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R' THE NEW SEI MADE ON A FOUNDATION OF BR( CANNON, CAPTURED BY Ki TURKS IN THE WAR 01 NOAH'S ARK REBUILT. I Daoiili Engineer Brlleret He Haa Produced an Exact Model of the Craft. | The accompanying sketch will give Americans a good idea of the extraordinary craft which has Just been built t>y M. Vogt, the Danish engineer, in an attempt to produce an exact model of Noah's ark. To assist him in his task M. Vogt had special translations made by distinguished Hebrewists of passages out of the Hebrew scriptures relating to the ark. and srot ideas, too, from a repre sentation of Noah's craft on a coin dated 300 B. C. which is the property of a museum iu Copenhagen. Owing to the methods employed in its construction, doubt was expressed , from the first as to w.ietner M. Vogt's craft would float at all, let alone prove! seavrortby in a "blow." Popular incredulity and'ridicule, however, disturbed the builder not at all, and now he has good cause for satisfaction, for his craft's trial trip the other day proved a complete success. Carrying as passengers its designer, several entr\npf>rs_ and a laree nartv of newspa per men, the ark not only showed itself perfectly seaworthy, but moved lightly and quickly through the water. In fact, experts Ijpve declared that in spite of her rudimentary design the strange yessel is the steadiest craft ever seen on the liigb seas. U As nearly as M. Vogt is able to judge, fc'.s vessel is one-tenth the size of the ' ?rlgiual Noah's ark and is of about 120 ions burden. Entering by one of the side ports, one finds a surprising amount of cabin space despite the low, THE NEW ] 8'oping sides. As the craft rides high la the water, plenty of light comes through the large portholes in the Hides, which can be left open for ventilation when the sea is smooth. Of course, the ark is simply built and very plainly furnished inside, to correspond .with the one to which the survivors of the first flood disaster are believed to have intrusted themselves. WATER BOTTLE IMPROVED. v Auxiliary Hea c.4 Keeps Tsmpcratrrc Constant. In the ordinary forms of water bags now in use the water falls in temperature after several hours, and it is necessary to replenish with hot water. This fall of the temperature, and the time lost in replenishing the supply, is necessarily objectionable, and sometimes in serious cases requires the constant attention of the nurse and a relay of bags. A recently invented bag luaintains the temperature comparatively uniform as long as desired. The n'at-of raeorvnip 5s miifh the samp as usual, except that it contains a heating coil, which may be of rubber tubing. !A hot water kettle and stand is also provided, there being an inlet and outlet for vapor, connected by rubber tubing with the coil within the water bottle. .The bag is first filled with hot water, and then-a gas jet or oil lamp lighted under the kettle, the two devices being properly connected. As the water boils in the kettle the vapor CIRCULATION OP HOT WATER. passes through the coil system in the bag. thereby raising the temperature of the water surrounding the coil. A thermometer inserted in the circulating y-w*nn> tpi'vvs to IvtVieatA l_h? ianiiicJ\jL IVIAN CROWN. ~ )NZE TAKEN FROM AN HISTORIC V.RAGEORGE FROM THE ? INDEPENDENCE, 1004. i > ture. and a spring clip, which may be j used to shut off or obstruct the flow j i of vapor in the heating coil, permits j of a comparatively close regulation of 1 temperature. AUTOMOBILE IN POSTAL SERVICE. . i The Italian postal authorities are ex- j perimenting with postal automobiles ! for the sections of territory adjacent j ? ~ 1 ITALIAN POSTAL AUTOMOBILE. J ? ? 3 -I to large cities which are not supplied j with up-to-date postal facilities. The j vehicles are compact and speedy, ev- : ery inch of room in the interior being ' laid out to the best advantage. A crew j of two is required for each car, the ! driver also assisting in the sorting and j I N'OAH'S ARK. | collection of .mail. The experiment j has proven so'successful up to date j that it is quite likely tliat the service j will be very greatly extended in the > near future. The illustration is pro- j duced from Motor Age.?Philadelphia j Record. MAIL-BOX INDICATOR. i Persons who have found it difficult j to decipher the heiroglyphics on I TT..n1? Com'o n-.ni! hftTl.O whtfh RllOW I uuvtc caui o uiuii il/v?h.u, ?....?? ~?- .. the hours of collection, will appreciate an automatic arrangement which 3D aspiring inventor is just now endeavoring to persuade the Postoffice Department to adopt for its boxes throughout the length and breadth of the land. \ A disc revolving inside the box bears j near its edge the hours of the several ! daily visits of the mail collector and j j, 11 <K | Us THE JIAIL COLLECTION* INUXCATOB. nn aperture at tbe side of the box is J so arranged as to permit only one of j hnnrs to be seen at a time from | the outside. The opening of the box by the postman causes the disc to revolve, and in the little aperture appears the hour of the next collection. The thing is exceedingly simple, and as the figures on the disc are large there can be no difficulty in determin- ! ing the question "when will this letter I I am about to mail start on its jour-! ney to Its destination?" The present London price of an ounce of radium would be $400:000. according to Dr. Ilampson in a recent lecture at Leeds. Martin .Johnsou. fbe largest sheep owner in South Dakota, is said to liave marketed a wool clip representing $10,000. v? .:-'. ' ' -v .v 7-.roCONTROLLING PLANT GROWTH. How th? Mysterious Power of RIectrlcify Is Here Used. Flowers that bloom to-day exceed all creations of nature. Violets are doubled and tripled iu size. A. race of | pansies has been raised' up to measure ! two inches around their faces. Reel | roses Lave been turned into purple and black, and white ones into all the colors of the rainbow. Rcsek bushes have been converted into trees and vines, bearing flowers in clusters, like grapes. Chrysanthemums have been i made to bloom like sunflowers, and j lilies and tulips have been raised In darkness and light, so that their or- j iginal characteristics were almost totally obliterated. In a modern plant experimental ! laboratory the electric light arc creates j transformations that astonish the : most hardened investigator. Night j and day the bright light stimulates the plants in their growth, while all sunshine is cut out from the building. The delicate violet grows rapidly, maturing its flowers in a few weeks. The rose flowers with most brilliant colors ahe^d of its regular season. The reds are intensified in brightness, but they fade quickly. Born in a day and night, their period of usefulness is measured by the ^ame short span of existence. When brought to the light nf fhpv crrow afcklv and fade rapidly. The electric arc has produced roses eight inches in diameter and violets more than an inch across. Tulips became giants. and chrysanthemums resemble cabbages in size. Experiments with electricity show further that the iight modifled by different-colored globes produces varied results. Ked globes intensify the growth and increase the brilliancy of colors, but they also weaken the vitality of the plants. The flowers quickly fade away and decay, and the plants succumb to ordinary disease or to chills. White globes, which dissipate the rays and spread them more; uniformly, make the plants grow steadily and satisfactorily. But the yellow globes so far Jiare given the best safffsfaction, while blue ones apparently neutralize the whole effect of the electric light. Electricity is not life, but it stimulates life in plants. Its adaptation may yet revolutionize horticulture." In our home lighted by electricity the conservatory becomes an experimental garden. We modify the lights with shades suited to the needs of the different potted plants. The sick ones are revived by a course in electric therapeutics. The pots are placed near the incandescent or arc lights according to th& amount of light and stimulation they need, and under their powerful influence they revive and their > diseases ara destroyed. t The disease-producing insects cannot stand the fierce glare of the electric light placed -within a few feet of them. They attempt to hide beneath the leaves or in the stems, but the light penetrates till, dislodging or destroying them. The powerful white j rays are so destructive to insect life 1 that a course of electric therapeutics ; is now used instead of poisonous sprays in laboratories to cleanse the ; plants. In the homes where the electric light j caunotvbe us'ed the employment of or- j ilinary sunlight, magnified and modified by glass and mirrors, is made pos- j Bible. The amateur flower-grower will lind the sunlight susceptible of con iiriai.a fimniro ftnrt mnninulafcion. I First, the exclusion of all white rays by covering the windows with red ; glass or red curtains is important. The | powerful rays directed on the plants j stimulate and then destroy, driving j away the insects.?Herald. Ancient Chair*. Seats more or less resembling stools , ?that is, seats without backs?were iu ! general use among nations possessing a | certain degree of civilization in prehistoric times. What those were like in | the early historic period we know from j an examination of Egyptian monu- { ments. from a study of Greek vases, j or from Etrurian or Roman antiquities ' that are stored iu European museums. The Egyptian deities are seated generally on granite blocks, the backs of which are raised a few inches only, giving a distant resemblance to a cliadr. That the Egyptians had seats more comfortable for domestic use is possible. but we have every reason to suppose, although they possessed a high degree of civilization,'that tbeir idea of home comforts was not that of modern times. The common people probably sat on blocks of stone or wood or sprawled about on the ground with some syrt of carpet that also served for a bed. The Etrurians, ancient inhabitants of Italy before the arrival of the Romans, appear to have preferred the reclining posture, in which they are usually represented on the sarcophaguses iu the | museums.?Waverley Magazine. A Non-Enforceable taw." We gravely doubt if it is physically j possible to "enforce the law, at least | without making its enforcement the j sole business of the police, and that I would entail intolerable conditions. Some ardent and ill-balanced reformers j have been understood to advocate just j such an absolute concentration of po- j lice activity on a single duty, but we ] have never been able to discover any j sood reason for attributing peculiar : sanctity to the liquor law and leaving j life and property to take care of tliem- j selves. Moreover, even if the police were willing and competent to make an arrest for every violation, how valuable would the net result be, in view of the moral certainty that the courts would continu^ to excite the DistrictAttorney's indignation by dismissing his complaints??Sew York Tribune. FrujraJ Mindeti Chinaman, An amusing trait of the Chinee character is pointed out in the last report of the British Consul at. Foochow. A British company started a match factory to compete against the Japanese. It'seemed to prosper, and then stopped. All the Consul drily remarks is: "It would be well, however, if they bore in mind that the Chinamnn not only counts the number of matches in a box, but also takes into consideration* the number of those that break in striking or fail to ignite, these beinj; the complaints brought against the matches hitherto turned out by the ompauy."?London Daily Mail, > FIRE IN JERSEY PRISON Wild Excitement at Blaze in Rahway Reformatory, GUARDS QUELL THE STAMPEDE Cnconsciooji Prisoner! Carried Out Wliila Other* Are tlawd Under Heavily Armed Guards in Courtyard?Conflagration Started In Paiut Shop?City Fire Department Called. Railway. N. J.?The wildest excitement attended a fire in the New Jersey State Reformatory here early in the morning, when thirty prisoners, locked in their cells, wer* overcome by smoke and had to be carried to the outer air. while the rest of the inmates, on the verge of a stampede, were marched out of danger between heavily armed guards. The fire started in a well-filled paint shop, and was well under way when It was discovered by a guard. He sent in an alarm, promptly arousing the Warden and the entire force of guards. While they were making ready to fight the blaze with the prison apparatus, dense and sickening smoke spread throughout the reformatory, /penetrating to the cells on every tier. The institution was overcrowded. The noise aroused- the prisoners. When LULUUgll UlC SU1UIVC iur,r utxauic >tcii.c of what had happened they were seized with fear and began hammering at their cell doors. "Do you want to roast us, like rats?" some of them yelled. Some were praying, some were singing hymns, others were shouting for a priest, while others again were cursing, and shouted that they would break down the doors that held them imprisoned. When it was found that the fire wasspreading, despite the efforts of the guards, the cell doors were at last unlocked. and the prisoners marched out into the Reformatory yard under a heavy guard of keepers, armed with rifles. It was then found that thirty of the inmates had been overcome by the smoke that had poured through the corridors. In their unconscious condition they were carried from the building by their keepers. They were resuscitated by Prison Physician Hough and outside practitioners who had arrived in response to hurry calls/ It is said that the fire apparatus in the prison was defective; and that the hose was .rotten and burst. Whether this is true or not, i.t is certain that it was only the prompt -arrival of the town fire department that saved the prison from destruction. > The origin of the fire was a mystery, although there seemed to be a disposition to attribute it to spontaneous combustion. The damage was $10,000. Besides this, the Bertillion records, kept in the annex building, were rendered worthless by being soaked with water. The fire hardly got beyond the paiut shop. v AUTO MILE IN 3T SECONDS. Bowd ;n, of Boston. Clips. Two Seconds 00 Vandelbilt's ^World's Record. Daytonn, Fla.?H. L. Bowden, of Boston; in an unofficial trial against tim<?, speeded his ninety-horse power automobile a mile over the Daytona Beach in thirty-seven seconds flat, clipping a full two seconds off the world's record made by Ivilliam K. Vanderbilt, Jr., over the same course just a year ago. Mr. Bowd-en drove liis car, and after the trial said he expected to make - -* ' *? - /: rri?A a rurtuer reaucnou in me ujiues. xuc < beach was in splendid condition, and I a strong wind was blowing with the' xar. CI?EW OF ELEVEN SAVED. Schooner Cordelia E. Hayes is Wreckcd Off Cape Hatteras. ' Norfolk, Va.?Captain Brown and his crew of ten men. of the four-masted schooner Cordelia E.-Hayes, were rescued by life savers of Cape Hatteras. The Hayes was seen ashore on Diamond Shoals, four miles southeast of Hatteras, at half past y o'clock in the morning, and crews from Creeds Hill and Cape Hatteras started out in a rough sea to the rescue. They had great difficulty in approaching the vessel, owing to the high gca and thick weather. INSANE PRINCE DEAD. Question of Succession In Lippe-Detmold is in Dispule. * "Berlin,-"Germany.?Karl Alexander, the reigning Prince of Lippe-Detmold, who was insane, died at Bayreuth. His death renders more acute the -squabble which arose over the regency, in which Emperor William in tervened last October, with tlie difference that now the fight will be over the succession. President of Long Island Railroad. William F. Ptftter was elected President of the Long Island Railroad Company. Corners the Coke Market. By the purchase of the 'Grassland plant of the Atlas Coke Company of Pittsiburg, Pa., the H. C. Frick Coke Company is believed to have secured a complete corner in the coke market. It hus been manifest for some time that the underlying concern of--the steel trust was* trying to effect a corner in the market. As a result of the Frick interests obtaining^ dominating grip on the coke business, prices have soared skyward. England to Speak First. The code of procedure of the North Sea Commission provided that the British side of the Dogger Bank case shall be heard first; that ail testimony shall be taken in public, while deliberations are held in secret. Revolt In Russia. Six thousand workingmen in the Russian oil region about Baku were in open revolt. In three days forty Cossacks were killed. 100 wounded and juiilions in property looted and burned. Snortlnz Brevities. The Boston Amoricins have signed Pitcher O'Brien. William Spring won the cross country run of the Pastime- A. C. Automobile men arrived from Paris for the show* to be held in New York City. The Georgie and the Hazel L. were winners in ice yacht races on the North and Shrewsbury rivers. . Pennsylvania los?s the services of N. T. Cartmell, a crack sprinter. George Brooke has been appointed head football coach. 1 Vtev I enp ie family wiped out V\T. 7. Mason, His 1/Vifa, Tw) Cliildr^n and Servant St;Itocatsi Son 01 rcToininen; i?ew i?ruci muou Early iVIorninjj Conflagration?Nu La<l* <1er to Their Koof Pre rented Escape. New York City.?Unable to escape from fheir rich I?nru<\ Xo. 13^? West ISOtli^ street", because they bail neglected to comply with tire regulations that call for .a ladder leading from the top floor of their house to the r^of, th* family of William T. Mason, a lawyer and one of the best known men in Hnriem. was wiped out of existence early in the morning by a blaze which broke out in the basement of the building. Had such a ladder been in position, the firemen said, the family could have escaped without much difficulty. Mason, who was- a son of former Police Coijrtnissioner Joel W. Mnson, lived with-his family in a haudsoaie four-story browystone building.- Five persons, all asleep when the firo * -t-'iz-i ??*ol/Ano/1 Kv amnto thnt" auiLLCU. ?cic a ti aucii&u ?,? mmvmv poured in dense volumes through the house. The father tried to gather his family and slead them to safety, hut his efforts were too late. The position of the bodies- when discovered after the flames had been put. out told the story of the futile attempt. The Mason family consisted of the father, the mother, who formerly was Miss Claire Higgons; Ellen, four years old, and Marion, six months old. One servant, too, lost her life. Another, a colored maid, escaped through being out for the evening. She returned while the firemen were putting out the blaze, and surprised the police, who had reported her dead, by appearing in the West 125th street 'station. Frank C. Waldron, of No. 100 West 130th street, was on his way home that morning when he heard cries coming from the Mason house. At the same time he saw smoke issuing from the basement window and he ran to turn in an alarm. On his way to the fire box he met Patrolman Mangau. of the West 125th street station, and after ringing for the engines they re' turned to the house. They could hear a man shouting for help, and they tried to enter the house by way of the basement. The policeman smashed the windows with his nightstick, but a mass of flame and smoke prevented him from entering. Next the upStirtisL. door was tried. The policeman triedto break down the thick oaked panels, but* they resisted his assaults, and he could not get in. He then climbed tct' the window ledge and broke the panes of glass on the parlor floor. But again he was prevented from entering by xl. ~ -3 ^ 4> me ueiiae uuuus ui suit/ntr. When the fire apparatus^ arrived the firemen tried to enter the house to rescue the inmates, but such headway had the flames made that it was impossible to venture within. Ladders were raised to the adjoining houses, and the flemen tried to get into the blazing building by way of the roof. They lifted the scuttle, but again they were driven back by the flames. After half an hour of hard work the flames were subdued sufficiently to permit the firemen to enter the building, and they then found the bodies of the-victims. They found also that the fire, which had smarted in the basement, had made it way upward with remarkable swiftness, destroying the stairs, but not entering the rooms on the two upper floors. On entering one of the rear rooms on the third floor the firemen found, the bodies of Mason and his youngest child. The father was apparently about to lift his child from the cradle when a gust of smoke overcame him and he fell to the floor and was suffocated. Headed by Battalion Chief Short the firemen made their way to the little room where the ladder to the roof-scuttle was supposed to be. They found the door of the room open, but the ladder was not there. Under the debris of the room the "firemen foqnd the body of little Ellen. Just?outside the room were the bodies of. Mr?. Ma son and Nellie Doyle, the servant. It was apparent that the victims had tried to escape by way of the roof, but the ladder not being where the fire regulations require it4 to be, they were unable to get out. Escape by way of the stairs had been cut off by the flames, and before the family could decide what to do they were overcome by the smoke. Sues For Over $4,000,000. In the State District Court, at Houston^x'exas, John H. Kirby. of Houston, entered a suit against Patrick Calhoun, of Atlanta, Ga? doing business in New York City, for stock in the Houston Oil Company of the value of $4,189,300. ICirby alleges that this stock belongs to him and that Calhoun is illegally withholding it. Garnishments against the receivers of tue Houston Oil Company and the Kirby Lumber Compauy have been served to recover property held by them and sums owing to them by Calhoun. A bond of $425,000 was given to cover the garnishments. The suit involves the operations which terminated in receiverships for the twe corporations. Congo Natives Rise. Advices received in Vienna, from missionaries declared that all the whites on the upper reaches of the Congo had been murdered in a rising of natives. Three Killed In Riot. Three men are dead and thirty badiy wounded from a fight at Cartier. Ont.. between gangs of Italian and Finnish laborers working on a railway. General Passenger Agent Killed. While making an inspection tour on the Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City Railroad General Passenger Agent I-. B. Sullivan was instantly killed near Beaumont, Miss., by the train being ditched at a washout. Deadlock in Delaware. Democrats and Addicks men joined forces and succeeded in blocking the possibility of an attempt to get a vote for United States Senator and end the Delaware legislative deadlock. Labor World. * Union carpenters in Connecticut number 17,300. xiiere is pruciu'uij.i u muui uu?u ument in New Zealand. | Window glass jobbers beid a recent conference in Chicago, III. Chicago (III.) shoe manufacturers are feeling the loss of the union stamp. | The Massachusetts Cotton Mills, at Lowerl, have reduced the wages of 200 | employes. Poti:s-town bricklayers adopted a forI ty-cent per hour and nino hours a day I sralfi for this vpar flINOREVEKTSOFTHEWEEl WASHINGTON. The President appointed Robert Watchorn to succeed William Williams its Commissioner of Immigration al isew lork. t President Roosevelt rent a message to Congress recommending that the Panama Canal Commission be reduced from seven to fire or preferably three members. The Legislative Appropriation bil] was taken up by the Senate, and the bill of the Merchant Marine Commission was reported. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Lieutenant-General Chaffee. Chief oi Staff, received a cable message from Major-General Corbin. commanding the Philippines division at Manila, saying he had received the following dispatcli from Brigadier-General Cftrter, com manding the Department Of the Vis ayas: "Lieutenant Avery, one Philip pine scout -and two natives were wounded In action at Dolores River Private Austin, hospital corps, was wounded and nine constabulary were killed in acttyn near Maslog, Samar Litutenant Avfery and Private Austlr arrived hefe. The officer referred tc is First Lieutenant Morton L. Avery of the Philippine scouts.'^ A Delegate of the Union party, ol Porto Rico, which has a majority ir the House of Delegates, presented i bill providing for the independence ol Porto Rico under the protection of th< unueu cutties, JLiit? rvepuuuuttii mmui ity in the Hou3e, with the sdpport ol Unionists who did not approve the measure, killed the bill. DOMESTIC. ' In a fire which'partially destroyed the Hoiel Waltham. at Waltham Mass., Mrs. J. Lovell was burned tc death. -5 * The Atlantic Coast Line Florida Spe cial was wrecked ^at Hardeville, S. C. ' and a flagman was fatally hurt. In a letter to Fire Commissionei Hayes Chief Croker, of New York City asked that fireworks other than fire crackers be prohibited next Fourth o: July. The Chicago (III.) Press Clab cele brated its twenty-fifth anniversary.' Albert Flake and Robert E. Dowling of New York Cfty, organized a $3,000, 000 real estate company. Relatives of former President Zach nry Taylor inspected his grave, at St Mathews. Ky., with a view to making its condition more presentable. Maurice F. iTolarhan, rS^dent of tlic Board of Public ImprovemenWJita^efa Ynrlr Pitv unHpr Mnvnr Van vWhk died. After seven' days of bitter struggli with gales the American liner Ne^i York arrived in New York Harbor fron Southampton. Gessler Rosseau confessed that b( sent dynamite to the S. S. Umbria an<3 that he tried to blow up the statue ol Frederick the Great, in Washington. Secretarjy McCord, of the Hecla Iroi Works, charged that he was asked foi a bribe of' $75,000 by a New York Citj employe in connection with the build ing of the Public Library. President Mitchell/ of the United Mine Workers, told of losses caused by coal strikes, but was hopeful gardiug future contracts. "Ike" Vail, "king of bunco men,' died, aged seventy. The engagement of Slgnor Marconi to the Princess Giacinta Ruspoli daughter of an hereditary Vatican dig nitary, was reported in the Patria, oi Rome. Snow fell in Rome, Italy, for the flrsl Hmo in fen vofirs Owing to the mistake of her chauf feur, the Duchess of Marlborough'! automobile was upset in a ditch necul Rugby. England, but she escaped un Injured. .? By a great fall of chalk cliff, neaj Dover. England, says a special cable dispatch, the South For^'and Light house has been placed in danger. Fierce winter storms were reported causing much loss of life on the Brit isli Coast and destruction on the Riviera. The North German liner Hohenzol lern, from Marseilles, grounded n1 Alexandria Harbor, says a.special cabl? dispatch, but was refloated v/lthoul serious damage. .T. Pierpont Morgan, according to e special cable- dispatch, is building hir house at Prince's Gate. London, Eng land,. especially for his collection o.1 art treasures. It is the interests of King.Leopold if the Canton-Hankow Railway wnicn liave been "acquired by J. Pierpont MCr: Kan. and it isjsaid the line may now ?k extendedto Pekin. J* copy of Shakespeare's "Titus An^fronicus," published in 1594. has jusl been discovered in Sweden. Advices from Costa Rica were tha( Lord Fitzwilllam's treasure hunting expedition to Cocos Island met anothei expedition there under Mr. Harnefl Gray, and a fight ensued for possession. iu which the Gray forces weri victorious. Ambassador C'hoate spoke at the unveiling of the statue of Lord Russell, of Ivillowen, at London. ' Mr. Balfour warned the people o 1 Great Britain that development of the empire in all quarters of the globe if the great problem of the day for the nation. At the request of the Grand Chancel lor President Loubet has erased from the roll of the Legion of Honor the name of M. Begmcourt, one of M Combes' informers. Mr. Balfour, at a dinner in liis honor declared that the duty of all Britons was to work for a stronger union witli the colonies. The date for the convening of Par lianient has been set for February 14 and a short session is expected. It was imported in Tangier that an army recently mobilized by the Sultan of Morocco had deserted, and that he now had less than a regiment undei arms. A new Danish Ministry was formed containing a number of the members of the former Cabinet. More coal miners have gone on strike in the Ruhr region. It was estimated that ninety-one colleries were involvw and that the men on strike numberet 110,000. Troops were sent to reinforc< the local gendarmerie in the disturbed districts. The American Chamber of Com merce in Berlin sent a petition t( President Roosevelt urging a reciproc ity treaty with Germany. M. Combes and his French Ministrj decided to resign, in order to allow the uniting under a new Cabinet o those elements which are hostile t( the Premier personally. It was ex pected that M. RouvLer will form th< new Cabinet. ' BIG GERMAN COAL STRIKE* Two; Hundred thousand 'Mineral , Leave Their Work. ' Government Mining Corn no i??i oner* ii$. I ; Conference With Operators and the ? Labor Representative#: ! Essen, Germany.?According to reports received at the official Mine Office nearly 200,000 men from 205 coal mines went out on strike. ; The Government Mining Commisi sioners \yere in conference for four . -.3 hours with representatives of the po- t j era^ives at Dortmund, hearing the min. er8' complaints. They were scheduled . to meet the Mine Owners' Association . to hear their side, and It was expected , that the Commissioners would bring [ about a conference between represen| tatives of the mine owners and the , workmen-. Herr Von Velsen, the head "j of the . commission, has instructions / ;*|88 j from .Chancellor Von Buelow to do, , everything to restore peace. The news from all parts of the min' : ing district indicated that order has , > } ] been preserved, only insignificant cases k oi violence Deiug reported. ' Coal consumers In this region or| dered supplies from Belgium and from ' other German districts. The Govern5 ment railways, In anticipation of the; strike, accumulated supplies for six ' weeks. v 5 The speec' of Herr Moeller, PrussianMinister Commerce and Industry, makes an unpleasant impression among :-Jg the miners, who think it will delay a . settlement of'the strike. , . Jm 1 The speech of the Imperial ChanceT' lor. Count von Buelow, in the Prussian. ' DWeL afftrtoing that the Govern men fatwo duties toward the strike were to- . '{%? preserve order and assist in a settle> ment so as to save German industry from a great calamity gives the mtnr ers hope of obtaining concessions. / ' $ , The Executive Committee of the So clalist party has issued a general ap- < '|j| J peal to German workmen to stand by the strikers, "as they are striking not . only for daily bread, but for the rights of all men." , I AVALANCHE KILLS MANY. . Causes Inundation in Norway?Fiftynine Persons Perish. ? ChriStiania.?Fifty-nine persons perished as'the result of an avalanche of . : M rocks at' Naesdal, North of Bergen. A massif rock was precipitated into i Loenva/icl Lake from the neighboring ! hills, causing an immense wave twenty' ^ feet high to sweep the neighboring , ^^ijises, people and cattle were swept ; awayHy the rush of water, and it 4s ( known fifty-nine persons perished. A greafSfcorm later stopped the relief work, tnF^rrounding district be! 'earthquake killS^undreds. I Another Disaster in Cauca?i&?People Buried in Ruins. \_ London, England.?A dispatch fcom St. Petersburg to a news agency rh^. \ ports that, an earthquake at Shemakha^^j^^ [ (seventy-six1 miles northwest of Bakue) buried hundreds of people in the ruins ^ . of buildings in the lowei* part of the / town, which was densely populated despite the decision after the earth quake of three years ago that no more houses should be built there. ! TTrrcnwN TV RTTSSTA. ' , Houses Damaged, But No One Killed by tbe Explosives. London, England.?A dispatch to the i Telegraph from St. Petersburg saya ' that a bomb was thrown into the cen tral policy office at Posholihon, Government of Yarosfav. Nobody was1 hurt. . Much damage has been done to the * . ! residence of^the Governor of Smolensk by a bomb,-hut none of the occupants was injured. STATES ELECT SENATORS. , New Jersey, Afontana and Nevada t Choose Congressmen. ' Senator Ivean was unanimously nomf inated by a joint Republican caucus of the Jersey Legislature to succeed him- ' t self. N i Thomas H. Carter was elected United States Senator by the Legislature f of Montana. George F. Nixon was selected for Senator by the Republican i caucus of the Nevada Legislature. ELECT DEPEW/ x ' "j i Democrats in State Legislature Voted For Smith M. Weed. Albany, N. Y.?In each house of thff , State Legislature Senator Chauncey ; M. Depew was declared the choice of j the Republican members as United ' States Senator to succeed himself. The Democrats cast their votes for ! Smith M. Weed, of Plattsburg. la 1 joint session the next day Senator Dc pew was declared elected. Bank Robbers Get $40,000. , Information reached Macon. . Ga., from Lafayette. Ala., that a bank in 1 /hat town was dynamited and $40,000 1 taken. Citizens began scouring the 1 country for the burglars. /. , Fewer Forest Fires. , The report of the New York State Superintendent of Forests, made public at Albany, showed a remarkable falling off in forest fires last year. \ Big Suit For New York. Corporation Counsel Delany brought suit in New York City's behalf to re- ? cover from the Empire City Subway Company $5,000,000 due, and to .force H.of mra/M.,iHnn trt BlirfOn^PP nftSSPS ( sion of the underground electrical coni duits now held by the Telephone and Light trusts into the absolute control of the municipality. j Niedringhaus Elected. Thomas Iv. Nledringhaus was elected i L'uited States Senator from Missouri. 1 Prominent People. I ParJ Kruger left a fortune of nearly; I $4,000,000. Edmond Dural, who for nearly half a century has managed the Moiite De riete in i*aris, is auoui 10 reuie iro;j bis position. Governor Lanham, of Texas, issued : twenty-seven pardons as Christmas / presents to the convicts in the variousI prisons of the State. Queen Alexandra exhibited eight bantams at a poultry show the other ; day and received ten prizes for thcw. from the flattered Indcres ^ . ' |,f-' i1