I THEATER PEOPLE IN HOTEL FIRE Hn Fatal Leap of John Conley, a Comedian. AN ACTRESS TERRIBLY BURNED. Death and Suffering in n Extrav aganza Company The Members and Other Guest of the Hotel Arcade In Chester. Pa.. Awakened by Fire Early Sunday Morning. I . Cheater. Pa. ( Special 1. As the re ' ult ot one of the worst fires that has visited this city in yearn, and which destroyed the Hotel An ade, Blxth Street nni Edgmont Aenue, at an early hour Sunday morning, one wan is dead, one woman 1r dying, and several other persons, members ot a theatrical company, aro patients In Chester Hospital under treatment lor burns and other Injuries. The dead: John COnley, Philadelphia, com edian with the Vanity Kail Extrava ganza Company, jumped from a third story window. The injured : Mrs. Lillian Watson. Elmira. N. Y.. member of same company, burns of body and limbs, condition critical. Fred Reed, Boston, comedian Van ity Fair Company, burned and suf fering from shock and inhalation of smoke. Klla H 1. wife of Fr.'d H-cd. enf THE HEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic. A bill In equity, to secure an ac counting Ot the financial affairs of Mrs Marv Baker Olover Kddy. head of the Christian Science Church, was filed in the New Hampshire courts by Mrs. Kddy's son. Oeorge V. Olorer. of Deadwood. S. P., and his daughter. Mr. Mnr Baker Clover, and Oeorge W. Baker, n nephew of Mrs. Kddy. The Western section of the Alli ance of Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian system has sent a letter to the Reformed Churches In France expressing satisfaction over the new religions conditions. Wilhelm Raff, editor of the Illi nois ataats-Zcitung. the oldest Oer man editor In the I'nlted States, Is dead The V. M. C. A building at Utlca. X. Y . was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of 11(4,009 to 11,6.000. Thorns Baldwin, of Colfax. 111., shot and Instantly killed Mr. and Mrs. 'nHiic: Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs. Else man and Miss Elsemnn. Baldwin had been indicted for an nlleged as sault upon Miss Elseman. Rev. J. B. Tittle, his father, his wife and baby were killed and two children fatally Injured by nn ex plosion of dynamite that destroyed bis house, at Carnle. ill. Filipinos are alarmed over Jnpan ese war talk, and a recent exchange of salutes between warships so fright ened many natives that they fled to the mountains. Andrew Freedtnan. of New York. i .'c overed judgment in the New York SORSIDT BILL IS PASSED BY HOOSE Victory Wrested Out of the laws of Defeat. fering from shock and slight burns, court against the Maryland Cnsualty Ernest Shaw, Boston, burned hand. : ( ompauy tor s..h.ino. The fire was attended by many thrilling rescues and escapes. There were 24 guests and the members of the family of Thus Hnrgreaves. pro prietor of the hotel, in the building when the fire broke out. So quickly did the flames gain headway that none of the guests had time to save any personal belongings, all escaping attired only in their night clothing. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. Shortly after ." o'clock Oeorge Bart lett. a performer at the Family Thea ter, was awakened by smoke. Arous ing his wife, they hurriedly 'dressed SEVERAL VERY EXCITING SCENES. Splendid Organization of the Rcpubll cans and the Disorganization of Drmocrats Accredited as Reason for Bill's Final Adoption by a Majority of 12 Votes. Washington. P. C. (Special!. After defeating the Ship Subside Bill Friday afternoon by a majority of 5 votes, the House, v'ter an excit ing discussion, rccontldered its ote and adopted the bill by a majority of 12 votes. The official vote by which the bill was first defeated was 161 to 154, an apparent majority of 7. hut. as a matter of fact, Mr. Ltltaucr. of New York, who has been in charge of the measure, when he taw that the bill was doomed, (hanged his vote from 'aye" in favor of the bill to "no" ngalnst it. In -order to avail himself of his parliamentary right to move to reconsider the vote. Hence, tho actunl strength of the friends of the bill was 151 votes and the strength Of the opponents was 160. so that the bill was defeated really by a majority ot 5 votes. That. Mr. Entailer was able to wrest the victory out of the very laws of defeat, was due solely to the splendid organization of the Repub licans and the disorganization of the Pemocrats. Tho voting began at 3 o'clock, but earlier In the afternoon Mr. LIttauer realized that the trend of sentiment against the bill was steadily growing. East. Tuesday. l!,nl Morten and all of the other retiring officers of the Equitable Eife Assurance Society were re-elected. The lower house of the California legislature passed a sweeping antl Japanese and nntl-Chinese measure. The Salvation Army will establish when the bill antisui.ldo bureaus In all the large (hP UoUM, the vote by which the cities of tho l nlted States. resolution was passed showed a ma- Tho porto Rico Legislative Assem- jority for the bill of between ,20 and bly adopted a hill providing for the I 30 votes, but tho three days' discus abolition of the death penalty. slon of the measure had been gradu Hundreds of waterspouts were seen j aiy undermining that majority, until on Nantucket Shoals by officers of , Friday afternoon Mr. Elttauer rocog the steamer Maine. nized that victory was more than Comptroller of the Rock Island I problematical. From time to time Itarriman in- rft. voles on amendments showed AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Urlefty Told. Senator Morgan filed a statement on matter of Congo concessions which may have been granted Ameri cans by King Leopold. His resolu tion calling for Investigation went to the calendar. Admiral Pcwey told a story or how ho was Instrumental In the adoption Of "The Star-Spangled Ban ner" as the national anthem In an address before the Key Memorial Association. W. J. Oliver, Jr., the lowest bid der for the construction of tho Pnna ma Canal, received back the check for $200,000 he submitted with his bid. He may sue the. government. Senor Carbo. minister for Ecua dor, is to return to his own country to assume the post of minister of fore.gn affairs. Senator Rttikrtt Introduced 11 reso lution calling for investigation of legality of business done by various expri'ss companies in the I'nlted State. Forty-one old employes In the Ball-bag repair shop of the Post office Department, were dismissed. The Senate passed the bill extend ing government aid to the Alnska-Ynknn-Pucifte Exposition to bo held in Seattle. Representative Eit timer reported to the House the General Deficiency Appropriation Bill, carrying $!, 17, 396. A number of senators and repre sentatives will visit Hawaii upon the invitation of the people. The Postmaster General has ap proved stamps commemorative of tho Jamestown Exposition. A junket has been arranged for congressmen to the West Indies and was brought before (ne Panama Canal Zone. w ' iii.l ,nn,iAA,l In and, going out into the hallway. u- ',,,,,, ,hn, ,ha, mild Was mort-l,h, th. hilt sicdllv loAn covered flames tho 1 1 ! thtril Hnnr fn At the same time Mr. Har- ! aKpd to the limit uud that its 1 f fiends, and the roll call on the ....,..... -., Willi If) K.OCK -. ,1. ,.f I ... Kill l.iri tulI urnrni.i - greaves was awakened and tried to . ... , , ,,, ,hn Umrrtman , ' . , w, ., r.i.,. mm... I 7- i . I 1 1 I 1 11, V . I . ...... - -- . V I, , V I I... l , 1 . 1 1 . 111.....". ' .VUB interests was brought out. U has been discovered that ihe $17:1.000 missing from the Chicago Suhtrcusuiy was stolen by a promi nent business man. who used an ordinary ruler to draw the cash from behind the tPller s screen send in an alarm over the telephone, but was forced to rush down stairs with his wife and daughter. Bartlett and hh wife, finding es cape cut off by the stairway, tied blankets together and swung to the roof of the Morning Republican Building, adjoining. In the meantime the other guests of the hotel, the majority of whom were members of the Vanity Fair i,nttaK(.d will bear the closest scru- tiny. Fall of 8 cents n dozen in the price of eggs is reported from Chicago. Supply is said to he Inexhaustible and the egg famine at an end. Two firemen were killed and 11 others rendered unconscious by am monia fumes during a fire in New York marker. William F. Walker, the missing treasurer of the New Britain (Ct.) Savings Hank, has been traced to Oregon. , The New York State Court of Ap peal! sustained the Judgment of the lower court that George W. Perkins, as a vice president of the New Y'ork Life Insurance Company, was not gulltv of larceny In the use Of the company for contributions to nlzed that he was defeated. Hasty Consultation, A hasty consultation Of the Re publican leaders was held. Messen gers were sent all over town to hunt up absent Republicans and to bring Stuyveeant Ftoh replies to accuse- t the House by main force If J I... C- II llnrilmiin nllrt UTOWiri, I" KM1II lilliu , , . i,n- declares all transactions In which he company chorus, awakened to find thetne3lves hemmed in by dames, and being unable to descend to the lower floor, had gone to tho windows, and leaning outward with the fire sweep ing over them, screamed for as sistance. 1u response to an alarm turned In at 3 - 9 o'clock by a pedes trian all the local Ore companies were soon on the scene. Mrs. Lillian Watson, wife of the "property man" of the theatrical rompany. clasping her elght-months-old baby to her breast and shielding It from the flames, had made her way to a rear side window of the building, where, becoming exhausted and partly overcome by the smoke, she held the infant out from the sill. lames Knmln. procuring a ladder. ascended to the rehf of the building i the Republican campaign fund adjoining, crossed over and carried In an encounter between Congress- tho woman and bahv to the adiolninc I man-elect R. N. Hacked and Repre roof, and then to his home, from where she wag rent to the Chester Hospital. Fred Reed, his wife and two chil dren, who occupied rooms on the third story, al:o figured In a s tartling rescue, using blankets to swing his loved ones to safety. an i mini: explosion. senlativo G. G. Bryant, of the ortn Carolina legislature, on the floor of the House, at Raleigh, the former struck Bryant In the face and the latter drew a knife, but was dis armed. Foreign. Germany will not offer any objec tion to Great Britain's proposal tiiat the question of the limitation of nr- I on;, 'en Near Peatli In Hospital, Others Slightly Hint. Scranton, Pa. (Special) Fourteen men are. hovering near death In Tay lor Hospital and 12 others suffered blight burns as the result of a terrific explosion of gas that swept through a portion of the Clark vein of the Holden mine of the Delaware, Lack Hwanna and Western Company at North Taylor, four miles from here. Whether or not 110 other miners at work in the affected section escaped was in doubt up to 10 o'clock, when Mine Inspector David Williams felt safe in saying they were all out of tho mine and alive This statement he made only alter It was possible for searching parties to make a tour of the affected part of the mine, and who returned with the report that they could find no men In the work ings who had b in report) I missing. Still thi:i Dews was not reassuring to hundreds who gathered about the shaft's head, for the doubt and foara of the afternoon and . renlng were not removed, and tin -y t II certain that there were yet others whose lifeless bodies would bo found lati r. flraphophoae Pot Choir, Marlon, Ohio (Special). Rev. J. P. (Jurrln, who cani ' here from Cali fornia ua pastor of the Kirs' Baptist Church, Inaugurated an Innovation by Introducing graphophone music In lieu of tie choir. The . ice w a . marked by a 10 minute prelude with tho grapbopbone, followed by bap tism, praise, and preaching ou Kubjoct "Gvaogi . m ' Score (r .Men Blown Up, New Vork (Special). A dynamite, magazine, containing explosives used In tho excavation work for the Penn sylvania Railroad's North River tun jiel at Homestead, N. J., was blown up shortly after midnight, a score of employes at work in the vicinity being Injured and buildings for milt around shuken. The shock of the explosion broke probably every win dow in Homestead and at Union Hill, and was felt In this city and Brook lyn, where many tall buildings trem bled precept ibly. ( rushed By Chvnior. Philadelphia (Special). Martha Peterman, an elevator operator at the) Young Woman's Christian A elation Building, In this city, was crushed to death by the lift. She bad run the elevator up to the eighth floor, whore she left It standing while she went to breakfast. The elevator bod dropped several feet below ihe floor when she returned. Miss Peter man lay down on the floor to reach the controller and run the lift back to the floor level, in doing so she turned tbe lever the wrong way and the car descended, crushing her bead tauer changed his vote, as slated, from aye to nay, believing that if an hour's time could be gnined enough Republicans could be brought Into the House to pass the hill. Availing himself of his parliamentary right. Mr. Eittauer, after the vote by which tho bill was defeated had been an nounced, moved to reconsider the vote. Mr. Williams, the leader of the Pemorarts, promptly moved to lay that motion on the table, and then unwisely demanded a rollcall. This was, of course, exactly what the Re publicans wanted. They had noticed that several Pemocrats, after the vote had been announced, had hur ried to the cloakrooms, and, putting on their hats and coats had left the of funds Capitol. A rollcall in the House con sumes nearly tnree-quariers or an hour, and Mr. Williams' blunder in demanding a rollcall gave the Re publicans just so much time to bring In absent men. The tally clerk called the roll slowly, understanding that every minute gained Increased the oppor for bringing more Republicans to the House. When the vote was fin ally announced on Mr. Williams' mo tion the Republicans had gained their first victory, for the motion to lay on the table Mr. Elttauer's mo tion to reconsider was defeated by R vote of 159 to loft, Everv Re- Thc George Washington Unrersl ty has appointed an alumni com mittee to raise $400,000. Conferees reached an agreement on the bill to limit the hours of crews of trains. The Senate passed the Expatriation Bill authorizing the Issuance of pass ports to persons intending to become citizens of the United States. President Roosevelt gave a dinner at the White House In honor of re tiring members ot his Cabinet. The House adopted the conference eport on the bill giving tho govern WRECK AND FIRE WIPE OUT TRAIN Crash On B. & 0. Riva's Accident to Pennsys Flyer. ALL SURVIVE BUT THE ENGINEER. Train Was Making Forty Mi san Hour When It Jumped ti c Track Near Con ncl ivillc, Pa. Just Missed Rolling Down a Fifty-foot embankment to Water Wreck Catches Fire. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Train No. 49, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rnllroad, running 40 miles an hour, was wrecked at Indian Creek, six miles east of Connellsvllle, Pa. Tho engineer was killed and many pas sengers Injured. Fortunately the train left the rails to the left, and was ditched at the foot of the mountains. To the right, was a 50-foot embankment and water. The wreckage then took fire, and the entire train. Including the private car of Robert J. Finney, superintend ent of the Pittsburg division was burned. It was one of the most re markable accidents on record, In so far as only one person was killed. It Is said to be even more marvelous than the wreck on tho Pennsylvania Special on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Minernl Point. Ran MO Feet On Ties. Tho train was westbound and 1S minutes late. It consisted of a com bination smoking and baggage car. two day coaches and the private car of Superintendent Finney. After leaving tho rails tho train ran for 200 feet along tho ties and was thrown Into the ditch at the foot of tho mountains, where the wreckage was completely burned. The engineer was killed, the fire- ' tratlon man lawny injured ami me imsr' master, express messenger, conduc tor and six passengers were seriously Injured. About 3d passengers were more or lesn cut and bruised. Clara Piled On Looomotlre, There were 41 passengers on the train. Including a party of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials who were on a tour of inspection. When the train was three miles east of Indian Creek the engineer began to speed in an endeavor to make up IS min utes lost early in the trip. The train was making about 4 0 miles an hour. COUNTRY'S RIG DEATH RAIE More Than Half a Million Succumb To Disease. ment the right of appeal to the Su- -nMwjy UlP whole train swayed prcme Court In criminal cases. (, mW)h jarring and cracking, " . i. t t.-.l , t IE.. manieuis se n iuti.....-u "'- publican had remained in his seat program Ol the peace conference. nne or two had been brought in. The growing or cotton m " 'Iwhlli- tho aimlnlM Mn nglli of the tench colonics from Ame.ican a ed , DemorrBtH showf.(1 hal f , has been sucre.-stul and the French ha(, ,,. Colonial Cotton Association is much i ' 1 , ,. . RICH FARMER KILLS FOUB. Adlces from the Central American seat of war state thut the fighting w ,., ,Wcu(M, Gn A Charge Is becoming general, with Nlcaragaa h beating the brunt of tho three-cor- Of Assaulting A Girl, aered conflict, Bloomington, 111, (Special) Thom- The Moroc. ao overnment har, ) BMwlni a rlch farmer und formor agreed m the appointment of col, ; . , ,,, , . j t..i i.,iio.- nt th. u.tcc a no v 'merchant ol Colfax, III., shot and as chief of the international Moroc can police. The Dutch mail steamer Konlngin Wilhelmtna went ashore in B fog on a dyke at Flushing. Holland, but soon got off again. No serious damage. The Japanese conversion loan will b laSUOd In London and Purls within the next two weeks. The amount will be 1116,000,000 at 5 per Mat. The Argentine Antarctic ship Cru gaaj has arrived at Scotia Bay, South Orkney lalandl, after serloUH en counter with Icebergs. it was shown In the Reichstag that Germany pays less ouctomi dues per capita thnti either England or the United States. There was u liv ly debate In the French Chamber ' Deputies over the Weekly ltest Day Law. Rosina Bertram, who was principal contralto of the Savoy Theater, Lon don . Is dead. Sir Frui i is Plunkett. formerly British ambassador at Vienna, Is .lend. II. (1. Stang, ex-minister of state of Norway, died ut Chrlstlansnnd. Henry White, the retiring Ameri . an ambassador at Rome, paid fare , 11 visits to Premier tilollttl and tbe Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, who all ex pressed the most friendly feelings for the I'nlted States. in the debate in the Reichstag Herr (iroeber, the I Center party leader, as serted that tbe National Liberals had eve:, applied to parties lu the I'nl'ed State't for funds to bo used In Ihe election agitation. Kit hard C. Perkins, a well-known member of the American colony lu Paris, is dead. In a statement of the British naval estimates for 1907-8 the constrm tlon of battleships during the coming year is made dependent In I measure up on the decision of the next peace con ference. At a meeting of the German Feder al Council it was decided that under the circumstances no member of the House of Cumberland w ill be allowed to succeed to tho throne of Bruns wick- Two cases of the plague have oc curred at Muanza, German Last Af rica, und one case has been discover ed on board a British steamer which arrived recently at Muanxa. f'l..,.,ia Vdnnnlv tinrl u-ifo u.ul Mrs. Elm ISlsmM and daughter Cora. The decision was reached at r. conference at the White House to continue the prosecution of the To bacco Trust, begun sometime ago. Promotions, following the reorga nization of the Artlllerj COrpt have left 43 va-ancics In the list of flrtt lieutenants. The House agreed to the confer ence reports on the Fortifications Appropriation Bill and the Omnibus Revenue Cutter Bill. President Rooeevelt has accepted the resignation of Chief Engineer Stevens, of tho Panama Canal Com mission, and has appointed to suc ceed him Major Goethals, of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. The Dominican government has acceded to tho amendment to Ihe Dominican Treaty, striking out tho requirement that the American re ceiver of customs must bo approved by the Senate. 8310 NATIONAL RANKS. Report Of Comptroller Of Tr.iiMiiy Shows Capital of SMTr 770.S75. Washington. X). C. ( Special) . Tho Comptroller of tho Currency has is sued the following statement: "At the close of business January Bit 1907, there were In existence ii.315 national banking associations, with authorized capital stock ot $807,776,275: bonds on deposit to secure circulation, S53383IB602 cir culation outstanding secured by bonds, $.",0,698,574,; circulation secured by deposit of lawful money, $46,4!iti,'j9.r,; total outstanding cir culation, $r..ii;,t'J7,.'.69. "Under the act of Congress ap proved March 14, 1900, authorizing banks with a minimum capital of $lir.,ii00, there have been chartered 2,134 associations, their authorized I capital stock being $:,r,::so,roo. During the si me period there were organized under the Act of June 1! 1864, 1.141 banks, with cupital stock of 1183,487,800. making the total number of banks chartered from March 14. 1900, to January II, 1907. :t,i;r,. with capital of $iss,- 808,300. Of these banks, 300 Willi authorized capital of $25,230,800, were cun'.. r: ions of Stnto hanks, 1,062. with capital or $67,074,000, successions of State and private banks, and ihe remainder, 1.S37, with capital of $96, 557, 500. were banks of primary organization. "During the month of January there were chartered 10 bunks, with left, the rails. Fortunately, the train took a course northwest from tho truck, and after running over 200 feel along Ihe ties, plunged Into the ditch. The four cars piled in a heap almost di rectly over the engine. Tho passen gers were thrown and tossed about like packages. Screaming and fight -iiic deanerately. they managed to break the windows of the tars and t.'...U,., ,..,.,c.i, Out of I r tinil Ml K i , 'II toroiBi,. - - only two-fifths of the population of the United Slates, more than half a million lives were offered up in 1905 as a sacrifice to disease. Startling as this death rate may seen, It was less than that for the preceding year, hut was In excess of the number of deaths registered for any other, year. This death rate Ib lower than thai of Ireland. Germany or Italy for the Fame period, but higher than that of England and Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands. The death rate from nephritis awl BrlghCs disease, apoplexy, cancer, dlabeteg and appendicitis Is Increas ing, while that from old age, bron chitis, convulsions, peritonitis and scarlet fever is decreasing. The greatest death rate recorded for any one disease in 1905 was that from pulmonary tuberculosis, amount to 56,770, whllo pneumonia follows closely with a death rale ot R9.068. exclusive of bronrl. j-pnetimonia. The much dreaded cancer shows a steadily growing death rate, the figures be ing 24.330. The above are the more interest ing facts brought out In B report Is sued by the census bureau giving tho statistics of mortality for 1905, together with revised figures for (he years 1901 to 1104, inclusive, lor the registration area of the I'nlted Slates. The statistics In this report are restricted to states In which the law.'i requiring the registration of deaths have been accepted as giving practically complete mortality re turns and to cities in non-registration states in which satisfactory re turns are required by the local au thorities. Tho registration area In 1905 con sisted of 10 registration states, the District of Columbia and 123 regis- cities in non-registration states. Tho 10 reRlstrntlon state were Connecticut, Indiana, Maine. Massachusetts, Michigan. New Hamp shire, New Jersey. New York, Vermont and Rhode Island. The po pulation of the entire area in 1900 wns 30.765.018. representing 40.5 per cent, of the total population ol continental I'nlted States. Of this number 19,900,742 persons, or 26.3 per cent, of the total population, WeTO In registration states, and 10, Sfi4,876 persons, or 14.2 per cent., were In registration titles in non registration states. Five additional state? California. Colorado. Maryland, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. have recently been added to the "registration area," and will hereafter be included in the cen sus bureau's reports un mortality statistics. An urgent, plea is made that other states adopt laws requiring the reg istration tif deaths. The total number of deaths report ed from the various kinds of diseases in 1905 aggregated 5 15,53.1. and STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Latest News Gleaned Frem Various Parts. a feature of fha thirteenth annuar meeting of the Winchester Hunting Club, at the farm of .1. B. Irvln. Altjoona. was a wrestling match be tween Mrs. J. B. Nearhoof and Mrs. O. 0. (Irar.ler. well-known residents of Tyrone, and women of athletic mold. The match was planned as a surprise for the men and was hold In tho barn, following the annual dinner. The principals had apparel ed themselves especlslly for the ex hibition, which was conducted ac cording to the catrti-as-cateh-can rules. It was a real match, each woman trying her best to score a fall. Strangle holds. half-Nelsons and all other wrestling arts were tried without success, and at the end of fifteen minutes. Mrs. Miles Beck, tho referee, called It a draw. Martin McNurney, aged 94. one of the oldest residents of Washing ton County, dropped dead at the bed side of his wife at McDonald. Mrs. McNurney haB been In a very criti cal condition for several days and when the physicians told tho aged man that his wife could not recover, he fell forwnrd Hnd died in a few moments. Mr. and Mrs. McNurney have been married for fifty-two years, and during the entire time had not been separated more than a day at a time:. . Harry Lynn, a driver at Tunnel Ridge Colliery, Mahanoy City, had several ribs broken by being kicked by a vicious mule nhorlly after com mencing work. The Mahanoy Jig House, employ ing 100 hands, was suspended Indefi nitely by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, as the Malja noy storage yard, which has a capa cityV)f 300,000 tons of coal, is fujl. The Hamburg Town Council will repeal the recently enacted speed ordinance and the Pennslyvanla Rail road will plaro a watchman at the Pine treet crossing, which Is con sidered dangerous. John Kernlsh. of Swedeland, while walking across the Schuylkill River at' that place, fell through the Ice and was drowned. His body was re covered with grappling Irons, 1 Oeorge Calvin Dickey, a 60-year-old white man. of Harrlsburg, blew out his brains with a shot g&n, pressing the trigger with a cane. He was led to this deed by melancholia, caused by the death of his wlfe a negress. three years ago. The dental offices of Dr. M. A. Pecker and Dr. J. Frank Stevens, located In the business heart, of Lan- I caster, were forced open by thieves. From the former $15 0 worth of gold was stolen and the latter was rob bed of instruments and supplies. An Increase of a million dollars has been made in Hie tax valuation nf Pottsville. A quarter of a million of this has been placed on the newly erected rolling mills of the Eastern gain places of safety Just as all the i those for Ihe preceding year amount- erected rolling m: cars became ignited from tho en- I ed to 551,354. On n percentage basil Steel Company . cine and commenced to burn Screen Within a lew moments an nan gotten out. While they stood about in a dazed condition, hardly realiz ing their miraculous escnpe, they were attracted by tho cries of Engi neer Irwin. Several of the passen I the death rate was in 1905, 16.2 In frank BuTKe), a carpenter, sreppen i nut or the wav o one train oeiore each 1,000 of population. The following figures show the death rates per 1.000 of the registra tion states for 1905: Connecticut. 16.5: District of Co lumbia, 30.8: Indiana, 12. s Maine, gers accompanied bv Superintendent 1 6.2 ; MasaaehUMtta, 10.8; Michigan, P .. a 1 , r. V I , X. , t n It. - ., Finney nnd the other railroad of ficlals, ran to the engineer s rescue. Watched Flattee Reach Engineer. Their efforts wero accelerated by Irwin's pathetic pleading, nnd every possible attempt was made to liber ate the engineer, who was tightly wedged under trie wierseu 'OS""'' I deaths per 100.000, are as follows: but without success. 1 ho fames ... . . . f un. ir8.2: naau- 13.5; New Hampshire, 1 7.0; New Jersey, 18.8; New York, 17.0; Rhode Isla:id, 17.1, and Vermont, 17.0. The causes, with their rates, to Which 20 or more death:: per 100,000 of population were attributed In 1905. ranked, according to number of quickly burned their way toward the doomed man. and soon It was appar ent thut ho would be cremated. Within a short time the flames reach ed the engineer. There were a few piercing screams and all yas over. Relief trains were dispatched from this city and the injured brought to the hospitals here. KM. I.ED BY AMMONIA. Baldwin was arrested Baldwin, who U 6S years old and a widower, is under bond charged with criminal assault on Cora Eis man. who was only 14 years of age. He had settled with the girl's father for a sum of money, hut was subse quently arrested and blamed the Kennedys and Mrs. Biaman for tho prosecution. Baldwin narrowly escaped lynch ing at the hands of angry farmer. fn u. ......... .1. , 1 n ,1..... to Saybrook and brought b; train to Bloomington, Minister And Family Killed. Carmii 111. (Special). By an ex plosion of dynamite Rev. J B. Tittle, his father, his wife and baby were killed, nnd two children of the family were finally Injured. Mr. Tittle, who was a Bantlst minister, had the dy namite in his house expecting to use the explosive in blow out stumps. The resilience was totally destroyed Died To Bare If is Chilil. Chicago, (Special).- In an fettempt 1 to save the life of his son Michael, 8 years old, John Nolls, 4s years old. teamster, was killed by a passenger train. The boy was standing on the unci; as the train approached. HIh father ran to him and had just grasp ed his son's arm when the train struck them Nolls was thrown on top of hi.; son, and the train passed over them. The father died on Ihe way to a hospital. Tho sou is In a serious condition. ft) hfl r Minister President. W ashington (Special. I At the annual meeting of the Washington Alumni Association of Andover Aca demy Sir Ciientung I. lung-Clung, Chinese minister to tho United Siutus, war. elected president of the association. The meeting, which was held Thursday night, wus ad dressed b) Bphraim Adams, of Waterloo, la., ot the class of 1834. John A. Mrllhennr, of Louisiana, recently appointed as a member of the Civil Service Commission, was among those elected to membership. which were bunks of primary or ganization, six reorganizations ot State and private banks, and nine conversions of State bunks." lour Killed By Explosion. Ktioxville, Tenn. (Special). The "m'..lng mill" at the Rand Towder Company's plant at Dosiett, Tenn., blew up killing William Hall, Wil liam Owens, Thus. Kennedy and James ICeateraon. Three other men were injured and two more are miss ing. To Hung For Murder. Ouffuey, S. C. (Special). Tho Jury In the case ef Tom Harris, alias Tom Childress, the North Carolinian barged with murder of Mrs. IJ01- lenaia Morgan, returned a verdict of guilty of murder and Judge Aldricb sentenced Harris to be hanged March 29. Harris confessed that he at tacked the aged woman In her home, cutting her throat with a pocket knife and robbing her of several hun- Mrcd dollare-. Japanese Cruisers Coming. Yokohama Japan (By Cable)--The Japanese cruisers Tsukuba and Chl toae left here for Jamestown, Va. Tbey Kot an impressive send-off. Naval Minister Vlco-Admirul Saito, Admirals Togo, I to, Inouye, the na val attache at tbe American Em bassy, Consul-General Miller and lo cal Japanese officials were preseut. The Empuror and Crown i'riuue sent their special aides-de-camp with a farewell message to Admiral Adjuln on the flagship Tpukuba. Two firemen Meet Death By Deadly I'll HICK. New York (Special) Two firemen wero killed and 1 1 others rendered unconscious by ammonia fumes at the fire lu the basement of a market in Eighth Avenue. One of those who was made unconscious may die. while ihe condition of two others is serious. The dead are Adam Damn) and Harry F. Baker. But for tho heroic work of three rescuing parties thc death list would have been larger. Datum and Baker had carried a pipe through the basement and Into an opcilng leading to a subcellnr, when lhey called for water pressure. However, when other firemen reached the hole to assist them in directing tho hose upon the blaze Datum and Baker were not. to be seen. Am monia fumes poured up through the hole and filled the basement. The lire had melted the coupling of one of tho ammonia pipe.; connected with the cold-storage plant of the market. Rescuing parties were formed and Dainni and Baker carried up from tho hob with diliUulty. They died soon afterwards, taach of the res cuers succumbed on reaching the outer air. Roll call revealed the fact that ('apt. Bernard Csvriock was down in the hole, where ho had gone In search of victims of the fume'i, 'And he was brought to the surface. It is believed that he will not recover Tin. financial loss will bo about $2,lMin, Sundry Civil Hill. . Washington (Special). Just bo fore tho Sundry Civil Bill was adopt ed by tho Senate Senator Daniel suc ceeded In adding to the bill nn amendment appropriating $70,000 for the extension and enlargement of the postofflce at Lynchburg lu uddltlon to the 80,000 already appropriated, and providing further that the re quirement in the exitting law for tho protection of the building by a lire limit ot at least 40 feet to bo repealed. nionla, 150.1; heart disease, 132." diarrhoea and enteritis 116.7; ne phritis and Blight's disease, 14.3; apoplexy, 72.2: cancer, 72.1: acci dental traumatisms, 42.1; old age, 36.4; meningitis. 3 1.5; brotnhitis, 33.5; premature birth, 32.9; con genital debility. 31.5: typliold fever, 28.1; and diphtheria and croup, 23. S. The report discusses the prejudice of physicians in reporting tubercu losis of the lungs, and stales thai they often report some other dis ease in Its stead. Other deaths, it Is slated, were undoubtedly attribu table to this disease, but were not returned as curb. Cancer tanks seventh among the various en u tea of death. Of the 24. 33d deaths from this disease, 9,189 were of males, while 15,141 were ol females. Deaths from this disease occur principally in advancing aiie between the years of 60 and 64. He Had Two Hearts. Rome (By Cable). Probably thc most remarkable court decision 011 record in a bigamy egge has just been handed down by a court at Perugia which acquitted Charles Balllorl, a tailor, on a charge of having two wive, on thc ground that he has two hearts. Four physicians testified thai BalliOrl possesses two hearts, and til. court at Ones ilc. nled that this wa: ample reason for him to marry twice IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. W. A. (iarrott was elected presi dent of the Seaboard Air Line. London has been a fairly good buyer of American stock:', for some days past, A rumor was circulated that the dividend on Southern preferred will be omitted. If nil the farmers are permitted to make alcohol, as tho Senate bill provides, it might act as a depressing Influence on Distillers' Securities. Rock Island's net profits in Janu ary increased 1321,415. As a sample of the "bargains" in tho security market may be mention ed tho fact that itedninnd & Co. are offering in Philadelphia the new Pennsylvania ", per cent, notes at 98 "g and Interest; President Johnson, of the Nor folk & Western Railway, said there was mi truth in the report that his company has beep approached by H. II. Rogers on the subject of the pur chase of the Tidewater Railroad Company. Poisoned lly Kraut. Parkershurg, W. Va. (Speclul) Ptomaine poisoning from eating kraut was tho cause of the four deafbs lu 1 ho family of E. 8. Boyce, of Palestine, on Saturday and Sun day, When tho head of the family and three of Ids children died in terrible agony. This la the decision of tho board of health of Wirt County. It was first thought that the deaths were due to poisoning from wood alcohol, und there was some suspic ion that foul play might have en tered into t lu.' .at- Tho passage of tho currency Mil by the Senate produced hardly any effect on stock prices. Bankers are divided in their opinion as to its practical effect, supposing it shall become a law this session. One of the Kubn, Loch & Co. part ners said lie was son y in Midi that his firm was obliged in turn over to tho Northern Pacific stock It pur chased to the Union Pacific as a prof it nf 861.000,000 was lost. The only thing, however, thut caused the ad vance in price was the competitive buying, and had Onion Pacific stop ped there would not have been the big profit referred tu. another In the Lackawanna yard at Scranton and was hurled many feet In the air by a locomotive attached to a fast freight. He lived a few min utes after being picked up by the crew. The building contractors of Hazlc lon have been notified by the Carpen ters' and JolnterB' Union that the. latter would mnke no demands for next year beyond asking that the present agreement and wage scale be continued for tne next. year. Mrs. Annie StaBncy, of Shamokin, was accldently shot by her son, John, In the kitchen of their home. As he was handling a gun it was acci dentally discharged and a bullet en tering her head, she fell to tho floor in a senseless condition and will likely die. A proposition to increase the freight revenues centering In the Pittsburg district something like 825,000,000 a year, .at tho same time boosting the price of steel and Iron has been decided upon by the trans portation companies, whoso general freight agents held a secret meeting In the committee room of the Penn sylvania Company nnd took prelimi nary steps for making the increase. At tho office of James P. Orr, gen eral freight agent of ihe Pennsylva nia, it was admitted that this meet ing has been held. Tho meeting lasted two hours and adjourned until a late ' date at which the details will be arranged. Rates on all Iron and steel material will be advanced. This will not he a straight 10 per cent, advance, but will be g varied seals averaging 10 per cent. When Julius Oreutzner, an aged bald-headed resident of tlreenock, he- . gun taking medicine for cancer ol the nose he expected a cure of that disease. This was a week ago and his head contained no more hair than a billiard ball. Now his head is covered with a growth of hair, wblch followed a pain In the head. The hair is short, but it Is growing long er and Is gray. The little mining hamlet of Fran cis, near BurgetlBtow n, was rompletc i ly wiped out by fire. Thc miners, many of them be .ides losing all their household goods, suffered the- loss ot considerable sums of money left In the houses which were destroyed. Tbe fire broke out during tbe night and nearly all the men wero nt work In the lhlnes. The. few women in the village could do nothing to pre vent the spread of the flumes. An alurm wus sent Into thc mines, but when the workmen urrlved It was too late. Mrs. Anton Hermann, a Slav wom an, was struck and killed by tbe S( rantbn tlyer, the Jersey Central fast train, while picking coal ut Allen, town. Messrs. James uud William Don nelly, of Coatesville, have purchased the old Mortonvllle Hotel, formerly owned by the late Chalkey Yetter, the veteran fox hunter. The commissioners of Columbia County declde'd to Ibsuo 83u,0O0 of 4 per cent, coupon bonds ol the de nomination of 8800. $500 and II, 000. 'l hey will be sold at public Bolo to the highest bidder. After a delay of months the Penn s Ivanla Railroad has announced a successor to Joseph B. Boyer, the grafting chief motive power clerk, who was dismissed from otflce by tbe late President Cassatt the day after his testimony before the Inter state Commerce Commission. Boyer's assistant, drier M. Bllsworlli, lakes the plaoe of bis chief. Kllgworth was In no way connected with the grafting, and ws never under aus-' Plolop. dscar A. Cherry becomes r,iiswoi id's assistant. Boyer never came baek to Altoona after his teati moay. He said to be in Mexico conducting mining operations.
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