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'V < f . AN.^ UNDERGROUND INTERVIEW ? ^ By ALBERT W. TOLMAN H"! ONE morning in Octobcr Fv\?' Harry Sanders, for seven | I I months a reporter on the Daily Enterprise, was sent to write xip the new city water works for the next day's edition, so that the subscribers, r?r? -?r\Ti ?irr rr 1 o ccac rtf fvOcll vuJuJiU6 i?U uioc ^mooco vi iuc nvou supply at their breakfast tables, might at the same time read how that supply i had been brought to them. A letter from the managing editor admitted him inside the grille at the water company's office, and secured him an introduction to George Atterbury. the supervising engineer. Although barely forty. Atterbury was one of the leading water works experts in the country. He was well built and athletic. His duties, being largely outof-doors, kept him strong and healthy. When the reporter asked him for a half-hour, he consulted his note-book. "I haven't time to talk now," said he, "but perhaps a little later I can do better still. The first part of the evening I'm going to inspect a piece of the main line above Waterford station. ? How would you like to tramp with me through a half-mile of pipe? The gate at the lake will be lifted at 7, but we'll have a full hour before the water is due at the station. After we get back I'll be at your service until S.30; then I have an engagement." Sanders welcomed the novelty of an underground interview with Atterbury. It would make good "copy." Accordingly, at half past 5 tha,t after no9n, just as the first drops of a southeast storm were falling, the newspaper man joined the engineer on an outward-bound electric car. After riding thirty minutes, they got off. and took a wood-path for the Waterford station, " two miles away across country. As they passed through a thick growth of young birches, a projecting branch caught in Atterbury's watchchain, wrenching his watch violently from his pocket. He rescued it, ajid held it up to his ear. "Hasn't jarred it a bit/' said he. "It's going all right. Ticking away as oc o f-lAr-b Vnn hurt" that watcli if you threw it from the top of the Washington Monument. I dropped it face down once, and smashed the crystal to flinders; but it went on keeping time without varying a second." The path now brought them to a deep, swollen brook. As the crossingplank had been washed away, they spent some time in finding a place shallow enough to ford. Once on the other side, they made quick progress, and soon the light from the station w.indow appeared ahead. By this time the rain was coming down in good earnest; and Sanders rejoiced that shelter was near. Before opening the door. Atterbury pulled out his watch, drew an electric j lantern from his inner pocket and fashed the light upon the dial. The hands were together at twenty-seven minutes to 7. "I've telephoned the lake to turn the water on at 7 sharp, unless they hear from me to the contrary," said he. "I'm sure everything is all right, for Connors told me it was, and I've found " every inch of the other eighteen miles just as he said it would be." The two entered the station. After exchanging a few words with the Swedish watchman, Atterbury informed him that he was going down into the pipe on a short tour of inspection. "Water turned on at 7, sir," said the Station man. "I know it," replied the engineer. 4<We'll be out by that time.'' The Swede lifted the round Iron cover of a manhole in the centre of the * floor and dropped a short rope ladder through the opening. Atterbury descended first, disappearing into the gloom. Almost instantly, however, the bright light of his electric lantern frhone below. Sanders climbed down after him, and found himself in a circular brick tunnel, about six feet high. Atterbury tramped off to the west, talking as he went. P, It was cool and damp in the gigantic j conduit. Water hung in drops upon k hi'lnl'e nrnrlmo/1 on/1 tho walls. Outside. Sanders knew it ,v must be raining heavily, yet no sound of the downpour reached them. Except for their voices and the sctifflinsr of their feet, everything was deathly still. It was a novel experience for tlic reporter; and he tried to memorize the descriptive phrases suggested by his surroupndings. Atterbury shot back abrupt sentences as he walked briskly on, flashing his clectric lantern on the nicely fitted joints. "Yes," exclaimed he, "it is an A1 job! Six feet in diameter, lined with best red brick, set in a backing of concrete re-enforced with metal. Connors' men have been in our employ a good many years, but I never saw them do a prettier piece of work than this. That's what it means to have experts. Every man a specialist in his line; that's my motto. No matter if it's only shoveling sand or digging with a pick." His words came back in hollow, rumbling echoes to the Swede in the station. He inferred that Atterbury knew his own business best, and that he was simply going a short distance in Ihe nine. Nevertheless, ho hp<?nn rto feel uneasy as the minutes passed, and still the two did not appear, lie put his head down and listened. Far away he heard the murmur of thc?ir yoices. The stillness impressed the two men BS they walked on. "It may be a hundred years before another man's foot will tread these bricks," said Atterbury, musingly. ''We had to work night and day to 'finish the job on time. My compauy iwould have been obliged to forfeit $500 for every twenty-four hours it fwas incomplete after 12 o'clock tonight." He became silent. The pipe, which |op to this point had been perfectly Straight, here curved sharolv to tbe f left. The two rounded tbe turn, and Atterbur.v began talking again. ''This curve runs under Arlington Meadows. Here's where we cross The B. and N. roadbed. Hear that rumble! Train passing overhead. Must be a special. Next regular train is the oxpress at quarter past 7. Now we're under the Kensington Drive. Here we tunneled right below General Smith's house. The water'll run here at the rate of ten miles an hour. Think of it! Thousands of jrallons a minute piling through here iu less than half an hour. Quiet enough now. Unhealthy place to be in then. "Hark! What's that?" suddenly oxclaimed the engineer, his voice rising almost to a shriek as he turned sharply on the reporter. His practised ear had caught a distant murmur. Sanders listened, and heard it. too. From far up the pipe echoed a low. swelling sound, half-way between the rumble of a train ana tue monotone of the surf on a sandy beach. Louder and louder it came, gathering in volume. The two looked at each other with startled faces. Atterbury's cheeks grew pale. He snatched his watch from his pocket, and flashing the lamp-bulb on the crystal, inspected it closely. A cry of alarm broke from his lips. The hands were still at twenty-seven minutes to 7! How long had it been since the watch stopped? At 7 the gate at the lake was to have been lifted. Atterbury faced Sanders suddenly. "Good heavens, man!" he cried. "The water's not more than a mile or so away, and coming down like a racehorse! If we're not out of this pipe In less than five minutes, they'll be fishing our bodies from the city reservoir early to-morrow morning." Xo further words were spoken between the two imperiled men. They raced at the top of their speed toward nnon nmnhnle in the station a half mile back. The bricks beneath their feet "vrcri slippery. The air was close, and both were soon panting. But it would nol do to stop. It was a far differenl progress from their leisurely walk I few minutes before. Ah-r-r-r-r! Sound carried far through that narrow pipe. As the engineer ran. he could trace in his mind the course i of the flood from the time the water- * gate at the lake was opened. He seemed to see its first yeasty, bubbling * onrush into the black tunnel that had been twojrears preparing for Its reception. He could see it foaming down the long grade through Litchman's Valley, and then swerving to the left to i parallel the course of the river for I three miles, until it swung back again, i dove under Eyebright Hill, and came i surging on beneath the meadows of ? Charing till it was nearly upon them, e Hoj seemed to see its spumy front, F springing out of the darkness like a i raging wild beast. ^ Nearer came the water. Louder grew the roar. It rang in their ears like the 8 voice of doom. There was no hope, no ^ mercy. The pipe shut them in with a its smooth, pitiless bricks. The engi- v neer's face was ghastly. He panted as a he ran. Sanders' foot slipped. Down he went * in a sprawling heap, carried along for a short distance by his own impetus. The f! engineer stopped. In an- instant bis arms were under those of the reporter, 0 and lie helped him to his feet. "Don't do that again!" he shouted ? hoarsely. Again they ran on. ^ And now it was Atterbury's turn. He ^ slipped and shot heavily forward. San. ^ ders went into him full tilt, and was likewise capsized. The electric lamp was broken and extinguished by the catastrophe. Instantly the reporter ? was on his feet, ready to run on. But before he started he waited for the engineer. He could not see him in the darkness; but. even above the deepening sound of the flood, he heard a faint groan. lie groped back and touched a heap of clothing. A wrenched tendon had made it impossible for the engineer to stand upright unaided. Atterbury shouted, "Go on! Never mind me!" But Sanders picked him up in ills strong arms, and lialf-carried, halfdragged him rapidly along the pipe. Ahead a faint light glimmered through the open manhole. Close behind burst the increasing roar of the torrent. Could the reporter make the distance in time? The rope ladder dangled in the opening. Above, the pallid face of the Swede looked down. Sanders dragged Atterbury to the foot of the ladder. The engineer's hands clinched the rounds, and he wei.tmp like a practised , athlete, barely touching his injured foot. 1 It was Sanders' turn now. Had he waited too long? There was no time t to trifle with the rounds *f hemp. Up r he sprang, and caught the edge of ( the manhole with his fingers. c As he leaped he had a glimpse of a c confused turmoil of water, a foamy I torrent shooting out of the blackness to overwhelm him. Something caught 1 at his feet with a rush and roar and I dragged them irresistibly down. But * the Swede and Atterbury seized him < by the wrists and swung him up 1 through the opening; and in a second 1 hn wfic Irinf An tlm flAnr fllmvn twinffi "v * " ?"I to recover his breath, "while the sta- J tion man slarnmed down the cover of, 1 the manhole, and screwed it on to keep 1 out the flood that threatened to burst through.?Youth's Companion. What Riding Costs. The trying days of 1877, when Pitts- < burg was in the hands of destructive < rioters, during the railroad troubles of t that year, are recalled by the fact that' 1 on January 1 Allegheny County wiped. " out the debt that was laid upon her byi these disorders. For twenty-five vonrs that eountv nas been navinc for property destroyed. It has now provided for the final payment of ?364,000, and when that was turned over the county was cleared of a debt of $3,300,000 which was caused by the burning of property by the rioters. Bonds for the total obligation were issued in 1880, and since then the payments have been made in several instalments, large amounts being taken from the. debt each time. Property of the Fenn-' sylvania Railroad Company in Pitts1 burg and vicinity was destroyed, as well as the property of several indivld: uals, and the end of that heavy reck: oning is now happily in sight.?Springfield Republican. Seagulls invaded a boatful of herring J at Kanaimo, Wash., while the fisher> men were awav* 13 "? IbHOHB MISS ALIC. Ulce Roosevelt Engaged Vill Wed Congressman Longworth ii February. The engagement of Miss Alice Roose *elt, daughter of the President, * t< Nicholas Longworth, a Representativi n Congress from Qhio, has been for nallv announced. Rumors of the en ragement have been circulated repeat dly in the past year, but there was n< >ositive confirmation until the follow ng statement was sent out from thi Vhlte House: "The President and Mrs. Roosevcl nnounce the engagement of thei laughter, Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt, t< Ir. Nicholas Longworth. The weddinj Fill take place the middle of Febru ry." Miss Roosevelt and Representativ* ,ongwortli were members of Secretary Waft's party in the tour of the Philip ines and the Orient last summer They have been automoblling .togethei >n many occasions since tlielr retiiri nd they were frequently guests at th< arae dinners and dances. Miss Roose elt was a guest last spring at lh< iome of Mr. Longworth's mother ii Cincinnati, making a journey fron Vashington especially for that pur iose. Miss Roosevelt is twenty-one. She I; tliPRESENTATIVE NICHOLAS LON'OWOBTH he President's cliild by liis first mar iage. Mr. Longworth was born ii Cincinnati of wealthy parents, and nov mjoys a comfortable fortune in bi >wn right. He is thirty-six years old le fitted for college at Franklin Schoo n Cincinnati and was graduated fron harvard University in the class of '91 Ie spent one year at the Harvard Lav khool and was graduated from th Cincinnati Law School in 1894. II ivas elected to the Ohio House of Iter esentatives in 1899, and to the Stat Senate in 1901. He was elected to th fifty-eighth Congress as a Republira ind re-cleett-d to the Fifty-ninth Con jrcss. INGENIOuTEGfiTPENCR. In hotels and restaurants, it is gon jrally the custom, when serving boilci ^ggs, for waiters to open the eggs ii e presence 01 cusiuuhts, ?. luutm: tvhich is very inconvenient and an EGG OPENER. noying, as it frequently results in spil ing part of the egg, and soiling th table linen, and producing an unpleai ant effect upon the customer. To avoi such circumstances, two New Yorker have invented a device which facil tates breaking open the shell, and the ?? i [ mi / m\ 'i re] Fr eri ( at E ltOOSEVELT. n sh - < ce serves as a holder for the two parts fa; of the shell, permitting the eonteuts tq , be removed with ease. The device gg consists of two bands which are hinge^ pj 1 together at one side. Each band is < made of spring metal or othgr resilient wj material, with the ends overlapping, sq pe . that it may be expanded or contracted So 0 by a pressure of the hand, thus adaptj He e ing it to various sizes of eggs. Each 1 band is also provided -with spring ml . fingers to hold the egg. and with a c& spring arm on the side nnnosite thd a 1 j hinge. These spring arms terminate 1 _ in cutter blades, which pass through u slots in the bands. In use the two bands are swung apart to admit the flri t opg, and (hen they are closed upon It j r The device is now held with a band ag j in each hand. The spring arms are ui j pressed inward, making two incisions an . in the shell and then before releasing cl< the spring arms the bands are swung x apart, breaking open the shell. As the Ct egg is being broken open it should be CI inverted to permit the yolk to drop a into the glass.- and then the two parts may be held in the hand as illustrated, leaving the other hand free to remove '"r the white of the egg.?Scientific American. , A BOX TO HOLD THE RATIONS; A major commissary of the United .J States army has devised a ration box 5 especially for use in the field by in- -" fantrvmen and others whose occupa- xr. tion makes it desirable to carry sub- G( sistcnce on the person. It is also well ] ! adapted for use by prospectors, camp- ?,0 ers or foot travelers generally. The an object of the inventor was to so con- th struct, assemble and dispose the com- th ponents forming the equipment on the ] wearer that the movements of the lyi body, arms and limbs would not be el< hindered or Interfered with, and the ] load would be distributed on those G< parts of the body best able to withstand the strain. *,j In the illustration the pack is shown f disposed upon a soldier. In campaign work it is of prime importance that a soldier's equipment shall be such that da he can personally carry sufficient sub- re sistence to support him in full vigor for a reasonable time, and that this subsistence shall be so. carried as to ( conserve as far as practicable his vital m, force and strength. It is further desir- j01 able that the equipment shall be such m, , that it may be quickly and certainly th ' r i ~ j b g" 11 READY FOR THE MARCH. J c positioned, having capacity for holding I ^ '" reasonable toilet articles, etc., and be ' easily or compactly assembled to re- | , auce DuiK to me minimum wnen no ^.( subsistence is carried. This ration pack fills all of the above aE requirements and is hung by hooks j from a belt and harness. There is a j ' central pocket naturally forming a y{1 curve about the back of the body at the hips, and can be adjusted to comfortably fit individuals of any size or pfi shape. One of the small pockets con- ut tains a combined canteea and tin cup.. The other side pocket is for a sugar th and coffee receptacle, the compart-1 gc ments holding the number of rations ti< it is desired to carry. The central) 1 r pocket is for a mess pan, rations of Si bread and bacon, and a compartment) P* , for knife, fork, spoon, etc. A towel! 3? =, and other small articles can also be' placed inside.?Philadelphia Record. s of i- The United States consumes all of its G< nj[annual iron output of 33,000,000 tons. tu tITSI BEffS WASHINGTON. r Jena tor Culiom, chairman of the CoraIttee on Foreign Relations, has been reed to go to Fforlda for his health. Five special agency districts, with laduuafters at London, Paris, 8t. ill, Cologne and Berlin, have been esbllshed by Secretary Shaw to prevent ider-valuatlon of imports to America. Representative Longworth addressed e House In depreciation of the Filliios. rhe program for railroad rate legistion was settled by the House leads, It being decided to report tl?e Hepirn measure. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Enlisted men of the American fleet Manila entertained JJie men of the siting British squadrdll. Cane is ripening well in the northern vision of Porto Rico, but is not yet lly matured. One mill that had been lnding shut down because of the or grade of juice obtained. k report from Manila is to the effect at a French firm is selling a consldable number of French-built motor rs in th'e Philippines. rhe contract for building the new iter system at Manila, which will st $1,000,000, was awarded in equal rts to Matson, Lord, Borser & Co, d the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. lere were six competitors, and the Jding was very close. SV. J. Bryan was made a datto, a aro chieftain. DOMESTIC. Denton HopWns was placed on trial Brooklyn, N. Y., on a charge of wife arder. Captain Archibald and his officers '.t the Cherokee, which was stranded Brigantlne Shoals, N. J. The Southern Cotton Association has elected Harvle Jordan as president, [n the Carnegie Library, at Guthrie, ank Frantz was Inaugurated GovQor of Oklahoma. Dashler E. L. Humphrey, of the bank Wadley, Ga., killed himself by ooting. Grovernor Pattison, of Ohio, has canned all social engagements, but Is st recovering his usual health. The army transport Sherman landed 0 officers and enlisted men from the illlpplnes at San Francisco, Cal. Shot through the head and slashed th a razor, the body of George Hopr, colored, wag found In Currituck ijnd, near Oolnjock, N. 0., and three groes are charged with the murder. The gunboat Topeka, now out of comsslon at Portsmouth, N. H., will be anged by the Navy Department into station ship at a cost of $90,000. Every man of the Sixth Battery ilch made the long march from Fort ley to Fort Sam Houston In Texas declared to be in good condition, as e also the horses. Salts for $100,000 each were brought a Inst McClure's Magazine by the lion Refrigerator Transit Company d its president, who allege that artl>s on rebates were libelous. ^ Congressional medal has been sent larles K. Fife, fourteen years old, at eveland, Ohio, for saving the life of companion who was drowning in ike Lrie. Fhe entrance of Colonel John Holook Estill, of Savannah, Into the race xkcs flye Democratic candidates for e Governorship of Georgia, rbe Arkansas Supreme Court has Irmed the conviction of Representa e G. F. Chaplin for bribery, and he ust pay a fine and costs of over rvm ^fter spending more than $1,000,000 veloping the Copper Field mine at jrshire, Vt., it is to be abandoned by iorge Westinghouse. E. H. Harrlman and two others ugbt a tract of 20,000 acres in Orjre County, N. Y. It is supposed ey plan to develop a new colony on e lines of Tuxedo. Dr. Harry T. McGroncn. of Brooka, N. Y., was crushed to death by an ivator in a factory. Protests against the seating of Mc>wan and five Aldermen were made fore the Aldermen's Committee on lvlleges and Elections in New York ty. rhe Clyde Line steamer Cherokee ?nt ashore in a fog near Atlantic ty, N. J. The vessel was in little nger, and the passengers and crew mained aboard. FOREIGN. General von EInem read In the Gerin Reichstag a statement by Ohancel: von Buelow, saying that officers list in certain cases fight to defend eir honor or leave the corps. Prosecution of Toronto plumbers inddually for conspiracy and combina>n in restraint of trade resulted in 4 men pleading guilty. The fines aounted to $10,GOO. Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg obIned a divorce from Princess Louise, iest daughter of the King of the Belans. There is an anti-Semitic agitation eft lernigoff, Russia, and a massacre is ared. A. special cable dispatch from Gibralr gives details of the damage to the alted States cruiser Brooklyn, which ffered severely in the gale which she countered on her voyage to Gibraltar. The Liberals of England have won e first of the contests for Parliament, ro of their candidates having been turned at Ipswich, where the issue as fiscal reform. King Oscar opened the Swedish Riksig, the budget presented later showg a deficit of $3,750,000, which will met by an income tax. i'i Chi Yong, Korean Minister of ar. was stabbed eleven times by a auld-be assassin at St. Petersburg, id to be the minister's interpreter, rhe Liberal gains as the British elec -* ? ? ? J rns progressea. auiuzeu uuuj, A. commercial treaty between France id Bulgaria Las been signed. Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain was arrled to Prince Ferdinand, of Bairla, in Madrid. President Palma, of Cuba, issued a icree empowering the Sanitary ?)eirtment to enforce penalties for faile to Improve conditions. General Morales? wounded, sought e protection of the United States Leition at Santo Domingo, fiis reslgna)n as President was accepted." The first details of the rebellion in beria were made public. Anarchy evailed in many cities and troops ined the insurgent forces. According to a report from the Straits >ttlements, the intended fortification 1 the port of Singapore by the British overnment will mean a total expendiire of about 82O.OQO.Q0O, N NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT M. Fallieres Eleoted by the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Wit* Chosen on the First Ballot?Receive* 449 Tote* ? Faol Donmer Getc 371 ?Sketch of Fallieres' Life. Paris, France.?Clement Armand Fallieres was elected President of the French Republic to succeed Emlle Loubet. He was chosen on the first ballot of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, assembled In Joint session In the Salle du Congres at Versailles. M. Fallieres received 449 votes to 371 cast for Paul Doumer, President of the Chamber of Deputies. The number of votes necessary to a choice was 446. The Presidential Congress assembled at Versailles under drenching 9kies, and the attendance of the general public was confined to those who possessed tickets of admission to the Salle (lu Congves, where the election is held. The old palace at Versailles was thronged, nevertheless, with politicians and others. The only new feature was that the great yard of the palace had been transformed into a huge garage, and was occupied by hundreds of motors. The hall of the Congress was packed before 1 o'clock. The small galleries contained many women, whose brilliant toilets relieved the rather gloomy setting of the National Assembly. . No vacant seat was visible on the floor of the House when M. Fallieres, as President of the Senate, took llje. chair, soon after 1 o'clock. He was greeted with a great ovation by his followers, who hailed him as the next President of the Republic. The Constitution fortunately forbids nil debate, and as sooa. as the article convening the Congress had been read and tellers had been appointed the calling of the roll and depositing of votes began without confusion. M. Dubost, Vice-President of the Qnna + a ojinAiin^oH amlri nnthuclo cHr? aiiiivuu\.tu nuuu vuiuuoiuuikv cheers that M. Fallleres had been elected. The total number of votes was 849, of which tweaty-nine were scattering. The weather was atrocious, yet Versailles was crowded witn Parisians, although there was little excitement on the streets, probably owing to the rain. M. Fallleres returned to Paris from Versailles escorted by a military guard of honor. He will take over his new duties on February 18. 31. Clement Armand Fallieres was President of the Senate. He was the choice of the Progressive Republicans for the head of the Republic. He was born in 1841, the son of a magistrate's clerk and the grandson of a blacksmith. Early In life he chose to better his condition by studying law, and for a number of yeart pursued his profession as a country barrister. Branching out into politics, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies In 1876 and soon distinguished himself. Wnen the Duclerc Cabinet was formed he received the appointment to the Ministry of the Interior, later succeeding Duclerc as Premier. Fallleres' ministry didn't last a moniu. In 1890 he became a Senator and in 1899 the president of the Senate. It is said that his political views are In many points similar to those entertained by the extremist, M. Combes. A men of simple habits and tastes, he somewhat resembles the retiring President of France. CHOKED OUT A PANIC. Policeman Grabbed a Man Who Cried "TTIrp!" in n Thpntrp. Lincoln. Neb.?Fire in the basement of the Oliver Theatre nearly Interrupted a performance of "Ben Hur," but a strenuous policeman who choked a spectator as he faintly cried "Fire!" and a thrilling scene that held attention prevented a panic. The fire was soon put out and the play proceeded. A man seated near the door smelled smoke and heard the fire engines. He left his seat and hurried for the doorway with a cry that the building was on fire, but so indistinctly did he shout that only a dozen persons heard him. Before he could repeat the cry a policeman grabbed him by the throat and dragged him into the lobby. A woman who followed the alarmed man fainted as she reached the door and was carried out. Not over half a dozen others left the theatre. IN HONOR OF FRANKLIN. Boston and Philadelphia Do Honor to Celebrated Statesman. Boston, Mass.?The State of Massachusetts and the city of Boston united in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. Public exercises were held in Symphony Hall in the presence of a large company. Philadelphia, Pa. ?In this city, in which Benjamin Franklin spent most of his life, all the public schools, many churches, societies and institutions united in observing the 200th anniversary of Ills birth, and at night the city officially entered into the commemoration frith an illumination of the municipal buildings. TWO DIE TOGETHER. Man and Woman Found Dead in a Chicago Hotel. Chicago. 111.?A double death mystery was revealed when the bodies of a man and woman were found in the St. Tamam UaMI n n/1 W O oVl I r? fff/Ml il a ill CO LIUICJ, JLJLUiOlUU a UU tt u>nuiug vvu j streets. The two had been shot to death. Trouble in Venezuela. Venezuelan officials prohibited M. Taigny, the French charge d'affaires, from landing again in Venezuela, andalso expelled the heads cf the French cable offices at Caracas and La Guayra. Carried Loot in Baby Carriage. . Mrs. Anna Howard, aged twenty-one, confessed to the robbery of seven flats in Brooklyn, N. Y. She wheeled the stuff away in a baby carriage. Forestry Chair at Yale. The National Hardware Manufacturers' Association has subscribed $5000 toward a chair of forestry in Yale University. Killed Wife and Self. After killing liis wife and Justin Adams, a neighbor, W. R. Brandt shot himself through the head at Elk River, Minn. Ship Subsidy Bill Up. The Merchant Marine bill was laid before the Senate, at Washington, D. C.. by Mr. Gallinger. MID WOE PROSPEHITY | Good Times Throuehout En*landf M France, Germany and Russia. | SOME INTERESTING FIGURES 1 The Put Year at Pronperons For Ear op* ' '|8| a For Oartelrei, In Proportion?Bx- . ords Broken in Eoilnd( France and ^!j 0?ruinr?^iUH and Effect! of Tlieaa < | Trade CoMIWani.'-' New York City.?Messages from London, England; Paris. France, and Bet- y?n lin, Germany, put a new and attractive -jsW appearanuoe upon tbe face of interna- 'M tional finance. This most clearly shows iu foreign bank clearings, a commercial factor less liable than almost any, -M other to mislead. Records were broken ,-;,3a in England, Germany and France. In jeja Liondon eacn montn's clearings were a , .ag record. Id January for the first time >Jj the total exceeded $5,000,000,000, and -W. since then six monthly totals did so. t .^A And the increase extended throughout Jj the United Kingdom, the country clear- M ings as well as the capital's exceeding ? every record. English commentators ."jBj are puzzled to account for the year's 1 Increase of $8,000,000,000 to a total of -Aaa $61,000,000,000, ar the year Included ym no very striking single cause. A generally dispensed and well-sustained ac- \ M tlvlty would seem to be itself a good enough explanation. The German -t Clearing House report a turn-over of 89,900,000,000, an Increase of $24&,000,000 above the record which was made * a in 1904. If the totals are less impress > give than England's, the proportion oC gain leaves nothing to be desired. In- - ;*38 dustrial activity, rather than financial ' exhilaration, explains Germany's prosperlty, as appears from the flotation of i new commercial securities to a total Ja of $770,000,000, an increase of $320,000,- -,j 000 above the flotations of 1904. Doubt- <^9 less it would have been better*lf Ger- * many had sold Russia less upon credit, . difficulty of liquidating Russian ac- ; AAmmA^A^Inn TtflnAl* O/tOAlinHnff frtr , riTrlUI luuiiiiuuauvu papvi # much of Germany's stringency. w , * 'r,-S Conditions .in France are sufficiently. indicated by the approach of the Bank . >$| of France to the limit of its authorized * j| note issue. This is far from being the calamity Exhaustion of our note-issuing ;t^| capacity to tis, for there are two bolutlons. The limit of lssne may be en- ' ^si Inrged. Adding to these facts the re- $S laxatlon In our own monetary situa- ^ tion and outlook, it is difficult to resist the conclusion that we are enjoying an era of international financial food -'M feeling. .. ? NOT TO PRESS SUITS. Attorney-General Expects Insurance \ Officials to Restore Diverted Funds. New York City.?The unofficial but positive announcement was made that Attorney-General Mayer had decided to v'.? s?lve the directors of the Mutual Life, the New York Life and several other r*^M companies wnose scanauuj w?re?ireu.i?jr^ the Armstrong Committee a chance to . $ cleanse themselves and to obtain the restitution of wasted and mlsapproprinted funds by business methods. If -* j3| this housecleaning is neglected, or if It Jffl does not come up to the standard which the Attorney-General thinks the "" public good demands, suits will be in- 'J:< stituted. In this proposition the Equitable Life seems to fare badly, as it is not the ''>^3 intention of the Attorney-General to drop the suits against that company which were Commenced last summer. ...J! when that company was /the only one - :' ? in relation to which an Investigation I had been begun. CHOOSES HUSBAND BY LOT. Village Belle Courted by Three Broth- g ers Decides l>y Ballot. ^ Asheville, N. C.?The marriage of ' J Miss Irene Depew and James William .-'m Mock, of Mock8ville, N. C., ia an- f nounced. Mrs. Mock, a well-known beauty and social favorite, is reported to have determlned the choice of three brothers, ' all of whom had been paying marked ~ V attention to her for years, by ballot. m She allowed all three to draw lots and the youngest Mock won. The bride's lottery consisted of three small pasteboards on one of which was Inscribed her name. The other . two were blanks. COREY GIVES $10,000. '4 Steel Trust President Helps Out Braddock Hospital Fund. Braddock, Pa.?It is announced here .that Braddock will have a new hos- ' -.19 pitai through the generosity of W. Ellis Corey, President of the United' States Steel Corporation. A committee of business men who went to New York City some days ago to confer with Mr. Corey came back " with the announcement that their former townsman had contributed $10,000 tn <iif? bosnftal fund. About $20,000 had already been raised, and this addition will enable the hospital to be established. RISING NEAR CZAR'S PALACE. Peasants Sacking Estates?A Royal Duke's Property Attacked. St. Petersburg, Russia.?The agrarian disorders which have broken out in the _ outskirts of St. Petersburg have assumed an ugly phase. The peasants have sacked the estates of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Prince Ivorsikoff, and have j burned the buildings on an estate in the district of Tsarskoe-Selo, almost in \' sight of the Emperor's Palace. DISMISSED FOR HAZING? 1 Midshipmen Marzonl, Foster and Coffii? Publicly Punished. Annapolis, Md.?At noon when the full brigade of midshipmen was paraded for the regular dinner formation. Midshipmen Petersen Barto Marzonl and W. W. Foster, of the first class, \ and Trenmor Coffin, Jr., of the third class, were publicly dismissed from the United States Navy for hazing "plebes," or fourth-class men. Timely Topics. Baseball has found a foothold in the ? City of Mexico. Paris taxameter cabs are to be fitted with small electric lamps. Eleven bankers have gone to the Ohio penitentiary in the past twelve montns. One of the demands of waiters on strike iu St. Petersburg is "two meals a day." Restauran: keepers of Berlin are In the midst of a war with their guests as to whether "broedchen" shall be free with meals or be charged for in thp hill. ' ' 'P