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VOL.1. NO. 43. ^ .jfe/;,. CAMDEN, S. CM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1904. Sl.SO Per Year
GAS TANKS EXFLOM
Tariff k Defoaalitas aid leavy Uss
Of Prvpcrty
FOUK PEOPLE KILLED IN CIICAGO
Plant of a Concern Engaged in Sup
plying llluminant Stored In Re
torts Under High Proeeure for Rail
road Ceachee Completely Wrecked
Chicago, Special ? Four persons were
killed and a score of others were In
jured by a series of gas exploelons
that ccftnpletely destroyed the plant
of the Pyle Electric Headlight Com
pany in South Chicago Friday. The
shocks of the explosions were so se
vere that all the buildings near the de
molished plant were badly damaged,
windows were shattered for blocks,
and persons walking In the streets
were thrown from their "feet Over
pressure on tanks containing gas Is be
lieved to have caused the accident.
The dead:
Ralph Wells, superintendent for the
Pyle Electric Headlight Company.
Amos Watklns. assistant superin
tendent. for same company.
George lfuehl, draftsman, employed
by the, People's Gas Light Company.
Thomas Jennings, employed by the
Pyle Electric Headlight Company.
The fatally Injured:
William M. Maloney, blown from
third floor of building; body crushed.
Alfred Cox. Internally Injured.
Many persons who were walking in
the street near the plant were hurt by
flyin pieces of debris and were taken
to their homes in carriages before
their names could be learned.
All of the dead were burled under
tons of burning timber and hot brick
and iron, making it Impossible to re
move their bodies for hours after the
accident occurred. Fireman poured
water on the portion of the building
In which the dead were thought to
be burled. The flames were sufficiently
to permit of the four bodies being re
. moved fro mthe debris.
The scene of the explosion is the
old Hyde Park Gas plant, which passed
Into the hands of the People's Gas
Light ft Coke Company sever&l years
ago, with the consolidation of the gas
interests In Chicago. Through leaae,
the big plant Is occupied partly by the
Pyle National Electric Headlight Com
pany. which is largely engaged In sup
plying illumination for railroad coach
es. This llluminant Is forced into
small retorts, which, when attached
nader the floor of a car. will supply It
with light for mosths. In order to
make this possible, the retorts are
subjected to an extremely high pres
* sure. It was such a tank that caused
the first explosion. Without warning
of any kind it burst. Amid the debris,
workmen were blown out of the struc
? ture far into the street about the build
ing. Before any one realized what had
happened, retort after retort exploded
In such rapid succession that It was
almost Impossible to distinguish the
detonations. There were nine such
explosions in all. which left the plant
In flames. Hard fighting on the part
' of fully a hundred firemen finally sub
dued the flaraef.
The total loss caused by the accident
Is estimated at 175,000.
Train Strikes 8treet Car.
Toronto, Special. ? A street car
with trailer attached got beyond con
trol of the motorman and ersshed
through the guard gstes at tlie Queens
street crossing of the Grand Trunk
Railway Friday night. A Montreal
freight train struck the forward car.
grinding it to splinters. Every pas
senger on the street car was Injured,
two dying soon after being tuk?n
from tho wreckage, and two at tno
hospital. The dead are:
James Armstrong, conductor
One-year-old tfhild of J. Robert?"?n.
The baby was thrown from Its moth
er's arms and both Its legs were cut
off.
Mrs. Minnie MahafTy. internally in
jured. died at hospital.
Rnsscll Stephens, Interns My injur
ed, died at hospital.
350 Desr and Elk Sold.
Nashville. Tcnn., Special. ? About
350 deer and elk at the Belle Meade
Farm were sold to a bunting club in
which Harry Payne Whitney, of New
\ork, and other wealthy men are in
torestad. The unlmalii will be turned
loose In the 60,?00acre game pre
serve the New Yorkers own around
Hickory Valley, In this State.
* Three Defendants Discharged.
Wrlghtsvllle, 0s.. Special.-? The esse
of Walker. Price, Outlaw. Morman. Mrs.
Williams and Mrs. Edge, for the al
leged munlcr of Clayton * Williams,
previously reported In these dispatches,
was called In court here. The defend
ants elected to sever trial. The ense
against Williams was postponed. On
motion, the court discharged the two
women nnd Morman, on the ground of
Insufficient evidence. They were. bow.
ever, put under bond to appear as wit
guesses against Walker. Price and Out'
law, the cose against whom will bs
taken up next week.
Call for Government Deposits.
Washington. Special. ? Secretary
Shaw has announced a call upon na
tional banks holding government de
posits to the amount of 25 per cent
A of their holdings. 10 per oent to b?
paid on or before Jan. 15. next, and
IK per cent, on or before March 15,
next. This, the Secretary estimates,
win bring Into the Treasury about
ttl.000,004. This will make a work
tag balance of approximately 160,000,
CUKKENT NEWS ITEMS
Ntfptalap of Moniat As Qalbm4
From Many Section*.
Washington, . Special. ? John W,
Brownlow. a clerk In the Postoflet
Department, who acted as disbursing
officer of the Department at the 8t
Louis Exposition, was dismissed from
the service by order of the President
Brownlow was charged with lmpertl
nence and insubordination, and as he
declined to withdraw his offensive lan
gunge, his dismissal followed.
brownlow's Insubordination consist
ed In refusing to supply an Itemized
statement of receipts and disburse
rafents asked for by Postmaster Gen
oral Payne, accompanying his refusal
with statements to the Postmaster
General which were considered of
fensive. He evidently felt that the
demand of Mr. Payne was a reflection
upon his honor.
Brownlow was given an opportunity
to withdraw the statements consider
ed offensive, but he refused to do so
and his dismissal followed.
Two Men Drowned.
Norfolk, Va., 8pecial. ? Communica
tion over the United States Weather
Bureau's seacotst telegraph wires was
restored Tuesday as far south as Mon
teo. on Roanoke Island. N. C. 4 1 Kin
naskett. N. C., a fishing lodge on the
beach was waahed into Pamlico Sound
by a tidal wave and two men were
drowned. The names were not given in
the brief telegram which came over a
badly- working wire. Klnnakeet is situ
ated 6% miles north of Cape Hatteras
on a smsll strip of land separating tbe
Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound. No
news had been received from the
schooner Myra W. Spear, which strand
ed on the Hatteras coast last week, and
which It is supposed must have gone to
pieces in the storm of Sundsy.
Boll Weevil Corning This Way.
Sbreveporty Special. ? The executivo
committee 'ol the National Cotton
Boll Weevil Convention, which assem
bles in this city Dee-ember 15 to 25.
Inclusive, has Issued an address to
the cotton growers of the South. The
commission says that the flight of tna
weevil during the summer of 1904 has
been fully 50 miles, and north and
east, Into territory heretofore un in
fested, and indicates a habit that is
beyond the power or control. Tbo
division of opinion and Interest In a
campaign against the weevil will
bring disaster and defeat."
Daniels Sentenced to Hang.
Wilmington, ? Special. ? George W.
Daniels, convicted last week In Duplin
Superior Court of the murder of Will
Maxwell, Is sentenced by Judge Fred
Moore to be hanged at Kenansvllle
January 13, 1905. His counsel. ex
Judge W. S. G'l>. Robinson and Stev
ens, Beasley A Wotks. have given no
tice of an appeal.
Court Is being held over in Duplin
this week to complete the trial of Den
Teachey, also charged with murder.
Counsel are expected to complete their
argument to the jury to-night.
Dan Teachy Convicted.
Wilmington. ? Special.? The Jury In
the Dan Teachey murder trial at Ken
ansvllle, Duplin county, after short de
liberation. came into court and return
ed a verdict of guilt in the first de
gree. Teachey's victim. Robert Riven
bark, belonged to a well-connected
family In Duplin. The killing occurred
In March. 1903. at a negro settlement
near Wallace, where Rivenbark went
In search of laborers for his strawberry
field.
Could Not Attend.
EI Paso, Texas, Special.? Following
is President Roosevelt's letter to the
National Irrigation Congress read:
"I wish It were possible for me to
accept your kind invitation to attend
tbe National Irrigation Congress to be
held at El Paeo. ! need not state to
you the deep interest I feel in the
cause of national irrigation. Irriga
tion, is in every fact, one of tbe meana
for national expansion which is most
affective.
"Wishing you all success, I am,
"Sincerely yours.
"THEODORE ROOSEVENT."
?hooting at Durham.
Durham, Special. ? Wash Riley,
white, who Uvea in West Durham, te
in a critical condition with a bullet
that went through his shoulder and
Into bis lung. The bullet was flrod
by Roland Browning. Doth men sa>
that, it was an accHent. Prom what
can be learned it seems that Riley
Browning and three other men went
to the home of a fortune teller and
while leaving the house the shooting
occurred. It Is said that Brownlnp
was the first to leave and when ?
short distance from the houso be pull
ed his gun and began firing In o
rather reckloss manner. One of th<
bullets entered the shoulder of Itiloy
Die From Poison.
Momphls, Special. ? A special to tbe
Commerclal-Appcai from Decatur,
Ala.f says that tweleve negroes are
dead at Cedar I^ake, a negro settle
ment In the suburbs of Decatur, from
the effecta of poisoned ice cream,
which they ate, it la said, at a cburcb
rally.
W Par Cant. Dividend.
Richmond, Va., Special. ? The stock,
holders of the Atlantic Coaat Line met
here Tuesday. Tha action of tbe direc
tors In purchaaing the Jacksonville 4
Southwestern was approved. A divi
dend of 26 per cent, on tbe common
stock was declared, 20 per cent. In
cash and 6 per cent, on certificate ot
Indebtedness, payable In January. Th?
old officers were elected by the dlrec-1
tors. The capital stock waa increase*
to 960,000,000.
SIX MEN DROWNED
Putter Fatalities if teceat Sttna
. Oa tie Caast
A YACBT IS SAID TO IAYE SUNK
Handsome Boat From Providence, R.
U Loat With All On Board, Near
Elizabeth City ? It Went Down Sun
day Morning During the Storm, and
None of the Bodiee Have Been Re*
covered ? Thoee on Board Were
From Providence and Were on a
Pleasure Trip to Florida.
Elizabeth City,? Special.? Boats
coming Into the city report the loss ot
the auxiliary yacht Roberta, of Provi
dence. R. l., which was foundered in
Pamlico Sound Sunday moraine and
her crew, numbering aix or eight, were
all drowned. The yacht reached this
city late FMday afternoon and was
tied up at the warf In the rear of De
ris' coal yard. She was SO feet
long and one of the handeomeet boat*
that has been here In a long time.
8everal gentlemen of the city met
the captain and one of the crew, but
did not learn their names further than
the captain was from Providence, R. I.,
and the other gentlemsn wss a thea
trical men and a violinist of splendid
ability. While standing on the wharf
talking to the gentleman, a large
man who was addressed aa "Senator"
by the other, requested the theatrical
man to play and he did so, rendering,
some beautiful selections on the vio
lin. The boat left here Saturday,
bound for Florida, and it is supposed
that it tied up somewhere Saturday
night and on Sunday morning started
down the C roe tan. She was seen by
some oyster men and one of them re
marked that the yacht would have to
put back, as the sea was very high
and the hurricane that was blowing Is
described by the oyster men as being
the worst since 1888. He had scarcely
finished speaking when the boat foun
dered and went to the botton. In a
few minutes a man was noticed on the
mast which was soon broken and he
was drowned. None of the crew were
saved and none of the bodies have
been recovered. Communication with
that part ot the country la very diffi
cult and it is almost impossible to get
details, but the above facts are sub
stantiated by several oystermen who ar
rived in the city this morning and by
reports from Roanoke Island. The
owner of the yacht is unknown here,
but it was a pleasure party who were
going to Florida for the winter on a
hunting trip. Some persons say there
were eight in the crew and others say
there were only six, but that all of
them were lost seems to be well fpun
ded.
Three Killed In Collieion.
Detroit, Mich., Special.? Three pas*
rcngers were killed and nine or- more
rassengere and trainmen were injur
ed in a rear end passenger train col
lission Wednesday night at Elmdale,
on the Pere Marquette railroad. The
oead are:
Loren Dogger. West Alto., Mich.
M. Simons, 315 Seventy-ninth street.
New York City.
J. L. Strelitzkey, 4839 Champlaln
avenue, Chicago.
The collision occurred at Elmdale
Junction, 22 miles east of Grand Rap
Ids. Both trains were east-bound No.
6. for Detroit and No. 34 for Saginaw.
r,.he Saginaw train had preceded the
Detroit train out of Grand Rapids by
a few mlnutos and was standing on a
"Y * at Elmdale, where the Saginaw
division branches off from the Dertolt
division. Through some mistake the
6wltch was not turned behind the Sag
inaw train and the Incoming train took
the "Y," the engine of the Detroit train
crashing Into the rear of the parlor car
of the Saginaw train.
News in Paragraph*.
President Samuel Gompers made
his annual report beforo the Amorlcan
Federation of Labor convention in
Ban Francisco.
A conference of Democrats Is to be
held shortly In New York, It Is re
ported, to boom Folk and Douglas as
the ticket in 1908 and to oppose the
leadership of Bryan.
A Confederate Wedding.
Petersburg, Va., Special. ? General
Jnmcs MaGIII, of Pulaski, Va., and Miss
Lucy Loe Hill, youngest daughter of
Confederate Lieutenant Genera! A, P.
Hill, were married at St. Paul's cburcb.
In this city Wednesday. Right Rev. A.
M. Randolph and Rev. Dr. C. O. Bunt
ing officiating. It was a military wed
ding, with Confederate decorations and
several Confederate camps of Virginia
attended in a body. The A. P. Hill
camp of Confederate veterans, qf this
city, presented the brldo with a purse
of $150 in gold, and Wilcox Grand
Army post, of Springfield, Mass., sent
20 one-dollar gold pieces.
Southern Railway Officials Promoted.
Memphis, Tenn., Special. ? It was an
nounced that R. L. McKellar, assistant
general freight agent of the Southern
Railway has been appointed assistant
traffic manager of the entire system
Mr. McKellar succeeds L. McClug, who
resigns to accept the position of treas
urer of Yale College. The change will
take effect December 15th, and Mr. Mc
Kellar't headquarters will be In Louis
7!lle, Ky.
Tit MX VKVfL KIIL
the Only FlK? lultabla Fer
Cloth Making at Reasonable Oat
Weevil Muat ?a JCap? Out.
Tha boll weevil la menace to tba
?uth. Dr. gplllattm of the agrlcul
aral department aad others think
hat this impending menace will mean
i great deal In tha way of showing
hat cotton is not tha only crop which
am be raised with profit In the south.
!t was for this reason that the gov
irnment started diversification farms
n the country.
The legislature of South Carolina
ind the legialatnre o i other statea
tare paaaed lawa forbidding the Im
>ortafclon of farm products from tha
rexas dlatrlcts infested with the wee
rtl which is destroying the cotton
sropa In Texaa and Mexico but has not
nade ita way acroaa the Mississippi.
At the convention at 8hre report on
he 3rd of November to discuss ways
uid meana of keepiag the boll weevil
?ut of the aouth, It waa decided to call
t meeting of the repcsaantatlvea from
ill tha aouthern statea.
Mr. J. C. Pugh, chairman of the
sxecutlve committee, has written Got.
Hey ward, urging the latter to attend
:he convention and asking him to ap
point 100 delegatee from this state.
? GRAVE BTATB OP AFFAIRS.
In hla letter to Gov. Heyward, Mr.
Pugh says: "An alarming phase of
the weevil situation la that the cotton
producing statea yet unlnfested do not
ippreclate the certainty of the wee
vil's reaching tha entire cotton area
of the United Statea and the conse
quences resulting, unless something
(s done, and done at oace. to antici
pate this infestation or devise means
tor the absolute extermination of the
weevil from the present infested cot
ton lends of Texss and Louisiana.
"We therefore beg of you as the
ixecutlve head official and repreeea
tatlte of your commonwealth taht you
appoint 100 delegates, representing
your varied cotton interests to attend
the national cotton convention to be
held In the city of Bhreveport, La.,
Dit. 12. 13. 14 and IS. 1904. Please
urge and emphaaise the seriousness of
the situation and the necessity of a
general awakening of every cotton in
terest throughout the south aa the boll
weevil la spreading at the alarming
rate of 50 miles j?ach year aad on the
authority of the United States depart
ment of agriculture will In 10 or 15
yeara Invade the entire cotton belt.
"The problem la national and inter
national la lta lmportai?ee J and la be
yond the power of Individual and In
dependent state action to solve, no
matter how determined and well di
rected the Individual state efforta may
be.
"Relying upon you as the patriotic
head of your 8tate to lead In the ef
fort to make thla national cotton con
gress the beginning of a campaign
aganlat the cotton boll weevil, that
shall end in retaining for the United
Statea her preeent position In the cot
ton growing countries of the world, we
urge you to give this serious and Im
portant matter your immediate atten
tion."
Fires In Darlington.
Darlington, Special.? Saturday night
a gin house and grist mill owned by
Dr. A. T. Balrd, of this place, waa
burned, together with several bales of
cetton, seed, etc.
The gin and mill were In the same
building and were operated by water
power. The place is known as Smith
mill in the Doversville section. Th?
loss will amount to several hundred
dollars. Mr. A. T. Oainey, who lives
six miles from Hartsville, lost a gin
and several bales of cotton Wednesday
night. On the same night Mr. P. S.
Wilds, lost a barn and some cotton.
Thursday night 'Mr. J. T. Rogers, of
Society Hill, lost about 16 bales of cot
ton; a gin house and a quantity of
seed. The total loss of these four flroi
will sura up some $4,000 or $5,000. It
Is Indeed singular that these four car
1 amities should have occurred within
less time than a week and all In ths
I same county.
Banker Held For Murder.
Roanoke, Va., Special? The coroner's
Jury in the case of Dr. Frederic Lefew,
who died from a knife wound In the
breast received at the hands of Charles
K. Fishburn, a banker and broker,
brought in a verdict that death was
caused as above stated. Fishburn Is io
jail to await trial for murder.
Excitement Over.
Macon, Ga., Special.? The guards en
duty at a hospital here where Frank
Chtrstlan, the slayer of Fred Thsrpe,
himself wounded In the encounter, lies
wounded, have been removed. It Is be
lieved that they will not be longer
needed, as no further attack Is feared
from the mob which made its appear,
ance at that Institution at an early
hour Sunday morning. Christian Is
rapidly recovering from the effect of
the wound which was Inflicted in his
stomach, and the hospital authorities
believe that he will be able to leave the
Institution not lster than the end of
this week.
Expelled from Venezuela.
Washington, Special.? A. F. Jaurett,
editor of The Venezuelan Herald, has
been ordered expelled from Venesuela
by President Castro. The news eame to
the 8tate Department In a cablegram
from Its legation at Caracas. No de
tails are given, but It Is stated that
Mr. Jaurett has always defended Amer
ican interests In his psper and has
taken the side of the asphalt company
In Its recent trouble. It is thought
here that he is an American eltlten.
BETTER CITIZENSHIP
~ ??
PresMeit Spike Saaday Oi a lifher
Patriotism
ADDRESSED A CATHOLIC AUDIENCE
Anniversary Celebration at St. Pat
rick's Church, Washington, Sig
nalized by the Presence of the Chief
Executive, Who 8poke From a Bal
cony of the Rectory to Crowded
Streete ? Little Care For Moral
Weaklings, But a Welcome for the
Highest Endeavor by Men of Every
Creed.
Washington. Special. ? President
Roosevelt made an address Sundsy at
the 110th anniversary celebration at
St. Patrick's church and the dedica
tion of Carroll Hsll. the new parochial
building and pariah school. The Rev.
Dr. D. J. Stafford, rector of St. Pat
ricks, acted as the master of cere
monies. Cardinal Gibbons, several
archbishops and other dlgnstaries of
the Catholic Church attended the ex
orcises, the former making an ad
dress Immediately preceding that of
the President, H. B. F. MacFarland,
president of the board of commission
ers of the District of Columbia, was the
concluding speaker.
The Knights of Columbus formed a
guard of honor for the President, but
a squad of policemen was necessary to
open the crowded streets. Cheer after
cheer went up as the President and his
escort appeared. He was met at his
carriage by Father Stafford, and as he
passed Into the rectory a children's
choir of 200 voices, stationed in front
of the church, sany hymns.
Dr. Stafford introduced President
Roosevelt as "the man of even-handed
justice; the President of the 'square
deal.' " President Roosevelt thanked
the rector and joined in the laugh
which preceded prolonged cheering.
Then he spoke In part as follows:
"It is a great pleasuro to me to l>e
present with you to-dday, to assist at
the dedication of the school, hall and
rectory, of this parish. I am glad in- I
deed, to have been Introduced. Cardi
nal Gibbons, by you, the spiritual rep
resentative in a peculiar sense of that
Blahop Carroll who played so lustrlous
a part in the affairs of the Church, and
whose kinsfolk played as illustrious a
part in the affairs of the nation at the 1
dawning of this government. In greet
ing #!' of you I wish to say that I am
especially glad to see the children pres
ent. (Cheers and applause.) You
know I believe in children. I want to
see enough of them and of the right
kind. (Applause.)
"I wish to-day, in the very brief re
marks that 1 have to make, to dwell
upon this thought, that while in this
country we need wise laws honestly
and fearlessly executed, and while we
cannot afford to tolerate anything but
the highest standard in the public ser
vice of the government, yet that In the
Inst analysis the future of the country
must depend upon the quality of the
individual home, and of the individual
man or women in the home, and that
very largely depends upon the way In
which the average boy or girl Is
brought up. (Cheers and applause.)
Therefore, a peculiar responsibility
rests upon those whose life work is to
r.te to the spiritual welfare of our peo
ple and upon those who make Is their
life work to try to train the children
of the future so that they will be
worthy of that future. The tuIps of
good citizenship are tolerably simple.
The trouble is not in finding them out;
the trouble is In living up to them af
ter they have been found out. We
know fairly well what quantities there
are which, In their sum, make up the
type of character we like to sec In
man or wife, son or daughter; but I
am afraid we do not always see then)
j up well developed as we would like to.
I wish to see In the average American
citizen the development of two sets of
qualities, which we can roughly Indi
cate as sweetness and strength? the
qualities on Iho on? hand which make
the man able to hold his own, and
those which on the other hand make
litm jealous for the rights of others
just as much as for bis own rights.
"You probably know that I do not
care very much for the coward or the
moral Weakling. I wish to see in the
man manliness, In the woman woman
liness. I wish to see courage, perse
verance, the wllllnginess to face work,
to face, you men. If It Is necessary,
danger, the determination not to
shrink back when temporarly beaten
in life, as each ono will now and then,
but to come up again and wrest tri
umph from wefeat. I want to see you
men strong men and brave men, and in
odditlon I want to see each man of
you feel that It has strength and cour
age are Joined the qualities of tender
ness toward those he loves, who are
dependent upon him. and of right deal
ing with all his neighbors.
"Finally, I want to congratulate all
of us on certain successes that we
have achieved in the century and o
quarter that has gone* by of our Ameri
can life. We have difficulties enough,
and we are a long way short of per
fection. 1 do not want to see any Im
mediate danger of our growing too
good: there Is ample room for effort
yet left. But we have achieved certain
results: we have succeeded in measur
ably realizing certain Ideals. We have
grown to accept It as an axiomatic
truth of our American life that the
man Is to be treated on bis worth aa a
man. without regard to the accidents
of his position. (Applause.) that this
is not a government designed to favor
the rich man an such, or the poor man
as such, but It Is designed to favor
every man. rich or poor. If he is a de
cent man who acts fairly by his fellows
(Cheers and applause.) We have grown
to realize that part of the foundations
r.pon which our liberty rests Is the
right of each man to worship his Crea
tor, according to the dictates of his
conscience, and the duty of each man
to respect his fellow who so worship*
Him. (Cheer* and applause.) And, oh
my countrymen, one of the best augu
ries for the fsturc of (bis couotry, (or
the fsture of this nighty majestic na
tion of ours, lies in the fact tfart we
bare grown to regard one another,
that we brothers have grown to regard
one another, with a broad and kindly
charity, and to realize that the field for
haman endeavor (s wide; that the field
for charitable, philanthropic, religious
work is wide, and that while a cor
ner of it remains untllled. we do a
dreadful wrong if we fail to welcomw
the work done in that fiefd' by every
man. no matter what the creed, only*
he works with a loftly sense of his'
duty to God and his duty to trim neigh- 1
bor. (Cheers and aoolause.)
Notorious Convict Dead,
Macon, Ga.. Special.? Taylor Delk. a
white convict sent up for life as a re
sult of his trial one of the most famous
murder trials in the history of the
State, is dead at the State prison fin-m
at Mlddledgeville. His death occurred
while the board of pardons was consid
ering his application tor pardon.
Samnel Coleridge-Taylor, the Eng
lish composer, and one of the most dis
tinguished colored men in the world*,
baa arrived this week in Boston.
Alleged Whitecappers Arrested.
Jackson, Miss., 8perlal. ? United
States Marshal Wilson has arrested V.
V. Hamilton, Will Evans and Mariui
Wactur, indicted in the Federal Court
here for conspiracy orwhltecappftog. th<
offence alleged being that tliry wer<
running negro United States home
steaders off their land. In default ol
ball of $1 .000 each the men were placet]
in Jail. They are all white and rom<
from Franklin county, where a reign ol
lawlessness has been in progress at in
tervals for several years.
Parker Moves to New York.
New York, Special. ? Judge Alton B.
Parker, recent Democratic candidate
for President, opened a law office in
the building at 32 liberty strees, in
this city last week. At the same time
he announced that he had become a
resident of this city, that Mrs. Parker
would join him here and that they
would at once secure a home in this
city. While Judge Parker announced
that he would not form any law part
nership. his new office is in the suite
occupied by W. F. Sheehan of the Arm
cf Sheehan & Collin.
Crisis at Port Arthur.
Washington, Special. ? Consul Gen
eral Fowler cabled the State Depart
ment from Che Foo that the situation
at Port Arthur Is extremely critical,
the outer forts having fallen Into pos
session of the Japanese. He also
states that three Japanqse torpedo
boat destroyers arc lying outside of
Che Foo Harbor, and that tho Rus
sian crew of the torpedo boat de
stroyer destroyed yesterday are trans
ferring thcJr arms and supplies to a
Chinese cruiser, which is posted In
front of the Russian consulate.
NEWS OK THE FAR EAST.
4
A peace offer made by Japan result
ed in fuilure.
Russia's inquiry into tlie North Sea
affair begun at Vigo, Spain.
Hussions at Mukden reported indica
tions of an early Japanese advance.
An effective wedge has been driven
Into the northern defences of Fort Ar
thur.
Refugees arriving at Che-Foo from
Fort Arthur tell horrible tales of con
ditions in the town.
A revised list of the Rnssiau losses
in the battle of Shukhe River pluces
the total casualties at 33,250.
The Opposing armies continue to
strengthen their (tositlons, which ran
from Bentslapudzu to the Liao River.
The wife of Gen. Stoesscl, at Fort
Arthur, appealed to rich Russians at
home to assist wounded soldiers there.
i, It was reported from Toklo that the
crulsbr Uroinobof ran oil a rock neor
Vladivostok and narrowly escaped
sinking.
Lieutenant Colonel Rogdanoff, who
was sent by Viceroy Alexleff to ex
plore Mongolia, has been killed by Chi
nese bandits.
Detached officers of the Baltic fleet
declared the firing in the North Sea
was justifiable and that there Wus no
question of punishment.
Russia is reported to have formally
accepted all the details for the appoint
ment of the commission to fix the
blame for the North Sea affair.
Advices from Toklo say that the Jap
anese have silenced the Russian forts
on Rihlung and Shu-Sung hills, auu
were attacking Itsc Hill's defences.
Instructions have been given at St
Petersburg, a special dispatch states,
for the Immediate doubling of the Si
berian Hallway and the reluylng of the
track with heavier rails.
Making Artificial Rubles.
Few prdblems have had greater In
terest for the chemist than the arti
ficial preparation of diamonds and
other precious stones, though theli
efforts have not been marked with
conspicuous success, despite the In
vention of the electric furnace and
other means of producing high tem
perature. A recent process Is the
making of artificial rubles, and has
been discovered by a German chemist
named Verneuil. It consists of fusing
a mixture of clay and chromium oxide
with the heat of an oxyhydrogen burn
er and then allowing the mass to coo'
suddenly, thus producing crystals
The two materials are placed In alter
nate horizontal layers, and tho heat,
which Is as Intense as possible, Is ap
piled from above. The quick cooling
caused by suddenly shutting off the
blast produces tho hardness charac
teristic of the ruby, and the resulting
crystal, which Is pure and brilliant, Is
said to possess all the physical prop
I ertles of the natural gem, being cu'
! readily and taking a fine polish. ? Hsr
p?r'? Weekly.
12 DEAD IN A FIRE
Terrible Loss of Life Caised By the
Boroiof of a Teneaeit loose
BROOKLYN FAMILIES AKE VICTIMS
Flame* Starting in th? Cellar of ?
Three-story Building Spread With
Such Rapidity That Two Italian
Families on the Upper Floors Were
Suffocated Before Reaching . the
Fire Escape ? All the Bodies Found
In One Room ? Two Survivors Will
Die ? Neighboring Tenants Evade
Questions.
Hew York, Special. ? Smothered Ikv
fcro uhoy coidd reach the. fire escape
in a burning tenement building at 186
Troutsum street, In the Williamsburg
district of Brooklyn, twelve persons
?act death shortly before 2 o'clock.
Two entire families, those of Maral
so Trials and Charles Pologirto, are
wiped out. the Hast living member of
each being now In a hospital, wltli
so hope of their recovery^ Thoy are
Charles Pwlognitx. 33 yeass old. and
Tony TVlslo, 13 years ol<* both of
whom are terribly burnedL
Tiio- himied tenement Bnuse Is in;
tbe center of a row of three-story
tenements,, extending the lfength of
the block, anil was occupied by Ital
ians.
Hie fire fcs supposed, to have started
in the collar of the grocery store of
Antonio Giambalvcs. on the ground
floor. Tho cellar wti stored with in
flammable material, and the flames
spread with lightning like rapidity.
All the occupants were asleep at the
time, and there was considerable do
lay in sending in tho first alarm. The
Glambalvos family lived in (he rear
ef the store, and succeeded in getting
out of tho bailding, but before tho
occupants o;x ihc two other floors
were roused, their escape had been
cut off.
The tenants in nearly all the neigh
boring buildings dragged their house
hold goods out of the buildings, and
with them blocked the way of the flro
apparatus. AH the bodies were found
in the rear room of the third floor,
and it was evident that all had been ?
suffocated In their effort to reach tho
Are escape at the back of the building. .
The two who were rescued were found
In the lower hallway soon after tho
firemen reached the scene.
In his intervals of consciousness,
Polognio cries fro his wife and chil
dren, but the physicians fear tho
knowledge of tholr death would kill
him. and have not told him of their
fate.
In their investigation as to the ori
gin of tho Are, the police have been
unable to obtain a statement of any
kind from neighboring tenants. The
stroet about tho burned buildings has
been crowded with Italians all day.
but J he police report that every one
questioned about the persons burned,
or the occupants of the building, has
refused to make an answer. It was
with grei.t difficulty that even the
names of the victims could be obtain
ed. Tho loss is estimnted at $10,000.
Big Fire at World's Fair.
St. Louis, Special. ? The Missouri
State Building at the World's Fair was
destroyed by flro early Saturday even
ing, resulting from the explosion of a
hot water heater in the basement. In
stantly the flames shot up through the
rotunda, and the north wing and cu
palo were a solid mass of flames with
in 10 minutes after the explosion. The
loss eannot be estimated accurately,
owing to the temporary construction
material, which has no salvage value.
The principal loss is in the contents
of the building. The building cost
$145,000, and In it were $75,000 worth
of furnishings, the most valuable of
which were portraits of all former Mis
souri Governors and supreme judges.
These cannot be replaced.
For Railroad Y. M. C. A.
Richmond. Va., Special. ? President.
Stevens, of the Chespeake & Ohio
Railroad has written the Railroad Y.
ty. C. A. here, offering to contribute
$15,000 toward the erection of a rail
road Y. M. C. A. building in this
city. The other railroads entering
Richmond are to give proportinately.
and a handsome structure for the rail
road Y. M. C. A. seems thus assured.
Ex-Governor Thompson .Dead
New York, Special? Hugh S. Thomp
son, former governor of South Caro
lina. died at his residence hero Sun
day. He was born In Charleston. S.
C., In 1836. In recent years he was
comptroller of the New York Life In
surance Company.
W. C. P. Breckinridge Dead.
Lexington, Ky.. Special.? William
Campbell Preston Hreckcnrldgc died at
11:40 o'clock Saturday night from a
stroke of paralysis sustained Wednes
day. The end came peacefully. He
hc.d been gradually sinking for 24
hours and for that length of time th?
case had been known to be hopeles*.
Minor Matttrs.
President Roosevelt expects to have
his message to Congress in the han?s
of the printer early next week.
Advices from Panama state that
President Amador has frustrated a
conspiracy to overthrow his Govern
ment.
General Andre, the French War Min
ister, resigned and Henry Maurice ller
teaux was appointed to succeed him.
King Charles and Queen Amelia of
Portugal were welcomed in England.