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* tbelomworib.ro wedding ii* Washington, D. C.?In the boantifui white and gold East Room of the White House, a few minutes after noon, the venerable Right Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Protestant Episcopal Bishcp of the Diocese of Washington, pronounced the words which united in marriage Alice Lee Roosevelt, eldest (daughter of the President of theUuited States, and Nicholas Longworth, the I Representative in Congress from the B First District of Ohio. The ceremony?the service of the Episcopal Church?was attended with all the splendor of a grand official function and with all the devotional beauty of cathedral rites. It was witnessed by one of the most brilliant and distinguished assemblages ever gathered in the White House?by far the largest compfcuy which ever gracod the executive mansion on a similar occasion. Beautiful at all times, the historic East Room was exquisite in its splendor. The shades were drawn at all the windows and the handsome brocaded draperies in gold harmonized perfectly with the ivory white of the interior. From hundreds of softly shaded electric lamps in the magnificent crystal chandeliers perfect light was diffused throughout the room. At the great centre windows, directf ly opposite the main entrance of the room, and overlooking the east terrace, a superb floral bower had been contrived with exquisite skill and artistic taste. A semi-circular platform, twelve inches high; was constructed before the windows. On this the ceremony took place, so that all in the room had practically an unobstructed view of it. The platform was carpcted in green, of handsome design, and over the carpet was thrown, with artistic carelessness, an elegant Oriental rug desigued in curios and intricate figures. Members of the Roosevelt and Longworth families were received at the north entrance to the executive mansion. The gates surrounding the building were closed early in the morning, [ x and only those who could show cards of invitation were admitted within the grounds. All the thousand guests, without regard to rank or social station, with the exception of the members of the two families, were assembled at once in the East Room. There was no line formation and nothing to distinguish the title of oue guest from another. All met 011 equal terms in the great East Room, , - where the ceremony was performed. The guests began to assemble injthe East Room as early as 11 o'clock, xiie rooms to the west of the East Room, which include the Green, Blue and Red Parlors, were closed to guests by bands of white ribbon. Later in the day these rooms were thrown open, but prior to the ceremony all the State departments on the first floor, except the East Room, were closed to all except the members of the bridal party and the relatives. A few minutes before noon Mrs. Roqsevelt, accompanied by the members of her immediate family, descended the main staircase and, under the escort of several military aides, enmm teret1 the East Room by the uiaiu , doors. She was escorted to a position on the left side of the platform, which was reserved for the bride's family. Designated members of the bridegroom's family, including his mother and sisters, already had taken their places on the right side of the platform. Mrs. Roosevelt graciously acknowledged the greetings which she received on her entrance. She wore a iaON. NICHOLAS LONG WORTH. - superb gcwn, richly designed, of heavy cream colored brocnde on which were figures of blue and browu interlaced ,with threads of gold. The gown was made in princess style, with a long train of the brocaded material. Two or three minutes after the entrance of Mr?. Roosevelt, the bridegroom, accompnied by his best man, Mr. Thomas Nelson Perkins, of Boston. descended tne main staircase and enterinc the East Room took his place at the foot of the platform to await the arrival of his future bride. Promptly on the stroke of 110011. Miss Roosevelt, escorted by the President, descended by the elevator to the west end of the main c-rriaor. There awaiting : .cm were the ushers selected by Mr. Longworth. All of them are longtime personal friends and several were the bridegroom's classmates at Harvard. They were Quincy A. Shaw, of Boston; Frederic Winthrop. of NewYork; Francis it. Bangs, of Boston; Guy Norman, of Bostor; B. A. Wallingford, Jr.. cf nc'nnati; Larz Anderson, of Washington. D. C.; Vicomte Charles de Chambrui: of the French Embassy, and Thecdore Roosevelt. Jr. Preceded -y t ie ushers. tt>e Presi Pnt'.Jc Service Deal. The United Gas Improvement Company, of Philadelphia Pa.. is preparing to increase its capital stock to $45,J06,250, in order to obtain control of "everal important corporations, including the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey. Impro. jg Chilean Cities. iter supply so -terns for Conrep cion, Talca ; nd rtkjei cities in Chiliare to be established. . t au a-jgregati cost of $7,500,<*00. ' The Field of Sports. Signor Elippolyte Grasselli won thf Grand Prix at Monte Carlo. Columbia defeated Williams a hockey by a scare of 4 to 3. Mr. C. H. Mackay defeated Mr. Law reuce Waterbury, the amateur chain pion, at racquets. The faculty ?.f Harvard lias ngreer that football should be abolished a that university this year. Seveu uationt will be represented ii the international Jawu teunir rnatcl for the Davis t:ophy, in Engiaud, <i July. | Lr<?v ifeh?. J*mm ri , OSEVELT i THE WHITE HOUSE (lent and the bride proceeded to ':1 East Room, the orchestra renderin the magnificent march from "Taui hauser." Miss Roosevelt never lookc better, lb* clr3Sic beauty of her fa< 1 and figure was accentuated by her e: quisite a. ire and by the srrrotinding Her br .i.i! dress v. as a magniticei ereatic:: of lieavy white satin, poii lace, chiffon. filmy tulle and silv< brocade. The material from whic i the gvfwn was made was manufa tuned' especially for Miss Roosavel and tbe design was destroyed as soo as the necessary amount of the mater a! fe? the dres.: was woven. The gown bad a long court train < ciinorh silvpr hrnrndfl. Tlif? hrwlir was made high witlii ut a collar, w.i trimmed with ^re oh point laae. an the elbow sleeves were finished wit the same filmy material. The sleeve * --^VZ??&tn GOWV: ? K & Ni just mot the !ca? white gloves, i voluminous tulle veil, almost complete ly enveloping the bride, was held ii place by dainty c'usters of orange bios sonis. Tlie fcry slippers wet fasL ioned from silver brocade, and insteai of buckles, t Ho ~ows were worn witl tiny clusters of -ange lowers. The only jewels worn by the oridi was the superb diamoud necklao which was the gift of the bridegroom Over her lei irro Mies lloosevel carried a superb shewer bouquet of tin rarest and daiutiest wniie crcliids pre curable, ' 'he delicate blossoms wen arranged in cascade form, the stem bei:.g tipd : ith white ohiffou satii ribbon with bug bows. The ushers, who were ir. couples separrtoa as th~y reached the platforu aud the .'rop-ient pa sed through th two lines and presented his daughte to the waiting bridegroom, who steppei ! forward to recene her. Toother the; j ascended Hi p atform, where Bisho; Satterlee in the imposing robes of hi office already was standing. It was one of the most auspiciou moments iu the history of the Whit House. The guests seemed scarce!; to breathe, so intent were they t catch every syllable of the beautifu service. Iu low, yet resouaut tones Bishop Satterlee began. At the coe clusiou of the responses from tli bride and bridegroom, the venerabl bishop inquired in a toue that tille the great room: "Who giveth this woman to be mai ried to this man?" The President ascended the platfori and taking his daughter's right banc placed it iu that of the bridegroon Thus he gave the bride away to th man of her choice, and by the riu which an instant later he placed o the fourth fluger of her left baud, sh became Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. At the conclusion of the weddin ceremony the assembled guests wer til 1 | GRE?tf I BI | J "ROOM .^RO I tHL BEiT rtAtt Y MB lowowoiwh * COP I j V. EOOCiCVTXT. MM* g' *THrJ * 3 s: ^*pk?sinc^t ahteroomi |them^3HOP fcfOW^X^nqS VES I !EAc5T. I I I POOM r" " ,wmr? house r" 'Tfi(i "ROUTE OF german's ambushed again. Lieutenant Bender and Si* Tr^opei Killed in Soul Invest Africa. Berlin. Germany.?The rebel Hottei tots ambushed a German patrol nei Uririrlnnrii fjormnn SnnHin'PSt AfrifJl. Lieutenant Bender and sis troopei were .:ilied. Killed Soventy-nine Boars, f Isaac T. Pratt, cliaaipiou bear ban i er tie .State, vith record of se enty-. iue. died c Be.icic jton, Vt. Timely Topics, i Francis Villiers is the new EngUs minister at Lisjou. I John Hawkes. :i Cincinnati lumbe man. lias crossed and recrossed the A lantic 228 times. W. E. Jolmston is believed to bold tl record for long distance travelii } among railroad men. t Rev. Dr. P. S. I-Ienson says t) country is going insane because , refuses to take sufficient rest, j Kmil Zerkowkz has written a bo< j dealing with American commerce fro the Hungarian point of view. received by .Mr. aud Mrs. Longwortti on the p atforni aud beneath the floral bower whore their hands and hearts < were joined forever. Tliey were show< ered with congratulations. ' In the meantime the President and .Mrs. P.oosevelt liad retired to the Blue ie Parlor, whore they held a reception '? to the guests as the latter proceeded ll" to the State dining room, where a 'd buffet breakfast was served. -e The Marine Band, of which William H. Santelmann is the leader, stationed s- in the vestibule?the position it usually occupies at ceremonies of State? played the wedding march aud a ir choice program of musical selections :h during the reception aud wedding c- breakfast. t. No official list of invited guests or of ? the gifts received was announced and i- there was 110 disposition to permit the guests to view the presents so care>f fully stored away in three closely e guarded rooms 011 the second floor, is Among the guests were the members d of the Cabinet and their wives, forh mer members of the Cabinet who are ;s uow in the Senate aud their wives, \Yl | A10XZTTZ ZU1 liUJ I ' :!LK r''"Z~T*j^^^ v^ ii' v^ . sahl i*aa . I\\ H V II \ - JLi-ici itta ?i*a*A?. U\lV ///'\ w AN? BJTt? V the lieads of tlie foreign embassies j !- and. ministers and their wives, a the Justices of the Supreme | >- Court and their families, the Vice- j i- President and Mrs. Fairbanks, Speaket j i Cannon and Miss Cannon, the official j i members of the Taft Philippine excur sion party, the Ohio and New York a delegations in Congress and the moma hers of both families- and intimate i. personal friends of Miss Roosevelt aud t Mr. Longworth. e The following militarv and naval ' aides assisted at the wedding: Colonel 2 C. S. Brouiwell, U. S. A.; Lieutenants Commander A. L. Key, U. S. N.; Major n Charles L. McCawley, U. S. M. C.; Captain A. E. Harding. U. S. M. C.; > Captain Guy V. Henry, U. S. A.; Cap11 tain Dan T. Moore, U. S. A.: Captain j 8 Fitzliugh Lee, Jr., U. S. A.; Lieutenant | r U. S. Grant, 3d, U. S. A.; Lieutenant j i P. H. Sheridan, U. S. A.; Lieutenant J F Chauncey Shackelford, U. S. N.; Ensigu j P Adolphus Andrews, U. S. N.; Captain s Spencer Cosby, U. S. A.; Captain A. W. Butt. U. S. A.; Lieutenant J. H. Poole, s U. S. A. In a beautiful country house in that 5" pretty rustic section of the District of o Columbia known as the 'Tenallytown Road" began the honeymoon of the 't couple. It is the house of John R. McLean; a big. roomy, comfortable e house, with beautiful walks and drives e about it and surrounded by grounds d full enough of romantic nooks to satisfy any young couple. Here they went in a big automobile just after 4 o'clock p. m. It was a a jolly departure, a good deal of a frolic. I. Showers of rice, a pell-mell pouring out i- of the jolly young people who had been e skylarking the afternoou away in the g White House, and a good display of u baseball catching skill with a paper ** *? 1 r ? 1* l? iY)r\r7 tliA nir>. ^ lINg uy All". lAJUgUUIIIl, WIU4W1 IUV, tji\. . ture which the score of spectators saw ' g just before the automobile dashed e away. .U?; I' RJSD - CHrET1. QT& I rqo>t loaesr.cwwBER i HMJLM ,-p rn/-?T? V.*l?.R? TH? fcRJEAL ' FBOCJCSSIOW ^ = in eZdwtokJ IvVMTLY I ^ TIBO'LE ~ ""I DrNIMG I g -ATTTE I ^ROOTI.' I fc . ROOM B; ^ $ FIR3TTLO OR THE BRJML MARCH? . Jhio Bar. Womec Voters. The House, sitting c.i Columbus, Ohio, ha" foliowei its (]e ;at of tlio bill givi g women the right to vote in * local option elections by killing tha bill giving women tlie rigft ;o vote on fS all school matt rs. Chicago Eas Boy Slaves. Federal authorities will investigate t- the charge '.hat Greek boys are brought v- to Chicago, 131., put to .vorlc as bootblacks and held virtually as slaves. Feminine News Notes. The Queen of England is aiways doing a kindness. Mrs. Nansen. the wife of the ex ? plorer, is a singer of note. Susan B. Anthany recenfIy celeje brated her eighty-sixth birthday. jo. Mrs. Heyburn. the wife of Senator ? Heyburn. of Idaho, is a portrait painter. /; The Czar's driest daughter has one of the finest collections of penny toys in the world. ">k Henry Labouchere's beautiful 03 daughter, the Marebesa Di Rudini, will soon visit this country. SEIZING PARTS OF CHINA Chain of Invadinsr Russian Troops - From Tibet io Manchuria. i PART OF MONGOLIA ACQUIRED Kusso -,CIilne*o Hank Exploiting Ttto ProviiicoH?Partv in S*. P.Vorfib urg oppose* Leaving M anciin rln ? l lie Situation as Viewrml i?t Wadhinc(oti, D. C. St. Petersburg, Russia.?Chinese relations and the negotiations of Minister Pokoliloff with the Pekin Government are engrossing the attention of Russian diplomacy even to the exclusion of the Algeciras Conference. Foreign Office officials make a mystery of the negotiations at Pekin. but it is learned that M. Pokotiloff is chiefly interested in the preservation of Russia's favored position in Mongolia. Apprehensions of an indefinite result are voiced in dispatches from Pekin. These apprehensions are rather belated ill view of the fact, though this : is not generally known, that two of the 1 easterly provinces of Mongolia?Tse- 1 senchan and Tuschetuclian, intervening between Pekin and the transBaikalian frontier, generally eastward of a line running from the southern end of Lake Baikal to Pekin?were 1 long ago given over to exploitation by the Russo-Chiupse Bank, and thus are actually part of Russia's sphere of in- ' fluence under au agreement the existence of which, because it was made i by the bank and not by the Government. the Foreign Office even now affects to ignore. Russian troops, consisting of infantry. cavalry and artillery, have been 1 introduced at various important cen- I tres "for the protection of Russian : Consuls." These military "outposts of the empire" have been pushed forward < into Chinese territory, the whole Siber- i ian anil Central Asian frontier chain, i extending from Kheruloon, in Eastern ' Mongolia, through Urga. Uliassutai. i Tarbagatai, Urumptsi, Kuldja. Kash- i gar and Yarkand, to Khotan, on tbe border of Tibet. The cat was let out of the bag con- ; cerning the presence of a considerable < force at Urga, including infantry and j Cossacks and several guns, by the in- 1 cautious publication in an obscure pro- ) viucial paper of a casual account of i the celebration of the departure of one < company from the garrison and the i arrival of another. The two provinces given over to the j Russo-Chinese Bank cover the route of the proposed railroad from Baikal 1 to Pekin, for which a concession was ] obtained, but the money was wanting. ] The Russo-Chinese Bank also has val- ? unhle mining rights, including gold. \ The Manchurian situation has given ] rise .to a sharp difference of opinion in j the Government, one side urging a ' speedy realization of the provisions of \ the treaty of Portsmouth for the evac- j unnon except uy rauroau guarus anu (be complete abandonment of the Manchuria n adventure, and the other side working for delay, pleading in justiflration of its attitude that the decision of China to send several army corps to Manchuria is directed against Russia. I A special session of the Council for I National Defense bas been called to ' consider the question. Washington, D. C.?Russia's new ' move in China, abont which no infor- 1 mation except what is contained in the press dispatches, has been received ] here, puzzles Washington. Russia's J occupation of Manchuria was for thp I purpose of getting to the sea. That ] abject was frustrated by the war with 1 Japan, and any extension through '> Mongolia to the borders of Manchuria ' is not explicable on that basis now. J The only explanations which are sug- f nested here are mere earth hunger and < a desire on the part of Russia to em- ' ploy her soldiers and keep them from 1 mutiny. The latter is the theory < which, iu the absence of definite information, finds most credence here. There is 110 move to the south which Is not blocked by the British-Japanese alliance. MINERS KILLED AT LUNCH. rowder Explosion in Colliery Costs Four Men's Lives. Wilkesbarre, Pa.?An explosion of giant powder iu the Buttonwood Colliery of the Parish Coal Company at midnight killed John Williams, Oliver Authouy and Joseph Miuze, timbermen. and fatally injured John Cosmos. The men had assembled in the timberiuen's shauty. near the foot of the shaft, to eat luuch. A large quantity of giant powder was stored there. The men were careful and experienced workers, and the mine officials cannot believe they were so careless as to strike matches or to smoke near it. The explosion blew the shanty to fragments : id wrecked the nine for some dist Clergyman Slain. Tho Rev. Thomas Garcia, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Guanajuato, Mexico, lias been assassinated by a policeman. He was shot twice through the lungs and died after suffering for fifteen hours. Fighting in Caucasus. A hard action was reported under way in the Caucasus between mutineers and a punitive expedition. British Admiral Dies. Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Grenfell died in London, England. L. & N. Making Engines. The Louisville & Nashville shops at Louisville are now turning out locomotives at the rate of one a week, and are gradually relieving the distress of division superintendents all aloug the liue. To Take Duty Off Art. Representative William Aldon Smith, of Michigan. introduced :i bill in tlie House, YVashlugtou, providing for (lie removal of the duty on works of art. Prominent People. Lord Nelson was a very sparing ea ter. Autoniii Dubost was chosen Presi- 1 dent of the French Senate?. Lewis v\Jler, the well-known English actor, was born in Spain. J. Pierrepont Morgan sailed for Europe, where he said he wouli rost. Lord O irzon is the most unpopular viceroy that Inlia has had for many years. The German Emperor, wliile at Copenhagen. received the French special ambas.v.dor. SOUND STEAMERTRAGEDY Woman Drowns Her Three Children and Herself. Tlirow Tlieni Overboard and Leaped After Xliein Neir Point Judith?"Wife ot Brooklyn Man Believed Inaane. Fall River. Mass.?The opoa door of a stateroom which hud been occupied by a woman and three young children on the trip ol the Fail River Line stealer Plymouth from New York to this r f led lo the discover.* that Mrs. John W fillers, of Brooklyn. Y., had taken the lives of her thr^e little ones and then her own. She Is supposed to "hare thrown them overboard when the Plymouth was off Point Judith, and then lo have leaped overboard lierself. Investigation by the eir ployed of the steamboat indicated that the tragedy took place between midnight and 3.30 o'clock a. in., the fact of the stateroom being vacant having been discovered just before the Plymouth made the Newport landing. The find ing of two notes written by the wornnn and addressed to her husband indicated a tragedy. In one. pencilled rm the back of an envelope, she headed forgiveness: in tbet other, writteu on wrapping paper, she said that she "had worried" until she feared insanity. and could not bear to leave the children. Some hours after the arrival of the Plymouth at this port. Dwight Rrady. son of Captain .Tames Rrady. collector of the port of Fall River, identified articles found in the stateroom as belonging to his sister, Mrs. Watters. who apparently was comitisr to Fall River to visit her relatives. Mr. Brady was unable to explain the tragedy beyoud the fact of possible unhappiuess over causes the details of which she had rot revealed. Mrs. Watters was about thirty years of age. Her husband is iu the insurance business, at No. 170 Broadway. New York City. Her children were Helen, aged four; Dorothy, two years of a?e, and an infant sou of ten months. XT/>^rr V/>? !_? n; ftt?A f fhn nfflno nf f hp new twin \jiij*?wmvv v?. National Association of Manufacturers. No. 170 Broadway. Marshall Cushing. president of the association, said that John W. Watters was the manager of the association's fire insurance bureau, and lived at 279 Kingston i venue. Brooklyn, with bis wife and three children. Helen, four years old, Dorothy, two years old. and John, an infant. Mr. Wat tew had told Mr. Cushiug that his wife and three children left tiome on the day before the tragedy, Mrs. Watters telling the maid she was ;oing to have the children's pictures taken. She did not return home at night, and there was uo photographer it the address she had fiven. Mrs. Watters had been confined in a sanitarium several years ago. and was subject to short periods of insanity. NONE OF OUR AFFAIR. America Not to Blame For Panama's Secession, Colombia is Told. Washington. D. C.?The United States will not assume any responsibility for fhe revolution in Panama which resulted in the loss of that province by Colombia. It is denied that this Government encouraged the secession. or that any obligation attaches 'or compensation to the parent country. This declaration of principle Is contained in a reply given by the State Department to representations made by the Colombian Minister, in which be presented arguments to prove that ivithout the assistance of the United States the revolution in Panama could not have proved successful. This argument was offered as preliminary to \ demand for the payment of the inJebtedness due to Colombia by Panama, and possibly for compensation for the loss of the isthmus and the canal concession. BRITISH COMPANY WIPED OUT. Five English Officers, With Native Troops. Slain in Nigeria. Londou. England.?An unconfirmed dispatch has reached the Government reporting that five British officers nnd a company of native troops have been killed by fanatics near Sokoto, in Northern Nigeria. A dispatch from Lagos. Africa, reports that a punitive expedition has been sent out. DISASTER AT KHARTUM. Explosion at the British BarracksConsiderable Loss of Life. London. England.?TheEveningNews publishes a dispatch from Cairo announcing that a great explosion has ..i Ko r>\'c . ?* uuuuntfu ui mt; Diiuau uanuLao <it Khartum. Considerable loss of life and much damage art' reported. COST OF JAP WAR >'0 RUSSIA. Russo - Turkish Conflict Vas Only About One-halt r?o Expensive. St. Petersburg;. Russia.?The war with Japan cost Russia the immense total of 1.96G,(X 0,000 roubles, or about $1,000,000,000. This .s not a mere estimate. but is the sum announced officially by the Imperial Couucil. The RusEO-Turkish ? war cos;-only about one-half as mu h. Damage by Floods in Jara. Rains in Java have caused great floods, many natives being drowned. To Revise Insurance Laws. Governor Guild, at Boston, signed the resolution passed by the Senate and House providing for a commission of three inen to revise and codify the insurance laws of the State of Massachusetts. Mayor a Suicide. Charles H. Wilmans, Mayor of Newport, Ark., and prominent in State politics, is dead as a result of a pisto! shot wound, inflicted with suicidal intent. No cause for the deed is given. Labor News Notes. Ceylon is a promising field for the cultivation of rubber. The Mexican Central Railroad has arranged tor 50,000 Japanese laborers. The street railway employes of Warsaw, Russian Poland, struck on December 20. Troops recently charged the striking dock laborers at La Iiochelle, Franco, with bayonets. The daily average number of all persons In receipt of poor relief, in Ireland, for the year ended April 1, 1005. waa 101.251. 1 FOR A LOCK MM CANAI President Approves Minority Plai of Consulting Engineers. WILL SAVE TIME AND MONE^ >'lne Tears and S139.705.300 ng Ajjains Twenty Years and S272.0J0.000 ? Ml liority Sng~c*tion a I'low to Kallroad ? Waterway Favored l?y Latter Woali Mean a Los* of a Billion Dollar.*. Washington, D. C.?President Koose velt recommended to Congress the con struetion of a lock canal of eighty-five foot level across the Isthmus of Pan aina. He transmitted to Congress tin reports of the Board of Consulting En giriears, the majority of which recom mended a sea-level canal, the report o the Canal Commission, which recom ui'.nded a lock canal, ana a letrer o Secretary Taft, who recommends i lock canal. The President's letter of transmitta approves the findings and recommend ations of the Canal Commission, am concludes as follows: "The law now on our statute book seems to contemplate a lock canal. Ii I my judgment a lock canal as kereii : recommended is advisable. If the Con I gress dfrects that a sea-lavel canal bi xmstructed, its direction will of coursi be carried out. Otherwise the cana i will be built on suDstanti.nlly the plai ' for a lock canal outlined in the accom I panying papers, such changes beinj | made, of course, as may be foum | actually necessary; including, possi ! bly, the change recommended by tin 1 Secretary of War as to the site of thi | dam on the Pacific side." In indorsing the minority report o the Board of Engineers, the commis sion presents two cogent reasons fo its action: First, that it is not safe to estimat the time for the construction of a sej level canal, -which the majority repor favors, at less ihan twenty years, am at a cost of not less thau $272,000,00C Second, that taking all the element ! of delay into consideration, and mals ! ing due allowance for the possible ic ; crease in the price of labo^ and mate ' rial, .1 lock canal could be built in nip I years at a cost of >13J,705,200. The commission sums up its conclu ' sions and recommendations as to a loci i canal as follows: "It provides gVeater safety for ship I and less danger of interruption to trai I lie by1, reason of its wider and deepe i chanuels. I "It provides quicker passage acros the Isthmus for large ships of a larg I traffic. ! "It is in much less danger of daraag ! to itself or of delays to ships from th ' flood waters of the Chagres and othe OU CULllS. "Its cost of tperation and mainteD auce, including fixed charges, will b less by some 52,000,000 or more per au num. "It can be enlarged hereafter mucl more easily and cheaply than can i sea-level canal. j "Its military defense can be effectei | Tvitli as little or, perhaps, less difficult; than the sea-level canal. "It is our opinion that the plan pro posed by the minority of the Board o Consulting Engineers is a most satis factory solution of the problem of ai isthmian canal, and, therefore, we rec ommend that the plau of the miuorit; be adopted, subject, of course, to sue] changes as may be found desirabl during construction, and with the un derstanding that the works in Limoi Bay are to be deferred for the present.' The commission bases its conclu j slons largely on the judgmont of Johi T. Stevens, the chief engineer, who, ii response to a request by T. P. Shonts chairman of tbe commission, forwarde< a statement of his Views to i hat bod; on January 20. Their reconimenda tions are a concensus of bis reason for advocating a lock canal. As to the advantages of a lock cana the commission says: "The cost of the canal under thi plan." says the report, "is estimntei by the minority of the board at $139, 705,200, and the time required to buili *' - *- ? via it at Lime years. we wusiuei uuiu u these estimates reasonable, subject t tlie remarks already made concernin; unit prices. It is our opinion that th entire feasibility of constructing th canal under the plan proposed by th minority of the board cannot be sue cessfully questioned." It became evident to the Administra tion that if it sent to Cougress a recom j mendation for a sea-level canal i I would mean a surrender to the trans continental railroads. It has been es timated that if the sea-level canal liai been ordered by Congress it woul< 1 have put a billion dollars into th | pockets of the railroads by reason o the longer time for construction. COAL ROADS CAN'T SELL COAI Highly Important Decision by the Si: preme Court. Washington, D. C.?Probably th most important and far reaching dc cision, as far as the Interstate Com merce law is concerned, was deliverei by the Supreme Court when by an un divided bench it laid down the nev principle that railroads cannot deal ii the commodities which they haul ove their lines. This decision falls principally on th railroads which directly or indirect!, otvii r>nnl mines and sell their I)roduCt$ but if the courts sustain tlie claim o the Interstate Commerce Commissio: that private car lines are common cai riers the principle laid down may als include them, so that owners of rt I frigerator cars would be prohibite from using their own cars for th transportation of their products. Recover Sacred Spot. The "Dormitio Sanctae Virginia," o home in Jerusalem of the Holy Virgin has been turned over to the Beiiedic tines. Sultan Abdul Hauiid presentei it to the Kaiser, who gave it to lh German Catholics. Haaing Rampant at Annapolis. The Chairman of the Committee o the House, Washington, which is in vestigatins affairs at Annapolis, sai< that the whole academy was appar ently involved in the hazing. Crusade Tor Uniform Divorce Law Leaders in the campaign for a uni form divorce law from nearly ever, State and Territory attended (he di vorce convention at Washington. At' I drcs?es were made by H. B. Macfai land. President of the Board of Dis trict Commissioners. Governor Ten nypacker. of Pennsylvania, and Belv. Lock wood. the latter of whom advc rated "divorce without disgrace." Hungary's Diet Dissolved by Foro< Hungary's Diet was dissolved 1> troops without resistance, although th members protested that the King's a< tion violated the Constitution. . ' . JOHN A. M'CALL DIES POOR 4. FcrTner Fresident of the New York "I 1 Life Expires at Lakewood. Grief Orer I:ir.aranc? Exposures and Lost / of Position Hastened End?Doctors Attribute It to Cirrhosis of tbo Liver. 'A-1 Lakewood, N. J.?John Augustine McCall, formerly President of the New 8 York Life Insurance Company, died at 1 G.33 p. m. 'in the Laurel House, here. Mr. McCall had beou unconscious for - nearly forty-eight hours before he ex pired. Mrs. McCall went into the sick room half aa hour before her husband - died, and it was thought that he lifted e his eyes in recognition. .From that moment ho sank rapidly. He was in his fifty-seventh yeur. ' Besides Mrs. McCall there were a1 f the bedside' Mr. aud Mr3. John Q ' McCall, Mr. aud Mrs. Ballard McCain r Mr. and Mrs. Leo. McCall, Stanley Mc* " uan, cuaora jucuaii auu tue lusuiautt man's two daughters, Mrs. Darwiu P, 1 Kingsley and Mrs. Albert M. McClavet * and bis brother, Supreme Court Jus1 tice Edward E. McCau. From one o'clock ou'until Mr. McCall s died the litany for ti|e dyiug was re- , 1 cited at tlie bedside. The sick man 1 had prepared for death, and for days " had been thoroughly resigned to the- . c inevitable. On the day before btr 1 death he sent for the Rev. Father 1 Thomas B. Healy, pastor of the Church 3 of St. Mai-y of the Lake, and extreme " unQtion was administered. Father => Healy had anointed Mr. McCall sev1 eral days previous. r * ' t e ? c John A. McCall was born in Albany f on March 2, 1849. His parents were of Irish extraction. His f/ithet kept ^ '' a little corner grocery store In the district known as Gander Bay, and was the Democratic Supervisor of his ward. Vniincr \1>r<nll irsnt tn Hlo THlhlM , school in Gander Bay and served for j a while as a butcher's boy in a mar' ket at Clinton avenue and Nortn Pearl street. He played first base on the old semi-professional Live Oaks basel~ ball team. He entered a business school in Ale bany and was graduated in 18C5. In 18G9 Mr. McCall. then twenty years [* old, obtained a clerkship in the actuarial department of the State Insurance Department under Superin;s tendent George W. Miller, a Democrat, " with a salary of $000 a year. From that time until his resignation from the New York Life, on January 4, 1900,. k 3 he had been continuously in insurance. e At twentv-five lie was receiving $1200 a year as clerk in the Insurance e Department. Governor # Cleveland ? made him head of the department and1 governor mil continued mm in omce until 1880. p Then the Equitable Life offered him 515,000 a year as controller. Presentl" ly, when the President of the New . York Life, Mr. Beer3, was forced out, ? Mr. McCall was selected for the vacancy. His services in tue New York , Life covered fourteen years, and at the last he was receiving1 a salary of y $100,000. John A. McCall died comparatively '* a poor man. When his estate is settled it will be found that its total worth, is less than $150,000. Out of the large 1 amount of insurance he carried there is less than $70,000 remaining for the ^ widow. \ Almost $400,000 worth, of life insurc ance and his beautiful country place, " Shadow Lawn, Long Branch, were saci) rificed to pay back to the New York Life Insurance Company moneys advanced to Andrew Hamilton, which: 1 Mr. McCall swore before the Armx strong committee had been paid to protect the interests of the policy hold1 ers. ' His mother, now eighty-six years old, lives in Albany, N. Y. 1 Fate of Men Involved in Insurance Disclosures. C ' John A. McCall, dead, fortune shattered. 'I J. W. Alexander, mental and physi ieal wreck. James H. Hyde, self-expatriated in ; Paris. 3 Robert A. McCurdy, preparing to e follow Hyde. e Robert H. McCurdy, preparing to e follow his father. Judge Andy Hamilton, on the Riviera. Thomas D. Jordan, in seclusion. Andrew Fields, in seclusion. Louis Thebaud, going to Paris. W. H. Mclntyre, in seclusion. ;j George W. Perkins, reputation smirehed. ? Chauncey W. Depew, damaged in j- reputation. $800,000 FIRE AT RUTLAND. Vermont Town Suffers the Loss of Six / Largo Business Blocks. \ Rutland. Vt.?Fire that broke out in ^ 0 Ripiey block, in the lieart of the busiJiess section of this city, at 4 o'clock a. [. m., destroyed six ' large brick blocks 3 before its course was stayed, causing a loss of about $SOO.OOO. The property; y was insured for about $300,000. ,i The fire raged with great violence, r the Fire Department being handicapped by frozen hydrants. About 0 twenty business firms were burned v out and a number of people living in 1 apartments in the burned buildings f were forced to fieo. Some of them n lost all their effects. The fire '"read quickly from Ripley; o block on J..chant's row in a southerly. .. direction to Meade block, which burned rt with grent rapidity. Baker block, Mere chant's row, Tyttle block and Crampton block were destroyed. Labor Party Plans in Parliament, v The Labor party iu the British Parlf liameut will make equal rights and the taxation of land values its chief is,1 sues. Should the Government -efuse o to introduce such bills the labor leaders will do so independently of the Government. r j Refuses to Allow Witte to Resign. i- The Slovo says Premier Witte has X presented his resignation to the Czar ^ - tliroe times, but each time was per- V suaded to withdraw it. M r. British Parliament Opened, i- King Edward VII. opened the Brity ish Parliament amid scenes of great i- splendor. The King, in the speech [. from tlie throne, indicated a desire for . a form of self-government for Ireland; s. the Transvaal is to have a constitui tion. a ). Reward For Alabama Lynchers. Governor Jelks, of Alabama, has offered a reward of $400 each for the \ first four convictions for the lynchind y of Blink Richardson, at Gadsden, a e week ago, and has ordered the Sheriff and a special prosecutor to bring thd k members of the mob to justice.