FIRE SWEEPS ROCHESTER Practically All the Retail Section of the City is Reduced to Ashes. HAD HELP FROM OTHER CITIES. Firemen Narrowly Escape Death by Falling Walls, But None Is Hurt. Fire:destroyed practically what was the retail district of Rochester, N. Y. | Three of the were consumed, one of which, S:bley, Lindsay & Curr Company, by far the largest establishment of | its kind in the city. Insurance men placed the loss at $3,000,000. Of this amount, $750,000 represents the loss on buildings, and five department stores the | was | | the remainder the loss on stocks of goods and to occupants of offices. It is estimated that 2,500 people are thrown out of work, least, because of the fire. The burned district lies | join the waiting Japanese warships. temporarily, at | L | ese ships was drowned. on the | north side of Main street, between St. | 1 | ble that some of them were picked up | Paul street and Clinton avenue, north, running from St. Paul street almost the entire length of the block. The | fire started in the store of the- Roches- | ter Dry Goods Company and worked west, taking but one store east of this establishment, that of the Walkover Shoe Company, before its progress was checked in that direction. Next was the store of the Beadle and Sher- burne Company, | the Retvizan. which was destroyed, | then the Marble block, occupied by the | Sibley, Lindsay and Curr Company, was burned, and finally the 13-story granite building, the lower part of which also was occupied by the Sib- ley, Lindsay & Curr Company and the oper part by offices. Only the front wall of the marble building is standing to-night. The shell of the granite building is intact, and the floors are in place, but the. building was gutted, Sibley, ~ ‘Lindsay & Curr Com- pany’s six-story wholesale build- ing, together with the stables, in the rear, was destroyed with all its valua- ble contents, this loss being placed at $1,459,000. There was a livery sta- ble and some frame dwellings on Di- vision street, a narrgcw thoroughfare running in the rear of the burned stores, and these were water and falling walls. There were no casualijties one as injured except hiel Frank A. Jaynes, who was struck by a flying nozzle and received some bruises. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. | Beston Man Sunk $266,000 of Other People’s Money. wallace H. Ham, Boston the American Surety Company, treas- urer of St. Paul's Episccral Church and the trustee and treasurer of St.| Luke’s Home for Convalescents, is a confessed embezzler of at least $266,000. to $286,000 from the three accounts. his wife's ‘entire estate, amounting to about $47,000. 4 - Speculation ‘in the falling. market caused the losses. been ‘speculating about 15 ‘years. damaged by! and no | Assistant | | mains open. agent of | | "He | a’ ‘Russian colonel with is 48 years old and has been in charge | of the’ New England branch of the| ficers, who retired, American Surety Company about ten years. He was arraigned and held by Judge By “187 $50,000 for hearing March 3... a. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Geo. F. Brainard, president of the Montgomery (Minn.) bank, was found guilty of receiving money into an in- solvent bank. Villiam Rudolph, the Union (Mo.) bank robber released from the Kan- sas Penitentiary by Governor Bailey, will be tried for the murder of Charles J. Schumacher, a detective. ; Russians have burned a large vil- lage near the Sungari river and® mas- sacred the inhabitants, including the women, in revenge for an attempt to wreck the Sungari bridge. Six miners have bezn killed by a snowslide near the Augusta mine, nine mines from Crested Butte. Fire destroyed the principal busi- ness block at New Decatur, Ala. The loss to the eight firms is about $150,000, Russian Brutalities at Niuchwang. Private advices received from Niu- chwang confirm the reports of the ill- treatment of Japanese refugees at the hands of the Russians while they were journeying through Manchuria, and declare, moreover, that some of the refugees were without doubt cruelly murdered. The- Russian soldiery at Niuchwang dis so undisciplined that that place is unfit for European women. Isthmian Canal Commission. President Roosevelt has received definite acceptances from five of his appointees on the new isthmian canal commission namely Rear Admiral John G. Walker U. S. N. retired; Gen. George W. Davis U. S. A. retired; Col. Frank Hecker of Detroit director of transportation during the Spanish- American war; William Barclay Par- sons engineer of the New York sub- way and William H. Burr professor of engineering at Columbia university, New York and one time a member of the Walker Isthmian canal com- mission. Father and Son Killed. An accident in No. 5 Mine of the Massillon Coal Mining Company Tues- day resulted in the death of John Fothergill, aged 60 years and his son, Charles aged 19 years, and the ser- jous injury of Frank McGinnis, Jenkin Jones, and George Scott. The five men were riding in a mine car when it jumped the track, knocking down several props and causing tons of rocks to fall upon them. The elder Fathergill leaves a wife and several children. ing the hulks at the entrance to the RETVIZAN’S DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. | Poured Shot into Japanese Fieet | While in the Act of Reaching the Harbor. A telegram from Viceroy Alexieff | to the Czar, reports the latest attack | on Port Arthur by the Japanese, 2%) follows: “At a quarter before 3 in the morn- | | ing of February 24 numerous Japanese torpedo boats attempted to attack the | battleship Retvizan and sink large steamers loaded with inflammables. “The Retvizan was the first to ob- serve the torpedo boats, and cpeue!l a strong fire on them. She was sop- ported by the land batteries. She i2- stroyed two steamers near the eis- trance of the harbor; they were com- ing directly toward her. One of them went on the rocks near tre iizbthouse on Tiger peninsula and the other sank under the golden hill. “The Retvizan observed four steam- ers in a sinking condition and eight join he waiingecmfwemfwmfwmf fmm torpedo boats departing slowly to re- A portion of the crews of the Japan- “Others of the Jaranese crews saved themselves in boats and it is possi- by the enemy’s torpedo boats. I am proceeding to examine the ccasts. The entrance of the harbor is open. “I attribute the complete derange- | ment of the enemy’s plan to the bril- | liant action and destructive fire of | Floating mines are still | visible in the roadstead. I have re- called the three cruisers sent in pur- suit of the enemy in order in the first place to clear the roadstead of floating | mines. Additional details of the Japanese | attempt to close the entrance of the harbor of Port Arthur have been re- ceived from most authoritative quart- | ers. These say that the Japanese sent | five or six old transport hulks, con- veyed by torpedo boats, to Port Ar- thur with the evident purpose of sink- harbor. The battleship Retvizan discovered their approach and her fire on them was strongly seconded by that of the | shore battery north of Port Arthur. | The report adds that two Japanese | ships were wrecked and lie in Tiger | bay, that along the shore another Jap- | anese ship was burned, and that a | fourth lies wrecked on the shore out- side Tiger bay. It is believed that these wrecks are not warships, but hulks designed to be sunk at the en- trance cof the harbor. The wrecks are said to be at considerable distances i from the harbor entrance, which re- KOREA HELPS JAPAN. | Entire Force Ordered to Join the Mikado’'s Army. | The Korean government has decided to order the Korean troops to join the Japanese in the field. The port of Wiju has been opened to foreign trade. The limitations to- be placed on trade and other inci- dental matters will be passad later. In addition he has used up| This action necessitates a. harbor, so Yongamrho has been decided upon. The standing army now consists of stock | about 17,000 men with European meth- Ham has | ods. In .1896 it was taken in hand by thres com- missioned and 10 non-commissioned of- however, in 1898. A royal bodyguard of 1,000 men was formed and has been well drilled, and periodically a draft of well-trained men is transferred from it to . the other regiments of the standing army, The Russians had, according to Korean reports on February 23, a thou- sand Cossacks at Anju, 600 .infantry at Kasan and 600 infantry at Chongju Missionaries with their wives and | children have arrived at Ping Yang, awaiting the opening of navization on the river Taton to come to Seoul. Another Indictment Against Rose. The Grand Jury at Cleveland return- ed another indictment against George A. Rose, late cashier of the Preduce Exchange bank, now serving a 10-year sentence in the penitentiary for em- bezzling $187,000 of the bank's {unds. The Indictment yesterday charges Rose with embezzling 5,000. Rese will probably never be tried on this indict- ment. It is said to be a precautionary measur: on the part of the State. With this indictment pending against him, Rose will be unable to secure a pardon or a parole, Husband and Wife Dead. John and Anna Huddy, of Jackscn, Mich. are dead, and no one knows whether each was the murderer of the other, or one a murderer and a suicide. No third person saw the shooting and both husband and wife had revolvers. The double tragedy took place at 504 Scuth Pleasant street, yesterday. Le | FAST TRAINS CRASH. Engineers of Both Trains Kilied—A Porter Under Arrest. The westbound California Limited and the eastbound daily Overland from the Santa Fe collided a few miles south cf Richmond. The engineers cf both trains were killed. A misplaced switch was the cause of the accident. | Alvin Taylor, a porter who threw the switch cpen, is under arrest. He as- serts that he was signalled by Engi- neer Bennett to open the switch and that he obeyed without realizing the consequences. Wants $100,000 Damages. Mrs. Arabella Marcum, for herself | and children, filed suit in the Circuit | court at Winchester, Ky. against James Hargis, Alexander Hargis, Ed- | ward Callahan and B. F. French for $100,000 damages. She alleges in her | petition that the defendants entered | into a conspiracy with Curtis Jett and | Thomas White to murder her husband, the late J. B. Marcum. Callahan was | formerly Sheriff of Breathitt county. | Jett and WI are now in jail in Louisville. 1ite | community. | killed three | ber of others, | ing was practically des FOURTEEN LIVES ARE LOST Boats Launched from Burning Steamer Swamped. | HARD BATTLE WITH THE STORM Almost Superhuman Effort of Those Who Remained Aboard Saved the Ship. After suffering the most harrowing experience from fire and storm that has ever befallen a craft on the North Pacific coast, the steamer Queen put in at Port Townsend, Wash., to report the loss of 14 lives. The list of dead follows: First-class. passengers—Miss Steiner, Clellum, Wash., drowned; Mrs. Adams, died from exposure. Second-class pas: sengers—D. Newsbury, Texas, drown: ed; H. Buckley, drowned. Members cf the crew—A. Nielsen, J. Nielsen, F Preitas, W. H. Eneman, M. Somers, H Dcuglass, A. Donnelly, — Raymond F_ter Mulin, M. Flynn. About 3:45 Saturday morning, while off the mouth of the Columbia river. the Queen caught fire in her after sa: lcon in some unexplained way. The fire rapidly gained headway and soon threatened to envelope the whole ship The heavy sea running meant death to any sent away in the lifeboats. The flameg became more and more threat: ening until, when it seemed a choice of deaths, Capt. Cousins ordered the lifeboats launched. They were manned by the crew and ordered to remain clcse to the ship. Into these wie women and children were placed. Hardly, however, had the boats been cast loose than, unable tc weather the fierce waves, two of them were capsized. The passengers and thcse of the crew who remained on board continued the fight against the flames with increasing success until at 7:40 a. m., when the fire was brought under control. When it was thought the danger from fire was past Capt. Cousins re called the lifeboats and the cccupants were taken aboard. STORY OF A NAVAL FIGHT. Russian Officers’and Men Cool While Their Vessels Fought With Flagship. A Russian corfespondent of the As: sociated Press at Port Arthur, cabling under yesterday’s date, describes the combat between the Russian cruiser Novik and the Japanese squadron fol lowing the attempt of the Japanese to bottle up the Russian fleet in Port Ar- thur February 24, as follows: “The Novik, impetuously bearing down. on the squadron of the enemy, was observed to fire on the Japaness flagship, and she then immediately opened fire with all her batteries. The Japanese answered with a running fire. The guns of our squadron thundered and the batteries of: the forts roared The battle had begun. “The Novik, going at full speed, did not give the enemy a chance to aim, but flew by, ‘her bow ‘guns belching forth solid shot. Then turning at full speed, she showered him with shells from her stern batteries, She was in the very midst of the enemy’s fire and shells “hissed past and fell close by, ‘raising tremenduous cclumns of wa- ter. That's what call serving guns, .:. “The officers remained cool and calm. The firing proceeded without the least confusion and was seasoned with that humor which never deserts a Russian even in moments of terri ble danger. With the accompaniment of the whistling of shells were heard the witty remarks of the gunners. One stoker could not help running on deck to see what was going on. Approach: ing the ammunition storekeeper, this stoker took a shell and handed it to a gunner with the words, ‘God bless it,’ adding, ‘send them back with my compliments.’ “The Novik continued maneuvering alternately approaching the enemy and withdrawing until she received an in- jury to her stern. One gunner was Filled, Still energetically sustaining her fire, the Novik turned to the shore. At this moment a column of fire and smoke was noticed on the Japanese flagship. After that the Novik repair- ed to her dock.” you EIGHT NEGROES DEAD. Ate Poisoned Meat Stolen From a Smoke House. Eight negroes ars dead from eating poisoned pork stolen from the smoke- house of Thomas Perkins, a white farmer, residing near St. Stephen’s, Ala. The farmer had been constantly robbed of his winter supply of meat | and put rat poison on a quantity of it, which he placed where the thieves would get it. Jerry Sanders and wife were among the victims. They were the most re- spectable and honest negroes in the Part of the stolen meat was sold to them. The entire family of Jesse Smith, who is suppecsed to have stolen the meat, was wiped out, from himself down to a 2-year-olé babe. A number of other negroes were made ill but will recover. Explosion Kills Three. An explosion of dry starch in the plant of the Warner Sugar Refining Company at Waukegan, Ill, destroyed the establishment, is known to have men and injured num- Wisconsin Capitol Burns, Wisconsin State capitol build- troyed by fire Saturday. The fire involves the build- ing of a new capitol, a special session of the Legislature and the probable re- newal of the agitation in favor of Mil- waukee as the capitel city. The origin of the fire is thought to have been a lighted gas jst in a toilet room on the The second floor. When discovered the flames were bursting from the ex- treme windows of the north and south wings. The loss is almost $1.000.000. REPLIES OF: RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Belligerents Are Willing That China . Shall Be Neutral Ground. The State department has made pub- lic the *~xt of the notes of Russia and Japan, . _specting the Far Eastern war, Japan said: ‘“The* imperial govern- ment sharing with the government of the United States in the fullest meas- ure desire to avoid as far as possible any disturbance of the orderly condi- tion of affairs now prevailing in China, are prepared to respect the neutrality and administrative entity of China throughout the regions occupied by Russia as long as Russia, making a similar engagement, fulfills in good faith the terms and conditions of such engagement.” The Russian government said: “The imperial government shares completely the desire to insure tran- quility to China; is ready to adhere to an understanding with other powers for the purpose of safeguarding the | ecutive | Morgan, of Alabama, made his final neutrality of that empire on the fol-| lowing conditions: Firstly, China must herself strictly observe all the clauses of neutrality; secondly, the Japanese government must loyally ob- serve the engagements entered into | | the administration had aided the set- with the powers as well as the prin- | ciples generally recognized by the law of nations; thirdly, that it is well understood that neutralization in | | case can be exended to Manchuria, | the territory of which, by the force of | events will serve as the field of mili- | tary operations.” COST OF COAL IN BLOOD. One Life for Each 264,206 Tons Mined. Twenty-Six Killed The annual report of W. J. Mollison, | inspector of mines for the eleventh bi- | tuminous district Pennsylvania, shows | that of a total of 66 mines 65 were in | cperation during 1903. There were | 6,869,366 tons of coal produced. Of a| total of 10,328 coke ovens, 10,000 were in operation. There were 3,829,370 tons of coke produced. There were 6,150 persons employed | treaty was as follows: inside the mines, 3,986 outside, includ- ing 2,802 coke workers. For each of the 26 fatal accidents in the mines, there were 264,206 tons of coal pro- duced. The leading three coal pro- ducers were the H. C. Frick Coke com- pany, 4,394,325 tons; Pittsburg Coal company, 491,380 tons, and W. J. Rainey, 428,820 tons. DICK WILL SUCCEED HANNA. Republican Members of Ohio Legis- lature Name Him for Senator Gen, Charles Dick was nominated by acclamation for both the unexpired and regular terms for United States Senator to succeed the late Senator M. A. Hanna at the caucus of the Republican members of the Legisla- ture Wednesday evening. The name of Gen, Dick was the only one pre- sented. As the Republicans have a large majority in both branches, Gen. Dick’s election is assured, and the bal- loting on March 1, will be only a| formality. Naval Bill Passed the House. The House passed the naval appro- priation bill after having had it under consideration for a week. There was a contest on a number of propositions especially on an effort of different mi- | Bacon amendment, nority .members to secure an amend- | ment to fix the price of armor plate at | the figure bid by the Midvale Steel | Company. Several amendmeénts were ruled out on points of order and the Republican leaders left the matter of armor plate to the discretion of the! Secretary of the Navy. Japanese Officers. Hanged. - Three Japanese officers were nanged | as spies by the Russian forces in Man- | The officers. were disguised as coolies and were arrested just as they were about to make the attempt. It was learned later that they were Japanese officers of the general staff—namely, Col. Assai of the engineers and Lieu- { | | | | ‘churia for attempting to blow up the =: railroad bridge over the Sangari river, Yack, | bond for his appzarance in court to- tenants Zoneloiascha and Kaeurta of | the sappers. They were at once hanged from the girders of the bridge. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. A blizzard at Manitowoc, Wis.,which raged two days, has blocked all rail- roads. Former President Paul Kruger, of | the Boer republic, is slowly dying as an exile at Monton, France. Forty wheat miliers, of Ohio, Ind- | iana and Michigan organized at Tole- do, O., to secure better freigha rates. The Government bill regulating sec- ondary education and excluding mem- bers of all religious orders from teaching passed the French Senate by a big majority. In consequence of a rush order from the Japanese Government for loeomo- ives a locomotive plant in Philadel- phia has established a new record by the construction of seven locomotives in a day. A.W, renz and Diller B. Groff was sentenced to serve two years in the Moundsville (W. Va.) penitentiary and pay a fine of $10,000 each, in conection with post- al investigations, The Elsmere hotel, at 1406-1408 H street, N. W., Washington, was dam- Machen, Dr. Georg E. Lo- | aged to the extent of $10,000 by fire to-day. The whole interior was ruined or damaged by water and smoke. The affairs authorized a favorable report | on a bill appropriating $25,000 for the erection of a monument at Fort Re-| covery, O., for 530 men and 51 officers | under Gen. Arthur St. Clair, who were massacred by Indians. Under a decision of the Board of | Election Commissioners of Cook coun- ty, 111., primary election ballots mark- | ed with the union label or any other | device will hereafter, if cast, be treat- ad as void and not counted. | Harbin and Vladivostok. | | The question as to whether a pas-| senger on a railroad train, riding on | a free pass, who loses his life on ac- | municipal count of an accident or carelessness | of the railrcad stands on the same footing as a passenger who pays his fare, was decided by the Supreme Court against the free States United | | between the 8th and the 14th of Feb- Senate committee, on military | CANAL TREATY RATIFIED Senate After Long Discussion Votes for the Measure. AMENDMENTS ALL REJECTED. Sixty-six Senators Voted for and Four- teen Agains: the Treaty as Drawn Up. © The United States Senate ratified without amendment the treaty with Panama for a canal across she isth- mus of that name by a vote of 66 to 14. The vote was preceded by an ex- session, in which Senator speech against ratification and de- | nounced anew the methods by which ting up of the republic wih which | the instrument was negotiated.” . | There was little or no excitement | | about the final vote, as it was well | unde:stcod in advance how senators stocd. Shortly after ‘he vote was ta- | ken the doors were opened and the Senate without delay resumed con- | sideration of ordinary business, tore ing up the agricultural bill: When the Senate went into execu- | tive session to bring he treaty to a vote the amendments which were of- fered by the committee on foreign re- | lations and afterward withdrawn,were again offered and voted down. The | providing for a | treatey with Colombia, with a view of | | satisfying any future demands of that | country on account of ‘the secession of Panama also was rejected by the Senate, The vote of the ‘ratification of the Yeas—Aldrich, Alger, Allee, Allison, Ankeny, Bacon, Bell, Bard, Berry, Beveridge Burn- ham, Burrows, Clarke (Ark.), Clapp, Clark (Wyo.), | Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, | Depew, Dietrich, Dillingham, Dolliver, | Dryden, Eikins, Fairbanks, Foraker, | Foster (La.), Frye, Fulton, Gallinger, | Gamble, Gibson, Hale, Hansbrough, Heyburn, Hoar, Hopkins, Kean, Kearns, Kittredge, Latimer, Lcdge, Long, McComas, McCreary, McCum- | ber, McEnery, Mallory, Millard, Mit- | chell, Money, Nelson, Penrose, Per- kins, Platt (Conn.), Platt (New York), | Proctor, Quarles, Scott,’ Simon | Smoot, Spconer, Stewart, Taliafferr Warren, Wetmore—66. { ays—Bailey, Bate, Blackburn, Car- mack, Culberson, Daniels, DuBois, Gorman, Morgan, Newlands, Pab.er- son, Pettus, Teller, Tillman—14. The War department issued orders for the entire third regiment of infan- try to preceed to the isthmus of Pan- ama. The regiment will leave at the earliest possible time on the trans- ports Sumner and McClellan from Néw York. The regimen: will re- lieve the marines now stationed on the isthmus. : The War department has in the past strenuously denied reports that it in- tended ,to send troops to.the isthmus, but it is now explained that that state- ment only applied to conditions as they existed before the United States acquired vested rights through the ac- | quisiton of the canal zone by the ratification of the canal treaty. _Children Taken From the Stage. Five small children who are mem- bers of Maxine Elliott’s company, now playing “Her Own Way”. at the Illi- nois theater, Chicago, were taken from the stage by order of E. C. Davies, state factory inspector. Mr. manager of the company, was arrested on warrants charging viola- tion of the state labor law, but gave morrow. The children the company in New York. Convicted of Postal Frauds. “Guilty as indicted” was the verdict announced by Carl Peterson, the fore- man of the jury in the famous post- office conspiracy trial, stating at the sama time that this was the verdict as to all four defendants—August W. Machen, late general superintendent of the rural free delivery division, George E. Lorenz, of Toledo, O., and Samuel A. and Diller B. Goff, of Wash- ington City. joined Sou.hern Train Wrecked. A southbound passenger train on the | t7.ora railroad struck a rock on the | -w near Del Rio Tenn. derailing the engine, mail car, combination car and ‘ne day coach. All three cars rolled down an embankment into Pigoen riv- er, but only one person was seriously injured. Engineer Clark was crushed and the press messenger bruised. JAPAN LANDS 40,000 TROOPS. Bombardment of Por: Arthur Repeat- ed.—Raildread Torn Up. Cabling fr-m Chefoo on Feb. 23, a correspondent of the London “Morn- ing Post,” says 40,000 more Japanese troops have landed at Chemulpo, and that he has received confirmation of the report that some Japanese have landed at Pigeon bay, others at Talienwan, and that an engagement occurred the night of February 12. According to the respondent a: Seoul, the bombarded Port Arthur at Japanese intervais ruary, causing, damage. The report is confirmed, this cor-| respondent continues, that 70 miles of | railroad track and some important | bridges have been destroyed between however, only slight | firm, | season will inal; ‘blood, | husband, ‘“Standard’s’” cor- | | taken place between West Virginia Loses. In the first annual debate between JAP TREATY WITH KOREA. Will Likely Fortify the Kingdom and Control Her: Defense. Secretary Hay has received informa- tion that Japan has negotiated a treaty with Korea, whereby she guarantees the independence and integrity of Kor- ea. This is regarded here as one of the cleverest of The many startling diplomatic moves that have been made in connection with the whole East- ern question. The effect is to place Japan on a high moral plane, for it is understood here that this treaty is announced to the world that even if she prevails in her struggle with Rus- | sia, involving military occupation of | Korea, Jaran will take no advantage of that fact, but will maintain the in- dependence of the hermit kingdom. On the other hand, the Russian note complaining of the violation of Korean neutrality by Japan, is believed here, | to be intended to pave a way for fu- | ture heavy reclamations, indeed invol- ving the seizure of Korea and its am- nexation for violation of neutrality in the event that Russia triumphs in the present struggle. CONFESSED TO PERJURY. Witness Claims He Was Threatened During Jett Trial. At Cynthiana, Ky., A. C. Adams pleaded guilty to perjury and was given the minimum sentence of one year. Adams was one of the princi- pal witnesses for the defense at the | trial last September of Curtis Jett and Thomas White, convicted of kill- | ing J. B. Macrum and James Cockrill Adams was allowed to | address the jury. While speaking he broke down several times. In making his confession in the open court room he said he had perjured himself on ac- | at Jackson. | count of fear of being killed in Breat- hitt county if he testified to what he knew. He said that county officers and others had told him that he must aid Jett in proving an alibi or he and his family would suffer. €ounty At- torney Webster pleaded with the jury | for mercy and the jury promptly re- turned a verdict with the minimum sentence of one year. Boston Wool Market. With the wool market steady and dealers feel confident that the close in a satisfactory manner, and the new clip is near at | hand, and the amount of wool to be carried over will not be large. Cur- rent quotations may be summarized as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania, XX and above, 34@34%¢c; X, 30@31c; No. 1. 33¢; No. 2 32@33c; fine un- washed, 29@24c: half-blood, unwash- ed, 251, @ 260: three-eights-blood, un- washed, 25@26e; quarter-blood, un- washed, 25@26c; fine washed delaine, 35@36c: Michigan, X and above nom- No. 1, 29@30¢; No. 2, 28@29c; fine unwashed, 21@22c: quarter-blood, unwashed, 25@251c; three-eights- unwashed, 25@25%c; half- blood, unwashed, 25@26. = THREE KILLED. Locomotive Boiler Explodes, Causing Death and Destruction. The boiler of a locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad blew up at Ehrenfield. Three of the trainmen were killed outright and two others were fatally injured. +The dead are: Engineer Tyson of Derry, hurled through the cab and in- stantly killed, body badly mangled; Conductor Gentz of Derry, on the en- gine at the time of the explosion; George Bittner of Summerhill, stand- ing alongside the engine when the boiler exploded, Killed by flying boil- er plate. Fireman Howell of Derry, was ter- ribly scalded and crushed; Brakeman Furl was mangled and scalded, one leg torn off. May Revive Whipping Post. If a Till offered in the Virginia Leg- islature becomes a law the whipping post, abolished nearly 20 years ago, will be revived. The measure pro- vides that all persons found guilty of the larceny of goods the value of which is not more than $5 shall re- ceive not less than 15 nor more than 39 lashes. It was the custom all over Virginia years ago to whip persons convicted of petty crimes. A post was set in the jail yard, and to this the of- fender was bound with his back bared. The brutality of the punishment, how- ever, causad a popular outcry against it, and the law was repealed. Mixed the Bottles. Mrs. Jaceb Lutz, aged 84, died at Smithville, O., from the effects of a dose of carbolic acid, given by her aged Mrs. Lutz had been ill and a solution of carbolic acid was used in dressing a sore. The bottle was left standing on a table. Sweet cider, of which she drank occasionally, was kept in a similar bottle. Mrs. Lutz asked for cider and Mr. Lutz got the wrong bottle. Bourke Cockran Elected: W. Bourke Cockran was elected a member of Congress at the special election held in the Twelfth Congress- ional district of New York to fill the place made vacant by the resignation cf Mayor George B. McClellan. Canal Treaty Signed. P.esident roosevelt signed the proe- elamation putting into efféct the treaty with Panama-regarding the isthmian canal. As sorn as the proclama- tion was signed it wis returned to the State Department, wiecre the ex- change of ratifications alresdy had Secretary of State Hay and Minister Bunau-Varilla, of Panama. Suffrage Case Decided. In the Supreme court of the United West, Virginia University at Morgan-| States an opinion was handed down town, and the Ohio State University, held in Columbus, the decision was unanimously awarded to the latter. The qua2stion was: “Resolved, That ownership of public utili- ties is undesirable.” Ohio State had tne negative side in the debate. The judges were Prof. U. G. Watherly, of Indiana University; J. C. Edward Kib- ler, of Newark, O., G. Kinz. of Oberlin Colleze. and President H. | CT | by Justice Day in the case of Jackson Giles vs. the Board of Registration of Montgomery county, Ala., dismiss- iag the case for want of jurisdiction, no Feredal question being involved. The case involved the sufferage clause of the new constitution of Alabama. crimination. a was attacked on a dis- inat) on against the colored race, Gile es is a member. * F., 4 po TP Waser - ® Ea CI —— —_— on ae LY AE NACE time vari rigo acid thei shoc man Kids in c lesce case PASed NW AAD hd ©
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