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Remains of 23 Victims Scattered
Over a Large Area.
PROPERTY DAMAGE 13 HEAVY.
Two Cars of Powder Let Go With Ap
palling Fore Near Little
Utah Town.
Two ram of dynamite attached to a
work train on the Ogden-Lurln rut-oft
of the Southern Pacific railroad ex
ploded with terrific force Friday after
noon at Jackson Station, 88 mile went
of Ogden, killing at leant 23 persons,
Injuring as many more and destroying
large amount of property.
The Hat of the (had and injured had
not been received up to midnight, but
It la thought large proportion of the
victims were Greek laborets. Among
the known dead are Conductor George
Dermody of Ogdeti and his train crew.
It Is also reported that a fireman
named Hurt, with his wife and three
children were killed.
The explosion wrecked everything
within a radius of half a mile.
Jackson station was used principal
ly as a telegraph station, but. a num
ber of outfit cars were sldetiacked at
the place for the accommodation of
the workmen and their families.
Some of these cars, it Is stated, were
close to where the explosion occurred.
The telegraph operator's house was
badly damaged and Operator Taylor
and his wife Injured.
The accident was rnused by a water
train running Into the two cars loaded
with powder. Five locomotives were
reduced . to scrap Iron, and the big
steam shovel at Jnckson station was
completely demolished. As soon as
news of the explosion reached Ogden a
special with physicians, nurses and
stretchers was hurried to the scene.
ALBANIANS LOSE 800.
Routed, by a Force of Turks Which
Wat Being Besieged.
The 20.000 Albanians who were be
sieging Shemsl Pasha, have been rout
ed, losing 8i'0 men killed and wounded. !
The Turkish losses aie said to be.
heavy. i
The situation In the Ralkans. espe-!
daily since the revolt of the Albanians !
in the district of Dlakova, province of
Ipek, Is considered here to be serious.
It. Is declared that Austria has 30,000
men ready to Invade Albania.
The Albanians are a fierce and war
like pe.-irle, and while nominally sub
ject to Turkey, they are even more
fanatical Moslems than the Turks.
; When the Sultan announced his ap
proval of the AUHtro-Russian scheme
of reform In Macedonia, by which the
- Christians were guaranteed some
measure of protection from Moslem
outrages, the Albanians rose up In re
volt agalnFt any concessions to the
demands of the Kuropean powers for
' guardianship of the Macedonians from
, plunder and outrnge,
The Sultan sent a large number of
; troops Into Albania to suppress the In-
; surrecMon, and several engagements
have occurred between them and the
Insurgents.
GAS CLAIMS THREE VICTIMS.
Low Pretture Cause of Two Fatal
Accidentt.
Three people died In Youngstown,
O., on account of the fact that the
natural gas supply had gone down in
pressure and then suddenly came up
while they were asleep.
The dead are: Mrs. Ixttle Garwood;
Alva Garwood, aged 7 years; Miss Eth
el Clarke. The injured are: Miss
Kate Stafford, hands cut and burned;
W. T. Melvin, cut by glass and bruis
ed. Miss Clarke had gone to bed with
the gas burning. The low pressure
during the night caused the gas to
go out, and when It suddenly came on
stronger, she was suffocated. She was
found dead in 'bed this morning. - In
the other hoube the gas fire had gone
down and the increased pressure later
in the morning caused a superheated
stove to set the house afire.
The Nagasaki correspondent of the
Dally Telegraph expresses the eonvlc
tion that Russia is quite unable to hold
the Liao-Tung peninsula, and that
Port Arthur is bound to fall by the ef
fluxion of time, even without an as-
L-Ult.
FIRE CAUSES $125,000 LOSS.
Two Towns Sent Assistance to Ashta
bula During a Blaze.
A fire which started In the drygoods ,
etore of M. L. Morrison's Sons, Ash-'
tabula, and which destroyed the dry
goods store of that concern, caused a '
loss of $125,000. Morrison's loss Is 1
placed at $55,000; Insurance one-half.
In the same block, the Globe company, 1
clothiers, suffered a loss of probably ,
$20,000, with partial insurance. The
postqtfice building was destroyed, with ,
a loss of $20,000. No mall was tie-'
stroyed, however. The remaining loss- ;
es are divided among a dozen tenants !
of the two buildings and are tinder
$2,000. The fire departments of Ge
neva and Conneaut sent assistance. i
Churches Unite. ,
Official announcement that the un-!
Ion of the Piesbyterlan and Cumber-1
land churches had been effected after
the labors of the committees repre-1
enting the two churches for the past
two days, was made in St. Louis, Mo.
' Denied by the Japs.
The Japanese legation in London re
' cetved an official dispatch from Toklo,
, saying It was not true that any Japan
ese vessels had been destroyed so far
In any of the various naval engage
ments. The message also says that
the Japanese force have, up to the
: present time, made no attempt to land
at any point where they .could come in
contact with the Russians, and that
consequently all ieportt of land action
and Japanese losses are. untrue,; 'i "
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LOSS OF TWO GREAT SHIPS.
Survivor Telia of Destruction of the
Yenisei and Boyarln.
A correspondent wJres from Tien
Tsln, as follows: "At New Chwang I
obtained from an officer who survived
the catastrophe to the Yenesel the
full details of the explosion which de
stroyed her and of the subsequent loss
ot the Doyarln In Dalny bay.
"The Yenesel was engaged on Feb
ruary 11, in the task of laying 400
minea and had planted 398. This three
hundred and ninety-ninth floated In
stead of sinking. On this the Yenesel
drew off and flied at It with her light
guns, attempting to sink or explode It.
While thus occupied, the lookout man
discovered the ship had drifted close
to another mine.
"He gave th alarm and Jumped
overboard. Immediately, theft was
a terrific explosion, 190 officers and
men. Including the captain, were
killed, while 90 more wete picked up
by boats and saved.
"The officer laying the mines, who
was the only man In the Russian fleet
having knowledge of exactly how the
mines were disposed, was among the
killed.
"A violent storm followed, when the
mines came to the surface and floated
about 4n all directions. The next day
the Hoyarln was sent to assist In se
curing them . She was caught In the
storm, however, and driven ashore on
the rocks, where she became a total
wreck.
"The loss of Russian fleet up to date
Is 11 large ships wrecked or perman
ently Injured. Rumors that Dalny has
been occupied by the Japanese are
quite untrue. Trains are running all
ways from Port Arthur to ltnrbln. but
they are greatly delayed, though the
line Is Btrlctly gnarded."
RUSSIANS REPORTED DROWNED.
The Ice on Lake Baikal Gave Way
Under Traina.
A cable message from Prague, says:
An official paper, the "Narodnl Maty,"
published at St. Petersburg telegram
announcing that three Russian regl-
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ments, numbering 3,000 men. have
been drowned while crossing the ice
railway over Lake Baikal.
The regiments comprise two coips
of engineers (pioneers) and one corps
of railway engineers. They carried
heavy machinery and supplies.
The telegram says that while almost
In the center of the lake the Ice sud
denly gave way for a distance of 200
yards and the tiain plunged down
ward. The handful of survivors suc
ceeded in making their way to the
nearest station.
Such a catastrophe has been expect
ed by the engineers in St. Petersburg,
because sudden openings even In the
cold weather in the center of the
lake have been frequent, and the
crossing lg always dangerous on ac
count of the varying thickness of the
ice.
The three regiments reported lost
bad been building the ice railway
across the lake.
JAPANESE LINING UP.
Over 100,000 Soldiers Said to Have
Been Landed In Korea.
The correspondent at Chemulpo of
the London "Daily Express" makes the
astonishing statement that Japan has
already landed 120,000 troops In Korea,
80,000 of whom are extended along the
fighting front, south of the Yalu river.
The press attaches the greatest sig
nificance to the departure pt' Viceroy
Aiexleff from Port Arthur and com
ments upon the sudden throwing of
Russian troops into New Chwang, as
Indicating Russian apprehension that
Port Arthur is in danger and that the
Japanese attack may not after all be
made where It is expected, on the
Yalu river. All the reports tend to
confirm the impression that Russia
has little or nothing to xpect lrom
sea operations,
Russian Torpedoes Destroyed.
According to a dispatch to the Parts
edition of the New York "Herald," 400
torpedoes, being two-thirds of 'Rus
sia's entire available supply of these
articles, were destroyed ou board the
Russian cruiser Varlag at Chemulpo.
A message to the London "Times"
say:, Russia has seized Nluchwang.
Fifteen hundred Infantry entered ths
native city Monday. Bands are play
ing and banners flyiug. Paulc and
confusion prevail among the native
population,. ! - ' .:p r.- t
RUSSIAN RAILWAY BLOCKED.
Trans-Siberian Rout In Bad Condi
tion and Practically Useless for
Transporting Troops.
Advices from Siberia confirm the re
ports of demoralisation In the railway
set vice on the Trans-Malkan section
of the Trans-Siberian railway. There
Is great suffering and mortality among
men and horses. The government does
not choose to suppress the main facts
In the case, because It looks largely to
philanthropic ftussla lor relief.
The breakdown of the railway la
complete at those points wheie the
grades are steep and curves sharp, and
the cuttings narrow. In some places
the snow has drifted on the track to
the depth of from 10 to 15 feet. The
cold Is so Intense that railway men are
pursuing the work of clearing the line
under conditions of Immense difficulty
and hardship.
Ordinarily the time required for a
troop train to cover the 6,000 miles be
tween Moscow and Port Arthur Is 20
days. Several trains now blockaded to
the east of Lake llalkal have already
been en route for three weeks. The
stock of provisions In Siberia is low
and urgent telegrams are reaching St.
Petersburg calling for assistance.
The Russian railway and military
officials are dealing with the situation
with the utmost vigor and assert thnt
all obstacles will eventually be over
come. Their courage Is admirable,
but not earlly understood, since It Is
well known that even In ordinary
times eastern Siberia, beginning at
Irkutsk, and ending at the Pacific,
draws all the necessaries of life (rom
central and southern Siberia or from
Kuropeati Russia.
Now the military requirement al
most entirely monopolizes the railway
and the price of food has increased In
Irkutsk. Chita and Kharbarovsk.
The municipality of Irkutsk has peti
tioned the governor general. Prince
Manauroff. to allow at least 20 trains
to bring corn and other food to Ir
kutsk. In evety town and village all
the available establishments lor the
preparation of food hove been seized
by the military authorities.
No Foreigner In Jap Army.
Goro Takahira, the Japanese minis
ter at Washington, has officially ad
vised his government that he Is receiv
ing numerous offers of large contribu
tions to the war lund from Americans
and requests Instructions as to the
policy of the government In the mat
ter. It Is considered probable that
Japan will refuse to accept this prof
fered aid. The Cabinet will consider
the question and .formally Instruct
Minister 'Takahira shortly. Many ap
plications for permission to enlist in
the Japanese army and navy are com
ing from various parts of the world.
All of these applications have been po
litely, but firmly refused. No foreign
ni will ho allowed to participate in
the military or naval operations of Ja
pan, except as spectators.
JAPANESE LOST SHIPS.
Russians Admit That Japan Hat Foot
hold In Manchuria.
The London Post prints a dispatch
from Its special correspondent at Port
Arthur, saying four Japanese ships
were lost in battle In that port last
Tuesday night. New man went from
Port Arthur to Yen Kow on a special
train to file his dispatch, arrived
Thursday and sent his story by dis
patch boat to Tlen-TBln to be cabled.
It Is officially admitted by the Rus
sian government that the Japanese
have succeeded in obtaining a foothold
In Manchuria and that the 'Russian
force opposed to them has been un
able to keep them back. The admis
sion caused a profound sensation
throughout St. Petersburg.
A dispatch from Port Arthur states
that the Vladlvostock Russian squad
ron, which Is reported to havo been
partly destroyed In the channel be
tween ,Yezo island and Nippon while
trying to attack Hakodate, has not
been damaged, but evaded the Jap
anese at every point.
600 Russian Soldier Frozen.
The St. Petersburg correspondent
of the Berlin Tagliche Rundschau sayt
that COO Russian soldiers have been
frozen to death while marching across
Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia. The
correspondent adds that the tempor
ary railroad across the lake Is not
yet completed, that a large detachment
of troops was tent on a 22-mile march
over the Ice-covered lake and that It
1 .presumed that part of these troops
lost their way la snow storm and
perished. ,
DEATH OFjjEM UNA
Noted Ohio Statesman Passes
Peacefully Away.
OUTLINE OF HIS BUSY LIFE.
Entered Into Politics Late In Life but
Rote Rapidly to Leadership In
the Party.
Marcus A. Hanna, Senator from
Ohio and one of the foremost figures
In American public life, died at 6:40
o'clock Monday evening In his apart
ment at the Arlington Hotel, Wash
ington, of typhoid lever. He passed
away peacefully after being uncon
scious since 3 a. m., at which time the
first of a series of sinking spells came
on, from the last of which he never
rallied. Mrs. Hanna was not at the
bedside. During the Inst hours life
was kept In his body only by the use
of the most powerful stimulants.
When the end came all the members
of the Senator's family were In the
room except Mrs. Hanna, the Senator's
wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hanna.
Mrs. Hanna had left the room only
a few minutes before.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born In
Lisbon, county seat of Columbinna
county. Ohio. September 24, 1S37. He
was a son of Leonard and Samantba
Hanna and descended from Quaker
emigrants to Virginia nnd from Scotch
Presbyterlon settlers In Vermont. His
father was a physlclun, and later a
mej-chant of Cleveland. O., whither
the family removed In io52. Senator
Hanna was educated in the public
schools of Cleveland, nnd at the age
of 20 he entered the employ of Hanna,
Gnrrclson & Co., where his lather was
senior partner.
In i.,i4 he was a delegate to the
Republican nationnl convention.
In 1804-5 began bis fight for the
nomination nnd election of McKlnley
to the presidency.
In 1800 managed the Republican na
tional campaign that made McKlnley
president.
On March 5, 1897. was appointed
Vnlted States senator by Gov. Bush
nell to succeed John Sherman.
In January, 18S8, he was elected for
both the short and long terms in the
senate, his time to expire on March 4,
1895.
On January 12, 1904, elected for an
other term of six years to succeed
himself.
Was a stockholder In banks, rail
roads and Btreet railroad companies, a
large holder of coal, Iron and shipping
Interests and with many private hold
ings. Fatal Illness began February 3. 1904.
Mr. Hanna was always a friend of
labor; during a prostration In the iron
Industries, when all the ore mines In
the Michigan region were shut down
and the miners' families were In dis
tress, his mine was kept running, and
over 150,000 tons of ore piled up on the
docks, in order to give employment to
tho men and support to their famil
ies. Funeral services were hold In the
Capitol In the presence of Congress.
Prayer was offered by Chaplain Cou
den of the House ami Dr. Hale, chap
lain of the Senate, delivered a brief
tilbute. The remains were then
transported to Cleveland for Inter
ment. 8ENATOR H ANNA'S ESTATE.
Estimate of Itt Value It $8,000,000.
Interests In Many Institution.
The value of the estate left by tho
late Senator Hanna Is estimated at
from $7,000,000. to $8,000,000. It Is
stated that he owned at least 15 per
cent of the stock of the Cleveland
Electric Railway company, capitalized
at $23,500,000. In additional to being
largely Interested In vessel and Iron
mining properties he was a director
In the Union National bank. Guardian
Trust company, the Peoples Savings
and Loan company, of Cleveland and
Cleveland and Pittsburg railway. He
was a large stockholder in the Ameri
can Shipbuilding company, and Pitts
burg Coal company. He owned the
Euclid avenue opera house.
INSURGENTS BOMBARDED.
Admiral Wise' Ship Retaliate for
Outrage on Our Flag.
A private message has been re
ceived at San Juan. Porto Rico, from
San Domingo city, dated February 17,
saying an American warship bombard
ed the insurgents at Pajaiito. near
San Domingo, and then landed ma
rines. These men, however, subse
quently re-embarked.
The bombardment was In retaliation
for the two outrages committed on
Americans. Ten days ago a launch
trom the cruiser Prairie and fired upon
by the troops of one of the Dominican
governments and an engineer named
Johnson was killed. More recently
troops entered the American consul
ate at Samana and forcibly removed
two refugees who were under the pro
tection of the flag. Rear Admiral
Wise, commanding the United States
training squadron, now in the waters
of Santo Domingo, was Instructed
from Washington that if reparation
could be obtained in no other way he
was to enforce it by his shells.
Jap Are in Manchuria.
The reports that the Japanese have
concentrated about 50,ooo troops at
Wonson, on the east coast ot Korea,
with the object ot entering Man
churia are continued.
Mine of Pure Glass In Mexico.
What It believed to be a mine of
pure glass has been found In the
neighborhood of Taniplco. The forma
tion was found in a mound of earth,
and tests have demonstrated that
with simple melting and running Into
molds the product comet out at clear
ly aa the best manufactured glass In
factories. The component parts ot the
glass the the same as enter into com
mercial glass.
CROATIANS ON TRIAL.
Attorney For the Defense Try to
Quash the Indictment.
.The trial of Pntrovlck and Kovo
vlck for the murder and robbery of
Samuel T. Ferguson, September 25th
last, began at Washington, Pa., on the
15th. An attempt to squash the indict
ment was overruled by Judge J. Frauk
Taylor. The first day was consumed
In arguments and the selection of a
Jury.
Attorney John Marron, of Pittsburg,
opened the case for the commonwealth
by reading the Indictment. He de
scribed the murder, the securing of
passage for Croatia by Ki'ovlck and
Patrovich and the changing of their
money at the First National bank In
Pittsburg, the rapture In England, etc.,
all details published recently and well
known to the public. He concluded as
follows:
"We will show that on the morn
ing of the 25th of September Kovovlch
and his companion were met at a spot
near the place where the murder was
commltteu by a man familiar to both
of them. Kovovlck stopped the man.
rolled a cigarette (cigarette paper was
found near tho scene of the crime)
and asked for a light. We will prove
that Kovovlch owned the gun found
by the battery and that It was last
seen In his possession or that oi his
confederate. Kovovlck had no money
when he left the camp about a month
previous and had given the gun In part
payment of his board to his host."
George Thomas, one of the bosses
on the Wabash work, said Kovovlch
had worked under him in dynamite
work. He testified that, he saw Ko
vovlck the day before the murder was
committed, as well as his partner,
Patrovlck. He also Identified the wire
found with the battery as part of a
quantity stolen from the Ferguson
company.
Richard Winkler of First National
bank ot Pittsburg Identified Kovovlch
as one of the two men who had had
money changed through him on Octo
ber 12. He said the men enme at an
unusual hour, secured passage on the
first vessel at a high rate anil seemed
anxious to get out of the country.
Detective Mctjualde told of securing
Kovovlck and Patrovlck In England
and he identified money taken trom
them. A bloody hat. a pair of shoes
and a grip, all Identified as Kovovlck's
were displayed also. He told of the
conversation he had with the two men
on board ship and gave the details
In connection with their return to
America.
Tho prosecution succeeded In locat
ing Mllovar Kovovlck on the road
where the explosion took plnce, on
September 25, when Samuel T. Fer
guson was killed, but they failed to
connect him directly with the owner
ship of the gun which was lound on
the hlllsiue near the battery. It was
claimed by the attorneys for the Com
monwealth that the failure of the wit
nesses called to testify to the owner
ship of the gun was a surprise to them,
and that they had every reason to be
lieve that they would testify other
wise. Michael Rabblck. a boss nt the Fer
guson work, testified to seeing Kovo
vlck In the camp cm the morning of
September 24, but hail not seen him on
September 25. He heard Kovovlck and
another man talking In front of his
shanty and the man asked Kovovick
If he was going to Heat and Kovovick
replied that he hud no money.
George Kuzmark said that he had
been working at the Ferguson camp at
tue time Mr. Ferguson was killed. He
knew Kovovick there ami had seen
him around tho camp. He Identified
the gun as having belonged to Ko
vovick and said the prisoner had
bought it from another man In the
camp for $ti. When he left the camp
the gun was still there. He was at
the Ferguson camp when the prisoner
came buck and took the gun away.
This was about a month before the
time that Mr. Ferguson was killed and
ho had not seen the gun since. He
said the gun In court looked like the
one. but would not say positively.
All the witnesses for the defense tes
tified to seeing Kovovlck In Steuben
villa, O., on the afternoon of Septem
ber 25, at the time the crime was sup
posed to have been committed. The
aH')l, as outlined by the witnesses who
testified, was a very pretty one; the
Commonwealth attorneys Bay it is too
pretty to be true. It started with a
man on the South Side, in Pittsburg,
who had been In Steubenvllle trying to
rent a boiiBe, and was carried along
by three men from Steubenvllle. An
alleged gambler also testified at the
afternoon session and said he had lost
a lot of money to Kovovlck.
Mllovar Pattrovlck will not he tried
for his alleged part In the killing of
Samuel T. Ferguson until the May
term ot court In Washington county.
It was found Impossible to ftn'.su tti
trial of Kovovlck In time to commence
the other trial In the limits of time
sot out by the statute and for this rea
son the case went over.
RUSSIA AGAINST ENGLAND.
Preparations to Meet British Advances
in India.
Lieutenant General Ivanoff, Gover
nor General and commander of tho
Russian troops In Turkestan, has gone
to Toshkeld with General Sakharoff.
chief of staff ot the military district of
Turkestan.
It Is Baid In high military circles
that General Ivanoff has been Instruct
ed to piepare for the contingency of
military action in the direction of In
dia. In the event ot Great Britain
adopting an attitude openly hostile to
Russia or attempting to prejudice Rus
sian Interests in Persia and Thibet.
Michigan Miners' Strike.
The striking miners of Champagne,
Mich., marched two mllei to Baltic
and brought up the miners there who
had already gone under ground. The
miners are voty bitter and say wages
have been cut without any notice
whatever. The stamp mills have
scarcely any rock on hand for crush
ing and will have to close, making
about 1,700 men Idle.
Through the establishment of free
rural malt delivery in Mercer county,
Pa., 26 postofflce will be abandoned.
OUTLOOK IS IMPROVING.
Increased Operation of Blast Furnaces
Give Confidence Foreign
Trad I Satisfactory.
R. O. Dun ft Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" this week will say: Incle
ment weather alone prevents a definite
revlvol of business. Outdoor work It
retarded and traffic Impeded to an ex
tent that cannot be accurately meas
ured, but Is obviously sufficient to
neutralize the favorable effect of many
encouraging lectors, while winter
wheat is threatened, although not yet
definitely Injured, and eaily farm pre
parations must be postponed. Sever
al leading branches of manufacture are
Increasing active capacity and thou
sands of Interior buyers are placing
liberal ordeta at the principal cities.
The usual temporary advantagei of
war are felt in the markets for staple
commodities, notably foodstuffs, but
while this helps the domestic producer,
It harms a much larger number by en
hancing prices to home consumers.
There Is little friction between em
ployer and wage earners, except re
garding the bituminous scale, but the
cause of Industrial peace has lost Its
foremost champion. Despite Interrup
tion by storms, railway earnings thus
far reported for February were only 4
per cent smaller than a year ago. when
theie was also much severe weather.
Foreign trade returns for the last
week at this port show an Increase of
$1,152,012 In value of exports, as com
pared with last year, but imports were
slightly smaller. Financial conditions
ate satisfactory, money remaining easy
and furelgn exchange undisturbed by
complications abroad.
While It appears that the output of
pig iron litis Increased more rapidly
than the demand, assuring some ac
cumulation .of stocks for the month,
yet the mere fact that the leading in
terest has now about 80 per cent of Its
blast furnaces In operation indicates
confidence In the future. When spring
building operations begin a large de
mand for iron and steel Is expected
and contracts are soon to be placed
for Baltlmoie work. A large tonnage
of rails Is announced anil bids are un
der consideration for terminal Im
provements and rolling stock, the rail
ways recognizing the need of avoiding
any further delay. There It still un
certainty regarding the ore situation,
producers failing to agree, and a com
mittee has been appointed to settle
the disputed points If possible.
Bradstreets will say: The Iron trade
Is still It regular, In that pig Iron is
weaker, Southern pig being 25 cents
lower, but on the other hand the rail
ways are still taking rails. The other
metals are slightly firmer, but lead
alone Is higher than a year ago.
INDICTED FOR LAND FRAUDS.
Grand Jury Returns True Bills Against
We.ern Promoter.
As a result of the Investigation
of alleged wholesale public land
frauds in many Western States,
the Grand Jury of the District
of Columbia reported a Joint Indict
ment for conspiracy against John A.
Hotison, a wealthy real estate operator
of San Francisco; Frederick A. Hyde
of San Francisco; Henry C. Dlmond. of
California, an nttorney representing
Benson & Hyde, and Joost H. Schneid
er, of Tucson, Ariz., an agent of Ben
son & Hyde. Schneider was arrested
here this afternoon. Tim Indictment
sets forth a number of transactions
by which land is said to have been
fraudulently acquired by forgery from
the government In California, Oregon,
aslilngton, Nevada, and elsewhere.
CONSUL DAVIS CHANGED.
Ha Been Transferred From Turkey
to the West Indies.
William Ross Davis, of Jefferson
county, O.. United States consul at At-
exandretta. who had a stirring fight
with the Turkish police there sever
nl weeks ago. has been ordered trans
ferred to Martinique. West Indies.
John F. Jewell, of Illinois, now con-
i fill at Martinique, will take Mr. Davis'
pluce.
Mr. Davis' report to the state depart
ment at the time of the trouble with
the Turkish authorities was that he
was grievously assaulted by Turkish
gendarmes while looking after the in
terests of a natutalized American citi
zen. An American warship was
promptly sent to Alexandretta from
I Beirut and an expression of regret
I and an apology was demnnded from
the Turkish government. It was forth'
, coming when Mr. Davis returned to
; ills post, but his usefulness there cad
evidently been impaired.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Dartmouth hall, the oldest building
of Dartmouth college, at Hanover, N.
H., was burned.
At Edwardsvllle. 111.. William
Grange shot and killed John E. Lewis,
I the fester father of hU wife.
I A treaty of arbitration " between
! Denmark and Holland was signed
February 12, to become effective when
1 tho ratifications are exchanged. It
! contains no limitations In regard to
! questions which can be decided by
Tha Hague Arbitration Court.
The ablest evangelists In the coun
try have entered upon the most Import-
I ant religious campntgn ever conduct-
! ed In the United States. While It Is
! confined to Pittsburg and the remaind
er of .Allegheny county its progress Is
: being closely watched by Christian
! workers In every city of Importance.
, Almost 500 congregations have com
bined to carry on tho work of evange
lization for two weeks.
One of the first lurga manufactories
j to signify its Intention of locating per
: maneiuly In Baltimore ns a result of
! tits recent fire is the Pittsburg Plate
I Glass Company, which has already so
) cured an option ou a site tor a pUiut.
i Twelve Hurt In a Wreck.
The Florida limited on the Western
& Atlantic railroad, southbound, was
! wrecked eight miles from Atlanta.
' The ctu were overturned and 12 pur
j eon were injured, two of whom may
I dl3. The wreck was caused by a brok
; en axle.
LOOKED LIKE THEIR MTHER
For That Iteaann OmIiIkt Paid Check ta
Chllilrn's Mother.
Resemblance between children and
their parents Is more or lest marked
In every family, rut It Is rare that such
likeness Is of particular worth.
The following story It related by a
resident of tiermnntown as an Illus
tration of how the close resemblance
between, one of her children and It
father served at the meant of securing
lit n banking Institution recognition ot
a check.
"My husband ts a traveling man,"
began the mother, "and before be de
parted, shortly before Christmas, I
needed an extra amount of money for
presents. Not having sufficient cash
with him, he presented me with a
check, payable nt one of the down
town banks. I had never before bad
occasion to go to the Institution, and,
of course, had no Idea that It would be
necessary to be Identified.
"Taking my three Children with me,
I repaired to the bank, and presented
the paper to the cashier.
" 'Mr. Blank has an account here,
lady,' I was told, 'but It ts not custom
ary for us to honor checks unless the
party presenting them can establish
Identity.
"I argued with the official for some
little while, trying to prove that I was
tho Mrs. Blank named on. the check,
but without avail.
"In an angry mood, not knowing
whnt to do, I was about to take my de
parture, when I noticed the cashier
closely Inspecting my children. 'Are
they yours, mndamT he asked. They
are, sir.' I returned; 'why do yon ask?'
The official hereupon came forth from
his booth, nnd, catching the youngest
of the trio by the band, looking ot the
same time Into the beautiful brown
eyes nnd smiling face, said to me:
'Mrs. Blank, I shall honor your check,
t have known your husband for many
years, nnd If this Is not his child, I
never saw anyone ns muc.i like blm In
my life.' "Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Slime Old Game.
The closing of various schools for the
holidays brought to the city a doting
father from an adjoining State, to es
cort home his pretty seventeen-year-old
daughter from a well-known young
women's boarding school. When he
came with her to the school at the be
ginning of the term It was understood
that she was to apply herself closely
to her studies and to have no callers
whatever.
The fond father was much flattered
with the account the principal gave
of his daughter, setting her forth as
devoted to study and a model of pro
priety. As be was about to make bis
adieu she casually remarked:
"The child has seen no one positive
ly no one to distract her mind from
ber books except, of course, her broth
ers." - '
"Her brothersT echod the father In
amazement.
"Yes, indeed!" replied the principal,
"and you must be proud of your five
manly sons."
"Madam," tho father exclaimed, "my
daughter Is an only child!" Philadel
phia Tress.
She Took Them at Their Word.
Keuka Lake Is one of tho most at
tractive of the great chain of lakes in
the Interior of New York State. Bluff
Point at Its bead Is a bold promon
tory, which rises grandly and Im
pressively. It was upon the banks of
this lake that the famous "Jemima
Wilkinson" founded a colony nearly
three generations ago nnd announced
that she could walk upon the water
of the lake. A largo crowd gathered
to see her undertake the ezperlmnt.
Turning to her followers she asked:
"Have you all faith that I can walk
upon the water?" "We have! we
haver her follower; replied." Then
there is no use In my undertaking to
do so," she replied. "If ye have faith
ye shall be saved without my walking
upon the water." Syracuse Telegram.
Initlnctt of Fire Horse.
Down at Chemical Company No. 2
the wonder is how "Jack" keeps tab
on time. He shows that he knows bow
long on hour Is when out being exer
cised under the saddle. Foreman T. J.
Brown was telling about him the other
day. "He will stay out an hour and
be as gentle as a lamb," said the fore
man, patting "Jack" on the neck. "Bat
after be has made the regular number
of trips he does hit best In a centre
way to inform the rider the hour la
up. If the horseman falls to take the
bint 'Jack' goes to the stable Just the
same as If there was no one on his
back or not. I don't know whether
'Jack' counts the electric car or not;
at any rute be knows when be baa
been out an hour." Washington Post
Kroro the Seme Country.
One does not hear so much about
Belgian hares as one did a year or so
ago. But the raising of these bares is
still both a pastime and an industry.
A man who has a prosperous butch
was showing a friend some of the
young ones.
"And these little dabs ot fur are Bel
gian bares?"
"Yes, about three days old."
"Huh! They look to me more like
Brussels sprouts."
A Big Lend 8W.
It Is said that the largest transaction
In land that ever took place In Florida
was recently consummated. A firm lit
Minnesota bought 54,000 acres of tim
ber lund, tho consideration being $78,
Out). The object or tho nrin was, ot
course, to secure timber that cannot be
found lu the forests of the Northwest
Millions of dollars of Northern capital
bus found Investment in the South in
a similar way since the war.
In the United Kingdom last year
85,500,000 pounds ot tobacco passed
through the custom bouse for home
consumption. .
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