FIFTY PEOPLE DROWNED Terrible DIsMlcr (Ml Com! ol British

Columbia. *■

NOT A WO WAN OR CHILD SAVED. ■water Ware Smaabci DcadHibt aad tbt Skip Is FlwdH—All tbe Pusta|er* Wfco Task U lbs Baals la Map* al Salary Perished —See a Af.er Tajs From Pari Taascad Rcacb ike Sleaaer It Qaea Paws. Ton Tosmscnd. Wash. (Special) — Fifty two lives were lost in the sinking ol the fine new steamer Clallam

TTE 1ATEST NEWS 1N SHORT ORDER.

T» S. Bidgotsd. cashier «\f the i*eoplcta Bank, in Mobile. Ala., died. aged. .years. He sags wide!* known in business circkg. through me South. Cengressirnn William W. Skites, representing the FoRrteenHi distnrt of Ohio, died of pneumonia at his home, at Shelby. Q., aged 54. The steamer Provan brought to Boston tbe captain and crew of the schooner L>. A. Smith, which vessel soon after

foundered.

Henry W. Peacock ■fell from the seventh floor-of the, Reading Tcrniftsal Station, in .Philadelphia, and was ui-

the straits of

Joan de Fuca with relentless fury. The vessel was a regular daily passenger packet ' She made moderately

proi

Victoria I-! to the hath.

Then

osv the

iiativ

s lealiiiig.' In'

w& abeam.

the \e**el. regarding iirr progress a making, life uncotnlomhlc* tor tin

howcit-r. iiKi! word ■ low that the vc/scl w

ligation showed that the wave.' srindw-ard »ide had stove, in hght. through which t!»e watet in volume, rrsisling all cff'irts

it.

Seeing the eilorts futile, the safety of ■ the passengers..particularly tjie v

■antly killed.

I A fire in the Hew Yonk Stock Ex ; change * Budding deranged the tclej giaph system by-which stock quota

| lions were sent out '•

The Alta Natiodaf* Batik, of Alva,

bound for j Ok . was closed and a receiver appoint c entrance cd by the Comptroller of the Cur

I rency. • i . r ’ 'sf

•emor of Ohio Charles

WAR SPIRIT IS STRONfi WfcRe NefvUalioB Icr Scttkaeit C«Uaaet Populace Clemere lor Ft|hf. AN IMPROVMLM IN THE SITUATIOR: WUliary aad Naval Aatberl ba Werklaf Mlbt aad Day to Mak> Ready lor War-Japan LaMe to Wla tbc Flral Naval Batie-Haa tbc Advantage •( Ruts a in Ih.s Raiprcb # Tokyo (By Cable).—The war spirit is still strong among the Japanese. The attitude of the British and Americans greatly encourage such feeling. Japan addressed a note to Russia through Minister de Rosen. Its character hat not been disclosed, hut it is

said that Japan requires

given numljjr

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS Colombia Appeals to (onrts.

Notice.of an impdfjunt step taken by an agenf^of the Colopihia^JRovernmcnt in Partf'wat receiv^pat tbe Colombian Legation here in 0' dispatch to Dr. Herran, the charge d'affairs. It was to Ahe effect that a French tribunal had been appeled to with a view to preventing^ the transfer, of -the Panama Canal Company's rights on the isthmus to ahe -American government without the consent of Colombia. Counsel for the Colombian government, according the dk|ttTch.‘otnfiircd the aRent that

^ thought there was good ground for ievbtg that tl* ffTort to p * •‘-*

transfer would be successful.

: mentions the time.

The step taken, it is understood, is with the full cognizance of the Colombian Mthoritic*. and was instituted by an ggent of the government, who , left this country alter consultations with

answer 1 General Reyes and Dr. Herran. Hie

days, j end sought to be attained is to frus-

thc sale of the concessions, fram chiscs. and property of the canal com pauy to the United States, preparnti

LOUIS WANTS DAMA6ES [s Salt (nr SM.MO Afilo* Joseph Bristow aid Othtrn. DECLARES THAT HE WAS RIDICULED.

Posiaasltr Otarral Paysc sal ibs Wasbiatim Pool, Star aa« Tiati Are AIM Made Octoadaals-S«aiea<aii U tbt Postoliict Report Art the Basis of tbe Cbsrge—Plalatill Reaavtd as a Reaall al lovetiljatioo.

iV’-c-' 1 '-! j rushed ‘

Such

„ „ n. the

. , . which failed of ratification by the Colombian Congress. The action of the Colombian authorities caused considerable surprise here when it became generally known.

Revea Receives Ha)’« Answer.

Gen. Rafael Reyes, tbe Colombian ' special envoy, has received the answer

, W hether the ,

...... aiTSZ&SS &SS i **'“*!“ “.*«S W L"... j Warren Krifer. in Springfield. O. whethtr the time is intimated other- _ („ r w .hi c }, a | r cady have been under way. The iiidow-glass Workers' Asso- 1 wive. [> anknonn. The government.] the amount to be paid by this govciatlon refused to amalgamate with 1- I however..is determined to secure an ! "’em being $40,000,000. \ No. .too of the Knights ol l.-ibor. , , . . j- ! Colombia asserts that the company Tlu^SUvsichusctts Democratic State | 1 3tI > rc P r,,l> ' and c ' os « the discussi 1 CJinnot | aw f u )]y dispose of. its rights Committee indofsed Richard Olney . ” tt should prove to be fruitless. ; without her explicit consenL ^ u ’ r the presidential nontination. . It is understood that Japan adheres roiucnt was expressly given Francis' l) Way-land, formerly dean c , 0>el hcr original contentions, and Hay-Hcrran treat' " * ' the lale >w School, died at his, ... . ... . „ . , . 1 k.. .u. r

ia Jl,v,n. !«•« VaSmV Wtt 4 Kwm .Mb K Mr. William Jennings Bryan rc- fairly meet the demands, war will c;i-

turned to New York and spojee in a ! ^

general way of his tour abroad i raris.-Oflicia: advices received here e G. Burt, it is stated, will be- , . . ...

, ... . resident of the Chicago and | convince those in the highest children, was looked alter, and all Northwestern Railway. I authority that the Russo-Japanese

t. i_ • i f rom ,i. P Orders were posted for the resump- ] war crisis has been averted, at least for . .. who desired we^ put off from ^ otjw>flf at ^ hc Jolict p, ant 0 [ II- .| lc . prc>cnti aoU lhat , he tilualioll » o( the Washington government to h.s steamer in the ships boats. linois Steel Company. . , J* ^ J note charging the United Slates with The heavily laden bolts were.thrown J; . c. Willing was caught in the act “ff a > n b f 0 "K ,M ‘bstmcUy w.tlna the ^ vio|a|ion of , he trcJOy of |846 about wildly fii the choppy sea. and rff setting fire to his department store, ones o! diplomatic adjustment. Reports I i-j, e #n , W er, which was prepared by — ...-.cedin'' in 111 Waterloo, la. . . chiefly from Tokyo, but also from St I Secretary Hay, though couched in the ton the TesS were : , Tbf <0a ?, 1 Petersburg, give a clear view of the ! most diplomatic terms and expressing getting away trom the vessel, "ere dcrnumlSled in T behall of ..Se n V<» riecums^^eTleading u,, to the sud- J -’

either capsized or swamped. ' D.ctnch deciding that he ? 0 *. * den improvement in the situation. The terrible lurj V>f the storm is at- ; senator at tbe ttme.of the commisston : lljey show that the RujMan answ(r

tested by the fact that hot a woman or ! ,he *e* s complained of bec* actually r^ehed Tokyo the night of , . .-

i j i «■ • had not then qualified. ! I a nuarv 6 and proved to be the turning ct*l Reyes wrote to the state depart-

child of ail those aboard has lived I. During « thick fog the Fall River | - p rjor ^ i|% rccei , j ha K , | mrnt requesting that the correspondtell the tale. An apparent discrepancy ; Line MM»er Pniolla. ' rom „ ^ been making' strenuous prcp«rationv ' . ..

in numbers from the list ol fataUtir- ; New \ork for Fall (or fcndin g two divisions to Southern following, is accountable to the 1^ ; ^ 0 .. t . flo ,. | Korea. The official reports cstabhsh«Ll onf, such children as paid llaii | LjK b *Hou f e. bu, was subsequently mg these preparations are beyond «h.Ure were enrolled in the passenger list. ' The attempt of Charles Brooks to ufjapMi^'thIn the ti,cantime word had- come ^J™*'**^ ^The !«« time that Russia fully concede I from Victoria of the vessel's prcdica K^ epfr , j oh n Fitzgerald J*P* ni r»f»motmt rights In Souther.i

fleet of powerful tugs werb ! William J. Harney. ( ■ ST'*'. .

render assist-] president Henry Lear and Cashier,

Washington. D. C. (Special).—Michael W. Louis, formerly superintendent of the Division of Supplies in the Postofficc Department, but who was removed October 7t last as a result of tfte postal investigation, entered suit for $50,000 damages against Joseph Bristow, theTourth assist-

ant postmaste* general; Henry C Payne, ] freight train postmaster general, and the Washington 1 at Willard^ Post Newspaper Company. The bast* of j that ihe

the charge for which damages arc asked ] o is an extract from the report of General |

Bristow dealing whir the award of con- j’sidtng. Lng; tracts on the division of which Louis was ; "j >C |"|| t ' <a jj at the head for 'ink. ink pads, etc,, at j cd j n j 0 ^

alleged excessive prices, etc.

The defendants are charged with hav-

NEW YORK MEDICAL MAN THE HERO. Sevealcea Killed io a Wreck oa tbe Look Island R R. Topeka. Kan (Special).—Seventeen persons were killed and 37 injured by the collision of the Rock Island Railroad's California and Mexico express with a freight train at t-35 o'clock A.--'” m., two. miles west of Willard, Kan. Willard is 14 miles west of Topeka. Most of the injured are in hospitils in .Topeka. Tbe doctors announce that all will recover except Mrs. M. A. Hill, ol Grecnsburg. Kan. It is thought that carelessness by trainmen caused the wreck. Instructed to meet a special stock train at Willard. the engineee and conductor of the ril-fatcd passenger train, noting that a

le side track igh. thinking

hey- ha

icied t.

, the wish of this .government to deal ] justly with Colombia, is an emphatic refusal to reopen the Panama question. Prior to the receipt of the reply Gen-

be transmitted to the Senate

it* consideration. Pending an answr to this request the correspondence vvil

not Lc made public.

iligftes. quettion, lut ft.-— CM*. Um*M

After having served at the head of the army a* chief of staff, with the rank of

and a fleet of powerful tugs wert ( # Vj William J. Harney. *?£*-. .. lieutenant general, for a little less than diipauhMl tom ho. » tato .ol«. i torn -|,,i ,h t 'h.d bo,., pnpr. I«”» "»>" lh >. S. B. V. Vomt. a nee. The Richard Holyoke, in com- ,■ a^Vstrd on ‘"8 to assert by farce and. according- relinquished his duties at noon Saturday maud of C-vpt. Robert Hall was th- ,^f har of miMpplying bank funds. '>;• activity was suspended, a* . to his successor in office. Gem A. R. first to reach the Clallam which had ' Evidence was begun in New York in 5 concession made unnecessM, . Chaffee, who has been acting as his chief „.vi.,i„.„ m n,dp^, r i T ,h, ,0 !tei'^sSflir^Ai.r- -sr^rLTfru-n-the inrush of water which bad put the K f> . c tal ' shinbuilding Comrany. The three days succeeding January General Young became 64years oliJSat-. engines out ol commission. The Holy - , L present Ravntond. of*he Wwleyan 6 , ff*'e an opportunity to the authon-j „rday. and. therefore,.under the law was nice reached the Cltllam about n : fmversity. W.Connectipt. .suspended J^_cMMder a^rtfcor^ reheated to the retfTed list.

they had beer.

Upon seeing the freight train on the

ccr S. J. Benjamin threw ittlc. Under the impetus the ()a*vcnger train Irap-

ato Uie oarknesv and dashed along , rate which, the passenger' sa* fully 6; mile- an hour. Not a note

, . j «i warning of the impending danget ing composed, written and published eon- |Tla( j c 1( , c |j ^ now ..

ceming tlic plaiAtiff the extract of the re- ; General Superintendcnr Gruber, of pon referred to with the intent, it is a! 1 the Rock Island, made this statement

0- <*«« ■- hi ‘ to “! « CT'te,’ft!

name. By reason of the committing of kpcc i a j lraia Nobody else iv te the grievances complained of the plaintiff i blame so far as our information goes ' says he has t^en brought into public: The hero of the wreck wav Dr.

scandal, ridicule and disgrace. / ' Suits of a like character for

s-k city.

1 M. Bell, of New Vi ] physician, hir-.scll a 1

1 crutches. Dr Bell., al hnigh slightly | hurt as a result of the collision, was i the firvt man to leave the Pullman

_ . _ - . , ; sleeper, which was not damaged. StrugEvening Star, and again-t^he Postmaster pii r . K 4, cro j fa n y fork-ard/ n his emtehe-

amounts were also brought against the Postmaster general. Mr. Bristow and the

jw and the Washing-

;med charge of the rescue

First he ordered the chair car an« sleeper cleared. Then, after dircct.ng the removal of the injured to these cars, he allayed the pain of the injured as much as was possible without medicine »r instruments, bandaged broker

legs and arms with strips

General, Mr. Bris

ton Times.

FOUND NEW EVIDENCE OF fRAUD. Dives Coan'siioa Chant s Piea far Isdl

Laol Setrciatiee.

Muskogee. I. T. (Social).—The ! direction. by ' others froTn thtet* r, . . » r 1 pillow slips, administered what wh:sDawes Commission adopted a plan for ; wa< J hirfl tQ ieiden -^ ht jnjuri ,, the Delaware land segregation. When 1 unti] ^e relief train should arrive, and the commission was first ordered to make : saved the life of the fireman by tying the segregation it proceeded upon a plan j *n artery with the aid of a penknife and known „ th, UwMm .thtdolc. ) wiSJ'in.a norly cntan.l-; In April, Secretary Hitchcock, upon ad- . jj r i> r i| Ravr wa y only when.physi vice of the commission. bkcame convinced c ianv arrived from Topeka with mediM ft«. »>■ —ftto »'* ft» Sp.rt^srTE,.. V-iJS £&' schedule, and ordered the commission to SoJ)a a(|fr rr , urninp !f> Topeka frou investigate. ’ the scene of the wreck he boarded an

Surveying parties and locating partiny other train for the South,

went' into the Delaware country and "When the collision came, said Dr made a record of every Delaware, his Bell before his_ departure.^

lands and improvements and maps As sleeper w-ere

getting a hawser aboard with which j lo A h * l fJ she started to tow the Clallam to

safety.

Tbe Clallam took a heavy lurch and those remaining aboard were compelled

. cii oTtcrcu an ui me ai^ciioc,, k'"'"

4o climb up the side to satety, finally , a5 officers during the street

reaching the roof of the. pilot house, j railway strike. Without a moment’s hesitation the : Res;. B. A. £

• ■i&l-nt w satisiactory tne reports nave the accession

A hearing was b^un before the In- disclosed, but the suspension mar ked by the usiial reennion to the out- ' terstatc Commerce Commission in oi military activity is regarded as rc- going and incoming oflkials^This reChicago as to the 'justification for the , moving the most dangerous aspect and , ception toox place in the office of the advance of freight rates as Kl v,n * hope that Japan is likely to chief of staff, and wws -largely attended 1 The Mayor of Bloomington. 111., has receive Russia's answer in a CondEa- by army officers on duty in.the War De-

irdercd all of the aldermen to do police spirit.

1 not knowm whether partment and vicinity-

to* boal, were low.r.d Ik work | •{ V*

found guilty; - .... and sentenc- hut it is understood that it relates

— . ic “ *"V ~~1iZ ; rd 1,1 three vears in zhe benitentiarv, chiefly to giving definite assurance of of rescue commenced At this point the j -> ; Japan's rights in Southern Kcirea. tog Sea Lion, Captain Hunter, arrived 1, t flew. Although reports ot mediation con-, and her men rendered valuable assist- , ! tinoc to circulate, the authoritative ance Befure ail the stro«ling people ; Fire b!?? ii wlt '••atement was made lhat no step, have had been Uken off the Qallam con- . at GfOSs Wardcm. ^ ‘ been taken by France toward mediatmenced to break u? and soon,fterward put out before thcaudicncc was awart ont that , uch , went down. Ail possible a'Sistance to .,f ‘ h ''V ^ mmcm.ent .f addressed to Japan, probthe rescued people was given by (he two ■ that all k ! ably would originale with Great Briship masters and their crews and the cd and the keys mi.sing. . I lain owino to their closer txilitical retn^s hurried to Port Townsend. The Because of the threatening condmgn !* ^ ,a « 10 ,,,e,r C,0,er p0,,UC *'

passengers surviving and the remainder • of the famous Catjiedral of Spoleto. the TT the crew then took passage on the government has ordered the immediate Dingo, bound for Seattle. {-removal of the tombs of Fra Fibppi

W. H. Grime*, of Redmond. Wash . , Licpi and Orsinu

aboard the CUllam. bound for Victoria, ; A thousand armed Armeqtoii* are m rives this statement - the distnet -of Sassoun. and actachments

“The weather Was pretty rough.’' said of Kurdish cawlry havd been stationed London <By -Rrferring.to the he. “but arc had no suspicion of danger ; at all.vfllagci along llf statement published in the United Stotes Si, mTSSJ?™, ! “it l^?,d"* Ik creation .1 Ik Imcrn.lionalTn.on | ikl tn.l areangemen,, * boats were promptly manned and sured. ■ lease in Apnl of Mrs. Florence Maybnck. Unnched and the women and children i King Edward. Queen Alexandra and ,h e American woman under sentenee of and such passengers as destred to leave , Princess Victoria >ave greatly enjoyed i,f e in ,prisonment on the charge of poisrere placed inthem. competent crews be- j their visitto Chats worthy the seat of the j toning her husband. The exact date of

Russia's concession goes toThe extent relinquishing her contention for a

Anay Haaeovrrr Eiptai vr. .c^tral zone across Northern Korea, ! A statement prepared at the War Dea ,k.> .. «u,.« p;irt ^ nftrt (h,, ,1^ recent mancu

MLS MAYBRICK S RELEASE

It W-HOccur SaatUac Dtwtaj Iht Prcaeat

Year.

tbe steamer safely, but one after an- J other they capsized and we were helpless , to render them any assistance. MATH OP RUTH CLEYiLANO. Ra-tresWcai's EMest Ba^htcr Vlctlw al | Of-bera. Princeton. N. J.—(Special).—Ruib Qevrland. tbe eldest child o( ex-Preei-dent Grover Cleveland, died al the Cleveland home here .cry unexpectedly, the immediate cause of death being a weakening of tbe heart action during a mild attack of diphtheria. Dr. Wyckoff. the attending physician, said that Miss Cleveland had been ill with a mild form of diphtheria for four days, and that the heart affection was not anticipated. She was 15 years old. „ Tbe Cleveland household is griefstricken over tbe death.of the eldest daughter, and many messages ol condolence are being received. The private school which Ruth attended has Wen closed for the rest of the week oat ol respect.

Emigration from Hamburg and Brcm- Barones* de Roques aaya that her - n 1903 shows a large increase, the to- ] daughter, Mrs. Maybrick is decidedly ' - “ ' better health and gaining strength, 1 that she has the certainty of being

leased.

"All the sensational newspaper counts relative to our business interests and futore fortune," added the Baroness, “have not resulted in any profit to Quite the contrary."

vers of the regular army- and State militia at Fort Riley. Kan., and West Point. Ky., cost the general government about $500,000. This ampum includes acutl disbursements for transportation and other items of expense in connection with the milijia.organizations which participated in the maneuvers. The expenses attached to the participation of the regular troops at the maneuvers was only for such extra service as transportation, and does not include expenses of subsistence, which wouM have been the same at the

regular station of the troop.

Fie at the CapNaL

A fire in the electric duet on the Senate side of the Capitol building at 6 o’clock P. M. burned tbe insulation off the wires and left that portion of the structure in total darkness, cause of the inconvenience attending working in contracted quarters, the firemen were busy about an hour before the flames were under control. Tbe -remainder of the building das not in any danger at any time. The fire probably was ft c result of crossed electric light wires. The amount of dam-

age is not known.

Huntington. W. Va. (Special).—A dynainite explosion occurred near Cassvillc. in Wayne coenfr, while a number of employes on the Norfolk and Western extrasica were at luncheon. Six men were tolled and fourteen injured. All the dead *rr nalives of Wayne county except two. •ho lived near Baltimote.

-By*the explosion of dynamite at the Los I-aurelc* Mines, west of Guadalajara, Mex.. ao men were killed and 40 other* injured. Re*. Nicolaus Delsor, a Catholic pne't and member of the German Reichstag, was expelled from French

territory.

ft is reported that the Doke of Devonshire and Lord Rosebery have buried the "political hatchet” and that tbe Duke, who last October resigned as lord president of the Council, will re—rn to' the Liberal party. Negotiations for a revision of the commercial treaty between France and Brazil have been suspended, but relations between the two countries arc jt seriously affected. IJeutcnant General Kleigels. prelect of St. Petersburg, has been appointed governor general ol the governments Kieff. Podolia and Volbrnia. Violent eruptions,of the Monet Cohina volcano, in Mexico, have alarmed the people, earthquake shocks being frequent in the region of the volcano. A conference of German bankers was ..eld in Berlin to consider hqw tq improve the market vaulc of government

securities.

A 12.000-tun steamer recently launched cm the Clyde has been bought bv the Cenard Company lor ttaa American

service. '

AtoaMa Cwaatssloa #f Rasy MarJer». Grecnsburg. Pa. (Special).—ChaHcs

FI Kruger, in jail bet* awaiting cxeculira for the murder of ConMpUe Harry F. Bww oa July « last, is reported t0^, have conlewwd to the mnnV-r of John Blevins,'inoMT city 4rcasurer of Newcastle five year* ago; to the murder of Alexander UctfaughC. near here on April 18, 1902. and to many other crimev Kruger's confess km* have been — '

Sheriff John H. Trescher. Dcpu , _

iff Benjamin Brown and R. D. North.

M' s-wiiotul in tbe extreme.

British consol* fell to the lowest

figure touched since 1866.

United States Steel has only $45--0.000 cash in its treasury, against tuo,-

0.000 about four months ago.

Clarence Mackay, the ocean «

magnate, is behind the Federal Sugar Company, which promise* to invade

the American Compan*’* field. Tbe April quarterly * dividend on

United-Suus Steel preferred.!* sellin-

in the atreet lor $1.50 a'share. That 1 equivalent to a 6 per cent, rale againt

I the regular 7 per cent.

Twa KHled; Five tofarsd. Montague. Maine (Special).—A gas explosion in the millinery store of Qcary Brothers killed at least two person*. severely injured five others, and started a fire that destroyed the b-. ilding with a loss of $75/x>a Four persons who are thought to have been in the store when the explosion occurred are missing, and it is feared that their bodies will be found in the rains. Those known to have lost their lives are James Cleary, one ol tbe proprietors. and a woman bookkeeper in the store. The explosion is said to hare been cansed by the clogging, of a ga«pipe. The concussion was felt throughout the town and huge timbers were thrown a hundred yards. IMMa-S Cate Oven*. Scott dak. Pa. (Special).—Orders have been issued by the H. C. Frick Coke Company for the immediate rcimption of fifteen hridred additional ;oke ovens, making joool idle ovens lurted this week. Five hundred ovens were also blown in by the Rainey Coke Company, an independent concent.

. berth*. I wai

a result, the commission has repudiated thrown from^oine and immediately goi

the old schedule and *0 notified tfij See- ' '

my clothes to sec what was wrong

rctary. The commission is very reticent ; "1 saw that medical assistance wai about the matter, but it is said upon the the first thing needed. 1 here w err best authority that rtic report of the Sec- two young women tn my car who ot rctary will indicate that there has been lered their services, and they workee fraud" attempted. unhesitatingly with the injured. AT It was because of this fact that was the people in the sleepers were bun furnished the commission that the Chcro- died out to make room for toe injured kee land office was closed, and injunc- "With one exception those m thr tion served against the commission to • sleeper* devoted themselves unseihshstop the segregation, and a suit for !y to the care of the wounded- Thiii. $1,000,000 damages brought against them 1 exception was a man who won rant 1 » J give tin his berm I told some men tc F»rtj-Three piled oa Wan bp. jerk him .out. They jerked bin

Sydney, N. R W. (Special).—Forty; a

CURTAIN FAILED BEFORE.

■I *1 Previous Fire b lr*4soU Tfeestr*

Not Heeded.

laffit Dopartan}*.

Prof. Willis Moore asked* for an increase in the appropriation for the Weather Bureau Service to establish

eight new stations.

Lieutenant Genera) S. B- M. Young retired as chief of staff and General Chaffee was formally installed as the

head ol the Army.

A meeting ol tie Senate committee has been called to consider proposed amendments to tbe Imfaigration Law*.

and I haves

three persons have been killed by the ] explosion of tile boilers on tbc British ] cruiser Wallaroo. The Wallaroo, which j w proceeding to Hobart, signaled Mon- ;

tague Island, 230 miles south of Sydney, j . , c ■ n r -v r „ rr reporting the disaster, but giving no dc- 1 Chicago (Spec.al).—Eiidenc. tend tail*. The Wallaroo is a third-elasi ing to show grosser negligence thar cruiser of 2075 tons displacement used anything previously shown was giver for Australasian trade protection. She , under oath in lhe F j re Department in wu 1or«»rt L MmrfJlre_Pjre,^. ol ,bc !™r,oi, Ttalre

Mrstscrc of Christian*. fire.

Salonica (By Cable).—An order has; Joseph Daugherty, who had charge been received from Constantinople to 1 of the curtain, swore that two weela hold the Third Army Corps in readi- j a R° during a matinee penormantt ness. There is great military activitv j there was a fire on the stage and that in Seres. Troop* are leaving Monastic , when he attempted to lower the ashes for Uskub. A massacre of Christians ; tos curtain it was stopped by the sarm at Monastic is expected in th eevent pi 1 obstruction that prevented its opera the departure of Hilmi Pacha, the in- ■ t - on the j ata j :j tern oon. SESJr’" *’ S '"'" ' " W I TU, erni. .h,! h. re- 5 protested at that time, but no atten Oty Tran«rfr Arrested. tion was paid to his warning! In hi* ""Haverhill, Mass. (Special).—John A. t opinion, if the curtain liad been rua Glines. city treasurer, was arrested , down during the fatal matinee the lives here, charged ’ with larceny of $43,000 ot many ii not all the victims of thv

of the city's funds. The linking fund commissioners discovered the shortage and reported h to Mayor Wood. Tbe mayor at Dcce summoned the treasurer, who. it is said, admitted that be had pledged the bonds in stock transactions. Gline* has been treasurer and

collector ol taxes since 189a

nenomcms to .nc .mmigra.iou ^ q f office. TV mm murebvre. brid. .1 Fon Er „

Rome (By Cable).—Dr. Milanovitch, tbe Servian minister to Italy, expressed the hope that General Degiorgis, commander of the international ger.darm eric, will be capable of enforcing the reforms m Macedonia under the Ai tro-Russian plan. Otherwise the tninisttr thinks tha^hes^solmion of

Riley cost the government half a mil-

lion dollars.

There is a strong feeling among the members of the Senate that the United Sutes should anno Santo Domingo and Hayti. ■ The House made available the sum .1 $250,000 to be used to meet the emergency caused by the ravages of the cotton-boll weevil. — Pension Commissioner Ware decided that when a pensioner is convicted and sentenced to prison lor Hie he loses his

pension.

The Senate, in executive session, discussed the nomination ol W. I. Bu-

chanan to be minister to

Secretory Shaw transmitted .. .JS House a request ol Secretary Root for an appropriation of 5585*00 for new arms and equipments for organized mi

iitia.

The Senate Committee on Commerce favorably reported a bill providing that only American .hips stall be used for the transportation ol government sup-

plies.

Tbe Senate Committee on Milhat Affairs authorized Senator Foraker 1 igsjrsMbwssfe;

be secretory ol war.

Las’ RsSI CaD tor ties. Oar*.a

Miami, Fla. (Special).—Gen. John B.

disaster might have been saved. The Iroquois Theatre fire claimed a fresh victim, making the total nom ber of deaths 59> Miss Josephine Spence wav one of those severely burned durinff the fire. She was found by relatives and taken to her home, where she died. „ . -President W. G. Schardt. of the Chicago Federation of Labor, will name • commission of non-labor representatives to report on the Iroquois Theatre fire. The unions seek to prove that incompetent non-union stage employes caused the blaze—"pick up men. paid $! a performance, while organization

members get $450.

Use of tne Iroquois Theatre site as a memorial through the erection of a suitable church or memorial building to replace the present reared, sen red

structure is suggested.

The same idea was carried out in

Dot * Wonts Another Con Richmond. Vo., where the Monumental

S" Arerebo. T„. (^.D -Job.

Alexander Dome returned here from a | -j-j^ 0 f Vienna, also t:i memtrip of inspection along the Texas Coast . ory 0 f the 8oo lives lost in the Ringand announced that he would locate a j strasse Theatre in 18S1. have erected a Tion fit. a nd farm in Texas. He magnificent chnrch on tt* orte. • CKr :* rn L ,n 1 Mandel H.1L at the University of Qn-

cago. has come under the general tan placed on theaters and tall* and wa*

here at 1035 o'clock P. M. Ever the dose of the Civil War General Gordon, although active in politics and in the business affairs of life, had been a sufferer from wounds received in battles For a long time he had been afflicted 1>y kidney trouble, which ultimately caused

bis death.

declines, however, to give anv detail s. Several she* for such an establishment

Representative DalzeH introduced have been inspected. Mr. Dowie has not " *— •**- vus—i— ml .bjndoned hfs Australian trip, but will

sail from San Francisco on January 25-

ImcUm la Laratogi.

New York (Special).—The dividend on United States Steel common was passed at the quarterly meeting of the directors in this city, but the regular i 1-4 per cent, was declared on the prefened stock. This was practically what Wall street expected. At the previous quarterly meeting tbe common dividend was cut from a 4 to a a per cent basis Chairman Garv made the formal stole- *• '• *‘- i ‘be action of

Thestate-

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closed. The specific cause it the lack

ol an atbesto* cuhain.' STARKS FROM THE »USS.

A. C Twilling, presiden:. and D. G Cornell, treawrer. of the defunct Mon month Trust Company of Asbury Park, N. J.. were ventecned to three year* m the state prison lor misusing funds. Tbe Shamokin Coal Company * nonneed that the Natalie coffiery, eploying 800 men and boys, would sirnie work in a few days after an ness of two months. The mother, sister and hr01. Miss Mabel Bechtel were indu Allentown. Pa., on the charge <