Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1901, Page 1

( i:. ) L=l \I‘»l,l.\l-llill JU HAVOC Lives and Property Wipsd Out by Raging Fires in Varions Pl ol " MANY PERSONS DIE HORRIBLE DEATH.% One Entire Family Suffars Torturs, Feur Being K lled FIREMEN BENEATH BURIED WALLS Disaster in Mexico with Frightful Lo Life. FIFTEEN BODIES ALREADY ARE FOUND One of Finest public Thousands DUBOIS, today of three co John 1 by Pa., De @ terrible ir terda Word r ched here Jefterson home troyed miles m mer T wis d I ty, ye ing Ashbiugh m fire ath anner that r othors and four 1 One other burned | Jure Dead WILLIAM ASBHBAUGH A BROTHER of the baugh home MAYBEL duughter HARRY JAMES Injurcad Herman Ashbaugh ery doubttul Mra. Ashbaugh broken and Injured internally from a -story window John Ashbaugh, the husband and father seriously burned suffering fre posure, Two ars old f the Ash owner o ASH AL 12-year-old ASHBAUGH ASHEBAUGH a ear-old so; 8 years old, recov- serfously burned by Jum leg g and ex burned 1y hour in ndoubtedly young children, painfully The happened at an the morning and the fire caused by an overheated stove. was Awnke y Flamen, Mr. Ashbaugh entering the room he the lower part of the h e, Me| made his way outside with his two small- | est children and hurried back to look for his wife, brother and four other children, who w stll In the house. He suc- « In reaching a that had been occupied by the chillren, but only one, the | 18-year-old boy, Herman, was there. Ho| cculd hear the screams of the three others in another room which he was unable to Teach Mr. wakened cuplec was by sme and found Ashbaugh could not enter their room The flames were %o flerce he was cor pelled to fight his way from the house. Meantime Mrs. Axhbaugh had jumped from an upper ‘story window and was lying on the ground with a broken leg and suf-| fering from internal injuries and burns. | Reports from the injured persons tonight say Mr. and Mrs. Ashbeugh and the twe youngest children are expected to re- cover, but the condition of the boy Herman 18 stll critical, Fireman Perinhes BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 22.—A special to the Age-Herald from Huntsville says In a fire which this morning burned the #tore of the Alabama Feed and company in Commercial row and destroyed or ruined ten other stores one fireman was killed and another seriously injured After the flames were under control Fire- men Henry Cochran and John Colburn were standing just within the door of the feed store playing a line of hose when the front wall topple r and the two men were buried beneath three feet of hot brick and blazing embers Fully half an hour elapsed before the first man, Cochran, was dug out. His #kull was crushed, two limbs broken aud his body badly burned. He died in a few minutes, Colburn was protected by a large plece of timber which fell directly over him and his injuries were not fatal. The proprety loss was $40,000 Entire Town Th BIRMINGHAM, Ala., to the Age-Herald from Goodwater, says: For the second time within thirty days the business section of this town has been practically wiped out by a disastrous fire, At 10 o'clock tonight eix business houses were burned, the estimated loss being over $40,000, For awhile it seemed as if the entire town would be burned, but a stiff wind from the east kept the flames from crossing the street. Al drygoods and groceries were moved out of the stores in danger on the opposite side of the street, and these gooda were badly damaged. Two Lersons Killed. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.~Isaac Gill, a tailor, 62 years of age, and an unidentified man lost thelr lives at a firo which destroyed @ four-story sweatshop building on Clinton street tonight. Four people were injured, none of them fatally, About forty men anl women were at work in the building. The fire started in the busement and gaine such headway that escapo was cut off. The people jumped from the windows to save themsolves. Many whose names were not mentioned were slightly injured. The loss s figured at $10,000 NEW YORK, Dec Fire today wrecked a five-story bullding on Reade street, do- ing damnge to the extent of $7 The bullding was owued by the of Thomas Vernon. Many Perisl KANSAS CITY ntened. Dee. 22.—A speclal Ala,, estate Under Wal Dee A spectal ta the Star from San Antonlo, Tex, says: By the burning of the ecity market house at Zacatecas, Mex., many lives have been lost and over a score of persons seriously in- jured, some of them badly that they cannot recover. Fifteen bodies have been taken from the ruins and a large force Is at york clearing away the debris in order to recover others, though there s no hope that any of those caught in the collapse of the big structure will be found alive 1t is impossible at this time to learn the names of the dead Among those caught in the collupse were several of the minor ofcials charged with the management of the bullding. The market house was one of the largest bulldings in Zacatecas and was owned by the city Its lower cellars were used for a cold storage, and it was in the basement section that the fire originated. The flames had gained such headway when discovered that the entire bullding was seen to be doomed and the efforts of the fremen and 50 AContinued on Fourth Page.) Implement | JNE 19, 1 Soctalists and Nati ists Engage | | Dispute nt Fabl Argent Propeses Calling British Rove ereiga as Arbitrate SUSPENDS NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHILI Ceren PARIS gurate President Fabourg St of Deputy Charles of the people who barricade of the Fabourg | 1851 o1 of Loubet in Aniolne o Snyw 1'etat Towithy s ~ tor Set. Baudin gave to the the barricadt You will people can d He then soldiers fir There disturbane o the insistence of the of the municipal co bat he be speech at the inauguration | t tncluded in the official | | The has already poned ount of the Day The socialists planned tion to the unveiling today | in the Fabour % Louls Nap | for the reply he an who retused to defend Yis man Baudin said representative of th 4 o trancs a day nfed the barricade a volley and Baudin fell 4 iderabl Fallure, WASHINGTON, Dec recelved here today nor Garcia Merou the ister from the Argentine republi that his government had decided to suspend negotiations with Chili in regard to th tes existing between them and to re the whole to the arbitration of King ot England for settlement. This news w in a dispateh from Dr Ancorta, the minister of Foreign affairs, of the Argentine republic, as follows | %1 communicate our ellency fact that all efforts made by this govern- | ment to reach an arrangement in the dip lomatic relations presented before the Chilian government since the beginning of the pregent year, having proved useless, and after heving exhausted all the | honorable solution both governments have resolved to suspend all negotiations th Chill and to refer the matter Britannic majesty's government without al tering the the Intormation was me The ad of | m apprehension nauguration, owing nationalist presiden il of Paris, M a leliver though he t of speakers o8 at today's | for | the a was Daus. matter permitt s received ceremony once been pest attitude M. on ac of ex the ot counter demonsira They gathered | , wearing red flowers in their | buttonholes party emblem. Owing to the strong precautions taken by the police. however, no disturbance occurred although M. Dausset of his col leagues of th council had narrow escape from handling. There v several slight conflicts between the alists and soclalis(s, official party was driven nw M surrounded by proached the statue oration, In which he over the atatue in the Parls. His words were frol M s serio to and some we m alw 1o his na The o o Republi Arge BUENOS of Chil.” ine Sta Itx Rig AY RE (Via Galves The situation with Chili remains un changed. The Argentine government has resolved finally to maintain its rights until such time as Chili mukes a full explana- tion of Its attitude in the matter and eouners | At 18 caleulated hera that 50,000 men will o auswer the first call for soldiers. These Down with Dt lonalists | e are ready to undertake any duty Throughout the entire republic today men are practicing at rifle shooting. The ener- getic stand of the government is enthus- lastically supported by public opinion LONDON, Dec Commenting on the Argentina-Chilf trouble and the reference of the matter by Argentina to the Times declares that the duty of pre- serving peace belongs no less to the United St than to Great Britain. The also says that a word from the United States or even a strong intimation of the American people or government would assuredly be strongly supported from London, would almost certainly insure pacific settiement of the difficulty The Times says We can hardly hope that in some form or other some word will be spoken.” Publie Indifterent. VALPARAISO, Dec. General Portela, Argentine minister to Chill, will leave here Wednesday for Buenos Ayres. The pending negotiations between Argentina and Chill will probably be con- tinued through Secretary of Legation Blan- cas, or be transferred to Buenog Ayres. T retirement of Senor Portela has been a cepted by the public with great indiffer ence. Perfect tranquility prevails here. VALPARAISO, Dec A proclamation was read throughout Chili, calling out an- other contingent of the National guard ARE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH his friends and deliy wh » red a shor: leclared that he took name of the city of irowned by outcries Dausset had to b back to the shouts n by s Dec | the socialists, | corted by the police | He progressed amid | shouts of “Down with Dausset | the nationalists,”” while the | ang the “Carmagnole | Many persons were arested | sequently released es town hall but were sub |PRINCE CHING IS RESOLUTE| Disti Mod Russin in Ity Manc ley. et nenth by Times | PEKIN, Dec The the Manchurian treaty sar, the Russian minister | Chinese plenipotentiaries Wang Wen Shao, occurred here yesterday. Prince Ching and Wang Wen Shao dis much less compliance with the Rus- policy had the late Li Hung Chang. They urged the following substan- tial modifications First—Tho stipulation of an early date for the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Manchuria, except the railway guard, | the number of which should be limited. Second—They opposed the paragraph re- straining China from increasing the num- | ber of her troops in Manchuria without con- | sulting Russia, tending that China must | be at liberty to maintain whatever force | was neccessary in Manchurla to preserve | | first between discussion of Paul Pes- here, and the Prince Ching and * playe slan than in —(Via Galveston.) order there. Third—They request be fixed for returning Shan hai Kwan railway able reduction of the by the Russians for taining the rallway. Fourth—The Chinese plenipotentiaries op- posed giving Russia a monopoly of future mining concessions in Manchuria Prince Ching has received a long gram from Chang Chi Tung, viceroy Han Kow, exhorting him to maintain sovercignty of Manchuria. that an early date the New Chwang and the consider- indemnity claimed repairing and main- | United States and Germany for Action in th WASHINGTON, Dec. advices reached the State department todas from Venezuela, where a rebellion has developed against President Castro, are being kept advised of the ents in that country and a United States war ves- sel will be Kept within reach so it can be dispatched to Venezuelan waters to look out for American interests. In this case one of the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron, probably the battleship Indlana, now in West Indian waters, will be utilized, but Secrotary Long said tonight that as yet uo orders for Indiana to proceed to Vene- zuela had actually been issued. KINGSTON Jamaica Dev The United States battleship Indiana left here this morning for La Guayara, Venezuela. The German training ship, Moltke, now here. BERLIN, Dec 22.—It is stated upon good authority that the German government is preparing for military action agalnst Vene- zuela in order to compel a settlement of German claims against that country. BERLIN, Dec. 22.—1It I8 sald that Ger- many has sent an ultimatum to Venezuela, threatening forcible measures to compel the satistaction of German creditors of that country tele- | ot | the | |RESOURCES OF THE BOERS (Copyright, 1901 Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, De w York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Three emis saries sent from Louls Botha the Boer com- mandant general, to President Kruger, have passed through Paris. They report that five messengers sent ahead of them were suc- cessively killed, whilo trylng to run through the English lines. The chief of the present party did not ob- ject to giving the information, which fs only a part of the message sent to Mr. Kruger First—General Botha reports that he has under him 24,000 combatants in tho Trans- aal, the Orange Free State and the north- u reglons of Cape Colony, all fully armed and hearly all mounted. Second—That number veterans who have been since the war began and the soned soldiers Third—The other 10,000 are mostly Cape Dutch, besides whom there is a slightly growing number of foreign volunteers Fourth—General Botha still has plenty of ammunition and food, most of it captured from the English, the rest obtained from | sympathetic Cape Colonists, Is FORM SOLDIERS comprises 14,000 fighting almost efore are sea- IN LEGIONS vers in South Amer! for Outbreak In Arg cn paring BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 22.—(Via Galves- ton.)—General ~ Mitre, president of the boundary commission and former president of Argentina, will approve the resolution of the Argentine government to withdraw Senor Portela, the Argentine minister to Chili The people rifle ranges. #hoot thirty-fly rifle gratis Forelgn legions of soldlers are being or- ganized. The Buenos Ayres Herald ex presses It approval of the recall of Argentine minister to Chili. The paper does not believe this step necessarily means war. It says, however, that the Argentine government could not have fol- lowed a more dignified course of action The Herald speaks glowingly of the power and present state of organization of the Argentine navy. Semor Concha Suber- ceaseaux, the Chillan minister here, had a conference yesterday evening with General Roca, miplster of Argentina General Roca's demeanor to the Chilian minister was cold and he spoke with en- ergy. The conference became a little vio- lent In character. General Roca severely criticised the proceedings of the Chilian administration [DIFFICULT TO MAKE TERMS ernl Auth Are sul tinting with ¢ X Kidnapers, CON! ANTINOPLE, Peet, treasurer of the Turkish mission In Constantinople, and M. Garguilo, dragoman of the United States legation herd, are siill at Salonica, endeavoring to open negotia- tions with the brigands who hold captive Miss Ellen M. Stone and to fix a rendezvous | with them | LONDON, Dec According to a Sofla dispateh to the Express an arrangement has been made with the brigands holding Miss [ Stone captive and the American legation at | Constantin under the terms of which | the brigands are to u pt £14,000 for the rel of Miss It is sald the ransom 18 to be paid on Bulgarian soil and | that Miss Stone is to be liberated in Turk- | tsh territory. prities Newa are flocking Each citizen cartrid to the public is allowed to from a Mauser relu Dec, 22.-W. W | | P Stone PROTECTORATE OVER TRIPOLI Italy Enabled (o Declare it Formally eaty wit! Alleged Murd f Natives LONDON, Dec The War office has published another long dispatch from Lord Kitchener detailing the murder of natives by the Boers. One case is glven of a wagon driver who was captured from a British convoy in the end of 1900 and burned alive. r 3.—The Allgemeine Zel- that France and Italy have a formal treaty which enables clare @ formal protectorate over tung > concluded Ttaly to d Tripoli Asserts Movements Ocean Ve % Dee, At New York—Arrived—Minnehaha Lendon, Llatendam, Rotterdam; trom Ldverpool Queenstown; transport McCl from Manila At Queenstown—Salled—Umbria Liverpool, for New York t - Antwerp-Arrived—Friesland New York. Salled—Zeelandia, for York At 23 from Celtid army epew 1o Marry un December 2 LONDON, Dec. 22.~The wedding of Sena- tor Chauncey M. Depew who arrived at Ply- mouth December 20, on the North German steamer Kaiser William der Grosse, and Miss May Palmer, has now been fixed for | December 28 at Nicew from from New Bremen—Arrived-— Kalser Wilhelm der se, from New York, via Plymouth and Cherbourg, OMAHA, MONDAY MORNIN( formula of an | state of peace which exists with | Britain | The officials here | the DECEMBER ¢ 1y Wins Appro tlon from by Bold Command MANILA, Dec. 22 Parke, Jr.. with thirty first Infantry, encoun last week at Alaminos, in Laguna province. | Four of the enemy were Killed, several captured and their barracks was destroyed. | jeneral Bell, who 18 in command of the American forces in Batangas province, Lu zon, has praised Lieutenant Tl ford, who, while scouting with Troop of the First cavalry, routed an insirgent force in that province. Lieutenant Tilford located a rebel stronghold on top of a hill | near the town of Batangas. He surrounded the enemy under cover of night and | tacked them at daylight. Their surprise complete. Nineteen insurgents were | while attempting to escape. Lieu- Tiltord captured sixteen rifies and rounds of ammunition. A detachment uts of the Second infantry also had 1l engagement with the insurgents, in which they killed nine men and captured four Licutenant Jobn D. Hartman of the First cavalry, during an expedition which lasted several days, encountered the enemy six separate times Wwithout losing one of his men. He destroyed several barracks Two priests have beem arrested in tangas province. They are charged | alding the insurrection. They were found to have hidden behind the altar of thelr church appliances for counterfeiting money. They are charged with manufacturing silver dollars to pay the insurgent soldjers Inspector General Breckenrldge has re turned to Manila from a tour of the prov- inces s ~Captatn John 8 men of (he red sixty insurgents James D, was killed snan of s a sm Ba- with |ASKS FOR MILITARY CONTROL General Davis Sayw Prominent ullty of T Acts, » Are enson- able MANILA, Dec Davis, commanding at ot Mindanao, ince und eneral George W. Zamboanga, Island has requested that the pro of Nisamis, Mindanao, again be placed r military control. General Davis has proof that the recently elected presidents and vice councillors and the leading men of Cagayan de Misamis are guilty of trea son fn furnishing ammunition to the insur- gents within the past month ‘The shows that all these men wero members of the secret Katipunan so- ty General James F. Wade, commanding the American torces on Cebu island, concurs in and Indorses the request of General Davis and reviewing the situation in Mindanao #ays he Is satisfled that the ends of jus tice, peace good government will soon- est be obtalned by the restoration of mill- tary control to the provinces of Misamis and the overcoming of all resistance to that authority It {s expected that the United Philippine commission will refuse this re- quest, as they did a simllar application made by General Chaffee concerning the province of Tayabas, Luzon, where the rebels have recently been particularly ace tive, CONDITIONS ARE HOPEFUL Prov evidence States Sayw Gen- MANILA, Dec General Chaffee, talking with the correspondent of scclated Press on the he considered conditions hopeful and that by the end of ebruary all the turbulent provinces will be pacificd. General Chaffe, excepts the island Samar, however, which will probably require some months | longer. There the situation demands a pol- fey of rigld starvation and the giving of food only to ‘those who surrfnder or who stay In the towns The closing of the ports in La Guna and Batangas provinces, in Luzon, has had a most salutary effect, as the measure has resulted in touching the pockets of the Manila Fillplaos who have been alding the | insurgents. The former are now anxlous | for peace ana are working to that end. In « to hasten matiers these Filipinos | will co-operate with the forces under Gen-| eral Bell In Batangas and Laguna. EXPENSES CONTINUE HEAVY Cost of Keeping Troops in the In- » DiMcult to Reduce. in the As- situation here, said MANILA, Dec, 22 crense the expenses of th American army | in the Philippine islands is having little | effect, owing to the increase of army sta- | tions, due partly to the activity of the in- | surgents on the Island of Samar, in Ba- | tangas and Tayabas province and in other places, and also to the establishment of | municipal governments in many town which has necessitated the sending of troops there | to preserve order. VESSEL IS STILL MISSING Discovery with Crew s the Object of Search In North- ern Wales. ry effort to de- PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Dec steamer Dolphin, which arrived from the north today, brought no tidings of the United States mail steamer Discovery, which salled from Juneau November 4 for Dutch harbor and sighted by the steamer Elk on November 14 at Wood | island and of which nothing since has been seen or heard. The Discovery having | falled to reach its destination, its owners dispatched the Elihu Thompson to look for it, but, according to advices from Juneau, the Thompson returned on December 10 without having seen anything of the miss- ing vessel Shipping men, as well as friends and rel- of the crew, have about given up | all hopes for the safety of the steamer and those on board. Shortly after Discovery sailed from Juueau, in November, a storm came up and during the month a flerce gale ewept the Alaska coast from Sitka to the Alutian group of islands and the steamer consumed considerable time in reaching Wood island. Discovery was in command Frank M. White, who lost the Arado two years ago near ptaln J Lennon, an Alaska navigator, was pilot sailed for Dutch harbor it had four passengers. Other members crew were: Thomas Lyle, mat L. Teaka, second mate; Charles Sprague, purser; Patrick Gard, engineer; Thomas | Foley, second engineer; C. Conway and T.| | Smith, firemen; Charles Eman, coal passer; E. H. Gaskvll, G, B. Hines and W. J. Pric seamen; W. L. Keonedy and William Charbonau, wipers, and two Chinese was formerly & towboat on The was atives of Captain steamship Nome, and experienced When It three or | of the Willlam 1 cooks. Disco y Puget sound. | tion , 1901 TEN PAGES, OF l:LMlEs‘FAcmNAL FIGHT IN PARIS|REFER DISPUTE TO EDWARD|DEFEAT FOR INSURGENTS | (QUNTT TREASURY RUBBED Break Ia from the Outside and Get Sixteen Hundred Dollars Ench Thinks His Nelghbor fs Being |, I Twents- | BANKERS WAKENED BY THE EXPLOSION | Robbed and in the Confusion the Burglars Escape Vigllantes, ATWOOD, gram.)—The was blown $1,600 was Howard, bank, one of the other just one house, heard the about 4 o'clock bor's bank confusion it fore the Kan., vault open taken on Dec. 2 of the lust night Baunkers v eping in block from report of th Each thought being robbed, about twenty was wa Kansns at 2.—(Special Tel county and treasur Burton and s his which is not a half block resp the and explosion his uelgh the minutes be located the correct place time the thieves had made away booty The alarm was given, but be found of the robbers sages were immediately sent A message was sent to the uels for bloodhounds. The s were guarded until the bounds the scent would not be lost Treasurer Schwab had just $1,000 yest: leaving about vaul ury Is suppc 1 to be u with their I it no trace could Telephone 10 the to be sent all over this part of the epot country Manhattan ken inding rawn A time last year there was $13,000 in the Several of mto during the the have summner stores petrators. SURVIVES General Alger s Better Serlous Surgical anned Thrd DETROIT, was perfor: ger, forn secretary result of gall stones, b 1 suffering for a long Mich od today of from b wa the tha the above surgeons reported late thi he had recover shock. His temperature normal and his puls The following official sta by the surgcons, in r ‘A condition of infected gall jent beeu and fall, not & clie could be found as to the per After Ordenl which He An oy on General R. a I General Alger rallied well from the operation and | his friends afternoon d almost entirely was but was d 1o the of ad present as the result of gall stones were many adhesions about the gall der, which was opened and drained. eral Alger's coudition stood the operation well The operation was performed by Dr. C. G. r. Dr H E Jenuings, (5] Walker ar Dr. Willis B. Murphy of Chicago. Longyear, At 7 p. m., the following bulletin on Gen- eral “Temperature norm: nausea following the unesthotl symptons are favorable. “DR “DR r who will Alger's condition was issue LON Dr with ¢ there would tonight change should occur. Long: spen be unless no more an entirely alr Chance for R “General &e sald serlous, fair.” he, “although his Dicussing the operation tonight Dr. Jen- nings, wko 1s in the case, that had made it was not the physician sration the their performed op for for the purpose of opening an because of the stones.' DETROIT, Dec. 23.—At 2 a. year reported General nicely CRANE Massachusetts Gove) m, Alger SPRINGFIELD, Ma doubt in regard to Governor € be cleared up from Washington. ernor himself has nothing to learned from Dalton that he his decislon to the president on Monday. What the ference and no information tained here LONG MAKES STRONG DENIAL Secretary of Navy Truth in Re Restgning. Sayw Dee, having been WASHINGTON, Long's atention tonight to resigning from the thorized an emphatic not the case. He sald there word of truth in the report had not the slightest cablnet, denial serious, a 0 ir nd Dr. pul-e 74 Only Al R, JENNIN the overy. ne T Dr. Long- doing a8 22.—~The s atti- tude toward President Roosevelt's tender of the office of secretary of the treasury must | The gov- n say Bove an w and Intention of resigning led a8 tha $1,600 i the I8 taxpaying time, the overflowing treas broken THE OPERATION ation 1 p There b « it L. Shurley of this city p Osler of Baltimore and Dr, J. n issued unanticipated | Alger 18 in no immediate dan- condition His chances of recovery are very REFUSES TO TALK d has dispatehed | by a special messenger, who ought to reach his destina- nor had said to the president is left wholly to n- ben ob There s N ~ Secretary again reports that he contemplated h: again that such was not at out this ault and Al- has | ittle | ong ied was | lad- | ien- he 0. Jaht the ight | neral Alger, said at that hour that | erick bulletins 1s | t s | au- a he | = | of experiments with the preparation charge of | sald that while it was gall stones ssary moval. | “The operation,” he said, “was performed araining the gall bladder, which had become infected | stipulation is made that the work be com- SINGLE COoPy ONDITION OF THE WEATH N C i ? N Dew " 12 » MAY EXPEL ALL AMERICANS n Turkey n Nat Wit y alized Cltizens It Moy Dec The have notified naturalized CONSTANTINOPLE fals at Bey Reut Amerd cltizen at hat they must renounce their naturalt otherwise within fifteen be expelled first ation days, from of an will Eddy Constantinople, protest Turkish ot Turkey. Spencer secretary legation h matter. A s made He demanding The | to the energet 1 the written the the authorities, withdrawal the measure cident 1 become serious, owing absence of a naturalization treaty FIGHT AMONG OHIO MEMBERS | ntor Fornker and Senator Haw Are in the Center ot CINCINNATI, O aker He stated ing the haps longer Des Senator Ky here today from Washington that he would remain here dur congrescional holi and .l that he would not visit least not until after the leg The caucy at party nominations for and other legislative post on Saturday, January 4, convenes on January 6 h congress adjourned raker’s successor Is to be 16, the foint republican will be held during the of next month. While there tion to the re-election of Sena the fight continues betw and those of Sen the control both legislature arrived 8 Ay recess Col islature lumbus fa slding office tions are and the I the date As Senator elected senatorial a Is no oppos mbus, at convened the Co- pr held sl to whic F January ure e woek tor Foraker tor branches of the o conte ak r not inclined to dis being waged at C prospects, but he in that bad a right to be candidate for position and he had right to support his friends. He repeated his former declarations as to having pref erences, but he refused to speeify again his preferences for the different places NEW DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE Physicinns 1 now ent its pre isted A 1 Autiseptic for Var- nl Dine g Typh 10w Intextd e, n- ANN ARBOR. Mich, Dec. 22.—Keen in- terest has boen aroused In the medical por- fession here by reports of a discovery of unusual Importance at the bacteriologleal laboratory of the University of Michigan. It s stated that experiments by Dr. Fred- Novy and Prof. Paul C. Freer, a chemist, have produced what is belleved be an anti-septic for such intestinal disease as cholera, typhold fever and dys- entery The preparation has success in experiments previously Inoculated with intestinal dis- enses and during the last week five med- fenl students have been undergoing a course It is stated that they were restricted to a dlet | of sterilized milk, belng treated in the meantime with the mew preparation and that repeated chemical analysis during the period showed the utter destruction of the | Internal poleons. Dr. Novy and his col- | leagues positively decline to discuss the re- ported discovery CONTRACT FOR BIG BRIDGE Be Thir Kind World, PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—The American Bridge company has secured the contract for (he steel superstructure of the Wabash railrond’s big cantilever bridge over the Ohlo river at Mingo Junction. The amount of the contract is over $600,000 and the been on tried with small animals win tu Wabash's st Longest the 1, 1903. The will be $1,000,000. Only | kind in the world are greater than this, the one over the Firth of Fourth, Scotland, which is the largest, and the Wabash company’s bridge over the | Monougahela viver at Pittsburg now under | oustruction PROMINENT POLITICIAN SHOT pleted before Jan whole cost of the bridge two bridges of the Injuries 8 Recent Contest Ward Vote, to [ 1t of Dec. 22.—John J. known local political character was at a late hour tonight while standing prominent city corner. Ryan was seriously Injured, the bullet entering the | left side of the abdomen The 18 the culmination of a from a hotly months past ST. well shot on LOUIS Ryan, a shooting is supposed to have been feud, which resulted a contested ward vote several More Want Ads Than Both Other | Papers Combined page to tser, The 188U ing Yesterday The PAID WAN n and mor more get the e me A Growing Lead ADS, PAID WAN me beca id in Sunday Thi B ADS, an both other published 6,452 lines of 104 lines, or over a whole than 1t rest competi- papers combined from advertising in families with each Adver- st for theft money it re hot wssified index of its its ol and display advertis- W in cireulation. of- | bas | | Tram | steam FIVE CENTS, THREE BAD WRECKS Cellision at Buferd Ties Up Unien P for Ton Heun. FIREMAN DAN FENTON AMONG INJURED Twe Killed and Cremated in Orash on the erthwentern, EIGHT CARS FORM A FUNERAL PYRE Train Ferry's Tempesta Lake. o Night en the STRIKES BAR AND BURSTS STEAM PIPE Men Are Frightfully Sealded and One of Them Diea—Great Seas Turn o lee on Board the Wreek, CHEY Telegram.) water NE, Wyo, Dec A light Buford early by a fast motives. The th y damaged and der e derailed and was delayed hours, 4 2 due bero at 2 and gettng tn until this afterno, Fireman Dan Fenton of the light was caught between the cab and tank and was scriously hurt, but will recover. The head brakemun of the freight was elightly hurt The enne (8pecta gine, while taking this morning, was treight drawn by two locomotives were lled, sevoral cars tho track was torn up ten traine 102 2 5:30 a. m., no at run down loc b we engine wrecker was summoned from Chey at 4 o'clock this morning and the worked steadily ten hours to tlear the track. The blame for thewccident has not been placed crew Two Men Cre BAY, Wis, Dee Two men cromated and another serfously burted in a rear-end collision of two south bound fast freight traing on 4ie Northwest ern rallroad early today at Little Suamico. Dead NAPOLEON DELARIA, baggageman leaves wife and eight children, LOUIS GILMETTE, aged 19, Injured A. J. Burney, brakeman The first train, in charge of Conductor Green and Engineer Henry Oliver, had reached Little Suamico, when Oliver stopped his train on the main track to take water A moment later the spectal behind rounded a curve near the depot and intc the first train Delaria and Gilmette, who run on a regu lar train, were going to n Bay to pass Sunday with their families, They were sleeping (0 tho caboose when the crash came, and were iustantly killed. Burney the rear brakeman, was also in the cuboos but finally escaped from the burning wreck. Eight cars were telescoped and soon burned The bodies of Delaria and Gilmette were burned beyond recognition An investigation to fix the responsitility for the wreck is now In progress. nt GREE were crashed Wreek of the Car Ferry, LUDDINGTON, Mich., Dec. entering harbor Iast midnight heavy southerly gale the Pere Marquette car ferry No. 16 struck a bar, disabling its machinery and breaking the matn fecd pipe. Grear volumes of steam is stautly escaped. Mike Taft, a coal passer, was scalded o death and two other coal passers, whose names are unknown, were also terribly scalded. Many others who were fn the hold of the car forry roceived bad burns from the steam and suffeped Lardships during the nine hours which fol lowed before they were rescued. The nt happened at midnight during the remainder of the night was nelther light nor heat on the The wind was bitterly cold. Great seas rolled across the deck and ice formed wherever the water fell. No. 16 arrived off the harbor trom Milwaukee at midnight after a tempesiuous voyage. In spite of the heavy seas and strong wind from an unfav- orable quarter Captaln Charles Thompson decided to hazard an entrance to the harbor. He would have succeeded had not his boat at an unfortunate moment sunk low in the hollow of a big wave and struck the bar with terrific force. While durlng a acc and there boat. BDont Scuttled to Save It disordered the Left without power against the north pounded heavily stov huge holes in its quarter. Thereupon Captain ordered the seacocks opened boat was scuttled in sixteen feet The shock completely machinery of the boat the car ferry drifted pler, where it ing several forward Thompson and th of water. When day broke tho life-saving crew, by means of cannon, threw a line to the wrecked craft and began rescuing the cre with breeches buoy apparatus. The entire crow of thirty-three men and the body of Taft were taken off the wreck in this man- ner. One by one the men were hauled over the churning ice on the suspended cable The operation occupled four hours and was witnessed with breathless interest by an immense crowd of people It is believed that No. 16 will prove a total loss. An attempt will be made to pump 1t out tomorrow, but unless weather conditions are perfect it will be almost impossible, Great banks of lee surround the boat on all sides. Boat and cargo valued at $200,000 and are fully insured. OLDEST INDIAN SQUAW DIES Se nds Ou wenty- Nue G R dred and One 1wht LACROSSE, Wis., Dec, 22.—Nue Se Ga, the oldest Indian squaw In the United States, died at the Winnebago Indlan camp on Barron's island, opposite this city, aged 128, She was burled with the customary ceremonles toduy In the presence of large number of chiefs from all parts of the northwest. She the mother of Red Snake and John Sherman, two of the best known bucks in the Black rlver country and the old members of the Win- nebago tribe SEWELL MAKES Senutor In in Hetter € Several was PROGRESS itlon Th Dayw n for CAMDEN, N Senator Willia rest comfortably His phy I, De J at ay United States continues tc in this city slight lm provement 1s able to take con siderable He appears to be in better condition tham be has been dur Sewell his r he and that he nourishmen home how iug the past few days.