MAY YET FORCE
FRANCE TO WAR
Ccnnans Attitude is Causing Much
Anxiety.
TDE I'M TED STATES IS CAUTIOUS.
Conference Between Secretary Root and
French and Qcrmis Ambassadors Wash
Ington Government Not lalerferlog Olbcr
Neutral Power May Try to Bring France
and Oermany Together.
Washington. I). C, ( Special). The
news received litre from Algcciras is
by no means encouraging of a speedy
and harmonious rcu!t. It is complained
that the German representatives. arc not
acting in absolute Rood faith and that
the propositions which they bring for
ward from time to time are merely for
effect, as it is known to the Hermans
themselves that they must prove obnox
ious to the French delegates to the con
ference. The French delegates di-play. accord
ing to the advices received here, an al
most equally unyielding spirit, and it
would not be suprising to Washington
if the conference adjourned before long,
leaving the vexed Moroccan question in
such a delicate position that hostilities
between the continental powers might re
sult. The German Ambassador. P.aron
Steniburg, and the French Ambassador,
M. Jusseraiid. called on Secretary Root
at short intervals, but no information
was given as to any news they might
have received from Algcciras.
It is intimated here that the failure of
the conference in expected by Germany,
and indeed, not unsought, and that the
German government is perfectly willing
to make the Moroccan question the pre
text for another war with France, be
lieving that the conflict is inevitable
and irrepressible, and that the German
Army and conditions generally in the
empire are now better adapted for the
final struggle they ever will be again.
While other neutral powers will no
doubt continue efforts to bring Germany
and France together, the United States
government will maintain its policy of
noninterference in so delicate a contro
versy. Edward May See William.
London, (By Cable). Reuters Tele
gram Company is informed that King
Edward will shortly meet Emperor Wil
liam at sea or at some port. The an
nouncement, however, is unofficial.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). The
Moroccan conference continues to ab
sorb the attention of the diplomats here.
King Edward's approaching visit to the
Continent is regarded as a hopeful sign
of the possibility of an agreement being
arrived at between Germany and France,
and it is the general expectation that the
Outside powers at the conference will
seek to induce the disputants to sub
mit the points on which they cannot
agree to the decision of the full con
ference. In government circles, however, the
crisis is not considered to be pas-ed.
The Svet, which has always been noted
for its nnglophiibistn, says it believes
France was drawn into her present posi
tion by the belief that she would have
Great Britain's support, but that she is
doomed to disappointment.
"England, as usual," says the Svet,
"will prefer to reap the fruits of the
quarrels of others, which helps to fo
ment Germany's inflexibility, which is
explainable on no other hypothesis.
England will not draw the sword and
France cannot now withdraw. The
world will wake up some fine morning
and find the German troops at Nancy.''
It is learned from an indisputable
source France feels assured of the sup
port on the question of policing Moroc
co of a majority of the delegates to the
conference in order to demonstrate fal
sity of Germany's contention that France
reprsents only the minority view.
FAMINE IN NORTHERN JAPAN.
Condltlon of Suf'irtrs Said to Be Worae Than
Described.
Seattle, Wash., (Special). The steam
ship l)?kota brings advice from Nagasa
ki thrt the famine situation in the north
ern provinces of Japan is steadily grow
ing graver.
A second appeal has been issued bv
W. E. Lampe, chairman . of the foreign
committee of relief, in which he says:
"When we i-sm-d our first appeal to
the 'oreign communities in Japan in De
cember we estimated that 6K0.000 per
sons out of a population of 2,Hji,ono
were on the verge of starvation. Since
then members of our committee have
personally visited 2ti counties and as
many towns in the Provinces of Myagi
and Fukushima and have distributed
9.000 yen. Our first figures estimating
those affected by the famine are too
weak to describe the actual famine.
"Able-bodied men, ragged and hungry,
are facing the snow anil icy winds to
bring wood from the mountains in the
hope of earning enough through its sale
to keep the strarving families. Women are
covering their babies with their own cloth
ing to keep them warm, and such condi
tions as these can mean only death in
the end. Families once proud and com
fortable are now reduced to want."
The appeal tells of special instances
of suffering and death.
(ieorg Small Indicted.
Mount Holly. K. J., (Special). The
Burlington County Grand Jury found a
true bill of indictment against George
Small, colored, for the murder of Miss
Florence Allinson at Morcstown on Jan
uary 18. Rufus Johnson, also colored,
who was arrested in Baltimore and con
fessed to murdering Miss AHinson, but
who subsequently charged Small with
the murder is awaiting execution for par
ticipation in the murder.
Coitellane'i Creditors,
Paris, (By Cable). An application
was made to the civil tribunal of the
Seine in behalf of a money lender for
permission to levy on the household
goods in the Caste'lane mansion to sat
isfy a claim for money advanced to
Count Boni. The lawyers of the Count-
less resisted the request on the grounds
Jhat the goods are her separate property.
'The case finally was referred to a judge
'In chamber to determine whether a por
tion of the Count's belongings are in
the mansion.
LATEST NEWSINSHORTORDER
UOMKHTIU
Sir Alfred llarmsworth, chairman if
the protection committee of the British
policyholders of the New York Mutual
Life Company, has. urged Stuyvesant
Fish not to resign, but to continue to
support genuine reforms.
Pittsburg Street railways and gas
supply have practically passed from con
trol of the Philadelphia company to the
United Railways Investment Company
of San Francisco, the deal involving
nearly $.10,000,000.
Attorney General Mayer denied the
application of William K. Hearst, who
wanted him to institute proceedings to
annul the charter of the Interborough
Metropolitan Holding Company.
Secretary Taft discussed government
aid of railways at the hearing of the
lloiie Committee on Territories on the
l.overing bill for the government guar
antee of Alaskan railway bonds.
President Patrick Dolan, of the min
ers of the Pittsburg district, is reported
to have broken down from the severe
strain to which he has been subjected.
Dr. 11. Preston Pratt, x-ray . expert,
said ill Chicago that universal blindness
is to be humanity's penalty for the ben
efits of electricity.
The body of Joliann Hoch, the Chi
cago Bluebeard, was taken from the
potter's field and buried in Elmwood
Cemetery.
The remains of ex-Speaker Henderson
were buried with distinguished honors in
Dubuque, la.
Gustav A. Closson, of Morrisvillc, Fa.,
was sentenced to be hanged for poison
ing his son.
The Southern Bank and Trust Com
pany of Fort Smith, Ark., closed its
doors.
Plea of gui'ty was entered in the Nor
folk and Western Railroad $4,500,000
bond forgery case in New York. All
the defendants except Charles T. C. T.
Colmey pleaded guilty, and were remand
ed for sentence.
A deal by which the immense ore pro
perties of James J. Hill. 011 the Mesa
ba Range, pass into control of the United
Stales Steei Corporation tor JO years is
about to he consummated.
Two daughters of George Storcr, of
Camden, Michigan., were fatally poisoned
by canned saunon which had been left
in the can sometime after it was opened.
The Board of Directors of the Penn
sylvania Railroad met in Philadelphia,
and made announcement of several ap
pointments and promotions.
Plans arc afoot to construct a 10-mile
elevated road in Chicago to connect with
rapid transit lines interlacing Illinois
and Indiana.
Testimony was given in the Grecne
Gaynor case as to Capt. O. M. Carter's
deposits in five banking institutions.
A second Chinese commission, headed
by Prince Tsai Tsi, has arrived 111 San
Francisco.
John D. Spreckels is seriously ill with
grip at his home in San Francisco.
It is alleged that, in connection with
the case of Bcrthc Claiche, the French
girl charged with shooting and killing
linil Gerdron in New York, the crime
was planned by a policeman, and that
the woman shot her old lover to win
a policeman who was present to help
make the arrest at the time of the mur
der. Kuhn, Lobe & Co., the New York
bankers, have resigned as directors of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
some other railroad corporations, and,
while retaining iuterc-ts in railroads, will
devote more time to their banking in
terests. Robert Collier, editor of Collier's
Weekly, states that he is -willing to spend
over $too,ooo to expose Colonel Mann,
of Town Topics, and that he has been
pursuing Mann since Town Topics at
tacked his father.
Mrs. Josef Hoffmann, wife of the
pianist, is crossing the Atlantic to recov
er her six-year-old son, who she claims
was brought to America from Italy by
her divorced husband. George P. Eustis.
10KK1GN
The new commercial treaties between
Austria-Hungary and Germany, Italy,
Russia and Belgium, and also the new
Austro-Hungariaii autonomous tariff, en
which the treaties were based, have be
come effective.
Financiers have proposed to Premier
Wittc to take over the Russian govern
ment railroads for $750,000,000 and oper
ate them under foreign management.
A dispatch from Shanghai says French
Catholics are blamed to a certain extent
for the trouble leading up to the mas
sacre at Nauchang.
A tight at Tanuncrsfors, Finland, with
bandits who robbed the Russian State
Bank at Helsingfors, cost four lives.
1 he Austrian government continues to
impose extreme measures upon Hungary,
even to suppressing the press.
The Japanese government has a scheme
for nationalizing the Japanese railroads.
Amba-ador Mever has advised Amer
icans claiming damages during the recent
internal disorders in Russia to press their
claims through the regular Russian
courts.
Mendez Capote, leader of the Cuban
Moderate party, vice president-elect, an
nounces Ins desire 10 witnuraw ueiore
vole of presidential electors is actually
cast.
The British naval estimates for 1006-7
propose a net total expenditure of $159
U7.sOO, being $12,500,000 less than the
estimates for the present financial year.
American, British and German gun
boats are proceeding to the nearest port
to Nauchang, where the French Jesuit
missionaries were killed.
Another setback to the reactionary
policy of Russian Minister of Interior
Durnovo is said to forecast his retire
ment.
French troops charged a mob trying to
prevent an inventory being taken of the
Church of St. Sauver, at Mazamet.
The illness of both Balfour and Cham
berlain has caused postponement of the
debate in Parliament on the fiscal bill
Assassinations, bomb - throwing and
robbery continue in full swing in Po
land and the Caucasus.
King Edword's physician, as was to be
expected, denies the rumors of his ill
health.
Motions for reducing the period of ser
vice in the French army were defeated.
The Paris court adjourned the Castel-
lanes separation case for a fortnight.
A gloomy view is taken among diplo
mats at Si. Petersburg over the tension
between Germany and France in the
Moroccan conference, and one ambassa
dor of a great European power says war
is inevitable.
President Roosevelt's congratulations
to the German Emperor and Empress on
their silver wedding anniversary were
presented by Ambassador Tower.
Germany has decided to make another
concession to the French views on the
Moroccan question, providing France
will meet her half way.
19 PEOPLE KILLED BY CYCLONE
Property Loss At Meridian Put At $1,000,000 Many
Persons Were Injured--About 4oo Small Houses
Topple Under the Terrific Force of the
Wind In a Few Minutes.
Meridian, Miss., (.Special). Nineteen
persons arc known to have been killed as
a result of the tornado which swept
over a section of this city shortly after
6 P. M. Twenty-four persons were in
jured, and property with an estimated
value of $1,000,000 was demolished or
otherwise damaged.
Many sensational reports were sent
out from here of an appalling loss of life,
due probably to the chaotic condition of
affairs immediately following the visita
tion of the storm.
A mass-meeting of citizens of Meri
dian was called and $8,000 w: i imme
diately subscribed to aid the destitute
and injured. The Mississippi Legisla
ture, in session at Jackson, appropriated
$5,000 for the relief fund. Governor
Vardaman at noon secured a special train
and dispatched it at once with convicts
to Meridian. The city now enjoys the
unique spectacle of convicts aiding in
the rescue work.
Hunter George, president of the Board
of Trade, was made chairman of the
general relief committee, and J. W.
Donovan was elected secretary.
The tornado which played such hovoc
appeared in the southwest at 6.27 P. M.
A low, funnel-shaped cloud was seemed
to form near the city. A heavy down
pour of rain had been falling when sud
denly the humidity became intense. With
a roar that could be heard a great dis
tance the storm approached from the
southwest and descende'd upon the city.
The greatest loss of life is reported from
the cast end, in what is known as the
"cotton mill settlement." The cotton
mill there was partially wrecked and
probably 400 small buses were demol
ished or badly damaged.
The tornado swept Front Street and
wrought great damage there. Many
houses were demolished and others were
partly damaged. The electric-light plant
was partly wrecked, ana to auu 10 me
terror of the situation the city was
thrown into total darkness. Lanterns,
candles and even coal-oil lamps were
used by the people in seeking places of
safety. The tornado also did severe
damage on Twenty-second Avenue, be-
Firs al Wesleyan.
Middletown, Ct., (Special). Wesley-
an University sustained a severe loss by
fire when old North College, containing
150 rooms, was practically destroyed.
irh started in the attic,
burned so rapidly that little was saved.
The loss is placed at $80,000, covered
by insurance. .
The burned building was crccicu m
iR7 and formed the nucleus of the pres
ent college group, and was of great his
toric interest at Wesleyan. About all
that was saved from the fire were tlie
valuable college records of President
Ravmond and Professor Nicholson, the
secretary of the faculty. All of the 150
students' in the building made their es
cape, and many icu me uouiniuiy m
their night clothes.
Kooievelt's Gilt to a Church. '
Washington, D. C. (Special). Presi
dent Roosevelt has joined with King
Edward of Great Britain in a notable
gift to the old llruton Parish Church, at
Williamsburg, Va. When Harry St.
George Tucker, president of the James
town Exposition Company, was abroad
few months ago King Edward pre
sented him with a handsome Bible for
the church, which is the successor to the
original church at Jamestown. Thursday
Mr. Tucker called on the President, and
while talking to him of exposition mat
ters, told him of the gift of King Ed
ward. The President immediately 01
fered to provide a lectern on which the
Bible might rest.
Minister Seat to JalL
Omaha, Neb. (Special) Judge Mun-
gcr, in the United States District Court,
overruled the motion for a new trial in
the case of Rev. George G. Wade, of
Lead, S. D president of the U. B. I.
Cattle Company, recently convicted of
conspiracy to defraud the government
by means of illegal homestead entries.
The judge then sentenced the prisoner to
imprisonment for one year in the county
jail, at this place, and to pay fine of
$1,000. An appeal will be takn. Wade
has been for many years pastor ol the
Episcopal Churches at Lead and Dead
wood, S. D.
Raised $84,000 la Fifteen Minutes.
Nashville, Tenn., (Special). In 15
minutes the convention of the Student
Volunteer Movement contributed $84,000
toward prosecution of missionary work
during the next four years. The meet
ings were crowded. 1 hursday night
6,000 persons joined in the chorus of the
hymn, The Son of God Goes forth to
War," followed by the Lord's Prayer,
reoeated in concert by thousands of
voices. Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, was the
chief speaker.
To Tun Dowa Castro.
Paris (By Cable). According to in
formation which has reached official quar
ters here a revolutionary movement
against Venezuela is on foot. The rev
olutionists are concentrating on the Is
land of Trinidad, where they are await
ing arms and supples, previous to land
ing on the Venezuelan coast.
A Meeace to Peace.
London (By Cable). In introducing
the navy estimates in the House of Com
mons Financial Secretary of the Admir
ably Robertson commented on the fact
that since The Hague Peace Conference
the naval expenditure of the great pow
ers had increased 50 per cent., reaching
the enormous total of $507,500,000. He
regarded this inflated expenditure as a
menace to the peace of the workl, and
thought that a league peace was desir
able.
For a Mlncr'i Convention.
Indianapolis, Ind., (Special).
1!. Wilson, international secretary-treasurer
of the United Mineworkers of
America, issued the official call for
special nationla convention to convene m
Tomlinson Hall on inursaay, jviarcn is,
The call is sinned by President Mitchell.
Local unions are to select delegates as
for regular national convention, and
aiiain I. too delegates will gather here
"for the purpose of considering the wage
scale and the tranaction of such other
business as may lawfully be brought be
fore the convention."
tween Front and Raiiroad Streets. Sev
eral houses on this avenue were partly
wrecked. The storm lasted for only a
brief period, many persons claiming that
the entire destruction was wrought in
the brief space of five minutes.
Among the buildings destroyed or
practically ruined were those of the
Thomas Lyle Grocery Company, Klinira's
restaurant, Meyer - Neville Hardware
Company, Grand Avenue Hotel, Thorn
ton's Transfer Company, Culpeper Ho
tel, New Orleans and Northeastern
freight depot, Young Men's Christian
Association building, Meridan Chair
Company, the city electric light plant, W.
J. Woodside & Co., Pearcc Compress
Company, Gulf Compress Company and
innumerable smaller buildings used by
workmen and negroes.
It is generally understood that there
was but little, if any, tornado insurance
carried and the loss will, therefore, fall
heavily upon the owners of the damaged
property.
The residence portion of the city was
safe from harm.
Meridain has always considered itself
tornadoproof. Mount Barton and the
Sand Mountain Hills were accepted as a
sentinel against such disasters. The
Sowashee Valley was crossed by the
storm, and this was most unexpected.
Will Ethridge, a young man, was car
ried 100 yards through the air and set
down well balanced on his feet unhurt.
The only damage done to the immense
shops of the New Orleans and North
eastern Railroad, which were directly
in the path of the storm, was the unroof
ing of the roundhouse ; the roof was
hurled about 100 feet. The freight de
pot was destroyed. The records, papers
and everything contained in the building
were lost, the first floor being blown
away from under the second. The upper
floor was crowded with clerks, but for
tunately no one was on the first floor.
None of the clerks was more tlmii 'slight
ly hurt, and no lives were lost.
A row of brick buildings along Twenty-sixth
Avenue, from the freight depot
to Fifth Street, was demolished. The
store occupied by Lyons & Co. was swept
from its foundation and hurled across
Twenty-fifth Avenue and Second Street.
Prof. Snead Buroed to Death.
Washington (Special). A dispatch
from Christiansburg, Va., says: "Pro
fessor Snad, of the Montgomery Female
Institute, committed suicide by saturating
his clothing and bed with oil and then
setting himself afire. He returned from
a Southern trip, and after retiring to his
room his screams of agony awakened the
faculty and pupils, who rushed to the
room to find him writhing in flames
upon the floor. He lived only a few
hours. His mind is supposed to have
become deranged through brooding over
the long incurable illness of his wife."
Plan to Honor Franklin.
Paris (By Cable). Ambassador Mc
Cormick and Premier Rouvier are plan
ning a notable Franco-American cele
bration on the occasion of the unveiling
of the statue of BcnjUmin Franklin, April
20. Former Postmaster General Charles
Emory Smith, of Philadelphia, will be
the chief speaker, and it is probable that
ex-President Grover Cleveland and cx-
Presulcnt Loubct will be asked, resnec-
tively, to head the American and French
honorary committees.
Conspiracy la Colombia
Washington (Special). The follow
ing dispatch, dated at Bogota, Colombia,
was received at the State Department:
Another group of prominent men, in
eluding Fernandez, ex-Secretary of War,
and Chief of Police Ramirez, have been
arrested for conspiracy. The former has
been exiled to Curacoa and the latter
has been tried by court martial. The
would-be assassins of the President have
not yet been apprehended. The police
are potroling the city armed with rifles
Ex-0overnor Hogg Dead.
Houston, (Special). Former Gover
nor James Stephen Hogg died Saturday
at the residence of Frank C. Jones, his
law partner. Mr. Hogg had been in
failngi health for a year or more. His
condition was not considered critical by
lus physicians and he was planning
trip to Battle Creek, Mich. Governor
Hogg reached Houston Friday night and,
feeling ill, took to his bed.
President Was Sponsor.
Washington (Special). William Loeb
3d, the infant son of the Secretary to
the President and Mrs. Loeb, was chris
tened Saturday afternoon at the resi
dence of Rt. Kev. Henry Y. Satterlee
Bishop of Washington. The President
and Mrs. Roosevelt acted as sponsors for
the child, who was born on December 26
last. Bishop Satterlee conducted the
ceremony of christening.
FINANCIAL
Rumors are again current that Union
Pacific will distribute a big extra divi
dend. Marrimans mends brand as untrue
the assertion that he is trying to wreck
the Illinois Central preparatory to buying
. I . 1 IT 'I'
11 lor uic union I aeinc.
Northern Central directors were re
elected at the annual meeting of share
holders. It had been expected that the
committee appointed several years ago
to see what could be done toward leas
ing the Northern Central'hnd the Penn
sylvania, also to recommend that the
dividend rate be increased, would make
a report, but nothing was said about it
at the session.
In seven months of this fiscal year
Baltimore at Ohio s gross earnings in
creased $5,480,000 and the net profits
gained $2,381,000. Nearly half the net
increase came in January.
If there is no setback earnings of $6.
000,000 for the current quarter or nearly
$1,000,000 in excess of earnings in the
last quarter of 1005, are predicted for
United States Steel.
The Cleveland "Iron Review" says
"While the demand for pig iron and some
fi.iished products is not as active as
was a few weeks ago evidence of much
strength in the market is not lacking.
Chinese engineers on Manchurian rail
ways get $ia to $4$ gold a month, and
Japanese engineers are seeking positions
on the Asiatic continent at these pre
vailing wages.
ON THE CRUST
OF A VOLCANO
ruptiort in China Likely at Any
Moment.
WARSHIPS HASTENING TO CHINA".
Oealle the Fact Thai the Stale Department
Refers to the Outbreaks as Spasmodic,
It Is Believed All Foreigners la China
Are Irt Danger The (impress at Mircy
ol Viceroys.
Washington, D. C. (Special). At the
State Department it was stated that no
further news had been received from
Vking concerning the massacres of mis
sionaries in China. In view of the fact
that none of the victims of the massa
cre were Americans no official action by
his government is called for. 1 he
State Department repeated its assur
ances that these outbreaks against for
eigners were sporadic and were not
the results of a concerted movcmei.l like
the Boxer uprising of tooo. At the same
time every representative of this gov-
rnmrnt in CJnna has been notified l
the Slate Department to keep this gov
ernment thoroughly posted and to make
necessary arrangements to warn ail
Americans from the dangers that may
threaten them.
In spite of the confidence expressed
in Washington that there is 110 serious
danger of a general uprising in China,
it is held 111 nonoflicial quarters here
that Americans residing in China, es
pecially in those portions of the empire
removed from the large cities are in the
gravest danger. China, it is believed, is
in a condition of ferment exactly similar
to that which existed in Russia a year or
two ago, and which led to the frightful
revolts and ghastly massacres in so many
portions of the Czar's empire. It is be
lieved that there is a distinct body of re
volutionaries in Chin.H who are constant
ly stiring up the people, just as did the
agitators in Russia. In Russia the gov
ernment has fell itself strong enough to
repress these rebellions with an iron
hand, but the Empress of China has
no Cosiacks and no army on which she
can depend. lhc Empress undoubt
edly regrets these uprisings against for
eigners when they threaten to cause
her serious danger from the govern
ments of the victims of her people
But there is no disposition to prevent
the feeling of hatred against foreigners.
That the Chinese government is secret
ly encouraging the boycott of American
goods there is no doubt, but it is equally
certain that the government at Peking
would protect the foreigners if it dared.
It must be remembered that the Em
press at Peking is after all largely at
the mercy of the viceroys of the great
provinces of China. The greatest of
these viceroys was Li Hung Chang, and
because Li was loyal to the Empress
and suppressed the Boxers, in 1000, that
uprising proved futile. But Li Hung
Chang is dead, and none of the present
viceroys has taken his place. Every vice
roy in China is practically the king of
his own province, and his allegiance to
the government at Peking is as earnest
only as he chooses. Fvcry viceroy has
his own army which he pays lumse.f.
and as a rule the soldiers know only
their viceroy, and the government ai
Peking is a shadowy conception that re
presents little or nothing to them.
Peking. American Consul Gcnern
Rodgers telegraphs from Shanghai that
the 14 American missionaries who fled
from Niuchwang all reached Kmkiarj;
in safety.
I he gunboat El Cano is proceeding
from Nanking to the scene of the trou
ble.
The battleship Ohio, flagship of the
American fleet on the Asiatic Siatio.i,
has sailed from Manila for Hongkon ,
where she will dock and rush repairs
so as to be prepared for possible exi
gencies.
PRINCE EITEL A HAPPY QR00M.
Royal
Wedding In the Oerman
Capital.
Berlin (By Cable). The Duchess S )-
phie Charlotte of Oldenburg, daughter of
the reigning Grand Duke of Oldenburg
by his first marriage with Princess Eliz
abeth of Prussia, and Prince Eitel Fred
erick. the second son of r the Emperor
and Empress, were married at 5 o clock
P. M., in the chapel of the palace by the
court chaplain. Dr. Dryander. Rain was
falling on the chapel dome, but the inside
was lit by hundreds of candles, showing
the delicate costumes or uniforms of
about 500 persons belonging to the royal
families of Germany or 'the principal no
bility, the cabinet ministers and a num
ber of generals and admirals. Ambassa
dor Tower and Mrs. Tower were present
111 the diplomatic circle, as were Lieu
tenant Commander William L. Howard,
the naval attache, Mrs. Howard and Miss
Howard; Capt. Wm. S. Biddle, Jr.. the
military attache, and Mrs. Biddle ; Third
Secretary Nelson O'Shaughnessy and
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy and Second Secre
tary John W. Garret.
Led 300 Against 3000.
Cincinnati, O., (Special). Major Jo
seph M. Kennedy, aged 72 years, died at
his home near Middletown, O. He was
on Genera Fremont's staff in the Oivil
War, and distinguished himself by gal
lant conduct in the famous charge al
Springfield. Mo. He suffered wounds in
this charge that left him an invalid. In
this charge 300 Union men charged 3,000
Confederates. Kennedy was promoted
from leutenant to major that night for
bravery.
Flight el Chinese.
Shanghai (By Cable). The Nauchang
magistrate, the injury to whom was the
reputed immediate cause of the attack
by natives on Catholics and Protestant
missionaries a few days ago, is still alive,
though his wounds are dangerous. The
native population of Nauchang is fleeing,
dreading the arrival of armed forces
from European and American gunboats.
There have been many arrests. The of
ficials of Nauchang are urgently asking
the viceroy of the Province of Kiangsi
to come personally to Nauchang!
Man Starts Blaie In Hotel.
St. Louis (Special). While laboring
under intense mental excitement P. T.
Hughes, of Lincoln, Neb., began throw
ing furniture around in his room 011 the
'third floor of the Comfort Hotel, finally
overturning a lighted lamp and starting
a fire. Hughes and J. A, Courtney, js
years old, superintendent of construction
at the Missouri Pacific Hospital, who
also occupied a third floor room, jumped
from a window to escape the flames.
They fractured their skulls and arc in
a critical condition. The flames were
extinguished with small loss.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Plans I-or l .vaslon.
The General Staff of the Army has
completed its plan for the invasion ol
China by an army of the United States
should the necessity for such an actior
arise. President Roosevelt called tipor
the War Department for n copy of it!
plan for military operations in China
which, it is understood, be has caicfuib
lead .Mid approved.
One of the mo-t important function!
of the General StrlT is to prepare plan;
for' possible campaigns against a for
eign enemy. At the time when the boy
cntt against American goods was insti
tnted in the southern provinces of Chin!
the General Staff i nmediately began pre
piriug for trouble in the Chinese Em
pire, and the plan for military operation!
jr.! submitted to the President is th(
result of its work in that direction.
Of course the scheme outlined will bt
kept confidential by the authorities o!
the War Department. But sufficient has
leaked cull to indicate that it contem
plates the thr-iwtng of an army of about
-x.con iittn into Southern China as soor
it becomes evident that the Chinese
Government is unable or unwilling te
protect American interests and lives in
its Empire. About 5.000 of these troops
would lie taken from the Philippines and
the rcm.'.ining 15,003 from the I'nited
tates. I he question of transportation,
subsistence and equipment has been
worked out iti detail and the final orders
looking to preparations for an expedition
to China have been formulated.
Evervthing. of course, with regard to
an invasion of China by an army of the
United States hinges upon the word "if."
Reports received by the State Depart
ment indicate that a general uprising in
China may be expected and that the
lives and interests of American citizens,
as well as those of other foreign resi
dents of China, arc in jeopardy. It is to
prepare for such a conutingency that
the plan has been worked out.
A cable report received by the Navy
Department states that the United States
gunboats El Cano and Quiros have ar
rived at KiuKiang. up the 1 angtze River,
near Nanchan, where the French and
British missionaries were recently massa
cred by an abortive uprising. It is un
derstood that the 14 American mission
aries and their families who escaped
from Nanchen have arrived at KiuKiang,
and that they will there go aboard the
F'l Cano and Quiros and he transported
to a place of safety in Shanghai.
Ntw Venezuelan Charge.
Seuor Vclcz, the retiring Venezuelan
charge d'affairs, called at the State De
partment and presented to Secretary of
State F.lihu Root his letters of recall.
Senor Guzman-Garbiras, the incoming
Venezuelan char-re d'affairs, called at
the State Department and presented his
letters.
An intimation has already been re
ceived by the State Department that
Senor Guzman-Garbiras would request
the United States to arbitrate the diffi
culties between Venezuela and France.
Jt was stated by a high official that if
such a request was made by Venezuela
it would be refused.
Hermann Enters Demurrer.
Counsel for Representative Binger
Hermann, of Oregon, who is under in
dictment in the District for destroying
official records of the General Land
Office, of which he was commissioner,
file:! a demurrer alleging defects in the
indictment.
The indictment, which was returned
March 5, 11)05, charges Mr. Hermann
with destroying 35 letter-press copies ol
official letters cor.curning the affairs of
the Laud Office.
For Many Monuments.
The Senate Committee on the Library
has made favorable reports on a numbei
of monument and memorial bills, as fol
lows :
For a statue of John Taul Jones in
Washington, $50,000; of Gen. James Mil
ler at Petershoro, N. H., $5,000; for a
monument at Point Pleasant, W. Va.,
to commemorate the battle of the Revo
lution fought there on October 10, 177
$10,000; cquestarian statue of Maj.-Gcn.
John Stark at Manchester, N. H., .$4.
000; as a part contribution toward the
erection of a monument at Province
town, Mass., in commemoration of the
first landing of the Pilgrims at Cape
Cod, $40,000; to aid in erecting a momu
ment on the battlefield of Princetown,
N- J-, $30,000; for the preparation of a
site and erection of a. pedestal in Wash
ington for a statue of Henry W adsworth
Longfellow, $4,000, and a joint resolu
tion for the erection of a monument to
Dorothea Lynde Dix at Hampden,
Maine, $10,000.
Ralls Cost More Here.
The selling price of steel rails abroad
and for use in the United States was one
of the subjects on which David W. Ross,
purchasing agent of the Isthmian Canal
Commission was examined by the Sen
ale Committee on Interoccanic Canals.
He showed that he had purchased from
American mills rails for use on the Isth
mus at from $1.50 to $250 a ton less
than the prevailing price to railroads in
this country.
President Roosevelt has asked Con
gress to appropriate $100,000, to defray
the expenses of the delegates of the
United States to the Pan-American Con
gress in Rio de Janeiro next spring.
Secretary Shaw appeared before the
House committee in advocacy of the law
requiring the licensing of custom-house
brokers.
The Army Appropriation Bill, car
rying more than $09,000,000, was passed
by the House, after five days of consid
eration. '
Major Gillette has given up his com
mission in the Army to become super
intendant of the Philadelphia filteratien
plant. '
The House passed the Forakcr bill
providing for the marking of Confeder
ate graves in the North.
The House committee favorably re
ported the bill to -abolish the grade of
lieutenant general.
Secretary Thompson, of the Lafay
ette Memorial Commission, reports that
1 lie Lafayette monument in Paris will
be dedicated on the anniversary of the
urrender of Yorktown.
Midshipman John H. Lolland and Earl
W. Chaffee, who were reinstated by the
President after their dismissal for haz
ing, have resigned.
The Postofjlice Appropriation Bill as
completed by the House subcommittee
carries about $!0,;:,ooo,oco.
Lieutenant Commander Naomi Tani
guchi, naval attache of the Japanese Le
gation, called on the President.
Rear Admirals Colby M. Chester and
French E. Chadwick were placed on the
retired list. )
General Grosvenor made a public itate-j
ment, declaring that he wa not an appli-t;
cant for consular appointment
THE KEYSTONE STATE
The Latest Pennsylvania Newt Told In Short
Order.
Judges Shull, of Percy County, and
Koozcr, of Somerset County, were, the
gucstes of honor, at a reception tendered
in Altoona by the Blair County Bar Asso
ciation. Rev. R. P. McPherson, pastor of the
Baptist Church, of Bangor, has announ
ced his resignation to take effect shortly.
The resignation came as a surprise to
the members of his congregation. He
has accepted a charge at Clearfield.
The Pine Grove Free Reading Room
started by public-spirited citizens three
years ago was closed on Thursday.
Lack of appreciation and support waj
the cause.
Board of Directors of Milton Fair
Association elected James C. Tacker, of
Sunbury, president; Dr. J. H. Miles,
vice-president; Edwin Paul, secretary;
and It. R. Fricic, treasurer. Dates se
lected are October 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Jacob Frederick, an old resident of
Milton, and a veteran of the Civil War, .
died, aged 67 years. He leaves a wifo
and four sons.
Paul C. Ebersolc, car inspector, was
drawn beneath the wheels of a freight
train in York and crushed to death.
Assessed valuation of taxable real
estate in York for 1906 will be nearly
$20,000,000, in increase of about $700,
000 over the assessment made for city
and school purposes last year.
Election of officers of St. John's Com
mandery, No. 186, K. of M.. Strouds
burg, took place with the following re
sult: S. K. C, George A. Dunning; gen
eralissimo, J. L. Shick; captain general,
Milton S. Kistler; prelate, F. B. Dreher;
recorder, A. L. Snyder; assistant re
corder, C. B. Eilenbcrgcr; treasurer,
W. W. Eycr. senior warden. H. D.'
Chambers; trustee (eighteen months),
R. B. Keller; representative to Grand
Commandery, W. W. Eyer. Past Sir
Knight Commander R. B. Keller, a can-'
didate for sentinel of the Grand Com
mandery of Pennsylvania, received the'
vote of every past commander of St.1
John's in attendance. j
The first trout fry to be distributed in,
streams in the anthracite region was sent
Thursday morning from . the Mount;
Pleasant Hatchery and will be placed in
the headwaters of the streams in the
vicinity of White Haven, Bowman's,'
Lehighlon, Allcntown and Bethlehem. ;
E. J. Gallagher, of Pittslon Junction,
received a letter signed by Black Hand
declaring that his life will be forfeited
unless he places a large sum of money
on a small railroad bridge at Duryea.j
iThc letter is signed by four Italian'
names and a skull and cross bones. Mr. 1
Gallagher has turned the letter over to
It-he police.
' It was learned that Mrs. William
IIoman, aged 60 years, wife of an old
soldier, lost her life in the fire which
damaged the Williamsburg Opera House.1
The body was found burned to a crisp.'
A moving picture company was giving
an cntertaiment when a gasoline tank
exploded. The audience of less than
loo persons fled in a panic to the one
exit. It was supposed that all got out
in safety. Elsie Baker, one of the enter
tainers was injured by jumping from a
window. The monetary loss is esti
mated at $10,000.
State Factory Inspector Delaney caus
ed the arrest of Lewis Roessel, manager
of a silk weaving mill, on the charge
of violating the child labor law. Roes
sel entered $300 bail for his appearence
at court.
Fifty lives were sacrificed and 10 wid
ows and 35 orphans created in producing
4,182,466 tons of coal, the total output on
the eleventh district according to the
annual report of Mine Inspector Fen
ton, just issued. The district comprises
14 collieries and employs 10,791 men.
Compared with last year, the report
shows an increase production of nearly
en per cent.
The record for divorce proceedings in
Ucdford County was reached when mas
ters' reports were filed in seven cases
nd decrees were signed. About thirty
other cases arc now pending.
The Hamburg Vitrified Brick Com
pany, Limited, whose plant was destroy
ed by fire in December, 1905, has begun
'.he erection of a new $75,000 plant.
Whirled round a shaft at the plant of
he Montello Brick plant, at Reading,
John Kindt, a laborer, received injuries
from which he died a few hours later.
Harry A. Collins, of Montreal, imper
ial potentate of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine of the United Stales and Canada,
ivas tendered a reception by Rajah Tem
ple, Reading.
Charles Wesley Wasson, pastor of the
High Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
jf Williarmport, has been transferred to
jrace Methodist Episcopal Church, of
Oakland, Cal., and the pastor of that
rliureh, Rev. A. B. Blades, is transferred
to High Street Church, Williamsport.
Pure Food Agent W. A. Hutchinson
'ias prosecuted the following Bedford
and Somerset County butchers: William
Koonts, N. H. ' Weaverling, Everett;
Donohuc & McGirr, Bedford; H. B.
Freeman, F. S. Williams, J. C. Lichliter,
Wiudbcr; Elk Lick Supply Co., Salis
bury; Mercantile Company and W. W.'
Nicholson, Myersdale. All are expected
to pay fines.
After paving a bill at his meat market,
Butcher John Davis, of Altoona, left
a roll of bills aggregating $125 lying on
his counter and went to wait on several
customers. Returning for the money,
he found it had disappeared.
The York County Sabbath Association
will endeavor to have enforced the "blue
laws' covering worldly employment on
the Sabbath Day. v
The general store of Walter Hetritk,
of Freedom, York County, ws destroy
ed by fire, The loss is probably $3000.
Fire which started in the bathroom in
the home of Police Officer James Mur
ray, at Chester, caused a damage of $600.
Mrs. Murray had to be carried out of
the house, having been found in an un
conscious condition in the kitchen.
It is now predicted in railroad circles
that 'the Wabash passenger trains will
be- running through Allentown before
another year has passed. It is said also
that the trains will go through to New
York city. This, according to report,
is to be a via the Philadelphia & Read
ing line from Shippensburg.
Prof. S. C. Schmucker, of the West
Chester Normal School, refuted some
popular impressions in bis nature study
talk'on "Needless I'ears" to the Reading
School teachers, "Bats do not get into
women's hair," he declaired. "Dragon
flies can't harm anyone. And I have been
bitten by pretty nearly every kind of
snake and can postively say that the
copperhead and the rattlesnake are the
;only harmful ones hereabouts. It is
probable that often as not poison results
from an overdose of whisky after a
! snake bite rather than from the bite it
iielf. The poison should be sucked out
'nd no whisky should be used."