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    PLATTSMOUII! JOURNAL
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
PLATTS MOUTH. . NEBRASKA.
Brief Telegrams
J. M. Hagaman. the founder of Con- j
ordla. Kas., Is dead ut the ago of 74
rears.
Adjutant General John S. Saunders
of the Maryland national guard is dead
tt Annapolis.
The death of Hermnn F. A. Bodoll,
prominent In Illinois Grand Army cir
cles, occurred ot Pel. in. 111.
Senator Quay Introduced a bill pro
viding for the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one slate.
The directorr of the Erie railroad
declared R 2 per rent semi annual div
idend on the first preferred stock.
A dispatch from Poking says that
missionaries who have arrived there
report that Prince Tuan is seriously
ill.
It Is reported that a serious battle
has taken place between the govern
ment troops and the Insurgents in
Uruguay, the Insurgents lo.dug heav
ily. Senator Penrose Introduced a bill pro
hibiting the Issuing or paying of mon
ey ciders or the registering of letters
on Sunday.
The Northern Pacific directors have
declared a 1V4 per cent quarterly divi
dend, comparing with l',4 per cent reg
ular and an extra half per cent for the
preceding quarter.
Seymour R. Church, who formerly
controlled the pig Iron business In
San Francisco, filed a petition In Insol
vency. Ho places liabilities at Jlfio,
000 and assets at ?H2..r.."0.
It hi given out at tho interior de
partment thai tho resignation of
George I. Harvey, superintendent of
tho Pawnee Indian school, has been ro
reived and will be accepted.
Andrew Carnegie has given $1 n.000
to build a library ut Talladega college,
Talladega. Ala. Talladega college
was founded in 1 SH7 and is devoted
to tho education of the negro.
Brigadier General Frederick P.
Grant assumed command of the de
partment of the lakes in accordance)
with the territorial redlstricling army
act recently passed by congress.
An additional $10,000 has been ask
ed of tho French chamber of deputies
to add to the $120,000 already appro
printed for nn agricultural and liorti
.cultural exhibit at the St. Louis expo
sition. Postmaster General Tayne said
there was nothing to bar postmasters
or other federal office holders from
nerving as delegates to political con
ventions, whether national, stato or
county.
Major General MaeArthiir has Is
sued an order to tho effect that no ex
tended leave of absence will be grant
ed to. army officers serving in the Pa
cific division of the army until further
notice.
Judge Wilkin of the Illinois supreme
court has granted a supersedeas in
tho case of S. B. Michaels, recently
convicted of passing a forged check
on Postmaster Hull of Peoria and sen
tenced to the penitentiary.
The brick layers' and masons' inter
national union at Its couventioi
adopted a resolution praising William
R. Hearst, member of congress and
owner of several newspapers, for his
championship of organized labor.
According to the testimony of Cap
lain Bronson. superintendent of the
naval academy, before the house com
mittee on naval affairs, the United
StateR will have naval officers piyiugh
In 1907 to mnn all naval vessels?
The United States has tho poorest
building road system of any civilized
country on earth, according to Hora
tio S. Earlo of Detroit. Tills" condi
tion ho considers duo to a lack of na
tional, state and local co-operation..
At Oklahoma City, Okla., the moth,
er of Thomas Queenan, tho wlfc-nnir-derer.
whoso excutlon was sot for Feb
ruary 12, has received n loiter from
Governor Ferguson stating that ho
would commute the sentenco to life
Imprisonment.
Tho house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries by a strict party
voto has ordered a favorable report
to he made to tho houso on tho Gard
ner hill providing for a commission
to Investigate the whole question of
shin subsidy.
Tho president has sent to tho pen
ate the following nominations: Con
sul general, Fleming P. ChoFslro of
New York, at Mukden. China; consuls.
James W. Davidson, Minnesota, at An
Tunsr, China; Edwin V. Morgan. New
York, at Hnlny. China.
A supplemental estimate for nn op
propriation of $3,443,000 for "arma
ment of fortifications" was transmit
ted to tho house by Secretary Root.
Tho Detroit board of commerco
adopted resolutions declaring that
"tho Joint high commission should be
reconvened for the purpose of nego
tiating a now reciprocity treaty with
Canada."
Thirty-five hundred employes of Ihe
Illinois Steel company nt South Chi
cago returned to work with tho re
opening of tho open hearth, plate and
slab mills, which have been Idle since
before Christmas. The men accepted
reduction In wages from 10 to IS
per cent
Congressman Hlnshaw has recom
niend"d Chailes I.ugenbeel to bo post
master at Williams, Thayer county,
Neb., vice W. A. Kellwlts, resigned.
It In announced in a dispatch from
Montevld"i that Ihe Uruguayan revo
tionists have been defeated after a
suiiKulnary battle nt lllescas.
Leaders of the houso and senate
have npieed on a stntchood bill mak
ing of Oklahoma nr.d Indian Territor
ies one state, and of Ari.cuu and New
Mexico another.
Concroirmnn IVirkott reconimendod
John M.irUt for postmaster nt Bnrada,
Richardson county. Neb.
Senator Smoot hns filed with the
committee on privileges ond elections
his second reply to tho presentation
made by Attorney Taylor.
Judge Siiclton C. Siiencer, who too.!;
su active part In the early border
troubles In Kansas In tho civil war
Is dead at I-awronee. Kas.
MINERS ARE LOST
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CAUGHT
IN AN EXPLOSION.
WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED
No Cause Now Known for Explosion
Which Imprisons Entire Crew A
Volunteer Force Trie to Rescue
Entombed Men Without Guceess.
PITTSIH'RG, ua. From a!l that
cnu bo gathered at this hour between
18') and I'.hi men are1 lying dead In
the headways und passageways of
the llarwlek mine or tlie Allegheny
Coal company at Choswie-k, the result
or a terrific explion Monday. Cage
after cage lias gone dwn into the
mine and come up again, tint only one
minor of all those iliat went down
to work In the r.iornln:; hns been
brought to the surface. The rescue!
man Is Adolnh (inula and he la still
in a semiconscious condition nt the
temporary hospiml at the rude school
house on the hllsldo above the mine.
In addition to the miners who were
at work when the explosion occurred
it Is now believed by practically all
of the men of the rescue party who
have come up the L'IM-fuot vertical
shaft for a warming and a breath
ing spell that Selwyn M. Taylor, the
rittsburs mining engineer, who was
the first to roach the bottom after
the explosion happened, is also now
among the list of dead. Of those In
the mine all are possibly dead.
The explosion occurred at 8:20
o'clock Monday morning and the first
warning was the sudden rumble un
derground and then a sheet of llamo
followed up the deep shaft. Both
mine cages were hurled through the
tipple, twenty feet, above the landing
stngo end Ukj three men on it were
hurled to the ground. A mnlo wa.i
thrown hlsh above the shaft and fell
dead on the ground. The Injured
men wore brought at once to this city,
where two of them have sir.ee died.
As soon r.s tho rumble of the ex
plosion and the crash al tho pit,
mouth startled the Utile village, the
wives and children of Hie men below
rushed to tho .scene of the disaster,
but to gain no encouragement. There
was no way to get Into the deep work
ings. The cages that let the men
into the mines and brought them out
again when tho day's work was done,
were both demolished.
All day long there was a jam of
waiting women and children about
the mouth of the pit. There were
calls for aaslstance and for surgical
aid from the men in charge of the
mine, but it was not until 4 o'clock
that the first attempt at rescue was
made. This 'was after the two men
who volunteered were driven bacjt by
the foul air. Shortly after 5 o'clock,
Selwyn. M. Taylor and one of hla as
sistants signaled for the engineer to
lower them into the shaft. Taylor Is
still down there. Three times efforts
have been made l.i reach him but so
far without avail.
Whether the explosion occurred at
tho far extremity of the mines an-:
killed tho men by the concussion, or
whether it occurred nearer the shall
and Imprisoned the men, is net
known. Tbe have been no means
of finding the exact nature of tho (lis?
anter and the number of men that
were killed. If the mine entrance
cannot be cleaned out so the men can
get fresh air all will be perishod in
the course of a few hours.
With the knowledge that scores of
lives depended on the prompt action
of laborers at the mouth of the mine
an excited gang of men was working
with might and main. Help was sum
moned from all sources available and
as many men are assisting in the work
of rescue as can conveniently work
there.
TALK RECES3 APPOINTMENTS.
Specific Information is Asked of the
President.
WASHINGTON. The senate Mon
day beard further discussion on the
question of appointments to office
m.n dii'ing congressional
listened t;i a speech on the Isthmian
ciiuil dilution by Mi. Morgan and
passed i number .if bills of a si-m!-public
cbnractcr. As a result of :.i
tlcba: on tho appc! tmont quo-' ?ir.,
a resolution fur specific Information
concerning the nomination of W. 1).
Crum as a collector of customs nt the
port of Charleston, S. C, was passed.
A tosolntloii asking for similar in
formation concerning the nomination
of llrlgadier General Wood and other
urmy officers went over until tomor
row. Among the bills passed was one au
thorizing the erection of a monument
to U.e memory of John Paul Jones.
Will Visit In Nebraska.
NEW YORK. David K. Thompson,
minister to Brazil, arrived on the
steamer Tennyson from Uio .laniio.
He will go to Washington and thncj
to 1-is homo In Lincoln, Nob., for a
fvw weeks, after which he will return
to Brazil.
Smithson's Remains Received.
WASHINGTON. The casket con
taining the remains of the Into
James Smithson, founder of the
Smllhsonlan Institution, who died
years ogo In Genoa. Italy, was re
moved fri.h the United States dispatch
boat Dolphli: and borne to the Smith
sonian iim'Pittlon building, where it
will reiiu'ia tun 11 congress author
izes lis final Interment in the
grounds of that Institution. The ens
net will m all probability be opened
and and rppropriuto sei vices will be
ol.sri veil.
Cut in Passenger Ra'ti.
ST. PAUL. Tho Sod Lino announc
ed a reduction In lt iinssenuer nvi
to iue east to nn JS fare 1 1 Chlc.igo.
It Is understood General I'.itsenger
Apciit Ci llaway Is In the fight to Slav
tlilr. time.
Tr Avoid Star Route Delays.
WASHINGTON. To nvoid lixi Ion ,
de'iiyp i payments to contract tm for
pcrfi. imlng siar route mail xervloe
hronrbont tho country tho postollvo
c'o.wimont is nrratiuln to tenke
tnoaibly Instead of quarterly pay.
DON'T HAVE TO RAISE BrttDC'S.
Decision Affecting Pittsburg and Alle
qeny City.
WASHINGTON. Secretary Boot,
after many mom lis' consideration, has
deoid;d a question involviug several
million dollars', growing out of tho up
location to oblige th" elevation of
t!i? six bridges over the Allegheny
liver, connecting Pittsburg and Alio
fcinny City.
The secretary denied these applica
tions, in his decision the secretary
IHiiats out that, to grant the applica
tions', which were opposed by inn cit
ies of Pittsburg and Allegheny, woi.1J
involve the practical reliuil'Mns o!
Mima of the bridges, an t extensive
! l.ange ol street grades and ueiiuus
injury to improved real estate m-ar the
river, rnd that the wholo would rest
Fev.'ial million dollars. The bridges,
he rays, for only a tew day.i In the
year, at times high water, ofer
obstruction to the vast and Important
t radio cow crrried on.
IS DE FACTCO GOVERNMENT
Minister Powell Gives Recognition of
Morales.
SAN DOMINGO. United States
.Minister Powell recognized the pro
visional government of General Mo
rales as tho de facto government of
Santo Domingo and he has Informed
the members of the diplomatic and
consular corps to this end.
The officers of the United States
cruiser Columbia paid an official visit
to the palace and were received with
military honors. Subsequently they
were allowed to view the relics of
Columbus, which are kept in the ca
thedral here, ond they then visited
the forts and places of Interest. There
is still no change in tho political sit
uation. An attack on San Ledro de
Macorls Is expected and the United
States gunboat- Newport has proceed
ed there to protect American Inter
ests. FIRE CHIEF MUSHAM REPORTS
lames Management and Builders for
Iroquois Fire.
CHICAGO, 111. Upon tho manage
ment and builders of tho Iroquois
theater has been placed the responsi
bility for the fire horror, in a report
rendered to Mayor Harrison by Fire
Chief Miisham. The report is prepar
ed by Fulkcrson after examination of
nearly KM) witnesses in the days im
mediately following the fire.
No criticism Is made of the build
ing department, although seven viola
tions of tho building ordinances are
noted. Attorney Fulkerson concludes
that the theater building was not com
pleted at tho time it was opened:
that tho theater employes did what
they could to put the fire out, and
that, the doors were generally locked
throughout the building.
DRYAN TO CO TO KENTUCKY.
House Kills Resolution Inviting Roose
velt. FRANKFORT, Ky. W. J. Bryan to
day wired Speaker Brown accepting
the invitation of tho house to deliver
an address here February 3, on the
occasion of Goebel day. Mr. Bryan is
in New York and his telegram was
sent Iron thtre.
The iioiiFc practically de!oarel a
resolution offered by Mr. Black, in
d m;ii;g the president's ac tion in the
Pnnuma treaty. The senu'.e last vrcoV.
took similar action by sending tho
roiifil.-.tif.n !o a hostile commit tee.
The hojse. by a viva voce Ante,
killed th? resolution to Invite President
Roosevelt to address the legislature.
Flake Treacherously Shot.
MANILA. It has just been learned
here that Lieutenant Campbell W.
Flake of tho Twenty-second infantry
was killed while trying to enter Moro
Cotta, in Mindanao, for the purpose
of examining the locality. He was
accompanied by . Private Foy of the
same regiment. Lieutenant Flake was
shot treacherously, the Moros firing
on the party whlla Major Billiard was
parleying with them. Moro Cotta wa:,
at once taken by assault, with no fur
ther loss to tho expeditionary forces.
Driven from Home in Blizzard.
NEW CUMBERLAND, W. Va.
Fully one-half of this town is tinder
twelve feet of water and a blizzard is
rating. Dozens of factories aro sub
merged and tho big Chelsea China
company plant is greatly damaged.
At Empire, two miles obovo on the
Ohio river, the town is under fifteen
feet of water, and practlcany the en
tire population nro camped out in box
cars. Six miles above Empire a heavy
lnndsllde has covered the Cleveland
&. Pittsburg railroad tracks.
Explorer Hubbard Is Dead.
QUEBEC. Word was received here
from Chateau Bay, Lubrador, that a
courier had arrived there Friday from
Northwest river with the information
that Lconidas Hubbard, jr., of the
exploring party sent out by the mag
azine Outing of New York, had died
from starvation In the wllda of Lab
rador on October IS. The remains aro
on their way to Quebec, so the re
port says, by dog train, with the
other members of the expedition.
Crushed by an Elephant.
LON DON. Georgv" Iekhart. tho
well known elephant trainer and cir
cus proprietor, was accidentally crush
ed to death Sunday by an elephant
whllo he was attending tho unload
ing of the circus animals nt the Hoe
street railway statiou at Walthams
town. Turkey Concentrating Troops.
SOI'IA. Bulgaria News has been
received from tho frontier that Tin Key
Is actively engaged In concentrating
Coops In tho Kusloiulil and Adrlano
pie districts.
Withdrawn to Manchuria.
PEKIN. The detachment of Kip.
sl.m troeii at t'blng Wans Tao Hrd
Shanhal Kwnn have been withdrawn
to Manchuria. . Tiie Russian n-oops
remaining lire a hiiiiII d'tnc hincnt nt
Tien Tsin ami a legal Ion guard nt
Pekin.
Hurricane In Till Island).
MELBOURNE-. A dlraslrous h,:rrl
rane has blown over the FIJI islands,
resulting In great loss or lire and prop,
city.
if THE FAR EAST
OUTLOOK THERE SAID TO CE
LESS HOPEFUL.
JAPANESE LANDING AN ARMY
Russian Does Not Regard Situation
Serious Enough for Hostile Action
Talk of China Going to War Re
garded as Absured.
ST. PETERSBURG Reports of an
a'armtng nature of the situation there
continue to pour out of the far east.
These includo the statesmonts that the
Japanese are landing an army at Ma
Sam Pho, Corea, and that 3,000 Rus
sian troops are crossing the Yaluc
river. The reported dispatch of Chi
nese army of soldiers trained by Eur
opqean officers beyond the great wall
to preserve order In Manchuria cannot
be confirmed here and the reports of
the Japanese at Ma-Sam-Pho and tho
Russians at the Yalue aro discredited
at the foreign offices here and by M.
Kurl-no, the Japanese minister to Rus
sia. M. Hartwlg, a departmental chief of
of the Russian foreign olllce, spoke
feelingly to M. Kurino regarding the
harm being done by often utterly base
less reports. While the Russian gov
ernment understands the situation in
Corea to bo disturbed and possibly
threatening, It has not information of
a situation grave enough to warrant
the landing of a large Japanese army
there.
Russia freely admits Japan's right,
under existing conditions, to land in
Corea a reasonable number of soldiers
to preserve order, but the landing of
an army at this stage of the negotia
tions could not be viewed with
equanimity. M. Kurino is in no way
anxious because of the delay In Rus
sia's response to the latest Japanese
note and says that Japan Is not press
ing for an immediate reply.
"Russia will he given all the time
she needs," the minister is quoted as
saying. The statement published by
the Novoo Vrcmya that because Rus
sia desired peace sho cannot surrender
all, coincides with the distinct impres
sion gathered by the correspondent of
the Associated Press at the foreign of
fice that Russia will continue to maintain-that
tho question of sovereignty
of Manchuria Is solely a matter be
tween Russia and China.
The Svjet and the St. Petersburg
Listoe have raised an outcry over the
reported sending of Chinese troops to
Manchuria, and the latter newspaper
declares that if it is true that these
troops go with the purpose of threat
ening the railroads between Port Ar
thur and Vladivostok, it means war
with China and not with Japan. In
an interview, Soo Wei-Teh, the Chi
nese minister to Russia, Is quoted as
saying:
"The talk of China going to war
with anyone Is absurd. We have no
intention of fighting. If Chinese troops
are being sent north it is solely for tho
purpose of Inspiring confidence In our
people, who aro alarmed and who
would become panic-stricken in the
event of hostilities between Russia and
Japan. Personally, I have no knowl
edge of thiu reported movement, but
the fact of it would not necessarily
be communicated to me."
COTTON REACHES WAR PRICES.
Dr. Brown Springs a Little Surprise
on thi New Orleans Ring.
NEW ORLEANS Dr. Brown sur
prised the ring at the Cotton exchange
Friday by telling traders to go to his
brokers and give them everything
they had for sale for May delivery at
the market price. He said he was
w.lling to buy everything offered up
to half a million bales. Before he
made this offer he bid 15.1Sc for 2.ri,000
bales of May His purchases were
heavy.
The market remained in a healthy
condition in spite of the levels that
have been attained. Tho present
prices are the highest since war times
and dnce the future market has been
established. There appears to be no
weak long Int -rest in the market and
brokers are e-.acting heavy margins
on all purchases.
Philippine Trade Statistics.
WASHINGTON. The Philippine
trade statistics of the Insular bureau
of the war department show that tho
Imports of those islands during the
eight months ended August. 19u:!, ag
gregate $20.807.0 13. These figures are
exclusive of coin and government sup
plies. The aggregate of exports and
imports is nn Increase of almost $0.
000,000, over four-fifths of which may
bo credited to shipments from the
archipelago, the hemp uml corpn out
put being largo.
Pope Sends His Blessing.
ROME Mouslgnor Sernflno. the
new apostolic delegate In Mexico, has
been received In farewell audience by
the popo and was entrusted by his
holiness to express to President Diaz
and the Mexican government his Falls
faction with the measure of liberty
granted under President Dlax to Cath
olicism 111 Mexico, which lesultod In
he prosperity of the church there.
Mischief Makers In Korea.
WASIIINGTON-Tho only advices
received over night nt the stale de
partment from the cast nro from Min
ister Allen ut Seoul. Minister Allen
reports that Seoul Is in a panicky
condition and that there Is npprchen
slon of a riotous outbreak nt any mo
ment. The Intimation is conveyed In
the dispatch that interested foreign
emissaries are nt the botiom of ihoso
disturbances, the result of which mar
bo to afford nn excuse tor Interven
tion and the plncim; of huge forces
In Korea.
Island Trade Is Increaclng
WASHINGTON. P. C.-T!ie Philip
pine trade slntlstUs of the Iif-ular bu
reau of the War department rdiow that
the Imports of those- Islands during the
eight, months ended August, 1!Hi;t, ns
Riefiato $22.2iUi.r.Sl and oirts I-''!.-Mi"..'!
1 3. These figures arc er!utdvo
of coin and government FiipplloK. The
aggregate of exports snd Imports is
nn Increase of almost Jii.nini.onci. over
four-fifths of which may he cred'lcd to
Hhipmonls from Hip nn IiImIhbo, lln
hemp and copras output being espe
cially large.
THE PANAMA TREATY.
Discussion Will Ee Continued in Sin
ate This Week.
WASHINGTON. The senate br.s
no program for tho week beyond a
continuation of the debate on the Pan
ama question. The fact in at the Gi.r
inon resolution of inquiry was dis
posed of last week dees not change
the situation, except Hint It makes
necessary a now basis for speeches.
This will be supplied In the resolu
tion of inquiry to bo introduced Mon
day as the result of Saturday's confer
ence of democratic senators. A num
ber of addresses are still to be made
on both sides of the controversy, and
it Is quite certain tli.it the debate will
continue for many days. It Is well
understood on both sides of thy cham
ber that In reality the treaty and not
any particular resolution is being dis
cussed, tho reason being that the
treaty itself could not be discussed
in open session, whereas the resolu
tion can be. The democrats prefer
an open discussion of the question and
the republicans, as a matter of policy,
and in tho interest of the expedition
to tho vote on the treaty, have not
objected. When It becomes apparent
that the discussion in open session
Is exhausted, executive sessions will
be ordered and the debate wdill pro
ceed behind closed doors.
It is quite well understood that the
amendments to tho treaty reported by
the committee on foreign relations
will be withdrawn before final action
Is taken.
SOLDIERS COERCED BANKERS.
Testimony Given at Maniia Regarding
Importations.
' MANILA Manager Jours of the
Hong Kong & Shanghai bnnk, during
the public discussion now going on,
declared that, prior to tho passage of
the supplemental currency act, tho
banks had a letter from General Mer
ritt, upon tho strength of which the
Importation of Mexican dollars was
resumed after tweniy years' prohibi
tion. Tho importation of this coin was
not voluntary upon the part of the
banks, he said, but wna forced upon
them by the military authorities, prac
tically at the point of the bayonet.
American soldiers entered the banks,
demanding local currency for gold,
some even going to tho length of on
forcing their demands at the muzzle of
a revolver. There were '2.5.000 troopr,
landed within thiec months, to pay
whom the quartermaster and paymas
ter drew letters of credit for X 500,000,
which Jours on his part found himself
unable to convert Into coin, and con
sequently closed the bank. General
Greene then issued an order that un
less the bankers changed these drafts
into money for the troops he would
place Jours under guard and threat
ened to lock him up. The discussion
will be continued.
PEACE PARTY IS ASCENDANT.
Heads of Departments at St. Peters
burg Against War.
ST. PETERSBURG. There Is a
strong indication that ' through the
czar's personal acts the peace party
Is completely In the ascendant. M.
Bezobrazoff, the head of tho war
party, has gone abroad; Foreign
Minister Lamsdorf, who, from the be
ginning hns favored peace, is now
completely rehabilitated, and Viceroy
Alcxleff has been made subservient to
the foreign office in the Russo-Japanese
negotiations. His extensive pow
ers aro curtailed and he can make
no move without tho czar's personal
approval. In fact the fresh instances
convoyed through Ambassador Cassini
to the authorities at Washington of
tho recognition of the rights acquired
by tho Chinese treaty is largely at
tributed to Count Lamsdorf's in
fluence. Diplomatic circles consider Count
Lnmsdorf's accession of power as a
hopeful idgn. M. Witte, council of
state, has been counseling peace. At
the recent council of state, M. Wltte.
with his old tiino eloquence, pleaded
tho cause of peace, pointing out tho
disastrous consequences of war, sav
ing Russia had everything to Ihkc and
nothing to gain. It is thought if peac
prevails M. Wilto will again become
a great power in the government.
COLD MADDENS AN ELEPHANT.
Almost Kills Keeper and Does Much
Damage.
ST. PAUL. Minn. Maddened by tho
Intense cold, which had frozen Its
ears and trunk, an elephant belong
ing to an animal show which had
been exhibiting at a local theater, Sun
day almost Killed ii s Keeper, Conrid
Castens, and partially wrecked the
Milwaukee freight house. Many of th"
attendants had narrow escapes from
serious Injury. Custens then wont to
the animal's bond and attempted to
pacify It. but tho beast threw him
to the ground pihI planted his fo.it
upon him, crushing In his ribs and. It
Is believed, fatally Injuring him. Tho
bruit! then seized heavy articles of
freight in the sheds and began toss
ing them about promiscuously, doing
considerable dani:if;o. Afler laboring
for nine hours attendants qubtou ihe
animal.
Leaves of Absence for Printers.
WASHINGTON. Senator Piatt (N.
Y.l, from tho committee on printing,
reported favorably the hill regulating
leaves of absence of employes of Uui
covernmetit printing office. The Mil
gives the employes who receive an
nuul salaries leaves of thirty days
each, exclusive of Sundays, ihua pul
ling I hem on the same footing n
employes In other departments of ihe
government. A letter was read from
the public printer saying that the ad
ditional cost to tiie government would
be about jr.u.oiin a year.
Nominations by tiie Prsjident.
WASHINGTON-'!" ho president cent
to the senate tr.o following nomina
tions: Conr.nl General-- Fleming p. Che
r.hire, New York, at Mukden, China.
Consul: James W. Pavicbon, Min
nesota.' r.f Antuaif. China: Edwin V.
Nioignn, New YorK. nt Palny. China.
Judge William Jo lei Dnd.
ST. LOCI. MO Ju-'c" William
Joiir. for nrty years resident of yt.
Louis.ls dead.
'A TORNADO SOUTH
AT LEAST THIRTY PEOPLE ARE
1 KNOWN TO BE KILLED.
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AN INCREASE IN LIST LIKELY
Entire Northern Portion of Alabama
j Swept by High Winds In Addition
to Loss of Life Gre.t Damage Re
j suits to Property.
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j Tl'SCALOOSSA. Ala. A disastrous
! tornado swept over MounJUllo, Ala.,
I a town of o00 Inhabitants, titieen
i miles south ot Tuscaloosa, early Kri
j duy and as a result thirty-seven per
sons wire Killed and more than luo
j Injured. Eery business house, with
the exception ot a small durg store,
was completely destroyed.
Surgeons were rushed to Mound-
ville from Greensboro and Tuscaloosa
j and all possible was done to alleviate
I the sufferings of the Injured. By tin;
force of tho storm persons were blown
hundreds of feet trom their beds in
the blacknes of the night. Through
terror, a father, mother and three
children tied from their borne to seek
refuge and in their excitement left
a 5-year-old boy in bed. Later he was
pulled from beneath some timber and
thus far it is impossible to find any
other member of the family. Bedding,
carpets and wearing apparel are scat
tered for a distance of ton miles
through what was a forest, but which
Is now as clear as if cut by the
woodman's axe.
Freight cars were blown to splin
ters, tho trucks from them being
hurled hundreds of feet trom the
track. The depot, the hotel, ware
house, gins, thirty homes, five store
houses, together v. till the stocks, were
completely destroyed. Where they
stood it is impossible to find even
the pillars upon which these struc
tures rested.
Bales of cotton, which were stowed
in warehouses, were torn to atoms,
the fragments of Hut lodging In tres,
making it appear r.s though that sec
tion had been visited by a snowstorm.
Heavy iron safes, the doors of which
in some instances were torn from
their hinges, were carried away by
the force of the wind.
A young clerk employed by W. P.
Phil'er, hearing tho terrible roaring ol
tho storm, let himself Into a well in
the center of the store. He had no
sooner found this place of safely than
tliH .store wns completely demolished.
Ho was uninjured.
The town of Hull, four nnle.i north
of Moumhllle, suffered from the tor
nado. 1 he Bates Lumber company's
planing department was completely
wrecked and the negro fireman crush
ed. Four resiliences and ono church
were demolished.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Tornadoes
played havoc at several places In
North Alabama, resulting, as far as
known, in the death of over thirty
people and injury to many more. The
storm center was at. and around
Mound ville, a small town in the
northern portion of Hale county,
whore heavy losn of life and great de
struction of property are reported.
Because of the fact that the wires
were prostrated ,'etiiils of the disaster
iro meager. Reports received at
Tuscaloosa indicate that no less than
thirty pcopic were killed at Mound
ville and many more injured.
The storm swept all of the northern
portion of Hale county and destroyed
many farms. It Is feared that, fuller
reports will shsw an Increased loss
of life.
SIOUX CITY-ASHLAND LINE.
Slender Prospect of Building It This
Year.
LINCOLN, Neb. The Journal says:
It may be said on the authority of a
Burlington man well known In Ne
braska, and now enjoying n position
where he should know when the com
pany intends building, that the Sioux
City line, projected to run from Ash
land to a connection with tho Great
Northern In Iowa, may not be built
this coming season.
The tightness of tho money market
in the east may prevent I no building
of many lines In the west, notwith
standing the business of tho west
warrants extensions, connecting llr.i'3
and Improvements. Notwithstanding
J the present outlook. Sloax City Is
j moving In Ihe matter to Induce Jim
I Hill to build the line at once, and if
j reports from her business men's com
j nilltee are not loo highly colored
' seems to lie some prospect of
success.
Thompcon Will Return.
LINCOLN. Neb. D. E. Thompson,
United Stiles minister to Brazil, now
on a leave of absence, s expected
to arrive In Lincoln about February
8. The steamer Tennyson, on which
Mr. Thompson salicd from Rio Janeiro
January 2 Is due to arrive at Brook
lyn on Wednesday, January 20. Im
mediately after lauding Mr. Thomp
son will go to Washington to report
to the stale department. From Wash
ington he expects to go to Michigan
to visit relatives, and soon after to
oonio to Lincoln.
Socialists to Meet.
OMAHA, Nob. The executive com
mittee of the national socialist pnrty,
In session In Oinnba. Issued a call for
a national convention to meet In Chi
cago May 1. The call, after stating
tho result of the referendum vote on
place of meeting, says the bnsls of
representation shall be one delogaie
for each hundred members In good
standing and one delegate at large
from each state. The building In
which the coiiver.tlon Is to be held
will be Rnuounced later by the local
committee.
One Fire Flnhter Loies Life.
NKW YORK Nearly half of the
fire department of BrooKlyn and
four linlioats wore summoned to fight
n bla.e which destroyed tho upper
ft ioi s of the lix ttory farlory of the
r W. lllisi company In Plymouth
rtieet. The company manufactures
dies nnd pre-wR for metal stamping
and rantliiK and other parts of White
head torpedoes for the 1'iilted Slates
navy. Due fireman lout his life by
falling from ladder. The dati-nte a
estlmnled at J2'i0,000, covered bv Ii
suranre.
TO MARRY DUKE OF NORTOLK
Youthful Brauly Hci Captured He.-tt
of First Earl of England.
The announcement of the b-.tieib.il
of the Hon. Gwendolen Constable Max
i lo the Puke of Norfolk bat m I
at lest rumors which have been cur
rent the last few years In rei-urd to
the matrimonial intentions of the 11 r -1
curl of England. It has boon Known
tor several years that the di.Ke cor.
teli.plated nuirrtuge, ami tho Umdoii
si.cioty journals have hinted first t
one nunie and then another s that of
the future mistress of Norfolk houso
und Arur.c'.el castle. The bride-elect Is
If-". "' .tf-l : V 1
rWt V
the hon: givfwvlrn
LCNjTAI-l-mXhZLL
the daughter of Lord Merries and U
thirty years younger than her fiancee.
The duke's t'.r.U wife died sixteen
years ago. He occupies the high ofbeo
of earl marshal and chief butler of
England, and Is the secular head of
the Roman Catholic church in the
British isles. The wedding will tal.o
place before Lent.
EXPRESS HELD UP.
Trcin Robbers Loot tlie Suiuct Lir.i-
itorl.
SAN FRANCISCO. While tie
Seuthe-n Pacific company's Sini-i:
Limited va:t climbiri't the moimtuiiM
between San Luis Obispo and Sun Ar
ilo Thursday night a Widb-Farg-i
treasure box was mysteriously stolen
out ol the car by some person or per
sons. Timothy Sullivan, tho messeng
er, was in another car ami when bo
returned l,o round the side door of the
express car open und the sale missing.
The robber gained entrance) to the
cur through the end door, tho lock of
which had been forced. Suliivan ut
once notified the railway officials of
the robbery and a search for the miss
ing sale resulted in finding it near
Tunned No. 2. It had boon broken
open and its contents taken, with tin;
exception of a valuable) diamond, some
clu c ks and other papers. The amount
of treasure that was bidng carried in
(lie safe has not been eleteruii'ied. Tho
express officials stato that it was only
a few hundred dollars, but that thorn
were romo valuable papers.
Estimates from the iicone of tho
robbery place the amount as bi.li a:i
$S0,0(Mi, but it hi thought that ihU
estimate Is greatly exaggerated. Tho
express ear curried two safes, one a
through safe, which Is locked at Now
Orleans, and Hie other a local safe.
It was the local sale that was taken.
One man Is under arrest at San Luis
Obispo on suspicion, but the evidence
against h'.:n is only circumstantial. The
slow progress of the train would have
permitted the robbers entering the ox
press car, throwing out the safe and
Jumping off after it without danger.
R. W. Christiansen! of the Pacific
department of Wedls-Fnrgo & Co. says
that, there was very little in the box
but there Is a report that one package)
sent from Santa Barbara was worth
about. $l,5uo. He said that Timothy
Sullivan, the messenger In charge of
the car, was an obi employe and
thoroughly reliable.
On the arrivul of the train in tlii;?
city Messenger Sullivan told the story
of th.-1 robbery to YardmastiT Porcivnl.
Ho mid that shortly after the train li lt
Sun Luis Obispo on .Its way north h"
b'l't the express car nml went ino the
bnggage car, Imniediately behind it.
His helper wns In a compurlmi'iit ot
one of the cars. The express was tem
porarily vaennt, and the thieves, posrl
bly hoboes who had bee :i stealing n
ride, cut a hole in tlie front door ami
entered. They then f'ireed op.en tho
side door, threw out the rnf" cp.I pre
sumably Jumped aftiT It. This nn
easy matti'r, ns the train was moving
very slowly on an up grade.
May Wheat Takes a Tumble.
CHICAGO. A break of T.'v cents in
the price of May wheat marked iho
selling Monday of approximately 1.
5uo,(i(iti bushels by Armour. The c rowd
bad sold July short Saturday nn fa
vorable iiiins In the southwest ami
e. e cold snap caused a covering move
ment which can led the July delivery
to K:i7x cents, Hs cents above Satur
day's close1. Systematically May roso
nnd Pi cents to 2r' cents, which
Is equal to the best price of tin1 sea
son. At this price Armour let illp
l.r.uiUMiO bushels.
Bank President Convicted.
TRENTON, N. J. Albert P. C.
Twining, former president of the de1
funct First National batik of Asbury
Park, was convicted in the I'nlted
States district court on Friday on th.i
charge of making false certified tor. to
th" comptroller of the currency as t
the1 bank's condition. A number (f
other Indictments are still linulng
owr Twining. The minimum penalty
for the charge for which Twinlim
has been found guilty Is five yevs
and the maximum Is ten years' im
prisonment. Promotes Supposed Dead Man.
PARIS.-.M. lVll.tnn, minlst-r er
murine1, has promoted the officers ot
the missing navnl collier Vleniie to
Higher rank, with the; object, of in.
iTcnslnR the pensions of the ir widowj
111 the event of the collier's loss.
Prof. Page Passes Away.
FR REPORT, I'.l.-Prof. Robert Stu
art i am1, superintendent of Ihe pub.
lie aclio-ls nn i prominent In educn
tonal circles In tbe went, dlivl ,)U
Friday frutr a paralytic stroke.
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