t Call For Hen to Face the Ballets of the Boers. ITBAELY A WHOLE DIVISION LOST According to British Official Reporta, Whlcb Are Certainly Not Overeatl matetl.thr Dead, Wonnded and Irl- ; onera Amount to !,(lii:i. London, Jan. 30. History pauses for : o time in South Africa, it is one of ibose unsatisfactory pauses that are nearly ns trying to British nerves as a sequence of nf verses, and apparently it will terminate only when Lord Hob- erU gives the word for the forward movement iiuo the Free State, which, according to the most cheerful view, he will be unable to do for a fortnight. ( Whether he will permit General Dul ler to make another attempt to relieve ( 1-adysmith Is quite outside the Knowl edge even of those closely connected I with the war otilce. With ihe troops i due to arrive next month he may think ; himself strong enough to try two large operations. Combining the forces un der Generals Melinien, French and Gathers and adding to mam the arriv inS troops, Lord Roberta would have 70,000 lor the lnvusion of the Free 1 State, with 40,000 to 50,000 guarding communications, und 40,ooo trying to rescue Ladysmith. The thing on which everybody srems greed is that more men must go to j the front. There are now ',202 men I and 155 guns at sea, und there are 11,- 000 Infantry and 0,000 cavalry, inciud- I lng 6,000 yeomen, practically ready to : embark. Therefore the government, Without doing more, can place at the ! disposal of Lord Roberts 40,000 addi- tlonal men and 105 guns. The further purposes of the war olllce are supposed to embrace somewhere in the neigh borhood of 50,000 more men. As the Initiation is that candidates will be ' rather scarce the war office will issue j orders for those reservists who were found unfit at the previous mobili.a- j Horn examinations to report tor fur- ther examination. Applicants for cavalry service are still freely offering ss yeomanry. General Buller's operation has cost 912 men, so far otticially reported, within ten days. Applying to the 200 Spion Kop casualties reported yester day the rule of proportion, the losses of officers indicate probably 500 casu alties yet to come. Ihe total casual ties of the war, complied from official reports, are 9,523, nearly a division. Of these 2,486 are killed, 4,811 wound ed and the rest prisoners. The aggregate British home troops In South Africa number 116,000, the Natallans 7,158 and Cape Colonials 21,000. A special dispatch from Frere Camp, dated Friday last, says regarding the repulse at Spion Kop: "The ridge held by our men was faced by a number of strong little kopjes at ail ranges, from which the Boers sent a concentrated Are from their, miles, supported by a Maxlm tforgehfeldt and a big long range gun. What wuh the rifles, the machine guns and the big gun, the summit was converted into a perfect hell. The shells txploded continually in our ranks, and the rifle fire, from an abso lutely unseen- enemy, was perfectly ap palling. The unfinished trench on the sun 'lilt gave very questionable shel ter, is the enemy's machine guns were so accurately trained upon the place tha 16 shells fell in the trench in a sing le minute. Mortal men could not peri ianently hold such a position. Our gall int fellows held It tenaciously for 24 lours and then, taking advantage of t ie dark night, abandoned it to the enemy." General Bailor's latest dispatch to the war office on Sunday last stated that Bplon Kop was abandoned on air count of lack of water, inability to bring artillery there and the heavy Boer Are. His whole force withdrew south of the Tugela river with the evi dent intention of reaching Ladysmith by another route. General Buller speaks exultlngly of the fact (hat his forcei retreated across the Tugela without losing a man or a pound of store. The fact that General War ren's force captured Spion Kop after "easi y defeating the small Boer gar rison" according to Holler's dispatch at the time, and that the Boers have recaptured It, would indicate that it was only another Boer trap set for the ebemy. The reports of losses in the Spion Kop battle are conflicting, a Boer report giving the British dead at 1,500. This is doubtless an exagger ation. Train Itobbera Showed Flitht. Holden, Mo., Jan. 30. John Jackson, a detective of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad from Sedalla, was shot through the head by a train robber here early yesterday. Sunday Super intendent Hardy, of the Missouri Pa cific railway, learned that an attempt would be made to rob the express car on the east nound Missouri Pacific train No. 8. A posse was organized in Sedalla and left there on a special train Sunday night. It was learned that the men were In a house in Holden-, and officei s raided the place. As he entered the door Jackson was fatally shot. The robbers escaped, but one was subse- i quently captured, badly wounded. He admits taking part in several robberies. Senator Maaon Eielted. Washington. Jan. 30 Senator Ma son (Ills.) arose yesterday soon after the senate convened to a question of privilege and sharply attacked the British government and the British vice coneul at New Orleans because of an Interview In which the vice consul bad assailed Mr. Mason for the posi tion be had taken in behalf of the Transvaal rf.iubtic in its war with Oreat Brltalr Mr. Mason attacked not only the "onsul. but the policy of Great Britain In levying war upon an inferior natt i Ireland') New York Oonne, the I Jonn of Arc Here. Jan. 30. Miss Maud sh Joan of Arc, arrived " "Th line steamer Havre. Miss nth and then ?r time la - here BIO STEEL MILL WRECKED, One Man Killed aad a Dnaen others Berloiialy Injured. Pittsburg, Jan. 30 The steel depart ment of Phillips, Nimlck & Co.'s roll ing mill, on West C'nrson street, was completely wrecked yesterday and a dozen men were injured by the explo sion of a battery of four large boilers. The shock of the burstins boilers was heard throughout the lower end of the city. The loss to the pleit trill be enormous. Fireman Simon Holland was killed, and it is feared that others may die. The explosion was one of the most terrific thnt ever occurred In a Pitts burg null. The roof of the boiler room was completely lifted from the btttld lng, and the flying Iron and steel fell In all directions. Heavy beams and portions of masonry were thrown from the foundations. The men were crush ed to the ground on the spot where they were attending to the rolls, and those beaide the boilers were scalded by the escaping steam. I he bodies Of the men were so burned and be rlr:ii that they were scarcely recognizable. A m lin m Mini or I'a u neef ol ' Re 1 1 rent ret Washington, Jan. 80. Tha term of Lord Pauncefnta, the British ambassa dor to Ibis capital, will expire in April. Some time ago, in view of lib- long and honorable career here, the ambas sador's tenure was extended until .April, and Inasmuch as no official In timation has been received here of a further extension, it Is supposed i e will retire after another month's ser vice. The date of the ambassador's departure tor Fneland will depend en tirely on bis own wishes and comfort. His retirement will make llaron Fava. the Italian amabssador, the dean of the diplomatic corps. The HiihIi I'or Cape mite. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 29. Estimates made by local shipping men show that about 15,000 men are Intending to reach Gape Nome by the first steamers from Ptlget Sound and Dawson. Two- , thirds of this number will go down the Yukon river from Dawson and other Yukon towns. A great prospective race Is in light between these two con tingents. First arrivals will secure . the best part of the beach, which will ' be in the greatest demand, because beach claims may be worked without flumes or machinery. Dentil of ii Hodeal riiiliintliruiilat. Newark. N. J., Jan. 30. Mrs. Rach ael A. Cart wright, reputed to have been worth over $1,500,000, Is dead at her home here. She was the widow of Benjamin Cart wright. Mrs. Cart wrlght concealed large and numerous benefactions by enjoining secrecy as to the source. She was vice presi dent of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In 1892 she gave to the society a tract of land In Nebraska consisting of 640 acres. The property is now valued at $12,000. Lake Flahermen In Jeopardy. Marinette, Wis.. Jan. 30. Six fisher men were carried out on the Ice late yesterday, just north of Menominee. When last seen they were six mib out and drifting toward the lake rap idly. A rescue party left in a boat, but the prospect of rescuing the un fortunate men is small. The men were fishing through the Ice at the time It cracked, and before tney could make the shore side they ewre drift ing out. The Ice is very tnin, und li able to break up at any time. Life Sentenre For Mayhem. Macon, Gn., Jan. 30.-W. D., alias Hnry Smith, was convicted in the su- i perlor court here yesterday of mayhem, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Smith and Ills wife boarded with n I Mrs. Susie Ilillard, but on account of not paying board Smith was sent away, Mrs. Hlllard keeping his young wife. Smith went to the bouse on Dec. 9 and being refused permission to see I bis wife dashed acid in Mrs Dillard's face, permanently blinding her. I'nvornlile to Senator Scott. Washington, Jan. "0. The protest against Senator Scott, of West Vir ginia, occupying his seat in the sen ate will probably be decided soon by the senate committee on privileges and elections in favor of Senator Scott. The committee decided yesterday not to take any more testimony in the case, because of its opposition In going behind the uction of the state legisla ture In the matter of selecting its members. Voluntary Increnar In Wnujea. Philadelphia. Jan. 30. The Union Traction company, of this city, which controls every street car line within the city limits, yesterday notified Its conductors and motormen, numbering upwards of 5,000 men, that beginning with Feb. 1 It would voluntarily In crease the wages of the men. The men will work 12 hours a day, as here tofore, and the wages will be Inrreised from 16 1-3 cents to 18 cents per hour. I'p i.o foal Prleea. Philadelphia, Jan. 30. The various bituminous coal carrying railroads, after a number of conferences, have practically agreed to advance the out side tidewater rates about 35 cents per ton. The new rates will go Into ef fect on April 1. The Inside tidewater rates have not yet been fixed, but it is believed the new figures will show an advance of about 30 cents a ton. Imllu'a StarvliiK .Million. London, Jan. 30. In consequence of j a report received by the India office from Lord Curzon. who anonunces that i 3.500.000 are receiving famine relief. a Mansion House fund will probably be started. The viceroy does not al low tbe dole except to those on the verge of starvation, and stricter tests than formerly are being applied. Tn Leave Caba to Ihe Cubana. Washington. Jan. 30. Mr. Clayton, of Alahanma, yesterday Introduced the following resolution: "Resolved, That on July 4, 1900, the military and naval forces of the United States be with drawn from the island of Cuba and that the government thereof be left to the Cuban people." Tha Baaaoaa Treaty Stnnda. Washington, Jan. 30. The senate, lii executive session yesterday, decided, Sy a vote of 21 to 38, not to reconsider , le vote by which the Samoan treaty 'as ratified. James Pierce Has Admitted Killing George B. Eyre. HE WANTED CHRISTMAS MONEY. Ml Mary I ohm. of WUniliiulou, Del.. t;lvea an Aliened Statement imIi' to tier hjr Jamas He-rc The Brother Divided the Plunder. Chester, Pa., Jan. 26. James and Pinney" Pierce, brothers! wei arrest ed Wednesday night by Chief of Police Berry, charged with the mur der of Qeorge B, Byre, whi te dead body w:i8 found on tne shore of Rac coon Island, opposite Chester, lasl Sun day, with ghostly wounds in the head. Tonight the Pierce brother were committed to Jail Without bail by Al derman Smith, after a bearing thai lasted all afternoon, und the brothers will hdve to answer at the March term of court for the murder of Byre. Up to the lust witness It looked as if the case would fall, as not one witness of the 20 connected the Pierce i in the most remote way with tbe murder, but the last witness created the greatest sensation that has been yet Injected into this sensational case. This wit ness was Miss Mary Cohen, of Wil mington, Lei. She said that Jim Pierce came to the house on Tatnall street. Wilmington, in which she lives on Friday, Dec. 22, and called her to tbe parlor, and that after supper they went out together, when Pierce bought her a watch and some other articles. Continuing her testimony the girl said Pierce remained all night, and during the night he cried out in Ills sleep: "Oh. I did it; I did it." "What did you do, Jim?" the Cohen girl aaked, and Pierce awakening, said: "I murdered him; I murdered him," and continuing he said that he and his brother Pinney had shot ana killed Byre, then had sunk his body. The story that Pierce had told her. Miss Cohen Bald, was ns follows: "Me and Pinney were gunning with George Eyre. Pinney was in Lyre's boat and I was In my own hunt. I was short of Christmas money and I knew Lyre bad some I fired the shot and struck him in the back of the head, killing him Instantly. Then Pinney tied his legs with a rope and we sunk the body in the river at the mouth of Raccoon creek. The boat, with one of the guns In It, was sunk about two feet from the place where the body was sunk. Pinney and me then divided the plun der, ami then we stayed on the other side and came home in the morning." Miss Cohen said that she did not tell any one of the confession of Jim Pierce until the weight on her mind grew so burdensome that one of the In mates of the bouse, noticing her wor ried appearance, asked her what the trouble was, and she told her. The story was then given to District At torney Smith and Chief of Police Berry. The river is being dragged by boat men for Eyre's boat, but thus far without success. The recovery of the gun and skiff, the latter filled with stones, would be the strongest kind of backing to the Cowan woman'B story, which is pronounced by the lawyers for the two prisoners and their friends to be a pack of lies, told by an irre sponsible person of bad reputation, who is unworthy of belief. Hilled Ilia Wife and Two Children. Cincinnati. Jr.n. 29. --In an "over the Rhine" tenement yesterday Charles Bart mff, a tanner, murdered his wife, his son Carl, aged 5, and his daugh ter, aged 3, and then tried to set the house on lire by overturning the hot stove and piling the furniture on it. The skulls of all the victims were crushed with a blunt instrument Bartruff remained in tbe burning room until arrested, lie suffered from de mentia, The boy Carl was an Im becile. Ilrnira New l: ii in in! Tone, Providence, Jan. 30. Colonel Will iam J. Ilryan yesterday began a week's tour of New England for the purpose of discussing the questions of the day, speaking three tlmes--at Paw tucket and Woonsocket in the afternoon and In this city in the evening. As the state of Rhode Island is just on the eve of a gubernatorial campaign, Mr. Bryan's coming is timely for th" Dem ocratic party. His audiences taxed the capacity of the halls. Cermany'a lxpnrta and Iniporta. Berlin, Jan. 27. Germany's imports last year, according to an official state ment just issued, aggregated 5,495,000, 000 markB, which was a slight In crease upon the previous year. The exports aggregated 4,517,000,000 marks, which was an Increase of 141.000.000 marks upon the figures of 1898. The pig iron production for 1899 was over 8.000,000 tons, being an increase of 8 per cent. Nineteen Hundred a lleeord llreaker New York, Jan. 27. This will be the greatest passenger season known to transatlantic steamship companies. Al ready the Aflierican iine has booked about 3,000 passengers and the Cunard line about 4,000. Bookings in nearly all the steamship offices, for spring and summer, are the heaviest ever known. Some of the North German Lloyd line vessels have been filled, and many more are nearly so. Kl-Mlnlater IMielpa Mneh Better. New Haven, Jan. 30. Dr. Gilbert, who has been attending Prof. Edward J. Phelps, of the Yale Law school, for merly minister to England, since his severe illness with pneumonia, stated last night that the patient's condition was more hopeful than at any time since he had been taken III. Tbe crisis will not be passed for a few days, how ever. Roberta Haa No Claim For Mileage. Washington, Jan. 30. The house committee on mileage yesterday dis cussed the claim of Brlgham H. Rob erts for mileage, which amounts tn $1,000. A majority of th are of opinion that he is to thlE money ' 'ar ' as a wr" k WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Wedneaduy, Jnn. 24. It U now decided that the German wine product dealers will exhibit at the Paris exposition. Jeremiah .oarh was iven 20 years for killing his wife at Jersey City. Captain Sam Gale and a party of hunters were fined $20 each for vio lation of game laws at Atlantic City. The steamer Pennsylvania, which leaves San Francisco for Manila Jan 25. will carry ,.1,550.000 to pay the sol diers. Henry A. Hasan, a chief forecaster In the weather bureau at Washington, died from injuries received by a fall from his bicycle. Thiiradiiy, Jnn. a.-,. Snmeel P. Meyers was hanged at Somerset, Pa yesterday, for killing Michael Karney and John Lenhart, Judge Orrin N. Carter, of Chicago, announces bis candidacy for the He publican nomination for governor ' Illinois. Citizens of Washington presented to Commander Richard Walnwrlght, of the cruiser Gloucester, a sword of hon or and a Bllver service. By an explosion of powder at Sum riersville. Pa., Patrick Cosgrlff ami Blmer Howard, quatryu'cn. were ter ribly mangled. Howard died. Republican senators selected the fol lowing senate officers; Secretary, Hon. Charles Bennett, of New York; ser-geant-at-arms, Hon. D.M. Rtrasdell, diana; chaplain, Rev. w. II. Mllbtun. Friday, Jan. 'M. The national house, by a vote of 268 to 50. excluded Roberts, theft irmo li A bill Introduced in tbe natl in LI house propose to abolish the v.at stamp act. I.o Fens U)h, the Chinese ami I in- dor to England, has been come; ted to Christ lanity. 1 Dowager Duchess of 8rhleswl-Hol- Btein, mother of the Germtn emprcjr, I died in Dresden from pleurisy. A Lowell tobacco firm sues tbe -: eminent to- recover duty paid on to i bacco imported from Porto Rico, i Germany's naval bill was adopted by the luindesrath yesterday. It ear- rles an annual expenditure of ll.OuO,- 'i0 marks for 16 years. Commissioner Peck refuses to per I mlt the exhibition of a f 130,000 golden statue of Anna Held, the actress, In the : American section of the Paris exposl ! tion. Smiirdny, Jnn. SI", I Trenton children carry boiled water ; to school for drinking. Passaic water being declared dangerous to health. Most of the French patters hall with j keen satisfaction the announcement I that the llrltlsh have abandoned Spion Kop. It is stated in Kansas City that Web ster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, is McKlnley's choice for vice president. The transport Pennsylvania left San Francisco with $1,500,000 In gold coin and a considerable sum In treasury notes to pay soldiers In the Philippines. An unarmed mrK of several hundre I men took Convict Reynolds, who mur dered Captain W. C. Rooney, In the penitentiary, from the prison at Canon City, Colo., anil lynched him. Mondny, Jan. 2ft. Our export trade to China and Japan has more than doubled in the past two years. Texas Populists declare that Hryan would accept u Populist nomination for president. Rev. Dr. I'arkhurst, of New York, favors open saloons between certain hours on Sunday. In the first nine months of last year 78,300 persons in the German empire engaged in strikes. Fred Kind, Victor Frederlcksen and Walter Qrasesky, miners, were killed by falling timber at Henley, Wis. The late John Ruskin had given away fortunes, and he lived on $5 a day the last few years of nis life. French elections resulted in a prac tical defeat for Nationalists, only three out of IN) senators being elected. Many generals were candidates, but only Mercier and Lambert were elected. Tnraduy, Jan. tlo. The shah of Persia is very 111 and his physicians fear that he may not re cover. The Spanish steamer Valle has foun dered off the Spanish coast, 13 of the crew being drowned. President McKlnley yesterday re ceived congratulations on the 57th an niversary of his birth. Judge Kohlsaat, of the federal court In Chicago, yesterday rendered a de cision declaring the Illinois anti-trust law unconstitutional. a Victoria (B. C.) dispatch says tne Australian brigantine Ethel was scut tled and sunk by her crew, who mu tinied and killed the captain, mate ano four sailors. THE PRODUCE MARKETS. Philadelphia, Jan. 29. Flour firm; win ter superfine, 2.2.",ft2.40; Pennsylvania roller, rlear. S3.lD4j3.20: city mills, extra. 2.501i2.70. Hye flour steady at SMSOtJO per barrel. Wheat quiet No. 2 red, spot. In elevator, 7V'ul2iu. Corn steady; No. 2 mixed, spot In elevator, 37tyU37c Oata steady; No. 2 white, clipped, 3 32c. ; lower grades. 2S4i30c. Hay barely Heady; choice tlniotby. 11616.60 for large bale. Beef steady; beef Mams. $22S22.0O. Pork Hrm; family. lllrfH.50. I,ard quiet; Janu ary, fti.17. Putter steudy; western cream ery, 214j23c: do. factory, WuVjk:. June creamery. 20fi23c.; Imitation creamery. IS i&22Vac; New York dairy, UOMc, ; do. creamery, 2PS25c. ; fancy Pennsylvanlu prints jobbing at 2S29c. ; do. wholesale, 2Tc. Cheese steady; fall made, fancy, large and small. 12jil3c.; late made, large, U?flSo.; do. do., small, 12'12'4. . Eggs steady; New York and Pennsylva nia. 17c; western, ungraded, at mark, !S91le.i western, 17c. Potatoes steady; Jersey. I1.254j1.75: New York, I1.60&1.75; Long island. UJOfjg; Jersey sweets. $2.60 62. Tallow steady, city, 6435 3-lBc. ; coun try, IMAMta, Cottonseed oil easy; prima crude. HMfOOll.; do. yellow, 34H(j35c. New York. Jan. 29. Beeves In fair de mand; steers 10c. higher; bulls and cows, Arm to 10c. higher; about ail told; steers, J4.70if6.82H; oxen and stagn. 12.4005.26: bulla, HI-HMO. rows. KM, 4. Calves 25y50c. higher; all aold: venls. itete Being DifcasFcd by Employers and Emploves at Indianapolis. MINEIiS WOULD F011M A TRUST. li. I.. Chapman.! 1111 Operator" Prom Ohio, Daelarea ihe Men Would Coa trul Every Bnalaeaa latereal r lie t'iinir For Inorcnaed Wntrca. ' Indianapolis, Jan. SO. The flrsl I u -ncss of the joint conference of m and operator! was the s;;m iwlon ci the reports of the Joint Bcalo cemi iit tee. The propositions mada . -.. p ac tieally the same as have 1 e.n pub' lished here oforo, 'the mlneis dem ud ed an advance of 20 cents uei ton on a n::i of the mine basis. I ho opera! r:i offered an advance or ;i cents per t i for mining, with the Bcreona rem lng the same as at pi cut. Ano . further condition In this proposition i ; that the state of Illinois, which is now on a run of the mine basis, rat t co: . In under a double Btnifflard arrange ment and return to using Bcroi ns. President John Mitchell, of 'be Mine Workers, moved ti e adoption of the miners' scale. P. li. Bobbins, a Pe . . sylvanla operator, moved to Bmend tin motion by adopting the scale of tie' operators, The matter was thon open ed for discussion. President Mitchell was the flrsl speaker, and Bald that during the p it year Hie price of coal b .1 icon hi than for several yens, while the n it of living to the miners .vas also hiRber without an advance In wages to meet it. Under this arrangement be b id the operators w c m king a i; od profit, which he thought should be di vided with ihe i, liner;. Mr. Robblns answered by Baying 1)0 or 90 per cent of the coal mined was contracted for Immediately alter an agreement with tin- miners had i i reached, and as a consequence Ihe mine owners profited nothing by 1 1 1 advance in the market. He Bald that a run of mine basis would be sub Idal to the interests of tbe Pittsburg dis trict for the reason that tne coal had to be carefully mined, because It went to the meat lakes and bad to be handled several times in transit, hem e must lie gotten out of the mines in the best possible shape. He added that the coal had to go ;nto a market where other coal was met that had lien placed on sale at a less cost for min ing, therefore Quality was demanded to get the advanced price which ti." Pittaburg miner was forced to have, Mr. Kobblns then cited the advance in the wanes received by other trades unions and stated that tbe average ad vance was !) per cent. The miners, he said, had received nn advance of 18 per cent at Chicago and were now of fered an advance of 14 per cent, mnk ing a total of 32 per cent In the last three years. John P. Reese, member of the min ers' executive board from Iowa piled that the facts should not be lort sight of In figuring this average. The miners' wapes had gone lower during the panic than those of any other craft. He outlined the attitude of the miners and said they were willing, to discuss the matter dispassionately and arrive at a settlement. The last speaker was II. 1.. Chap man, of the Ohio operators, who took the position that the miners were en deavoring; to form a trust, He said: "I have been In favor of united labor for the past years, and no man has spent more time and labor and pro portionately more money than I have in this joint movement, but I am forc ed to Hay you are violating tbe first principle when you attempt to adjourn sine die at the close of this conference, so ns to head off any other state asking admission at the next meeting. This Is a partnership and should require the consent of both parties for a radi cal consent of this kind. Another thing, do you know what th.s defense fund you will attempt to raise means? It means you will be forced to control every business interest in this country; that you will control all of the great railroad systems on the continent and control all of the steamship lines en tering or leaving its ports, it means more. It means you will control the domestic consumption and say whether or not the poor people of this land have fuel to cook their humble meals with. This will be nothing more or less than one gigantic trust, and you will be the stockholders." The conference then adjourned until today. nnrur Foniulereil and Two Drowsed, Norfolk, Jan. 30. News has readied here of the foundering of the barge Houseman and the loss of two of her crew. The barges Houseman. Hose 1 lagan and Three Sisters left Norfolk for Charleston In tow of the tug Pro tector. When off Frying Pan shoals a storm struck tug and tow The Houseman broke loose and the huge seas caused her to founder, two of the i crew going down with the barge. The tug and other barges managed to reach Morehead City, the barges In a half sinking condition. Itiiaalan Snlea In Sweden. Stockholm. Jan. 30.--The newrpapers are becoming persistent in their de mands for explanations from the gov ernment in regard to the steps It Is pursuing relative to the alleged Rus sian spies who for several weeks past are reported to have been seen In dif ferent parte of Sweden, especially in the neighborhood of fortified places The papers declare that If the reports are true the government must address an unequivocal intimation to Russia that such proceedings must cease. Five I'ulllpnlnra Tonal Orenpled. Manila, Jan. 27. A dispatch from Sorsogon, dated Thursday, Jan. 26, says Brigadier General Kobbe's expedi tion has occupied Sorsogon, Donzol, Bulan, Logaspi and Virac, on ('atari duanes Island The only resistance was at Logaspi, where five Americans were wonnded and 45 dead and 16 wounded FIllpi- were found. News Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COLLISION CAUSES EXPLOSION. lix Killed nml Bight Injured In a Blaatulor Catastrophe nt IshleywA li lid ui Philadelphia's Opiom Deaa. Cattle ll'iiiriiiilliied. Wllkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 26. A r.-irful explosion of dynamite occurred in he yards of the Jersey Central rallroO' at Ashley, a suburb of this city, : i 9 o'clock last night, whlcb resulted in the killing of six men and Berio a Jurles to eight others. The dond re: Frank .McLaughlin, brakeman, . ; d 38, single; Peter Frey, engine wipe aged lfi; Michael Bird, brakeman, : red single; Charles Haney, aged i"i and two unknown tramps. Haney wen! tn the engine bouse to Idle away Urn in stead of attending night school. The en gineer lost control o( a heavy rreighl train coming down the mountain, Bnd at the Ashley yards the train dashed Into a helping engine, which was tent Into a car containing :'.o boxes of dyna mite, Ten locomotives a I curs were wreel ed. the stacks 0 the ncid hotise and a portion of thv t il de molished, I"1 a big water tank de stroyed. Nearly every window In town was broken. The loss is heavy lveiiiia'lvnnlfl l adle H unrMlitlned. Betlcfonte, Pa., Jan. SO. The farm ers in Penn and Brush valle; . this county, nave been pasturing large number or cattle tin the Brush and the Seven mountains, A few d j ago the owners went to look lifter !'., i t tle and found it was impossible to j,et near them, owing to the fait thai a number of them acted as if t j y re suffering from rabies. Dr. Jo, i Hit ter, agent of the state live stock . Mil iary board, la now here, and bo - fi nd the situation so alarming, that In has placed under strict quarantine i ry farm in Miles township, a numrer of cattle have boon killed by bis order. Looked tn Kor tlraanlsluu;, Philadelphia, Jan. 30, One hundred engravers oi the Keystone Wati ii I 'asp company were locked out yesterday because, it is said, they organized a union .some days ago When it became known in New York and Riverside, N. J., that the men here were out the em ployes of tbe Keystone's branches at 'liose places went on strike. The of-f.'-ers of the company say that the men v i' discharged because there was not Olioi yh. work for them, but admitted t there bad been some labor trouble. .11 . He stiiiiila ii i linnet' l RecovtB ! Huntingdon, Pa., Jan. 2 After nlu. I days 1 1 uninterrupted in '' nsclousnen ex-('hlef Clerk Jerre li. Hex of the Pennsylvania house of representu! ives. i who was paralyzed at his honv here, was able yesterday for the first time ' recognize his friends and oompro . bend words addressed to him. Thl I paralysis affecting bis right side au.l j tongue Is si ill unyielding. If no fur ' ther attack occurs, which, however, is ! feared, his physician gives hope for I his partial recovery, Death Prom Ona laphyxtatlon. Hatleton, Pa., Jan. 29.- das escap ing from a defective stove in the home 1 of Stephen Kandolf, of Honey Brook, while all the members of the fa;. illy j and six boarders were fast asleep, caused the death of Mrs. Kandolf. aged "9 years, and almost suffocated ail who I were in the bouse. The gas was de- tected by two boarders who returned home at :i o'clock in the morning and awakened the household Itnlillim Phlladelphla'a Opium Dens. Philadelphia, Jan. As a i. ;ult of a tragic death nf n young woman last week in an opium den located in Chinatown, the police at l o'clock this morning Bturted to clean out many ol the dens. Tlihty nine Chinamen, one white woman and live white men wert caught in the raid. Thirty-nine China men ware held for trial as proprietors and servants of the dens, one notori ous white woman was sent to the house of correction, and tbe oilier were discharged. Claims ii Was n Aeeldeat. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 29. A fatal shooting affray occurred In the home of Kasimlr Dudnew, at Duryea, yes terday. The man was cleaning a gun in the kitchen when, he claims, it was accidentally discharged. The load of shot entered the side of his wife, who was seated In the next room. She died ill great agony two hours later. The husband was arrested. Craahed to Dentil lis Knlllna Tree. Kane. Pa., Jan 29. A falling hem lock tree crushed Bdward Reede and his son to death, near here. Saturday. The hemlock bad lodged against a beech tree, and they were endeavor ing to dislodge it, when the wind swayed the hemlock from Its position and it fell on tbe men. killing both PKRHSirLVASIA NEWS UIIK.VITIKS. Breaker boys who went on strike at Plymouth returned to win k at the old scale. The office of the Harrisburg Pat-dol was visited by fire, and the nppt r por tion completely wrecked. Loss mver ed by insurance. Superior Court Judge John I. Mitch ell Is suffering from a stroke of paraly sis at his home in Williarasport. At the Shenandoah City mine George W. Acker was killed by a fall of rock. Injuries sustained by being struck by a locomotive caused tbe death of Kdward Flaherty, of Shenandoah. A derision of the Berks county court Is to the effect that Boyertown may es tablish borough water works. Fire destroyed the Angora cotton mill, In Philadelphia. Several girls were seriously injurea, two having their barks broken by jumping. John F. Stler, the Johnsonvllle (Northampton county) merchant, -bot Thur lay mg1 i by a masked burglar whr mp t" rob b'm, will rrob- i
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