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TUESDAY EVENING, .TUNE 10, 1902.

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IHE FODREH CASE IS NOW UNDER WAY

TWO BOLD CONVICTS.

Jury Made Up and Statement for the State Made to the Jury. A TALK BY JUDGE NEAL

Prowled Around Salem After Killing Three Guard*. SALEM. Ore., June 10.—Tracey and Merrill, the escaped convict*, who killed three guard* at the penitentiary, in gettint! away, yesterday, returned here last night, stole clothing from two men. took a team of horses from a third man and started northward. The convicts met J. W. Roberts, a citlsen, returning to his home in South Salem, about 10 o'clock. They robbed him of hi* clothing and then commanded him to enter hi* hou»e, which wa* nearby, and remain there all i»i«rnt under pain of death. The convicts later met an einressman. and from him they took an overcoat and pair of overalls. They then stole a team belonging to Felix Labranthe and drove northward. At 4 o'clock this morning Roberta ventured from hi* home.

A*ked Newspaper Men to Cling to th*| SILK IMPORTERS ARRESTED

Fact* and Avoid Sensationalism

MAN ASSASSINATED AT NOBLESVILLE: MAN ACCUSED OF THE CRIME.

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[From a Staff Correspondent.] NOBLESVILLE, Ind., June 10,-This was the second day of the trial In the Hamilton Circuit Court of William Fodrea on the charge of assassinating John Seay. Up to this time the Stale has been presenting its side of the case, and ha* made good progress with Its witnesses. The Jury that Is hearing the case iJ made up aa follows; ' C. A. Kudaly, Sheridan; George V. Jerrell, Fall Creek township; H. A. Scheldmelr, Cicero; Darwin Myers, Boxley; Albert Good. Clc^t?ro; C. E. Elliott, Sheridan; Jesse Hussey. Carmel; Loren Hankley, Omega; Elias Lunsford, Fall Creek; Jerry Klotz. Noblesvllle; Michael Kiser, Noblesville; John R. Hos», Fisher*. Statement for the State. Ralph K. Kane, for the State, made the opening statement. He detailed the threat* alleged to have oeen made by Fodrea against Seay because the latter kept company with Mis* Phillips; told how Fodrea tried to get worn at the mill whore Seay was employed and when informed that there was no place for him, replied that ho wa* willingao work for nothing "to get the run of things'; that Fodrea wa* seen lurking around the mill late at night and was seen standing at another time on the spot at the milt where the murderer stood; that Fodrea wa* frequently «een peering into the mill when Seay was there. Mr. Kane sharply defined the killing of Seay and the finding of the dead body to the mil*. Ml»> Phillips pressed her handkerchief to her eyes and Wept. Fodrea wa* Unmoved. FOdrea glanced time and again acrosa the room at the weeping girl and allowed his gaze to wander around the room, but other than that he was not affected by tlio atory. The attorney for the State caused a sensation when he declared that the State will show that the night of the murder, William Fodrea was seen within two squares of the mill with a shotgun In his band. NrVvN c-:" At this statement Fodrea, for the first time during Mr. Kane's remarks, showed gome totere*t. He turned pale for a second, and then flushed. He leaned over to hf* sister, who sat beside hfpt, and they whispered for several minutes. What the girl aatd to her brother seemed to cheer huu up. for hi* smiled and then settled back in hi* chair and watched the proceiedlniir# as if he were a disinterested apectator. yi^ ■ : J Witnesses for the State. Twenty-five of the State's witnesses we.** lined up behind the Jury and sworn. The defendant glanced down the long lino of uplifted hands, but his face was expreasionless. The tlrst witness for the State whs put on the stand late yesterday afternoon. He was Frank Bond, who worked with the murdered man, He told of his and Seay's actions/at the mill the nlgnt of the murder, the discovery of the body and the finding of. a number of 12-gauge gun wads

near. It.

The d*fen»e did not cross-examine the

(Witness.

Judge Talked to Reporters. Before the case was called. Judge Neal Mked the reporters for the dally papers to com* to his desk. • He explained to them that he had no ideslr* to observe a censorship over the prets or restrict the reporters in. their work, but he said that there 1* considerable feeling because of the crime in the county, nnd there was a dlvlilon of sentiment over the gum or innocence of

Fodrea.

For that reason he desired to caution the members of t he pres* against handling the evidence In a sensational way or commenting on it to a manner not Justified by the facts. Judge Neal urged that nothing be sa|d or done that In any way would cause the public to be excited. Privately, Judge Neal said that while no trouble was anticipated, or would be permitted, there was indignation over the commission of the crime, and he thought it best to do everything that would prevent the public from becoming more inflamed. While the indignation is great at the atrociousness of the crime, there is a large element of people who do not believe Fodrea guilty. The prisoner'* father, Levi D. Fodrea, has lived in Hamilton county over fifty year*. He wu,- « soldier and two or three tlaM* ne'was a candidate for re-, border of this county and finally was elected to the office. His term ^was a prosperous one and he left the office with several thousand dollars. He engaged in the fur business at Indianapolis and lost

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Father Standa by HIa Son. Since that time he. has been In the real estate business to a small way, but has not accumulated much of ,a competency. It will take alt he has and more to save

Its boy.

William Fodrea. against whom the inItctinant wa* returned, is about thirty years of age and, with the exception of t year or two. has spent hi* entire life ta Hamilton county. He has always been modest and unassuming and did not have a large circle of intimate friends. Fodrea, some time ago. opened a launIry and was doing well, when a roan he aad employed caused him to lose ail. At that time he remarked in a morbid way. ••It seems as if everyone that has anything to do with me bears me." That remark Is said to be characteristic of the rating man’s make-up. While in Jail he «ras silent and morose, seldom speaking :o anyone, and at no time discussing the trime with which he wa* charges! with e sheriff or Jail authorities. In fact, o is known, he never has talked of perhaps, with near relatives tnd his attorneys. The Murdered Man’e Habit*. E. Seay, the victim of the murder, i a way, a man with a similar dls*i Column ^%8ar

Outcome of Fraud* Which Cauced New York Custom House Shake-Up. . NEW YORK. June lO.-Two .merchant* Wre held in 106,000 bail on charge* of defrauding the Government in the biggest customs swindle in recent year*. They are Martin L. Cohen and Abraham 8. Rosenthal, members of A. S. Rosenthal & Co., <42 Greene street. The fraud*, which were carried on by false declaration* of silk Importations, will, it 1* *a!d. hmount to millions. The affair made so much trouble in the trade that it was one bf the cause* of the resignation of Secretary Lvman J. Gage — *

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Collector In the matter. DANIEL REID’S HOUSE.

AM Ita Plans Blocked by Failure to Get a Lot. {Special to The Indlanapoll* New#.] RICHMOND, Ind.. June 10,-The half-milHon-dollar mansion of Daniel G. Reid, the tinplate magnate, which he proposed to erect in this city, his former home, will not be foithcoming thi* summer, at least. The Inability of Mr. Reid to acquire ail the ground he desires has stopped progress for the time being. Every piece of property on the square was secured except that of M. H. Dili, which lie* midway in the block. He does not want to dispose of the property, being attached to it because It was the homestead of Mrs. Dill's parents. It is said that Mr. Reid offered 125,000 for it.

INDIANA NAVAL CADETS.

Their Standing Determined at Recent Examination*. tHpsclal to The Indianapolis News.] ANNAPOLIS, June 10.—The standing of next year's first, second and third classes of naval cadets has been determined by the examinations, indianlans stand ns follows: First class, John S. Arwlne, 27. James D. Wilson, 30. Second class. Roacoe F. Dillon, 42. Third class. 118 members; Edward H. McSheehy, 17; John A. Maudeville, 34, Nelson H. Goss. 87; Harry E. Shoemaker, 92; Hugh Brown. 1Q7._ TWO MEN WERE ASLEEP.

JOHN SEAY.

WILLIAM FODREA.

MOY REE SNOWED FEAR EUR HIS LIFE

HILL CONFESSES THIT HE BOUGHT QUESTIONS

TOON HOTS IT Iten PERISHED IN MLEINDM 1 HOSPITAL FIRE

Said Chinese Had Threatened Kill Him if He Continued to Help in Chin Hee Case.

GOT THEM FROM A COUNTY SU PERINTENDENT.

INDIANAPOLIS STUDENTS NOT HEARD FROM SINCE SUNDAY.

BITTER CHINESE FACTIONS

THE EVIDENCE AGAINST ELLIS

They May Hav* Been the Murderers of James Lacy. [Special to The Indianapolis News.) ELWOOD,-Ind., fune 10—Two, men. believed to have ben the murderers of James Lacy, near Marion, were seen by a number of persons lying on the grass, near Pleasant Hill church, southwest of this city, yesterday, but new* of the tragedy had not reached here, and nothing was thought of the sleeping men, or their rig. hitched under tree*, when the Marlon officer* appeared here searching for the men, they had left.

GAMBLING SHUT OUT.

Elks at

Muncie Begin Carnival.

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ISpeclal t© The Indianapolis News.] MUNCIE, Ind., June 10.—The Elks’ carnival, to last all week, began last evening with an attendance probably of 3,500. The Elk* shut out ail gambling from the carnival and the police promptly arrested those who attempted to start gambling operations outside the carnival grounds. The carnival attractions, which number about thirty, include Kilpatrick, the onelegged bicyclist and automobillst. TORNADO IN MINNESOTA. Four People Killed and Many House, Wrecked.

Interpreters for Both Sides Employed in Grand Jury Room—What E. Lung Said.

Moy Kee has been threatened with assassination if he continues to assist the State in getting evidence to convict Chin Hee. the accused slayer of Doc Lung. This fact developed this morrntng, when the

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grand jury asked that Moy Kee act as interpreter before that body. Moy Kee and a number of his friends say that open threat* have been made on his life by

friends of Chin Hee.

When the grand jury began Its investigation of the Doc Lung murder, Moy Kee and the other Chinese subpenaed by the

Effort Being Made to Have Grand Jury Thoroughly Investigate the Case.

WENT SAILING ON THE BAY

Awful Fate of Patients Who Were Imprisoned in Big Buildmg at Chicago.

Fear is Entertained by Reason High Wind—Family Here Has Heard Nothing.

LONG LIST OF INJURED

Joseph Hall, the Indiana Medical Col- NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 10.—Three lege student who sold teachers’ examina- members of the graduating class of the tion questions to J. H. Fickle at Marion sheffleW sdentlfic school( of y a , e UnIver .

has confessed. He says that he received

the questions from a county superintend- j s ity _ U. L. ^ atson and his brother. G.

A. Watson, both of Indianapolis, and H. H. Bartlett, of Worcester, Mass.—have been missing since last Sunday, when they chartered a small sloop and sailed down the harbor. Owing to the high winds that, have prevailed, anxiety is felt concerning them and classmates have instituted inquiries, thus far without result, along the coast of Long island

sound.

Frightened Victims Jumped from the Windows—St. Luke Society Suffers Heavy Loss.

He was with George Ellif, superintendent of Elkhart county, for twenty minute.* on the morning on which he got the questions. and as he was in Goshen all of that morning until he took the train for Marlon at i> o’clock, and the questions were not received by arij' superlntendeiit until after 7 o'clock that morning, .-the toils seem to be thickening about Ellis.

Confessed to Supt Jones, .

State Superintendent Frank Jones returned this afternoon from Marion and Terre Haute. While in Marlon, Hall finally confessed to him that he had received the questions from a county superintendent. Ellis said to a News representative Friday, in Goshen, that he would not be surprised if Hall should claim that he lEllis) gave the questions to him, in order to secure immunity from punishment. Ellis Friday announced his Intention of coming to Indianapolis yesterday to see State Superintendent Jones regarding the leak by which the State examination pa~pera became public, but has not yet ap-

peared.

In the meantime steps are being taken in Elkhart county to summons the grand jury before court adjourns on July 1, and thoroughly to sift the matter of the disappearance of the papers there. The evidence as to Hall’s whereabouts between the time of the mailing of the questions and the telegram he sent to Marion the next morning makes it impossible to believe that he got the questions any place other than Goshen. Ellis continues to

reiterate his innocence. Hall Also Under Cover.

Joseph Hall, out on bond from Marion, was said to be in the city yesterday. No trace of him could be found, however. At Delphi, where his brothers live, he has always borne a good reputation. He was appointed to West Point in 1804 by Con

ST. PAUL. J U „, ».-A lornado ,w,p, ^ . Sti. «r^p | ’X, IK

across the northern part of Minnesota yesterday afternoon, killing four persons, injuring t*n others, and demolishing the home* of fifteen families. Among the killed were Mrs. Berg, w'ho lived near

Voss postoffice, and Andrew Hoin, four

miles farther north. Hundred's of heaxls of __ , , , " j Thamas I Kidd areneral secretarv of the

live slock were killed. The path of i he l Prosecutor Ruckelshaus s hand in a firm ; ^

storm was half a mite wide and ten miles

, .«>. ...A.*,*. GREAT BRITAIN’S FINANCES.

Expenditures for the Coming Year Greater Than Revenues. LONDON. June 10.—A Parliamentary paper. Issued to-day, presents the revised flnanct*! statement for 1902-03. It ts estimated that the expenditures will total £176.359,000, and that the revenues will amount to £152.435.060. The deficit will be met out of the proceed* of a consols loan of £29.930.000, leaving £6.996,000 available for contingencies and the redemption of part of the national debt. MARSH WAS NOT DEAD. Met a Crowd that was Going to See Him Hanging In Hie Barn. (Special to The Indianapolis News.] RLt FFTON. Ind.. June 10-—Someone circulated a report, last night, that Joe Marsh, a prominent farmer, west of this city, had-hung himself in hia barn. Five hundred people drove out to see the sight, among them the coroner and two of Marsh's relative*. They met Marsh coming to ‘own.

CHILDREN RAISE FUNDS. . An entertainment was given by the Martha Washington sewing school for the benefit of the Fresh Air Mission. The children who took part in the show are as follows: Leona Ingran, Katie Ballard, Ralph Ballard, Alta Bamfuhrer, Alma Oehl. Anna Oehl, R.Uh Gollniseh, Nora McClanahan, Grace Mowwe, Eda Pfaff, LUsie Schneider, Arthur Kum. Harvey Bird. The admission was one cent, and the amount collected was *150 to all. .

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jury waiting-room. Moy Kee then paced j physical ex;mm:ptloc

nervously up and down the room and when attorney Taylor Groninger entered .

the room Moy Kee asked to be presented' * llternat * onal Association of \\ oodto Prosecutor Ruckelshaus. Groninger in- t worker5 has c <> me the financial assisttroduced the Chinese, and he caught 1 ance of the local union in its 8,rlke ’ and

grasp.

•Tf you please, you excuse me.

Moy Kee to the prosecutor, his lips quivering with emotion. *‘I go back to my

little business. I want no more to do with

this."

"No, we need you as an interpreter. ’ said Prosecutor Ruckelshaus. "No, please,” insisted Moy Kee. "They kill me." "What do you mean, Moy?" "1 mean they kill me. I mean If we do any more about Chin Hee I get killed. So do the others. I go first, they say." Attorney Groninger heard of Moy Kee’s last words aqd approached him. The "mayor” of Indianapolis’s Chinatown turned to see if he was being heard by others, and then he repeated his story to Groninger. v ~. “Don’t be afraid of anything like that,” said Prosecutor Ruckelshaus, to comfort the terror-stricken Chinese. "No. there's no danger,” said Groninger. "The police will protect you." Protection No Good to Dead Chinese. "Yes, they protect me," Moy Kee said. "They protect me when my head is off like. Doc Lung. They will do It. They say so. What good protection do a dead Chinaman? My head is off; then I am dead to the world. Sure thing, they threaten to cut my head off like Doc Lung. I beg you to let me go back to my little ousiness. I know them." Moy Kee then returned to his friends In the waiting room and they engaged in earnest conversation. Their heads were close together and they nodded them significantly. Moy Kee's purple coat could be seen in the center of the group. Moy Kee then returned to Prosecutor Ruckelshaus and informed him that he had good evidence *o prove that he had been threatened with assassination tf he continued to set as Interpreter for the State In the Chin Hee case. The Threat to Kill. "Who has threatened to kill you, Moy?” asked Ruckelshaus. "E. Lung come to me and say he kill 10, Column 8.

: International, will be in the city the last ! of this week to counsel with the strikers, said 1 The strikers have returned to work at the ' Schumacher, Jungclaus and Coburn mills.

The Watsons arc grandsons of Mrs. George F. Adams, of this city, and are taking their final examinations at Yale. They have visited here frequently. They are young men of high character and excellent standing in the college. Their father lives in Peoria, 111. The family in this city has heard nothing of the matter.

WHITE ASH COAL MINE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Flames of Unknown Origin Cause a Loss of Twenty-Five Thousand. (Special to The Indianapolis News.] SULLIVAN. Ind., June 10,-The White Ash coal mine, north of Hymera, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The loss was $25,000. partially covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is not known. Drowned In White River. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] ANDERSON. Ind., June lO.-Perry Timmons, twenty-four years old, was drowned in White river to-day. one mile west of the city. He was subject to epilepsy, and while suffering from an attack fell in the river. His body was recovered an hour later. Most’s Sentence Stands. ALBANY. June 10,-The 'Court of Appeals to-day unanimously affirmed the judgment of conviction of Herr Most, who was convicted of publishing an improper article in a paper owned by him. and wffio was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in the New York penitentiary.

BURNING OF THE ST. LUKES SOCIETY BUILDING

building ©ceupte Twenty-first street, Chicago, yesterday catused the death of ten persons; over * score more were injured, a&ti several are t^*£souated for.

CHICAGO, June 10—At least ten lives i were lost in a fire that swept through the i sanatorium of the St. Luke Society, an ; Institution for the treatment of habitual users of drugs and liquors, Wabash avenue and Twenty-first street, late yesterday afternoon. Among the victims is Aiderman Wnflam E. Kent, of the Fourth ward, known as "Blind Billy” Kent. Some beat out their strength against the iron-barred windows and double-locked door*, that cut them off from .reedom and life, on the top floor of the five-story building, and others hurled themselves to death or fatal Injuries on the pavements of the street. Many were injured in their flight from the place or seeking to rescue those of the Inmates who still lived. Struggle for Life. Most pathetic of the struggles waged for life was that of Alderman Kent, who, blind and alone, freed from the bonds that held him to his bed by the flames leaping across the room and lapping at the mattress, made his way to the bars that held him captive and beat his hands against the screening until he fell back suffocated. Another man, a saloon keeper, named Newell, held fast in a strait-jacket, and with his hands cuffed across his breast, lay helpless in his place, unmindful of the bolts and locks that hemmed him in because of the fever of delirium which possessed him. He was found where he had been left by his attendants, burned almost to a crisp. A woman, maddened with the frenzy of fear, locked herself in a closet on the fourth floor and met death there. Dead and Injured. The dead: ALDERMAN WILLIAM E. KENT, Chicago. S. G. NEWELL. Chicago. JOSEPH HARRINGTON, Chicago. SAMUEL DALZELL, Chicago. JOHN B. KNAFMAN, Chicago. MRS. M. BAUMANN, Chicago. J. E. BISHOP, St. Louis. GEORGE A. R1BBECK, Hillsdale. Mich. G. S. GOTT, printer, La Vergne, III. DR. B. H. BOYD, Chicago. The Injured: H. C. Davis, manager of the sanatorium, severely biirned In attempting a rescue; Carl A. Carlson, Internally hurt by jumping; Joseph T. Suit, injured by jumping Into a net; Frank J. Johnson, night attendant of Alderman Kent, burned about face and body; Thomas Gallagher, pipeman of engine No. 8, cut by flying glass; Mrs. B. H. Bowman, burned while rescuing her four-year-old daughter from third floor; Grade Bowman, four years old. burned about body, not serious; Michael Hadley, flreman, burned while trying to rescue Carl A. Carlson from fourth floor; Mrs. Leah, wife of Omaha brewer, overcome by smoke; Michael Luby, laborer: C. M. Osborn, New York, wrist cut and face lacerated; Mary McMannis, patient, burned and overcome by smoke; Mattie Jameson, patient, overcome; Mrs. Amelia Wilson, -patient, may die from burns; Minnie Ellis, patient, not serious; John Downey. Omaha, patient, not serious; A. jt\ Davis, business manager of the hospital, burned, not serious; Henry Norman, colored, not serious; Fred Kapra, cut by glass, not serious; Dr. H. L. Luce, asleep, burned about hands and body: A. W. Wattles, attendant, may die; Malcolm Morrison, Chicago, seriously; T. F. Mears, Enosburg Vales, Vt, may die. Beat the Bars. The flames, starting after 3 o’clock, spread from the basement up through the structure with incredible swiftness. Back and forth through the upper halls the patients ran, shrieking in terror. In the violent wards were men chained to cota and locked within cell-like rooms. There was no time to free them. They perished amid their terrible struggles for freedom. Semi-maniacs beat at the bars and tore their scant clothing as they found egress blocked. One patient, hammer in hand, fought ‘ his companions desperately. Fierce, animal-like roars came from the windows. Men. with horror peering from their eyes and foam on their lips, wrenched at iron barrier* until the blood flowed to streams from their hands. Sev* L

eral who found windows unguarded on lower floors, leaped to the pavements, and were either killed or badly injured. Rescues and Leaps. Spectacular features abounded. There were thrilling rescues and leaps from upper floors, and cheers and groans of despair from thousands of spectators who watched the scene. W’hen John B. Knapman leaped to hia death from the third floor on the Wabashavenue side, there was a great cheer for his daring, followed by a contagious wall when it was known that his life was lost. Two men who jumped from the topmost floor, the fifth, into a net at the rear of the building, were caught by the firemen. One of these. Dr. B. H. Boyd, afterward died in Mercy Hospital. The wife of Mr. Watson wa* rescued from a fire escape on the third floor. She had crawled to the place and was either too frightened or too weak to make the descent, when two firemen, seeing her predicament, brought her safely to the ground. Kick In the Doors. Two men patients were helped down fire escapes from the third floor by Louis Williams, employed in an adjoining saloon, and L. P. Green, of Austin. W. H. Coollns took a man from a fire escape at the same hlght, and Thomas Brown, a colored man, carried two persons from the third floor. Officer Edward Zimmerman, of the central detail, was slightly burned carrying a woman down a fire escape from the fourth floor. A man who gave his name as Charles Burns, of Cincinnati, kicked in the doors of five rooms on the fourth floor and, finding a helpless woman in one of them, carried her down a ladder. Some sought to keep out of the fire by wrapping rags about their heads. The greater part of the men were partly or entirely undressed, and their bodies were without protection from the flame*. When the last man who was able had appeared on the windward ledge and was assisted out of danger the lire escape was abandoned. Origin of the Fire. i The fire’s origin is a mystery. It started in the basement, where house fireman Lee Seymour, who began work only yesterday, was cleaning flue*. A tank of gasoline, used for both cooking and lightj ing purposes, was also on this floor, and j a few minutes before the alarm of fire was given this tank was being filled by two men. under direction of bouae engineer William Lanahan, whose term of service also began yesterday. W. W. Watson, who was proprietor of the Woodruff Hotel, which occupied the building until February 1, when th* St. Luke's Society took possession, and who was still rooming on tne third floor, thinks the disaster may have been caused by the use of gasoline. After the fire was over the police arrested William Lanahan. the engineer; Lee Seymour, the flreman of the building, and J. P. Nagel, the inventor of a gasoline plant in use in the basement of the institution. The building was valued at $100,000; insurance, $SO.OOOt NINE GIRLS DEAD.

Caught in Burning Building in the Heart of London. LONDON, June 10.—Nine young girls were burned to death and fifteen persons were injured in a Are which destroyed a five-story building next to the Mansion House station, In the business part of London, yesterday. The Are department was unable to render assistance, and the apparatus was useless. The bodies were so badly charred that only two could be identified.

Five Dead at Saratoga. SARATOGA, June 10.—Five lives were lost in the fire which destroyed the Arcade and the Citizens’ National Bank block yesterday morning. The dead are: Mrs > Elizabeth M. Mabee, Mrs. Barah Owens, David Howland, Mrs. David Howland and Miss Farrington. All were burned to death.

NEW SHIP CORPORATION.

The Capitalization will Probably be NEW YORK, June 10.—Details concerning the proposed combination of shipbuilding interests were made public here to-day. The combine probably will be known as the United States Ship Corporation, and will be Incorporated in New Jersey. "The capitalization will be aboutt $26,000,000, equally divided in common and preferred shares, and it is likely that bonds in two classes amounting to $9,000,000. will be Issued. The Trust Company of the Republic, of this city, will finance the combine and act as transfer agents. Alexander & Green will be the general counsel. It is stated that the following companies and firms have been Invited to enter the combination; Union Iron-works, of San Francisco; Bath iron-works, Bath, Me.; Hyde Windlass Company, Bath; * ' — 1 thport.

party, of Wilmington, Del.

TWO AMERICANS HONORED.

Cambridge Confers Degrees on Whitelaw Reid and H. W. Parker. CAMBRIDGE. Eng., June lO.-The degree of doctor of laws was conferred this afternoon on Whitelaw Reid, the special ambassador of the United States to the coronation of King Edward, by Cambridge University. John Edwin Bandya was the orator. Mrs. Reid was present at the ceremony. The degree of doctor of music was conferred on Prof. Horatio W. Parker, of Yale University. LOU SING PULLED UP.

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Experiences of the Inhabitants on the Eruption of Souffrlere—The i Relief Work. 1

Colorado Mob's Method of Preventing an Elopement. IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo., June 10.-Lou Sing, a Chinese, was strung up to a tree twice by a mob and threatened with death if he did not leave town, never to return. Lou Sing had planned to run away with s white girl. It is not believed the Chinese suffered severely.

(From James p. Hornaday, Staff . Correspondent.) KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 24.— Additional corroboration of the report of much suffering on the island of St. Vincent, eighty miles farther south, was received by Captain Berry, of the Dixie, while the stores for Martinique were being unloaded, and so no time was lost in getting under way for the second scene of destruction. As soon as the last lighter had been 1 sent ashore Thursday evening, May 22. the cruiser pm off for Kingstown, the principal seaport on the leeward side of 8t, V in cent. The cable had told us that Souffrlere, the volcano on this island, was still active, and not wishing to approach the island at night, the captain directed that a "loafing run" be made so as to bring the cruiser off the island about daylight. Mont Pelee Duplicated. . The north end of the Island, from which the volcano rises, wa* sighted at daybreak, and as the cruiser approached with caution we cou!0 see Mont Pel** dupli-

cated.

There was the umbrella of steam rising at Intervals above the crater and floating off to sea; then came a puff of black smoke which hid the mountain from sight until it was scattered by the wind, and down the sides of the volcano were Jets of steam issuing from the earth Just as we had seen them at Pelee. Passing down the west coast a good view of the work of destruction on that side of the island was to be had. For ten miles _ or me'a the mountains and the valley* had been devastated. A coat of gray ashes covered the landscape. No town* of any size had ever existed between the volcano and the west coast, but there were at the time of the eruption many settlements of Caribs along the rocky coast. No Sign of Llfe^ Most of the inhabitants had~beet? the survivors had been rescued and taken to Kingstown. No sign of Ilfs appeared anywhere as the cruiser passed down. Through the glasses could see many ruined sugar plantation*. Mill* wero wrecked and partially covered with the flow from the volcano. The plantations, which, two week* before, were rich in vegetation, looked now like waste places on a desert Island. At 6 o'clock in the morning the Dixie joined the Brl*r' | cruisers Pallas and Indefatigable in i llttie harbor at Kingstown. A more velcome visitor never entered the harbor. The British ships boomed a salute, and not content with that, the shore batteries extended a welcome. The crulaer Cincinnati, which had followed us down from Fort-de-France, came in a little later, and she, too, received a salute from the British cruisers and from the shore. It was a relief to enter a British colony and hear the English language one* more. Real Need of Relief.

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It did not take long to learn that ther* was real need of relief on this island— the need was many fold greater than in Martinique. On the way down from Martinique some of the passengers had expressed the opinion that Great Britain, proud and amply able to care for her own, would decline the Dixie * cargo with thanks, but they were mistaken. The cruiser was received by the governor and the officers of the British cruisers as a friend In need, and arrangements were made at once to r*c*ive the

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Conditions .were entirely different ft those in Martinique. Only about twentieth as many live* had been lost— 1,000 in all, but for one person on Martinique who was injured and aurvivsd, a hundred could be found on St. Vinci Thousands, too, had been mad* hotnel* and penniles*. The real need of relief wa* not co to the city of Kingstown, which,un: by the eruption, had become the refuge of thousands of persons from other part* of the island. Homeless people, many of them suffering from injuries, were giegated in a half dozen town* on Island. In fact, the entire end ofIsland, which had not suffered from eruption, was dotted with refuge and pitai camp*. Disaster Preceded that of St. P The disaster that came on this isi preceded that of St. Pierre one day, the world did not hear of the calamity in til after the news of tne destruction of 8 Pierre had gone out Like the people

Dccome acu-ve. x uaojuijr nw n mi not so long before the disaster cams, bu it was ample. 'Jlfl No large cities or towns wens sitv - *' directly at the foot of the volcano, of the Burel. bate of Souffriere, would have fared i . _ , .U. AIA < k.. XT..

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HOME FOR A CHILD. This fresh air letter come* from Columbus, Ind.: *T believe I could make a little child quite happy for a two weeks’ visit to my house. We have a fine yard, four children, lots of chickens, a driving horse and plenty of playthings. If you know of a little boy that needs freshening up, send him to us. A child between three and six preferred. 1 will take the child for two weeks now, and in July or August will take the same child, or another, for two or three weeks. Let us know the train, that we may meet the child.” ' . ,

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