SEVERAL BAYS WITHOUT FOOD C—of Marl ms TerriWe Sifferioi oo Stour Island. SOME OF THE SUFFERERS WILL DIE. Capuls Porter tod Stecral •< HU Mrs DtBrloss Froa the EHerts of the Hartskips tad StamtlM Tkey Satkrrt ' Dsriai Iks ExpsdiHsa lals Iks talertor

of Ik* Island.

Manila (By Cable).—General Chaffee curtailed bis trip and returned here. 1 He sajrs be found the conditions satis-: factory everywhere except at Samar., where continuous rath during the past ^'fwo months has retarded Ahe campaign. I especially against such an elusive enemy. - The condition of Capt. David D. Pflrter’s marines, who took part in the expedition into the interior of Samar, is much worse than previously described. They suffered fearful hardships and were without food for several days. The natives who accompanied the marines claimed they were unable to distinguish the edible roots, which the marines did not believe. The anger of the marines against the natives is intense. - None of the latter returned with the

died at t disease. rate aolW. Va.

guilty of neglect _ dismiss him from office.

Rear-Admiral Kimberley West Newton. Mass., of heart

He was bom in tSjp. Mason E. Young, a dicr, died at Charles

aged 59.

Much timber was sa

ater on Guyandotte river. W. Va. Heinberg Bros. & Co., wholesale gro-

cers of Pensacola, made an assignment

Harry J. Ziegler, of Lancaster, Pa..

whose divorced wife lives in that city,

was found fatally wounded in cago hotel. A woman who says his wife was wounded. The m

'buMeft a note stati—

ooi

shot*

nurdered a

they had stolen.

them all delirious. Two of .... afere discovered in branches of trees barking like dogs. Some of the marines are sS in that they are not likely to General Chaffee has endeavored to obtain full details of the trip of the imfines, but Captain Porter is not yet able . to lucidly explain matters. The expedition into the interior of Samar led by Capt. David D. Porter, of the Marine Corps, numbered 36 men. It had been absent two weeks. The marines had been provided with rations for only five days. On January 21 Captain Porter and a6 members of his party ' reached the coast of the Island of Samar. The other 10 were missing and little hope of their safety was enter-

skipped with his collections as agent the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-

pany.

Two negroes who had mi white man. whose hogs were lynched in West

Louisiana.

The anthracite miners have asked the

recently appointed peace committee to

Uke up their case with the operators. The Chinese playgoers in a San Frar,-

sco theatre created a riot because the

ading tragedian failed to please. Many Adams county (Pa.) farmers were fleeced by a bogus doctor. Admiral Schley had a series of enthu-

siastic receptions in Chicago, in the course of which he declared that under no circumstances would he risk losing the love of his fellow-country-

men by accepting political office. William Strothi

at the Vista T ' Louis, admitte

Cooper.

der _ latter was asleep in the establishment The men at the Norfolk Navy .Yard will endeavor to hare Secretary Long's ruling about vacations changed by congressional action. It has caused much

dissatisfaction.

A jubilation was held in Boston to celebrate the removal of the last black natch from the Woman's Christian

Temperance Union map.

The United States cruiser Olympia •rent into commission at the Charles-

lown (Mass.) Navy Yard. Col. Charles H. Burton.

FATAL FIRE IN BOSTON.

Bgkt Perscsi B.rnrt to Death aal Many

Serioasly lajarrt.

Boston. Mass., ( Special L—Eight persons dead, three more probably fatally burned and three seriously hurt m jumping from ^windows, and others more or

" 1 the result of a fire just 'dock A. M. in an Italian ten-

street. North end.

Seven of the dead are adults, three of them women, and the eighth is a child. Tito building was four stories in height, t Nos. 6 to 10 Fleet street. The fire

under head-

from Jwi

il it was

: sleeping inmates on the

sere cut off.

before the firemen

t on the scene

way. so that

^Sefore the firemen got 1 two women and one man throw themselves from wii _ third floor to the street below.

After the firemen had succeeded in subduing the flame* they began a search of the various rooms and found eight

bodies.

UGLY BLAZE IN MOBILE

t Society Maa aad a Laborer Lost

Tbdr Uvea.

Mobile, Ala. (Special.)—Fire in the wholesale business district destroyed propertv to the valne of $300,000. and caused the death,df TUchard H. Vidmer, a leading society man of Mobile, and Bat Thomas, a negro laborer from New Orleans. Three firemen were injured, two slightly and one painfully. Mr. Vidmer and Thomas were assisting the firemen in subduing caught by • falling 1

prominent Hoc Hoo. and 1

' snark far Alabama.

0 the si

i a prominent e vice grand s

The fire broke out of the Michael & Lyons Grocery .1 k by E.

Cincinnati, 0, (Special).—Word h^IS been received here that W. J. Murphy, has been made general manager of the I Alabama Great Southern Railway, and that the general offices of that road will be removed from Washington .to Cjn-, onnati. Murphr still remains as general manager of the Queen and Crescent route, of which the Alabama Great ; Southern is a part, from Chattknooga to Meriden. Miss., but heretofore the

latter has been agement of Fra

Tweaty-Five Brills* Captared. Pretoria,\(By Cable).—A few days ' ago a party*)* 35 natives were cutting grass at 'LindiqucsprntL'escorted by 25 Imperial Yeomanry. The party was surprised by ifo Boers, and after a gallant resistance in which ria of the Boers and one of the British force were killed, were forertf to surrender. Four of the unarmed natives, e shot in cokf blood.

Vast TraaMia Wat Barfed. Pekin (By Cable).-Chinese officials bee brfw PekbT ‘ JSS-SSS Sv3='5i

SUMMARY OF THE UTEST NEWS.

Rear-Admiral Schley's journey from Chicago to Louisville was a series of £ vat ion*. The Board of Trade and the Knights Templar of Lonisville have 'targe of his entertainment in that city. The police commissioners of Wilmington found Chief of Police Mtssey

' I of duty, and decided to

a Chishe was

an died. ;ing they' had agreed

to die together and that his wif# did the shooting. The woman says he fired the

-nry George Wilson, formerly capof the Salvation Army in York. <ed with his collections as agent of

,— the (

aud cases at Havana that

of the books of C. F. W. Neely dii the probable embezzlement of $ioo.ooo- On cross-exar'—’

said he had bought a a insular funds, and other said, had done the same. Dewey's old flagship. I novated ana modernized

nearly $400,000 at the Charleston Yard, will take part iq the naval

ing to Pyince Henry.

President Hill, of the Northern Pacific, was one of the witnesses before the Interstate Commerce Comminkxi. which

is in C

BIG EXPLOSION SHOOK NEV YORK Qlut Blast | B Rapid Traaait Tnacel Creates Havoc.

SIX PERSONS KILLED. MANY INJURED The Fawo«s Marray Hill Hotel PrabaWy Fcncaocatly Wrecked, H«Ua Torn la the Front of the Qraad Central Station. While (be Grand Unto* Hold and the Manhattan It oaf Hal Also Dawagvd. New York. (Special).—The reserve supply of high explosives stored at the Park avenue shaft of the Rapid Transit tunnel, now in course of construction, blew up shortly after noon. The giant blast killed six person*, injured 100 others and seriously damaged a great deal of property reached by the flying debris and the vibration of the

shock.

The irregular square formed by the Murray Hill Hotel on the west, the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital and the Grand Union Hotel on the east, and the Grand Central Railway station on the north, was the scene of the explosion. The buildings named sustained the greatest damage, but'the area affected extended for blocks in the four directions from the centre, some persons feeling the shock nearly half a mile

away.

Mr. J. Roderick Robertson, of Nelson,

B. C, was killed bv a huge piece of rock hurled with the force of artillery into his room at the Murray Hill Hotel, crushir^ his head. He was general manager in Canada for the British Columbia

Gold Fields Company, Limited. There were about 500 guests in tht

front rooms of the Murray Hill Hotel at the time of the accident. All the windows of the Hotel were broken, and

ted having killed Alexan- Judge McM^on. of the Court

x. the millionaire while the * ho 1 .1 ..ki^k—. the hotel, escaped un

demolished.

ooroach to tl

Madison

avenue' line cuts through Park avenue and the shaft of the Rapid Transit subway was run down beside it at the intersection of East Forty-first street. The street railway approach was housed over with a superstructure used for tl operating plant of - the Rapid Tram

ci Gl^

era! Sessions, who lived with him in the hotel, escaped unhurt. Their rooms

rere demolished.

The sunken approach to the street

ailway tunnel nsed by the le lii ' _

strurture tbegrthe

rton. formerly in-

spector-general of the Division of Cuba, d in the trial of the Cuban postal

cases at Havana that examination great gorge in the street, di books of C. F. W. Neely disclosed temporary buildings and

probable embezzlement of about 00.000. On cross-examination Burton

army officers, be

Olympia, cost of

take part in the naval greet-

Kent

The Dutch government has offered Great Britain in the most friendly terms to help bring about peace in South Africa, suggesting that it be permitted to act as a sort of diplomatic agent for the Boer delegates. Doubt however, is caressed in British official circles as to rhether Mr.

for the

gates have authority gfaers in the field.

The question of the atttitude of the

toward the rescinding of the ision law was brought up by s in the Reichstag. The Sec-

lundesrath toward Jesuit exclusion lav

the Centrist in the Reichstag. The fetary of Sta* for the Interior said

Bundesrath's decision might be ex-

ted during the present session. Tie Prince of Wales left Berlin, the

German public to the last maintaining

attitude of cool indifference toward

TREATY IS SHINED. Usited SUtes to Boy DxnUk West Mies

For S1MMN.

Washington, D. C, (Special).—Secretary Hay and Mr. Constantine Bnm. the Danish Minister at Washington, signed the treaty arranged between the two Governments ceding the Danish West Indies Islands to this country for a sum believed to be about $4.000,000. The negotiation of this treaty was consummated several weeks ago. but recently the State Department was advised that Denmark would refuse to sign it on account of strong opposition developed at home

against the sale of th

sty will

him.

A

Lord Kitchener's report of operations in South Africa shows continued Activity 1 the part of the Boers. The uncertainty as to whether President Roosevelt will accept a gift from Emperor William has caused some discussion in official circles in Berlin. It is said that no gift will be offered if an intimation is given that it must be de-

clined.

__.Tes, led by General Franjaver and a Jesuit priest, and that the priest

Miss Sybil Sanderson, in explaining on for breaking her engagement marry Count de Fitz-Jame*, says it

as the

the reason for breaking "to marry Counted* Fit

doe to

it is a! 5^ — rorced two tears ago. I emperor William was wannly cheered hy the people of Berlin as he rode to the armory, accompanied by the .Prince of Wales, to receive the birthday greetings of the officers. / It’ was announced in the British House of pjmmons that a number of cases of smallpox in London had been traced to sn outbreak on board the steamer Anglian, from Boston The steamer Australia, of the Ham-

burg-American Packet Company, went ashore at the mouth of the Scheldt. Hol-

land. and broke in two.

‘ d in Berlin thal

It is stated in Berlin that Herr Baltin, of the Hamburg-American Line, and Dr. Wkgand, of the North German Lloyd Company, before entering into negotiations with Mr. Morgan, will demand a pledge that the American capitalists abstain from buying more shares of the Hamburg-American and North

ings for storage purup against the supermouth of the shaft, and

ic cxplosioi

ifge in the ,

iry buildings and part of the

juperstructure. and sent a mass of earth splintered timber and twisted iron high in the air. Much of this went battering against the front of the Murray Hill Hotel, and although the walls and main structure of the building stood the shock, nearly every room in the front

of the house was wrecked.

the islands.

refer the question of the sale to a p scite. Should the people of Denr strongly urge the rejection of the tr

plcbi

strongly urge (he rejection of the treaty Denmark may decline to ratify it. Nut much objection is expected here from the people of the islands, as the treaty is so framed that they are not called upon to surrender their Danish allegiance, and they mav remain Danes in fact and in name while enjoying whatever advantages in a commercial way may result from a transfer of the islands to the

United States.

MARCONI'S NEW RECORD.

Stfnai Froa a User 2H Miles Oat Proba-

bly His.

New York (Special).—Marconi, on boarfl the steamship Philadelphia, sent several messages ashore by wireless telegraphy as the steamer sailed down the bay and nut to sea on Wednesday afternoon. They were received aboard the French steamer La Savoie, which was moored alongside her pier. One, sent as the steamer entered.* fog below the Narrows, presented Mar"™''* to G A. — —- — of the American Line. At 1105 P. M. Wednesday, when the Philadelphia must have been nearly 260 miles away, it was reported that a signal was sounded which it was believed was from Marconi. If this report Is correct a new distance record for ships may have been established. Fog Causes a Fatal Wreck. Houston^Tex.. (Special).—-In a rca: end 1%-llision between two stock trains near Keller, fifteen miles north of Fort Worth, W. T. Stillwell was instant!} burned in the wreck was fatally injured

rear train's

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,

Qrowtb ol Nsllotsl Wealth.

A monograph issued by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics shows the dereltpment during the century of the proluring and manufacturing interests of

from 155.55b bales in

1436^16 hales in 1900: wool, from 35.;

* munds in *840

he country. TW cotton produced has ncreased from 155.556 bales in 1800 to 6 hales in 1900: wool, from 35.pounds in 1840 to 302.502.3a8 „— in 1901; wheat, from t5r.999.906 rashels in 1866 to 5*2.220.505 bushels in •poo; corn, from 867,940.295 bushels in 866 to 2.105.102,516 bushels in 1900: tqpper, from 650 tons in 1850 to 270,588 ons in 1900; pig iron, from 165,000 tons n 1830 to 15800^000 tons in 1901; peroleutn from 21,000.000 gallons in i860 o 2.661,233.568 gallons in 1900: coal, rotn 3.358A>9 *°ns in 1850 to 267850. wo tons in 1901. and gold, from $50poo, wo in 1850 to $79,171,000 in 1901. Exx>rt» of merchandise have grown from 170,971.78b in 1800 to $1^87.764^' in :90l, the per capita in 1800 being $13 37. rod in ipoi, $1881. The Imports of nerchandue have grown from $91,252.»68 in 1800 to $823,172,165 in 1901. while ihe per capita imports have fallen from $17.19 in 1800 to $10.58 in 1901. Wealth tas increased from $7,135,780000 in 1850 w an estimated $94.300000,000 in •— snd the per capita wealth, from $’

in 1850 to $1,23586 in 1900. Gilts Ceefresa the Power.

The Senate Committee on the Judi-

:iary authorized a favorable report onSenator Hoar's joint resolution pi posing an amendment to the Constit

proititu-

of the United States giving Contress the power to designate s<

1 president it

signate some one

to act as president in case of the disability of both the President and VicePresident The resolution is as follows: “In all cases not provided for by article second, clmwe fifth, of the Constitufion, where there is no person entitled to discharge the duties of the office of the President the same shall Aevolve upon the Vice-President. The Congress may by law provide for the case where these is no person entitled to hold the office of President or Vice-President dedaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability shall be removed or a President shall be elected.

Rigid Oita BUI AdoptsA

The House Committee on Agricvjture by a vote of 12 to 5 ordered the report

bHl,

deary, of Mil

The original bill placed a tax of |o cents per pound on oleomargarine and butterine colored to —n~— s—*-

imitate yellow but-

ter. The word “yellow’' was struck out,

thus making the restriction appl

>ply to imier kind of

manufacturers.

Naffsaal Art GaBcry.

ir Penrose introduced a bill appropriating $500,000 for a building in Washington to be used as a national art gallcgr “for developing, protecting and serpetuating American art." It is provided that the Secretary of the Interior, the architect of die Capitol Extension and the librarian of Congress ire to be a committee for the selection if a site for the building and to have

-.barge of its erection.

It is provided that the gallery shall be levoted to the works of American arists and that a commission of “twenty

wanoisseurs" shall be apIhe President to have charge

• Tke Florist lodastry.

Census statistics of the florist industry if the United States show a total of i.159 establishments, cultivating and ismg in their business 42847 acres, of which 34-692 i* improved land. The .-alue of the land and buildings used by ihese establishments is $50.619866. of which $22,654,756 represents the buildbgs alone. The value of the inrolemeats for these establishments is $1,367,587. The valuc-of #1 the products is $18,-

amount expended for fer-

tompetent ct minted by tl >f the projet

487420. The amount expended tor terrilizer was $318^98, and for labor

k«25,799-

The Postoffice Department announced change in-practice, under which here•fter all post cards received in mails abroad, addressed here, which —

killed and his body and J. C. Adkins

Failure of the rear train's engineer to •«e the danger signal through the fog

caused the crash.

nternational mails, and those short paid ire subject to a charge equal to double he amount of deficient portage. New PUIppM Cotas. Sketches of the new Philippine coins, is proposed by the Philippine Commission. were shown to the members of the douse Insular Conmittee by Director of die Mint Roberts. They show a Pfaibpime design, with a native head and wording on one side, while the reverse tide shows an American emblem and he wording in Bfiglish. Mr. Roberts was heard concerning the needs of .a revision of the Philippine currency as iroposed in the Lodge and Cooper bills. Boer War Resalatlos la Coagreaa Representative Clark, of Missouri, in.roduccd a joint resolution expressing the two South African regret over the sufferings by ihe war. The resolution extne hopejhat this declaration by Jongrfts will ’ " consider favci

•ympathy for Republics and taused by ihe

Frank far Mia. McKtafcy..

The President signed the bill prorid-

r the free transportation ol I oTth« b l*I( M Pr™*nl S ktl

THEY TOOK THE “THROUGH SAFES'' Sontbera Train Slopped and Expreai

Car Robbed.

A SOUTH CAROUNA HOLD UP Robbers CmaprIM tbe Eaffaetr to Rai Two Cars tf tbe Trail Back to tbi Nearest Stattoa—Tbe Leader el tbe Rob bars la Sappaaed to Be Bartoa WarresBiaadboaada Have Beta Sraf Far. Branchvitle. S. C. (Special.)—A care fully planned and audacious expres: robbery took place about 7 o'clock 01 the' Southern Railroad, when tbe pas senger train from Charleston rcachet nearly the exact site of tbe suecessfu robbery' of two years agq, five mile

from Branchvitle.

Seven or eight men were riding

the platform between the engine . I»*gage car, concealed by the darkness They were not masked. At the S5-mil« post two men crawled over the tendci and covered the engineer, John Reynolds. with Winchesters. They fireo

two shots, one ball pasi' Reynolds' cap. Fireman L by jumping off. Conductor BlacI ran out, was covered and orderet

chesters. They fireo ball passing throug)

cap. Fireman Cobb escapee . g off. Conductor Black, whe

ran out, was covered and ordered back By order of these men. a brakemai uncoupled the express, mail and bag gage cars, which were taken to Fifty eight Station, leaving the rest of th< cars on the main line. Here sever* shots were fired into the express car. One man climbed up, covered Expres: Messenger Hall with a Winchester ant compelled him to open the door. Threi men entered the car and stripped th< local safe. After threatening Hall wit! instant death if he did not open 'hi “through" safe, and finding he knew nothing of the combination, the safi was rolled out on the platform. The* the engineer was ordered to retun with the three cars to the train, and hi obeyed, bringing the train without fur

ther incident to* Branchville.

Nothing was seen of the men or tfei safe on passing Fifty-right. There war only a small amount of booty in tht local safe and no one here knows the contents of the through safe. No mail or baggage was touched and no passengers were molested. The robbers disarmed the only employees who had pistols, and resistance was out of th«

JOHN MITCHELL RE-ELECTED.

Miners' Latoa Prestoeat aad Secretary Hie

Indianapolis, Ind., (Special).—Tht miners' convention here re-elected John Mitchell president, W. B Wilson secre tary and T. L. Lewis vice-president There were no other candidates fot these three offices and the entire ballot of the convention was cast for them by the secretary. The only opposition wa* in the form of a communication sent up to the secretary after the ballot had beer, cast, protesting against the unanimous

election of T. L. Lewis

dent. The

e protest came from

vice-presi-1 the dele9. in Ohio

gate from Local Union No. 319.

the Sate that Vice-President Lewit comes from, and was not read to tht

convention.

The protest was regarded by the officers to whose notice it came as not worthy of official or formal recognition. The convention adopted a resolution appropriating $500 to the National McKinley Memorial Fund, after a prolonged discussion. AN APPEAL FROM CUBA.

tcrests Prom Rala.” New York, (Special).—The following cablegram was received by the Merchants' Association of this city from tht American Gub of Havanat America* interests in Cuba aggregating about $80000,000 urge your body to im

through every channel your command to have Congress grac tariff concessions asked for by the Cubai Commission in order to save their inter esti from financial tain. Every commercial interest in Cuba is jeopardized un less immediate favorable action is takes With reciprocity trade with tbe Unite* States in manufactured articles will increase $30,000000 within a year.” The Merchants’ Association will fill the original message with the chairman ol the Ways and Means Committee of t House' of Representatives at Washin A copy will also be sent to ea il(er of tfe committee.

Bay's Bride is Robbed.

Wichita. Kan., (Special).—Mrs. An gelina Anderson was bound and gaggec here in broad daylight in her room an^.. robbed of $r.'too worth of diamonds be-

sides $1,500 in money.

She catnr here a few months

married an 18-y who wab taking

unr here a few months ago anc an 18-year-old livery stable boy

who wab taking core of her horses. Mrs Anderson is no* sending him to a loco 2 college. She is said to be from Racine

Wisconsin.

Stgalag Mtackariti Treaty.

Pekin, (By Cable).—It is expectet that (he Manchurian treaty will hi signed within a week. Diplomats hen do not manifest much interest in it. of

they do not b wilt in the s

— slightest degree afft-. policy of Russia in- Manchuria. A sep

arate contract with the Russo-Chinest

Bank secures to the bank complete con trol.of the railroads and mines.

WARS COST TO BRITAIN. AppallUg Fifsrti of tbe Cealesl la Soot* Africa. London (By Cable).—When it became known laM week thal peace overtures had been made by agents of the Afrikanders and rejected by his Majesty's government. Britons again began to count the cost of the war. To help them they had thi« statement on British casnalties. issued l>y the War Office and covering the entire period of the war up to the end of December. 1901: Officers. Men. Killed in action 469 4.762 Died of wounds 161 1,635 Died -in captivity c 97 Died of disease 276 10,997 Accidental deaths 20 542 Total deaths in S. Africa. 931 18x133 Missing and prisoners, excluding those who have been recovered or have died in captivity 7 435 Sent home as invalids 2.664 61,666

[pressed by tl

1 the Daily Graphic, made

commentipg upon tbe table of casual-

ties : -

“The enormous bill which the United Kingdom has already paid to sustain her prestige and her honor in South Africa will not. it is obvious, complete the disbursements necessary to bring the war to a conclusion. Taking the period from the commencement of the miliury operations until March 31 next, we find that the total amount ear-marked for

war purposes in South Afrit £150,000xxx), and. as it is pot

is possible that will be annexed

pose of tiding war expenditure over until the new fiscal year, w may put down £160,000.000 as the total amount which will have been paid out by March 31,

MRS RICHARDSON'S ACQUITTAL Draautk Seta* at the Happy Eadiag •* ** Trial at Platt*bar*. Plattsburg, Mo. (Special.)—Mrs. Ad£ie Richardson was acquitted of the charge of murdering her husband, Frank W. Richardson, a wealthy merchant, who was shot and killed Christmas Eve, tpoo, as he was entering his home, in Savannah, Mo. A dramatic scene followed th* rendering of the verdict. Mrs. Richardson was overwhelmed with congratulations from friends who had crowded the courtroom to await the arrival of the jury. The jury went out at J.30 and returned with a verdict 35 minutes later. The anouncement of the verdict was received with frantic enthusiasm and toy, not only by Mrs. Richardson and her own and husband's relatives, but by ill the spectators. John O. Richardson, brother of the dead man. seized the widow around the waist and raised her dear off her chair. After she was released by her brother-in-law, her venerable father. Adam Lawrence, seized

SPLENDID TRAIN FOR PRINCE HENRT. Tbe Ptaasylraala to Farmisb It and Coloael

"'Blfd to Be to Charge.

Washington. D. G, (Special).—The Department of State has just concluded negotiations with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the movement

by special train of Prince Henry of Prussia and suite during his visit to the United States. The arrangement includes the transportation of the Prince to Washington upon his arrival at New York, hjs return to New York, steamer transportation to Shooters Island, where the Meteor will be launched, as well as his tour through the Upper South and the principal cities of the East. West and Northwest. AH the movements of the Prince will be made by special train provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company am' run under the well and widely knowi

PLUCKED HER EYE OUT Mrs. Abbey Tried to FoUow tbe Scriptaral lajoactto*. Nashville. Tenn., (Special).—Mrs. Bula Abbey, wife of a young merchant near Sparta, Tenn., is dead as the result oi pulling out one of her eyes in a fanatical and literal interpretation of the injunction of the Scriptures: “If thine eye offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee, for it is better to go into Heaven having oily one eye than to suffer the torments of hell-fire.” She became much excited over religion early last autumn, and since that time is said to have been noted for strange vagaries in religious work.

Sajp a Blscalt Blew Up.

Newark. N. J.. (Speda!) .-Chief Judge Gummere in the Supreme Court in Newark signed an order permitting George F. Brown, of 90 Orange street, Newark, to institute proceedings in behalf of his 12-year-old daughter Anita to recover $16,000 from a biscuit manufacturing concern. It is alleged that on November 9 last tbe girl bought a paekigc of crackers, and one exploded in her mouth, knocking out two of her

teeth and otherwise injuring her. What

' itcuit to explode is unis held that the manufac-