JAPANESE GET KAIYUAN
Inssiaos Set Fire to Railroad Station
Before Leaving Town.
tOT PURSUIT NORTH GOES ON.
Jo Now Occupy Fikumin According to
Report! From Tbclr Army In the Fields
Ike Russians Probably Will Contluue Thrlr
Retreat to Harbin, Ollerlnf No Formidable
Reililioc Before Resetting That Place.
Tokio (By Cable). Headquarters of
Japanese armies in the field, reporting
under Sunday's date, says:
"Our detachment, continuing its ad
vance north, pursued the enemy to Kai
yuan, some 22 miles north of Tai pass.
Kaiyuan was evacuated by the enemy on
Saturday, after he had set fire to the
railroad station."
Japs Still Bombard.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Commander-in-Chief
Linevitch, in a telegram
dated Saturday, says :
"On March 17 Japanese batteries bom
barded our divisions in the valleys of
Tavanpun and Yanpu. The enemy ap
peared near Kaotiatsc, on the railroad,
about 22 miles north of Tie pass, and
their cavalry has occupied Kakuman.
Our armies continue their concentra
tion." Japanese Follow Closely.
Cunshu Pass (By Cable). The First
Army, which has been covering the re
treat of the Russian forces from the
south, is withdrawing slowly, checking
comparatively light attacks by the Jap
anese. The Japanese are conducting a
flanking operation on the right, and from
the Russian column Japanese batteries
re visible keeping a short distance
way.
The Red Cross detachments at all of
the intermediate stations to Harbin are
working night and day, operating, ban
daging and feeding the wounded.
The Chinese population are leaving
Cunshu pass for Kirin, and the labor
question is growing critical, though Chi
nese receive the unprecentedly high
wages of 40 to 50 cents a day.
On Saturday, while the correspondent
was proceeding almost with the rear
guard he stopper at a Chinese village,
where several natives came to the com
manding officer and asked for permis
sion to accompany the column, with
their families, saying the women feared
the Japanese, who treated them worse
than did the Chinese bandits. Practical
ly the entire village accepted the offi
cers' permission to accompany the rear
guard.
The Japanese have ordered all Chi
nese in Mukden having Russian money
to appear at the police station and ex
change paper and silver money for Jap
anese notes, issued specially for Man
churia. Kuropatkin la Disgrace.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). With the
Japanese hanging on the heels and flanks
of the remnants of the broken and de
feated Russian Army, General Kuro
patkin, the old idol of the private sol
dier, has been dismissed and disgraced
and General Linevitch, commander of
the First Army, is appointed to succeed
him in command of all the Russian and
sea forces operating against Japan. Ku
ropatkin is ordered home at once.
The word disgrace is written in large
letters in the laconic imperial order ga
zetted, which contains not a single word
of praise, and also disposes of the ru
mor that Kuropatkin had asked to lie
relieved. The Russian military annals
contain no more bitter imperial rebuke.
While it was known that the War
Council had already decided to supplant
Kuropatkin after the Mukden disaster,
the decision to confer the task of saving
the remainder of the army on Linevitch
in the very midst of its flight came as
a surprise. It transpires that Emperor
Nicholas, upon the advice of General
Dragomiroff and War Minister Sak
haroff, determined that the step was
necessary when it became apparent that
Kuropatkin, while concentrating for a
stand at Tic Pass, seemed unaware that
the Japanese had worked around west
ward again, and practically allowed him
self to be surprised. Old reports brought
by General Grippenbcrg regarding Ku
ropatkin's failing mentally also had in
fluence. Under the circumstances, it was con
sidered imperative, in view of the ex
ceedingly perilous position of the army,
to turn over its command to Linevitch,
who alone had been able to bring off his
army in order after the battle of Muk
den. His record during the Chinese war
bad also demonstrated his capacity as a
commander.
The task confided to Linevitch of with
drawing what is felt of a great army
to Harbin is a desperate one. He is
hemmed in on all sides. General Kawa
mura probably is pressing northward
through the mountains eastward ready
to swoop down, Generals Nngi and Oku
are on the west of the Russian forces,
the whole line of the railroad is threat
ened, if not already cut, and Chinese
bandit3 are even reported to be in the
rear of Harbin.
A consummation of the Mukden dis
aster is feared. Napoleon's plight in the
retreat from Moscow, with Kutusoff's
Cossacks harassing the starving, freez
ing Frenchmen, was hardly as bad or
dangerous.
Nothing further has arrived from the
trout, but it is feared that the dtci
mated battalions, which had hardly re
covered from the demoralization of the
Mukden retreat, have again been thrown
into confusion by Field Marshal Oya
ma's relentless, merciless pursuit.
Disaster Id Tbeater.
Santiago de Chile (Special). The ac
cident which occurred in the Lyric Thea
ter here was caused by the collapse of the
gallery. An anti-Catholic meeting was
being hetd at the time. Four persons
were killed and a great number injured.
The Presldeot Honored.
Madison, Wis. (Special). The As
sembly honored President Roosevelt by
passing a bill to create in Taylor county
town which shall bear his name.
Masked Robbers la a Fight
Chicago (Special). Six masked rob
bers, frustrated in an attempt to dyna
mite the safe in the office of Jiirk Bros.,
after they had overpowered and gagged
two employes of the place, made their
escape, but not until they had engaged
in a pistol fight. More than 20 shots
were fired by the officers, and it is
thought two of the escaninif men were
wounded. The police heard two of the
men cry out that they hud been shot,
and the officers believe the wounded men
were aided in escaping by their companions.
' KlfS IN SHORT ORDER.
the Latest HsppeolBf Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
DomeiHc
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke threatens to
hire a hall and expose some secrets of
the Tobacco Trust.
The ice is moving out of the Alle
gheny River, and there is danger of a
Hood.
Peter Conrad, a farmer of Canajoha
rie, N. Y., was murdered, and his neigh
bor, Daniel Smuller, was arrested on
suspicion.
The cruiser Washington was launched
from the yards of the New York Ship
building Company, at Camden, N. J.
Legal action seeking to recover trust
funds and to have Augustus T. Cullen
der, now held as a lunatic in Ardcndale
Sanitarium, near Greenwich, Ct., de
clared responsible, were begun in New
York and Connecticut.
Mrs. Flora T. NcfT, president of the
Cass County Woman's Chirstian Tem
perance I'nion, thinks President Roose
velt would be more nearly right if he
urged parents to have better children
instead of more of them.
Mrs. Hrownie Rathbone Weavcrsnn
was arrested in New York, charged with
having practiced her oriental art of heal
ing on Mrs. Fannie Rahll with such ill
success that the patient is close to death.
John R. Kcnly, for 10 years general
manager of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
way, has resigned, and W. N. Royall,
general superintendent of the First di
vision, will succeed him.
The Panama Canal Commission has
filed an answer to the criticisms of Dr.
G. C A. L. Reed, whom they charge
with woful ignorance or wilful mis
statement. Engineers of the u estcrn Pacific Rail
road have made surveys for a new trans
continental road which will be submitted
to George J. Gould and his associates.
The Pacific express of the Erie Rail
road plunged down an embankment near
Winfield Station, Ind. Twelve persons
were injured, of whom 2 are likely to
die.
Two suits, aggregating $.287,000, have
been brought by District Attorney Je
rome, of New York, against subsidiary
companies of the Tobacco Trust for al
leged violation of the lottery laws.
William Nelson Cromwell, accused by
Senator Morgan, says he has had noth
ing whatever to dp with the Santo Do
mingo government, ' either directly or
through any official of the United States.
At Augusta, Me., articles were filed
for the incorporation of the Publisher's
Paper Company, with a capital stock of
$6,000,000. The new company will com
pete with the Paper Trust.
Because he was hounded by money
lenders to whom he had pledged his sal
ary in advance, Frank Durham, an Illi
nois Central engineer, committed suicide
when he lost his position.
Counsel for the Georgia Sawmill As
sociation has applied to United States
Court for an injunction to stop railroads
of the state from charging an alleged
excess freight rate.
There were several changes in the bal
loting for Lrnited States senator at Jef
ferson City, Mo., but the deadlock was
not broken, nor is there any choice of
a senator in sight.
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of the
President, was married in New York
to her cousin, Frank Delano Roosevelt.
The President was present and gave the
bride away.
Governor Iliggins, of New York, has
signed a bill which requires excursion
steamers to carry at least one life-preserver
for each passenger.
Jesse F. McDonald was sworn in as
governor of Colorado. Governor Pea-
body, in accordance with his promise, va
cated the office.
The Missouri House of Delegates pass
ed a bill providing for a free bridge over
the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
A Chicago man had a desperate en
counter with a lunatic, who slashed him
three times with a butcher-knife.
The household property of Mrs. Chad
wick in Cleveland was sold for $25,200.
The recklessness of a motorman caused
a collision between two trains on the
elevated road in New Y'ork. Two. per
sons were seriously injured and others
were more or less hurt.
Dr. William R. Harper, president of
the University of Chicago, reached Lake
wood, N. J., where he will remain a
short time for recuperation.
Gen. W. H. Whiteman, adjutant gen
eral of New Mexico, was indicted on
the charge of securing public funds un
der false pretenses.
Foreign.
Captain DavidofT and other officers re
sponsible for the carelessness in allow
ing a shell to be fired during a salute at
the blessing of the waters of the Neva,
thus imperilling the Emperor and others
in the imperial pavilion, have been dis
missed from the army and imprisoned.
Granch Duchess Anastasia of Meck-lenburg-Schwerin,
mother of Duchess
Cecilia, betrothed wife of Crown Prince
Frederick William, will not be present
at the wedding because of the delicate
tondttion of her health.
Sanaa, capital of the Province of Ye
men, with its garrison of 5,000 men, has
fallen into the hand of the Arab insur
gents. The governor had offered to sur
render, but his terms were not accept
able to the besiegers.
Count de Segonzac, who was sent by
the French Moroccan Commission to in
vestigate commercial conditions of Mo
rocco, has been captured by Arabs.
President Castro of Venezuela is en
deavoring to settle his complications
with Germany and Great Britain.
Revision of the Dreyfus case is teach
ing its final stage, and it is expected in
I'aris that the decision will completely
rehabilitate Dreyfus.
The secret police of Moscow have dis
covered an organization acting in con
junction with the revolutionary party in
London, and 300 persons have been ar
rested. Sasoneff, the assassin of Minister von
Plehve, tells the remarkable story of
Ins lite and how he became a terrorist.
In renewed strike troubles in the Lodz
district, Poland, an agitator was killed
anil others were wounded.
The peasant agitation is spreading in
every part of Poland, and the report of
mobilization of troops caused the work
ers in the woolen mills at Loda to strike.
L. Polo de Bernabe, now Spanish am
bassador at Rome, has been appointed
ambassador of Spain in London. He
was minister at Washington at the out
break of the Spanish-American War.
King Alfonso has signed the appoint
ment of Don Emclio de Ojeda, Spanish
minister at Washington, as under secre
tary for foreign affairs. Jocinthe de Col
ogan, minister of Spain in Morocco, is
appointed minister at Washington.
Manuel Garcia, professor of singing
in the University of London, Vnd inven
tor of the larynogoscope, celebrated his
one hundredth birthday in good health.
THE RESCUERS DEAD
Fourteen Sacrificed Themselves
Fellow-Miners.
for
WAS SECOND DEADLY EXPLOSION.
Twenty-lour Meo Killed it Rush Run and
Red Ash Mines Flames Shot from the
Mouth ol the Drill Cars Thrown Down
the Side ol the Mountain Rescue party
Lost Tbclr Lives Through Carelessness.
Thurmond, W. Va. (Special). The
explosion in the Rush Run and Red Ash
Mine at 10 o'clock Saturday night, by
which 10 miners were killed, was fol
lowed by a second explosion in the Rush
Run opening at 3:45 Sunday morning,
by which 14 more lives were lost. These
were members of a party who had volun
teered to get into the mine and discover
if perchance any of those who had pre
viously been entombed were still alive.
When the first explosion occurred it
was found that its initial point was the
Rush Run opening, and that there it had
expended most of its force. The drum
by which loaded cars arc lowered down
the incline and empties drawn up was
blown from its fastenings and sent some
600 feet down the mountain side, while
the flames that shot from the drift mouth
set fire to the drumhouse and consumed
it.
In a very few minutes the head of ihe
incline was destroyed, the rails twisted
and bent, the crossties were torn from
their beds and hurled down the hillside.
The fan which carries the air through
the mine was found out of commission,
though not permanently damaged, and
all hands went to work to get it in
working order as soon as possible. By
midnight this was done, and it was set
going. As it began to suck the air
through the wire the work of organizing
a rescue party was begun.
There were plenty of volunteers and
soon a body of brave, determined men,
led by Thomas Bannister, the fire boss,
and Crockett Hutchinson, the machine
boss, entered the drift mouth and began
working their way toward where they
knew the dead bodies were. With the
recklessness that characterized men who
daily face death there were those in the
party who carried "naked" Tamps. They
could not be held back to wait for the
brattices to be repaired, so that the air
supply would keep up with their advance.
After two or three hour, some of the
more cautious began to return to the
outside, saying there were those inside
who were taking too desperate chances
with their uncovered lampi. Their fears
were well founded, for two or three of
them had scarcely reached the outside
and stepped away from the mouth of the
mine when the second explosion came.
District Mine Inspector Pinckncy is
now in charge. and will lead the next
rescue party. He will be careful that no
one enters without a safety lamp.
The fan was again wrecked by -the
second explosion, but has been again re
paired, and the fan is now pumping 100
feet of air through the mine every min
ute. At Red Ash the force of the ex
plosion was not so great, and the flames
issuing from the drift mouth did not
ignite anything. A number of cars were
blown down the mountainside, but be
yond that there is no outside evidence of
damage.
The mines are a mile and a half apart
at the entrances, but arc connected by
so many side entrances that they are
practically one mine. They belong to the
New River Smokeless Coal Company
and have a daily capacity of 1,000 tons
each.
The cause of the first explosion is un
known. EX-SENATOR HAWLEV DEAD.
Career ol Weil-Known Statesman and Public
Official.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Gen.
Joseph R. Hawley, for nearly 24 years
United States senator from Connecticut,
died at 1 :5c o'clock Saturday morning
at his residence in this city. Death came
peacefully after a stupor lasting with
but slight interruption since Wednesday
afternoon. At his bedside when the
end came were Mrs. Hawley, her three
daughters and Major Hooks, for a long
time messenger to the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs of the Senate.
General Hawley's active career in the
Senate came to an end in December,
1902, when failing health compelled him
to relinquish his legislative' work. In
February, 10x13, he was in the' Senate
chamber for a short time, that being his
last visit to the Capitol. He was "8
years old.
. Flea as a Disease-Carrier.
New Haven, Ct. (Special). Prof. Ad
dison E. Vcrrill, curator of the Y'ale
zoological collection, in a public state
ment advanced the theory that "spotted
fever," of which there are many cases
in this city at present, is probably con
veyed by the bites of fleas orsimilar
insects. Professor Vcrrill, after discuss
ing the propagation of various other
diseases, says :
"It seems very probable that the spot
ted fever now prevalent in New Haven
is caused by a minute blood parasite,
which may be conveyed to healthy per
sons by the bites of infected fleas. This
method of infection would best explain
the scattered and irregular distribution
of the cases and the greater frequency of
the disease in unsanitary localities."
Peace With "Mad" Mullah.
Rome (By -Cable). In concluding
peace with Great Britain, through the
mediation of Italy, the "Mad" Mullah
has obtained permission to occupy defi
nitely lllig, a village on Italian Ter
ritory 160 miles from Obbia, which
was the base of operations in the last
campaign led by General Manning.
Coast rights are granted the Mullah,
qualified by a prohibition of trade in
arms and slaves.
Barn Her Death Pyre.
Punxsutawney, Pa. (Special). The
chared body of 16-year-old, Blanche Din
ger, daughter of Aleandcr .Dinger, was
found among the ashes of her father's
barn, wh'ch was burned down, in Rine-
gold township, 13 miles west of here.
Soon af'er supper she left home saving
mat nr. was going 10 tne Home 6t a
neighbor, At 9 o'clock the barn was
burned to the ground. When Miss Din
ger failed to come home a search was
instituted, and while looking throuib the
ashes of the burned building, Leigh
1 a. . . .1 it., i 1 - i r
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS,
The Executive Council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor adjourned after
deciding upon provisions they want to
have incorporated in the constitutions of
the new states.
A delegation of miners visited the
President, who promised to make an ad
dress to them when he goes to Wilkcs-
barre, next summer.
The President appointed United Stales
District Judge Kohlsaat to be circuit
judge.
France has officially informed the
United Sti.tcs of the action of the Vene
zuelan government against the French
Cable Company, which she regards as
far-handed, and intimates that French
patience is rapidly being exhausted by
hc Conduct of affairs in Venezuela.
At the Congress of Mothers av paper
was read by Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
of Washington, urging uniform legisla
tion for child protection.
Secretary Taft has written a letter de
claring that the policy of the adminis
tration looks to the retention of the Phil
ippines for an indefinite period.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock took the oath of office and im
mediately entered upon the discharge of
his duties.
Mr. Cortclyou announced positively
that he would resign the chairmanship
of the Republican National Committee.
Superintendent Brownson, of the Na
val Academy, declares that there has
been no hazing at Annapolis.
The Santo Domingo treaty will be
laid aside for a few months. Senator
Cullom and several other senators talked
with the President about the matter.
Senators on both sides of the chamber
manifest a desire for more explicit in
formation regarding some phases of the
Santo Domingo question.
During an executive session of the
Senate the opinion was expressed that
greater care should be exercised in the
selection of federal judges.
President Samuel Gompcrs, of the
American federation of Labor, submit
ted his annual report to the executive
council of that order, now in session in
Washington.
Mrs. Lucia Gale Barber and Mrs. H.
H. Birney read papers before the Na
tional Congress of Mothers.
Secretary Shaw received $12,000 as a
contribution to the conscience fund.
DIPLOMAT A VANDAL
Cut Piece Out of Historic Table Used at
Inauguration.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A for
eign diplomat, immune from arrest, chip
ped a piece on inauguration day out of
the historic table upon which President
Roosevelt was sworn- in and carried
away the relic. Washington police offi
cers fumed, but dared not arrest the
culprit for malicious destruction of prop
erty. The offense is scarcely of sufficient im
portance to ask for the recall of the of
fending diplomat, but there is much in
dignation over the incident.
This table has been used for a century
for the purpose of holding the Bible
upon which the President is sworn. There
is a tradition that it was used by Wash
ington, and a seemingly well-founded
story that John Quince Adams, who was
the first President inaugurated on the
east front of the Capitol, used it. For
many years it has been in the family of
Edward Clark, formerly architect of the
Capitol.
The table has been repaired in the
Capitol cabinet shop, and has been re
turned to Mr. Clark bearing the mark
of this polite vandal.
CHADWICK EFFECTS SOLD.
Bring $25,200 and Will Oo to New York Art
Galleries.
Cleveland (Special). The household
property of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick
was sold at auction to .V D. Nelson, of
New York, for $25,200. Samuel L. Win
tcrnitz, of Chicago, was second highest,
with a bid of $25,100. There were 20
bidders. Clothing to the value of be
tween $4,000 and $5,000, which Mrs.
Chadwidk held to be exempt from the
clalrns of her creditors under the bank
ruptcy laws, was not offered for sale.
It was learned after the sale that Mr.
Nelson bought the ChadwMck articles for
an art gallery in New York. The four
attorneys for Mrs. Chadwick Messrs.
Dawley, Wing, Kerrush and Thomp
son attended the sale. The attorneys
for Trustee Loeser, Messrs. Grossman
and Smith, were also present.
The 20 bidders were required to put
up a guarantee fund of $1,000 each be
fore they were permitted to bid. The
money was returned to all who made no
purchases.
DECIDES AGAINST ASPHALT COMPANY.
Venezuelan Court Declares It the Accomplice
ol Gee. Mates.
Paris (By Cable). A semiofficial dis
patch from Caracas says the court has
decided that the New York and Bermu
dez Asphalt Company was the accom
plice of General Matos in carrying on
the recent revolution, aHd that therefore
the seizure of its property was justified.
This dispatch will come before the
council of ministers iri connection wiili
the general consideration of the attitude
of Venezuela toward the French Cable
Company and other foreign concerns.
The company considers the decision rela
tive to the asphalt company as having
been inspired by the same animosity
leading to the action against the cable
company.
The indications are that the meeting
of the council will be accompanied by
some exchanges of views between the
governments at Washington and Paris.
SPARKS FROYt THE WIRES.
The vault in the Jlarik of Petersburg,
Teun., was blown open a:id all the cash
was taken. The amount stolen is re
ported to be $4,000.
The annual report of the United'States
Steel Corporation shows a decrease in
earnings during the year 1004.
Fire and water damaged Music Hall
Block, in Providence, R. 1., to an amount
estimated at $100,000.
Don Manuel Estrada Cabrera assum
ed the presidency of Guatemala for a
second term.
Meyer Guggenheim, the New York
copper capitalist, died at Palm Beach,
Ha.
Dr. Edwin B. Craighead was inaugu
rated as president oi Tulane University.
The Russian Liberals contend that the
recent imperial ukase carries with- it ft
complete guarantee of freedom of speech
and assembly, and also freedom of the
press.
Samuel R. Gumme're, the first Ameri
can minister to Morocco, hat arrived at
Tangier.
Italy is about to fortify her frontier
along the Eastern Alps lor defensive purposes.
CA5TR0 PLANS INVASION
An Adherent Advises This In a Bom
bastic Pamphlet.
HE WOULD, SEIZE NEW ORLEANS.
Tells How Ibe Proud Sons of Bolivar Could
Teach the Sons ol Washington a Lesson
Ills Opera-boufle Soldiers Has New French
Six-Inch Qua tt Porlo Cabelto and Laguay
ra, but No Ounnerr.
Willemstad, Island of Curacao, (By
Cable). According to trustworthy ad
vices received here the relations between
President Castro and the different lega
tions at Caracas are a little more strain
ed. Castro has now ceased to talk with the
European representatives concerning the
Venezuelan indebtedness, and the recent
recall of e'en. Antoni Velutini, Second
Vice-President of Venezuela, who has
been in Iiurope for some time trying to
arrange for a settlement with the British
and German bondholders, is regarded as
an Indication that the negotiations have
failed. Tlu members of the diplomatic
corps arc dialing under the present state
of affairs. It is said that none of the
diplomats has been able to have an inter
view with Castro concerning disputed
international questions for months.
President Castro maintains his bellig
erent attitude and continues to make mil
itary preparations. He apparently re
gards an attack on Porto Cabello and
La Guaira as probable, and has mounted
his new French 6-inch guns and a num
ber of small guns on the heights over
looking these ports, and has available
three small coast defense vessels.
It is said that the majority of the
Venezuelans look upon the possibility of
foreign intervention either with indiffer
ence or favorably, as present internal
conditions are causing much unrest. Ex
cessive taxation, heavy expenditures, the
political preferment of incapable men and
the resulting chaotic business conditions
are turning from Castro much of the
best element in Venezuela.
Brazilian newspapers are openly advo
cating a settlement of affairs in Vene
zuela bv the United States, and the
South American press, generally is less
caustic in its criticisms of American in
terference in the affairs of Southern re
publics. C astro s attitude is reflected in a pam
phlet just issued through one of his ad
visers, Col. Juan Bautistia Lamedic, in
which plans for sending 30,000 Venezue
lans against New Orleans are disclosed.
The pamphlet urges the public to avenge
the insults offered to Venezuela by the
Americans and declares that the inva
sion of the Mississippi Valley would be
the most effective means of curbing the
power of the United States.
hollowing is an extract trom the pam
phlet :
Perhaps 30,000 Venezuelans, bearing
the glorious national banner that very
banner whose floating iris illuminated
the waters of La Plata with the splen
dor of the Venezuelan fatherland to the
echoes of the clarions of Carabobo, of
Bombona, and of Ayac'ucho would to
day be sufficient to wash away the in
sult which our glorious flag has received
from North America, in the very waters
of the Mississippi. Cunduncurca is not
more distant from Venezuela than the
hostile land, and the territories which
we have to cross in order to arrive there
are almost all of the same fatherland.
Columbia, the first of these, will readily
open its frontiers to give passage to the
sons of Bolivar, as well as Costa Rica,
Nicaragua and Mexico, the fatherland
of Juarez, the feared by France and
by Europe for his formidable and ter
rible patriotism. There can be no doubt
that our Latin brothers would willingly
open the way for the army of Venezuela
in order that the sons of Washington
should not be allowed to believe them
selves more valiant and warlike than the
sons of Bolivar. This may seem to many
a Utopian vision, but when we reflect
that the North American squadrons can
not operate in the forests and that trad
ers will always be traders, inept and
cowardly in feats of heroism, our hearts
swell within us and we are willing to
take our stand in the vanguard, among
the distinguished heroes of the new
world who are called once more to
prove that Venezuela is immortal and is
the first to take up the glove which is
thrown down today to the whole of
Spanish America."
There is a constant movement of
troops, and it is impossible to ascertain
how Castro's forces are distributed or
how many soldiers he has. Practically
all his army is made up of men from
the Andes. Most of them are part In
dian. They wear rough straw hats,
coarse khaki uniforms and sandals. As
they march through the streets carrying
their old-fashioned rifles their appear
ance is not unlike that of a Chinese
military organization. Few white mn
a. re in the ranks and the negroes and
Indians have had little training. Their
weapons are old-fashioned Mausers,
which kick so badly that the men do not
hold them to their shoulders when they
fire, but let the rifle butts slide under
their arms and shoot without taking aim.
Claim oo Russia For 530,000.
London (By Cable). The correspond
ent a St. Petersburg of the Times says
that Ambassador Harding has presented
to Foreign Minister Lamsdorff a claim
for $500,000 for the sinking of the Brit
ish steamer Knight Commander by the
Russian Vladivostock squadron on June
23, 1904.
Hp Loan la Germany?
New York (Special). Negotiations
are now under way in Berlin looking to
the placing of , a Japanese Government
loan by German bankers. Advices to
this effect were received by New York
bankers. The negotiations, it is under
stood, have been under way for some
days and a definite announcement on the
subject i expected shortly.
If satisfactory terms be agreed on
New York bankers will participate with
German financiers in arranging the pro
posed loan.
Little Tot Murdered.
Philadelphia (Special). The body of
Mary Dcluka, a 4-year-old Italian child,
was found in a blacksmith shop nt
Dyer's stone quarry at Ilowcllville.'Ches
ter county, about so miles from this city.
Beside the body was found the 7-year-old
brother of the girl, Dominik, uncon
scious from injuries he had received.
The girl had been criminally assaulted
and murdered, and it is supposed thai
the boy received his injuries while st
terrtpting to defend his sister, Dominik
It in the Westchester Hospital In 4 dy
ing condition.
MR. HAY'S TRIP ABROAD.
Will Touch it European Ports, But Attend to
No Business.
Washington, D. C. (Special). While
Secretary Hay has not yet perfected the
details of the trip he is about to take, it
may be said that he expects to be ab
sent from Washington until about the
end of April. Most of the time will be
spent on the ocean, as the Secretary is
going away for the sake of his health
and upon the urgent representations of
his physician. Therefore, though he may
in his Voyage touch at several Europcatt
ports, as he is charged with no official
mission, and is seeking perfect rest from
all mental worry and strain, it is not
part of his plan to call upon any of the
officials abroad if that can be properly
avoided.
Mrs. Hay will accompany the Secre
tary on this trip, and probably Henry
Adams, the Secretary's warm personal
friend.
One thing may be stated positively,
and that is that if Mr. Hay's health is
not much further impaired than it now
i, he will certainly return to Washing
ton to resume his Cabinet duties. Mr.
Loomis will return to Washington from
his Western trip about April 3 to act as
Secretary of State, and after the Presi
dent's departure on his trip to the South
west nny "questions connected with the
administration of the State Department
outside of the routine business will be
referred to Secretary Taft for his dis
position. As Mr. Hay expects to re
turn to Washington before Secretary
Taft leaves for the Philippines early in
July, the State Department will not want
tor a head during the summer.
INTERESTING INNOVATION.
Services In Paris Commemorating. Roosevelt's
Inauguration.
Paris (By Cable). A 'service com
memorative of the inauguration of
President Roosevelt was held at II
o'clock A. M. at St. Joseph's Church, on
the Avenue Hoche. The ceremony as
sumed a distinctly official character, For
eign Minister Delcasse being represented
by M. Dclvincour, under chief of his
Cabinet. The others present included
Ambassador Porter and the staff of the
American Embassy; Sir Francis Bertie,
the British ambassador; Admiral Sir
Charles Fane, of the British navy, and
representatives of the Japanese and sev
eral other legations. The front of the
church was decorated with the American
and French flags. The Abbe McMullan
preached the sermon, eulogizing Presi
dent Roosevelt.
The . ceremony was a rather marked
departure from the usual conservatism
of French churches.
Killed Ry Sheriff's Posse.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). A Commercial-Appeal
special from Lake Vil
lage, Ark., says a pitched battle was
fougnt between a Sheriff's posse of white
men and three negroes suspected of
murder on the shore of the lake near
that '.own, two of the blacks being killed
and C. D. Owens, manager of the Red
Leaf plantation,, wounded in the arm.
The third negro escaped to the woods.
Bloodhounds were sent for and- ut
upon the fugitive's trail. Recently two
brothers named' Watson were murdered
near Dumas, Ark., and three negroes
were said to have participated in the
crime. ,
Noted Clown Dies Penniless.
Denver, Col. (Special). Practically
penniless, with only his devoted wife to
watch and mourn, Mons Niblo, a famous
circus clown and pantomimist, has died
here, after suffering for months from
tuberculosis. He came here in Decem
ber a physical wreck, and Clever had been
able since to leave his bed. Niblo was
53 years of age, and for 3; years had
performed before the public. He was the
creator of the part of "Humphy Dunt
pty" is a play of that name.
The Penny's Pensions.
Philadelphia (Special). Statistics pre
pared by the Pennsylvania Railroad's
pension department, giving the opera
tions of the pension plan for the first
five years ended December 31, 1904, show
that in that period the company has paid
$1,614,087 in pensions to its. retired em
ployes. This sum does not include the
expense of operating the department,
which is borne by the company. Dur
ing the five years the plan has been in
operation, 2.418 employes have been re
tired on pensions, of whom 700 have
died.
To Try Nan Patterson Again.
New York (Special).. Nan Patter
son will be put on trial once more to
answer a charge of murdering Caesar
Young, the wealthy bookmaker. This de
cision was reached and it was announced
at the District Attorney's office that the
second trial of the case would begin on
April 10. One jury, which was selected
to try her on the charge of murder, was
discharged before the case was com
pleted, because of the severe illness of
one of its members. Another jury which
heard the case was unable to agree.
Infant Sister the Victim.
New Haven, Pa. (Special). During
an altercation between Louis Cigaomi
and his father, the son fired at the father
and the shot killed his 22-nmnth-old
sister. Father and son then fled and
have not been captured.
FINANCIAL
Schwab's leasing of Tidewater Steel
has acted like, yeast to the other minor
steel shares.
The capture of Mukden by the Japan
ese stimulated London to buy all kinds
of securities.
President Porter says the receivership
of Susquehanna Steel will be dissolved
within eix months.
Some steel makers expect the .second
half of 1905 to exceed the, liist half in
output and profits.
An issue of $15,000,000 of a,Vi per cent,
refunding bonds has been sold by the
Cincinnati, llamjlton & Dayton Rail
road. It is understood that Pennsylvania
Steel in 1904 earned net over $1,700,000
ami had a surplus of $300,000
Pennsylvania officials laugh at fhe
report that they will join Union Pacific
in a 5 per cent, guarantee for permanent
control of Atchison.
The Philadelphia Clearing House is
considering a proposition of admitting
the trust companies to membership in,'
the association. Many banks favor the!
plan but other still oppose it.
NINETEEN PEOPLE DEAD!
Flames Break Out in a Tenement While
200 Occupants Sleep.
IRON . FIRE-ESCAPE! BLOCKED.
Son of Former Chlel Bonner Makes Four
Rescue Trips Up Red-Hot Ladder and It
Himself Carried Down Unconscious Per
sons Carried Across Plank to Safety Police
man Dwan's Heroism.
New York (Special). Nineteen per
sons dead, two score injured, some so se
riously that they may die, and near!y
200 persons temporarily homeless, is in
brief the story of New York's latest fire
Itorror.
The ' victims of the disaster in an
Allen-street tenement were typical East
Side people, and the scenes attending it
were in many ways peculiar to that cos
mopolitan quarter. To apparently reck
less displays of heroism shown by fire
,mcn, policemen and volunteer rescuers
'alone is due the fact that the list of dead
is not greater.
The fire had gained great headway be
fore it became known to most of tho
'tenants, and many of them were cut "
before they could make an attempt to
;savc themselves. Thrilling rescuers and
daring lcaps'-.for life marked the fire.
, Scores were carried -from the blazing
building. Firemen climbed the walls on
their scaling ladders, braved the flames
!and reached the imperiled tenants.
I Nearly all the bodies taken from the
1 building were so badly burned as to be
almost unrecognizable.
Fire escapes in the rear of the tenement-house,
crowded wjth rubbish, were
largely responsible for so many deaths
and injuries among its population,
which approached 200 souls.
The scenes about the building after
'the fire was over and when the search
Ifor the dead was begun were heartrend
ing. ,
The fire started in the basement, occu
pied by Isaac Davis, his wife and three
children. Davis had been out and, re
turning to his home early in the morn
ing, went into his store on the same
floor just in time to sec a kerosene lamp
in the rear explode. He awoke his wife
and both tried to put out the flaming
lamp, but without success, and then gave
all their attention to getting their chil
dren out of the burning building.
A policeman who heard the cry of
alarm rushed to the scene, and every
effort was made to rouse the sleeping
persons in the house.
In the meantime the flames had spread
with startling rapidily, and when the
persons who had been asleep on the up
per floors awoke they found themselves
confronted by a wall of flames on nearly
every side. Wild scenes followed when
the panic-stricken people, fighting for
their lives, rushed to the fire escapes
only to find them littered with rubbish
of all descriptions and almost impassa
ble. On some of the escapes the rubbish
was so closely packed that it became
impossible to pass certain points, and.
men, women and children stood literally
roasting to death as the flames roared
through windows around them.
It was found, also, that every fire es
cape platform on the building had in it
a "Mind" or a square piece of board
which fits into the opening through
which the ladder passes in the grated
floor.
Another cause of the terrible loss of
lift was due. to negligence in failing to
keep the skylight door free and clear.
It was not only fastened tight, but also
frozen.
As the flames rushed up the stairs
some tenants dashed for the roof. They
found the door, which should have
swung easily open, fastened down. Un
able to burst it open, and, wedged in by
the surging mass below, numbers were
burned to death.
It was on the flame-swept fire escapes
that the fine-1 displays of heroism were
shown. Scores of men, women and
children, driven frotiAheir rooms by the
flames which swept up through hall
ways and light shafts, cowered high in
the air on the hot iron ladders and plat
forms, the flames swirling around them
as they waited for help.
Through the flames and smoke, time
after time, the firemen rushed up to
their assistance, and every trip meant a
life saved. From the fire escape, too,
the men plunged in through windows
belching flames, to come forth a mo
ment later bearing an unconscious form
to some place of safety.
Many of the firemen and other res
cuers suffered severely, but they con
tinued at the work until it was finished,
or until they were incapacitated by their
injuries.
The desperate resourcefulness of some
mother in her efforts to save the lives
of her children was shown when a bun
dle was seen to fall from a high window
in the burning building and light gently
upon a heap of snow. In the centre of
the bundle, wrapped around by several
thick blankets and comforts was found
a 4-year-old boy, who suffered not at
all from his unusual experience. The
fate of the mother is not known.
After the fire was under control the
street was filled with half-dressed weep
ing people, seeking for their relatives,
imploring the firemen and policemen
to go into the burning building and res
cue the loved ones whom they believed
perishing there.
Fire Chief Edward F. Croker said
the loss of life was mtinldue to delay
in giving the alarm. Eight minutes, he
said, elapsed after the fire started be
fore the alarm was sounded.
3,000 Miles Wilhout Stop.
Chicago (Special). Three . thousand
miles without a stop, and at the rate of
100 miles or more an hour, is the ca
pacity of a new type of locomotive which
has been ordered "by the Southern Pa
cific Railroad. The locomotive is entire
ly different from anything now in use.
The cost of operating-is said to be less
than one-half that of running the pres
ent type of steam engine. Fuel oil is
used. The machine is what is known as
the four-stroke cycle.
Travels ol a Bottle.
Southampton, Eng. (By Cable). On
May 17, I903t in latitude 29 degrees 30
minutes and longitude 68 degrees 10
minutes west, while on the way from
Montevideo to this port, the American
Consul at Southampton, Albert W.
Swahn, and a party of friends placed
their cards in a bottle and threw it over
board. Tuesday Mr. Swalm received
the cards from a coast guardsman who
was on duty near Afranmore, Donegal,!
Ireland, who picked up the bottle Fri-1
day last.