THE IATEST NEWS IN SHOE! ORMfi.

Th« Soulhfrn Stilway absorbed the Kixrxtitle and BrUtol. a road «o miles Jong between Corryton and Morriatown. Tcnn. »' President T. J Shaffer announced that .tooo idle shettirdn workers would resume work under the revised scale next week. Funeral services were held in Havana over the rejnains ol l''arKr> Squiers. son ol L'nitc<l Slates Minister

Squicrs.

Two pros|>ritors were killed in Ar- • Canon Katijie. Nevada, by Piute

who

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India volt.

John Ilif. were

chdrgc o Rev. Kites Fisl odist missionary Vt. at ili, age TUc redmtu.iv

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near PitlaburR. T1:r Soiilh P, mi Oil Company has : rlia-.nl the oil leases .nul profirrty of United States Oil Well Company.

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John 1) RiKTe/rller lias extern! . ,<VdiuUrly tlir • mic ill ullitJl the lluiveisit) lit Nebraska may take advantage of Jus offer to donate Tbe boily of Fargo SquKrs. son of tlie United Slates minister to Cnb.i. wlio was accidentally^ killeil. wa^ brought to Ha-. A wreck on the Cumberland Valley Railroad near Ncwvillr, Pa. resulted in the dealli of two persons and the injury of a uumher of Olliers. / AmonR the viclims of tile fire in'Cliicago were ihc Rrandsons of John CL Pal- ' terson. a retired nierrlunt. of Charlollcs-

vilie, Va.

Firc on llic sixth and sewenlh floors of the Murray Hill Hotel. New York, resulted in $10x10 ilaiuagc to prnperty. Funeral services for the laic Moody Merrill were held at I he Walnut Avenue CougreRational Clitircli. Roxluny, Mav\. w Constable William *’ *• *

Hamilton, O..

whom he attempted to arrest. Mrs. Adam Youngblood was Willr.l am her son wounded in a IirIiI with robber!

at Valverde. G»l.

Daniel Edward FLskr. wiik-ly known aan author and iicwstia|Kr wliter* dice

at Cptou. Mass. ,

Plans have been perfected for a con solidation of 25 of ihc largest exprest

eompanW of BosIoil .'I packed. Mothers and their little Jolin S. DowtiiiiR was pariloned by : . . . ... iioremor Olell after serving 24 years in bad laughed themselves hoarse at the Sing Sing prison | antics of "'Eddie" Foy. the chief comeThe ioco employes of llic l .lfinf ; of i1k . , m . cr l t was iAhe middle s^rs.ssL”’‘" k ’ l “' c “" pl “i' 11 ihc !*».••*■>!« <ta**x ~iii»«

Fred Arnold. 1^ years old. confessed | and frolicsome,

complicity in the Youngblood murder at

Denver. Col.

Capi. Fred Palist. I lead of the Pallet Brewing Com|uny, died ut his home .in

Milwaukee.

11 II. Miu.lon, hot down hy a 11

OVER 500 FIRE VICTIMS Men, Women and Children Burned and Suffocated in Chicago Fire. PANIC IS CAUSED BV FLAMES IN THE SCENEBY. Many of the Victims Overcome By Gas Which Filled The Auditorium—Others Were Trampled to Death—Scenes-of Indescribable Distress Attend the Great Catastrophe. Ch i ago (Special).—Chicago is^tun-1 with the smoke curling about them. iii the history ol the country. i s |,ow them the way out ol this dance Five hundred and thirty-six mm, of death women'and ihildrcn according to the The theatre, with its classic outlines. %!»'-*• S£St Sf.firJSd'&.ri ■ to ihc estimates ol the Chicago new. , hc pi]} w t became a morgue pafWrs, met |k-a|li by fire, smoke and fiy C minutes after the first little flai liamc at the matinee pcrform/ncc ol made 'ts way along the stage. • vi m 1 . ,i.„ nr* ' Women who had managed Mr Uluehcard at the beautiful new UrCTJ $ or |efror lo ^ into , hc aW rs Vo<|iiuis Theatre. Most of the dead { <ulm j ,bcir awful ending in a mingled arc women and children - dnoni of smoke and fire and tearing of In addition to the .lead, SS person* | limb* j" the an'l ' he 0 P«; . iii n . space back of the scats Doiens of arc missing; Sfi of lire dead have heeo hi . rj . fwrpl tarric< |. dragged iilciiiirird. (thrown our to the stairways and Scores were burned, while hundreds : beyond them*to ihc landings in artnal ...e .nUncitnl b, Mimkc ,n.l E,« ,"J •'s'" •*•.*)*•'«. ,l ’‘' . , . , tbrotigh Ihc big front doors in sight o .rushed into pulp by one another while |hc , hrollf , N „uiside. wilh fire wagon .'truRgling to' escape, .the impending an( ] the, smoking horses, died in great doom. Still other hundreds arc- lying masses to and 12 Icet high, limbs m

‘-—••i* ?*•. f"

broker and burned, hMheir homeland ! agonics a „ lurncJ , owar d the doors

in hospitals. I thrjf could not rcarh.

Ghouls mingling with’those who t From windows at the north and west ..... L...r, ii,',^ in ihr cause ol c-ml of the building they streamed, were risking llirtr hves in the cause o by the inlo c t . h and craicd beyond humanity rohlK'd the bodies right and atl) . po^bility olTtelping themselves led. Two men were (aught with their I further or of taking advantage of the pockets bulging with prJckelbooks. The I aid extended to them from the upper .Midc .... Ulm.lrom ll.™, by .lhcljy* «' lh « > h '

.h., ».r. allowdl lo go. . • pl , n k,. r „p„,

The police themselves-gathered up val-!,i linK that.could possibly serve to a* uablc fut*. |MK'kclbooks and many arti- *i*t tliesc poor creatures in tliair battle

.lies of value, which were taken to the

There was little attempt on the part

of the iMift^r to keep any track ol the proper!y t*l*-11 and men were seen going along Ahc streets robbing the I bodies 11 tit were lying on the sidewalks

] under the very eyes ol the officers. pit to dome the house was

of the auditorium, doing what little they conld not only to^hcck the fire. Which was last turning tnc whole interior shell into a cauldron, but to rescue the frantic hundreds in the up|>rr baconies by ladders stretched from the

, . ,, main floor.

some, na<i just concluded i A a( mott _ wcte rncacd in singing a moonlight song. j ||,i* way, and then the firemen aft<r “There is the moon no]*!” cried a . controlling the flames abandoned their little chap in the Iront row as a curl of 1 ! C »R<' 1 * <•> »">»« '<> ,80 with the gather- . . . , 1 mg police and make their way to the smoke and a liny bit of flame shot out j horr !, rK , s „ , nr ,t,„ m „„ , hr

igfed and turned

bridges, but few got across alive.'Rap idly one blackened corpse after tMiofher was passed along nnlil every building on the north and west side was Idled

with them.

Hardy five minutes after the first

alaim was turned in firemen were strut . .

gling into the theatre, making their way • a grr*for the George A. Fuller Construe-

in sonic miraculous Manner, though i the maddened mob was pouring nut

ALL CHICAGO THEATRES CLOSED, toprictan tf IraqasI* Tktairt UaOtr Arrest -Aba a BaiMlatAbtptctaf. Chicago (Special).-^lverjr theater in the City bf CTucago is dirtr apd with doors locked Not one of them will be open to the public until their managers have complied in the fullest manner with every set lion ol the ordinances regulating playhouses. The total number of dead in tlie Iroquois T heater disaster has been definitely established at 58t, of which btit 12 remain Ultidraiftjed. ’ The orffer compellmg, tfie theaters to close was issued by Mayor Harrison after a conference whh Corporation Counsel TolmaiA'Who assured the Mayor that ample legal ground existed for his

action.

Will J. Davis and Harry Powers, ptor rietors of the Iroquois Theater, and luilding Commissioner Williams ye unilcr arrest, charged with manslaughter. They have Uvn released on $10,000 lionds. and their hearing is set for Janu ary 12. The warrants for their arrest were sworn out by Arthur E. Hull, who Inst his wife and three children in Uvc fire. Mr. Hull explained that his action was not inspired hy any motive of vengeance, but simply lo make it certain that the owners of the theater should rln 1 Titians compelled L. It is a noteworthy fact that Building Conimissiotirr Willi.-uiis, who is now ihargrd with manslaughter in connection with the greatest fire horror the ronntry has ever experien, ed. owes hi> appointmept to a tragedy of similar nature. but of miieh less extent, which occurred two years ago. Mr. Williams’ predecessor vacated his office after the burning of the St Luke’s Sanitarium, at Twentieth street and Walusli avenue. This was the insti'ution in which a score of men suffering from <lelirium tremens were burned to death while strapped to their beds. Mr. Williams was selected with the idea that he was the proper man to see that no such catastrophe, could happen again. CAUSED BV HEAT FROM fLOODUOHT. Inpxrtail Testiasay at the l«*r-Hi»tl»o By

the Ccn

Cltiugo (Special).—Fire' Inspector Monroe Fulkerson renewed his investigation into the causes of the disaster. Two Mage hands were questioned for

lioucs. Then W. A. Merriam.

ANOTBER INYESTI6AT10N Trcfagry Depirtmral Expert* Are hi Charge. THE SAFE IN THE OFFICE SEALED

s the

of the

. the wings to the riclrt

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- The children clapped thdr'.hands jn i glee. Mothers laughed a bit and the - whole audience was in a fine humor. 1 But the flame reached out and «ai«ht 1 piece of inflammable scenery dial

r the center ol the stage.

• that waited for them «

at Napoleon. ().. was hurtled down. The National Roiling Mills, at Me Keesport. have resumed operations. The Clyde Steamship Company hat demanded in New York $405x100 ftn

damages sustained by the Kiowa when bung she was rammed by the Admiral Dewey Instantly there was a large-ribbon

•*«,. *«.w».iw«~*

ately put in operation blast furnace No. I fret above the level ol jbe stage liad 3 at Duqur-ne and furnace H, of the exploded and in a. moment everything Edjp!r Tbuinsoi^ Sicjtl Works, at Brad- back of The footlights was a broad wave _____ • ol_ fire that lighted the lull Illuminated

l<iei|& house with weird effects.

Ixxmard Scyhoth. a member of the' ""Eddie Foy Mood out from the German Reichstag, was sentenced to ' panic-striekVh group on the stage lo •5 months imprisonment and the loss j as5urc ,1^ au dicnre that there was no of asil rights for live years for forg- - . n , . ' , . i» e bill, ol ciclMtt. . 1 n >' •"* or,l ' r * Il,c S'" 1 General Tittahiga, of the Italian bestos curtain was let down, but it Army, will probably be appointed to caught on one side and failed to work command the gendarme-, m M ur , n ai)I „, lcr i nM „, .moke burst

don:*, m accordance with the Run—

Austrian reform scheme.

Baron Hayashi. the Japanese mir

ter in London, says he has rereived no iam. , orw, ol Ih, inlruM ..I o j nri „„ , „ wom , n Japatirsc squadron to Ma ban Imo. : r r ^ *• Korea, to xcim.- that port. 1 an * c ,he wmole t«*of of the audr* A number ol Clyde marine engineers ■ torium was in a blare. Tlie gas tanks

• j fully. In

ou» from the lop arch of the stage . ; and from under the bottom of the enr-

rngaged by the Japanese g< six months ago iccrivcd cable order* Wo proceed immediately to Japan. Dr. Nordcn»kjdlil and the other members of llic Swedish Antarctic expedition arrived at Vigo. Spain, ami proceeded to Stockholm. The French Minister has delivered to tlie Emperor of Korea Ihc decora!ton of the (.rand Cross of tlie Legion of Honor. The design of the sculptor Lucrhctti Jot a monumental tomb for the late Pope Leo has been approved. A fire in the cloakroom of llic new Royal Theater in''Berlin was put out without alarming the audicnre. The report that Germany coolnnplates the acquisitHv.i ol a <naliug station at St. Thomas. Danish West Indies, is semiofficially declared lo be at unfounded as similar previous reports. The German cruiser Vineta touche,I at Sant mg. 1 dr Cub.* and then sailed for Port an Princr. HaytL Consul General'Evans’ reception was attended by prominent Americans in Ixtufoil. The British armored cruised King Alfred (14.000 Ions) left Portsmouth for

(Tutu.

Emperor William will send the state ailycr service lo the Si. i-otiis Exposi-

tioa.

General Wrylcr will soon publish a boot on hi* military campaign in Cuba. President Lou bet gave an ufitcul reception al Elrsre PaHcc.

Amalgamalrd Copper is tipped by *omt€ good people lo go lo *0 this ' week. Ixvndon continues to be bearish on American stocks and is selling steadily seed that Umon Pacific > shares of Atrbi-

, output .d gold in tqnj •t Juoxnxxano. which is tore than m typu.

exploded in the flies on the cast s^le of the theatre, and black, choking fumes brat down in a cloud of .death from

every wall.

M airways and in the balcony feats. Here was no more struggling, no more frantic haste. Hundreds homes in. every part of the city stilf^ showing at their windows Christmas wreaths, still filled with the decoraTions of the holiday season, lay beyond all Thought' of worldly things in silent heaps ot death. And still outside the main entrance to the building many passersby attracted by the presence of the fire engines had no knowledge of the fearful disaster inside Tens ol thousands passed and repasted within a block withont knowing it. Hundreds of police officers stationed in the roadway were asking one another if there had been any among 4lie audience badly

hurt.

But when from the inijde began to stream a procession of firemen carrying between them the charred bodies of those who a little while before had been hanpy in the enjoyment of fn afternoon s pleasure the scene without changed as il by magic. From every business street ol the city men whose wives and (amilies had gone to the matinee. came with white faces and eyes blinded with tears to the theatre and screamed like madmen the names of those they were seeking. Many' of them found their loved ones sale but still half crazed in surrounding stores and hotels. Others discovered them among the dead by some parti* I- ol dress, a hall-charred hair ribbon, a -hoe

or a locket.

f Eyewitnesses of the Iroquois Are dc-

tion Company, builders of the theater, was called into the office. The company’s a^lorney was with him. AViIliam McMullen, manager of the spot light, which is alleged to h&c caused the fire in the Iroquois Theater, testified before the investigation heari^ that the spot light had nolhi.tg to do with He said the fire was caused by the heat from the floodlight used to "P

the theater

McMullen said his' floodlight turned out when the fire started said he was looking at the floodlight and law the flimsy border blow directly over Ihc floodlight. The .heat from this light, he alleges, caused the fire. . The city electrician followed timony that the heat frflm tlfc"floodlight was sufficient to cause the fire. McMullen is considered hy the police .j be one of tbe most important uritnrsscs. He w?s in charge of the spot light which set fire to the scenery and — suited in the large loss of life. James J. Hamilton, a scenery shifter, explained what seemed to many ap llic fire lo be an explosion. “Five minutes after the fire started," said he, “the big set piece in the shape of a fan «sed as a finale in the second det fell 40 feet to the stage. The piece was studded with 150 incandescent lamps and wcinSCflevcrrf hundred pounds. The noise of ks fall and the breaking lamps gave .forth the sound of an explo-

sion.”

Hamilton said he was in the stagehands’ room below the atage svhen someone came downstairs saying: ‘'Come upstairs quietly- There’s a

fire up there.”

• When 1 reached the-stage.” sau! Hamilton, "the fire curtain was coming down very slowly, i stepped under it and joined others in urging the audience to keep qpict. The curtain should have dropped fliiiekly. and I was surprised to see it flick.. f stayed

Fear, uncontrollable and terrible. 1 clare that no words can begin reigned Men and women foflght like | scribe the pandemonium that occurred bo,., HMcd on., .1,,, the | ^S lor self-protection. Babies slipped rushed to the rescue when tlie rail of from I heir iuother> uplifted arms and ,, re was heard on the streets was Bishm on instant their lives were crushed j op Samuel Fallows, who happen, .1 to underfoot Girls threw themselves I 1* passing the theatre. Without fear from the balconies and lay crushed apd or hesitation he made his way ih-ough dying until suffocation ended their .he darkness that was intensified b- the misery. 1 volume of smoke which filled the nudiMany m the orchestra seats, with | 0r i(mi to the top gallery and assisted easier access to the doors, gradualljr i n carrying out the vktims. nude their way to safety, but most of “Cod forbid that 1 ever again see them threw aside wraps, pocketbooks. lue h a heartrending sight 1“ said the hats—-everything that seemed to bur- Bishop later. I have been in war* den them in their ru*h lor hie an.l atM j ,hc bloody fieid of battle, but the open air. my cxpe<h-nrr I have never seen But in the balcony ana the galletr anything hall so gruesome as the tight the demon of destructiop wrought h.s ,1^ mn ra , rvrs. when, with the aid of frightful work at wtlL The flame* and a tiny lantern. I was fina|I y able to pen smoke gathering on these upper floors rtrate the inky blackness of that ba!-

caugbi the people before they realized cony

the full extent ol the danger. It seem-; “there was a pile of twiMed' and cd V^rediWe that the little nrth of fire bleeding bodies 10 feet high, with could lap the waiu so quickly and reach blackened laces and remnants of charout after them like a stroke of light-. red clothing clinging to them. Some n, 5S; . .x « « , . ' ^re alive and moaning m their agony. Then when the full meanmg of the Other*, and by tor the greater number, disaster ramc to frightened ones they wcre dead I assisted m carrying many

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U.S. i». s

Norfolk. Va. (Special).—The British steamship Knight Errani Is loading 11.500 ton* ol coal here for the Jbpanesr IjpArrumcm to be delivered at Yokohama. It is the same kind ol coal #« that used by the United Stairs warship* and there is no secret of the destination ol the coal and of the hsfetvncc that it ns burned because of the pros £5* *i r J***" •" d R«au. The Knight fcrrant is expected to leave here this week on her two months voy

At tkt Reqatti at Acttai Cbairoaa Cltecats o< Iba lelerstati Cummin* Ceoaist aa, Iba PtrsUlral Raaors That Tbtrc Hivt Beta Irratalarities aa ibt Part af Efward A- Maslry. Iba Secratary.

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

A CaaaaVOcacral R:ifz»t-

It was announced at the State Department that tbe resignation of Oliver U. J. Hughes as O-mul General at Coburg. Germany, had been accepted by the President and that Mr Henry D. Saylor had been appointed to the vacancy. Mr. Saylor 1* at present United States Consul at Dawson City. Yukon Territory. His successor at that post

has not yet been selected.

Mr. Saylor is a native ol Pennsylvania and was appointed Consul at Dawson City in December, sqoi. He was Consul al Matanzas for a few

months in the spring of 1898.

Mr. Hughes was born of American parents in the Argentine Republic and •ntered the consular service in Februtry. 1898. as Consul at Sonnrburg. Hr was appointed Con.nl at Coburg in May. 1898, and Consul-General at thr

same place in Aptfl. 1901.

The State Department also announce! the appointment of Prof. John Tode Hill to be Consul-General at Greytowrx

Nicaragua.

A willing twooi's Re

Senator Julius C. Burro,

Washington. D. C. (Special).—Treasury Department experts instituted an investigation of the-accounts of the fnterataie Commerce Commission. The action is taken at the instance of- Acting Chairman Clements, of the commission, as a. result ol persistent rumors of irregularities in the drawing of vouchers, etc. When the expert ac- ! rountants, Nathaniel M. Ambrose and Richard II. Taylor and James I- Chase. J the latter of the office of the auditor | for the State and other departments | j, reached the commission they sealed the safe and examined Secretary' Edward

A. Moseley. IL S Milstead. the cash- 1 lh ' agamM Senator Free' icr. and other employes. Milstead ha* • Smoot, of l tah. s»id that the com not been suspended. Acting Commis "’"I'-c probably will men Maturoay, sioncr Clements stated that lie did not ) January 9. for the continuation ol th*

know that anything was wrong, but j mnutry.

that the rumors had become so |>er I Hr lore going to ..alt I.al •• City Mr sistent that they could no longer It ig- I b'U'f't said he probably will deny som. nored and the Treasury Department | J' 1C charges and admit others, bu:

was. therefore, askrd-to lake charge I '''‘thing regarding h of the accounts. Mr. Mo-.elcy is urp heard stnrc tnc adj

dcr $25,000 bonds as dislrurving officer. ' ‘

It is understood that the rumors in elude allegations of payments made for service at one place while- the jiayce was engaged elsewhere, and similar irregular methods. The investigation will be thorough, and every phase of the accounting work of the commission will be thoroughly overhauled. The commission handles about $275,000 annually, the bulk of this licing for salaries, traveling expenses, etc. The payments arc by warrants on the Treasury. H. S. Milstead pvrlorms the duties of cashier, but Edward A. Moseley. the secretary ol the commission, is in charge of all the accounting work. Acting Commissioner Clements.' who is head of the commission, in the absence of Chairman Knapp in New York city, said that lie did not regard the situation as startling, and that he did not believe any wrongful conduct would be found, but that it-was the unanimous opinion of the commission that the rumors should be inquired in to by experts lo ascertain the exact

fact*. ,,

JAPANESE WARSHIPS ORDERED TO KOREA ♦ -xr ______ (Jacaafirmed Ramar* That Seizure at tbe Part al Ma Saa Pba U CentewpUted. Tokio . (By Cable).—A powerful squadron, consisting of six armored cruiser* and Admiral Ki-mimura, is expected to leave Sascho lor Ma San Ffio, Korea. Sascho is a Japanese port. 25 mile* to the west of Nagasaki. The report is currertt that the squadron will seize the port of Ma .San Pho Korea, and that its departure has been fixed for January 4!n well-informed circles, however, it is doubled that Japan w^tuld seize Ma San Pho or any Korean port, except to forestall Russia in the event of the latter showing evidences o( any intention to lake a step or in the event ot the negotiations between the two countries finally ending in failure. Great activity prevails and tlie force of workmen has been increased at the Osaka arsenal- The holidays ol the arsenal o|irrativrs have been curtailed in order to hurry up the work in hand. On A Caral^ttl. Pensacola. Fla. (Special).—The Norwegian steamer Hj-dtia. from Belize, brought to this port the captain and five members ol the crew of the American schooner Richard A. Bingbim. of. Pensarola. The Bingham went on the coral reel ao miles from Belize at midnight December 18. and was a total wreck. The crew launched one of the lifeboats, which was crushed in tlie waves. Later they succeeded in launching the other boat, find alter spending tlie night‘on the water, tossed by the waves, they reached Belize, from which place they were brought here. The schooner had a cargo ol mahogany from Belize lor Pensacola. She wax owned here and was launched about B

months ag"

scorched, 'fallen 7 first - came up, the orchestra was playing, and tlw double octet was singing, with sparks tolling all around them. Not a 11 cian nor player moved until it w matter of life arid death.” Hamilton denied that it was tnc tom to have the cables controlling the ventilators above the stage blocked so as to make it impossible to open the

ventilators.

"The ventilators were opened. I believe, at every performance,” he said. "Many times the draft from them was so strong that it was uncomfortably cool on the stage.” Coroner Traetter has learned that each ol the 180 drop scenes in the theater was hung with new. oily, fnanila rope. It is estimated that there were 75.000 lineal feet of this inflammable anatrrial used in suporting the drop scenes and that it added fuel to the flames in the riggiqg loft. Drttdal FsaCy Tr.gtdy. Grundy Center, .la. (Special).—A* a result of thf suicide of Mist Lizzie Lyadi by taking strychnine her wster became hysterics I and is lying dead attheir home. Their mother is insane a* a consequence of the two death* and her hfc it de«paired ot Crass* By Hia Bsrm. Chicago (Special).—Her brain weak ondcring oyer the Iroquois hoy or. Mrs. Marie Hopkita se liber two children, threw them vto-

Cripplc Creek, yol. (Special).—Excitement was occasioned here by the a.-tiou o! Attorney John M. Glover, formerly a CoiiRrrssinan from Missouri. in defying thr military, barricading himself ui iris office, and only surrendering alter receiving a bullet wound in the arm. Colonel Verdeckbcrg. commanding the militia, received a letter from Mr. Glover, denying the legality ol the recent order lor the surrender ol arm* by citizens. In his lette, Glover referred to Governor Peabody as "a cheap anarchist." He declared that he had two revolver* in his office and defied the military to take them from him.

Ski* tad SI Mea lUsalrg.

Pari* (By Cable).—It i* feared that, tbe cdflier Vienne, of the French Navy, with 51 officers and men, which left Rochefort for Toulon, ha* been lost. The Minirter of Marine hat sent warship* in search of the missing vessel, now tg days ouj. which, though in the track of steamer*, has not been reported. It H believed that wreckage cast upon the coast of Spain confirms the apprehensions in regard to the safetv of the collier.

Chicago (Special). — Three ;<.-«ew*z were killed and four others injured in a fire that destroyed the Louvre ’IrtcL 3611-3623 Lake avenue. Nearly 100

in the hotel at the time the fire broke out. several of whom tire* for the night With the

nment ol Con If Mr Smoot'i

ek-tual shall be such jn to challenge ih« authenticity of the information upot nlncli the accusations arc hi'-etl. 11 it llic opinion of some of the member* of the comiru'tcc that the authors o' the charges will -he giieu an opportunity to prove them. a*i-l in that event there probably would be a quite genera investigation into the present day prac ticcs of the Mormon Church with ret erence both to marriage and politic*

Army-LirateBis! Disgraced.

’flic President has approved the proreeding*, findings and sentence of the court-martial in the case of Second Ki'-u-tenant Paul I! Macljne. Thirteenth Cavalry, lieutenant Maclaine was tried at Manila on the charge of einbc.*z!mp about $700 of subsistence funds while serving as commissary of the Maraguins River expedition He was convicted and sentenced to lie dismissed and lo be im .prisoned for a period of one year. That portion of the sentence providing for imprisonment prolnbly w ill lie executed at the Rilidad Prison, Manila lieutenant Maclaine is 3 native of Pennsylvania

V

Pttcstf Q'jiuJ Ik’s Tear. T he last issue of patents for the ealrndar year n/13 was granted by the U-Heui Ollire W rdnesdav. The patentf granted nr the United Stales to date number 748.566. those for 1903. 31,699; trademarks. ?iK6; labels, 990. an increase of 223 over the previous year; prints. 270. an increase of 112 ovei 1902. Trie total number of certificate* ol registration of trademarks, label* and prints was 3449. an increase of 515 over the previous year. Qoed Trice tor Stmflioj Timber. Commissioner Richards, of the GeacAI Land Office, received detailed ii* formation concerning the sale of the limbec on the Chippewa Indian reservation. in Minnesota. The bids ran as high as $12 per* 1000 for white pine lumber in the tree and S10 fnr Norway pine. The aggregate of the !»v’-- ->n the loind Office e-.-timatc of timber was $1.250.00a Tlie timber on one section of 640 acres brought $105,000. Prepariag 0 Haase Troops All the supply departments of the Army have nude arrangements for the transportation of trnmis and supplies from New York and San Francisco to the Isthmus in case such a movement is determined upon. Plans have also been considered for the construction of large storehouses and temporary barracks on Panama territory, and it is estimated th*t $30Q,ono may be- required for such con-

struction.

Tbe I riar Lacds Loss.

Announcement is made that bids for the new Philippine friars' lands loan of $7.a<XM>no will be received up to 3 P. M. January 11, and allotments will be made

February 1, 1904. It lb.- Dcpsrtmcati

At the instance ol Acting Secretary Clements, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, an investigation was begun ol jwisrilem rumors th^t thert have been irregularities in the conduct of Secretary Edward A. Moseley. The president approved the sentence of dismissal and imprisonment imposed on Second Lieutenant Paul B. M. Mac-Lane, of the Thirteenth Cavalry, cur.v icted -ol embezzlement. v The Comptroller of the Currency has directed the closing of the Film National Bank of Storm Lake. la. President and Mr*. Roosevelt inaugurated the official social season in the nation’s capital with a brilliant reception at

the White House.

Thc President and his Cabinet discussed the Panama situation at length On account, of the illness ol Secretary Hay the negotiations with General P.eyes, the Colombian commissioner, will fie conducted by Secretary Root The year book of the Carnegie In st it ut ion make* announcement 's of the work and plans laid out for scicntifir research throughout tbe world. Minister Lyon, of Liberia, report; the massacre of J. G. Tate, a missionary. and 18 of hi* following by Doe

tribesmen.

Preparations have been made to hurry Governor Taft across the Continent immediately upon his arrival al San Francisco and put him in hu position as secretary of war by the first ol February.

• Col Robert I_ Meade, of tbe Marin* Corps, was placed on tbe retired fiat two years in advance of the date to which he might have served on the ac-

tive list.

The Comptroller of the Currency »p

re- pointed JL L. Van Zandt. of Fori

Worth. Ox., receiver of the Farmers National Bank ol Henrietta. Tex.