ROJESTYENSKYJS BLAMED
"flpeaiojr f Fire Not J.s.ificd" Si)
CoHiaisswn.
WAS SIGHT IN BEING CAUTIOUS.
rU Torpedo Boats to lb Vicinity of tht Hall
Flsalof Fleet Wfcta Ro)estvenskj's Warships
Opened Flrt loan tfco Trawltrs All ik
CooctotUos Froa la British Prrseatatloa
I Fact Art Sastalaed.
Paris (I'.y Cable). Tlic North Sim
inquiry commission, which lias been
taking evidence to place the responsibil
ity for tlic firing on F.nglish fi-hitig
boats off Dogger Hunk, at its final ses
sion Saturday announced tliat t!ie evi
dence adduced showed that Ad:niral Kn
jeslvetisky's act in tiring on tlic fishing
boats when there were no torpedo boats
present was unjustifiable.
Tins opinion was signed by a major
ity of the commissioners, i'ic only dis
puting voice being that of Admiral
lioubaaiof, the Russian mnnUr of the
rnmniis.siou. He held that the action
of the unknown vessels was responsible
for what happened.
The commission convened in solemn
assemblage at the Foreign (.Mice at ,t : to
o'clock V. M. The room was crow tied
with deeply interested spectators. Im
mediately upon the opening oi the ses
sions tht findings of the sc-sion were
read aioud. The findings consist of thir
teen typewritten pages ami scvcntien
paragraph.
The decision opened with a declara
tion that all facts adduced by tlic com
mission make plain the causes and con
seipiences of the affair.
Then follows a resume of the facts in
the cast:
It appears that Admiral Iv ijestvcnskv ,
on leaving Keval, took the inmost pre
cautions against attacks, and was justi
fied in doing so by the reports of imper
ial agents. At Skagen, Kojestvciisky re
ceived a report that four torpedo boa's
without lights bad been sighted and
this induced him to advance his depart
ure twenty lour hours. The Knglish
ttcanu-r Zero passed different sections of
the squadron, tin la-t vessel passed be
ing the Kamchatka, which was ten miles
behind the rest, ov ing to an accident
to her engines.
"This," svs the report, "was perhaps
incidentally the cause of the event
which followed."
The opinion of the majority of the
commissioners is that the ac: and its
consequences fall on Kojcsl veu-ky. The
majority of the commissioners realize
that specific details arc lacking that arc
necessary to decide as to what was tired
ar, out tney unanimously recognize
the fishermen bad committed uu 1 1
act.
The majority arc of the opinion
there were no torpedo boats present
al
that
and
hence Admiral Kojestvciisky was not
justified in firing.
The majority of the commissioners
are of the opinion that the Aurora and
jh rhaps other Russian ships were re
tarded and provoked the tire, which
was tuns Hit result ot an optical dent
i.ioii. The majority think the lire lasiel
longer than was neccsary, but that Ro
ie.stvensky did his utmost t,, proieot the
boats known to lie fishing craft. They
decided that, under the circumstances
there was sufficient uncertainly to justi
fy Kojestvensky in continuing on 'his
way. Ncverthelcsii, they regret that he
did not inform the naval powers in the
channel of the fishermen's proximity to
the firing and that the fishermen m g'n
require lulp.
(in that same nigh!, com tunes the de
cision, the Russian cruiser Kamchatka
tired on the Swedish ship A'deharau un
known to the other vessels o' the squad
ron. This fact -was probably due to the
fact that the other ves-i Is' commanders
were preoccupied and a!-o to the iso
lation of the Kamchatka. The officer-,
of the Kamchatka wired to Ad uira! Ro
jestvcrisky telling of the damage her
engini s and al-o advised bun that -be
had been attacked by torpedo boats. Ro
iestvrnsky consequently ordered u re
doubling of the vigilance.'
The fact was brought out that there
was i unanimous evidenci- by the Kng
lish witnesses at the hearing that the
fifteen Hull fishing boats bad the regula
tion lights; that Admiral Folkcr.-ain
passed them and recognized them as in
offensive, and that as Ri ije-t v en-k v 's di
vision arrived ihe fishermen tired rock
ets, the accepted sij.ua'.
The commissioner., , .;,,,. ,,,, state
ments regarding the indenmitv. which
will fie settled by direct in goi ia; ;, m, be- :
tvveeu Fhigland and b'tissia. I
The report was read by Admiral Font j
titer, the I'n-iich im.mUr of the coat ji
un.sion. i
rso Ctasul at Muihwang.
Xiiicbwang ( I'.y (Tabic i . The
a;i Consulate at Viu, iiwa.ig i, ii
oi a hnftl l-'.ngli-h niircliani.
also rv present nig Gerni i 'v
Am.
i cha:
vv ho
ml
Xi ilu rlands. In view of m. rv:
tertsi, in Maiichui i.i. local r. ,a!ui
gard it as a mistake to have no t
at the only treaty port. A ripitin
: he Kti--ian raids nngln a: anv
bring the lighting to Vinkow al :
.vai-u it is fill tha a strong man's
ci'ci would Ik- necessary.
Fan- Baroctf la Death.
Ia-k( r.sburg. . a. (Special).
I ves were lo-a in two lin-s near
ir.burg. Sai.nul White, his nifi
10 children and Jacob l.e vv ere
big in Mr. Whiles homi , at l'i;,k
pre-
loilll-Park-
and
.leep
, C:ii-
houn ciiunlv. whin (ire wa-. discover' I
ar .1 oVIoik. Mr. lee and two of tin.
White children were sleeping upstairs
ami were burned to death. The rest . i
the family escaped.
Mardtraaa Yauuli (auiat
l.a Culonido Mexico (Sucial. -The
Mexican fon ti under I'.eneral 'I'orr. s,
inimU-riiig alKUil 400, have Is ills 1 .;o
aiii and taken I07 prisoners in two
days' liattlc with the s.nage, in Lie
ninuiitaiiis east ,f ibis ramp.
It is said .(no arru-r were surround
ed bv JTorres 111 tlie Maaton Mountains.
t'.Kiul lid of these broke the M.-xic in
hues mid esca(td, but ihe main force
was dn ven Lack with
finally siirntiderrd.
icavy o
ind
Vabw IrM at UOO.ufig.
PiSisliurB (Special I.- The .tales of
Northern and Southern foundry iron,
be-cimr pig iron and bavic iron in
ibis section during the U,t 15 (;jjs j,
said 10 I.Hal over ado.ino tons, with a
valuation "icdmg f ,,.5( K),oo. .Salur
Jay ihe Cuitcu States Steel Corjiotation
bought 23,000 Ions of besciiier from
ihe Uesstnier I'ig Iron AsvK-iaiioii, 0
the Mahoning and .Sbenango ValU-yt,
and isM) tons lr:ii Pinsbuig concerns
for March deliver). The price wa.-,
Cij.jo a tun.
NEWS IN SIIORT OFPER.
The littit ntpptainf,! Condensed for Rapid
Rcitltr.
Domestic,
The police of Montr lair, N. J., are
t'ying to find Robert Harris. aiH to
have come from Attlrboro, Mass., in
the hipc that he can identify the coach
man who has been missing smce Mrs.
Hannah Kos was found (le.nl in h.T
burned house.
J. C. Hoffman, Frank Shipley. Ceo,
Voting. James Young and W in. Hum
mel, all of Lebanon. Pa.. rr arrested,
charged with making anil passing coun
terfeit dol'iir and half dollars.
The body of Mantel Mill.. Jr.. press
ag nt for Keith's Theater, in New York,
was found Iving on the tracks of the
Prooklyn Kjpid Transit
Krooklyn.
Judge l'dward F. Mm.;
mou.iy nominated hv the
Company, in
ar was unani
Democrats of
"Pop" Anson,
yer, for city
iwo war- the
l.rivri'iic( v ille.
The c-'i-
C'.ncago for mayor, and
the former baseball p';.
cl. rk.
For the tliird lime in
iiv:-c business -eejion of
Pa., was destroyed by !i
niaied lo.s is $;o.ixto.
No "ace has lerti found
M
ss Marv
(I sp.
Ag'if- Flvnn, who mv -'i : ai.is'
pea red while on 1: r vvav t a
X'-w York.
I'r. Albert Hi-niaiiiiii I've-co
!or of ;hc chemical laborim-rii1
I n. v i rs tt.v of Michigan, died
dir. -of
th"
! Am
Arbor.
Frank Hurke and his wife, of Chicago,
were sentenced ill Ch-cago 1o IS year
in the penitentiary for mtirdrr.
young man shot and killed bim-elf
during a v..udcvlie pcifo'-inance in v'hi
cago. P'ortnrr ' '.ovcrnor Kou: well, of Miissa
c'utsetts. js critically ill m '"iroton. Mass.
Mrs. Chadwick was placed on the
-land in bankruptcy proceedings in
Cleveland, hut refused to testify, claim
ing that her testimony might injure her
in criminal proceedings.
Trustees of Princeton l"n' vcr-lty haw
a-ked alvmiui of the institution to add
$J.?i.io.ooo to the endowment fund with
winch to cMend ill- tutorial system.
F.nipernr Wiiliam lias pre-enied t'i
Harvard that pan of the German cvhib
it ar the St. Loin- Kp. sition which
represents social e;h:cs of (",e rniiiny.
Mr-. Thomas F. Ryan, of Xew York,
will establish three ho.ptals at d'ft'er
cnt point- on tin- Sraboa:.' Air l.iiie
lor employes of that r:iii--.ad.
At Hutler, Mo., Charles Knit, on trial
for .aliened hood'hig while a member
of the St. Louis Ci:.." Council, wa- ac
quitted hv a iurv.
According to a rcpori i
ci-co, the 1 int'iiingtosis.
'fouids. are backing thi
cttic Railroad project.
Tile sjiecia! g-and in
on San !
and not
Western
ran
thc Pa-
ury ordered by
at Chicago, has
the Meat Tru-t.
on. president of
War Yi tenuis.
Fi-dira! Judge Kohiaa:
been drawn for trial of
Major James C. Carl
the National Mexican
is dead at Hcdford. hid.
Very Rev. William Ku.-ell McKim,
lean of Christ hipi-copa! I";
thedral, at
j S
Kan..
married at Little
Sarah l.. heeler.
I!.. X
to Mi
l-ie'
glitv guests had a narrow escape
fl'o
dci.ii in the I Peel Pemi, in Read-
ing. Pa., -everal I
l!itrvl-:or window
aken from the
if the burning build
liig.
.1 ciatlia i Ro-s, former chief in
ot
In Supreme Court of Verm
died in
Joiitistniry rtrom itl.iuric
his sleigh was struck bv
ceivtd when
rain.
The Massachusetts State Hoard of
Trade has prepared a meiiior'a! urging
extension oi the one in which neutral
ships -hiil! be exempt from seizure. !
Mr-. Jennie Daly, who helped W ilham ;'
lli-nry llicks-Hond to murder her liu - - I
baud in Hoise, Idaho, was
man-:;:nght r.
A lilt re.-ult of a en.
v icled
"'
expio
near heen
ui
the Shamrock Coal Mine-,
I den. -c. Ky., three men have
j e. ounded.
Pruvi-
fatally
James ocme, a
w can in
to death
Sena, a
Italian con
in Newark,
former em-
-tgiied a
schools for
lie Southern
tractor, was -not
X. J.. be Frank
' ' e.
Governor lloch. of Kan-i
providing for separate
a -.e- and blacks in Kan-a
Kev. I o-'ana Godbev, of t
u::iod s- ,-hurch. died in I'.rrhcl Ridg
Ky.. a; the age of r,.- wars.
.X tnely-nvo bmi-r. t
recovered from the 'i
Pir.uiiigliam, Ah,.
thus far
;a Mines,
been
near
I oinju.
Ulei-iciiu ih'egat.
f the Ivcanitel ica
in lirrh'n, arm..
sir.-, !o til....,- tto
ae c.
1.
ion-ran I -i
Th. l-.-n-
-..r d.
:ns c.it:n.-lra' the
i-ter bbev of
eriuam ami a
I'n i!:-a!
The T:
.-i'.-l 1
tor
'1 P
of :
-tains.
Seine ii
bet V ee
! rc.
s failed
1 Maud
Hid her
I I Ml -
d.
.,-!-!. .
w in en
she has
ir
id
, ,!,,,
' "'
d p.
of r
and
id -ev
rii he-t
ned.
pi-.iml.-:
po'ici
if P.an
T,
c
mg mi r.-iiaii: -
1 V ( been
lllllllifl si
si--mined. Kev ..bl
are being circui, .led.
S.x North G.-riii,
,u l.loy.l ,
the pa-: -,w
i-u-g:aii!-,
a ii. '
k, -:.r-ni.-i-tlv
s.i.nd from I'.-.- iien
rying in all x.i
1 imigarian-.
King Frederick, ..:' Saxony, repr..,. 1
Mr. Koerner for -tveri nininirr, taken
against the King's divorced wife, and
Mr. Koerner has re-igiad
:u c cjrt.
pos
The trial by court -ina ;". in '.
rd'-red of Captain MavidolT
iher others and three men
loti with the tiring of shot
h:
hi ru
ami ihrec
n connec
in ihe di-
rrctioii 1. the iVar
it tlie cerentoiiv 1
b'e-sing the Neva.
'Ihe g:gaiitic work of piercing the
Si npioii I'mmel through the A'ps has
been coinp'eted. The tunnel is u miles
long and the vv irk has cost 1 ;,( .-xj.orKi.
Troops guard 1 In War-aw-St. Peters
lung l.ailr.nid lo prevent the strikers
cutting off c iminunicaiiou. The rail
road strikes continue to spread.
A baitioioii ot 050 I urkish troop
timed on board a steamer, seized
impri-oncd tin- officers and ouii
inn
and lied
tlic captain 10 put pack to ,Sur.
Although Sir Henry Irving's condi
tio:! has somewhat improved, he will
likely cancel his engagements in tht
I'mted Stales.
Ten of the I la iihin-g Aim ri. an Fine
steamers hive been sold for protect ion,
Kiis.ia lo pay for the ves-cls if captured.
The. ailing governor general of In
land declares ihnt ihe strike agitation
is MA-ialistic, but not revolutionary.
Fire destroyed $00,000 worth, of'-rop
'.r:y at Beaver Falls, I'a.
MANY ARE HOMELESS
One Square Mile of dot Springs Swept
Bv Conflagration.
THREE CHARRED BODIES FOl'ND.
Haiti Guests Drlvta Out By tbt Flanea -Failure
! Water Pressure and a High
Wind Caused the Blare It Ott Beyond
Conltei- Mi) or B:ldlnf l.tadi Work al
Sg.ctrlof tht llcitllnte.
Hot Springs, Ark (Special). F'iie
swept the southern portion of this city,
doing immense damage and causing the
death of
losses are
Jl.llOo.OISJ
.t least three
variously t
o Sj.txio.ooo.
persons,
imated at
The
from
Three charred
corp.
have been
found among the ruins, and as .several
persons are reported niis-ing. the death
li-i may increa-c. The identity of th"
victims has not been established. One
of the bodie. is supposed to be that of
ii iiinale irticst of the ('.rand Centra!
Hotel.
Tlie lire, which .'.arted at :,V o'clock
A. M. was the vvor-t this State has eve:
experienced, and in tive hours had burn
ed over an area of one uuarc mile,
lllock after block of residences, busi
ness houses, hotels and other buildings
we-c swept away, aid the entire town
became panic-stricken. St reel-car wires
and telegraph and telephone poles were
j destroyed, and these serv ices were trm
1 porarily demoralized.
The fire-swept area includes every
j house on Chapel street, all of Market
j street from Central avenue west. Orange
i -tree! to ('.rami avenue and a portion
of Oak street.
Among the buildings destroyed are
the Grand Central Hotel, the l.ec Hon-c,
j Moody Hotel. Plateau Hotel, Columbia
Hotel, the County Court House, jail,
j First Methodist Church, the Jewish
, Sv nagoguc and a large number of resi
dences and stores, conservatively esti
: mated at .'no to j.;o.
! The blac started in the I '.rand Central
I Hotel, and its origin is a mystery. All
;, of the gm -ts had retired and only the
iiighi clerk and watchman were on duty.
A strong north w ind was blowing, and
before the Fire Mepartmtni could reach
; the scene ihe llames spread rapidly to
! adiohiing building.-.
Bucket br gades were then formed, cit-
iens and visitors alike volunteering
1 their service-. F'.xciiement was general
when the tlamcs nt beyond control.
; Many hulking hmi-es and cheap restatt
j rants were directly in the paths of the
j tile, and the occupants were hurriedly
I apprised of their danger. Many, in their
anxiety, jumped from windows and siis
I tamed severu bruises and shock.
"At daybreak the wind increased in
j force and fanned the flames into a seeth-
ing glare, which 1:1 up the country for
mi cs around.
The lire swept along Central avenue
south, em-doping building after build-
ling before the occupants could n cover.
their valuables, and many persons bare
ly escaped with thir lives.
f'n the west sjde of Central avenue
a strip of woods cowriup about 10 acres
sted the progress of the tire in that
j direction.
The Park Hotel, owing to a favorable
hifi in the wind, rscaprd destruction.
Flic gnels were hurriedly summoned
i from their room, and many of lhem
packed trunks and valises and made
their way to the streets. The Arlington
and Kasiiuan Hotels were not in the
threaten! d district.
Mayor Ceorge lit Idi'ig took personal
charge of the fire and police forces and
directed their effort-. With the assist-
"lance of Sheriff William, ealrols hit.'
established and the crowds kept hack
I to the danger lines.
STATIE assesshd AS MLTAI-
Duty Paid lader Pretest I'endlnt General
Appraisers' Action.
Xew York (Special). Over the li
loic representation in brom-c and ivory,
"La tiellotie," by Gcrome, a controvef.-y
has ari-en between the government an 1
the firm which imported it. It is :hc
contention of the appraisers that the
figure is not a statue and a work of ar
within the meaning of the law, ani
should be assessed as "manufacture. I
melal." 1'nder lh tariff laws it would
be held 11! J'i per cent, if considered as
statuary.
It is maintained by Tiffany & Co. that
it is on a par with any work of sculp-
O'l a vahiatioii of about S0.000 "l.a
1 He'.lone" would be compelled to give
Ja tribute of -i,Soo bcf. 'e -he could be
I 1" rmi'.ted to enter. s
"mamifaciured tin till." such m
I sba-.-i s and bra-s candlestick-, "I.i
j P.e!k.tie" i- a-e.sed a; the rate of 15
i I"'' l ( ."I. aiorcm, w lncti means an
entrance I. e ot s 4.050 limy was pail
mull r prou-i. and tbc i-., will go be
( 1. c 1 .it la -ar. 1 01 1, em ra! ,pr.f-ers.
! 100 BODIES RtiCOVtKED.
Not More Than Seven Now TIiuukHI lo Be in
VirfJala City Mine.
I 1
:-,iiiii!iaiii, Ala ( Speciid I. - ith
recf.very of loo bodes from the tll
I mine at Virginia City, the work
( scue was abandoned until loinor
Mine officials now mihi Conlideui
not more than -even more bodies
t iii
fa'. of
n.w
tha
'1-1
in the mine, and 1: i-
able this
three or
nnm
er will "e deerea-ed
li
Pipe, are being laid in the mine to
pump out I he water, which in sonic
places is too fei t deep in the lifts. The
remaining bodies are all thought to be
under water, and it may be several
t'.a is
hefore ihev are recovered.
I act al $2,76) a Yard.
New York (Special). A; the closing
(--i..n of the liengulal sale in ihe
American An Calhrics unusually hb,'h
jj'ices were paid for the old lace.-. A
bi'yir who was understood lo be acting
i'..r one of the G utlds gave $'.,(100 for
two and one-half yards of rose-point
enetian lace and $Voo for another
pieie a liith- less than lime yards long.
The same buyer gave S.i.coo for an Ital-
v clvel
v civ ( t
Cope
wall
and $.'..)oo for a Sp:
Hanging.
Institute (ids SMO.AOO.
Nashville, Tcim I Special ).- The
Court of Vppea's has decided the fa
noits Gnodwyi," will case, by which the
'loodwyn Institute al Memphis will gel
iboiit ifs'K ,txx). W. A. Gonilvvyii, a
Nashville capitalist, formerly of M.m
ihis, decreed in his will that at hi- wi.l-
m's death tile bulk 'if hi
s c-late s',10
ml.-!
pi to ihe founding of the Goodwyn In
.titute lit Memphis, in memory of their
lead children. Relative of Mri. Cood
vyu after her deaih sought y break
he will ami have a disirib.jtiiMi the
estate.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS,
Special Session al Senile Called.
The President issued a proclamation
convening the Senate in special esion
at u o'clock noon 011 March 4 next 10
"receive communications as may be made
by the K.xcrulivc."
The proclamation follows:
"I'.y the President of the Cnited Stales
of America.
A proclamation.
"Whereas, Public inurct require thi't
the Senate of the I'nited States con
vene al 11 o'clock on the 4th day of
March next to receive such cntiimtmica
lions as may be made by the Executive:
Now, therefore, 1, Theodore Koose
veil. President of the I'nited Stales of
America, do hereby proclaim and de
clare that an extraordinary occasion re
quires the Senate of the Cnfled Slates
to conv ene al the Capitol in the city . f
Washington on Ihe 41I1 day of March
next, al 11 o'clock noon, of which all
persons who shall at that time be en
titled to act as members of that body
are hereby required to take notice.
Coven under my hand and the sea' of
the I'nited Suites at nshir.gtoo, the
.'.id day of February, in the year of
Our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and live, and of the independence of the
Cnited Sta.q-s the one hundred and
:vv cntv-nitith.
f 1JF.OMOK1. KOOSKVUI.T.
I'.y the President :
JOHN HAY. Secretarv of State.
Army Appropriation Bill.
The conferees on the Army Appro
priarioil Bill perfected an agreement
which covers all points of difference.
The amendment regarded is most im
portant is that affecting the pay of re
tired officers and involv ing the pay if
Genera! Miles, which at 'present is the
full pay of a lieutenant general. The
effect of the agreement as to Genera!
Miles is to give him his full retired p-iy.
without reference to any compensation
he may receive for service on the staff
of the Governor of Massachusetts. The
provision agreed on reads:
"That retired otticers of the Army
above the grpde of major heretofore r
hereafter assigned to active duty .shall
hereafter receive their full retired ,viy
and sbnll receive no fnrthcr nav or al
lowances from the I'nited States; pro-
vided, further, that a colonel or lieu-
lenant colonel so a-sigurd -hall receive
the full pay and allowances of a major
on the acive list.
Of the ,W amendment- in the hill hi
I conference, the Senate recedes fro. 11
j four, and the House accepts, the others.
I Of the four which go out of the hill.
two arc s'-'ght increases in amounts, and
two cover a provision thai no army
posts shall be established without ilu
consent of the Secretary of War.
Disease Germs In Money.
Paper money will carry disease germs
for one month; metal money will carry
such germs only J4 hours, according 10
ihe conclusion of Mr. Thomas Darling
ton, president oi the New York Ciiy
Board of Health, who has been experi
menting with bacteria on money and
who presented the re-ult to the House
Committee on Hanking anil Currency.
The germs of only two d; senses have
been experimented with consumption
and diphtheria and both of these may
be communicated from one person 'o
another on mriney.
Mr. I ar!ingtou presented the conclu
sion of the Advisory committee of t ic
.xew York City Hoard of Health: "That
it is desirable in the intcri -t of public
health that soiled bills be withdrawn
from circulation as soon as practicable."
The hearing was hefore a suhconinrl
tee, which has under consideration -everal
"clean-money hills. No action was
taken.
I.tal Tobacco Trust ?
Keprcscntativc Kclioc ( Kentucky ) in
troduced a resolution for an investiga
tion by the Mrpartnient of Commerce
and Labor as to the cau-e of. the difttr
ence between the price of leaf tobacco
and the manufactured article, especially
in Kentucky, Ohio and Te11ncs.ee, and
whether the s,;me is due to a trust or
combination in the .form of a conspiracy
in restraint of trade. It is desired O
know what has caused the low price of
leaf tobacco, and whether there is .my
corporation or joint stock company e.i
gagid in handling tobacco; whether such
company uses ihe boycott or blacklist
in its purchases, or has taken any meas
ures lo prevent competition. The re.-.i-Intinn
requires a full investigation oi
such corporation or joint Mock company.
To Prosecute Load Frauds.
As the result of conferences held at
the White House with President Roose
velt further developments in the land
fraud cases in Oregon and California
may be expected at no distant day.
Since the first steps were taken look
ing to the prosecution of the alleged
offenders the President has shown a
keen intere-t in the investigations which
have been made and the indictinci.l.s
which followed.
The Pie-idem proposes to cany the
prosecutions to a final conclusion a.s vig
orously as were the po-tofficc ca-es.
Notes ol the Departments.
Pie-idem Wooscvelt has accepted in
invitation to attend commencement e.x
ercisrs of Clark I'nivif -ity, Worcester,
Mas.,., in June. lion. Carroil M. right,
formerly commissioner of hdi r, is pres
ident of the institution.
Afnr pas-iug a umiibir of bills, the
House sent the Panama Canal Pill as
amended to conference anH began con
sideration of the Sundry Civil Appro
priation Hill. Four hours for general
debate was allowed.
Gen. F'iti.hugh Lie, preside, 11 of ill.
Jamestown F.xposjtion Company, called
upon the President ill behalf of pend
ing legislation for the l.xn.'i.sitinu.
'I he House of KVprr-r iita: i ves turned
he annua! appropriation of $i.io.(kh Uf
the rental of the old New York custom
house by the City National Hauls, a
Standard Oil concern.
The Senate adop'.rd a resolution re
ported by Mr. Lodge from the Comtnii
lee on Ktilcs directing the sergeant -alarm
not to permit (lowers to be hroiigij.
into the Senate chamber.
Tip' rale committee of the Interstate
Commerce Committee will ask the Sen
ate lo give lhem an opportunity during
the rec( ss of Congress 10 pr. pare a ra;
road rale bill
Complaint is made to th.- Inited
Slates government thai a ti'ibii.-.ering
expedition is o'giini.in!.' al Mobile, Ala,
lo be directed against ihe isthmian re
public.
The Jsivers and Harbor Pill, includ
ing ihe appropriation' for liahimoje har
bor, which his passed ihe lloii.se, was
presented ill the Senate and referred.
President Koo-i veil has been i-,i,ie.'-id
lo app iul as second lieuu iiani , ihe
army cadets dismissed from Wc,i Point
in 1 X
Washington i, beginning to assume a
lioliduy appearance brcaiisr of ptvp; ia
'.iotis for the im;i'gura:iu:i.
JAPANESE MAKE ATTACK
The Czar Determined That (he
Shall Go On.
Var
ALL PEACE TALK INOPPfRTlNE.
Kasilaa Press Censor Saoltloj. Dona 00
News From Ibt Froal-Ta Ciar Assured
by the War Party at Court That Field
Marshal Oyoma la la panjer ( Defeat
laps' Tiirnlnf Xovei. 1
The Czar lun decided that the wit
shall continue, and has so advised F.m
peror William. Kuxsian War Jlfiicc offi
cials have assured the Czar that Field
Mar-hal Oyama not only cannot defeat
Gmcral Kuropatkiu, but is in daiig.r
of defeat himself.
It is now believed that King F.dwar I
and l-'.'.nperor William, as we'd as the
President of France, have tried to m
Hurncc the Czar to make peace, but thai
Ihe conn-el of the Kuss-an war party
has prevailed. Diplomats in W'ashmg
ton believe that the recent revival of the
peace movement is a step nearer to the
ending of the greal struggle, notwith
standing the reported ileci-ioit of ll.c
(Var that the war shah go on.
The third Russian Pacific .quadi-.i-.i,
commanded by Hear Admiral Xrhoun
toff, sailed from Skagen Pay, bending
westward.
Continued activity of the Japanese on
the Russian right and left flank-, and
the damage (kmc by them to the Man
churia:) Railroad, together with the fact
thai the Russian press censors are again
cutting out much of the news from the
front, indicate that an important engage
ment has either begun or is imminent.
Marshal Oyama evidently has several
movements in progress for ihe purpose
of endeavoring to cut Kuropa;kin's lines
of communication.
Say Japanese Will Be Defeated.
Ihrlin (My Cable). The F.mperor of
Russia has elected to continue the war.
His position is absolutely firm, and the
Germ in Court has been advised in thai
sense. The war will be pressed wi'h
the inmost etiergv. the domestic it;ta-
i tioii being now vviihiii the con::'"! of the
i authorit ies.
i Those who have advised peace and
suggested inquiries for Japan's terms. ;ic
French and liritis'i government-, arc for
the present silent, and are likely to rr
niai'i so, unless events of an extraordi
nary character shake the Ku-sian Flm
peror's resolution. The consideration-,
that led lo the F'mperor's deci- oii as
understood are :
First. Tlie judgment of the chiefs of
the army that Field Marsha! Oyama not
only rannoi defeat Central Kuropatkiu,
but stnud- in danger of defeat himself.
I low cow ardly, therefore, for Kit-sia to
ask .for mercy with .'ill the men and
money essential to a successful war.
Second. All the forces of criticism
now directed against the government for
having fought rather than yield to le
gitimate interests and for having failed
to win victories would be continued with
added fury against the government that
accepted war and then betrayed the
country. A government that would
crave peace ot Ku-sia's enemy while
still capable of winning vic.tor.y would
be giving the party of change genuine
grounds for a revolution.
The facts ot the military situation,
love of country and arguments of ex
pediency were all against peace and for
pressing tlic war hopefully.
THE MINSTREL'S REVENUE.
Killed Ihe Man Who Stole His Girl, Thc-j
Killed Himself.
lChuira. N. Y ( Special ). lir!rt ard
Keating, a minstrel, shot a;id killed
James F'ulford 011 ihe .streets of Corn
ing, and then committed suicide by tak
ing carbolic acid. F'ulford and bis w-ife
had been spending the evening out and
were on their way home. Keating ap
proached tlic couple, and when within a
few feet of them drew a revolver aul
shot F'ulford in ihe neck, the bullet sev
ering the jugular vein. Keating rati
and was caught by a policeman, but not
before he had swallowed a fatal draught
of carbolic acid. The officer took him
back to the scene of his crime, and he
died beside his victim in a nearby store.
Fuiford recently married Mabel Pres
ton, and Keating accused linn of "sic!
ing his girl.''
WILL COST FIFTV MILLIONS.
New Railroad From the Lakes lo the Atlantic
Seaboard.
Norfolk, Ya (Special). -The Coun
cils of Norfolk, a.s 11 committee of the
whole, voted to appropriate $05,000 10
guarantee a right of way from the ouili
rrn branch of the ICIizabcth River to
Sew alls Point, a distance of I t miles.
to be u,ed by the Tidewater Railway. j
This action gives the railway a deep- ,
water terminus for a trunk hue that will '
extend from the Lake.- to the Atlantic ;
Seaboard, and will be in direct competi
tion with ihe Penn-ylvaiiia interest- a,
a coal carrier. Cou-triiction at this end
of the road will begin inimed-iitely. The
road will cost .--sO.ixki.oco.
Prominent Georgian's aulcide.
ilauta. Ga (Special ). Col. Charhs
A. Arnal. one of the best-known insur
ance ineii in tlie South and a distin
guished citizen of Atlanta, committed
suicide at his residence by shooting. No
reason is known for ihe acl. He repre
sented a Hartford (Cl.) company.
Indictments lor Peonage.
Montgomery, Ala (Special). The
grand jury in the Cnited Slates Court
for the middle district of Alabama re
ported a number of true bills charging
peonage and whin-capping. S. I). May,
slierilT of Crenshaw- county, who re
cently disappeared, wa.s indieicd for pi
image. The jury invest igau-d one lynch
ing case, but failed lo return an iudici
mt lit. It i- alleged ihat several wit
nesses were -piriled away.
Mrs. Dnwalni'a Home Looted.
Allegheny, Pa (Special). The bcan
liful home at 1700 Irwin a venue, whi. h
Pill-burg Phil gave to his mother, Mrs.
I'.lizi.betli Downing, jusi before he was
:akiii down in his lust Miner's, lias been
looted by burglars during the absence
of Mis. Downing in New York. Mrs.
Downing returned lo her home ami
nur absence. The robbers ev idently In I
found the hou,e had been ransacked in
the idea tha; some of (he immense! f ir
itin.s which "Phil" in now known 'o
have left was lO-.K-csile.- atoui! the house.
TWENTY-THREE MINERS ENTOMBED.
Fifleea Bodies Takea From Shf. at
Wllcoi.
P.huficld, W. Y'a (Sprcial).--As a re
sult of an explosion in shaft No. 1, of
the I'nited States Coal and Coke Com
pany, at U'ilcoc, not far from Welch,
W. V:i.. 2$ miners are supposed 10 have
lot their lives, and it is pos.sibb; that
the number will exceed thif.
The explosion was of terrific force
and shattered glass windows a mile dis
tant. Immediately after ;lic shock great
numbers of miners, who were olT duty,
il being Sunday, rushed to the shaft
to tind grcal clouds of smoke and dust
gn-hhij; from its mouth. Mothers, chil
dren and other relatives soon were weep
ing and pleading for the rescue of those
dear 10 lin n entombed in the mine.
The officials of the mines, including
General Manager Reis, were soon on the
g-onnd and the work of rescuing min
er ;s now being directed by Mr. Rcis.
Tile dead miners thus far recovered
are all Italians and Hungarians, and
have no: us v -: been identified.
The . npiriy usually work in this
'...il ahmit 75 mimrs. but being Sun
day the men were not all in the mine.,
and the small !os of life can be attrib
uted only to this fact.
The i'niied States Coi:l ami Coke
Company, vvnh principal unices in Pitts
burg, is a part of Ilu I'nited States Steel
Corporation.
The cause of the (Xplosinn has not
a yet been determined, and. since il is
hardly probable any of Iho-c in the
mine will be recovered alive, the cause
of ihe rxpin-i.m may never hi known.
RAILROAD CLEARINQ HOI'SE.
By lis -leans it It Hoped to Save Many
.Millions Every Year.
Chicago ( Spccia
M. blaster
and
Western railroad companies will plan
for the establishment of a national clear
inghouse by which it is expected that
the railroad- of the country will he saved
at !e:i"t $Io,O0'),oe-0 annual!, and possi
bly double that amour.:.
J. W. Midglcy lias been employed to
brmg he matP r to a successful issue
by the pre-idem- o; the Illinois Central,
New Y'ork Central, Iv-ir. Lehigh Valley.
Santa Fe and Southern Railroads, with
the approval of J. P. Morgan Sr Co.
It :- now proposed to have? all dam
age claims adjusted by a clearing iiou e
and pas-cd upon by officials of that body
for the railroad-. Tlie new bureau, if
ii is c-tabli-hd, will have to do with
all accounting between railroads with
respect lo interchange of cars and every
thing for which one road can owe an
other. Cashier's Slayer Identified.
Vernal, I'tah (Special). Albert I..
Cahlwcll and David Fraughter, who an:
held 1:1 jail here on a charge ol grand
larceny, have been identified as the Cody
hank robbers, tor whom there is a re
ward ot J.s.ikhi. Sherill Horton. of Car
bon county, y has avrived here wttii
. L. U alts, who was an eye-witness to
the killing oi the hank cashier. Walts
positively identified Caldwell as the man
who did the shooting and Fraughter as
the accomplice.
W ill Beck Pay J.10,000?
Stoux City, Invva. ( Special). Just as
Herman. Peck, a wealthy .fanner, was
un.oading several boxes containing .t.noo
rpiail at the railroad station tu FUk
Point. S. M., today. Slate Game War
den James Holiday appeared. Uesk lied,
leaving the ipiai! behind. An officer was
sent alter him. The fine for having
quail out oi season is $10 a bird. This
would make tlie total tine against Beck
s.vO.000, which Game Warden Holiday
says IJtck will have to pay.
People Win From Combine.
Springfield, 111 Special). The Illinois
Supreme Court, in the case of the Wil
mington Coal Company vs. the People,
sustained Ihe judgments of the Cook
County Circuit Court and appellate court
in the cases where the Wilmington and
10 other coal companies were found
guilty of a conspiracy to control the
price of coal. The Supreme Court says
thai actual agreement is riot necessary
in order to constitute the offense
charged.
Proprietor W'as Killed.
Marusville. Cal ( Special ). The roof
of a building under reconstruction for a
theater collapsed here on account of
a destructive trr,--. A number of work
men and others were in the building, but
all escaped injury except A. Merry, of
Sucramcn'o. proprietor of the theater,
who was Uil'ed, and two workmen were
srriott-'y hurt,
Would Include Texas Fields.
Il.in-ifin. Texas (Special). A petition
is bring circulated litre asking Congress
man Pinckney lo retpic-t President
Koo-exeh to include the Texas oiltichls
in ihe invalidation ol the Standard Oil
open.liil.s 111 Kan-as.
Fouiht Duel With knives.
Circieviiie, O (Special). In a dud
with b.itc'ur knives in the warehouse
of the Hosier Packing Company, Henry
Wibbe stabbed John Price in the heart,
killing him iiis'.antly, after Price had cu!
Wibhi's chin and nose almost off. Run
ning home. Wibbe told bis mother of
the crime and disappeared.
FINANCIAL.
London was large siller of America,
securities.
New York bank have lost during the
week $.,,(xi3,mo cash.
Philadelphia hank clearings were io
ou.oon, an increase of $-',.150,000.
Philadelphia' Rapid Transit's earn
ings in January were $55,000 greater than
in tiie same month last year.
Some people think that Armour and
not Gales is the real power hack of the
great corner in May wheat.
There was a decline of t cents in May
w heal in Chicago. ( )ne firm sold l.Jo,
noo bushel. Weather conditions arc
gowl for the Whiter wheat crop in most
parts of the country.
A cal! for an assessment of $j.jo a
share has been made upon the stock of
the American li'on & Steel Company.
It is proposed to reduce the capital from
$i;.oon,ooo to $.',500,000 by giving one
fuil-piiid share, par $50, for 6 v-,) shares
of the present, common slock. Presi
dent Sternberg says in his statement that
the company has spent $1,500,000 on im
provements, of which $(160,000 was bor
rowed. The company has no bonds,
SIMPLON TUNNEL BORED1
One of tbe World's Mantis
Engineering.
TWELVE MILES INDER TBE ALPS.
Stupendous Obstacles Encountered and Over.;
come The Work at One Time Slopped
By Hot Sprints, "tVcS Caused Such hi
tense Heat That tbe Men Could Net Work--'
Tunnel to Re Opened March i.
Coudo, Svv:'7rr!aiid 1 I'.y Cable).--Piercing
oi the Simplon Tunnel through
the Alps w,is eoiuph tcly at ;jo o'clock
Friday morning. The wo-k was com
menced in
Tlie meeting of ihe two boring par
ties (Swiss .ind Italian) was signaled
throughout Switzerland by ringing of
church bri's and salute by cannon.
Many mirxpertrd ob-oicle.-. were en
countered, the most scrio.'s being hot
springs, winch threatened to .vrcek the
whole eu'erpr:e. and a temperature at
o ic time roc in l.u degree P.ihr., mak
ing a continuance ot ihe work impossi
ble until the engineers found means oi
cooling ; ,.' atmosphere.
Now that the. borers have mi , wa'er
accumulated in ihe north gallery can bs1
drawn off.
The work of preparing the tunnel for
a permanent way will be pushed as rap
idly as possible, and it is lioocd to be
gin il-, ii-d about March -0.
The greal Shnplon Tunnel derives i.s
1 name from the celebrated Shnplon Pass
built by Napoleon in 1801-180(1. This
pass, which is forty mites long
.composed of magnificent glides, small
tunnels and bridges, and is today used
as a stage road for passing over the
; mountains. The pass is from twenty
five lo thirty feel broad and 4a mile
long. It is carried across 61 1 bridges,
jovcr galleries cut of solid rack and
through great tunnels.
I Tlie scheme fur ihe Simplon Tunnel was
.put forward in iffi by the Jiira-Simplon
! Railway and was the culmination oC
years of planning to have a railway
.near the Simplon road pass. The plan
I consisted broadly of piercing '.he Alps
between Prig:;, which is situated in the
Rhone Valley, and I'.cllc, oil The Ita!
ian .side, from which village the rail
vvay descends to the southern terminu.
1 at D01110 d'Associa, a distance of abour1
ill miles.
I From Priga the line; running gently
up the valley, enters rhc tunnel on a
curve to the right of 1,050 feet radius.
' At a distance of 15J yards from the en--!
trance the siraight section of the tunnef
.commences and extends Uj j miles. Tho
! line then curves to tlic left with a radi
ius of 1,311 feet before emerging. Com
' mencing at 1hc northern entrance,
gradient of 1 to 500 miles for a lengtii
of 5! j miles to a level length of 55a
yards in the center and then a gradient
of 1 in 14.1 descends 10 the Italian side.'
Il will be a double tunnel; that iv
iherc will eventually be two parallel
tubes, each carrying one line of railway
Their centers will be 50 feet apart. Tho .
tunnel, whose boring has just been conk
plctcd; is known as No. I, No. 2 beinj?
left, masonry lined where necessary, of
future developments.
Jn cross section tunnel No. I is 1.1
feet " inches wide at tlic bottom ami
16 fed 5 inches at the widest part, w'ih
a total height of 18 feet above the road
level. The material pcr.cfratcd is roc'.
Rotary drilb, operated by hydraubtf
pressure, were used, there being an
elaborate water power plant at each end
of the tunnel.
The C's.-i of the tunnel is about
000,000.
The succrv fill outcome of this engi
neering ftit may have an important
bearing upon the project of Chief Engi
neer Wallace, of ihe Panama Canal, to
make that waterway a sca-lcve.1 canal
by (ir; ing a tunnel four miles lontf
under a mountain to divert the surplus
waters of the Chngres rivers. Follow
ing ate .some of ihe great tunnels of thf
world :
' MiUs
Simplon ( Switzcr'and-ltaly) . ..12l
lothard (France-Italy) 054
Mt. Ccnis (France-Italy)
Arlberg (Austria) t
Tecjuix(,tii.ic (Mex'co) 6
Hoosac (Ma'sachiisctt.s) 4jjJ
Severn (Fngland) 4
Albula (Switzerland) ...34
Trans-Andean (Argentina),.., 3
raveholz (Norway) 3
Mullan (Montana) a'j
Khojal; ( India) 2
Busk (Colorado) 1J4 .
Stampede (Washington State), lj
St. Clair (Canada) iy, '
"Pelt Line (Baltimore)
Mersey 1 F.ngl.tnd) jj
MILLIONS. WASTED AT CAVITE.
t.leutcncnl lloifm-n Says Ri; Navy Yard
Is Useless.
New Orleans (Special), "Millions
have been wasted by Congrc.-s on the
Caritc Navy Yard, which is absolutely
useless f ir any purpose," said Lieut. W.
II. Hoffman, of the I'nited States Navy,
who has just -ciurncd from a four years'
.cruise in Kasiein waters.
"It is absolutely impossible to dock
any large-sii'ed vessel in Cavite. All.
the millions ihat have been spent on it
are wasted as much as if they had been
thrown into the sea. Congressional com
mittees have been sent out there, but
have done nothing e.xc'cpt s junket
around."
Once Claimed Several Slates.
VVa!la "Walla, Wash (Special). Jer
ry McCrath, a unique figure in the early
history of tlie Northwest, is dead at the
county poor farm. McCrath gained cou-'
sidcrable notoriety sonic years ago by
filing a claim in Ran lrancisco to the
largest part of what is now Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, under an old
Spanish grant. He fought the case un
til his means were exhausted and he
was obliged to work hi:; pipage back to
Walla Walla.
Indictments lor Timber Frauds.
San Francisco, Cal (Special). The
federal grand jury has completed its
labors in the land and timber frauds in
the Heeding district, and has returned
an indictment againM Harry W. Miller,
Frank IL Kincart and William II. Bo
rcn, charging them with subornation of.
perjury. Miller in under indictment by
the United States grand jury of Ore-I
gon for a similar offense, alleged to have
been committed in that state. Kincirr
is under arrest at Portland, and Doreii !
is in the hands of the United State..,!
marshal of this district.