A COLLISION OF
BIG BATTLESHIPS
The Alabama fluuges Into the
Kentucky.
7 HO LATTER SHIP WAS DAMAGED.
Tfc Illinois Narrowly Avoids Qetllng Into th
Tanglo A Serirs ol Misbipi to Admiral
Evas' Battleship Squadron la New York
Bar Ike Kearsargt tod Kentucky Run
Agrosod Oil Wtsl Baok Light.
ew iorK special;. i nc battleship
squadron of the United States Navy got
itself all tangled up in the lower bay
Before the tangle was straightened out
the Kentucky and Kearsarge were
aground and the Alabama had struck
the Kentucky a glancing blow on the
starboard quarter and damaging her o
ladly that she will have to go to the
Brooklyn navy yard for repair. The
Alabama herself was damaged a little.
The accident happened while the squad
Ton was trying to get out of New York
harbor on its way to Hampton Roads.
The squadron, consisting of live first
class battleships, the Mower of the Navy,
left Tompkinsville at it. to o'clock Sun
day morning for the Roads and a winter
cruise. Hear Admiral Evans, on the
Maine, was in command and Rear Ad
miral Davis commanded the second di
vision. They proceeded in the following
order: Maine, Kentucky, Kearsarge, Ala
bama and Illinois. The Maine, leading,
was the only vessel that carried a pilot.
She flew the sgnal "Follow the llag-s-hip."
in close formation, 400 yards apart,
they turned into the main ship channel.
There was an ebb tide, which raised the
12 knot speed of their screws to about
14 knots. A strong wind was blowing
from the west. This gave them a ten
dency to swing toward the east bank,
a rather sudden shoal, with a mud bot
tom. The end of this bank reaches into
the channel at a point between Swin
burne Island and Coney Island Point.
The tail end of the squadron, extending
out like a string of barges, had swung
too far in toward this bank. The Maine
passed it, but the Kentucky suddenly
went aground and was jammed tight in
the mud before her engines could re
verse. The Kearsarge, only 1,200 feet behind,
saw the Kentucky stop suddenly and go
aground. She herself was too far to
the east to risk turniig westward into
the main channel. As the event proved,
she would probably have struck the
Kentucky had she tried to do so. Her
navigating officer sheered her to port.
She avoided a collision, but she, too,
went aground.
Behind this tangle came the Alabama.
Admiral Davis' flagship, Captain S. P.
Comly in command. The Alabama's nav
igating officer saw the two vessels stop
before him and saw that they were
aground. He turned out into the open
water to starboard, hoping to clear. The
space was too short. Wind and tide
were against him. He passed clear of
the Kearsarge, which had gone further
inshore before she grounded, but his
port bow caught the starboard quarter
of the Kentucky and raked it. Just the
fraction of a second in the turn of the
wheel prevented him from ramming the
Kentucky at 14 knots. That would have
been something to tell about.
As it was, the Alabama made the Ken
tucky look as though it had been in ac
tion. She carried away the Kentucky's
port rail and all belonging to it from the
stern to the superstructure tore away
the davits of the captain's gig, even to
the heavy steel stanchions into which
the davits were set.
BILLION FRuM FACTORIES.
Immense Share of American! In World's
Commerce.
Washington, (Special). Manufactur
ers participated to the extent of more
than a billion dollars in the $2,500,000,000
worth of commerce of the United States
during the II months ended November,
1905.
Statistics announced by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor show that
the value of manufacturers' materials
imported was $513,000,000 during those
11 months, and of manufactures exported
$520,000,000, against $459,000,000 the pre
vious year. The value of crude material
for use in manufacturing imported in this
time was $.569,000,000, against $309,000,
000 in the same months of the previous
year. During those months there was a
remarkable increase in the exports of
agricultural products, especially of corn,
the value of which rose from $21,000,000
in the previous year to $50,000,000 during
the first II months of this year.
AtUIN SNUbBRO BV CASTRO.
rreich Diplomat Not Invited To New Veir
Reception.
Washington, D. C. (Special;. Cable
advices received here from Caracas bring
the news that M. Taigny, the French
representative at Caracas, was ignored
ly President Castro on New Year's
Day and was not invited to the New
Year's reception at which the Venezue
lan President received the felicitations
of the diplomatic corps. At Paris, in
view of the withdrawal of the Venezue
lan government of the objectionable note
to M. Taigny and the promise of
President Castro that relations would
be resumed, M. Maubourguet, the Ven
ezuelan representative, was received with
nil the honors appropriate to his rank as
if there had been no trouble between the
two countries. This latest action on the
I'art of President Castro has been com
municated to the French government,
but what course it will lake is not known
here.
fatal 001 Ties lip bones.
Fort Wayne, Ind. ( Special ). - Small
pox in the telephone exchange tied up
ilie service for five hours. When Man
user Mollerinjr was informed that Lil
lian Walbolt had the disease he notified
the health officers and they sent the five
f;irl operators home. Kef ore the girls
left their clothing, beads, faces and
hands were fumigated. When they ar
rived home e:ich was examined by her
family physician and vaccinated. The
force reported again after the exchange
room had been fumigated.
CmIciiIoo Saves Her Idle.
Lexington, Ky. (Special). Sarah Wil
liams, a negress, who shot and killed Car.
lie Taylor, a whi e woman, here a few
weeks ago, was allowed to enter a con
Uiiston in Circuit Court, ami was given
a IK sentence in the penitentiary. This
is aaii to be unprecedented in a
Kentucky court, and it lias been iuti
inai I oi-.tsld tint the officials feared
tnx'Mc sinilur to that experienced ir
Vermont titer the brir-.jyii-.jt of Mary
t
TUE LAI EST NEWS ttHlETLY TOLD,
DOMESTIC
III the 12 'rnombs j ut closed the rail
ways of the country have ordered 341.315
freight cars, 0,2(15 locomotives and 3.2S9
passenger cars. In 1004. the lignres were;
Locomotives, 2.530; passenger cars, 2,213 ;
treight cars, t ?,-ni.
A eommis-ion representing the State
of Missouri began taking testimony
irutn Manuard tm officials 111 New YorK
in the state's suit to have the corporation
declared a monopoly in the Western
commonwealth.
An 18-luit flywheel at the Morgan En
gineering Works, Alliance, O., burst,
wrecked a pari ot the building, and a
large piece falling on the r.iilro.ul tracks
blocked trains.
Attorneys for J.ihatin I Inch, who is
under sentence ot death tit Chicago lor
wilc-niunliT, tiled u the Stale Supremo
Court of Illinois a motion for a rehear
ing. Former Secretary of the Treasury
Lyni.vi J. Gaiio agrees with Hanker Ja
cob II. Schilf that there will be a panic
if the currency is tun made more elastic.
Dr. Harrison S Hathaway, a Civil
War Veteran and a prominent physician
of Toledo, O., w as struck by a tram and
killed.
I'r. Charles Eliot Morton, formerly
of Harvard, is leading a cru-ade to chlo
roform the hopelessly iiistme and dis
eased persons.
The express companies have joined
with the railroads in refusing to issue
passes for the carrying of business free.
Hanker Jacob 11. Schiff made an ad
dress before the New York Chamber of
Commerce, stating that if the present
stringency in the money market is not
relieved there will be a panic, besides
which other crashes will be insignifi
cant. Governor liiggins, of New York, de
nied an application for a reprieve for
Albert T. Patrick, who is under sen
tence of death for the murder oi William
M. Rice, the millionaire.
The Massachusetts Savings Bank Com
missioners have akcd ior the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Provident
Securities and Banking Company of Bos
ton. C. S. Guthrie, president of the hoard
of the Republic Iron and Steel Company,
died at Salisbury, . C., after an opera
tion for appendicitis.
Eight miners were burned, two of them
fatally, in an accident at the Hazlcton
shaft of tho Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany. The Louisiana state division of the
Southern Cotton Association approved
the plan of holding cotton for 15 cents.
A number of collisions between ferry
boats and other vessels occurred during
the dense fog over New York harbor.
A total of 131.-45,148 United States
coins was struck off at the United States
Mint during the past year.
Safe-blowers got $11,000 in cash and
government bonds from Albaugh's gen
eral store, in Shoals, lnd.
Dr. D. K. Pearson has given $25,000
to Guilford College, of Guilford, N. C.
Curtis Guild, Jr., was inaiiguarated as
governor of Massachusetts.
A bill has been introduced in the New
Y'ork legislature, but withdrawn, asking
that Chaunccy Dcpew resign his seat in
1 tie unitea tates Senate, dovernor
Higgins sent a message to the body, urg
ing the passage of more drastic life in
surance laws. James W. Wadsworth.
Jr., was chosen speaker of the Assembly.
r-lans are being made to extend the
Valley Branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio from Lexington to Salem, Va., in
accordance with plans made 25 years
ago. The city of Baltimore has over
$1,000,000 invested in the s:ock of the
road.
Frank Wisniski, the stable bov witness
in the hearing of Dr. I. W. Simnson.
charged w ith shooting Hartley J. Horner,
was unarnc to testily, being alternately
stupefied or frantic from fright.
Charles Kdwards, a wealthy chemical
manufacturer of New Y'ork, was found
dying with a bullet wound in his head,
received in a mysterious manner while
visiting relatives in Utica, N. Y.
John A. McCall has retired as presi
dent of the New Y'ork Life Insurance
Company, and Alexander E. Orr will
succeed hnn.
KJKKlu.N
The defeat of the Santo Domineo revo
lutionists before Puerto Plata was com
plete, and about 150 men were killed
and wounded. Morales has been im
pended as president, and Raymond Ca
ceres is now president.
the second squadron of the North
Atlantic fleet, in command of Rear Ad
miral Sigsbee, will be at Gibraltar about
the tituc of the conference of the rep
resentatives of the powers at Morocco.
J lie herring fishing sea. on on the.
wtst coast of Newfoundland has ended,
but the American vessels have been
badly handicapped through inability to
have their fish frozen ashore.
During the past year there were I,o.y
sualties resulting from the fiirhtliiiz in
Macedonia between Turkish troons and
Bulgarian revolutionary bands.
J he devastation of Russian estates in
I-.sthonia by the peasants continues fur
iously, and 20 buildings have been burned
the past week.
The British steamer Carlisle sank in
the Saigon River, French Indo-Chiiia,
and several of her crew are missing.
Great Britain does not consider the
Franco - Ge man situation as serious.
While Germany may raise irritating
questions at the Morocco conference it is
believed a satisfactory settlement will
be reached.
Captain J. Hopkins, quartermaster of
the British Second Dragoon Guards at
Pretoria, whose name was mentioned
in connection with the war stores scan
dal, committed suicide.
British officials say that so long as
Gentiany confines her demands at the
coming conference to opening Morocco
to foreign trad.' on an equal basis there
will be no clash.
Armed strikers at Riga, Livonia, seized
a rubber factory which the troops brom
barded, and the strikers were finally
forced to surrender. More than 100
killed or injured.
Dr. Steuart, of the Southern Nigerian
government, was killed and his body mu
tilated and partially devoured by canni
bals in Nigeria.
In a letter written by Admiral Ro
jestvensky, and published in the Novoe
Vremya with official approval, the charge
is made that the British fleet was ready
to destroy the Russiaa fleet if it hail
escaped the Japs.
The campaign in England is getting
hot. Joseph Chamberlain was howled
down at Derby when he ai tempted to
speak ill support of the Unionist candi
dates. A battle reported to have occurred at
Puerto Plata, where the besiegers, after
severe fighting, in which a number were
killed or wounded on both sides, retired.
The Russian government will not ii
deinnify foreigners for losses suffered
luring the riots.
I'.reat Britain expects Russia to re
pudiate Admiral Rojesvensky's sensa
tional statement, which British officials
iy was "entirely unfounded."
TWENTY-ONE PEOPLE
DEAD IN MINE
Gas Explodes in the Large Wcrkings
at Coaldalc, W. Va.
OCCIKROD IN THE COOPER SHAFT.
Eirlb Shaken is by Earthquake lor Miles
Around-Those Who Wert Mot Killed Instant
ly Art Supposed to Have Succumbed to Hit
(its That Soon Fllied the Entire Mint In
Hie Heart ol (he Pocthontss Field.
Biuelield, W. Va. (Special). Twenty
one miners were killed in an explosion
of gas in the shaft of the Cooper Mine
Company at Coaldalc, W. Va. Up to
midnight only one body had been re
covered. Immediately following the ex
plosion, which was heard for several
miles, rescue parties set to work to ex
plore the wrecked shaft.
Never but once before in the history
of the Pocahontas coal field has there
been such a fearful disaster, and the
victims of that other disaster are in the
cemetery at Pocahontas.
Before the detonations had died out
Bank Boss Thomas Williams, who was
a long distance from the explosion, stag
gered to his feet, and, feeling his way
to a mine telephone, called to those on
the outside that there had been a terri
fic explosion of mine gas and asked for
help.
.Gathering about the entries, hastening
crowds urged by cool heads and anx
ious hearts hurried to prepare for the
rescue ot the missing ones and an ex
ploration of the wrecked workings. At
4 o'clock one man was brought out. He
was H. C. Conrad, and his body was
literally torn to pieces. His clothing was
hanging in shreds.
Up to a late hour no other bodies have
been recovered. There was considerable
smoke and gas in the entries and, not
withstanding the fact that the big fans
were in good order and were working
with lull capacity, the gas and smoke
were not being driven out very fast.
At noon, while the Coaldale mines
were working a full force, there was a
sudden and heavy rumbling a mile or
more in the depths of the mountain and
through the miles of passages and air
shafts 01 the immense mine the shock
was felt.
Coaldale is a mining town situated on
the line of the Norfolk and Western
railway, and is 15 miles west of Blue
field. It is in Mercer county and is
difficult ot access.
There were 3 white men and 18 ne
groes entombed and no hope is held out
ttiat any of them escaped death.
The explosion was of terrific force and
caused intense excitement throughout the
surrounding country, and many people be-
lieving an earthquake had occurred. The
tans, mining cars and most of the property
used in the mines are supposed to have
been blown to pieces. At ' 5.30 o'clock
r. M. the body of one of the miners
was discovered some hundred feet away
lrom the mine entry so mutilated that
it is unrecognizable.
All hope of recovering alive the en
tombed miners has been shattered by the
pouring forth of gases from the differ
ent entries. If the 21 were not all
killed instantly by the explosion it is be
heved that they must have succumbed
to the accumulation of gas following
the explosion.
Great crowds were attracted by the
disaster and a large rescuing party soon
began work.
The Coaldale operation is rained and
operated by Cooper Bros., who are also
owners of the Mill Creek and McDowell
Coal and Coke Companies. The Coal
dale plant is considered one of the best
operations in the field.
SEVERAL PEOPLE HURT BY EXPLOSION
Boy Throws Dynsmlte Package In Pblie-
delphls.
Philadelphia, (Special) Seweral per
sons were cut by flying glass and
shocked by an explosion caused by a
small boy throwing a package of dyna
mite up a court in the rear of 619 Fitz
water street. Those injured were mem
bers of Italian families who occupy 12
small houses facing the court. I he ex
plosion shook these tiny dwellings to
their foundations, topling chimneys into
the court, and broke window-panes in
every house. Those who were injured
were in their houses at the time of the
explosion. A few seconds before the
detonation a youngster came by the en
trance of' the court with a package
wrapped in a newspaper under his arm.
A man lounging on the other side of
Fitzwater street noticed the bov and
watched him as he took deliberate aim
and threw his package up the alley into
the court. Then the youngster took to
his heels, and before the man could stop
him the explosion occurred. The police
think they have a clue to the identity of
this unknown practical joker with anar
chistic tendencies.
NOF0OD FOR 28 DAYS.
Allegheny Dentist Ssld to Havt Abstained
Tbtt Long.
Tiltsburg (Special). For 28 days, it is
stated, Dr. S. M. StaulTer, a dentist, of
Allegheny, has gone without food.
"Reform health methods" are said to
be responsible for the starving of Dr.
Stauffer. His physical condition was not
the best last fall, it is said, and he de
termined upon drastic methods to build
up his constitution, which was what is
untechnically known as "run down."
When his health under he no-food treat
ment becomes what he desires, whether
the time he long or short, he will start
a campaign for the relief of an over
worked stomach.
Speyer Succeeds Ycrkes.
London (By Cable). At a meeting
of the board of the Underground Elec
tric Railways Company Edgar Speyer
was elected chairman of the company in
succession to ti e late Charles T, Verkes,
Sir George Gihh, general manager of the
Northeastern Railroad, was clec ed de
puty chairman and managing director
of the Metropolitan District Railway
Company, vacated by the death of Mr.
Ycrkes. B. W. Perks continues as de
puty chairman of '.he company. The
board passed a resolution recording its
deep regret at the death of Mr. Yerkes.
Wtodrufl Mtd President.
New York (Special). Timothy L.
Woodruff was elected president of the
Provident Savings L,i fe? Assurance So
ciety, succceeding Edward W. Scott, who
resigned after .having served nine years
as president. Mr. Scott will remain
with the company as chairman of the
Inaid of directors, to which position be
was elected. Mr. Woodruff, as the hold
er of 1,125 of the 1,250 shares of the
capital stock of the Provident Society,
announced that he had made a declara
tion of trust, whereby the society is to
receive all the benefits that can be de
rived from the operation of the. trust.
NEW VORK AS SEEN DAY BY DAY.
New York C'itt. N. Y.
For the second time within three
months, and the seventh time within
three years, the jewelry store of
Schwartz Brothers, at 1368 Broadway, in
the heart of the "Tenderloin" district,
was robbed, and about $4000 worth of
diamonds, rings and watches were stolen.
The robbery was most daring, as this
part of the city is the busiest and the
most brilliantly lighted throughout the
entire night. Working during a terrific
rainstorm, when most pedestrians had
sought shelter, the burglars gained an
entrance by cutting through a steel fold
ing gate that barred the approach to the
front door and through a heavy wire
screen that protected the plate glass in
the front door. They then smashed the
half-inch thick glass to reach their plun
der. They set off a burglar alarm, yet
escaped with their booty before the po
lice arrived.
Announcement was made by the lead
ers of the Houscsmitlu and Bridgcmcn's
Union that the 4000 members would
strike tor an increase of pay from $4.50
ti $5 a day. This, the leaders declare,
means that every big building in course
rtf .,...ri...,.' .i- ... 1 ..
s. ..wiisi 1 mtiuu in 1111s cuy aim vwwnn a
radius of 50 miles, on Long Island and
in New Jersey, in which structural iron
work is being done, will be tied up, and,
indirectly, will throw out of employment
about -5,000 men.
JP M
A memorial urn to contain the ashes
of Anton Seidl has been nlaced. tempor-
arily, in the Steinway Building in East
Fourteenth Street, and there was a priv
ate view of the urn for subscribers. For
mer associates and friends of Herr Seidl
may see it by applying to Steinway &
Sons. The urn was designed and carved
by George Grey Barnard. It bears
sculptured figures of a dying youth with
a harp and of Mystery, bearing the small
urn ot Life.
About 200 laborers in Central Park,
who work along the east and west drives,
wore called to the office of Park Com
missioner Parsons and $5 was handed to
each as a New V ear s present on behalf
of Mrs. Russell Sage. Mrs. Sage called
upon the Commissioner and told. him that
she was very much interested in Central
Park and was gratified to see the excel
lent condition in which the laborers had
maintained the drives. She said she was
desirous of making them a present to en
courage them in the work they were do
ing. Mrs. Catherine Stillman. though the
heir of an estate valued at $100,000, died
in poverty in apartments at 64 Adams
Street, Hoboken. Her husband, James
Silliman, worn out by the litigation over
the legacy, died three years ago. Mr.
Sillman had been a man of means, but
reverses came, and he and his wife were
comparatively poor when they were
cheered by the news from Washington
that Mrs. Silliman's uncle had left her a
fortune of $100,000. They reached Wash
ington only to learn that the bequest
was being contested by an aunt. The
costs of the litigation exhausted their
resources and they had to depend upon
friends to continue the contest. When
Mr. Silliman died, his widow was unable
to meet the demands, and of late she
has been living partly on the charity of
ner neignnors.
Pbyslclao Ends His Life.
Alliance, O., (Special). Dr. S. M
King, a prominent physician, committed
suicide by shoot inir. Dr. Kincr Rpvrnl
months ago filed a sensational suit for
divorce against his wife. Letters found
among the belonging of the dead man
indicate that a reconciliation was about
to be effected.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Renresentaiivp Pi-orW r,( Tv'nicc
traduced a resolution that the Attorney
General investiurife unrl fpnnrf 1rhjstl10r
there exists a combination or agreement
01 tne Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and
Ohio, the Norfolk and Western and the
v-nesapeaKc and Uhio Railroads m vio
Iation of the antitrust law
Champ Clark entertained the House
with a three-hour speech full of. wit and
epigrams on the President ih tortflf o.,.-i
uic ruiuppincs.
Ambassador White and Minister Cuin
mere received thpir instnu-iirtn t,a tu
American representatives to the Morroc
co conference.
Nearly 20 different railroad rate bills
are before the Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce.
Eleven heroes of the iriinhn.- rjn.
nington nave oeen awarded gold medals
and $100 each.
A woman who insisted on seeing the
President created a scene at the White
Hcuse, the officers being required to
carry her out and send her to the House
of Detention.
Director Walcott, of the Geological
Survey, was before th Toint Pnmm ;
of the Senate and House, explaining the
printing that is done for his bureau.
The Philippine Commission has ex
tended for five years the time during
which the Spanish language may be used
in the Philippine courts.
The question as to the power of Con
gress to control insurance corporations
was referred to the Judiciary Committee
of the House.
February 17 is the date set for the
marriaee of Miss Alir.- Nnnci-vclt r.
grcssman Longworth.
Secretary Bonaparte has promised to
attend the presentation by the citizens of
Charleston of a silver service to the crui
ser hearing that name.
Henry W. Furniss, of Indianapolis,
minister to Havii was m.irn'pH ;., n-.ii;..
to a white woman of beauty and culture.
raul Frederick called at the White
HoUSe tO Vft thl Prf-cirlnn. (n ll....
a $2,000,000 claim for him. He did not
get in.
Associate Justice Peelle was sworn in
as chief justice of the United States
Court of Claims.
The Slmrenie Court :.Mirn-i il, A.
c;icn of the Court of Appeals of Ken-
uicKy aniriiiing tne conviction of Charles
Howard for the murder of C.
Goebel.
Secretary BonaDarte has artpH on ifc.
verdict of the court-martial in the gun
boat Bennington case, which sentenced
UjiumaiKier 1 oung to he reprimanded.
The nrpfiminarv estitniitf. n( lt rtiV..
tor of the mint indicates an increase dur
ing the year in the product of gold and
silver in this country.'
President Roosevelt issued a procla
mation conferring reduced tariff upon
Swiss imports tinder )Ue Reciprocity
Act.
Prnf Alexander Grrthani Ttr.ll lin. tw.
clared himself a believer in the practica
bility of aerial navigation.
A dispat:h from the Controller of Cus
toms Cotton advises the department that
the situation in Santo Domingo is grave.
He believes Morales, tne fugitive presi-
lent, is likely to tie soon captured.
PREPARING FOR
POSSIBLE WAR
Germany Placing Ord:rs Fcr Railway
Cars.
ARMY NOW IN FIGHTING SHAPE.
Tbe Step Tsken as t Precautlootry Meisurt
In View ol Ihe Extensive Military Arrange
ments Going On In Frsnct While War It
Not Expected, Ibe Outcome ol tbe Moroccan
"Conlereace Csnnot Be Foretold.
Berlin (By Cable). The railway ad
ministration placed orders last week for
20,000 freight cars, at a cost of $50,000,
000, with manufacturers of five countries,
stipulating delivery by the middle of
February, besides utilizing the car works
of Germany. These contracts were dis
tributed among makers in Belgium, Hol
land, Switzerland and Italy, which would
not have ben done unless some reasons
for haste existed. Inquiries made re
garding the reasons for urgency resulted
in obtaining the statement that the or
dering of the cars was a precautionary
measure, the general staff desiring to
be ready to move troops, if necessary,
by the first of March. This is only a
proper measure of prudence, it was af
firmed, in view of the extensive military
arrangements going on in France, which,
among other dispositions, include the
movement toward the German frontier
of six regiments of artillery, or 180 guns.
Tht ordering of these freight cars, each
of which would accommodate 40 soldiers,
or would enable the -authorities to trans
port material, is only in consequence of
the French preparations, and must not
be taken to indicate any hostle design
on the part of Germany, whose peace
ful intentions remain unchanged. The
step taken is due to the conviction, long
held and acted upon here, that the best
preservative of peace is complete pre
paredness for any eventuality. The
word war is not used, because such a
word in itself would be a provocative,
and every interest, both in and outside
the government, shrinks from such a
possibility, unless it be a small group
of military men. The government will
probably regret the publication of this
intelligence, but its transmission seems
necessary to a proper understanding of
the drift of events, and of how both
their diplomatic positioon on the eve of
their diplomatic position on the eve of
the Moroccan conference by material pre
parations. No doubt exists here that the French
and German policies will differ in the
conference on the question of policing
the Morocco-Algerian frontier and on
some less important questions. Under
the terms of the agreement to hold the
conference all the participating powers
must agree to the conclusion of the con
ference or the situation reverts to the
status quo. In other words, if at the
conference all the powers except one
agree to a plan (or international control
of Morocco, the conference will have
been in vain, and if the situation be
conies as it was before the powers as;
sentcd to call the conference serious dis
agreements between those specially inter
ested may arise.
Germany's book on the Moroccan
Question probably will be issued January
12, and copies will be supplied to the
delegates at the conference, which jt
now seems will meet January 16. The
energies of German diplomacy are now
fixed upon various features of this preg
nant evert.
Madrid (By Cable). Premier Morct,
in the course of an interview printed is
quoted as saying :
"The recent reports of a belligerent
nature concerning the probable results
of the Moroccan conference are tin
warranted. My conversations with the
ambassadors of various powers and com
munications received from the powers
show that a spirit of concord animates
the nations, all desiring that the confer
ence shall bring an amicable adjustment
of the questions under discussion.
Lease Big Printing Plant.
Cincinnati, O., (Special). The United
States Printing Company, capital $3,-
376,300, one of the largest concerns of its
kind in the country, will be leased to the
United States Printing Company of
hcvr Jersey if the stockholders on Feb
ruary 1 ratify the action of the directors
announced. The company has plants in
Brooklyn ; Montclair, N. J. : Norwood
and in Cincinnati. The total output is
estimated to be nearly ?2,5oo,ooo. The
new holding company will lake over all
the plants of the company for a period
of 99 years, the rentals being agreed on
a scale which will give to the stockhold
ers in the Ohio company 6 per cent.
To Aullclpnte lolertit.
Washington, D. C. (Special).- Sec
retary Shaw announced that tbe Treasury
Department will anticipate the payment
of interest due February 1, 1906, on
Government bonds. Coupons due on
that date will be paid at once on presen
tation at the Treasury Department and
the several Sub-Treasury offices. In
terest checks on registered 3 per cent,
bonds of 1908 wil be mailed within a
few days and on registered 4s of 1925
within a day or two alter the closing of
the books on January 15. The amount
of interest anticipated is about $1,-00,000.
Fire at Apaltcblcola.
Tallahassee, Fla. (Special). A dis
patch from Apalachicola announces that
fire there destroyed the largcsl portion
of the business district. The losses will
aggregate $100,000.
President Never Ssld It.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Cable
dispatches 'from London that President
Roosevelt had expressed "his hearty
sympathy" with the Liberal party in
Great Britain to D. N. Mason, a can
didate for Parliament, induce no di
rect statement from the President. The
President makes it plain, however, thai
he gave to nobody an expression of sym
pathy with any political party of Great
Britain or with the candidates 0 any
party.
Succeeds Herbert Pltrct.
Washington, D. C. (Special). An
nouncement was made by the Stale De
partment that Huntington Wilson of Illi
nois now first secretary of the Legation
at Tokio, had been decided upon as the
successor to Mr. Herbert Pierce, Third
Assistant Secretary of State.
Lilt Sentence For Women.
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special). Mrs.
Stella Brennan, convicted of murder in
he second degree, was sentenced to oris-
on for life by Judge Dickinson. Mrs.
Brennan shot and killed her stepdaughter,
Mizaoctn, and two other stepchildren.
SAD HOLIDAYS F03 RUSSIANS.
The Poor Here No Money For Christmas
Feasts.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). The Rus
sians love nothing so much as their
holidays, but, depressed in spirit and
purse in these revolutionary clays, the
celebration of the Russian Christmas,
Sunday, was a sad one. The streets ol
the capital have put on a pitiful sem
blance of holiday attire, but none ot the
heavy buying characteristic of the pro
digal Russians in former days is in
evidence, while in the industrial section
the workmen, exhausted by a long series
of' strikes, are without money tor Christ
mas trees. The green trees am' gew
gaws were brought into the city uy th(
country people, but the trees iciiiaincv
linhoiight in the streets.
The holiday, however, promise, al
least superficially, a period of compara
tive quiet, ihe proletariat organization
having decided to refrain from activity
until they arc ended.
The Novoe Yirmya is prim a series
of. articles in defense of Premier Witlc
which nre attracting much attention and
tire assumed to be inspired by the Pre
mier himself.
The most important statement made is
that Wittc has taken a definite reso
lution to retire as soon as the National
Assembly meets. With the turning over
of the reins of power 10 the people's rep
resentatives he will regard his task as
finished. The whole course of events
since the reform manifesto was issued
is attributed by the paper to the refusal
of the conservatives so support the gov
ernment. It is explained that many of the re
forms, which Wittc and his cabinet have
been continually berated for not realiz
ing, were not promulgated because every
bit of leeway given was sci;ed upon by
the "reds" to advance the cause of an
armed revolution, until finally the gov
ernment, being without the active sup
port of the conservative classes, was
forced in self-protection to adopt repres
sive measures.
Even then it refrained from taking ac
tion until the temporary laws had been
promulgated, and during the interregnum
there were no laws. While the govern
ment did not desire to act for fear of
arousing indignation, the revolution gain
ed headway.
The policy it is now followiivr is sole
ly for the purpose of making possible tho
holding of the elections and accelerat
ing the convocation of the rational as
sembly. Yet the government realizes lha:
it is impossible to hold elections in the
Caucasus and Baltic provinces, and docs
not believe that the national assembly
can be convened before April.
A report prepared for the Emperor re
garding the situation in the Baltic prov
inces declares that, though open revolt
has been crushed in many parts of the
provinces, and though the local authori
ties who were deposed by the revolution
ists are resuming the reins of government
under the protection of the troops, the
situation is still a very serious one. 1
CLEVELAND OETS $12,030 SALARY.
To Abolish Rebating In the Big losmnce
Companies. j
New York (Special). An agremcnt to
abolish rebating on premiums has been en-j
tcred into by the New York Life Insur-;
ancc Company, the Equitable Life As-
surance Society and the Mutual Life In
surance Company. Announcement was
made that Grover Cleveland has been
appointed referee to decide all questions
in dispute that may arise in such matters
and that his salary as referee will be $12,
000 per annum, to be paid jointly by the
three companies.
Mr. Cleveland thus accepted with the
understanding that the officers of the
three companies are to second him in
his efforts to stop rebating. A similar
appointment was held by the late Thomas
B. Reed. Any agent who gives rebates
will be dismissed from service and will
not be re-employed by any of the com
panies that are parties to the -agreement.
It is the desire of the companies to-secure
the (Jo-operation of all other life
insurance companies in this agreement.
It was said that if rebating can be en
tirely abolished first year's premiums can
be reduced. It is understood that this
agreement is the result of a suggestion
b- President Paul Morton, of the Equita
ble Life Assurance Society.
Persons familiar with the life insur
ance situation expressed the opinion that
the naming of Mr. Cleveland as rebate
referee was ouly the first step in a move
ment which may result in -.viaking the
ex-President a most powerful factor in
the re-organization 'of the life insurance
business. Li their opinion an effort will
be made before long to have the ex
President act as a general adjuster for
the three big companies, that is as an ar
biter of all life insurance questions be
tween the three big companies. That there
is in the present emergency a great desire
on the part of the companies to stand to
gether and present a solid front in the re
organization process is an admitted fact.
There arc a hundred and one different
matters springing up between the com
panies regularly, which, if referred fo
an independent arbiter, would be quickly
settled with satisfaction to the policyhold
er. ,'
$I8,0U0 Package Tsken.
Washington (Special). It developed
here that about $ 18.00a was taken from
an express pouch between Atlanta, Ga.,
and New York. 'I ne Southern Express
Company received the package at Au
gusta; from thence it went to Columbia,
S. C, and it arrived in Washington ear
ly Sunday morning. The Adams Ex
press Company then set.t it to New York,
and there the loss was discovered. Of
ficials of the express company are making
an investigation.
"Wllcbes" 0 err u ltd.
Havana (By Cable). Domingo Bo
court, an old negro, and Victor Molina,
a mulatto, were garrotted at the prison
here. Both men were regarded as
"witches" by their associates. Their
crime was a hideous murder of a white
baby, Zoila Diaz, for the purpose of pro
curing the heart of a. white female child,
which the "witches" prescribed as a
poultice for a ccrtiin woman as a cure
for barrenness. The child's body waj
found, smoked and salted, weeks after the
crime. flic executions passed off
promptly.
lovtsllgstloo ol tbt Rsllrosdt.
Washington, D. C, ( Special). Repre
sentative Reeder, of Kansas, introduced
a resolution requesting the Attorney Gen
eral to investigate and report to the
House whether there exists, or has ex
isted, a combination or agreement be
tween the Pennsylvania Railways system,
the Norlolk arid Western Kailway Com
pany, the Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Company, the Baltimore and Ohio South
western Railroad Company and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company.
or any two or more of these companies,
in violation ot the Apti'rust I.hvv.
THfe KEYSTONE STATE
Tbe Latest Peonsylvtnls News Told In Short
Order.
In a widely dramatic exchange of bul
and an alleged desperado in a lonely hut
at Tobyhanna, a man giving the name
of John A. Brown, of the latter place,
Yale graduate, and supposed to be the
leader of a band of thieves, received
bullet wounds which caused his death
in the State Ho-vital in Scranton, The
hospital authorities do not know wl.al
the dead man's real name was. lie was
shot by all three of the detectives. Two
of the bullets entered his hetid and hi!
.kull was fractured. Both of his lungs
were also punctured by bullets and cilhel
of the wounds might have caused death.
The only other injured participant in
flic shooting is Charles Beggs, a detec
tive, who was shot through the left arm.
He was removed to Scranton and taken
to flic Stale Hospital. Besides Beggs,
the other detectives were Charles L.
Whipple and Mason Gillen, all being
connected with a detective agency of
Scranton. Lying on the floor of the
rough cabin wherc'he received his death
wound, and doubtless feeling that he
had only a few hours to live, Brown told
Detective Whipple something of his
early life. He said that he came of a
good family in New York city, and was
graduated from Yale a few years ago.
Among other things, the detective says
he told him that he had committed a
serious crime in New 'Jersey some time
ago, hut was at first slow to mention it,
for fear that if he recovered from the
wound he would be held for it. He ad
mitted having committed several robber
ies. Brown's age was about 30 years,
his appearance good and he gave the
impression of one who had had excel
lent traininr; in a good family and a
good education.
"We are going to enforce the law
against the school directors of Waynes
boro, proceeding first by mandamus to
compel them to keep children from
school who do not hold vaccination cer
tificates, and if they insist in their de
finance we will proceed under the penal
statutes," said Attorney General Carson,
speaking of the action of the Waynes
boro school directors and teachers in
allowing several unvaccinated children
to attend school when warned not to do
so. A conference was held between At
torney General Carson, State Health
Commissioner Dixon and Supeninten
dent of Public Instruction Schaeffer,
over the defiance of the Waynesboro
school authorities in flying in the face
ot the law and the Slate authorities, the
object being to decide on what should be
the method of procedure. It was decided
that the way to reach them is to begin
mandamus proceedings to compel the
school directors to obey the law and
keep out all children who do not hold
certificate of vaccination. If they do not
heed the mandamuses and persist in
their defiance, then the penal clause of
the law will be invoked and somebody
is going to be heavily fined. Dr. Dixon
is determined that this open defiance of
the law shall cease. The conduct of the
Waynesboro school directors is all the
more flagrant because it was only a few
months ago that the court of Franklin
County decided the law to be constitu
tional, A rear-end collision between two
freight trains cn the Baltimore Ohio
Railroad, just west of the Baltimore &
Ohio station in Chester, shortly after
4 o'clock, resulted in a conductor, Henry
A. Mulford, of Baltimore, being killed,
a locomotive being demolished and a ca
boose and three freight cars being de
stroyed by fire. The accident is at
tributed by Engineer William Clisham
to be due to his failure to see the Hall
block signal lights on account of the fog.
Benjamin Walker, aged 63 years, was
killed by a fall from the stone steps of
his home in York. When a member of
the family found Mr. Walker, he was
unconscious. A physician could render
no aid to the dying man, a fracture of
the skull resulting in cerebral hemor
rhage. He was n member of the La
fayette Club, affiliated with the State
Underwriters and prominent in insur
ance circles. Mr. Walker was a cousin
Governor Pcnnypackcr.
Miss Anna Hubble, a pretty 17-year-old
girl. of Chester, while going to work
was atacked by a negro and her presence
of mind saved her. Miss Hubble was
walking along the street, which is a very
dark ore, when a negro sprang in front
of her, placed his arm around her waist,
an J asked her if she loved him. The
girl removed a hat-pin quickly from her
hat and stuck it in his brcasst near the
heart. The negro screamed with pain,
released his hold and ran.
Martin Maloncy, of Philadelphia, has
purchased a large plot of ground oppo
site the City Hall in Scranton, and will
erect a magnificent office building upon
the property. It is believed by some of
his friends here that ultimately the
building will also be the home of some
-if the large Catholic societies of the
region.
John Sullivan, the burglar, whose hand
.vas blown off when, with three compan
ions, he blew open the safe in the 9tore
of Fenner & Co., at Ashley, was given
a hearing at his cot in the Wilkcs-Barre
City Hospital and held in $3000 bail.
A reform party is now being formed
in Hanover Township, Luzerne County,
and a series of meetings are being ar
ranged, which arc to lead to the nomina
tion of reform candidates at the elec
tion next month. t
Because the Philadelphia u. Reading
Coal & Iron Company want the site for
a coal dump, the mining village of Fish
ers, near Mihonoy City, comprising ten
hollies and twenty families, is to be
wiped off the map. The tenants have
been notified to vacate by April 1.
A tenement and store building in Sha
mokin owned by M. H. Hailc was burn
ed. The loss is $5000, partly covered
by insurance. Assistant Chief Engineer
Ralph Zimmerman, of the fire depart
ment, fell while in action and his leg was
broken.
The grand jury in their report to the
court in Allentown recommended the pro.
vision of separate apartments in the
county jail for juveniles and women.
They also 4-ccommcndcd a hospital waid
and steam heating system for the jail
and more unproved farming and har
vesting machinery for the poorhouse.
The Sauita.-y Committee of the York
City Council has decided to enforce the
law governing tr.iiiic in milk and will
leave nothing undone towards- securing
pure milk supply for York. Milkmen
of the city will be required to t-ke out
certificates.
"Criminally iierjliKcnt and rtckless" in
running into the Boiling Springs yards
at the rate of forty miles an hour, was
the- verdict of the Cumberland County
Corcmer's Jury against Conductor Boy.
er and Engineer George Sheets. Reading
t-kiiuuen, who wert in a wreck lusl
Friday in which one p?rson was killed
rnd several injured.