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r To Sirs Sponce Fisher's Lives. Experiments are being made at La I Coal otto, Tunis, with a new submarine | fpssol. invented by Abbe Raoul, the VicflMJeneral of Carriage, to be used in sponge fishing. The vessel is made J stool and resembles in shape a huge porpoise. The entrance to the central ehamber is nermeucaiiy ciosea uj u fceav.v lid fastened with screws, and tfce occupants survey their surround- ^ ings through portholes. A long spear, terminating in a grappling hook, worked from the interior of the subsnarine, seizes the sponge and deposits It in a net at the side of fhe vessel. The craft is propelled by electricity furnished by accumulators through a ?blo attached to a vessel on the surface. -w ith which it is in constant communication by means of a telephone. ' t Xllt* VCSSUl UgUlCU VlbVLt IV4iJ , M..M a lump hanging in the bow lights up i the surroundings, while the sponge r 6sh*r is beneath the water. Three men t may easily descend in the vessel at the { aire time. ^ The object of the vessel is to reduce ^ the great mortality among sponge fishers.?Philadelphia liecord. " f Drying Damp Wheat. j It is reported that heavy rains havt fallen in the centre of the wheat see- t tion of Argentina, and that much dam-: f age has been done to the crop. This t will cause the European millers to look i ,with suspicion 011 all importations of E .wheat from that country this year, foi 0 the Argentina farmers have a way ot ? spreading out their damp wheat to dry t and then sending it to market. When treated in this way it is impossible to i tell that the wheat has been wet, but \ the wetting and drying tends to harden i the kernel, and when ground the quality of the flour is inferior. 0 < Peculiar Highland Remedies. ^ A popular Highland remedy for both * consumption and general debility was j, what was .inown as sudh nan cabar j ("the juice of dee's horns"). These y were gathered in the hills when the t animals cast them in the springtime. I They were boiled for some hours and ? the juice obtained bottled, after being ^ trained. Candy sugar and whisky are f H6ually added to it nowadays. Crabs' j shells pulverized, and eaten on bread and butter, were used for consumption, t asthma and whooping cough in the I Hebrides.?Caledonian Medical Jour- <3 nal. b Twenty Shots in His Head. T At the present time there is a keepe? ( on a Hertfordshire estate who has d about twenty shots in his head. Nearly 0 thirty years ago this man was acci- ? dentally shot by an under keeper, and r tliere were twenty-two noies m tne uat ^ he wore, which is preserved to this c day. The injured,man never had the 1< hots extracted, was long between life o and death and completely lost his hear- a Ing.?London Standard. 8 Tnrkey produces a great quantity of ? ?ranges. N. Y.?3 '( FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous- ? ess after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer. $2trialbottleand treatisefreo " Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila., ra. f ? a "Don't you find it tiresome," said Marc Antony, "to devote so much time v to literature in addition to your various t prays?" "Yes," replied Caesar, "but c i It pays. There is nothing like being * four own military critic."?Washington Bur. I ' ii How's Tills? 11 offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for 11 any ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured o/ 2 Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. t We,theundersigned, haveknownF. J.Che- t Bey for the last 15 years, and believe him per- a JectJy nonoraDie in ail imsiness iransucciom x and financially able to cairy out any oblige- _ lions made by their flrai.. 8 W*bt A Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists,Toledo Ohio. ' . <t t Waldisg.KiunaxAMabtin, Wholesale Dru;;- b gists, Toledo, Ohio. li HairsCatarrh Cureis taken internally, aoc - v Jng directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Bold by all Druggists 11 Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation, t * c The financial advancement of Can- ^ ada rivals that of the United States, p In 18<>7 the Dominion banks had less v than 580,000,000 of assets. They now have $600,000,000. J ? The 0?t "Wonder. u The Editor must tell its readers of this marvel. It originated with the largest farm seed growers in the world, the John A. Salzer beed Co., La Crosse, Wis. It has stiff straw, stands up like a stone wall. ' is white, heavy, and has long ears, tilled to the tip with fat, plump kernels. It is a great stooler, 80 stocks from one kernel. W YOU WILL SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c. J IN STAMPS j lo above address, you will get a sample of ( this Oat Wonder, which yielded in 1903, in ' 40 States from 250 to 310 bu. per acre, to- * iretner with other farm seed samples and ? their big catalog. [A.C.L.] t It takes heroism to be a good husband when he has ceased to be a loving one. ' f Safeguard Your Children Wi th Hoxsie's Croap Cure, from Croup,Diph- t theria. Whooping Cough and Pneumonia. <; No opiates, No nausea. All druggists. 50cts. j Truth is a stranger that a good many e people don't care to meet. C i Tcoftinte and Billion Dollar Grass. g The two greatest fodder plants on earth, one good for 14 tons of hay and the other tons green .fodder per acre. Grows everywhere, so: does Victoria Rape, yielding 60,000 lbs. sheep and swine food pef . acre. [A.C.L.] JUST SEND 10C. IN STAMrS TO THE John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., . and receive in return their big catalog and , lots of farm seed samples. J Some men who won't trust themselves wonder why others won't trust them. 'Pift/t'c rsira ic hMt m?diflinft wfl evepns<>d ! for ail affections of throat and lungs.?Wk. j O. Exdslzt, Yanbumn, Ind., Feb. 10,1900. \ Any man is liable to make mistakes, but 1 it is the other fellow who blunders. ' ] Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, s<rfton the gums, reduccs inflammation,allays pain,'.*ures wind eolic. 25c. a bottle The only persons who don't break good resolutions are those who never make j them. ( SO Busbela Macaroni Wheat l'er Acre. Introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Agr. It is a tremendous cropper, yielding in J;ood land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry, arid and% such as are found in Mont., Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo., etc.. it will yield from 40 to 60 bu. This Wheat and Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus Inermis and Billion Dollar Grass, makes it powib'e vo ?rnw nnH fatten boss and cattle wherever oil is found. JUST 6EID 1#C. AND THIS NOTICE to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosae, ! JWis., and they win send you free a sample ?f this Wheat and other farm seeds, toelher with their great catalog, alone 00.00 to any wide-awake farmer. [A.C.L.J - ."A mean man often has a powerful influWee over a eood womaa. IBS. BECHTEL ACQUITTED ury bays She Uid Not Share in Daughter's Murder. VERDICT ON ONE BALLOT ilother of the Gir! "Receives the Verdicl With Emotion ? Counsel For the Defense Says He Will Prove Who th< Murderer Is ? Impressive Closini Scenes la theTr.'al at Allentown. Allentown, Pa.?Mrs. Catherine Bech. el was acquitted ol the charge of beng an accessory after the fact to the nurder of her daughter, Mabel Bechel, in this city on October 26-27. When he verdict was announced Mrs. Bech :el sank into a ciiair ana wept, tier laughters and sons gathered about her, tnd a crowd collected to congratulate he family and counsel. The jury took >ne ballot only. ,'fudge Trexler told the jurymen that hey had discharged their duty with id^lily. *a?d that they deserved the hanks of the Court and the comnunity. He said that it was not >roper for the Court to express an opinion as to the verdict, but that his ;entiments might be gauged by his emarks to the jury. As soon as 9he tecame composed, Mrs. Bechtel said: "I know I am innocent, but I would ike to know who did it. If Mabel vere only here for a short time to tell t" Mrs. Bechtel was taken to the office if her attorney, accompanied by her :hildren, and later she went home, rhere is still a charge of murder igainst her, and indictments as accesory before and after the fact against ler children, John, Charles and aai'tna, DUt lC is prouauie iuhi iucj vill be stricken off the list at the April erm of the court. District Attorney lichtenwalner said he would do this inless new developments should arise. ?he District Attorney waa disaplolnted. Captain Schaadt, counsel for Mrs. Jechtel, said: "This is not the end of the case. I iave proved the Bechtels innocent, but do not propose to stop until the mur[erer, who I think is now known, is irought to justice." The jury, it is said, agreed upon a erdict in five minutes after it retired. Captain ,T. L. Schaadt began his ad[ress to the jury. This was limited to ne hour and a half. The defense iroposed at first to submit the case rithout argument, but District Attorley Lichtenwalner declined the offer. Captain Schaadt dwelt upon the treatoent Tom Bechtel had received in the jck-up, and contended that the refusal f Mr. Lichtenwalner to permit him to tfonri tho fnnpral of his sister was re ponsible for Tom's suicide. "Just as sure as though he bad used pistol or a knife upon this man in ail. the District Attorney of Lehigh Jounty killed Tom Bechtel." shouted Japtain Schaadt. "This is a sin upon is soul that will be laid bare when e stands before the judgment seat and aces his Maker." This outburst made . stir in the court room. After declaring that Mabel Bechtel vas killed outside the house and that ler dead body was brought there in a ab. as the mother had testified, Capain Schaadt said: "There is little doubt in my mind s to who killed this poor girl. I may, efore I am through with this case, iame him here in open court. It is on ay tongue to do so now, but I will ;ot be hasty." Neither Eckstein nor Weisenberger, he girl's lovers, were in court when his declaration was made, seemingly imed at one or the other of them. Capain Schaadt closed with an impasioned appeal to the jury. District Attorney Lichtenwalner conended that Mable was struck down by ier brother Tom. who did not mean to :ill her, but when he found that the round would prove fatal it was deided to finish the job in such a manier that suspicion would be diverted rom those inside the house. He harged that, aided by Mrs. Bechtel. 'om carried the body down stairs and ilaced it in the underground alleyway, rhere it was found. Judge Trexler told the jury that in onsidering the case, especially the tesimony of the experts, they should use heir "good, common sense." LOUISIANA LAND FRAUDS. ^our More Prominent Men Indicted For Conspiracy. New Orleans, La.?The Federal Grand ury here has indicted on two counts ames L. Bradford, William H. Wright, Jeorge Baldey and Francis Lory, Jr., or conspiracy to defraud the United Itates Government in certain land maters and making and presenting false Jaims. The indictments are the most mportant of any yet found for the land rauds committed in Louisiana. The United States Grand Jury in >oth the north and south Louisiana listriets continue to investigate the and frauds and are striking men high>r up in every investigation. The inlictments already found exceed 350, ncluding some twenty lawyers and leveral United States Commissioners. Diamond Thief Caught The man who robbed Baroness Helina Radzewill of $25,000 worth of diamonds in San Francisco three weeks igo is in jail in Minneapolis, Minn., ind $12,000 worth of the stolen jewels lave been recovered. Dunton Found Guilty. Frank G. Dunton, who killed Emil Vlyei* in Sedalia, Mo., twx> months age for the betrayal and desertion of Dun ;on's daughter, Daisy, was convicted ol murder, the verdict fixing his puni?h ment at twenty-eight years in tbc penitentiary. Fatal Crash at Salt Lake. x Thice men were killed and six in jured in a rear end collision on tht Union Pacific $10,000,000 cu-t-off acros: Great Salt Lake, Utah, Nevrjy Gleanings. It is said that negro peonage is wide spread' on plantations througbou Texas. The National Liberals in the Germai Reichstag demanded freedom for th< press of Germany, Felix Carty died in a hospital a Syracuse at the age of 104 years. Hi was born in Ireland. The United States Supreme Court <k elded that negroes cannot be debarred from serving on Grand Juries in case involving crimes committed by uem berg of their race. "" - ''-v.. ' V, 4 < SEN. BURTON INDICTED Charged With Taking- Money From 1 SI Louis Firm. Allocation Made That He Ci?l Hi* Influence to Stop a Postal j Fraud Order. t St. Louis, Mo.?The Federal Grand ' . Jury returned an indictment against ? Joseph Ralph Burton, United States ; Seuator from Kansas, charging hin\ on nine counts with accepting five checks of $500 each from the Rialto Grain and Secunities Company between Novem- ( ber 23, 1902, and March 26. 1903, while ( a United States Senator. It is charged that the alleged payments were made in return for services in interceding ' with the Postmaster-General, Chief < , Postoffice Inspector and other high ( postoffice officials to induce them to ( render a favorable decision is matters ' affecting the permission of the Rialto Company to use the mails and prevent i TUB issuance 01 u ituuu uiuu. Major Hugh C. Dennis, president of the company, and W. B. Mehauey. as- 1 sociatod with him, are named in the indictment as the men who made the checks payable to Burton. The Rialto Grain and Securities Company has been under investigation ] by the State courts for several months, on account of internal troubles and the ] complaints of investors. 1 Indictments have been found against ' Major Dennis and others of the officers, but they have never been convicted on any of them. At one time the Rialto Company's offices were closed by court officials on attachments secured by al- ' leged creditors, but were reopened after arrapgements to satisfy the claims had been, made. For several days past-William E. Cochran, Chief Postoffice Inspector ' from Washington, D. C.; Major Hugh C. Dennis and W. B. Mehaney have been before the Grand Jury, and it is ' believed the indictment was found on I their testimony. As a result of his connection with the J ~ *- lw% I I company uennis was lumticu uum m the Federal and State courts, but the 1 United States court acquitted him. Four indictments found in State courts against Desnis are still pending. The penalty provided upon conviction for the offense with which Senator Burton is charged is a penitentiary sentence of not more than two years and a fine of not more thftn $10,000, and yne so convicted shall be rendered incapable of holding office of trust, honor-or emolument under the Government. United States Senators are immunefrom arrest except for certain specified crimes while the Senate is in session. It is expected that the present Senate session will last until the summer, but United States District Attorney Dyer expects that Senator Burton will make arrangementst at once for a speedy trial. ASSAULT ON JAPANESE. Russian Marines Severely Maltreat Vladivostok Residents. London, England.?A party or jkussian marines landed at Vladivostok on January 9 and subjected the Japanese residents to great violence. They wrecked twenty-four bouses, maltreated women and inflicted wounds upon aged persons and children. The rioting lasted for twenty hours. The rioters were accompanied by their officers, according to the letters from Vladivostok, and were nat restrained by the civil authorities. Japanese newspapers advocate the withdrawal of all Japanese from Siberia, and ask what may be expected in the event of hostilities if such things occur in time of peace. COL. LYNCH LIBERATED. Royal Pardon, However, Not Yet Granted. London, England. ? Colonel Arthur Lynch, who commanded the Irish Brigade against the British forces in the war in South Africa, and who was afterward convicted of treason, sentence of death being commuted to imprisonment for life, has been liberated *'on license." Lynch has not received the royal pardon. Colonel Lynch will enjoy personal liberty, and may even leave the country should he care to do so. but not navmg received tne royai paraon ne m \ disqualified from sitting in Parliament or from holding any other public office. RECOGNIZING MORALES. Powers Accept the Provisional Government of Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo.?The provisional Government under General Morales has been recognized by a number of foreign Powers. There have been several engagements between the troops of the provisional Government and the insurgents under General Jiminez. These have resulted in no advantage to tbe insurgents. Incendiarism is rife in the capital. Several houses have been burned, among them the prado of the Clyde Line. 1 Norwegian Town Burned. 1 The town of Aalesund, a Norwegian 1 seaport, with a population of 12.0(H), was completely destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $5,000,000. Blew Top of Head Off. i > The accidental discharge of a shot, gun blew the top of Percy Alexander's ! head off at Upton, Mass., killing bint instantly. < Bank President Held. S. B. Allen, President of the Farm. ers and Merchants' National Ba*k, of ? Cleburne, Texas, was arrested, charged . with the embezzlement of $29,000 of , the bank's funds. Africans Murder British. A massacre of a British expedition, * under the auspices of the East Africa Syndicate, by Turkhana tribesmen, i took place in the neighborhood of Rudolf Lake, East Africa. Prominect People. Mary Johnston, author of '*To Have - and to Hold," is recovering her health. 1 A portrait of Sienor Marconi is to be engraved on one of a new issue of 1 Italian stamps. & General Isaac Khan, the Persian Minister to the U<iited States, has been t transferred to Vienna. - Archbishop Farley received from the Pope as a New Year's gift a beautiful >: portrait of His Holiness. j Rudyard Kipling's novel, "The Light s That, bailed," is to be nut upon the l* stage in almost erery European lansuaee. ' I y-7v>r WIHEBS WERE ENTOMBED Over One Hundred and Eighty Colliers Imprisoned in a Shaft. SAUSE OF EXPLOSION UNKNOWN terrible Disaster at Hard wick Colliery, ta Pennsylvania, Buries Scores of Workmen In the Shaft?Heroic Work of the Rescners ? Wires and Children at Month of the Pit. Pittsburg. Pa.?By an explosion In the Hardwick mine of the Allegheny Doal Company, over 180 men were entombed. In addition to those killed by the explosion, Selwin M. Taylor, one of the most expert nining engileers in the country, was overcome ivhile directing the work of rescue. Mr. Taylor was the engineer for the coal company, and laid out the mine. When he received word of tile explosion he went immediately to the scene and all day labored in directing the work of rescue. Thomas Wood, one of the rescuers, later came up from the mine and announced that Selwin M. Taylor had been found unconscious about 2U0 feet from the mine opening in a wing. Dr. C. M. McCullogh, of Cheswick, volunteered to go down to attend Taylor, who is still living. George Gorvach, a miner with the rescuing party, was overcome in the mine and was hauled out unconscious and taken to the schoolhouse. Next to James McCann, who was the hero of the occasion, Mr. Taylor was the foremost in that work. When McCann had been down the shaft and had brought up one man alive, Mr. Taylor went down, and, with McCann and Henry Baker, pushed his way into the interior of the mine, finding another miner alive, but by the time he was reached all the party were too weak to drag him out. They made their way back to the surface and, after being revived, again went down. How the explosion occurred has not Deen ruuy aeiermineu. iu? too **??? sitlier set off by a blast, or a miner's pick struck into a pocket of gas, allowing it to light from the flame of the [amps. The explosion was one of the most severe ever known in a mine In this part of the country. The mule used at the foot of the shaft to pull the :ars on and off the cage was just pulling on a loaded car. He was blown right up the shaft, a distance of 220 feet, and through the tipple, at the head, and landed, broken and lifeless, 200 feet away from the mouth of the ?it. Five men employed on the tipple were injured, two so badly that they aave since died. They were Henty Vlayhew, aged fifty, widower, and Seorge Waltman, aged twenty-seven. The little mining village of HffrdwJck was thrown in a state of terror by the explosion. Men, women and children ill ran toward the mine, around which lung a pall of smoke. The mine offiiials, Wilfred Snowden, superintendent, and George Sheets, manager, were lorror-stricken, realizing, as they did mmediately, the awful results. From :he first it was not believed that any of Jie men could escape. TnlanliAiitt Tnooon pro? TVpra RPTlt hilt* X Uic^/uyiiu UiVUWW^Vw ! wa w wv?v iedly to Cheswick and Springdale for >hysicians, and several responded luickly. Upon /receipt of a message elllng of the explosion the seventyive employes of the Pittsburg Tool tnd Drop Forge Company, at Cheswick, were hurried to the mine to assist in the rescue. Not a sonnd came from the depths, of the mine. Vainly :he engineer listened at his speaking :ube for a clang of his b^ll to indicate :hat some one had escaped. After an lour or so evidences of tfye presence >f the terrible black damp came up the shaft The big fan was reversed and nade to draw the damp out of the air ihaft. Meantime a crew of willing workers "l'ected a temporary windlass over the lead of the main shaft. M?Cann was owered down into the depths again. This time he went right to the bottom. Here he found Adolph Conia, the - ager, alive, and brought him to the surface. Again he went down, this :ime accompanied by another miner, Henry Baker, and Mr. Taylor, the minng engineer. The three men crawled iver debris, passing by three dead bodes. They penetrated into the gangway several hundred yards, when they were driven back by the after damp. Coming back to the shaft they ga tilled fresh courage, and having tilled thfcir lungs with good "air, they went t)aek again. More dead bodies greeted their sight, but away beyond them, after crawling oh hands and knees for hundreds of yards over fallen roof timbers and wrecks of mine cars, they saw md recognized another living victim. By this time they were nearly fainting from the damp. The strength of the hree men was not sufficient to drag the unconscious man out, and they were impelled to go back. Telephoned and Drank Poison. Simeon M. Ayers, after telephoning to his son and brother from the Union Square Hotel, New York City, went to tiis room, drank poison and later was found dead. ?A-V* TMA Anfi?A ITlro X\ UUlIiCi xucaiib a. tiv. A small fire occurred in the Garrick Theatre. whi,ch is. on the first floor of the Schiller Building, at Chicago, 111. Many Killed in Fiji. A disastrous hurricane has blown over the Fiji Islands, resulting in great loss of life and property. No Cheap Gas in Chicago. Judge Grosscup, in the United States District Coupt, at Chicago, decided against the city in the seventy-flveeent gas cases. He declared the State did not delegate to the city the power to regulate the price of gas. No Gambling in Panama! The Constitutional Convention of Panama continued the discussion of the proposed constitution, and an article prohibiting gambling in the Republic of Panama was approved. Sporting Brevities. J. E. Green's Eagle won the Rice Cup for ice boats on the Shrewsbury, sailing fifteen miles in 27.08.33. New entrances designed for the greater comiori ui imuuus umt uv-cu planned for the Polo Ground. President Killilea, of the Boston 'Americans,* has secured a new lease of seven years on the Huntington avenue grounds. . . .... Joe Gans, of Baltimore, the lightweight champion, received the decision over WiHle Fitzgerr.ld, of Brooklyn, la a ten-round bout at Detroit. Mich. -p;.* -V'; - V - \ ''. ' ' ' . ' .. . -r t >" . JAPAN IMPOSES WAR TAX Expaot to Raise $25,000,000 , by Doubling* Landand incomo Valuer Popular Fcellnj; Arr>n?eil In Russia in Belief That National Hoaocll at Stake ? Sitaatiou in Korea. Tokyo. Japan.?It Is understood, that the Cabinet, assisted by the Elder statesmen, has completed a financial program which is said to include the issuance of exchequer bonds to the amount of $50,000,000, increasing taxes to the extent of $25,000,000. In the issuing of the loan the Japanese Government will not be.obliged to go outside the realm, as patriotic Japanese bankers, it is believed, will advance any amount which may be called for. The Government has resolved to impose a war tax by doubling the land tax and. the inconje tax. thereby obtaining additiortif ifeve'nne of 44,000,000 yen ($22,000,000). St. Petersburg, Russia.?1The exchanges regarding the Russian response to 'the Japanese note are Stiff progressing. The Forcigu Office, here announces that there is iio change in ~ Tim lorninoco T.acrntinn LUC OllUU 11VU. a. nt v? ? does not credit the report from Tokyo that Japan has requested Russia to hasten her reply. M. Kurino, the Japanese Minister, has received no instructions on the subject. On the contrary, he apparently realizes that the delay is consequent upon exchanges between St. Petersburg, Viceroy Alerieff and Baron de Rosen, tlie Russian Minister at Tokyo. M. Kurino reiterates his opinion that Japan will not press Russia for a reply. The Admiralty insist that the movements of Russian ships in the neighborhood of Port -Arthur.are entirely without significance, saying in explanation that they are probably merely routine changes of station and certainly made without the expectation of a collision. A prominent Admiral said in an interview: "The Admiralty believes In the peaceful termination of the negotiations. Some of our ships in the Far East are still in reserve. The steps now being taken should be described as precautionary, rather than warlike preparations." Seoul. Korea.?The peddlers, with the permission of the Government, are levying blackmail on all wealthy hpuses in Seoul, excejtf those of the high officials, on the pretext of guarding the houses. If a riot should occur lOuO soldiers will be sent south to quell thfe insurrection. ,j. j , MINERS HURLED TO DEATH. Cable Parts, Letting Cage" Load Shoot to Bottom of Shaft. Victor, Col?By the failing of a cage in the Stratton Independence mine, near the centre of this city, fifteen men are dead and. one other severely injured. In the main shaft sixteen men were being hoisted in a cage from the sixth, seventh and eighth levels. When the cage reached the surface the engineer, for some unexplained reason, was tinable to stop the engine and the cagewith its load of human freight was drawn up into the gallows frame, where it became lodged temporarily. The strain on the cable finally caused it to part, and the cage, released, shot down the shaft with terrific speed. Turn nf fh? nrpnnnnts hnd become en tangled in the timber rods near the top of the gallows frame and were crushed to death. The other fourteen men were hurled to death down the 1500 foot shaft. WRIGHT COMMITTED SUICIDE. Promoter Swallowed Poison While Receiving His Seutence. London, England.?A post-mortem examination has shown that Whitaker Wright, who died suddenly after being, sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for fraud, committed suicide by taking cyanide of potassium. Investigation indicates that Wright must have swallowed the poison tab - --?- t?o Joias wnne smnaiug ueiure juouc Digham, after receiving his sentence. A revolver was found on his person, of American make, heavy calibre and fully loaded. It was concealed In his hip pocket, and is an evidence of his strong determination to end his life. Express Derailed. The Pittsfleld express on the New York, New Haven and'Hartford Railroad, plunged down the bank of the Housatonlc Hirer, near Housatonic, Mass., and the passengers were saved by the thick ice from drowning. Burn Prisoners Alive. The bushmen with the rebels in German Southwest Africa are committing terrible atrocities. The limbs of the dead are chopped or- and the prisoners are said to have been burned alive. Negro Murderer Lynched. Lewis Radford, a negro, was lynched at Guthrie, Ky., by a mob of from thirty to forty negroes. He had been arrested on the charge of killing Pris illa Frozell, also a uogro. German Settlers Slain. Official intelligence from Swakopmund. South Africa, says Okahandja reports that sixteen German settlers have been murdered in that district, and that seventy people are missing. Four Killed at a Crossing. Four persons have been killed by a Chicago and Northwestern passenger I train at Carry, near Crystal Lake, Wis. The train struck a sleigh containing a minister, his wife and four children, instantly killing the father, mother and two children. Charles F. Dodge Arrested. Charles F. Dodge was arrested in Houston, Texas, nn a charge of perjury committed in his suic to upset his wife's divorce. News of the Toilers. There are 10;> trade unions in Rocli ester, N. Y., with a membership of 13,162. Trade unions at Toronto. Canada, have organized a central body on the trade sectional plan. The propositi to introduce Chinese labor in South Africa has evoked a storm of opposition. Striking Indianapolis, Incl.. floor-layers have returned to work under the old scale of wages. Detroit (Mich.) contractors have ac- i cepted the new wage scale of the Asphalt Pavers' Union. % .. -? HINOft EVENTS OF THE WEEK . * * * ,J. WASHINGTON ITEMS. Fostmaster-General and Mrs. Payne dined the President and his Cabinet. secretary .\ioouy save a iarev.cn dinner to Secretary Root. President Roosevelt received a delegation from Boston. Mass., but declined an Invitation to attend the 128th anniversary of the evacuation of that city by tha British. _ . ' The President's yacht, Mayflower, at Paitaraa since November, will soon be ordered home. Secretary Hay left for Thomasville, Ga.. to remain ten days or two weeks as the guest of Colonel Payne. An urgent deficiency appropriation of $300,000 was requested at the House by Postmaster-General Payne, to enable the establishment of rural free delivery routes after March 1. The Treasury experts who have been^ investigating the office' of Secretary Edward A. Mosiey of the Interstate Commerce Commission, hare declared the ill i iijjnljM"r;if}jHM^.. ^ ADOPTED ISLANDS . Lieutenant Campbell W. Flake, of : the Twenty-second Infantry, was killed by Moros while trying to enter Moro Cotta, in Mindanao, to examine the locality. The Japanese merchants at Manila,, in fh a PhiHnnin <\a ho ra Konn Q fl rlco/1 iu luc x itiiua t c au ? by their home Government to transfer their business to Americans in case of war. The Federal members of the Porto Rican House of Delegates mado a motion to suspend five Republican members who have been absent for five days without permission. The Federals will apply to the courts for a decision in the matter. " James H. Causten. of the Stated ^Washington, who was formerly Deputy Collector at Puget Sound, hfs arrived at San Juan, Porto Rico, and will as sume his new duties of Collector of the Port. Luis Munoz Rivera, the Federal leader, has'returned to Forto Rico aftei an absence of three years, and was greeted by a large crowd of people, hundreds of whom embraced him. The manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, at Manila, charges coercion by American miHtary officers in the Philippines in the dosing of the bauk. . DOMESTIC. Richard Carvel,. a walking delegate nf the Herri Riorfirpru' nnri Paint. ers' Union, pleaded.';guilty to a charge of extortion at New York recently. The Acme Harvester Company's plant at Peoria, 111., closed several months because of financial difficulties, resumed operations recently with about 500 operatives. .. Threatened, strikes in several large cities are being Considered by the Executive Board of the Brotherhood of Painters, now sitting at Lafayette, Ind. The main building of the State School for Indigent Children at Owatonna, Minn., caught fire recently, but the children were all rescued. By inhaling illuminating gas, John A. Strickland, a draughtsman at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal., killed .himself. Major T. K. Vardaman was inaugurated Governor of Mississippi with simple ceremonies. * .Robbers stole h safe from an express car on the Southern Pacific Bailroad. In the trial of A. C. Twining on charges arising out of the collapse of the First National Bank, of Asbury Park, N. J., witnesses made an unexpected charge cf forgery against the accused man. A case of smallpox at the Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., has caused all the men of the Fourth and Eighth Regiments of Cavalry to be vaccinated. A serious epidemic of typhoid fever broke out at Leadville, Col. Three hundred men hav& gone on strike at the Diamond Glass Factory, Gas City, Ind. Charles Crane, of St Louis, Mo., awaiting trial on a charge of embezzlement. committed suicide by shooting himself. Nervousness due to overwork caused Ned Howard Fowler, leading man at the Empire Theatre Stock Company, to kill himself at-Columbus, Ohio. Two persons were burned to death in an early morning fire which destroyed three dwellings at Pittsburg, pa. FOREIGN. During a quarrel .over wages, C. Goyo'tte, of Montreal, killed Daniel Corrigan and his son recently, at Alfred, Ont. Korean soldiers and police at Pyengyan, disguised as robbers, have looted all the wealthy native houses. The manuscript of Milton's "Paradise Lost" was offered for sale at auction at London, England, but the reserve price, $25,000, not being reached, it was withdrawn after a bid of $23,750 had been made. The town of Macoris, San Domingo, has been captured by the insurgents after desperate fighting, the Minister of War being mortally wounded. A German gunboat has landed eighty-seven men, with three officers and five machine guns, ou the coast of fJprman South Africa. The Government of Panama is considering the adoption of measures looking to the sanitation of the city. The authorities at Pekia, China, have made proposals of mediation between Russia and Japan to several representatives of the Powers. The Peruvian Foreign Minister and the Ecuadorian Minister to Peru signed a protocol agreeing to submit to the arbitration of the envoy of a friendly nation the remaining questions in dispute between the two countries. Tnkashima, the Japanese interpreter for the Russian Attache, was arrested at Tokio, Japan, on the suspicion of acting as a spy in the Yokosuka fortified zone. The Emperor of Korea has ordered that 700 revolvers ajid clubs be distributed to the "Peddlars," who are nominally secret police. The Asiatic Labor bill has passed its second reading in the Transvaal Legislative Council. President Palma ordered Congress to adjourn and the session came to an end soon after the receipt of the order. The Federal Postal Department of Victoria, Australia, accepted a British hid for copper wire worth $60,000, though the amount was three-quartern of one per cent, higher than an American offer. A company of mounted infantry surprised a body of the Mullah's forces near Eilinaada. 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