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IkDE ON A FOUNDATION OF BRC
CANNON, CAPTURED BY K A
TURKS'IN THE WAR Ol
NOAH'S ARK REBUILT.
oUli Enctnew Belleres He Hit Prodaceri
an Kxact Model of the Craft.
u accompanying sketch will give
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IKnericans a 50011 iueu ui me mu?v.
Inary craft which has Just been built
p M. Vogt, the Danish engineer, in
a attempt to produce an exact model
p Noah's ark.
[To assist him in his task M. Vogt had
>ecial translations made by distinjished
Hebrewists of passages out of
le Hebrew seriptu.-as relating to the
k. and got ideas, too. from a repre'ntation
of Noah's cratt on a coin
ited 300 B. C. which is the property
! a museum in Copenhagen.
Owing to the methods employed in its
instruction, doubt was expressed
ocu the first as to wlietner M. Vogt's
aft would float at all, let alone prove
avorthy in a ''blow." Popular inedulity
and ridicule, however, dis*
* Al? 1 JIJ ? "* "11 onH nrsxxr
jroea tiie uuuutri uui ai an, auu w.
e has good cause for satisfaction, for
is craft's trial trip the other day
roved a complete success. Carrying
s passengers its designer, several enineers,
and a large party of newspaer
men, the ark not only showed itself
erfectly seaworthy, but moved lightly
nd quickly through the water. In
ict. experts have declared that in spite
f her rudimentary design the strange
esse! is the steadiest craft ever seen
n the high seas.
As nearly as M. Vogt is able to judge,
vessel is one-tenth the size of the
ffginal Noah's ark and is of about 120
0D8 burden. Entering by one of the
Ide ports, one finds a surprising
mount of cabin space despite the low,
I THE NEW I
ling sides. As the craft rides high
the water, plenty of light conies
>ugh the large portholes in the
s, which can be left open for vention
when the sea is smooth. Of
*se, the ark is simply built and very
nly furnished inside, to correspond
i the one to which the survivors
he first flood disaster are believed
:o nave intrusted memsejves.
WATER BOTTLE IMPROVED,
iuxiliary Heae.* Keeps Temperature
Constant.
In the ordinary forms of water bags
tow in use tbe water falls in tempera:ure
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 somelimes
in serious cases requires the con;taut
attention of the nurse and a reay
of bags. A recently invented bag
naintains the temperature comparaively
uniform as long as desired. The
water reservoir is much the same as
2sual. except that it coutains a heating
oil. which may be of rubber tubing.
A. hot water kettle and stand is also
provided, there being an inlet and outet.
for "vapor, connected by rubber tubng
with the coil within the water
K>tt!e. The bag is first filled with hot
^acer. and then a gas jet or oil lamp
Ighted under the kettle, the two deheincr
nronerlv connected. As
:he water boils In the kettle the vapor j
CIRCULATION" OF HOT WATER.
vi>ses through the coil system in the
nir. thereby raising the temperature
>f the water surrounding the coil. A
iherruometer inserted in the circulating
wves t?? linlirjta '.ba txyxmarj
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tVIAN CROWN.
.&9<3NN%*M j
>NZE TAKEN FROM AN IIISTORIO
lRAGEORGE FROM THE
i1 INDEPENDENCE. 1004.'
ture, and a spring clip, which may be f
used to shut off or obstruct the flow j
of vapor in the heating coll, permits j
of a comparatively close regulation of !
temperature.
AUTOMOBILE IN POSTAL
SERVICE.
j
The Italian postal authorities are er- ;
perimenting With postal automobiles '
for the sections of territory adjacent j
ITALIAN POSTAL AUTOMOBILE. !
! j
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*"^. crew '
of two is required for each' car, the :
driver also assisting in the sorting and
s'OAH'S ARK.
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collection of mail. The experiment j
lias proven so successful up to date j
that it is quite likely that the service ,
will be very greatly extended in the ;
near future. The illustration is pro- ;
f\Xrvfr*** A cro r>h?(nrtr*lnhin 1
UUV^CU LIV/Ui 1UVIVL ?- ?
Record.
MAIL-30X INDICATOR. !
i
Persons who Lave found it difficult i
(to decipher the heiroglyphics on !
Uncle Sam's mail boxes, which show i
the hours of collection, will appreciate
an automatic arrangement which an
aspiring inventor is just now endearor
ing to persuade the Postoffice Department
to adopt for its boxes throughout
tile length and breadth of the land. \
A disc revolving inside the box bears
near its edge the hours of the several <
daily visits of. the mail collector and j
(Ww* S3 "t/ !
(Jus
b^nail
THE MAIL COLLECTION I.VOICATOB,
an aperture at the siile of the box is |
so arranged as to permit only one of
thpse hours to he see!) at a time from
the outside. The opening of the box |
by the postman causes the disc to re- j
volve, and in the little aperture ap- j
pears the hour of llic next collection. |
The thing is exceedingly simple, and j
~~ <;<r,iroo nn tho disc are large i
as iuc iieuiv.u v>. ? ? _
there can be no difficulty in deteruiin- J
in? the question "when will this letter {
I am about to mail start ou its journev
to its destination?"
Th? present London price of an j
ounce of radium would bo $400,000. according
to Dr. Ilauipson in a recent j
lecture at. Leeds.
Martin Johnson, fbe largest sheep J
owner in South Dakota, is said to have
marketed a wool clip representing
$10,000.
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CONTROLLING PLANT CROWTH. ! p?
How the Mysterious Power of Klectrlcify | |
in Here Used,
Flowers that blooru to-day exceed all
creations of nataire. Violets are dou- I
bled and tripled iu size. A race of . "I
pansies lias been raised up to measure
two inches around their faces. Red j
roses have been turned into purple
and black, and white ones iuto all the i
colors of the rainbow. Rose ,bushes | GL
have been converted into trees and
vines, bearing flowers in clusters, like j
grapes. Chrysanthemums have, been | tfu
made to bloom like sunflowers, and j
lilies and tulips have been'raised in
darkness and light, so that their original
characteristics were almost
totally obliterated. 1
In a modern plant experimental | i
laboratory the electric light arc creates j ,n(
transformations that astonish the j sei
most hardened investigator. Night tll'(
and day the bright light stimulates the j '
plants in the*r growth, while all sunshine
is cut out from the building. sir
The delicate violet grows rapidly, ma- 011
turing its flowers in a few weeks. on
The rose flowers with most brilliant m?'
colors ahead of its regular season. The ily
.reds,are intensified in brightness, but '
they fade quickly. Born in a day and Sh
night. tlieir period of usefulness is jt
measured by the same short span of ]
existence. When brought to the light inj
of day they grow sickly and fade gu
rapidly. rei
The electric arc has produced roses aP
eight inches in diameter and violets sp
more than an inch across. Tulips be- j ^
came giants, and chrysanthemums re- J no
semble cabbages in size. Experiments | th:
with electricity show further that the j of
light modified by different-colored ! wi
globes produces varied results. Ked th?
globes intensify the growth and increase
the brilliancy of colors, but they ??
also weaken the vitality of thevplants.
The flowers quickly fade away and decay,
and the plants succumb to or- ^h'
dinary disease or to chills. White th;
giooes, wnicn cussipare tue ru.vs uuu
spread tliem more uniformly. make the sp
plants grow steadily and satisfactorily, gu
But tite yellow globes so far linve
given the best satisfaction, while blue J"1
11G
ones apparently neutralize tlje whole ^
effect of the electric light. of
Electricity is not life, btit it stimulates
life in plants. Its adaptation th
may yet revolutionize horticulture. In co
our home lighted by electricity the con- bu
servatory becomes an experimental
garden. We modify the lights with
shades suited to the needs of the dif- ^
ferent potted plants. The sick ones ^
are revived by a course in electric J j,0
therapeutics. The pots are placed.near j th
the incandescent or arc lights accord- j w:
ing to the amount of light and stimula- j to1
tion they need, and under their power- j pr,
ful influence they revive and their i
diseases are destroyed. ! a}j
The disease-producing insects can- j
not stand the fierce glare of the etec- j g.
trie light placed -within a few feet of
them. They attempt to hide beneath <ie
the leaves or in the stems, but the wi
light penetrates all, dislodging or de- pa
stroying them. The powerful white
rays are so destructive to insect life '
that a course of electric therapeutics
is now used instead of poisonous
sprays in laboratories to cleanse the |
plants. i ]
In the homes where the electric light j toi
cannot be used the-employment of or- j SP
dinary sunlight, magnified and modi- j ?n(
fied by glass and mirrors, is made pos- : ^
Bible. The amateur flower-grower will j mj
lind the sunlight susceptible of con- j ov
liderable change and manipulation. ]
First, the exclusion of all white rays , th
by covering the windows with red j a I
glass or red curtains is important. The , he
powerful .rays directed on the plants j a
stimulate and then destroy, driving j >a
away the insects?Herald.
Ancient Chair.:. gc
Seats more or less resembling stools
?that is, seats without backs?were in
general use among nations possessing a J
certain degreo of civilization in prehis- 11'
toric times. What those were like in ^
the early historic period we know from f
an examination of Egyptian rnonu- j m<
meats, from a study of Greek vases, j Hi
or from Etrurian or R^man antiquities j m(
that are stored in European museums. | an
The Egyptian deities are seated gen- 1 ro'
erally on granite blocks, the backs of j ?ri
which are raised a few inches only, i .
giving a distant resemblance to a chair. ! W?
That the Egyptians had seats more j
comfortable for domestic use is possi- !
ble, but we have every reason to sup- j Qt
pose, although they possessed a high j
degree of civilization, that their idea ^
of home comforts was not tha't of mod- ! fi1(
era times. I vvl
The common people probably sat on Ki
blocks of stone or wood or sprawled sq
about on tbe ground with some sort Pe
of carpet that also served for a bed. ^ei
Pll
The Etrurians, ancient inhabitants of
Italy before the arrival of the Romans, ]
appear tq have preferred the reclining j i
posture, in which they are usually rep.- j de
resented on the sarcophaguses in the , pa
museums.?Waverley Magazine.
A ?Ton-l5nforceable L,ivw." 1
We gravely doubt if it is physically P&
possible to enforce the law, at least j
without making Its enforcement the j l-v
ro'
sole business of the police, and that
would entail ' intolerable conditions. ! ^
Some ardent and ill-balanced reformers j S?(
have been understood to advocate just | ne
such an absolute concentration of po- I Fr
lice activity on a single duty, but we < sr
have nevex been able to discover any ' 801
;;ood reason for attributing peculiar j
sanctity to the liquor law and leaving j
life and property to take care of them- j r
selves. Moreover, even if the police | Se
were willing and competent to make an , Br
arrest for every violation, how valu- 8Ji
able would the net result be, in view |
of the moral certainty that the courts J
would continue to excite the District- |
Attorney's indignation 'by dismissing j
his complaints??N'ew York Tribune. j '
JFrnsal Minded Chinaman. I i?
An amusing trait of the ChinAe I ^
character is pointed out in tlif last re- !
port of the British Consul at Foochow. |
A British company started a match j
factory to compete against the Japanese.
It seemed to prosper, and then Bi
stopped. 1
All the Consul drily remarks is: "It
would be well, however, if they bore in j
mind that the Chinaman 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 beln$* i * c
the complaints brought against the -'
matches hitherto turned out by the g'
tompany."?London Daily Mail. ka
RE III KEY PRISON
Id Excitement at Biaze in R'ahway
Reformatory.
IARDS QUELL THE STAMPEDE
congciou? Prisoner! Carried Out White
Other# Are Placet! Under Heatily
Armed Gaarda in Courtyard?Contlacration
Started in Paint Shop?City Fire
Department Called.
hallway. Is". J.?The wildest ^xcitp>nt
attended a fire in tin New Jer*
.State Reformatory here early in
} morning*, wueu tuu-v ]ui?uun.>,
ked in their cells, wer* overcome by
loke and had to b? carried to the
ter air. while the rest ot' the inmates,
the verge of a stampede, were
irched out of danger between heavarmed
guards.
The fire started in a well-Ailed paint
op. and was well under way when
was discovered by a guard.
ie sent in an alarm, promptly arousr
the Warden and the entire force of
ards. While they were making
idy to fight the bluze with the prison
paratus, dense and sickening smoke
read throughout the reformatory,
netratlng to the cells on every tier.
le institution was overcrowded. Tne
ise aroused the prisoners. When
rough the smoke they became aware
what had happened they were seized
th fear and began hammering at
sir cell doors.
Do you want to roast us. like rats'"
me of them yelled. Some werevpraysome
were singing hymns, others
?re shouting ^pr a priest, while othi
again were cursing, and sbouted:
at they would break down the doors
at held them imprisoned.
SVhen it was found that the fire was
reading,' despite the efforts of the
:ards, the cell doors were at last un?ked,
and the prisoners marched out
to the Reformatory yard under a
avy guard of keepers, armed with
les. It was then found that thirty
the inmates had been overcome by
e smoke that had poured through
e corridors. In their unconscious
ndition tney were carriea rrom me
lilding by their keepers. They were
suscitated by Prison Physician
augh and outside practitioners who
d arrived in response to hurry calls,
[t is said that the fire apparatus 'in
e prison was-defective, r.nd that the
se was rotten and. burst. Whether
is is true or not, it is certain that it
is only the prompt arrival of the
tvn fire department that saved the
ison from destruction.
The origin of the tire was a mystery,
:hough there seemed to be a dispoion
to attribute it to spontaneous
mbustion. The damage was $10,000.
jsides this, the Bertillion records,
pt in the annex building, were renred
worthless by being soaked with
iter. The fire hardly got beyond the
int shop.
AUTO MILE IN 37 SECONDS.
wden, of Boston. Clips Two Seconds
Off Vandelbilt's World's Record.
Daytona, Fla.?H. L. Bowden. of Bo$n.
iu.an unofficial trial against time,
eeded his ninety-horse power autoo
mill* nvor th<? T),ivtonii Beach
thirty-seven seconds flat, clipping a
11 two seconds off the world's record
ide by Killiara K. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
er the same course just a year ago.
Mr. Bowden drove liis car. and after
e trial said lie expected to make
further reduction in the figures. The <
ach was in splendid condition, and I
strong wind was blowing with the
r.
CREW OF ELEVEN SAVED.
hooner Cordelia E. Hayes is Wrecked
Off Cape Hatteras.
S'orfoik, Va.?Captain Brown and his
?w oC ten men. of the four-masted
hooner Cordelia E. I-Iayes, were resed
by life savers of Cape Hatteras.
rhe Hayes was seen ashore on Dia>nd
Shoals, four miles southeast of
itteras, at half past 5 o'clock in the
irning. and crews from Creeds Hill
d Cape Hatteras started out in a
jgh sea to the rescue. They had
sat difficulty in approaching the vesI.
owing to the high sea and thick
father. t
INSANE PRINCE DEAD.
lestion of Succession in Lippe-Detmold
is in Dispute.
Berlin, 'Germany.?Karl Alexander,
e? reigning Prince of Lippe-Detmold,
10 "was insane, died at Bayreuth.
s death renders more acute the
uabble which arose over the rency.
in which Emperor William in vened
last October, with the differce
that now. the fight will be over
? succession. '
President of Long Island Railroad.
iVilliam F. P<Jlter was elected PresInt
of the Lobg Island Railroad Comny.
Corners the Coke Market.
By the purchase of the Orossland
int of tlie'.Atlas Coke Company of
tt&burg, Pit. the H. C. Friok Coke
>mpany is believed to have secured a
mplete corner in the coke market.has
been manifest for some time
it the underlying concern of the
?el trust was trying to effect a corr
in the market. As a result of the
ick interests obtaining a dominating
ip 011 the coke busiuess. prices have
tred skyward.
JKngmnci to speaic mrsr.
L'he code of procedure of the North
a Commission provided that the
itisli side of the Dogger Rank case
nil be heard first; that all testimony
ill be taken in public, while dc-liberons
are held in secret.
Revolt in Russia.
Six thousand workingmen in the
issian oil region alout Baku were
open revolt. In t'iree days forty
snacks were killed. 100 wounded and
Minns in property looted and burned.
Sporting Brevities.
The Boston Americjns have signed
tcher O'Brien.
William Spring won the Ci'oss coun7
run of the Pastime- A. C.
\utoraobile men arrived from Paris
r the show to be held in New York
ty.
rhe .Georgie and the Hazel L. were
nners in ice yacht races on the
>rth and Shrewsbury rivers.
Pennsylvania loses the services of N.
Cartmell, a crack sprinter. George
ooke has been appointed head footII
coach.
J
ent family wiped out
W, T. Mason, His Wife, T\v) Children
and Servant SuIfacatsdL
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Son ol Prominent Yorker Visited hf
Early Morning Conflagration ? N'i? Lad*
<1er to Their Roof Prevented Iiacape.
New York Cit*.-?Unable to escape
from fheir rich initio. So. IS! We-1
130tli street, because they had neglected
to comply with lire regulations that
call for a ladder leading from the top
floor of their house to the roof, the
family of William T. Mason, a lawyer
and one of the best known men iti
Harlem, was wiped out of existence
~ t?AHn;*i?v Ut? o n'hipli
trill"I%V HI liltr I11U1 llllliji uj ?c uuiut. if miv..
broke out in the basement of tlubuilding.
Had such a ladder been hi
position, the firemen suid. the family
could have escaped without much difficulty.
Mason, who was a son of former Police
Commissionpr. .Joel W. Mason,
lived with his familyMn a handsome
four-story brownstone building. Five
persons, all asleep when the fire
started, were awakened by smoke that
poured in dense volumes through the
house. Tbe father tried to gather his
family and lead them to safety, hut
his. efforts were too late. The position
of the bodies.wheu discovered after
Vae 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
cut 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
lhat morning -when he heard cries
coming from the Mason house. At the
f ame time he saw smoke issuing from
1he basement window and he van to
turn in an alarm. On his way to the
lire box he met Patrolman Mangan, of
the West 125th street station, and after
ringing for the engines they returned
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 upstairs
door was tried. The policeman tried
to break down the thick oaken panels,
but they resisted his assaults, aad he
could not; get in. He then climbed to
the window ledge and broke the panes
of glass on the parlor floor. But agnin
he was prevented from entering by
the dense clouds of smoke.
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
fiemen tried to get into the blazing
building by way of the roof. They
lifted the scuttle but agaiu tbey were
driven back by tue flames. After half
an hour of'hard work the flames were '
subdued sufficiently to permit the firemen
to enter the building, aud they
then found the bodies of the victims.
They found aUo that the five, which
had started in the basement, had made
it way upward withremarkable swift-'
ness, 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 be 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 worn open, but
the ladder was not there. Under the
debris of the room the firemen found
the body, of litrle Ellen. Just outside
the room werfe the bodies of Mrs. Mason
and Nellie Doyle, the .servant. It
?4-twit J *v? e? hn/1
Wcia iiyputtriiL Luat iuc >n.uuio
tried to escape by way of the roof, l>ut
the ladder not being where the fire
regulations require it 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.
-jL'exas, John H. Ivirby, 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.
Kirby alleges that this stock belongs
to him and that Calhoun is illegally
withholding it. Garnishments against |
the receivers of tne Houston Oil Company
and the Kirby Lumber Company
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 t.ue ttvc
corporations.
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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 badly
wounded from a fight at Cartier. Out.,
between gan^s of Italian and Finnish
laborers working on a railway.
General Passenger Agent Killed.
While making an inspection tour on
the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas Cily
Railroad General Passenger Agent I,.
B. Sullivan was instantly killed near
Reaumont. Miss., by the train being
ditched at a washout.
Deadlock in Delaware.
T?Air o ml A rl J .Mr e m^n
forcen 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.
There is practically a labor Government
in New Zealand.
Window glass jobbers held a recent
conference in Chicago, 111.
Chicago (111.) .shoe manufacturers are
feeling the loss of the union stamp.
The Massachusetts Cotton Mills, at
Lowerl, have reduced Ibe wages of 300
employes.
Pottstown bricklayers adopted a forty-cent
per hour and n?no hourr a day
srale for this vear
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IINOR EVENT80FTHE1VEEK
WASHINGTON.
The President appointed Robert
Watehorn to succeed William Williams
as Commissioner of Immigration at
.New York.
President Roosevelt sent a message
to Congress recommending that the
Panama Canal Commission be reduced
from seven to fire or preferably three
members.
The Legislative Appropriation bill
J was taken up by the Senate, and the
liill of the Merchant Marine Commission
was reported.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Lieutenant-General Chaffee. Chipf of
Staff, received a cable message from
Major-General Corbin. commanding the
Philippines division at Manila, saying
he had received the following dispatch
from Brigadier-General Carter, commanding
the Department of the Visayas:
"Lieutenant Avery, one Philippine
scout and two natives were
wounded in action at Dolores River.
Private Austin, hospital corps, was
wounded and nine constauuuiry were
killed in action near Maslog. Samar.
Litutenant Avery and Private Austin
arrived liere. The officer referred to
is First Lieutenant Morton L. Avery,
of the Philippine scouts."
A Delegate of the Union party, of
Porto Rico, which has a majority In
the House of Delegates, presented a
bill providing for the independence of
Porto Rico under the protection of the
United States. The Republican minority
in the House, with the support of
Unionists who did not approv? the
measure, killed the bill.
DOMESTIC.
Iu a fire which partially destroyed
the Hotel Waltham, at Waltham.
Mass., Mrs. J. Lovell was burned to
death. '.
The Atlantic ?oast Line Florida Spo?
cial was wrecked at Hardeville" S. C.,
aim a nagman was iatany nun.
In a letter to Fire Commissioner
Hayes Chief Croker, of New York City,
asked that fireworks other than firecrackers
be prohibited next Fourth ol
July.The
Chicago (III.) Press Club celebrated
its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Albert Flake and Robert E. Dowling,
of New York City, organized a $3,000,000
real estate company.
Relatives of former President Zachnry
Taylor inspected his grave, at St.
Mathews. Ky., with a view to making
its condition more presentable.
FOREIGN.
Maurice F. Holalian, President of the
Board of- Public Improvements, in New
York City, under Mayor Van Wyck,
died.
After seven days of bitter struggle
with gales the American liner New
York arrived in New York Harbor from
Southampton.
Gessler Rosseau confessed that he
sent dynamite to tne ?. s. umona ana
that he tried to blow up the statue of
Frederick the Great, in Washington.
r Secretary McCord. of the Hecla Iron
Works, charged that he wds asked for
a bribe of $75,000 by a New York City
employe in connection with the building
of the Public Library.
President Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, told of losses, caused
by coal strikes, but was hopeful regarding
future contracts.
"Ike" Vail, "king of bunco men,"
died, aged seventy.
The engagement of Signor Marconi
to the Princess Giacinta Ruspoli,
daughter of an hereditary Vatican dignitary.
was reported in the Patria, of
Rome.
Snow fell in Rome, Italy, for the first
UL11C 1U IC1I JCUIO.
Owing to the mistake of her chauffeur.
the Duchess of Marlborough's
automobile was upset in a ditch near
Rugby. England, but she escaped uninjured.
By a great .fall of chalk cliff, near
Dover, England, says a special- cable
dispatch, the South Foreland Lighthouse
has been plaoetfuii danger.
Fierce winter stones were reported,
causing much loss of life on the British
Coast and destruction on tbo Riviera.
The North German liner Hohenzollern.
from Marseilles, grounded at
Alexandria Harbor, says a special cabte
dispatch, but was refloated without
serious damage.
.T. Pierpont Morgan, according to a
special cable dispatch, is building hit!
Ifouse at Prince's Gate. London, England.
especially for his collection ol
art treasures. .
It is the interests of King Leopold fa
t;he Canton-Hankow Railway wljueb
have been acquired by J. Pierpont
ican. and it Is said the line may now
extended to Pekin.
' A copy of Shakespeare's "Titus An
dronicus,"' published in 1j94, nas just
been discovered in Sweden.
Advices from Costa Rica were that
Lord Fitzwilliam's treasure bunting
expedition to Cocos Island met another
expedition there under 'Mr. Harned
Gray, and a fight ensued for possession.
in which the Gray forces wert
victorious.
Ambassador Choate spoke at the unveiling
of the statue of Lord Russell,
of Killowen, at London.
Mr. Balfour warned the people of
Great Britain that development of the
empire in all quarters of the globe is
the great problem of the day for the.
nation." *
At the request of the Grand Chancellor
President Loubet has erased from
the roll of the Legion of Honor the
name of M. Begincourt. one of M.
Combes' informers.
Mr. Balfour, at a dinner in his honor,
declared that the duty of all Britons
was to work for a stronger union with
the colonies.
The date for the convening of Parliament
has been set for February 14,
.mil :i short session is exneeted.
It \yas reported in Tangier that an
army recently mobilized by the Sultan
of Morocco had deserted, and that he
now had less than a regiment undoi
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 involved
and that the men on strike numbered
110,000. Troops were sent to reinforce
the local gendarmerie in the disturbed
districts.
The American Chamber of Com
merce in Berlin sent a petition tc
President Roosevelt urging a reciprocity
treaty with Germany.
M. Combes and his French Ministry
decided to resign, in order to allow
the uniting under a new Cabinet ol
those elements which are hostile tfi
the Premier personally. It was expected
that M. Rouvier will form thf
new Cabinet.
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BIG GERMAN COAL STRIKE1 i
Two Hundred Thousand Miner?'
Leave Their Work. r
CoTcrnment SfiniDK Coimni#sioner? i*
Conference With Operators and the
Labor Representatives.
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Essen, Germany.?According to reports
received at the official Mine
Office nearly 200,000 men from 203
coal mines went out on strike.
The Government Miniug Commissioners
were in conference for fotir
Lours witli representatives of the poeraiives
at Dortmund, hearing the miners'
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 representative,
.of the mine owners and the
workman. t Herr Von Velsen, the head
of the commission, has instructions
from Chancellor Von Buelow to do
everything to restore peace.
The news from all parts of the mining
district indicated that order has
i>een preserved., oniy luaigiiiuiaui uaaco
of violence beiug reported.
Coaf consumers iu this region Ordered
supplies from Belgium and from
other German districts. The Government
railways, in anticipation of the
strike, accumulated supplies for sir
weeks. } ?
The speech of Herr Moeller, Prussian
Minister of Commerce and Industry,
makes an unpleasant impression among
the miners, who think it will delay a
i settlement of the strike.
The speech of the Imperial Chancellor,
Count von Buelow, in the Prussian
Diet, affirming that the Government's
two duties toward the strike were to
preserve ?>rder and assist in a settlement
sp as to save German industry
from 'a great calamity gives the min
ers hope or ootaming concessions.
The Executive Committee of the Socialist
party has issued a general appeal
to German workmen to stand by
the strikers, '"as they are striking not
only for daily bread, but for therightw
of all men." '
AVALANCHE KILLS MANY.
Causes Inundation in Norway?Fifty- /
nine Persons Perish. t
Christiania.?Fifty-nine persons perished
as the result of an avalanche of
rocks ^t.Naesdal, North of Bergen.
A mass of rock was precipitated into
Loenvapd Lake from the neighboring
hilte, causing an immense wave twenty
feet high to sweep the neighboring
shores. / , |
Houses, people and cattle were swept \ ' J
away by the rush of water, and it is
known that fifty-nine persons porlshed. \
A great storm later stopped the, relief
work, the surrounding district'being
unable to send help.
EARTHQUAKE KILLS HUNDREDS.
Another Disaster In Caucasia?People
Buried in Ruins.
London, England.?A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to a news agency reports
that aq earthquake at Shemakha
(seventy-six jniles northwest of Bakue)
buried hundreds of people in the ruins
of buildings in the lower part of the
town, which was densely populated
despite the decision after the earthquake
of three years ago that no more
houses should be built there.
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BOMBS THROWN IN RUSSIA. '
Houses Damaged, But No One Killed
by the Explosives.
London. England.?A dispatch to the
Telegraph from St. Petersburg says
that a bomb was thrown into the central
police office at Poshokhon, Government
of Yaroslav. Nobody wa?
hurt.
Much damage ha3 been done to the
residence of the povernor of Smolensk
by a bomb, but none of the occupauts
was injured. j
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STATES ELECT SENATORS,
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New Jersey, Montana aud Nevada
Choose Congressmen.
Senator Kean was unanimously ilom'inated
by a joint Republican caucus of
the jersey Legislature to succeed himself.
Thomas H. Carter was elected United
States Senator by the Legislature
of Montana. George F.1 Nixon was selected
-for.'Senator by the Republican
caucus of the Nevada Legislature.
ELECT DEPEW.
Democrats in State Legislature Voted
For Smith M. Weed.
Albany. N. Y.?In each house of th<y
State Legislature Senator Chauncejr
M. Depew was declared the choice of
the Republican members as United . .......
, States Senator to succeed himself.
The* Democrats cast their votes for
Smith M. Weed, of Plattsburg. In
joint session the next day Senator De'
pew was declared elected.
Bank Robbers Get $40,000.
Information reached Macon. Ga.?
from Lafayette, Ala., that a bank in
fbat town was dynamited and $40,000
laken. Citizens began scouring the
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 Ures last year.
Big Suit For New York.
Corporation Counsel Delany brought
suit in New York City's behalf to recover
from the Empire City Subway
Company $5,000,000 due. and to force s .
i.1%,%4. A/M.nrtw.^fiAn 4-rv oili*l?nnrtftr nOQ5P.il,
iuai vui|iuianwii i.v ou?4v??vfc
sion of the underground electrical conduits
now held by the Telephone and
Light trusts into the absolute control
of the municipality.
Niedringliaus Elected.
T!inm:is Iv. Niedrinsbaus was clecteJ
United States Senator from Missouri.
Prominent People.
Paul Kruger left a fortune of nearly^
$4,000,000.
Edrnond Duval, who for nearly half
a century has managed the Monte De
Piete in Paris, is about to retiie fron
his position.
Governor Lanham, of Texas, issued
twenty-seven pardons as Christinas
presents to the convicts in the various
prisons of the State.
Queen Alexandra exhibited eight
bantams at a poultry show the otuer
day and received tefi prizes for them,
from the flattered Indtres