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INVALID'S RUBBER GOODS ,ir Vds. Pillow and Chair Cushions. Hospital r.;:v. Lrinals. Hed Pan?. Fountain and IJulb Hut water Hetties. Stomach Tubes shower Bathd. Rath Cabinets. WM. II. AKMSTKONG & CO.. j HltlJICAL I.NSTUL'JIKVr MAKIJUS. j :n ! 126 S. Meridian street. In2ianarolis, Ind. I VILL APPLY PRESSURE CKHMAW TO 1'IT THE SCREWS OX vi:r:zi cla ix a fkw wceks. Coercive Mensureft "Will Be Tnken If lai inn of CI t?r tit 11 11 m lie Xot Set tied Soon. UNITED STATES SATISFIED iu:ml:vf.s south Americans MIOl'LD PAY T1IEIII DHHTS. ccr'(nrj- Ilny's Note to Germany Xot 1 to Be Mnde Public Pol ley of l'roiclent CnMr. BERLIN, Dec. 31. Until Dr. O. SchmidtLeda. the German minister to Venezuela, arrives at Caracas, which will be about Jan. 5. nothing will be done by Hen Von Pllgrim-RaltazzI, the German charge d'affa:r s there, to press President Castro further. Dr. Sehmldt-Leda bears instructions U'm the German government. The carrying out of the successive steps outlined in these instructions will end in coercive r.i-.isures, which probably will be applied in four or live weeks' time if intermediate efforts shall have failed in the meantime. It i.- possible, however, that events may shorten this period. Ir.surauch as Germany is possessed of the good will of the United States in this matter. Baron Von Rlchthofen, imperial secretary of foreign affairs, desires to give Presller.i Castro ample time to recognize this fa-::, and the fact also that Germany is really in earnest in the matter. Germany will r.ut act at the moment when a foreign difficulty might strengthen President Castro';hold upon his country by uniting V. r. zu lan national feeling against Germany. 11 is understood at the Foreign Office here that the United States is not only tolerant of Germany's purpose toward Venezuela, but pleast-d that Germany and not the United States is to undertake to disclplln Venezuela into paying her debts and ktr;i:ig faith with foreigners doing business there. Orrr.any's action with regard to Venezuela has been likened here to France's reou.t curse toward Turkey, which was consi'lrnd wholesomely to have affected the f,,jr.tr eries between Turkey and other C'-i;:. tries". cruiser Gazelle is still at Kb-!, althoucrh she has been ordered to sail rials disapproving the dispatch from Washington to a New York newspaper, pri:te-d Sundav, to the effect that persons of importance in the American "War and Navy Departments considered war between ''rrr.any and the United States to be inf vit.'iM,. Declared to He n Pirate. CARACAS. Dec. 31. The Official Gazette J"::.:;:a-s a decree to-day signed by Fies-i'-'-r.t 'astro, in which the steamer Liberi r. formerly the Ban PJgh, is declared t" ' a i irate. The government of Ven-z-.'-I i has offered a reward of $10,000 and the e.tru-o she carries to the Venezuelan or furtisi ship which shall seize the Liber-ti-ior. The Libtrtador is being used in the interests of the revolution against Castro, f whi.-h General Mato.-, is the reputed ' r. Geru.rai Matos has issued a maniTi e li.in Itih was last reported Dec. 2ö c r'ert De France, Martinique. She came r."t from Antwerp, and it is alleged that carries 5." .)'., X) cartridges and 10,000 Jo;'T rilles. . AVI 1. 1. ()T II K 31 A DC PL' I! LI C. Secretary lln. .Vote to Germany In Regard to Venezuela. WASHINGTON. Dec. SI. Secretary HayU v.v as to the proposed German programme In Venezuela was communicated to the (' rrr. an government in the shape of a writ-tf-r memorandum. This supplemented verbal exchanges that had taken place In Washington between Ambassador Von UI'btn and President Roosevelt directly ar.l between the ambassador and Secretary IJay at greater length. The State Departhr:t positively declines to make public thi m-morandum or Its substance, but It la Ppir.tul out again that the basis of the Urilte.j states representations Is to b .looked for in the utterances of President 'oos.tvelt in his annual message to ConKss touching the lonroe doctrine in its plication to South American countries hich do not pay their debts. -othing has been heard from Caracas to utain the report that United States niiter liowen, through urgent represen

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Gloves $2 to $4. . 99 tations, has induced a postponement of the execution of the German programme. It is certain that no instructions to that effect have been given to Mr. liowen, though it is admitted that It would be the duty of any United States minister to exercise ail of his powers within the lines of the general policy of this country to prevent possible bloodshed. Confirmatory evidence is to be had from unofllcial sources of tho purpose of the German government at least to delay action against Venezuela until the issue of the present revolutionary movement directed against President Castro. CASTHO'S POLICY. "What the PreMlilcnt of Venezuela Desires to Do for His Country. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. President Castro, of Venezuela, has written an open letter, copies of which have been received by officials here, in which he defends the general policy he has pursued, and throws considerable light on his aspirations. An indirect allusion is made to the German affair In the president's appeal for united support in defense of the fatherland. The letter was in response to an application, which was granted, for the release of several journalists imprisoned at Caracas. In the course of the litter President Castro says: "It is painful to observe that the rashness of some, the impatient ambition of others, the mistaken criticism of the leading classes and the obstinacy of the revolutionary spirit have sorely tried the virtues of my liberal policy. At a time when I have desired to see the country happy and its citizens enjoying every comfort 1 have the painful duty of adopting repressive measures, contrary to my character, my education and all my sentiments. "If the offenders in this case have not succeeded in overthrowing the government they have nevertheless contributed to the propaganda which delays the fruit of peace and makes our progress and our prosperity captive in the clutches of the monster of civil war. Our prosperity has been withheld through errors and entanglements for which my government is not responsible, but which claim a prompt and quick solution. In carrying out this policy I should have the support of all the citizens of Venezuela, because therein rests the sovereignty of the fatherland. "It is my wish that you convey to these journalists my wish to see them again fulfilling their duties of party opposition. 1 desire that the press shall bring all the charges it may have against me, being confident that its Judgment will not affect me. I do this in order to establish under our republican system the absolute Justification of my political purposes. I do it also because I have no fear of an adverse public judgment upon my acts." Xortli Atlantic Squadron. SAN JUAN, P. R., Dec. CI. The United States North Atlantic squadron arrived off this port to-day. Hear Admiral Francis F. Iligginson came ashore and transferred his Hag to the United States gunboat Marietta. The latter had been awaiting the squadron here for several days. Admiral Iligginson visited Governor Hunt and secured the squadron's mail. He proceeded to Gulebra island this evening. The itinerary of the squadron Is unchanged. IlItCIIASI.i IVAIt SHU'S. Argentina and Chile Huylnsr Destroyers and Cruisers Abroad. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. SI. The Dilarlo to-day announced that the Argentine government had entered into contracts with the Anscldo (Scstri) and San Pier d'Arena yards (Italy) for the immediate construction of two armored vessels of 2,500 tons at a cost of 17,000,000 francs each. The government has already sent to the Italian constructors 13,000,000 francs on account. NEW YORK, Dec. SI. Both Chile and Argentine are eagerly negotiating for the purchase of warships in Great Britain, says the London correspondent of the Tribune Chile has, it is said, been lucky enough to acquire two torpedo boat destroyers now being built on the Thames to the order of Brazil, which latter country has been tempted by the good price offered to sell. These vessels could be launched at the end of next month. Argentine has a large cruiser on the stocks at Elswick, but it cannot be delivered until next summer. NO ALLIAXCC PFUI FCTFD. Chile and Colombia Have Xot United for AVar I'urposcs. WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. An authoritative denial is made of the report that an alliance has been formed between Chile and Colombia for offensive and defensive purposes. The report of this alliance has been circulated widely.-It appears, however, that it grew out of a recent visit of a Chilean commissioner to Bogota with a view to influencing the Colombian government In its attitude before the congress of American republics at Mexico City. The exchanges were very cordial, and a friendly feeling was created between the two countries but there has been no alliance, secret or otherwise, between them. The Colombian minister here has not been advised of the renewed outbreaks on the Isthmus of Panama. He said to-day hat he was satisfied, after reading the nres reports that the uprising was not Sf i Serious character, but that certainly ft would not again bring about an interrontion of traffic across the isthmus. However he has cabled to the authorities on fhe isthmus for details of the situation in order to be advised of conditions which In any way affect this government. Luncheon to Mnrconl. vrrWA Ont.. Dec. 21. Signor Marconi winter talntd to-day ot luncheon at he SSS-iii Club by "e members of the Cabsiauuii Cornwall, tntr. A 1C,ftlon there woSld rve also Id transmitSIlWwSS of thoAt.an.lc."

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Y SITUATION FINANCIAL CONDITIONS REVIEWED I1Y SECRETARY GAGE. Snrplus Is $100,000,000 and the Public Debt Has Ileen Reduced $58,714,700 Since April 1. AN INCREASE IN CIRCULATION PER CAPITA XOW IS $SS.73y AGAINST J?U3.14 LAST 3IARCII. International Bunking Corporation to Receipt for PuyruentM on Account of the Chinese Indemnity. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. "The treasury is in a condition of unexprocted strength," said Secretary Gage to-day, when asked to review briefly the treasury situation at the close of the year. ."Only a month ago, in my annual report to Congress, I reviewed these conditions. The figures for the last month have made but little change. For the calendar year we show receipts in excess of the ordinary expenditures amounting roundly to $100,000,000. Such an excess might have resulted in serious embarrassment had not the department been able, by means of this surplus, to reduce the public debt in large amounts. Since April 1 last the treasury has redeemed and canceled United States bonds to the par value of $53,71 1,700, which have been applied to the sinking fund, and the disbursement resulting therefrom was $72,2:2G,S1S. The available cash on hand is therefore only about $30,000,000 larger than the amount held a year ago. "Comparing the situation as it is to-day with April 1 last the result is most gratifying. On the latter day the treasury held money of all kinds to the amount of $150,873,000, including $100,000,000 as a gold reserve, leaving, therefore, $130,000,000 as a cash balance. To-day in money of all kinds the treasury holds $20G,65i),000, and, If we deduct the $150,0(0,000 now held as a gold reserve, the balance stands at $14G,000.000, or $l.o00,uu0 less than it was April 1, 1SD7. ' It will be seen, therefore, that substantial equilibrium has been maintained. "There has been a very material increase in the volume of money in circulation since March 1, li07, as well as in the amount per capita. The volume of money on that date, outside the treasury, was $l,675,G,Ji,,j."3, and the amount per capita was $23.14. On the 1st of December last the amount of money outside the treasury was $2.250.200,230, and the amount per capita was $28.73. The increase in amount, therefore, was $371,501,277, and the increase per capita was $5.59. "The amount of gold coin and gold certificates in circulation increased from $553,G0,513 on March 1, lb37, to $yi4,3OO,0Sy on Dec. l, llHJl. Every otner kind of money :n circulation is greater in amount now than on March 1, lb'Jl, with the single exception of the treasury notes of the act of July 14, lbOO. Tho amount of these in circulation Dec. 1, 1W1, was only $40.102,022, as against $!5.54G,C21 on March 1, 1SD7. This reduction in volume grows out of the natural operation of the act of July 14, 1S00, and the act of March 14, vy). "The increase in the amount of national bank notes in circulation during the period in question was $132,132.731. This increase is mainly attributable to the act of March 14, 1W0." 3IEETIXG OF THE CA IX ET. How Chinese Indemnity Payments AVIII Re Received at Shanghai. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. At the meeting of the Cabinet to-day it was decided to make the International Banking Corporation, organized In New York to do business in Shanghai, the agent of the United States government for the receipt of the payments to this government on account of ths Chinese indemnity. Consul Goodnow was appointed temporarily to receive the payments to the United States as they are collected until a fiscal agent of this government could be selected. The International Banking Corporation, of which Marcellus Hartley is president, and John J. McCook is attorney, now has an agent in Shanghai in the person of M. Ferron, and to him the American payments will be made. The fund out of which the interest on the indemnity debt is paid accummulates from the collection of the customs and is distributed pro rata among the agents of the several governments interested. The German-Venezuelan dispute was discussed casually at the Cabinet meeting. There is an understanding between Germany and this government as to the matter and no complications are expected which will involve the United States. On account of the crowded condition of the prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, in which many federal prisoners are confined, among whom are a number of Indians suffering with tuberculosis, It has been decided to build temporary isolated quarters for the accommodation of these sick patients. Application was made for the pardon of some of tho Indians in which the disease was in an advanced stage on the ground that their presence in the penitentiary was a menace to the other inmates, but the President and Attorney General Knox decided that it would not do to release them, and as an alternative it was decided to erect temporary quarters for them. Admiral Schley's Coming Tour. WASHINGTON, Dec 31. Admiral Schley left here this afternoon for Baltimore to pay a long-deferred visit to his sister. He will return on Thursday to act as honorary pallbearer at the funeral of the .late Rear Admiral Roe. On Jan. 8 Admiral Schley will go to Savannah. Ga., for a ten days' visit with Gen. William G. Gordon. On the 25th, 2Cth and 27th of January he will be the guest of the Hamilton Club, of Chicago; Jan. 29 and 30 he will visit Louisville as the guest of the Board of Trade and the Knights Templars of that city; Feb. 1, 2 and 3 he will be in Nashville as the guest of the Board of Trade and Knights Templars. He will visit Knoxville on Feb. 5 and 6 as the guest of the city. The. Memphis trip has been arranged finally for the last week of April. Consul to Issue Postal Orders. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 United "States Consul Goodnow, at Shanghai, China, who also is United States postal agent at that point, has been authorized to issue postal money orders to any point in the United States at domestic rates, the same as apply within this country. The agency at Shanghai will become immediately the regular point of issue of money orders to all postoffices in this country. It is the first instance of such application of domestic rates for United States points. Chance in nn Army Rule. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. By direction of the secretary of war the army regulations have been amended so as to provide that any officer assuming command above that pertaining to his grade shall be entitled to additional pay only in case he has exercised such command of troops operating against an enemy for a period of three months or more continuously, in obedience to orders issued by superior authority which he was bound to obey. Mr. Johnson Will Xot Accept. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. First Assistant Postmaster General Johnson has declined a tender made to him yesterday by Governor Voorhees of the office of state treasurer of New Jersey. Mr. Johnson said tonight that while he appreciated the honor done him he preferred to remain in his present position. Ordered to the Philippines. WASHINGTON, Dec 31. The headquarters staff and band of the third battalion.

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Eleventh Cavalry, from Fort Mycr, Virginia, and the second battalion. Twentyseventh Infantry, from Plattsburg barracks. New York, have been ordered to New York city to take the transport Buford, about Jan. 21, for transportation to the Philippines. NELL CROPSEY'S FUNERAL.

Rody of the Murdered Girl Rnried In a Rrooklyn Cemetery. NEW YORK. Dec. St. The body of Nell Cropsey arrived here to-day from Elizabeth City, N. C. With the body was Andrew G. Cropsey, of Brooklyn, uncle of the dead girl. The casket was removed from the train to a hearse and taken to the new Utrecht Cemetery, Brooklyn, for interment. There were about 500 persons present at the committal 'service. Including relatives of the dead girl and a number of pupils from the public school which she formerly attended. The casket was completely covered with ilowers. X'o Hearing; This Week:. ELIZABETH CITY. N. C, Dec. 31.-So-licitor G. Ward announced to-night that at Wilcox's own request his preliminary hearing on charges of killing Miss Cropsey will not take place this week. He is held in custody by recommendation of the coroner's jury pending presentation by the grand jury for the March term of Superior Court. Popular sentiment Is very strong against him, but time has alleviated the feeling somewhat, and the talk of lynching has ceased. Wilcox's mother, who is in delicate health, is said to be in a serious condition, caused by the suspicion cast on her son. RICHMOND IN A FERMENT FLOOD AXD FIRE CAUSED EXCITE31 EXT IX THE VIRGINIA CITY. Firemen Compelled to Fight Flames While Standing: Waist Deep In Water Gas Supply Cut Oft. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 31. Flood, fire and general excitement prevailed in Richmond to-day. The water in the James river rose 23 feet, within four feet of the level of the great freshet of 1S77. Lower Main street and a greater part of Fulton, in the extreme eastern section of the city, were flooded. When the freshet was near its height fire, caused by the waters coming in contact with lime, broke ou. n the plant of Warner, Moore & Co., millers and feed supply men. The property is situated on the creeks of tho Hooded district, and at one time it seemed inevitable that it would be destroyed, but a changs of wind and the splendid work of the fire department averted that. Hoso was carried over a lino of partially submerged coal cars and buoyed on rafts made of small boats. The firemen fought the Harnes standing up to their waists in water. The fire was confined to the building In which it started. The loss is only about $10,000; fully covered by insurance. It is estimated that the occupants of some two hundred small houses on this and the Manchester sides of the river had to vacate temporarily. The gas works are partly under water and the gas supply cut off. This condition seriously cripples the newspapers, as tho metal for their linotypo machines is heated by gas. All are working lamps to-night. The incoming southern trains had to run through several feet of water. Bridges are reported gone in various sections of the State and traffic greatly interrupted. The water began to fall about 5 p. m. The loss by water in this city cannot be estimated to-night, but it will not be heavy, as there was time to move out stocks. Rlizxard Plays Havoc. OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Dec. 31. Ogdensburg was caught in a blizzard to-day and the gale snapped off the monster pole at the entrance to the Ford-street bridge. In its fall the telephone, telegraph, electric light, fire alarm and trolley wires were carried to the ground in a tangled mass. Sheets of flames shot to a great height and there was a continuous blazing of the wires. Many persons were crossing the bridge, on the girders of which lay many live wirc3, but no one was injured. All telephonic communication from outside the city was cut off and electric light and fire alarm sj-stems were rendered useless. Linemen are repairing the damage. ELECTRIC POWER PLANT. Americans Will Establish It In Toluca, State of Mexico. TULUCA, Mexico, Dec. 31. New York capitalists have bought water rights at San Simonito, where there is a cascade, and will build an electric power station and supply mining towns and add to the electric lighting facilities of this city. The project has been carried through to completion by Alexander Potter, of New York. Governor Villada on Thursday will cut the first sod of the site of the great power house. American I'aekinK House in Mexico. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 31. A great American packing house to be established In the State of Michoacan near the town of Uruapam will soon be under active construction, a capital of $1,600,000 gold having been subscribed in Chicago. Uruapam besides being a great coffee growing place is In the heart of the cattle country. LEO IN PERFECT HEALTH. Press Dispatches Contradicted by Private Advices from Rome. NEW YORK, Dec. 31. A private dispatch to-day from Rome from the Rt. Rev. J. M. Farley, auxiliary bishop of New York, announces that he had a private audience of over half an hour with the Pope to-day. In contradiction of the rumors about the feeble condition and frequent fainting spells of his holiness, the bishop found the Pope in perfect health and displaying marvelous lucidity of intellect and strength of memory. LONDON, Jan. l.-A dispatch to the Standard from Rome says that the Pope celebrated mass on New Year's eve and that he appeared to be in good health. MORE THAN $1,000,000 A DAY. Unprecedented Record of Xeiv Business of the Xerv York Life Insurance Company During; the Past Year. NEW YORK, Dec. 31. The closing day of the year indicates great prosperity in every business direction. The large mercantile houses, the various banking institutions and the trades generally are quite enthusiastic with the records made. The fire insurance business has not resulted In great profits for stockholders owing to the poor ! rates obtained, but the regular, or old-line i life insurance companies, on the other j hand, will make a splendid showing for ' their policy holders, the leader in business i obtained and in force will undoubtedly be the New York Life, as President McCall has issued a statement that the new applications to his company in 1901 will exceed three hundred and eighty mh.ions of dollars, or more than a million tor every day in the year. This is an unprecedented record. The company's new-paid-for business in excluding riskr, rejected, etc.. Is $2'50,UOJ.O"i. The total paid-for-insurance in force is lUro.UUO.OOD. a net gain of $1C0.UOO.OOO over the previous year. It Is estimated In banking circles that the dividend and interest payments on government. State, municipal, railroad and other corporation securities payable on Jan. 1 will be $4),000,0u0. The new business offered to the New York iife during Iaii Is nearly ooual to these combined payments.

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CIIIXESE COURT TO ARRIVE AT PAO-TIXG-FU OX JAX. 3. Will Then Proceed to the Capital by Rail, Reaching There Probably on Tuesday of Xext Week. TROOPS ALONG THE ROUTE PREPARATIOXS FOR THE RECEPTlOX OF THEIR MAJESTIES. Several Important Edicts Issued Pos thumous Honors Murderers to 'Be Punished. PEKING, Dec. 31. The Chinese court will proceed by train from Pao-Ting-Fu for Peking Jan. 7. . The court will reach Pao-Ting-Fu Jan. 3. Tha railroad thence to Peking during the court's transit will be guarded by General Ma's troops. All the nobles and high officials of Peking have been ordered to assemble on the plaza between the Temples of Heaven and Agriculture and prostrate themselves while the Emperor and dowager Empress pass. Officials and Manchu banner men will line the entire route from the station to the palace gate. Prince Ching, one of the Chinese plenipotentiaries, hs persuaded the dowager Empress to leave at the border of Chl-Li province the troops under the command of General Tung Fuh Slang, who escorted her to this point and ?ho desired to come to Peking. Nevertheless, their two principal officers, who were General Tung' Fuh Slang's chief aides during the attack upon the legations, will accompany the court to this city. Yung Lu, the Chinese Imperial treasurer, purposes to give each of these officers command of a force equal to that of the forces commanded by General Ma and General Chiang, and which are now in Peking. An edict has been Issued restoring the honors to Chang Wing Huan, formerly Chinese minister to the United States, who was degraded in 1SJS for his reform proclivities and was exiled in Turkestan, where he was beheaded at the beginning of the "Boxer' movement by command of the dowager Empress. United States Minister Conger and Sir Ernest Satow, the British representative, requested the posthumous restoration of Chang Wing Huan's honors on behalf of his family. The Russian minister to China, Mr. Paul Lessar, has informed the Chinese plenipotentiaries, Prince Ching and Wang Wen Shao, that the Russian government will refuse to amend the Manchurian treaty, and the situation is practically a deadlock. It is reported among the Chinese officials that M. Lessar declared that unless the treaty was concluded by the Russian New Year Russia would break off negotiations with China and maintain her occupation of Manchuria. The brief diplomatic sensation caused here by the cabled announcement that the United States would reduce its Chinese Indemnity claim business $1S, 000,000 has been ended by a dispatch from Secretary of State Hay to Mr. Conger, the United States minister here, saying the report to this effect was a fabrication. Secretary Hay said also in his message that the American claim is moderate and just, but that the United States was willing to waive its pro rata share if necessary. The Gazette publishes an edict recounting the massacre at Ning-Sha-Foo, in Kan-Soo province (where a missionary and a number of Christian converts were reported to have been killed, supposedly by troops under the command of General Tung), and ordering the Chinese officials to pursue and punish the guilty outlaws. It is undoubtedly true that Belgian missionaries with Chinese converts occupy fortified villages in the region about Ning-Sha-Foo, and, according to an unconfirmed report which has reached the Belgian legation here, another missionary near Ning-Sha-Foo has been murdered. A second court degrades the magistrate and other Chinese officials within whose jurisdiction the massacre occurred, but retains them in office until the murderers shall have been secured. Unless they succeed in apprehending the guilty parties, they are forbidden in perpetuity to hold office. This edict will doubtless result in the punishment of eomebody, whether guilty or not. German Steamer Wrecked. HONG-KONG, Dec. 31. The German steamer Clara has been wrecked near HoiHu, Island of Hal-Nan. Forty-two of the ship's company were saved by the French steamer Hanoi, but Captain Underup and three other officers, four European passengers and eleven Chinese are missing. PURCHASE OF COAL MINES. Riff Deal in Virginia and West Virginia Properties. ROANOKE, Va., Dec. 31. Charles T. O'Ferrall, jr.. son of ex-Governor O'Ferrall, of Virginia, arrived here to-day from the coal fields along the line of the Norfolk & "Western Railway, where he has been purchasing coal properties for West Virginia capitalists. Mr. O'Ferrall stated that he has been able to secure nearly every coal operation west of the Thacker fields. These are to be under one management and are to be bought for cash. It is announced that the Pearl Mining Company, which he has organized, has purchased the mints of the Pearl Coal Company, owned by Roanoke people. This with about eight other corporations will be included in the combination. It is the intention of the new concern to erect the latest improved machinery and equipment of every kind and to enter the market at once. The coal is known as the gas variety. The company is to control all these interests and will be formed in Richmond to-morrow. Its president will be John A. Clark, of Fairrr.ount, . Va., who is interested in the mines along the Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake &. Ohio railways. ALTRED AUSTIN'S LATEST. Xevr Year's Verses Dedicated to the American People. NEW YORK, Dec. 31. The forthcoming number of the Independent will print a poem by Alfred Austin, poet laureate of England, entitled "Together" and dedicated "with warmest sympathy to the American people." Following are the two closing verses, which speak best the sentiment of the poem: "Should envious aliens plan and plot 'Gainst one and now the other. They swift would learn how strong the knot Binds brother unto brother. How quickly they would change their tack And show the recreant feather. Should star and stripe and union jack But float mast high together. "Now let us give one hearty grip As by true men is given. I And vow fraternal fellowship ' That never shall be riven; And with our peaceful flags unfurled. Be fair or foul the weather. Should need arise, face all the world And stand or fail together." Killed by a Roller Explosion. PRESCOTT, Ark., Dec. 31. From some unknown cause a boiler exploded to-day at Britt's switch, nine miles from here, killing Instantly Tim Moore. James Hogue and A. T. Calhoun. Several others were Injured. Tom Hudson, white, and George Williams, colored, were badly hurt, but will recover. Judge Humphreys Has Xot Resigned. HONOLULU. Dec. 24, via San Francisco Dec. 31. The report that First Circuit Judge A. S. Humphreys had resigned is now denied here, it is stated the Judge

had his resignation ready to forward to Washington, but a renewal of local attacks upon him caused him to tear up the resignation and retain the office. Humphreys refuses to say whether or not he has resigned. The United States mall on board the interisland steamer Klnau was robbed last Friday night or Saturday morning. A pouch of registered mail was taken. GOLD IN MADAGASCAR.

Consul Rrunot Suys the Island Is Rich iu Vf lnnble Minerals. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-News recently received from Madagascar indicates that the island Is about to Justify the hopes that have been entertained by numerous engineers as regards its mineral resources. This statement is made by .United States Consul Rrunot, at St. Etlcnne, in a report to the State Department dated Dec. 3. Circumscribed auriferous regions, paid to be very rich in gold. Mr. Rrunot states are being worked on the eastern slopes and near the port of Manangary. The gold, he says, is in the form of small nuggets or of dust, taken from the alluvlan deposit carried down by two streams from a neighboring mountain. Mr. Rrunot says the metal is supposed to be derived from the disintegration of rocks at the Bource of these streams (at a point not yet determined), and that there will be found the principal lode. Already, it la stated, two prospectors have discovered blocks of quartz which they estimate as capable of furnishing four ounces to the ton. The washing of the alluvial deposit is effected in a large wooden dish in which the auriferous earth is placed, a very primitive method, says Mr. Rrunot, but for the present sufficiently remunerative. The work is done mostly by the natives, under the direction of Europeans, as they alone can stand the rays of a tropical sun and remain in the water for hours at a time. Traces of gold, eays Mr. Rrunot, In conclusion, have been found over the whole Island. DEED OF A CRAZY JEWELER KILLED HIS GIRL CLERK AXD HIS MCASLES-STRIClvEX SOX, Wounded His Wife and Tiro Dnwghters and Intended to End His Ouu Life, but AVns Arrested. TURNER'S FALLS, Mass.. Dec. 31. Louis Ritzer, a jeweler of this city, to-day shot five persons, two of whom, his clerk. Miss Ida Columbe, and Ritzcr's five-year-old son, are dead. His other victims were his wife Christine and his two daughters, Annie, about sixteen years of age, and Carrie, twelve years old. It is thought they will not die. There is evidence that it was Bitzer's purpose also to take his own life, but his prompt arrest apparently prevented him from carrying out this purpose. He is about thirty-five years of age. From a note left in his store by BItzer it appears that while ho was cleaning a revolver the weapon was discharged accidentally and the bullet hit Miss Columbe in the head, killing her instantly. Overcome by the situation, Bitzer apparently rushed to his home, hatless and wild with excitement, and began the work of exterminating his family. The little boy, ill in bed with the measles, was shot and killed. The sixteen-year-old daughter, Annie, was wounded through tho left hand and in the ear. The twelve-year-old daughter, Carrie, was shot through the neck. Mrs. Bitzer was hit in the face, the bullet passing through the nose. The sound of the shots brought neighbors into the house and Ritzer was arrested. The police believe Bitzer is insane. The note which they found in his store after the affair was nlmost an Incoherent jumble of words. After telling of the shooting of Miss Columbe Bitzer wrote that he had determined to go to his home and end the lives of his wife and children and his own. He asked that at his funeral the hymn, "Nearer, my God, to Thee," etc., be sung. He wished that his property be given to his brother and to his aged mother, and ended the letter with an expression to the effect that "God would not blame a man for doing what he had done." Substantially the same story was told by Bitzer after his arrest. Ritzer was taken to the Franklin county jail in Greenfield late to-day. He will be given a hearing in the District Court to-morrow morning. He will be charged with murder and it is likely he will be held for the grand jury, which will convene in March. The autopsies showed that Miss Columbe and the boy, Louis Bitzer, died instantly. Mrs. Christian Bitzer, the wounded wife, and Carrie Bitzer, the wounded twelve-year-old daughter, are both resting comfortably at the hospital at Greenfield. Their wounds are not dangerous. The condition of Annie, the other daughter, is more critical. The bullet is buried in her skull. Bitzer is said to be financially embarrassed in the jewelry business he has carried on here. He failed in 1SSS and was discharged by the court two years later. Since that time he has carried on the business under the name of M. M. Bitzer. Minor matters are cited by the townspeople to show that Bitzer had acted strangely for several months. Four Charged with Murder. HUDSON, N. Y., Dec. 31.-To-nIght in the county courthouse the three Van "Wormer brothers and Harvey Bruce had the charge of murder in the first degree read to them. The place was packed with onlookers. The prisoners bore the strain of confinement well and appeared little concerned about their terrible position. The coroner committed all four to the care of the sheriff on the charce of murder in the first degree In killing Peter A. Hallenbeck. All waived examination and entered pleas of not guilty. The grand jury will act in the case on Jan. 13 and the trial will probably take place in May. Jealonsy Lends to Double Tragedy. IRONTON, O., Dec. 31. At 2 o'clock this morning on the Iron Railway line, three miles back of Ronton, occurred an event that will end in a double trage-dy. Frank Wilson, jealous of his stepbrother, at whose house Wilson's wife was staying, quarreled with his cousin, Frank Monahan. The latter shot Wilson's right arm off with a shotgun. Wilson, with his left hand, drew a revolver and sho Monahan through the heart, killing him instantly. Wilson was some hours in geting medical attendance and will die. Shot Wife and Self. CHICAGO. Dec. 31. Early to-day Henry Albert fatally shot his wife and then turned his revolver upon himself and committed suicide. The tragedy occurred at 1j1 North California avenue, where Mrs. Albert, who has been separated from her husband, was keeping bonrdtrs. Mrs. Albert was in bed when her husband entered the house and asked her to return to live with him. She refused and the shooting followed. Shot Daughter nmf Himself. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 31. At Wayside, fifteen miles north of this city, to-day, George. Vroman. postmaster and a leading merchant, shot his six-year-old daughttr and then shot himself. Both died in a few minutes. Vroman's wife secured a divorce last month on the charge of cruelty, and the two daughters were awarded to her custody. It is thought Vroman brooded over this and the tragedy is the result. Accused of IlreakitiK a Woman's Xeck. ARDMORE. I. T., Dec. 31. Philip Rarrett, a stenographer of this city, was arrested to-day on a warrant charging hirr with tho murder of Mrs. V. Emhart. a widow. It is alleged that Rarrett struck Mrs. Emhart with a chair and broke her neck when she tried to keep him from abusing his wife. Killed Ills Cousin. HAMLIN, W. Va.. Dec. 31. Ralls, rd Sowards, a prominent farmer, to-day shot and killed Walter Sowards. his cousin. Domestic troubles was the cause. Kltf Oil Refinery to Re Ilullt. PITTSBURG. Dec. SI. Contracts have been placed In Pittsburg for tho buUdlc

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of one It the largest in !epen.!r.t oil refineries in the country for ih J. M. Guffy IMrokum Company. The C( .-t U to be $1U). This brings the larg t producing fields in the country into tompititlon with the Standard Oil Comp.ir.y. A new refinery Is to be located at IV-rt Arthur, about twelve miles from the Beaumont fields In Texas. TEACHING THE FILIPINO. Americans Find That It Involves Some Unpleasant Experiences. New York Sun. American teachers In the Phllippl"08 are not having the lovely time that some of them expected when they accepted government employment there. They have found plenty of work to do, for the Filipino youth is anxious to learn the language of the men of the new government, ar.d schools are well filled. Those stationed in Manila have not much to complain of in the manner of living, but existence In the Interior of Luzon and in some of the other islands of the group Is not all that It might be. Salaries have in some cayes been found Insullicient to meet local prices. One young woman, a Miss Paddock, who was assigned to a school at Jolo. had tho misfortune to break her leg at that place. The physician of the town tet the fracture improperly and the young woman was in a very serious condition when brought back to Manila for treatment. This was an. extreme cno. Mnt of the experiences of the Americans have been more amusing than serious, ami thue who have had a fair share of the pluck of their race have overcome the first disadvantages and are now doing very wtlL The scare that a band of Filipino insurgents gave to one American teac iu r, Mr. Martin, forms the basis of this amusing Etory in the Manila Freedom: "Mr. Martin was assigned to Mauban, in the Department of Southern Luzon. He arrived all right, accompanied by several tons of eatables, a mosquito bar and tlx revolvers, not to mention pots, kettb-s, clothing and various other articles which, according to the list ported in the exposition barracks, were necessary. "History has not recorded the re-ctption tendered ta Mr. Martin upon his arrival in Mauban, but it can be Mippo d ino and fried grasshopper played a large part in it. "Everything went well with Mr. Martin until he decided to visit an adjoining town. This looked bad in the beginning, and as things in Tayabas are not in any very pacified condition Mr. Martin decided to avail himself of the services of a detail of municipal police as a guard. The police were presumably armed with revolvers. "The pedagogue had proceeded part of the way when about eighty Insurgents were encountered, who promptly nlieved the municipal police of their job. Tho advices received at headquarters, Department of Southern Luzon, yesterday, do not state whether or not the police mado any resistance. It Is more than probable that tiiere Is not much misunderstanding between the police and the Insurgents in Tayabas. "The captors of the pedagogue carried him off to the mountains and concealed him in a cuartel, where they fed him on rice and fish and exhibited him to the inhabitants thereabouts as an example of what the Americans had sent over. "For some reason or other the insurgents decided that Mr. Martin was not going to be a very great injury to the country, and the next day they piled him into a hammock and carried him back to within a mile of Mauban, where he was given his liberty. Ridding him a fond ndois and intrusting him with their complim tits to the commanding officer and the f-oldiers at Mauban, the desperate band took their departure again to the mountains. "History docs not record much more in the case, but it can be assumed that no fungus accumulated under the pedal extremities of Mr. Martin while he was making tracks toward Mauban." CZAR'S TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. Drink Fought by People' Palaces and Open Air Gardens. Anna N. Benjamin, in Ainslee's Magazine. There is one splendid development of Russia's vodka monopoly which should win more faith for it as a factor for good than anything yet proved by the system Itself. I refer to the temperance societies formed in connection with the monopoly, and their work. These temperance societies must do much to neutralize any tendency to run the monopoly entirely for revenue. Since the year 1WH the government has divided certain sums among the temperance fcorietien established in the governments wh ri tho monopoly is In force. Beginning with a little over 1,5jO,OoO roubles, the sum has mounted up to over S.uoü.'juo in 11, and over 4.oo0,0o0 this year, out of th enormous revenue of over i, (...,') which it receives from the monopoly. With this government money, added to more raised In other ways, the societies have established teahouses and cheap tempi ranee restaurants to the number of 1.715; rending rooms and circulating libraries, l.-'l; lecture rooms, ti64; Sunday schools, IS; evi.1ng schools", 10; pinging classes. H7; ta gardens and theaters. 5o3: halls for daruinc, 34S; Christmas tres, 3, and various oth r places of amsuement, Th sc figur s are for several years a-:o. and the nurnbr is now much larger. In Ht. P t. rsburg parts of six public parks have ben s t aside for the people, and h-re are built open-air theaters and concert hills, with tables under the trees, where a poor man and his family can sit during th- warm r month?, at least, and sip k'. as.-es of good tea for a few kopecs. Dei.l.dly th most notable establishment of th kind In St. Petersburg is the Narodny Dom-e-r P. -pie'.? House, to translate it lit rally, l'rnm a certain point ef view I doubt if th r- is a more interesting plac to viit in th ntire capital. The Russians arc v ry Justly proud of it. The Narodny Dorn lis !f is a fine building of brick, wh'ch was put up for an exposition ami th n housht by th society for this purpose. Join th- croud that is surging up th sf-ps any nimm r evening or on Sunday afternoon, and win : you reach the doors the sum of I) ke-pecs (3 cents) will gain you admission to the Elysium. The largo stor;-pa v d hall inside has a central dome Ur.ed with Krat maps of the various cntint tits. Standing portraits of the Czar und Czarina r. . t you on either side, and at one end. tow.trd the door wnich leads into the gardn. ar small tables at whi'h visitors may sit nrd order anything on the fxl'-rt-i but ; .; bill of fare, cooked In a nicl 1 k:n ?. n. Besides tea there- i. 1 monad.- r.nd oth. r temperance drinks. As darkness falls many colored lar.teir.s are lit among the tr-s. There are several concert and p n-air Performance to choose from, but mar.y people prefer to walk up and !. wn -nath the trees. Here an all cia-; ef society, for the Narodny 1 m lias more than f unified the purpose for which it aj planned. Moujiks in blouse and hih bo ;. brush against t ard.-d m. rch irits. Young workmen wander arm In arm with tlnir pretty sweetheart, and not infrcju. r-.t'y a dapper army ofiiee-r with his wir- may be seen in th throne. At v o'clock th? theater within the bullMng is thrown o;m and a Russiin op.ra or play J hrld. rtain places ere free, ar. l th n there 1 an ascending cale of r.rie s from n k ;.fcs up to a rouble and a half. The amount f good t'oat thes crowd.-d places ef amusement are d dr.g i so obWous that it is not rct oary to point it out. It warn. one's heart toward De Witte and the odka monopoly. S 3yrnp Are ju ".rnied about yours. If? ou a cliiUrMmg cvutfh? Is your tT-.roat .h-krd up with prdffm? a rr.g brrMh ruin vou? If M you hav reason t J b rrUhtrnM. j4 :t '.a fcr-art. cheer up. a sir.-c.le b- ttle of Hale s II n.y et Horehound and Tar will cur ou HsU If drutgtsts PUa'a Tdothacta Drops cvu la cr-s xnisuta

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