AN ARRAY OF CANNIBALS.
iF land, West Africa, Siam and
Missionaries Say They Destroy!
the Congo Villages.
NATIVES ARE KILLED AND EATEN
Whole Sections Depopulated By Leo-
pold’'s Army—Hands Cut Off Na-
tives as Soldiers’ Souvenirs.
Dr. W. M. Morrison, a Southerr
Presbyterian missionary to the Congo
Free State, in speaking to the Pres-
byterian Ministers’ Association at
Louisville gave an impressive recital |
of the alleged barbarities practiced § ;
| undertakings in Egypt and Morocco
upon the natives of the Congo Free
State by those holding the power, and
of the obstacles thrown in the way
of their correction by the auiuorities.
“l lived with the people for seven
years. I know what 1 am talking
about,” said Dr. Morrison. ‘Leopold
has there a native cannibal army of
20,000 men, officered by white Belgians
and armed with repeating rifles.
These men, representing the worst
and most savage type of the natives,
were first caught then carried far
away from their homes and forved in-
to this military service. Then, in
turn, this cannibal soldiery is used to |
compel the natives to bring in enor-
mous tribute of ivory and india rub-
ber, It is worth noting tnat the hung
of Belgium is today reputed to be the
largest dealer in ivory and rubber in
the world.
“As a result of this forced labor and
military service great and unspeakable
cruelties are practiced on the native
people. I have seen a number cf times
at least 50,000 fleeing into the forests
to escape from the cannibal soldiers of
King Leopold; 1 have seen these sol-
diers scouring through the forasts
and after catching a number of men
whom he Government wanted as
laborers, going away with the cap-
tives tied together by ropes around
their necks. Raids upon villages are
being constantly made. Some of the
peopie are killed and others
are arr away tivity and
sold, others are for into miliary
service, 1 can buy all the slaves you
want at Lue
o at 310 and $15 apiece.
aie}
“When these raids are made the
most awful cruelties practiced.
nt women and children are kill-
ured, hands are cut « to be
to the white Bs
that the wo
am ofli-
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be-
are
One of these raids
r one : issi
18. One of
went to the scene
hands cnt off and éry
to be taken back-to the
ficers. Forty-five dead
counted lying near by.
“The Belgiam Government makes
the usual stereotyped denial of. these
cha have seen personally the
Governor of the Congo State. He will
not do anything. I have been in the
palace of the King of Belgium and
have seen the mast prominent of-
ficials of the Congo Government.
\They will not do anything. The
English Government is greatiy inter-
ested in the situation. At the request
of Lord Lansdowne 1 preferred a
statement of such outrages as had
come under my own chservation.
“Consul Roger Casement, as English
and acting American representative in
the Congo State, has just made a tour
of investigation, and his report, in
the hands of our Government at Wash-
ington, presented a most deplorable
situation cf affairs. As a Government
we do owe something to the
reat sect
over a fire,
Belgiam of-
bodies were
What are we going to do?”
BANK OFFICIALS SUED.
Stockhelders
Handling Funds.
Steubenville, O., by the stockholders
of the defunct First National Bank
of Mt. Pleasant against the officers
and directors individually. It is al-|
leged the officers and directors were |
grossly negligent in the conduct of the
business, allowing the cashier, Isaac
K. Ratcliffe, to make loans unrestrict-
ed, and that they fraudulently dissi-|
pated a part of the funds of the bank.
The bank has a capital of $175,000.
The last statement, issued November
30, 1902, showed a surplus of $35,000
and undivided profits of $5,000. At the
expiration of the charter, February 24,
1903, it was found that $87,500 of the
capital and the $40,000 surplus and un-
divided profits had disappeared. This
was a shrinkage of $127,000, but the
$106,000 for which a judgment is ask-
ed represents the amount which could
be definitely located on the books.
Ratcliffe, the cashier, resigned three
months before the bank went ‘into
liquidation, disposed of all his proper-
ty, and moved to Chicago.
Mine Office Is Dynamited.
The scales and office of the Frost-
burg Mining Company, at Morrison,
near Westernport, Md., were dynamit-
ed by an unknown person. The mo-
tive for the work cannot be conjec-
tured by the officials. The affair
created great excitement about the
place and the damage will amount to
over $1,000.
A strike of over 4,000 coal miners at
worx in Kentt y, was averted when,
after three disagreements, the wage
committee agreed to submit their dif-
ferences to arbitration and abide by
the result.
Thirty Lives Lost.
Twenty hatches marked “L. M.,” a
number of light spars, much chaff, such
as peels off grain in contact with wa-
ter, two life buoys marked La Morna,
Greenock, and a lot of narrowing deck
planking and ships housework have
been found within the past few days in
Barclay sound, tndcating that the
Scotch ship LaMorna of Greenock
grain laden, from Puget sound to
Queenstow®, has foundered with Ler
ship’s company of 30 souls.
| brides and Madagascar.
i spective states.
country.
20,000,- |
000 of black people in the Congo State, |
ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY SIGNED.
Includes Egypt, Morocco, Newfound-
Madagascar.
The Anglo-French coloniel treaty
was signed in the foreign office in Loon-
don. The first instrument deals with
Egypt, and Morocco, the second with
Newioundland and West Africa, and
the third with Siam, the New He-
By the terms
of the treaty the present political
| situation in Morocco and in Egypt re-
mains unchanged and a full agreement
is reached regarding Egyptian fi-
nances. Great Britain recognizes the
right of France to guard the tran-
quility of Morocco, while France will
not impede the action of Great Bri-
tain in Egypt, and Great Britain ad-
heres to the convention of 1888 for
the tranquility of the Suez canal.
It is agreed that public works and
shall remain in the hands of the re-
The freedom of trade
in Egypt and Morocco is guaranteed
for 30 years, and if the’ convention
shall not he denounced before the ex-
| piravon of that .period it to remain
in force for four years more.
France obtains three concessions re-
garding territory in West Africa.
Under the terms of the first there is
to be a territorial readjustment on the |
Zambezi giving France access to the]
portion of the river navigable to]
ocean-going sliips; under the second
France secures six Los islands, and
under the third there is to be a read-
justment of the frontier line between
the river Niger and Lake Tchad, giv-
ing France a route through a fertile
PHILIPPINES SHIPPING BILL.
and Clark Centennial
priation Goes Through.
on Friday passed a large
number of bills, including the Philip-
pine shipping bill and the bill appro-
priating $47
and Clark centennial exposition to be
held in Portland, Ore. in 1905. The
only amendment made to the Philip-
pine shipping bill was one extending
until July 1, 1906, the time when the
law shall become operative.
The bill provides that no merchan-
dise or passengers except supplies for
the army or navy 11 be transported
by sea, under penalty of forfeiture, be-
tween ports of the U »d States and
the Pl ine archipelago, directly or
v ‘ia a foreign port, or for any part of
e voyage, in any except vessels of
It does not prohib-
inz of any foreign
ted States and
Lewis
The house
United ‘States.
the sailix
the Phi 1 ween ports or
places 1 hilippine The ton-
nage taxe: ( force on foreign
vessels con to the United States
are levied vessels coming
ircm the Pnilippins S.
KILL A HUNDRED HERREROS.
Bioedy Fight at Relief of Omarury,
West Africa.
The Southwest African correspond-
ent of the Cologne Gazette has sent a
telegraphic descripticn of the relief of
Omaruru, February 4. Both sides
fought with desperate courage. Upon
hearing the firing of artillery of the
relief corps the beleagured force made
a sortie against the enemy, who held
a natural fortification.
The Herreros were attacked in front
and rear, but held their ground with
marvelous tenacity. When the Ger-
mans rushed many of the Herrercs
crept into crevices, where they were
bayoneted.
The Herreros lost 160 killed or
wounded of their 600 men. The Ger-
man Joss was eight men killed and
ten wounded.
Plague In the Transvaal.
The Transvaal finds the bubonie
mn
| plague added to its other misfortunes
| of war and business depression.
Claim Negligence in | sixty persons have died of the disease,
Over
several being white persons and the
. | rest Kaffirs working in the mines of
Suit to recover $106,000 was filed in|
Johannesburg. The conditions in
some of the quarters occupied by the
Kaffirs are not sanitary, and Johannes-
burg is, doubtless, in for a bad epi-
demic. Already there has been much
scattering cut upon the
burning of quarters suspected of in-
fection. The origin of the first case
is unknown. It is supposed that the
germs were brought in articles im-
ported from India or China.
POPULATION ESTIMATES.
Some Figures Showing Increase Since
Last Census Reports.
The census bureau has issued a bul- |
letin which gives the estimated popu-
lation of the United States for 1903,
exclusive of Alaska and the insular
possessions of the United States, at
79,900,389. This is an increase of 3,-
905,814 since the census of 1900. The
population is est imated for 438 cities
having 10,000 or more inhabitants in
19500.
According to these estimates New
| York is now a city of 3,176,139 inhabi-
Chicago is rapidly apprcach-
ing the 2,000,600 mark, baving 1,873,
830 inhabitants; Philadelphia has
1,367,716; St. Louis has just passed and
cston has almost reached the 600,000
mark; Baltimore has 531,313; Cleve-
land is now a considerable distance
ahead of Cincinnati, whieh cities
414,950 and 332,934 ive
Buffalo also has considerably increas-
ed its population being credited with
381,430 inhabitants. San Francisco
and Pittsburg are close competitors,
the former having 355,919 and the lat-
ter 245.043. Detroit, Milwaukee and
New Orleans have just passed 300,000
and Washington is close to that figure.
tants;
Wisconsin Makes Best Record.
Announcement, was made at the
Navy department that a cablegram re-
ceived from Rear Admiral Evans six
weeks ago, giving the scores of the
target practice on that station, was
misinterpr eta: A personal letter re-
ceived shows tI the Wisconsin
made better re than the Ala-
bama, which up till now has held the
record. The best 13-inch gun point er
of the Wisconsin made nin
of ten shots, and the total p
of hits was 83.
o»
Appro- | ;
| and Gilbride fell to the floor insensi-
| ble and bleeding profusely from a
5,000 in aid of the Lewis
| head.
Seoul.
| Anju, 10,000 are at Ping-Yang and 5,000
! on March 28.
| river, in Northeastern Korea.
veldt and |
| not pleas
FIVE STABBED IN #EFUED.
wet
One Faction Lures the Other Into
a Saloon.
RESERVES WERE CALLED OUT.
Three Men May Die From Injuries
Fight Continued by Men on
the Street.
In a feud fight in New York three
brothers, Thomas, William and Mich- |
ael Gilbride, were seriously, if not fa- |
tally, stabbed and Harry and John
McShane, also brothers, were badly
wounded.
Saturday a fight occurred between |
Harry McShane and Thomas Gilbride
and both were arrested. Sunday,
meeting Gilbride and his two brothers
on the street with several friends,
McShane gathered about 20 of his
friends in the back room of a saloon
at the corner of First avenue and
Twenty-third street. Then, according
to the police, he approached Gilbride,
professed regret over their trouble of |
the day before and finally induced the
| Gilbride party to go with his to the
salocn to drink and forget their dif-
ferences. As soon as all were inside
the saloon McShane is said to have
given a signal, at which his friends
began the fight.
Harry McShane devcted his energy
to Tom Gilbride, the police say, and
used a long-biaded jack-knife on his
adversary. The fight between thege
two men lasted nearly five minutes
jagged cut in the abdomen and anoth-
er on the right shoulder.
Then Harry McShane attacked Wil-
liam Gilbride and inflicted several
wounds, one of which was on the
The men fought their way out
of the salcon and continued the battle
| in the street, Sojlenting a crowd that
blocked the surface cars and led to
the calling of the police reserves. The
fight lasted half an hour. When the
pclice reserves arrived they sent
Thomas and William Gilbride to a
hospital and arrested the two Mec-
Shanes, who were bleeding from a
dozen wounds.
Michael Gilbride, with a serious
stab over his heart, evaded the police
and was taken home by his friends.
The MecShanes were taken to a hos-
pital and positively identified by
Thomas Gilbride, the man most seri- |
ously hurt, as his assailants.
WAR MOVEMENTS.
| Distribution of Japanese Troops—Rus- |
sians on Tumen River.
Japan now has 50,000 men north of |
Of these 25,000 are beyond
remain at Chinnampo. Others are dis-
tributed alcng lines of communica- |
tion. These comprise the first, sec-
ond, sixth and twelfth divisions.
Aniu is occupied and fortifications
oh the south bank of the river are
completed. The ice has broken suiii-
ciently to permit two temporary
bridges to be constructed. Some cava-
Iry have been thrown forward, sup-
ported by a large body of infantry,
vhich Doncafally occupied Pakehun
Russians are occupying six of the
largest border towns on the Tumen
SUES CHURCH TRUSTEES.
Clergyman Declares That Conspiracy
to Injure Him Existed.
The Rev. J. C. Marple, pastor of the
Church of God, Elm Grove, W. Va,
filed a suit against the trustees of the
church for $1,000 damages, accom-
panied by a bill of particulars pre-
pared by himself. He alleged that his
name was crossed from the church rec- |
ords at a meeting held in his absence,
and that there was a ‘conspiracy to
injure his social standing, business |
reputation, peace of mind, and to cast
odium_upon his memory.”
The action cf the trustees was taken
because of Mr. Marple’s series of |
rather sensational sermons on “Hell,” |
in which he took a position that did !
e the trustees.
#
FIVE KILLED. .
Many Others Injured in Traction
Wreck in California.
Three people were instantly killed |
and two others were so badly injureds
that they died within half an hour |
in a trolley accident at Santa Barbara,
Cal. Twenty others were also slight. |
ly injured, sustaining bruises and |
broken bones. !
The dead are:
guez, James Smith, Ramon
Francisco Domin- |
Reyes, |
| Leon Calderon Earl Goland (all of | 2
| system of salt-water mains and pump-
{ing stations at the river fronts to per-
| fect its fire facilities. |
Santa Barbara).
The accident” was caused by one
of the Edison Company’s street cars
running off the track and turning over. |
The first three named in the list of
the dead were killed outright and
their bodies horribly mangied.
Among the injured, none of whom |
it is believed will die, was Mrs. Julius
Kruttschnitt, wife of the traffic direc-
tor and vice president of the Southern
Pacific railway, who was slightly
hurt. Dr. Rosa Enghert of Chicago,
Mrs, ‘Farly, an eastern woman, whose
address is unknown and Edmond
Quinn of Kansas City, were also hurt.
The others injured are all Santa Bar-
bara people.
Agree to Amalgamate.
The consolidation of the Amalga-
mated Society of Engineers, Machin-
ists, Blacksmiths and Pattern Makers,
an English organization with about
2,000 members in the United States,
with the International Association of
Machinists has been agreed on, sub-
ject to the approval of the superior
officers of the former organization.
The tentative agreement was reached
at a meeting of the general executive
board of the International Association
. hiricts
| of Machinists.
Boat
| cheng, but no details
| the commission,
a. LANDED A PESTHOUSE.
Pulled Ashore and Goods Re-
moved Before Discovery.
The engineer’s ‘office at government |
dam No. 6, at Merrill, two miles below
Beaver, ‘Pa., is quarantined and gover: |
al men working on the dam have been |
laid off 10 days on’ account of their |
pulling ashore a smallpox pesthouse, |
which had been set adrift in the Ohio |
river at Rochester.
The house had been used as a guard-
house and the recent flood washed it
down on the river bank. Some irre-|
spensible person is thought to have
set it adrift, as the health authorities
disclaim all responsibility. Samuel
Willits, a foreman, and William Stone, |
an assistant, with George Workman,
who lives nearby, rowed out and cap-
tured it. |
In it they found blankets and furni-!
ture, which they removed. Some of
| the chairs they sold to Italian work-
men, who are now much excited.
Workman's brother is a member of Ro-
chester council and as soon as he had
| learned that the house had been set
aarift he sent word to his brother to
beware of it. The message arrived af-
ter the house was picked up.
ROCKEFELLER GIVES $500,000.
Contributes to Income of Johns Hop-
kins Hospital.
John D. Rockefeller has given to the
Johns Hopkins hospital the sum of
$500,000, and the amount has been ac-
cepted by the board of trustees of
that institution. The income of the
hospital was seriously affected by the
destruction of many houses belonging
to it in the recent fire, upon which
there wag inadequate insurance. The
expressed purpose of Mr. Rockefel-
ler’'s gift is to restore that income to
its original propor.ons, which will
enable the hospital to keep up the
great volume of charitable treatment
which it has maintained in the past.
ANOTHER WAR RUMOR.
Report That the Russians Were De-
feated on Yalu.
A London news agency dispatch
says it is rumored that there has been |
another engagement on the Yalu and |
that the Russians were defeated with |
heavy loss. There is no confirmation
of the story.
The Tokio correspondent of the]
London Chronicle transmits a rumor |
that a battle has occurred at Kiulien- |
are given. Sev-|
eral correspondents at Tokio and]
Seoul concur ‘in saying that there has
been no engagement. The Russians |
have withdrawn across the Tumen riv- |
er as well as across the Yalu, not op-|
posing the Japanese advance.
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|
|
|
Must Show Books.
The case of the interstate commerce |
| commission vs. Baird, commonly known |
as the anthracite gcoal case, was de- |
cided by the supreme court of the Unit-|
| ed States in favor of the contentions of |
the decision of the
United States circuit court for the
Southern district of New York being
reversed. This is the case instituted
before the commission by W. R.
Hearst of New York, who alleged dis-|
crimination by the railroad companies
which reach the anthracite coal mines
in Pennsylvania.
NEWS NOTES.
Brakeman Harry Ritchey, 30 years
old, was killed by a Pennsylvania rail-
road engine near Lilly, Pa.
Frank Gibson fatally shot his wife
at North Tonawanda, N. Y., then made |
an attempt on his own life.
Admiral Skrydloff will supersede Ad-
miral Makaroff when he arrives at the
Elihu Root,
first Secretary of War, is now counsel |
for the Northern Securities Company.
James and Walter Hering, brothers,
were shot to death at Athens, Texas,
in a fight with officers who were at-|
tempting to arrest them.
George Madwick, 21 years old, was
run over by a car and instantly killed
at the Keystone Coal company’s No. 2
mines, near Greensburg, Pa.
In a ratio of 5 to 1 citizens of Chi-
cago declare themselves in favor of
municipal ownership of their street
railways.
Grover Cleveland comes out with an
unqualified indorsement of Judge Al-
ton B. Parker as the logical Democrat-
ic candidate for the Presidency.
Ear] R. Marvin, Pittsburg, has
been appointed aide-de-camp on the
staff of Brig. Gen. John A. Wiley,
{| commander of the Second brigade, N.
|G. P.
| down the ways.
| the Spanish-Americ
far east with the Baltic fleet. | sitions
President Roosevelt's |
FIVE PERSONS DROWNED
Met With Rough Water and Boat
Was Overturned.
TWO REACHED THE BEACH ALIVE
Victims Were All Members of the
Faculty of the Florida Method-
ist College.
Five persons, members of the facul-
ty of the Florida Methodist college at |
were drowned near AD-| panes gecupied by the Frey, Barry and
The dead are
Mrs. Walker, wife of the president of |
Sutherland,
clote lighthouse, Fla.
the college; Miss O’Conner, of At-
lanta; Miss Slaughter, of Sutherland;
Miss M’'Cray, of Sutherland; Mr. Bou-!
land, of Sutherland.
President Walker and Miss Newton |
reached the beach alive. The bodies
| of Mrs. Walker and Miss O’Conner
have not yet been recovered. The
bodies of the other three who lost
their lives were washed ashore and re- |
| covered.
the party out for a cruise to the Tlight- |
President Walker had taken
house, but met with rough water and
the boat was overturned in the gulf.
The Florida Methodist college is lo- |
cated at Sutherland, on the west coast
of the gulf, about 30 miles from Tam- | -
pa.
THE VIRGINIA LAUNCHED.
Latest Addition to U. S. Navy the Most
Modern Battleship.
In the presence of the governor of
Virginia and his staff, Assistant Sec-
| retary of the Navy Darling and many
cther distinguished guests, the mag-
nificent new battlesldp Virginia was
launched at Newport News, the little
daughter of the governor, Miss Matil-
da Gay Montague, christening her and
breaking a bottle of sparkling wine
over her prow as the big vessel started
The Virginia is the
most modern and highest class battle-
ship ever constructed at the yards: of
the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Co..
She belongs to a class of five mam-
moth ships authorized by congress in
the two years immediately following
She is of
length on |
breadth, ex-
n war.
15,060 tons Cisplacement
load water line, 435 foot }
treme at load water 1
inches; draught with 1
26 feet. The Virginia will have a
speed of 19 knots, which ig regarded
as remarkable considering her im-
mense size, and will be propelled at
this high speed by twin screws, driven
by two four-cylinder, triple expansion
engines of about 19,000 horse-power.
She will carry four 12-inch guns, mount-
| ed in pairs ih balanced turrets, one
forward and one aft. The remainder
of the main battery will consist of
| eight 8-inch guns, four of which will
be mounted upon the 12-inch turrets |
and four in two broadside turrets, lo-
cated forward of amidships. The Vir-
ginia will also have a broadside bat-
tery consisting cn the gun deck of 12
6-inch rapid-fire guns, mounted six on
each side. The secondary battery will
| consist of twelve 3-inch rapid-fire guns;
|
twelve 3-pound semi-automatic guns;
| eight 1-pound heavy automatic; two 30-
| calibre machine guns and six 30-cali-
ber Colt automatic guns, all of which
are to be mounted in commanding po-
with the greatest possible
arcs of fire. The ship is also to be sup-
plied with submerged torpedo tubes,
such as did such terrible work at the |
| first Japanese attack upon the Rus-|
sian fleet in Port Arthur harbor.
JAPS POSSESS WIJU.
Russian Forces Had Left and Retreat-
ed Beyond the Yalu.
The Russians have been driven out
anese scouts entered
o’clock on the 4th inst.
forces have retreated beyond the Yalu
and have abandoned positions that
might easily nave been made defensi-
ble by a moderately adequate force.
The Japanese government already
has in motion over 275,000 troops, and
Wiju at 11
60,000 more are under arms in Japan |
in garrison and at depots ready to
march at a moment’s notice. These
| figures do} net include the Third re-
A desperate attempt to escape from |
the Missouri penitentiary was made by
four convicts heavily armed and carry-
| ing sticks of dynamite.
The Russian police have apologized
and have rehoisted the United States
| flag over the correspondents’ mess at
Newchwang.
New York will have an auxilliary
Bandits held up the mail stage run-
ning between Holt and Big Fork,
Mont., and took the mail and other
valuables.
The House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors has completed its draft of
an appropriation bill carrying approxi-
mately $3,000,000 to continue existing
cortracts for river and harbor work.
James Ryan, William Stoughton and
John Roe were arrested at Youngs-
town, O., charged with holding up In-
spector Philips and others on a Shar-|
on street car.
At San Francisco Mrs.
der in the first
sent her through the mails. Her
penalty will be life imprisonment.
Premier Combes ordered that all re-
ligious emblems be removed from the
French courts of justice,
Good Friday for the carrying out of
the order. Among the emblems to be
banished I Bonnat’'s famous picture
of the Crucifixion, hanging in the Paris
\ssize Cot
| dale, Nephi;
| siding three miles southwest of
selecting |
| cov ered two hon
serves,
.The news of the Russian abandon-
| ment of the fortifications on the Yalu
seems to show that the Japanese have
Smoot ‘Witnesses Wanted.
The following witnesses have been
| summoned to appear before the com-
mittee on privileges and elections in
the Smoot case April 20; Angus Mec-
Cannon, Salt Lake; George Reads-
John W. Taylor, John
Henry Smith, J. M. Tanner, Salt Lake;
L. E. Alcott, Farmington; B. H. Rob-
erts, Salt Lake; Moses Thatcher, Lo-
gan; Heber J. Grant, Mathias F. Cou-
ley, Lillian Hamlin Cannon, Salt Lake.
Lizzie Hattsheim, aged 16, died at
Appleton, Wis., after a fast of 40 days,
undertaken, it is said, for the purpose
of ending her life, made miserable by
continued sickness.
| Cordelia
Botkin was pronounced guilty of mur-
degree cn the charge |
of having caused the death of Mrs. |
John P. Dunning by poisoned candy |
Hands Clasped in Death,
The three children of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Holmes, Laura, aged 13: Hazel,
aged 11, and Wendel, aged 9 years, re-
Tustin,
Mich., were drowned in a large pond
tack of their home. The pond was
covered
which the children ventured.
was not strong enough i
them and the; Lo
of water. When
The ice
support
in 13 feet
bodies were re-
er the children’s
still tightly clasped.
of Korea by the Japanese and 50 Jap-| LBis tragedy ji
y bp 59 JaD| death of two prominent men in South-
The Russian |
numbering 120,000, who are
| still awaiting a call to the c¢olors. |
with a thin coat of ice, on!
——
SEVERAL OTHERS WERE HURT.
Firemens’ Lives Crushed Out by Fall
ing Walls—Large Carriage
Plant Destroyed.
Five persons are dead and another
is dying as the result of a fire ..at
occurred to-day in the Columbia Hall
building, a metal sheathed three-story
structure in Wilson place, Mt. Vernon,
N.Y.
The dead are: Nathan Frey, 60
years old; Isidor Frey, 12 years; Helen
Frey, 9 years; Henry Frey, 3 years,
and Gussie Dohrin, 10 years, a cousin
of Mrs. Rebecca Frey.
The first floor of the building was
occupied by the Columbia Piano Com-
pany; on the ground floor were apart-
Lavigne families. ‘The flames spread
throughout the top floors with great
rapidity. The inmates were aroused
by the smoke and heat and all en-
deavored to make their escape, but the
members of the Frey family were
overcome before any of them could
even reach a window.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry and Mr. and
Mrs. Lavigne managed to escape by
windows on the third floor and were
brought down ladders by the firemen.
Mrs. Barry is suffering from injuries
to head and face, but she is not dan-
gerously hurt. Mrs. Lavigne was al-
most overcome by smoke, but with the
heip of her husband she got to a
window and revived. Her condition
is not dangerous.
All the dead were more or less
burned, but their deaths probably re-
sulted directly from suffocation.
The property loss is estimated at
about $30,000,
At York, Pa, three members of Vol-
unte Ber Fire company No. 1 lost their
live in fighting a fire of unknown
} which destroyed the plant of
the York Carriage company, entailing
a loss of about $200,000, partially cov-
ered by insurance. The dead are:
Marcellus Stoubinger, Horace Strine
and Harry Satzgiver.
The men were buried beneath fall-
ing walls. Two of the bodies have
been recovered. A number of others
were more or less injured.
Adjoining pronerties were damaged,
as follows: Edward S. Brooks, build-
ing occupied by Ernst & Bupp, agri-
cuitural implement dealers, $6,000;
Variety iron works, $4,000; dwellings
of John Minsker, H. M. King, U. T.
Cox, D. H. Erezley, John Scunall and .
Hill's barber shop; loss unestimated.
JOHN P. ELKIN NOMINATED.
Pennsylvania Republicans Choice for
Supreme Bench.
In the shortest convention in the his-
tory of the Republican party in Penn-
sylvania, John P. Elkin was nominated
for justice of the supreme court. Just
70 minutes were consumed in placing
him on the ticket with the 34 candi-
dates for presidential electors.
After the reading of the platform
Senator Penrose was re-elected chair-
man of the State committee by accla-
mation. On motion of George T. Oliv-
er, of Pittsburg, John P. Elkin was
Nominsted by acclamation for judge of
he Supreme Court.
The following delegates- at-large to
the national convention were then
elected: Governor Samuel W. Penny-
packer, Francis L. Robbins, of Pitts-
burg, James Eiverson, of Philadelphia,
and O. D. Bleakley, of Venango. The
alternate delegates-at-large are: O. S.
Hershman, of Pittsburg; D. H. Thom-
as, Lehigh; Jesse Hartman, Blair, and
S. B. Dick, Crawford. The electors-at-
large are Robert Pitcairn, Pittsburg,
and Levi McCauley, of Chester.
The convention then adjourned, hav-
ing been in session a little more than
an hour.
DUEL CAUSES TWO DEATHS.
Firing at Each Other
Political Disputes.
At the door of the hall in which
the Republican delegate convention
for the North Fork (W. Va.) district
was being held a bloody street duel oe-
curred between J. A. Ballard, a
wealthy merchant, and John MacFar-
land, chief of police of Norta Fork.
which resulted in the
Began Over
ern West Virginia had its origin in
the bitter fight which has been going
on between the rival adherents of
Secretary of State W. M. O. Dawson
and Col. Charles F. Teter, aspirants
for the Republican Gubernatorial nom-
ination. Ballard was the leader of the
Teter men in that section, while Mac-
Farland was at the head of the Daw-
son forces.
Ballard came from North Carolina,
18 years ago and during his residence
in the coal fields amassed a fortune.
Chief MacFarland was one of the most
popular young men Jin the county
and bore the reputation of being one
of the bravest officials in the State.
! I Jar | He was an active Republican leader.
been carrying out their intention of | Re
landing troops west of the Yalu as|
outlined in a letter just received here
| from Kobe, Japan.
CURRENT EVENTS. '
A man giving both the names, E. C.
Booth and William Edwards, of Pitts-
burg, was found dead in the Parkers-
burg (W. Va.) police station... Al
coholism was the cause of death.
The body of Miss Viola King, who
was drowned in the Neshannock river
at New Castle, Pa., has been recover-
ed in the Beaver river about two miles
below New Castle Junction.
In the house of representatives an
attempt to secure consideration un-
der suspension of the rules of the bill
appropriating $475,000 for the Lewis
and Clark centennial exposition, to be
held in Portland, Ore., in 1905, failed
after the house had divided several
times and the roll had been called
twice.
| Must Eat Canned Dog Meat or None.
fter holding a mecting to discuss the
expressed intention of those having in
charge the Igorrotes from the Philip-
pine islands to furnish the savages
with dogs for food during the World’s
fair, the Humane society, of St. Louis,
formally gave notice that prosecution
follow every attempt to fur-
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