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OFEICE REAR OF
MOUNT JOY HALL.
Norway and Sweden have jointly
built a railroad reaching 130 miles into
the Arctic Circle. The object is tc
use an immense deposit of iron ore
Mineral riches in the north are help
ing to solve the polar problem.
he United States consumes now
times as much sugar per cap
in the first quarter of the last
cengiiry, four times as much as the
average per ‘capita during he decadc
ending with 1850, and twice as much
as in any vear prior to 1870.
Jt is said in art that the
young American artist, Frank Wilbert
Stodces, is the first trained colorist tc
ictures from the Arctic regions
sketches in color are inter:
was not a professional
scs’s material was se-
{ with Peary to t¥
circles
g less
ar

3 to America
out some peculiar profession:
hgenities. When in Chicago he
iced to pass an examination in
hefore he was permitted to
is profession, in which he is
er, and a few weeks later
v there conferred on him
{cctor of laws, although
at a bankers’ banquet
hat he knows noth
visit
ecretary Moody, the
ks.) fishing fleet, which
ed so mich to the man
vy, is no longer to be re
Recruits are now drawn
h the middle west. and
enlist they are absolutely
if everything nautical. Out
hl enlisted force of 21.433 in
1902, 8032 were
on and apprentices. The mid
igs now thc “nursery of the
navy,” not the Gloucester
ot, asserts the San Franci
le.
vy June 30,
”
n government has adopted
ontrivance to prevent
the Swiss frontier.
ors have trained dogs
als to cross the bound
h contraband, which
onfederates on Italian
ess has been very
kt an end to it, the
has erected all
high fence of me
he with bells, the
ifies the customs
ttempt is now
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might read
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» French
THOUSAND PEOPLE PERISH
A Mighty Tidal Wave Sweeps Over
Society Island.
HURRICANE RAGES SEVERAL DAYS.
Eighty Islands Devastated by the Wind aad
Wave—Makeno and Hao Completely De-
populated—On Hikura Island, Where 1,000
Were Engaged in Pearl Diving, Nearly
Ha.i the Number Were Drowned.
San Francisco (Special).—News of a
terrible loss of life in a storm that swept
over the South Sea Islands last month
reached here by the steamer Mariposa,
direct from Tahiti. The loss of life is
estimated at 1,000 persons. On January
13 last a huge tidal wave, accompanied
by a terrific hurricane, attacked the So-
ciety Islands and the Puamoto group
with fearful force, causing death and de-
vastation never before equaled in a land
of dreaded storms.
The storm raged several days, reach-
ing its maximum strength between Jan-
uary 14 and January 16. From the
meager news received at Tahiti up to the
time of the sailing of the Mariposa it is
estimated that 1,000 of the islanders lost |
their lives. It is feared that later ad-
vices will increase this number.
The first news of the disaster reached
Papeete, Tahiti, January 23 by the
schooner Eimeo. The captain of the |
schooner placed the fatalities at 500. The
steamer Excelsior arrived at Papeete the
following day with 4co destitute survi-
vors.
The captain of the Excelsior estimated
the total loss of life to be 800. These
figures comprised only the deaths on the
three islands of Hao, Hikuera and Ma-
kokaa, the ordinary population of which
is 1,200. On Kikura Island, where 1,000
inhabitants were engaged in pearl-diving,
nearly one-half were drowned. On an
adiarent island 100 more were washed
out to sea.
Makeno and Hao are depopulated
Conservative estimates at Tahiti place
the number of islands visited by tidal
wave and hurricane at Ro. All of them |
are under the control of the French gov- |
r at Tahiti. i
surviving inhabitants are left des- |
od, shelter and clothing, all |
avept away by the storm.
avernment, upon receipt |
saster, took prompt |
distressed dis
arships with
abe Italian
tha

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1A -O oo.
mercy.
As the supp water and pro-
visions was totally exhausted by the!
storm, it is feared that many lives will |
be lost before the relief ships can arrive.
So far as is known, eight white people |
were among the drowned.
As the islands were} barely 20 feet]
above sea level and were not surrounded
by coral, it was necessary for all the in-|
habitants to take to the cocoanut trees:
when the tidal wave began to cover the |
land. These trees grow to an immense |
height, many reaching an altitude of 100 |
feet. All of the lower trees were covered |
by the raging seas, which swept with |
pitiless force about and over them. i
natives in the taller trees were safe until
the cocoanut roots gave way, and then
they ,too, were swept out into the sea.
REFUSES TO PAY AMERICAN CLAIMS.
i
Minister Powell Informs San Domingo He
Will Not Submit to Delay Any Longer.
pices of the Dominician government to
consider the demands of the United
States, made through Minister Powell,
| trial of Dr.
{ apolis, that he had an agreement with |
bodies |
The |
San Domingo (Special).—A public |
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domes*'c,
A Cincinnati court set aside the sten-
ographic report of the will made on his
deathbed by Millionaire John McCor-
mick, by which he left his estate to
Miss Henrietta Cecelia Wolfe, who
married him shortly before he died.
Col. F. N. Wicker, United States ap-
praiser at New Orleans, and who was
second in command to Colonel Buck-
ley in the Russo-American telegraph
expedition to Alaska in 1867, died at
New Orleans.
The miners and operators in the soft-
coal districts of Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana and Illinois agreed
upon a scale of wages which is a gen-
eral increase for the men.
The grand jury failed to find a true
bill against Miss Katherine V. Rich-
ardson, who was arrested in Revere,
Mass., on the charge of administering
poison to her mother.
Mrs. Catherine Bendler, aged 50
years, disappeared January 31 from her
home, in Bridesburg, Philadelphia, and
her children and friends believe she
was murdered.
It is semi-officially stated that the |
proposed increase in the capital of the
Pennsylvania Railroad will be from |

{ $235,000,000 to $400,000,000.
Dr. Edward Vanderhauf, a former |
{ prominent physician of New York, died |
at a hospital from excessive use of
drugs.
A silver service of 64 pieces was pre-
sented by a delegation of the City of
Albany ‘to the cruiser bearing that
name.
Fireman McCarthy, of the Philadelphia
and Reading express locomotive, told the
jury at the hospital at Plainfield, N. J.
that he did not know that anything ob-
structed the engineer's view, but at Tren-
ton Junction the locomotive was leak-
ing
General Manager Allen, of the Mis-
scuri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, an-
nounced that the differences between his |
ccmpany and the trainmen had been set-
tled. The conductors say their demands
were conceded.
The body of Mrs. Tracy Peck, wife |
of Professor Peck, of Yale University, |
was found in a park at Morris Cove.
Ske had been afflicted with grip, wan-
dered from her home and died from ex-
posure.
Samuel Martin, colored, testified at the
J. C. Alexander, at Indian-
with
the latter to furnish him
{ taken from the cemeteries.
The National Petroleum and General |
Construction Company of London has
sceured 333 oil wells in Ohio, 4,000 acre
Aart ag hema +z ~t1
ol leases aia se=monthla aroduction 0
20,000 barrels for $685,000. :
By direction of his physician Maurice
Grau has decided to give up his work
for a year, and the Metropolitan Opera
f
Company decided to abandon business |
until he returns.
Robert Gould Shaw, of Boston, whose
wiie recently secured a divorce in Char-
lottesville, Va., was married in New
York to Mrs. Mary Converse, of Newton,
Mass.
Agents of a New York syndicate are |
forming a combination of mine car and
supply companies in Western Pennsylva-
nia and West Virginia.
| Judge Lacombe, in the United States
| Circuit Court, in New York, granted
| sale by the Mercantile Trust Company
| under foreclosure of the securities un-
| der the Boston United Gas bond trust
| agreements.
| Fereign.
cannot see her son Christian, who
dangerously ill.
Selle,
| Deputy a Socialist,
REFUSES
President Roosevel
HAGUE TRIBUNALET NOW DECIDE,
Al
dent
extended by him If
bert to act as arb
tion of preferenti:
allies
against Venezuela.
of those holding t
ment
Great Britain as n
come generally ki
ti
{ don and not Berlirf
the bottom of the
essary
tainty over the Ve
ARBITRATE WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
. Department of Commerce.
Che Bill creating a department of com-
merce and labor was agreed upon by the
conferees of both houses, and it is ex-
Jered that in the form agreed upon it
JI become a law. The main point of
di erence has been in relation to the In-
Frstate Commerce Commission, and by
fhe terms of he bill this commission can-
Oot be transferred to the new de
Bot the new depart-
o I'he new department will consist of
| the Bureau of Corporations, the Bureau
: | 2 Labor, the Lighthouse Board, the
vecial).—Presi- | lighthouse establishment, the steamboat
tha Invitation inspection service, the Bureau of Navi-
Michael Her gation, the Bureau of Standards, the
sie ind! Coas and Geodetic Survey, the commis-
j on the q €S- | stoner general of immigration, the com-
ment for the |
Bof the claims
in Avoids Delis
cate
I Questions Except of Prefer :ntial
Treatment Have [@Agreed Upon Be:
tween Mr. Bowen ale Representatives
of the Allies, and thiltocols Have Been
Submitted to Him,
Washington, 1.
Roosevelt re
missioner of immigration, the Bureau of
Immigration, and the immigration ser-
vice at large, the Bureau of Statistics of
: | the 1 reasury Department, the Bureau of
e the feelings | Navigation, the shipping commissioner
s of Govern | the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, now
used against | I the Department of State; the Census
| Bureau and the Fish Commission,
Anti-Trust Bill Passed.
By a unanimous v
yt 2 Ss vote—245 to o—the
af . © ! 5 d 1 i
| has bten at | House passed the Anti-trust Bill. The
blays, unnec- | closing chapter was devoid of excite:
eral uncer- | ment. The bill as passed requires cor
settlement | porations “hereafter organized” to file
in the settle
Not for many ye
here been
n it has be-
om unques-
onable sources this been Lon
questions
! Great
| serious
| was read to the rep
it been fully
tmployed by
ing trouble
1at, in their
hg to cause
he United
sreat Brit-
longer the
| quarter.
Many officials who
cognizant of the m
Britain in t
now go so far as td
opinion, she has b
friction b
States and Germat
ain’s attitude there]
slightest doubt in aj
At a meeting o
the allied powers
bassy, Sir Michael
to Senor Mayor ds
Baron Speck von
which he had prep
dent, inviting him,
allies, to arbitrate tl
erential treatment.
source it is learned
submitted
hes and to
g a note
the Presi-
me of the
n of pref-
excellent
the note
g's of Ger-
hethod in
roval was
were evi-
cluctantly
; person-
which
many and Italy th
which they signified
by bowing their hed
dently giving their
to a procedure with
ally had no sympa
they had to agree
oO

S |
Leided. that t 1¢_ansy
an order temporarily restraining the |
1S |
strucks|
instructions receiv
| their Foreign Offi
read: “Follow lead
The note was imn
President through
{ the President askec
in which to conside
were carefully consi
of the Cabinet, “ay
i”
Britain.
it to the
lay, and
rt time
ontents |
meeting
1en de-
|
av ays
| qualified re
| The next
a protocol 2
| tails under d
tial treatmer
| Michael He
| berg, Senor
| Bowen. This
| the claims of
| ezuela will b)
of the custc
| Guayra and
| blockade be |
igning of tl
question of
of the allies
The-Hague tribunal.
It had been the hope of M{
| who is in high favor with the
| tration for the frank manner
ing with European diplomats,
| entire question would be
| Washington; but the fact ren
| he has gained a partial victo
| taining the consent of the alli
|
King George and the Council of Minis. | the blockade upon the signin
: 1 ers otf the Saxon Court have decided | protocol, throwing the burde:
meeting has been held under the aus-| that the former Crown Princess Louise | {jement upon The Hague.
A TUNNEL THEIR PRISO!
Deputy Lasies, an anti-Semitic, a blow | Gas Fumes Overcome the Trainmen
htatives of |
itish Em- state business.
|
/
| merce.
of Congress has been abandoned.
the friends ot the convention are con-
vinced that in all probability favorable
Sean cannot be secured.
that the
tverything possible to bring about a set-
tlement of the question, is prepared to |
returns covering its articles of incor |
poration, financial composition, condi |
tion, etc, with the Interstate Com:
merce Commission on penalty of be
ng restrained from engaging in inter
state commerce: prescribes penaltie:
for false returns, etc. The commis
sion 1s given authority, in its discre:
tion, to call for similar returns from
existing corporations doing an inter
; he commission is
given power to compel the answer to |
questions, and a fine of not to exceed
5000 1s imposed for failure to obey
the commission in this respect. Re-
bates by carriers is made punishable
with a fine of not less than $1000, and
sorporations violating the provisions ol
this section are forbidden the use of the
instrumentalities of interstate com-
Small Hope for Treaty.
Practically all hope of ratifying the
Alaskan boundary treaty at this session
So formidalle is the opposition that |
The President
as been informed of this fact and says
Administration, having done
fected are the 30,000 miners of Central
Pennsylvania; 3000 of Michigan; 14,000
of Towa; 4000 of Kentucky: 15,000 of
Alabama; !
about 20,000 of Kansas, Missouri, Ar-
kansas and Indian Territory.
the latter base their wage demands on
| Js seals adopted in the central dis-
t .
the scale of wages which will prevail in
‘he several States and districts.
old
was 80 cents, will be go cents per ton.
19 cents, will be 55 cents per ton.
screen basis, was 62 cents,
INCREASE MINERS’ WAGES
New Soft Coal Miners’ Scale Affects
Over 300,000.
MITCHELL AND THE ORGANIZATION.
Are In the Central Competitive District, Com-
posed of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pittse
burg District of Pennsylvania—Miners in
the Southern and Southwestern States Ine
directly Affected.
: Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).—The na-
tonal executive committee of the mine-
workers met here’ Monday. The dis-
trict conferences will be held betwee
now and April 1.
All the dates for the joint conferences
in the several states have not been fixed.
Of the conventions which have been
arranged are Michigan's convention at
Saginaw March 15, and the joint confer-
ence immediately afterwards at Bay City
and nine joint conference in Ohio dur-
ing the month of March.
Vice President Lewis said that dur-
ing the spring of next year he will be ir
Indianapolis, at the headquarters of the
United Mineworkers, the greater part of
the time. It is the intention of the offi-
cers to devote much time this year to the
unorganized districts of the cguntry.
The wage scale signed dire and in-
directly affects the wages of 300,00¢
miners. Those directly affected are the
miners in the states of the central com-
petitive district, composed of Ohio, In-
diana, Illinois and the Pittsburg district
of Pennsylvania, Of these 25,0c0 are in
the Pittsburg district, 33,000 are in Ohio,
9000 are in the Indiana bituminous fields,
3000 are in the Indiana block coal fields,
and 40,000 are in Illinois.
Those whose wages are indirectly af-
15000 of Tennessee, and
$79,048,420 FOR T
Appropriation Bill Provides
—Academy Not For
Washington, D. C (
Naval Appropriation bi]
the House carries $7
$6,142,080 less than the ¢
nitted by the Navy Dep
furrent appropration is $;
In addition {o the prov
‘onstruction of three first
ships, one first-class arm
‘Wo steel training ships an
'n brig, the bill allows t
f two midshipmen for e:
Representative and Deleg:
gress, thus doubling the ni
sers required for the ships j
‘onstruction the deficiency i

additional
additional
surgeons, 120 additional passed
ant and assistant
constructors, 84 additional offic

of
All

> : .
Vice-President Lewis has calculated

r The
and new scales are as follows:
Indiana, pick mining, screen basis,
Pick mining, run-of-mine basis, was

Machine mining, punching machine,
will be 72
the blame for failure on the Senate. | tents per ton.
Ros claims. The meeting declared that | Chamber of Deputies and a duel will be
the government of the United States | the result. re x
should not interfere in the cases and | Dr. Lewald, commissioner of Germany
for a settlement of the Clyde Line and | 1 "(1 "0 in the corridor of the French |
sengers.
Tacoma, Wash. (Special).—A
"| from Wenatchee, Wash. says:
that the Clyde Line and Ros should
settle their differences with the Domi-
nician government in the courts here.
It was decided to send the minister of
finance, Senor Emiliano Tejera,
Washington to announce this decision
to the government of the
States.
~~ Meanwhile Mr.
demand a settlement of the claims, re-
fuses to accept the terms proposed and
to any further delay. It is assertel
here that the Dominician government
is seeking to evade by all possible
means a settlement of the American
claims.
Caught at Last.
New York (Special).—Byram H.
Winters, for seven years in charge of
the customs bureau at the postoffice
bezzling money belonging to the Unit-
ed States. The alleged theft is over
$8,000, and the time extends over seven
years. Colectlor Stranahan was the
complainant. Winters was held in $10.-
000 bail by Commissioner Shields
trial, examination being waived.
lector Stranahan made this
concerning the arrest: “Byram
Winters, a clerk in the customhouse,
Col-
has been found short in his accounts.’
At Last He Killed Himself.
Monongahela, Pa.
it again and was successful.
from his and, running to
house
nesday he cut his throat.
was worth half a million dollars.
Second to Dew:y at Manila Bay.
steamer China,

death overtook him. The Adniral ha
been in ill-health for sometime, and was
invalided home on account of a genera
breakdown of his physic ~onstitution
Rear Admiral Wildes ior squad
mn commander on the ic Station
ing his flag’ on the Rainbow.
to |
United |
has announced that he will not submit
here, was arrested on a charge of em- |
for
statement |
H.
who for seven years has been in charge
of the customs bureau at the postoffice,
;
(Special ).—Simon
Lilly, of California, who made two at-
tempts at suicide during the week, tried
He escaped
the |
Monongahela river, plunged in and was
drowned before anyone could interfere.
Tuesday night he shot himself and Wed-
Tt .is said he
San Francisco, Cal. (Special).—Rear |
He was on his way |
home from China, on sick leave, when |
they could achieve great success at St.
{ Louis.
Christian de Wet
| tary Chamberlain that he would foster :
spirit of disconttent against the British
| government in the Transvaal.
i the action of the Sultan in mobilizing a
| large army in Macedonia.
at Cadiz, Spain, died of consumption.
The Turkish government is taking a
record of steamers available for use as |
| tranzports should it be necessary to send | on the train would haye been suff
informed Secre- |
| and the engineers and firemen
Powell continues to | The European powers look askance at |
John N. Carroll, United State consul |
| the conductor, brakemen and tv
to the St. Louis Exposition, in an ad- |
| dress to manufacturers at Stuttgart, said
“The eastbound Great North{
senger train due here at 3.30 a. {
| stuck in the tunnel for nearly tw
The train was hauled by two
were overcome by gasses from
gines. A passenger named Abbo!
his way to the engine, released
{ brakes and allowed the train to
| gravity run out of the tunnel.
the train reached Wenatchee, at 7 §8
{ men passengers were still unco
| troops to the European provinces in con- |
| nection with the Macedonian troubles.
| The Brazilian forces have captured
Puerto Alonzo, in Acre, where Bolivia
has heretofore maintained a custom-
| house. Bolivia is said to have rejected a
| proposal by Brazil for arbitration.
| Emperor William and other members
{-of the royal family and the German gov-
ernment attended the Potato-Alcohol Ex-
TH 3 hie T iQ - ,
08 : which the Emperor is greatly | 2%. 3
pasition, 1 wane P g * | injury of several otheys.
| clude G. Davis, of I
interested.
During a row in the Hungarian Par-
| liament a deputy accused the Minister of
| National Defense of cowardice in refus-
| ing to fight after he had insulted him.
The Liberal press in London blames
| the failure of the Alaskan Treaty on the
| understand American sentiment,
It is reported that the Moorish pre-
tender, Bu Hamara, is a prisoner in the |
hands of the tribesmen, who want to sell |
|
| him to the Sultan.
The trial of Gennaro Rubino, the Ital-
|
gun in Brussels.
| at Madrid rega
! Cuban flag over his residence.
Financial.
EA tx
Admiral Frank Wildes, of the United | 300Ut Baltimore & Ohio.
i They see no rocks ahead.
Canada is importing Scotch pig 1
| as a result of the fuel famine. |
1 |
} 2
revenue dealining $58,800.
he
nal Marine shares find §
internat
y | poor mark
in Londen
. iC
id
kt
.
| inability of the British government to
| cident to the air-brake S.
| nearly two miles long.
|
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{ about 10.30 o'clock a. m.
jan anarchist, for attempting to assassin- | are known to be killed, and their b
| ate King Leopold of Belgium was be- | have been recovered. Several of th
i nred, who have
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Af- | hospital, will
fairs denies that any representations | without
have been made to the Cuban minister | swayed for
rding the hoisting of the | outward, burymg
| bris and injurfing many persons.
Very cheerful things are being said
ron |
| ¥
: | Hall, a y«
Diamond Match has reclared iti usual | glass
| 2 1-2 per cent. semi-annual dividend.
1{ Atlantic Coast Line had a bad Iecem- | the ¢
Very | railro
n the New York curb and | horse
| laghan, an employe of th
i ce: 1 .. | Arsenal,
States Navy, died suddenly on board the | Professional traders are all bullish. | atoms and Jofseph Hu
But for the work of Abbott every
it is believed. ;
“The train was stalied through
The tus
Freight Trains Collide.
El Paso, Texas (Special).—A
end collision between two Rock
freight trains near ‘Tecolate, N.
sulted in the death of five men at
s. The de
orrance, N.
A
i conductor of Kansas City, and Fis
Winderwall. Two unknown men
buried under the wreck. Amon
dangerously injured is P. Pillsbm
Torrance, N. M. The wreck occur
a sharp curve on a steep grade.
Buried Under Falling Walis.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Specia ;
wall of the three-story a
which was being 'demoiioN
more avenue ard William street
Five lab
removed to
I'he crash ¢
"3 :
1g. The wall si
moment and then
14 men under the]
been
die.
We
Load off Car:ridges Go Ofi.
>hiladelphia} (Special). —Peter Mc
United S
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ther
the
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pred
nv
to
at Hrankforyd
loye, was sverely if
losion of dletonating
oc woman,
while feeated in
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plosie McC
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L in a wi
wagon were
Ral was not d
han 100 pat
| ing the «
{The a ”
oer of officers at the end o
will be 1360, unless addition
men are authorized.
Regarding the increase in
ber f midshipmen the comn
The committee saw
approaching condition
attention of Congress
port and
and
to it
recommended the
a yeq
ment of 500 additional cade
Jax
Naval Academy, 125 to be
each year during the four
years. Now the committee pI
renewed vigor the necessity
diate action at this
gress. It cannot and must n
ger delayed.
for this situation we must sto
strction of ships and author
new ones, for what use are s
out officers to command tl
i
session
0
Unless Congress
D
"17
hi
1¢
cordingly the committee reco
the doubling of the number
Further provision is made f
f
or
pointment of 12 ensigns from
officers and for the appointn
lieutenant-comman
lieutenants, 30
surgeons,
To the Marine Corps the
assistant adjutants with ran
lor, 1 assistant quartermaster w
of lieutenant-colonel, 5 assistant
:ermasters with the rank of capt!
assistant paymasters and 679
sted men. !
1en
ide
ads
20
the Pay Corps and 3,000 enlistel
1
bi
t lieutenant-colonel, 1 colonel
lors, I2 captains, 25 first lieute
(2 second lieutenants, 1 assistant
ant and inspector with rank of i
2
1-
K 0
rit]
1ti
mor
mor
The limit of cost for the: buildin
the Naval Academy is increaged
58,000,000 to $10.cg