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Shippers Appeal to the Inter
state Commission.
THE MAIN PLEA IS FOR MORE TIME
Kew rrclgltl Hrlmdtile It Too Hudiltnly
Applied Transportation Cnniinnles
Claim I'lilmnceil l'rlces Makes
tha Adfance Necessary.
A hearing was begun Thursday at
Washington by llio Interstate commerce
commission In the matter of changes in
freight classification ami advances in
freight by carriers using tho ofllelnt
classification. Many complaints have
been filed with the commission nllegtng
that discriminating changes In freight
classification by carriers has been
agreed upon to take effect January I,
WOO. To determine, this question the
hearing of today was held. Many of
the most prominent railway freight
ofllclals In the eastern part of the coun
try attended the. hearing and represen
tatives of largo shipping Interests In
the same section were also present.
At the opening of the hearing 0. K.
(till of New York, chairman of the of
ficial classification committee, said the
railroads were without knowledge of
the persons who had requested the
hearing, and asked that they be called
upon to state wherein the proposed
changes were unjust.
He maintained that the proposed ad
vance In freight rates ere duo to the
increased cost of railroad plants and
maintenance and the advances had
born applied to classes of freights that
could well afford to pay them.
In the course of the long explanation
by W. A. Day, attorney for the com
mittee, Mr. (1111 gave no reasons for
the proposed advances upon special
articles or classes of freight exe.ept the
general reasons which applied to all
freight. Ho maintained t'.iat the pro
posed new classifications, generally
ppcaklng, were restorations of freight
rates which prevailed in times past
when commercial and trade conditions
were similar to what they now are.
Ills replies to a long ssrlcs of ques
tions Indicated thai Ills uh'ii belief and
that of his colleagues on the classifi
cation committee was the recent
marked advance in the price of rail
way equipment and operation -In steel
rails and all forms of steel and iron,
etc rendered It necessary for the rail
roads, in a degree proportionately to
advance freight rates. Hesald freight
rates had been on a gradually descend
Ing scale for about twenty years, but
be was unable to say whether the pro
posed new rate, would be higher or
lower than the rates which prevailed
in 1882.
In a statement to the commission
Attorney Day said a comparison of the
proposed rates on certain specific ar
ticles showed that a new rate would
be higher than had ever existed since
the commission was created.
Without reaching any conclusion the
bearing was adjourned till today, Fri
day. CLOSE clDMPACT "irToRIENT
Cliluu mill iliii.iti Huron Perfect Under-
RtlllllllllK.
An additional indication of the secret
understanding which has recently been
arrived at between China and Japan is
Keen in the honors lately conferred on
Yauo Fumlo, who hasrchlgucd his post
as Japanese mlnlslerat Pekln In order,
U is said, to take the post of foreign
adviser to the Imperial Chinese govern
ment. The empress dowager bus just
conferred on Yano Fumlo the Order of
the Double Dragon of the First Class.
This gives him a Chinese rank equal to
that of the highest viceroy or the pres
ident of the greatest six governing
boards, or departments, at Pekln. He
has left for Toklo, it is added, for spe
cial Instructions from the Japanese
government.
T.est Dnmiind for Cltitlilitp
Upward of 'J, 500 seamstresses have
been thrown out of employment by the
closing of most of the departments of
the Schuylkill arsenal. The- order
went Into effect this week and the
tent-making department is the only
one working. The shut-down is for
an indefinite period and work may not
bo resumed until next July. The
Schuylkill depot Is the. largest station
for the manufacture of soldiers' cloth
ing in this country and for a year and
a half it has supplied the uniforms for
the great majority of the army. The
demand for clothing decreased when
the war with Spain ended and lately
the output has been excessive.
Immigration U llrnvr.1
Immigration continues to bo unus
ually heavy for this time of year. For
the month of November '.'0,100 Immi
grants came to the Now York port, as
compared with 18,100 during tho same
month last year. For the preceding
four months the figures show a sub
stantial Increase In each case. Most of
the nationalities are represented, but
the Italians figure most prominently,
followed by the A ustro-Hungarians.
The English, Irish and Scotch show a
decided decrease.
No I'ermunent Occupation.
Senator llacon of Georgia has intro
duced in tho benato a joint resolution
declaring that tho United Staces did
not wage war with Spain for acquisi
tion of territory; that .tho Philippines
aro to bo held only until a stable gov
ernment Is established, when thoy jjro
to e turned over to the Filipinos, tho
United States reserving only such har
bors and coaling stations as may bo
needed, and that tt Is the purpose of
tho United States to bcourotho guaran
tee of tho continued independence of
tho Filipino government.
DEROULEDE IS CONDEMNED
Haul to I'rUnn for Two Year for Intuit
ing I'rnurli I'reslfleut.
At Purls M. L'crouledc was sentenced
to Imprisonment for two years on the
charge of Insulting the president of
France nud libeling senators compris
ing the high court of justice.
liT the rcuatc, silting as a high court
of justice, counsel urged that the
charges agalasl M. Marcel-Habert bo
joined to the present proceedings, but
the prosecutor general declared this
would be Illegal.
M. Dcronlede, whom, though 111, wns
pioficiit, virulently denounced the sen
ators and law oflleers for being "sub
servient to thu government's orders."
"I wish to be condemned. I will say
what I think of these i-eoundrels. This
assemblage Is infamous and dishonors
Franco and the republic."
During Increasing din M. Deroulede
continued: "I Include in my denun
ciations both the senate and the presi
dent of the republic."
The prosecutor with dlflleulty made
himself heard In the tumult which en
sued, and demanded the prompt pun
ishment of M. Deroulede, who con
tinued to hurl insults at the high
court, coupled with thu assertion that
he desired punishment.
The session was eventually suspend
ed and the court retired to consider
the situation.
Thn prisoners acclaimed M. Deroulede.
GIFT FOR LIBRARY BUILDING
Andrew C'urnrclB Sulci (o IIt (liven
S7B.000 In Lincoln, Nub. '
Andrew Carnegie of Pittsburg, Pa.,
the inultl-mlllioualre, is reported to
have given ST.", 000 for a public library
building for the city of Lincoln, Neb.
Though no misvtcr was received to a
telegram sent to Mr. Carnegie's home
Thursday night In regard to the truth
of sthe rumor, the report Is bellevtd by
those who have had knowledge of cor
respondence between Lincoln people
and Mr. Carnegie on this subject. S.
I, Gclsthardt, formerly a member of
the city library board, has been en
deavoring to convince Mr. Carnegie
that he would do well to give Lincoln
a public library building.
At run on Uniform Hut?.
About thirty general freight agents
represent lug lines extending north
from thu '.'hlo river, including alt
north-bound rallroadsoulof Cincinnati,
Jcffersonvllle, Evuusvlllu and Cairo,
met at Indianapolis, liul. A uniform
rate for Iron ami steel billets was es
tablished some time, ago, but broken.
A new agreement was practically ef
fected and u general increase in rates
will follow, it Is said. All the ship
ments of billets Into thu territory of
the central freight association will be
affected.
l.iivr.vfim right.
At Dallas, Tex., F. M. I'.theredgo
and Edwin (). Harrell quarreled over
professional affairs during the progress
of a trial in which they appeared as
counsel on opposing sides, and en
gaged, and Etheredgo shot Harrell,
who died later. Harrell had a pistol,
half-cocked, in Ids hands as he fell.
I'rartlre Ship for Ciulel.
The training ship Chesapeake, the first
sailing vessel built for the navy In more
than forty years, tins just completed a
most successful trial trip in Massachu
setts bay and will be turned over to the
naval academy at Annapolis as a prac
tice ship for the cadets.
Stcmnrr (Iocs Acround.
The Ward lino steamer Santiago,
owing to the incompetency of her
pilot, went aground near the wreck of
the United States collier Merrlmac In
Santiago harbor, which was sunk by
Lieutenant llobson. She has suffered
lint little damage, and It Is believed
that the liner will be hauled off.
."Miumrtt Loses.
The Ohio supreme court has thrown
out of court the case of Attorney Gen-
oral .mouucii against, mo Miauuaru
company on the ground that thu tutor
matiou did not connect thu Standard
Oil company with the charge of at
tempted bribery.
Aniirtuuint limine Humeri.
Fire destroyed a largo seven story
apartment house owned by Morris
Mandelstern, which was in course of
construction at Ninety-seventh street
and Madison avenue. New lork.
F.lghty men were at work on the struc
ture, but none were Injured,
Cut III Throat.
James Dunn Taylor, one of the im
portant olllcers In New York city of
the Wagner Palace Car company, cut
his throat with a razor. He died soon
afterward. Despondency over 111
health Is responsible.
Zinc Work Dninnf-rd.
At lola, Kan., lire destroyed 53 50,000
worth of property belonging to the
Lanyou 'Ana Co. Two men were killed
by the falling of thu '.'00-foot smoke
stuck.
ltcpalr on Olyinnli.
It will probably cost half a million
dollars at least to repair tho Olympla
at the ltostou navy yard and will take
fifteen months to complete tho work.
Tanuminylte Sent to I'rUnu.
Samuel Goldberger, the saloonkeeper
and Tammany election district captain
of the Ftrbt election district, of tho
Eighth assembly district, Now York,
who wus convicted of colonizing in tho
recent election, was sentenced to two
years' Imprisonment In Slug SJug.
TramporU lteueli MnnlU.
General Otis ha.i notified tho war de
partmeut that tho transports Senator
and Hen Mohr have arrived at Manila
with tho Forty-fifth Infantry and two
batteries of tho Sixth artillery. No
casualltles wero reported
ITuikmc .n.eJr,owBfi)ifaniy.t,-Vash
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CHILDREN BURNED
Eleven Little Ones Aflame at
Quincy, 111.
WERE DRESSED IN flEECY MATERIAL
Htuff Ijcnllr llitslly - 1'uiilc I'ollima Ac
cident Work of ttrsrue 1'ronipt
Agonl'lug Heriirn on
1'HreuH' I'm r t.
While theschool children of St. Fran
cIh parochial school, Seventeenth and
Vino streets, Qulney, Hi., were rehears
ing Friday afternoon for an entertain
tnent to bo ghen next Tuesday even
ing, one of their dresses caught lire
from a gas Jet und n few minutes later
four of them were burned to death, two
died an hour later and five others died
before midnight. Haifa dozen others
wcro burned more or less bcriously.
The dead;
Irene Freiburg.
May Wavering.
Mary Althoff.
llernardlna (Ireund.
Colletta Mlddendorf.
Mary Illekcy.
Wllholmiiia'Guttondoif.
Oliva Tiinpc.
Addle Futtercr.
Josephine llohmc.
Margaret Warner.
All thews are between nine and eleven
years of age. Helen Soebblng and sev
eral other teaeherr.. Father Nicholas
and Professor Frank Musholde, were
painfully burned in trying to save the
children,
The fire started In a little dressing
room where the children were dressing
for rehearsal. One of them brushed
against a gas jet, and in an Instant
she was allame. Site ran screaming
out of thu room, communicating the
blaze to the others.
There were fourteen children In the
cast of tho Christmas entertainment
and only a few escaped. It wns all
over in ten minutes and In that time
four perished, seven wcro fatally
burned and others more o. less severe
ly Injured.
The children were panic-stricken and
rushed this way and that, ".'reaming
with pain. Hut the agony was brief.
Only a few moments elapsed and then
four of them sank to the lloor dead.
Others fell, too, but they still lived,
suffering excruciating agonv.
The school hall was filled with chil
dren and many more would have, been
killed in tho panic which followed had
it not been for the piompt efforts of
the teachers and sisters who were in
charge of tho entertainment and were
present.
Frank Musholt, a teacher, heard the
cry of fire, and was half way iiplho
stairs at one bound. He met the child
all ablaze nml instantly enwrapped
her with his coat, but she broke away
and rushed on past him into the group
of other children.
The shrieks and screams of the in
jured were agonizing. The little ones
lay helpless and impotent on the lloor
and writhed about in their agony.
The dead were charred in most cases
beyond recognition. Tho home of
peaceful pleasure had in an instant be
come a charred house. The doctors
titled about about on their missions, of
mercy, seeking to apply soothing lo
tions to those who were still alive and
becking also to cover the charred bodies
of the dead with blankets or other
covering.
llesides tho many patients within
the smoke stained walls there were
dozens of fainting and heart-broken
women without. They screamed as
some of the scenes came to them and
if the child or loved ono was among
tho dead and wounded their grief
gained thu mastery and there was u
collapse which required the attention
of tho doctors.
DWIGHT L. MOODY IS DEAD
The Noted i:.i.ii-ellat Dies at Ilia Homo
In XorthtU'lri, Mam.
Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist,
wiiosu latno was worm-wine, tueit at ins
home at Northfleld, Mass., Friday. His
family wan gathered at his bed bide and
the dying man's last moments were
bpent in comforting them. In the day
Mr. .Moouy reanzcti inai tlio cntl was
not far off and talked with his family
at Intervals, being conscious to the last,
except for a few fainting spells. Once
ho revived, and, with a wonderful dis
play of strength In his voice, bald In a
happy strain:
"What's the matter? What's going
on hereV" Ono of the children replied:
"Father, you have not been quite so
well and so we came In to see you."
A little later Mr. Moody talked quite
freely to his sons, saying: "I have al
ways been an ambitious man, not am
bitious to lay up wealth, but to leave
you work to do. and you're going to
continue tho work of the behools in
Kast Northfleld and Mt. llermou and
the Chicago Hiblo institute'.'"
Just as death came Mr. Moody awoko
as if from slumber nnd bald with much
joyousness: "1 see earth receding,
heaven Is opening; Hod is calling mo,''
and a moment later he expired.
HtrlUo In Cnllorlen.
A strike began nt tho Hyde Parle and
Oxford eollerlcs of tho D., I.. & W.
company, at Scranton, Pa. The drivers
went out after making a demand for un
luercaso of 10 cents per day, making a
wage scale of 81.47 per day. Thero is
a possibility of the btrlko spreading to
the other collcrles.
More Trouble for I.l Huns CIihiir.
Li Hung Chang has been appointed
acting viceroy of Canton. It Is believed
this Is preparatory to his degradation
in compllauco with tho French de
mands. . ... v
Unqualify is InrnrbYe!d;Xoutn,aCom-
mmwuniin
BULLER'S LOSS WAS HEAVY
S'omtmhnl Larger limit the 1'ImI J.'sllt
mute of Hie Ifnr.l.
A London, December 23 special says.
There I.i still no definite news concern
ing the military operations in South
Africa. Probably this Is because tho
only cable that Is working is choked
with ofllclal dispatches.
General Huller's casualty list at Co
lenso, Just published, shows that HI
were killed, and 740 wounded. Two
hundred nud twenty-seven arc de
scribed ns missing, and of these about
forty are known to be In thu hands of
the Doers. This makes a total larger
than General Itullcr'soriglnal estimate.
Delated stories from Chlvcley camp,
Natal, all concur In saying tho lirltish
did marvel t in an impossible situation.
The oldest war correspondents say they
never saw anything comparable with
the bravery of thu men and otllccrs.
The naval contingent created an Im
mense furore, engaging the lloers ulii
gle-hauded and hailing scrapucl nud
lyddite shells on the fortifications
north of the town in a vain effort to
silence the murderous llreof the lloers.
while the lirltish forced the passage of
the river.
Tho advance of the Second brigade
along the road leading to the bridge.
In the face of a deadly fusilade is de
scribed as magnificent. The lirltish
foiced their way across the lire zone
tinder a perfect storm of bullets from
the Invisible Doers. The patter of the
bullets on the dry plain, It is ndded,
raised the dust like heavy raindrops on
water.
The queen has been greatly annoyed
by the unfounded statement that bhu
Is in ill health and perpetually weep
ing. A paragraph contradicting these
stories appears in the papers, which
add that it has never been her majes
ty's habit to "display grief like a hys
terical schoolgirl."
MAINE VICTIMS SENT HOME
Over Ono Hundred Iiudlcs Put Aboard
ttio Terns.
The removal of the dead of the Maine
was not accompanied by any ceremon
ies over tiie bodies, as, newly coflined,
they were placed In the mortuary
chapel of the cemetery until all was
completed, says a Havana dispatch of
December 'J'!. At 10 o'clock last night
ten wagons formed a procession, carry
ing 151 cofllns to the Machiua wharf,
passing through unfrequented streets.
The. bodies reached the wharf at 11:H0
under a strong guard from the battle
ship Texas, were placed aboard two
steam lighters before daylight and
were taken to the warship at 0 a. in.
The Texas left here at 10 n. in. All
the remains were thoroughly disin
fected. A difference was found be
tween the number of cofllns entered on
Chaplain Chadwlek's list, which was
Lin, and the actual number of cofllns
exhumed. Search was made through
all of the twenty-two graves in which
the uofllns were buried, but the missing
two were not found. Father Chad
wick said the difference could be ex
plained by a clerical error at the time
of Interring, as he was very busy at the
wharf, giving Instructions and identi
fying the bodies, and could not super
intend every detail.
Hurrrcnriorcri to Ktissliins.
The state department has issued a
warrant for thu surrender to the Kits
slan government of A. P. Shutlein, alias
A. F. Klutehlnskl, who is charged with
larceny and false entry In Russia. He
was bookkeeper in the Wilnae National
bank and is said to have stolen 12,000
rubles, besides making false entries.
He came to the United States and set
tled down in Seattle, where he was ar
rested and brought before United States
Commlssjoner Shields at New York,
who committed him for extradition.
niny Select HI Ktntlon.
The war department has instructed
Major General Krooke, lately military
governor of Cuba, to report to the
adjutant-gcncr.il at Washington. He
will come by easy stages to get used
to winter weather. It Is bald at the
war department that his future assign
ment to duty will depend mainly upon
his own wishes in the matter.
Cox Hound (Her.
William Cox, ono of tho trio of young
toughs who brutally assaulted Laura
llercli November 2u,ncar Twenty-fourth
and Franklin streets, In Omaha, and
who was arrested at a grading camp
north of Council llluffs, has been bound
over uuder bond of SI, .100. George
McCluro, another ono of the young
men, Is awaiting trial on a like charge,
and Is in the county jail.
llrands Number 1311.
The brands now on fllo with the sec
retary of state number 1,211. Tho to
tal number will probably reach 1,400
by tho first of the year, when tho stato
marks and brands committee will meet
to pass upon tho brands. After the
first of the year tho person first filing
a brand will bo entitled to uso It and
uo ono will bo permitted to Infringe
upon his rights.
CoiicrenHinn.il Iloutelle III.
Congressman C. A. Iloutelle of Maine,
who Is at Young's hotel, lloston, has
been taken seriously III. Tho naturu
of his troublu Is not given out.
Loan Amocliitlon Assigns.
The Mullanphy building and loan as
sociation of St. Louis has assigned toC.
F. A. Mullerforthe benefit of credit
ors. Its liabilities represented In loans
amount to S10.000. Tho resources ag
gregate 8S 1,500.
Use Ilynumtte.
At Springfield, III., a street ear was
wrecked by dynamite right In the
heart of the city. No passengers wcro
aboard and tho conductor and motor
man were not injured. Tho strikers
disclaim any responsibility for the
uffuir.
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BAD SHAKING UP
Southern California Visited by
an Earthquake.
SIX KNOWN LOSSES OE LIFE REPORTED
Properly Ustniii-a rinrcil nt Fifty Thou
sand Dollars Tremor Felt at
I.oi Anfjolei One Town
llndly Wrecked
A Los Angeles, Cal., December 35
dispatch says: At 4:23 this morning a
severe curthquake shock was felt over
a large portion of southern California,
the undulations lasting about twelve
seconds. The entire center of the
shock appeared to have been n San Ja
cinto, a small town In Riverside coun
ty. The business portion of San Ja
cinto consists of two blocks of two
story buildings, some of which are
brick. Ten or fifteen buildings were
damaged, chimneys being toppled over
and walls cracked and shaken. The
total damage at San Jacinto and
Hemlt, a small town near by, Is esti
mated ut 850,000. The large tourist
hotel at Hemlt was damaged and the
hospital at San Juclnto also suffered.
The rear wall of the Johnson block at
Hemlt fell.
The only loss of life so far as known
was at the Saboba Indian reservation,
where six squaws wcro killed by fall
ing walls. A number of Indians were
seriously injured.
The shock was heavy ut Santa Ana,
Anaheim, San P.crnardino, Riverside
and other places, but no particular
damage Is reported. In this city no
damage wau done, though thu shock
was particularly violent. The houses
here are well filled with eastern tour
ists, and they wew In many instances
terrified at the unexpected disturb
ances and rushed from their rooms in
affright.
Wild reports concerning the earth
quake soon spread like wildfire and
the telegraph and telephone wires be
tween this city and adjacent towns
were kept busy handling inquiring
messages. It was reported that sev
eral lives were lost In the collapse of
the hotel at Hemlt und another rumor
to the effect that six Indians had been
killed at the same place, but fortunate
ly there was no truth in these reports.
ENTOMB THIRTY OR FORTY
A TeniiRylviinln Mine DUnster Which
Cost Muny I.ltci.
An explosion of firedamp occurred in
the Itraznell coal mine, four miles from
Drownsvillc, Pa., wrecking the shaft
ind imprisoning the men who had
shortly before gone Into the mine. At
least thirty, perhaps forty, arc en
tombed, and it is thought all urc de-ad.
About four cages of men had gone
down to work. Mr. Thomas the cage
man, on his fourth trip, went to the
bottom with fourteen men, and gave
the signal for the cage to rise when
the explosion occurred. The cage was
blown with terrllic force to the top' of
the shaft and fell back to the bottom,
completely blocking acccs'i to the mine.
V'lmbers were hurled hundreds of feet,
the lower ring of brick work in the
,ilr shaft was completely wrecked and
had to be tunneled to get into the mine
at all.
lit? Strike In I'runro.
At a meeting of 2,. 100 miners held In
St. I.ticnne, Paris, a resolution was
adopted In favor of declaring a general
strike In thu coal basin of the Loire.
A sympathy movement Involving fifty
thousand men is feared. The pros
perity of the coal trade led the. miners
to demand an increase of wuges,
shorter hours and a formal recognition
of the miners' federation. Tho latter
made an offer of .". per cent Increase,
but was refused, The decision was
reached amid cries of "vivo la Grove. "
Disorders are anticipated.
Crew of Whulohiiek Safe.
Piekands, Mather & Co., of Cleveland,
O., owners of the whalebaek barge No.
115, which, It was supposed, had' been
lost with all on board In the great
storm of early last week, have received
a telegram from the captain of the
bargo saying that himself and crew
were safe. The telegram Is dated Mid
dleton, Ont., -and says thu vessel went
ashore near Little Pie river on the
north Shore of Lake Saperlor. Her
vrew consisted of eight men.
NetT of Dcuth Caused Death.
At Akron, O., Samuel Wall, a promi
nent character, died shortly after mid
night Sunday of consumption. The
news of his death was carried to Al
bert Harnrs, his partner in business,
who was so affected by it that he was
stricken with paralysis and died a few
hours later. Harnes was flfty-flvc ycurs
old anil N all llfty-seven.
Itnrlul to he on the USlli.
The navy department has announced
that the ceremonies nt Arlington at
tending the burial of the Maine's dead,
which are coming on the Texas, will
take place at 11 o'clock u. m. on tho
.'8th.
Tne Mu;ani .-noiquito.
According to tho observations of
Major Koss of Indbt, tho germs of ma
laria uro borne, not by tho brindled or
Bray mosquito, but by his cousin, tho
spotted-winged mosquito. Major Koss
was recontly sent to tho west coast of
Africa to Investigate tho sources ot
malaria there,' and ho reports that, as
In India, tho spotted-winged mosquito
Is the orient through which tho dlsoage
is spread. Italian Investigators have
also shown that mosqultos convoy the
germs of malaria Into tho blood of
human beings.
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ROCK SLIDES INTO THE SEA
TorrlUIo Disaster nt Tourist Hcsort
Italy.
A Rome, December 2.", special says a -terrible
disaster took place at Amain,
tho popular tourist resort on tho Gulf
of Salerno. About 3 o'clock an enor
mous rock, upaii which stood tho Cap
pucclul hotel, slid to.llly Into the sea
with a deafening roar and without a
moment's warning, carrying with It tho
hotel, the old Capuchin monastery be
low, the Hotel Santa Culerlna and sev
eral villas.
Many people were burled in tho de
bris, which crushed four vessel a to the
bottom of tho sea, destroying their
crews. The mass of earth which
slipped was about r.0,000 cubic yards.
Tho population is in a state of terror,
fearing fresh calamities. Troops have
urrlvcd upon the scene and begun res
cue work.
It Is believed that the loss of life ii
heavy, including u number of monks
and the occupants of tho hotels. As
yet It is impossible to ascertain the ex
act number.
Amnlfl Is a small, but lively town of
7,000 inhabitants, situated at the en
trance of u deep ravine; surrounded by
imposing mountains- nnd rocks of the
most picturesque formi. The Capuchin
monastery was founded in 12 12 by Car
dlnal PIctro Capuauo for the Clstcrlaus,
but came into possession of the Capu
chins in 15S.I. The building, which
stood in the hollow of thu great rock
that rose abruptly from the bca to a
height of 230 feet, contained line cloist
ers. marriedTn thFklondike
AVonmn Koiiortcd Dcnil ltcturns to Chi
enco.
Dr. Luella Day, who two years ago
left Chicago for the Klondike nud
whose death in a snowslldc was re
ported later, has arrived at Chicago and
was registered by Edward McConncll,
also a "Klondlker," ns his wife.
Mrs. McConncll "btruck it rich" near
Dawson and her husband, who had al
ready been vears In the Alaskan gold
iields, owns several rich claims. Mrs.
McConncll declared that uftcr a couple
of years, which she and her husband
intend to spend In travel, she will re
turn to Chicago and erect a home and
hospital for the treatment of crippled
children.
Death of Dimlcl Ford.
Daniel S. Ford, owner of the Youth's
Companion died at lloston, aged seventy-seven
years. The name of Mr.
Ford was never printed in the Compan
ion. The namo "Perry, Mason and
Company" by whom the magazine pur
ported to be published was wholly llc
titious, Mr. Ford looking after both
editorial and business departments.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
A total of 83,275,000 in gold was
shipped to Europe Saturday.
The Weeping Water Advocate wanti
the county printer to bo elected same
as the coroner.
The trial of Mrs. Durth at llurling
ton, la., for tho murder of Mrs. Frls
ehetto six years ago ended in her ac
quittal. Congressman Iloutelle of Maine, who
was stricken with congestion of the
brain, is better, and is now at his home
in llangor.
Ex-Alderman Charles J. Smith, of,
New York, better known as "Silver
Dollar" Smith, Is dead. He had a
varied career.
At tne close ot ins Chicago engage
ment, which was interrupted by his
illness, Sol Smith Russell will retire
temporarily and beck a rest.
The Republican remarks that Rattle
Creek Is an up-and-a-coming town, but
the girls will chew gum, and tho busi
ness men won't use printed stationery.
Andrew Carnegie has given 52,000
to provide swimming baths and a gym
nasium for Dunfermline. In a letter
ho told them that thn fund would get
to them "in time to be a Christmas gift
to tho town from Its loyal son."
At Newport News, Va., a mob of
about a thousand negros attempted to
rescue a negro prisoner from thu po
lice officers. The oflleers fired, wound
ing two. The entire police force was
called, nnd the mob was dispersed.
The Nebraska City News man is wor
ried. He remarks: "'Twas ever thus.
About the time eggnoggs are ripening
the hens are holding secret sessions,
planning to go on a strike. Eggs aro
getting out of sight, and eggnoggs fol-
lowlug a splendid second."
Settlers living around Latin Lake in
Chllcat, 11. C, have been attacked by
Indians, who object to white settlers.
Two weeks ago they hurrounded
Rancher Franklin and his neighbors
nnd threatened to murder them if they
did not leave tho country. In u fight
which followed several redskins wero
wounded.
At Marshall, Mich,, in tlio caso of
Mrs. Sanderson, which has been In
progress for the past two weeks, was
given to the jury, which returned a
verdict of not guilty. Mrs. Sanderson
burst into tears, but soon controlled
herbetf and thanked each juror person
ally. Sho was accused of murdering
her husband by placing ground glass
in his food.
A Trlxe for Iureutors.
The heirs of tho late Anthony Pollok
ot Washington have offered a prize ot
100,000 francs ($20,000) to be awarded
during the exhibition in Paris next
year to tho Inventor ot tho best ap
paratus for saving llfo In caso of ills
aster at sea. Tho prlzo Is open to uni
versal competition. Tho award will ba
made by a Jury sitting In Paris. It
Is provided that the cntlro prlzo may
bo awarded to a slnglo Individual, or
a portion ot It may be awarded to V
each of several persons, ns tho Jury fr '
may ucciuc.
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