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) DEATH AM RUIN IN EXPLOSION OF GAS Thirteen Killed and Many Injured In Chicago. TWO BUILCINuS WERE WRECKED Graphic Story of Disaster Told By an Eyewitness—Property Less Will Ap proximate $50,000—Whole Family Buried Under Walls and Killed. Chicago, Feb. 6.—Thirteen lives were lost, many pcoi le slight!}' iiijnr- ed^ftwo builciir.gs at ^72 ami 3M Twen ty second street were wrecked and $50,000 damage was done by an explo- tion or gas last night at the intersec tion of Twenty-second street and archer avenue. Following are dead and injured: Dead. Otto Trostel, 35 years old. butcher. Mrs. Otto Trostel, 25 years old. Otto Trostel. Jr., 2 years old. Lena Trostel, 7 years old. Auni k e Trostel, 9 years old. Mamie Trostel, 11 years old. Fred Trcst , butcher, nephew of . Otto Trostel, 23 years old. Sophie Knight, domestic in Trostel 1 family. Mary Rosenthal, 32 years old, 2111 Purple street. Mrs. M. Kaufert, 374 Twenty-second street. Edward Kaufert, 14 years old. Mamie Kaufert. 4 years old. Andrew Kolb, roomer with Mrs. Kaufert. Injured. Lucy MerranosKy, cut on head and face by glass; Andrew Finstalki, cut and internal injuries: Augustus Ros ier, cut about tace; Sing \V r ah, Twen ty-third street and Archer avenue, blown through a window, cut and bruised; Nellie Merchand, cut by glass; Kate beaver, cut on face and head; Emma Folz, cut by glass; J. W. McLeod, cut by glass; Mrs. J. W. Mc Leod, cut and badly bruised; Timothy Moynihan, fireman, hands badly burn ed; P. E. Donohue, fireman, left arm cut with ax; Peter Danusand, cut by glass; J. P. Collins, street car conduc tor, blown through car from end to end, cut and slight Internal injuries; A. Barnes, street car conductor, blown from car into street, badly bruised. Then the manhole, half a block south on Archer avenue, was thrown Into the air by a loud explosion. r\ Flames leaped and roared from the hole. They spread below tho-street and smaller manholes were blown into the air. The flames from the first gas main shot high into the air and reached with the aid of the wind, the Trostel butcher shop. The building was a three story frame structure, anu it had been weakened and nearly wrecked by the shock. It is supposed that the oc cupants of the building were knocked unconscious or were too panic strick en to rush from the place. The flames caught the weather-worn timbers, and in an instant had envel oped the structure. With a roar the building collapsed and the occupants, without exception, were carried with It to the basement. The adjoining building, a two-stcry structure, flared up, the next building was wrapped in flames and then an other structure caught tire. A fire wall of a brick building at the corner of Archer Avenue and Twenty-second street held the fire in that direction. Window glass throughout the neigh- Tborhood was broken and bottles and Vglassware in the dwellings and stores VA^ere thrown to the floor and broken. Mad Rush for Safety Many persons in buildings near the explosions were knocked down. Scores of nen and women, many of them carrying children, rushed to the street. They were greeted by the glare of the fire from the manholes. Fearing further explosions the peo ple rushed down the street, many of the women screaming with fear. On several street ears near the place the windows were smashed and the passen gers severely shaken up. When people In the cars saw the flames gush from the ground ail hands rushed for the doors. A number of persons were bruised and knocked down in the ex cited exit. Cqe ear filled with passen gers was thrown from the tracks. The cause cf the explosion is un known, and it nas not yet been deter mined whether 't was sewer gas or il luminating gas. I was facing the street, and it seemed as it the whole building rose in the air and then collapsed into the cellar u heap of ruins. I ran across the street, and ns I crossed the <nr track I could hear the cries of the people Imprisoned in the wreckage. Almost immediately the fiar es burst out all over the place and it seemed that ev er} filing was on fire at once. “Then F caught sight of a man crawl ing out from the basement. He did not seem to be badly hurt and called for help. I recognized him as the sa i- sage maker Trostel had hired a few j days before. I did not know what his name was. A man who ran up jumped down to help him, and between us we got him to the street. He was able to walk and went away at once. “The first explosion in the building disconnected the gas mains and they caught fire at once. The fire seemed to follow the pipes, and five minut<s latei the manhole west in Archer ave nue blew up with a report almost as loud as the first. The manhole to the east followed in a few ndnutes. “We could hoar the erics in the basement growing fainter and we had to allow the suuerers to die without doing anything to help them.” POWDER HOUSE EXPLOSION. EMPRESS ORDERS BOXERSMHEAOS OFF Says Anti-Foreign Sentiment Must Be Rooted Out. FRIENDLY TOWARD FOREIGNERS THE SAN ELAS ROUTE. Two Men Killed and Four Fatally In jured In CcTora-’o. Telluride, Col., Feb. (5.—Two men are dead and four others fatally in jured as the result of the explosion of a powd< r house at the mouth of Japan tunnel. The dead are: D. R. O’Conm 1). aged 45. married. Alphonse Flarieta, aged 22. The injured: John Francke, pit loss; badly jar red and rut about head. Santino Malta, powder thawer; will lose one and probably both eyes and badly hurt about back. C. C. Weir, water packer; badly cut about face. Henry MelJnir.i, blacksmith; right arm and side I adly hurt by falling timbers. All buildings around the tunnel were completely wrecked. Marta, who was thawing powder in the house, left the building for a mo ment. and the powder becoming heat ed exploded, the explosion setting off the entire powder supply, amounting to several hundred pounds. About 4<!0 yards distant was stored tons of dyna mite. The door of the building was blown in, but the dynamite was undis turbed. Lccai Officials Have Been Ordered to Effect the Capture and Death of the Bandits Who Killed the Belgian Mis sionaries and Their Corverts. Victoria, B. C., Feb. C.—Iifbluded in Oriental advices received here is a de cree of the 1 empress dowager which shows a most friendly spirit toward foreigners. The decree is issued in connection with the anti-Christian out break in Shan Si and calls upon the viceroy, Sung Fan, to act in c'onneetion with the governor of Shan Si and cause the desperadoes who have kill ed the Belgian missionaries and their coriVvits to lie surrounded and slain. A number of local officials are cashiered and ordered to cause the capture of the desperador s. and in the event of : failure they are to be forever dismiss ed from service. From Vladivostock news is given of a battle between Cossacks and a band of 2,0o0 ex-Bcxers, who were found near the village of Tukhumo, which they had plundered. The brigands were behind earthworks and the Cos sacks, alter shelling them with guns, charged them with swords and bayo nets in the face of a severe fire from the Chinese. The losses of the Box ers were heavy ar.d the Russians had seven wounded. The rebel leader tied to Mongolia. The Japanese have an expedition in bouth Formosa which is engaged in wiping out the band s who have been ravaging these districts, and up to Jan. 15 the expedition, which is made up of Sod troops, 150 police and 200 coolies, had killed between 3')0 and 400 bandits. A number of officers and men of tbe expedition had been killed in the severe fighting. The districts j south of Tai Kan. which is closely J guarded and all gates watched, are terrorized by the bandits. Senate Resolutions Offered Providing For Experts to Examine Same. Washington, Feb. C.—In the senate today Mr. Scott. Republican, of West v .rginia, called up and had read a res olution which he otTered several days ago providing for the appointment of a commission of experts to examine what is known ns the Sri Bias or Mamligo Bay route, lor an isthmian waterway, and to report to the senate the cost of constructing an inter- oceanic canal by that route. He dis claimed any intention to obstruct the consideration of a canal bill or to de lay the building of the canal. He said after thorough investigation lie was convinced the San Bias route met prac tically every requirement. Because the adoption of that route involved the driving of a tunnel through the gran ite mountain range sufficiently large to admit of the passage of ary ship the rbute had been regarded as impractica ble. Mr. Scott explained that the San Bias route connected the two oceans from the Bay of Mandigo, in the Gulf of San Bias, on the Atlantic side, to Pearl island harbor rn the Gulf of Pam a on the racifle side of the isth mus. Including the 5-mile tunnel, the canal would be 30 miles long. He said that the harbors of the San Bias route had excited the enthusiasm of all engineers who had investigated them. He believed that electrical power made it entirely practicable by tills route to tow sailing ships through the canal by electric trolley. The route he proposed, he said, offered great natuiul and commercial advan tages. BRILLIANT NUPTIALS AT NATWS CAPITGt Marriage of Miss Helen Hay and Mr. Payne Whitney. SOCIAL EVENT CF THE SEASON WAR REVENUE BILL. FAIR PLANNED FOR FARMERS. Augusta Is Arranging to Hold a Big Agricultural Show Next Fall. Augusta. Ga., Feb. G.—The commit tee appointed by the Merchants’ asso ciation to secure the services of a suit able man to work up the agqjrultural fair for Augusta next fall has closed a contract with Hon. Martin V. Calvin. He will at once begin the work of preparing the premium list and then of canvassing the territory to secure entries among the farmers of Geor gia and Carolina in Augusta’s terri tory. Tbe plan is to erect booths on Broad street and give an agricultural fair, everything absolutely free, on Augus ta’s main business street. About $2,- 000 will be given in premiums for best displays of agricultural products, live stock and farming implements. "Shanghaied” Boy's Adventures. New York, Feb. G.—Joseph H. Pa- cotti, 19 years old. of Savannah, Ga., who says he was “shanghaied” last October in Savannah and placed on board the Swedish hark Ada and eventually landed in France, from which' country he made his way to England, has arrived here. On Nov. 6 the Ada was caught in a gale in the mid-Atlantic which it w as unable to weather. The crew was rescued. Pacetti finally reached Swan sea, where he was assisted by the United States consul. EYE WITNESS OF ACCIDENT. Graphic Story of Explosion *Told by J. Pauly. Chicago, Feb. 6.—The cause of last nights explosion^by which a dozen lives were lost has not yet been fixed. Two business men in the vicinity aaid tfre explosion was in a defective boiler connected with the gas system In the basement of the building occu pied byvthe .butcher Trostel, which •mployer^had attempted to thaw out. Others Insigted that the explosion was caused by the gas Pself, but they were unable to say how tfce gas had caused It. The experts of the People’s Gas company are investigating the cause and are as yet uncertain. They think ■ome one was thawing out a pipe and that the explosion resulted. The city Are marshal is likewise uncertain as to the flr^ cause. The most graphic story of the acci dent was told by J. Pauly, of Gfi Twen ty-second street, who stood across the street when the building went up. The first thing I knew." he said, ‘ I was blown against a telegraph pole. State Prohibition Defeated. Jackgon, Miss., Feb. 6.—The statu tory prohibition bill was defeated in the senate yesterday afternoon by a majority of six votes. The debate was quite spirited. The Bowers oyster bill passed the house by a large majority. Prominent Citizen Dead. Brunswick, Ga.. Feb. C —Moses Isaac, for many years one of Bruns wick’s most prominent wholesale mer chants, died at his home in this city yesterday morning after a long but patient illness. Stock of Mills Increased. Montgomery. Ala., Feb. 6.—The Montgomery cotton mills today In- rreased its capital stock from 160,000 to $100,001 ve meet a doubling of ca- faclty. MADE MISTAKE IN HIS AGE. Nov/ Insurance Company Cancels Pol icy Issued Fifty Yeats Ago. Chicago. Feb. 6.—Because Thomas Chalmers, of the firm of Fraser & Chalmers, made a mistake in his age, a life insurance company has can celled a policy on his life issued more than 50 years ago. Mr. Cimimers has brought suit in the superior court to have the company’s action annulled. When Mr. Chalmers ,in 1851, was, as he says in his bill, a workingman, fol lowing his trade as a machinist, "he took out a policy tor $2,100, giving the date of his birth as June 14, 1820, A few years later his daughter visited his old home in Scotland and consult ing the parish register discovered that the date of her father’s birth was June 14, 1816. Mr. Chalmers took out another pol icy for $2,000 with the same company in 18GG, and in filling his application gave his correct age. He continued to pay the premiums on the first pol icy. he says, after the second policy had made the company acquainted with his true age. Finally, In 150^ the policy was cancelled. House Leader Says It Will Be Passed as Reported. Washington, Feb. 6.—One of the house leaders whose position gives him the fullest information as to the outlook of legislation said today: "’Hie program for considering the war revenue reduction bill is fully un derstood, but it is not desired to give those who oppose the majority the fullest information on the exact time of its consideration in order to assist their opposition. One thing nas boon settled beyond any doubt, the bill will lie passed exactly as reported except in minor verbal committee changes. The length of the debate will be about to days. The debate will hardly be next week, as some 30 Republican members will be absent before and af ter Lincoln’s birthday. It will not be taken up until there is a full Republi can attendance.” Negro Lynched In Tennessee. Nashville, Feb. 6.—Ulysses Whita ker, charged with the murder of John Dostor several weeks ago, was taken from jail at Lynchburg last night and hanged by a mob. Whitaker’s case was called in court yesterday and con tinued. At a late hour the mob ap peared. and securing possession of the negro hurried him to the courthouse, where a rope was placed around his neck and he was swung off. North Carolina Killing. Charlotte, N. C.. Feb. 6.—News reaches here of a homicide In Yadkin county. N. C. Tbe body of Will Kelly, a white man about 25 years old. was found Monday morning In the yard of Mrs. Hunt The deceased had one bul let hole In the back of his head and two in his shoulders. Will Martin is accused of the killing, the cause be ing a family trouble, and has fled, of ficers being In pursuit. NEW ORLEANS CARNIVAL. Thousands Flocking to the City to Witness Festivities. New Orleans, Feb. 6.—The carnival of 1902, which socially has beer, in swing for three weeks past, actually opens tonight with the parade and ball of Momus. The city is already well filled with strangers and the railroads report that the travel from now until Tuesday will be very heavy. The weather today was threatening, but there is a prospect of a clear night for the pageant, which promises to be of great splendor. The annual arrival of Rex occurs on Monday, and among those who will assist in the reception will be the Burgesse corps of New York. Proteus lias his pageant on Monday even mg. The Rex proc ession occurs on Tuesday. The Comus i»a- geant on that evening and balls by Comus and Rex will close the carnival. Many distinguished people from va rious parts of the country have reserv ed rooms at the hotels and will be here to enjoy the festivities. SCHLEY AT KNOXVILLE. Reception Tendered By Daughters of the American Revolution. Knoxville, Feb. 6.—The second day of Admiral nd Mrs. Schley’s stay in Knoxville was even more admirable from the weather standpoint than was the first The admiral is especially gratified that his entire tour is not to be characterized by inclement weath er. This morning at 11 o’clock Admi ral and Mrs. Schley, accompanied by many citizens and President Charles W. Dabney, visited the University of Tennessee buildings and grounds. They held a levee in Science hall auditorium, where Admiral Schley sub sequently addressed the students at chapel exercises. Mrs. Schley was en tertained Informally at the woman’s building at the university. This after noon at 2 o’clock a reception was ten dered Admiral and Mrs. Schley by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American - evolution. This was in the Woman’s club building. At 4 o’clock Admiral Schley unveiled and dedicat ed a marble marker on the site of the first blockhouse, or fort, built by the first settlers of Knoxville. The block house stood on the present courthouse square. The marker bears the inscrip tion: ’’Site of first blockhouse. 1792. Erect ed by Bonny Kate Chapter, D. A. R. Dedicated by Admiral Schley, Feb C 1902.” Tonight a reception will be tendered Admiral Schley by the Cumberland club, where he will meet representative social and business men of the city. Tliis will conclude the formal fostivl* tii's here, and Admiral and Mrs. Schley will leave tomorrow morning at 8:30 o’clock for Washington, going direct. Had Admiral Schley not been suffei'- ing from a very severe cold he would have visited the birthplace of Farra- gut today. Blind Couple Weds. Bristol, Tenn., Feb. 6.—Rev. A. H. Burroughs has united in marriage a blind couple who came here from Richmcvi, Va. The contracting par ties were F. D. Horton and Miss Mary Guineldl, aged 31 years each. The groom says his gmndfather, who died three years ago, willed him $20,000 conditonal upon his finding a wife, but the woman must be of sound eyesight. Horton failed to find the woman to fill the bill, but expects the court to see that his fortune is forthcoming. Belgian Minister Assassinated. Sofia. Bulgaria, Feb. 6.—M. Kamt- chcff, the minister of public instruc tion, was assassinated today In his study by a Macedonian who pretended he wanted to present a petition. The assassin subsequently committed iul- clde by shooting himself. VICTIM OF SULTAN’S WRATH. Abdul Hamid’s Brother-in-Law Under Death Sentence. Constantinople, Feb. 6.—The sul tan’s brother-in-law. Damad Mahmud Pasha, has been sentenced to death. Mahmud has long been prominent tn the Young Turk movement, and was recently expelled from Greece at th« behest of the sultan. Mahmud went to Rome, and the sultan requested his expulsion from Italy. It was refused, but Mahmud proceeded to Parts, where he remains In safety. All the sultan’s blandishments failed to Induce htzn to return to Constantinople, bo tbe crim inal court was Instructed to iMue a warrant for Mahmud’s arrest and to try the fugitive by default, with the result that he was sentenced to death. Stranded Steamer Floated. New York. Feb. The British steamer Cavour. from Rio Janeiro for New York, which went ashore at Ixmg Beach, I., I„ Jan. 31 In a snowstorm, wu* floated early today and proceed ed to Ihls port. Southern’s Lease Sustained. Cincinnati, Feb. 6.—The tuperior court today sustained the recent foasa o. the Cincinnati Southern railroad from this city to Chattanooga, a dlfr tance of 339 miles, to the Southern railway for a period of 65 years. Judgo Dempsey dissented from part of the holdings of Judges Smith and Jade- son. The case will be carried to tha supreme court. Highest Officials of tie Land, Includ ing the President and His Cabinet Assemble at church of the Covenant to Witness Ceremony. Washington, Feb. 6.—Helen Hay, eldest (laughter ot Secretary of F. .t. John Hay, and Payne Whitney, of New Yoik, son ot ex-Secretary ot tue Navy W. C. Whitney, were married today at noon at the Church of the Cove nant. The wedding was the most notahb social event of the season in Washing ton, oeing celebrated in the present'', of the highest officials in the land, in eluding the president and uis cabinet and of w’hat is recognized as the best of New York and New England so ciety. The* Hay family has been in mourning since the death of Adeibert Hay, but for this one day the mourn ing was put aside and the wedding was celebrated with all the pomp and cir cumstances that would have charac- terizee it otherwise. For several days past the guests have been gathering and preparations have been making for the wedding. The eroom's father, ex-Secretary W. L. Whitney, came to Washington with a party cf distinguished iriencs. in cluding Sir Edward Colebroke, C. T. Barney, Miss Barney and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Paget, while Payne Whitney, the bridegroom, had gathered about him at the Arlini ton a large number of his college chums and friends. Pres ents almost without number have been pouring into the Hay home for the last fortnight. It is believed their num ber exceeds 490, many being articles of almost priceless worth. | The church where the ce-remony was I performed was elaborately and artis- j tie-ally decorated with flowers and I evergreens. The church was crowded. | Its seating capacity is only GOO, which | promised badly for the 1,000 persons ; invited. The* invitations were limited to friends of the contracting families, the only exception being on the case of the diplomatic body. Even here it was not possible to include in the in vitations the entire diplomatic list, and the elect were the heads of the lega tions and their ladies alone. So in the case of the United States congress the persons invited were these who were on personal relations with the Hay and Whitney families. The ushers were: Henry Clews,-Jr., Frederick Kernochan, J. H. Water- bury, Jr., Milton S. Barger, Gouvenour Morris, of New York; James N. Wads worth, of Genoseo. N. Y.; Hugh D, Scott, of Philadelphia, and Major Charles L. McCawley, United States marine corps, Washington. Mr. Whitney’s best man was Eugene Hale. Jr., son of the senator from Maine. The bride was assisted by two maids, her sister, Alice Hay, and Dorothy Whitney, 15-year-old sister of the bridegroom. The bride’s toilet consisted of a gown of plain white satin, completed by a tulle veil caught in place by a coronet of orange blossoms. A beautiful feature of the wedding was the musical progrnm, which had been arranged by the Hay sisters. Itching Skin DiLdicf- by day and night— That'- the complaint of tnose whe arc so unfortunate a-; to be afflicted with Eczema or Salt Kheum—and out ward applications do nut cure. T...y can’t. T.’.c source of the trouble i= in the h ood — make that pure and this scal ing. burning, itching skin disease will disappear. “I v.as taker w:t f * an itr-hin? on my a.ins wbli ii proved • e. I concluded it -v - salt rh.-ntn and bought a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. In two days after I began ti.ki'is it 1 Mt better and it was not long be.'ore I was cured. Have never had any skin disease since.” Mbs. Ida E. Waku, Cove Point, Md, Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills rid the blood of all impurities and cure all eruptions. JAIL FOR SCHULERS. CHILD LABOR BILL KILLED. Wealthy Birmingham P/en Mast Serve Terms. Birmingham. Ala., Feb. 6.—Judge Wilkerson, of the city court, yesterday committed to the county jnil for five days E. T. and G. H. S( hulcr, two of the wealthiest men and iargf-st manu facturers of this district. He also im posed a $50 fine each, thus giving the limit. On account of the illness of the wife of cne of the gentlemen, Mrs. E. T. Schuler, the sentence was stayed for five days. At the end of that time they will commence to serve their brief terms. The Messrs. Schuler are majority owners of the Alabama Steel and Wire company, a.$1,000,000 corporation. C. E. Robinson, a minority stockholder, some time ago mate demands upon them for an inspection of the books and accounts ot the company, which they resisted. Robinson carried the matter into the courts and Judge Wil- kerson decreed that Robinson should have full access to the books. Robinson claims that thereupon the Schulers defaced, concealed and de stroyed certain of the books in con tempt of the court’s order. This the Schulers denied and the trial of the case has consumed several days of the court’s time. Judge Wilkerson, however, announc ed his decision as stated above. The decision has created a profound sen sation here on account of the very high business and social standing of the Schulers. H. D. Carver, who was also made a party defendant to the suit, was ad judged not guilty. DODD GAINS HIS LIBERTY. He Is Released on Charge ot Embezzle ment. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 6.—W. L. Dodd, former secretary and treasurer of the Birmingham Debenture Redemp tion company, who has been on trial here for some days on the charge of embezzling $12,000 of the company's funds, has been discharged by the jus tice of the peace before whom oie case was tried. Mr. Dodd nas filed suit for $50,000 damages against his prosecutors. They are E. W. Whaley, T. J. Norwood, J. T. Chamblee. J. D. Tyson and J. M. Twinham, and their attorneys, F. E. Blackburn and Charles B. Powell. He alleges that the prosecution was. in^ffect. a groundless persecution, and asks the court for damages for the defamation of his character. MOBILE’S MAYOR DIES. South Carolina General Assembly Acts on Measure. Columbia. S. C., Feb. 6.—The child labor bill was killed in the house yes terday by tbe close vote of 52 to 54. There are 124 members In the house and ten did not vote because five of that number were paired with five who were absent. Excitement has been at fever heat for some time over the measure, but no acrimony was injected into the de bate. Speaker Stevenson and Mr. Beamguard explained why they voted for the 1)111 on the grounds that they preferred the moderate terms of the ; measure to whatever drastic legisla tion that may be enacted in the fu ture. The question of child labor will probably be Injected into the campaign next summer. Had all the members been present and voting, it is estimated the meas ure ould have been passed by one vote. The senate passed it laat year. Philip Gerst Arrectad. Buffalo, N. Y.. Feb. 6.—Philip Gerst, former city treasurer, was arrested to day charged with n^happroprlating 127,000 of the city’s funus. Gerst was removed from office in December last by Mayor Diehl. He was charged at that time with misconduct in office and during the investigation of the charge admitted misappropriating $50,- 000. Since that time an investigation of the city treasurer’s office has been made under the new city administra tion of Mayor Knight. Thomas S. Fry Passes Away After Brief Illness. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 6.—Thomas S. Fry, mayor of Mobile, died this morn ing after a week’s illness. He was born in Orange county, Va., and had been in this city for 40 years, being engaged in the cotton business as a member of the firm of Robbins. Fry & Co. Jle had been in the city government for many years and was found to be one of the most diligent and useful of its members. In 1900 he was elected alderman and obtained the mayoralty on the retirement of Hon. .1. C. Bush as chairman of the city council. The deceased leaves a large family, several menibeis of which are in busi ness in New York. To Tell of His People. Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 6.—A young chief of the Yukl tribe of Indians, is on his way from Mendocino county to the University of California In order to help the ethnologists to record the manners, customs and beliefs of his people. He is a full blooded Yukl, but speaks and writes English fluently. At one time the Yukis were the fiercest Indians in California. The language of the tribe will be recorded and pre served In the university by means of the phonograph. . Protest Against Change. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. G.—The eighth division, which includes the Teum usee valley counties, is now up before the supreme court and a large number of the attorneys who practice In the federal court at Huntsville are in attendance. They have taken ad vantage of the op|»ortunity to hold a meeting and protest against any of the proposed changoe in the arrangement of the federal court distric t*. Judge lujulhare presided and Paul Speak was secretary. The protest was unnan- imous and was sent to the Alabama delegation in congress as a memorial from the bar of the eighth division. Murderer Respited. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 6.—Luke Sanders, a negro under sentence of death in Perry county for the murder of a wiiite man, will not !>e hanged Friday, the day set for his execution. Upon recommendation of the pardon ing hoard the governor has grunted a respite until March 6. Embezzled Lodge's Funds. fronton, O., Feb. 6.—Janies A. HIU, treasurer » the United American Me chanics' lodge, of this (Ity, has been arrested, charged with embezzling $374 of the funds of the lodge. He admits that be used the money to tide him over financial reverses.