TOE PUDUNA WRECKED Ob the Kctft OH Bcrwda With Lirjc

Part) of Tooristt.

ALL THE PASSENOERS WERE SAV20. Tfet SMp Strikt* *1 3 O'Ctock la lb* IMrala| - la Iras* ExclltaMal AaMai Ike Paunjm lor • Ttee—Sea* Break 0»er IW Suaaicr aa4 Dreatk lb* HalKlad P«»»*bI*r» —Pcriiiaas Trip ol Ike Pancoitre. Hamilton. Bcrniuela (Special).—The Quebec Slcam»hip Company's steamer Madiana. Captain Frazer, which tailed from New York Saturday with a party jof excursionists for a special cruise •round the Caribbean Island;, went ashore on the reef off this island at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. The passen-

rrience. The

on board

were rescued and brought safely to land after a perilous trip in lifeboats from the wreck to a tug standing a mile off. The mails and the passengers' baggage also were saved According to statements made by those on ' board, the Madiana was threading her way in the night to the narrow channel between the coral reefs which leads to Hamilton harbor when she struck a reef one and a half miles northeast ol North RockNo explicit information is yet forthcoming as to how the vessel went on the rocks, and the only infotrnation obtainable from the officers is that the light which indicates the channel for some reason could not be seen. All the pa.sengers were in their bunks when the Madiana struck the rocks, but the shock of the impact awakened them

Inesday it I a thrilli

illing experie lost, but all

THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.

Manila on a charge of embezzling. * kidnapped and taken on board of a v sel bound for the Philippines at Victoria. Arthur L. Bishop, of Petersburg, Va., a traveling salesman, was arraigned in court at Charlotte, N. C, on a charge of killing Thomas J. Wilson, of that town. Mrs. Alonzo Emery, zged 60. of Somerville, N. J., dropped dead from heart disease at a bargain sale in a New

York shoe store.

In a fight between the constabulary

ider the ir-

reconcilab miles^ froi other m

Inspectc

mber of the nd several

onstabulary were >ther Americans

wounded.

William Grebe. Dr. Francis Sutorius. Fred Schwartie and Miss Gertrude Anderson were arraigned in New York on the charge of swindling the Trust

Company ol the Republic.

At a tnr-‘ ; — — : —— : -* **•* —

ceutive commiti Hebrew congre)

establish

Republic.

Cincinnati of the e:

ttee of the American rgations it was decided

is in every Jew-

to establish synai ish community.

Tourists arriving at San Francisco from the Orient confirm the stories of iplete preparations being made for stvc uprising against foreign-

' and one f the Louisville at Oskaloosa,

ers.

A1 Patrick, a "Forty-nint of the first editors of tht Courier-JouraaL died at Kan., at the age of 8a Henry E. Cooper, superintendent of public works in Hawaii, has asked for and appropriation of tfiJLcnjooo for his

department.

•* Kf 'itlh German

-rived at New her maiden

The twin-seres Lloyd steamer Zii York from Bi

trip.

1 remen on

Cincinnati court set aside the ztenographic report of the will made on hi! deathbed by Millionaire John McCor-

mick, by which he left his estate to Until th Miss Henrietta Cecelia Wolfe, who j objectio married him shortly before he died. ! that th« Col. F. N. Wicl - -

•aiser at N«

DELAY IN NE80TIAT10NS Milliter Bo wet Declines to Sign the German Protocol as Scat. ONE PROVISION IS OBJECTIONABLE Tht Coareotloa Presentad by Baroa Speck voa Sternberg Is So Draw* as to Rnoire PretemtUI Trzsiaeut la Advance of Sabalssioa to the Hogoc Triboool-Eo-llsb Protocol SotJsloctory.

I).—Alr nego-

Washington, D. C (Special), though Mr. Bowen and the other tiators are closely guarding the proi ions of the several protocols it is i drrstood that the demands w^gti known to exist in the German and Italian agreements as they arc at present drafted which Mr. Bowen cannot agree la concern an increased payment by

of

pay

Venezuela prior to the handing

The Hague's decision

allies' contention sideration in thi

claims.

It is reported that Germany a:

she receive in addition to the $27,500 cash that Mr. Bowen has agreed to pay.

iMomr

n regarding the nr preferential consettlement of their Germany asks that

that

a certain percc ceipts until the

demanded

1 has agi

ige of the customs remainder of the $340,000

in the original ultimatum adr Germany to President Cas-

a is paid.

- by (

tro last autumn is paid

Italy, it is believed, is insisting J id. though the ar

her ultimatum was

' r Both’c

turn was c . and Italy 1 paid ir

castor

asket $Sooj

pest 1 .. . . instalments out of the customs duties, • en under this arrangement it require eight months for the pay-

f the entire sums.

t, to which objects and

mem (

It i<

siderawe alarm, thongh not a panic, prevailed among the passengers when they found that the vessel was hard on the rocks, bnt the officers went among them and calmed them, at hough a number did not venture below again to seek

proper clothing.

A part of the crew did rot share

coolness of the officers, but the la soon restored order among the trou

some seamen. , The miners and operators in the softS.p»l, ol dMlra, woo ,001 up .od ! co „ ol W ,V„ r „ Penn.vlvaoia. . Ibo paMoupc;, P>'iod «u unxHJui Inuo Ohio ,nd lodi.nx nd Illmoi, xirood |

IS -S—; ^

when morning broke lay alongside to j , . , r , _ . j settJeo.

the wind. The passepgcrs died together on the hprrii and the sea breaking over tl

entire sums.

is the principle, however, to whicl Mr. Bowen so strenuously objects am which he has informed the German and Italian envoys he cannot subscribe to. Until their protocol* are relieved of these ■^Tctionablc demands Mr. Bowen says they must remain unsigned. He lends that Gei ' — “

1 unsigned,

rmany and Italy ar

praiser at New Orleans, and who was on preferential treatment, a quessecond in command to Colonel Buck- ; tion wh.ch they agree m their protocols ley in the Russo-American telegraph j shall go to The Hague,

latter j expedition to Alaska in 1867. died at 1 . >« >*«»><: fi J nn OP'" 1 ?" ° { bo,h ,h ' ? uI - iu'.Ic- ! New Orleans. ' ian ambassador and the German minister

| that the insertion in their protocols of these demands is the result of a serious understanding on the part of their oreign offices of certain phases Of the liations which were supposed to be

using —

iprricane deck,

d the sea breaking over the steamer

drenched them to the skin.

As soon as the news of the wreck became known here government and other

1 to the scene to endeavor

1 •

bti 0 ’ b^gSw^ilss t*^to^find a R true ^ havyhis^su^reta^g'dea^Tup 0 ardson. who was arrested in Revere, lo ^ubmh'theirHconvent^is *10 him in^

Mass., on the charge of administering | f ew

tugs proceeded to the scene to er

to render assistance. A heavy sea. however, was running, and they dared not approach too closely to the reef on which the Madiana was poundine. For sometime no communication with the Madiana was possible. The tug Gladisfen stood about a mile off await 1 — an opportunity to assist, but it was until 11 o'clock a. m. that it bee;

possible to effect a rescue. DEWEY IS FOR BIOOER NAVY.

was arrested in Revert

the charge of administering j f cw jj™

her mother. 1 Mr. Bowen has made it plain to Uie Mrs. Catherine Bcndler, aged 50 j allies’ representatives that he is willing vears, disappeared January 31 from her to consider any reasonable requests they home, in Bridesburg. Philadelphia, and i may advgpce, but that he will not yield her children and friends believe she \ to the extent of signing the present Gerwas murdered. | man and Italian protocols. It is semi-officially stated that the ! Published reports that Germany indnproposed increase in the capital of the : dfd m her protocol a demand for an Pennsylvania Railroad will be from i *t>ology from President Castro or his

ting $235,000,000 to $400,000,000. j resignation is news to Mr. Bowen and of

n< * i Dr. Edward Var-t-rt,,,,! » form** ! «>o«e would not be considered.

Dr Edsvard Vanderhauf. a former . prominent physician of New York, died at a hospital from excessive use of ;

A silver service of 64 pieces was presented by a delegation of the City of Albany to the cruiser bearing that

Coastractiee ol Fh;

First-Class Vessels Am-By.

^ Washington, -D. C. (Special).—Ad- j tniral Dewey* and the other officers of

«„l 'Board ol d* K.v ? -rr *o- | ^ > send a report to Congress that | ,b e British

(Sped

t other o

e General Board of the Navy are go- |

g to send a report to Congress that j ^ the British manul ill probably open the eyes of the Con- | ready lost heavily to American and

and the country generally, man,firms^which 1

that it should 1 Sourt, Afn ~ '

* British Industrial . ,he address in London, exi:

NO OBSTACLE IN THE WAY. Oenaans Expect Prstscnl ts Be Signed Shortly—line Claims. Berlin (By Cable).—The officials of the Foreign Office here deny that any insuperable obstacles to the signing of

Vashi

gressmen

They arc going to say .— ..

be the policy of this government to! annually provide for the construction ;

of at least five ships of the first cli

ti booked large

ifrica soon as peace was

ich government

es from the gover

-* ies in the

protocol at Washington

xisL They add that a comparatively d al- i unimportant question of detail has

and Ger- been re(erred to Berlin, but that the orders in | signing will occur in a few day*, declared. First Great Britain's protocol will be

- : -;ned and then the protocols of Ger-

at least five ships of the first dais | , de P CT ’. d ”’f ifs . ^‘-i

Tki. report i, to be the jntwer ■"' 1 , " i * 1 ** v ' lht of the department to the resolution re- ; The French Chamber

Re

tceived ! a " d ' h f n * of the 1 mm y * nd IuJ y-

a view to preventing disorderly . _ » in * *“- • o in the way of making a sys- | Lasie:

tematic increase in the Navy. i Tht All the naval powers except the Unit- j Mulfc ed States hare a definite program. [ taken to 1 whereby at a certain time they expect (crew refui

ton. of West Virginia, asking^the de- j peneMn ti^ Chamber. • rruy jiro&e.

should do in the way of” making

e in the Navy.

i- j Lasies, Anti-Semite, t i The captain of the

the Unit- ; Mnlford, rescued with

to struck M. v in the face,

schooner Anna L th his crew and

taken to London, reports that the negro :pect I crew refused to work the pumps and let

to have a navy of a certain size. The the schooner founder.

United States has gone at the work of | Gemaro Rubino, the Italian anarchist rebuilding the Nary in a happy-go- ' who attempted to assassinate King LcoIneky manner. Each Congress has de- ! pold. was found guijty and sentenced to

cnied the number and character of the penal servitude for life,

ships that ought to be built without • President Palma is not ready to cornmuch regard for the opinions of the ! mit his government regarding the United zuval officers- States coaling stations on the Island of

« H Cuba.

Ronadiag Up Disorderly EiemesL Hubbard I Smith. American vice conManila (By Cable).—The government sul general at Cairo, died at Genoa, Italy,

preparing to thoroughly round up (he : ^”2? ca 2 ccr *'

is preparing to thoi

disorderly el

Bulacan and Rizal. where the constabul-

voroughly round up (he : n* in the Pwvinces of

of the kiuucy*.

The Sietnens-Halskc and Schuc

Berlin, have

electrical companies, of Berlin,

, cided to nnite.

ary. in accordance with orders received j A large force of Venezuelan troops from the War Department, will be rein- | h** dispatched against the 1500

TW mno,, Inin On

provinces are believed to exaggerate the number of hostile*, of whom it is said there are 2000 in the field. More trust-

worthy reports say there

It is believed that the chief difficulty wili ' The Court of Arbitratic doubt that*!h^hosdks wdlTpre'dily^be j !w " n Brazil an ^ Bolivia ri suppressed. Acre territory.

ion at The : dispute beregaring the

The river Clyde burst its banks aboqg Glasgow and the industrial district of Rutherglen was inundated. King Victor Emmanuel is said to have made Mascagni a chevalier of the

Older of Savoy.

:s we : desi

1 memory . ... 1, was found gui

sentenced to imprii

penal servitude.

of Savoy.

Over 300 homes were destroyed and 500 families made destitute by a fire at

Krtrtz, Galicia. "

Pope Leo in

Brussel* -(By Cable).—Gennaro Rubino. tli* Italian anarchist, who has been on trLl here since February 6. charged with attempting to assassinate King Leopold November is by firing three shots at the King while be was return-

ing from the cathedral after attending a 1 Pope Leo insisted yesterday on girte detim in memory of the late Queen j ing a public demonstration that he is

Henrietta, was found guilty and was | in good health. it for life at 'Hie Duke of Tetuan, a noted Span-

• j ish diplomatist, is dead.

Secsntf U Dewey at HaaiU Bay. Financial. San Francisco. Cal (Special).—Rear ! Very cheerful things are being said Admiral Frank Wildes, of the United 1 aboot Bal,unOTe * oRa

Stale* Nary, died suddenly on board the steamer China. He was on his way home from China, on sick leave, when death overtook him The Admiral had been in iD-hcalth for someiime. and wa«* invalided home on account of a general

breakdown of his physical coni Rear Admiral 'Wilde* was junio ‘ mi commander on the Asiatic ffyirg bis fiag«on the Rairbow.

bey sec 00

Canada is importing Scotch pig iron as a result of the fud famine. Diamond Match has redared it* usual 21-2 per cent, •etni-annuai dividend. . Atlantic Coast line had a had December, the net revenue declining $58x100 International Marine shares find a very ' on the New York curb and

London (By Cable).—The officials of* the German Embassy here say that no new difficulties regarding the Venezuela settlement have arisen *0 fz r as Germany is concerned. They add what is now under discussion consists solely of the German and Italian contentions regarding the claims admitted by Venezuela. prior to the present disturbance, to be valid, and which, it tr • tended, it would be absurd to s to The Hague court of arbiti Ffom the commencement of the negois, Germany refused to arbitrate

er to 1 it o

causes delsy. Germany and fully satisfied with the cash and are stipulating nothing

consider though

Italy

guarantee

Great

parently not sim .. many and Italy, but these two coipitrics have the approval of the British

government in 1

present attitude.

Wawaa Operator Attacked. Monongahela. Pa. (Special).—During the night an unknown man forced his way imp the telegraph tower at Walton Station, on the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Railroad and assailed Mrs- Wilson, the operator. Mrs. Wilson shot the tnnn. and this *0 enraged him that he beat her almost into insensibility and then tried to burn her to death by forcing her head into the stove. An arriving freight train frightened him off and he fled, leaving his victim unconscious.- Mrs. Wilson is the wife of ex-Mayor Wilson of this

city.

Dropped Dead la Church.

New York (Special).—Durii services in the Gospel Misi City, Mrs. Amelia Woodhall dropped dead from apoplexy. The congregation. 30 women anti half as many men, had just finished the hymn "Nearer, My God to Thee," when Mrs. Woodhall who. with the rest had been standing, uttered

WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.

The Bill creating a department of commerce and labor was agreed upon by the conferees of both houses, and it is exported that in* the form agreed upon it will become a law. The main point of difference has been in relation to the Interstate Commerce Commission, and by the terms of the bill this commission cannot be transferred to the new departThe new department will consist of the Bureau of Corporations, the Bureau of Labor, the Lighthouse Board, the lighthouse establishment, the steamboat inspection service, the Bureau of Navigation. the Bureau of Standards, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the commissioner general of immigration, the commissioner of immigration, the Bureau of Immigration, and the immigration ser1 lhe Bureau of Statutic* of

the Bureau of commissioner, "Commerce, now

vice at large, the B

the Treasury Department, Navintion, the shipping

the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, no in the Department of State: the Censi Bureau and the Fish Commission.

Ash-Trust BIB Passed.

By a unanimous vote—a45 to o—the House passed the Anti-trust Bill, ’nie closing chapter was devoid of exciteit. The bill as passed requjre* corations "hereafter organized" to file returns covering its articles of incorporation. financial composition, condition. etc., with the Interstate Com-

1 penalty of beigaging in inter-

state commerce: prescribes penalties for false returns, etc. The commission is given authority, in its diserejion, to call for similar returns from existing corporations doing an interstate business. The commission is given power to compel the answer to questions, and a fine of not to exceed $5000 is imposed for failure to obey the commission in this respect. Rebates by carriers is made punishable -rith a fine of not less than $1000. and orporations violating the provision* of !iis section are forbidden the use of the

istrumentalities

of interstate

' For Ac Elastic Csrreucy. Senator Aldrich introduced a bill authorizing banks which are national depositories. to deposit for the safeguarding of the Government other securities than government bonds. The intention of the bill is-to give greater elasticity to the currency, and permit of the release of larger volumes of Government funds in times of stringency. The bonds included^re State bonds, municipal bonds or cities of 100.000 population which have been in existence for 25 years, and which bare not defaulted on any of their debts, and the first mortgage bonds of any railroad which has paid dividends of not less than 4 per cent, for 10 years. The bill also makes the bonds to be issued on account of the Panama canal eligible for use as securities for bank

To Prevent Train Robberies.

The House Committee on Revision of :e Laws favorably reported with some mendment* the bill to revise and codify ic criminal laws of the United State One amendment prohibits any mcml

tes. iber

ivemment

nt from solicit

any political purpose

- clerk «f the

go*

is ft

officer or clerk of t recommended by the code commission. Another amendment prescribes a maxirum penalty of twenty years’ imprisonfor any person who goes aboard any railroad train, car, or locomotive with intent to commit murder, robbery, any violence against any of the train:n, express agent, mail messenger, or passenger. Small Hft Isr Treaty.

TBEY MAY mVADE TURKEY Bulgaria Appeal* (• the Powers to Half

Against Turkey.

WILL LIKELY SET EUROPE ABLAZE The Mac«*Mlaa Brents! In Bultaria Very Stroag—Sevea Baad* Agfregsaag MM Mea, Hare Brea Formed and Ot(leeredTurkish Opfreamcat Malms Deals 1 si Mili-

tary Prcpsrsiioa.

Sofia (By Cable).—Having received official information regarding Turkey's decision to moboliae two army corps at Adrianoplc and Monastir, the Bulgarian government addressed representations tc the powers invoking their good office* at Constantinople to procure the cessation of the Turkish miliury preparation*. It is felt here that, while Turkey's reinforcement of her troops in Macedonia may be justified, in view of the internal situation and the Austro-Servian military preparations, the mobilization al Adrianople can be regarded only as a menace to Bulgaria. It is stated that the government will refrain from any counter-demonstration, and only mobilize the Bulgarian Army in the cate of extreme necessity, it being fully realized that even a successful con flirt with Turkey would mean financial

ruin to Bulgaria.

Vienna (By Cable).—It is asserted here that Bulgaria is determined to in vade Turkey in the event of an insurrection in Macedonia, and that the Macedonian element in Bulgaria is so strong that nothing can prevail against it. Prritions for a great rising are proceed-

(NCREASC MINERS' WAGES. New Sell Co.I Mirers' Scale Alfccts Over MMM-The Orgaalzatiaa. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).—The national executive committee of the mineworkers met here Monday. The district conferences will be held between now and April 1. All the dates for the joint conference* in the several state* have not been fixed. Of the conventions which have been arranged are Michigan's convention at Saginaw March (5. and the joint conference immediately afterwards at Bay City, and nine joint conference in Ohio during the month of March. Vice President Lewis said that during the spring of next year he will be in

partitions for a great rising are proct ing quite openly. Four hundred offii in the Bulgarian afmy are asking fc prolonged leave, which will not lie fused, in order to assist the rising

Macedonia. It is reitei gating 6,001

formed.

ir. It is the intention o devote much time this y

unorganized districts of the country. The wage scale signed directly and indirectly affects the wage* 01 300.000 miners. Those directly affected are the miners in the states of the central competitive district, composed of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and the Pittsburg district of Pennsylvania. Of these 25,000 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,

’nd 40,000 are in Illinois.

Those whose wages are indirectly af-

>f Centra!

Those whose wages are indiree fected are the 30.000 miners of C Pennsylvania; 3000 of Michigan: of Iowa; 4000 of Kentucky; 15;

kansas and Indian Territory. All of the latter base their wage demands on the scale adopted in the central dis-Vice-Presidem Lewis has calculated

the scale of wage the sev-ral Stati les are as follows.

•sis. ton.

: 4000 of Kentucky; 15. 15.000 of Tennesse 2C,ooo of Kansas. Misso- ; and Indian Tetri'—

Ar-

il of

the sc. -ral States an

I old and new scales arc as follows;

seven bands aggre j screen bl1

j was 80 cents, will be 00 c | Pick mining, run-of-mii

! « cent '-

The three largest bands are led by Col j

respectively. These hands will spread ! * CTeen basis. *

throughout Macedonia under daring -

and districts.

folloi

'Sr.

. punching mai

fa cents, will be 72 i “Meaning, punching machine.

»n be reinforced a hundredfold. | "in-of-mme was 39 cents; will be

REFUSES TO PAY AMERICAN CLAIMS.

«5 cents per ton.

Machine mining, chain machine, run.t m . a , jg ,. 2 cenl4i will be

Minister Powell Inform Son Domingo He . Machine mining, chain machine, runWm Not So bait to Delay Any Longer. jf-minc basis, was 36 1-2 cents, will be San Domingo (Special).—A public | ^Ohfof^pJriJIg °vil!ey. pick mining.

Karen basis, was 80 cents, will be 90

States, made through Minister Powell, for a settlement of the Clyde Line and Ros claims. The meeting declared that the government of the United States should not interfere in the cases and that the Clyde Line and Ros should settle their differences with the Dominicias government in the courts here. It was decided to send the minister of finance. Senor Emiliano Tejera. to Washington to announce this decision to the government of the United

States.

Meanwhile Mr. Powell continues to demand a settlement of the claims, refuses to accept the terms proposed and has announced that lie will not submit to any further delay. It is asserted here that the Dominician government is seeking to evade by all possible means a settlement of the American

claims.

. run-of-mine basis. *

(Special).-

meeting has been held under the aus- | tcreen basis, pices of the Dominician government to ; rnts per ton. consider the demands of the United I Pick mining. 1

e —*— —•> *• — n n to cents, will be 90 rents per ton.

Machine mining was 53 cents, will be

n cents per ton.

Ohio (Massillem district), pick minng. screened coal, was 80 cents

on. will be go Pick mining

i per ton.

< mining, run-of-coal, was 60 ents and is now 67 1-2 cents per ton. Pennsylvania (Pittsburg district', tick mining, one and a quarter inch creened coal, was 80 cents, will he 90

*nts per ton.

A TUNNEL THEIR PRISON.

LartbqBakc la St Losis.

St. Louis (Special).—Two distinct :arthquake shocks were felt in St. ^ouis and neighboring State,* between 6.20 and 6-25 o'clock p. m. The first ; shock was of about 20 seconds' dura-

Practically all hope of ratifying the 1 tion. It was not so distinctly felt imaskan boundary treaty at this session mediately in this city, bnt in suburban Congress has been abandoned. | towns it was sufficiently forceful to rat-

So formidable is the opposition that j tie dishes and swing doors. convention are con- : The second shock followed within probability favorable ' two minutes, and was slight and ol

— j 1 .1,^ duration. Owensboro. Ky.—A distinct earth|uake shock was felt here at 6.45

riends of t

vinced that in all , .

action cannot be secured. The President sh^rt duratio has been informed of this fart and ~

that the Administration, havii

1 tion,

} bring

id says

done

Free Trade fa Brood Aalnils.

.The House Committee on Ways

favorably reported the bill

porter or are brought in to be sold. The committee report explains that under a

eeent decision of the board of general ppraisers it is held that such animals imported to be sold are dutiable.

laths Depart Beats.

An interesting insight of the losses aused by the depreciation of silver in k Straits Settlements and Indo-China is given in a set of consular repor lisbed by the Stole Department Minister Bowen, acting for Vencauel;

ring

ssion, Jersey hall dr

were brought to an abrupt end. Lei?* FaBt Bat Fairs DeatUL

Niagara Falls, N. Y. TSpecial).—Mr*. Annie Edson Taylor, the woman who had the courage to go over Niagara Falls, fainted from fright and nervousness when she entered a dentist's office in this city to have a tooth extracted.

Before collapsing she ttat, a horror of dentists' chairs, lor is going to New York

to Gin

Minister Bowen, acting for Venezuela, is formally accepted Great Britain’s protocol framed to secure a reference of the dispute to The Hague arbitration

tribunal.

Secretory of War Root declared there was no foundation for the rumor of his retirement from President Roosevelt's

Cabinet.

The House defeated the bill to authorize the government to advance $6,000,000 to the District It was also {decided that the House could transact ‘ no legislative business on Sunday. It is believed that President Roosevelt will nominate David Mercer, the retiring congressman from Omaha, Neb.,- for fourth assistant postmaster

general.

Senator Aldrich introduced a bill permitting national banks to deposit other than government bonds for the safeguarding of tbe government. President Roosevelt started the exhibition of the Canning and Allied In-

dustries-

=d she __

‘

introduced pine Curre

Senator Patterson intn amendment to the Philippin

Bill providing for an international commission to fix upon a commercial exchange value of K>ld and silver. Filbert Roth, of New York, has resigned as chief of the Forestry Division. General Land Office, to return to the Forestry Bureau of th* Depart-

ment of Agriculture.

Tbe General Staff Bill was reconsidered in tbe Senate and passed with an amendment putting the chief of staff

direction of the P

"and the Secretary of War e direction ol the President ”

■sboro. Ky.-

quake shock was felt h o'clock. Pictures were 1 the walls and ankles fell in the upper stories of n

eartl

here at 6^.. shaken from I from tables many houses-

Takes Fresi Jill aad Lynched. Wrigbtivflle. Ga. (Special).—Lee Hall, colored, who shot and mortally wounded Sheriff D. A. Crawford, of Johnson county, was token from the county jail here and lynched. Threats were made early in the night, but later the excitement had'somewhat subsided. Early in the morning, however, a mot forced the jail officials to deliver Hall, whom they carried a few miles from Wrightsville md lynched.

Murdered Kls DaigMcr.

Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).—Lewis Kase was arrested here charged with the murder of his daughter. Elizabeth, by beating her brains out with a hammer. After committing the crime Kase says he went to bed. To the police he made a confession and added that he was -not u SI. in, ,1 In-. rtm V, i n

that he was not sorry, as his daughter intended leaving him. His wife is in an insane asylum, and it b believed that Kase himself is insane.

Mount Pc lee Still Active.

Paris (By Cable).—The governo the Island of Martinique, in a c dispatch to the Colonial Office,

nounces that the Mont Pelce volcano continues active, that its summit is con |

stonily changing shape, and tht

of incandescent matter

Tacoma, Wash. (Special).—A dispatch from Wenatchee, Wash., says; “The cast bound Great Northern pas-

senger train due here at 3 ttnek in the tunnel for n

The train was hauled by two engine and the engineers and firemen of both

it 3.30 a. a neariy twe

were overcome by f

gines. A passenger named Al his way to the engine, releas

brakes and allowed the train to make a gravity run out of the tunnel. When the train reached Wenatchee, at 7 o'clock, the conductor, brakemen and two wo-

men passengers '* :n

But for the wi on the train « it is believed.

"The train was stalled cident to the air-brakes, nearly two miles long.”

r gasses from the cner named Abbott made ngine, released the air

were still unconscions. irk of Abbott every person ould have been suffocated.

Dealetf by Reed s Finn. New York (Special).—The report hat Speaker Henderson would enter

he law

Srm. The statemi .he firm that the 1

firm of Simpson, Thatcher,

whicl

J by tl

authorized by

report was unfounded

SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Fire nd Ri

nan McCarthy, of the Philadelphia ading express locomotive, told the the hospital at Plainfield. N. J

e did not know that anything obructed the engineer's view, but at TWnn Junction the locomotive was leak-

General Manager Allen, of the Mis•curi. Kansas and Texas Railroad, an•.ounccd that the differences between his •empany and the trainmen had been setiec. The conductors say their demands

■vire conceded.

Samuel Martin, colored, testified at the of ! trial of Dr. J. C. Alexander, at Indian- ; spoli*. that he had an agreement with | (lie latter to furnish him with bodies

taken from the cemeteries.

King George and the Council o: Ministers of tbe baxon Court have dccidctr that the former Crown Princess Louise cannot- see her son_ Christian, who is

dangerously ill

Deputy Selle. a Socialist, struck

, , • . ,1 Deputy Lasies, an anti-Semitic, a blow eral men were engaged in thawing a lo< j n the face in the corridor of the French of dynamite at the Grubb mines, 15 mile, 1 Chamber of Deputies and a duel will be

from Roanoke, an explosion occurred t h c result

P. W. WelHord and Palmer Keller wen Dr l JtwM u. commissioner of Germany

ee vole

unit is c

that massei {

throwi

Two MOod By Explosion.

Roanoke, Va. (Special).—While 1

S

; other mer

dress to manufacturer* at Stuttgart, said * they could achieve great success at St.

Louis.

Freight Traias Collide.

El Paso, Texas (Special).—A head end collision between two Rock Islanr freight trains near Tecolale, N. M.. re suited in tbe death of five men and lht j the injury of several others. Tbe dead in i ’ a ^* elude G. Dari*, of Torrance. N. M,

rmment in the Transvaal.

i ti I &

conductor of Kansas City, and Firemer ] transport’ _ „

Winderwall. Two unknown mm were • troops to the F.nropean provinces in eoc-

the wredff Among tht j ncction with the Macedonian troubles.

, government in tl

i Thc European powers look

- Sultan in ni

icedonii

record of steamers available for use a*

should it be necessary to send

tbe wredff Among tht dangerously injured is P.'Piflsburn. ol Torrence. N. jp»ygl«Cc

action of the Sultan i: irge army in Macedonia.

The Turkish government is taking a -' -* lens available for use a»

b the U of

... head of cattle are now saved from death from blvckltg by a vaejine distributed by tbe govermnre*.