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Big Fire in New York. Fifty-Four Engines and Fire Fig?ti&g Apparatus Were at Work at Ooe Time. New York, Jan ol.-Tbe seven story faofctry of tho William Wi?ke oompaoy, oaoufacturers of cigar hoses, labels and ribbons, at 401 to 419 Thirty first street, was shaken this afternoon by an explosion ic the "sbav rog tower" wbioh wrseked the tower and demolished the roof of the eogioe house Tho explosion is attribated to gas leaking into the "tower '7 Nearly 800 parsons, including 350 women, were at work in tbe factory A panie ensued bat only two persoos seriously injured. Joseph Speidler, fireman, was badly ont and bruised and may die Emil B?rscbe?. a stream fitter, was badly oat about the bead and shoulders. Both were sent to Bellevue hospital. A score or more were slightly burt. Otto Re?dle, the cbief engineer who was at luooh. was arrested. FritzSoaofield, the assistant eogio eer, who was tn the engioe house was also arrested. The loss cau3ed by the explosion amounted to several thousand dollars. Fire that did damage to the extent of $1,500,000 started anew in the William Wicke company's building tonight In a half hour the entire building extending half the length of the block ia Thirty 5rst street to the river, was a OS&ES of fi?mes aod tbs firemen confiaed their work to saving the adjacaot structures. Superintendent Dooaer of the build? ing department, and Cootractor Cody, wno bas ac annual ooctract for remov? ing wreckage of burned buildings, were at work with 30 uno sttempticg to puli down the wrecked shs7?og tower. The ruins of the tower fell into the ins of tho biler room and into aJja ot rooms in which were stored chemicals for the seasoning cf woods, us causing a second explosion Smoul? dering embers from the iate fire added to this and io a moment there ?as a iaree biaza. The eco of Engioe company 16. who had been left on duty and bad pct oat a "watch line." were at work at the time. Four alarms were turned in within 15 minutes. Cbief Croiser soon arrived and sentie a fifth alarm A minute later he sent ia the alarm known a9 "two nines)1,, the first this alarm has been used since the Nassau Chambers building fire io 1898 Tbe fina? call brought 54 engioe?, 'hook aud ladder companies, tenders and water towers and searchlights. The Wicka building was seen to be doomed and the men tamed their atteotioo to the tenement house at 464 east Thirty-first, opDOsite the barning factory This is a five story tenement j occupied by 22 families of Italians aod Germans The police got them ont safely. The fire spread with the greatest rapidity throughout the entire plant of the Wicke oopaoy The police theo begsn saving people io other tenement houses. Eagtoe oompaoy 21 was sta? tioned almost uneeroeath the walls of the burning factory. The firemen had beea forced back by tba beat, The tb ree white hordes stansted hard to esc^p*? from the burning heat and some firemen threw nrenmts over their heads and ran in aod cu? the traces The hr>-3?s p'coged madly away, but became enrvglsd about a lamp pest. Three firemen secu-cd a int of overcoats from the crowd, cut the lines aod started ! ihem away WRECK ON C & D RY. Darlington Jan 31 -Train No 453, running extrs from Darlington to RartsviHe under orders, wa* wrecked at Swift Creek trestle this morning The train left the station hera at 9 30 running backward, turn ing the curve near the cotton mill The engineer blew his whistle for brakes and seeing no signal looked again when he saw a flagman running towards the train. He immediately pot ia the emergency brakes and reversed the lever but too late to revent the disaster The trestle j was under repairs and there were a hand car and cross ties on it. This tbe engine struck The trestle was badly wrecked, the rails and founda? tion being left. The baggage car wa? upside down in the water and on fire, and the coach was one end in the water, the other leaning on the end of the trestle, the engiue being on the edge of a high embankment with the tender 200 yards down the track, having broken loose., being in front Engineer McLeod was badly brused and bad his head and face burned Conductor Welsh was in j the coach which was overturned He j was badly bruised. Bullock, the j colored fireman, and Tomlin, the* colored brakeman, who were on the j engine, jumped, though begged by I Engineer McLeod not to do so Bui j lock will probably die, whiie Tomliu j may recover. Engineer Mcleod has been on the j main line five years, and this is his first accident. Work waB immediate? ly begun by the engineer and fireman to prevent farther damsge from fire. There will be no train to Cheraw until Saturday. The Bostock "Zoo" in Baltimore is sroei and S3Teaty fiva animals perish. Neely the Scapegoat The Big Stealing Was Done in Washington. Washington, Jan. SO -Senator Hanna is said to have engaged rooms at Havana during the period when Rathbone is to be tried for embezzling the funds of the Coban postofiice, and to be actively engaged in his defense. This, of course, will only be return? ing favors in kind as Rathbone "carried the sack" when Hanna was elected to tba Senate and is undoubt? edly qualified to make some ugly disj closures if he sees fit to do so. At the same time, it is declared that efforts have been made to get Neely to plead guilty by promise to get bim off with imprisonment for one year if he will do so, the failure of juatice in this respect to be charged up to the Cuban courts. Neely himself has made a publish? ed statement in his own defense in which be claims to be as innocent as any lafnb Without giving much credence to this, officers here feel confident that there was at ieast as much roguery or malfeasance here in Washington as there was in Cuba in connection with the postoffice trouble Rathbone, it is said, is to be gotten off because he knows of these things and could establish them, while Neely, who was merely a subordinate and not having access to the incrimi nating documents in question will not be spared unless he is willing to act as a scapegoat and take the entire blame, thus exonerating others The following are some excerpts from Neely's statement : "Had I wanted to steal, why did I not do j it when there was a chance for me to get something worth while ? Once I could have pocketed a million dollars. The man who says that the stamps were not destroyed, or who says that I said the packages contained only brown paper, tells a damnable lie. Save for one or two packages, they i were ia the original. If they con? tained only brown paper the fraud j was committed in Washington This explains the three principal charges against me: The stamps were actual ly destroyed. The payments on account of Rathbone^ house and per diem were specifically ordered from Washington. The shortage with which I am charged does not exist in fact 1 wish I bad chance at a trial before an American jury, with the privilege of examining and the power to subpoena witnesses, books and papers. The Poetoffice officiais deny all of Neely's statements Of conree, they would naturally do so in any case It is noticed, however, that they keep the Lawshe report very secret This, in fact, it is said, will never be made public, not even after trials are over. A Boston Fanatic Boson, Jan 30-Mrs. Mary Greeo, who seemed to be familiar with the methods of Mrs Carrie Nation of Kansas, wrecked a Camb ridge street barroom last evening and today was sestenced to serve a term at the house of correction iira. Green not only ?aid the bar tender low with a plate, but also re? duced the barware to molecules, shattered several plate glass mirrors and drove the frightened patrons of the establishment into the wine cellar - i-i ? - NeDiey ic Havana. Havana, Jaouaiy 30.-Charles F. W. Neeley, formerly chief of the bureau of finance of the Cuban post office department, who was arrested in Rochester. NY, last May,charg ed with embezzling ?36,000 of the department funds, has arrived here on the steamship Mexico from Mew York, January 27. Capt. Lucien Young, captain of the port, took charge of the prisoner and delivered him to the keeper of tho Carcet. Lawyer Viondi Neeley's counsel, had a long talk with the prisoner Neeley is in good spirits, received many visitors aud talked con?dently of his acquittal Do Not Drink Wniie Eating. Liquids at meals, if taken too often or too carelessly, are liable to dilu-.e the gastric juices Take no liquid of any kind when food is in the mouth Take as little as possible till the close of the meal. The diges tive agents themselves being fluids it is reasonable to suppose that nu ezcess of liquids taken with the food will have a tendency to diluU and thereby weaken the digestive juices -February Ladies' Home Journal. The Only American Girl to Marry a King. But one American *irl bas eve? married a King, and she. a New England woman, cow H wia^?v, ?=. living io a royal palace in the country of ber adoption, almost lost sight of b? her American sisters and friends The romaneo of this fascinating, gifted American giri, who won the hjud and heart of a King-one of the prettiest of love stories-will be one of ?bc features of the March Lidies1 Home Journal. Charges Made Against ! Hawaiian Delegate, Alleged That Wilcox Has Heid CommunicatioD With Filipinos. Washington, Feb 1 -Charges have submitted to the bouse com? mittee ou elections No I. against Robert W Wilcox, the Hawaiian representative in the house of repre tatives, by George D. Garr, of Hawaii, who submitted documents purporting to be copies of letters writtten by Wilcox to Filipino cffi cials Tue alleged letters are of a highly sensational character. One bears the alleged siguature of Wil cox it is dated Honolulu, January 31, 1899, and addressed to Dr Jos. Losada, Capt. Marti Burgos, and Senor J. Lona, and introduced to them a "friend of mine who is a very able man to help you in the letter says: "Mr.-will be a useful ally to fight for the cause of the Philippines " "One thing is sure that you could resist against any army of invasion -you have a population of 12 OOO, 000 and already a disciplined army of 30,000 well equipped with modern arms " "I have already made up my mind to join with you in your country 1 against America in case they insist to ignore the right, the justice of your cause ? know wei! my pro fession as an artillery officer. I have no fear of the whole world when I fight for a legitimate cause like yours. Between myself, it would be very little chance left to the invading army of the United States to couquor your country Tell Gen. Aguinaldo 1 have already given my service for your country and I am ready to obey orders to go to your country and fight for the independence of your j people and country at any moment ,; Another letter dated Honolulu. March 8, 1899, says : "I am thinking to go to the Philip pine islands and give my assistance to Aguinaldo against the invaders the hypocritical invaders-the carpet? bag politician-Otis'' The petition says there waB no election machinery when Wilcox was elected delegate, Nov. 6, 1900, and that many voters, therefore, made no attempt to vote lt is alleged "that Wilcox in his speeches prior to the election, made use of the strongest kind of anti American utterances for the purpose of carry ing the election, telling the native Hawaiians that the Americans had stolen their country and that a vote for him was a vote for the restoration of the queen and that if he were elected the queen would be restored ; that said Wilcox was and is guilty of treason against the United States in that he did, as petitioner is informed and believes, since the annexation of said Hawaiian islands, write and send through the United States maila certain letters highly treasonable in their nature wherein he did counsel and incite others to engage in open rebellion against the United States and did so offer his own services." The petition in conclusion charges bis election was invalid ; that "be is Dot a tit and proper person" to repre? sent Hawaii, alleges bigamy and al leges "written and uttered treason able language ;" wherefore it is peti iioned he should be expelled from congress Mr Wilcox says he has no fear of the charges made He admits that he wrote a letter to Dr Losada, Cap?. Burgos and Senor Luna, introducing Caesar Morino, an Italian of this city, whom he knew while the latter was in Hawaii and to whom the un addressed letter fiied by Gear was addressed, but he said he was unable to say whether the letters filed were exact copies of those he sent \ Story of a Slave. To bo bound hand and font for ye?<rs by the chains of distase is the worst foi ru of slavery George D. Williams, of Manchester, Mich., tells how >uch a slave was made free. He says: "My wife has been so helpless for five years that shs could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bettles of Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully improved and able to do lier own work." This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness, sleepless? ness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working medi? cine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c. So(d by J. F. W- eLorme, Druggist. 6 Two Oldest People Found. New York, Jan 31 -After seach ing six months for the oldest persons in the world, the coramitte on vital statistics of the Hundred Year club, of this city, has prepared a report which shows that the oldest man is Isaiah Rodofsty, of Moscow, Russia, who is iu his 136th year, and the oldest woman, Mrs Nancy Hollineld, of Battle Creek. Mich, who is 117 Rodofaty is reported by Dr Joseph j Jernossky, of Moscow, who says toe old man comes of a long lived family. His father died at 120 yeais Rod wi' 3iy's sight is good, but his hearing is poor. He way never ill ; uses liquor, but has never used tobacco Dr Wood, of tiie Battle Creek, Mich, sanitarium, roports that Mrs Hcllifield has lived a temperate, simple life, doing housework .for SOUTHERN CLAIMS PASSED BY HOUSE. ?Stores and Supplies Ty ken by the Union Army. i _ Washington, Feb 1 -The boase j today passed an omnibus bill carry ing 191 ciaims tor stores and supplies taken by the ?niou army during the war between the states. The claima were passed on by the court of claims under the Bowman act and aggregated $344 480 Practically ail the beneficiaries reside in the south. Considerable opposition to the bill was displayed early in the day under the leadership of Mr Cannon, the chairman of the appro priation committee, but it flattened out later and the bill was finally passed without division. The bill to amend the Chinese exclusion act with a view to prevent? ing the fradulent entry of Chinese into the United States was passed It was agreed that the bili establish? ing a national station bnreau should be made a continuing order after the disposal of the bill to promote the efficiency of tbe reveuue cutter ser? vice The bili to authorize the con? struction of a first order light at Hillsboro, Florida, at a cost of ?90, 000 was passed The bill for the relief of St John's Lodge of A F and A. M of New Berne, N C , appropriating $60,000 for the destruction of the Masonic iodg? by Union troops during the rebellion, was passed Mr Thomas of North Carolina defended it in debate The house then went into commit tee of the whole and took up the omnibus bill The individual items in the bill were each discussed by the oppon ents of the bili and its consideration was prolonged for several hours, but it was reported finally to the house and passed without division. Bills were passed to authorize the con? struction of two dams across the havannah river above Augusta, Ga, and to authorize the Mississippi Choctaws to bring suit in the court of claims against the Choctaw nation to determine their rights under the treaty of 1830. And yet it is doubtfol if any of these Kansas ealoons sell a brand that would make evon an able bodied man out up like Mrs Carrie Nation -Atlanta Journal. IS LIKE A DELICATE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT In good condition she is sweet and lovable, and sings life's song on a joyful harmonious string. Out of order or unstrung, there is discordance and unhappiness. Just as there is one key note to all music so there is one key note to health. A woman might as well try to fly without wings as to feel well and look well while the organs that make her a woman are weak or diseased. She must be healthy inside or she can't be healthy outside. There are thousands of women suffering silently all over the country. 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