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I Atlanta Scnii-Wveldn VOL. IV. NEW ROUTE FOR CANAL t THROUGH THE ANDES Mandigo Route Is Offered With No Cost to the United States, XBW TORS. Jan. U.-Plans for a tiaw ship enr.al will be presented next Thursday to the senate committee on ca nals Uy General Edward W. Serrcl. for tue American Isthmian Canal company, and the Isthmus company, both corpora tions of Now Jersey. Tb-a route for the canal proposed Is from the nM of San Blas to the Pacific ocean behind the Pearl islands, and is called the Mandigo rout*. It will be proposed that tlie company build the work under the su pervision and protection of the govern ment without any cost to the United States, which will be asked to guarantee the bonds of the company. The company will propose that the gov ernment have the use of the canal free of charge for ail government vessels and if at any time the company does not do as agreed the government shall take posses sion of the canal. The comiany asserts . .that It "he* secured a right of way. The newly suggested route is less than K miles long and therefore is shorter than any other so far as proposed. No engin eering difficulties are encountered, its sup porters say. until a spur of the Andes are reached. This mountain chain must be pierced by a tunnel seven miles long and the plans state that It will be 200 feet high. 180 fCet wide and deep enough for the largest ship which would go through the canal. The rock through which the tunnel would be cut is said to be solid granite. In the tunnel a trolley appliance would tow the ships. General Serrel. who is at the head of the project, was engineer of the Panama railroad and has acted as engineer for the government. The late R. P. Rowell, who at one time was editor of The Mining Journal, thought the scheme entirely feas ible and was heartily in sympathy with it at the time of his death. CHARLESTON GETS $90,000 FOR FAIR MASSACHUSETTS MEMBER INTRO DUCED MEASURE IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY. WASHINGTON. Jan. lA—Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts, reported a joint resolution appropriating fM,<KO in connection with the government exhibit at the Charleston exposition. Ms. Jfturaa, at New* Terte. opposed the measure. Mr. Moody said that with this resolution the government’s expense In connection with the Charleston exposition would cease. The resolution was passed. Mr. Payne called up the bill to allow the redemption of war revenue stamps within two years and it was passed. A resolution was passed authorizing the secretary of the treasury to return bank checks »nd drafts with war revenue stamps after such stamps were cancelled. The house then went into committee of the whole to consider the pension appro priation bin. HOUSE RESUMES BILL ON PENSIONS WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Before the houag resumed the debate on the pension appropriation bill yesterday speaker an nounced the appointment of Mr. Stewart, of New York, and Mr. Livingston, of Georgia, as directors of the Columbia' hos plta for women, and Mr. Russell, of Con necticut, and Mr. Lanham, of Texas, as directors of the Columbian institution for the instruction of deaf and dumb. Both institutions are in the District of Colum bia. The house then went into commit tee of the whole and resumed the consid eration of the peaaion appropriation bill. D. G. PURSE, OF SAVANNAH, URGES DEEPER WATERWAY WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-Benate com mittee on commerce yesterday heard re ports of the national rivers and harbors congress, which met in convention in Bal timore last autumn. Mr. George E. Bartel, of Philadelphia, who is the permanent chairman of the congress, said the congresses had repre sented all the business interests concern ed about lower freight rates, and it had collected reports of twenty-two states. Mr. D. G. Purse, of Savannah. Ga., ■poke on the effect of the Improvement of the Savannah river as indication of the benefit to be derived from river improve ment. He said that since 1883 the depth of the Viver bad been increased from four teen teet to twenty-six feet, and the ag gregate tonnage from one million to three million pounds. There had been a cor responding Increase in the draft and num ber of vessels, yet. notwithstanding this increase in depth there still was demand for more, and the failure of the last river and harbor bill had been felt very severe ly. He argued that the improvement of rivers and harbors had an appreciable effect on freight rates. FOR HALL OF RECORDS PLEA IS NOW MADE WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-When senate met yesterday a concurrent resolution was passed appointing a joint committee of congress to consider the question of a site for a hall of records to be erected in Washington. KILLED PRISONER WHILE ON KNEES BEGGING FOR LIFE WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.—Before the •enate committee on pension yesterday charge against Colonel Wilder S. Met calfe. of killing a prisoner while in ser vice tn the Philippine Islands, was re vived. Colonel Metcalfe Is the nominee to the office of pension agent nt Topeka, Ks.. and the charge is made in connec tion with the effort to defeat his confirm ation. Colonel Metcalfe was a major in the Twentieth Kansas volunteers when the bettie of Caloocnp. was fought ar.d the charge is that during the battle he ■bet with his reolver a Filipino prisoner w.. 0 was unarmed end ct the time on h’.s knees pleading fur mercy. Affidavits from soldiers in the Twentieth Kansas have been rUa«. with the ccr.ocltice and Captain Ed ward Bdlrwood. late, captain of company K cf this cegirrcnt appeared before ths ccmn.lttee in person. He pressed for fail investigation. The com mittee hear J Captain Boltwood and Chairman Callingcr referred the nomlrk tlen to Senn tors Simon. Scott and Mc- Cualar for further investigation. CONGRESS BEGINS FIGHT ON SHARKS FOB PENSIONS WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.—Yesterday was District of Columbia day in house, and Immediately after the reading of the jour nal Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, chairman of the District of Columbia committee, claimed the day. and the house proceeded to the consideration of district business. At the conclusion of the District of Columbia business, the house took up the pension appropriation bill. Mr. Barney, of Wisconsin, in charge of the bill, explained that it carried 81» 844.480. against 8145.- 245.220 appropriated for the current year. The estimates of the payment of pen sions decreased from 8144.000.000 to 8138,500,- 000. He was asked by Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, why the amount of pensions decreased five and a half million, while the number of pensioners was said to be larger. Mr. Barney explained that this was ac counted for by the fact that the arrea ages were decreasing and the number of large pension (those from 850 to 875 a month) was also decreasing. In reply to another question, he stated that the com missioner of pensions believed that the hlght-tlde of pension payments had been reached and the amount requested proba bly wouid remain stationary for some years. Mr. Bell, of Colorado, denounced the practice of the "pension sharks.” He de clared that they were importuning sol diers of the Spanish war and those who had served In the Philippines to apply for pensions. He said that in some cases soldiers who were thoroughly examined at the time of their discharge and found to be perfectly sound, yielded to these im portunities and applied tor pensions with in a month after their discharge. He made a strong plea for justice to the soldiers, not only of the civil war, but of the Span ish war. contending that to secure justice for deserving veterans pensions to the unworthy should be opposed. As against the soldier in the civil war who had not applied for a pension until recent years, he thought the present commissioner was not too strict, but in the matter of ferretting out frauds he thought Commissionr Evans had been unexcelled by any of his predecessors. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, assailed the re port of the committee of the Grand Ar ray of last summer, which made certain congressmen, himself among them, re sponsible for the failure to pass the preference bill. He said the report was unjust, unfair and untruthful. Commerca Department Senate. WABTirNGTON? Jan. 14.-When sen ate met yesterday Mr. Mason gave notice that tomorrow he would address the sen ate in reference to Cuban customs duties, a bill and resolution relating to which was Introduced by him yesterday. A resolution by Mr. Hale, providing for the printing of a number of copies of the report of the Schley court of inquiry was referred to’ the committee on printing. On motion of Mr. Nelson the bill creat ing a department of commerce was taken up . ♦ Mr. Nelson made an argument In favor of the department of commerce. It would materially aid in increasing our foreign markets and would tend to bring work ingmen and employers into closer and more harmonious relations. He believed all llnea of industry would be advanced by such a department.' After some discussion by Messrs. Teller apd Hale, the department of commerce bill went over, both these senators saying they desire for further time to consider it. At 1:45 the senate went Into executive session. Mr. Hoar, tn the senate today, intro duced a resolution providing for the ap pointment of a committee of seven to examine into the conduct of the war in the Philippines, the administration of gov ernment there, and the condition and character of inhabitants, said committee to have power to send for persons and pa pers. to administer and sit during the sessions of the senate. ( UNIQUE DAMAGE SUIT FILED IN BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM Ala., Jan. 15.—A unique suit has been filed In the circuit court here against the Cooper Furniture com pany. The plaintiff. Elizabeth E. Smith, is but two years aid. and she sues by her nezt friend. Mrs. Mattle C. Smith. It is alleged that the plaintiff nought a bed from the defendant company which prov ed to be defective and when she was laid in it it gave way. causing her to fall and sustain painful injuries. FOODSTUFFS CONTINUE HIGH; PRICES ADVANCING SLOWLY Food prices continue high. During the past week meal has held Its own with no change in price. Flpur has advanced slightly and is quoted today about 10 cents a barrel higher thap a week ago. Whole sale prices in flour today are 84.85 to |5.00. The price l» gradually climbing and is likely to continue oil the upward move. Eggs are selling today at 28 cents whole sale. Hay has gone up slightly In the past 30 days. Wholesale prices for hay range from 817.50 to ?18.50 a ton for No. 2 hay, while No. 1 hay brings from 818 to 820. The high prices have also Invaded tho canned goods, and ranned stuff of almost every deacriptiot: has taken an upward shoot. Tomatoes.* which are usually thi cheap- “TO OPEN VETS’ HOMES WOULD RENEW THE WAR” Govarr.er Candler and other atatehouoe officials ar* op»»o8«ri to the- effort which is oeir.g made by Congressman Rixoy. of Virginia, to have th* doors of soldiers’ homes ;n lire uortk provided by tho Uni ted Staten government opened to ConfcJ orute soldiers. "I do not bailcve that there is a con- veteran r.t.o vorild ffo In one cf tho hemes," ea.d Governor Candler tiii-t ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1902. WON ARMY 15 OESEBTED FOR BOWIE’S RANKS. GENERAL BOOTH’S SON-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER JOINED ELIJAH DOWIE IN HIS WORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Copies of "Leaves of Healing,” Dowie’s publication, has reached here with a letter which throws additional light upon the resignation from the Salvation Army of General Booth’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Booth-Clibborne. The letter is dated No vember 30, 1901, and was written from Zion’s Hill, Castle Lieburg, Lake Con stance, Switzerland. In this letter Mr. Booth Cllbborn writes: "I have decided to offqr myself to you, dear doctor for Zion, and do so firmly be lieving it to be the will of God. I had thoughts of starting a separate mission till I got light upon the Elijah matter, as that was a great obstacle. To me it came as a gigantic truth and filled with un speakable solemnity, even though Elijah was a man with passions like ourselves. "I take it that you come In the spirit and powers of Elijah and as the herald of the second coming, the Baptist of the mll lenlal dawn." Booth Tucker Will Vizit Chattanooga. CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 15.—Commander Booth-Tucker, of the Salvation Army, commander In chief of the forces In the United States, will be In this city on Jan uary 22. Services will be held at the au ditorium and already several thousand tickets have been sold by the local mem bers of the army. With the commander will be Consul Emma Booth Tucker and Col. R. E. Holz, in charge of the Ohio and southern provinces. senatoFforaker GETS BIG OVATION GREAT APPLAUSE FREQUENTLY INTERRUPTED HIS SPEECH YESTERDAY. COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 15.—The Ohio house. and senate in joint session today confirmed the ballot taken yesterday by the. two houses in separate session, re electing Joseph B. Foraker to the United States senate. Senator Foraker had practically no op position, the division being purely parti san, the Democratic members supporting Hon. Charles W. Baker, of Cincinnati. Every Republican present passed his vote for Senator Foraker. There we»e no addresses, except that of’ the senate, and no demonstration, except the spontaneous applause which greeted the senator when he was Introduced to the general assembly. PINK MORTON IS REGARDED AS WINNER WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Pink Morton, the negro postmaster at Athens, will un doubtedly be re-appointed by the presi dent, say those who are posted on Georgia plufo-givlng. Indeed, it is given out from inside cir cles that the president had Morton's name in the list of appointments sent to the senate last Monday, b«t for some reason he held it back for a day or so. | Morton’s friends here feel assured that It will go in this week. They are busy watching the white house door, as it were, to see it issue forth, so confident are they that the appointment will be made. Morton is highly commended by some of the best people of Athens for the service he has given-* in his past term of office. BROOKLYN OFFICER COMMITS FIENDISH DOUBLE TRAGEDY NEW YORK. January 1.-William P. Ennis, a Brooklyn policeman, shot and killed his wife and her mother, Mrs, Ma gee, at Mrs. Magee's home early today. Ennis escaped. The policeman had separated from his wlfeNand had refused to support her, and she had him arrested recently. He went to the house today, and admittance was refused him he drew his revolver and putting his shoulder to the. door burst it in. He ran upstairs to his wife’s bedroom and fired one shot at her, which pierced her heart. Her mother, who had heard the uproar, ran to Mrs. Ennis’ room. Ennis fired one shot at her and mortally wounded her. He then left the house declaring that he would kill himself. est canned goods that can be bought, are selling for 82.a ease wholesale. Last year this, time they brought from 81.15 to 81.25 a case. The tomato crop was far below the normal, and this has sent the price of this article of food up the scale. Canned peaches are up 50 cepts a case. Dried ap ples, which last year brought S to 3 1-2 cents a pound, bring G to 6 1-2 cents now. The rise in the prices of food stuffs has been general, and few things have escap ed. The short corn crop is perhaps at the bottom of the high prices, as this has made a demand for other foods. Among cthcc, high-priced articles may be mentioned starch ar.d soap. Starch, lump, sold at 2 3-4 to 3 cents last year. It now brings 4 1-2 and 5 cents. Soap is up 20 per cent.’ morning. "The idea is no; a good one. and t hope the southern members of con gress will oppose it.” Other capitol officials took tho same view of tho mutter as did Governor Can dler, and one of them went so far as to any that if the veterans in gray and the veterans in blue should meet tn a home to gether the war would bo renewed again and there would lw constant fighting. Mr. Lnzr.b, of Virginia, a colleague of Mr. Rixoy. is fighting tho movement. NATION TO PAY TRIBUTE TO M’KINLEY RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY FIXED THE MEMORIAL ON FEBRU- ARY 27TH. z WASHINGTON, «Jan. 15.-When the house met today 3|r. Montague Lessler, who was recently ejected to succeed Mr. Nicolas Muller, of sJew York, was sworn in. Mr. Grosvenoh oft Ohio, then presented the resolution for Bolding the McKinley memorial exercises in the hall of the house February 37, and it was unani mously adopted. The resolution was as follows: "Whereas, The melancholy event of the violent and tragic death of William Mc- Kinley. late president of the United States, having occurred during the recess of congress, and the, two houses sharing in the general grief and desiring to mani fest their sensibility upon the occasion . of the public bereavement; therefore, "Resolved, by the kojjse of representa tives (the senate concurring), That the two houses of congress will assemble in the hall of the house of representatives on a day and hour fixed and announced by the joint committee, to-wit: Thursday, February 27, 1902, and that in the pres ence of the two hopses there assembled, an address upon He life and character of William McKinley, late president of the United States, be pronounced by the Hon. John Hay, and ♦hat the speaker of the house be requested to invite the presldeht and ex-presidents of the United States, ex-vice presidents, the heads of the several departments, the judges of the supreme court, the representatives of foreign governments, .the governors of the several states, the lieutenant general of the army and the rfimlral of the navy and such officers of the'ab’my and navy as have received the thanks of congress, who may be suggested by thd> executive committee. And be it further.. ?’ "Resolved, That the president of the United States be refahested to transmit a copy of these resolptions to Mrs. Ida S. McKinley, and to abpure her of the pro found sympathy of *the houses of con gress for her perssaal affliction and of their sincere condolence for the late na tional HONOR WM. M’KINLEY, SAYS GOVERNOR CANDLER Governor Candler hM indorsed the plan •sug gested bv Governor Narh. of Ohio, to set Jan uary 29th, McKinley’s birthday, as a memorial day in honor ot the l»te president and to re quest contributions o» that day for the Mc- Kinley memorial He haa Issued th* following statement to the presl "In oompitanre witHUM PrwMspt Day, the attention 6t churches and schools In this state is called to thfct patriotic movement to do honor to the memory of the late President McKlnlev. and 1 suggest that in Georgia, as in Ohio, on the Sunday preceding the 29th day of January, collections be made in the churches and Bunday schools of the state and an oppor tunity be given to all, and especially to the children, to contribute each his mite to the fund now being raised to perpetuate the mem ory of the martyred president, who was loved by the people of his country regardless of party .race or section. "All contributions should be sent to Colonel Robert J. Lowry, president of the Lowry Na tional bank and vice president of the Mc- Kinley Memorial Association, Atlanta. Ga. "All newspapers favorable to this patriotic mbVemcnt are requested to publish. "A. D. CANDLER, Governor.” invited! Igro bi ft MME ftNO ■RFNIGGED. * (COLORED CITY MARSHAL, OF HOB SOfi, ALA., ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ATTEND POLICE CHIEFS’ CONVENTION IN VAIN. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Jan. 15.-The chiefs of police and marshals of Alabama are In session in Birmingham .the purpose being to organize an association along the lines of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. The meeting was called to order this morning in Seals Hall, the attend ance being large. Chairman J. H. Mc- Cary. of the board of police commission ers, of Birmingham, delivered the open ing address, after which the address of welcome was delivered by Mayor W. M. Drennen. Following this various commit tees were appointed. The visitors will be tendered a banquet tonight. City* Marshal Fisher, of Hobson, one of the two all-negro towns in the state, received an invitation by mistake. He accepted but was notified by wire that he could not be entertained, hence he is not in the convention. NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE IS PROPOSED IN ALASKA NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—At the sixth an nual meeting of the New York Zoological society just held, director William T. Hornaday gave a report, illustrated with stcreoptkon views of the Alaskan expedi tion, undertaken in March of last year, for collecting specimens of the white mountain sheep. After the report on the expedition Mr. Hornaday introduced a resolution proposing the establishment of a national game preserve in southern Alaska, to include the Alaskan peninsu la, the Kena peninsula and the mainland around Mount St. Elias, and the head of Yakutat Lay. including Kadiak Island. He displayed illustrations of animals, and maps showing their distribution. It is pro posed that congress shall regulate the hunting in this district, which now, with the rest of Alaska, haa destruction of no kind. , , The announcement was made of the gift of $3,000 by Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes, as the nucleus of a fund io be placed for the protection of bird life In America. Mr. Hotnady was much pleased by the foun dation of this fund. CAPTAIN C.T. FURLOW ILL WITH ATTACK OF GRIP Capt. C. T. Furlow, aselstant state treas urer, is confined to his home from a se vere attack of the gr'P. He was taken 111 In the office of the state treasurer last .Tuesday and has not been at work since ’that time. Sunday Captain Furlow had a high fever, but yesterday he wds re ported to be improving. ; TEACHEBS TO GET MOOT MONEY BOON Another payment of 8300,000 will probably be made to the school teachers of Georgia within the next few days. As soon as the payment of the 'pensioners in Fulton county is completed, the treasurer will have time to make out the checks for the teachers. . The warrants for the payment will be prepared as soon as the treasurer an nounces that he is ready to make the pay ments to the pedagogues. If the payment is made in the next few days, the state will then owe the teachers only 8300,000 for last year’s work and it is very likely that the balance can be paid by March, and then payments for this year’s work can begin. The teachers are very anxious for their money, and the state school'commissioner. Governor Candler and Treasurer Park are constantly receiving inquiries as to when the next payment will be made. Governor- Candler said today that he could not name the exact date of the nekt payment? COUNT~FROM ITALY COMES TO WED AN AMERICAN NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Count Glanober to Guillnelli, of Italy, has just arrived from Europe. He comes to marry, on January 20, Miss Blanche J. Schweizer, daughter of Joseph Schweizer, manager of the Ansonia Clock company, bt this city. With her mother, Miss Schweizer went abroad last season. At a ball in Rome the count was first presented to Miss Schweizer. , Three months later, when the mother and daugh ter left Italy, the engagement was an nounced. There will be two ceremonies, at least, to make the marriage binding, according to the Italian law. A justice of the supreme court will perform one of them. * HARD _ PUSHEOEWEr TREKS TO THE NORTH LORD KITCHENER REPORTS NUM- BER BOERS KILLED, WOUNDED AND CAPTURED FOR WEEK. / LONDON, Jan. 14.—Perhaps the most important point in Lord Kitchener’s weekly report, dated Johannesburg, Mon day, January 13, is the omission of all mention of General Dewet, from which it Is deduced that the British commander in chief is more than usually hopeful of ef fective results from his .present effort to surround D*wet. 1 MMnee the di raster it fcreftmteln. st.-tffig British cofiimns hLve been persistently dogging Dewet’s force, while armored trains have prevented him from crossing the railroad line, and have forced him northward. Lord Kitchener is supplying Dewet’s pursuers with relays and remounts. Lord Kitchener, reports that since Jan uary 6, twenty Boers have been killed, nine wounded and 23 captured, and that 95 have surrendered. Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Jo hannesburg dated Monday, January 13, re ports the narrow escape of General Botha from capture by General Bruce-Hamilton. Hearing of a concentration of Boers at Kr.apdar, Bruce Hamilton went to the spot, but only to find the Boers had beefi given the alarm and that 400 of tiem were treking, three miles distant, with General Botha, in a cane cart, leading. Bruce Hamilton chased the Boers for seven miles, until his horses gave in, and cap tured 32 Boers and quantities ot ammu nition and stock. BRUNSWfCK PORT SUBJECT OF BILLS WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Congressman Brantley introduced in the house today several bills lor the improvement of Geor gia rivers and harbors, tho most important of which is a bill carrying appropriation of 8260,000 tor constructing a dredge and improving the outer bar of Brunswick harbor. The other bills provide for appropriation of 848,(00 for continuing the improvement of the Ocohce river and 830,000 for im provement of the Altamaha river. Another of the bills requests that tho secretary of war be asked to furnish esti mates of costs of statement as to feasi bility/of plan to provide an inside water route from Altamaha into the port of Brunswick by connecting and excavating Club and Plantation creeks. ROOSEVELT’S NEPHEW UNDERGOES THE KNIFE NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Theodore Doug lass Robinson, a nephew of President Roosevelt, and a son of Douglass Robin son. of this city, has been successfully operated upon for appendicitis by Dr. William T. Bull. Young Robinson, Who is a sophomore at Harvard university, and an athlete of fine physical condition, has rallied from the effects, of the anas thetics and the shock of the operation and his mother, the sister of President Roosevelt, is permitted to vizit him. t JUMPED FROM ENGINE TO FRIGHTFUL DEATH AT GHOST OF DANGER PERI, Ind., Jan. 15.—As the result of a strange haliuchiation, J. E. Bible, an old and trusted engineer of the Wabash railroad, was fatally In jured last night. Sible was at the throttle of the big locomotive of the limited, which was thundering along at the rate of forty miles an' hour. When the lights of the town of Attica appeared, tho old engineer gave a start and shouted tO'Burt Frick, his fireman: ‘•Jump for your life, Burt. The switch is turned!” Tl»e sentence was not finished, for in an instant Sible had applied the safety brake, reversed the lever and had jumped to escape the spectre bls harassed nerves had conjured up. The fireman followed, but was nbt injured. The train came to a. stop and Frick went back to find his engineer. The latter lay on the roadbed, horribly injured. His skull had been crushed, an arm and log broken, his ribs fractured and his spine injured. He was carried aboard the train. Meanwhile an investigation showed that there had been no danger to the train. The sig nal lights of the switch showed an unobstructed path. Sible was brought to a hospital here, where he managed to gasp out his story. According to Fireman Frick. Sible has been more or less nervous since he was in a wreck at Lafayetto some time ago. The passengers were shaken up by the sudden stopping of the trsiln, but none of them injured. BIG SHIP, MULE LADEN, WRECKED IN THE GULF SEVEN LIVES LOST INBUFFALO,N.Y„ BYM BY EXPLODING LAMP FEARFUL TRAGEDY RESULTED IN TWO FAMILY TENEMENTS YES TERDAY MORNING. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Jan. 13—Seven lives were lost in a fire on Broadway at an early hour yesterday morning. The Pearlsteins and another family lived in rooms above a shoe store and were asleep when the fire started. The watch man told the police today that he acci dentally dropped a lamp. A few minutes after the fire began there was a loud explosion that blew out the front of the store and hurled some of the contents of the window out into the mid dle of the street. Plate glass windows on the opposite side of < Broadway were shattered and the solind of the explqsion was heard two blocks away. The flames enveloped the building in a short time. The family liv ing in the rear flat barely escaped with their lives. The Pearlsteins were awakened, but before they could reach the only stairway leading from their rooms the fire had undermined the floors in the hallway and it collapsed, carrying them down Into a mass of flames. Their bodies were found at 8 o'clock, four hours after the firemen had extin guished the flames. The body of the mother and baby were found together, the little one tightly clasp ed in its mother’s ,arms. Pearlstein’s body was found close to that of his wife. He also held one of the children in his arms. The bodies of the other three children were found huddled close together near the father’s body. MANY CADETS FAIL IN EXAMINATIONS AT WEST POINT WEST POINT, Jan. 15.—Among the ca dets found deficient and dropped from the United States Military academy, thus cre ating vacancies from their respective dis tricts, are the following: Third class—John C. French, Kansas; Boyd A. Hill, Illinois; George W. Nest, Tennessee; Terry B. Maghee, Wyoming. Fourth class—Leonard S. Arnold, Ar kansas; Edward S. Curtis. Missouri; George F. Fox, Pennsylvania; Lloyd. R. . Frcndall, Wyoming; Rexford R. Gardiner, Mtchtgnn; Herbert I. Hollister, Pennsyl vania; Wlliatn A. Howard, Michigan; William C. Kelly, Kentucky; St. Clair Newburn, North Carolina; Thomas A. Smith, Nebraska; Hewitt .L. Wells, Mich igan. » RECOWH GOFF TALKS ANARCHY WHO ARE THE ANARCHISTS, ASKS NEW YORK’S CITY JU- , DICIAL. NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—Recorder Goff has delivered an address before the Nine teenth Century club on “Anarchy,” which is attracting considerable attention here. In part recorder said. "For lift who are gathered here in this well-appointed and beautiful chamber, under the glare of these electric lights, it is perfectly proper to agree that an archy is abominable. We should be false to our surroundings ,ls we d-- not. We are well dressed and pretty well to do finan cially) and it is only natural for us to take the position of the party in posess slon. “I think we assume a little too much if we make th* mistake of congratulating ourselves on the present state of our so* ciety or our position In It. The aristoc racy and nobility of France took the same position before the revolution in regard to what they called their rights. But was it not their lives which caused the revolution? The nobles amused them selves in luxury and wealth while the poor starved. Who were the anarchists? The people or they?" Recorder Goff said that tn our efforts to devise legislation for repressing an archy there was grave danger that we might go to the other extreme. ' "You cannot extirpate ideas by legisla tion,” he said. "Laws never made men and women virtuous. Do not endeavorjt° repress ah Idea. If the idea is right *it will triumph and the repressive methods will prove only so much fuel to feed the flames. When wrong. Ideas die of them selves. In dealing with anarchy let us remember that if our government is founded on righteousness, laen anarchy is a craze and this craze will pass as other orates have in the world’s history.” NO. 36. British Transport, With Cargo To Fight Boers, Goes to Bottom. NEW ORiLEANS, Jan. 15.—1 t is believefi in shipping circles here that a British transport laden with American mules bound for South Africa, has been either intercepted and blown up by a Boer spy In the Gulf of Mexico, or has foundered. A schooner arriving on the lower coast reports hundreds of dead mules floating for a distance of thirty miles. The more const rvatlve elements attri bute the floating carcasses to a disaster to one pf the British vessels during the storms that have been raging near the coast this week. Dispatches from Quintan, Texas, which is only a short distance south of Port Eads, says that the schooner Olga has put in Matagoria Bay to shelter from the fierce gale that is blowing on the gulf and that Captain George Peters reports having seen long rows of cattle and mules floating in the water. He describes the range of the dead stock as covering at least thirty miles. Matthew Warring, of the Elder Demp ster Steamer company, which furnishes many of the British transports, states that all their transports have been ac counted for except one sailing from here thrte days ago. They bad heard nothing from her. The recent attempt to blow up the Brit ish transport Mechanlcan at this port is recalled by those persons who incline to the opinion that a British transport has been blown up. The attempt to destroy the Mechanlcan was charged to Boer agents. MANrWHFFKMAY LOSE THEIR VOTES ALABAMA SUPREME COURT HAS A HIGHLY IMPORTANT QUES- TION TO DECIDE. ’ BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 15.—The case in which It was held by Judge A. A. Coleman, of the circuit court, that all poll tax must be paid into the county treasury, was yes terday afternoon taken to Montgomery for presentation to the supreme court. The final decision is awaited with great inter est, as the question involved is one ,in which every taxpayer in every municipal ity In Alabama is interested, where it has been the custom for the municipal tax col lector to receive this money. An effort will be made to have the case advanced on the docket so that it may be heard im- # mediately. The time for paying the tax w expires February Ist and all who have not paid their poll tax at that time will be disfranchised, under the provisions of the new constitution. As has been heretofore stated some fif teen hundred persons in Birmingham have paid their poll tax for 1901 into the city treasury and if the supreme court upholds the lower court each one of these will have to pay their tax over again. Whether or not they will be able to recover from the city is an open question. What is true of Birmingham is true of other cities and towns where this tax has been paid into the municipal treasury. It is feared that the muddle which has arisen by reason of the poll tax contro versy will lead to the disfranchisement of many white voters. BUILDINGS, LIKE TOYS, ROCKED BY EXPLOSION MARION. Ind., Jan. 15.—Fifteen hun dred quarts of nitro-glycerine stored in two magazines owned by the St. Mary's Torpedo' company and the Empire Nitro- Glycerine company in a ravine, two miles and one-half southeast of this city, ex ploded this morning about 1:30 o’clock, shaking the entire northeastern part of the state. Business blocks and dwelling houses shook and swayed as if rocked by an earthquake and. the entire city was aroused. A yawning hole in the bottom of the ravine was all that was left to tell the story. So far as known, no one was injured in the explosion. Telephone inquiries received here indi cate that houses were shaken fifty miles away. „ ’ HOTEL THIEVES NAB FORTUNE IN GEMS NEW ORLEANS. Jan 15,-Two smart hotel thieves who got away from the St. Charles hotel last night with a trunk containing 82,500 worth of jewelry belong ing to F. E. Manners, a Chicago drummer, were caught today above Gretna, on the opposite side of the river, while trying to make their escape with their booty; much of which was recovered. Manners had a room in the hotel, which he shared with T. K. Looney, of Lexing ton. While he was absent at the theater last night and Looney was also away, one of the swindlers rushed into the hotel, represented himself as Looney, paid tho latter’s bill and had the baggage ordered to a cab which was hurriedly driven to catch the 19:25 Mississippi Valley train. The swindlers missed the train and get ting a new hack driver at the depot, were driven to a bearding house in the city. There they iocked themselves in a room, broke open the trunk, put the jewelry in their grips and slipped away. TWO PERSONS PErlseT IN FIRE IN ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS. Jan. 15.—John and Henry Kander, aged respectively four and two years, sons of Stephen Kander, of East St. Louis, perished today as the result of a fire that destroyed their home. The parents had left the children alone in the house and when they returned they found John, who was stricken with scar let fever several days ago, in bed suffo cated. The other child was burned to death. The bodies of both children were rescued from the flames by a fireman, who was almost suffocated. Th firemen succeeded in keeping ths fire from spreading to the adjoining build ings, occupied by the Corticelli Silk com pany. although a nominal damage result ed to the stock of the silk company from water. That company, it is said, had just un packed 8150000 worth of new goods, on which there was no insurance.
