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"? Population o< Rv??nland.
Ung lo the census of 1001.
jg ?ro 11,893 iuhnbi rants in Green
i? I increase Of IOI i sine;
H \ crease includes 441 Eskimos.
od by Captain Holm in 1S04.
pi ^-opoan population was 27-. No
B y exists in Greenland. Th^
Y villages are 5ukJcprt?ppen with
I Julianshaab with 39* inhabiThe
census shows that the
eenlanders are of pure Eskimo
The remainder of the populawever,
U greatly mixed. The
id the death rate of Greenland
altb of Am
nl-iTf^nK Much Discus
he Future of a Cc
lealth of Its Women.
the New York State Assembly of
ers, a prominent New York doctor
he 500 women present that healthy
ican women were so rare as to be
st extinct.
is seems to be a sweeping state*
of the condition of American
in. Yet how many do you know
.e perfectly well anddonothave
trouble arising from a deraoge?
of the female organism which
fests itself in headaches, backs,
nervousness, that bearing-down
ag. painful or irregular menstraaleueorrhooa,
displacement of the
as, ovarian trouble, indigestion or
>lessness? There is a tried and
remedy for all these ailments,
a E. Pinkhaca's Vegetable Coinid
has restored mors American
ten to health than all other reme'
in the world. It regulated,
rigthens and cures diseases of the
ale organism a3 nothing else can.
thirty years it has been curing
worst forms of female comnts.
ich testimony as the following
aid be convincing.
rs. T. C. Willadsen, of Manning,
writes:
r Mrs. Pinkham:?
can truly say that you have saved my life
I cannot express rav gratitude to you in
ds. For two years I spent lots of money
oc to ring without any benefit for msnal
irregularities and I had given up all
23 of ever being well again, but I was
iuaded to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-1
? MM/4 fVtnOA (l Q 17 A PA. I
t) ^Viupuuuu A1IU VUIOV W?U*w uu ..,4V <
ed me to perfect health. Had it not been
yon I would have been in my grave i
lay."
ila E Plnkhan's Vegetable Com]
, Irrvlavancien.
ist enough labor to give one an nple
for leisure; tbeu enough leisure
revive the appetite for labor?that
lid be ideal!
reason why men take so iong a
e to repent is because they vris-h to
ke it a first-class, careful job.
j writer should have a feminine
meet: first to inspire him to pro\
and. secondly, to console him for
ejection of the production!
e good turn deserves an encore,
to encores ad nauseam.
5 foolish to s'eep on your rights;
to sleep on your fancied wrongs,
h day of human life is made up
imile, a song and a tear. And a
7 of years can add nothing to
'hree simple elements.?New Orrimes-Democrat.
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The Klr?t White House.
residence of i>aniel Isrke Cushusband
of Martha Dandrlrtge.
led the White House. George
^ton lived there for a short
er their marriage, and from It
iir House at Washington was
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1 Kow'? T1?U?
One Hundred Dollars Reward Cor
' Catarrh tkuc cannot be cured by
Urn Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
^ undersigned, have known F. J.
the last 16 years, and believe him
tpnorable in" all business traosac^jiauciaily
able to carry out auy
^ynade by thoir firm.
Wax, Wholesale Druggists, Tc- i
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jissas <k Marvis, Wholesale !
jj?, Toledo, O.
j^'ra Cure is taken internally, ac tjg^pon
the blood and mucoussurVri<3te;Q
Testimonials sent free.
(JL-, battle. Sold by all Druggists.
Family Pills for constipation.
.. ie ProcaaMon* Taken.
A fi?i T,;ifiv Con seventh floor
" % you koow what precau;
!l,SWietor of tlie hotel has
takes
*, it fire.
. .s, mum; he hns the place
insboi tv.;,.e wot ;t?s -worth."?
^ette.
30*, 50 Per Uent. Paid
r"^,VI!>E-V\VAKE AGENTS
i*'OH..uit & Ornamental Trees
'u^jV 'siirnh- , Hoses anil Vines. ]
...i.ji.f.'irs'-ol,yor?>:errn^b 1
t??t ?! 'mpjcy awlication. i
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MMy* an aewli that you can dor.ot
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\ "Th? Vite?t Seller" IE
I varies greatly from year to year. Tb?
i death rate is greater in the south than
! in the north; consumption claims thir
i ty-one per cent in the north and twenty-Wjjht
per cent, iu the south. About
thirteen per cent, of the deaths are
I from accidental causes, chiefly drown
in lu 1901 about eiglity-four pel
cent, of tlw population sustained them
selves by seal catching'. Ashing and
hunting. The remainder are connected
with the administration, mission?
and trades. Since 1S34 there has been
a tendency to replace the Europeans
by natives in the subordinate positions
erican Women
ised at Women's Clubs?
juntry Depends on the
Miss Mattie Henry, Vice-President of
Danville Art Club* 439 Green Street,
Danville, Va., writes:
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? Many years' suffering
with female weakness .inflammation and
a broken down system made ne more anxious
to die than to live, but Lydia E. Ptnkbam's
JB I? ' KanlfVi
v egetaoie wouipjuuu una i wivi j
and I am no grateful for it that I want every
suffering woman to know what Lvdia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound will do for her."
When women are troubled with
irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation,
weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement
or ulceration of the womb,
that bearing-down feeling, inflammation
of the ovaries, backache, bloating,
(or flatulency), general debility, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, or are
beset with such symptoms as dizziness,
faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability,
nervousness, sleeplessness,
melancholy, "all-gone" and ''want-tobe-left-alone"
feelings, blues, and hopelessness,
they should remember there
is one tried and true remedy. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at
once removes such troubles. No other
medicine in the world has received such
unqualified endorsement. No other
medicine has such a record of cures of
female troubles. Refuse to buy any
other medicine, for you need the best.
A Li^niaeari, u uueonui wjuukuou^,
and all the charms of grace and beauty
are dependent upon proper action of the
bodily organs. You cannot look well
unless you feel well.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. Her advice and
medicine have restored thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Deund Saccecds Where Others Fall.
One of Famuli'* Superstition*.
The daughter of Mr. Justin McCarthy
gives some interesting reminiscences
of Mr. Paruell. She mentions
one curious instance of his superstition
"One evening Farnell was talking tc
me at the coffee stage of dinner, and
I. gazing at him with rapture, was
vaguely stirring mine and going to
drink it, when he said: "You must r.oi
drink that; you have stirred it the
wrong way, ana 11 wouiu oe uuuickv.
Get another cup.' ''?Leslie's Weekly.
RAW ITCHING ECZEMA
Blotches on Hands, Ear* and Ankle* Foi
Three Years? Instant ltellef and
Speedy Cure by Cuticura.
''Thanks to Cuticura I am now rid oi
that fearful pest, weeping eczema, for the
fir3t time in three years. It first appeared
on my hand, a little pimple, growing into
several blotches, and then on my ears and
ankles. They were exceedingly painful,
itching, and always raw. After the first
day's treatment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Pills, there was very little of
the burning and itching, and the cure now
seems to be complete. (Signed) S. B.
Hogc, Passenger Agent B. & 0. B. E.,
Washington, D. C."
Glories of a Dakota Winter.
I From out of the haymow echoes the
noraeiy cackle of busy "biddies" lining
their nests with two-cent eggs. The
wheel tire creak? a shrill melody on
the frosty track, while the roadside
wires, linking the farmstead to the
throbbing heart of the great, busy
world, keyed to Aeolian pitch, fill the
air with rhythm. The bouquet of rich,
pure ozone is in the air. It races
through the veins, mounts to the brain,
sparkles in the eye, and bursts from
the lips in laughter and shouting.
Sing, if you please, the beauties of the
tropics, of teeming, swarming life, of
perennlhl foliage, flowers and fruit;
extenuate the "lukewarmnesa* of more
temperate climes, and endure the penetrating
chill of lower altitudes?if
you know no better?but give me the
cheery, rejuvenating, glorious Dakota
winter.?Howard (S. D.) Spirit.
TORTURING PAIN.
! Half Thl? Man'* SuH>rtne? Woald Hare
i Killed Many a Person, But Duan'i)
Kidney Pill* Cured Uiui.
A. C. Spragwe, stock dealer, of Normal,
111., writes: "For two whole years
I was doing nothing but buying mediclnes
to cure my
a. c. SPltAGUZ. a:ui sometimes
.vas unable even to ride in a car. My
i "ondition was critical when I sent for
i rloan's. KidiieT Pills. I used three
I
j boxes and they cured rae. Now I caD
i go anywhere and do as much as anyi
body 'I sieep well and feel no discomfort
at all."
A TRIAL FREE?Address FosterMilburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
I by all dealers. Price, 50 cts.
I na n mn i ii i nAi i/\ rinr
iblti INUIJUUH HKt
! Eight Buildings Wiped Out Within
Short Space of 7imet
ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT
Consideration Starred iu Large Store of
ITahnley ? McCrea-Tliree Hotels
Completely De?Lro] eil-N'o I.ifes Believed
to Have Been Lost?About
SI,000,000 Damage Done.
Indianapolis, Ind.?Eight buildings
' were wiDed out in tliree-nuartors of an
hour and many more menaced by a fire
that began at night in the big store of
Fahnley & McCrea, wholesale milliners,
and shortly before midnight was
threatening the entire business district.
Violent explosions in the A. Kiefer
Drug Company's warerooms helped to
spread the flames aud imperiled the
lives of scores-of fire-fighters. Walls
rocked on all sides when the chemicals
burst like giant bombs aiid sheets of
j flame shot out from the bier drug store.
Practically? the whole Fire Department
was on the spot in a half hour after
the blaze was discovered, but by
the time the last engine cot there it
was evident the city was doomed to a
conflagration that would stand as a
record 1n its history. The loss before
the eud of the evening was estimated
at 51,000,000, and it was evident that
was only a beginning.
Tliree Hotels ? tiie sr. l uanes, xur
Sherman and the Savoy--were burned
to the ground in the earnest stages of
the fire. In addition to Fahnley & McCrea
and the Kiefer Company the
principal losers up to midnight were
Griffith Brothers, wholesale milliners:
Delmetsch Ac Co., toy manufacturers,
and the United States Express Company.
Parcels and cases containing
goods worth many thousands of dollars
were stored in the company's warerooms,
and all were lost.
There was no one in any of the business
buildings except watchmen, it being
night, and it could not be learned
in the evening whether ail the watchmen
escaped. It was believed, however.
there was no loss of life in the
business district. "Whether the hotel
men and their employes and guests
had been saved without exception remained
to be disclosed by a personal
canvass. The fire chief thought no
lives were lost.
All the wholesale district inclosed by
Georgia and Meridian streets, the
"Mil TaaL'oaii rvl a r*t\ n* a a
I LiilUIl OIUUUU auu oavacvu ^iuv,c ?* ??
In danger of destruction at 11 o'clock.
When the fire chief saw what was before
him he sent out special alarms
that called to the spot not only every
engine and truck In the city, but dozens
of volunteer companies from outlying
villages. Many hundreds of firemen
were at work at 11 o'clock.
Many dozens of streams were played
on the blazing buildings, but they were
powerless to control the uprush and
consequent downpour of firebrands
that threatened to cause additional
fires every minute. Heroic deeds became
common before the fire had
burned two hours. Paid and volunteer
firemen risked their lives again
and again to check the spread of the
flames and save persons who were in
danger of being cut off by the rapidly
traveling wall of flame.
Thrilling rescues were made la the
three hotels that were burned. Women
clad in thin nightrobes were carried
from window after window by ladder
men, wno iirst wrappeu tuem in meir
own heavy coats or in blankets to save
them from death in the intense cold.
Several of the women were unconscious
when found by the firemen, and
almost all were hysterical. They were
rushed to hospitals or accommodated
J in private houses. Society women pro[
vided them with clothing and prepared
hot suppers for them with their own
bauds.
The same women carried coffee and
j sandwiches to the firemen and helped
the surgeons to dress the burns of fire
fighters. One woman in a gown of delI
icate color and texture passed unceasingly
from line to line distributing food
j and coffee to the firemen, her loug
' 9kirt trailing in the mud, her light
wrap full of holes from sparks.
Fa,hnley & McCrea's store was in
South Meridian street. The flames
worked so quickly from building to
building that in less than an hour after
they were discovered the roof of
the Union Statiou was ablaze, it was
feared much of the railroad rolling
stock wouid be destroyed, and employes
worked in a rain of s-parks and
Slowing embers to shuut the passenger
coaches and freight cars out of the
[ yards.
JAPANS NEW DESTROYERS.
Two Fast Ones in Commission and a
Third Ready .''or Launching.
Tokio. Japan.?The new torpedo-boat
destroyers Ariake and Fnbuki, constructed
in Japan, have been placed in
commission. Their average speed is
twenty-nine knots per hour. The torpedo-boat
destroyer A rare is finished
it the Yoicosuka Navy Yard, and is
ready to be launched.
Manufactures Hold Well.
Iron furnaces and steel mills operate
Close to their full capacity, and the
juarterly report of the leading concern
showed an enormous tonnage of business
on the books at the end of the
rear, despite the fact that the closing
OQOUIOS Ol uinuc- \ tri ? auwvi
its. Woolen mills maintain records
of activity, but there is still much to
be desired at cotton plants, and shoe
factories have only a moderate amount
jf business iu sight.
Refuse Proposal of Greece.
The Ambassadors of Great Britain,
[ ""ranee, Italy and Russia presented a
r.ote to the French Foreign Office de?linin.sr
to accede to Prince Oeorge's
.iroposal for the annexation of Crete
by Greece.
Russian Council Summoned.
L no uouncu ol nit.* lkiidMiiii
was summoned iu extraordinary session
at St. Petersburg. to considnv the
iituation arising i'roai th'.> Grand
'Juke's murder.
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Oberlin Bank Dividend.
A forty per cent, dividend has been
leclnred for depositors in the Citizens'
National Bank, at Oberiiu. Oliio. which
c\*;?s wrecked by Mrs. Chadwick's operations.
Free School Centennial.
The centennial of the founding of tiie
free school system in New York City
.V?is celebrated.
Frederick Cook. Dead.
Frederick Cook, formerly Secretary
>f State, died suddenly at Rochester,
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PRESIDENT'S TRIP SOUTJPlans
Fop Visit to Texas and a Hunt
in Colorado.
Itinerary oftim .Tourney -? Routine Offlo
Work to Be Carried on in Special
Car* by Itegular Staff.
Washington. P. C^ecrotary Loel
has almost completed the itinerary fo
President Roosevelt's trip to Texa.
and the hunt to follow". As executive
business might delay or advance ihi
time of starting for two or three days
the secretary does not intend to maki
a formal announcement of the progran
until shortly before the actual depart
ure from Washington. The objectivi
point of the journey to Texas is, o
course, San Antonio, where the re
union of Koueh Riders is to be field
The President will i?e with his old com
rades on March 31. it has been defl
nitely decided, so it is fair to say tha
4-Ute. .U+A T??M! K/V fh*v rtrinnSnol nnp
I fUlQ UfllC ? 111 U C llic v-w the
celebration. . In addition to ;
speech by the President, the most sen
sational of the "bronco busting.'
rough riding and shooting events wil
be scheduled for that day, in orde
that the President may se? that hi:
*boys" have not lost any of their prow
ess since the days of San Juan. Thi
President will probably leave Wash
ington on March 25. Taking in Louis
ville, Ky.. Fort Worth, Dallas, Waci
and Austin. Texas, on the way to Sai
Antonio. Texas, he will make brie
stops and speeches at the towns men
tioned and after the reunion will visi
Houston, Texas. With Houston tb<
speechmaking and formal portion o
the President's journey will end. Ii
the next four or five weeks he will at
tempt to take as nearly a complet
rest from business V state as possible
After Houston will come the jack rab
"bit bunt, which his Texas friends havi
been trying to induce the President t<
take for several years. Then -will conn
the excursion into Colorado, if publii
affairs do not prevent, and for about ;
month the President and three or fou
friends will be separated from civili
zation while they go into the Iiockiei
in quest of mountain lions or any othe:
big game that happens their way.
As it is impossible for the Presiden
to "lose himself" completely for an:
length of time. Secretary Loeb wil
make arrangements to keep nea
enough to tind him if imperative nee<
arises. After the President's camp ^
chosen, the train in which he travel
I to Colorado will be sidetracked twelvi
or fifteen miles away. One of the car
will be fitted with all necessary offici
appliances, such as typewriters, tele
graph instruments, files and recon
cabinets. A force of stenogkaphers
clerks and telegraph operators fron
the White House will transact the reg
u!ar routine business just as they d<
at the capital. It may be necessary t<
+ha Tpiroc fnr thprp -will nrobabb
I be no regular telegraph office withii
a score of miles of the place when
the President's train rests. A post
office, to continue in existence onlj
while the secretary aud his force an
transacting: White House business a
the sidetrack, may also have to be es
tablished. If this becomes necessary ai
employe of the Postoffice Departraen
in the person of some inspector wh<
happens to be in the neighborhood a
the time will probably be pressed into
service to act as postmaster of "Loeb
ville." He will sell stamps, monej
orders, postal cards, and stamped eu
velopes, register letters and package;
and perform all the duties of a post
master while he is there. He will b<
required to make reports to the de
partment at Washington, and all hi!
! I 1 i*A f Kmn i
uuiiilliuuiittiiuua win &\j imvu^u IUI
regular channels. When the Presi
dent's train leaves the Sidetrack aftei
the hunt the post office of "Loebville'
will be only a memory.
If public business does not requiri
the President's presence in Washing
ton at an earilier date, he will prob
ably return from the West about th<
middle of May and remain there unti
about June 20, when he expects to g<
to Oyster Bar, L. I.
STEEL .TRUST ATTACKED.
Sells Armor Plate Abroad Cheapei
Than Here, Says Mr. Lucking.
Washington, D. C. ? In the course ol
the House debate on the Naval bill Mr
Lucking (Dem. Mich.) opposed th<
measure as in the interest of the Stee
Trust, which he said sold its armoi
plate to other countries cheaper thai
it did to the United States.
' The,Steel Trust," said he, is sell
ing and furnishing materials to built]
up the British Navy and other foreigt
navies for about one-third less monej
than it gets for furnishing materials
to our navy. I believe in putting a
stop to that some way or other."
As'he sat down Mr. Lind (Dem.
Minn.) arose and added: "The latf
Chief Constructor of the Navy, Ad
miral Bowles, appeared before the
Claims Committee of this Congress anij
testified that claims were pending by
contract; that after these contracts
were let the Steel Trust compelled
the contractors to pay $2.40 to $2.30 n
pound for steel forgings, which thej
were selling abroad for. and whicL
were worth in the markets of the
world, '
TWENTY PERSONS KILLED.
Explosion on a Naphtha Barge? Flames
Spread to a Landing Stage.
Baku. An explosion on board a
naphtha ftargo set tire to several othei
barges and a landing stage. It is re^
ported that twenty people perished.
-FIRE" TANIC IX THEATRE.
Mpu Fight in Rush For Exits in Scan
Caused h;* Scuffle.
Detroit. Mich.?A panic occurred h
the gallery of tlie Avenue Theatre
when a cry of "fight" was mistaker
for an alarm of fire. A frenzied crowd
of men fought each other in a mac!
rush for the exits-, hut 110 one was
s&rionsly injured.
Two boys, whose .scuffling caused the
trouble, were arrested for disordirils
conduct.
TUKKS III'K N*WOII EX.
After Tight With Bulgarians. Thej
Put Yillncrc to l-'lanips.
Salonica.?In a ficrht between Bui
garians and Turks in the village ol
Kuklitch. near Struinitza, the Bulbar
ians lost twenty killed or wounded.
The Turks subsequently burned the
village.
A commission of inquiry sent to th?
spot rroin this city discovered in the
ruins of the village the charred remains
of fourteeu -women ami several cliil
., dreu*
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Preparations For Expected Engagement
Within a Month.
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RUSSIAN CAVALRY VERY ACTIVE
J Many Attack* ami Counter Attack*
j Oecnrrlngr Frequently Between Op5
posing Forces?Invasion* ?f Chinese
^ Soil Reported?Japau's Recent Naval j
0 Operations.
' St. Petersburg. Russia. ? Advieos
? from Russian headquarters in Man31
churia nrove that a tremendous battle
between tbe forces of General Kuro?
11 patkln and Marshal Oyama will be
fought within a month. Spring rapidly
I approaches in Manchuria.
The Japanese are quietly shifting
j heavy forces from their centre to their
I flanks, the constant artillery attacks
i in the central position being intended
; to cover5these movements.' * "
, The brigades of the Japanese Re.
serve are being moved east, indicating
s the direction of the Japanese offensive
when ft begins.
, It is reported that General Nogi will
command the extreme Japanese right.
, In front of Koudezi. on the right
' flank, the Russians now are trying the
. effect of concentrated siege and mortar
. batteries with good results, firing as
many as twenty mortars simultan;
eously.
During a bombardment of Lone Tree
, Hill by the Japanese a projectile from
a siege gun entered an underground
but, burst, tore off the head of a lieutenant
and wounded a colonel and two
staff captains, who were Pjaying cards.
Whatever truth maybe In the changes
fhnt Russians are violating Chinese
[ neutrality, it Is certain that bodies of
' Japanese troops and Chinese bandits
r are operating in Mongolia, usually in
' cavalry detachments of several hundred
men, for Geaeral Sakharoff, General
Kur?patkin's chief of staff, reports that
' 100 Japanese cavaLry and 200 Chinese
' bandits tried to destroy a bridge between
Gauplin and Fontziatun, north
. of Mukden. Russian frontier guards
drove off the attackers, who aubse'
quently destroyed a few rails, blew up
j a telegraph pole south of the bridge
J and then fled. The Russians were re:
inf?rced and pursued the Japanese
; twenty-five, miles. ,
: Sakharoff also reports} that Russian 1
. artillery destroyed the' buildings and
' walls of Mangazi, from which the Jap- |
anese had been bombarding the Rus%
sian trenches. The Japanese were ,
' driven out.
\ In view of the continued attacks on (
; and criticism of General Kuropatkin,
the Novoe Vremya, defending the Com;
mander-in-Chief, proposes that a com
mission of retired officers be appointed
' to pass judgment on him.
Tokio, Japan.?Marshal Oyama rek !
ports that the Russians have begun an
1 oTtonolv# nnvalrr movement azainst
| his extreme left. Large forces of cavalrymen
tried to cross the Hun River
west of Liaoyang. The operation be;
gau west of Chitaitzu. One force of
' cavalry stole into Lachunshi, and |
simultaneously another cavalry force ,
J approached Tacha, thirteen miles
: southwest of Chitaitzu and twentyseven
miles west of Liaoyang. Nine
1 thousand cavalry with artillery approached
the river a mile below Tacha,
! and attempted to cross at 6 o'clock in
the evening, advancing on Heikoutai.
1 The shelling of Oyama's centre con- '
tiaued.
; The British steamers Apollo and 1
f | Scotsman, bound for Vladivostok, were 1
I captured off Hokkaido. The Apollo
1 | was from Cardiff with coal, and the
* j Scotsman had a cargo of provisions,
wDlcu. according to ner papers, ?yeic
! consigned to Yokosuka, fifteen miles
from Yokohama. ]
The new torpedo boat destroyers. Ari
ake and fublki, constructed in Japan.
have been placed in commission. TTieir
' average speed is twenty-nine knots an
hour.
The destroyer Arare is ready to be
launched at the Yokosuka Navy Yard.
A suspicious fire greatly damaged the
Atsuta Works, near Nagoya. A search1
ing investigation will determine if it
was Incendiary.
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ELECTRIC ENGINE BURNED.
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Only One of Its Kind in Existence? j
Tests Delayed.
Schenectady, N. Y.?The big electri.
cal locomotive, built for the New York
I j Central terminal service, was nearly
i destroyed by fire at the sub-station at
r | Hoffman's Ferry, four miles west of
II this city.
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[ jluc m tr ciaitcu kiviu ?*** viv4mv?kvv.
j stove iu an adjoining shed, and the
( j flames spread rapidly, destroying
! j everything inflammable in the locomoJ
tive. and the high winds which pre,
; vailed carried sparks to the farm
j ! buildings owned by James Wyatt, a
. quarter of a mile away, destroying five
; barns, in which fifteen cows were
[ were burned to death. /: ?
, The-locomotive is the only one of the
r kind in existence, and. although mo- i
t I tors, armatures and wires were melted, j
, the big machine will be overhauled :
and put into running shape at once.
The accident to the locomotive will de- I
lay the final tests, which were to have j
been v^eld this week.
> ? Theatre For Rejane.
Alme. Rejane announced on sailing j
home from New York City that James j
1 H. Hyde and others interested in
French art will build a theatre for her
In that city.
t>nf tft rtaafll
Tvro murderers were put to death in i
j the eiectric chair in Sing Sinpr (X. Y.) |
prison. They were Frank Rimieri. a
Brooklyn .junk dealer, and Adolph j
i Koenipr. who strangled to death Mrs.
? Mary Kauflfnaan. of New York City. |
1 i
Oldfleld Makes Record.
! Barney Oldfiold made a world's an- !
' tomobile record by covering fifty miles
' in forty-eight minutes thirty-nine sec;
! onds. at Fresno, Cal., on a sixty-hora* i
power machine.
The Halls of Congress.
The prolonged wransling over tlie !
. Statehood bill in the Senate came to
au end February 7. when a final vote
was to be taken, by agreement.
Though economy is the watchword in
making appropriations at this session,
it is well known that the President is
very anxious for a liberal naval proi
gram.
The Commerce Committee has report!
ed to the House a railroad rate bill
which is a composite of a number of
5 bills on the subject proposed by differ*
pnt members.
MR EVENTS OF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, has broken
ihe record for continuous service in
Congress.
President Roosevelt received a por
.rait of the Empress Dowager of China
is a token of the Chiuese Government's
?ood will toward the United States.
Hard blows were ftiinpd at the Naval
Appropriation bill in the House, and
jpecial effbrts are being made to prerent
tLe authorization of a&j new bat:Ie
ships.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
The Porto Rican Executive Council
evoked a $3,000,000 franchise granted
:o an American firm for an electric
railway.
Order prevails throughout Porto Rico,
Governor W. H. Hunt reports. Never,
ilnce civil government was established,
las there been a call for the military
'orces. We have relied upon the Porto
Xican insular police, which is well able
? meet any situation that may arise.
The Committee on Interisland Transportation
of the Philippine Commission,
headed by Commissioner Cameron
Forbes, has recommended that the use
>f army transports be discontinued as
rapidly as commercial steamship lines
ire extended to cover the points now
jerved by the transports. The new
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joverninent reflation as to rates, inspection
and quality and frequency of
>ervice. The committee also recom*
uends the withdrawal of several coastguard
vessels which are now used for
carrying: freight and passengers, iu
favor of commercial vessels. ,
Government control of th? opium
raffic in the Philippines and its abo!shraent
after three years were recomnended
by a commission in a report to
Secretary Taft.
' DOMESTIC.
Joseph McGrath, New York City's
?ldest voter, died at the age of 107.
Max Fidler, a quiltmaker, of BrookSi!,
N. Y., fell heir to $250,000, a part
)f a $400,000 estate accumulated by his
incle as a. profession^. beggaf in Russia.
The officers of the Joy Lfner Larch. nont
on her arrival at Providence. R.
(.. reported to the police that John A.
iiart. a passenger, had been murdered
>n board in the night.
Governor Higgins sent a message to
the New York Legislature recommending
immediate action to create continu3U8
water-supply commissions for New
i'ork City and the State.
The opening of the Hall of Fossils at
the Natural History Museum, of New
i'ort City, was celebrated with a tea
?nd reception.
A bill to prohibit the sare or manufacture
of cigarettes in New York
State was introduced in the State Assembly
at Albany.
Three children of Frank Pearson*
(vere burned to death at Boyne City,
Mich., and the father was badly
burned.
An impprtant measure was introduced
at Albany, N. Y., by Senator
Stevens, designed to regulate the Investments
of all savings banks in the
State.
The body of General Lew Wallace
lay in state for public view during an
?ritire flay at his late home, in Crawfqirdsville,
Ind.
' A ha/?>v1iiMa?s tt*n c* i 11 f va/1 it nft/1 i n
?X ICJl/IUUUU Pfla xuuvuuv.ru tu uuv
New York State Senate calling for a
joint legislative investigation of the
Telephone Trust.
Coolness and quick action in a Newnrk
(N. J.) theatre prevented a possible
fire horror, the audience quickly and
quietly departing when told there was
danger.
James H. Hyde, of New York City,
was re-elected Vice-President of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society a' "
also Chairman of the Executive aim
Finance Committees, from all of whlch-i
positions the Alexander faction desired
to oust him.
Harrison F. Johnson, a Brooklyn (N.
Y.) lawyer, died from a drug taken in
a resort. Two women were held.
W. C. Smith, of New Yortt City, the
Woerz hold-up man, was sentenced to
twenty-tive years in State prison.
The senior class of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College at Amherst,
Mass.. voted to withdraw because of
the suspension of three of its members.
FOREIGN.
TJnfii hoc ?J0"Jirvaf TWof!*
Chilean-Bolivian treaty.
The strike in Warsaw, a special cable
dispatch reported, has extended to all
chemists' assistants.
Martial law has been declared at
Tsarskoe-Selo. many threatening letters
having been received at the palice.
Ballour summoned tup. Cabinet to
consider the situation caused by Redmond's
attack on the government of
Ireland.
The Belgian Supreme Court of Appeal
Las decided in King Leopold's favor
in the suit brought against him by
his daughters.
The report that the engagement of
the German Crown lirince and tho
Duchess Cecelia has beeu broken was
discredited at Berlin.
Even Goveruor-General Trepoff. who
has all the troops, police and secret
service men in St. Petersburg under
his command, feared to show himself
outside the seclusion of his residence.
The students, professors and directors
of tl^e University at St. Petersburg
held a meeting, voted to close the institution
until fall and passed resolutions
demanding a constituent assembly.
A special cable dispatch from Bologna
slated that Mr. Marconi, the ir.
ventor of wireless telegraphy, and
Lady Beatrice O'B/ien will be married
in London March 1G and visit NewYork
until May.
Reports* have been received in Odessa
representing the whole Caucasus re
gion ns being in rebellion. Armed
mobs have stopped the railway traffic,
cut the telegraph lines and looted the
arsenal.?.
Four men were killed and fourteen
injured by two explosions on board a
British submarine boat in the harboi
of Qneenstown.
Forty thousand men were locked out
in Lod:;. a special c^ble dispatch stated.
Japanese newspapers commented ir
sympathetic terms ou th? death ol
Grand Duke Sergius.
Mr. Asnuith's resolution demanding
immediate submission of the fiscal
niinctlnn +<-> tho t-rttore r?? nrMf Rrif!iin
'I""1'"" ? .--w
was defeated in the House of Com
mons, the Government obtaining a majority
of sixty-three.
Mr. Theodore M. Davis, a special
cable dispatch from Cairo stated, has
discovered a royal tomb near Luxor,
containing intact sarcophagi aud a
beautifully preserved chariot.
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DUKE sens MUM
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Uncle of the Czar Assassinated by a
Bomb in Moscow.
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WAS DRIVING NEAR HIS PALACE
AMMaint Occupied i Clofe I Carrlava ?'
They Lay in Wait Vor TJi?Ir TlctlmDuke'a
Coachmtn Killed an<} Carriage
Blown to Places?Sketch efK*M??u'l
Life?Recent Similar Occurence*. . I '
Moscow. Russia.?The Grand Dtike
Sergias, an uncle of tile Caar, has 1>ee*i
assassinated.
The Grand Dnke drove out of the
Kremlin by the Xlkoiski Grate, here,.
after luncheon. When his carriage
was about fiftv yards from the gate,.
.
two men in a sleigh drove rapidly
alongside it and threw two bombs. '
The Grand Dul&? was blown to
pieces, only his head and one foot re- "
maining in the carriage.
Two arrests were afterward made,
but it is not known whether they were
those of the men who threw the bombs.
The news has created an enormous
sensation. There is only one possible
description of the effect on public opinion.
The feeling is one of complete
satisfaction everywhere outiide of
bureaucratic circles. News of the kind '
has been awaited with a degree of
expectancy almost amounting to eonfl- t
dence for the past few days. Thero '
was even betting as to whether the
Grand Duke Vladimir or the Grand
Duke Sergias would be the first victim. ,
AMA A# ik a .MMM^AKAlia TYTftS
VMC UL UUC uiu^uci^io nao uaua/
wounded by the explosion. " Several
students have been arrested. % _' ,
St. Petersburg?The Slotfcow correspondent
of the Standard says that ;.
Sergius was assassinated at S o'clock
in the afternoon near Saas Souci Par*,
ace. in the outskirts of the city, ttf
wbich piace. the correspondent says;
hS bad retired on vacttiag.tlic post of
Govertfor-General of Moscoif,
Washington. I>. C.-^Oomt Casslnr,
the Russian Ambassador, w'as informed
of the event by the press dispatches
When seen he expressed great regrel
at the occurrence.
Tli* Data u 4atoerat.
The Grand Duke 8ergius was .air v
uncle of the Czar.;: He was formerly
Governor-Genera^ 0& Moscow.
, ? Sergius was born * at Czarslcoe-Sele .;,
on AirD' 29. J857.- He wa? married it
18$4 to the Priacess Elizabeth of Her v?
Darmstadt. He was one of the lead*
??%. fJiA. Dtiaofon* *00/iKAnai**
lllg O^/UllO Ut IUC UUOOWUv &
party, and was credited with beioi
the chief of the malign iufluencef
which surrounded the Caar. forcing o?:
the war with Japan and repressing ail
the Czar's inclinations to grant tin
Russian people a more'liberal form at
government.
. Kocfirt A?*j**fiin?t!oa?. tf .
Th Jtfte of'last'y^ar a season of a?
sassinalion opened for Russia. Amonj
the crimes againrt, persons of high
rank have been tbf* following:
June 16?General. Bobrikoff, Gover
nor?General of Finlcnd, -fatally shot a;
Helsingfors by Eugene Schaomann, t
Finn. !.+ ;
July 17?Vice- G o ventor of the Gorernment
of Elizabe tpol, assassinated a!
Agdshakent.
July 23?if. Plehre, Minister of th?
Interior, killed in St, Petersburg by i
bomb thrown by a young studea
named SazonolT.
auffuac ^?tiieun'iuj<fu^iu<ii ov^un ,
Iav3ky, chief administrator of a dis
trict in the Caucasus, murdered a!
Iirdir." '' , -i ? tfMgJy'
November 5?General Tdierrffo, Got
ernor of target for thre?
rifle shots-fired from a; -troop train
T^hey missed him,' but kiiliti a gew / '
dafme who, was'?pi}dlng'neurhim.
Janniry X^-r^dixJiQTge oI case-shot
fired ffoat a Isatitfinxjb&ttery at thi ,
Czar daring the .ceremony of blessinj
the waters of the Neva.
February 6?Soininen Shlsaloo, Pre*curator-General
f Finland, shot and V,
killed in his olL.e at Helsin< "ors bj
Karl L. Hohenthal, a political fanatic
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JAY COOKE DIES.
At One Time Greatest of Financiers ic J
America*. J
Philadelphia. Pa.?Jay Choke died alio
o'clock at night at the home of hii
daughter. Mrs. Charles D. Barney, at
Ogontz, Pa. He was iit his 'eighty*
fourth year.
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Jay Cooke was regarded at one tim*
ns the createst fluancier in Americfc
Of him Grant said in I860:
"Without Jay Cooke's aid the money
to finance- the Federal war loans couffj*
not have been raised, and the rebellion
might have succeeded."'
Born in Sandusky, Ohio, in I821V of
ancestors who came over in the May?
flower. Jay Cooke was identified witfi
Philadelphia since 1SS8. In 18if? hi
was a member of the famous bankiuj
house of E. W. Clarke & Ctf.Yof Philadelphia.
and negotiated the Government
loans for the Civil War.
Later he established his own banking
house and he founded the First National
Bank of Washington, and th?
First National Bank of Philadelphia/
Among many great enterprises he un
dertook and began the building of the "
Northern Pacific Railroad.
Governor Horh Sign? Oil
Governor Hoch. of Kansas,
the bill providing for a State oil retio^Hj
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Kansas Banking Reports. ?
The State Bank Commissioner of 1
Kansas reports deposit.? in Kansas I
banks at $111,394,432. which exceed fl
the previous hiirh record by $1,000,000. I
For Mayor of Chicago.
John M. Harlan, son of Justice Har
Inn. w.is nominated for mayor of Chi- B
cago, 111., 021 the Republican ticket. M
Dieu at 105 Years. B
Miss Rachel Mar tense, of Brooklyn. A
x- \r :?-? inr.fli rofli*
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From the 5*.wit of War. H
! Admiral Tosro hoisted liis flag on the K
j Mikasu at Kui-e. 9?
[ Marquis Ovarca reported skirmishes B
! In which M\n Russians were repulsed. . V
Onwal B.?rnn Kaulbars has taken
command of the secoud Manchurian S
Reports from General Nop! ?show that Q
T>^-* ?*ne foit'lv tt'oTI cnnnHo/1 I
with ammunition.
General Kuropatkin reported that,'M
Itussiau scants bad surprised aud bay??
otieted fifty Japanese ou the
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