: Danic

hargr of criminal a>s: The firn concession

1 miners

CANAL TREATY RATIFIED Scnslc Approves Acrecmrat WHIl Col* ombia b* Vole of 73 to 5. NO CH ANGE WAS MADE IN THE TEXT. Mr. Merges Offers M AmcoiJmcets la ■ Block All of Wklch Fab. AsS the Treaty is Ac cepted As Pretested—All I be Senators Art Qratifkd to Have the Loot Straggle

haded.

Washington. D. C. (Special).—The Panama canal t:catjk.ws> ratified at 7 o’clock Tuesday evening just as it wav scut to the Senate by the State De-

partment. The vote was 7} The votes againvt i; wei

and Martin, oi Virginia. Pettits and Morgan, of AlabaAia. and Teller, of

Colorado.

During the day amendment alter amendment was voted down. Senator Morgan offering fifty in one block. The Republicanv vtood firmly to their position that to change the treaty as submitted by Secretary Hay. and agreed to by the Colombian diplomatic officials, might rev -It in the rejection of the instrument by the Congress of Colombia. As rhe matter stands it is believed that the Central American government will accept the treaty without unreasonable delay. The sreprisc in connection with the consideration o: the treaty was the large number of Democratic votes it receives'. !: his been thought in the last few days t/.H a considerable number of the scnat.vrs oi this faith would be found against ratification, but the facts show that ihis assumption was

incorrect.

The day was given un almost cmirecrteral debate on the treaty, and

: speeches made

I agree

ators Morgan and Cullc many short addresses c -

specch by Senator Daniel, of Virgi

ENGINEER CHOKES TO DEATH.

Found Lifeless From Coal Oas After Leaf Mahanoy City. Pa. (Special).—The long Mahanoy trnnel. on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and the use of soft coal were responsible for two

deaths by asphyxiation. The tunnel is j Bunted * ^terni

a mile and a half long.

THE LATEST NE'YS IN SHORT ORDER.

The differences between employes of the cw York, New Haven and Hartford _ ailroad and the management arc in a fair way of living adjusted, and a strike

is regarded as improbable. .

Dr. A. B. McKee and hit twin brother Charles McKee committed suicide together in a stable at Edwardsville, 111.

... a stable at !

former had been arres e of criminal assault.

irdsvil :stcd c

as result of the of the coal opera-

iners came from the former, advance the wages of the

la t-2

miners 12 t-2 per cent

them with the labor disputes which' are blocking commerce in the two Missouri

cities.

A crisis in the cotton manufacturing industry at Lowell, Mass.,' has been created by the refusal of the mill agents to grant an increase of wages to the em-

ployes.

ly to ger.ersl in addition t

i. there were a rather long

rginia.

rwj* Routson, aged 19, fatally shot wife, aged 17, and also shot his mother-in-law. injuring her seriously.

Jealousy caused the crime.

The agents of j. J Hill, tlie railroad man. arc active in South California seeking a right of way for the Great

Northern Railroad.

David R. Francis, of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, has returned from ihe steamer K run prior )AT1-

helm

he Philadelphia authorities have dicxpcctation of securing evidence against George Hosscy, the herb doctor, suspected cf causing many deaths by pois-

PENNELL _AS MURDERER Edwin L Burdick's Former Partner Ac*

cutes the Dead Man.

HINTS ALSO AT A HIRED ASSASSIN. Mrs. Paine Insists That She Wat la Her Hstse on the Night ol the Crime. Bat Boarder Falla To Sostala Her AUM-Hcr Meetings With Bnrdlck nnd the Utter’s Attentions To Mrs. Warren. ,

(Special).—"I am willi I think murdered Mr.

irdick." said Charles S. Parke, busi-

Bur

ness partner and personal friend of Edwin L. Burdick, on the witness-stand "Well, who was it?" "Arthur R. Pennell, in person or by hired assassin." In this sensational manner was made for the first time the direct charge officially and in an huthoritative way linst the lawyer who went with his wife to death i.i a mad plunge over the ne-quarry embankment in the park

a week ago.

Mr. Parke was intensely earnest as accused the dead man. To the quei 1 whether he based his opinion o knowledge or belief he answered firn

ly: "Both.”

Mr. Parke was the last witness of | the day. which opened with Mrs. Ger- : trude Paine, the pretty woman friend

of Burdick's. J Mrs. Paine

WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.

Ex-CoaicAarafc Peosloas.

The Interior Department hat decided that the bar to allowance of pensions to soldiers who aerved in the Ui Army during the Civil War and who

ad previously served in the Confederate Army is removed by Section of the joint resolution of julj

remc

elution of July 1. 1902. sionable status of such

:essar

.poll July

unnecessar

try for such ilit^tion for

soldiers.

It is held to be t claimants to file a

pension subsequent to July 1. 1902. The application of these veterans filed previously to that date, h is held, gives them a legal status as pension claimants. The decision was the last one signed by Assistant Secretan' Campbell before relinquishing his 01s. The department holds that claim

s who have ward droppei

of such service are tion, and that thoi pending — u: " u

t holds th

ants who have been pensioned and terward dropped from flic roll becai of such service are entitled to restoi tton. and that those who had claii pending which were rejected under a departmental decision in 1894 are entitled to have their claims adjudicated on their merits, notwithstanding —

vious Confederate service.

iretty worn tc stand.

of Burdick's, on the stan Mrs. Paine told ol freqt with Burdick at a rest

rear cntrai and at thi

]uent meetings (taurant down :e to a departdancing club.

J. Ogden Armour, who carried line of May com, let go ami sold I

000 bushels at a profit o4 about $120,030. ; nient s j 0 rc and at the dancing 1 Cudahy, who has also been long on it. j Burdick, she said, told her of the turned his line imp the Chicago market, i , or divorce which he had broi.„... Charles F. Bishop, electrician, died in j against his wife, and also that he carPueblo. Col., from the bullet wound re- r j e d , revolver because he was being ceived in Lousteatt's cafe at the hands | shadowed bv detectives. He remarked ofthc masked robber, who also *h«i and ! j—'—— u i «•—d

killed Dr. J. H. Turn

Dr. Lewis A.

Dr. Lewis A. O'Brien, the American j to ^j rs p a i ne a t their last meetini who was expelled from Saxony because , .,j wonl d forgive Pennell all he he was involved in the Crown Princess ; donc j, hc wju Allie. I w< Louise scandal is expected to reach New ( j* w j||i ng to allow them to have the York today. . , . . children six months in the year. I Mrs. Gallagher, convicted of perjury havc asked why I don’t kill Penlowa City la., in the trial of Charles | wll what ghou , d f km the nun for?

her husband. . jjow could I take care of my children in the pem- | jj j j, ad ,n Urder on m y hands?”

\t.. .i,_ u.a •.11,-2 —.',1,

murder of

was sentcnc&To 15 years Men imported by the Amei

Company to take the places of the str

ing structural iron-workers ville, Florida, J *-

Mrs.

Mrs. Pcnne

absolut

talked with r that there

Jtroller of the Currency, an exami- | n having shown it to be insolvt

Brakemen making an investigation to discover why the engineer ol a freight train did not answer their signals found Engineer Charics* Geary dead in his cab at Taraaqua. with one hand clasping the reverse lever and the other on the throttle. A few hours later Charics Linde-

as.

mell. who told her I ilutely nothing in tl

. . out her husband and Mrs. Burdick. icd «hc strikers. Burdii;k hjnlsclf had told Mrs. Paine ‘I! k ° 2 ack /?u ! ,hat Mrs. Pennell had been to him to by order of the beK jhat bc take b j $ w jf c bac j { and drop

mcy. an exami- | the divorce proceedings.

> be insolvent. Mrs p ainc wat on the ,. tand more

•cr. m Waterbary. Ct., ^ hollr

ol !!.««.> .nd j

L,,tii,ng amp,o, to „,mm ; ^.dil, ,od with liulo Vbow ol n.rxoo,-

men s union, individually and collectively ncsg

and all the other unions in Waterbary A ' Carlson, the Swedish boarder at . rf w.th the business of the Mrs p ainc - s housc was very nervous and from making use of the j whi|e on |he wjtne „ SUnd lhought

! x*.. o.: as ^ houf .u.

company boycott.

A movement has been started to the pardon of Euclid Maddon. the

juglitcr in

Secret Service Agent

Legal action has been instituted by til : striking mill men in Colorado City t

Toledo. O. (Special).—In a boiler j definephe'authority of the military forces | cplo.ion which ' C ’1>r i £ r bJ?".’'£!£» i" non oi the East Toledo .Mills, ol the ; Lonfsiana. but the levees are still liold- . Republic Iron and Steel Company, one ] ing and the flood record of 1897 has not

man was killed and two others burn- ■ > c! been quite reached. cd so badly that they may die. It will j Foreign,

never be known how the accident oc- | sir Robert Reid, in the British curred. as the bead man was the only ; House of Commons, said that as only

one near the boiler. The top oi the j three European powers were coni boiler, weighing a ton, w as blown j cd ; n , he competition in naval a

through the air for half a mile, hur- j nrents, he suggested that the govern- 1 . thng just over the tops of 20 houses opcjl negotiations with the pow- 1 and finally gouging a hole fully 20 lee: | Cl - S concerned for a limitation oi arm- 1

deep m the ground. Iron flues by the dozen were driven deep into the earth.

he Painc house on the

„ . niirder, has left the city, according to testimony given by Mrs. Paine. Her whereabouts is not known. \f:.. : 1. .1,-

! Miss

Cunningham is one of the perwho established an alibi for Mrs.

BOGUS COINS.

An Exteoshx Cosnierieitlag Scheme la Spain—

1 result of ' Spanish

Madrid (By Cabled—As a >mp!aints recently made by

1- | bankers. Government agents have dis-

covered :me, said

dozen were driven deep into the car One entire end pf the mill was blown out. canstng a property damage of $40,000. It will take a month to repair the

plant.

A Jail Delivery.

Jackson, Miss. (Special).—Four oners confined in the city jail made a sensational escape by sawing their cell bars. The men were Gcoi

Thoi Stat<

r pris1 here

fnited

gigantic counterfeiting to be backed by powerful

The spurious coin is, for the most irt. in silver, and it has been distrib-,

stimated 280.000)

lie i ,hat < u »y 12,000,000 pesetas ($2, *

i and John Burns.

States prisoners: J. E. Lelahd. an alleged burglar, and W. F. McDonald, '*— 1 1 for bigai ' ’

serving a sentence for bigamy. It is said that the men were assisted by a mysterious woman dressed in black and who is said to have visited the ja^l previously. Leland had been con fineri on a charge of burglary, and McDonald was under a sentence of 15 year*

for bigamy.

New Orleans, La. (Special).—The steamship Duncan, which arrived here from Ceiba. Honduras, reports the defeat of the Sierra, or Government, forces at that town by the revolutionists supporting Bonilla. The Government forces suffered heavy losses. The town and fort were captured by the revolutionists. The captain of the Duncan bore a request from Mr. Windt, United States Consul at Ceiba, asking the Government to send a United State* man-of-war to Ceiba

iba at c Five Passeagers lojared. Fort Dodge, la. (Special).—The Chicago Limited, westbound, on the Illinois Central Railway was wrecked at Pomeroy and five passengers were injured. The chair car and one sleeper left the track, the former being overturned. The train was running at high speed when the accident occurred. The cause of the

Th PasKagen

Frankfort, Ind. fSpecial).—A southbound passenger trajn on the Motion ran into a freight train in the fog at Cyclone, and ten passengers received cuts and

' AU of fham. another a

, , _- The freight was supposed to be on a side track, hut the tram was so long that pan of it projected onto the main track. The signals of » freight hrakeman were mistaken in fbc log and the accident resulted

the Shamrock fll. was launched Glasgow under the most succcsstul

The Vcnczuelai without reserve

by Minister Bowen and the representatives of the powers at Washington. The first instalment was paid to Germany, amounting to $70,000. The German Crown Prince Frederick William is at Luxor, Up£er Egypt, suffering with measles. His brother. Prince Eitel, who has been ill whh the

1 convalesc lational ch

jnst concluded at Mooted Carlo sat iron the first prize, while

same disease. In the intt ment just cot

Tarrasch won the Pillsbury, the Ami tire, came in third.

The last of the casts which Emperor William is giving to Harvard University has been finished in the royal sculptural casting works at Berlin. The budget committee of the Reicstag has appropriated $750,000 to defray the expenses of Germany's representation at the St Louis Exposition. Miss Astor, daughter of William

Roumanian foreign minister. Secretary Arnold Forster ii a the British Parliament the

introduced

British Parliament the navy estites for 1903-04. providing for an expenditure of $179,184^05. and expressed regret that the great competition and rivalry the matter of naval armaments continued to make this enormous and unproductive expenditure

necessary.

British Colonial Secretary Chamberlain was given a cordial reception upon his re-entry in the Housc of Commons. He said be had made about 70 speeches in South Africa. One of the Vanderbilts has commissioned George L. Watson to design a 1400-ton steam yacht of high speed.

Gold in the Bank of France decreased this week $ 1.000,000

Jesse Lewishon says the demand for copper metal is greater than ever before. Bank of England retains its 4 per cent, discount note. It gained $250/100 gold yesterday. Wall street heard that Gould is backing Keene's Southern Pacific pool agabut Harriman.

lee, the

that the operators have made :e of 30 per cent, on their schen

Paid S26.M0 lor a Picture.

New York (Special).—The portrait of Marie Anne de Scheedt, by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, which was imported last autumn from England by T. J. Blakesl of this city, has been sold by hit

Boston Museum. The | reported on good author

The canvas, one of Hie and belt-known examples of the brilliant painter and originally bought by a private collector in England from Edmund Huybreehts, of Antwerp, was exhibited in Hie Van Dyck exhibition at Antwerp in 1899. It was also shown in the winter

exhibition of the Royal

don in 190a

Whole FaaDy Droned. Gadsden. Ala. (Special).-Will Ferguson, wife and baby were drowned in the back waters of Hytcy Creek, DeKalb county. A -heavy fall of rain during the night had caused the creek to overflow, and Ferguson’s house was flooded. In trying to make their escapt the family

were drowned.

J Academy at Lon-

Penn Yan, N. Y.’ (Special).—In a I zy of mania Mrs. James Strowbridgi Guyanoga village, five miles from 1 killed her daughter, aged 26 years, her mother, aged 80 years, and after setting fire to the house in which the bodies lay, deliberately entered it and peril’ in the flames. Exact!) when or how

killed is unknown.

two women were k

Go Idea State United Wrecked. Kansas City, Mo. (Special).—The Rock Island "Golden State Limited'’ collided head-on with a westbound passenger train near Dwight. Engineer Love was killed and three seriously injured. Thest are O. P. Blood, express guard, both legs broken: O. V. Thomas, baggage-master, back wrenched and bruised; Engineer Scott. Four others received trivial injuries. F |“ - -

edcrate service.

Coesal His Been Dismissed. The plenipotentiaries of the

who are engaged at Shanghai in negoi ing trade treaties with the Chinese missioners have discovered what thi gard as flaws in the credentials of the Chinese agents, which may make it impossible for them to bind their govet ment in treaty form. The matter alrea has been brought to the attention of L State Department, and Mr. Conger is asking for advice, he, too, being engaged in the negotiations. It appears that the Chinese commissioners must memorialize the throne before the *— u —*-

treat! _

object to this lack ' of the

throne befo

force, and the powers of authority on the pa

sioners.

Because Mr. Conger will havc to refer any treaty he may draw up to his own government here for approval, precisely a» the Chinese commissioners must do on their side, the United States government is not in a position to protest very strongly against the sufficiency of the Chinese credentials, so that Mr. Conger will go on with his treaty making, while doing his best to have the Chinese credentials

larged. ,

Flaws Is Credentials.

After an investigation into charges that Victor E. Nelson, United States Consul at Bergen. Norway, had applied to 1 own use part of a sum of money sent him to be given to relatives in Norway of seamen killed in the Maine disaster, the State Department demanded Mr. Nelson's resignation. Later the place was declared vacant, and Edwin S. Cunningham, United States Consul at Aden, was

transferred to Bergen. Another z»mplaint agaii was that he had accepted c

sions from export) sular regulations.

New CeBBlssion for Dewey. President Roosevelt has fransmitted to the Senate the nomination of George Dewey, United States Nrfvy, to be “ad-

miral of the Navy.”

Attention was receptly called to a slight difference between the wording of Admiral Dewey’s commission and

'iters, contrary to

Mr. Nelson ain commis-

1 thee

miral reads "the admiral in the Navy,” where the law has it “admiral of the

lordinp'*-

Navy.” Accordingly, a new commission has been made out fo* the Admiral. in accordance to the letter of

law, and this ti ination and con

The Senate confirmed

nomination.

ice to tin

5 necessitated a new nom:onfirraation by the Senate, onfirmed Admiral Dewey's

Bllanlnoas le last Tin Z2*J. In the course of his lecture before the National Geographic Society, Prof. es D. Walcott, director of the geographical survey, made the state-

that

at the present rate of c

sumption the anthracite coal fields of the United States would be exhausted in 60 years and that the bituminous coal fields would be worked out by the year A. D. 2203. When this occurs, he said, the country would be obliged to secure its fuel supply from the practically inexhaustible lignite beds of the

CMsatshlp (Mag BexitarThe post of consul general at Guayaquil has been tendered to Dr. William Shaw Bowen, of New York, a newspaper and magazine writer. He had been selected to take the place of consul at Valencia, but the post at Guayaquil is worth nearly $1000 a year more. This 1 declined by Mr. ival there because fever, which had

Notice has been received that the Italian government has prevented a number of naturalized Americans from taking ship to return to the United States because some cases of trachoma hare been

discovered among them.

Ensign Wortman has been acquitted by the courtmartial which was summoned to determine his responsibility for the explosion in the gun turret on the battle-

ship Massachusetts.

Assistant Secretary of War Sanger' has decided the controversy regarding the right of the government to build and

operate st*am dredges.

News of a revolution in Urguay was conveyed to the State Department in a dispatch from United States Consul

Swan, at Montevideo.

S. N. D. North has been tendered the of director of the census. He

_ __P*ed, duties in May.

position of director has accepted, and will enter upon his

The condition of Justice Day, who has been ill with pneumonia, is encouraging, and his physicians think convalescence

Secretary R6ot has started the work of securing a complete roster of the soldiers who fought in the Union and the Gaafederaic Annies during the Civil

The District. Suprctn^Giurt

ON HERB DOCTOR’S TRAIL

WORK OF THE HURRICANE SI. P-— Law TStlr U,„ :

on Poamotu Islands.

Polsonloj—34 Graves Ms> Be Opeotfl.

FINANCIAL LOSS EXCEEDS

I Philadelj $500,000. f °r

lpl:ia I spec i) day- have

vial).—The police

Relit I Measures Have Bees Inilitated end Everything Possible !s Being Done it Apis and Other Place 1 In the Samoan Group to ReQere the Snllerings ol th: Ponaotu

lys have Wen investigating

the career of George Hoaaey, the negro

"herb doctor" who was committed t prison with Mrs. Catherine Danze on the charge of causing the death of the woman's husband 18 mouths ago by poison. Mrs. Danze, it is said, is only one of a host of women whose object in consulting this "doctor" was not legitimate. The authorities admit that they expect It) trace a number of deaths to Hossey's

Papeete, March 4 (via San Francisco. , By Cable).—The latest intelligence rela- 1 live to the typhoon in Tuamotu. or low archipelago, indicates that the fatalities | potior

will number 600. The loss of property 1 One official said :

*■« 1*.kai x';pSrr.'oi-.bcTS' been instituted. Hie typhoon anQRug' 1 j cst criminal events in the history of the

water lasted during January 14. «5 * nd department.”

16. At Hikucra 377 deaths occurred, in | The zuthor.tics say they have leanied most instances among visitors from j to *. s h^dq^r^rThaVrbe^'paUon.zH

other islands living there dqring the div- j ty. n ,any w-i ing season. One hundred and forty-two j whose nam

deaths are reported from six other small 1

rc report!

island*. In this report there is of the known dead, and it

> record j believed i

;rs havc been patronize!

1. both married and single ics are now in possession of

attorney and detectives. sections of the city

have reported cases to the district atj torney that will probably lead to the

fatalities in the 1 opening of many graves and to the hold-

entire archipelago was not less than 600. 1 ing of as many inquest, by the cor On an isle south of Hikucra 262 natives j In each of these cases the patient fin perished, being swept into the lagoon peared with a mini -

and again into the Great Sea. lacerated j grew progressively with rock, coral | just before death. 1

terribly by the contact with rock, coral ,and debrif of all sorts. Upon some unfortunate ones cocoanut trees fell, maimiag or killing them outright or holding them beneath the water, where they were

drowned.

On the awful night of January 15. ' r - thc darkness and a driving downpour of rain that stung their faces and naked bodies, the parents tied their little chil dren to their backs and sought safety Over their heads rolled the mighty wave and when the surges retreated the infants tfnd half-drowned boys and girl* succumbed. The father and mothei vainly endeavored to retain the corpses of thrir dead, and at length had tc

1. They tiod themselves tc 1, and some at last fell with Escaped, clinging to treej

laint. which and which.

1 recall

arsenical poisoning Seven of thes

implain

imfcstcd what arc isual symptoms ‘of

abandon (hem. cocoanut trees.

:n the breakers reached safety a many hours of hardship. About 20 natives, including, a young girl, swain across the lagoon, and after five or six hours battling with the waves‘succeeded in landing safely on the leeward side ol the island. Those who perished in theit attempts, however, were far more num>us than those who succeeded. Thi 1 and the lagoon were as unsafe, by ison of the debris floating on the sur-

ren of these practitioners were

closeted with Assistant District Attcn-.ey Shorcr, during which time they went over their office records in the mortality cases and frankly stated their suspicions. In each of these a thorough investigation was ordered, and the local managers of all life insurance companies were asked for information concerning the policies

jiaid upon the risks in the cases. The records of the Bureau of Health

show- that Hosscy issued death certificates over his own signature as “George Hosscy, M.D," and the authorities arc doing their utmost to discover how and

from whom he obtained the blank forms. A reporter, through the medium of a third paMy. secured an interview with Hosscy4n the ccllroom of City Hall. “I am no poisonef." declared the col-

iro no poisonef." declared the c

ored man. ”1 am an herb doctor. I ct people, not kill them. My mother was an herb doctor before me. I have made medicines for 30 years. The principal thing ! give my patients is a tonic made of sassafras, wild cherry, princess pine, snake root and half an ounce of ma drake. I gather the herbs mjBelf a: mix the remedies according W the 1

ceipt! ’

isr*. 0 i3',h d ,' b ^n fi rjdr

feet,

the

side and those forced across the lagoon P° w< frequently made the flood much greatet I cl in places. They found the natives weak 1 01 I* ened from a virulent form of measles I that had become epidemic, otherwise I more might have been spared in tht 1 struggle with the water. Those who sur vived were the ones who were able tc leave the main village and cross several dangerous low stretches where the waves washed into the lagoon, wading neck deep, aiding one another and holding tc debris, and gradually withdrawing from the danger to a slightly more elevated

section on the north shore.

TRIED FOR TREASON.

Jose Javier Faces Heavy

.'Ijo Affairs."

Manila (By Cable).—-As the result of

la (By tore in

avy Charges at Manila

Foreiji le).—?

Rizal Province. Jose ja-

ged head ig tried

nd allege , is beinj

his captui

vier, an irreconcilable and allei

of the new Katipunan, for treason and sedition

Domingo Sakay. the fornftr head of the Katipunan, ami others testified that

>f foreign af-

KILLED ALL OF HIS FAMILY. . , . . , . . 1 Javier acted as* minister <

German Murders Wife. Six Children Then Lirs" in the alleged governmert mai

HimselL tamed by the irreconcilables. . ! Tlie testimony thus far does n

St. Louis (Special).—August Krauss, : show that Javier contributed money '

living 21 miles west supplies to the irreconcilables or bo

ainst the Gov

a German farmer living ;

of St. Louis, near Bellefontainc, killed his wife abd six children with a sledge-

hammer. He then c

believe

came_ insane. He had th among his neighbors of^ bein| been assign!

It is believed Krauss suddenly be:ame_ insane. He had the reputation imong his neighbors of being a quiet, inoffensive, industrious farmer, and cause but insanity has '

Krauts placed the s

by side on the floor in one room before cutting his throat His body fell almost in line with those of his victims. The dead are: August Krauss. 38 years old, father and murderer: Mrs. August Krauss, 37 years old. wife and mother; Carrie, aged i«; Amy. aged 9; Philip, aged 7; George, aged 6: Mary, aged 4, and a baby boy, aged 3 months. In his more cheerful moments Krauss frequently told his wife, neighbors say, to keep all weapons out of his reach, as he feared in times of despondency he might use them upon

himself or on her. Overcome By MorpMae.

Orange, N. J. (Special).—Miss Anna M. Hfldebrandt, trained nurse, who was convicted of atrocious assault and battery with intent to kill her sweetheart, B. J. McCallan. last July, was found in her rooms over-

come by morphine. By her

r side was a

. morphine. By

large hyicdcrmic needle containing a portion of the morphine - solution. A vial which had contained 2d quartet

grair-

rocn

morphine tablets was

She revived

1 later.

Anthracite Controversy. Washington, D. C (Special).—Commissioner Carroll D. Wright, recorder o' the coal strike commission, says that tht work of the commission was nearly concluded. The finishing touches arc being out on the report, ana it will be placed it the hands of the President in a few days Strike Declared at Cripple Creek. ipple Creek, Col. (Special).—Th< executive committee for the Westerz Federation of Miners declared a strike against all the mines that ship ore to tht mills of the United Stale* Reduction anc n_e_5— These include tht

or three others rs of- the district

of the principal producers

Tried to Kill th: Whole Fondly.

Huntsville, Ala. (Special).—Joseph Powers, a young man of Newmarket,

larket, whole

Ala., attempted to exterminate

family near that place. Power* had a difficulty with John Winkle a few days ago. He called at Winkle's home and opened fire upon the family through a window. Five people were shot, including Winkle, a bo hr and two women. Winkle's son was shot m the eye. After the shooting Powers took a train

Jot Tr-a*.

■ins against the Govcmmen:.

The Government forces havc been engaged in_ another ladronr drive in Rizal Province, and have arrested a number of bandits after several skir-

A MISCHIEVOUS WOMAN.

Convinced Hnsbind and Wile That Each Was Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special).—A woman neighbor, it years ago, convinced the wife of Wilson McIntyre, a traveling man, living in Milwaukee, that her husband was leading a double life, and during his absence she pack-

id during his absence she packeffects and returned to the home of her parents, in Buffalo. When McIntyre returned home to find his wife gone, the same woman told him that his wife had eloped with another man. He wrote to her parents in Buffalo id his letter* were returned unopened.

and his letter* were returned urn . He made no effort to follow his wife and when he heard she was living in Indianapolis he did not go near her. Recently he discovered that he had been deceived and, communicating with his wife, learned that she was dying

of consumption.

SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

il Telegraph Com; line of wire a

construct a line of wire along the Union Pacific Railroad's right of way from Omaha to the Pacific ^

there to

cable.

It is reported in Chicago that in May a concerted demand will be made by

.. ..^ 1 of

in Chicago for an increase

■ — to betw

I will be m railroads entering : . c j n arages

and 15 per

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