FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. XI. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, M AY *1,1902. NO. 9.
KILLED IN OIL EXPLOSION
Spectators of a Fire Near Pittsburg
Are Overwhelmed,
CAUSED BY A RAILROAD WRECK
Scenes of Horri)!-, AVIicro Mnnv Died, and
Suffering, Maddened Men Trod Down
i the Weak? Houses Wrecked by Gob
Mailt Igniting? Sltect of Flauto Doftcended
on Hundreds of Onlookers.
rittsburg, Pa.?Four distinct explo
sions have wrought ruin in the Chartiers
Valley. It was estimated twentyfive
persons were dead nud between
100 and 150 were burned, many of
whom would die. The lirst explosion
occurred in the Sheridcn yards ol' the
Pan Handle Itnilroad, about live miles
from the Union Station In this city.
Switchmen were shifting a train of
cars, to which were attached two cars
of reliued oil and one of naphtha.
The Pan Handle Railroad Company
has thirty-six tracks through Sheiideu
and lms succeeded In keeping communication
open. The property loss will
amount to at least 9000,000.
f As the cars were pushed along the
(track the oil cars came together with
<t crash, smashing thie couplings and
(breaking a switch light. The oil tank
was jarreu, anu on uoweil xlowu on the
light. It ignited and made a trail to
stlie tank. A liaise shot Into the air.
and before the trainmen knew what
had happened an explosion occurred,
and In a flash the burning oil spurted
Into the air.
This occurred about 4.43 p. in. An
Alarm was sent to Sherldenvllle and
Mclvee's Hocks, and the local tire department
responded. No water could
be had. and the heat was so intense
110 one could get near enough to couple
an engine to the other two cars amj
haul them away.
About 6.15 the second car of refined
oil exploded, and by this time fully
1000 persons had gathered on the hillsides.
The Pan Handle tracks He in
u valley flunked by steep hills on each
side. No one thought of any danger.
The heat from the burning ears generated
gas in the naphtha tank near
by. It had a gas dome. Shortly after
(*> o'clock the naphtha tank exploded.
Tho dome shot Into the air and fell ou
the hillside amid the jam of spectators.
The .lank split In twaiu, and the naphtha.
like flery rerpeuts, shot Into all
'directions, spraying the thousands of
people, among whom were laborer
women, children, and railroaders.
Immediately there was u rush fo\ \
safety. Hundreds who were sprayed
by burning oil tore their clothes off
their bodies. Women and children
screamed and men swore and ran
hither and thither like wild men. People
set tire to each other. Some crawled
Into the dirt, others ran and fanned the
flames with the wind. Dozens of
naked men heat their bodies among the
bushes seeking to relieve the pain,
while others sand exhausted, never to
rise again.
The boat from the burning fluid
which had spread over the valley separated
the parties occupying each hillsi
dm A similar scene was being enacted
on both hillsides, while down th?
VillU'V nnr>/? ..nmn ?" ?
_ v,,..The
burning oil trickled into a small
ditch known as Cork's Hun. It floated
past the village of Espleu uud Into tln>
Ohio Iliver. At fhe edge u*' Esplen and
the Pittsburg city limits a group of
houses are situated nlong the hillside
and on the level. A natural gas muin
occupies a ditch. There was a leak in
the gas muin.
As the burning oil reached it, the
gas main exploded, wrecking all the
houses in the group and killing several
people, maiming about twenty more.
One building contained a large poolroom,
where were congregated a dozen
men, and all were killed or Injured.
Thus, at two dlstlnl-t places, more
than two miles apart, lives were lost
kind help was needed. By this time the
railroad company had organized relief
crews among their Pittsburg yard men.
Every physician in the city was telephoned
to lend his aid. Special trains
were made up to take the doctors down
in groups. Ambulances were put
aboard tlatcars and rushed down. Every
hospital was ordered to get ready
for an overflow, and rescue work was
soon under way on u large scale.
FRANCHISE TAX LAW VALID.
It la Dccbrnl Conatltntlonul by
Hubert Karl.
Albany, N. Y.?One step in the legal
light against the Ford franchise
was ended when Hubert Earl, former
Chief Judge of the New York Court of
Appeals, aetiug as tvferee under appointment
by Justice 1>. Cady Ilcrrk-k,
tiled an opinion in the Third Judicial
Department upholding in every point
the constitutionality of the law.
Should this opinion be con Arm d bv
the appellaic c -r.rts 1*. v.*Ill add S-Ijhli.ism
a year to ttio treasury of New
aiiru I uy : 1 (I :ir,;r.u > <MP in
bad: taxes', with s< ven per cent, interest.
As corporation values increase
with tlh> growth of the municipality
the 11 ergresale of tiie tax also will he
swelled. and it is estimated l>y experts
ithat in five years, should the law lie
upheld, the annual payments in the
greater city will lie $<5,000,0(10.
Judge Earl's opinion will lie fought
nil the way to the United States Supreme
Court by the corporation.-, ^'ho
legal procedure will t:*ke about thvye
years, and in the meantime the X:;
traction companies, the cotisnlidai'. d
gas and tiie electric light corporations
Will refuse to pay the tax as assessed
Ender the jfruuchlsc Jaw.
IN HONOR 'OF McKINLEY
The Cornerstone of Memorial College
Laid bv President Roosevelt
Institution '-VI11 Itn Devotcil to Studies
Kmbrurlng Diplomacy, Arbitration,
Civics and International Law.
Washington, I"). C.?In tho presence
of a large assemblage President Roosevelt
lalil the cornerstone of the McKiuloy
Memorial Ohio College of Goveruniont
of tho American University, a
few miles outside this city in the north
western part of the District of Columbia.
When completed the building will
be devoted to studies In diplomacy,
muni ipal government, arbitration, civics
and international law.
The ceremonies began with a hymn
written for the occasion by Itev. Dr. .T.
E. Rankin, President of Howard University.
Responsive readings from the
Proverbs and prayer by the Rev. Dr.
Joseph P. IV;ry. of Chicago, followed.
Senator Dolliver then spoke hriotly of ]
tii" life and character of President Mo- |
Kinley. and said it was fitting that his
name should lie connected with a school
of political science, because lie was not
only great as a statesman, but bo was
greatest in bis comprehension of the
liumblo duties of American citizenship.
Senator Ilanna was the next speaker.
and from the beginning of ills remarks
until the end ills voice trembled
with emotion.
Commissioner MacPnrland. Dr. F. M.
Bristol, who was President McKlnley's
pastor, and Bishop Mallalicu fol
lowed with Drier addresses.
Tlio speech making closed with a
brief address by President Roosevelt,
who said:
"Ladles and Gentlemen?I am to say
but one word. Nothing more need be
said than has been said already by
those who have addressed you this afternoon
? the statesman who worked
with McKinley and the pastor under
whose ministrations lie sat.
"It is indeed appropriate that the
Methodists of America?the men belonging
to that religious organization
which furnished the pioneers in carving
out of the West what Is now the
heart of the great American republicshould
found' tills great ufilveTslty in
the city of Washington and should
build the college that Is to teach the
science of government in the name of
the great exponent of good and strong
government who died last fall: who
died as truly for this country as Abraham
Lincoln himself.
"I thank you for having given me the
opportunity this afternoon to come ber?c
you and to lay the cornerstone of
s building."
he President then, with trowel in
tin, iiircw in iin? moriar nnn uie
?e was lowered slowly into position.
At some later date it will bo raised
sufficiently to penult the placing of n
number of relies In the zinc box within.
The Doxology was sung at the President's
request, and the services closed
with a benediction by the Rev. l)r. H.
R. Nnylor, of Washington.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees
resolutions were passed providing
plans to raise funds to complete the
building.
NIXON RESIGNS LEADERSHIP.
Tamuinny Chieftain Cliirc?d "Kitchen
Cabinet,," Had Uiurpril file I'ower*.
New York City. ? Declaring that n
"kitchen cabinet, led by Andrew Frcedman,"
had usurped his powers and
hampered his every move, T.ewis Nixon
lias resigned as leader of Tammany
Ilall. His formal resignation has been
forwarded to George M. Van Hoes en,
Chairman of the General Committee.
As an immediate result of Mr. Nixon's
retirement, John P. Carroll, formerly
Richard Croker's deputy, issued
a statement In which lie said Tammany
should never again be governed
by a "bos-*." but that the district leaders
should rule.
Speculation as to the executive head
of tin' organization began at once.
From Senator Timothy D. Sullivan
canie a formal tender of bis support :<>
former Dock Commissioner Charles 1\
Murphy, who agreed to become a candidate.
.Tames J. Martin, it was nnno'.nced,
is also in the field, but conservative
members of the organization
suggested that some other than u district
leader should bo clicscn.
DIME NOVELS LED TO MURDER.
Horn I.ftltlm?t? Fruit In I.lfo Sentence*
of Two Youth*.
Chicago.?Guy Locke, eighteen years
old. and Edward C. Buffey, twenty,
were sentenced to penal servitude for
life, for the murder of Peter Fafinski.
"VftM /.II..lit In l.nnn.?? ' "
AVU (u in- luum'-u?,?i?u iiu*
servo it; bur being minors protects
you." said Judge Itreniano, in pronouncing
sentence.
Kuffev inn aw,iy from his home in
New York City with the idea of seeing
some of the wild life ho had rend
about i:i dime novels. Locke's home
was in l'owletts, a village in Hart
C >u:ity, Ky. The murder was commit
( d wuon the boys were attemptin*.
to rob l'ntinski's grocery.
ALL, FRANCE REPUBLICAN.
T.oiiliot Note* T!i?t Mo Moiiaretilat Itan
For I'arll'tinout.
I'.rest, France.?1'resident Loubet, on
ins arrival here on his way to visit the
Czar In St. Petersburg, said In response
to a toast at a lunch given by 150'J
civil olticinl.s of Finis.ere;
"Franco Is now uiiiiuhnously ltepultI'.can.
Not a single candidate solicited
tile suffrages of the electors as a Loyalist
or Imperialist. I hope the Deputies
are sincerely Republican, and that
ihc.v will not allow their electoral promIsco
10 go to protest "
RELIEF FOR MARTINIQUE
Congress Vctes $200,000 For the
Ait! of the Needy
PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL MESSAGE
Connul Ajiiio'h Iteport Tlint 5C,OOO Feruouh
Ato lloiuvlrii unci Hungry llrliiRn
Imiuedlute ltc?pon?o ? President 1>IreotlnR
tbn (invprnmcnl Uellef Mran*
urpic?He Aui Coucronn For SSnu.OOO
Washington, I). C.?President ltoosevolt
has stmt tho following message to
Congress:
"To the Senate and House of Representatives:
"One of the greatest calamities iti
history has fullen upon our neighborinc
island of Martininue. The t'or.
Kill of the United States at Gaudeloup
! lias telegraphed from Fort do France
that the disaster is complete; that the
j city of St. Pierre has ceased to exist
[ and that the American Consul and his
I family have perished, lie is informed
I that 30,000 people have lost their lives,
i and that 50,000 are homeless aud huni
gry; that there is urgent need of all
! kinds of provisions, and that the visit
I of vessels for the work of supply and
rescue Is hujieratively required.
"The Government of France, while
expressing their thanks for the marks
of sympathy which have reached them
! from America, inform us that Fort de
' Franco and the entire island of Martinique
are still threatened. They,
therefore, request that, for the purpose
of rescuing the people who are In such
deadly peril and threatened with star!
vatlou. the Government of the United
| States may send, as soon as possible.
UUIIUU 1/1 it'llt'I.
STRIKE ORDER OBEYED.
I'rckldrnt Mllfhfll 8?I<1 Tliut 140,ff5
Anthracite Workers Went Oat.
Scruntuii, Pa.?President Mitchell. of
the United Mine Workers, said that
the preliminary strike In the tluve anthracite
districts, ordered pending a decision
of u convention of miners, was
complete. Approximately, 1*10,000 men
and boys were Idle, of which number
only onc-huli were in the Lackawanna
I and Wyoming region, iti every lu]
stance Mr. Mitchell said the order to
1 SllSOi'Il I imcPiittnna ti.1.1 J ? \, 1
i- -1" ? Iiuit ??VCII UUl Jkl'lJ.
About 20,000 mine workers wore ?>ui
in the Lehigh district, and 50,000 in the
Schuylkill field.
Airvhlp Trip Kndit in lioih,
M. Severe, the Brazilian aeronaut,
made au as vut In his airship at Paris,
Prance. Soou after the start the balloeii
caught tire and exploded. M.
Severe and his engineer fell with the
balloon and were killed. Mine. Sevoro
and the l'aralh oC the aeronaut witnessed
the disaster.
me menus or transporting tliem from
the stricken Island. The island of St.
Vincent, and, perhaps, others In that
I region are also seriously menaced by
i the calamity which has taken so npI
palling a form In Martinique.
"1 have directed the Departments of
?he Treasury, of War and of the Navy
' to take sucli measures for the relief of
! these stricken peo'pfe as lies within the
Executive discretion, and 1 earnestlv
commend this case of unexampled
j disaster to the generous consideration
of the Congress. For this purpose I
I recommend that an appropriation of
$o00,0U0 be made, to be immediately
availing.
"THEODORE ROSEVELT."
President Roosevelt cabled the President
of France the sympathy of the
American people In the calamity that
had befallen Martinique. The French
| Ambassador personally delivered a
message of thanks from President
Loubet for the expression of sympathy
from this Government.
Word was received from United
States Consul Ayme, who proceeded
to Martinique from Gnudeloupe. lie Informed
the President in a message
from Fort do France continuing the
worst reports of the disaster at St.
l'b rre, that 110,U00 people perished and
r?0,ouo are homeless and starving.
There Is urgent need of all kinds or
provisions.
Roth the Executive and the Legislative
Departments of the Government
were busy preparing for the work of
rescue and relief In Martinique. This
Government was ready to aid France
without her asking it. Without the
least doubt the resolution passed by
the Senute would have been passed
by the House in any ease; bur in the
meantime the French Government had
Informed President Itoosevelt that
American help was needed; that rescue
as well as relief was needed, because
i the eruptions had not ceased; and the
President forwarded this news to Oon|
gress in a special message urging iini
mediate ac*ion.
The House responded by passing a
i resolution appropriating 5?li0o,000t as a
i substitute for the measure passed by
the Senate appropriating $100,000. Tire
Senate concurred In the amendment,
' and the resolution went to the President
for his signature. Later the appropriation
may be Increased to the
figure suggested by the President.
Anticipating the uctlon of Congress
the Executive Departments hastened
the work of titling the Dixie relief
party. Secretary Hoot directed the
purchase of $70,000 worth of provisions,
$'JO,000 worth of clothing, and
$5000 worth of medical supplies.
Captain Gallagher, of the Comuiissnry
Department, In Washington, lias
been ordered to proceed to Martinique
and take complete charge of the dist.lhi.ti...
?>?- "
ASKS THE PUBLIC FOR AID
Pr?tident Appeals to the Nation Fo?
Frompt Contributions.
He Xamrfi Itrllef Committees, With a
Central Dlttrilmtluc Accnry l'or the
Country nt New York City.
Washington, I>. C. ? The following
has been issued from tlte White House:
"The President has appointed a comnilttee
to receive funds for the relief
of tile sufferers from tlio rivcut onlno.
tropin's in Martinique and St. Vincent.
The gentlemen appointed from each
city nr?> asked to collect and receive the
funds from their localities and neighborhood*
as expeditiously as possible
and forward them to tin* Hon. Cornelius
N. Bliss, Treasurer of tile New
York Committee, which committee will
net as central distributing point for the
country. The President directs all the
postmasters throughout the country,
and requests the presidents of all tlie
national hanks, to net as agents for the
collection of contributions and to forward
the same at oneo to Mr ;it
N*o\v York City. The postmasters arc
slso directed to report to tlu* Postman.
ter-Cenpral. within ten (lays, any funds
collected on tiiis necount.
"Tlie President appeals to the puhlie
lo eontrihute generously for the relief
af those upon whom tills appalling calamity
1ms fallen, and asks that the
contributions he sent in as speedily as
possible. The gentlemen designated
:>n the several committees are requested
to act at once. The following .ire .
the committees:
"New York City?The lion. Cornelius
N. miss. Treasurer; Morris K. Jcsup.
lohn Clntlin. .Tueob II. SclillT and Willlam
It. Corwlne.
"Boston?Augustus Ilcmcnwny, Dr.
Henry S. Prltehett and Henry Lee
Hlgginson.
"Philadelphia?Clmrles Emory Smith.
Provost Charles C. Harrison, Joseph
1?. Darlington, Clement A. Clrlscotn and
lolin II. Converse.
"Baltimore?James A. Cary.
"Washington?Cliavles C. Clover.
"Pittsburg?A. J. Logan and II. C.
Prick.
"Buffalo?John CJ. Millburn and Carlton
Sprague.
"Cleveland?Myron T. Ilerrick and
Samuel Mather.
"Cincinnati ? Jacob f}. Scliraidlapp
and Briggs S. Cunningham.
"Chicago ? J. J. Mitchell. Marvin
ITugliit|, Marshall Field and (Iraotne
fetewnrtl
"Milwaukee?F. O. P.igelow, Charles
F. Ptlster and Fred Pabst.
"Minneapolis?Thomas I.owrev nr.d
T. .T. Shevlin.
"St. Paul?Kenneth Clark and Theodore
Schurtneler.
"Detroit?Don M. Dickinson.
"St. Louis?Charles Parsons. Adolplius
Buseli and Itobert S. Bookings.
/?!*? t? /il 1
?i>uniin > 11,1 ? , J?. V III IK Slim 1
Charles Campbell.
"Omaha?John C. Wharton and Victor
B. Caldwell.
"Denver?1 >. II. Moffntt.
"San Francisco ? Mayor Rchrnltz,
George A. Newhall, A. Shardoro, Ilobert
J. Tchln, Ilenry T. Scott and A. A.
Watklus.
"New Orleans?The lion. Panl Cnpievlolle,
I. L. Lyons and S. T. Walinsley."
100,COO FACE FAMINE.
Provision* Are llrRcnlly Nroded on Ilia
Stricken Inland of Martinique.
Fort de France, Martinique.?The
United States Government tug 1'>ioniae
has brought a ton of supplies
:o Martinique, consisting, in part, of
codfish and llour.
A famine here Is Imminent. The
northern section of the island Is depopulated.
Provisions are needed here for 1
X)0 people immediately. A sldplcad of
lime is also needed at St. Pierre for
mnitary purposes. The stench there
from the dead bodies is overpowering.
Mont Poleo was still belching smoke
and tire.
Words fall to describe the present
situation at St. Pierre. A small detachment
of French troops is making
fforts to Inter the dead, although the
Government seems to be strikingly
unconcerned as to what Is done i:i this
direction.
The looting of the dead has begun
nlrendy. Five colored and one white
n an were turned over to the c ?mmacder
of the French cruiser Suehct
for punishment.
Seimtri Vole* #.'100,000 More.
Washington, I). C.?In the Senate Mr.
Cullom, from the Committee on Foreign
Itelations. reported a joint resolution
appropriating !fT)00,(H.M), iuelnding
the ki already appropriated, to
he expended under the direction of the
President In such manner as will most
promptly and efficiently relieve the
gtfli.bAM k- .1
.'vmni-u Jlirupic Ol ine I' I'euell West
Indies and St. Vinceut. The rcsolutku
was adopted without comment.
PREACHER A MURDERER.
The Kev. John l'lilret Confrmrw Ttiat lie
Killed u C'omi>aiilon.
Sprlnglield, 111.?The Uov. John !'>leet,
tin lhiptisi missionary wiio v s
arrested here for ihe murder of liis
traveling companion, (.'hur. > (salts- .a,
litis made a < oni'tsslon to his fa the ? :Itiw,
John Walker. of .It".' yville. v. a ?
eatue to Sprinvftohl t > m:ii.; an:
incuts for ills dot el :se.
l'olcet tsays lie killed Isak^son In a
moment of frenxy. The impulse to
murder and rob his companion came
upon him suddenly, ho say:-, and without
waruiug lie picked up a ear coupler
and beat out the man's lira in.--. lie
says lie is ready to div for the crime.
i'oieet had charge of a Baptist, mission
at McCluskcy, ill.
.
THE BEEF TRUST ARRAIGNED
Government Files a Bill For an Injunction
Against tho Packers.
LAW VIOLATED AT EVERY STAGE
Anniiuri Morrlii, Swift, Cudahy nud Tliclr
AuMrlutm Declared l'artners In Illegal
Combine to liaise Food Prices? 'Abnormal,
Arbitrary and I*nreasonable Kegtilntloiia'9
to lliirii.u ttir*
Chicago.?The petition of the United
States against Swift & Co. and others,
in which an injunction is sought to
restrain the linns comprising the alleged
Beef Trust from continuing the
unlawful operation^ *in which they are
charged with Being .engaged, was tiled
in the Federal Circuit Court here. The
respondent firms are accused of violating
the anti-trust law at every stage
in the line of communication Between
the etoek raiser and the consumer.
The complaint is against Swift &
Co., the Cudahy Packing Company,
the Hammond Packing Company. Armour
& Co., the Armour Packing Company,
the (.1. II. llutumond Company,
Sclrwarzschild & Sulzberger. Nelson
Morris & Co.. and the individuals composing
these corporations and firms.
The first three paragraphs of the
petition are formal and set l >rth that
the operations of the respondents are
conducted In the different States and
Territories of the ITnlon and lit the District
of Columbia?this presumably for
the purpose of establishing their amenability
to the Federal law.
Paragraph four alleges that the respondents
control sixty per cent, of the
total volume of trude and commerce
In fresh meats In the United States,
having during the year l'.Kll purchased
and slaughtered I.ihk?.ooo cattle, li.OUO,000
sheep, and 0,000,000 hogs.
In the succeeding paragraphs it Is
alleged, first, that the respondents have
engaged in, and intend to continue, an
unlawful combination and conspiracy
to restrict competition by Instructing
their purchasing agents to refrain
from bidding against each other, "except
perfunctorily and without good
faith," "thus inducing and compelling
owners of live stock to part with the
same at prices less than they would receive
If such bidding were really competitive."
Second, that purchasing agents arc
instructed to put up prices from time
to time, so that the market reports will
show prices much higher than the state
of trade will warrant, tliorohv indiiclnc
owners of stock to ship hurriedly in
the delusive hope of benefiting by the
apparent advance, the purchasing
agents being thus enabled to secure
bargains.
Third, that secret meetings are held
at which prices are arbitrarily agreed
upon, and that a "black list" of delinquents?or
dealers who fail to maintain
prices?Is kept; and that to such delinquents
sales are refused.
Fourth, that uniform charges for
cartage and delivery have been agreed
upon, when no such charges are or
have been customary.
Fifth, that preferential treatment Is
secured from railroad companies by
moans of rdbntes and other devices.
Sixth, that a conspiracy exists among
the respondents and between them
and tlie railroads to obtain a monopoly
of the supply and distribution of l'resh
meats in the United States, and shipment
to foreign countries.
The petition goes on to speak of "ah- i
normal, arbitrary and unreasonable
regulations," affecting the business
"from the shipment of the live stock
from the plains to the final distribution
il.A * ? ??. - '
m mi' iuf;ii iu mi1 consumer.
Wherefore, a perpetual injunction Is
prayed, and an order for the production
of books and documents, and such
further relief as equity may require.
Cmme KxteiiRlve mid! keklnnul,
Andover, Mass.?Have no data to
form an opinion, hut the eruptions In
St. Lucia and St. Vincent seem to show
that the cause Is extensive and regional.
Edward H. Williams, Jr.
Senator Knot-kit Man Iloivn.
Senator McLaurln, of South Carolina,
was sitting in the dining room of a hotel
In Washington when he became the
object of offensive attention from a
man whose name the Senator refuses
to disclose. The Senator and a friend
left the dining room and went to the
cigar stand, and while standing there
the man. who had followed the Senator
approached him, whereupon McLaurln
knocked him down. The man's friends'
came to his assistance and hurried him
away.
I'rlnce Henry Inherit* it CnMle.
Prince Henry of Prussia has In
horited the Castle of Rheiustein, at
Rlngen-on-the-Rhlup, from I'rincc
Ceorge of Ilohenzollern, eousin of Emperor
William, who ?lioil recently.
A CenMm Ofltelnl Aprctlrd.
Disbursing Ollleer II. A. Harrows, of
the Census Hurcau, was arrested at
Washington for embezzling $7."U0.
Kitted Ittn Fret Iter.
Charles E. Heal, of Clinton, Me., has
confessed that ho hilled his father by
putting strychnine in his whisky.
1 ,i|?!e Alliance to r.r Renewed.
Count tlolnehowski says that Austria,
while friendly to Russia, will re- i
new the Triple Alliance.
JMcil ut tin* Ace of 111 Year*.
James Ross, who was 111 years old, j
died ut St. Martin's. N. B.
IINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEX'S.
The Naval Appropriation 1)111, wlilrb
provides for two new battleships, two
armored cruisers and two gunboats,
and carries a total of $77.(>T?o,OOOt was
taken up In the House.
| Senator Foraker spoke on the Philippine
question, defending the Administration's
policy and the conduct of the
I Army. ,
President Roosevelt pardoned C. A.
S. Frost, who was involved in the contempt
proceedings in the United States
Court at San Francisco in n-nici.
.. Noyes
was the principal. Frost was
sentenced to one year's imprisonment.
The House passed a bill to print fiOOO
copies of Jefferson's "Life of Jesuh of
Nazareth," sometimes known as "Jefferson's
Bible."
The Senate passed the Army Appropriation
bill, after a lively discussion
011 the subject of coronation embassies.
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Senator Iloar introduced an isthmian
canal bill, providing tlmt the President
should designate the route of the waterway.
President Roosevelt nominated Eugene
F. Ware, of Kansas, for Commissioner
of Pensions.
The funeral of Rear-Admiral Sampson
tocl; place at the Church of the Covenant.
and Ids body was buried with naval
ceremonies iu Arlington National
Cemetery.
OUB AnOPTEl) ISLANDS.
A murderer named lUcafort, put to
death at IJngayen. Luzon, was the llrst
person to be garroted under American
authority In the Philippine Islands.
Neely and ltntlihone, the convicted
American otlicials in Cuba, appealed to
President-elect Palma to aid them in
securing a pardon.
General Chaffee sailed for Mindanao
to hold a conference with the chiefs of
the island. _
DOM ESTIC.
Burglars attempted to loot the jewelry
story of A. Knompfer, Chicago,
but were scared away after a revolver
light.
While having her teeth extracted, tlio
wife of Chilean Consul Juan A. l'eriru
died at Oakland, C'al.
Heavy winds did great damn en to
fruit trees in Way in' County, N. Y.
The final distribution of the Fair
estate was ordered by Judge Troutt
n; San Francisco, Cal. lty it the children
of the decedent will receive about
$7,000,000 additional.
Lieutenant-Governor Jesse Stone of
Wisconsin died in Milwaukee.
A company with $40,000,000 capital
was formed at Chicago to consolidate
Be vera 1 independent iron foundries.
The United States torpedo boat destroyer
Stewart was lauuehed in the
Harlem lilver, at New York City.
After six trials for embezzlement
and being convicted three times, the
United States Circuit Court at Cincinnati,
Ohio, ordered another trial for J.
M. MeKnight.
John I>. Rockefeller. Jr.. spent four
Jays at the University of Chicago investigating
the Institution for his
father.
Charged with forgery of notes on the
school fund Postmaster George \V.
Shoemaker, of Albany, Mo., was nrtvstcd.
After fatally shooting Ms wife.
Miles K. llrown, of Syracuse, N. Y.,
killed himself.
The resignation of I-lliza M. Moshcr,
woman's dean of the University of
Michigan, was tendered.
Yale authorities forbade students to
use the university's name in connection
with a boxing tournament to be viewed
by King Edward VII.
Walter Webber, of Columbus, was
elected Department Commander of the
lirand Army of Ohio.
Three miners fell 'Job feet in a mine
at Crystal Falls, Mich., aud live.
FOREIGN.
The German steamer Snkknrnh was
wrecked on Iluamblin Island, off the
Chilean eoust, with $1,oUO,ihki in gold
lltlllll I'll
(lenernl Sain, formerly President of
Haiti, was forced by revolutionists in
Port au I'rince to sail for France.
A snowsllde near Kaslo, It. C., killed
one man and burled two others under
twenty feet of snow.
Many crowned heads in Europe contributed
to the funds to relieve the distress
in Martinique, lvinn Edward uivItiK
$ot)(M?, Emi>eror William $2oOU a.id
Kins Usear $lot>o.
Savanna Ivek, an important town
In Laos, French L'ochlu-China, was attacked
by rebellious natives. The town
was well defended by tile Fycucli gar|
tison stationed there.
Haitian revolutionists placed former
T>.. t.l. ? T? ? ' ?
I K'nmi'Ul xtOIBl'OUO Ultuai 1U tile I'l'lSl*
deiuhd chair.
The While Star I.ino will con tint?
under the itritish ling.
ItnisehenefT. the ICussirtn student w r?
n- -as -iijati ?i M Spingnine, the lhi . n.ri
Minister of tin- Interior, was sentenced
to he hanged.
A relief party vriiie i entered St.
Pierre, .Martinique, failed to liml a.
living human living In the entire city.
The Queen ICegeut of Spain presided
! forttho last tune over a eouned o. the
Mini.- .its. Hlie bagged the Ministers
to str.e In r son with the same loyalty
with which they had s< rved her.
Starving liu-.-iaii peasants were
flocking to Moscow* by thousands.
\\ inter fowii!;,s ,n ihv Haltie province*
Were damaged by drought and fros,.