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FIVE LIVES LOST
Family
Perish in an Incendiary
Fire at Buffalo.
AN EXPLOSION ADDS TO THE HORROR
Medlrlnit Mnu Offered n a .Sarrlllrn-
A Woinnn Mounted to Dnitli Arm
Torn Off In n .Shredder Tr.ilu
Full Through iv Bridge.
Henry Pcarlstein, his wlfo and f1v
children, ranging In ago from one mid
11 half to twelve yearn, of ItufTnio, N.
Y., were burned to death in a lire that
destroyed a two-story frame building.
Joseph Supowoskl, who owned thu
building, and Karl ltracki. IiIh brother-in-law,
have been arrested pending an
Investigation. Supowoskl earrled an
hisuranec of SO.ooii on the building
and its contents.
Tho Pcarlstelns and another family
lived in rooms above n shoestoro and
were asleep when tho fire started.
Supowoskl told thu police that lie uc
eidentally dropped a lamp. A few
minutes after the lire began tliere was
a loud explosion that blew out the
front of the store and hurled sonic of
the contents of tho windows into the
middle of this street. The Haines en
veloped the building In a short time.
The family living In the rear (hit
barely escaped with their lives. The
Pcarlstelns were awakened but before
they could reach the only stairway
leading from their rooms the (Ire hail
undermined the lloor in the hallway,
and It collapsed, carrying them down
lute a mass of flames. Their charred
bodies were found four hours after tho
tlremen had extinguished tho flames.
GOVERNNENTISGOOD.
No Dt-rlnrrs u Milliliter 1,'ltely Unturned
From tint riillliiliii-n.
llov. A. L. Hazlett, a Methodist Kpis
copal preacher of Colorado City, Colo.,
has returned from the Philippines.
Ho wont to tho Philippines at the re
quest of General MaeArthur and under
the authority of the secretary of war to
ritudy and report upon the moral con
dition lu tho islands, particularly at
Manila. Ills report is that ho found a
gratifying condition of affairs lu thu
metropolis of tho Philippines.
".Manila Is the best governed city I
over saw," said Rev. Hazlett, "and l do
not believe its equal lu this respect ex
ists In the United Stall's today. Tho
moral condition is better than over be
fore in the history of tho city. Slneo
tho American occupation tho arrests
for drunkenness were decreased in
number, and for the good reasoit that
drunkenness has been discouraged ba
ttle authorities lu the tltrht manner.
It was formerly said that there were
400 saloons on tho Ksoolta, but now
not ono is to bo found thure. Tho to
tal number of saloons lu tho city is 100
and they arc governed in a strict man
ner. The city generally is in a pretty
good condition nml its management re
flects credit upon tho Americans who
have it in charge."
Charged With Treason.
Mrs. Alice Anthony, wife of Dr.
Mellaril S. Anthony, is In Chicago anx
iously uwalting news of thu fato of her
husband, who is on trial for his life in
South Africa on a charge of high trea
sou to Great llrltalu.
Dr. Anthony is an American citizen,
residing in Cradock, South Africa. His
trial was set for .1 miliary 7 and. his wife
is still In ignorance of its results. Ac
cording to Mrs. Anthony's statement
tho couple were married in South Af
rica and then came to America. The
husband graduated from tho Cooper
medical college of San Francisco.after
ward taking a post-graduato course in
the university of Michigan. Five years
ago ho went to Cradock and began to
practice his profession. Mrs. Anthony
was a Miss Wessels, daughter of Mat
thew Wessels, afterward a Hour gen
eral. For safety Dr. Anthony sent his
wife and two little girls to the United
States until the war was over. Mrs.
Authouy received word of her hus
band's arrest a month ago. Ho is
charged with lending aid and comfort
to tho enemy and with intriguing
against Great Hritnln.
Entluintes nu Crop AcreiiRti.
Tho statistician of tho department
of agriculture estimates the average
yield per acre of wheat in the United
States in WOl at 14.8 bushels, as com
pared with 13." bushels lu WOO.
Thenuwly seeded area of winter
wheat is provisionally estimated at
32,000,000 acres, an incrcasu of ft.tl per
cent upon tho arm estimated to have
been sown in tho fall of 1000.
Tho newly seedeil area of wiutnr ryo
Is provisionally estimated at l,sno,()00
acres, an increase of 2.0 per cent upon
tho area estimated to have been sown
in the fall of 1000.
Tho department has no reports as to
the condition of winter wheat latur
than December I. At that date it was
3(1.7 per cent of tho normal, as com
pared with U7.1 in 1000.
liuttn llrciitliu ICimy AKalnt
General Manager Hldwoll of tho
Northwestern road, purchased a quar
ter section of laud adjoining llutto for
an addition to thu townslte. Tho road
will bo completed by September. This
action kills off several aspiring county
seats, llutto people lire satisfied and
happy.
Another former Kansan, who fought
with with John Itrown, died tills week
in London. There Is no question Unit
Old John llrown was u very quarrel
miiuo person.
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WARSHIPS FOR VENEZUELA
Condition Arc Hucti an to Mnkn Precau
tion Neremtiry.
It is probable that Admiral Hlggln
son, with his llagshlp Kearsarg, and
several other vessels of tho North At
lantic squadron, will thortly repair
to Venezuelan waters, making his
headquarters at LaGuuyru. Thcshlps
which Admiral Iliggiusou will tnko
with him have an unusually largo
number of marines aboard.
These precautions are taken, not
with any offensive intent toward Ven
ezuela, but merely to gu ml against an
outbreak of anarchy and rioting lu thu
event that tho revolutionists should
prevail over Castro's forces in the Held.
Owing to Admiral Hlgginson's high
rank, lie naturally would command
any joint operations that might bo
incident to the landing of the naval
forces of various nationalities.
Torlnreil to Deulli.
A special from Phoenix, Ariz., says:
"Padre,' a big medicine man of the
Yuma Indians, who lived on a reserva
tion near Yuma, Ariz., has been of
fered as a sacrifice to the spirit lu
accordance with their customs, and
has expiated the sins of tho tribe,
which are held responsible for an epi
demic of smallpox. The medicine man
divined the Intentions of the Indians
several days ago, and lied to the moun
tains, but In a half-starved condition
ho wandered back to the Indian village
and pleaded for mercy, lie was prompt
ly bound hand ami foot and conveyed
by a delegation of Indians to Mexico,
where he was bound to u tree and
cruelly tortured to death. "Padre"
had a warm place In the hearts of his
tribesmen, but their customs required
them to make a heavy saerlllce.
MM l.lfu Crushed Hut.
Through the malice or thoughtless
ness of a boy about fourteen years of
age, Leonard Iturnott, thu seven-year-old
sou of William lturnett, residing in
Springlleld, III., but employed at tho
Chicago & Alton pumping station, at
Virden, was pushed to the ground on
Spring street, while returning from
school with a companion and was run
i r by a street car, which was not
over ten feet oft' when the lturnett
child was pushed onto tho track, and
was instantly killed before the eyes of
the horrified motormau. Thu Harnett
boy was waiting for the car to pass,
when he was pushed on the track. Tho
boy who pushed him dashed oh ami
has not been found.
Cnld-lllooded Murder,
A cold-blooded murder was commit
ted at the New Sharon Steel company
mines, eight miles west of Uuioutown,
Pa. Henry Grant almost instantly
killed William Jenkins. Jenkins was
shift boss on thu gang sinking tho
shaft and Grant hud been in charge of
the drilling machine. He proved un
suitable and was reduced to helper,
while Jenkins put his brother in
Grant's place. Grant became jealous
and vengeful, and just as the men quit
work Grant slipped up behind Jenkins,
plunged a knife through his body and
ran, escaping in thu confusion.
Konsted to Dentil.
Mrs. Lena Christel, aged seventy, of
Marinette, Wis., was literally roasted
to death. Her charred and lifeless
body was found In her room by a po
liceman who had seen smoke issuing
from the place. The woman's death
was mysterious, and Martin Christel,
her son, Is in jail to await an Investi
gation. Shu was a Russian. Circum
stances indtcatedthat she had made an
awful struggle for her life, as her body
was found somu distance from thu bed
where she had been lying sick.
Troop to Quell Hostile.
Troop E, Thirteenth cavalry, has
left Fort Keogh for tho Lame Deer
agency. Thu troop is under command
of Captain Komaiu and Captain Hall.
Word from tho detachment on duty at
tho agency says that the Indian White,
who is said to have caused the present
disturbance, was suspected of killing
beef Illegally, and it was for that of
lVenie he was summoned by the agent
lu charge of the. post.
Arm Torn off lu Shredder.
Henry Wescomp, of Weeping. Water,
son of Joseph Wescomp, aged twenty
years, had his left arm caught in a
cornstalk shredder while working
around this shredder on tho farm of
Floyd Hushmaii. This forearm was
torn olt and went through tho shrud
dor. The arm was amputated at the
elbow by Dr. J. H. Hungate. He
stood the operation well and his condi
tion is reported favorable for recovery.
Itobhor Commit Murder.
Iloy Idea, twenty-two years oltl of
St. Joseph, was shot and killed by a.
robber at midnight lu a butcher sliop
where he was employed as a clerk.
lden was making change for a cus
tomer when two men entered and com
manded them to throw up their hands.
Idon Instead grasped a revolver when
one of tho robbers shot him dead. Tho
robbers escaped.
ritrUii lu tint rinuiK.
Fire at llrlnkley, Ark., destroyed
several buildings, including tho Ar
lington hotel, entailing a loss estimated
at 975,000. Charles Starkey, 'of Stutt
gart, Ark., perished In the llanies.
I'minlou for K-rreldeut.
Representative Lovcrlng of Massa
chusetts has introduced a bill provid
ing a salary for ex-prcsldonts of thu
United States, nt the rate of 82.',000
annually from the date of retirement
from tho presidency, Tho bill is toup
ply to any ox-president living.
KIIU HU Wife.
,1. II. G. SalTol, a restaurant keeper
at Eureka, Cal., shot and killed his
young wife In tho presence of his seven
youngchlldrcn and then ended his owu
life
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SilEWASDMTED
Professional Nurse Escapes From
Nebraska City Hospital.
FOUND NEXT DAY ON THE ROADSIDE
Tito Klllcil In Oklahoma Wrei'k-Tout
Minn Disaster lllchtvayiiieu Secure
SHOO Futnlly IliinifiJ by Kern-
Helm Oilier New.
Miss Alice Lobo, of Nebraska City,
a professional nurse, who went insane
made her escape from the hospital
shortly after midnight clad only in
Iter night clothes. Miss Lobo was
found about a half mile from the hos
pital, with both h'r feet froen. She
was brought to the city and eared for.
An alarm was circulated as soon as
It was learned she had disappeared,
and searching parlies started in all
directions, ono of them discovering her
shortly after r.oou.
TWO FEDERAL DISTRICTS
Illll Introduced lly Senator Dietrich to
Dltl'de Nehrnskn.
Senator Dietrich has Introduced a
bill for thu division of Nebraska Into
two federal district, the. Platte river
being the dividing line. Thu river, as
is well known, dlvldesolghtof the nine
counties and tho question Is whether
these counties shall be put down In the
southern or northern district. To ar
rive at a decision lu the matter Sena
tor Dietrich has written to tho chair
man of tho county commissioners lu
the counties, traveresed by the river,
asking them to sound public opinion on
tho subject. He wants to hoar from
everybody concerned lu the subject as
to tho preference between Hastings
and Lincoln or Omaha and Norfolk.
The presumption is that his bill in the
senate may bo amended lu accordance
with public sentiment. The state at
large is regarded as favorable to a bill
providing for another federal district
judge for Nebraska.
Ancestry of Czo1ksz.
Dr. L. Vernon llrlggs of Hoston,
Mass,, spent the greater part of last
week lu Cleveland in the neighborhood
of the Czolgasz home and witli the aid
of an interpreter gathered a great
deal of information.
He visited tho Czolgosz family and
tried to interview every person he
could find that hail ever spoken or was
personally acquainted with Leon Czol
gosz, the murderer of President Mu
Kinley. He is said to have taken notes upon
the house in which the C.olgosz fami
ly lived and upon the general environ
ments of tho nelghqorhood. Ho also
went to the farm near Chagrin Falls,
where the family resided for a time
and inquired of the neighbors about
the meneuvcrs of Leon Czolgosz.
In addition to the above he asked
about the environments of Czolgosz's
ancesters fdr several generations back
in thu land thu family came from.
Dr. Hrlggs said he wanted the facts
for sclent! tie purposes.
Mold Holdup.
Two young men with handkerchiefs
tied across the lower portion of their
fuces, entered Henry 11. Chick's pool
room at Kansas City, and with drawn
revolvers compelled the proprietor,
cashier and three other employes who
were in the place, to Ho down on the
lloor. Tho robbers secured between
Sl,f00 and 81,500 and escaped.
A third man, supposed to bo a confed
erate, guaraded the entrance while tho
robbery was committed. Jimmy Dris
coll and J. A. Frame, employes, who
did not readily comply with the com
mand to lie down, received heavy blows
on the head with a revolver. Drlscoll's
bknll was fractured.
The proprietor and his assistants
were counting the money they had
received during the day when attacked.
Appropriate it Wiirnlilp.
The South American steamship com
pany, having refused to charter Its
steamer Lautaro to the Colombian gov
ernment, to be used by the latter as a
gunboat, General Albau, the military
commander of tho district, issued a
decree appropriating the vessel.
He has taken possession of it and has
deposited a sum of money equal to its
value with Senor Ehrman, a banker of
Panama.
The captain and crew will remain in
the service of the Colombian govern
ment. Cannon are being mounted upon her
unit she will probably sail from Pan
ama to attack the lleet of the Colom
bian liberals.
Guilty of i:mliz7lumit.
A. K. Patterson, ex-clty treasurer of
Clyde, was found guilty in the dis
trict court of Concordia, Kansas, of
cmbe.zeliug S:,000 of the city's money.
Tho money was collected from thu
Clyde "joints" ns license payments and
turned over to Patterson as treasurer.
Ho contended that the city received
tho niotioy illegally and 'could not
therefore hold him accountable for it
Dlo Tocetlirr.
Thomas O'llrlen, a tugboat captain,
and an unknown woman aired fifty.
were found dead iu a room in a small
water front hotel iu New York. Death
was caused by Inhalation of illuminat
ing gas, which had escaped from two
open fixtures In a ehumluller.
Irlro In ii Territory Mluo.
A tiro broke out iu thu now slope No.
7 at Dow, onu of tho principal tribu
taries of the Choctaw coal system, recently.
NEWS FROM BATANGAS
Military Dtprdltlon Hestores l'raca
Without I.(im to Army.
The news iccclvcd from Itatangas
province nt Manila is cheerful. The
expedition to Loboo, in llatangas, has
1eeu a complete success. The columns
under Colonels Wlnt and Wells havo
destroyed a large number.of barracka
and hamlets and enough rations to
keep twenty thousand Filipinos for six
mouths.
There was, not a single American
casualty during tin entire expedition.
The enemy lied before the Americans,
many of them were hilled and several
surrendered.
Major Henry Allen, formerly gov
ernor of the Island of Leyte and now
chief of tlie Insular constabulary, who
has been making a tour of Inspection
through the Islands of Ley to and Min
danao, has returned to Manila and re
ports that the native constabulary is
fully ably to control the situation in
the province of Misamls, In northern
Mlndanuo, where he thinks the situa
tion has been much exaggerated.
Previous reports concerning this
province caused Generals Davis and
Wtulo to request that it be returned
from civil to military control.
Willi the exception of the church,
the entire town of Qiiiuque, in Hutu
can province, Luzon, has burned to tho
ground and thousands of Filipinos
have been rendered homeless.
Knlltvit of SHOO.
Fred Giidy, a farmer of Malcolm,
Neb'., was held up by two men and re
lieved of 8S0O. Mr. Gutty had been to
Lincoln, settling up his business prior
to moving to Oklahoma. He left Lin
coln on llurllugtou train No. 411. On
arriving at Malcolm the way car was
stopped east of the depot antl lie got
oil' and started to walk home, which
was but ii short distance from the
track. He was barely off the right-of-way
whin a gun was shoved in his
face, antl lie was told to stop. One
man held tne gun while the other went
through his pockets. They found tho
bill book with theSSOOln it. but failed
to iret some silver which was loose In
his pocket. ISeeause of the darkness
he was unable to deseri be them, other
than that one was a tall slim fellow,
and the other was of mcdluip height
nml rather heavy set. It Is thought
they made their escape on train No.
4!, which was just pulling out j
Saved by Sinter of Charity.
A human saeritlelal offering was
prevented by the timely arrival of some
sisters of charily upon tho scene in
Haker City, Ore. Hy Wong, a paralytic
Chinaman who has been a county
ehnrge, was returned to the eare of
his countrymen in Chinatown.
While he was an lumato of the coun
ty hospital his queue had been cutoff.
On this account theChineso made pre
naratiou.s to offer him as a sacrillce to
Joss.
Hy Wong managed to get a message
to the sisters at the hospital and they
rescued him before his life was tidicn.
It is asserted that all the prepara
tions for Hy Wong's execution had
been completed when the sisters ar
rived at the Joss house.
rrlnonor'ii Nont Trlek.
Frank Holt, a military prisoner on
Alcatraz island, near San Francisco,
serving a thirteen year sentence for de
sertion, has escaped. He concealed
himself in a large wooden box which
was consigned to a clothing llrm in
San Francisco and which was put
aboard the steamer McDowell. The
top of the box was so arranged with
leather strap. that it could bo opened
from the inside. It is thought that
after the box was put aboard Holt
crawled into It and did not emerge
until the vessel reached the dock on
this side of the bay. As Holt was
dressed in n blue uniform lie walked
awav as auv other soldier, without
detection.
Indian Sen re Over.
Agent Clifford, lu charge of the
Tongue Klvor Indian agency, Montana,
telegraphed Conmissloner of Indian
Affairs Janes that lie had asked for a
cavalry detachment from Fort Keogh
on account of trouble at tho agency,
lie said the Kosebutl Indians were ex
cited, but gave no details.
Charles Straw, who arrived in For
syth January IS from Cheyenne ngency
at Lame Deer, says yesterday w as issue
day for tho Indians and all appeared at
thu post except two or three, whom
their companions claimed were hunt
ing lost horses In tho hills. Every
thing is quiet at present, and no more
trouble is feared.
Abductor Found.
The police of Omaha arrested Charles
Lewis as the man who enticed twelve-year-old
Zola Couthard away from her
home. As soon as Lewis secured the
girl's consent to go with him by hold
ing out promises of great rewards, ho
took her to a lodging house where
they occupied separate rooms. Then
ho left his room and occupied hers, the
evidence discloses. The girl tolls this
story and testimony of physicians cor
roborates part of tne recital at least.
Lewis, wlio is a roustabout In a local
resort, will be forced to answer to a
statutory charge, which may result se
riously for him.
Wreck In Okltilioiuu
A freight train running twenty miles
an hour on tho O'Kecne-Oklahoma
branch of the Uoelc Island road crash
ed Into a work train which was stand
ing on a siding at O'Kccue, Qkla., and
killed Hrldge Foreman II. K. Hear of
O'Kcene.antl Carpenter K. A. Colby of
Galvu, ICas. Tho men lu the work car
were asleep anil were burled under tho
debris, which caught Urn and threat
ened to roast every ono of them. Tho
crew of tho freight train and somo clt
IzeiiB by herculean efforts saved thoin.
awmiMaaw
CAUGHT IN MINE PIT
Ton Men Lose Their Lives at
South McAlestor I. T.
ALL THE BODIES WERE RECOVERED
llendlcm IIoiIIcr Found on Slioro nt I'd-
cldo Iitlnnd Itrooklyn rollcoumii
milt Wife nmlMotlior Ilimtlnc
Kdltor Koblicd.
Ten miners lost their lives in the
explosion in mine No. S) of the Mllby
& Dow Mining company at Dow, I. T.
The men who lost their lives were
the only persons in the pit. All the
bodies were recovered, and, as none
were burned, the conclusion is that
death was due to after-damp. The ex
plosion did not injure the shaft, which
was a new one, antl tho lire that fol
lowed was put out before it did much
damage.
The sound of the explosion was heard
plainly above ground and rescuers
were at work promptly. Tho explo
sion occurred at the depth of '10 feet.
The machinery was not injured. Tho
mine had not jt been thoroughly
opened ami it hail no lire inspector.
Kxpcricnccd mining men marvel that
the gas should have accumulated in
suftielcnt qualities In the new mine to
cause such a disastrous explosion.
THE NEW GOLD BILL.
ICnorinoiiR InerenHo In I'rodiietlon liUcn
im u ItenHou for It Introduction.
Kepresentntlve Hill of Connecticut
presented thu majority report from thu
house committee on coinage weights
and measures lu favor of the bill pro
viding for the exchangeability of iold
and silver coins. The report hirgely
follows that of tho last year on the
same bill, although Mr. Hill has add
ed much new Information as to the
world's supply of the precious metals.
This report says that the enormous in
crease of gold production makes it un
necessary to consider the effect of the
provisions of the bill making a grad
ual change iu the status of silver dol
lars and silver certificates, by virtue
of which, instead of being a full legal
tender, sliver will bcconiconly a limit
ed legal tender. It says that our stock
of gold Increased 8170.001,(111 In the
last five years and owing to the in
creased Jjohl production in the United
States and the reopening of the South
African mines will increase still more
in the next five years.
The report in conclusion sums up
the reasons why the bill, whose chief
provisions have been madopubl ie here
tofore, should be adopted as follows:
First Hecaiisc it will stop the fur
ther coinage of the legal tender silver
dollars.
Second Ilecausc It will increase the
volume of subsidiary coin, which is
greatly needed Third Ilecausc it will
lu time reduce the volume of legal
tender silver, without loss to the coun
try. Fourth Tleeauso it will make every
legal tender dollar iu the United States
the equivalent of gold, and make more
sure and certain the maintenance of
the gold standard as declared by the
act of March 11, 1000.
SENTENCE CARRIED OUT
Soldier lu the I'lilllpplno Executed for
n Murder.
The war department tins been ad
irlsed of the execution of Pheneas
Foutz, late corporal of Company K,
Nineteenth Infantry, atCebu, Philip
pines on tho morning of January :i,
100L'. Foutz was convicted of the wil
ful murder of a native girl in tho Phil
ippines on November in, llioo, and was
sentenced to bo hanged, but escaped
from the custody of the military. Ho
was executed immediately after his re
capture. Pheneas Foutz, the Zancsville. O.,
soldier, whose execution in the Philip
pines was annou'Jced by the war de
partment, wns twenty-one years old
and an orphan, who led a model life
lH'foro he entered the army In the war
with Spain. While a member of the
Tenth Ohio regiment at Camp Meade
iu 1808, lie was subject to homesick
ness and his comrades declare he was
irrational at times. A strong tight
was made for clemency by his com
rades, Former Adjutant General Ax
Une and Surgeon General Ilritsh of
Governor Nash's staff, but Secretary
Hoot held that there was no excuse lor
clemency, and recommended that the
sentence be carried out.
I'litully llurned.
Kate Donahue, a laundry girl em
ployed at the lHalno hotel, at Chadron,
Nub., mot with a fatal accident. She
used kerosene In starting a lire in the
kitchen range and hail sot tho can
down near by. On lighting a mnteh
tho gas ignited, burning her clothing
antl flesh so badly that pieces of It fell
from her body. She lived about ten
hours.
Lieut. John W. Stark, Virginia state
guard, charged with Minding obscene
matter through the mails to tho presi
dent of tho United States, was ar
raigned before United States commis
sioner Flegenhelmer. Ho waived ex
amination and was held for thu grand
jury, which Is to meet iu April.
J, P. Withers, who was until Decem
ber a 1 president of tho American Na
tional bunk, lleauinont, Texas, wns ar
rested by a deputy United States mar
shal at Kansas City on tho charge of
forgery, which, It Is. stated, aggregates
837,000.
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POPE LEO'S SILVER JUBILEE
Mocnunt on Foot 1'or Klntxirnto
Colo-
linitlon.
A movement for the fitting celebra
tion of the pontifical silver jubilee o!
Pope Leo XIII, which will take place
this year, Is now on foot and will tako
place in all parts of the world. KUb
orate preparations for tho celebration
arc now already being made iu Eng
land antl will soon be begun in this
country. Copies of tho appeal just is
sued in England have been received at
the house of Archbishop Corrigan lu
New York.
Catholics of this country will found
a seminary iu order to solve tho Span
ish friars problem iu tho Philippines.
As fast as possible young prtests will
be sent to the Philippines to assume
their duties. It, Is estimated that
about 700 missionaries will be needed
for this work, there being thot num
ber of friars In the Island.
Father Ellott of the Paul 1st society,
who for the last two years has been
superior of a religious community at
Washington, has been relieved of ills
duties at the capital and will devoto
all his energies to the collecting of
funds for the bominary. The institu
tion will be known as the "seminary
for the home and insular missions."
At least S:i(H),000 will be needed atfd
Sl.10,000 of it has already been promis
ed conditional on the remaining S1M),
000 beiug raised.
INSISTS THEY WERE TRUE
Murcoiil Tells of SIriiuIIIiii; AcroM ths
AtlfMitlr.
Sig. Marconi, inventor of the wire
less telegraph, has arrived in New
York from Canada, where he has been
the guest of the dominion government.
He will Ik- the guest of honor at tho
annual banquet of the American Insti
tute of electrical en gineers.
Signor Marconi described his recent
experiments in wireless telegraphy be
tween Newfoundland and Cornwall,
England, and saitl the test letters were
received exactly according to prear
ranged plans, both as to number and
speed.
"As soon as I reach thu other side,"
he said, "I shall start to work to get
stations In readiness for the transmis
sion of messages, commercial and
otherwise, across tho Atlantic. There
will be two stations on each side, those
in Europe being located at Cornwall
and Helgium. Those on the American
side will be at Nova Scotia and Capo
Cod."
TOO MANY WRECKS
Superintendent Send Out Circulars to
Kmptoycft.
Owing to the series of disastrous
wrecks which have occurred within
tlie last six months the general super
intendents of many of the railroads
centering in Chicago are sending a
special circular letter to tho employes
In the operation of passenger and
freight trains. The tenor of tho cir
culars so far issued is the same, and
although the letters cannot bo consid
ered as reprimands, they are heart to
heart talks which will undoubtedly re
bult In extraordinary precautions be
ing observed.
In general the circulars call atten
tion to the wrecks occurring recently
and smrirest that in the majority of
cases an excrciso of ordinary precau
tion and a strict attention to orders
and duty would haue averted the dis
asters. HEADLESS BODIESON BEACH
l'eoplo on l'aclllc Inland In n Htute ot
Kxeltvinent.
The people of Whldby Island, near
Port Townscnd, Wash., arc In a high
state of excitement over tho finding of
another headless body on the beach
near Fort Casey.
A short time ago a body was found
with the head and hands cut off and
the clothing removed, and later another
was found with the head severed.
As no residents on the Island aro
missing the mystery increases and the
authorities are of the opinion that tho
murders have been committed at somu
point up the sound, that the heads
havo been severed to prevent identifi
cation, the bodies cast into the water,
ami that the titles havo lauded them
on Whidby Island.
Ten Million Yen Knibexzled.
Mall advices from Seoul, Korea, via
Yokohama to the effect that checking
of the government receipts from taxes
and Internal revenue reveals the as
tonishing fact thrt not less thau 10,
000,000 yen have been embezzled by
government otllcials during tho last six
years.
Ye Yo Kok, minister of fluance, ad
vised the emperor to pass sentenco of
death on nil ottlccrs who embezzled
over 2,000 yen. Tho emperor's sanc
tion was given over three weeks ago,
and wholesalu executions will soon
take olaco. Eighty olllcluls aro impli
cated, many of whom have already
been nrrested.
Among those condemned la Clio VSiif;
Jik, an ex-premler. The ofllclals un
der arrest claim that tho money taken
by them was in payment for salario or
expenses incurred In collecting.
Kills Wlfo nml Hor Mother.
William 11. Ennis, a llrooklyu police
man, shot and killed his wlfo uud her
mother, Mrs. Magee, at Mrs. Magce'n
homo. Ennis escaped Tho police
man had seperatcd from his wlfo anil
had refused to support her and she had
him arrested recently. Ho went to
door and burst it iu. He ran upstairs
to his wife's bedroom and fired one
shot nt her. Her mother, who had
heard tho uproar, ran to Mrs. Ennis'
room. Ennis fired ono shot at her and
mortally wounded her.
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