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? STEELWORKERS CREMATED I MOLTEN METAL Pittsburg Furnace Explodes and Victims Caught in Fiery Rain. ONLY CHARRED BONES REMAIN But One Man Escapes UninjuredOfficials Lock Gates ? Police Drive Back Widows and Orphans Who Strive to Roach Their Dead. Pittsburg.?The worst mill disaster in the Pittsburg district in years occurred at C.30 p. m., when an explosion threw the entire contents of the Eliza blast furnace of the Jcnes & Laughlin Steel Company high into the air, raining white hot cinders and metal on the scores of workmen employed there. Three bodies have been recovered, half a dozen men are believed to have been incinerated, and a dozen victims are in the Mercy Hospital. Several of these will die. The entire plant took fire, adding to the horror, and two alarms called a dozen fire companies to the scene. Assistant Fire Chief Peter Snyder, in directfng the work of his men, fell with a collapsing trestle and was probably fatally injured. Several firemen were overcome by the fumes, and - " /I AvnlAalAn rM o TT a oc^vuu caiiiuo;uu uui u uiau;. The night shift, composed of about sixty men, had hardly gone to work when the explosion occurred. Without warning the acumulation of gas was let go, blowing the top off the furnace and scattering the flery contents over a radius of 300 yards. The workmen in the mil yard below were caught in the rain of molten iron. The frame buildings about the furnace were ablaze in an instant, as were the mile3 of high trestle work from which the cars of ore, coke, etc., are unloaded. In a moment the greatest excitement prevailed. Men with their faces burned to a crisp, and some with even their hands burned off, ran wildly about, their shrieks of agony sounding above the roar of flames. To add to the confusion, hundreds of wives, mothers and friends of the workmen who lived in the neighborhood hurried to the scene, knowing full well the terrible results of a furnace explosion. While the shrieks of me injured nnea tne mm yara, tne cries and wails of those battling at the gates could be heard for blocks. The managers refused admittance to any one and for a time bedlam reigned. The injured were placed on board the cars and hurried to Mercy Hospital. One man died on the way, and after the injured had been taken from the car it continued to the morgue with his body. This was the first intimation the morgue officials had that any accident had occurred. Deputy Coroner Hugh Dempsay was at first refused admittance. At the base of the furnace he found the charred leg of a man protruding from the pile of still red-hot cinders. He at once ordered that a search be made for other victims. A gang of men was put to work, and within a few minutes two more bodies were unearthed. All three of the bodies were burned beyond recognition, only stumps of the arms and legs remaining. One was not yet dead, though apparently only half of a man. Dempsey believes that there are at least half a dozen other victims tr^nao will ?AXfrtr V* A y r\r*r\T*r\yr\r\ nuvdv l/vuivo if 1U UCWl UV ICV-y?ClCU. Caught under the thickest of the fiery shower, they were no doubt burned to ashes that mixed with the cinders thrown from the furnace. Several pieces of charred human bones were found, which indicates that this theory is correct. TO CLOSE CARLISLE SCHOOL. Senate Sub-Committee Strikes Out tho Appropriation For It. Washington, D. C.?Carlisle Institute, which was established at Carlisle, Pa., in 1879, for the higher education of the Indian, may be abolished. The sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has agreed to report an amendment to the Indian Appropriation bill striking out the appropriation for this school. They say that a school so far away from Indian reservations is not so effective as the Western institutions, and that not many Indians have benefited by the higher education. The appropriation bill, as it passed the House, carried $169,000 for the support of the school for the year. GRIP AFFLICTS BALTIMORE. Mild Weather Responsible For the 100,000 I^stimnted Patients. Baltimore. Md.?There are 100,000 sneezing, snuffling, feverish persons in Baltimore, according to the estimates of Health Commissioner Bosley. Grip in a mild form is epidemic, and physicians have their hands full. Pneumonia is also prevalent. Kaleidoscopic weather changes are responsible. The mercury rose to seventy-four, the highest in any January of the records of the local Weather Bureau. A severe thunderstorm, a peculiar phenomenon for January, startled the citizens. Ten days ago the river and bay were full of ice. Freezing weather prevailed all over the State. No Xeed For Coolies. T'Vio PnnPTOcclnnn! pnmmiHno nrrV.?r?V? inspected the work on the Panama Canal arrived in Washington, D. C., and reported progress, with no need for coolie labor apparent. Cortclyou Resigns Chairmanship. Postmaster-General Cortelyou announced his retirement as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Harry S. New will be acting chairman. Labor World. The trade union membership of Austria is said to be 205,651. Tacoma (Wash.) longshoremen have made a demand for the cl.sed shop. A Building Material Teamsters' Union was organized recently in San Jose, Cal. The Coppersmiths' Union in New York City reports that its helpers are being organized. Twa Kf or oTnroaa nnmnonlflc f V? X TT \J UI5 WiU^UUiW, VUQ Adams and the American, have made increases affecting a large percentage of their employes. b?-\ -.I.'-' ; THE SHM Of PERSIA OEID HMHoe* Cnn CiirraoHc fn thp Liugoi WWII *.W ?IIW Throne at Teheran. The Xexv Shah Was Born in 1872 and is Liberally Educated in French and English. Teheran, Persia. ? Official announcement of the death of the Shah was made from the office of the grand vizier. The news was received quietly. The heir apparent and the Ministers were summoned. The women of the palace also began preparations for mourning. Soon after sunset the doors of the harem were closed. This was the sign that all was over. Muzaffar-ed-Din. late Shah of Persia. was born at Teheran March 25, 1853, and succeeded his father, Nasred-Din, on the death of the latter on May 1, 1S96. Muzalfar-ed-Dln was the second son of Nasr-ed-Din, but had been appointed heir to the f Vl rAr* A "D wrurl /m> n f/n a AAAnnt A? Vi ^ Li-Li uuc. ricviuua tu HID auucssiuu 11c was Governor-General of the Province of Azorbaijan, his elder brother, Masud-Mirza, being Governor of Ispahan. Nasr-ed-Din was assassinated in the mosque of Abdul Azim, near Teheran. While Muzaffar-ed-Din ascended the throne the same day, it was not until June 8 following that he was formally invested with sovereign power. The late Shah visited Europe in 1900, and while in Paris an unsuccessful attempt upon his life was made by an anarchist. He again went to Europe in 1902, visiting Germany, England, France and Russia. In 1905 he made another European trip, visiting the Czar at St. Petersburg. Long before that reports were circulated that the.Shah was suffering from melancholia. He had a fainting spell owing to the heat while in Paris July 6, 1905, and in February, 1906, it was reported that he had a stroke of apoplexy. Last May he was again reported seriously ill. Last August, as the result of long continued agitation and many disturbances of a serious nature, the Shah granted a constitution to Persia, with a national Assembly and other reforms. The late Shah leaves many children, and is succeeded on the throne by his eldest son, Mohammed Ali Mlrza, until now Governor of the Province of Azorbaijan. The new Shah was born in 1872. He has shown strong force of character and marked energy and ability. He Is a devoted sportsman, being particularly attached to motoring and hunting, and he received an excellent education, both Persian and European. Muzaffar-ed-Din's fortune is reported to amount to $10,000,000, most of it represented by diamonds, the largest, the Derya-i-Nur, of 186 carats, and the Taj-i-Mah, of 146 , carats, being amongthe crown jewels. PAYLOFF SLAIN BY TERRORIST. Czar's Procurator Long Marked For Death. St. Petersburg, Russia. ? General Pavloff, Chief Military Public Prosecutor, was shotand killed at 9 o'clock a. m. in the courtyard of the Military Tribunal, where he had his official residence. The assassin, who was disguised as a private in the Army Service Corps, fired three times with a revolver and then ran down an adjoining street. He killed a policeman and wounded another and injured several other persons before he was arrested. The name of General Pavloff was among those of the twenty-seven functionaries condemned to death by the Terrorists, a list of whom was found by the police in the series of j domiciliary visits they made in St. j Petersburg and Moscow last month. After the murder of General von | der Launitz, the Prefect of St. Petersburg, on January 3, the revolutionaries succeeded in circulating a man! ifesto declaring that their dictates would be carried out and that the work of extermination would be prosecuted until the last remnants of the present regime had been destroyed. SUITS AGAINST GOULD MERGERS. Attorney-General of Missouri Moves Against Wabash and Other Roads. Jefferson City, Mo.?Suit3 to dissolve the alleged merger of the Wabash, Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railway companies and the Pacific Express Company, and to revoke the licenses and charters of the Pacific Express Company, American Refrigerator Transit Company, Western Coal and Mining Company, Rich Hill Coal Mining Company and Kansas jvussoun Jiiievator ^umyuuj wcit ! filed in the Supreme Court by Attor ! ney-General Had ley. J The petition alleges the stocks ol j the companies named are owned bj i the same interests, the Goulds, in vioI lation of the provisions of the Con! otitution and laws of Missouri. TO INVESTIGATE BAILEY. ' Resolution in the Texas Legislature Signed by Twenty-eight Members!"* Austin, Texas.?A resolution providing for a sweeping investigation ol the conduct of United States Senatoi i J. W. Bailey was introduced in th< J House of Representatives of the State j Legislature. j It is signed by twenty-eight mem; bers of the Legislature. Senatoi | Bailey's term expires on March 4. i Pastor iu Church is Made Governor. | The Rev. Dr. Henry A. Bu^ntel; j Chancellor of Denver University, ws\? inaugurated as Governor of Colorado in a church. He wished to take the ! oath in Trinity Methodist Episcopal j Church, of which he had been pastor. ! Chinese to Kegam .uancnuna. i Chinese commissioners sent to j Manchuria have recommended an attempt to regain the railroad and minj ing privilege granted to the Russians i and Japanese. Far Eastern Xotes. The tin output $f the Federated Malay States is decreasing. Public works decided upon at Vladivostok, Siberia, will cost $6,000,000 gold. The British Government has appointed a commercial agent at Vladivostok. Australia's exports of frozen meats to Ehgland are one-fourth larger this year, reaching 2,300,000 pounds. Osaka's waterworks were extended five years ago to supply 800,000 pe?ple. The population is now more ! than 1.000.00Q_.: SLAUGHTER ENDS THE i MEXICAN ILL STRIKE i I I Riot and Arson Follow Textile Workers' Rejection of Terms. TROOPERS SHOOT TO KILL Refuse to Accept President Diaz's Arbitration Decision and Ply Torch at Orizaba ? Loot and Burn ( Mills' Store. City of Mexico. Mexico.?Torch and sword,' riot and bloodshed, have marked the stamping out by the Mexican Government of the great textile strike, which has spread over all of the manufacturing districts of the republic since November 25. Thirty or more strikers, it is reported, have been killed, and eighty wounded by soldiers in sunnressinsr the rlotine in Rio Blanco and Orizaba, State of ! Vera Cruz. Only meagre information has "ome from Orizaba since the city authorities telegraphed that 2000 mill employes had met, voted not to accept the award of President Diaz, who has acted as mediator, and began rioting. The War Department was requested to send assistance, and two regiments were hurried to the scene. The rioters pillaged the mill company's store, burned the buildings and threatened to destroy the manu, facturing plant. < Emboldened by their success the strikers, after burning the company stores at Rio Blanco, marched to Nogales, another mill town, and cut telegraph, telephone and electric light wires. When they opened the jail and liberated the prisoners, residents of the town fled. A mill official and one gendarme attempted to check the rioters and the Mayor of Orizaba was wounded in the skirmish. Troops reached Orizaba at this juncture and fired into the mob when it attempted to resist. All who were killed fell under this one volley. At another point several hundred strikers assembled on the railrnorl trap]? nnrl Vi?>lr1 lin a train. the engineer beingafraid to run down the crowd. Soldiers charged the mob with broadswords. Jails and armories are filled with imprisoned strikers. The Government is pursuing agitators who have left Orizaba for other mill towns to incite rebellion against Diaz's settlement. N Eduardo Garcin, a citizen of France, now resident in that country, is the largest loser by the rioting. From a walk-out of a few textile workers in the city of Puebla on November 25, the strike spread rapidly over the country, involving fifty-three mills, but so peacefully that little attention was attracted. Twenty-eight thousand workers were out when President Diaz and Secretary of the Interior Corral undertook arbitration. It was expected their award would be accepted, until the Rio Blanco strikers rejected it with violence. INVESTIGATE WRECKS. Senator Carter Introduces Bill For That Purpose. Washington, D. C.?Senator carter, of Montana, proposed a Congressional investigation of the causes of wrecks, collision and other accidents occurring on interstate railroads. He , introduced a resolution authorizing the appointment of a joint committee of Congress, to be composed of four Senators and five Representatives, to sit during recess of Congress and report to Congress on the causes of wrecks, collision, etc., not later than January 1, 1908. The sum of $25,000 was authorized to carry on the investigation. The resolution was referred to a committee. TOM JOHNSON'S BIG VICTORY. United States Supreme Court Opens Way For Three-Cent Fare Plan. Washington, D. C.?The Supreme Court of the United States effectually killed the railway street monopoly in Cleveland and put into the hands of Mayor Tom Johnson and his associates in the city government the authority to do what they please with the city franchises. The Forest City can obtain an exclusive franchise at once, which, of course, forces the Cleveland Electric | either to sell its plant to the city or I accept Mayor Johnson's ultimatum of a three-cent fare. WRECK IN CANADA. Tivo Killed, Si.v Hurt Because of Broken Rail. Winnipeg, Manitoba. ? Two men were killed and six injured in the wrecking of the east-bound train on the Canadian Pacific. The wreck occurred at Kaministique, a small station twenty-five miles west of Fort William, at 2.30 p. m. Several coaches were wrecked. The wreck was due, it is said, to a broken rail. The dead are H. Smith and K. Campbell, of Montreal, employed as waiters in the dining car. Carnegie Really Paid For It. Secretary Gulick, of the Lake Carnegie Association, issued a statement I that Andrew Carnegie paid au tne cost of building the Princeton lake, but admitted that alumni gave the land. FRANCE DROPS WORD "GOD." 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" Ousts "God Protect France." Paris.?Finance Minister Caillaux has directed the authorities of the Mint to substitute on all coins the words "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" for the old device of "God Protect France," in accordance with an amendment to the budget appropriation for minting coin which was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies un December 1. New Immigration Record. According to the annual report o? Frank P. Sargent, CommissionerGeneral of Immigration, at Washington, D. C., the fiscal year ending June 30, 190G, produced an eclipsing record of immigration. During that period .1,163,353 immigrants were landed in this country, an increase over the nrevious year of 106,598. SjL . <> * Big Fire in Bangkok. The most destructive fire on record has just swept the Chinese trading quarter, in Bangkok, Siam. The loss amounts to $2,916,665. FIREMAN'SRESGUEAMARVEL Seufert Entombed 30 Hours Under Debris in New York. His Story of the Imprisonment?Wife Had Arranged For His Funeral? Comrades Thought Him Dead. New York City.?After having been buried for thirty hours in the ruins of the burned warehouse at No. C2 Roosevelt street, covered with - - * ?-?? n tons 01 aeDris, inremiiu uuuu v^. Seufert, of Engine Company No. 32, was rescued, alive and practically uninjured. Seufert's rescue was a dramatic affair. He was not discovered until almost twenty-four hours after he had been given up for dead. When he attracted attention by tapping on the beam that held him down, scores of firemen immediately started tc dig toward him. A twelve-foot rubber tube was worked through the debris to Seufert and communication established with him. Whisky and coffee were poured down the tube to the imprisoned man, and oxygen was also pumped through the tube. By means of the tube Seufert received absolution from Father Smith, the Fire Department chaplain, and afterward he joked with his rescuers, who cheered and encouraged him. At 1.40 o'clock a. m., it was announced that Seufert had l.een reached. The man was in a kneeling posture, with his head bent forward. A beam lay across his legs, while a large piece 01 Doara resteu against the back of his neck. Behind this board lay tons of debris, and all the time the firemen were working they feared Senfert might be killed by a sudden slide. But they worked with such extreme care that at the last they were removing the burnt material in handfuls only. At the Hudson Street Hospital, to which Seufert was removed, it was announced that he was gradually improving and growing stronger. His leg is crushed below the knee and his body is stiff and sore, owing to the cramped position in which he was held for thirty hours. After rescuing Seufert from the ruins, the searchers redoubled their efforts to find Daniel J. Campbell, who was also carried down into the mass of water-soaked paper and debris with Seufert and Lennon. Campbell's body was recovered shortly before 2 o'clock p. m. Lennon's body was recovered soon after the fire, and not a man on duty at the ruins thought Seufert was alive until a fireman heard a faint tapping beneath his feet. A few minutes later a cry came from the sodden pile, and the searchers began to dig. The hour was about 6.30 o'clock. Seufert's companions worked desperately, but carefully, until they reached their man, seven hours later. Battalion Chief O'Connor was the only person permitted to see Seufert in the hospital. "I was at work on the third floor of the building," Seufert told O'Connor, "when I heard three crashes. 1 started to jump from the window casing and found somebody else there ahead of me. Then I heard another crash. Two bales came down. I was caught between them and carried down three stories. "When I first struck bottom I began to yell. Then I became so hoarse that I couldn't speak. I wanted tc sing to lteep up my spirits, but mj voice failed me. I could hear the men chopping and pounding, but I wasn't sure whether they would heai me. Then I began to beat against a wooden box I found beside me. The bales of paper between which I fell from the third story, pressed against my head so closely that if it had not been for my helmet, I think I would have been killed. "During the early hours of my imprisonment I thought I was near death. At one time I thought that 1 was about to be burned alive by a pile of blazing paper that fell beside me. What I remember chiefly was a feeling of cold and great darkness. men x ue^an lu uea.1 iue iucu numing overhead. The noise of theii pounding became more distinct Finally, as it became louder and 1 was unable to shout to them, I began to beat on the box with the sticks that Providence seemed to have placed there for me." Seufert sat up in bed when his wife was admitted to see him shortlj before the noon hour, and a little while later took with relish a huge bowl of soup. Now and then he paused and, looking from the face ol his wife to that of his sister-in-law who was admitted a few minutes after Mrs. Seufert, said: "Why do you look at me like that? One would think you were looking at a ghost. I am not dead yet!" Mrs. Seufert told how she hac made all arrangements for the funeral?how she had engaged the services of an undertaker, laid out the life insurance policy and even purchased the grave clothes. The rescued man merely laughed. Two days of rest in the hospita! will see Seufert out again just it time to be present at what his friends call a "racket," which they are pre^ paring for him. Harriman invaded tne santa i<c. President Ripley, of the Santa Fe Road, testified at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing that unknown to him E. H. Harriman hac invaded the Santa Fe and gained control of $10,000,000 of its stock. Fairchild Professes Good Faith. Charles S. Fairchild was quoted It a dispatch from Rome, Italy, as saying in regard to his indictment thai the matter was a technical one, anc that he and Mr. Perkins acted it good faith. Canadian Duty on Electricity. The Canadian Government has decided to place an export duty on elec tricity from Niagara Falls, in ordei to obtain power for the Dominion'* industries. Godfrey Promoted. Announcement was made at Wash ington that Colonel Edward S. God frey. Ninth Cavalry, will be made i Brigadier-General to fill the vacancy caused by the advancement of Major General J. Franklin, chief of staff who reached his present rank a fe^ days ago. Brooklyn Transit Wins. The New York Court of Appeal: decided that the Brooklyn Rapi( Transit Company has the right t( charge double fare, ten cents, fron the central part of Brooklyn to Co ney Island. decided contraction in business. Va- ju rious causes have combined to pro- a ' duce this unanimity of opinion, chief. ' among which is perhaps the inter- rj ference with corporation affairs on ^ the part of legislators, State and Fed- [( eral. 3 i a England's Record. e ' The year 1906 was a record year o J for British trade. For the first time it not only reached but overtopoed a t total of S5-OQO.OOQ.QOO. { s mrm WASHINGTON. The War Department has declined > release Fort Hamilton, New York, ir nark nurnoses. it beine declared STATE IS PLAINTIFF j TRIES TO OUST IMW New York's New Attorney-General tc Brings Suit Against McCleilan. [r( RESULT MAY SEAT HEARST ! ' B Jackson in His Petition Calls Present 0 Incumbent Usurper of Office? 0 Clarence J. Shearn Made Special 01 Deputy to Try the Case. v Albany, N. Y. ? Attorney-General 12 Jackson, under Section 194S of the Code of Civil Procedure, has begun a quo warranto proceeding on his own e ! motion to test Mayor McClellan's tl| tie to his office. Thus he avoids Jus- g , tlce Fitts' writ of prohibition, granted c ) in the quo warranto actipn started upon the application of W. R. Hearst. 1 The section of the code applicable ^ permits a quo warranto action to be p commenced upon the application of b the claimant candidate, but the Attorney-General need not wait for an . outside application and may commence an action upon his own mo- 8 tlon. In view of Justice Fitts' prohibitive order, the Attorney-General E decided to act under the alternative a provision of the code permitting him 0 to begin an action without the inter- 8 vention of a private person. The summons and complaint was served upon Mayor McClellan, and the Attorney-General at once appoint- a ed Clarence J. Shearn, Mr. Hearst's- c personal counsel, as a special attor- r ney to prosecute the action. Mayor McClellan has twenty days in which to answer the complaint, and he may ask for an additional h twenty days at the expiration of that r time, and then he may get a further twenty days in which to file an s amended answer, so that Mr. Shearn figures that the issues would be framed so that the case can get into , a court within a couple of months. Mr. * 1 Hearst's counsel figures that mean- d while commissioners could be appointed to count the ballots. This g action on the part of Attorney-Gen- g eral'Jackson has the same effect as F 1 though he had heard arguments ? upon the original Hearst quo war- f ranto application filed on New Year's 1 Day and had decided upon permit- b ting the action to be brought. 5 The effect of Attorney-General n Jackson's bringing this action upon 2 his own motion makes the costs of the proceedings, in case Mr. Hearst 0 ' loses on a recount, a State charge, 1 whereas if the action was brought 0 ; ipon Mr. Hearst's first application ? Mr. Hearst would have had to give a ? ' bond to stand the costs of the suit. , L (? ho lnaf the Biilt if- la <ssHmntP<1 if". 1 ffould have cost him thousands of i lollars. | __________ COURT UPHOLDS STOCK TAX. ! Decision Throws About $7,000,000 , Into New York Treasury. Washington, D. C. ? Throwing ibout $7,000,000 a year into New iTork State's coffers, the United Ltates > Supreme Court ruled that State's ' Stock Transfer Tax law was not uni :onstitutional, and therefore the revI snues intended to be raised under it must be paid. It overrode one by one ill the objections to the statute made ' i>y Albert J. Hatch, a Connecticut ? Droker, shedding interesting light on ' Ihe inaccuracy of his contention that > the law interfered with interstate commerce and that it was against the ' constitution because it taxed alike stocks of different values. The result af the decision is that a legal stamp must be affixed to every transfer of stock made in New York, and the ( Income of the State is increased by a s fat amount. New York's own Court Df Appeals sustained the law, and a qow the dispute has been settled by e ' the highest Federal tribunal. a | KILLS MOTHER AND HIMSELF. t \ 1 Son Insane From Grip Commits Mur- y , der and Suicide. a Providence, R. I.?Becoming temporarily insane as a result of his sufC fering from the grip for several weeks, William R. Rhodes, forty-one i years old, one of the best known real - estate operators in this city, shot and J killed his mother, Mrs. Harriet 0. * > Rhodes, and then committed suicide 1 ' by firing a bullet into his brain. The > shooting took place in the Hotel e > Franklin, where Mrs. Rhodes, her v ? son and her daughter, as well as the 1 ' daughter's husband, lived. For sev- n . eral weeks both Mrs. Rhodes and her son had been suffering from grip. 1; The Rhodes family came from t ' Westerly, where they were prominent t - in society. Both Mrs. Rhodes and her son were wealthy. L , DIE OF HYDROPHOBH. t ? Boy and Man Victims of Wandering y Dogs. Rocky Hill, Conn.?Ronald Rug[ gles Huntington, the three-year-old v i son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Hun- g tinsrton. died of hydrophobia, just t . fifty hours after the symptoms were I b first seen. The.child was bitten by a tramp dog on November 23. The a dog appeared during the morning t( and seemed in a starved condition, and during the day was fed at sev5 eral different houses. ? New Haven, Conn.?Oscar Wilson, of this city, died of hydrophobia, a f5, ' week after he was bitten by a wan dering dog. He was engineer on a local tugboat. s <T SAVING OF $10,000,000. t) P i. By Supreme Court's Decision on Im- a 1 ports. 1 Washington, D. C.?The Supreme 0 Court rendered an opinion that im- n ported merchandise should pay duty s at its weight on entry, and not at its weight at the time of withdrawal. 1: " The Circuit Court of Appeals held to "w I the contrary, and the Government j stood to lose some $10,000,000 by b refunding the difference in weights n on tobacco, sugar, wood, etc. a The Wall Street View. v Almost to a man the Wall Street D " traders have come to the conclusion that the country is on the eve of a n aluable for strategic purposes. President Roosevelt decided to althe question of tariff revision to ;st for another year. Andrew Carnegie pledged. to the ureau of American Republics $750,00 for the erection in Washington f an American temple of peace and ommerce. Secretary Wilson is prepared to igorously enforce the Pure Food iw. High cost of living in Washington as caused a movement to increase alaries of Government employes in xecutive departments. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt ave a reception to the diplomatic ui yo. I Officials of the Department of Jus- ! Ice planned to appeal from the reent decisions on the Employers' Liaility law, believing that the Rate, 'ure Food and Beef Trust laws might e affected. The War Department determined a urge Congress to drop the four nero regiments from the army. President Roosevelt pledged Great Irltain the support of America in ny steps taken to redress the wrongs f the blacks in King Leopold's Cono Free State. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Governor Magoon has ordered an ppropriation of $50,000 to meet laims for damages incurred in the ecent rebellion in Cuba. F. A. Molitor, Government railroad xpert in the Philippines, has tendred his resignation. It is said that e was prompted to resign because rovernor Smith did not approve his stimate of the cost of railway conduction in Cebu. Cuban conditions reviewed revealed demand for a United States proectorate and feeling against negro omination. It can be stated on authority that ;eneral court-martial at Zamboan;a, P. I., of Captain L. M. Koehler, 'ourth Cavalry, for criticism of Genra 1 WnnHa Viae rpqnltpd imf.avnrahlv or the captain. A few years back the Porto Rico ugar crop was generally estimated ,t 100,000 tons of sugar. The esti-' aate for the crop now beginning i3 55,000 long tons. In the course of his address at fhe ipening of the new irrigation ditch n Hawaii Secretary Atkinson quoted i. letter from President Roosevelt in /hich the latter pledges his support o efforts to secure immigrants who nil settle the lands of Hawaii. DOMESTIC. Angry Erooklynites jee?ed and hreatenetl the Rapid Transit Board :t the bridge loop hearing, demandag immediate action. Colonel Joel B. Erhardt, former lead of the Police Board, of New fork City, wrote to Commissioner 3ingham that one-third of the force hould be dismissed for incompetence md corruption. Testimony brought out at the Inerstate Commerce hearing show3 E. i. Harriman to be the most imporant power in railway circles the :ountry has ever had. Representatives of 150,000 train* nen met in Chicago to consider a novement for a universal eight-hour lay and increase of wages. Dr. R. C. Flower, wanted in New tone xor anegea. swinuimg operaions, was arrested in Philadelphia._ A bill aimed at the Standard Oil Company was introduced in the Masachusetts Legislature. Governor Hughes, of New York, mnounced his intention of personally ixamining all State departments to .cquaint himself with their workings. Depressed by failure of re-election o the office of Register of Deeds, vhich he had held for twenty-five ears, Thoma3 Temple killed himself ,t Neponset, Mass. Chicago now has an ordinance liensing and regulating hotels intendd to do away with some of the imaorality of that city. Hicks, the rescued miner, of Caliornia, has just signed a year's conract at $500 a week to lecture on lis recent experiences. A petition in bankruptcy against i-Mayor Josiah Quincy, of Boston, ?as filed by creditors in that city, flr. Quincy admitted his inability to aeet claims against him. Former Congressman B. F. Shive7, of Indiana, will be a candidate for he Vice-Presidency on the Democraic ticket. British Indian authorities have esablished a system of wireless telsjraphy to keep in communication ,rith the visiting Ameer of Afghanisan. Much damage has been done in the icinity of Mount Vesuvius by a reat avalanche of mud starting from he mountain's summit and caused y furious storms of rain. England and Russia have come to thorough understanding favorable o the new regime in Persia. The Vatican announced that the [oly See would decline responsibility or the publication of documents eized by the French Government at tie Paris Nunciature. The new French church law was igned by the President and promulated. Japan has adopted the rebate syssm, and in Manchuria foreign shipers are "stung" when using the Japnese section of the road. The Duke of Orleans intends to rganize an expedition to explore the ortheast coast of Greenland next ummer. The French naval authorities have lid down twenty submaz-ine boats fithin the pa3t year. ) Over 12,000 persons viewed the ody of Baroness Burdett-Coutts, lany of them waiting for hours for n opportunity to do so. The German Foreign Office adised France that M. Cambon would' e acceptable as Ambassador. All British insurance companies' ave repudiated their Valparaiso liailities arising from earthquake damges. ' Troops of the Moroccan Sultan] ave attacked the forces of Raisuli ear Zina, and efforts are being made a cut off his retreat. The fire at Portsmouth, England, mong the camp and equipment tores on Gun wharf caused $1,250,00 loss. Famine relief work was started in, tussia at four of the centres where tie..distress is the greatest* BOMB THROWEfl WRECKS II PHILADELPHIA BANK . Rollo Steele Kills Himself and Cashier McLean CRAZY MAN DEMANDS MONEY Had Asked For $3000 Loan?Identified as a Man Who Had Lived in Chicago?Ton Persons Injured, Several Fatally. ? Philadelphia.?A bomb that probably contained nitro-glycerine, thrown by a madman upon the marble floor of the Fourth Street National Bank, wrecked the interior of the building, killed William Z. McLear, the cashier, tore the bomb thrower himself to shreds, and badly wounded a score ui uieina anu oiaer employes. The bomb thrower, identified as Rollo Steele, who lived in Chicago? had made a demand for a loan of $5000, for which' he could show no collateral. This had been refused. The man then drew the deadly mis- ; sile from his pocket and threw it at his feet. The big building trembled at the Shock. The bomb thrower and the cashier, who was nearest to him, were the only ones kiUed?Juit every one on the bank floor was thrown from his feet, some severely injured * in the wreckage. Many, 'were made ' temporarily deaf by terrific detonation, heard many squares away from the bank, whioh occupies part of the first floor of tM BjiHltt'Butiding, in Fourth street, below-Chestnut. A shower of gold and silver swept through the bank'from the. desk of the paying teller. 'At least^$4b,000 was scattered in the wreckage kbout the place. Partitions, . desks . and chairs were throw$ in a tangled mass upon the floors." Flames started among the splintered woodwork near the dead cashier, but were quickly extinguished by those who rushed inside to the ai? of the injured. jrresiaent rtusaion saxa me uitui came into his office and, lifter stating that his naipe was 6. E. Williams, and that he lived la the-suburbs of Philadelphia, asked for a loan of $5000. . ? . o "I asked hlmiwfrat'sfeuAliy he. had," said Mr. Rushtoil, "and he replied that he had none." He added, however, that he was honest, and would pay the interest annually, and return the loan at the end of five years." Mr. Rushton told him finally that . It was out of theK questjoi^jo^ the bank to lend him money wUhout even being assured of his identity. .V He advised the man to get somebody 'who knew him aridHre{um~?o the bank some other day. < The president hoped in this way > to get rid of h?n5but when the man continued to Insist that he must $ave the $5000 Mr. Rufchton excused himself for a moment: and left the caller , sitting In his office. Stepping1 out into the waiting room President >>? Rushton asked Cramp, the colored messenger, to get thejman o^t ofj the offices. Then the president walked through the second vice-president's offices and out of sight into; the bank's general offices. Cramp told Williams that ithe president was engaged with other business and could not see hlrii again. Williams thereupon walked out into the waiting room, still declaring, however, that hewoujd not l^ave ' until he had had another Interview with the president. ? V' Cashier McLear was sitting at! his ' desk just inside the wooden counter which separated his office from the reception room. Williams walked over to the counter and renewed Ms request for a loan of $5000, which was reiusea. Just at that moment the cashier's telephone bell rang. He picked up | the instrument, listened for a second I and said:, | ""All right, com* In Monday and we'll fix that up." He was sitting in his chair half facing the man on the other aid? of I the counter when the latter quiekly pulled a shining metal cylinder froA his pocket and tossed it over at'the cashier. There was a puff of white smoke, a tremendous report and then all was confusion. When the police got in they found the cashier's body about twenty feet from the spot where he had beenlsiti ting. Thfe force of the explosion bad struck the upper part of his body, 1 and it was torn to pieces. Cramp, who was standing about j ten feet from the spot where Ihe missile exploded, but in front of the counter, was blown into the big open grate. Both eyes were blown but. His clothing was torn into rags and his face and body, cut horribly by the ' flying particles of glass and the j [ splinters. The other injured are: Hahy, I j Beck, bauk employe; Miss Julia | 1 Brady, stenographer; A. 3. Domincl, V C. R. Horton, Frank LaBold, office boy; Eugene Mcllhone, clerk; Arthur McNichol, clerk; Harper Mercer, clerk; T. B. Rutter, Albert Smith, hurt by flying glass while walking along the street; William Wright, clerk. *"" ' ' m All doubt of the identity of the / ' man who hurled the bomb was removed by finding some of his cloth- 7 ing, marked R. Steele, In the room he ' occupied while in this city. In a brown satchel which he left in the room were six long electric fuses with loaded caps, four yards of dynamite p fuse, a box of cartridges and a re-.^.-' volver. T Negro Troops to Philippines. 7] All the negro troops of the regular army have been ordered to the Phil- ' ipplnes, but not, it is said at the War Department, on account of the Brownsville affair. V A 860,000,000 Ship Combine. The Consolidated Steamship L.inea Company, with an authorized capital of $60,000,000, was organized at Portland, Me.; it will control the lines owned by Charles W. Morse. Stub Ends of News. Germany has a treasury deficit of a little less than $14,000,000. London has at last decided to connect its police stations by telephones. "Aeroplanes built to order" reads a sign outside a London motor fac* tory. A bill has beeL introduced in the Canadian Parliament to prevent - *? !>??*? *" oil rviihHf llHIiHpS. I Oil laco 1U Uli y UMUV ? A movement was started in the I South to appeal to the Postofflce [ Department for a fraud order against I I the New York Cotton Exchange to J J