ALL ITRLY SIUHHEDBY
EXTEHT OF GUM
Enormity of the Catastrophe Grow
as Report Come from the
Devastated Provinces.
HORROR PILES UPON HORROR.
Hundreds of Injured Imprisoned in
Debris and Pestilence Now
Confronts tha People.
One hundred and fifty thousand per
son of a population r l.ToO.WO in the
Itulinn departments of Ciilubrln mid
Sully devastated by the earthquake
r,ne In every twelve inhabitants urn
end in the most disastrous catastrophe
of modern times. In which Rcgglo.
city of 50,000, vanished frnin the fuco
f tho cnrtli, leaving lint five innd sur
vivors. Another city wo almost en
tirely washed Into the sen mid the
whole face of n nation was changed in
the space of thirty-two seconds. The
measure of havoc cannot ncctirately bo
estimated. No nceuralo figures on the
death lint are obtainable, but apparent
ly reliable estimates place the fatalities
as high ns K.O.OuO. The calamity Is
tho greatest in the history of the
world.
From several towns near the
center of the disturbance bo word
came, and there seemed reason
to fear that there are no survivors to
describe their fate. The destruction of
MAP OP DEVASTATED REGION.
MEDTTERRAIilAfi
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roperty could not bo as great a at
Ban FraiK-iseo, for Messina and Iteg
gio, the two principal cities destroyed,
wore not rich or tnagulfleent from tbo
metropolitan point of view.
Fncn of Country la Altered.
As a great cataclysm of nature, how
ever, this disaster Is on a fur vaster
rfculo than tho California, phenomenon.
The wholo face of tho country and the
.-oast line have been altered. Even
Scylla and Charybdis have changed the
positions they have occupied since
Aenas" legendary voyage. Tho three
provinces where the greatest damage
was done were Messina and Catania,
In Sicily, and Uegglo dl Calabria, on
the mainland. They comprise about
4,100 sfpiare miles. Tho rock of Cha-
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Terror stricken Inhabitants of Monteleona, Calabria, rushing from
their ruined houses In search of safety during the disaster of 1005.
rybdls now blocks the entrance to the
trait of Messina. Several hundred
persons perished and much damage
was done outside of these provinces,
but within them the devastation waa
so complete that scarcely a human
habitation remains.
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- I'pbeaTal I. ants 83 Becoada,
All accounts agree that the timo oc
cupied by nature's gigantic spasms was
but thirty-two seconds. , Homo minutes
later a great wavo completed the
havoc lu the 111 fated coast towns. The
Vlolonco of the shock seems to have
been unprecedented except by volcanic
eruptions within a limited area. The
buildings of Messina were not merely
shaken down their foundations liter
ally were yanked from beneath theiu
to one side or to the other, until they
HIGH RENTS IN CITIES SCORED.
Carta!! Keeeaaltlea of Life, Irofeaaor
Telia Sociologist.
High rents in big cities are eating up
too much of the Income of the wage earn
ers, aceord'i to Prof. Hubert C Cha
iiin, one of the. speakers before the Amer
icas Sociological Society lu Atlantic City,
H. J, The speaker quoted figure te show
hat many families in New York are
fptwdiof more than D-quarter of their
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SEARCHING FOR ECDIES IN EARTHQUAKE RUTN3 AFTER THE 1905 S!IOC".
BITY OF
PI2.2-IO
toppled from tho perpendicular n;d
fell In ruins alomssble their original
Kites. That was the experience of Mes
sina. That of Uegglo, on the opposite
side of the strait, must have boon more
violent, for scarcely one stone remains
on another in that once nourishing
city.
The ominous absence of details con
cerning Itegglo proves to be duo to the
fact that not only the city itself but
its whole population with tho possible
exception of a mere handful has dis
appeared. ("tiuotlo Hock Itrplnre City.
Warships ordered to relieve tho sin
vlvors were unablo to approach the
coast, owing to tho changed configura
tion of tho straits of Messina. Ulti
mately a torpedo boat ran close to the
coast, but was tmablo to discover a
trace of the city. Whore a few days j
before stood tho homes and works of
men and busy strets there was found
nothing but chaotic rocks and earth.
The city had vanished as completely
ns Aladdin's palace under the magi
cian's spell. Observations indicate that
Itegglo was completely swallowed by
the earth's collapsing beneath it and
tho yawning site was ill led by the sea
which advanced In a huge wave there,
as at Messina. Only live of the city's
no.OOO inhabitants bate been account
ed for. These unhappy wretches reach
ed Cnttanzaro and 1'nlml half de
mented by fright. One of these was
an nrmy officer who telegraphed to
Uome that tho city had been entirely
destroyed and that the dead were num
berless. They were scarcely able to talk In
telligibly, but their Incoherent stories
were sulllclent to confirm the fate of
the city. One of them was mainly
impressed by having seen the sea over
the cathedral. Others wore deafened
by the roar of the sea and falling
houses, which they compare to the
roar of heavy artillery.
The ministry of mnrlne at Home re
ceived wireless reports of tho obstruc
tion of the strait of Messina, showing
its safe navigation to be Impossible
until it is recharted, while its future
navigation Is likely to bo extremely
dnllcult. The tidal wave wrecked the
lighthouses in thu strait, including
Faro boucon, and they crashed into the
sea. The news caused a deep impres
sion in Home, for Its consequences
from commercial and military points
of view will be incalculable.
Oue hundred and fifty guests of the
Hotel Trlnacrla, eighty of them En
glish aud American tourists, died lioe
ncath the walls of their hostelry. Few
of their bodies ever will bo recovered.
FORMER QUAKE.
for they were cremated in the con Ha
gratlon thut raged between the earth
quake and the tidal wave. Kfforts to
overcome the fire in Messlua were
fruitless, owing to tho quantity of
wood among the ruins. Many victims
who were burled alive were burned to
death.
Other towns and villages on both
sides of the strnlt of Messlua have
been leveled to tho ground and nothing
but ruins are left to iudlcate where
they formerly stoisl.
Mrxlit Warned Often.
Messina experienced a similar dis
aster in 1788. She hud then the same
preliminary warnings during the pre
vious four or five years that she had
recently in UK)5 and P.W7. Iloth Mes
sina nnd Kcgglo are on the seismic
BONUS SONS GIVEN TO ANNA.
Court Award l'ututlr f Count'
f'hllilrra lu mother.
The petition of Count ISoul de Custel
lane tihut the custody of his three sons
ho given to his mother, the Marquise de
Castellanc, was denied iu Pari. The
court ruled that the children ream in in
the custody of their mother, Princes de
Ssgau, formerly Mies Anna Uould of New
York. .The court also ruled that the chil
dren should not leave the continent with-
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line of contact or boundary between
the primary and secondary formations
which separalo Moui.t Ktua and Mor.nt
Vesuvius. It Is a veritable storm cen
ter of eai'tliipiakes. yet Messina stayed
for this last le-son In the light or mod
ern Helen tl lie knowledge.
This last overwhelming calamity will
alter the ful ore history of Sicily and
southern Italy. It will be regarded as
certain that a considerable portion of
the population of this fair land will
bow before the wrath of the gods and
seek homes elsewhere.
$500,000 FOR QUAKE SUFFERERS
Congress Hears Message Urging Ex
tension of Relief Measures.
ltesolutlona were Introduced Monday
In the Semite and House in Washing
ton providing for an appropriation of
$.-(H),tKl0O for Italian relief. The resolu
tions provided that the money shall be
used for provisions, clothing, n.clU Iiich
and other necessary artl-i(. and the
President is authorized to cnriloy any
vessels of the United Si lies navy or
to charter and employ other suitable
steamships or vessels to carry out: the
purposes of this government. President
Itoosevelt in a message to Congress
asked for a direct appropriation of
$.-)(K,:0(i for the relief of the stricken
people In t h; earthquake zone. Tills,
the most generous fund ever contrib
uted by tho American people for succor
of sufferers In other lav.dri, is to supple
ment the dispatch of the supply ships
Celtic from New York und the Culg ia
from Port .Said for Messina with their
argoes of necessaries, originally' Intend
d for the American fleet, diverted to
the Immediate use of the Italian vic
tims. AMERICAN FLEET IS AT SUEZ.
Battleships Prepare for Hurried
Trip to Messina to Give Aid.
Tho United States Atlantic battle
ship fleet, completing two dtiys ahead
of Its schedule the next to the longest
run of lis world-girdling cruise, arrived
at Sues Sunday morning from Colonv
bo, a distance of 3,410 knots, from
which place tho fleet sailed Ioc. 20,
The loss of a seaman from the battle
ship Illinois, who fell overboard and
was drowued, as previously reported.
was tho only accident to mar the voy
uge from Colombo. The Illinois re
mained on tho scene to search for tho
sailor aud Is a little behind the fliet.
The converted cruiser Yankton on
tored the oonal Sunday afternoon and
the supply ship Culgoa passed In that
night. The former lias a number of
doctors aboard aud the latter n largo
supply of provisions and stores. Itoth
will go to Messlua at full speed. All
arrangements were made by wireless
for the Hhlps of the fleet to pass
through tho canal as quickly as possi
ble and to coal at Port Said, where 25,
000 tons are stored.
TROPICS SUPPLY U. S. FOOD.
Uovrrimirat l(i-iort fchw (irunth
t Import In rw Your.
The growing dependence of the Unite;
States on the tropical and subtropical
world for Its rooil ami Us lmiuiifacturcnt'
materials is illustrated by figure iu thu
utiutiul report of the chief of the bureau
of statistics. Practicnlly !jtltlil.(HK),OIH)
worth ot tropical and subtropical pro'
ducts now come Into this country yearly,
agaitist JLMIO.OOO.OOO worth In is7."t niii!
alsmt JflMHVHHUMH) iu lSi". These pro
duels form about liulf of the totul im
ports of the country.
Fori unit In llend Mnn'a Ilooiti,
When an old trunk was opened by the
coroner iu an attempt to discover the
relatives of John Fred Vaux, used 73
years, who dropped dead while taking a
Isith in the rooming house on ltroudway,
Cincinnati, where he lived, cunency and
bond and bank securities worth more
than $1-1,000 were discovered.
Osril Feaad Ilea a la Hotel.
A. J. Itooney, whose home Is believed
to be in Kansas' City, was found riod H
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FIRE PANIC IN THEATER.
Cool IIcal of City ftmploye I'robabl?
Nitron 1 ,. In Krl, rn.
"Keep the show gii'ing, for (Jod's sake,"
called Abraham loiuh. fi renin n of the
l'i:rl; Ojicra IIoum in I'rie. la., to t Itr?
performers on the st.i;e at 1rt:13 o'clock
the other night, whe-i he discovered that
tlu building was on tire. Mix cool bend
probubly averted a repetition of Chicago's
Iroquois Theater horror, for before the big
ai'dicuco realized the situation the house
had been almost emptied. Although there
were many narrow escapes and a dozen
women fainted and had to be carried out,
no one was seriously Injured and much of
the building was saved. F.very one of thu
l...!0 s-ats in the theater was occupied.
The John Sullivan Amusement Company
was presenting "In the Nick of Time."
liOiich saw smoke issuing from the floor
of the gallery and sent in a still alarm.
lie reached the rear of the stage b-fore
the 'audience was advised of the danger,
and siic.ikiiig just loud enough for the ac
tors to hear, appealed to them to continue
the act. Then he stepped to the front and
ailed tO'Mie audience to file out in order,
giving tuem to understand that the fire
was in mi adjoining structure.
ROB SAFE; GET ?20,C00.
riickftiiicn In X-w York Attonnd
Police hy flolilne.
After 'vrenching twelve steel bars from
a cellar window, expert cracksmen work-
for long time in plain sight of the
street in an effort to pick the lock on
the s-nfe of Oscar C. Jackie, jeweler. Slid
Third avenue, New York, finally accom
plished their purpose and made away
with property valued nt from $".00) to
$20,000. After vainly attempting to bore
through the steel door of the safe, which
stood under a lighted gns jet in plain
view of the street, the burglars managed
to pry the combination dial from the safe
and through the small opening left manip
ulated the bolts anil levers so as to re
lease the lock. '
The only theory on which the police
can explain the successful consummation
of tho robbery is that the cracksmen had
accomplices pouted outside the store to
signal to them when the policeman on the
beat or late passers-by approached the
store.
RED CROSS RELIEF STARTED.
Appeal la Iaaned for Money for (he
Earlkqnakt S offerer.
The American Xatiooal Red Cro
sent out telegraphic requests to all oi
Its brunches for relief fund to be applied
to tho sufferers from the earthquake lu
southern Italy. The Italian lied Crosn
Society, being so fully organized, it will
not be necessary for the A rue i lean so
ciety to do more than to send money con
tributions, which will be done as promptly
us possible.
The Ked Cross will have to wait until
contributions are received la response to
the appeal sent out as the balance re
maining iu the treasury Is but $2,000,
which will be kept In reserve for emer
gencies withiu the United States. Oo
the occasion ot the eruption of Vesuviul
$12,000 waa sent to Italy by tho Amerl'
can society. There are no American naval
vessels In the vicinity of southern Italy.
ADVISES IDLE TO QUIT CITIES.
Secretary YYIInou Oeclitrea Laborer
Are Needed on Farm.
Promoters of the national convention
of the unemployed received a letter from
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson the other
day sug:tKling that the unemployed leave
tile la rue cities and seek work on the
farms, where there is an urgent demand
for laborers. The letter, which was a re
ply lo an Invitation to attend the couven
tion lu St. l.ouLs beginning Jan. 22, was
ni'eivcd with little f.wor. A communica
tion signed by William Loeb, Jr., secre
tary to President Roosevelt, stated the
President regretted his inability to attend
the convention.
Chlcaito II in Car Full of Cbinee.
Kmployes of tho Southwestern railroad
the other day found eleven Chinese in
a box car nt Duran, N. M. The ulieus
were taken into custody. Tho Chinese
were supplied with water and provisions,
and had been sealed in a cur billed from
Uedlauds, Cel., to Chicnco,
Kill Woman and Illutaelf.
The body of Arthur Korber, son of
deutUt of Yonkers, N. Y, and that ot
Mrs. Townseud Wood were found in the
EOwlxl iVAH Off.
Alaba.Ti.i, IJorUi Cir.iUna and Missis
sippl Are U3-.7 P.-aMbUlon.
The wave of tein;ic;n:!rp which htts
driven tin? sa!;o;iN cct of t!:o States of
the Smith -became c.'Vc! Ivc Krlday. The
law hatil:lili:g t!i caloieH rroni Ala
bnna, MifMsslp.d umI North Curoilna
went Into ctTci t in midnight. Tho
morulrg of Ci. in xv year foiuul State
wide prohibit I nt in l!;i:-f tiin-e States.
Other Sottiiicni States mo already dry
or nearly io. Tho Ihpiur men have re
tail, cd an l::tp':yi'g array of cotiusol
nuil will t(M tlf laws In the courts.
The TcMic s: p I.egi.i-M'.iifj will cer
tainly will ecrtalniy In- n:il:p'.l to cre
ate prohibition in that iiuniiiotiwonltli.
Virginia l? h:nv!n;; nearer and nearer
to the line "of prohibition, nnd Is nt
least !m per ci'itt pr-ilt Uilt ton now. In
Lotilsliuui tin C:r--:;h iti-.i 'k sttloon reg
ulation law hits i-bMcl :n my ban'o-nns
and timtiy parish's of the State hivo
driven mil the k.i!':u::i by voting for
prohlMtlui! iii!(!ir ih local option law,
la (ieorglrt many f the purveyors of
"i.oar-bcor." the oidy In'ox.icant which
can be sold In the State, are closing
up. sa.vit'g they ciid:i'.). pay n $200 li
cense just impcued. The rural sections
of Kentucky have been for some time
largely -dry."
The longest slrgle step toward een
rral ifihibltio;i in the South was tak
en Friday. Corgia Is the only oth-r
Stale wherein stttftttory prohibition ex
ists, the law having been iu operation
one year.
Having won their Statewide fights
In four Stale;:, the anti-saloon forces
have greatly enlarged the Smith's "dry"
area, and they mv now lining np for
early campaign In several other States
where prohibit ion h is assumed the
magnitude or a pol!Mcnl Issue. In Tex
as and Arkansas the voters probubly
will be called upon this summer to de
cide a constitutional iimenduient for
prohibition.
The Montgomery (Ala.) lhpior men
will test the law. This much has been
decided upon. I.oon Well of one of
the largest law firms of the South will
demand a license, and on being refused
will Join with Mobile in testing tho
legality of the act..
R03 CAFE; GET CO.COO.
C'r.iclianien In r York Anlouiil
Police hy llolduetn.
After 'vrenchinjr twelve steel bars frots
a cellar window, expert cracksmen work
ed for s long time in plain sight of the
street lu an effort to pick the lock on
the safe of Oscar C. Jackie, jeweler. SOU
Third avenue, New York, tiually accom
plished their purpose and made away
with property valued at from Iji.'.OOO to
$20,000. After vainly attempting U bo:'e
through the steel door of the safe, which
stood under a lighted gas jet in plain
view of the street, the burglars managed
to pry the combination d'al from the safe
and through the small opening left manip
ulated the holts and levers so as to re
lease the lock.
The only theory on which the police
can explain the successful consummation
of the robbery is that the cracksmen had
accomplice posted outside the store to
signal to them when the policeman on the
heat or late passers-by approuched the
store.
ORI3C0M RETIRES ON MARCH 4.
oaielal CoMHrmulloii of Ambassador'
Kcxlirnnt Inn liireu Out.
The resignation of I.loyd C. Griscom,
ambassador to Italy, reported in a dis
patch from Home, was authoritatively con
firmed by the State Department in Wash
ington. Ambassador (iriscom's resigna
tion takes effect March A. Mr. Griscom
has had a distinguished career in the
diplomatic service ot the United States.
His first service in that field was as sec
retary to the ambassador to Great Britain
in 1.S03. On July 2-f, 1S)!I, he became
secretary of the legation at Constantinople
and two years later was appointed envoy
extraordinary nnd minister plenipoten
tiary to Persia. lie was appointed Unit
ed States minister to Japan Dec. 10,
1002, serving in that country until Jan.
20, 1000, when he was appointed ambas
sador to Drazil. President Roosevelt
named him ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to Italy Dec. 10, 1SHX1.
PASTOR ENDS LIFE WITH RAZOR
Searching Party Find Mlnlater
Dead In Apnrtment.
Failing to arrive at church where bis
congregation had assembled for worship,
a searching party was formed to search
for ltev. Robert C. Dougherty, pastor of
the Cougregationul church at Buchanan,
N. D. Visiting his apartments over the
Buchanan State Hank, the minister was
found lying in a pool of blood, with the
razor with which he had cut his throat
gripped In his bund. A rambling note
was found eu a table. This uute was evi
dently written Dec. 2'!. eu whiub day lis
borrowed a revolver from a neighbor, but
his courage failed him tbeu. Mr. Duugh
erty was formerly in Kaunas City.
Two more Miration r.ieeg are being
Ri-raiiiied for Mudisou Square Garden,
New York. (
The "-year-o'd co't Ge-.iaral Waits,
2:O0:ti, will not be raced next year, as
intended by Cns owner.
Former Amateur Milliard Champion
Fred Co'ikliii def-ated Calvin Demurest,
present holder of the auistnar champ'on
ship, but who h.i rtivutiy become a pro
fessional, li the iir-:t of a six-game han
dicap contest, by a sor. of Il-IO to 414,
iu Chicago.
Mr. (leers, during bis career ou rli8
turf, has driven Iw.'uty-four trotters to
records of 2:1' or better, the fastest on
beiug The AU i.t, '.' ;''.
Those two great paivrs, I led jewood
Hoy and Daily .Maud ('., are reported to
he barefooted ami tukiag life easy at the
farm of their owner, J. C. Crablrce, of
llillsboro. III.
The best professional speed skaters In
the world will in all probability be seea
in Wianlpeg. Ato iu Port William a
big meeting is plumied with prospect of
the live most uoled cracks computing.
Manager Kelley of the St. Paul base
ball team has effected a deal whereby
Catcher Pete Noonan goes to San Fran
cisco in exchange for Third liasemaa
or
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President Hoosevclt Hits Congresj
In a Special Message on Secret
Service Row.
DIDN'T CIIAUSE COIRTJITION,
Quotes Record Ajainst Ken Who
H.-id Law Chiaytd Frauds Un
earthed by Dctcc;ivcs.
"Tin :v h; an lui.re fiio.vh outcry th.m
tills ji.T.ilijH.- M-iirs: o;:l ctiiti.nais need
four our i!c :e.iivt t.." This semenr,. I'i'o.n
a for.ner r.tti r i;:ce Mmscli' ou the
suliJiVi ,s hiill. I at the Hons., of Uep
locntatircs by Pivstden; lloi.afvclt
.Monday in a Kpecinl nus.i mi tho
w.-rct service i.nd Hi... r.ctl-.:;i of Con
gfc.'s in cutting down the opprnprlaMon
t-.i1 i.'i.s part i.. fm g-.i( ruui nt s wa.-lw
The iiicFsage.. wiiiflt w.-.s e.ierly
aw.il.ed. was ihc Pn si.lcut ,i a-tswi-r to
a iv jiicsi of Cot-.gt-cFs r.,r evtil. :u.v to
suppjicrt Ills state-unit t:( ills last an
fu.il iucssate that "tho cMcf n.-gujnml
la lavir of t!i; iirov..-i,ci w.ts th-u the
Coi!g;vss:nr:i did rot thcinu'lves wish
to be ltiv .i:i ; itc.l."
Mo ( inline of Corruiitlon.
PicHi.lent K oscve!t li.'siu-, s he m.ule
t:o charge of rriiTitpHou ii:.ii;:t nteiii
bers of the prircnt Cungf, ss. If he had
proof of such corruption, be- says it
would be the duty of th government
to sla rt prosecutions, as It prosecuted
the late Seiator Mitchell and others,
and lit rigtril to the "alleged delltnpien
cien of iii :nbcr..i," he sii.-. it Is no. tho
duty cf the Pr.iiei:t to report ou that
subje.-t.
On the i;;estl,-ii of the r.e.-rct setvlce.
being used to ".ihaib.-.v" Congrei-.uen,
tiie Pros!-lent asserts that this was the
main urguniciit used by the men who
were Imtru:uei.til in c;;tt!ig down the
npproprlath)!!. ("mirniaii Tawi-ey of the
conunittee aud Waiter I. Smith of Iowa,
and Swager Shirley of Kentucky, two
of its members, are. quoted as Using
such arguments, while the td.i was
being discussed. Mr. Shirley's argu
ment, put In the form of a question. Is
quoted from the Congressional Record,
when Mr. Shcrley opposed Investigation
by the secret service of "a member of
Congress accused of condui t unbecom
ing a geiitJeman nr. 1 a member of Con
gress." Tho President says, while be makes
no sweeping charge against the mem
bers of the House, the Committee' on
Appropriations, beaded by Mr. Tawney,
is to bo blamed for the amendment to
the law ns passed.
Itc.it !xne mm lie Mora It.
Getting down to n discussion of the
Issues involved, the President says:
"This issue Is simply. Does Congress
desire that the government shall unvp
at Its disposal the most efliclent Instru
ment for tho detection of criminals and
tho prevention , and punishment of
crime, or does it not? This action of
the House last May was emphatically
nu action against the Interest of justice
uud In effect of benefit only to law
breakers. Is the House nmv willing to
remedy the wrong?"
The Prestdent then pveH a list of
caws where frauds against the govern
ment were unearthed and punished by
the aid of the secret service. These In
cluded tho Nebraska mid Oregon land
frauds, the Gnynyr & Greene contract
swindle, the Honduras lottery, tho ink
scandal in the bureau of printing, and
other similar deibpteucies. A letter by
Secretary Cortelyou to Chairman Taw
ney last Slay which accompanies tho
document gives further data on these
cases.
Welcomea I'rolie of Deportment.
As indicating the Prcsldnt's attitude
to Congress ou the subject, the message
says :
"Any Instance of abuse by the stVret
service or other investigating force In
the departments should be unsparingly
punished; and Congress should hold it
self ready at uny and all times to in
vestigate the executive departments
whenever there -is reason to believe thut
nnysueh Instance of abuse has occurred.
I wish to emphasize my more than cor
dial acquiescence in the view thu't this
is not only the right of Congress, but
emphatically Its duty. To use the se
cret service In the investigation of pure
ly private or political matters would be
a gross abuse. There has been so single
Instance of sin h abuse dining my term
of President."
At Are Sentenced to l)en(h.
The military court in Yekaterinoslav,
Russia, pronounced forty-one death sen
tences, of which nine were for recent
crimes. Thirty-two of the condemned
nsm were strikers iu the railroad troubles
of October, 100.1. In addition to the death
sentence twelve strikers were condemned
to puul servitude for life, forty-eight to
lesser terms of exile and thirty-nine were
acquitted.
Api'ciKlli Hon a 1 e.
According to a lxmdort hospltul physi
cian, the vermiform appendix, which has
always been considered a useless and
dangerous orpin, has nt last justified its
existence. It is now being used as a
short cut whereby medicines can be ad-ministei-i'd
to the lower intestines, a part
of the digestive t-ys-e-a hitherto dillicult
of acv-H. The new operation consists in
cutting through t'he appendix and insert
ing a class tube through which medicines
are applied directly lo the mucous lining
of the lower Intestines.
NUBBINS OF NEWS.
Three stores and n printing office at
Cygnet, Ohio, were destroyed by fire. The
Ions is $J0.0O0, and tlu insurance $0,000.
An old $20 bill presented to the New
York subtrcasury by a man who wanted
four new $"i bills f,ir Christmas presents
wss declared to be counterfeit and con
fiscated. lloycotting of New Oilcans papers that
oppose horse racing by suloons, hotels aud
other interests is to be investigated by a
federal crar.d Jurv at th Crescent city.
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FXAQE OF EARTHQUAXW
IN ITALY AND SICTXT.
History records the following earth
Oiiake disaster In southern Italy and
Sicily, the region shiken by tin recent
miak" :
tTAI.V.
Time Hint Place Knt.il It le.
7! I'nnipelt and Hemilnnrum. . . ino.noo
i ivi eaiaio-ia
1-I.Vt Nn,e .,
KiL'U- nple . ,
1iris-eliiiila
17MM AipiPn ..
17IHI Atnixl .
1 7'JO - Rilornm
17&I -Meislni
io.oi io
4U.OIIO
?0.(MM)
i.'i.tioo
0,000
l.'i.O'O
U.ooo
and otlur larue
lnv.
1. 1.-1 e! it
1 s." 7 Sup i n
1s.-,7- Cnliihrln
list- Se!
isxil Ml:n nnd oilier towns
IM.--i'::-h
l'.MHI Veu(ius re :!;n
.'itrlt.y.
j117 CntTiiln
1UPI Klftv-foar iif.cn and
n l :io; vill:- ;e.
,100,000
14.O00
10.000
lo.ono
1,0110
I.O'U
ti.nod
"lOII
1...0I,1
town
100,000
MA Of KBf m fOiiTtlC
(mm 10 14T Of 1376.
Tlie dawn f a raw era for Turkey
brought with It th:; assembling of the
rcctntly elected piirilainnii under the
constitution .promul
gated In July by
Sultan A b d u I
Humid. The new
order of thhiis Is
called the result of
the "great bloodless
revolution" carried
on for years by the
"Young Turks" par-
I., .,11 ll.r.
fNj l.T. .l,l. ,111
:l world Is wondering
SAI!A!IK!)l)l.h.
new ions 11 win
last this new era
of pence and gi.nl will and relief from
despotism and religious liberty iu the
blood-drenched realm of Abdul Haniid.
For It Is only In lS"d that a similar
"new era" was joyously no;la!tned
throughout Turkey, when this same
Abdul Humid proclaimed, soon after
bis ascension to the tottering throne,
that "the welfare of the Turkish empire
lies wholly Iu the full and sincere ap
plication of the const it ut ion." It con
tained the same high-sounding ring of
sincerity as bis recent utterance to the
effect that "all in the nation are mem
bers of the committee of union and
progress, and I n'u their president. Let
us live together end make the country
prosisTous."
Among the new lenders is Prince
Sabaheddine, son of Sultan Murad V.,
who was deposed. 'Whether the "new
era" Is only another cunning ruse on
the Sultan's part time alone wIU reveal.
MILLIONS IN SANTA'S MAIL.
Postal Order Sent to F.nrope Foot
Vp .", OOO.OOO.
The rush for postal money orders to
be sent abroad as Christnias presents has
ended, and Postmaster Kdward M. Mor
gan of New Y'ork City was able to hnve
compiled figures showing that from Dec.
2 to Dec. 111. inclusive, :i."Il.S7."i interna
tional postal money orders, osuregating
$o,0 10,718.21, were issued and tdiippel to
foreign lands. The steamship Lusitania
carried 11(1,022 orders. The countries to
which the bulk of the other 21oS."3 inter
national money orders were sent are:
No. Am limit
("onntrle.
(Jrefit liritnin ..
of orders. of or tors.
. .73,011 SsN.40S.2
llaly 'J7.2J4
7sH.:',nr,.74
Sweden i'S.H.st nto.r'.lit.L'l
Austria 17.010 S'.'S.O'JS.tifi
(iermnnr liri.lMll cll.:ni!.4:t
flunTiiry Ig.tiOU gl'.V.O; 2.0S
Itiissta l'J.4!4 U!!.i;.t.li;
Xorwav 10.140 147.11 '.'.44
(ireece '2, .104 lol.llli.42
France L'.ISJO 4tt.10J.44
There is no way to compute the villus
in presents alone.
The Russian Duma voted by a lame
majority to continue the increase in pen
sions to army officers authorized during
the Russo-Japanese war.
It was reported at Rerlin that Austia
Hungory was prepared to pay Turkey
$20,000,000 as compensation for the an
nexation of Herzegovina and Bosnia, the
transaction only awaiting necessary for
malities. The course adopted recently by the
Indien authorities to cause the arrest,
swiftly and mysteriously, of all n a tires
suspected of revolutionary activities is
having a good efTect ou the unrest of
the population.
The importation into or the transit
through Uelgium of cattle, sheep or pigs
from the United States has been pro
hibited until further notice. This action
is taken because of the foot and mouth
disease in America.
In Taris a Franco-American commit
tee has been formed to take charge of
the erection in Paris of a monument to
the memory of Horace Wells, a Hartford,
Ccnn., dentist, to whom is accredited tho
discovery of laughing nan.
KiiilHror Nicholas has approved the
proposed construction of a memorial
church to the sailors who perished in
the Russo-Japanese war aud a commit
tee has been formed, beadinl by the Queen
of Greece, to collect funds.
The insurance litiuntioit growing out
of the tire that followed the recent earth
cpiakr in Jamaica ha been settled, all
the companies agree-as to ac-epr liabil
ity and to pay all elniiiis. The -total
amount is about !jS:l,0O.l,Oi0, plus :;7.j,0(t
costs.
The Dalai Lama of Tibet, who -has been
wandering for four years over Manchuria
and northern China, left Pekin en his
journey back to I.bassa, where in iilure
he will be regarded as a ni"re ece';:iia
tic, pledged lo support whatever r,-furnis
China desire to carry out in his roa.itry.
Kfforts of the Chinese government to
put down the boycott against .fepincse
goods have caused serious riot. In Hong
kong and oilier lare cities.
The French government is alarmed at
the Increasing number of balloons man
red by German officers, which hare been
making descents in France recently, and
has been mnkiug diplomatic representa
tions to lierliu ou this subject.
Olga Stein, who was arrested In New
York last March and later taken to Rus
sia following extradition proceedings, is
i rrisl in St. Pelersbure. charged with
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