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m' ' Wi * ' WAtERBURY SWEPT BVFIRE ? Loss of Property Estimated at From $4,000,000 to $5,000,000. ' SEVEN CITY BLOCKS IN RUINS ? When the First Fire Wai Under Control ' a Second One. Supposed to Be of Incendiary Origin, Broke Out?Governor t Calls Ont the Troops to Prevent Looting?The Cause of the Disaster. WaterburyN Conn.?The city of Waterbury, -which was one of the most flourishing in the Nutmeg State, now stands devastated by Are. The loss, according'to estimates of conservative business and Insurance men. will run between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000. With all this great destruction there has been no loss of life, and few accidents have been recorded.' The city's heart, taking in a triangle, bounded nr.i-th hv TCvnhanep Place, on the VU lilt O- r . "west by Bank street, on the south by Grand street and on the east by South Main street, has been nearly wiped out. The fire burned over four acres. Mayor A. E. Killdufl! made the following statement: "This is unquestionably the worst fire that has occurred in this section of New England. The property loss will amount to $5,000,000, and 100 families bave been rendered Homeless. * "We opened the City Hall as a temporary shelter for those whose homes were destroyed, but at 4 o'clock, when the Scovill House caught fire, the inmates of the City Hall were forced to seek shelter elsewhere. "I do not think that Waterbury will have to appeal to other towns for aid In our distress. The manufacturing concerns, with factories located in the . _ edge of the city, have promised to come \ to the assistance of those whose needs are greatest. It is a hard blow, but Waterbury will recover in time." The fire originated at G.30 p. m. in the upholstery department on the third ' ' floor of the store of Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Company, and that store as well as many adjoining buildings, are in ruins. The origin or the connagra ' / tion is not known. The fire was not discovered till It had gained treinenBra&JVv*. dous headway. " When the Fire Department reached ',v the scene, flames were issuing from every window of the building, and it was evident that the structure was doomed and the entire business section of the city was imperiled. The fire started in a drizzling rain with a rapidly rising wind, and, with the increasing cold, the rain turned to snow. The wind was at first shifting, but it settled toward the east and carried destruction with it. The first building to catch from the Reid & IWghes store was a tall structure . ; ' ,to the rear and westward, occupied by a Salvation Army Barracks and a Turkish bath. A moment or two later the flames leaped back to the east across Bank street, and wiped out the Ryan & Fitzmaurice block, Cannon & Webster's drus store. Davis' cicar store, and the store of J. B. Mullings & Sons. They burned rapidly through 1 to South Main street, and jumped across that street, shriveling th? buildings like paper. At the same time the flames caught the Masonic Temple end traveled from the Salvation Army building to the rear of the Franklin House on Grand , street, and the entire block, consist- 1 ing of seven or eight handsome five- 1 story buildings, with thirty tenements and the large and commodious headquarters of the Waterbury Americ-n were soon in ruins. . Shortly after midnight the fire started in new places, and the efforts of the local firemen, combined with the aid 1 - given by fire-figtoters and apparatus ' , from the other cities, seemed power- 1 less to stay its progress. The blaze wiped out the business portion of the i city, all the fire being confined lo that section, though residential parts of the city "were in danger by sparks driven by the furious wind. About the time the firemen supposed they had placed the first fire under : control another was discovered in an- 1 other quarter of the city, near the City Hall and the police station. The Scovil House, the city's leading hostelry, remodeled a few years ago at an expense of about $75,000, was discovered to be on fire about 4 o'clock a. m. This handsmeiy equipped hotel, one of the most noted in New England, was a Vreck at daybreak. At the outs?t of the blaze its occupants were forced to seek the street in their night clothes. With theringing of a second alarm the entire city was thrown into a panic. And when it was learned that the historic hotel was on fire there was consternation. The sparks, thicker than the falling snow flakes, covertd the entire business centre of the city like an umbrella, and ? occupants of buildings located in the pathway in which the wind was blowing prepared to leave them. The tire burned over four acres of the city's choicest business section. Among the prominent buildings totally destroyed'are the block occupied by the Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Company, the entire plant of the Waterbury American, the beautiful Masonic Temple, the two leading hotels, the Scovil and Franklin houses, the clothing store of Jones, Morgan & Company and J. B. Mullings, the Hausom-Sellew Furniture Company, the New England Engineering Company, the Sapaline-Hoff "> man Company, the W. L. Douglas Shoe Company, Ryan & Fitzmaurice, the Johnson blpck, occupied by Cannon & Webster; Perschels' Turkish bath and Feace Talk May Kesult in Nothing;. Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch Premier, confirmed'the statement regarding peace overtures made by Mr. Balfour in the House of Commons. In London it Is believed that nothing will result from overtures not coming from those authorized to speak for the fighting burghers. President "Warns Officeholders. President Roosevelt lias issued an order forbidding officeholders to attempt to influence legislation in their own interests. / Aline Explosion Kills IOC. ; , dispatches from Hondo, Mexico. A ~ show that 10G miners were at work in /'* the Coahuila Coal Company's mine / when the explosion occurred, and all of them are dead. The majority of the victims are Mexicans and Chinamen. The explosion was occasioned by striking a gas pocket. The loss to the owners of the mine is very heavy. V ; Four Men Killed in Train Collision. A rear-end collision between freight trains on the Illinois Central at Apple River, 111., resulted in the death of four ttockmen and the injury of Ave others. ||_ the Salvation Army Workingmen'B Home, Jean Jacques' block on Grand street, the Bost Furniture Company. In all about 100 of the city's most prominent business houses are burned out. The loss on buildings may be estimated at between $2,000,000 to $2,500,00o, and the loss on stocks, etc., a' as much more. As far as can be learueil the greater part of the loss i8 covered by insurance. During the night the Mayor was in communication with Governor McLean, and the militia was called out to prevent thieving, which was reported to have begun. Companies A and G. in command of Lieutenant-Colonel Geddes, with Captains Carter and Fitz Patrick and about 120 men, were detailed about the fire district, and are still on duty. The city is practically under martial law. Waterbury has a population of abaul 45,000 persons, and is situated on the Naugatuc-k River in New Haven Coun ty.Conn..about eighteen miles northwesl of New Haven. The city is celebrated for the extent and variety of its manufactures, the first of which, the manufacture of gilt buttons, was begun in 1802. In 1812 the rolling of brass and copper and the production of brass and copper wire was introduced, and Waterbury is now the centre of the brass industry of the country. There is in the city six rolling mills, two clock companies, a suspender and weooing ractory ana an extensive pin i factory, in all about thirty stock companies, with an aggregate capital of $00,000,000, and employing over 4000 operatives. The city supports two daily and two weekly newspapers, and owns the Bronson Free Library, which contains 18,000 volumes. SECRETARY SHAW IN OFFICE. Sir. Game's Farewell to the Officials and Clerks of the Treasury Department. Washington, D. C.?In the presence or the ch:..j;' otPclila of ihe Treasury Department, Seaa'or Doll v?r and nearly all of Iowa's delegation in the lower house of Cong.vss, former Governor Leslie M. Shaw took the preset ibed oatn of office as Secretary of the Treasury. The oath was administered by Justice Shiras of the United States Supreme Court. The retiring Secretary, Mr. Gage, was among the first to congratulate his successor. The new and retiring Secretaries then received all the officials and clerks in the Treasury Building to the number of more than 2009. Mr. Gage has gained the affection of the departmental employes to a remarkable decree, as was shown in their leave taking. Many eyes were wet and mMnv vrtipps trpnihlpd ns flip Inst fare wells were said. Mr. Gage remained in i conference with liis successor an hour or more and then left the department. Mr. Sbaw Will Continue to Bay Bonds Washington, D. C.?Secretary Shaw j of the Treasury Department stated j that for the present at least he would I continue the purchase of bonds ,for the sinking fund on the present basis. CENTLEVIAN BURCLAR BACCED. '! Worked In Fnll Evening Dress and AN ways Used a Cab.Chicago. ? Edward F. Flake, who claims to be a graduate of Notre Dame ! University, and who scorns to ride in j a street car, and leads a gang of twelve I burglars, has been arrested for robbing Hyrle Park houses. When a robbery was to be committed be called a cab, his accomplices say. and rode to the front steps of the victim's house and insisted that his companions should help him out of the cab. He scorned to carry firearms, and made his pals carry the plunder. He showed rare judgment in select- . Ing booty. He usually did his work in full evening dress. He attributes his capture to the fact that he consented to work once too often in other garb. Flake, as the leader of the bang, Is said to have introduced original meth- ; 3ds in pillaging houses. He has a half- ' 3ozen burglaries attributed to him. i RICH FARMER ROBBER CHIEF. j .Michigan Alan, Said to Be Worth $100, 00Q, Accused of Burglary. ; St. Louis, Mich.?Clint Nelson, who was arrested here recently, and who is ; reported to be the wealthiest farmer in Gratiot County, is now alleged to have j been the head of a band of thieves who j have been robbing farmers of stock and other property for years. Sheriff Paris arrested James Hazzard, his son, William Marble and Martin Hakes, all of this vicinity. In jail Marble confessed, savins: that the band ! had been stealing for years, and that Nelson acted as the "fence." Nelson is charged with borglary and being an accessory after the fact. At present he has 300 head of cattle and about 300 sheep on his farm for the city market, [n addition he has nearly as many more which he is wintering. He Is said to be worth $100,000. CONDEMNED MAN C3IES OUT. J. D. Canselft Makes a Scene When Sen* tenceil to Die in the Chair. Springfield, Mass.?When sentenced to death Johu D. Cassels made a scene in court. He stood in the dock and with manuscript in hand declaimed for half an hour in a hysterical manner. He declared that everybody connected with his trial had conspired to convict him. He shouted: . "Slicot me in the open; don't murder me in a cell, like a rat." Cassels begged for a weapon with which to defend himself. After Judge Hopkins had sentenced him to die in the electric chair 011 May i uasseis sprang up and shouted curses on the court. He was overpowered by the guards and carried out yelling at the top of his voice. Younger* Plead For Pardon. The Board of Pardons of Minnesota read and heard arguments on a petition from .Tames and Coleman Younger, life convicts now out on parole, asking for complete pardon, and took the case under advisement. Tragedy at a Boar Runt. Count Dcpas organized a boar huk near Arras, France. One of the party shor. a boar, and the bullet, after passing through the animal, struck a stone, ricocheted and killed the Countess Depas, who was fifty yards distant. Labor World. A fijlit against the Garment Makers4 Union has been tarted in Chicago by mit nOO workers. Engineers at the electric power plant I in Terre Haute,Ind., quit work out of sympathy with ^he striking street .ear men. The new scale adopted by miners in convention at Pittsburg embraces an increase of ten ceuts a ton in th price of mining. Six hundred striking woodworkers have returned to duty in the American Car and Foundry Company's plant at . JeffersonvJlle. Ind. 1 ... DUTCH PEACE PLAN FAILED Great Britain to Negotiate Only With Boers in the Field. 1A/II I WnT APPCDT IMTCDN/rMTinW HILL I1VI nUULI I I II I ?_ 11 f LI1 I 11/11 The Answer of the British Foreign Secretary [to 'the Dutch Priose MinisterSkeptical of the Authority of the Boei . Delegates to Make Proposals of Peac* ?Nature of Holland's Note. London.?The British Government replied to Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch Pre mier, in relation to the Dutch Government's proposals for bringing aboul peace in South Africa, that if the Boers in the field desire to negotiate for peace, negotiations can be entered into, but only in South Africa. The British Government adheres to its intention not to accept the intervention of any foreign Power. Tte British Government acknowledged the humanitarian feelings which had prompted the Dutch Governnienl to make Its proposal, but declined to comply with the request, on the ground that there was no assurance that the Boer delegates In Holland had author ity to act. The reply of the Marquis of Lansdowne to the Dutch Government concludes as follows: < "In these circumstances this Govern- < ment has decided that if the Boer leaders desire to'enter into negotiations for the purpose of bringing the war to an end these negotiations must take place J not in Europe, but in South Africa. It < should be borne in mind that if dele- ( gates are to occupy time in visiting < South Africa, in consulting with the ' Boer leaders in the field and in return- 1 ing to Europe for the purpose of mak- ! ing known the results of their errand, ' a period of at least three months must 1 elapse, during which hostilities would 1 be prolonged and much human suffering perhaps needlessly occasioned." ( The correspondence between the ' Netherlands Government and the Brit- J ish Foreign Office opens with a memoir from Baron Gericke Van Herrwijnen, 1 the Dutch Minister in London, to the 1 effect that the Government of Queen 1 Wilhelmina wss considering the escep- ' tional circumstances by which one bel- ' ligerent "was prevented from communi- 1 eating directly with the other, which, ! it was considered, partly accounted for the prolongation of the war still raging. as it appears, -without cause and < without end. It was exceptional for one belligerent to be completely separated from the rest of thp world. Their roDresenta tives In Europe were deprived of com- . munication with their generals in the r field. Thus the Boer authorities who ; ought to negotiate were divided into ' two sections and deprived of.the means . of deliberating together. It was evldent that the delegates in Europe could . do nothing, because they were ignorant of the state of affairs In South Africa. ' and the Boers in the field were obliged ' to refrain from talcing steps because they did not know the state of affairs in Europe. ' Moreover, the delegates in "Europe were bound by their letters of credence drawn up In South Africa in March. ' 1900, whereby they were bound so * strictly to the independence of the two ' republics that they would not be permitted to accept even the status quo ante bellum if a mode of settling dis- c putes which might arise were not laid J down before the delegates and the gen- ? orals at the same time. The question therefore arose whether a neutral could not offer its cood t offices in order, at least, to render negotiations possible. It thus became important to ascertain -whether it was agreeable to Great Britain to use the offices of a neutral if such were confined to the task of placing in communication negotiators to be appointed by the two parties. The Government of Queen Wilhelmina might be considered as indicated for the performance of this task, seeing that the Boer delegates on Netherlands territory were accredited to that Government only. If the British Government agreed to that proposal the Queen's Government would have to inquire whether the Boer delegates were willing to proceed to South Africa and deliberate with their leaders *on the spot, returning to Europe after a fixed stay of, say. a fortnight armed with adequate and full . powers providing for all eventualities and authorizing them to conclude a treaty of peace which would be absolutely binding on the Boers in Europe and South Africa. In the event of the British Govern- . ment consenting it would be necessary . for England to hand to the Netherlands Government three safe conducts permitting tne delegates to proceed freely to South Africa, to remaiu there freely for the time agreed upon and to 5 return freely. j CIRL STUDENT A SUICIDE. 1 Shot Herself, Probably Yl"hilf> Suffering From Mental Depression. Ann Arbor, Mich.?Miss Agne3 Inglis, ' twenty-three years old, a sophomore 1 student in the medical department of the University of Michigan, committed suicide. She is a daughter of Dr. David Inglis, a prominent physician , of Detroit. No motive for the deed has been dis- ( covered, but it was known that she was subject to attacks of mental depression. At such times she has often threatened to take her life. She shot f herself and died half an hour later ? without recovering consciousness. The < bullet entered near the heart. PORTO R1CANS IN CEUTA PRISON. An Effort to Be Made to Secure Their Release. San Juan, Porto Rico.?The House of , Delegates has asked for information regarding Porto Rican prisoners in the Spanish penitentiaries at Ceuta, Morocco. The records show that forty prisoners were sent from Tor to Rico to Ceuta between 1882 and 18!)8. j Against seventeen of these persons no specific charges were brought, they being, it is said, political prisoners. HELD CLOSE TO LINCOLN'S CIFT. Man President Thought Hoireller Than < Himself is Dead. Columbns, Ohio.?Rev. William Hastings, of Toronto, Ohio, who died a few ( days ago. kept to the day of his death : a pocketknife given him by President , Lincoln for being a homelier man than ( himself. Hastings was a chaplain in the Civil ; War. and became well acquainted with the President, who in handing over the knife said that It had been given him by a man who asked him to give it to a homelier man than be was if he ever met such a man. EXPLOSION OF GAS MAIN Thirteen Dead, Many Injured and t D..:U: iwu ?)ununi(g> jiiavkoicu< Flamei Leaped From Several Mapholet as Fire Spread Beneath' a Chicago Street?Whole Family Perished. Chicago.?By an explosion of illuminating gas in the basement of a twostory frame building, thirteen persons lost their lives and the building was blown into kindling wood. Five of the victims were of one family, not a member of which escapcd. They are Otto Trostle, proprietor of a meat market; Mrs. Otto Trostle,. Otto Trostle, Jr., Minnie Trostle and Annie Trostle. ? Two other explosions followed so quickly that it was hard to distinguish them. First to explode was a main at Twenty-second street and Archer ave-. nue. Then the manhole half a block south on Archer avenue was thrown high into the air by a loud explosion. Flames leaped and roared from the hole. The fire spread below the street and smaller manholes were blown into the air. Thp flames'from the first gas main shot high In the air and reached with the aid of the wind the Trostle butcher shop. The building was a Jhree-story frame structure, and it had been weakened and nearly wrecked by the shock. It is supposed that the occupants of the building were knocked unconscious, jr were too panic-strlcsen to rush from the place. The dry and rotting wood was food for the fire and in an instant the flames bad enveloped the structure. With a roar the building collapsed, and the Dccupants, with one exception, were carried with it to the basement The idjoining building, a two-story structure, flared up, the next building was wrapped in flames, and then another 3tructure caught fire. It seemed that the whole block would be wiped out before the firemen could bring the blaze under control. Many persons in buildings near the jxplosions were knocked down. Scores jf men and women, many of them carrying children, rushed to the streets, rhey were greeted by the glare of the nre from the manholes. Fearing ? further explosions the people rushed 3own the street, many of the women screaming with fear. On several street cars near the place the windows were 3mashed, and the passengers severely snaKen up. JAPANESE TROOPS' HEROISM. )vertaken by Snowstorms They Preserved Discipliuo to the End. London.?The Tokio correspondent of the Times says 105 corpses of soldiers < >f the Avomari detachment, which was J lost in the snow, have been recovered, rhe search was interrupted by violent snowstorms. The purpose of the ill-fated expedl:ion was to ascertain the possibility of itilizing the inland route for recovering rhe command of the coastwise railway if that line should be seized by an en?my landing on the northern shore. Failing such possibility, there would ae danger that the Avomari garrison , tvould be isolated from the defense of :he Northeastern Province. I The pioneers having successfully ex- , ilored the route, the expedition seemed ;afe,. but tbe soldiers were overtaKen jy snowstorms and lost their way In ;he mountains. The men preserved discipline and >beyed orders until the end. Fourteen ( carried the commander to a place of* ihelter, and seven of these perished. | DISEASE CERMS IN CAPITOL. Ifore Different Kinds There Than la Most Laboratories. Washington, D. C.?More different :inds of disease germs have been found , n the United States Capitol by Archi- ( :ect Woods than exist in a well estab- ( ished bacteriological laboratory. H& , ias secured well developed specimens )f the bacteria of tetanus, or lockjaw; :uberculosis, typhoid, anthracis, strep- . :occl and influenza, or grippe. The chamber of the House has pro- , luced twenty-three germs of various dnds to seven found in the Senate chamber. Architect Woods has demonstrated ( hat the Capitol was a breeding place 'or practically all the deadly germs ( VHUWll IU KUCUV.T. ill ? \Jt- i j :aken from the floor of the House Mr. , (Voods found several million germs, ? :he influenza microbe predominating. ] i Convicted Murderer Worth 8230,000. Merritt Chism, at Bloomington, 111., vas found guilty on the charge of mur- ] lering his wife, and his punishment , ixed at Seventeen years in Joliet Peul- | ;entiary. Chism is worth $250,000. , Bull Sells For 159100. The Aberdeen-Angus bull Prince Ito sold at auction in Chicago for the rec)rd price of $9100. The highest price I 'or an Angus bull ever realized In the | ing before was $3050. < I Ball Fighting Abolished in Mexico. One of the State Governments ot Mexico has abolished' bull lighting on iccount of its being barbarous and i endinc to demoralize the lower classes, t ( Fatal Quarrel Over Cards. I Quarreling over cards, Ernst Hall cilled Walter Bryan and \ fatilly tvounded Lonnie Gunn, at Cincinnati. Dhio. ^ I A Splltln Australian Federation. Queensland's Parliament was dig- . solved; the Premier issued a manifesto showing dissatisfaction with the fed- * iratlon. ' Woman Art Student a Suicide. Bella Riordan, forty years old, ot New York City, a student in the Penn- . sylvania Academy of Fine Arts, com- ; mitted suicide in her room in a boarding house in Philadelphia. She swal- ' lowed carbolic acid, stabbed herself ' repeatedly in the breast and inhaled 1 illuminating gas. Filipinos Elect Native Governors. j Elections for Governors in the Phil- ( ippines showed that in most provinces .he native candidates received a ma- ( jority of the votes. Senator Dryrten Takes the Oath. The onth as Senator from New Jersey to succeed the late General Sewell ! svas taken In Washington by John F. | t Dryden. His desk, just in tlie rear i Df Senator Kean's, was covered with c Bowers. He secures the Chairmanship , of the Committee on Relations with t Canada, and goes on the Committees on 1 Immigration, Enrolled Bills, Library l and University of the United States. * Plot to Murder Empress of China. Details of the plot to assassinate th& Empiess of China were received from f Victoria, B. C. \ ..... ' . ^33 BLIZZARD VISITS NEW YORK1 ? ( Traffic in the Northwestern Section Paralyzed by the Snowstorm. BLOCKED ROADS STOP BURIALS Railroads Are Heavy Sufferer*, Train* < Being Stalled at Many Points?Tele- i phone and Telegraph Lines Are Down, and Badness Receives a Severe Check , ?Storm's Fury Almost Unprecedented. > Rochester, N. Y.?Western New York i was tied up by the sharpest storm of the winter and one of the worst in i years. Rochester was troubled by ( crippled street car service, late mails . and few, and trains hours behind time. ] but the country round, was buried un- t der drifts some fifteen feet deep. c Many dead had to remain unburieo ^ bccause the undertaker could not reach, t the house. The long suffering doctors I did their best, but many cases of act ual suffering were reported, because I % even the tired horses could not carrs I v the physicians through the blocked g roads. ' Near the Brockport station a milk- c man's horse perished while the ?drivei i went to get help to release the team c from a drift. The station agent at t Wayneport, blinded by the storm, was t struck by a train and instantly killed j there. The body of William Hughes t was found by farmers breaking roads a near Palmyra. The man had been \ thrown from his cutter during the t night, and evidently grew bewildered and perished in the storm. ( From every side came reports that i schools were closed, mails were unde- * livered, trains were tied up and busi- t ness practically suspended. Thirty t passengers were found benumbed with t cold in electric cars stalled near this a city. . 1 From cities within hundreds of miles o came reports of suffering and Inter- 1 rupted traffic. All along the line of the New York Central, the West Shore and Pennsylvania systems freight and passenger trains had to be abandoned. A freight train was wrecked on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad between Hinsdale and Ishua, f and was soon covered by drifting snow, t At Utica there was no prospect of * north and south roads being opened ?' for several days. Country roads were c burled under great drifts. a The Mohawk Valley country roads t were blocked and no mails were re- C ceived. F Wayne County was snowbound. The e Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg t Railway closed down. Lyons and Clyde r were in darkness. The electric com- '' pany was afraid to run the lights be- r cause of tangled up wires. c t MAN! PERISH IN CALE3- t I ? The Storm In Europe Bad Forty Victim* 1 on Italian Coast Alone. * ' E London.?Forty lives are reported to have been lost in shipwrecks on the Italian coasts in the recent gales. Several persons were killed by avalanches ' in Italy. A village near Verona baa v been wrecked by the storm and certain J; districts adjacent to Rome have been ^ flooded. ' 1 A German bark stranded on St. Martin Rock of the Scllly Islands, and was 1 broken up before the life savers 0 reached her. The crew of Jlio bark was .p drowned. l: The mail steamer M:.ri? Hocriette , smashed a wheel on hor way rrora * Dover to Ostend, and became unman- 1 ageable after the accident. Her pas- \ sengers had a terrible experience. ^ Wrecks Alone: Nova Scotia. Yarmouth, N. S.?The Dominion Coa^ ? Compauy's steamer Mira went ashore j> on Chebougue Point Ledge, and, it is expected, will be a total loss. The steamer was bound from Boston to ? Louisburg,* C. B. fe'he registers 2400 \ tons. The brig Antine Ora, from An- * aapolis to the West Indies, went ashore ? uear Point Prim Light, Digby, and is i total loss. The crew was saved. Blizzard Works SI30.000 Ruin. Oweusboro, Ky.?Although the weathav wild nnlrl tlimisnnfie wpiv in tlio r>itv ^ viewing the ice wrecks. Several hun- ? 3red inen were working for the tele- ? phone and telegraph companies. The Jamage to property Is estimate^ at * floO.OOO. The wind has broken down nearly every tree in the city. Thunderstorm In Blizzard. j Boston, Mass.?Reports from New '' England points say the storm was the l. host violent in years. Trains were slockaded in,Vermont and in Maine in a course of the tempest a violent thunlerstorm passed. Heavy Snowfall In 3'Ic'ilcan. 6 Kalamazoo, Mich.?For nearly twen- u :y-four hours a blizzard was in s progress in the State. Nearly a foot c )f snow fell, drifting badly, and impeding railway traffic. Marconi Station Wrecked. 0 Baltimore, Md.?The Government's s vireless telegraph station on the Mar- e ;oni system, the erection of which was l; )nly just completed, was wrecked in :he fierce storm. Cotton Goods Trade Situation. 1) The cotton goods trade has not been f ictive, but there has been a fair busi- t: less in most lines, which has kept irst hand supplies in good condition, rhe absence of surplus stocks and the steadiness of raw cotton prices have o ontributed to the general support of j 5 .alues on a firm basis. Two Millions For Harvard University. John D. Rockefeller has given $1,000,)00 for the equipment of new buildings ? !or the medical school of Harvard Uni- j - ersity. This follows a gift of $1,000,- 0 )00 made by J. Pierpont Morgan a few s lays ago. I, Prince Henry Returns to Palace. Prince Henry of the Netherlands, thfe Dutch Prince Consort, has returned to he palace at Amsterdam. The renewed reports of quarrels between j. 3ueen Wilhelmina and her husbaD^ Uintah Mining Invalidation. The United States Senate adopted Mr. Rawlins's resolution for an inves- ? Igation into the Uintah mining leases n Utah. The investigation is to be t, ,'onducted by the Committee on Indian. Affairs, which Avill inquire into twc ? subjects? the authority of the Interior ^ Department to approve such leases and Jie connection of Government officials ,vith the making of the leases. President Zelaya Inaugurated. J. Santos Zelayn, nt Managua, was ^ naugurated President of Nicaragua fojj ? lis third term. ... - V <? PLATT FOR RECIPROCITY 'onneoticut Senator Declares the Protection Policy is in Danger. tariff Concessions to Cuba. He Says, 'Wll) Not Injure Any American Industry? View of Stanch Protectionist. Washington, D. C.?"I think," said Senator Orville H. Piatt, of Connecicut, "that the cause of protection is low in far more danger of being mounded in the house of its friends ;hnn it ever was in danger of being njured by its enemies." This statement was made by the Conlecticut Senator in the course of a conversation on the subject of Cuban eciprocity. in which he declared unequivocally in favor of that scheme. Mr. Piatt Went on to declare his belief hat in the event the Republican party loes not deal fairly by the Cubans, the esult will be an uprising against the vhole principle of protection which vill be most injurious to party pros>ects. He showed clearly that in avoring the cause of the Cubans he vas not only acting in accordance with vhat he believes to be right and fair, >ut was also acting for what he conidered the best interests of his party. Politicians here say the importance if Senator Piatt taking this stand can lardly be overestimated. He is one >f the half dozen Senators who pracically control the deliberations of that >ody. He is one of the leaders of the Senate, and, besides, he represents a obacco-growing State, and is taking in attitude which, in the case of a man vhose position was less fully assured ban his, might lead to trouble. When he declares for Cuban reel>rocity, not only because he thinks it s right, but because he fears for the vhole policy of protection unless somehing is done, and this in opposition o the policy of his section of the counry, it is bound to have a great effect, md all the more because Mr. Piatt lflR hitherto hppfi an nnrnmnrnmisinff pponent of the slightest attempt to nterfere "with such matters. FOR ANNEXATION OF CUBA. longressional Resolution Inviting Island to Become a Territory and Then a State. Washington, D. C.?Represtntative fewlands (Dem., Nevada), who was he author of the resolution annexing lawaii, introduced a joint reslution nviting the Republic of Cuba to be ome a part of the United States, first ls a Territory and then as a State of he Union, to be called the State of 'uba; also authorizing a twenty-five ler cent. r?duction of duty in the present crop of Cuban, sugar In consideraion of Cuba's granting preferential ates to the United States. The resoutlon confines the twenty-five per cent, eduction to the period prior to Januiry 1, 1903. Mr. Newlands is a memler of the Ways and Means Commltee. OBBZRS KILLED PLUCKY SHERIFF ;?cape With S6000 They Stole From a ClarUiville, Ark., Bank. Clarksville, Ark.?Robbers blew open be safe of the Bank of Clarksville' vlth dynamite, obtained a sum estiuated at $G000, killed Jobn Powers, Sheriff of Johnson County, who atempted to capture them, and escaped. There were from four to six men in he gang. They tied their horses in the iutskirts of the town and made their ray unobserved to the bank, which is a the north side of a public square. Lfter gaining entrance they destroyed he safe with dynamite, obtained all he money available and .made their ray to the street There they were onfronted by Sheriff Powers, who pened Are upon them. The robbers eturned the fire, using both revolvers nd Winchesters. Powers stood his round and emptied two revolvers beore he was killed. When citizens arrived upon the scene . little later Powers was dead, and here was no trace of the robbers exept a trail of blood tliat Indicated that he Sheriff had wounded one or peraps more of his assailants. Coastod to Death In the Dark. Six boys, coasting down a hill at 'eorin. 111., crashed into an electric ar and four of them were injured, two atally. The police were guarding the rossing. but owing to the darkness he coasters were not seen in time to revent the accident Six Firemen Klllsd in St. Lonli Fire. Six firemen were killed, six badly inured and a number of others more o:* ?ss injured in the lire which destroyed he five-story building occupied by the imerican Tent and Awning Compauy t St Louis, Mo. Wyoming JLavrfl Found Invalid. The discoverhas been made that very law enacted by the last Legislatire of Wyoming is invalid for the reaon that the bills were not read and reorded properly in the lower house. Woman, 100 Years Old, Kills Herself. Mrs. Rebecca Evilsizer, 100 years old. ommitted suicide in the home of her on near South Whitely, Ind. She hoked hersell' to death by stuffing a irge handkerchief down her throat. Unrest in Afghanistan. There is considerable unrest at Kaul and elsewhere in Afghanistan. The auatical element is predominant and rouble Is feared. Missing Man Found Frozen Stiff. Missing for a week John Neavaney, f Oxford. Mich., was found frozen tiff under the ice in a ditch. Becoming a Xation of Beef-Eaters. More beef and less mutton and pork 3 being eaten in America now thaa ver before, according to George M.' voinuiell. expert in animal industry f the Department of Agriculture. Avho poke at Kansas City, Mo. Beef cattle a the country now number (304 to each 000 of population. Salisbury Retires When War Ends. The retirement of Lord Salisbury, he Frime Minister of Great Britain, rom office will be coincident with the nci or me souin Aim-uu war. Personal Mention. Emneror William of Germany is fory-tlirce years old. Congressman Littlefield, of Maine, alks nearly 300 words a minute. Andrew Carnegie has made a second ift of 8300,000 to Cooper Union, New fork City. Prince Henry has bought fifty presnts to distribute on his visit to the Jnited States. Professor Edmund J. James, of the Jniversity of Chicago, has been electd President nt tho Northwestern UniersitT Ideal Home*. Some of the happiest and most Ideal homes, where peace, contentment and harmony dwell, have been the abode of poor people. No rich carpets covered the floor, no costly paintings were on the walls, and there were no pianos, no works of art; but there were contented minds, and unselfish and devoted lives. Each member of the family contributed as much as possible to the happiness of all, endeavoring to compensate by kindness and intelll- j gence for the poverty of their surroundings.?Success. 5 -7????? The Price of Thickness. The persiflage of some of the shop* where the trade is with the poor is not without its humor. Into a Fifth ave- . nue butcher's establishment there came the other day a little girl of the teneOk. a m(4>K a | uz?.ula, out; uuu a luigc uai nuu ? feather?evidently the product of some Ill-conceived charity box?and a little \ shawl was thinly covering her shonl- ' ders. She carried a small brown paper ' parcel. ' ', "Please, Mr. Schmidt," she began, . shoving this across the counter to him, "my mother says this ten cents' worth of steak ain't thick,enough. 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