EARTHQUAKE HORROR GROWS
Fatalities Now Estimated At 1,200 and
Property Loss $25,000,000.
SINKING OF HARBOR'S SHORE TERRIFIES PEOPLE.
Well Need Food and ,S:ck and In
jured Medicines American War
Ships in Harbor Giving Aid
A Mission Of Mercy Abruptly tMMk
International i-ompllcatlons may
Snlt frm Berlous friction between
ovornor Swettenhnm. British execu
tive of Jamaica, and Rear Admiral
fcavui. In command of the American
Warships sent to Kingston by order
tf the WnahlnRton authorities for hu
faane purposes.
According to cnble reports from
the Asorlatcd Press correspondent
(nd correspondents of English news
Mpers at Kingston, Admiral Davis
Of tho battleships Missouri and In
diana and tho gunboat Yankton
milled Saturday afternoon, the Brit
ten, Governor having peremptorily or
jfered the Admiral to re-embark Uie
Bluejackets landed to guard the ruins
Of the American consulate and assist
Hi keeping order.
The British Governor objected to
the firing of a salute by the American
warships In his honor and declared
that there was no nied for American
aid.
Correspondence passed between
the Governor and the Admiral, In
Which the former Insultingly ques
tioned the veracity and the motives
Of the American officer and peremp
torily ord( red him to re-embark his
men.
The Admiral then called on the
Governor, and when the Britisher
purposely kept him waiting he told
tho Governor's aide to inform the
Governor that as he did not desire
American aid the Admiral had coun
termanded President Roosevelt's or
der dispatching a supply ship with
food for the relief of sufferers.
A brief meeting followed between
the Governor and the Admiral. In
, which the former was very sarcastic
in his farewell remarks.
Admiral Davis says the Governor
was unequal to the task of relieving
distress. The conditions are deplor
able. Citizens of Kingston suggest, that
the Governor be asked to resign.
Some construe the Governor's ac
tion as inspired by resentment of
President Roosevelt's attitude toward
Jamaican negroes on the Panama
Canal.
In nn official report Bear Admiral
Davis awiys the Jamaican authorities
declined his offer to land wrecking
parties, but that later, by request,
he landed bluejackets to prevent mu
tiny at. the penitentiary, but these
were withdrawn.
Up to a late hour 'he Washington
officials sajd they had received no ad
Tices confirming the Associated Press
correspondent's report, and Acting j
Secretary of State Racoif declared
emphatically it was not true and that
the ships had not sailed.
Havana (By Cable). Rear Ad
miral Evans, in a wireless message
to the cruiser Columbia here, states j
that a huge tidal wave has changed
the coast Hue of Jamaica, leaving j
the entire south side of Kingston
under water. N'o bay is reported
left, and the whole coast line is re
ported sinking.
Thousand In ml.
Kingston, Jamaica (By Cable). I
The disaster here is as great as the
calamities of San Francisco and Val- j
para I so. Thousands of perrons have
been killed, a ad the dead bodies are
being taken from the debris by nun- I
drods. The whole town Is in ruins,
and the greater portion is still '
mouldering ashes. The smell ol
burnt flesh pervades the air.
Tho earthquake came as a sudden j
oscillation, not from any particular ,
direction, but np and down. Thous
ands of persona were on the streets
Of Kingston at the time and great
numbers of them were crushed. !
Many American in Kingston wen
killed and have been buried.
Realizing the possibility of famine,
tho people made attempt- to loot.
The military, however, at once took
possession of foodstuffs. Detach
ments of troops, with fixed bayonets,
were placed on guard. They were
concentrated in a central position.
No one Is allowed to puss through
the ruined sections of the city.
Old Volcano Active,
Kingston Is threatened with a fail
Tire of water supply, owing' to the
bursting of a reservoir, and no water
will be obtainable before Friday.
The military suffered severely.
The hospital camp, where there were
several hundred soldiers, was burn
ed and a number of the men lost
their lives. Major W. II. llardyman
and Lieutenant Leader are dead.
Col. J. R. M. Dalrymple-Hay and
Major Lawrenson are seriously in
jured Part of the town of Port Royal
has sunk, and two men were drown
ed. The batteries sunk eight feet,
killing a sapper. In some places the
water Is spouting through the debris.
The shock was severe at Rich
mond, and this town also was de
atroyed by fire. Spanish Town 'iso
waa damaged. Quo man was idled
and 10 men wore Injured there.
It is reported that at Annua Hay
the crater of an extinct volcano is
emitting flames and smoke, and it Is
thought that the earthquake origi
nated there. The records of Jamaica
contains no previous mention of ac
tivity of this volcano.
OmM Lines (hanged.
Tlie steamer Bella, from Philadel
phia, arrived here with a small car
go of provisions. Business is at a
standstill. Some shops have been
opened by Chinamen, who have rais
ed the prices on goods 1,000 per
cent. This so angered the people
that the Chinamen were driven out
and their shops looted.
The hope of famine relief lies in
the bnnann crops, which have not
been injured. Medical assistance is
limited, owing to the deaths of sev
eral doctors.
The body of Sir James Fergttsson
was found and burled. Committees
have been formed and the Governor
and Lady Swettenhnm and others
are doing noble rescue work. The
shipping In the harbor is safe.
There have been a number of oth
er shocks since the first disastrous
one and the repetitions keep the peo
ple In a state of panic.
The Hamburg-American steamer
Prlnzessln Victoria Luise, which ran
ashore at the harbor entrance Decem
ber 16, is now n total loss.
Tourists Fleeing
The tbpogrophy of the country has
been changed, and the navigation
channel into this harbor materially
altered.
Two vessels left heir Thursday for
the United States, loiided to their
full capacity with returning tourists
and fleeing natives. The wounded
persons are being cared for on all
the ships in the harbor. A German
steamer called l:i hero, on her way
from Cuba and sailed again after
toying in port one hour.
Tidal Wave Swept Coast Line.
Holland Bay (By Cable). A great
tidal wave has swept up Annotta Bay
on the northern coast, directly north
of Kingston, and the shore lines
about Knigston are sinking as a re
sult of the earthquake.
The tidal wave and subterranean
disturbances have wrought such
marked changes in the const lines
northward as to make the conditions
dangerous to shipping and a new
chart of these waters necessary.
Two lighthouses in Kingston har
bor have been demolished or sunk
Into the sea, and wharves and piers,
the tops of which were burned, have
slowly settled Into the water with
the sliding shores.
The bed of the harbor of Kingston
has so completely changed that In
some places where It was 'almost
shallow before the earthquake tho
water is now li)0 or more feet deep.
These remarkable changes caused
by nature's terrible convulsions are
considered ominous, and it is feared
the capital city of the island may
suffer the fate of Its predecessor, the
old city of Port Royal, which, In
1 6 ! li , was destroyed and submerged
by the sea. Today the site of that
ancient cty Is a low sand bar. '
city Gaandoally Sinking.
St. Augustine, Fla. (Special).
Wireless messages received at the
station on Annstasia Island by Chief
Electrician Elklns say that Kings
ton is sinking gradually: that holes
and cracks 100 feet deep were form
ed by the earthquake and that grave
fears are felt that the entire city
will slip into the bay.
Another message says the hospi
tal corps, attendants and supplies
from the I'nlted States naval vessels
at Guantanumo have been sent to
the stricken island.
F.scupo Of Veiled Englishman.
London (By Cable). Sir Alfred
Jones, head of the party of distin
guished Englishmen who were in the
Jamaica earthquake, had a narrct,'
escape from death In the disaster.
The Evening Standard prints a dis
patch sent from Holland Bay, giv
ing details.
Sir Alfred had just finished lunch
eon at (he Myrtle Bank Hotel and
gone on to the hotel pier with Jesse
Collings, M. P., and other members
of the party, who were amusing
themselves by tossing pennies to ne
gro divers. Sir Alfred left the pier
to return to th I hotel. He had
rea lied the open i.pace in front of
the building when the crash came.
Both the hotel and the pier he had
Just left were destroyed. Being in
the open, Sir Alfred escaped all In
Jury. Gerald Loder was another who had
a narrow escape. He was in the
Jamaica Club, in Hanover Street, at
the time the building was demolish
ed. He was thrown to the floor b
the rocking of the building, but a
chair Tell over him, protecting him
from falling timbers. He was dug
out later with slight injuries.
TRAIN BLOWN '
FROM THE TRACK
Sixty Killed and Injured On The
Big Four.
FREIGHT CAR OF POWDER EXPLODES.
Terrible Accident Occurs in Darkness
and Rain Near Tcrre Haute Over a
Score of Charred and Mutilated Bod
ies Have Been Taken From the Wreck
and the Death List May Reach Forty.
' Terra Haute. Indiana ( Special i1.
Twenty-two charred, broken, muti
lated bodies were taken from the
smouldering ruins of tho accommo
dation passenger train on the Cleve
land, Cincinnati. Chicago and St.
Louis (Dig Four) Railroad, follow
ing its destruction by the explosion
of a carload of powder as It passed
a freight train at Sandford, Ind., five
miles west of Terre Haute. The
number of injured will total at least
thirty-five.
Shock I elt thirty Miles.
The cause of the disaster hns not
been fully determined, but several
theories are advanced. The accident
was terrible. The shock was felt for
t0 miles, many believing it (o lie an
earthquake.
The entire train, Including the lo
comotive, was blown from the track,
'lie coaches were demolished, the en
gine wits hurled ."0 feet, and the pas
sengers were either blown to pieces,
consumed by fire or rescued In an
injured condition.
Some of the 35 Injured will die.
The most severely hurt are those in
hospitals at Terre Ilnute and at
Pnrls, 111. Several others are be
ing cared for at Sandford.
The full extent of the disaster was
revealed at daylight, but the death
list will not be complete until work
men have cleared the debris and the
Injured are out of danger.
According to trainmen of Ihe
freight, the explosion of the powder
was caused by. the concussion of the
passenger train, which was slowing
down for Sandford.
Another theory was that gas es
caping from an oil pipe line entered
the powder car. standing by the pipe,
and that a spark from the passenger
locomotive ignited the gas. The be
lief was expressed by one or two per
sons that the disaster was due to the
act of a trump or someone who may
have fired a shot Into the car.
Town Of Sniiford Damaged,
Besides the passenger train, eight
freight cars were blowu to pieces by
the explosion. Huge masses of iron
were found hundreds of feet from
the track. The tank of the passen
ger locomotive was hurled 100 feet.
300 HOUSES FLOODED.
Compliments Judge (Jruy.
Washington S lal) The House
adopted a joint resolution suggesting
the reappointment of Judge George
Gray, of Delaware, as one of the
regents of the Smithsonian Institu
tion, bis term having expired January
14. t Is desired that this appoint
ment be made now. us the regents
are to meet Wednesday to elect a
accessor to the late Professor Lang
ley. A Martyr To Duty.
St. Petersburg (By Cable) .Count
Nicholas Tolstoi, administrator of tho
Imperial estates in Moscow province,
has lost his 11(6 In n fife which de
stroyed bis residence, near Moscow.
A woman and two provincial officials
who were his guests, as well as two
aervunts of the household, also per
ished. The Count rescued hfe wife
(ram the burning building. He tben
returned in an endeavur to save the
'Imperial funds In his care, and was
timed to death.
IN THE FINANCIAL WOKLD.
Bank of England reduced its dis
count rate from ( to 5 per cent.
John Kent Kane has been elected
vice-president of ihe Lincoln Savings
& Trust Company.
Lackawanna has quite a tumble
on a transaction of 200 shares. It
fell 32 14 points to 480.
A big stock or bond IsBue by tho
Southern Railway and another by
the Erie are supposed to be surely
forth coming.
Stockholders of the Western Union
bought but very few of the $10,
000,000 of new 1 per cent. bond3.
Underwriters were obliged to take
nearly all.
Amalgamated Copper directors de
clared the regular dividend, keeping
tho stock on u 7 per cent, basis In
stead of Increasing It to 8 per cent,
a.i bad been general!, expected. In
some quurters this Is taken to Indi
cate that the Standard Ol) party Is
no longer trying to bull the market,
but Is willing to let things sag. Bos
ton and Montana also declared the
regular dividend.
Cincinnati Riverfront Flooded And
The Waters Overflow Tracks.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). Local
Forecast Official BaBsler predicts that
the river will pass 56 feet here. A
stage of 56 feet will cripple business
seriously in tho bottoms. Already
one factory, the Globe Soap Com
pany, has been forced to shut down.
Two hundred and fifty employes are
out.
Water Is In the cellars of morn
than 300 business houses running
from the river front to Second Street,
in the downtown section. Factories
in the West end are still running and
a rise of r4 feet will put their fur
naces out. Water seeping through
the druin at the roundhouse of the
Big Four Railroad, at Mill Street, is
covering the tracks Into the Grand
Central Depot.
Tenement houses in Cincinnati
along the river front have from two
to four inches of water In the cel
lars. In Covington, Newport and
other cities across the river the water
is In the cellars. It Is expected that
river packet will be unable to pass
under the bridges Thursday.
At 8 o'clock Wednesday night the
Ohio River registered 54 feet and
was rising two Inches an hour. The
water reuched the Grand Central Sta
tion tonight, and all trains had to
leave from the Eighth Street Sta
tion. HOTEL WASHED AWAY,
Thee Hundred Feet Of Bunk Of A.
legheny River Gone,
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Three
hundred feet of the west bank of the
Allegheny River, at Spiingdale, Pn.,
was washed away during the night as
a result of the bursting of the gov
ernment dam, and the erosion con
tinues. A large frame dwelling,
known as the Forniff House, was car
ried down the liver. Nine other
dwellings and the Heldenkamp Mir
ror Company's plant are In Imminent
danger.
The occupants of the houses huve
all removed their household goods
to places of safety and have deserted
their houses. The Forniff dwelling
was an old building and had been
unoccuiped for sometime. At 10
o'clock the river was within 30 feet
of the West Penn Railroad tracks,
and families beyond the railroad were
preparing to move out.
During the day flvo more houses
were undermined nnd fell into the
river. None of the buildings were
occupied, the tenants having vacated
Major Slliert has decided that the
only way to prevent further destruc
tion of property Is to dynamite the
dam near the middle and direct the
current from the shore. He has no
tified the War Department and is
awaiting Instructions.
$100,000 Fire At Hcrantou.
Scrantou, Pa. 1 Special). Fire
from a burning culm pile at. the Avo
ca Colliery, of the Erie Company, at
Avoca communicated with the break
er and the structure was destroyed.
The flames spread to the washery
building, 100 feet from the breaker,
and It was badly damaged. Many
breaker boys had narrow escapes,
but all got out sarely. The loss 011
the washery and breaker will reach
nearly $100,000.
New Indian Policy Favored.
Washington ( Special ) .-The 8011
ate Committee on Indian Affairs
agreed tentatively to Incorporate In
the Indian Appropriation bill amend
ments embodying the recommenda
tions of Senator Clark's select com
nltteo relative to the conditions In
'ndlan Territory. Among them are
'revisions for the removal of the re
striction on the nar-i of surplus In
dian lands and the regulation of the
disposal of the coal lauds
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic
John R. Walsh, former president
of the Chicago National Bank, was
Indicted by the federal grand Jury
for alleged mismanagement of the
funds of the bnnk. The Indictment
contains 182 counts.
C. W. Powers, cashier of a bank at
Mldvlllc. On., fnught off three burg
lars after he had been shot IS times.
Andrew Carnegie Is quoted as say
ing he would give $200,000,000 to
be assured of 10 years of life.
The Pennsylvania Rnilrnad has ac
quired control of the Philadelphia
and Erie.
A hitherto unknown rave, filled
with bones, has been found in
Tennessee.
The Mar Andrews & Forbes Com
pany, of New York, was fined $10,
000 and the J. 8. Young Company,
of Bnltlmore, $8,000, in the United
States Circuit Court in New York
for combining to monnpolizo the
trade in licorice paste.
Miss Mary Glass, a teacher, was
found with her throat, cut In the
schoo'housn at Eldorado. Kan. Rob
ert Hall, who was found with a gash
In his throat, admitted that he had
had a quarrel with her.
The plant of the South Atlantic Car
and Manufacturing Company, in Sa
vannah, Ga., together with 20 cars
of material and many partly com
pleted box con, was destroyed by
lire.
John Krnels, his infant son nnd
his farther-ln-law, named Shuman,
were found dead from nsphyxlatlon
and Mrs. Kraels In a dying condition
at their home, In Fostoria, O.
(iovernor Wlnthrop, of Porto Rico,
h his annual message, congratulates
the Islanders on their commercial
an agricultural prosperity.
Elmer Dempster was executed In
Washington. Pa., for killing Mrs.
Samuel Pearce and her three chil
dren. Dr. James Wood row, who waa
prominent In church nnd state, died
In Columbia, S. C.
Governor Albert R. C'immlns. of
Iowa, was inaugurated to serve his
third term.
Attorney General Franklin L. Car
son, of Pennsylvania, after an Inves
tigation, denies that there was fraud
In the construction of the $13,000,
000 state capltol.
Eight New York nloermen. sus
pected of accepting bribes to vote for
ex-Judge Cowing for recorder, were
examined by a grand jury.
Judge Hough, of New York, has
ruled that, the Anti-trust Law does
not apply to steamship freight rates
made In London.
The remains of John C. Durden, of
Harrisburg, Pa., were partly cre
mated In a wreck near Raleigh, N. C.
A. R. Mallory, Inventor of the Mnl
lory plow, committed suicide in a
grocery In Atlanta, fia..
Seven men were killed by the ex
plosion of a locomotive near Norris
town, Pa.
Snow Is three feet deep In Mon
tana. After mourning each other as dead
for more than 14 years, Rev. Johu
A. Cull, formerly assistant pastor of
St. Francis de Sales Church, of Oak
land, Cal., nnd his wife were re
united In that city.
Michael O'Neil, a Central New
England Railroad conductor, though
mortally injured in a wreck near
Winsted, Ct., draged himself a mile
and sent a message which saved a
passenger train.
Judge English met by chance In
Sheridan, Wyo., the wife from whom
he had been divorced 30 years ago,
made love to her and again won her.
The Clyde Line freight steamer
Onondaga, from Boston for Charles
ton, is ashore upon Orlans Beach,
Masachusetts coast.'
A general corporation hunt has
been Instituted by the legislature of
Nebraska. Kansas and South Dakota.
The police of New York have been
asked to look out for Frank S. Mor
ton, a missing Boston violinist.
HOUSE VOTES FOR
THE HIGHER SALARIES
Increase From $5,000 to $7,500
Per Annum.
BEGINS WITH INCOMING CONGRESS.
Opportunity Offered When the Legis
lative, Executive and Judicial Appro
priation Bill Came Beck Amended by
the Senate Members ltr(u to Put
Themselves on Record.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
House of Representatives Friday
plucked up enough courage to vote
Itself an Increase of Its salary. Af
ter 1909 the salary of m-inbers of
Congress, which means both Senate
and House, Is to be Increased from
$5,000 to $7,500, provided the. Sen
ate acquiesces in the action of the
House. The Increase was made
through an amendment to the Legis
lative, Executive nnd Judicial Ap
propriation Bill, which Is the payroll
of the government. The House first
tried to Increase Its salaries when It
had this bill under consideration on
December 14, but after a day's debate
the proposition was defeated bj Its
opponents by the simple expedient of
making members put themselves on
record. With the fear of the fate of
those who voted for tho notorious
"salary grab" law of 1 874 before
their eyes, an overwhelming majori
ty of the members vlrtuouslv voted
against the bill, and then hastened
over to the Scnnte side to persuade
the senators to put the Increase back
In the bill.
But the senators, despising the
cowardice of the members, not only
refused to restore the provisions for
increasing the snlaties of the mem
bers and of the senators, but struck
out of the bill the provision which
the House had put in to increase the
salaries of the vice president, the
speaker and of the members of the
cabinet to $12,000. When the bill
came bnck to the Houso Friday, as
niutllatod in the Senate, the con
gressmen sow that It was up to them
to Increase their salaries themselves
if they wanted more money. It is
only fair to state that the proposi
tion to increase tho salaries Is entire
ly proper.
The cost of living in Washington
has Increased so outrageously In re
cent years thnt It is not possible for
a member of Congress to live in a
way becoming his position on $5,000
it year. Moreover, there Is no anal
ogy between tho present legislation
and tho "salary grab" law. because
the present proposition does not In
crease the salary of the members of
this Congress. The men who voted
for the "salary grab" law nnd who
were driven from public life by their
constituents for that, act, made the
Increase apply to that Congress, so
that they virtually voted themselves
$5,000 of back pay. The present in
crease will not benefit any member
of this Congress, for It does not go
into effect until the next Congress
enters on its duties.
Foreign.
A preparation of eucalyptus oil for
the treatment of leprosy has been
found effective In the leper settle
mnt In Hawaii.
It Is reported that starving Chin
ese are killing and devouring their
own children in tho famine-stricken
districts.
Seismic vibrations were felt at
Tolmczzo, at the southern foot of
the Carnlc Alps, Italy.
Two severe earthquake shocks
were felt at Kuba, Province of Baku,
RusBla.
It is believed in British ofllcial cir
cles that tho aproaching meeting be
tween Secretary Root and Earl Grey,
governor general of Canada, will re
suit in arranging the controversies
that have been long pending.
The American consul general at
Antwerp has discovered Important
frauds in the exportation to the
Unitod States of Infected rugs in the
guise of jute bagging.
Negotiations for peace bctwitr
the Germans and the rebellious na
tives in German Southwest Africa
have been broken off and serious
fighting Is In progress.
The North German Fire Insurance
Company of Hamburg will appeal
against court decision that It must
pay losses sustained in San Fran
cisco earthquake.
The pretender to tho throne of
Morocco has about run his race, and
his followers are said to be desert
lug. Three terrorists were hanged In
a row In tho public gardens at Odes
sa, Itussia.
Count Nicholas Tolstoi, adminis
trator of the imperial estates In Mos
cow Province, lost his life while try
ing to save Imperial funds.
The Swodlsh Parliament was open
ed with u speech from the throne,
delivered by Crown Prince Gustavo.
Two prisoners were killed and sev
eral severely wounded while trying
to break jail In Lugansk, itussia.
A second attempt was made to
blow up the Russian Company At
lantic Line steamer Gregory Morch.
Simon N'ewcomb, the astronomer
has been made a commander of the
Legion of Honor.
Smallpox Is adding to the suffer
ings of the famine sufferers in China.
A general stlke of the stevedores
Is threatened ut Havana.
Charges that great quantities of
lumber produced In ilritlsh Columbia
has-been diverted from the Canadian
markets to San Francisco to bo ship
ped to Panama are to be Investigated.
A plenary council of the French
bishops to discuss the situation of
Ibo Catholic Church In Franco lias
been summoned to me-l January 15
In Paris.
Great Britain and Kussla are
watching Germany's attitude toward
Persia. Any attempt of Germany
o secure political or commercial as
condancy would unite England and
:tussla in defense.
ROBERT ADAMS A DEFAULTER
Startling Charges Against Suicide
Congressman.
Philadelphia (Special). Tho late
Congressman Robert Adams. Jr., of
this city, who committed suicide in
his apartments in Washington last
year by shooting, was declared In
the Orphans' Court here to have been
a defaulter to the amount of $70,
000. The startling assertion was
made during an argument in sur
charge proceedings brought, against
H. Carlton Adams, surviving execu
tor and trustee of the estate of his
father, Robert Adams, Sr., by his
stepmother, Mrs. Robert Adams, Sr.,
and his stepsister, Mrs. Charles Mo
ran, of New York.
Counsel for H. Carlton Adams told
the court ho would show that Con
gressman Adams had appropriated to
his own use $70,000 worth of bonds
belonging to the estate of Robert
Adams, Sr., nnd to H. Carlton Adams.
It was stated that the Congressman
and H. Carlton Adams had keys to
a safe deposit box, in which tho
alleged missing bonds had been kept
and that as far back as five years, H.
Carlton Adams hud discovered that
Pennsylvania Canal bonds were miss
ing. He notified his brother, Robert,
and tho matter was fixed up. Sub
sequently H. Carlton Adams' con
dition became such that he could
not attend to business and that mat
ters were left in the hands of the
Congressman.
A broker testified thnt Congress
man Adams had pleged Pennsylvania
Canal Company bonds valued at $10,
000 for a loan of $2,900. Of the
remaining bonds, valued at about
$60,000, no trace has beeu found.
It was also clnlmed that a part of
the accumulated Incom-i of his fath
er's estate, of which Congressman
Adams had charge, was unaccounted
for.
In proof of his assertion the at
torney for H. Carlton Adams produc
ed In court a letter from the suicide
congressman, written In Washington
the day he ended his life, In which
be said he was sorry he had caused
a "mess," and urged that H. Carl
ton AdamB be not held responsible
for any securities that might be miss
ed. It is thought that counsel, upon In
structions of the court, will be able
to come to a satisfactory agreement
without further airing the affairs of
the dead statesman In court.
Convention Of Mini-workers.
Indianapolis, ind. (Special). The
(onvention of the United Mlnework
ers, of America voted $1,000 for the
relief of the families of the victims
of the Clinton (Ind.) mine disaster,
in which eight were killed, and
adopted a resolution pledglug the
support of the natlonul organization
to Moyer and Heywood, the imprison
ed miner.! in Idaho. The action of
the last national convention regard
ing them was reiterated.
To Absorb The I. And E.
Philadelphia (Special). Within
one month tho Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad Company will pass out of
existence an a separate corporation
nnd be oiuo a part or i ho Pennsyl
vania. This was derided npon at a
meeting of tho board or dlroctors of
the Philadelphia and Erie held today
in Broad Stroet Station. The action
waa foreshadowed several days ago,
and wa.i, tborefore, expected The
agreement decided upon Is to ex
change stock, share for share, at par,
In the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL I STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Some Interesting Happening Briefly
fold.
Derides For Power Companies.
Secretary Tnft. In opinion, de
cides that the diversion of 15,000
cubic feet of water per second from
the the American side and the trans
mission of 160,000 horsepower from
the Canndlan side of Niagara Falls
will not affect perceptibly to the eye
the scenic grandeur of the falls.
Permits will accordingly be issued
to the Niagara Falls Power Com
pany for 8,600 feet nnd to the Niaga
ra Falls Hydraulic Power and Manu
facturing Company for 6,500.
In regard to the wnter taken from
the Canadian side of the falls, he
points out that It is taken from a
level murh lower than the point
above Goat Island, where the river
divides to make the American and
the Canadian fnllB, and therefore Its
diversion cannot affect the amount
of water which passes over the
American falls.
Kulogle On Mr. Gorman.
Arrans" .uents are gradually be
ins' made for the memorial exerclseB
tor tho late Senator Arthur P. Oor
man, to be held In the Senato Cham
ber next Saturday, January 26.
Eulogies will then be delivered by
Senators Ra'ynor, Whyte. Blackburn.
Clay, Overman, Morgan, Aldrich,
Hale, Spooner, Frye, Allison, Cnr
mack, Tillman. Cullom and Elklns
New Land Contnilssloner.
The President nominated Richard
A. Ballinger. of Seattle, Wash., to
be Commissioner of the General
Land Office, to siicceed W. A. Rich
ards, who Is to retire on March 4.
Mr. Ballinger Is n member of a
lnw firm in Seattle and has been
Mayor of that city. He Is n gradu
ate of Williams Collage), where he
was a classmate of James R. Gar
field, who Is soon to become Secre
tary of the Interior.
Increases Artillery Corps.
The Senate passed the Warren bill
Increasing the artillery corps of the
army. The total Increase, which Is
to reach Its maximum In five years,
is 0,197 officers and men. which, with
the Increases In certain salaries of
the men In special grades, Bitch as
electricians, machinists, etc., will
amount to $2-1:1,324 annually.
could Retire .lodges.
Representative De Armond, ol
Missouri, has Introduced a bill in
the House authorizing the President
to retire any Judge of the Uniter'
States when he thinks the retirement
of such a judge would promote the
public welfare, and giving the Presi
dent power, b and with the advice
of the Senate, to fill the vacnncy
thus created.
Congress And The Departments.
By a vote of 8 to 7 the House
Committee on the Judiciary defeated
another attempt to bring out the
Hepborn-Bel liver Liquor Bill, which
prohibits express companies and in
terstate carriers from delivering In
toxicants In temperance communities.
The Department of Justice an
nounced that the United States gov
ernment had begun two suits in San
Francisco for the purpose of enforc
ing the provision of the treaty with
Japan giving to the Japanese equal
school advantages.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
announced that lie had decided to
adhere to his original selection of
a site for the Pittsburg postofflce,
located at Fifteenth and Penn
Streets.
Secretary Tafl issued permits for
tho importation of 160,000 electrical
horse-power, generated on the Cana
dian side of Niagara Falls, Into the
United States.
The Senate agreed to the Klttredge
resolution Instructing tho Secretary
of Commerce and Labor to Investi
gate the Lumber Trust.
The Douse passed the Urgent De
ficiency Bill, carry an appropriation
of $344,650 for various branches of
the government.
The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs agreed to a favorable re
port of the Perkins Expatriation Bill.
By a vote of 133 to 92 the House
of Representatives voted to Increase
their salaries to $7,500 per year.
R. A. Ballinger wai nominated to
bo commissioner of t',e General Land
Office.
The Senate passed a bill providing
for Increasing the artillery corps of
tho Army.
President Roosevelt has written a
letter to Chairman Foss, of the
Naval Affairs Committee, urging
that an appropriation should be
made at once for two first-class bat
tleships of the maximum size.
Senator Blackburn offered an
amendment to the Foraker Brown
vlllo resolution disclaiming any In
tention on the part of the Senate to
question tho President's right to dis
charge the negro troops.
Secretary of State Root, accom
panied by his wife and daughter, left
Washington for Ottawa, Canada,
whore we will be entertained by Earl
Grey, the governor general.
A report wbb made by Chairman
Shonts to the Senate committee, de
claring that borings made had shown
a suitable foundation for the pro
posed Gatuu dam.
A resolution was adopted by the
National Board of Trade proposing
changes In the Bankruptcy Law.
The Isthmian Canal Commission Is
disposed to award the contract, for
building the canal to Oliver & Bungs
at their bid.
The House Committee on Military
A flairs decided to make u favorable
report of the Hull Bill for the re
organization of tho artillery of the
Army.
Representative Olmsted, of Peon
sylvanla, became the champion of
the Carlisle Indian School In the
House.
Commissioner of Corporations Gar
field, while before the House Com
mittee on Interstate and Forelgu
Commerce, Indorsed the Towusend
bill, providing for an Investigation
by presidential direction of all labor
and capital disputes.
Tho executive committee of the
National Reciprocal Demurrage Con
vention luld beforo the President a
memorial to amend the law so as to
penalise the railroads lor refusal to
rumlsh cars when reques'ed by snip
pers, or failure to move cars when
thoy have been louded.
The report of the Select Committee
on ludlan Territory wnj made to tin
Senate. It criticises Secretary Hitrli
cock's withdrawal of land for the
forest reserve as Illegal.
In a speech in tho Senate Carmaclt
Indorsed the action of the President
In discharging the negro troops on
account of the Brownsville riot.
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Parts.
Miss Emma,-, AVorstall, of New
town, and Wa)i.'-'Mcptt, of Wrights
town, were married In the Nevv
town Friends' Meeting House. Tho
ceremony was according to the So
ciety of Friends, under care of the
Makefleld Monthly Meeting. The
overseers were Mr. and Mrs. Chnrles
L. Knight and Mr. nnd Mrs. New
lln Ely. Miss Edna Scofleld. of Moj-)
Inn, Pa., was maid of honor, and
Howard Wright, of Rochester, N. .,
was best man. Evan T. Worthing
ton, of Newton, rend th marriage
certificate, which was signed Try
tbreo hundred persons. A reception
followed the ceremony. It was held
at the home of the bride's father,
George C. Worstall, and attrndod by
nearly one hundred nnd fifty per
sons. Fire destroyed the Inrge flour mill
belonging to the Albert Bromer es-i
tate and operated by George H.
Shoemaker below Bch wenkBVlllc. The
loss Is $20,000 and Insurance $500.
This Is the third time the mifl at
this site was burned.
Mrs. Henry Neff, of Pottsvllle,
when sho awoke found that, her 2-year-ol.l
son, Henry, was lying dead
in bed beside hor. The child hud
been smothered during the night by
rolling Itself in the blanket. It was
In perfect health when put to sleep.
I Thomas Sheerer Parker, the oltl
est. In point of practice of the mem
bers qf tho Allegheny County bar,
died of slow paralysis, tho result of
being run down by an automobile
16 months ago. He was born in Car
lisle, April 2, 1840, and was gradu
ated from Dickinson College. He
served in tho Civil War and took
part in tho battlo of Antletttm. In'
i860 he Bettled in Pittsburg and be
gan tho practice of law. He leaves
his widow, one son, two daughters
and a brother, Dr. Joseph B. Parker,
a retired nuval officer, of Philadel
phia. The State Department of Health
has sent a communication lo Road-)
ing requesting that notice bo taken
of the refuse emitting from local in
dustries and polluting the Schuyl
kill, to which it Is conveyed through
tho storm water sowers. Mayor Ger
ber met with the Board of Public
Works and advised that action be
taken to remedy the matter. It was
decided that the most feasible plan
of taking care of the waste water
would be to allow connection to be
made with the house sewer system,
through which It will be purified be
fore reaching the river. It is also
proposed to establish a municipal
laboratory to make analytic tests of
water and milk.
The annual meeting of the Stato
Horticultural Society was held at
Harrisburg. Tho program opened
with an address by the president,
Gabriel Heistor. of Harrisburg. J.
H. Hale, of Glastonbury. Conn., spoko
on "Money in Peach Culture." There
were also short talks by State Zoo
logist Surface, Representative Creasy
of Cntawlssn, and other members of
the society.
Nathan Wilcox, nn inmate of tha
Danville Hospital for tho Insane, wai
thought to have escaped Tuesdaj
night and a search covering several
miles was made. Wilcox was latei
found hiding under a bed in ono o(
of Ihe dormitories.
Tho large frame barn owned bj
Samuel Egoll', of Spring City, burn
ed to the ground, together with th
entire Summer crop of grain and
hay, eight cows, one horse and al!
the farming Implements, Total losi
Is about $3000, no Insurance.
Rev. Dr. William Barnes Lower
pastor of the fashionable Calvarj
Presbyterian Church, of Wyncote
will sail on February 7 for a threi
months' tour of the Orient.
Jonathan Rumberger died at Slia
mokin.. He was a Civil War veteras
and participated in many engage
ments on Southenf-battlefields.
The Blair County Court granted
a rule to revoke the license of the
Alttunont Hotel, the largest hotel rn
the county, on the grounds that the
proprietor declined to sell liquor
across tho bar to colored people,
The hotel men of tho county are
discussing the advisability of open
ing Jim Crow bar-rooms to avoid
outbreaks of race prejudice.
It has been decided that the night
schools must be closed until the con
lagloiiB diseases now afill.'tlng the
children of Scranton are checked.
That the heulth authorities have
control of the stiustlon now seems
evident. The school buildings are
to be fumigated and n'.i text books
are not to ' tiken from homes
wHero contagious diseuse has existed.
There are 124 prisoners In the
Northampton County Jail, the great
est number In the history of the
county. The number of prisoners
have increased about 30 per cent, in
tho last year. The jail Is over
crowded. Many of the prisoners
are men sentenced to thirty days and
less by the police courts of Easton.
It hns been suggested that If these
men were placed on a bread trad
water diet during their impiisonmdnt
tho fact would soon become general -ly
known, and the number of prison
ers would probably be reduced.
- John Beloss and George Stebanitz,
foreigners, while crossing the Penn
sylvania Kailroad bridge at Monnt
Etna in attempting to get ont of
the way of n freight train, walked
over the side urtyl fell into the
Juniata River many feet below . Both
were drowned.
Henry Overkalt. a resldont of
Rocktown. a farming village near
Ashland,, was found dead on the
road leading to locust-Dale at an
early hour the other momlug. He
was lying face downward In a pool
of water and the supposition Is that
he fell and was drowned. Tho pool
was but four indies deop.
A fust freight train, on the Penn
sylvania Railroad run" down and in
stantly killed Mrs. Fred Hall, $4
yoars old, near Mill Creek. Sfco
was walking on Vie tracks to vfctlt
her husband, who worked at the
si'.ud works near that place.
George 11. Stewart, millionaire
capitalist, of Shlppensburg. has been
appointed u member of the Board
of Munagors of tho Reformatory at
Huntingdon to succeed the late Alex
Port, of Huntingdon. Mr. StdWart,
Is a brother of Justice Johu Stewart,
of the Supreme Court, end fftato
Senutor Alexander Stewart.
The wife or Wu Ting-fang, former
minister from China to the United
States, has just paid the cost of
building a large and tine hospital tn
Hongkong.