HUNDRED MILES
SWEPT BY FIRE
fcar Towns Gone in Michigan and
Wisconsin.
FOUR DEAD AND MANY MISSING.
Forest Plrts Dtrailate Fire Counties, Lctv
lag Hundreds of Fimlllci Homeless lad
barnlni Million of Dollars' Worth ol Prop
rijr Nia Villages Partially Destroyed
Kclifcct Flat Tula.
Milwaukee, Wis., (Special). A special
dispatch to the Milwaukee Sentinel from
Escanaba, Mich., says:
"Four known dead, a score or more
persons missing, hundreds of families
homeless, several million dollars' worth
of property burned, four towns wiped
out and a dozen itiuif partly burned,
five counties partly devastated and 100
square miles of territory fire swept.
This is the result in the Northern Michi
gan peninsula of the forest fire that
raged Friday and Saturday.
"General Superintendent W. E. Wells,
of the Escanaba and Lake Superior road,
along which the greatest loss occurred,
returned from a trip of inspection over
the fire-stricken area and said that the
fires had gone down. For the time be
ing the danger is over, unless a new gale
arise to fan the embers into flames.
The following summary tells the storv :
"The dead:
"Peter Lafond, a cook, smothered in
a lumber camp, near Katos.
"Three chiildren at Quincscc, Mich.,
separated from parents while the village
was burning, and perished.
"Scores of homesteaders ami wood
men are missing and some may have
perished in the flames.
"Territory Devastated Five Counties.
Marquette, Menominee. Delta, Alger, and
Dickenson.
TOWNS DESTROYED.
"Talbot, Mich., ,300 population; few
houses escaped.
"Quinnesec, Mich., 400 population only
one house left.
"Saunders, 150 population ; wiped out.
"Niagara, Wis., 300 population ; all
burned.
"The towns damaged are Northland,
Cornell, Antoine, Spring Valley. Kings
ley, Woodlawn, Foster City, Sala and
Metropolitan.
"All day long refugees and trainmen
have been coming telling talcs of misery
and suffering, as well as heroism and
brave deeds, that were enacted while
the fire was at its height.
"The burned area extends from a point
10 miles out of Escanaba. to Tallmt on
the south, to Channing and Q.iinnesec on
the west, to Sands on the north and back
lo near Escanaba. While this territory
has not been swept clear, great tracts
have been laid waste, especially toward
the north.
"In this region 1.000 small firts have
been smoldering for weeks. Nothing
was thought of these fires because they
were not dangerous, but it only needed
wind which came on Friday to fan them
into a sheet of flame.
"Toward noon the w ind began to blow
from the west 30 miles an hour. By 2
P. M. the velocity was 40 miles, and
by 4 P. M. the small fires seemed to have
united into a large one that extended over
a 50-mile stretch and swept along with
furv.
"Throughout the affected territory hun
dreds of woodsmen were put to work to
save property. It was only by divert
ing the path of the fire that some towns
were saved. Hundreds of small and
prosperous farms were hurned over, driv
ing the occupants to the nearest towns
for shelter Cattle and stock and houses
and barns and their content"; were left
for the flames. Farmers loaded wagons
hurriedly with personal effects and ran
before the flames.
"In some instances families became
separated, causing much anxiety to rela
tives who have reached towns.
"There was little that human effort
could do to check the flames. The h at
-Mn. innM a, i,l li A-.. ,lfl..w. 'PI,-
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inj inin me west .mil nnrni ii,t'v me
smoke into Escanaln. At 4 P. M., Fri
day Escanaba seemed in darkness, A
heavy veil of smoke overhung the en
tire surrounding country. Everything
was of a greenish hue. The stifling
smoke threw women and children into
a panic.
"Gradually the wind died down dur
ing the night and in the morning the
flames began to loe their fury. The
fires still smolder, and while rhev are not
spreading, it will only ru-,., a fre-h wind
to start them again. As far as the eye
can see there is smoke."
Delolls Jesus' Words?
New Haven, Conn., ( Special ) . Prof.
Thos. D. Seymour, of Yale, has learned
from friends in Egypt that excavators
at Oxyrhynchus found recently a fragment
of vellum supposed to contain an account
describing a conversation between Jesus
and a pharisee in the- tempi-. The ac
count is about 300 words in length. Pro
fessor Seymour is a vice-president of the
Exploration Society.
Three Men Drowned.
Lawrenece, Mass., ( Spe.-ia!) . George
Kehil, Salem George and P.. iris Andneti.
three young Syrians, were drowned in
the Merrimack River while canoeing.
They were inexperienced in the handling
of the craft and capsized in midstream.
No one was near the scene of the acci
dent, but from the other side of the
river two men saw the canoe turn over.
They rowed across the river as miicklv
as possible, but the three conoeists hail
disappeared below the surface before the
would he rescuers arrived.
Ciar Arouses Pcoplt't Rife.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). A bomb
was thrown into the parliamentary camp
by a note received by President Mou
romtseff, of the lower house, from Peter
hof, which, instead of making an ap
pointment for an audience at which he
and the deputation could present the ad
dress in reply to the speech from the
throne, contained the information that
Emperor Nicholas would not receive the
deputation, and that the address must
be presented through the ministry of the
court.
Palma Begins a Stcoad Term.
Havana (Special). Tomas Estrada
Palma, president of Cuba, was inaugur
ated for a second term at noon Sunday
in the presence of the diplomatic corps
in full uniform, cabinet officers, senators,
congressmen, judges, heads of depart
ments and the representatives of eco
nomic, agricultural and commercial asso
ciations. None of the Liberal members
of Congress attended. The inauguration
ceremony took place in the red salon of
the palace. The oath of office was ad
ministered by the chief justice of the
Supreme Court.
UTESTOS 1NSH0HT0HDEB
DOMESTIC
It was reported in Wall Street that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will re
quire mc money lo carry out its im
provemen, plans than the amount realized
by the sale' of the $50,000,000 eighteen
months notes.
Vice President Thayer, of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, has issued a statement
denying the allegation of Commissioner
of Corporations Garfield that the rail
road granted rebates to the Standard
Oil Company.
First Vice President John P. Green,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, says the
holding of coalmining stocks by railroad
oiiicials will be investigated, and that
such practices will not he o!cratcd.
Alexander llcrkman, who attempted to
kill Henry Clay Frick during the Home
stead I Pa.) riots, was released from pris
on in Pittsburg.
J. Oscar Vonte, former cashier of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
tiiot and killed himself at Montclair, N. J.
Second Vice President Charles E.
Fugh and General Superintendent Mich
ael Trump, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
testified before the Inter-State Commerce
Commission regarding coal mining
stocks they own.
Governor Blaiwhard, of Louisiana, in
a message to the Louisiana legislature,
recommended a law requiring insurance
companies to invest in Louisiana an
amount equal to the reserve on Louisi
ana policies.
Fire swept the summer cottage set
tlement at Monument Hcaeh, Mass.
Twenty-four cottages and the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Sta
tion were destroyed.
An explosion of gas in the Diamond
Mine of the Lackawana Coal Company,
at Scranton. Pa., burned six men. three
of them seriously.
Wilson Mincr. the husband of the wid
ow of Charles T. Y'erkes, is practicing
boxing with Jimmy P.ritt, on Coney Is
land. .he New Jersey Court of Pardons com
muted the death sentence of Mrs. Anna
Valentina to life imprisonment.
Manila exporters report a shortage of
the hemp crop amounting to ico.ooo
hales, valued ai ?2.ooo.ooo.
The remain of Carl Shurz were buried
in Tarrytown. N. V.
The Mormon Church is reported to be
going out of business.
R. K. Casatt, son of President Cas
stt. of the Pennsylvania Railroad, testi
fied before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission that the Keystone Coal Company,
of which he is president, was able to
get 500 new coal cars by the Pennsylva
nia relinguishing its contract with the
builders.
The Standard Oil Company issued a
reply to the charges of President Roose
velt and Commissioner of Corporations
Garfield, denying that it benefited from
rebatts or that an oil monopoly exists.
The Presbyterian General Assembly,
which meets in Des Moines, la., will
probably have a discussion over the
new book of forms to be reported.
The Duchess of Marlborough is in
sured in the Mutual Life of New York
for S97 .000.
Rev. Dr. Algernon R. Crapsey, of Ba
tavia, N. Y., has been found guilty of
heresy by a court of the Protestant
Episcopal Church and suspended for 30
(lavs pending a final decision.
Five miners were killed and 10 injured
by a box of dynamite falling and ignit
ing gas in a coal mine of the Philn
dclpltia and Reading Company at Shen
andoah, Pa.
One man was killed and three were
serious! v injured bv an explosion in the
knitting mill of Julius Kaiser & Sons,
lirookiyn.
James H. Clark, of Atlanta, Ga., in
love and crazed by drink, killed one man.
'bor four others and then committed
suicide.
I OHEK.N
Jacob SchiiT, the American financier,
n leaving okouoma. saul he was con
vinced that so far as Japan was con
cerned tile principle of the "open door"
in Korea and M inchuria would he scru
pulously honored, and that Japan would
keep faith in every direction and meet
every engagement, actual or moral.
Mr. Francis, the new American minis
ter to Austria-Hungary, was given a
cardial reception by the Austrian minis
ter of Foreign Affairs.
The Association of Berlin Metal Work
ing Establishments voted to lock out 60
per cent, of their working-men June 25.
Thirteen mourners at a graveside (lur
ing a funeral at Teschen, Austrian Si
ic.:a, were struck by lightning.
Great demonstrations in favor of gen
eral amnesty are taking place in front
fif all the prisons in Russia.
The Italian Cabinet has resigned, ow
ing tn its defeat in Parliament.
At the world's conference of the
Young Women's Christian Association,
in I'aris. it was announced that there are
n tile United States 0S5 city and college
branches, with an aggregate membership
of luej,oof.
The Bnti-h House of Lords rejected
the second reading of th.- bill to prohibit
the entrance into Great Hritian of aliens
to take the- place of British workmen
(hiring trade disputes.
Princess Henry of Battniburg invited
a number of prominent people to Ken
sington Palace, London, to inspect the
splendid wedding gifts to her daughter,
the Princess Ena.
It is rumored that Count Witte is try
ing to bring about a coup which would
result in his being appointed a dictator,
backed by the Council of the Empire.
Sweden's first national fete day since
the dissolution of the union of Sweden
and Norway was celebrated with enthu
siasm. Morrocan gunboat continues to bomb
bard the Spanish settlement on the north
coast of Moroco.
The general association of German
metal workers has decided to lock out
165.000 men on June 2.
On May Day, the political prisoners
were beaten with the flats of the swords
by the gendarmerie at Tckatermoslay,
South Russia, and some were seriously
injured.
The St. Petersburg police conficated a
new revolutionary paper, but could not
arrest the editor, because he is a mem
ber of Parliament.
The third world's conference of the
Young Women's Christian Association
opened in Paris.
It is reported that General Trepoff is
to succeed Iiaron W. Fredericks as min
ister of the Imperial House at St, Peters
burg. The activity of Russian troops near
the frontier of Transcaveasie and the
mobilization of Turkish troops have
caused rumors of warlike intentions. It
is probable that Russia was merely sup
porting Great Britain in her dispute.
The Sultan of Turkey's complete sub
mission to the Anglo-Egyptian demands
was not given until some hours after
the expiration of the British ultimatum.
It is Turkey's first recognition of Great
Britain as protector of Egypt.
THE RATE PASSED
PASSED BY SENATE
Foraker, Morgan and Pettus Alone
Opposed the Measure.
DEBATE LASTED FOR 70 DAYS.
Aa All-day Fight la Upptr Houst Over Dele
gation ol AatheHiy ol Congress la a Com
mission All Amendments Voted Down,
ticept Oat by Mr. Tiller lo Strcagihoa
CooiuiutlooiUly ol Miliar.
SVashington, D. , (Special). After
70 days of almost continuous delibera
tion, the Senate Friday, at 4 53 P. M.,
passed the Railroad Rate Bill by the
practically unanimous vote of "I to 3.
The three negative votes were cast by
Senator Forakcr (Rep., Ohio), and Sena
tors Morgan and Pettivs (Denis., Ala
bama). There was a somewhat larger
attendance of senators than usual, but
the attendance in the galleries was by
no means abnormal, and there was no
manifestation of any kind when the re
sult was aiuiounccd. There was, how
ever, an almost general sigh of relief
among senators.
The bill has received more attention
from the Senate and from the country at
large than any measure that has been
before Congress since the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherntan act in
i!?Q3. It was reported to the Senate on
February 26 and was made the unfinished
business on March 12. From March 12
to May 4 the bill was under general dis
cussion without limitation on the dura
tion of the speeches, 58 of which were
delivered. Many of these were prepared
with great care, and two of them con
sumed more than a day's time in deliv
ery. Senator l.afollette, the junior sen
ator from Wisconsin, spoke for three
days, and Senator Daniel, Virginia, for
i ,i.i, ,-f.iiiiiv'i s u.uii,, 1 uianti, 1
Lodge, Rayner, Deliver and 'others each
t, u., o... 17 1.-.-
da
spoke tor one entire day.
For 12 days the bill has been under
consideration under a rule limiting
speeches to 15 minutes each. The debate
has at all times been earnest and ani
mated, but for the most part devoid of '-V,' . . , XT , .
personalis as between senators, the past 1 1,e House completed the Naval Ap
few days, however, having called out relation Bill, which carries an appro
some caustic criticisms of the President Pnatl?" of ncar.y a hundred million dol-
and of some n-,n,r i-orresnniwlr-nw I .'rs' including $6,000,000 for a monster
bv Senator H ftlev I
In ad-lition to passing the bill the pro-
ceeelings Friday consisted in concluding !
th mni,i,a,!, f ti,. . I
I'.iajitK uic um lue iiy- I
uch and the delivery of a number of
speeches on the bill. The only amend
ment adopted was the one offered Thurs
day by Senator Teller eliminating the
words "in its judgment" from the power
given to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to fix rates.
When the bill was taken up the Senate
resumed consideration of the Teller
amendment, striking out of the provis
ion giving to the Interstate Commerce
Commission the power to prescribe rates
for the words "in its judgment."
Senator Hale said that as far back as
1H24 Chief Justice -larshall had inter
preted the right of Congress to dele
gate its power, and the rule then laid
down had been followed in innumerable
cases. He also referred to the recent
opinion of Justice Brewer in the Michi
gan tax case, saying that in that case
the Justice had used words which his
own sense of propriety had led him
to withdraw. lie added that a further
consultation of Justice Brewer's decision
would do much to set right the minds of
those so fond of catching at such trivial
ities as an opinion that was never deliv
ered. Senator Long also advocated the reten
tion of the words, agreeing with Senator
Allison that they consume part of the
judicial review contemplated by the bill.
Senator Spooner expressed doubt as
to the wisdom elf the provision. "It
is open to doubt and challenge." he
said, and went on to say that, notwith
standing his doubts, he would vote for
the bill because be wanted to see some
law enacted that would give the courts
an opportunity to pass on the question
of delegated power. He recognized that
Congress could not itself undertake to
fix rates; hence the importance of having
definitely settled the scope of the con
gressional authority to confer its consti
tutional power on another body.
He also quoted the Supreme Court in
the Michigan case, saying that what was
left in was accentuated by what was left
out. "If." he concluded, "it was left to
me as a lawver to say whether the words
should be retained, I would not dare to
take the responsibility of leaving them
in."
Senator Fulton advocated the retention
of. the words, saying, so far as the Su
preme Court decisions go, they sustain
its right to confer its authority. Senator
Bacon was of the opinion that the words
weaken the bilk and, therefore, advised
that they be eliminated.
Senator Daniel took the position that
the presence of the words "in its judg
ment" vould not have the effect of vitiat
ing the bill, as had been contended. He
declared, indeed, that neither the pres
ence nor the absence of the words
could affect the measure. "If," he said,
"the words are retained, the commission
will have explicit authority to do what
it mut necessarily do if they are
omitted."
Locket Sivtd (iriduiti,
Boston, (Special). At the close of a
reunion of the Cambridge Commercial
graduates George M Dewolfe. aged 18
years, fired a slirit at Lillian Thorough
good, aged 17 years, and then shot him
self in the head. Dewolf died an hour
later. A locket worn by the girl saved
her from being injured, although her
clerthing was set on fire. The two had
quarreled.
Auto and Bonds Stolto.
New York (Special). A $to,ooo auto
mobile, containing $2,400 worth of bonds,
script and other valuable paptrs, w.as
stolen by a daring thief, who jumped into
the machine while it stood unoccupied on
Broadway, near Forty-second Street.
Its owner, J. H. Clarke, an automobile
manufacturer, had steppen into a restaur
ant near by. He heard the auto puffing
a.s it started pway, and, although he
rushed immediately to the street, the
thief sped the machine around a corner
and escaped.
A Fiifcl Wild Beta.
New York (Special). A swarm of
bees got out of a bee store in Cortland
Street, near the ferry, just at the be
ginning of rush hours. The bee man
coull not coax them back. Out in the
unfamiliar environment of Cortland
Street the bees got excited and began
to settle on pedestrians. Men and wom
en were soon fighting bees. Scores were
stung, and there was a wild scramble for
safety, as the commuters ran up and
down the street waving their arms,
smashing at bees with their hats and
shoutfmt.
' LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Major Jefferson R. Kcan, of the Medi
cal Corps, has been named acting chair
man of the Central Committee of the
American National Red Cross, to fill the
place of Brigadier General Robert M.
O'Reilly, surgeon general of the Army,
who is to attend the Geneva conference,
and will be in Europe most of the sum
mer. Acting Secretary Newberry, in a gener
al order, has inaugurated a new policy in
the matter of repairs to warships, and has
tepped the practice of having repairs
made at yards which could have been
done by a ship's force.
Mr. Aoki, the Japanese ambassador, pre
sented to President Roosevelt a piece of
handsomely embellished steel armor as a
gift from the Mikado.
Under the direction of Mrs. Hender
son, wife of former United States Sena
tor John B. Henderson, members of the
Order of Rechabites, to which she also
belongs, removed the stock of rare wines
and liquors from the wine cellar of the
Henderson castle, in Washington, smash
ed the bottles and allowed, the stuff to
run down the street gutter.
Senator Bailey made another fierce
attack on President Roosevelt, intimat
ing strongly that it was Mr. Roosevelt
who gave out the Chandler statement for
tile purpose of impunging the Texas
Senator's fidelity to the Railroad Rate
Bill.
President Roosevelt sent to Congress,
Commissioner Garfield's report on the
Standard Oil investigation, with a letter
from Mr. Garfield replying to the criti
cisms made by Standard Oil people on
his report.
John W. Frost, formerly an assistant
examner in the Patent Office, died at his
home from the effects of a large dose
of carbolic acid taken by mistake.
The President told members of the
Merchant Marine League that he was in
favor of the Ship Subsiely Bill now penel
ing in the House.
The Senate committee's majority re
port urging a sea-level canal at Panama
t , t n
wa? submitted to the Senate.
A permanent organiration of the Civil
! Service Commissions of the country was
formed.
The world's international commerce is
estimated at $25,000,000,000 in the year
battleship to rival the Dreadnaught,
Senator Tillman read in the Senate
. . c ,-, .
a '-'' y ex-ccnaior nannicr. in
which the latter declares that he acted as
emissary to Tillman upon summons of
the t resident.
Secretary Taft urged before the House
Committee the military necessity of a
government cable to Guantanamo, Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Isthmus of Panama.
The House Committee authorized a
favorable report on the omnibus bill ap
propriating $i,joo,coo for aids to navi
gation. The Senate Committee by a majority
of one decided in favor of a sea-level
canal.
The President submitted to Congress
Secretary Taft's letter stating that under
the present law he felt it incumbent upon
him to award contracts for building
dredges to be used on the Isthmus of
Panama to a Scotch firm in preference,
to the Maryland Steel Company, the next
lowest bidder.
Senator Tillman made a statement in
the Senate in reply to the President's
letter. In it he (ienicd that Chandler
represented him and accused the Presi
dent of bad faith.
$10,000,000 Ditlleiblp.
Washington, D. C, (Special). By a
vote of 1.15 to 103 the House, in commit
tee of the whole, declared in favor of
the proposition of the Committee on
Naval Affairs for the construction of a
ten-million-dollar battle-ship, to be larger
and stronger and faster than anything
afloat when she is completed. The vote
came after four hours of debate, some
of which was lively, and most of which
was against the proposed ship.
Lies Dowa la Front of Train.
Lock Haven, Pa., (Special). "Lie
down! Lie down!" screamed Fireman
1 tarry Hoover from the pilot of his fast
fiying locomotive here to a little tot
standing on the rails in front of the
train, and the little one fell like a small
log and lay while the etire Beech Creek
accomodation swept over her and came
to a stop three train lengths beyond.
The child was uninjured.
Burned on tils Ship.
Boston, (Special). Edgar Clark, of
Cleveland, O., second mate of the schoon
er Sagamore, of Boston, was burned to
death wdiile fighting a fire on board the
vessel in his cabin. The Sagamore is
lying at a dock in South Boston, having
arrived with coal from Baltimore. The
fire was finally extinguished by a firc
boal. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
Bull speculate:, now predict larger
dividends for Anaconda, Smelters and
Amalgmated Copper.
Wabash's net earnings in nine months
increased 46 per cent, over the same
period of last year.
The "Manufacturers' Record publishes
a list of more than 800 cotton-seed oil
establishments, representing an invest
ment of $100,000,000, 20,000 employees
and an output of more than $100,000,000.
L'nited States Rubber's annual report
shows gross sales in the year ending
March 31,1006, of $54,723,000 against
$57,030,000 in the previous year, and $64,
553,000 in the year preceding that. Net
sales were $32,868,000, against $32,031,
000, and $33,3'Aooo in the two previous
years.
The depression continues in the .Ne
vada mining stocks. There have been
some pretty large declines. Belmont
A man identified prominently with the
Pennsylvania Railroad says : "I am told
that when President Cassatt arrives in
Europe, an important announcement is
to be made by Vice-President Green."
Have American banks borrowed or
bought the gold in Europe which has
been engaged for export? This question
was answered by an international banker
as follows: "A good deal has been
borrowed. Some has beet) secured in
exchanged for American securities.
President Page, of the new Tidewater
Railroad and engineer of the Deepwater
which is the western portion of the same
railroad, says tracts are being put down
as fast as men and money can lay them.
About $1,250,000 is being spent every
month. Over 100 miles out of Hamp
ton, Va., the road is ready for the
rails, while about fifty miles of rails are
down. The road when finished will be
500 miles long and will complete directly
with the Norfolk & Western and the
Chesapeake & Ohio. It will cost up
wards of $5o,oco,ooo and H. H. Rogers
is supposed to be the chief backer. The
capital stock is only nominal.
LOOTERS FOILED
IN BOLD GAME
Soldiers Fire at Them at ths Trisco
SuMreasury.
THE SUSPECTED MEN FIRE BACK.
Aa Exciting Friy at Mldolthl-Members
af Company 0, Eltvtnih Inltmry, bay
Tbty Saw Men la aa Upper Story ol
tht Treasury Bulldlof and Aoothir Man
Niir Ibt Entrance.
San Francisco, (Special). A daring
attempt to loot the United States Sub
treasury, Commercial and Kearney Streets,
was foileu by soldiers from Company G,
of the Eleventh Infantry. The soldiers
were dctaik-d to guard "Uncle Sam's"
treasure box, and they claim that their
fire was returned by the men who were
attempting to loot the safes in the build
ing. Six men from Company G were tic
tailed to guard the Treasury, three men
being located on either side ol the place.
At 11.30 P. M. the men stationed on the
Commercial Street side say they noticed
a man attempting to reach the entrance
to the building. He was ordered to halt,
but instead started to run, whereupon a
guard fired upon him. The bullet did
not take effect and two of the guards
gave chase, leaving their one companion
behind. Almost immediately the soldiers
on the Clay Street side began firing, and
tnc one guard on Commercial street says
be saw four men run to the windows of
the upper story of the Treasury Building.
Guard Mammon was on Commercial
Street, and he says he immediately open
ed fire and the forms in the window re
plied with shots from their revolvers.
Fully 30 shots were exchanged in the
fray, some of the bullets striking the wall
of a building on Commercial Street. The
men were later seen to come down the
stairs, but were not again heard of.
Attracted by the firing. Detective Ser
geant headed a detail of police and
began a search for the would-be looters.
He was aded by the Natonal Guards,
who are stationeel ct Portsmouth Square.
The soldiers and police carried lanterns
ai.d stopped every district, but all were
able to give a satisfactory account of
themselves. The search was continued
throughout the night without avail.
CHINESE DEFIANT ATTITUDE.
Ministers ol tht Powers May Take Joint
Aclloo.
Peking, (By Cable). The ministers
of the powers arc considering the ques
tion of taking joint action on the cus
toms question. While the Chinese as
surances are plausible, there are strong
evidences that the authorities fully in
tend to replace the foreigner in the
service by Chinese when they are in a
position to do so. In conversation be
tween foreign ministers and the Chinese
officials the latter maintain an indepen
dent attitude, intimating that the question
is one with which foreigners have no
right to interfere. It is considered sig
nificeut that the edict was issued without
any previous consultation with Sir Rob
ert Hart and immediately after the de
parture from Peking of the ministers of
three of the leading powers.
London, (By Cable). Foreign Secre
tary Grey informed a questioner in the
House of Commons that there was no
reason to believe that the position of
Sir Robert Hart, as director of the Chin
ese customs, had in any way been affect
ed by the recent Chinese imperial edict.
AVENGES GIRL REVOLUTIONIST.
Unknown Person Kills Officer Who Maltreated
Her.
Tamboff, Russia, (By Ctible). Zhan
off, a police officer, who participated in
the brutal maltreatment of Maria Spiri
donovo, was shot and killed on the
streets here by an unknown person.
The avengers of the young revolution
ists recently meted out the same fate at
Borissogliebsk to Arahoff. the Cos
sack officer who boasted of bis cruelty
to her while she was in prison.
Maria Spiridonovo, the yotnrg daughter
of a Rusian general, shot and killed Chief
of Police Luzhcnoffsky of Tamboff. She
was condemned to be hanged, but her
sentence was commuted to 20 years' im
prisonment. The girl was terribly treat
ed in prison immediately after committing
the crime by Abramoff and another Cos
sack officer.
Cslcb Powers Returned.
Cincinnati, Ohio, (Special). Caleb
Powers, now in the Newport (Ky.) Jail,
was ordered back to the custody of the
Kentucky State Courts, following the
ijiandate of the United States Supreme
Court. Powers will next be arraigned
for his fourth trial for complicity in the
murder of William Goebel.
Driven Crujr By Storm
Boston, Mass., (Special). Driven in
sane by a heavy thunderstorm while a
passenger on the barge George R. Stet
son, from Philadelphia for tlv's port,
Rebert J. Magill, of Philadelphia"!"! limp
ed overboard and was drowned. It was
impossible in the tempest to attempt a
rescue.
Plighted Troih By Wire.
Oakland, Cal., (Special). Col. Edwin
Emerson, Jr., of New York, lecturer and
war correspondent, and Miss Edith Gris
wold of this city were married at the
home of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson.
Col. Emerson proposed by telcghaph and
was accepted. Miss Griswold was assist
ant editor of he Sunset magazine, and
is well known as a literary worker.
Accused Agcnl Vindicated.
Washington (Special). Having sat
isfied the State Department officials that
the charges against him contained in As
sistant Secretary Peirce's confidential re
port were without sufficient foundation
and that he was the victim of mistaken
identity in some measilre, Richard T.
Greener, late commercial agent at Vladi
vostok, Siberia, will be given another
appointment in the consular service when
a suitable opening is found.
Attacks Christian Sclencs.
London (By Cable). In the House
of Commons John Brownlee Lonsdale,
Conservative, Middle Armagh, Ireland,
demanded that legislative and other
measures to be taken to prevent Chris
tian Scientists from carry 011 their prac
tice. Home Secretary Gladstone replied
that the law touching the practice of
medicine orobably will be further eluci
dated by the trial for manslaughter of
Dr, Adcock, a Christian Science healer.
Great Britian is now dependent upon
the United States for 73 per cent of her
iimolv of taw cetttn material.
TROOPS OUT TO SUPPRESS RIOT.
1,000 Unloa and nuuun.en Mtrt Ifl Pltchid
Built. '
Corymans, V. (Special). --What it
practically martial law reigns id thil
little town on the west bank of the Hud
son River, 13 miles south of Albany.
The strike of the brickmakcrs, in foxct
all along the Hudson broke into riot
and after a pitched battle between 50c
union strikers and nearly as many color
ed nonunion men, in which one man waf
severely wounded, Sheriff Pitts wa
called from Albany.
He decided that he nnd his deputy
could not suppress Kthe riot and four
Albany companies of militia, about 25c
strong, constituting Ihc Second Battalion
of the Tenth Regiment, were ordered
to Cocymans.
Colored men arc imported annually in
the spring for extra work, and they re
fuse, as a rule, to join the union for the
short time they are here. The main
demand of the strikers is for recognition
of the union by the employment only of
it members.
The strikers had served notice on the
nonunion men that thehe would be trou
ble, and carried out their threat by an
armed attack, which began soon after the
men went to work, at 4.30 A. M. The
men at most of the yarels quit work at
sight of the armed strikers, but at the
yard of Sutton & Suddcrly there was a
fierce fight, in which three men were
wounded.
One of them, Fred Southard, engineer
of the steam shovel, was severely injured
and was taken to the Albany hospital.
Ihc strikers picketed all the approaches,
including the river road from Albany.
CARNEliIE HERO l-UNu AWARDS.
Twtnly-Oa Brave Men and Vioro.-n Qct
Medals.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). Twenty-one
awards of medals and money were made
by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
at its meeting Wednesday. It is ex
pected the medals will be ready for dis
tribution about July I.
To the widow of Michael Gismondi, of
Mount Pleasar.t, Pa., a silver medal and
death benefits amounting to $600. Gis
mondi lost his life while trying to rescue
a 14-ytar-old boy who was overcome by
gas in an unfinished well in September,
1005.
A silver medal and $1,200 to liquidate
indebtedness on his property was award
ed William Watkins, a coal miner of
Edwardsviilc, Pa., for rescuing three min
ers from death by gas in an explosion in
the Kingston Coal Company's mines in
September, 1904.
A medal and a like sum for the same
purse was given Timothy E. Hcagerty,
a lake pilot of Ashtabula, O., who in
April, 1005, rescued the captain and crew
of the schooner Yukon in a gale 011 Lake
Erie. A bronze medal and $500 was
given Robert W. Simpson, the engineer
of the tug of which Htngcrty was pilot.
This uaward is made in connection with
the same rescue. Michael Sasso, the
fireman, also of Ashtabula, O., is given
a bronze medal and $500.
Michael P. O'Brien, of 1437 Lexington
Avenue, New York City, is given a sil
ver medal for rescuing a mother and
two children from a burning building in
May, iqo..
Lucy E. Ernst, of 2022 North Sixth
Street, Philadelphia, is awarded a silver
medal for saving the life of Harry E.
Schoenhiit by heroic treatment of a rat
tlesnake bite in July, 1005.
Theresc S. McNally, a 13-year-old
schoolgirl of Watcrhury, t., is awarded
a bronze medal and $2,000 is appropriated
for her education in recognition of her
heroism in rescuing a four-year-old child
irom drowning at Woodmont, in June,
1904.
A bronze medal and $2,000 for educa
tional purposes is the recognition re
ceived by 15-ycar-old Daniel J. Curtin.
of 332 East Sixty-sixth Street, New-
York, in rescuing -two young girls from
the East River during August, KJ05.
How Oapon D ed.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). At the
inquest on the body of Father Capon,
which was found May 13 in the upper
chamber of a lonely villa in the summer
suburb of Ozcrki, Finland,, M. Margolin,
the former priest's lawyer, positively
identified the hotly. The autopsy showed
that he received a blow on the head,
and the theory is that revolutionists were
listening in an adjoining room and heard
Gapon betray his connection with th.
government and that Putcnberg, the Ter
rorist leader, who is said ti have lured
Gapon to his death, rushed in, felled
him to the door ami afterward hanged
him.
A Ulrl Hurotd to Death.
Wheeling, W. Va., (Special). Miss
Edith Roberts, aged 19 years, a Wheel
ing girl, was burned to death in the
country home of Mrs. Florence Zane,
her adopted mother, a short distance
from this city. The young woman hael
gone to the place on a visit and retiree!
in n isolated room, having one
small window. She left an oil lamp
burn, and about II o'clock it exploded,
casting the burning fluid over her bed.
Her screams aroused the household, but
by that time she had been cut off -from
rescue. The house was burned over her
body and next morning a few charred re
mains were found.
Killed Beside Oravr.
London (By Cable). A tlispatch to a
news agency from Berlin snys that .13
mourners who were at a graveside' dur
ing a funeral at Teschen, Austrian Sil
esia, were struck by lightning and killeel,
while 20 others wtrc severely burned.
Dossa'l Like Thlcr Monty.
Northampton, Mass., (Special). Be
cause the college trustees have accepted
girts from John D. Rockefeller and An
drew Carnegie, Mary IJ. Bird, for 10
years an instructor in the astronomical
department of Smith College, tendered
her resignation. Mis Bird says that she
will prepare a formal statement of her
position to be read at the commencement
exercises in June, when the matter of
control of changes in the faculty and staff
are considered.
Crisis la Two Cablnats.
Rome, (By Cable). The Cabinet of
Baron Sonnino, formed February 8 of
this year, was defeated in the Chamber
of Deputies by a majority of 27 and is
expected to resign. Kins Victor Em
manuel, however, it is believed, will
cither refuse to accept the resignation of
the ministry or again ntrust Baron Son.
nino with au formation of a new cabi
nr f.
Lisbon. The Robtire Cabinet resigned
owing to the refusal of King Charles to
postpone the nifcting of the Cortes.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Tot Latsst Pennsylvania Nws Told la Short
0rdr.
As a result of the explosion of a boiler
of n locomotive on the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Hcrndon, the following per
sons are dead : Charles Gotchall, of Surs
bury, engineer; Ernest White, of Sun
bury, fireman; Frank Duke, of North
umberland, a brakeman. Gotchall and
Duke were killed instantly while the ill
fated train was running from Sunburj
to Harrisburg. The boiler, of . the loco
motive exploded, but the wheels of ihe
engine wire not derailed and there wa
not a car of the freight train wrecked
Members of the crew found the bodief
of the three men. All were horribly mu
tilated and badly scalded. The r.T.lroae)
officials decline lo assign any cause foi
the explosion, and as all of the met?
who were 011 the engine are dead it it
not likelv that the exact cause will evet
be known.
Charles C. Larkin, veteran real estate
dealer and former manufacturer of cot
ton goods, of Chester, died, aged 80
years. He recently made an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors, and wor
iry aggravated his illness. He was for
jmerly lay reader in St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, nnd was brother-in-law of Rich
ard Wethcrill, the wealthy engine builder.
Chief Burgess Joseph M. Kerr, of
1 Stroudsburg, took the law in his own
hands and placed in the borough lock
up Bert Shook, who is accused of swear
ing on Main Street. Shook was given
five days on bread and water. Burgess
Kerr, who has started a crusade against
public swearing, will use the hall and
chain if the offense is repeated.
One of the most remarkable holdups
in police annals was perpetrated on Pa
trolman Ira Ilcttcrly. a recent addition
to Altoona's force, while he was patrol
ing his beat in the Sixth Ward early
the other morning. Three men sur
rounded him, nnd after removing his
helmet ajiel making a football out of it,
removed his coat, took his mace and re
volver and li'idgc and disappeared with
the admonition. thai rf he did not behave
they would return and take his -meler-wcar.
The clothes nnd city's property;
have rot yet been recovered.
General Manager Robert Quinn, of
the Pennsylvania Coal Company, inspect
ed all the collieries in the Sh'amokin
region. He says all the Pennsylvania
collieries are working short-handed and
in some places it is almost impossible to
sc-t sufficient men to opcr.ite the mines.
He thinks the principal reason for this
is because manv men left the anthracite
region and will not return until they
have drawn pay where they are' now
working.
A fatal accident occurred at the Cran
bcrrv mine of A. Pardee & Company,
Hazleton. Jacob Barnosky. a young man
of West Hl-cltoit, was injured so badly
that he died before reaching his boarding
house. This is the first vrious accident
in this vicinity since resumption.
While on bis way home Daniel Hill
found a bright-eyed little girl of 3 month
on the doorstep of the resielencc of Geo,
Glass, Chester. The baby was taken to
the home of Charles Fletcher, where it
is being cared for while the police are
trying to find the mother who placed, it
on the steps. The infant was nicely
dressed.
An explosion of gas in the Diamond
Mine of the Lackawanna Coal Compiny,
Scranton, bunted six men, three of them
seriously. The men were engaged in
placing carriage fans in position when
the mine gas became ignited and the ex
plosion occurred. Edward Owens. John
Kelly rtnd Thomas Recce were so badiy
burned that their recovery is doubtful.
Three others were slightly burned.
William H. Bander has been appointed
fourth class postmaster at Christman's.
Henry D. Davis, Grand Worthy Presi
dent of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
made an official visit to York Aerie, No.
183.
Jutlgc Archibald, of the United States
District Couw, lias been petitioned to
adjudge the York Brick Works, owned
by William E. Stanibaugh and John
Plonk, of York, htnkrupt.
Mary and John Catro, brother and.sis
ter, were seriously burned in their home
at Littleton while trying to hasten the
kitchen fire by the aid of gasoline.
York's school districts will receive
$ie)9,202 as its share of the State appro
priation. The city school districts re
ceive $31,070, or more than one-fourth of
the entire appropriation of the county.
This is an increase of $1460 over the city
appropriation of last yer,-.
The Pcrkasic and Doylestown Street
Railway Company will build a branch
of three and a half miles from Dublin
to Bedminstcr.
Diphtheria is epidemic in Richland,
The afflicted families are those of Henry
Horn, Joseph Scheetz. George Bartholo
new and John Yonngkcn.
At the annual meeting of the Refiners'
& Producers' Oil Company, held at Ti
ir.sville, the following Board of Mana
gers was elected: J. W. Lee and R. A.
Jennings, Pittsburg; Michael Murphy,
Philadelphia; Louis Watts, Oil City; T,
B. Westgate and Peter Theobald, Titus
ville. A horse driven by Dr. Trcl Jones, a
prominent physician of Philipsburg,
frightened at a trolley car ad ran away,
throwing the physician from his buggy.
He was picked up unconscious and taken
to the college hospital. His condition is
reported to be serious.
The commencement exercises of the
East Vincent High School were held in
Ihe East Vincent Reformed Church,
Twelve graduates were presented with
diplomas. The clas proyhecy was read
by Miss Mary Yeager; the class history,
by Miss Jennie Stauffer; the salutatory,
by William Schmolll, and the valedictory,
by Miss Mary Force.
The nerviest robber on record broke
into lsadore Bole's store, at Greenwood,
before the proprietor arrived and opened
it for business, disposing of several cus
tomers who called. The tbief forced
open a rear door and exchanged his old
clothes for a new suit before lie assumed
the duties of a clerk. After making the
sales he pocketed the money, together
with $7 'u the casluregister, helped him
self to a lot of provisions and disap
peared. George W. McEwen, an old resident
and veteran of the Civil War, is dead at
Milton, aged 74 years.
Marcus A. Woodward, Jr., and his
wife lost their two children, Olive Mar
garet, agod 21 months, and larcus Ar
nette, aged 0 montjis, and their costly
pictures, books, art works and bric-a-brac
at their mansion at Clifton, ten
miles from Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs.
Woodward were in ihe library when one
of the servants raised an alarm of fire.
They rushed to the door tc find thq
whole upper part of the house in flames.
The frantic parents made attempt after
attempt to reach their children, but
were driven back by the fire. When the,
flames were extinguished the babies wtra
found cremated in their bed.