GREAT OH 81 FLGODS Dwellings aid Staras are Swept Away Along Susquehanna. OTIS MILLION D0LLAR3 LO30. Bridges Destroyed Ice Piled 20 Feet High on Railroad T'acka ard Traffic A'moit et:pped. From Hi! pi.lntq isIi.uk the Susque hanna river irp.nu ,n dnnnno by tkoda ,i!i. be H'-iHi'i are coining In. There rn-.i nn jet I)j n J r. al estimate of damage done. thongH li is t.U i,j nay that this loi,:-, to iaiirii.i-1 companies, mines Binl other indusim In the Wy. oniing vail y a imp will reach $l.nuu,. CO.:. On tin; we-t phlo of the rlvtr n't Kingnon. Don iiuciiiii, WV.-.t Piiuti.n and Wyoming I he nl'teimath hIiowh a condition ot n'lilrs that ha:i ii-.-vit been iirm.-;.-c;l any previous Hood. The Northiiinocilnnd bildge at bun. lwty wai dentroy ii. Hi.-? IY:i:is ! ::! I a railroad put a force of 3,oim m, n ut work to clear the tin ks or Ice I'.'iim llaiulnldgc to Fal liiomli. TIip In in Columbia to Port Deposit will not bo open for Bpvoral day i. From tlio upper end of Washington I.uiough to Sale Harbor there aro from 10 to 5u feet of Ice on the tracks, a.nl thP situation below Safe Hnrhor Is but llitlp better. Tho Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company posted noticed at Its coHeries su-pen itng operations. Dr. Paul A. llartman, represent.! tlvc of tlio slate board of health In Hairliburg, has been commissioned by Dr. Benjamin Lee, secretary of the hoard, to lnv,v;-ig:it,. renditions In the flooded portions of Middlotown and to report promptly to tliu mate board. Precautions will bp Ulien lo prevent an outbreak of Rinnilpox nmong the flood sufferers In the lowlands. I.a'p repot M from Catiuvlssa, Dl"onr:! lis and Berwick reiiort thp conditions slowly I m proving. Tlio Pcnnsy Ivania ivtllrond Company has a force of SCO ni. ii removing the I. ? from thp tracks of Its branch road between Wolvorton and South Danville. Very little piogr-ss win made and t raffle will ru-t be rii:ni-d over this branch for gome time. At Sale ll-iriior nir.n d'-velllnga were demolished and a number id' others dan.tigrd by tli flood. Tho general store:: of John Tripple and William Rowe, with stocks valued nt $l.no0 each, were swept away and everything lost. The hi? four ai ' h Ktcn.i bridge cf thp Port Deposit ilill-vriy :.t the mouth of the Cnnrstnga c;cck crumbled before thp lee. Tim '.aro county bridge at thp upper -end of riifp Hai lnr was demol ished, ns was nlso the bridge over tho mouth cf Po'iupR nook. THRASHED BY JUDGE. Fine for Contempt of Court Failed to Quell Disturber. After twh e fining Arthur lllrsch, president cf the Independent Steel Company, for contempt of court, nnd the on'ondei- showing no indication of mending hia ways, JuMice John K. Me Donp."ll. of Chicago, left tho bench and assaulted Ulrseh. The justice did not bother to adjourn eourf. Constable, polleemen nnd wit cefes were paralyzed for n few mo ments. Mer.nv:hllP Mr. Jurarh was In kepn distress. He had been "hoi'-:pd" on the Jaw and nniahed In thp eye. and was almost "out." Th"n two policemen seized the Justice and eseortid him back on the bench. "Call the N'cr-1 rasp," ho said to hH tier!:. McDonnell once fougl.t thieo rounda with John L. Sullivan. P.OTH SIDES 8UFFERED. Seventy-four Men Killed and Twenty five Vounded. A semi-official letter received from San Pedro do Macorls, Santo Domin go, dated February 29, giving details of the bombardment of San Pedro do Maeorls February 27 by tlva Domini-1 can warshlpR Prosldento and iJstroll. ' The captain of tho Presldcnte, a Span Jard, arid no men nn board were killed, only e!x of the crew escaping without Injuries. In all 74 men were killed and 25 were wounded on the two ships, j The Insurgents lost 20 men killed or i woundud. I FCUR MILLION ACRES BOUGHT. E. H. Harrlman Said to Be Interested In Mexico's Biggest Land Deal. The largest land deal ever mado In Moxloo is reported from Lower Cali fornia, where a solid tract of 4,00i),uoo acres of grazing and agricultural land, compiislnE the Flores Hola estate, has Just been sold to a syndicate of New York men. E. H. Harriman. president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, is said to be Interested. The new owners have made applica tion to the Mexican Government for concessions for the establishment of large irrigation and other Industrial works on the land. Steamer Sunshine Burned. The steamer Sunshine, plying be tween Memphis and Cincinnati, was destroyed by fire near Tlptonvlllu. Tenn. Tha crew escaped, but both boat and cargo were lost. The boat wag the property of the Memphis and Cin cinnati Packet company and was val ued at $20,000. The Sunshine was built eight years ago at Pittsburg and was one of the stauncheut boats in the packet trade. Trust Company Closet Doors, The doors of the Standard Trust company of Butlor, Pa., were closed and a typewritten statement was posted to the effort that by order of the board of directors the institution was closed temporarily and that all depositors would be paid In full. Tbe Standard Trust company Is capitalized at $125,000, the stock being held by Butler and Pittsburg parties. Clinton D. Greenlee is president and Charles A, iEiIey is cashier of tbe concern. 8IX KILLED IN COLLISION. HeaclOn Coliitlon on the Alabama Great 8outhern. filx p.-rsms killed, tnreo fnlally hurt, two 1p.o torlottsiy injured, and a United expies,i train nnd a freight train partially dir.tioyed fy Hrp, com prlso th results of a head-on rolll Hlon on tho Alabama tli'-at Honlhern railway n-!ar Kowanen, 17 miles north of Mrliilnn, Miss. 'J lip dead imi: Fni?lneer P. II. Lar klu, of thp pprr.s train, ItlnnliiKhnm; liolilnsoii Hlitijs, mail rlerk. L'hnttn noi(ii; I). 1). Nicholson, mall rlerk, Cliatt.inoof a; Ilenry llanUs, rolorrd, fireman on riprors tialn. Hirmln-?-bam; Mali Welnhrr Davidson, Chat tanooira: ridoivd lliemr.n on freight tralM. naiii'i not riven. 1 he li runs Involved were tho nnnth bound limned on the tjoeen t!resreni sj'tein. and a tiorll'.bonnd Southern railway (re'T-ht. both trnlns using tliv r.ntnp trmdis between Meridian and Yoii. Thn rxpren train n late and niriiiliu ' miles an hour. The wreekao tocdt fire, the mall ear, com blnailon banKaif.i and exprepa ear, Rinoker and ?ix freight enrs belnn i stroyed. Hut h enKlnes were totally wrvc!:e 1. C033ACX9 COMMIT OUTRAGES. Women Are Assaulted and Then Mur dered by Russians In North ern Korea. The London Dally TeleRtarh pub lishes a dispatch from Tokyo dated .March 7, naying: "It is reported that the Japanese, fleet enaai;ed the Hnsslnn Vladivostok Riiiudrnn at sea yvstordny. The re sult of tile eniianemcnt Is not announc ed, but It Is believed that the Russian rhlps weio destroyed or eaptiircil. News has reached Osaka of an en Basement between Ruwlnns and Jnp aiicso a hundred miles from Vladivo stok. Th? Ru slaus lied, abandonliiB arms ai l storci. A telegram wns received at the Jm-P'-rlal Korean palace, Seoul, stntina: that several liMiidred Cossnekn iduii- d'M-ed the fi!iiall North Korean town of! Kant; Kae, Si Ized oil the Rrnln, liny and piovlsiims they coidd find and ns snultel and niunleied a number of womn. The loin! Korean soldlvry rxehiiuii il rhols with the marauders, then rtlreu. Several Koreans were wountl"d. SAFGBLOWERS' RICH HAUL. Pottoffice 8 a fa Robbed of $1,000 In CaEh and Valuablo Papers. Safcblowers ma;!e a rich haul In the town of Chester, W. Va., opposite Kast I.ivernoil, ()., gaining entrance to the post Mice undetected. The sale, con taining over Jl.ipiio in rash was com pioleiy shattered with dynamite. Post.-n:a.-,ter W. C. Johnston mado an rs t.!;nate of the los.:es and gave thent ns follows: Stamps, $737; money order depart ment. ?'i5.24; rontnl funds. 9i::2; money hcid for Mrs. Russell William son. $1.18; lunds of the Iivn Hur loilrfp. f 25. Added to these amounts were 2' 0 money order blanks upon which Sti' i'Mi could bo realized. It be ing possV.lo to convert each blank Into an order to $1"0. The pcsi master also loft many val uable papers, being a Justice of tho peare and hnvlng In bis possession tittnu rous le;;al documents. The door of the l'iivt National bank, of Chester, was found rprn next moiiiing, plvinj; r.'s'i to the. suspicion that an attempt wns made to loot it. FARMER3 HOLD GRAIN. Peport by Department of Agriculture for Month of March. The March report of the bureau of ! statistics of tho department of ugri culture .shows tho amount of wheat in farmers hands on March 1 to have been a!ior.c 132,(iiM),nno bushels or 20.8 per cent of laut year's crop, as compar ed with 24.5 per cent cf the crop of 1 )i;2 on hand on March 1, 1!trt3, and 23.2 per ee::t of the crop of lul on baud , Mar-h 1. lfii.2. The corn In farmers' hands is esti mated at about 83H,i)OO,0i'O bushels or 37.4 per crnt of last year's crop, against 41. t per ci 'it of the crop of 1'j02 on hand cn Match 1, 1903 against 41.fi p?r cent of the crop of 1D,)2. on hand on March 1, VM3, and 29.2 per rent of the crop of 1901 on hand on March 1, l'ji.2. Of nets there are reported ti be about 273.700.0c) lnishcl.i or S4.9 per cent of last year's crop still In farmers' hands, na compared with 'V.9 per cent, of the crop or 1902 on hand on March 1, 190,1, and 30.6 prr cent of tho crop of 19ul on hand on March 1, 19n2. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. A Eoft-coal strike, involving 200, 000 men, is expected to begin about April 1. Mayor Mayhury of Detroit, warned tho management of a local burleque house that they must not allow Mrs. Kalo Si.ffel to appear on the Btage. Tho Mayor etated that th-e penalty would be forfeiture of tho theater's license. Wireless Tests In the Navy. The Navy Department has made ar rangements for the trial of several wireless telegraph systems between the New York Navy Yard and tho station at Naveslnk Highlands, N. J. The system which produces tho best results will later be tested between shore stations and ships and .between ship and Bh'ip. The other day the Minneapolis, at Guantanamo, made connections with the Yankee, 80 miles oway. Collision Delays Target Practice. A portion of tne United Stateg At lantic squadron which was to bnvs Joined In the target practice at I'ou bacola hag been detained at Guanta namo owing to the court of iDqulry being hold to determine who in to blame for tho recent collision between the Missouri and Illinois. Field Marshall Alfred, Onunt von WalderBee, commander-in-chief of the allied armies in China, died at Hanover. JSPS SAID TO IE VICTORS Reported Defeat of Russians on Korsan Soil. PORT ARTHUR 8HELLED AGAIN. Dloabled Russian Warship Retvlzan Repaired and Said to Be In Fighting Trim Again, A dlsjmleh from Wei Ilal-Wel, daled Mutch !), says: "It Is reported on good authority that a collision be twivn Japanese and Russian troops has occurred near Ilal-Jn, Korea, 54 miles northwest of Chemulpo, which resulted In tlio defeat of the Rus sians." The Jitpanese are now reported in Manchuria, where they ai'i said to have taken Keng Wang Cheng, CD miles norlh of llin Vain. Tho news conies irom several sources, and tho Russians pre reported tailing back, with Hoiiifi ol.s in tho skirmishing. Washington hears of tho Japanese advance from thn commander of tliu i Dt'JIrd Slates gunboat Hvlena, at j Ylngkow, the port of Newrhwang. Ilo I ndils Hie Information that tho Japanese I landed at Tnkutdinn, west of tho mouth of tho Ynln river. lleavl'T fighting Is rxpect"d when the Invadiis get closer to Mao-Yang, where t veral tliou.innd Russlnn trooi,s are roiicenlrated. I Thrto Is nn unconfirmed repoit of a I reii'-wnl of the bomlinrdment of Port Arthur and Dalny on Tallenwan bny by Admit al Togo's siiuadron. Toklo has no deiinite news ot tho movements of Admiral Drill's ships and tho Czar's Vladivostok squad ron. The hob. In ili.i hull of tho Russian battleship Retvlzan, whlrh was mado dining the llri-t attack by the Japanese, has been npcJred and tho battleship has lnvn refloated. She Is now anch ored In the Inner roa.lstea l nlong?lde the Czarevitch. The garrison at Port Arthur Is 4i).i)'iil strong, and there are provisions enough to last two years. Trains on the Mnnchurlan lino are running regularly In triple sections, at 20 minute Intervals. POSTAL VIOLATIONS. Drlstow's Report In Response to House Resolution. Another chapter In tire postoffleo In vestigation of last summer was reveal ed when Chnlrman Overs! reet, of tho House Committee on Postofllces and Posln ads. laid before the House of Representatives a close ly printed docu ment or 218 pages recounting tho In stances on fllo In the Po.toftlco de partment In which members of the Senate and Hou.'-o of Representatives have used their "Influence" with tho oi'lclaln of the potitoirteo il.'partmvnt, v.ilh more or less success, to secure lncrcnr.o In palm-Ira of postmasters, additional cicrk hire and advantageous leases of buildings for roHtoflliB pur poses. Tho report Is made by tho unanimous voto of Mr. Overstreet's committee n response to a resolution rntling lor the 'Information Introduced by Representative Hay of Virginia, As the Information ncionipanles the re port Die committee recommends that the resolution lay on the table. Homo of the transactions Involving members of Congress recorded In tho reports nre held to bo technical v.lo-1 lntlor.s of the statutes, others are pro-1 mmiiocd by members who have read tho report, as cb'aily censurable, while i in the majority of cases it is held that members In making their recoinmenda-1 tlons to tho department expeetcd noth- j Ing pot in harmony with the rules and prnetlceg of the postmaster. j Three cases aro RVt forth In which members of Congress own buildings which nre leased to the government for j po3tonlcc purpo.-rs. I RUSSIAN TACTICS. I Official Intimation That They Will Repeat the Strategy of 1812. ! It was rct'Mitly officially intimated at St. Petersburg that the Czar's mill- i tnry advisers had recommended re- rouiso to "tho strategy of 1812" to fall back before the Japanese army and lay waste Manchuria. Tho euumy being enticed into the Interior, would finally be overwhelmed by tho Im mense forces Russia will bo able after a tlmo to bring ngnlnst them. Thus tho tragedy cf Napoleon's retreat from Moscow would be re-enacted and Japan vould bo prostintcd by the loss of its best army. Russia, It was sug gested, is not pieparcd at present to resist the attack of tho enemy at points accessible from the sea, but must temporarily retire to the Interior. Thl i policy Involves the abandonment of Port Arthur and Vladivostok, or rather tho attempt to hold them as isolated forlrc3ses, tho main body of the Rus sian forces withdrawing to Harbin, whero tho trnns-Siberian railway bran ches ono branch leading to Port Ar thur, the other to Vladivostok. Crazed by Religion. James II. Kennedy, a well-known farmer, near Bayard, O., was taken to the Massillon asylum, a raving maniac His condition is attributed to tho re vival and the attendant excitement and brooding over tho belief that his friends wore not saved. Andrew Frankrum, of East Rochester, once an asylum patient. Is reported to the probate court as unbalanced from the sumo causo. The church trustees have ordered tho revival services closed. Dewey, Taylor and Loomis In Jamaica. Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral Tay lor, Assistant Secretary of State Loomis and others of their party ar rived In Port Antonia, Jamaica, on tbe Mayflower on a visit from Santo Do mingo, en route to Havana. Grvat en thusiasm was displayed by the citi zens here, who were anxious to see the hero of Manila. The town is In holiday attire, and Consul Snyder will give a party for the visitors at which they will be greeted by the American eclony. MANCHURIAN LINE MINED? Japs Intend Destroying Who! Rail way, Says American. "The Russian trans Siliei Inn rail road Irom Port Arthur to l.nke F.alkal has been honeycombed With mines for tnoro than a yeflr," declared Charles Kl.'lne, aals!nnt Inspector of customs at .Shanghai, who has arrlvrd In New York on tlio Ciinard llnur Ivernis. "What the bribing of tho Russian fori man did not do tlm Japanese did through their lei engineers, working as common coolies in tho construction gangn. "As it result It would In folly to cnll It a railroad. Its rails are so light Hint I they will not support moro than flvo cara; its tars nre so light that they will not carry a heavy gun; Its ru-, rlncB so light tout they will not draw ; live ears more thai) 17 miles an hour. I Tho sleep-iB, logs nnd snpllngs, un seasoned, rut nl'ing the line of tho route, uiiirlmmed and uiibnrki'd, are thrown under the 2Moot rails threo (more olten two) lo every 20 foet of , tall: and the rails arc barely held to-1 getlier by Hlngbj rivets, without flifh ' pla! es. "Not only bnvo the Jb.gulaeil engi neers worked nt the wrecking nf tho enemy's road, hut they havo lormed ef.plounsn corps among tho mandarins nnd peasantry of Manchuria and I hav surrounded the Russians in Port Arthur, Russia can safely end troops lo Port Arthur, but the Port Arthur troops rannot utilize tho road to retreat. For as soon as they embark the lino will be I blown up b the Chinese allies of the Japanese and the Russians will find themselves attacked front, and rear without a lino of communlcutlon. j "ICven If they arn allowed to reneh 1 tho Malkal lake they will bo driven in-' to it before assistance can roach thrm. I "Flvo t ars, holding fi00 men alto-! getlier, traveling nt tho rate of 20 j miles an hour, could never escape from such n mobile foreo as tho Jap-, anese. liven In the event of the mines j not operating, nidi trains ronld ho! smashed by slreil bol'oio they got out j of range. "The mining or the road Is nothing moro than Russia could have expected. Hut with colossal stupidity sho thought herself wonderfully clever In pushing her line. In Mine of p-nee, to her war rump at Port Arthur. "From the time ol the starting of that road, tho Jnpaneso were alert awallng Its approach to the danger line. Then they threw their corps of engineers, educated at the schools or Y'ale, Harvard and Columbia Univer sities, Into the gangs of laborers and began to build up her network of es pionage nnd Ian tho mines along thn lines. Kivery military plan of the Hits Flans became known to tho Japaneso. They were rorywhcre as servants, coolies, slnves, humble and obedient. The roollo frequently was the son of an honored member of tho Mikado's Council. "Already tho effectiveness of tho mining lias been tefied at Dalny,; when: a bi ldgo wus blown up mystcrl-, otisly. NEWS NOTES. A 2-year-nId son of Throdoro Wnllla was burned to death at bis home, near H( '.;ron, (). Mrs. Gustavo Slanson, of Elgin, III., fIioI her hu.-hand and eon and then killed hen-ell. Twtnty bodies have been recovered from tho wreck of Darlington Hotel building, In New York. Tho cold In Northern Italy Ih ro Intense .that the ToFa falls, near Simp Ion, probably the grandest among tho Alps, are frozen bard. Fostur Haucrs, 13 years old. died at South Pork, Pa., from a rlilo shot wound accidentally Inflicted by a com par.lon. Over a million dollars worth of prop erty has been destroyed In the Wy oming valley, Eaidern Pennsylvania, nr.d 2,!"0 families rendered IioiirI'mh. An unknown coiorc.l tramp, fdecj ing on the coke ovens at Redstone, near Unlontow, Pa., was run over by a d.nkey car and killed. A broken flnngo wrecked a freight train at JamisonvlI!o, Pa., on tho lies somer ami Lake Frio railroads. Tho train rev -escaped injury. "Malt" Kiamer. of North Industry, O., nearly (!!i:d from a doro cf am monia taken by mlstnke lorn procerlp tion loft cn tlio same tihelf. PhlMp Mi-Co; illicit, Di years old, of East Liverpool. O., was shot twice in tho shoulder, tho wounds being Inflict ed. It is alleged, by an Italian boy during a fl-jht. H. C. Price, a Ealt'.r.iore and Ohio railroad engine sr, Is dead at his home In Cumberland, Md from Injuries re ceived in Jumping from an engine which was running away, Tho Grand Trunk railroad share holders ratified the agreement with tho Canadian Government for tho construction of a grand trunk lino to tho Pacific. The Kansas Republican Stato con vention nominated tho following ticket: Governor, Edward W. Hoch; Lieutenant Governor, David W. Man na; Secretary of Stato, J. R. Burrows; Auditor, Soth G. Wells; Attorney Gen eral, C. C. Coleman; Treasurer, Thom as T. Kelly. Among the sidelights of the Smith testimony it has been developed that nine Mormon apostles havo a total of 27 wives; that Smith has 21 male chil dren and an equal number of females by hla five wives; that his net income Is $75,000 a year and the expenses of bis Ave families arc $20,000 annually. ! Russiar Abandon Elliot Islands. A Tokyo correspondent of tho Loft. don Times says a Japanese squndi'ou took por session of Hal-Yang-Tao, ono i j of tho Elliot group of islands, on Fi b-j runry .j. me uuoBians coin nine to push southward along the coast from Possiet bay, towards Song Chlng, the correspondent continues, and the Vlad ivostok squadron apparently in cover ing their communication with Vladivostok. The Governor Calls Out Militia to Restore Ordor. NEGRO MURDERER IS LYNCHED. Enraged Whites Take Further Ven geance on Colored Donlzent by Firing Bulldlngi, Richard Dixon, a negro, was shot to death at Springfield, O., by a mob for 1 1 .1 ..l .. t...ll ' in.- nuirKi il mini niiif:iiiiig ill I IHH W Sergeant Charles Collls. Dixon rami! irom Cynthlnna, Ky. Tho mob was composed of 2.IMI0 men, but thoso who killed Dixon formed a number fnr smaller than that, probably not moil! than 2.50, most of whom entered tho county Jail nt 11 o'clock to-night, dragged Dixon to the outside or the building, llivil a number or shots Into his body, killing' him, and then tied a ropa about his neck and bung blm to a telegraph pole, where tho body was lurther riddled with bullets. Tho mob gained an entrance, to the Jail by lorrlng In the east doors with a railroad iron. All attempts of the sheriff and of ficers to prevent tho ai l Ion or the mob worn In vain and lo savo others from Injury, and death they gavo tho prisoner up. The lynching of tho negro Dixon by a mob seemed to Inflame a certain part of thn white popnluee, and Ire- j fore nightfall there were disquieting j rumors In tho air. Crowds on the! street corners litteied threats against the blacks, nnd almost Imperceptibly j a plan of assauit on "the l.evec," tho! tough negro settlement grew ugly and ' seemed to bo waiting for the whites! to make tho first overt net. Th tnoli set fire to some buildings i In tho levee settlement and excite-1 ment ran high. At 12 :."! o'clock tho : flro was undier control and tho mob i had become quiet. The mayor and sheriff, to bo pre-1 pared, wired, asking Governor Her-' rlet for six companies of troops, (lovernor Hi rrlrk ordered six National j (luard companies to hurry to Spring- field. The governor also ordered sa loons closed. Two companies from Dayton, one' from Plqua and ono from Miamlshurg. arrived at 1J:30 a. m. Tho mob Is quiet and orderly nnd no further Iron bio Is feared. Thn flro was practical ly under control at 1 a. m. REED 8MOOT TRIAL, Testimony Brought Out by Senatj In vestigating Committee. Ono of the most Interesting and Im portant features of the Investigation of the SPimtor Reed Smoot case bel'iro the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections was brought out In the testimony of E. II. Crltehlow. formerly an assistant Fulfil States attorney In Utah, who told the story of the Moses Thatcher episode. According to his vrrslon, which was borne out. by ol'tl clnl records, ApoF.tlo Thatcher persist ed In continuing ns a candidate fur the United States S nnte ngnitnt tho wishes of a quorum of thn apostles and on that account was held to bo "not In harmony with his quorum." The history of the campaign ho made ngalnr.t the wl:d:rs of his fellow Mor liioins. of his defeat and hla subseq ient trial before a commission of church ofilclals, was given In detail, and then Thatcher's nubmlBslon to the will of the chin" h wna rend nnd put In tho re cord of the Smoot Investigation. This recantation allowed Thatcher totally broken In snlrlt and bowing absolutely to the mandates of the church In that thn rnnsent of an officers' quorum miint ho obtained In oidcr that ho may contlnup In good standing. Tho purpose of the testimony v.'as to rhow that It was ncessary, nceonlln'? to tho rules of the church, for Heed Smoot to have obtained tbe consent of the church h"f(:io be could havo be come a eandldate for the Senate. The conin.llteo brought out a va riety of testimony, of which tho most r.r;i!iiitlonn! was niw'ii by Francis M. Lyman, president of tho Twelve Apostles of tho Mormon Church nnd the man chosen to be tho successor of President Smith. His admissions weio similar to those previously mado by Mr. Smith pertaining to the church government. Ho Is more freo of speech than tho president of the church and bis testimony, though not materially tllffer'ng, caused several of the apostles present to shako their heads at thn witness for tliu purpose of compelling moro discretion in answering question.!. Chnrks E. Merrill, 'a son of Apostlo Merrill vaa called to tho stand. Hu said ho was tho son of bis father's third plural wlfo nnd is hlmtelf a polygamic. Ho said ho was married first In 1887 to a wlfo that died In 1889 and that he marrlsd hla "legal wife," Chlori Hendricks, In 1891, and had five children by her. Ho married another wife In 1888. the ceremony be ing performed lu tho Logan Temple by M. C. Edwardzon. Hu has had four children by that wife, tho oldest of which is 9 years and the youngest 2 years. Tholr mother's name was An na B. Stoddard. Several ofilclals of the Mormon church testified in tho Smoot caee be lore tho Senate committee on Priv ileges and Elections that they bad plural wives and had continued to practice polygamous cohabitation since the manifesto of 1890. Just before ad journment the committee held an ex ecutive session for tho purpose of hav ing read the unprintable testimony In tha Tcasdale divorce case. SET FIRE TO HER BED. Aged Woman, Who Lived Alone, Is ; Burned to a Critp, , Wiss Sarah Fox, of Foldler, Center t County, Pa., was burned to death. Sho . was about 70 years old and lived alone, Mrs. Fox was a great smoker and whllo alone she undertook to light a' pipe and tho lighted match fell on the i bed. In a minute the bed was a mas . of flames. By tho time the neighbors ', got to her the body was burned to a crisp. Tho houso was saved. IRON AND STEEL IMPROVED. Trade Condition Generally Show Im provementPig Iron Statistics Encouraging. II. O. Dun ft Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trnde" vxyn: Moro seasonable weather has brought increased activ ity in business, normiri conditions ex isting fur the first tlmo this year at many points, and thero Is evidence of an effort to recover lost ground nnd prepare for a Inrgo rprlng trade. Col lections nre also Improving, and struc tural operations revive with tno high er temperature, stlinulnt.'ng tho mnr krln lor building miiterlnlM and In creasing real estate transfers. Thero hns brem grent damage rrom floods, although tho snvrro winter had caused unusual preparation for troubles of this nature. .Mnuiifiicturlng returns nro favorable as to steel and footwear, but textlli mills aro not active, and a further riirtnllmi nt. ol cotton spinning Is probable. Sctlleimnt or teveral Im portant Inhnr ( ontroverples hns been accompanied by new strikes and soft conl miners havo not yet reached an agreement with the operators. Fur ther delay has occurred ns to the Iron oro schedule, upon which another con ference will bo held Afrll 1. Truffle, congestion Is still very bad at sonro points, hut on the wholo tho situation has improved, and rnllway earnings for February were only 7 per cent less fhnn Inst yenr. Tlrcro Is much encouragement In tlm pig Iron statis tics Jutt limied by the "Iron Age." Retailers nnd Jobbers r port, an im proved ilvmand for seasonable foot wear. Col ton mills nro again feeling tho disturbing Influence of violent In flation of thn raw mnterlnl, and It. Is stated that much machinery w.111 bo roii.q Idlij when present storks of cot ton are rxhnusted. Prions nro tin rhnngtd nnd demand slow at first, hands. Woolen goods aro without fea ture, but Jnpan silks aro B to 7'4 per rent, higher. Failures this week niim brrrd 259 III the United States, against 23!) Ian! yrar. and 25 In Cunnda, com pared with 22 n yejr ago. liradHtieef's snys: The progress of the season has apparently helped the Iron and steel markets. Inrrrai-.rd ac tivity nnd firm i r price.i are noted for the r ruer forms, continuing the largo buying by lending intvrrMs la?t wr"k. Flnlshe 1 ptodurts are also more active an I Increased business Is reported. Tim iltuntlon In lion and steel pipe, wire, wire nails, and structural lion Is rir':rtrd a strong one nt Pittsburg. I'ractifally tlio Harm, report comes from f'1-..'rago, whore larger snies of small lots of pig Iron rails and rail way ihop Riipidles aro note I. Prom all over the country come reports of Rpe rial activity among agricultural lrn plen,.;nt concern?. IROCUCI3 TO RESUME. Property Mort;pirjod f-.r $330,!103. Must Not Suf.'er Judymento. Ily 11:01 tL'iu;ing all prr.pi rly, "per ronnl and mixed." l i Hie Mercantile Trust r.'Mii.nry of Nt .v Y'.rk t i ccuro a $:!no.ei;ii issue ot g ild bon is, tno Iroquois ThiEter Company has made It ci rlalii that Ji r; playhouse In Rnn dolph street, Chicago, w-jiiid noon bo refitted and rf:p"in-rt. Our ;lp;l:itlo:i in t'.-.o i;iort.:?.go Is that II the theater company shall "per mit or suffer any Judgment, decree, lien, attachment or execution to bo filed or tavled against It, or uron any of its property, and iiiiall not pay ejff cr discharg. such rlaim within five days, the said trustee or Its r.urccs-ors may ut once, upon being wines. ed In writ ing by the holders of the majority of the amount of tho said bomls," tako action looking to tho attachment of th- pmocriy. In this connection the tru-t company disclaim responsibility fr tho acts of Its attorney. Ask $5,000 for Hurt Feelings. Miss Edith Ifumia. of IP aver Falls, Pa., has brought suit against James I'nw. of Pitisburg, a widower, tj re cover damages siistrliied to her feel ings by the refusal of Paw to carry out an alleged prornlso of marriage. Miss Hannti thinks that, as paw 'is a man of moderate means sin should havo $50' o. Paw Is a street car con ductor and Is now in th" l:av.-r jail. Paw con crises iiinoci r.rc of any mat rimonial Intcnrions. He says ir.nt ho hag thrc:; snail c-hlMrcn, which a.ter his wife's death nbo'it 18 months ago, were placed in tho Proles'ant Child ren's llomu, In All' gbeny, v.r.'te Miss I ia ii n a was a nurse. Bocton Wool Market. Theio Is a firm tone In he wool market, with n fairly str.idy d mand In prr.rc.-s. Th.i marker r)r territory woo's Is steady, with old va'uea h-ld. Pulled wools nro quiet but firm. For eign wools havo a large call. Tho 1 ad .Ing quotations foilow : Ohio and Pennsylvania, XX and a hove, 31p; X, 30i31c; No. 1, ,1.1c; No. 2, 32f3.1c; fine unwashed. 23f( 24 Vic; fe-blood, unwashed, 2'1a'f;2i;c; 1H-b!ood, un washed. 25'' f;2'le; 4-bloejd, unwash ed, iaUVW.; flno washed delaine, 33 ft.Stlc. Michigan X and above nomin al; No. 1, 2!i?i3oc; No. 2 28Q29c; fine unwaaned, 2122c; - Says Indian Ate Wife and Child. Gustave Brandon, who has been cruirlng between Tower and Koochi ching, confirms a report of cannabal Ism on tho Nett Lake reservation. Brandon was near Pelican Lake when he was told that an Indian had killed and eaten hla wife ad child to avert starvation. He says his Information Is unquestionably authentic. A party was sent to the Indian's cabin and will bring him to Nctt Lake if possible. Pneumonia Breaks Death Record. All pneumonia and general death records for a decade, ara shown to be broken by tho New York city health department report for the past week. Out ot a total of 1.800 deaths, 400 are attributed to pneumonia. For the cor responding week ot last year there were only 1,479 deaths, and but 303 ot these due to pneumonia. The total number of deaths from pneumonia in the state during January It giveu at 1.510. SCIENCE NOTES. The experts say that tbe catfish II easily tamed, and can be trained like pigs. London la about to follow the ex ample of some German cities and use bloodhounds as an aid to the police. In tho comparatively wealthy dlt trlcts of Germany tho consumption of moat hHS fallen to threo ounces a day per person. Parlnlnns smoke cigarettes mn''o of tho leaves of tho coffee plant. Thoit) who havo trlod them prefer thorn to tobacco cigarettes. Tho biggest monkey ever exhibited Is a gorilla fl feet 11 Inches hl-rh, with nn arm spread of 9 foot 3 Inches, from the Cnmaroons, West Africa. tt Is a strango fact that, the right hand, which Is more sensitive to the touch thnn the loft. Is less sensitive than the latter to the effect ot heat or cold. It la found that thero are fower mi crobes on silver than on gold coins, whllo copper harbors the most of all. In Franco wounds, ulcers, etc., aro now being dressed by simply binding on a nheet of sliver leaf, which seems to net as an antiseptic and induce rnpld healing. EFFECT OF COLD ON INSECTS. They Are Not Injured by the Lowest of Low Temperatures. Tho severest ceild lias no terrors for Insect life. It has been shown by rx I."rlmenls that Insects may be artifi cially or naturally frozen, mibjocted, indood to very low temperatures, with out killing or even Injuring them. Eggs, larvae, the pupae, tho stages In which most Insects pass tho winter, are perfectly Immune to cold. It Is a rominon Idea that cocoor.s of Insects serve as a protection against cold, but this Is entirely erroneous. They, like the summer wobs of web worms, aro a protection against birds and Insect parasites, but not against cold. The cocoons of summer broods are as stout and thick as those of the generations that pass tho winter. Moths, butterflies and other Insects build atouter and more compact co coons In tropical and torrid countries thnn they do In those climates where they are besioged by winter. There are many Insects, allied to the build ers of coeexHis, that make no such cov ering, tho pupae or the chrysalis being left entirely exposed. And so little heat Is maintained by the pupae of Insects that no matter how thick the cocexms thoy are always too Blight to repel freezing cold. Certain degrees of frigidity seem to have vastly different effects on differ ent species of Insects. Gnats and mldge-s dance In the winter sunshine; butterflies, Vanessa, Grapta, and some times Coll las, skim over tbe snow; wasps and bees wind their way through the leafless woods; ground beetles run quickly over the cold eart hearth; crickets peep from be ii oath stones and rotting logs, while other spe les, the vast majority. In fact, are locked In the lethargy of hibernation. One of the commonest evidences of this hibernation Is to be seen when firewood Is carried Into the house and placed near the warm stovo. It takes only a short time to bring out a swarm of ants that were sloep lng In the bootle-borlngs, their com mon retreat. St Nichols. Atbestos-Mlning, Asbestos Is a compound of silica, time, magnesia, and oxide Iron, and Is probably the most curious natural pro Euet In existence. Being composed) tt flno fibres, it can be spun and woven into cloth, Indestructible by fire, which renders It Invaluable in many of tho arts. Asbostos-mlnlng is carried on by cutting down the hills of asbestos loaring serpentine, much as a farmer cuts down a stack of hay or straw, or by open quarrlng on the level. The rock Is blasted out, and the asbestos, separated from the containing rock. Is "cobbed" that Is, separated by ham mering from inferior foreign matter. This cobbling is a comparatively easy matter in the case of the finer quality, as It usually separates readily from the other minerals which the ore con tains, but in the lower grades much difficulty is oxporlonced In separating the fibrous matter from the non fibrous. At best there Is a great waste. Much of the asbestos la found in thin and narrow veins and is neglected, as by the present mode of operating It does not pay to separate this. from the terpentine. When "cobbed" the as bestos is graded according to purity, color, and length of fibre Into three grades and bagged for shipment A 8tranrja O'd Msdal. Attached to a very ancient human skeleton found in one of tbe eld mine In the Wichita mountains was a strangely carved medal. It is four or five tnchei in diameter. On one side li a raised figure representing two hands clasned; on ono cuff is the American eagle; on the other aro three bars extending lengthwise of the cuff. Above the hands are a pipe and tomahawk crossed. On this side of the medal are the words: "Peace and Friendship." On the other side la a bust of President Jefferson, with the Inscription. "Thomas Jefferson, Pres ident of the United States, A. D.. 1S01." A silver ring Is fastened to a post on the top ot the medal. With a capital of $107,500, a Franco German company has been formed to abtala alcohol from peat, moss and lichens. The works will be erected la Denmaik. i
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