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Iff ' cmnsr Cli2rg:ed With Grand Larceny of $48,000 of Insurance Funds MONEY FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES Former VIce-Pre?ldent of the Xew York Life, JTow J. P. SIorexQ'i Pnrtner, Jfo IVrone in the Contribution ?ConnstC Maka* Statement In l>efen*?, and Client Is Paroled. New York City.?George W. Perkins, former vice-president of the New York Life Insurauce Company and a partner in the firm of J. P. Morgau &. Co., was arrested on a warrant charging him with the 'commission of a felonygrand larceny in the first degree. He ,was spared the ordeal of being arraigned before the magistrate who issued the warrant, the usual procedure, but was taken to Part II. of the Supreme Court before Justice Greenbaum on a writ of habeas corpus which had been prepared before the arrest was made, and released in the custody of his counsel, Lewis L. Delafield, without being compelled to put up bail. The grand larceny charge is the aly leged theft of 54S.702.50 contributed \v Mr. Perkins, for the New York Life Insurance Company, to the Republican national campaign fund in 1904. According to a statement made iu court the !ate President John A. McCall, of the New York Life, authorized the payment of the inone/, and the other members of the Finance Committee of that corporation approved of the payment to Mr. Perkins, who had advanced the money to Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of'tbe campaign committee. Following the arrest it became known for the first time that Mr. Perkins had given to Mr. Jerome much iujr* formation concerning the circumstances regarding the political contribution, and that he had been instrumental in placing before the District Attorney account books and checks of the New York Life Company bearing on the payments. It was in answer to a request from Mr. Jerome that Mr. Perkins vouchsafed this information. In his answer to the District Attorney Mr. Perkins wrote before his arrest that the question of the legality of these political contributions came to . him as a surprise, it uever having oc' -3 A* flioSr nfrtni'loir ft curreu iu iniu uj?u iucu I would be questioned, as lie believed they were for the benefit of the company. He added that he derived no : personal advantage from the transaction; that he had no intent other tlian to serve the interests of the company, and, he said, "It is not my intention to _ dispute or to deny civil liability to account to the company for these moneys." Ou the depositions of Darwin F. j Kingsley, vice-president of the New j < ^ York Life, and Edmuud D. Randolph. ! its treasurer, is based the warrant for j Mr. Perkins* arrest, in which he is ( charged with having committed "grand , larceny in its first degree" on Decern- i f ber 30, 1901, the date on which the ' . company's check was drawn to repay j ^ him for his disbursements to Mr. Bliss, j SIX MEN MURDERED. Bodies Found in an Old House From I "Which Others Escaped. L Minneapolis.?Sis murdered Bulgar- . k lans were found in an old house at No. j 1 24.1 Tenth avenue. South, and the po- ! ! ' lice are uncertain how or when the murders were committed, although the evidence obtained iudicates that tlie men were killed in a quarrel among twelve Bulgarians who had rented the house. Robbery was no.; tbe cause of all the murders, as a gre-t deal ->f money was found on the bodies. Tbe ? police also scou4: tho idea of any secret ! P society with motives of revenge. Four of tbe bodies, horribiy cut and i slashed with knives, were found in a j room oi the second floor, whil ? in tbe cellar were two otbeis with their throats cut. Nea.- tbe bodies were fouud - large bowie knives and a hatchet. Two, the D1 nitris. were evi. dently fatbe. and so . Most of the men were comparatively young and i were smooth faced. Qhe elder Dimitii | Is said to have oeen a Chicago priest. The nationality of tbe men was cj- | termined by the Rev. Mr. Boskowicz, j pastor of a Greek chuich. who read the i letters iound in tbe I'ouse. He found j among the pape.s a discharge from the j Turkish army belougiug to Agne Karofil. $1,000,000 JOHNSTOWN FIRE. Five Business Blocks in the Pennsylvania cfity Are Destroyed. Johnstown. Pa.?Fire destroyed near- i Jy $1,UUV,UW worm 01 pruyen.v iu mc business part of this city. The fire started about midnight in the five-story brick building of the Swank Hardware Company, at Main and Bedford streets, and was not under control till daylight. Following are the principal losses: Swank Hardware Company $200,000, t Insurance $120,000: tenants in the same building $20,000, insurance $10,000; Louis A. Geis. home and business place, loss $30,000. insurance $20,000: Journal Company, morning newspaper. $30,000, insurance $15,000: Henderson Furniture Company $70,000. insurance $20,000: Fisher & Co.. $30,000. insurance $20,000: George Wild $50,000, insurance partial: Bernard Nees. hardware. $12,000, insurance $0000: other WV , Vir: 1,1 CQllfWl f Tenants 111 mu >viiu jpuuuiiiQ ?pww? partly insured. Five of the most prominent business blocks of tbe city were laid in ruins. ' and tbe fire for a time threatened to cause the total destruction of the business district. Rioters Fined $1 Each. Laughing openly in court at the light fines imposed for rioting, the eight boys who were arrested by tbe soldiers some days ago in the riots at Springfield, Ohio, walked out of tbe Police Court free. ! Town Swept by Fire. 1 The explosion of a gasoline engine caused a fire which destroyed a large part of the town of Kane. Pa. Loss. $84,000. with little insurance. Among thf.- structures burned were tbe City Hall and Baptist Church. Among the Toilers. There are more than 34,000 factories in the State of New York, and there are only about thirty inspectors. The Consolidated Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders of America has refused to indorse the ship subsidy bill now before Congress. About 50.000 French miners have gone on strike as the result of a belief among them that the recent Courrieres horror was due to mismanagement and economy on the part of the owners of tbe mines. \ - - , KILLED BY FALLING WALL | Four Firemon Crushed to Death In New York City. T Six Story Knitting in Old Greenwich VIIlace Destroyed and Many Are Injured . ?Two Score Houses Duru?d. New York City.?Four firemen met r death in a tire that destroyed nearly an entire block in old Greenwich Village, this city. Property valued at nearly $400,000 was destroyed, the lives of scores were endangered and the accident wards of ii j St. Vincent's Hospital were filled with fi, the injured. c( Public School 113, half a block away ct from the fire, was menaced by the T ; dames, but the children, all in the I primary grades, were dismissed without disorder, bearing testimony to the ai ! efficacy of the school's fire drill. I All the dead firemen belonged to En- , I gine Company 14. The four of them I died together, one of them being Cap ! tain Walsh. They were on the roof C ! of No. 62 Carmine street, oti the outer fG j edge of the fire, wheu the roof col- fi, I !?nco,i firo hnvine paten away the p I supporting timbers. They had received u, ! warning by the collapse of the house Sl next to them of their danger, but all t) remained at their post until swallowed a, lip in the maelstrom of flame that p surged up when tie roof fell in. The dead: George B. Christmau, Jr.; -ja Jhomas F. Ilalpiu, killed by falling AI wall; Dennis J. Healey, killed by fall- ta Ing wall; John F. Walsh, foreman. st Many more than those who appear ra 3n the hospital records were injured. gr Nearly a score of girls were hurt in the mad rush from the buildings near tL those destroyed, as well as those that n( were burning. The most seriously in- h jured, nearly all of them firemen, were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital: tli More than two score buildings were i entirely or partially destroyed. tii I The fire, which wiped out many or I buildings that had stood almost long to enough to become landmarks, started 0i I In the seven-story brick factory building at the southwest corner of Bed- xr; ' ford and Downing streets. It was (]j started, so far as is yet known, by an er explosion of celluloid or benzine. gp There would have been greater loss ,ia of life had not most of the 400 em- bu ployes of the concern which occupied th the building been at luncheon when the fire started. Those in the building fo were first alarmed by a flash of tire Ci ' ' * rrw ? IUa ana a aeronanon. xueu uuui mc u.v factory ran scores of hysterical women. In an instant the fire escapes were oil crowded by a uass of men and women, some of the men fighting the women with all their strength for places of advantage. Below the fire escape 011 f0' the first floor policemen stood, and, l\v ci forming a human pyramid, took down ro to the ground in safety more than 100 pt girls. The men jumped. p0 From the third floor, where the fire | f0; started, two girls ran to the -windows j pe and screamed that they would jump. on Policemen Radsky and Rheinish called ca to the girls to go to the rear fire escape. jC{ They obeyed and were saved. iei lie MURDERED ON WEDDING DAY. ex hi Despondent Father Kills Daughter and Gc Then Commits Suicide. of Boston, Mass.?Joseph P. Townsend killed his daughter, Pansy E. Town- JO send, tweuty-five years old, and then committed suicide in their home, 15 M Woodville street, Everett. Tho vnunc wnmflii was to have been I married to Francis E. Perry, of Fort Myers, Fla., in the People's Temple j111 here at C o'clock at night. and it is "a believed that the father, who had 11,1 been despondent over the approaching wedding, became unbalanced and took Si' her life and his own. sfJ Townsend was formerly mate of a vessel sailing ont of Boston and came y0 originally from Baltimore. His daugh- h? ter was employed as a stenographer in a Boston music store. She was a sa popular girl in Everett, was an active worker in church circles and, as her mother was dead, had charge of the home. ha During the afternoon Townsend sent AV( his sou Joseph to East Boston on au an errand in connection with the wed ding, and when the boy returned at 80 4.30 he found the father lying dead Sli on the parlor floor and his sister on a Jo couch, breathing faintly. He tried tc Hi revive the girl with brandy, but failed sa to do so, and before a doctor coulu ha reach the house she died. ha Townsend is thought to have shot *ei the girl in the head with a .22 calibre tri rifle while she lay asleep on the couch and then killed himself with a revolver, e" both weapons being fonnd beside hi? hotly. On a table was this note in the pr father's handwriting: | "At 3.40 I have taken my daughter's 1 life and my own. I do this rather than < I see her the wife of Francis Perry." pa So far as can be learned, Towusend an bore Perry no ill will, but had spoken ' in ton--; or regret that his daughter ha was to marry and leave home. uf DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN PRISON. ? tic Missouri Convict Stabs a Guard and is ha Himself Immediately Killed. be Jefferson City, >Io.?When the con m vic-ts ac the penitentiary were callec for breakfast, Guard J. W. Woods, ot co Macon. Mo., was pounced upon by a convict and stabbed three times. Wood.' died instantly. Another guard immediately killed I the convict. Banner Product in Minerals. British Columbia made the banner ^ production last year of $20,9G3,000 in (jt minerals. ]j? Three Children Perish in Flames. Three- children of Junius Bacheris were burned to death in their home near Oxford, Fla., during the absence rfi of the parents. The children were too st young to know what to do to escape. J){ one being five, one two years old and the other an infant. The Public Must Pay. Presidents of the coal-carrying com sc panies issued a statement in which it Si is declared that if the miners win their of fight for higher wages the public must a pay. . in Prominent People. The number of women's clubs in London at the present time is far in excess *>f the demand. to The marriage (if Waldorf Astor and ^ Mrs. Nannie Shaw will take place in S? London early in April. Of course her name is not Sarah, any D more than it is Bernhardt. Her real hi cognomen is Rosine Damola. te One of the oldest residents of Australia has recently passed si way in the ei person of Lady Murphy. She was born tl in England ninety years ago. th? tl in 10VERN0R CURRY TRAPPED raacherv of Filipinos Cause's Fieht and Slaughter. 1AY ISSUE CALL FOR TROOPS Ire Opened as Band of Native* Was lteln? Photographed and Wa* In the Act of Surrendering?Four Chief* and One nundred Men Encujeil-American* Bury Bodies of the Slain. Manila, Philippine Islands.?Accordis to advices received, the recent ght at Magtaou, Samar, between (he )n sta biliary and Pulajane3 was uised by the treachery of the natives, hirty Pulajanes wore killed and sisten of the constabulary were killed nd wounded. A dispatch received from Captain :mes, of the constabulary, at Magion, says that un March 23 Governor urry. Judge Lobinger and Superinndent of Schools Hoover arrived lere aud camped over nipjt near the ulajanes. The leader of the rebelous natives announced that he would irrender his force the next day, aud te Americans returned to Magtaou :companied by Colonel Aguilar, a ulajane chief. The next day, Saturday, four Pulane chiefs with over ons liundred men id fourteen guns appeared at Magon and liued up in f.ront of the conabulary barracks. Between the barcks and the Pulajanes stood the oup of American officials. One of the chiefs expressed a wish iat his party be photographed in the :t of surrendering, and Captain oover, in rorjpliance with the revest. was adjusting his camera when ,e Pulajanes' leader blew a whistle id g..ve an order to advance. The en:e party of natives thereupon rushed i the American officials, who escaped the Mr.gtaon Eiver and swam (o the iposite bank. When the treachery of the natives as apparent the constabulary inimeately opened tire and a fierce fight isued, in which the constabulary lined a decisive victory. The Pulanes were chased to Ihe mountains, it the pursuers lost more guns than ey captured. The American officials werp later und witu the exception of Governor irry. He was last seen being chased Pulajanes. Three hundred constabulary Are now i the trail of the fugitive natives. Governor Curry Safe. \fter wandering about for twentynr hours without food, Governor irry, of the Island of Samar, who is reported as killed by a band of ilajane outlaws after an attack at a ace parley, returned to camp and Id the details of the fight. The ap arance of Governor curry, wno was e of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, me as a great surprise to the Amerms rvho had been at the peace part, for all sppmed certain that he had en slain. He was worn out by his perience and ready, to drop from inger, but after partaking of food, iveinor Curry telegraphed the details the fight. HNSOfl AND SMALL HANGED. urderers cf Miss Florence Allison at Moorestown, N. J. Mount Holly, N. J.?Rufus Johnson d George Small, negroes, were nged in the county jail here for the Lirder of Miss Florence Allison at oorestowu January 18 last. The neoes were executed at the same inmt, the double drop falling at 10.10 ;lock. Before going t? the gallows hnsoi> confessed his guilt. Small, wevsr, iusisted he was inuocent. iither of the uegroes had anything to y on the gallows. Miss Florence W. Allison kept board5 f.t ^.corestown. On the moruiug January 18 nst she went into ner rn. Some time afterward jchusou ?nt into her house, tolc a child to go d play in the attic and then robbed e house. That afternoon Miss Allin was found dead on tl'e barn floor. ie had been beaten mo. straugled. hnson was arrestei m Baltimore. 3 confessed and implicated Small, ying that they had been hiding in the rn, fer.ring arrest for a robbery they d committed, when Mies Allison enrea. Small confessed and then reicted hiv crnfessiou. r-nunm PPAXf T> T? VI? VTTT? T.\W tVl^iUL JL 1' UV*U uurunuxi *? . ircous Columbus Product Maintains Its Status as a Medicine. Columbus, Ohio.?The Columbus Distcb makes the following important nouncement: The Internal Revenue Commissioner s decided that Po-ru-na as now manaetured is exempt from internal revne license. The highest medical and pharmaceu al authorities in the United States ve passed upon the product. It must > highly gratifying to the many iends of Pe-ru-na and the local comercial world that the product which is carried Columbus' name into all ntinents, again enjoys the same fixed atu's as any other recognized mediae. Anarchist Most's Body Cremated. The body of Johaun Most was created in Cincinnati, Ohio. There was > religious ceremonj*, but some of ost's comrades delivered brief ad esses. Mrs. Most will take her husind's ashes to New York. Governor Cummins Scores Elkins. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, wrote Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, peatiug his charge that the Senator auds for railroads and against the :ople. Will Punish Staudard Oil. Attorney-General Hadley, of Mismri, says tliat State will punish the tandard Oil Trust severely in case ! a verdict against it. He suggests possible confiscation of the Trust's operties. ..Itfjx. The Field of Sports. W. A. Pierce, of Boston, stands ready i back Marvin Hart against George arduer, of Lowell, at a club in Cbelta, Mass. A tennis league avi 11 be formed at ickinson College this spring. The latter will be taken up by the. ?ra rnities. A flaw in the trotting rules recently lacted by the National Association ireatens, unless corrected, to prevent le lowering of the world's record for lany years to come. KILLED IN HIS PULPIT The Rev. J, B, Lentz, Mormon Past:r, ; j Struck by Lightning, Bolt Stuns Members of the Conj-rej;ation of the Latter Day Saints' Church at Canon, Iowa. Carsou, Iowa.?Whou assuring a frightened congregation that there was no cause to dread a tliuuderstorm, the Rev. Dr. J. B. Lentz, pastor of the Latter Day Saints' Churcli, was struck dead by a lightning holt in his pulpit Iiere. Many persons were injured in a panic-stricken rush from the church, mul, fire breaking out, for some time there was danger of the body of the pastor being cremated where it fell. The storm was of terrific intensity, and it seemed to centre directly over the church. Thpre were about 400 persons at morning worship in the edifice, which is one of the most imposing buildings in the city. The morning hud been clear and beautiful, but about 11 o'clock the weather became almost unbearably close. Dr. Lentz had just begun his sermon when the first thunderclap was heard. He spoke for about fifteen minutes, giving no attention to the storm; then, observing that many women in the pews werebecoming restless, he stopped in his discourse and requested the congre gation to remember that thunderstorms were unusual in this season and that there was little or nothing to fear from them. He was just raising his voice in a further plea for quiet, when suddenly a bolt struck through the roof of the church. The whole interior of the building blazed with light. The lightning struck a chandelier, and from there it passed to the preacher. Dr. Lentz had been standing with bis hands grasping the side of the pulpit. He was partly leaued over, and was talking with great earnestness. At the shock bis head dropped on the Bible before him, and then he slipped dead to the floor. In an instant the whole congregation was in a panic, and a simultaneous rush was made for the door. There was only one means of exit, and scores of women were terribly crushed. More than twenty women fainted, while one child was almost killed. The worshipers fought with one another desperately. It was almost ten minutes before the congregation got Into the street. By that time the storm was almost spent, and many men who had strnecled in frenzv to get out of the church became stricken with remorse, and save themselves with great energy to the carrying out of the fainting and in battling with the flames. The lightning set fire to the pulpit, and some of the pews. When the first of the rescuers went up the aisles they found the pastor's body to be separated from them by a line of fire across the church. The fire was spreading rapidly, and it became evident at once that unless effective work was done quickly the pastor's body would be burned to ashes. When the firemen arrived the men of the congregation were battling with might and main. The fire apparatus had been brought into action, and two streams were poured steadily on the body to save it from the reach of the flames. The body was carried out by two of the leading members of the congregation and two of the firemen. Thu men wranned wet cloths around their heads, and, dashing along the aisle, they passed in safety through the flames, and succeeded in carrying the body back through the fire and out of the church. An examination showed that the lightning had burned almost all the clothing of Dr. Lentz into a crisp. There ivas a seared line down the back. Part of the hair had been burned off, but the bolt had made no deep mark on tlie body. Physicians said that death had been on the instant. The firo was extinguished after a hard battle of half an hour. The loss to the church was comparatively small. The tragedy caused a profound sensation here, and practically the entire population visited the church in the afternoon. Dr. Lentz was popular with all classes and sets. He leaves a widow and two children. FAMILY OF SEVEN KILLED. Three Generations Meet Death in Grade Crossing Smash on the Readiug. Snnhurv. Pa.?A fast rxnress on the Philadelphia aiul Reading Railroad struck a wagon containing a family of seveu, killing six of them instantly and so badly injuring the seventh, a child, that she died before reaching the hospital. Washington Neidig, a farmer, -was returning home from this place accompanied by his sons, Cyrus and Clarence, tbe latter's wife and their three children. At a grade crossing just out of the* city the wagon was struck by the train. When the train was stopped 700 feet from the crossing the bodies of two of the children were on the pilot. The others were terribly mutilated. Mr. Neidig saw the train when it was too late, according to the engineer, and whipped up the horses to clear the tracks. The horses escaped .without injury. The family is completely wiped out with the exception of the aged grandmother of the children. To Make Brazil an Ally. The real purpose of Secretary Root's proposed visit to Brazil to attend the meeting of tbe Pan-American Congress is said to be the cementing of an alliance between the United States and Brazil and to bind the latter nation 4-r\ -Hm T-?rvlir?T? rvf \fnnfna Tlnnf r! 11 o iii South America. Seven Slain by Yaquis. Word was received at Los Angeles, Cal., of the murder at La Dura, iu Sonora, Mexico, of Pedro Meza, mining contractor, and his wife, three children and two relatives, Mrs. Hoff and her son, Theodore. They were killed by a baud of Yaqui Indians iu a mountain gorge between La Dura and Uuayanias. Cteel Dry Dock';: Journey. The steel dry dock D-nvey passed Gibraltar, Spain, on her way to the Philippines. Catholic Conversions in Russia. The Roman Catholic Bishop at Vilna, Russia, -epnried 20,000 conversions' from the Orthodox (Jr.:eL Chur.h since' llie mauifesto grai-ling religious lib-' erty. Appeal For the Railroads. Andrew Carnegie suggested tha: railroads be allowed to appeal from the Interstate Commerce Commission's rate decisions only when the road's incomes are seriously affected. |GREAT OIL INQUIRY ENDEDlT Fa Hadley Gets Ions-Sought Evidence of a Gierantic Combine. CI ARCHBOLD STANDARD'S HEAD Outcome of Investigation In New York City a Feather in the Cap of tlie pj Young Missouri Official?Rockefeller jJl lCRcupes?'Trust's President Agreed to Testify in Private?Offer Refused. i?j New York City. ? Attorney General ' Hadley, of Missouri, brought his pro- Is ceedings agaiust the Standard Oil m Company to a close with the examina- w (ion of H. M. Tilford, supposed to be aJ I he best posted man iu the Standard on the corporation's affairs in the West > and Middle West. He announced that se hp wnnlrl no lontrpr bother .Tohu D. w Rockefeller with subpoena servers, ca having obtained the evidence be wants, jn and tbat Mr. Rockefeller could come tii and go as be pleased. He said: P1 "I feel that I have accomplished 01 everything I came to New York for and something more. Not only have I , forced the admission that the stock ownership of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, the Republic Oil Company ?r and the Standard Oil Company, of In* 111 diana, is vested in the Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, but the testi- ur inony has shown that the respondent companies have been managed by big ?' Standard Oil officials located at 20 Broadway. The hearing will be re- -1 J sumed at St. Louis and among the witnesses to be examined will be H. C. "l Pierce, of the Waters-Pierce Oil Com pany. J11 "Then when the hearings are ended, I will apply to the courts, and of se. course will rest with them the conten tiou that I have made that the respondput companies have been doing busi ness in the State of Missouri in viola- *e tion of the anti-trust laws of our State. ' "I want to say that what made it ** possible for me to secure the evidence I was successful i-n bringing out was *( due to the decisious of the United Rtnf-r?R Snnrpirip Court and the Sunreme Court of Missouri." so The disclosures brought out through vc Mr. Hartley's questionings of witnesses 0,1 have been the reigning sensation since the closing of the insurance inquiry. cr and the youthful Attorney-General of th | Missouri is one of the most talked of i men in the country. His success in the of I face of what at first appeared to be j unsurmountable odds has excited the 011 I admiration of the iega'1 fraternity all >ver the United Slates, and tojday he is m hailed . s a champ.'on of the people's wi ;auso. . ro One cf the most important facts dis- gr closed by the inquiry has been that j John D. Archbold is the real head of pi the Standard Oil .Company, and not nr | John D. Rockefeller. The latter has in i been in practical retirement for the last tv\ ten years, and has not been actively so engaged in any business. His failure to subpoena Mr. Rockefeller to appear bv nt the inquiry was the only failure ch which Mr. Hadley met with, nnd with- sn I al he received an invitation from the of president of the Standard to meet him cq in private, an oCer which Jie refused. H Die ofier was made while Mr. Arch bold was on the stand. That the Standard Oil Company is on the verge of a reorganization of its <j-f business inethoi*; was clearly indicated . by testimony produced at the hearing J and a statement made by one of its leading counsel. The long established a policy of secrecy seems to have been w< almost entirely abandoned. tie It seems reasonably certain that in. hereafter no attempt will be made to operate through subsidiary companies B1 which purport to bo independent, but otl are, in fact, owned outright or con- T1 trolled by the Standard. tb iu; TEXAS AFTER OIL THUST. ^ Of Arousnd to Action by Admissions Gained Stl In Mirnotirl Inquiry. W< Austin, Texas. ? Dispatches stating that counsel for the Standard Oil Com- ^ pany has admitted that the Standard ^ Oil Company, of New Jersey, holds iu trust the stock of the Standard Oil Company, of Indiana; the WatersTierce Oil Company, of St. Louis, and Ar the Iiepubiic Oil Company, have aroused considerable interest here in view of the fact that the Waters-Pierce Oil Company is doing business in en I l'exas, and in view of the affidavits a | which were made when its permit to do business in Texas was issued, it is W( stated that the Attorney-General's department proposes "taking up the mat| ter of enforcing the anti-trust law of ; Texas'' as soon as pressing business j10 [ uow in Laud can be disposed of. dr til SrEXT $22,0000 TO GET'$1500. wi Farmer, Pauperized by Lawsuits, Asks State to Pay Costs. po Kansas City, Mo.?Gregory D. Mc- m< Lean, a farmer, testified in Circuit ^ Court thai in the past four years he had spent $22,000, every cent of his ? J modest fortune, and now he is seeking 1 permission to continue the suit as a i pauper, the State to pay the costs. Judge McCune denied his petition. ve Four years ago a neighbor of his 0f shipped a carload of cattle to Kansas City and six of McLean's steers ?0t sj( mixed up in the bunch. McLean fol- p0 lowed the cattle to the stock yards here vi< and recovered three head. - Then he sued the neighbor and recovered the \y value of the other three, 575, and later ca brought suit against the railroad for 0f damages and expenses incurred in io making the recovery. He asks for vo $1500. to: RUSSIA'S SLAUGHTER LIST. C I 00 I Govrument Admit Killing of 14,130 ,u. During Internal Disorder. Sc St. Petersburg, Russia.?According to the newspapers the Government has sc] received reports showing that 14,130 H< persons were killed and 10,524 wound- re; ed during the internal disorders last th year. The newspapers assume that the St casualties have been minimized by the is olticials. in: News of the Hour. The Steel Trust is to hav.? a plant in Canada. Ri-J Police Justice Higgins, of Jersey City, sent a masher to jail for sixty ! dajs. ab Machinery has been ordered for ex- ^ cavating the so-called diamond fields i)t*? of Elliott County, Ivy. |01 The coal supply of Canada lias been reported to the Bureau of Manufac- p tiires as 2U.000,000,000 tons. The government of Switzerland has w] plannui to apply electricity to all the <$G' government railway lines. ' HE PLYMOUTH BURNED I , sag .mous Fall River Boat Testroycd ^ wit at Newport, R, I, put wh bat ty of Lownll, Frlscllla, Puritan and Nhqtucket Damaged an I One Life Lout -Lom SI,500,000. J bar tun Newport, R. I.?The palatial steamer gpe ymouth, of the Fall River Line, was ^v( lrned to the water's edse at the Fall Iver Line pier here, causing a loss of ,500,000. Th< The whole city of Newport and Long land Sound for a distance of many j, iles were lighted up by the flames, liich leaped hundreds bf feet in the Po< r from the magnificent steamboat, le of the largest and finest iu the orld. The Fall River passenger statiou and veral other buildings at the wharf ^ ere destroyed by the fire communited to them from the burning vessel. The steamer City of Lowell, moored a the same slip, caught five several ^ oaes, and was only saved from com- fij ete destruction by tugs towing her ||| it into the stream. She was badly -v. orched and was damaged to the ex- . nt of $1U,000. net The steamboats Priscilla, Puritan me id Nantucket were in danger also. stH id were towed out of range of the Do tense heat. The Puritan caught fire tro id the decks were scorcuea, urn me net in,age was upt great. glv While the flames from the burning g >ssel arnl wharf buildings were li.shtg up the whole Sound, the steamer igrim, from New York, passed on ir trip to Fall River. Th& boac was le to stop at Newport, but a wireless j essage was sent to her from the nited States Torpedo Station here recting her not to stop, and the ves- ^ I continued on her way to Fall Kiver. Four firemen were asleep on the r*ci ymouth when the fire started. Three are rescued with difficulty. One man the II into the water, but was pulled out. ing One life was lost, that of Louis Le- h0l ont, a fireman on the FJyuiouth. aj0 liose home is believed to be Jn New ? >rk. His partially charred body was . . und in the hulk. ? fhe heat from the burning vessel was intense that men were unable to che nture near to fight the dames. Men i tug1.-oats risked their lives when the ey attached lines to the other steam- " s and puiied them out of reach of ?< e fire. A /WmA/1 roecol fn n \J IUC IXAS. K? WCMVi ?.V -v-e-^ gT A 200 feet extended the great shears steel, used for hauling machinery p it of boats. The great heat twisted gen: id melted the steel until the. mass of Co. eta 1 bent, then fell into the water Co* ith a hiss that was heard above the flrn ar of the flames, and sending up a eat cloud of steam. The Plymouth was moored at the & er at the end of the Long Wharf , ~ idergoiug repairs preparatory to be- | s g placed in the passenger trade be- 2! 'een New York and Fall River as ac^ on as the spring season opened. jac( At 3 o'clock a. m. the Plymouth had free irned to the water's edge, ami the Si arred hull contained only a lot of T loldering embers, all that remained one of the largest and most lincly uipped steamborts in the world. \ ow the fire started is not known. . ! for pie DROPS THROUGH TRESTLE. pap the: >n Workmen Killed and Fifteen In- ^ ured on Chicago and Northwestern. fln(j Casper, Wyoming.?A work train on eon branch of the Chicago aud North- the! 'stern road dropped through a tres- gpe( > near Natrona, KJiing ten men ana ,ajj juring fifteen. " A Of tlie dead Charles Moll and D. C. ue were section foremen and the "? 1 liers were foreigners and laborers. *iav le track was covered with water at wit' e point and the train was proceed- Am ? cautiously. The engine parsed over Cap e culvert in safety, but the weight taiu the locomotive so weakened the rer, ucture that the first car following * ?nt'through, followed by the others. ' The caboose, in which the section JrM jn were riding sank in the mud, and ' e bodies were buried. Nine of them ^ef< ve been recovered. II pen MURDERED TWO SISTERS. QOt poli Dxican Attacks Texas Girls Who Were Driving on Tublic Road. Bf ] Kennedy, Texas.?Two young worn- terj , both daughters of Alex. McHamev, T well-to-do farmer, were riding in a jjjgi iggy along the public road five miles mat jst of here when they were attacked jajr a young Mexican. He climbed inthe buggy from the rear and cut 1 11 e throat of one of the girls. The Jrn< rse started to run and the Mexican ew a pistol and shot the other girl spir rough the bead. iavi A little boy who was in the buggy C: tli the girls escaped being murdered j)eil< the horse ruuniug away. The Mex> 1 A I irOl in nreu sevfrai suuia ?n uiui, . sse of officers and citizens are search5 for the Mexican. spac N'EARLY 700,000 PENSIONERS. thej Fou >11 Slightly Decreased by Deaths During February. Washington, D. C.?Nearly 700,000 terans are now on the pension roils Uncie Sam. according to the monthreport of the Commissioner of Pen- saJ'! >ns. This is a small decrease when "i nipared with the report of tbo pre- wea jus month. It shows that during niea diruary 2099 pensioners of the Civil f00(ar were dropped from the rolls beuse of death, but the net decrease .. , soldiers drawing pensions was only J03, there being 1090 added to the a II during the month, thus making the co?l tal number of pensioners 073,935. ble eacl larnegie Gives $2,000,000 (o Schools. t'ou Andrew Carnegie has given ?2,000,- niy l) in addition to previous gifts for the Q, uutenanceof the Carnegie Technical f hoids at Pittsbursr. The gift was , ^ ide through a special committee of CUiy e the trustees of the technical "1 tiools, who visited Mr. Carnegie at whe )t Springs, Va. Mr. Carnegie has al- Gra inly given upward of a million, and and is latest proffer is in United States j ^ eel five per cent, bonds. None of it to be used for (he orection of build- ' ^ niea cliai New Jersey Limits Franchises. boo? fJovernor Stokes, of New Jersey, has "ain rned the bill providing that muniei- "' ! lities may not grant franchises to Nut: rporations for a longer period than havi enty years, except upon the favor- ston le vote of the people in n municipal- (jj.re r, which may permit a franchise to |Q?? granted for forty years, but no J. iger. engi !x-Slave Who Bought Himself Dies. Daniel F. Spires, a former slave. r 10 bought his freedom in 1S31 for 00, died near Wellsville, Ohio, at the b of 103 years. 1)001 t Is said that keeping tlie air pases open so that the breath Is drawn. 3 both nostrils equally, together h practicing' deep breathing, which s and keeps in commission the ole area of the lungs, will, as a rule, tish insomnia. Dowries For Poor Girls. lerr Emile Allemandi, a wealthy iker of Basle, has left a large for,e, the interest on which is to be fc , nt in supplying poor girls of his na? i town with dowries. GREAT SCOTT. > Blggert Man of Addison County, Vt^ Tells an Interesting Story. I. C. Scott, meat dealer, Vergenne#, , Past Commander of Ethan Alien. st, G. A. B., says: "A severe attack of typhoid left me with weak kidnevs. g Every night I bad to get up frequently to puss tbe urine, which was ropy, dark and very painful to void. I had no appetite, bat drank water continually without being e to quench my thirst. Terrible idaches and dizzy spells oppressed and my back was lame, sore and r. A month's treatment with an's Kidney Pills rid me of this \ uble, and now I am strong and ilthy and weigh 230 pounds. I e the credit to Doan's Kidney Pills." old by all dealers. 5G cents a box. ster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. j Plant* Are Like Men. il. J. Irons, who, says the New York bune, has been growing plants with nderful success under an acetylene it at the Cornell department of ag jlture, said recently: Plants are like men. They adapt mselves to the conditions confrontthem. If a plant can't have tea irs of sunslnne it contrives to get ng somehow on Cve hours. It is like mankind. A-man said to friend one day: 'Do you think two can live as :aply as one?' ' ."J; "Before my marriage I thought y could,' the friend answered. 'And afterward?' 'Afterward I found they had to.'" te of Ohio, City op Toledo, I Lucas Codnty. I * bank J. Cheney makes oath tnat be Is * ' lor partner of the Arm of F. J. Chenky & , doing business in the City oJf Toledo. mty and State aforesaid, and that said 1 will pay the sum of one hundbed dols for each and every case of catabhh l cannot be cured by the use of Haul's abbh Cube. Frank J. Cheney. tvorn to before me and subscribed in my r ?, presence, this 6tn day of Decemeal. ! ber, A.D., ltttJG. AW.Gi,ea80n. -v?-' Notary Public, all's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,and i directly on the blood and mucous sur;s of the system. Send for testimonials, ?. F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Toledo, 0. jld by all Druggists, 75c. i ake id nil's Family Pills for constipation; Political Advertising. Fhv should not politicians looking; publicity pay for it, like other peo^ ? They have "worked the newsers long enough. Probably some of m may have imagined that platiinous vaporings about the glories L benefits of a free press were fair ipensation for unlimited notices of Ir meetings, reports of their eches and expositions of what they their principles. . few newspapers are calling a halt nen and political organizations that e been accustomed to being boomed bout money and without price, ong these papers is the Des Moines ?ital. Its issue of February 9 con-. led four full pages of political adJ tisements all paid for at regulation ss, according to Lafayette Young, the business manager. He expects v ; lave more advertising of this sort )re the campaign Is over. : should not be hard for other pa* 3 to follow this example. It should be difficult to distinguish between tical matter that is news and that ch, if it appeared in the columns jure reading, would be more puf he opinions of a candidate for so 1 an office as that of governor are * ters of general interest, and are ly entitled to be classed as news. when W. L. Douglas ran for gov- '/ $ >r of Massachusetts he did not deI upon the good-will and party it of newspapers, but advertised slily and with excellent results. andidates, not less than publishers, jflt by political advertising. Their lments and persuasions, their viewwith alarm and pointings with e can be set i'orth in full in the :e they pay for. Aa advertisers x r need not fear the blue pencil.? ' > rtli Estate. \ j FOOD HELPS . In Management of a It. It. leaking of food a railroad man j: ly work puts ine out in all kinds of ther, subject to irregular hours for Is aud compelled to eat all kinds of '"or 7 years I was constantly trouL wilh Indigestion, caused by eating l ry, fatty, starchy, greasy, poorly 1 ;ed food, such as are most accesslto men in my business. Generally i meal or lunch was followed by ressing pains and burning sensas in my stomach, which destroyed sleep and almost unfitted me for p. k. My brain was so muddy and jy that it was hard for uie to dis go my duties properly. .'his lasted till about a year ago, n my attention was called to pe-Nuts food by a newspaper ad. I concluded to try it. Since then tve used Grape-Nuts at nearly ev- m meal and sometimes between Is. We railroad men liave little JCe 10 preiKire Ulll iuuu 111 uui lases :ind I timl Grape-Nuts mighty. ily for it is ready cooked. " *o make a long story short, Grapes lias made a new man of me. I i no more burning distress in my jacli, nor any other symptom of instion. I can digest anything so : as I eat Grape-Nuts, and my brain ks as clearly and accurately as an iieer's watch, and my old nervous bles have disappeared entirely." ie given by Postum Co., Battle ?k, .Mich. lere's a reason. Read the litt!o i, "The Road to Weliville," in pkgs.