Texas authorities having declared that they did not want her. Michael Maher and George Strayer were burned to death in a small build ing at a .stone quarry near Waterloo, N. Y. John F. Felix romvlaincd in New Y'ork that he was fleeced out of $50,000 by a pretended wire-tapping scheme. Bigler Johnson pleaded guilty in T.n awanda, Pa., to the charge of murder ing his wife and her mccc. Three men were arrested in New York for having a stolen government bond iu their possession. foreign. Serious riots occurred at I.od, Rus siati Poland, scores of -workmen being -hot and killed or wounded ly t'1'-' tr,, The .sinker.-.' -were enraged by the refusal of manufacturer to pay t!i,m. For a time the streets .were in pow.ssi, ,11 of the ;ti' !)-. II ,-henthal, -who :.hot and killed Pro curator General Soitmieti. is steadily im proving, and tile authorities expect sixni to remove him to the Finnish prison. He is most taciturn, not rep'ymg to queries concerning his lieed. The physicians of M-i-co-.v adopted r--.linioti-, indorsing the demands of the St. Petersburg workmen and ex-prc--i::g their determination to aid the l.ibi-ral movement. The Putih.ff Iron Works and the !'r.iiier,-Ki',,i;ui Works, in St. Peters burg, tire again closed becum- of the companies' rcfi'st.l to grant an tiyht hor.r day. The striking miners of the entire Rhemsh-Westphalian region, in Prus sia, have decided to return to work. Ma s-meetings of the miners, however, condemned the action of the committee and decided to continue strike. More than 100 strikers were kill d or wounded by the troops at an iron work; at Sostio ice. The Franco-Turkish di-.pute will be settled by compromise, France obtain ing an order for a share of the new K'.:n for the Turkish artillery. '1 he new bill providing for separation f church and state was presented in the French Chamber oi Deputies and re ferred to committee. 'J he French armorcel cruiser Sully, v.hxli went on the rocks m Ailong Bay, will, it is feareel, be a total loss. The law prohibiting Jews in Russia from acquiring property oul-.ide their zone has been repealed. The Privy Council in Loudon re versed Justice Caron's decision in Que bec, by which Greene and Gayneir were released, and ordered the prisoners to be remanded to Montreal, where pro ceedings to have them extradited to the L mted States were under way. The German government has secured big financial contracts from the Turkish jovernment, and the French govern ment, in resentment, gave notice that ;he would not make niy more loans t,j the Porte. MTUE HANGED; CONFESSED GLUT Walked With Firm Step to Death on the Scaffold. TOLD THE MINISTERS OF iilS CRIME. Prayed For Ills Family ind Friends His Rody Burltd Beside the Graves ol His Fareots In Albemarle County Features ol the Hanged Man is Composed as If He Had Died a Pcicctul, Natural Death. Sept. 4 Mrs. McCue nr.tN elered. Vf,t. 5 Coroner's inq'test be gun. Sept. 7 McCue arrested. ."sept. !' Coroner's verdict. Sept. i') Oram! Jury indic'.l McCue. Sept. 27 McCue arraigned. Sept. J$ McCue pleads net Guilty. Oct. iK Trial begun. Oct. IS Special venire sum moned from Peters burg. Oct. IV Venire summoned from Richmond. Oct. .'0 Venires 'frenn Freder icksburg and War 1 renton. Oct. 25 Taking of testimony begins. Oct. 27 McCue's son takes stand. Nov. 2 Cleising argument be gun. Nov. 5-McCue found guilty. Nov. j Motion for new trial overruled. Nov. f) McCue sentenced to death. Jan.12 State Supreme Court denies writ oi er ror. Jan. 17 Governor grants re prieve of 20 elays. Jan. 17 Counsel file amended petition with Stato Supreme Court. J.'vn. 26 Supplementary appeal denied. Feb. 0 Appeal to U. S. Su preme Court de nied. Feb. 9 Final appeal to Gov ernor. Feb. to McCue hanged Charlottesville, Va. (Special). J. Samuel McCue, former Mayor of this city, was banged in the county jail here at 7.34 o'clock Friday morning for the mureler of his wife, Fannie M. McCue, on the night of Sunday, September 4. n14. McCue was pronounced dead 18 minutes after the trap had been sprung. His neck was not broken, death result ing freim strangulation. Immediately after the execution. Mc Cue's three spiritual advisers gave out the following signed statement t "J. Samuel McCue stated in our pres ence and requested us to make Public that he did net wish to leave this world with suspicion resting on any human being other than himself; that he alone was responsible for the deed, impelled to it by an evil power beyemel his con trol, ami that he recognized his sentence as just." The death warrant was read to the prisemer in his cell by City Sergeant C. VV. Rogers at 7 :,?o o'clock, and the pris oner went lo the scaffold immediately afterward. He asked permission to leave his cott behind, and went from his cell in his shirt sleeves. His step was firm, and not a quiver of muscle was to be seen in bis body. McCue listened calmly to the death warrant, and when Sergeant Rogers asked "Do you think that if I gave you my ami you would he able to walk to the scaffold?" he replied calmly: "I can walk without your aid." On the way he stumbled once or twice, and the officers proffered assist ance. It was not ncedtel. however. There was no weakness. McCue had merely slipped on (hc r0Zcn snow. Watched by a silc-nt crowd of ' per haps 30 peejple. McCue mounted the scaffohl. Hy ihis lime the sunlight was streaming across the heiue tops around him. Neit a muscle of his face moved. Rogers and two guards ascended the .scaffold -vv it li him. The prisoner was placed fiver the trap, his arms were ninioncd and his ankles strappeel. The black gown was folded around him and the noose was adjusted. lie-fore he placed the rope about Mc- s ticoK, Isergcant Keigers put bis arm ove r the conelenmed man's shoulders and whispered something to McCue. Then everything w;i, ready. Mr. Rogers again spoke to him, asking him if be bad any stateme nt to make. "None at all," was hts answer. All this while McCue stood without moving. The- hope that he might make some .statement before he died finally nasse-d away. The cowl dropped over his- heael and lie had seen his last of the world. The guard to.,k hold of the rope that was to release the trap. Rog ers. Handing alone nnn the scaffold bes'fe McCue. turned his back and lift ee! his hand. The trap fell. Jn order to thwart the curiosity of the morbidly inclined, the Sheriff kept se cret the time of the execution. Many people believed that it would be close upon noon. Y'et as early as 6 o'clock a well-advised few were moving in the di rerttion of the jail. An hour passed, and hy this time the fewnvho were to be al loweel to enter were standing within the prison ine leisure, huddled around a stove. Few tier.sons witnessed the execution of McCue. Twelve citieus, as wit nesses, anil three physicians, several Stuessel Reaches Aden. Aden, Arabia (P.y Cable). The French Line steamer Australicn, from Japan by way of Shanghai and Cedom bo, -with General Sloes, el and his party on U,ard, arrived here. The General ami the e,the-r Russian officers expressed themselves as greatly incensed at the statements made by an English newspa per January 25, that the feirlress had ample supplies when it was surrendered, which they characterized as untruths. Chats to Her Baby. Rome (Hy Cable). The Tribuna pub lishes a dispatch from Florence Hating that Dr. Kocrner, a lawyer from Dres den, Saxony, has visited the Countess Montignnse, feirmerly the. Crown Prin-ce-is of Saxony, and communicated to her an order from King Frederick Au gniita, her former husband, for the re linquishment of the custody of he(r in- lant child, Princess Anna Aloniial Pia The Countccs will resist the ordrrf, and has already consulted Florentine law yers rrgaidiru( the case. newspaper renorters and i few others were about all present. Dr. G. L. Prtrie, the ex-Mayor's pas tor, was the only minister who accom panied the prisoner lo the scaffold. After the execution a large number of persons from the city and county gath ered in the vicinity of the jail, but were not admitted to the jailyard. I'p to the very last the ielea of a con fession was discredited. After the cxe cntirm one of McCue's spiritual advisers said : "Mr. McCue le ft this world with feel ing ed bitterness toward no human being in it. His heart was wonderfully soft ened. He was earnest and lender. This morning, in our presrncc he offered to Geiel a fervent prayer for his family, for his brorbers anel their wives, for his sis ter, for his uncles anil aunts, anel lastly, and most fervcntlv of all, for. his chil dren. He called them each by name. He invoked the blessing ef Almighty God upe n thein all." Drs. II. T. Nelson anel W. D. Macem eiJ this city were the physicians present. At K o'cleick his body was cut down, placcel em a stretcher and home into the interior of the jail. The fare was un usually calm and tlic features but little dtstorle el. Undertaker then took charge of the remains and prepared them for burial. Mrs. Dinwiddie. the aunt, in com pany with the children, visited the Mc Cue cell lale in the afternoon to bill the last farewell to the father. The scene was very touching, and the chil dren left the cell in tears. The prisoner did not retire Thursday night at all. He did not sleep a wink, nor did he eat any supper. He refused breakfast this morning. Dr. J. li. 'furpin. of the First Baptist Church, and Rev. H. R. Lee. of Christ Episcopal Church, spent the night in the cell with the prisoner. Not since the hanging of Dandridge Eppes for the murder of Adolphus Ma yo, in Dinwiddie county, fx years ago, has there occurred iu this State a homi cide and death penalty where the parties were so widely known and prominently connected. In that case, however, no such widespread and profound interest was aroused as in this. MR. CARNEGIE WILL TESTIFY. Consents lo Go 00 Stand In Mrs. Castle' U Cbadwlck's Trial. New York (Special). Andrew Car negie announced that he would go to Cleveland lo testify in the case of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, who is under ar rest in that city charged with obtaining large sums o( money on alleged securi ties bearing Mr. Carnegie's name. The trial begins on March 6. It is alleged that the signatures were forged. United States Marshal Henkel re ceived from the Federal authorities of Cleveland a subpoena requiring the at tendance f.f Andrew Carnegie before the United States Court to testify in the actions there against Mrs. Chadwick. The subpoena was served by Di'puty Marshal William H. Elliott, who some time ago served Mr. Carnegie with a similar subpoena to appear before the Federal grand jury in Cleveland in the Chadwick matter, em which occasion Mr. Carnegie refused to go. Deputy Elliott served the process at the millionaire's Fifth avenue residence, Mr. CarnegU accepting the subpoena with a smile, and telling the deputy that he would be in Cleveland on March 6, as required. Deputy Elliott said he had no diffi culty in seeing Mr. Carnegie, who treat ed him, he said, royally. Mr. Carnegie i.aid to the Deputy Mar shal : "I was going South to spend a few weeks in company with my family, but I am afraid now I will have to post pone my journey unii! some other time, unless 1 start South, as I intended, and then after a brief visit there go direct to Cleveland. I may do this, but you can tell Marshal Henkel that I'll be in Cleveland all right -on March 6." BLAZE THREATENS N. Y. CASINO. Famous Home ol Light Opera Narrowly Escapes Destruction. New York (Special). The famous edd Casino Theater, at Broadway and Thirty-ninth street, was partially de stroyed hy fire and water Saturday after noon. Hail the fire ejecurred two hours later, when the matinee crowd would have been in attendance, a repetition of the Iroquois Theater horror would have been certain, as the exit and theater construction have been much criticized. "Lady Teazle," with Lillian Russell in the title role, has been playing at the theater. When the fire was discovered, sixty men and women were rehearsing feir the- roael company of the piece. They lu rried to the street through the stage door. Lillian Canulle, a chorus girl, rushed back into the fire to save a new hiit. She was overcome by smoke and taken to a hospital. The te was con fined to the office rooms in front of the theater. Her Asbci In Washbasket. New Rochclle, X. Y. ( Special). In accordance with an odd clause in the will ,f Mrs. Constance Miller, an aged and wealthy widow of New Rochclle, her ashes have been elepositcel in a work basket she had used for years. The basket was buried by a New Rochclle undertaker in a grave lie .side the, rest ing place e;f her departed bushanel, John 1J. Miller. FINANCIAL. Southern Railway's December net earnings increased $132.21. For the half year the gain was ?7.?2,-6i. Bank clearings in the United States last month were just a quarter larger than in January, 11J04. , . A few wagers are being offered that Reaeliug will sell higher than Pennsyl vania before the end of 11x15. Conservative people iu the Southwest say Winter wheat has been damaged considerably by the freezing weather where there was no snow. It is asserteel that Edwin Hawle-y now has ceintred of Kansas City South ern and will elect a majority of the di rectors when the voting trust shall ex pire on April 1. This road furnishes a good outlet to the Gulf. A leading Philadelphia broker who has himself recently bought many thou sand shares of Reading said : ' "I think there is no doubt that a big pool made up of Pennsylvania Railroad people has been tremendous buyer of Reading. I may add that possibly the Pennsylvania as a company has also bought heavily." Wire products have been advanced $1 a tern. BLKiNlD as a sacrifice f rr 11,1. A Young Wem an Makes a Pyre of Cer Mai; Keepsakes. HAD MAMA OVER MYSTIC CILT. The Frljlillul Desth ol Frances Wskeley In Her Ihlcaeo Home Hid Planned Ihe Sacri fice lor Weeks Claimed lo Have Talked Wild a "Dcvlne Spirit" Commindcd lo Sacrilice Everything. Chicago, 111. (Special). Miss Frances Wakelry, 2j yrars old. crazed by study of the teachings of Haha-Ullah, offered herself a living sacrifice, and, heaping all her leivcd possessions, all her art needlework, the keepsakes of Iter child hood, as a pyre around her, she poureel kerosene over them and burned herself to death in he r ho-ne, (voo Iwc ave nue. For weeks the pirl, her mind weak ened by the study ed the mystic cult, re vealeel, according to its folH'wrrs, by the revelations te Baha Ullah and to Bab, had planned ' flic sacrifice. She told those who knew her that she met Christ nt meetings of the cult, and she had talked with a "Divine Spirit." She was commanded to sacrifice every thing, she de'clarcel, and her broken mind, filled with this idea, led her to the frantic deed. The girl's death revealed a terrible condition of poverty anil suffering a condition not dreamed of among the society women of Englewood and W ooel lawn, for whom the girl did beautiful embroidery and art ne-cdlework. The mother, ignorant still of her daughter's elcath, is paralyzed and helpless, unable to move and scarcely able to speak a word. Four years ago the family came to Chi cago. The father was ill, but he still owned some property. The daughter entered the University of Chicago, at which her hard Work and canicstnesi marked her as one of the most promis ing of students. The father died after a year of suffer ing, and the mother and daughter, left destitute, lived for a time on Garfield Boulevard, w here in the fierce, strugg'e to keep up the family the mother was stricken by paralysis. The daughter left college, and by hard work with her needle supported herself and mother until she developed religious ABLAZE WITH CIRNIVTJ SPIRiTS. Drunken Sailors Pour Alcohol on a Sleeping Man. New York (Special). Half a score of sailors who work aleing the i'ubokcti waterfront were arrested for a brutal practical joke that probably will result in the death of John Hanson, a younf man who has been hanging arounel the saloons of River street for the past week. Hanson was aslce-p in a saloon when several men entered the place. They were all more or less intoxicated and began throwing things at the sleeping man. He did not wake, anel one of them suggested that alcohol be poured on his head and set ablaze. A bottle of the spirits was obtained and the man's head was saturated. A match was applied and the: inflammable liquid blazed up. Shrieking with pain, the man jumoed up and rushed out of the pMce. The flaming alcohol had run down into his ears and on the back of his neck. He dashed acrexss the street and rolled himself in a snowbank. At first th' drunken sailors roared with laughter at his agony, but when they saw his cloth ing catch fire and hcarel his cries of agony they fled in all directions. When the police arrived the man lay unconscious on a snowdrift. His hair was burned completely off and his fea tures had almost been erased by the flame. His eyes had also been burned, and if there were any chance of his re covery he would be totally blind. Hanson was hurried to St. Mary's Hospital, where the surgeons ray jt is only a question of hours before his suf ferings will be over. He recovered con sciousness lenig enough 1o make an ante mortem statement, on the strength of which the arrests were made. Whole Family Drowned. Mount Holly, N. J. (Special). An entire family, consisting of Shinn O. Ballinger and wife and the latter's sis ter, Miss Mary Taylor, of Med ford, N. J., was wiped out as Ihe result of n drowning accident at Oliphants Mill Pond, near here. The victims were hurrying home, and to save lime started lo cross the pond. They had gone but a short distance when the ice, which was less than two inches thick, gave way uniler tliein and they disappeared in deep water. Their struggles wire without avail, and the- party became exhausted and drowned before aid could be summoneil. Tolstoi'i Son Wounded. St. Petersburg (By Cable). Count Andre Tolstoi has returned from Man churia, where he received a wound in the head and wait decorated with the Cross of St. George. He is visiting his father, Count Leo Tolsteii, at Yasnaya Poliana. The Count intends to take an examination feir a commission and return 10 the Far East; 80,009 In Clems Smuggled? Gettysburg, Pa. (Special). Dr. Welsh, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Rice, the county physician, who were sum moned here by the Gettysburg College authorities, proi.ounced the supposed cases of smallpox as mild cases ol chickenpox. The college Muilenls who were placed under quarantine have been discharged as cured, and the quaran tine will be lifted as soon as Dr. Rice can bring the matter before the State Board of Health. Can Drluk Toasts la Water. Berlin (By Cable).-Emperor Wil liam will give his support to officers drinking toasts iu water or non-alcoholic beverages. The Empcreir's ele-ci-sion came about through Dr. Aelolph Banzer, of Munich, a member of the sixiety against the misuse of spirituous liquors, asking if officers might not drink Joasts in water. The Prussian Minister of War has replied that upon Ihe Emperor's command the department informs him that "no compulsion exists to partake of toasts in alcoholic drink: and that it may be left to the move ment row In progress LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS CI II Service Extertlin. The Civil Service Commission is con ducting examinations in a number of the large cities for the unskilled laboring positions in the government service, par ticularly in the postolliccs and custom houses, and has found that the new regulations by which candidates for Iheisc places are examined arc resulting in a marked difference in the class of persons appointed. The commission ex pects that the regulations which provide for these examinations, which involve a non-educational test, but determines the relative standing of the applicants by their physical condition and adapta bility for laboring work, will prevent any furrher evasions of the civil service rules by irregular assignments of per sons not qualified for laboring work, as the new appointments arc found to be dapted to this class of employment and neit to work of higher grade. In the past many persons have been appointed as laborers without regard to their abil ity or inclination to do the work re quired, and after appointment have se cured assignments to clerical and other clnssifkd positions. frrom now on, unless specific excep tions arc made by the President, all ap pointments in the executive civil service of the government must be made either from the lits of the Civil Service Com mission or from the lists of the boards of labor employment, which are under the supervision of the commission. On Another Charge. The government is arranging to place August W. Machrn, the former general superintendent of the Free Delivery Service, new serving a term in the Moundsvillc Penitentiary; Dr. George E. LorciK-, of Toledo O.. and William G. Crawford, of this city, formerly dep uty auditor of the Postoffke Department, on I rial within a month under an indict ment returned in irio.l feir conspiracy to defraud the government. This was one of the numerous indictments following the postal investigation. Under this plan Machen is to be brought back from Meiunelsville, and I.orenz. is to be detailed here. Former Secretary of the Treas ury Carlisle is understood to have been retaiucel as counsel feir Craw'ford. The indictment is based on transactions by which the government is alleged to have been defrauded tinder a contract made by Machen with the Postal Device and Lock Company. ef New York, which Crawford formerly represented, feir fur nishing satchels and fhouliler straps to carriers. The Exposition at Jamestown. The House Ceimttiittec on Industrial Arts and Expositions agreed on the I amendments of the various appropria tions to be recommended for govern ment participation in the exposition to be held in ie17 on or near the waters of Hamilton Roads, Va., in commemoration of the first permanent se ttlement of English-speaking people em the Western I Hemisphere. Ihe total recommended is ?-.(50,t;co. I Of this, $2x00.000 is to be expended j in connection with the land exhibit, in 1 eluding the erection of naval barracks j and the ne-cessary piers, the estimate for I w hich is $1,750,000. The balance is to no used in coniiccttcu with the land ex hibit under the direction of the Secre tary of the Treasury. It is recommended that $250,000 be appropriated to defray the expense of the national commission provided in the bill, known as the Jamestown Tercen tennial Commission, and cxp.mses of the government participation in ihe naval, j marine and military exhibit. For the entertainment of foreigt naval and mili tary officers, lo be expemled under the direction ef the secretaritoi of war and navy, $175,000 is recommended; for a government building, in which to make a government exhibit, $t50,003; for a permanent monument lo commemorate the settlement of Jamestown, $50,000; to provide moorings in Hampton Roads, $i5,orxi; for rehabilitating a monitor to reproelttcr the baltle between the Moni tor and Mcrrimac, $10,000. House Passes the Rate DHL The bill to regulate railroad freight rates passed the House by a vote of ,126 to 17. Of these !7 veites cast against the bill six' were Democrats and II were Republicans. The handful of op peisition ' came exclusively from the Eastern States. Of the Republicans fivo eif the eleven were fremi Pennsylvania, namely, Messrs. Adams, Huff. Castor, Porter and Sibley; three more came from New York, namely, Messrs. Dwight, Southwick and Vreeland. On Monday Messrs. Southwick and Vree land voted against the rule under which the bill passeel today. The other Repub lican recalcitrants were Gardiner, of New Jersey: Hill, of Connecticut, and McCall, of Massachusetts. Of the Dem ocrats, fentr were from New York, Messrs. Gouldcn, Harrison, Scuddcr and Rider; the remaining two Democrats who stood out lo the last being Messrs. McDrrmnnt, ef New lerr.ey, and Schull, of Pennsylvania. The announcement that the bill hat; passed by this over whelming vote was received by the House almost in absolute silence. The galleries, too, though crowded, made no demonstration. Indeed, it was a most remarkable silence that greeted the pas sage of what is undoubtedly the most inipottant hill that has passed the i louse in many years. Argentine Rebellion f.uppressed. The Secretary of State has received a cablegram message from United States Minister Pcaupre, at Buenos Ayres, .say ing that the insurrection in the Argentine Republic. ha.i been completely suppressed. Notes ol the Departments. Important changes in the Diplomatic Corps will be made by the President, including the promotion of Henry White, of Baltimore, secretary of the Embassy at London,- lo be ambassador to Rome. A team eif horses attached to one of the W hite House carriages was frightened by an automobile and ran away. The vehicle was up3et and the driver was injured. Daniel Davenport, of Ilrielgeport, Ct., appeared before ihe Senate Interstate Commerce Committee and opposed pro posed Ifreight rate legislation. The House began consideraliou of the Panama Canal Il.ll, which abolishes the commission and places the manage ment of tlic -canal zone under the Presi dent. ' Acoreling to statistics of the Depart ment of Agriculture, there are l7,o;,7, 703 horses, in the United Stales, the value of which is placed at $1,200, 3io,oi0. President Roosevelt was invited to it tend the reunion of Ramsay's Confed erate Battery in North Carolina. President Roosevelt is anxious that the Esrh-Townsend Railroad liill shall apply to privato car lines. . SAFETY OF RAILROAD MEN Ths Tcdcral Statutes Mast Enforced. AUTOMATIC COUPLING CF CARS. Mr, Moody Issues a Le.lcr ol Instructions to All Hol ed Slates Attorney, Requiring, a Strict Enforcement ol Ibe Laws for ibe Promotion ol Ihe Solely ol Traveling Public and Railroad Employes. Washington, D. C. Special). At torney General Moeidy has issued a let ter of instructions to all United Stales attorneys requiring a strict enforcement of the safety appliance laws enacted for the promotion of Ihe safely of the trav eling public, as well as for the protec tion of railroad employes. In this letter the Attorney Gene.rpl cites the elccisiem of the Supreme Court of the United States in Johnson against the Southern Pacific Company, involv ing the con.structiein of the "Automatic Car Coupler Act," and calls attention to the rulings of the court that locomo tives are comprised within the term "any car" as used in the act; that the r.ct forbids the use of cars which can not be coupled together automatically by impact, the object being lo ob viate the necessity of men going between Ihe ends of cars lo couple or uncouple them, anil that the act ap plies to cars used in interstate, whether empty or loaded. The Attorney General adds: elkxclanntppi dacffH "It does not appear that any question can now arise as to the proper interpre tation of the law, since this decision ap parently settles every disputed point. "The government is determined upon a strict enforcement of these statutes, which were enacted for the promotion of the safety of the traveling public in general, as well as for the protec tion of railway employes. Therefore, any rase of violation which is brought to our attention by the Interstate Com merce Commission or its inspectors, or by other parties, must be preimptly anel carefully investigated, anil suit for the statutory penalty be instituted anil ear nestly pressed if, in your judgment, the facts justify that course." THINKS H0CH USED Cl'RARI. ChlcoEO Doctor Cclicvei Wives Died of Subtle Poison. Chicago (Special). Curari, the most subtle and deadly poison known to mod ern science, is believed by Dr. Joseph Springer, formerly coroner's physician, to have caused the death e Johann I loch's wives. Dr. Springer h convinced that the fatal drug was probably administered by means of engagement or wedding rings. "fly turning the inner edge of the ring," said Dr. Springer, "or making it rough or sharp in any manner, applying the curari on the rough edge and then slipping the ring on the finger so as to cause the slightest abrasion of the skin, death would follow. "It would only be necessary for thci slightest quantity of the poison to reach the bloeid. One-sixtieth of a grain of i curari is fatal." Among the persons who will be asked lo identify Hoch upon his arrival from New York is a Widow, who is said to have some years ago married a mam known as Leo Praeger. The descrip-; tion of Hoch tallies, it is claimed, with that of Praeger. According to information furnished the police, the widow that Praeger mar ried had been left $6,000 life insur- ance. Of this amount, it is alleged, Praeger secured $,',,500 to open a furni-i ture More. A few days after the storei had been opened the contents were mys teriously removed and Praeger disap peared. New York(Spccial). Johann Hoch' was formally given into the custody of the Chicago officials and left for Chicago to answer charges of bigamy. He had been held, here since his arrest on an affidavit charging "homicide anel bigamy." This complaint was with drawn when extradition papers author izing his transfer to Chicago were re ceived from Albany. WIDOW WEDDED TO HER STEPSON. Marriajc Was In Accordance Wltb the Withes of a Dyicg Husband. Philadelphia (Special). True to the premise made to her husband on his deathbed, on Christmas Eve, Mrs. An gclino D.mtbro, the willow of a wealthy Italian farmer of Ruck Hill, N. J., be came the bride of Miche-lo Btiono. The ceremony was performed by Magistrals John Mecleary at his office, on I'ilbert, near Juniper street, where less than five months ago he had united the wo man iu marriage to her late husband. Mrs. Dambro is years old, nnel the groom eight years her junior, p.arly in December Dambro was seized with a rtroke of paralysis. The Italian farm-i er realized that there was but scant hope, for his recovery. Christmas Eve he called young Buono and his bride to hisj bedside. "In a few hours 1 will be a: ele-ad man," he said, "Promise me be-i fore I breathe my last that you two! will marry, love each other fondly and' respect my memory." Both gave their! consent, and Dambro died an hour later. Mrs. Dambro mid Buono obtained their marriage license at the City Hall and were married m the afternoon in thel presence of a large gathtrinjj of nicm-j bers of the Italian colony. , , Ked Flags al Tints, Tiflis, Caucasia (By Cable). A crowd of 300 striken carrying red flags iu- vaded the center of this city Sunday' morning, distributing proclamations and firing pistols at gendarmes wlio tried to seize the flags. Two of the (;en dannes wore severely wounded with bill-, lets, and a third with a dagger. The po lice dispcrseel the demonstration, ar rested 30 persons and pursued the others into a tavern, where several of the rioters were badly injured. Ihey Cen t Qrsb Cliina. Washington, D. C. (Special). In view of the reports that there has been a renewal of efforts to find sonic basis' for intervention in the interest of peace in the l'r East the following statement is made here: "No matter what course is followed in nrranging the terms of peace, the one point upon which the United St.".l Government will insist! is that bath Russia and Japan shall, in the settlement live up to the terms o( the undertaking to which both of them hav subscribed, ihat the integrity of China shall be respected. 1
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