BUNK BLOWN UP
WITH II BOMB
Thrower and Cashier Are instantly
KM
THE CRANK DEMANDS (5,000.
While Fourth National Rank of Phila
delphia Was Crowded at Noon Hour
a Stranger, Who la Refused a Loan,
Hurl Exploitive at Vault, Blowing
Himself and Cashier to Pieces.
Philadelphia (Special). Two men
Head, a score of others Injured, two
of whom may die, and the beautiful
Interior of a bank building laid In
ruins, la the result of a bomb being
dropped in the Fourth Street Nation
al Bank here Saturday by I man
who had demanded a loan of Wo10
for which he could show no collat
eral. The Identity Of the perpetrator ui
tho outrage in wrapped In mystery,
for he was blown to pieces by his
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic.
R. C. Flower, a fugitive since 1893,
charged with grand larceny and
swindling credulous Investors out of
about $1,000,000 on alleged bogus
mining operations, was arrested In
New York, after being hunted
throughout Mexico and South Amer
ica. The operating managers of neatly
all the railroads In the I'nited States
will soon be confronted with demands
by the trainmen and other labor for
an eight-hour day and an Increase
In wages.
Three thousands residents of Chi
cago hnve received notices of eject
ment In the suit or Sidney Smith,
who claims Chicago real estate valued
at $40,000,000.
Marry Thaw s wife and mother, as
well as himself, arc averse to a
Mralghtout insanity plea as his dc
ense at the coming trial.
J. S. Young, of Baltimore, In tes
tifying In the licorice paste trial,
lenied that he hud conspired to limit
.lie output.
Boston has revived the ' blue laws"
to such an extent that a casket for
ANOTHER GIFT FROM
MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE
Home For the Bureau of American
Republics.
IT WILL BE A TEMPLE OF PEACE.
The Philanthropic Scot Celebrated
New Year's Day by Donating Three
quarters of a Million to Provide a
Home In Washington for the Pan
American Union.
day
own engine of death. Nothl";. is 1 the rlea.l cannot be moved on Sun-
left to tell who he was be, a buncti
of 10 keys found In a fiagm?nt of
clothing belonging to the bomb
thrower. A plate on the ring hold
ing the keys bore the name of "R.
Steele, Garner, Iowa," and the police
are looking up the man.
The other man killed by the explo
sion was W. Z. McLear, the cashier
Of the bank, who had been talking
to the stranger and had refused his
request.
Saw President First.
The man who dropped the bomb
called upon Richard H. Rushton,
president of the bank, who ll also
prestdent of the Philadelphia Clear
ing House Association, shortly be
fore noon and asked for a loan of
$5,000. The president quickly con
cluded that the man was eccentric
and turned him over to the cashier,
with the idea that the latter would
have him taken from the building
Washington Special .It was an
nounced at the White House Friday
that Andrew Carnegie has given
$750,000 for the erection of a build
ing In Washington for the Bureau of
American Republics. The I'nlted
States government and the various
South , American republics have
agreed to purchase the site.
Mr. Carnegie was at the State De
partment, and was in conference with
Secretary Root, who is chairman of
the board of governors of the b.treau.
Secretary Root Informally thanked
him for his gift, and Indicated that
William He Costa, the mulatto Met! send Mm JOWWU
charged with perjury in giving falso
testimony at the recent Hartje-Hooe Roosevelt already has arlttci I Mr.
conspiracy trial In Pdtsburg. was rnegle express ng his appreciation
found guilty. He was remanded for X2S fiSl U. the
in Chicago Judge Landls. of the Bureau of American Republics the
Federal District Court of Northern ! Permission of Congress to . accept It
Illinois, sustained eight of the . Will not be nmUf. wMjtM
dlctments against the Standard Oil Conr 0SB VfSSSS
Company of Illinois and dismissed the share of the United States to-
two.
ward the site and building for the
bureau, and between $$D)00 and
$30,000 already has been contributed
by the South and Central American
No reason Is nslgned for the sui
cide of Walter Dana Swan, an in-
ct... In tt,n Iturvnrri ArphttcC-
tural School, who shot himself over countries belonging to the bureau.
the heart and died in the hospital.
It is said in Pittsburg that Mrs.
Mr. Carnegie's Letter
Mr. Carnegie's letter offering the
llolmnn, the mother-in-law of Harry g!f, B(dregRej (0 Secretary Root
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Rome Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Appeal In Important Case.
The recent decisions by Judge
Evans, In the Federal Court at
Louisville and by Judg: McCall, In
the Federal Court at Memphis, both
of whom declared unconstitutional
the Employers' Llnblllty Act passed
at the last session of Congress, were
brought to President. Roosevelt's at
tention and the announcement was
made at the White House that, the
President will direct that an appeal
be taken from these decisions. Presi
dent Roosevelt is greatly'lntcrested
In this act, and earnestly recom
mended to Congress at Its last ses
sion that it be passed. He had a
conference with Attorney General
Bonaparte and Secretary Straus, of
the Department of Commerce and
Labor.
Although the government was not
directly Interested as a party to thosn
cases, yet, In view of their import
ance, the government asked and re
ceived permission to Intervene, and
Assistant Attorney Harr made an
argument in both of these cases, di
recting his attention solely to the
constitutional question Involved.
Mr. Harr received Information
from counsel representing the plain
tiff in the Louisville case that an
appeal would immediately be taken.
There la no doubt, however, that
sometime will elapse before the
rases can come up for final adjudica
tion In the Supreme Court.
Supt. 1. K. White Resigns.
James K. White, for 16 years gen
eral superintendent of the railway
mail service, has tendered his resig
THE PREFECT OF
POLICE MURDERED
Shot By Terrorist at Serves In a
Chapel.
THE ASSASSIN IS CUT DON.
Major General von der Lnunilz the
Latest Victim of Secret l eague As
Prefect of Police of St. Petersburg
He Kxercisrd Extraordinary Powers
Tyrannical Methods.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Maj
or General von der Lnunltz, prefect
of police and virtually dictator of St.
Petersburg, was shot and killed by
a young man at the Institute of Kx
perlmenlal Medicine. Von do
I Lnunltz, at the'lnvltatio;i of Prince
Peter Alexaudrovltch. Hake of Ol
denburg, brother-in-law of the Km
peror, was attending the consecration
of the Innitute chapel.
During the services and while
mingling with Severn) high officials
THIRTY DEAD IN WRECK
Telegraph Operator Aged 18 Caused
Disaster. ,
(Topeka, Kan. POclel). Thlrty
flve persons, all Mexicans but. two,
were killed and bodies of 30 Mexi
cans were incinerated in a head-on
collision of two passenger trains of
the Ch'eago, Rock Island and Paci
fic Railroad, near Volland. The cars
on train No. 29 went Into a ditch and
several of them were consumed by
fire. Many of the victims were pin
ioned In the wreckage and were
bu-ned to death. Only their ashes
remain. Twelve of the injured were
seriously hurt. Six of them mav
die. The Mexicans were en route
to Bl Paso to' work for the Rock Is
land Rallro.id. But few persons or
train No. 30 were seriously Injured,
fhe cars on this truln were not
badly damaged.
John Lines, aged 18 years, the
telegraph operator at Volland. who
appears to bo responsible for the
collision, fled, but was arrested be
fore noon. Lynea recelve.1 an ordei
to stop both trains at Volland, but
the prefect of police was approached j Pt n. 29 slip by. The southbound
Iroin behind by a young man, who
drew a revolver and shot him m
the base of the brain.
The assassination of the prefect
was preceded by an attempt to kill
Dr. Dltbrovln, president of the Re
actionary League of the Russian Pco-
l,ln k i'AV,il.,tUntut I n . . I, ..I 1,1. t ,i-i
the street while he was returning ff! ' ht ra,e of
home, firing several shots at him I"" i , ,i ,? . 7 , "
without effect approach of the other train until too
The fall of General Von der Latin- j !B,' Mf' ,,1"wvc1r. w" abe
itr, was followed In a scene of Inde- "p. """'7'
train was cut; Ihjj extra tnrs for the
heavy V..iieeeker excursion traffii
and consisted of 10 cars.
Down Grade at High Kpwel.
The collision occurred on what 1
known as thr Alta Vista Hill. The
northbound train came down a s'eep
Kcrlhable hysteria und confusion.
The Due of Oldenburg, who was one :
The trains met at the bottom of the
hill The impact was terrific. The
of the few men who 'retained Wlr i fm"kln ,rar "Orally
ol.. il, ....- .,. n jn 1 1 ill . mm iik- hi PI w won
ce, has tendered tits resig- ",""', , telescoped nearlv half way back. The
General White's action. "" 'or he had fired twice, and ' - .
Thaw, will give testimony at the trial , ex-thairman of the governing board
unfavorable to him. , I of the Bureau of South American
Because of epidemic of typhoid Ren,lbllfI1 and rPa(lK ag follows:
fever, the water supply of the city of , ... , ,,,. iuh iht mm miH
1 ..J T 1. V, mm ' r a 1 t : J U,. Vin 1
Deiurr- itttiiiK mi. nwHiuni tut ma Bcruwi bchcu - your colleagues of the South Amori-
howed him a picture of a woman (State. "ran republic have done me the lion-
anH ii I'hilfl m-ith the romnrl;' "Aint i In his mosc;nirp In trip Missouri i m iu
Ucy all right- legislature Governor Folk took a Je- , In Washington for the ! "ms tor-General C ortelyou accepted
cided stand against lobbyists. ' ... of .,. Henuhllca. I ......
iiHiifin
whl.h Mlinllv volimtarv. was I several succeeding shots were (lis
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based on the fart that his neattn is ; " ' ' .. """' . " ' " ' ,' "', consumed b) the (lamer, that followed
impaired to such an extent as to '
... .... . . ... ll.. .it n-V, ... .......... or, ..,1 lhn
make It impossible for mm tunnel "j ""r." -V"' ' ,'"r i.erloiisly Injured W6U It the smoker
to perform the duties of his office : I cfect drew his saber and struck d , fl , None of the
with that force and activity essential ,n, assassin a powerful blow, wfalob l" "JJ rna;r ther train was
to the best management of the ser- : '"mpletely cut out a portion of his ; .' f f'o11P nf hp dead i W
two baggage cars, mail car. smoker
and one tourist car on No. 29 were
the collision. The killed and the
vice.
In a letter to General White, Post-
A few moments later there was a
terrific explosion, which shook the j Governor Cobb was Inaugurated
big building and completely wrecked governor of Maine for the second
tbe interior of the bank. time.
Cashier MrLear was in his office Dr. Frank M. Ridley, Jr., a son
wben the man threw the bomb and in-law of the lute Gen. John M.
was instantly killed. With the ex- j Hood, was shot, and. it is reported,
ception of his right arm and shoulder seriously wounded by Harvey Hill, a
he was not mangled. i lawyer, just after the ceremony of
The most seriously Injured is Wil- the wedding ceremony of Miss Klla i,..,mnPi.n. na,..v tho'o-nns of
liam Crump, the colored messenger. Ridley, a cousin of Dr. Ridley, to f whlcn are hPinR alOWU filled. The
who made a heroic attempt to seize ! Benjamin Swanson, at La Grange, Ga. , importnnrp f tnjs enterprise lm
the object which tho man was about , Two dead and two injured is the ses tM, morP lln(1 more upon
lu bvi iiuni i.ib .n.cu iihiiu, .mil i '' ' " . , "V "', ' me, and I hope to see It accomplished.
damaged. One of the dead is Wil
ll&m Thomas Miller, an Iowa soldier
on a furlough.
Blame for the collision seems to
Bureau of American Republics.
"The approval of your application
by the governing board of the inter
national bureau and President Roose
velt's hearty expression of satisfac
tion are most gratifying.
"You very kindly mention ray
membership of the first Pan-American
Conference and advocacy of the
he was an instant too late. The fend of the Sloane and Hanks faml-
. . . 1 .. t I
.. ,....,7. , ,. ,. ,. . . .,,,.. A l,lnHv fl.M 1 " ""I'PJ. ineiei..!.-, in niuniift
. ' " TV " " '" " I '" . " " ""- , , irr w , that it will be one of the plensures
survives his terrible injuries he pro- occurred at a country dance. Har-
bably will be blind
Eight or the bunch of 10 keys
found aic small und flat und similar
to those used in opening tin boxes.
One Is for u Yale lock and the other
Is a large door key. The keys have
been photographed by the police and
the pictures will be sent to various
cities In the hope of finding a clue
which will clearly establish the iden
tity of the bombth rower. A descrlp-
rlsou Sloane ; ml Walter Hanks lost
rheir lives.
of my life to furnish io the union of
all the republics of this hemisphere
the necessary funds ($750,000) from
miss uosa we i mum au -" m to time, us may be needed for
.lesse r. .Mi l lonaiu, oi ni. i.imii
while the latter sat on the bench
just after court opened. She had
been a litigant in un inheritance case
tried by the Judge.
Mayor McClellan. of New York, is
out openly in his fight with Charles
F. Murphy, and declared he will not
tion of the man, given bv President recognize the present leader of Tam
Rushton, has been telegraphed to many Hall or have any relations
Garner, Iowa, and other towns in ! with.
that section of the West. George W. Morris, for 47 terms
Largest Bank In The City. grand treasurer of the Odd Fellows
The Fourth Street National Bank Of Kentucky, is dead.
Is the largest financial instltuion in
tho city and occupies the greater por
tion of the first. Iloor of the Bullitt
Building on Fourh Street between
Chestnut and Walnut Streets in the
heart of the financial district. Tbe
explosion was terrific and caused tre
mendous excitement in the crowded
building und the street.
The crash occurred a few minutes
before 12 o'clock, at a time when the
hank lis usually well filled with per
aons in a hurry to transact business
before the bank closes.
No one ;aw the unknown man en
ter the bank except E. F. Shanbach
er, the vice president, who was pass
ing out of tho building on his way
to luncheon. He noticed the man
was poorly dressed, looked like u
Russinu and carried a small parcel.
The stranger walked straight back
to tho rear of the bank and asked a
clerk to direct him to the offli la. of
President Hushton. What took place
in his office is best told by the presi
dent himself.
PreaUleni itusiitnu's storv.
"I was very busy when the man
entered my office," said Mr. Rushton,
"and I naked him to he seated for a
moment. He was very poorly
dressed, had patches on his shoes
and lii.-j entire uppearancc made me
a bit courious. While he was watt
ing for me to finish the business I
had in hand at the moment I
happened to notice that he looked at
mo very curiously. I asked him his
business and he nve his name as G.
E. Williams a a said he wanted a
loan of 15,000.
"He did not look like a man who
could inaVc a loan of that amount,
and I as'.ied him for collateral. He
said so-.nothing about an insurance
policy ind that it would mature in
from cac to five years. I was then
convir -ed the man wan a crank and
deridi d to dismiss him at once, not
for a moment thinking there was any
barn, in him. I told him he would
havj to see the cashier and directed
bin out into thu bunking depart
ment. "As 1 turned to continue my work
at the desk there was a terrific ex
plosion and I thought the building
was coming down. The man had not
time to reach tbe cashier, the explo
sion came so soon."
skull.
Hacked With Sabers.
As (he man was fall'lta nt shot
himself In the stomnch with the last rest on Lvnes. the toloeinnh onern-
a tribute to him for the high state of j bullet in his revolver. His death tor at Volland. Orders had been te
efflcieney to which he had brought , was Instantaneous bnt several offl- sued for No. 29 nnd No. 30 to pass
the railway mall service. The resig- Leers continued to hack fienzledly at at Volland. These orders had been
his prostrate body until the Duke j sent to the operator at Volland, whe
of Oldenburg struck up their swords : wns Instructed to hold No. 29 nt
and forced them- to desist. j that point. For some reason he
The police have not yet succeeded tailed to deliver the order to No. 29.
as an i 'n Identifying the terrorist, but the and the latter train went by, meet-
auinorsnip ot tnts rrtnie, like me re- , nig .o. ,iw a tew nines west of vol-
bin Child Labor Bin with a vlswoj tt( umuri,ff,bf ,, , blow ; curre4i nf(p, flrr;t forecasting the im-
.-.t.lllllK .l.lli'll ,1,11 lllF. .11' 1'i.f. .1, ,,,, l,.,lrt U, ,,!,.!.. ..-til, n I ...... 1 . . ..n .
o.l .V, m.t.lt l.lll V,,. ,i 1 ' 1 u.,...i.i n.... .1 uu.i.u. ,
nation will take effect February 4.
Child Labor Bill.
Senator Beverldge reintroduced his
General Child Labor Bill
amendment to the District of Colum-
Neor A Lynching.
New Haven, Ct. (Special). A
young white man was probably fatal
1; shot here by a negro neur the
corner of Church und Crown Streets.
The negro was captured a few mo
ments later on Crown Street near
tbe scene of the shooting. I large
crowd quickly gathered, and as the
Officers were marching the negro to
police headquarters there were cries
Of "Lynch him," bnt no violence was
Offered.
To Dam Magaru River.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Having
disposed of the Chicago drainage
canal Question and the International
boundary lino on Lake Erie, the In
ternational Waterways Commission
-will next take up the question of
damming tho lower end of Lake Erie
so s to raise the level of tbe lake.
While no definite plan has been sub
mitted to the commission, the gen
eral scheme In view is to build a
great dam of regulating works at tbe
lower ond of Lake Erie or somuwhere
In the Mngura River.
roreign.
The prosecution of Von Koscielski,
member of the Prussian House of
Lords, and other Poles of the inde
pendence party by the Prussian gov
ernment for holding meetings with
out consent of the . 'vernment re
sulted in acquittal and the placing
of the costs upon the state.
It is believed that the federal gov
ernment is preparing to take Bteps to
prevent the passage by the Hawaiian
legislature of any measures tending
to discriminate against the Japanese.
The officers of the Hamhurg steam
ship lines hnve not yet reached an
agreement with the company, which
demanded that they resign from the
Captains' and Officers' Association.
Bm peror William and his son, the
Crown Prince, are reported to have
had a serious disagreement over
methods of the Colonial Office in
Africa.
The reports that n reconclliutlon be
tween the Duke and Duchess of Marl
borough had been effected are of
ficially denied.
Emperor William Is said to be In
t'eai' of assassins, und the guards
about the palace have been doubled.
The German Foreign Office has
mude an affirmative reply to the
Inquiry of the French Foreign Of
fice as to whether Jules Cambon, the
ambassador of France at Madrid,
would be agreeable to Germany as
the successor of M. Bhiourd at Ber
lin. The text of the articles of the
Polish National League describes the
aim of the leugue "to unite all the
national resources foi the restora
tion of the Independence of Poland.
The officers of all the Bremen lines
resigned as members of the Mercan
tile Marine Association In compliance
with the requirements of the com
pany.
All the British Insurance compan
ies have repudiated their liabilities
arising out of the earthquake at
Valparaiso.
The train service is Bulgaria is
greatly disorganized, owing to a
strike of the employes on the rail
roads.
The President of France signed
the Brland law amending the Church
and State Separation Law.
The French Admiralty lias orderei
the construction of four submarine
cruisers.
Fire destroyed British army equip
ment at Portsmouth, Eng., to the
value of $1,250,000.
A number of people in Southern
und Southwestern Russia have per
ished from cold.
Chancellor von Buelow, in ex
plaining the dissolution of the Reich
stag, suld he appealed to the country
to free the government from depend
ence on tbe Clerical party and to
trengtbjea the Liberal groups.
The second son of August Thys
en, ono of the richest men In Ger
many, In reported to have mortgaged
hi share In his father's estate to
a firm of Dutch bankerB for from
$2,500,000 to $5,000,000.
A thousand Turkish soldiers, tbe
remnant of 4,000 cent to the, Nejd
Peninsula two years ago to suppress
the Arab revolt, huve returned to
Busrab, Asiatic Turkey, lu a deplor
able condition.
The lockout of factory employes
at I'.ii continues, and 14 workmen
were killed or wounded in the dit
(eresl fights between Socialists and
Nationalists.
tho construction of an international
home in Washington.
"The co-operation of our own re
public Is seen in the appropriation
of funds by Congress for the pur
chase on the site, and in (he agree
ment between the republics for the
maintenance of (he bureau we havo
additional evidences of co-operation,
so that the forthcoming American
temple of peace will be the joint
work of all of the republics. Every
generation should sec them drawing
closer.
"It Is a cheering thought that all
these are for the first time to be
represented at the forthcoming
Hague Conference. Henceforth they
are members of that body, whose aim
is the settlement of International
disputes by that 'high court of na
tions' or other similar tribunal.
His New Vein's Gift.
"I beg to express to each and all
of them my heartfelt thanks for be
ing permitted to make such u New
Year's gift as this. 1 have never felt
more keenly than I do this New
Year's morning how much more
blessed it is to give than to receive,
and I consider myself highly honored
by being considered worthy to pro
vide the forthcoming union home,
where the accredited representatives
of all the republics are to meet, and,
1 trust, to bind together their re
spective nations in the bonds of un
broken peace."
The President's letter to Mr. Car
negie was as follows:
"I am so much pleased at leurning
from Secretary Root what you are
going to do for the Bureau of Ameri
can Republics. You have already
done substuntially the same thing
for the cause of peace at The Hague.
This new gift of yours has an almost
Or quite equal significance ns far as
the cause of peace in the Western
Hemisphere is concerned, for the
Bureau of American Republics is
striving to accomplish for this hemis
phere what The Hugue Pence Tribu
nal Is striving to accomplish for both
hemispheres. I (hank yon heardly."
Girl Bound To A Tree,
Dayton, O. (Special). A myster
ious assault on a girl In the immedi
ate neighborhood of (he scene of (he
Oilman murder has aroused the
greatest excitement here. The as
sault occurred early New Year's
morning und the victim Is Miss Mar
garet Roose. She attended a watch
party at the home of Tony Brunei (
and stepped outside the house.
When she did not return a hunt wa;
started and she was found gagged
and bound to a tree. She said she
was attacked by a strange man, who
gagged her and tied her to the tree.
Lafayette College Endowment.
Eaaton, Pa. (Special). At the
opening exercises of the new col
lege year, President Wuriield, of
Lafayette College, announced (hat
$325,000 had been secured toward
the $.ri00.000 endow anient, which Is
being raised to mark the seventy
tifth anniversary of the college. Of
'his sum Andrew Carnegie has given
$50,000 for u mechanical engineer
ing course and will give un addition
al $50,000 provided the entire en
dowment Is secured.
would speak on the subject on Jan
uary 14. The Senator informed his
friends that was his Intention to
press the matter to a conclusion if
possible.
has been traced to the fighting or-
I ' - I J 4 1 I, ill ( lit, .1-1,1 11..,..
ready been reported. In the same . .,,,,, ... , ,,, c..ii d.,i.u..J ,i. i,r- n i ' .
connection he gave notice that he j , who ,,,. re(lo,vc, , resume he wired the dispatcher as follows:
full terroristic activity. "No. 29 liar gone, and 1 have gone
The organization issued the ensto- j also."
niary proclamation avowing and jus- I Then he left his key.
tifying (he killing of General Von Kven with this dispatch In hand
der Launl.tz. which was accomplish- there was no possible way of prevent
ed with nn ease and simplicity that i ing thr wreck.
has struck terror into the hearts of j Both trains were heavy ones, hav
all other officials on the revolution-I Ing 10 cars each, including Pullman
ary death list. slippers and tourists, chair cars and
86,808 Routes,
The rural delivery service on
January 1 had H7.024 routes in op
eration and 1,929 petitions for the
establishment of service were pend
ing. The number of regular curriers
is 30, 90S.
Maryland has 384 routes In operation
and 29 petitions for routes pending.
North Carolina has 259 in operation
and 28 pending. Virginia has 859
in operation, 93 pending. West Vir
ginia hag 250 In operation and 37
pending.
As A Bar To (.ambling.
Senator Burkelt, of .Nebraska, In
troduced a bill providing a penalty
of two years Imprisonment or $1,000
fine for the sending of any telegraph
or telephone message designed to as
sist In gambling on horse races.
Traitor Among The Police.
The man who committed the crime
was about 22 years old, and ap
parently belonged to the Intelligent
working class. He was provided
with a card of admission to the dedi
cadon of the church, but this card
bore no name. The authorities have
not been able to learn how he obtain
ed this invitation to he ceremony,
which was extremely select, only 150
invitations having been Issued.
Prince Peter Alexnndrovlteh, Duke
of Oldenhurg. is a patron of the in
K(itu(e. Among the guests present
were his wife. Grand Duchess Olga.
youngest sister of Emperor Nicholas;
Princess Eugenia Emlllanova, and u
number of other persons prominent
at court.
Congress And The Departments.
Speaker Cannon named Represen
tative Englebright on the Committee
on Mines and Mining to succeed Re
presentative Williamson, of Oregon,
who has been convicted of being in
volved in land fraudB.
Commissioner Clements, of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, be
gan an investigation of the wrecks
at Lawyers, on the Southern, and
at Terra Cotta, on the Baltimore
and Ohio.
Representative Bartholin, of Mis
souri, received the bronze medal for
1906 of the Association for Interna
tional Conciliation, voted to him by
the General Council.
Major General J. Franklin Bell,
chief of stuff of the Army, returned
from Culm, where he hus been In
command of the American military
forces.
Secretary Hitchcock bus issued an
order with President Roosevelt's ap
proval, requiring the removal of all
illegal fencing.
Representative Kahn, of Califor
nia, has accepted an Invitation to
speak before the Middlesex Club of
Boston on the evening of February
12th on the Japanese situation in
California.
The first resolution Introduced In
the House was one providing that
Congress should probe the recent
Baltimore and Ohio, Southern and
Rock Island wrecks.
Representative Morrell, of Penn
sylvania, introduced a resolution to
authorize the Secretary of War to
widen the channel In the Delaware
River between Philadelphia and
Delaware Bay.
Representative Morrell, of Penn
sylvanta, introduced resolution for
an investigadon by Congress of re
cent railroad wrecks.
('apt. Curl lielchinanu explained
that his letter criticising his super
iors was not intended for publication.
The Senate set Saturday, January
26, as the time for eulogizing the
lets Bentaor Arthur p. Qormen, of
Mui ylund.
Representative QUI, of Maryland,
will introduce a bill for the preser
vation of Fort Mcllenry.
('apt John R. King, formerly of
Baltimore, hus been reuppolnted
pension agent for Washington.
Seuatin Lodge Introduced u bill
to provide for promotions In consular
er irice
Cannot Muz.le Kiii-oMlkln.
Hamburg (By Cable). The Nina
Hamburger Zeitung says It learns
that General Kuroputkln'B history of
the Russo-Japanese War, which was
confiscated In Russia December 28, l
will be published In Leipzig in April
in four volumes, with many Illustra
tions and maps.
Dropped Dead In Hi Office.
Atlanta, Oa. (Special)- W A. Han
sel), assistant manager of tbe Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company,
dropped dead in his office here while
dictating letters.
Representative Livingston and
President llarvle, of the Somhern
Cotton Eichangei filed charges with
Post master General Cortelyou against
the New York Cotton Exchange, and
asked that a fraud order be issued
against It
Secretary Wilson serves notice on
those manufacturers who believe
that the Pure Food Law cannot be
enforced until October thut they are
mistaken.
Senutor Lafollette Is preparing a
bill to withdraw from sale all coal
snd mineral lands in the public do
maiu. Hie Idea Is to loase the lauds.
Found By The Poller.
Savannah. Gn. (Special).- A satch
el containing jewelry valued at
$50,000 was expressed to Dionusius
Miranda and his wife, who were
fobbed a few days ugo of tho gems
on an Atlantic Coast Line train
while they were en route from New
York to Tampa, where they were to
embark for (heir home in Huvanti
The weathy Cuban and his wife car
ried the satchel with Its precious
contents, and while they were on the
train kept It on the Pullman scat
between them! They relaxed their
vigllcnee. and r.t Jacksonville the
satchel disappeared. Merry Walton,
the colored porter, found It nnd
turned It over to the authorities hero.
Xe Yellow Jack In Havana.
Washington (Special ) . Accord
ing to a cablegram received at the
Bureau of Insular Affairs, there Is
not at the present time a single case
of yellow fever In Havana. From
September 30 to December 28 there
were 53 cases under treatment, of
whom seven died. There are only
two cases under trentment in the
whole Island outside of Havana one
in Cruces and the other ut N'ueva Paz.
Diamond Itohlx-ry At Tonopnh.
Tonopah, New (Special). A dar
ing robbery of (he jewelry store of
George E. Blakely occurred last
nighl when (he store was Btlll open.
The robber put a broomstick through
the outer handle of the door so that
it could not be opened from the In
side. With a hammer wrapped in
paper he broke the plateglass and
took a tray containing diamonds
worth I0,000, jumped a fence and
disappeared.
Consul ' I Salary Too Small.
Washington (Special). Frederick
McMasters, American consul at Zan
zibar, has tendered his resignation
and proposes to embark in private
business. He assigns as hl reason
for his resignation the impossibility
of properly conducting the i-oniilate
at Zanzibar on the $2,500 salary au
thorized by law. it Is saited at the
Stute Department that here ure no
charges pending against Mr. McM as
ters. The British At Jumeatou-n.
London (By Cable). The ad
miralty's derision to send the first
cruiser division to Hampton Roads
for the opening of (he Jamsetown
Exposition will give Great Britain
as exceptionally strong naval repre
sentation, as division is made up to
six of the best types of armored
cruisers, including the Good Hope,
Antrim, Argyle, Devonshire, Hamp
shire and Roxburgh. Later the di
vision will visit ollur American ports
and will exchange amenities In
merlran waters with fleets of other
nations.
coaches, smokers aud baggage cars
No. 29 is known as the "California
Fast Mail." It left Chicago at 8.30
Tuesday morning. No. 30 Is the op
posite train, nnd Is known as the
"Chicago Fast Mail." It left El
Paso Monday night and was duo In
Chicago tonight. No. 29 was crowd
ed to the doors with pasengers, but
the number of travelers on No. 30
was not large.
Wreckage in I'lmnes.
An Interpreter for the Mexicans
was questioned as ho lay slowly
burning to death under the wreck
age. He said there were 25 Mexi
cans in their party going from Kan
sas City to El Paso to work. The
most of these were burning to death.
Soon after giving this Information
the interpreter himself succumbed.
i ne iieatn ot tne Mexlcun Inter
preter Is described by eyewitnesses
to have been most pitiful. He wai;
caught between some of the debris
so that release was Impossible, but
all the time he was totally conscious
and told the slory of his country
men's destination and tbe horrors ol
(heir den(hs.
ATTACKED BY LION.
One Of BoStOdt's Trainers Has A
Narrow Hecape,
Toledo, O. ( Special ). While per
lormlng un net called "The Lion
Hunt" here Trnlncr Harry Ray, of
tho Boitock animal circus, was at
tacked by one of the animals, nnd
while he laj upon the iloor, had both
hit, sides, shoulder and breast lacer
ated. With great presence of mind
huy fired his pistol juat as the at
tendants opened the Bafoty doors of
the caged arena.
Two other lions which were in th
ciige immediately made for the open
ing, followed by the attacking anl
mal, which turned at the: sound ol
the heavy catches on (he doors. A
physician was summoned and the in
jured trainer was taken to St. Vin
cenf's Hospital In an ambulance. Il
is not known Just, how serious his in
juries Kie, but i( Is feared (hey will
result fatally.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
J. H. Hoardley has been elected
president of Alabama Consolidated
Coal & Iron Co.
Last year 104 well-known com
panics inctoased (heir dividends, of
ivhlch 34 were railroads.
A representative of the firm which
lias been the biggest buyer of Cum
br!u tips the stock for $50.
A. C. Dinkey is spoken of as a suc
cessor to W. E. Corey, president of
Halted Stu cs Steel.
President McCre i and Robert. K
Cassatt were elected directors of Un
commercial Trust Company,
For the year HmiC, lacking two
days, the Pennsylvania liueu east
hauled 4M26.018 tons e.f coal and
"ol-.e, compared with 46,329,50;' tons
in 1905.
Wull Street tradets heard that E,
H. Harrimun's illness Is of a more
serious naiure than wus at first ex
pected, hence the heavy Belling of
I'nlon Pacific stock.
Pennsylvania's gross earnings for
l!)06 will Just about reach $150,
iKIO.OOO, a gain of $16,000,000 over
1905, and tbe net profita will aihount
to $46,000,000, D gain of about $5.
T.00,000.
Reading's November statement
i aused lots of talk. It showed a net
.surplus of $949,622, against $1,175,
3 3 3 lad year. The surplus for five
months of the current fiscal year wus
$3, 7 19,893, agulnst $4,701,268 dur
ing the same period In 1905, a loss
of about $982,000. Receipts of tbe
railway In thst time ran ahead only
$119,000.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
i
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Parts.
Indignation runs high at. Hills
Grove, where Ellis Snell was mur
dered, because the authorities of Sul
livan County were so lax as to allow
the assailant to escape when Iw-wns
known that his victim could not 'Ive.
Vigorous search for the fugitive has
been Instituted. For six days after
the affair John Van Busklrk, who
Is charged with the crime, was at
his home In Tlvoll. and he remained
there until news reached him of tho
death of the man he had attacked.
Since that time no trace can be found
Of the slayer, but evidence seems to
point to the fact that he Is lurking
In the forests surrounding the town.
District Atiorney Hill, of Dushore.
has taken up the matter and sent
men out on a hunt for the murderer.
Other detectives have been placed
on tne case and every effort will now
be made to capture Van Burklrk.
the residents are wrought up be
cause only two years ago one of
the most brutal murder mysteries
in the criminal history of this part
of the State went unsolved, and they
fear now that another criminal fl5i
escape punishment.
Coroner King, of Montgomery
County, Investigated the death of
Frank D. Shaner, of Pottstown, who
died from Injuries received at the
Ringing Hill Hotel In Upper Potts
grove Township, on Christmas.
There was doubt as to whether Sha
ner. who wa the heaviest man In
the upper end, died by accident or
was slain. The verdict of the Jury
Thursday was that Shaner came to
his death from a fractured skull by
accidentally falling down the steps
leading to the porch of the Ringing
Hill Hotel.
An explosion set fire to the Lacka
wanna Steel Company's mine at
Cokeburg. The loss Is $20,000.
Several men narrowly escaped death.
Corporation Clerk Whitworth gave
ii hearing at the State Department,
in HarrlBburg to objectors to tho
proposed Incorporation of the Juni
ata Valley Street Hallway to run be
tween Huntingdon and Lewlstown.
The objectors were the Iluntingdou
Street Railway Company. Conflict
of routes was the basis of objections.
Sydney McPherson, the 18-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mc
Pherson, of Muddy Creek Forks,
York County, has been missing from
his home for several days and despite
the fnct thai almost everything pos
sible has been done to find him,
their efforts have proven futile.
Irvin Drossier saved Stephen
Wright from being run down by a
Reading Railroad passenger train at
Bhamokln, shoving him away from
the track as the train passed.
Wright was so excited that he rushed
at his rescuer and began pummelJ
Ing him. Dressier returned the
blows and badly punished him,
whereupon, Wright, recovering his
sense, thanked Dressier for saving
his life.
Thomas P. Kennedy, proprietor of
the West Grove inn, a well known
hotel keeper in the southern end of
Chester County, was held in $1,000
ball for court by Justice S. M. Pax
son, on the charge of selling liquor
without a license. The charge was
brought by County Detective R. O.
Jefferls.
Mine Inspectors John Curran, of
Pottsville, of (he Eighteenth District,
and M. J. Brennan, of Pottsville, of
the Nineteenth District, embracing
over fifty collieries, finished their re
ports for last year. They show 100
nccldents In the eighteenth and 68
In the nineteenth. Of these there
were twenty-six fatal accidents In
the eighteenth and twenty-two lu the
nineteenth. The coal production,
when the colliery reports are all In,
will show an Increase of many thou
sands of tons In these districts. In
spector Benjamin Evans, of the
Fourteenth Ulstrtct, made his re
port for the year. It shows eighteen
fatal and twenty non-fatal accidents.
Charles R. Spangler, of York, a
lad 14 yearB old, was badly bitten
by u ferocious dog, which sprang
upon him while going home from
school.
The annual report of the York
Hospital and Dispensary shows that
for the maintenance of the Institu
tion $18,171.12 was received. Nine
thousand dollars of this was appro
priated by the State and $300 for
the city or York; $1 1,794.33, of
which the city contributed $606.77,
was used for building purposes.
The Teachers' Association of EaB
ton has chosen Prof. Earl Barnes to
give the annual series of lectures on
education In 1907.
Like ordinary prisoners, two
valuable dogs, which were found
roaming around Darby, have been
tommltted to the lockup, confined
n an Iron-barred cell, awaiting own
ership. George W. Wlldln, of Meadvllle,
las tendered nls resignation as assis
tant piechanical superintendent of
Jie Erie Railway, taking effect Im
mediately. A letter sent over his
lend to a subordinate Is said to be
he cause of the resignation.
Upper Darby Castle, Knight '-t
tlolden Eagles, has elected the fol
lowing officers; Past chief, John
Fielding; noble chief, William Mon
roe; vice chief, Rchard Reed; sir
herald, Frank Nelmeyer; high priest,
loel B. Jone.
Herbert Steward, Shamokin, has
been appointed mercantile appraiser
5f Northumberland County by the
"pmmlssloners. There were ten ap
plicants. Edward Nicely Dewart
was sworn In as register and recorder
and appointed .ill the clerks who
jerved his predecessor.
Frank Thompson, of Morton, a
well-known baseball pitcher, and
Mrs. Clara Snyder were married
Wednesday night, at the home of
the groom's paronts. The ceremony
was iH-rformed by Rev. V. P Ell
Ingsworth, pastor of Kedron Metho
dist Episcopal Church.
Miss Eliza P. James, one ot tbe
best-known cltUens of West Ches
ter, died at. her home, aged 90 years.
Two brothers, Lewis and Joseph, ot
Philadelphia, survlvo her.
Adam P. Tabor, of Shenandoah,
received the appointment of mercan
tile appraiser for 1908, the County
Commissioners having made the ap
pointment the beginning of this year
Instead of waiting until the ond ot
next December. Dr. James E. Bren
nan, also or Shenandoah, has been
appointed mercantile appraiser foi
the present year of 1607, succeeding
F. R. Kaniner. The pay is $1700 per
year.