BALFOUR BEATEN
CHURCHILL WINS
Fcrm:r Premier tf Great Dritian 's
Downed By An Obscure Lawy:r.
SOME LARGE GAINS BY THE LIBERALS.
Wlaitoa Churchill Wlm In Another Dlrliloo
of Manchester The Liberal Oala IS Seat
la Electloa H:ld la 39 Coefltueocle la
Important Center Laborlle Secur Four
New State.
London (By Cable). Former Premier
Balfour was beaten for re-election in
Manchester, his opponent, an obscure
lawyer named llorridge, turning a con
aervative plurality of lgfo into a liberal
of 2453-
Winston Churchill, running in a con
servative district, was elected by a plur
ality of 1241, turning over a tory dis
trict majority of 1471.
The outcome was the most astonish
ing ever known in England. The defeat
Of the tones has been overwhelming
and the liberal victory correspondingly
extraordinary. As the great liberal suc
cess is bound to have a mighty influence
on the other elections 1o be held in the
next few days, the indications are that
the liberals will sweep the entire country
and probably have a good working ma
jority in the House of Commons.
The scope of the liberal victory is well
illustrated in the returns. In the thirty
rive constituencies representing seats in
Parliament the liberals have captured
thirty-four scats and the tories six. For
merly the conservatives held twenty
six of these seats and the liberals four
teen, a clear gain of twenty votes in the
House for the liberals.
Six of the thirty-four candidates elect
ed by the liberals are labor candidates.
Their success indicates that the labor
candidates in various constituencies must
lie given consideration in the future elec
tions, and they will probably be a force
to be reckoned with in the House. It
has been the aim of tliejabor leaders to
hold the balance of power in the next
House, and while it is still too early to
predict the ultimate composition of that
body, the success of the party has en
couraged the leaders to believe they will
achieve their ambition.
Saturday's elections have given a heavy
blow to Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal policy
program. The voters have spoken in no
uncertain tone on the subject of protec
tion, showing in the enormous majori
ties given the liberal candidates their
favor for free trade.
Lancashire, according to the returns,
has gone solid for free trade, and York
shire is following its lead. In the two
elections held in London likewise the
voters spoke their preference for free
trade. The liberals carried both elec
tions. One seat they formerly held, but
there the majority leaped upward, and
in the second division, a conservative
stronshold, the liberal candidate was suc
cessful. SLASHED, CAN SEE AGAIN.
Remarkable Recovery of Sight After Cutting
Aflray.
Paris, Ky. (Special). One of the
most remarkable cases of sight being re
stored as a result of an accident occurred
here.
Leslie Combs in a fight on a Paris
Lexington interurban car with an uni
dentified man was badly cut. He had
been totally blind in one eye for several
years, and in the fight was slashed
across the face several times, part of his
nose being cut off. There was also a
deep cut down the forehead and across
the eyelid, the eyeball also being slight
ly pierced. Saturday the swelling in
Conjb's face had subsided sufficiently to
admit of his opening the lid of the in
jured eye. To his intense surprise he
was able to see as well as ever.
Local physicians attribute the recov
ery of his sight to the fact that some
nerve in the eyeball which had cairsed
blindness was severed.
Broke Leg la Crossing It.
Jeffcr;onvil!c, Ind., (Special). Joseph
B. Spahr, Treasurer-elect of this city,
was the victim of a curious accident at
his home on Maple and Watts Street.
Mr. Spahr has been slightly lame for
some time, though he has had free use
of his legs. While sitting in his home,
he suddenly crossed his legs, when the
bones jut below the hip snapped short
off. Medical aid was summoned and the
injured man's condition was pronounced
critical. The surgeons decided ampu
tation was nectary if Mr. Spahr's life
was to be spared.
Woman Bank President.
Indianapolis, (Special). Mi-s Kath
arine Williams, of La Grange, after
years of faithful service as an employe
of the La Grange National Bank, in
which she has risen step by step, has been
elected president of that institution, and
lias the distinction of being the youngest,
if not the only, woman to occupy such a
position in the West. The election
came to her as a compliment to her
ability as a financier and a reward for
her long service.
Tba Work ol Safe-Crackcra
Passaic, N. J., (Special). The safe
in Riker's gold leaf factory, at Dela
wanna, was blown open by burglars.
The safe contained valuable tools which
were not touched. Another 6afe con
tained $500 worth of gold leaf, but it was
not disturbed, as it is connected wilh
& burglar alarm. The visit of the
cracksmen was not discovered until late
as. the factory is cloaed for repairs.
Killed la Powder Explosion.
Raleigh, N. C. (Special). J. M. Pow
ers, a well-known railroad contractor,
was killed by a powder explosion near
Bushnell, X. C, where his force was
engaged in blasting work of the West
ern North Carolina division of the
Southern Railway. The deceased has
made his home at Aiheville, N. C, for
some time, where his widow and family
reside, lie was well known in several
cities in other states, where he lived be
fore coming to North Carolina.
Dlea at Feel of ftla Wife,
Newark, N. J. (Special) In the pres
ence of his wife and two of the smaller
of his children, with the youngest of
whom he had a moment before been
playing with apparent j'y and giving
advice as to how they should keep them
selves neat, Frederick Wolfmuller, of 44
Stone Street, suddenly turned and put a
bullet in his 'brain, He dropped dead
at his wife's fret in the kitchen. Wolf
mullcr's deed was the culmination of a
apree that extended from the beginning
of the vear.
THE LATEST HEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
DOMESTIC
. It is alleged that C. Augustus Scton,
arrested near Elkton in connection with
the Norfolk and Western stock forgeries,
recently had a sea yacht at his disposal,
and that forgery and larceny charges ag
gregating $53,000 stand against him.
John W. Hill, former chief of the fil
tration bureau in Philadelphia, upon be
ing acquitted of forgery was surrounded
for an hour by congratulating friends.
Educational circles in the West are dis
cussing the probability of President
Roosevelt succeeding the late President
Harper, of the University of Chicago.
A satchel containing $3,150 was stolen
from I.cban Dennis in the National
Hanking Company's offices in Newark,
N. J. No one saw the robber.
Forged stock on which several hund
red thousand dollars were loaned, has
been found in the bank of L. W. Pryor,
of Cleveland, who committeed suicide.
W. J. Bryan has been created a datto
in Mindanao and accorded high Filipi
no honors.
The British government announced
the text of the Anglo-Cuban Treaty pro
viding for "reciprocal freedom of com
merce and navigation between the two
countries" for 10 years.
Judge Holt, of the Untcd States
Court, dismissed the suit brought
against General Brooke by the Countess
of Bucna Vista to recover damages
because the General abolished her hered
itary right to slaughter cattle used for
beef in Havana, Cuba.
A. H. Hanson, passenger traffic mana
ger of the Illinois Central Railroad,
was elected chairman of the executive
committee of the Western Passenger
Association to succeed P. S. Eustis,
passenger tratfic manager of the Bur
lington system.
A fistic and legal encounter between
relatives and friends of Miss Anne
Kissam Hays, related to the Vandcr
bilts and who was a settlement-worker,
has been won by the brothers of the
woman.
Anton Nodat, formerly of Baltimore,
accidentally met his brother, Henri
Nodat, after ,10 years, separation on the
French line pier in New York.
Rev. Dr. B. Brunning, of Pennsyl
vania, attacks Dr. William Osier's age
theories, and says ripe maturity is better
than the enthusiasm of youth,.
Elijah O.Parker, formerly connected
vvith the .firm of Claflin & Co., New
York city, was found dead in his room,
in Arkansas City, Kan.
The British cruiser squadron on the
China station arrived at Manila and the
officers and men are being shown every
courtesy.
John G. Carlisle, grandson of the for
mer secretary of the treasury, accident
ally shot himself at his home, in Mobile,
Ala.
Mr. Brackctt reintroduced in hc New
York Senate his resolution demanding
the resignation of Senator Depcw.
Private services over the body of Pres
ident Harper, of the University of Chi
cago, were held at the family residence.
John- A. Topping was elected presi
dent of the Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany at a meeting in New York.
United States Judge Thompson, sitting
in Cincinnati, ordered the sale of the
Applcyard traction lines.
Mrs. Julia H. Simpson, wife of Dr.
Simpson, charged with the murder of
his father-in-law, testified at Northport,
N. Y., that Simpson had wished her
father dead and that he had asked her
not to hang him.
A richly dressed and beautiful wom
an of 20, unconscious and unknown, was
left at the office of Dr. Thomas Acken,
in New York, by two strange men in
evening dress.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick lias been
denied a new trial by the Court of Ap
peals of Ohio.
The Italian government, prominent
Italians in this country and Americans
as well, are trying to save Mrs. An
toinette Tolla, the young Italian con
demned to be hanged at Hackensack,
N. J.
The trial of Benjamin D. Greene and
John F. Gaynor, charged with conspir
acy against the government, and who
spent four years in exile in Canada, has
begun in Savannah, Ga.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals of Ohio has decided that the
provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act
are still in force and not effected by
treaties.
George Gould and E. H. Harrinian
have rival gangs of workmen contesting
for a strip of land at Oakland, Ca.,
needed for terminal facilities.
F0HE1Q.N
Many infernal machines addressed to
Premier Witte and Minister of the In
tenor Durnovo have been intercepted in
the St. Petersburg Postoffice.
The Russian revolutionists and social
ists have planned to hold 80 big mass
meetings in St. Petersburg 10 commem
orate "Red Sunday."
Gen. Ramon Teran, a leading Mexi
can general who took part in the strug
gle against the forces of Maximilian, died
at Monterey.
General Morales, the fugitive presi
dent of Santo Domingo, sought refuge at
the American Legation, in Santo Domin-
8'.
Gen. Hernandez Ferbeb, military gov
ernor of Algeciras, died suddenly.
Prince Arthur of Connaught, attended
by Admiral Sir Edward Seymour and the
other members of the royal commission
appointed by King Edward to present
the Order of the Garter to the Emperor
of Japan, started from London for Tokio.
Forty men prominent in the learned
professions of Germany havte signed
a declaration that they have never heard
anyone credit their government with an
intention to make war against England.
There will be no opposition to the re
election of Premier Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman to the House of Commons
from the Sterling District.
Nearly 350 persons were killed or in
jured during an attack made by Cos
sacks on the Armenian cemetery at Tillis.
The propitiary declarations of the
German delegates to the Morocco confer
ence indicate a desire to attain an Equita
ble arrangement.
Three Spanish warships have been or
dered to Algeciras, to remain there dur
ing the Morocco conference.
The French bankers definitely decided
to make a short-time advance of $50,
000,000 10 Russia at 5', per cent.
A squadron of dragoons wiped out a
band of revolutionists near Hazenpot,
Courland. Russia.
Lady Warwick, the English coun
beauty, known as the "democratic count
ess," has taken a hand in the election
campaign.
Harry St. George Tucker, president ol
the Jamestown Exposition Company, ha
an audience with King Edward relativt
to that enterprise.
Soldiers bombarded houses in Tiflia,
Caucausia, from which bombs were
thrown at them. Many persons wen
killed,
The Law and Order party of Russia,
Inch claims to have 200,000 members
met in St. Petersburg. It favors
'.)Vr.' ! re".' ue of freedom.
FRANCE BREAKS
WITH VENEZUELA
laitcd States Officials Watcliiog the
Turn cf Events.
MR. CASTRO OBDURATE AS EVER.
Admitted at Waablsgloa That fba Relations
Between the Vtoeiaclaa President and
U. S. Minister Rmaell An Not What They
Should Be-Franc aod (Jolted Stalea Likely
to Act Together.
Washington (Special). The serious
ncsi of the Venezuelan situation with
regard to both the relations between Ven
ezuela and the United States and be
tween Venezuela and France is increas
ing with great rapidity.
All diplomatic relations between Ven
ezuela and France are broken, it is said
at the State Department, and, although
it is stated no formal or official informa
tion to this extent has been received, the
officials assume that, in accordance with
the usual procedure, this will involve the
early departure from Venezuela of M.
Taigny, the French representative there,
and from France of M, Maubourguet, the
Venezuela agent at Paris.
The officials here are awaiting the trim
of events with keen interest.
Mr. Russell, the American minister at
Caracas, has been instructed to take up
the Critchficld asphalt claim, which has
lain dormant for some months, and push
it with the Venezuelan government, mak
ing every effort to secure a quick settle
ment. On top of these facts, news was re
ceived at the State Department that cable
communication with Venezuela had been
completely severed. Whether there is
any significance to this cannot be deter
mined. When the allied fleet, consisting
of warships from Great Britain, Ger
many and Italy, bombarded ports of Ven
ezuela four years ago, Castro interrupt
ed cable communication. He is now, by
virtue of his action last fall, when he
annulled the concession of the French
Cable Company, in control of the cables
and it is quite likely that the inter
ruption is due to some action on the part
of the Venezuelan executive.
Since the middle of last September
President Castro has temporized with
France, and it has been almost weekly
reiterated that France was fast losing
patience. It now seems that France is
preparing to take sorrie sort of action.
Although the present breach in the
relations between France and Venezuela
is technically chargeable against the per
sonality of M. Taigny, the French charge
at Caracas, the real issue, as it is un
derstood here, is the attack by President
Castro upon the properties and franchise
of the French Cable Company. The
President asserted that the cable com
pany had lent active assistance to the
Matos rebellion. Therefore, he began
proceedings in the Venezuelan courts
against the company on that score, and
also complained that the company had
violated the terms of its concession in
not laying certain coast line of cable, and
especially in crossing the island of Santo
Domingo with land wires subject to fre
quent interruption in times of rebellion
on that island.
The courts sustained the President's
view and, in fact, practically took pos
session of the company's offices at certain
points, when the French government in
tervened. In the absence of the regular
minister M. Taigny presented a written
protest to the Venezuelan government.
TONOUE QtftNE; ACTOR TALKS.
Now Frederick Power la Learnlog to Slog
Alter Operatloo.
Chicago (Special). Frederick Power,
actor and stage manager, who had his
tongue cut from his mouth in an opera
tion for cancer five weeks ago, is again
able to talk so as to be understood. The
case is said by physicians to be a re
markable triumph for surgery. All of
Mr. Powers' tongue and part of the root
had to be removed in the operation.
With his tongue gone, he is able to ar
ticulate, uttering some words quite dis
tinctly. There is still some paralysis in Mr.
Powers' lower lip, due to the operation,
and there is a heavy gold bridge in his
mouth. His jaw is still held in a heavy
plaster cast, and when these impediments
are removed it is believed he will be able
to articulate fairly well.
President Harper Dead.
Chicago, 111. (Special). William Rai
ney Harper, president of the University
of Chicago, died at a. 17 P. M. Death
occurred at the Harper home, Fifty-ninth
Street and Lexington Avenue. It came
at the conclusion of an illness of about
a year from cancer. There were present
at the bedside at the time of death
member of the Harper family Mrs.
Harper and three sons Paul, Samuel
and Donald; Charles Scribner Eaton, u
son-in-law, and Mrs. Gordon Douglas,
of Pittsburg, sister of the dead man.
diatoms Districts Reorganliatloo.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Reor
ganization and consolidation of customs
collection districts by the President was
approved by the House Committee on
Ways and Means, which decided to re
port favorably on the Payne bill. This
measure gives the President entire con
trol of the reorganization of districts, the
only limitation being that not more than
120 collection districts shall be created.
Wealth Founded on Lottery.
' New York, (Special). "It may appear
surprising, but I know for a positive fact
that some of the wealthiest families in
New York, who are now mingling in
high society, have accumulated their for
tunes through lottery," said Magistrate
Cornell in Jefferson Market Court, when
Emile Heyman was accused by Robert
McLelland, an agent of the Anti-vice
Society, of violating the penal code.
He was arrested after selling two Mexi
can lottery tickets to McLelland for
$150. .
Peoosy'a Pesltloa Unchanged.
Philadelphia (Special). The ntten
.ion of a prominent official of the Penn
ylvania Railroad having been called to
1 dispatch from Pittsburg stating that the
ompany would recede from ilt attitude
n the pass question, positively and em
jhatically denied that any such action
vas contemplated. He stated that there
vas no faltering In Mr. Cassatt'i posi
ion, and (hat the order absolutely abol
ilimg ail forma of free transportation
nd free tickets, except to railroad of
iciaU and employes, is being caried out
1 the letter md will be enforced perman-ntly.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
To Prereat Corraplloo.
Representative George A. Pearre, of
.Maryland, introduced in the House a bill
which is believed to go to the core of
the evil of contributions to political com
mittees by national banks. It is amen
datory of the national banking act. and
provides for the appointment by the
v-omptrollcr of the Currency of persons
to make an examination of the affairs
of every banking association. These
persons shall not be directors or other
officers in any association whose affairs
they shall be appointed to examine. Full
power is given them to "make a thorough
investigation into nil the affairs of the
association, especially including a thor
ough inquiry into the question as to
whether or not said association or any of
its officers have contributed any of the
money, funds or securities or evidences
of debt of or belonging to or held by said
association for any political purpose," the
examination to be held under oath.
The following question shall be asked
by the investigators; "Has this bank
of which you are an officer or have you
as an officer of this bank, either direct
ly or iiKlircctly, contributed during the
past year any of the funds, moneys, se
curities of evidences of debt of this bank
to any political committee or to any per
son for political purposes?"
Mra. Nrrrla Case la House.
A sensational climax to nearly five
hours of somewhat humdrum debate on
the Philippine tariff came in the House
of Representatives when young Mr.
Shcppard of Texas fiercely arraigned the
President's subordinates for their con
duct in the recent Mrs. Morris episode
at the White House. Messrs. Payne and
Grosvcnor both sought to prevent him,
Mr. Payne on the ground that it was not
germane to the bill before the committee
and Mr. Grosvcnor by a suggestion that
the subject better comported with the
dignity of a police court than that of the
House of Representatives.
Mr. Shcppard's remarks were based
upon his resolution looking to an investi
gation of the affair. He narrated what
he termed the unwarrantable and un
necessary brutalities and barbarous treat
ment of Mrs. Morris, and declared that
unless Congress took action we soon
would witness a condition where citizens
cannot approach the President without
fear of bodily harm from arbitrary sub
ordinates. The outrageous action toward
Mrs. Morris, he said, was a distinct low
ering of the standards of American man
hood and in violation of the sentiment of
reverence for women.
President a Red Mao.
President Roosevelt was made an hon
orary member of the Improved Order of
Red Men. The ceremony took place in
the President's private office at the White
House and was participated in and wit
nessed by many prominent members of
the Order.
The national officers of the organiza
tion called at the White House to pre
sent the President a beautifully engross
ed set of resolutions adopted at the
national convention of the order at Nash
ville, Tenn., last September, commenda
tory of the President's efforts toward
bringing about peace between Japan and
Russia. The testimonial was presented
by Judge Robert T. Daniel, of Griffin,
Ga., past great incohonce, in a laudatory
address.
Secretary Taft a Witness.
The Senate Committee on Inter
Oceanic Canals held its initial meeting
in the inquiry into Panama canal affairs.
Secretary of War Taft, the first witness,
was interrogated with a view to acquir
ing information needed as a guidance
for an intelligent investigation. He gave
a list of department chiefs and told some
thing of the duties of each, so that the
committee is now in possession of knowl
edge that is to be used in calling the
proper witness to bring out whatever
facts may be desired.
The meeting chiefly was for the pur
pose of formulating a programme for
the investigation, and, therefore, the dis
cussion was held behind closed doors,
although it is the present intention to
hold public hearings.
National Carporatloa Board.
Mr. Heyburn did not call up his pure
food bill in the Senate, as he had in
tended, but instead addressed himself
to his bill creating a national board of
corporations. Among the provisions of
the latter measure is one denying the
use of the mails to insurance companies
which are not indorsed by the proposed
bureau. He said this restriction would
have the effect of confining insurance
companies 10 the insurance business, and
said this would prevent the use of the
money of the insurance companies for the
purpose of speculation in Wall Street.
The Rivers and Harbors Committee
of the House has called for a survey for
a 30-foot ship channel out of Philadel
phia. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has
assured the PresMent that he will re
main in office until March, 1007.
The House declined to close debate
on the Philippine tariff, on which 37 ad
dresses are yet to be made.
Measures calling for $40,000,000 for
public buildings have been introduced in
the House.
The friends of Mrs. Lydia M. Thom
son, detained by immigration authorities
on the charge that she is insane, are mak
ing a hard fight in her behalf.
President Pendleton, of the New York
Maritime Exchange, made an argument
before the House Committee against the
Compulsory Pilotage Bill.
In the Senate Mr. Hepburn denouc
ed Wall Street as a .gambling club,
with headquarters "up the Hudson."
The sugar imports for the year 1905
exceeded those for any previous year.
In the presence of a brilliant com
pany, President Roosevelt presented a
medal of honor to Surgeon Church, of
the Rough Riders, for an act of gal
lantry during the Spanish-American war.
Secretary Taft has written a letter to
President Roosevelt declaring Poultney
Bigelow's charges against the Panama
Canal management to be untruthful and
malicious throughout.
The House Committee on Railways
and Canals decided on a favorable re
port on the joint resolution for a com
mission to investigate the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal.
The Senate shelved the Morocco ques
tin and discussed the Pure Food and
Ship Subsidy Bills.
The aubject of municipal beautifica
tion was discussed by the American In
stitute of Architects.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re.
lations decided on a' resolution providing
for a complete investigation of Panama
Canal and Railroad matters.
The case against Binger Hermann for
complicity in the land frauds will be tried
during the latter part of March.
After a spirited discussion lasting four
hour the Senate decided to consider the
Morocco question behind closed doors.
A BILLION AND
FIFTY
MILLION
What the War With Japan Cost
Russia.
FIERCE riGIIT ON THE RAILROAD.
Slxtyllv Killed and On Hundred Wounded
la lb Conflict Brldgee Burned and Track
Toro Up The Train Carrylog Large Sum
of Money The Czar'a Title of Autocrat and
Wltte'a Explanation of It.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). The bud
get statement for 1906, which was just
issued shows that it will be necessary
to raise $,240,500,000 by credit operations
to balance the estimated receipts and ex
penditures. The latter include $202,500,
000 for the liquidation of the expenses
of the Russo-Japanese War, the repa
triation of the troops in the Far East, and
the reduction of the army to a peace
footing. For the first time the total cost
of the war ($1,050,000,000) is revealed.
The credit operations to balance to
budget include the recent authniuation
of $200,000,000 in treasury bonds, $75,
000,000 of which has already been used
to renew the Mendelssohn loan, and the
credit of $160,000,000 which former Fi
nance Minister Kokovsotf is now nego
tiating in Paris. The primary object of
the latter, the proceeds of which will
be retained in Paris, is understood to be
the maintenance of the stability of the
rouble.
The budget statement does not dodge
the prevailing conditions in Russia. It is
pointed out specifically that the receipts
from nearly all resources have been
scaled down, and, moreover, it is stated
that, if the disorders in the interior do
not cease there may be some branches
of revenue on which it will be impossible
to count.
The budget also deals frankly with the
heavy drain on the gold reserve of the
state bank balances abroad, which have
fallen $152,500,000 in the three months
preceding January I. During the last 10
days of the year the gold reserve was re
duced by $30,500,000, while the issue of
paper currency was increased by $20,
000.000. The increase of paper issued, tlic state
ment says, was made by the bank in an
effort to come to the rescue of the busi
ness interests which were almost par
alyzed, and which had been refused loans
by private banks, owing to the panicky
conditions and to the reduction of tlic
foreign credits of houses with connec
tions abroad.
In the budget statement h is an
nounced that manifestos will be issued
giving the nation the right to particpate
in the examination of future budgets.
This, therefore, will be the last budget
to be examined solely by the council of
the empire without the co-operation of an
elective assembly. It is further stated
that the surplus for 1905 will be greater.
No Quarter Waa Given.
Mitau, Courland, (By Cable). A
squadron of dragoons, which was rfm
bushed recently near Hazenpot, losing
two men killed and four wounded, re
ceived reinforcements later and sur
rounded the Revolutionists. No quar
ter was given, and the Revolutionists,
numbering 89 in all, were killed to the
last man.
A band of 50 Revolutionists made a
daring raid on Livenhoff, with the ob
ject of obtaining medicines and bandages
for the Revolutionists in the field. They
carried off two Jewish merchants, and
held them for a heavy ransom, which was
paid.
Warsaw, Russian Poland. The troops
have captured the iron works at Ostro
wiec, Government of Radom, which had
been occupied by the Revolutionists as
their headquarters. Many of the Revo
lutionists were killed or wounded during
the fight. The rest fled.
FAMILY WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
Seven People Burned to Death la Their Bed
In Pennsylvania.
Lewistown, Pa., (Special). The most
horrible of calamities that has occurred
in Central Pennsylvania for many years
took place 3 o'clock in the morning at
Pleasantville, Juniata County, about nine
miles southwest of Port Royal. Seven
persons (Isaac Saylor and his daughter,
Mrs'. Peter Martin, and her five child
ren, Edna, aged 12; Earle, aged 10;
Alice, aged nine; Stella, aged six, and
Charles, a 10-month-old baby) were
burned to death in their beds, wiping
out all the remaining members of the
Martin family.
In the home of Isaac Saylor, an aged
Civil War veteran, a wood fire had been
built the afternoon previous. This set
the chimney afire, but the blaze was
quickly extinguished by the family. The
house was an old-fashioned one, with
a large chimney, and 'the supposition is
that sparks lodged in crevices and
smouldered there until the flames broke
out in the morning, destroying the entire
house.
The house was partially consumed
when they escaped, and it is thought
that the other occupant were either
overcome by smoke or jumped down the
blazing stairway in attempting to es
cape. Big Biai la Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C. (Special). The plant
of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany, near this city, was damaged $125,
000 by fire.- The blaze originated in the
seedroom, and before the progress of
the flames could be checked the seed
room, refinery and laboratory were totally
consumed. The fire was gotten under
control after three hours' hard fight by
the firemen. Its origin is unknown.
Cruelly to a Child.
Aledo, 111. (Special). Upon evidence
of having indicted 2C0 wounds, Mrs.
Mary L. McKinney, prominent society
woman and church worker of Aledo, was
found guilty of cruelty to 15-year-old
Stella Grady, whom Mrs. McKinney had
adopted. Sentence was deferred until
Judge Graves hears argument on a mo
tion for arrest of judgment. The plea
of the defense was insanity. During the
trial testimony was adduced to show that
Mrs. McKinney had repeatedly stabbed
the child in the back with a fork and
scissors,
A Daogerou OIIL
Mobile, Ala. (Special). John G. Car
lisle, grandson of former Secretary of
the Treasury John G. Carlisle, acciden
tally shot himself. The wound is serious,
but it i not thought to be fatal. The
revolver wa a present from the boy'
grandfather and was received from New
York. Carlisle opened the package and
was examining the weapon, when it wa
accidentally discharged. The bullet en
tered the abdomen near the left hip,
struck the bone and lodged beneath the
'kin. An operation will be performed
to remove the bullet.
SOME LEAP FROM SEVENTH STORY.
Seven Hundred Guests Pank-Sirickcu
at Night.
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special). Eight
persons lost their lives in a fire which
burned out the fifth, sixth and seventh
stories of the West Hotel, in this city.
The blaze started in an unknown manner
in the packing room on the first floor,
Ascending the elevator shaft, it spread
when it reached the fifth floor. Awak
ened by the ringing of the alarm bells
in their rooms, the guests, who num
bered in all about 700, rushed wildly
about seeking safety.
Those on the upper floors were driv
en back into their rooms by the smoke,
which filled the hallways, and when the
firemen arrived they were greeted by
cries for assistance from scores of men
and women, who, scantily clad, were
shivering on the window ledges. Smoke
was pouring out around them, and soon
two men were compelled to leap to
avoid the flames. Both were killed.
One of them has been identified as J. B.
Pcisinger, a traveling salesman from
New York. Miss M. E. Hodges, a guest,
sought a fire escape, but, having open
ed the wrong window on the seventh
floor, she was driven to step off the
ledge. Her body was horribly mangled.
Death was instantaneous.
Miss Gladys Mablc, whose grand
mother Captain Bcrwin sacrificed his life
to save, said :
"A man took my grandmother and then
another fireman came and got me. He
had a long rope which he tied tightly
about me under my arms and around
my waist and let 111c down out of the
front window. It was an awful sensa
tion to be dangling in thc-air at the end
of a line seven stories above the stone
side walk. My rescuer finally let me
down in safety oil to the balcony of the
hotel just above the first floor. From
there it was an easy matter to get
down."
Frank A. Chamberlain, president of
the Security Bank, occupied, with his
wife, rooms on the eighth floor. He and
his wife were rescued by pompier lad
ders. John A. Hogerty, manager of "The
Darling of the Gods" theatrical com
pany, made a dash past the flames and
smoke and escaped unharmed. T. K.
Chaiton, of New York, was badly burned
about the face and hands while crawl
ing through a long hall. He finally
reached safety by means of a fire-csacpe
at the rear, more than a block from his
room.
A score of guests on the top floor
were compelled to use the department
scaling ladders in effecting their escape
from the burning building. The fire
men wound stout ropes around the
bodies of the guests and assisted them
in making their perilous descent in mid
air to the floor below.
Judge Atwater, the oldest lawyer in
the slate, was rescued by a male nurse,
who carried him five floors through the
smoke and water. Many other daring
rescues were reported.
The West Hotel is o.ie of the largest
and finest hostclries in the country.
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.
Joseph Nix, the Weslcyan reformer,
took 3.845 singuatures to the pledge in.
a nine-day gospel temperance meetind
in Bradford, England.
The clever cigar rollers of Seville have'
rivlas in the insect world. By the aid
of its tiny feet the weevil rolls vine leaves
into a cylindrical shape and hides itself f
inside.
The German city of Pforzheim has a
population of 65,000, devoted almost ex
clusively to the manufacture of jewelry,
there being about 50 factories where it
is made.
Bishop McCabe has delivered his great
lecture 011 "The Bright Side of Life in
Libbv Prison'' 1,500 times and $200,000
has been brought into the church treas
ury by the same.
Professor Moissan declared at the
Paris Academy of Science that he had
succeeded in boiling copper at a tempera
ture of 2,100 degrees by means of a pow
erful electric current.
Burglars who have a dog to keep
watch for them and give the alarm when
danger approaches are operating in Ala
meda, Cal., with success. The police
have a description of the dog.
Several schools in Nevada have been
compelled to close because the tfustces
have found it impossible to secure teach
ers. Almost as soon as they arrive and
take charge they resign and marry.
Two street pedlers in Branford, Eng
land, bought a horse for $11.25. It was
killed by a motor car one day and the
owner of the car paid them $115 for the
loss. Thereupon a new industry sprang
up on the roads of England. i
The total food and raw material im
ports of Germany from the United States
were $218,960,000 in 1900 and $208,964,
000 in 1904. Flxpressed in percentages
of the empire's total imports those from
the United States were 90.1 in 1890 and
Farmington, N. M., went there recently
93 2 in 1904.
Cotton-mill workers and local farmers
united with the Montreal Cotton Com
pany in a request to the Canadian Tar
iff Commission for an increase of tariff
duties. They desire 30 per cent, on white
and fancy cottons, stripes, checks and
b.ocades. Complaint was made that at
the close of the season English manufac
turers would cut prices and dntap their
goods on Canadian market.
FINANCIAL DQINGS.
Canadian banks have been loaning
nearly $60,000,000 in Wall Street.
Sugar imports amount to about an
eighth of the total brought into this
country. 1
Belmont is said to have agreed lo pur
chase the Ryan interests in the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit. j
A Philadelphia broker offered to wai
ger $1000 that Tonopah will reach $30 a
share this year.
An extra dividend of one-half of I per
cent, was declared by the Delaware in
surance Company, in addition to the re
gular one.
A year ago the Bank of England's
reserve was 44 per cent, of libilities.
Now it is only 33 per'cent. That shows
that money is tight in London, as well
as in America.
In four years the Northern Securities
Company collected just short of $40,
000,000 111 dividends on railroad stocks
which it held. '
The John I Blair estate is reported,
to have sold to Charles M. Schwab min
ing property in Nevada for $750,000.
Production af anthracite and eoke pig
iron in 1005 amounted to 22,592,163 tons,,
exceeding the previous banner year 1903,'
when 18,009,253 tons were produced, by
more than 4,500,000 ton.
Recently a New York firm took a little
fiing in United Cas Improvement and
made it turn a couple of points. Thii
week Charles G. Gates is supposed to
have bought a big block of Cambria,
purely a a speculation. The real accu
mulation of stock has been relatively
small.
Trk KEYSTONE STATE
'a I tic. I Pennsylvania New Told la Short
Order.
The first suit instituted in Berks
Couiily tinder the "press muzzier" libel
law, allowing action for "personal suffer
ing," was decided in favor of the defen
dent. Thomas D. Richards, a fish deal
er, sued the Reading "Herald" for f 100G
damages for printing an account of his
arrest on a charge of larceny. In hi
charge to the jury Judge Endlich declar
ed that there is no libel ii prnting a
plain statement of fact and during the
trial he' characterized as absurd, the
I.egisaturc to the contrary notwithstand
ing, an attempt to show that the pub
lication resulted in physical suffering.
Judge Martin Bell is opposed to cur
ing dumb animals by Christian Science,
"If I were a juryman 1 would certainly
convict you," said he in court at Altoona
to James Houschouldcr, in a prosecution
for cruelty. Householder, who is a
Christian Science student, tried to cure
a burned horse by prayers, and wa
thirteen months at the job. ;
Chester Leidy, aged 14, of Alloona,'
rescued Edna Wise, aged 8, from death.
The ice on which they were skating col
lapsed and the girl was struggling in
deep water when the boy Swam to her
rescue.
Ira Diinkelberger, a wealthy farmer of
Hcgins Township, and Miss Kate Hoy
were amrricd in court at Pottsvillc,
Judge A. I.. Shay officiating. The bride
groom is 56 years of age and the bride 30.
They chose a marriage in court because
of the originality of the idea.
McAdno, the metropolis of the south
side, and the original John Mitchcl town
of the coal regions, refuses longer to be
made the butt of theatrical jokes. Peo
ple of McAdoo say the town is as good
as any other place, and they sec no fun
in the slurs cast by the devotees of the
historic art. McAdoo people arc among
the best patrons of the local theaters,:
and if the jokes about their town arc noti
cut out they will no longer patronize
any of the productions brought here,
and in a very pointed letter have so in
formed the theatrical managers of this!
city. 1
The court restained the directors of,
Hanover Township School District, who'
are underindictmcnt for aiding to de-j
fraud, from levying a school and build
ing tax of lYi mills. It was shown that'
the money now available for schools is
some $42,000, which would allow $40 a
year for the teaching of each pupil. The
courts declare this is too much, but as,
records, vouchers and duplicates of the
district have been lost, mislaid or swept
away by flood, the Court is unable to.
discover whether this extravagant charge'
is a justifiable one. !
The State Armory Board has decided'
to locate an armory at Pottstown fori
Company A, Sixth Regiment, and one at!
Pittston for Companies H and C, of the;
Ninth Regiment. It is the intention to,
divide the present appropriation of $250,!
000 among the three best brigades andj
do the best tfiat can be' done with the
limited sum. Not more than $20,000 will!
be expended for an infantry company!
nor more than $30,000 for a cavalry orj
artillery company.
A protest will be made from all parts'
of the anthracite region, and especially!
Schuylkill County, against the new Statci
law which provides that graves in ccme-j
4rics shall be nine feet deep. In this
part of the State there rs a heavy strata)
beneath the surface. To reach the
legal depth it is necessary to blast the'
rock, and this will endanger adjoining!
graves. The law in this vicinity is being'
disregarded. Sextons contend that they!
could not dig a grave nine feet deep in'
time for an..interment unless the bodies:
are kept beyond the usual period, and
say that in frequent instances explosives
would have been used to rend the rock.
It was learned in York that the Mc-'
Calls Ferry Water & Power Company,'
which lias begun the preliminary work
of constructing an immense dam and hy-,
dro-cleclro plant at McCall's Ferry on
thesSusquehanna River, will build a per-;
manent toot and wagon bridge across the
Susquehanna at a point known as the
"Neck." The erection of the bridge is to
facilitate the work of building the dam
and power plant. It will be used for
conveying material across the river and
for the convenience of the workmen and
engineers and after the cpmplction of the
dam and power plant will be used as a
public bridge.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Odd Fellows' Orphanage, held in Sun
bury it was decided to erect several new
buildings next Spring. The following
officers were elected: President, E. C.
Wagner, Girardville; first vice president,
J. W. Stroh, Sunbury; second vice pres
ident, A.-D. Hay, Lebanon; secretary,
S. B. Milliard, Watsontown; assistant
secretary, H. I. Romig, Adamsburg;
treasurer, Robert Davis, Mt. Carmel.
Lee B. Bechbill, manager of the Mon
ongahela Smelting Works, was fatally
burned by an explosion of a steam tank
at the plant. Bechbill was enveloped in
steam for several minutes and was
frightfully scalded. George Plunkett, as-,
distant manager, was also seriously scald
ed, but will recover. !
At the meeting of the Lehigh Val-!
Icy Medical Association, these officers1
were elected: President, Dr. A. W.'
Hendricks; vice presidents, Drs. P. J'
Kress and M. F. Cawley; recording sec
retary, Dr. J. Treichler Butz, coroner
of Lehigh County; corresponding secre-!
tary, Dr. W. D. Kline j treasurer, Dr.1
A. J. Erdinan; censor, Dr. H. H.'
Herbit, M. J. Blackenstoe, and W. B.'
Erdman; curator. Dr. C. J. Otto; repor-l
tcr to State Society, Dr. W. A. Haus-
man; State delegate, Dr. C. D. Schaef
fcr. Returning from work Wednesday!
evening, Herman Bronke, a foundry
worker, of Allentown, stepped out of the
way of one train directly in front of an-
other and was instantly killed. Bronke
was fifty years old and is survived by
his invalid wife and three daughters.
Earle B. Douglass wa succeeded
Wednesday by J. G. Mustin as superin
tendent of the Allentown plant of the
American Steel & Wire Company. The
change follow closely upon the remov
al of William M. Douglass, his father,
after a lifetime of service for the com
pany, and is much regretted.
At a meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce of Allentown, a resolution was
passed, urging action on the part of.
council for house to house -sewerage. '
Directors of the Odd Fellows' Order,
Snydertown, have elected the following
officers : President, E. C. Wagner, Gi
rardville; first S:e president, J. W,
Stroh, Sunbury; second vice president,
A. E. Day, Wilkes-Barre; secretary, S.
B. Milliard, Watsontown; assistant sec
retary, II. I. Roniig, Beaver Springs;
treasurer, Robert Davis, Mt. Carmel.
The directors decided to begin the con
struction of new building planned at
former meetings.