Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 1, 1902, Page 3

— BIG FIRE IN ST. PAUL, Davidson Block Is Damaged to the Extent of $205,000. St. Pan!, Jan. 29.—Fire that started in the Davidson block, at the northeast corned of Fourth and Jackson streets, caused last night a property loss of $205,000. Two of the four stories of the building were burned, and the walls and lower portion of the structure were saved only after a stubborn fight. Ten- ants managed to save a vestige of their belongings, carting them to a place of safety on the sidewalks or in adjoining buildings. The fire was discovered at 7:07 o'clock by E. D. Babcock, who had a printing establishment on the fourth floor of the building. Mr, Babcock was sitting at his desk in reom 59 when he saw the flames, which had eaten through the floor. He sent in an alarm, which was followed quickly by a.sec- ond alarmy when Chief Jackson ar- rived. This brought ten engines, which worked on the fire until long after midnight. WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDER. Quarre! Over Children Results in the Death of Neighbor, Mason City, Iowa, Jan. 29.—Mrs. Au- gust Lirhoff, accused of the murder of Edwin C. Bromley on Aug. 30, will plead not guilty to-day before Judge Smith. Mrs .Linhoff has always borne 1 good reputation here and moved in good = society. The Bromlggs were neighbors and the women had trouble over their children. This was taken up by the fathers, and on the evening of the tragedy, when the women and the men and a neighboring woman were all having a general quarrel, it 1s alleged that Mrs. Linhoff shot Bromley. At the preliminary hearing in Septem- ber one witness testified that Mrs. Lin- hoff’s husband did the shooting, but Mrs. Linhoff said that she did it, ani her husband, too, said that she did. GASOLINE MAY BE DEATH. Omaha Barkemen Are Hart in Ex- plosion in a Caboose. New Richmond, Wis., Jan, 29.—Cole- man and Buttman, two brakemen on an Omaha freight, were badly burned by the explosion of gasoline in a stove in the caboose, while they were cook- ing their dinner. The train was in motion between Turtle Lake and Clay- jon. The stove was working badly and Coleman poured gasoline on the burner while the flame was lighted. , An ex- plosior, followed instantly, terribly burning them about the face, and their clothing was torn from their bodies and the rags that remained caught fire. Both brakemen jumped from the train into the snow and were picked up and taken to Clear Lake. Their condition is critical, ST. PAUL MAN KILLED. William Jordi, Employed in the Lake (Wis.) Camp Falls to Death. Rib Lake, Wis., Jan. 29. — William Jordi of St. Paul, who was employed in one of the lumber camps of the Os- burn Lumber company at this place, vas killed yesterday by falling from the pilot of an engine while returning from town to camp. His body was badly crushed. OMicer’s Arm Bitten. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 29.—Capt. Dahl- gren of the Fargo police force is nurs- ing a painful arm as a result of a bite received while endeavoring to arrest John Haas, the Moorhead saloon man. The arm is badly swoolen to the shoul- der and is extremely painful. About a year ago a Fargoan died of blood pois- oning caused by being bitten in a drunken brawl, and the captain is feel- ing uneasy over his injuries. South Dakota Chicken Expo. Mitchell, S. D., Jan. 29. — The state poultry show opens here this week, and a large exhibit is promised. Judge Russell of Ottumwa, Iowa, has again been secured to score the birds, making his third call by the association. Sec- retary Bras states that a number of entries have already been received from Iowa and Nebraska fanciers, and the show promises to be a great suc- cess. Lead After One. Too. Lead, S. D., Jan. £9,—Lead wants a government building, and the Com- mercial club has presented a petition asking for it. Deadwood has been striving for several years to secure a building and has not succeeded so far, although the prospects of getting one at this term of congress are considered good. Miss Taubman Dead. Deadweod, S. D., Jan. 29.—Miss Kate ‘Taubman, a teacher in the Deadwood high school and a sister of E. J. Taub- mar of Aberdeen, inspector general of thirty-third degree Masons for South Dakota, died suddenly yesterday morn- ing. Miss Taubman was prominently known in South Dakota. Residence js Burned. Big Stone, S. D., Jan. 29.—The resi- \ dence of James A. Gold was burned yesterday. The household goods were saved. The house cost about $4,000, and was built four years ago. The insur- ance is about $2,000. Mr, Gold will build in the spring. Academy Burned. Milwaukee, Jan. 29.—De Koven Hall at St. John’s military academy, Dela- field, Wis., burned to the ground early terday. All the military equipment s destroyed. Students formed a bucket brigade, saving other buildings, w Gashouse Explosion. Bradgate, Iowa, Jan. 35 Hans Chris- plosion occurred in the ‘Shouse here yesterday morning, wrecking the building: The shock was heard all over the city. The less is $1,500, with no insurance. No one was hurt. Many Cattle Killed, Fonda, Iowa, Jan. 29, — The south- bound passenger train on the Milwau- kee plowed through a bunch of cattle on mile north of ‘here, killing ten head. ‘The engine was bespattered with blood from smokestack to tender. ~ .ner derartment | fire, entailing a loss estimated at $60,- ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGED MURDER. Tanke Couple Secure Separate Trirls in St. Peter Court. St. Peter, Minn., Jan. 30.—The Tanke murder trial was begun ‘here yesterdzy merning at a ‘special term of court be- ing held by Judge B. F. Weber of the Ninth district. The interest in th trial seems to be general and people from all parts of the county are here to watch the proceedings. County At- torney C. R. Davis is conducting the case for the state and is assisted by A. A Stone, former county attorney. J. A. Eckstein of New Ulm, H. J. Prek of Shakopee, and H. N. Benson of St. Peter, appear as attorneys for the de- fense. At the opening of court the de- fendant’s attorneys demanded separate trials for Mr. and Mrs. Tanke, who were indicted jointly, The motion was granted and Frank Tanke was selected as the person for the first trial. The cas¢ now in progress is against him. Tanke is the man who married the wid- ow of John Wellner, the murdered man. COMPANY MUST PAY. Judgment Against rthern Pacific for $7,600 Damages. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 30.—Michael Cor- rigan’s verdict of $7,600 against the Northern Pacific Railway company still stands. Corrigan was car repair- er and had been employed by the Northern Pacific here for a score of years. One night he was called to do some work on a car which was in the switch yards, and while at work the car was struck by an engine and the wheels passed over Corrigan’s leg, necessitating amputation. The com- pany made a motion to set aside the verdict and asked for a new trial. Judge Amidon took the case under ad- visement and has decided that the ver- dict must stand. SMALLPOX IN A SCHOOL. Milwaukee Catholic Institutions Closed by Disease. Milwaukee, Jan. 30.-A case of small- pox was discovered yesterday at St. Francis Catholic school, south of the city, and the institution was immedi- ately closed and most of the 260 stu- dents sent to their homes. A quaran- tine will be maintained against those remaining for fully two weeks if not longer. The patient who was taken il with the disease was a student and will be cared for there. A theological seminary is included in the college at St. Francis and this has also been closed. The seminary grounds almost touch the southern boundaries of the elty. ' FATAL ACCIDENT. Farmer Falls With Collapsed Chair— Splinter Driver Inte Skull. Elk Point, S. D., Jan. 30.—While vis- iting his brother near town last night, a chair on which Richard Connolly was sitting, collapsed, and a big splinter was driven into the base of the skull more than two inches. An hour later when a surgeon arrived the wound had swollen so that it took two men to pull the splinter out. Connolly is alive, but there is no hope of his recovery. He is sixty years old and a wealthy, re- tiread farmer. 5 EANK BURNS THRICE. EERIE x Lake City Institution Has Destract- ive Blaze Each Decade. Lake City, Minn., Jan. 30.—Fire, broke out in the furnace room of the Lake City bank yesterday morning and dam- aged the building to the extent of sev- eral thousand dollars; fully covered by insurance. This is the third time the bank has burned, each time ten years apart. Business was resumed as usual yesterday afternoon in the front part of the building, which was not dam- aged to a great extent. CHARGED WITH MAYHEM. Fargo Police Captain's Finger Is In- fmred by a Bad Bite. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 30, — Yesterday John Haas, a Moorhead saloonkeeper, was held for preliminary hearing under a charge of mayhem. Haas was ar- rested one night last week and es- caped by biting the finger of Capt. Dahlgren of the police force. The in- jury became very painful and Dahl- gren's arm was swollen to proportions which alarmed his friends. He made the complaint, charging mayhem. GARRIGAN IS BISHOP. Very Reverend Vice Rector of Uni- versity of America Chosen. Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 30.—News was received in this city yesterday of the appointment of the Very Rev. Phillip J. Garrigan, D. D., vice rector of the Catholic University of America at Washington, as: bishop of the new see of Sioux City. He will have charge of the diocese, which was established by the division of the archdiocese of Du- buque. Trying to Save Hartman's Life. Cherokee, Iowa, Jan. 30.—Hon. A. C. Hobart is at the head of a movement and petition to have the sentence upon Harry Hartman, for killing Florence Porter, changed from death to life im- prisonment. The paper is being freely signed by manv prominent men. A cross-petition will be filed in remon- strance by friends of Miss Porter. Jowa Plant Burned. Davenport, Iowa, Jan, 30.—The Bet- tendorf Steel Axel and Car Holster company’s plant was damaged $75,000 by fire yesterday afternoon. Insurance, $163,000. \ * Asks Farmers to'Be There. ‘ Hudscn, Wis., Jan. 30.--A.strong ef- fort is being made to induce many St. Croix county farmers to attend the an-, nual meeting of the state dairymens’ association, which meets in Menomonie about the middle of February. Big Store Gutted. Msnitowoc, Wis., Jan. 30.—The Wag- store was gutted by 000, divided equally between the con- tents and the-building. © Loss partly covered by insurance. | 1 | | POINTS IN FARMING. Would Give Them to Ru- ral School Children. “I want to see our rural schools do for the boys and girls in the country what courses in manual training are doing for them in the city,” sald State Superintendent Olsen, With this state- ment for a text, he continued: “Manual training courses train boys in the cities to use tools and to win success in the lines of industry in which will lie their fe work. I would give agriculture the same show, and teach the boys who are to become farmers how to win in the conquest of mother earth. “We have natur2 study now in our schools. I would carry the work still further, and give the farmer boys in- struction in scientific agriculture. To do this we must -esch the teachers first, and I want to make a beginning this year. I am negotiating now with two very well quilified gentlemen. If I secure them: they will deliver lectures to teachers at several of the summer sckools, giving them instruction along agricultural lines. It may be some time before such instruction can be made ‘general, but I want to make a begin- ning, and I believe it will prove popu- Jar.” 4 Supt. O. C. Gregg is in hearty accord with Mr. Olsen’s idea, The latter ad- dressed a farmers’ institute at Monte- video recently on “‘The Improved Rural School Environment.” Mr. Olsen would like to reach more of the farmers’ in- stitutes, but has not the time. He is anxious to impress on the taxpayers the needs of their schools. To vse his own words: “Great good comes from teachers get- ting together and discussing their edu- cational duties. I can see how great good may come from school officers and parents getting together and dis- cussing their duties toward the schools. Teachers’ institutes and farmers’ insti- tutes have the same general end in view, and I think they can profitably make excursions into each other's ter- ritory.” it. Ol: TQ PUBLISH ALL BALLOTS. Complete Ballot Must Appear in OM- celal Paper for Exery Change Made. State Printer C. C. Whitney has dis- vovered some rough edges in the pri- mary election law which will need at- tention as soon as possible. He has made sure by securing opinions from the state legal department. Balicts for city elections are prepared by the county auditor, and the printing bill has to be borne by the county. As- sistant Attorney General Somerby says the city should <eimburse the county for such printing, but there is no law to require it. Ballots must be printed twice in the courty official paper. This may be in a city twenty mites from the one hold- ing the election and will rot help the voters in the least. In Capt. Whitney's opinion a com- plete ballot will have to be printed for every change made. In Minneapolis, where there are thirteen wards, seven legislative districts and four county commistioner districts, there are a@ multitude of char-zes and a full ballot from congressman down will have to be printed for each change, occupying several pages of a newspaper. A RECEIVER ASKED For the Minnesota Mutual Farm In- surance Company. Elmer H. Dearth, state insurance commissioner, has asked Attorney Gen- erat Douglas to apply for a receiver for the Minnesota Mutual Farm Insurance Company ef Minneapolis. The assets consist of premium notes to the amount of $2,549.07 and debit bal- ances on agents for $678.25. None of these are available. Liabilities amount to $7,867.85. An assessment was levied Nov. 14, which should have brought $3,761.74, but only $156.16 was received. The officers evidently gave up, for when the examiner called the office was deserted and he had to secure the ser- vices of L. E. Utley, a former secre- tary, to get access to the books. H. G. Lund is president and S. R. Arthur, secretary. The company was incorporated in 1895. TWO DIE OF SMALLPOX. « State Board’s Weekly Report Shows 392 New Cases. The smallpox report of the state board of health for the week ending Jan. 20 shows 392 new cases, an increase of 34 cases over the previous week. Two deaths are reported, one from Perham village, Otter Tail county, and one from Godfrey township, Polk county. New cases are reported from 86 local- ities in 49 counties, compared with 93 lo¢alities in 47 counties last week. Hope township, Lincoln county, has 105 new cases. Minneapolis has 26 cases and New Avon township, Redwood county, has 20 cases. Other localities reporting more than ten cases are: Chanchassen township, Carver county, 13 cases; Platte Lake township, 12; Akeley, Hubbard county, 12; Bemidji, Beltrami county, 11, and Orton town- ship, Wadena county, 11. Three cases are reported from St. Paul. PARDON FOR YOUNGERS. Petitions for Same Pouring Into Governor’s Office. Petitions for the pardon of the Young- er brothers are pouring into the gov- einor’s Office, There is one signed by thirty-four members of the state sen~- ate, some of whom have written per- sonal letters. A long petition is insfrom Minneapolis, another from St. Paul, and there are several old soldier peti- tions. The application will be consid- ered is the board of pardons Saturday, Feb. 1. The National Guards’ Association of the United States adopted a resolution pproving of the establishment of @ national “military club” in this city. The objects are to promote be guard interests and provide a club flezvous. Che State Day by Day. | News of In- |, = terest. % ! > ; SWELLS THE FIXED-FUNDS. School and Other Funds Affected br New Tax Law. One of the problems the legislature will have to struggle with if it passes the new tax bill is the readjustment of th fixed state taxes. This will be dif- ficult until experience shows how great an increase in the assessed valuation of the state would result from the bill. The totai valuation of taxable prop- erty in Minnesota for 1899 was $585,083,- $28 This may be from a quarter to a half the valuation if the new bill is passed, depending largely on how the law is inforced. Each state tax levy contains the fol- lowing fixed taxes: Soldiers’ relief fund, .1 mill; funding tax fund, .2 mill; general school fund, 1 mill, and general university fund, .23 mill. e Should these taxes be left under the new law as they ere at present, it is argued, the funds will probably receive from two to three times as much money as it was intended they should get, add- Ing to the burden of the taxpayer. The revision of the fixed taxes so as to have them yield approximately the same amount as now, some legislators say, seems an impossibility, as it is not yet known what evasion, if any, will be practiced under the new Dill, and how much the valuation of the taxable property of the state will be increased. Another effect of the increased valu- ation under the new law will appear in cities. In nearly all Minnesota cities the state law limits; the bonded in- debtedness to 5 per cent of the assessed valuation. This new bill, it is con- ceded, will increase the assessed valu- ation of the property of the city, though there is no real increase of property. The tendency of cities, the legislators argue, is to undertake improvements that keep them bonded to the limit, so that larger municipal expenditures are looked for, should the bill become a law, unless the legislature changes the limit on cities. MEAT FOR STATE WARDS. Supplies of Reef and Pork Are Pur- chased for the Various State Insti- tutions. The state board of control has awarded contracts for supplying to the state institutions pork and beef prod- ucts for the quarter beginning Feb. t. The contracts in the aggregate amount to $15,000, and were awarded as fol- lows: ’ Swift & Co. of St. Paul, to supply pork for Anoka ahd Hastings asylums, Fergus Falls and St. Peter hospitals, Faribault schools for the blind and feeble-minded, | Owatonna training school, St. Cloud reformatory and Still- water prison. Libbey, McNeal & Libbey of Chicago received the contract for supplying pork products to the Red Wing train- ing schcol and the J. F. McMillan of St. Paul was awarded the contract for the Faribault school for the deaf. The contract to supply beef and beef product to the Anoka and the Hastings asylums, the Faribault school for the blind, the Owatonna and Red Wing training schools and the St. Cloud re- formatory went to the Armour Packing Company of St. Paul. Supplies of beef for the Faribault school for the deaf and feeble-minded will be furnished by Lyman Tuttle of Faribault. The con- tract for beef at th2 Stillwater prison went ‘to Swift. & Co. of St. PaBul and Libbey, McNeal & Libbey of Chicago received the contract for supplying beef for the asylum at Fergus Falls. VALUED SPECIMENS BURNED. The Varsity Fire Destroyed a Large Cranial Collection. The medical department of the uni- versity loses many valuable anatomical specimens as the result of the fire in the Anatomy building recently, These specimens are a part of the regular museum and were almost invaluable. A collection of 100 skulls representing the different human races, was com- pletely destroyed, as well as a large number of anatomical specimens show- ing irregularities and peculiarities dis- covered in the dissection work during the past years. A number of wax specimens made in Germany were ruined. ‘The library and cadavers in cold storage were saved. It is expected that the building will be repaired and ready for use within two weeks. ‘An entirely new course in psychology is to be offered’ by Prof. Harlow Gale of the university during the second semester. It is a course in the psychol- ogy of music, and so far as known has not been offered as yet by American universities. Simflar to the courses in German universities, lectures will be given with experimental demonstra- tions to analyze the tota! aesthetic ef- fects of music into its elementary com- ponents of tone quality and quantity, rhythm, - melody, harmony contrast. The course is based largely on original experimental material. A feature of the course will be the special lectures to be given preparatory to the best pub- lie cencerts during the musical season. FILE WITH SECRETARY. Candidates in St. Cloud and Chat- fleld Are Provided For. Candidates for office in towns that are in two or more counties will have to file their affidavits with the, secre- tary of state, according to a recent opinion of the attorney ‘general. ‘The | citizens of Chatfield lately petitioned the governor to recomment’ the repeal of the law, and the city of St. Cloud, which lies in two counties, has asked the help of the iepartment in settling the question of filing affidavits. The law provides that a candidate to be voted for in more than one county shall file his affidavit with the secretary of state. This has been taken as fitting the case of candidates for town offices. );where the towns are in more than one county. i A A ‘ONGRESS | RESUME OF THE WEEK’S PROCEEDINGS. es 2 2 tts The Senate. Washington, Jan. 24—An effort was made in the senate yesterday by Mr. Mason of Illinois to obtain considera- tion for a joint resolution which he in- troduced, extending the thanks of con- gress to Winfield Scott Schley “for his brave and able conduct of the American fleet at the victorious battle of Santi- ago.” The effort, however, was not successful. Mr, Mason’s resolution, in addition to the thanks of congress, pro- vided that Admiral Schley should be presented a sword, that bronze medals commemorative of the battle of Santi- ago should be distributed among the officers and men ‘‘under the command of Schley during said battle,” and that $10,000 be appropriated to meet the ex- penses of the resolution. On motion of Mr. Hale the resolution was referred to the ccmmittee on naval affairs. The resolution introduced by Mr. Tell- er providing for imtervention on the part of this government in behalf of Gen. Scheepers, sentenced to death by the British South African authorities, was postponed indefinitely as Scheepers already has been executed. The department of commerce bill was under considerati-»n the greater part of the session, but no definite progress was made. In the House. The consideration of the urgent de- ficiency bill, which has been under de- bate in the house since Monday, was completed yesterdiy, but owing to the lateness of the hour, passage of the bill was postponed until to-day. A suc- eessful effort was made to increase the pay of rural mail carriers from $/0 to $600 per annum. Mr. Hill of Connecti- cut made the motion to increase the ap- propriation for this purpose. It was resisted by Mr. Cannon and Mr. Loud, chairman of the postoffice committee, on the ground that the method was ir- regular, but the members with rural constituencies supported it and it was adopted—109 to 78. In the Houre. Washington, Jan. 25.—The house yes- terday passed the urgent deficiency ap- propriation bill and devoted the re- mainder of the session to a private pension legislation. It then adjourned until Monday. The Republicans forced a record vote on the amendment to the deficiency bill to appropriate $500,000 for the protection and shelter of American soldiers in the Philippines and 16 Demo- erats voted for it. In the Senate. Washington, Jan. 23—An animated and prolonged discussion was precipi: tated in the senate yesterday over the right of army officers to criticise utter- ances made in the senate or elsewhere on the conduct of affairs in the Philip- pines. At times it became somewhat acrimonious, officers in the Philippines being taken abruptly to task for state- ments attributed to them in dispatches trom Manila. Rising to a question of privilege early in the session, Mr. Dubois of Idaho had read an Associated Press dispatch from Manila in which Gen. Wheaton was quoted as’ criticising some utterances ef Prof. Schurman in a speech deliv- ered in Boston. Mr. Dubois thought the president, in the circumstances, would be warranted in reprimanding Gen. Wheaton for his criticism. He declared that such comment upon the action of the senate was “outrageous and indecent,” and that the minority had had quite enough of threats ana blackmail. The debate, thus precipi- tated, took al wide range. Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts, Mr. Spooner of Wis- eonsin, afid others maintained that 10 newspaper utterances. ought to be ac- cepted as the basis of a reprimand of any officer unless it were supported by an investigation indicating the aceur- acy of the report. In the House. The house adopted a resolution eall- ing for documents relating to the old training ship. Vermont, which was placed out of commission last summer, ani passed a bill to provide for the compulsory attendance of witnesses before registers and receivers of the general land office. A bill to appropri- ate $100,000 for establishirg homes for the teaching of articulate speech to deaf children was defeated, The house adjourned until Wednesday. In the Senate. Washirgton, Jan. 29. — A Philippine storm was central in the senate cham- ber yesterday for nearly three hours, but was void of definite results. At times it looked very serious, and the spectators who thronged the galleries, watched it with breathless interest. Acrimony in senate debates is not infrequent, but old senators say it has been years since there has been such @ hurricane of bitter vituperation, of personal taunt, of ugly charges and of ‘unmodified criticism as was witnessed yesterday. Not since the discussion of the resolutions leading up to the His- Fano-American war have any scenes occurred in the senate comparable with yesterday. Even -that debate lacked the personal bitterness manifested at times yesterday. Irritation was aroused on both sides of the chamber, and once or twice personal encounters between senators seemed imminent. Once when Senator Teller Taunted the Republican senators by declaring they knew the statements made in a recent dispatch from Manila, in which Gen, Wheaton was represented as criticising the op- ponents of the government's policy in the Philippines were true, a half-dozen Republicans were on their feet in an in- stant. Senator Lodge, at whom the. taynt seemed to be aimed particularly, hurriedly crossed from his seat in the center. of the Republican side to the main aisle of the senate, and, white to the lps, passionately challenged the statement of the Colorado senator and demanded’ that he withdraw it. Sena- tor Teller so modified -the statement that further hostilities at that time were averted. : One of the sharpest colloquies of the session was between Senators Spooner of Wisconsin and Tillman of South Carolina. The race problem, involving the lynching of negroes was interjected into the controversy and much feeling was manifested by both senators. In the coul¥se of the colloquy Mr. Spooner declared that if The Same Kale were to be applied to the colored peo- ple in the Philippines as Mr. Tillman referred to in the South. then “God nefp the colored man in the Philip- pines.” “God help him in the Philippines now,” shouted the South Carolina sen-, ator passionately. ‘You have already butchered in three years three times as many as the Spaniards did in three centuries.” “Tt is one thing,” retorted Mr. Spoon- er, “to kill men with arms in their hands against the government and against the flag. It is another to burn them.” Senators in their excitement seemed for the moment to have forgotten the subject of debate. Prior to the outbreak on the Philip- pines question the senate concluded the consideration of the bill establishing @ department of commerce ard passed it. The name of the new department was changed to that of the department of commerce and !abor. Illness ef Queen Alexandra. ‘Windsor, Eng., Jan. 30.—Queen Alex- andra is again slightly indisposed, ow- ing to a slight cold. This has caused @ postponement of King Hdward’s re- turn to Lendon. EIGHT LIVES ARE LOST. Awful Result of a Fire in a Tene- ment House. Boston, Jan. 30.—Eight persons dead, three more probably fatally burned, and three seriously hurt in jumping from windows and others more or less hurt, was the result of a fire just be- fore 2 o’clock this morning in an Ital- ian tenement house on Fleet street, North end. Seven of the dead are adults, and the eighth is a child. The building was four storfes in height. The fire was not seen until it was under headway, so that sleeping inmates oft the upper floors were cut off. Prisoner Jumpt Overboard. Vallejo, Cal., Jan. 30. — Horman F. Lambert, a prisoner on the receiving ship Independence, awaiting trial on a cherge of desertion from his ship on the Asiatic station, jumped overboard last night.. It is not known whether he es- caped or sank. Sentenced to Reformatory. New Richmond. Wis., Jan. 30.—Lloyd Bixby of Emerald pleaded guilty to one of several burglary charges before Judge Arnquist and was sentenced to the state reformatory at Green Bay for not less than ore nor more than three years, MAKE BREAK FOR LIBERTY. United States Prisoners Make an Un- successful Attempt to Escape South McAlester, Ind. T., Jan. 30—One hunéred and forty-two prisoners in the United States jail here made an unsuc- cessful attempt to escape last night and two of them were slightly wound- ed by the guards in the fight which followed their break for liberty. The prisoners charged their failure to es- cape to an aged trusty whom they sus- pected of betraying them. They pounded him nearly to death before he was rescued by the jailer. Whole School Exposed to Smallpox. Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 30.—As a result of Bessie Pew, a high school student, attending school, the entire institution has been order2d closed by the health officers as a result of her exposure to smallpox. She resides with her grand- father, Nathan Johnson, who has the disease in a well developed form. Found Hidden Gold. Muncie, Ind,, Jan. 30.—Mrs. Lee Glass yesterday secured $700 in gold, buried by her father under a porch in the rear of his home on Grant street. Before his death, a week ago, he told his daugh- ter the money was secreted there. Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 30.—L. P. Johns, who ccmmitted suicide at Redfield on Friday, is said to have confessed to the physician who attended him that he bovght the poison in this city a year ago, intending to end his life at that time, but that his nerve failed. Winona, Minn., Jan. 30.—J. C. Jenks of this city, the only Winona poultry breeder who exhibited at the Chicago show, has returned with high honors. He entered his Buff Cochin bantams and secured all of the premiums offered in that class—twenty-one—and four special prizes. Helena, Mont., Jan. 30.—Orders have been received here by Col. Ray order- ing the First battalion, Eighth regi- ment, now stationed at Fort Harrison” and Missoula, Mont., and Fort Yates, N. D., to the Presidio, San Francisco, preparatory to embarkation for the Fhilippines. The orders state that they will be relieved by the returning Ninth regiment. . Officials at Copenhagen deny that it has been decided to take a plebiscite of the Danish West Indies after the rati- fication by the United States of the treaty providing for the sale of those islands to the United States. Farmer Fights 2 Maniac Who Was Armed (With a Knife, La ‘Crosse, Wis., Jan. 25. — With a butcher knife in his hand John Bro- prisle, a La Crosse county farmer en- tered the home of Henry Bonsack, an- other farmer, and threatened to kill the entire family. In the fight that fol- lowed Bonsack succeeded in getting the knife and then locked Brobrisle up un- til the arrival of ‘the sheriff. He ts thought to be insane. Santiago, Chile, Jan. 25.—The Chilean government will present a diplomatic claim against the United States of Colombia bécause of the loss of the Chilean steamer Lautaro, which was sunk in Panama harbor during an en~" gagement with che Colombian Liberals on Jan. 20. gary Mexico City, Jan. 25.—Another slight earthquake shock ghook Chilpancingo yesterday afternoon and people ran about the streets in despair. No harm was done, Official data shows that 6l4 houses, not including governme! nt! 2 ~ rw we