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■l'HE LOiVf; 1 S L A K P F A R M E R . JA M A IO .A . J A N U A R Y 11, iin i . L ons I suno F umes , JAM AICA, N . Y. LEGISLATURE AA WORK. M r . V M h e r e i t P a i s l a a B i l l to S n p - p r tw e s n M i n c . The legislature assembled Wednesday evening ready to transact business. A bill was Introduced providing for a single head for the police department of New York City, and legislating Chief Devery out of office. Another bill introduced eliminates the election bureau from the police department and creates a bipar tisan commission ot four. Assemblyman Yaoheron of Queens in troduced a bill for the suppression of gambling and pool selling. It provides that any person who engages in pooi selling or boohmaking, and any person who records or registers bets or wagers, or sells pools upon the result of auy trial or coptest of skill, speed, or power of en durance of man o r beast, or upon the re sult ot any political nomination, appoint ment, or election; or any person who being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any room, shed, tenement, knowingly permits the same to be used or occupied for any of these purposes, is guilty of a misdemeanor, except when another pen alty is provided bylaw, and upon con viction is punishable by a fine of $250, and in default of the payment of such fine, shall be committed to the county Jail of the county until such fine be paid or satisfied by imprisonment. The su perintendent of elections is charged with the execution of the law, violators of which can be arrested without a warrant by policemen detailed to assist him. In the Assembly Mr, Hatch of Steuben introduced a concurrent resolution .unending Section 8 of Article 7 of the Constitution relating to the disposition of the canals, giving to the legislature the power to provide by law for the sale or other disposition of the State canals. The measure specifies the Erie Canal, the Oswego Canal, the Champlain Canal, the Cayuga and Seneca Canal, and the Black Biver.Canal. In the make up of Senate committees Mr. Cocks was appointed to the commit tees on Commerce and Navigation, Can als, Public Health, Military Affairs, and Agriculture. In the make up of the Assembly com mittees Mr. Yacheron is placed on the committees on General Laws, Public Health, and Federal Belations. Mr. Keenan is a member of the com mittees on Internal Affairs, and Fish eries and Game. Mr. Doughty of Nas sau is a member of the committees on ^Internal Affairs and Public Printing, EDITOR TODD MISSING. W«ai to n a n b a t t a a Instead of Go ing Home on J a n . 2. Thomas H. Todd, editor and propri etor cf the Long Island City, Star has been missing more than a week. De fectives have been at work on the case, it no trace of the missing man has sm obtained. Mr. Todd is about 65 earn- old. He has a long iron gray ’\‘Seard and iron gray hair and wore a dark suit of clothes, black overcoat and black Fedora bat. He is tall, of heavy build, and always carried a cane. He had been in poor health for some time and had had several attacks of grip. The missing man’s two sons, who are in business with him, decided to wait for one week before making public the fact of their father’s disappearance. On Wednesday they published a statement in the alternoon edition of the Star giving the details of the case. The only fact they have learned of their father’s move ments since his disappearance is that in- Stead .-of taking the 12:30 train for Flush ing o: Tuesday,. Jan. 2, he took the 12:30 boat'at James slip ferry for Manhattan. New Y o rk Poultry Show. There will be only four days this year in the twelfth annual exhibition of the New York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association, at Madison Square Garden. The show will open on Wed nesday morning, January 23rd, and close on Saturday evening, January 26th. Every year the new show gains In popu larity, and as the competition is open to the world the entries include breeds turn every section. There are practical men In the enterprise and the value of the New York show to those who want to see the birds, those who want to buy them and those who are poultry raisers for profit or pleasure is acknowledged. There Isa canary and caged bird section; a showing of wild fowl; there are special departments for cats, cavies and rabbits, and all the prize winners will compete for the blue ribbon. Incubators, brood ers, poultry supplies, poultry farm appli ances of all kinds are shown. The meet ings of the clnbs are scheduled during the show, and from early morning until late a t night the \chicken show week\ a t the garden is a busy place for exhibitors, managers and the public. Fifty Wean Married. Mr. and Mrs. Wililsm Broedel of Ja maica, celebrated their golden wedding at their residence on Prospect street Monday evening, and were greeted by a large circle of friends, The couple are enjoying excellent health, though past 80 years of age. iv w ia y SekMlt and Lecture*. Tiis free school lectures will open at the HlghJJchooI, Jamaica, on Wednesday evening, January 16, and continue for nine Wednesday nights. The lectures will be free and the public are invited, legw ltr sessions of the evening school will open is the High School building, JesMiee, on Monday evening January 14. COURT OF SE S S IO ftS. Right Prisoners Before the Local; Judge* on Tuesday. Judges Fleming, Keady and Forker held a Court of Specials Sessions a t the Town Hall, Jamaiea, oh Tuesday. As sistant District Attorney Drew appeared for the people. There were eight cases on the calendar which were disposed of as follows: Charles Selovei and Margaret Bemsen charged with endangering the health and morals of Millie Selover, a ehiid nine years of age, pleaded not guilty, and their trial was set down lor Tuesday, January 15. Daniel Sheehan, charged with stealing a turkey from the store of Alexander Baylls, on Fulton street, Jamaica, on December 31, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the'County Jail for thirty days. John Gallagher, charged with petit larceny, pleaded not guilty. Trial set down for Tuesday, January 15. Henry Pardenfeler of College Point, charged with violating the liquor tax law, pleaded not guilty. Trial set down for Tuesday, January 15, In the case of Ada Yan Blarem, charg ed with beating and kicking Frank Ma guire, a hackman, in Newtown on Octo ber 26, the trial was set down for Tues day, January 22. Nathaniel Bedell,charged with stealing from the Long Island Bailroad Company, pleaded guilty. He wae Bent to the House of Befuge. Henry Attsil, charged with stealing a pair of shoes valued at $1.75 pleaded guity. Sentence was suspended. Tbomis Smith, charged with stealing a bar of pig lead valued a t $22, the prop erty of the Montauk Water Company, pleaded not guilty and his trial was set down for Tuesday, January 17. Smallpox a t Springfield. Smallpox prevails in the family of Louis E. Decker, formerly postmaster at Springfield, his 15 year old daughter, Edith, being stricken witb the disease. Dr. Charles Smith at first diagnosed the complaint as measles, but later symptoms of smallpox developed and the young woman’s condition became so serious tbat a strict quarantine was established. Miss Decker has been attending school at Jamaica and first complained of Illness last Friday. Electric Light for Boslyn. The contract between the Town of North Hempstead and the Boslyn Light and Power Company for furnishing street lights for Boslyn was signed by the su pervisor and the company on Monday, and the laying of the wires will begin at once. The contract is for three years, the company to furnish 100 30-candle power incandescent lights at the rate of $15 per year per light, the lights to burn from sunset to sunrise every night in the year. Jo h n Lyon’* Fowl Stolen. On complaint of Counselor John Lyon of Bockville Center, George Spalding and Harry Moore have been arrested, accused of stealing chickens from his hennery. On Saturday night Mr. Lyon’s hennery was raided and twenty of his choicest fowl, including White and Golden Wyan- dottes, were stolen. He found them on Spalding’s place, and then caused his arrest. D a v i d C i t t , N e b .. April 1, 1900. Oenessee Pure Food Co., Le Roy, N. T.: G e n t l e m e n I must say in regard to GBAIN-0 that there is nothing better or healthier. We have used it for years My brother was a great coffee drinker. He was taken sick and the doctor said coffee was the cause of it, and told us to use GBAIN-O. We got a package but did not like it a t first, but now would not be without it. My brother has been well ever since we started to use it. Yours truly, L illie S ochob . Boernm Recover* Hi* Horae*. The team of horses stolen from the stable of White Boerum, of Aqueduct, on Sunday night, were recovered Tuesday afternoon by Detective Jones, of Jamai ca, who found them In possession of two Jews a t 241 Division street, Manhat tan. The men were arrested and locked up. A quantity of harness, believed to have been stolen, was also found m their possession. O’Keefe W u Not Killed. William O’Keefe, 27 years old. while walking on the Long Island Bailroad tracks In Long Island City on Monday afternoon, was struck by an eastbound train in charge of Engineer Frederick Smith, of Hempstead. He was thrown several feet, and when picked up it wae found that he had escaped with compar atively slight Injuries. Fonnd Dead in His Bed. Abram D. Smith, aged 30 years, was found dead in bis bed at his home on the Bockaway road, Jamaica South, at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning. The young man was a motorman on the Brooklyn Heights Bailway and was troubled with a nervous disorder. Cor oner Guy took charge of the body and gave a permit for buriaL Elliot Win* With Gain, James A. B. Elliot of Kansas City de feated Robert A. Welch of Philadelphia, in a 100-bird match a t Interstate Park on Tuesday, the score being 97 to 88. The birds were a fast lot, considering that there was little or no wind, and the match was interesting throughout. El liot was the favorite, the odds quoted being 3 to 1 as the men went to score. THE ODELL POLICE BILL Single CommissionerRemovable by Governor a t Will, BIPARTISAN BOARD OF ELECTIONS. P r e i e u t B u r e a u U n d e r P o l i c e C o n t r o l to B e C o n v e r t e d I n t o a S e p a r a t e D e p a r t m e n t —B ill* to A b o l i s l t L a b o r B u r e a u * a n d C r e a t e C o m m i s s i o n e r . Albany, Jan. 10.—Governor Odell's po lice and economy programme was started with a rush in the legislature last night. Four bills were put in before the session was half an hour old. Senator Stranahan and Assemblyman Kelsey, chairmen of the cities committee of the two houses, introduced the New York city police bill abolishing the pres ent police board and providing for the appointment of a .single commissioner, who will be chief of police. Senator Davis and Assemblyman Schneider introduced a similar bill for a single police commissioner. L a b o r B u r e a u * W i p e d O u t, Senator Ellsworth introduced a bill wiping out the labor departments—the state hoard of mediation and arbitration, the factory inspector and the state bu reau of labor statistics—and substituting therefor a commissioner of labor to be ap pointed by the governor within 20 days after the passage of the act. Senator Ellsworth and Assemblyman Allds also introduced a bill to abolish the forest, fish and game commission and ap point a single commissioner to take its place. It is believed the organization hills are scheduled to pass. The police bill was referred to the cities committees in both houses, and an early hearing is expected. There was only one surprise for any one, the provision giving the governor and the mayor power to remove the police com missioner without charges. It is generally believed that the bill will be passed very early in the session. Some fix the date a * early as Feb. 1, but this is doubtful unless the pace set last night is to be maintained. T e x t o f th e P o l i c e BU I. The bill in full reals: “Section 1. The terms of office of the police commissioners of the city of New York heretofore constituting the police board shall cease and determine within ten days after the passage of this act, and the powers, duties and functions now by law exercised by and imposed on them are hereby granted to and concentrated upon and .vested in a single police com missioner, who shall be appointed by the mayor of said city within ten days after the passage of this act from among the citizens of the United States and resi dents of the city of New York. “The salary of said commissioner shall be $7,500 a year. “Sec. 2. The said commissioner shall, unless sooner removed, hold office for the term of five years and until his successor shall be appointed and has qualified. “During his term of office the said com missioner may whenever in the judgment of the mayor of said city or the governor the publie interests shall so require be re moved from office by either. The suc cessors in office of the said commissioner shall also be appointed by the mayor of the city and shall be removed by either the mayor or governor whenever the pub lic interests so require. T w o D e p u t y C o ium iatsioner*. “Sec. 3. The office of chief of police in the city of New York is hereby abolished, and the powers, duties and functions now by law exercised by and imposed on said chief of police are hereby granted to, concentrated upon and vested in the said police commissioner. “Sec. 4. The sail commissioner shall have the power to appoint from the citi zens of the United States and residents of the said city and at pleasure remove two deputies ito be known as first deputy commissioner and second deputy commis sioner. “The first deputy commissioner shall during the absence or disability of the commissioner possess , all the powers and perform all the duties of the commission er except the power of making appoint ments and transfers. In the absence or disability of both the commissioner and the first deputy commissioner the second deputy commissioner shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of the commissioner except the power of making appointments or transfers. “The commissioner shall define the du ties of the deputy commissioners and may delegate to either of them any of his powers except the power of making ap pointments and transfers. The salary of each of such deputy commissioners Ishall be $4,000 a year. B u r e a u o f E l e c t i o n * A b o l i s h e d . “Sec. 5. The said commissioner shall from and after the passage of this act have no cognizance of or control over the general bureau of elections and its branches, and the said bureau of elec tions and its branches shall no longer be a part of the said police department and are hereby abolished. “Sec. 6. The fiscal officer of the police department shall be the comptroller of the city of New Yprk, who is hereby vested with all the powers and functions heretofore existing in the treasurer of the police board. “Sec. 7. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to repeal any statute of the state or ordinance of the city of New York not inconsistent with the pro visions of this act, and the same shall re main in tali »jrce and effect when not in consistent with the provisions of this act and shall be construed and enforced in harmony with the provisions of this act. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.” ________________ N y a e lt (N. Y.) H o u s e * B u r g l a r i s e d . Nyack, N. Y., Jan. 10.—During tbe ab sence\ of several wealthy residents of Grand View, near Nyack, who are spend ing the winter m the city their handsome residences have been entered by burglars and robbed of all the valuables the thieves could lay their hands on. The heaviest losers are H. E. Wagner, Mr. Whiting and Mr. Reade. ____________ B u b o n i c P l a g u e I n C o n s t a n t i n o p l e . Constantinople, Jan. 10.—One death from bubonic plague is officially reported here. Precautions are being taken, and all arrivals \are medically examined. You bun get Conklin’s Wild Cheriy •oofh B k I b fttftU P ro f Store*. $$C*nt». A u s t r a l i a n C a b i n e t M i n i s t e r D e a d / Sydney, Jan. 10.—Sir James Robert Dickson, minister of defense in the new federal cabinet, died today. Fftir and mild. Weather Forecast. RESCUE A T T E n . r l 3 FAIL. O n e H u n d r e d a n d T w o In P e r i l o n F r e n c h L i n e S t e a m e r . Marseilles, Jan. 10.—Dispatches from th* village of Faraninu, near which the French mail fttearaer Russie, from Oran, Algeria, itranded Monday in a violent »torm, with 102 all told, passengers and crew, on board, say that all efforts to reach the steamer have failed owing to the tremendous height of the seas which are running. The pilot boats and tor pedo boats which have attempted to reach the steamer have been unable to battle with th* -waves and have returned. Shortly after 2 o’clock yesterday after noon during a lull the men on shore suc ceeded in getting a life line to the Russie, but it snapped as it was being pulled on board. Other similar attempts failed, but a more hopeful feeling prevails in view of the indications that the weather is clearing. A message from the Russie says: “The passengers are kept below, but all the crew are at their posts, and the captain and officers are lashed to the bridge. The seamen tried to construct several rafts, but as they neared completion they weie washed away.” The sinking of'the stern in the sand proves to have been a lucky thing for those on board, as the bow of the mail boat is tilted high above all save the big gest waves and affords a refuge. Other wise it is believed that all would have long since perished. The^ cruiser Galilee and a tug with rocket apparatus left Toulon arsenal last evening to attempt to rescue the passen gers, who are chiefly colonial functiona ries and soldiers. M y s t e r y I n P h i l a d e l p h i a . Philadelphia, Jan. 10.—The body of the Rev. Charles Riegel of the Church of the Presentation of Cheltenham, near this city, was found in the hallway of the lodging house at 460 North Eighth street last Saturday morning. He was not iden tified until Sunday night, and great mys tery surrounded the case. The police were and in fact still are extremely reti cent and never admitted the man was murdered. The inquest on tlie body held last Monday was abruptly adjourned, and it was announced by the coroner that the clergyman had died of natural causes. This announcement, however, was not generally believed, as it was known that the man had been robbed and that the police had sent word to many cities to look out for certain persons whose de scription they refused to give to the pub lic. Father Riegel was buried yesteiday. Over 50 priests attended the funeral, the services being held at the eb ,rch of which he’was the pastor. Solemn re quiem mass was held, the Right Itev. Bishop Prendergast officiating. Representative Clarke Dead. Peterlioro, X. II., Jan. 10.—Hon. Frank G. Clarke, representative in congress from the Second New Hampshire district, has died at his home here of quick con sumption, aged 50 years. He took an ac tive part in the campaign of last Novem ber, speaking from the platform nearly every night and, not being st*-cng, suffer ed physical exhaustion when his labors ended. After election he commenced working on his candidacy for the United States senate to succeed Senator Chan dler. Two weeks ago he was taken sick and this week withdrew bis name as a candidate. Tuesday night he experienced a very severe choking spell, hut appeared slightly improved yesterday morning. He had a second attack of choking early last evening, which liesulted in his death. C a p t a i n K i n s ; D e n i e s G n i l t . Fort Dodge, In., Jan. 10.—Qaptain C. W. King, who has been arrested in Mo bile, charged with bribery, has telegraph ed friends at his home in this city em phatically denying his guilt a1 d charging that he is the victim of a conspiracy. His father, Dr. Kang, recei 1 the fol lowing telegram from Moi :: “Don’t worry over the news you 1 ir. Have been victimized and am innc *nt of any guilt.” An effort is being mad by friends here to secure the $10,0<K) bon required. C l a r a M o r r i s Say* S h e Is 7 o t D e a d . Elmirn, X. Y., Jan. 10.— liss Clara Morris, the actress, who is ding an en gagement at Dixie’s theate in this city, was greatly surprised la z night when she was called up by tel phone by New York friends and asked vliether she was dead, as Rad been repo red in New York. Her friends were surj- ised and delighted when she informed hem that she was very much alive. V ic e C r u s a d e In P h i l a d e l p h i a . Philadelphia, Jan. 10.—A mass meeting of citizens oi which Bishop Henry O. Potter of New York was the central fig ure was held in the Academy of Music last night for the purpose of taking pre liminary steps in starting a general cru sade against vice in this city. The big building was crowded, most of those pres ent being women. A g o n c U to M a y L e a v e P a r i s . London, Jan. 10.—Dr. Apaeiblo, a Fili pino, arrived here yesterday from the United States and proceeded to Paris. It is believed he will replace Agonoillo, Aguinaldo’s agent here. Dr. Apaeiblo was formerly chairman of the Philippine junta in Hongkong. It has been reported that Agoncilio is to succeed Apaeiblo at Hongkong. C o a l Gan K i l l s M in e r s . Eagle Pass, Tex., Jan. 10.—An explo sion of gas in a coal mine at Honda Coa- huila, Mexico., caused the death of four men and the injury of upward of 20 oth ers, among the latter being three brothers named Sullivan, maimed beyong recogni tion. D r . L e y d s ’ L a t e s t S c h e m e . London, Jan. 10.—Dr. Leyds. accord ing to a dispatch to The Daily Express from The Hague, is organizing a band of agitators to proceed to Cape Town and to endeavor to establish a corner in pro visions. ________________ M i s s o u r i W a n t s F i l i p i n o s - F r e e . Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 10.—A resolu tion has been adopted by the Missouri house of representatives memorializing congress to allow the Filipinos to estab lish a government of their own, . M u c h S m a llp o x I n K a m - i Topeka, Jan. to.—Dr. W. B Swan of the state board of health reports 207 cases of smallpox in the state. The type of the disease is more severe than it was last winter, the doctor says, and he thinks there will he a number of fatali ties. ______ Emperor William’s Illness, Berlin, Jan. 10.—Emperor William*-, cold confines him rhv-ely to his apart m e a t*, ANTI AMERICAN COMBINE Powers May Force Our Hand In China. OPPOSED TO HAY'fj LATEST PLAN. A u s t r i a n O fficial C i r c l e s R e s p o n s i b l e F o r S t o r y T h a t U n i t e d S t a t e s W i l l B e T o l d to C e a s e A lleared D e l a y s In P e k in g ; N e g o t i a t i o n s o r G e t O n t. London, Jan. 10.—*The Herald’s Euro pean edition publishes the following from its correspondent at Vienna: “The announcement that the United States has proposed the appointment of an international commission for the set tlement of the indemnity question and for revision of the commercial treaties with China has caused a great sensation here. “I'at once took measures to inform my self as to the views of the Austrian for eign office. The opinion there is that the proposal of the United States has little chance of obtaining the approval of the powers. The reasons given for this atti tude are, however, far from convincing. “It is generally pointed out that it ap pears inadvisable to withdraw any part of the matter from the negotiations now being carried on in Peking. The confer ence of ministers represents the most ef fective and influential instrument, sup ported as it is by armed occupation of the province of Pe-chi-li. In addition to this the powers are unanimous in their de mands on China. “A further reason given for the contin uation of the Peking negotiations is that the exile of the empress and emperor of fers a good means of bringing pressure to bear on China. The ruler of the Celes tial empire will not be able to put up for long with this untenable state of affairs and will carry out the demands of the powers. “The information given to me by the foreign office regarding its attitude to ward the proposals of the United Sta+es was conveyed to me in very guarded-lan- guage. The officials probably regarded thij as an act of courtesy toward a corre spondent of an American journal. “I have, however, since received from private sources information that to other journalists the foreign office expressed itself in a much sharper tone regarding the American proposals. I r r i t a t e d b y L a t e s t P r o p o s a l s , “The second version of the views of the government is as follows: The European powers are resolutely decided to refuse the proposal of the United States. A con siderable amount of irritation has been caused by the alleged dilatory tactics of America. * “The finale of this second version leads to the absolutely incredible conclusion that the powers will finally be forced to seriously consider if they should not make representations to the United States and call upon her either to respect her signa ture and assist in the conclusion of peace or leave the concert of powers. “The recent delays in the conclusion of peace are described as being entirely the fault of the United States. By her action she has only encouraged the dilatory tac tics of the Chinese. The latter, however, ought to see that they do not require America as a protector, as this role is already played by Russia. “This second version is not, however, without its conciliatory points. It closes with the statement that outlines of at least va scheme for the revision of the commercial treaties must be settled at Peking. This is at least very eloquent. “The official view does not, however, obtain approval in political circles here, which declare that a new plan is inde fensible, amj the impression is gradually gaining ground that further negotiations in Peking will be, to use a somewhat vul gar expression, a complete frost. “It is pointed out that in spite of tlie peace negotiations Manchuria belongs de facto to Russia and that the occupation of Pe-chi-li Is as a matter of fact being carried out only by England and Ger many. In spite of this Count von Wal- dersee lias put up with a great deal of sharp criticism of his tactics by the Eng lish. “It has lately seemed as if the Italians were desirous of fishing in the troubled waters and securing advantages for themselves. “Under such circumstances it is some what risky to describe the conference of ministers in Peking as-being unanimous and as being an effective instrument. It rather looks, they hold, as if the end of the concert of the powers was not far off. A n g l o - G e r m a n D e a l I n C o n t e m p t . “People here were inclined some weeks ago to attach a certain value to the An glo-German agreement. This view is, however, now rapidly disappearing. A member of the Austrian diet who, though he has no official relations, is extremely lidl informed as to all that is going on said today: “ ‘I very much fear that from all the ir revocable demands of the powers nothing will remain hut the irrevocable fiasco of the Anglo-German agreement.’ “It is also of interest that in govern ment circles here they decline to admit the correctness of the statement that Russia is here regarded as an enemy and that sympathy, which is not in Austria’s interests, is felt for England. “As an additional proof of the compli cated state of the situation I may state that rumors are going about here of a certain coolness between France and Russia which is due to events in China.” S e n a t o r H o a r to B e R e - e l e c t e d . Boston, Jan. 10.-—Contrary to the ur-ual custom as regards the United States sen atorial nomination, the Republicans of the two branches of the legislature this year will hold separate caucuses, but both*wifi nominate Senator Hoar to suc ceed himself without Opposition. It has been usual for the Republicans to hold a joint caucus. Both bodies will vote for senator on Tuesday afternoon. PRIVATE SAVES CAPTAIN. H e l d Off F i l i p i n o s U n t i l H e l p C a m e to W o u n d e d S u p e r i o r . Washington, Jan. 10.—Captain Lucius E. Polk of Company D, Forty-third Unit ed States volunteers, reached Washing ton yesterday. He is a brother of Repre sentative Polk of Pennsylvania and hails from Tennessee. While in the Philip* pines Captain Polk had a remarkable ex perience. A portion of his regiment was besieging a strongly defended church in the island of Leyte. The Filipinos com manded all approaches. Captain Polk, with 15 men, attempted to find an en trance at one of the sides. He found a covered way leading to an open door, but the Filipinos were heas-ily massed there and were sweeping the approach with volleys. Polk chaiged, but the fire was so hot that his men fell back with the ex ception of a private named MacLay. Ignorant that he was alone, Polk broke into the doorway and found himself sur rounded by Filipinos. He was hemmed in and unable to escape. He killed two of the fi^lipinos and wounded another and then received a slash on the light arm which disabled him. Another Fili pino slashed his leg with a bolo, and as he fell to the earth he received a third wound in the hip. All this took place in a moment before MacLay could reach him. He was lying on the ground, witb a dozen bolos and daggers about to de scend, when MacLay broke into the cir cle and dashed the Filipinos aside. Then taking his stand over the wounded officer MacLay held the Filipinos at bay until the rest of the detachment rallied and came to the rescue. I-or this act of hero ism MacLay was made a sergeant. A l l e n t o w n T h e a t e r B u r n e d . Allentown, Pa., Jan. 10.—Immediately after the audience had been dismissed from the Academy of Music, where the Maud Hillman company had just con cluded a performance jast niglit, fire was discovered on the gallery stairs, and be fore the flames were extinguished the entire building was ruined. A number of members of the theatrical company were in the green room, and the family of the janitor of the building was also with in the structure, but all escaped with their belo giugs. The building was val ued at $43,000. and the loss is estimated at $23,000, fully insured. The property was owned by the Music Hall associa tion, composed of local people. It is be lieved tlie fire originated from some per son throwing a lighted match on tlie gal lery stairs, igniting tlie matting. Goff Acts on M olineux Appeal. New York, Jan. 10.—Recorder Goff yes terday signed an order, a typewritten document of ”7 pages, making more than a thousand changes in the proposed ap peal on behalf of Roland B. Molineux, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Adams by poison, which was submitted by- Weeks and Battle on May 4 last. The papers have been in Recorder Goff's hands since July 24 last, and General Molineux through The World only last Saturday protested against tlie long de lay in his son’s case. Of the amendments to the proposed case by Assistant District Attorney Osborne 46 are overruled, and move than 160 are allowed. Some of them in blanket form involve a large number of changes in tlie record. IVew H e a d o f J e s u i t s . New York, Jan. Kb—From Rome an of ficial order has reached this city issued by the general of the Jesuits, appointing the Rev. Father .T. Gannon the provincial or head of the division of the Jesuits known as tlie eastern provincial of the United S t a t e s . This includes New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia and the New England states. In this province are 12 colleges and foundations of the order and some 800 members, priests, scholastics, novices and In others. Father Gannon succeeds the English father, Edward I. Purbrick, who left here three months ago. for England. D e e p S n o w I n C o lo r a d o . Denver, Jan. 10.—The Colorado and Southern officials in this city say that the train which was caught at Alpine tunnel in a snowslide had been relieved and that only a helper engine remained in the blockade at the tunnel. A dispatch from Leadville declares that the train is still in tlie tunnel and that there are 12 pas sengers on board who have been unable to reach any station, although several of them have made attempts to fight their way through the drifts. The snow is from four to six feet deep on the level in the neighborhood of Mount Princeton and the Alpine tunnel. F o r t i f y i n g C a p e T o w n A g a i n s t A t t a c k London, Jan. 10.—A Cape Town dis patch says that intrenchments are being constructed across the Cape flats from False bay to Table bay. This is the best proof of the danger of the situation in Cape Colony, for these fortifications are immediately behind Cape Town on the land side. The necessity for fortifying Cape Towp can be due only to the fear that the Boer invaders will penetrate that far, and such a thing could be possible only if the rebellion has spread further among the colonists than the censor has allowed to become known in the news dis patches. C a r F o r I n t o x i c a t e d P e r s o n s . London, Jan. 10.—A dispatch to The Daily News from Stockholm says that complaints have been made that the guards of night trains during the Christ mas festivities ejected inebriated passen gers at roadside stations, leaving them helpless in the snow, with the thermome ter 12 degrees below zero. The state rail way administration has accordingly or dered that every suburban train at night must be provided with a separate car for intoxicated persons only. C a n a d i a n R e c r u i t s W a n t e d . Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 10.—The depart ment of militia will call for recruits to day for Baden-Powell’s constabulary in South Afriea. A cable has been received from Hon. Joseph Chamberlain agreeing that the recruits be attested in Canada instead of Cape Town, as was at first suggested by the British government. J a p a n e s e S o l d i e r s ’ L o o t. . Yokohama, Dec, 29, via Victoria, B. C., Jan, 10.—The latest newspaper estimate made of the value of loot captured, by Japanese troops in China places the amount at 33,000,000 taels. Whether this sum or whatever it may actually prove to be veil! be deducted item the in demnity demanded from the Chinese gOTemment is still a qupstinp... F a t a l B o i l e r E x p l o s i o n . New York, Jan. 10.—Two men were fatally and several others seriously in- ijured by a terrific explosion yesterday afternoon at the works of the Standard Oil company a t Meserole and Kingsland avenues, Williamsburg. The cause of the explosion is unknown. BRIEF NEWS NO T E S . Twenty-one variable stars have been discovered at Harvard college observa tory during the past year. Albert Emmet Kent, the pioneer pack er of the west and the originator of the option system of trading on the Chicago board of trade, is dead at Genoa, Neb. He was 70 years old. I The annual report of the New York , state forest preserve board will show that up to Nov, 15, 19O0, the preserves wmtained 1,327,310,573 acres, of which 1,250,805,67 acres « vb situated In th* Adirondack preserve and 70,512,905 acre* n fte Ctls&iH preserve. PMNSTOFIGHTTRUSTS Carnegie Going Into Sheet Steel, W ire, Tin Plate and Coal. \ 3. PIERP0NT MORGAN'S INTEREST. B a n k e r a n d R a i l r o a d C o m b in e W i l l A id N a t i o n a l T u b e C o m p a n y —P i p e W a r W i l l B e B i t t e r —P r e s i d e n t o t T r u s t D e c l a r e s P r i c e * W i l l F a l l . Pittsburg, Jan. 10.—Andrew Carnegie** decision to engage in the pipe business, it i§ stated here, means a war of millions between Carnegie on one side and J. Pierpont Morgan and the railroad inter ests of the country on the other. Mr. Morgan is the money power behind the National Tube company, the $80,000, 0 0 0 combine now controlling the pipe trade. Officers of the company say they will not sit idly by and allow Mr. Carne gie to engage in the business without re taliating. P r i c e s W i l l D r o p . Joshua Rhodes, chairman of the board of directors of the National company, said, “Prices will drop as soon as the new Carnegie plant is put into opera tion.” Other officers hinted that with all the advantages they possess in the way of money, supply of raw material, etc.. there is nothing to prevent them engaging in the rail and steel structural business in opposition to Mr. Carnegie. Mr. Morgan’s control of the railroads from the Atlantic to the Pacific favors them in the matter of rates and supply of cars. Details such as the number of men to be employed when the $12,000,000 tube plant at Conneaut is to be ready for oper ations cannot be obtained now. In all probability the works will be about as large as the National plant at McKees port and will employ 5.000 or 6,000 men. One important development yesterday was the news that all mills to be erected in the future by the Carnegie company will be built at Conneaut. This will be a severe blow to Pittsburg. Going: I n t o S h e e t S te e l. It is stated tlie Carnegie company will soon announce its intention of engaging in the sheet steel trade also. Along with the original plan to erect the* manitaeth tube works at Duquesne on the Monc.it- gahela river it was proposed to build there the largest sheet mills in the world, a plant of about 30 miles, to cost about $ 2 , 000 , 000 . Wire, tin plate and coal are other line< in which Mr. Carnegie will also asgagq. When he announces such intentions, he will have the trusts now controlling these trades after him, anrl the fight for trade will be bitter. Carnegie’s announcement about the tube mills was a surprise to the officials of the National Tube company. Recent ly they gave up a well defined plan to erect an open hearth steel plant in con nection with their Riverside works at Wheeling which was to cost about $2,- 000,000 and make tlie company independ ent of the market for its supply of steel. It is said that this project was abandon ed through an understanding with the Carnegie and other concerns on which f the tube trust draws for a large part of its supply of steel. C a r a e f f i e ’s O v e r p r o d u c t i o n . The Carnegie company is now turning- _ ^ out such immense quantities of raw steel that it will have to engage in other lines * v to work up this material, it being impos- sible to sell it all. This and the refusal/^' of the railroads to reduce rates causes the decision to build at Conneaut. The railroad combination is now charging 18 cents per 100 pounds for iron and steel articles from Pittsburg to New York and to Chicago. It has haggled over a pro posal to reduce this to 16 cents or even 15 cents per 100 pounds. The Carnegie company can ship steel from Conneaut harbor to New York for 5 cents per 100 pounds, and steel has ac tually been sent to Duluth for 50 cents a ton, a trip of 900 miles. It is also asserted that coal can be sent and has been sent on grain vessels from Buffalo to Chicago for 1 cent per 100 pounds and that steel can be sent from Buffalo to New York by way of the Erie { canal for 50 cents per ton. These figures C are considered so startling by iron and steel men that they feel that in many ways the proposed Carnegie lake plant will be able to sweep away every oppos ing obstacle. 11' r\ i E s c a p e d F r o m Slag: S in g . ging Sing, Jan. 10.—Otto Schaefer, 35 1-• years old, a prisoner at Sing Sing prison -r serving a sentence of eight years for bur glary, has escaped. Schaefer had been in Sing Sing since Jan. 14,1897, and he had 20 months yet to serve. He was assign ed to the cook squad and was working with the other three men who make up the squad when he made his escape. The authorities all over the country have been notified, whistles were blown and the usual measures taken to recapture the man. So far as is known Schaefer had nothing in which to disguise himself when he got away. A M i l l io n C a s e s o f G r i p . ’ < New York/ Jan. 1G.—The dread epi demic of grip that caused 52,000 deaths in this state in 18S9 is again raging here and throughout the United States. It is estimated that from 150,000 to 200,000 persons in New York are stricken with the disease and at least 1,000,000 in fhe country at large. In Chicago 100,000 persons are laid np with it and ip Cleve land about 70,000. According to the rec ords of fhe board of health, 60 persons have died of grip in this city since Jan. 1, Rochester Death List Reaches Thirty Rochester, Jan. 10.—The list of dead as a result of the terrible conflagration at the Rochester Orphan asylum Tuesday morning has reached a total of 30. Two more of the unfortunate inmates died yesterday. Allan Bellmore, aged 2, died at the City hospital. He was terribly J ' burned about the head and upper portion of the body. Miss Mary Brad, one of \ nurses in the hospital ward, was the thir tieth victim. ________ Seattle Helps Moran Brothers. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 10.—The bonus of $100,000 to be paid by the city of Seattle to Moran Bros, company to .enable them to scale down their bid for the -eoastrac tion of a lie*™ battleship to bring It within the limit fixed by congress w*s completed today, being ovewubsoribed fSA # . The company’s bid was $3,837,900; U Wilkes b'arr* W restler Wina. Wilkcsbarre, F«*> Jan, lO.-rin a wres tling match in this city Wween’ M. Jf. Dwyer of Wilkctban* and John S, Uttl* of Brockton, Mas*., Dwyer won.
