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[iilE DEM dm!7; t President and His Cabinet Attend the; m Services at Arlington Cemetery. I BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS.' llf One TTnitdrcil and Flftr Victim* of tlie tl ti| Havana riorror Laltl in Tl"*Ir Final ' Heeling Place YVitli Solemn Jtiles ' Admiral Dewey and General Miles ' L Attend the Iturial lteli clous Service*. k j Washtcotox, D. C. (Special). On the ; ti g| windswept heights of Arlington National ti || Cemetery tho Maine dead, brought . from Havana by the battleship Texas, were ' i, Y laid in their final resting place with simple b religious servicos and the Impressive hon- js ore of war. iu the presence of the Presi- t' f.ent, members of the Cabinet, officers of the Army and Navy and other represeuta- G tivos of tho Government. A Cabinet of" ^ b fleer, surveying the flag-draped coffins be- t( fora the ceremonies began, said: "Tho t! lives of these man cost Spain ber colonies." M But there was uo note of triumph in tho grim scene. With a touch of sadness and t! solemn gravity tho nation performed Its '' duty to tho dead, and gavo its dofondeos a Christian burial at home. A soft mantle of snow covered tho oarth, mufuing tho n' beat of tb < horses' hoofs, the sou a I of the 111 slow turning carriage wheels and thetrauip ,1J of soldiers and sailors us they approached I" the burial place. 1 > The coffins interred wjro ranged in r.">w?. b' Over each was spread nn Americ.iu ensign, fc on which lay a wreath of galnx leaves. V1 Around the inclosnre, shoulder to shoulder, , 1" the yellow of their coat linings forming a a! band of color, were drawn up tu? cavalry 'i' from Fort M.ver; to tho right was a bat- ^ talion of marines from the Navy Yard, isi:h - w their spiked behncts and their scarlet cap* ? tt turned back; to the left n detachment of "jackies" from the Texas in navy blue; in ; the flat; draped stand in the re ar were the j President aud his Cabinet, Admira! Dewey, 1 0 , Mitjor-General Miles and a group of officers ! ^ of tho Army uod Navy in their showy drtss uniforms, while all nround pressed tho throng of people wlio liad braved the snow w and bitiDg cold to pay their last tribute to at the dead. Among these wore manv rela- 1 tr tives and frieuds of those who were lost in bt the disaster. 31 There was a tender appropriateness in ; rc the fact thai Captain Sigsbee, who was in j th command of the Muine when she was blown e\ ap, had charge of the ceremonies in honor ; of his men, and that Father Chid wick, who F wa9 chaplain of the Maine, was there to in perform the last ritos. Three others who j h lived through that awful night iu Havana p Harbor were nt the side of the graves of their comrades Lieutenant-Commander ts Wainwrigut, who was executive officer of ti the Maine, ana who sunk tue rlutoit una L the Furor at Santiago: Lieutenant F. 0. ol Bowers, who was assistant engineer of the p Maine, and Jeremiah Shea, n fireman on J, the ship, who was blown out of the stoko I holo through the debris, escaping uniu- ti ured almost miraculously. c< The Protestant services wero held flr?t, t! and wero very simple. G'haplaiu Clark, of j the Naval Academy, read the lujrlal service ? |fe: of the Episcopal Church, and thou gave Wf way to Father Chidwick, who was assisted jj by the Itevs. Holatnd and Browu and two purple-robed acolytes. With head bared to the wintry blast the Maine's Chaplain read a memorial service according to the st ! rites of the Catholic Church, consigned tho " dead, blessed the ground, repeated the J " Lord's Prayer, nud concluded with a fer- j rn vent appeal for the repose of the souls of ; s< the departed. _ A detachment of marines then marched : to the right of tho graves and ilrod three volleys over the dead, and in the deep , th..f foll.amal fha en.inl. tlia/tlaov ! 3UI IUWJ luat I v/ I I V \T V U L JiU V 1 (to it iUV VIVUA, silvery note ot a bugle rang out the soldiers' ami sailors' last gcrod-i ight. With | the sounding of tap9 the ceremonies end ad. Toe Prasldeut and his party nnd the f other distinguished guests, the military and the crowds then withdrew. WHY HE STONES RAILROAD TRAINS. . Ton-Year-Old Boy Hates Them Becauso j One Killed His Mother. t . Mostclaib, N. J. (Special).?A pollco. man caught Augelo Pomaco, tea years old, throwing stones at Frio Railroad trains ^ and breaking windows la them a few days ^ ago. Consequently Angelo found himself ^ confronting Justice l>;trltugton. j "What did you do It lor?" asked the j < Court. "Because my mamma was killed by a j train,"' was the unexpected reply. This gave the Justice pause, for what the j boy s iiil was true. When tlie little chap | began to sob softly the Court reached the i conclusion that it was u case requiring thought and postponed its decision." i PLAGUE APPEARS AT HONOLULUBrought There by Japanese Coolies Iin- f i ported to Work on Sugar Plantations. | San Fbaxcisco (Special).?Some time ngo ' the pbysieluus discovered two men suffering from the plague la tho native quarter y of Honolulu. They showed all the signs of ; lh? rtraaded dlce.asri and were uromDtlV ' \1 isolated. * " h -The transport Centennial arrived hero c from .Manila, via Honolulu, with a large o uumber of officers and sick and discharged tl eoldlers. She brings the news that, the n plague has broken out iu Honolulu. u The New Consul at Pretoria. j C | M 0 | j: {Son of Secretary of State Hay, recently V appointed United States Consul at PreI toria, South African Republic, to succeed r [ Charieg E. Q( U . i I \ ;UBAN PRISON REFORM. moral Wood Will Endeavor tc Romiy All irrajalaritias. ill Prisoner* .Must n? Tri^.l?.Usht Ilitv* Ureti Confined For Mont it* Without a Trial. Hata.va (Dy Cable).?fienoral Wood pays mt mi. of tli? flr.f tliini*. '10 lonl.-p 1 into fier bis arrival was the management of uhaa prisons. Investigation has proved tat, even among American prisoners alone, tore lias baea aa average detention of 11 vo loaths without trial. There are many lings calling for immediate attention, par* eularly in tiie matter of sleeping nceoratodations. It .'forms will be promptly indtuted in this respect, and hammocks will e supplied so that the prisoners will not e compelled to sleep on tin* bare doors, as i now the ease with those who are without lends or money. Only a lew who are able ? pay for them have cots. One of tlio first tilings taken in hand l\r eneral Wood as Military Governor of autiago was prison management. It was Is custom then to make a personal visit ) tfie local jail once a week and to go irongli the eutire list of those confine 1, iminurily disposing of the charges against lose who were obviously unjustly d?? tine ! and releasing those who had beeu npri-oned for a long period on some ui* ing ground. He intends to make weekly visits hern so until a majority of the existing abuses re abated, and lie is trying to devise cans that will insure prompt trials for crsons accused. Men whom General I.ndiow ordered to 9 released are still Held, nfter three or mr year* of waiting wit!i??ut trial. Gen ;?1 Wood thinks tliat when his order coos to e.'Te.-t calling upon all judicial officers id military commanders to send complete sts of prisoners awaiting trial the conation of untried prisoners will he relieved ithin fifteen davs. and he does not intend lat similar conditions shall arise again. IXSIT.GKXT FOICCK DEFEATED. riven Front ? 3Ioui?liilr? Stronghold bJ Infantry and Artillery. 3Ianil\ (By Cable). Colonel Loekett, itb a force of 12300, including artillery, tucked a strong force of Insurgentslneuched la the mountains near Moutalin. about five miles northeast of San ateo. The enemy were completely uted, the Americaus pursuing them rough the hills, amid which they fled lu 'ery direction. >our Americans were wounded. The ilipino toss was large, resulting from a eavy infantry ami artillery lire for tliree ours into the trcuclies. They numbered robably 1,000. The main attacking party consisted of u> Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, n roop or cavalry, au?l artillery. Colonel oekett commanding in person. The rost t the command operated from remote oints in an endeavor to carry out Colonel lOekett'.s plnn of throwing his Jine.s round the enemy, and thus cutting off rereat. The nature of the mountainous ountry made it impracticable to execute lis movement successfully. 03ERT3 AMD KITCHENER MEET. rititli Generals Sail From Gibraltar For South Africa. GiBr.iT.TAK (By Cable).?Tho British earner Dunottar Castle. having on board e^erai i*):J i*) )LTI.-*, UI jviuumitii9 v>umaiuler-iu-Uiiief ol the British forces in juth Africa, urrived here a lew days ago. genebal lonr> kitchener General Kitchener, who came from Egypt o join General lloberls as bis Chief ol liatT. en: bulked on board tlie Dunottur .'ustle nnd tbe vessel Immediately sailed or Cape Town. I'inston Churrliill ?afe In British Camp. London (By Cable).?From Deiugoa Bay (iuslon Gnurcbill sailed to Durban, and e is now in caiup at Chieveley. Mr. Iinrchtll describes the Boer position nortb t Coleuso as unusually strong, and adds nit beyond is a broken country. It is beeved iu Coleuso tbat Ladymitb is delanding early relief. Tbe Telegraph's correspondent at hievoloy says that when tbe American [ilitary Attache saw the position at oleuso he remarked, quietly: "Is there o way round?"' INDUCTED A SCHOOL OF CRIME. 'iiio Man Taught l.ittlc Children Uow to Steal in dtetail Store*. Li>ia, 0. io (Special).?James Poor mail, nested iiere a few days ago, lias been conuetiug a school of crime, according to the lories of Aggie Scaulua, aged eight years, rid of other* to the police. The Seanlan ir. said that Poorin in instructed her and veraI others to mingle with crowds in relil stores, to pick up articles Irotn the ou uters. How well he schooled them Is evidenced y the fact that none of the children was etccted, t ut when the police sear died oorrnau's room they found two truckfuls f pluuder?jewelry and small articles of i?!ue. King Ifpcelve* Minister to Portugal. King Carlos, at Lisbou, a few days ago :?ve an audience to John N. Irwin, the ew United States Minister to Portugal. IE SODTHAFRICiNWAR ' | . Character of the Campaign Has Entirety Changed. i j BOERS' UP-TO-DATE METHODS. 1! Slrensth or the Itaer Petition on trie Tugela The Trans rail Forces Are Now Discipline.! Armies l.piieco J iiArribons Aro in >o Immediate Danger Waiting For Roberts'* Army. i I Loxcox (By Cable). A dispatch to tho ; Daily 3fail from Pifetermaritzburg says: ( "Every day reveals some new fact rej gardlng tho strength of the Boor position | at Colenso. Thanks to the services of Coui tinental officers, the character of tho cami palgn has changed. We are uo longer lighting a foe who relies upon guerilla tactics; but we have to deal with what is rapidly becoming a disciplined army, en! joying the advantages of knowing the country and of selecting the scene of contest without the burdens o! a cumbersome commissariat. "Tho Boers have convcred tho bills near Colenso into fortresses of immense strength. Everywhere they have splendid trenches, many of them bomb proof. | Tramway lines permit the shifting of guns with astonishing rapidity. The main positions are connected with the outlying positions by underground passages, and the forts proper bristle with machine guns that command the approaches. Probably mines are laid. "Tho enemy's discipline is improving. The trenches represent great manual labor, for which t he Boers have a keen dislike. ami t lie way in which thoy retrained ttmir I lire when our troops were advancing Is another i>roof of improved soldiering." The Modder River correspondent of the Daily Chronicle gives nu explanation of a ; sudden rifle flro inexplicably opened from 1 the Boer trenches. He says: "The Boers have'wires stretched along the ground in front of the trenches and conuccted with lamps. If a wire be i touched a lamp Is extinguished, thus giving warning. One night a high wind extinguished a lamp, which resulted In a i false warning. The lire ceased when the Boers discovered that the alarm was I fu Ian ? i A correspondent of the Dally News at FrereCamp annonnces that a tramway is beinp constructed from the railway to a | hi!) commanding the Boer position, and that along this the British will convey heavy guns. In view of the apparent suplneness of the , British commanders in preventing the daily strengthening and extending of the i Boer positions along the Tugela and i Modder Rivers, which are now oon' siderod to be practically impregnable, many experts here aro "corning to the conclusion that the British have given up the idea of carrying these positions by assault, and will await the j transport and cavalry required to give their forces uecessary mobility, when they j hope to bo in a position to besiege the ; Boers in their respective forts, while General Roberts carries not the original plan of campaign, that of advancing straigiit north on Bloemfontein, the other generals ; detaching sufficient mobile troops to reach I their goals by circuitous routes. There is nothing in the official or best \ Independent reports to indicate that the ' beleaguered garrisons aro ia any special j straitf, calling for Immediate relief. The t latest advices from Kiinberlev, where a shortage is most feared, report plenty of ; food. * *> a o A ? ci r\r? fnU f r.-vm T n IvcmiHi there are many cases or enteric fever In town, hut not enough to cause alarm. On the other hand, reports from Boer sources on the Continent assert that typhoid fever is epidemic in Ladysmitb. Tde latest independent news from Ladyemlth says: "The Held fortifications would now withstand any organized attack the enemy is likely to deliver. There are sufficient foodstuffs for two months. The question of forage might be troublesome, but since the rums there lias beeu 9ome grazing within the British lines. There is no horse sicknesi!. "The casualties caused by our shell-fire are increasing, and the Boers are reported to bo becoming nervous. They fear night sorties, and constantly open a heavy fusillade on an imaginary attack." < TK.IXSVA VL'S TERMS OF PE \CE. Great Britain to Cede Territory and Acknowledge Independence. Dcr.iux, Natal (By Cable).?Winston ' Plmr<it?UI tirrlviiifv h**r?? lifter lli^es ! cape from the Boers. was enthusiastically received, Ho says that from conversations 1 with members of the Transvaal Governj ineut nl Pretoria he learned that the Boer.? j begun the war with trepidation, but that 1 President Kruger is now coufldent Great i Britain will soon sue for peace. In the highest Transvaal circles, 3Ir. ) Churchill asserts, there is serious talk of a compromise, bv which Great Britain would j cede the territory now occupied by the I armies of the two republics, pay an inI demnity oT ?100,009,031), and acknowledge i the complete independence of the Transvaal. tue; seizures or flour. I State Department lt? Not Woriled Over the Afinir. Washington, D.C. (Special).?TheequanI imity of the State Department is not at all | disturbed over the significance attached in i legal and mercantile circles to the stoppiug I I by British warships of British and Dutch ! | merchant vessels bound for Delago i Bay J j with cargoes exported from the United ] States. Tlie officiate express confl Jence that the British Government will make full reparation for any uct committed by Its naval agents if it "turas out to have been illegal or unjustified. Tli? Cost of the War. London (By Cable). It is now estimate! that the war will cost at least $331),003.000. and it is suggested that the sinking fund of the national debt should bo suspended for (lvo or six years iu order to defray the cost. Kilted While l'laylng William Tell. Robert CbafSn, sixteen years old, of Bonneltsville, allowed a playmate, Edward Johnson, to attempt tlio William Tell act In the streets of Beimeltav'llo, S. C. Jocnson used a rifle to sfioot the a,?ple olT Chuflln's head aud sent the bail through bis brain. Johnson did not know the gun was loaded. ChafTln was a member of one of the best families. The wedding of his sister had just been celebrated. | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED YTiudilwrton Item*. The President 1ms approved the retire ment from nctive service of Captain K.iwi: "White, U. S. N. Captain White has beei In *.ho service since Xovembor 29, 1S61. Hi 1 last command was the Philadelphia, rrhicl j was on ti:c Pacilio cca:f during the wo j with Sr.ain. i S.tanpoX liitcap; the Indians in the In di..a Territory nr. J at Crow Creek Agoncy in South Dakota, and other reservation has assumed serious phases. Congress wi! be asked for an appropriation or 559,09! with which to stamp out the epidemic. The Department of State has called upo: Minister Hunter for a report of the facts it the ease of the two Americans, Imbodei and Cold, who were killed by u native it San Pedro, Honduras, recently. Secretary Gage said In :? interview thai the Treasury had done ev? ything withit his power to relieve the inonoy stringency Inspector-General Breckinridge,in his an r.ual report to the Wur Department, urge: the creation of a joint army nnd nav] I uvwiu iu uiuai" utsuvr cuau|;oriuiuu uc tween the two b. inches of the service. General Allies has suRjtested a pinn to fll vacancies of the second lieutenant rank by praduatinpt on February 15 the present tlrs! class at West Foinr. Adjutant-General Crrbin opposes this, and there is a clash, which inu.-t bo settled by tbo Secretary 01 War. f The Urgent Deficiency Appropriation j bill is practically made up. The total will i amount to about *51.000,000. Of ttiis | amount 845,007.871 is asfce I for the Wat Department, and vO.OIS.TlO for tbe Navy I D Jpartment. ' ?... Brigadier-General Samuel B. M. Young has been appointed Military-Governor of j the provinces of northwestern Luzon, with j headquarters at Vignn. 1 Msjor-Ooneral O.is has issued a decree ! sanctioning civil marriages in the Philippines. j Geueral Br.tes returned to Manila from the flag taisings at Cottabatto, Pollok, Parang-Parnng, Davao and Mati. The Sultan, Midanao, and the leading Datohs welcomed the Americnn9. Contracts have been awarded for the i construction of two roads, south from ; Arecibo and Manati, Puerto Pico, eightI een miles, for which ?200,099 has been appriatod by tho insular budget. Division headquarters at Havana, Cuba, | has issued a roster of tho troops in tho isl' uud. It includes much valuable in form n! tlon concerning tho resources of Cuba, es! poclally lu mlne9, forests and public lands. I Railway Interests of Havana have heen | consolidated under tho management of the ; Electric Railway Company. Senor Do's, Governor of Pinar del Rio, : Cuba, says that tho tobacco croo of that , province" Is worth ?20,009,000. Labor on I tho plantations commands ?-1 n day. A farewell banquot was given to General Brooke in Havana; brief speeches were ; made by Generals Brooko and Wood. Home* tic. ! The tntnl number of the victims of the | Braznoll mini"/! accident neur Brownsj ville, Bonn., is twenty. ! Alderman Gnor/je Illll, of Milwaukee, ! Wis., committed suicide at his home by j shooting himself through the head, lie i was thirty-two years old and married, j Articles of incorporation of tho Panama i Canal Company of America hnve been liled i in Trenton, N. J. The capital stock of ttie company is 830,000,000. "Uncle" Peter Surprise, of rioasant I Grove, Ind., has just celebrated his 107th ! birthday. Ho is halo and hearty. Ho never has been sick and never has been photographed. Howard, Will and Charles Pug'a, aped ! nice, twelve and fourteen years, respectI ivolv. sons of .Madison Push, of the south ; era part of ("aboil County, W. Va.. are dead | from tlioofftfet3 of poison at a Christmas I dinner. The launching of the torpedo boat St ockton took place at the Trigg shipyard at Richmond, Va., in tne presence of a large crowd. She was christened by Miss Kate Stockton, granddaughter of Commodore Stockton. She is 175 feet long and a sister boat to the Shubrlck. In the case of Attorney John B. Welcome, charged with bribery in connection with tlie election of W. A. Clark to the United States Senate, the State Supreme Court at Helena, Mont., returned a unanimous decision of guilty, with penalty of disbarment. The decision in the case of tho city of Pittsburg. Penn., against State Senator t itfiii; .. "TM* i ~t r~_ *ionn nnn /!.?.? i tlllllli:!! riiuu >i:iu iui <n?ulaces was banded down by Judge White. I The defendants .were acquitted. The bondsmen of Charles Warron Saaldine, ex-President of tlie Olobo Savings i liank of Chicago, were called upon by verj nict of a jury to pay $231,367.9S to the trustees of the University of Illinois. Andrew Carnegie has made the city of Lincoln, Nob., a conditional gift of ?75,Odd for a public library building. The Lincoln Public Library was burned last Soptombor. 3!rs. Alice McGonigle, who has "been an inmate of the Newcastle County (Del.) Almshouse since 1884, received notice that she had been allowed a pension of ?12 par month, with back pay ainouutiug to C3,903.69. Mr?. McGoulgle bad two sons la the Union Army during tho Civil War, aud the pension is on account of their deaths Over ?50,000,009 are ou deposit in the Kansas banks. The increase for the past turee mouths Is $2,000,000. Foreign, Nine members of tho family of a wealthy landod proprietor named Kmnlski, near Kiliscb, Poland, hnvo bean killed by robbers after being frightfully tortured. The Privy Council held n meeting at I Windsor Castle, England, at which Queen | Victoria proclaimed a warning to all uritisii subjects not toas9l?l tho inhabitants of the j Transvaal or Orange Free State or to sell or transport merchandise thereto, under penalty of tin law, which was guzettod. T!:o bubonic plngun has appeared at Noumea, the capital of the Freuch penal colony of N'mv Caledonia. There are fourteen cases, nn<l the disease i3 spreading. Tlie Lolcal An7!ei??r, of Jlcrliu, , u'dishes want it claims to be the text of a secret treaty between Germany, Great Britain and Portugal uader which tiie two former Powers will become proprietors of nil the African ami Asiatic possessions of the Jastuamcd country. | An illustration of the severity of the cold throughout Germany is the fact that communication between Sclierrebek and the Inland ot Room is now had exclusively over a irozen arm of the North Sea, a condition which had not previously existed for tw;uty years. Geuor ii VYincrate lias snccoadad General Kitchener ns Sirdar and Governor- General of the Soudan. : LIBERIi ASKED OORUDj i French Er.croachment Responsible For *1 Montgomery's Visit, it is Said. r! ^ ; REPUBLIC NEED3 PROTECTION, I J The Cruiser's Mission ns London Sees It ?Date of Her Call Precludes the Idea! l That the Cruise Was in Any Way^ ' Connected With the Bosr War?Our 1 Neglected Coaliug Stations. i Wahhixotox, D. C. (Special).?Although the naval officials will make no official1 . statement respecting the crulso of the Montgomery to West Africa, it is admitted' ' that the ship was there in the early/all,' returning to ber station at Buenos Ayres I about November 1 last. Theso dates inj I EXECUTIVE MANSION AT MONROVIA, LIBERIA. themselves ra:?y ho regarded ?9 sufficient j* to dispel any Impression that thecruisiv was in any mannerconnected with the war between the British and the Boers. As to the real objects of tho cruise it Is * believed that the Navy Department had Its eve upon a possible coaling station o a the West Coast. Before uud during tho Civil War the United Stutes had no * less than three coaling stations on that ! coast. fhey were practically abandoned1 ! when the West African station was dropped I from tho list, but the chief of the Eqnip* meat Bureau. Itear-Adnilral Bradford, has. strongly urged that they be re-established,! so as to iusure our naval vessels a source of coal supply when passing from tho ! r.nsicju aiuiline otaies arouuu to tne ' Philippines and China, in the event that' ' the Suez Canal should be closed against them. I The Liberian Government al ways has been ' willing and even anxious that the station ' on its coast should be kept up, U only as a I manifestation of the interest of the United I ^'afes in the colony it created, and,to proI teet it by our moral Influence against Euro! peuu aggression. 1 i The iiritish conception of the object 'of. ] tlie Montgomery's visit to Africa therefore 1 may be entirely within the line of probability, ns intended not only to afford us a 1 1 good coaling station where one is badly | needed, but also to exhibit to other nation* our natural interest iu the negro colony ; founded by Americans. "WHAT IS SAIIJ IS LOS DOS. ! Why iliti I'ulted State* Warxhtp Visited the West African Coast. j London* (By Cable). It Is stated here j tbftt the United States cruiser Montgom' ery's recent visit to Liberia was the result! ! o?overtures made to Washington by that , i republic. Though the British Government j is in complete ignorance of the purpose oE j the Montgomery's mission, the establish- -v ; meat of a coaiiug station in Liberia by the | United States is regarded as scarcely; j probable, as, it is asserted, no Liherian: port hns any facilities for coaling, all of I thorn being open aud surf-bound. , But it is declared that a far more Iraport! ant step is under consideration. It consists in a joint request of the United States* aud Great Britain upon France to define' the boundary between the territory she' ; claims and that claimed by Liberia, Tills? [ step is not yet dacided upon, but Groat j Britain only awaits tbe assent -of the -* 1 United States to become a party to such a j request. i It is alleged that Franc?, for many years, has been encroaching on Liberia, aud it r.*a? only by the strenuous protest of the United States that she was prevented' fro n appropriating a largo slice of Liberia j iu 1392. _ -q According to tho Hon. Arthur Ponsonby,' i Managing Director of the Liberia Rubber Syndicate, which recently guaranteed tbe interest of Liberia's public debt, the Montgomery's visit is probably prompted by a i desire to ascertain the extent of French I activity. i j Liberia decorated Mr. Pon3onby a few 'days ago with the Order of African Re| damptlou, in recognition of his services against encroachments. CUT OFF HiS LEG WITH A KNIFE. Urakeuiaii Pinioned in Railroad Wreck Releases Himself. n?* ! Denver, Col. (Special).?The Cheyenne j Flyer on the Union Pacillc crashed into the ' Roulder Valley train at Hrigbtoo, Col., a j few days ago. A baggageman was killed and fourteen persons were Injured. Among the injured is S. G. Hurst, a bauker, of Rrighton, Col. t Remarkable fortitude was showa byFred| Laws, hraiietnau ou tiio ooutder Valley, train. He was making a coupling near the head of the train whou the collision oc- ? curred. He was thrown down, and a wheel ran unon his leg. pinning him down. His cries tor help were not heard, and he drew1 a knife from bis pocket, cut of his leg, and crawled from under the ear. To Got Youth's Companion .Honey. The will of Daniel Sharp Ford, publishor of the Youth's Companion, Hied ut Gambridge, Mass., disposes of an estate of about *2,WO,039. The Museum of Fine Arts and tbe 15 >stoa Punllo Library and! tue City Hospital uro glveu tGOJO eaob; i... v u r a ,.n,l tllrt Y. W. fi. A. and Massachusetts General Hospital get 570 )3 each. To the Baptist Social Union -353,000 it bequestha I. The entire Youth's , Companion pUnt, witU certain real estate, is le:t to tiie executors, to bs administered tor tho benefit of the Union. French 'Naval I'ro-rainme. Premier Waldeck-Bonssean, General do GaliifTet, Minister of War, an I M.de Lares-j -an. Ministero* Marine, bold a conferjnca, lu I'.ins a (<nv Unys a<o auU a .j/to/oJ thu; A naval programme.* Tuls is be ievea to in-; fjP. elude the buildiui; of twelve of the most( powerful battleships ailoat. An expend!*, iure of *83,0000.000 for the Increase of tbfti navy U contemplated. J . A