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ANARCIIY IN COLORADO.
ASSAY OFFICES WRECKED:
Series
of Explosives Startle
Cripple Creek.
t3toodholinds Sent for to Trace the Miscreants ---Sleeping Fatninee tiurted
Front Their Beds• -.-Other Offices Blown Up----Ocath of Another of
the injured In the New Yortc Hotel Fire,
approximately as large as Devon -
pert, .Qno man, a miner, was ee-
vcrely injured in the explosion at
Williams' office. Ilia was pawing
at the time of, the explosion. Irlying
debris struck hint in the face, gash-
ing his ,eye, land, 3nay, result In total
blindness,
an Crinplie Creoic Bealamina; aseaY
ranee, north of the FJorenoe and
Crpple Creek depot, was blown up. In
the town of Goldfield, about a toile,
and a half north, almost sintultan-
eouaIJ, 13o3oos & Co's, and another.
assay oetabilsliment were wrecked.
Weems' family 000upled an adjoining
room, The general impression here
this morning" is that the acts are the
result of a general movement to rid
the dlotrlet of all high grade ore pur-
eJusing institutions.
Bloodhounds from Canon City Have
been called roe.
Victor, Col., Feb. 24,- •tirlpple Creek
is in' a state of terror owing to a pre -
concerted attack neam all the load-
' Ing n.ssay offices doing business in
the district, 33egtnning at 3o'clock
this morning, and following in rapid
suoeose1eu, six explosions were cheek -
ed, est as many assah orneee
1u the centres. ranging Dela
Victor to Cripple Creek, anti up to
Goldfield. In every instance the ob-
ject sought by the inoeudiarlos was
at~cg nplished by the slestritetloti of
the offices, with their equipment of
delicate balances. The raiders did
not hesitate to jeopardize, Iire, as all
but ono of the butidiags was aiea oc-
cupied by sleeping families. As It
was, men women and children were
!hurled out of their beds by the
*Meeks, and serious Injuries fnfiotod.
The full extent of the damage can-
not be .estimated. .
In this city the Davenport offiec
was wrecked by twos explosions, in-
volving a loss of $1,200. Almost et
the same thug the assay offices of
Vanderwalker, Morgan & Williams
were treatedlikewise. T,he loss was
Another Fire Victim,
few York, Feb, 23a. Mrs, Carolina,
L. R. Hall, of Newark, N. J., who was;
burned In the Park Avenue hotel fire
Saturday morning, died today in
New York Iiospttal. She was 80 years
of age, and wale the widow of the
Ttev. • ID.: Samuel E. hall, who 'Woe
occretary and treasurer of the Sea-
man's Friend Society.
EHIIITEEN LIVES LOST
50 PERS$NS INJU.E
in a Great Fire in New York
This forma.
-Started in the east Regiment Armory and extended to the Park Avenue
!refer--- Great Quantities of Powder and Fixed Ammunition fixploded
Rendering the Work Perilous ---Noble Work of the Firemen -flan
Jumps From Fifth Story and is Killed.
New York, Feb.22,-Eighteen peraond
lest their lives and fifty or more were
injured in a tire which was communi-
cated early- toaday front tire Seventy-
first Regiment, N. Y. N. G., armory
to the Park Avenue Hotel. The ar-
mory was destroyed, entailing a loss
estimated at 11650,000, In the hotel
the damage was principally in the
tier of rooms surrounding the ele-
vator shafts. The loss to the hotel
building is estlmated at $100,000.
Shortly before 1 o'clock Mune:.
were discovered bursting' from the
roof of the armory. The flames had
gained tremendous headway, and ay
leo 'time the firemen arrived on the
scene it was impossible to do any-
thing toward having the magnificent
building, Several times flames were
communicated to the car barns of the
Metropolitan Street Railway, but
these were quickly extinguished. The
heat of the burning armory became
inoro and more intense, and shortly
after 2 o'clock flames were discov-
' nred running along the windows and
woodwork of the fifth floor at • the
northeast corner or the Park Avenue
Hotel. diagonally across the street.
from the armory. Titin was entirely
unexpected, and the police up to that
time had bent their efforts toward
the inmates of adjacent houses on the
cross streets. Frightened occupants
of the hotel soon appeared at every.
window, and many were rescued by
the firemen, Who ran the ladders up
in quick order. In some unexplained
manner fire got into the basement of
the elevator shaft, appd ate its way
upward to the rdoe.
(creat eexptosions,
In the headaivarters of the Fifth.
Brigade In the Seth street t1nd Park
avenue quartet of the armory a in.rge
quantity of ammunition, both blank
and bullet.cartridge, was stored.,
These cartridges soon began to ex-
plode and added .to the intense ex-
citement. Shortly after these explo-
cions. bad omitted the wall of the
1313rd street side fell inward. This
crash -Was followed by the explosion
of about one thousand pounds of
1xwder, said to have been stored in
Mite basement of the armory. The
detonation Nae terrific, but the
firemen had been warned of the
danger, and none of thein was in-
jured.
The Deed.
• Col, Alexander P. riper, U. B. A.,
retired, identified by Dtajor-then.
dtoe, of the National Guard.
OoI. Charles L. l urdott, of Con-
uoticut, lett le. S. Volunteer Infan-
try.
Wm. Horn incl J. II. Tureen,. benees•,
Cel., 'both employed by the IL D.
Lenflin. CO. .
J. E. Walker, of 'ennensee, Identi-
fied by letters found in clothing.
:ti'. G. Barnlwrdt, of Chicago, identi-
f.ts pers,
Norman Acton, of Alabama, badly
,-burned 'about the entire body ; died
at Bellevue IlospLtal.
tiii'rs. Charlotte Bennett, or Ala-
br'ama, 23 yore ,Old, burned about
;body ; died at Bellevue.
tl41r5. T,W. lifeOtnnis, a permanent
guest, found suffocated opposite the
entrance to her room.
Gaston A. Robbins, iperinanent
guest, found suffocated in halleray.
Cit4rles Underwood O'Connell, bred
S. Ilovy, Mies Esthor Sehlesssnger, of
Lhicago, rind arta McManus.
• Mrs. Ellen roster, Tombs mission.
/icy.
Font unidentified 'boctIen, Which are
being held at the hotel. The list
of the 'Injured is a long one.
'1'11e Work of Rescue.
Alnliulanoes were galled from
every hospital in the Matelot. &ores
of guests were taken from the win-
dows by firemen on the outside. The
thn.t the Hotel
Waldo firemen nsldo found 1
was rapidly filling with smoke, and
elle firemen for sa, time dropped
their !rose dna burbled through
every Portion of the building in
search of guests who might have
been overcome by smoke. Their
search was rewarded, for nearly
on every floor and the hallways
scores of persons were found who
had been 'overcome in their efforts
to reach the open air.
Hospital records show that 26
persons were taken to the New
York and Bellevue institutions,
Nearly double that number were In-
jured in their panic stricken en-
deavors to escape, and were given
medical ate on the spot. Of the
scores taken from the windows of
the third, (earth and fifth ' floors
many were i;ligh;tiy burned and were
hysterical from shock. Of the dead,
three were woinon. Death In each
instance was caused by burg or
suffocation, with one exception.
Ono man jumped from the fifth story
window to the inner court. liis skull
was crushed and. death was instalt-
taa.nedus.
All Might Have Escaped,
Wl(e2 the fire started in the arm-
ory snores of guests In the Park axe-.
nue were awakened by the slang of
the engines and crowded to the hotel
windows. It was about 45 minutes af-
ter homes; were' discovered in the
armory before they spread to the
hotel, but in spite ot this ninny of
the guests were inn their rooms,
dreamt in their night clothes, and
some of them were in bed.
The firemen as soon as they learn-
et- the betel wiais bo danger, decided
to devote all of their efforts to the
rssoue of its occupants. Men and woe
men appeared at the windows of the
Park avenue side on the butes, and
called for help. , ,
A tvoinan's Jump to IDea,tit.
Mrs. Charlotte 'Bennett and her:
husband, Harold, of Alabama, 'stoo8
on a ledge of the fifth floor, just
over the partici() over the main .en-
trance t,a the hotel, Dire. Bennett was
terror stricken and screamed again
and again for some one to rescue
her, tier Imbued grasped 'her, and
from the crowd of thousands gath-
ered in the streets, there' wore
shouts, warning 'them not
to jump. When it was
seen that sho was determined to
jump, the firemen gathered in a cir-
cle and stretched out their arms.
With a final desperate effort Mrs.
Bennett wrenched herself free from
het; husband's grasp, and with a
piercing scream flung herself into tite
arms of the waiting firemen, five
stories below. When she jumped
from the ledge on which ilho and her
husband had stood, the flames were
licking Out of the window behind
her and around her form. The Inside
of the room was all in flahtes. riles.
Bennett struck In the arms of the
firemen. Her weight caused them
to sag, and the woman struck the
ptvcntont. She Was terribly burned
about the body. Site woe carried
Into the hotel by a fireman, and
later was taken to Bellevue Hospital,
where she died.
Her husband, when Dtrs. Bennett
jumped, fell back into the room, and
was not seen aftertvarcle. 1t is be -
!loved that lie wan burned or suffo-
cated to death.
A Toronto Matt itatireci.
Buffalo, N Y" Feb. 22.--A. speeia.l
'despatch Includes the name of liar.
ry L. Bennett, of Toronto, among
the Het of lnjarod in the Park Avenue
Hotel fire.
. Nates.
Motor Jacob $palm, a I3oehester,
N. '.i'•., lawyer, lost his life In the
fire.
Among the persons killed was 1frs.
roster, a iuissianary,, who tt'veted
herself to work in the 'Tombs Prima),
Y
i in s , iiia the hotel,
The firemen, t edit, r a
'I' ,
,
r
found the body of Afro. Me
Monne, an elderly woman. It
Was found neer the elevator shaft
a.od wanso badly burned asto be
nlmont uliteeogniZahle. Ohartee U.
O'Connor and Jered. li, 'l;Iohy died of
their injuries in the hospital to
which 'they were taken.
Quo of the bodies awaiting identi-
fication was recognized by Henry
Newman, of this city, as that of his
niece, Miss Nether Sehlossinger, of
O i ergo, who hirci come to New
York 'to buy goods for*!tor lnnployeri3
raPe lee city.
Delaney declared
to -day that be was notified that the.
hotel was afire, while there was no
thought 01 the structure being en.
)angered from the Armory blaze.
Tire Park Avenue Hotel was built
by A.. T. Stewart, who &pent $8,000,-
Q00 on its construction and furnish..
Ings.
THE BSER LIIVE8NMENT
Was Nearly Captured at the
Attack on Bothasburg.
QUICK RUN TO CAPE TOWN
London, Vele 21. -The ° transport
Victorian, with the second section of
the Third Canadian Mounted :stifles on
board, arrived at Cape Town yester-
day afternoon,
Pr. Albrecht farts a Report.
Antwerp, I'eb, 21. -Dr. Albrecht.,
Who bas just asetur'ned from the
Transvaal, will precool to -morrow to
Utrecht to see Mr. Kruger, to whom
he Is said to bring an important sec-
ret communication from the, Boer
leaders in South Africa. Dr, Albrecht
predicts the Iona continuance of the
war. Re says the blockhouse system
will not atfeo't the final result, 1t
may cost the Bowe a few more men,
but they will never surrender, and
the I3ritisit will never possess the
Tx anpvaal.
Boers Aro Demoralized,
London, Feb. 21. -In a de,spatchi
from Pretoria a correspondent of
tite Times says there is no doubt the
J3oero in the eastern Transvaal Col-
ony' are greatly demoralized, and
that they are oo hart. pressed that
many are reluata,nt to continue the
struggle. In an intercepted letter
from Gen. Piet 'Wi1 o
eSchalk-
burger,
to Mr. Scher k
burger, the writer urges the latter to
do something to counteract the spirit
of surrender •among the Boers. It is
rumored that Gen. Botha and Mr.
6ohalkburger are trying to arrange a
rneetinga in spite of these indications,
however, there is no ground for be-
lieving that the war will be immedi-
ately over, continues the Trines cor-
fATRL FEIST Of
CANNED CH1CKEN.
Smallpox Among Fort Qu-
'Appelle Halfbreeds,
DRUGGISTS AND WINE,
Montreal Will Test Their !tight to
Sea It - Wholesale Trade Will
Back the f,)ruggists-A Bann
Shoemnaker Tires of rite and
Shoots tiimseif,
Calgary, N. W. T., Feb, 21. - A
young rancher, mimed Erie lyfoIIay,
Jugs been poisoned by eating canned
stricken. He died after two days' ill.•
tress..
tintslipor: Among llalf-breeds,
Iridian head, N. W. T., rob. 2.1, -
Smallpox has been discovered among
the bait -breeds near i+'ort Qu'Appello,
and as the disease has been among
them for some weeks the results are
likely to be widespread.
:Sltcontetit.et's Seietde.
Banff, N. W, T., Feb. 21. --William
Jack, a shoemaker, committed sue
Mete here by shooting, es a result or
despondency from i1t-health.
Druggists and. Wine.
Montreal, Que., Feb. 24. -'Pie rev.
enue department of the Province of
Quebec has decided to enter a test
case against a city druggist for in.
fraction of the license law in sell-
ing wine, A great many druggists
sell considerable medicinal wine, or
material winch Is sold as snelt and
the courts will be asked to settle
whether they have a right to do
eo. It is said the wholesale trade
will back the retailers in fighting
the case.
Thief Well. Recommended,
Paris, Feb. 23.-A servants'
regs-
trY office has been fined $1o0
for
carelessness in recommending it no-
torious thief as a respectable coun-
try girl to ht. Ming, a. dentist.
The girl stole two thousand dollars'
worth of jewels and plate. The regis-
try office had received from the po-
lice a. photograph of the girl and a
record of alight robberies for which
she was wanted.
ANARCHISTS AND GUARDS.
Were :'esting l;xpiesives When n
Bloody Conflict /ensued.
Madrid, Feb. 230--TJtere are Pow
05,000 tens of freight awaiting sae -
charge at Barcelona. The atietal
workers have accepted a nine -hods
day in Castellon, and work bag been
reauanoti. Tile strike that wag threat-
ened in the capital here hael been
averted.
While three Anarchists were test-
ing explosives in a. field at elarra6
near I#areelone, to -day, they were
eurferised by two rural guards. The
Anarchists attacked them, killing one
and wounding the Other. Civil guards
who went to attempt to rescue the
rurais killed was of the Anerok1atd,
The other•twe weaved.
1009 IIIIDONA1O� C
No Mistake as to Ws Rights
and Duties,
BRITISH COLUMBIA JUDGESHIPS
Ottawa, Fele 24 -(Specie!,) --Lord
Slundonaid, who figured proml.uently
in the South' African war, parti.ou-
lariy nt Colensso and. In connection
tvitlt the relief of Ladysmith, will be
the next Major-General commanding
tho Canadian militia, If be agcepte
the position, ate same conditions at-
tach as were placed in the order
appointing General Hutton in Aus-
tralia. Tho reason for this le to be
found in the experience the Canadian
Government had when Gen. Button
was here. The conditions aro that the
new General be under the control of
the Canadian Government, and be
subordinate to tile Minister of Militia.
• General Hutton disputed the right of
' the Minister to dictate to him, and
!demanded certain oilier privileges
it oral i
i 1 i;ights begattse of Its being an
t r. Imperial officer.
I The term of Major-General O'Grady
Holy expires on June 30 next. During
his stay iu Canada he has been ex-
ceedingly popular, and has made
many warm friends!,
The question of appointing a Chief
Justice for J;,ritish Columbia is now
engnging the attention of the Gov-
ernment. The likelihood now is
That Gordon Bunter, aof Victors, will
get the position of a puisne judge,
and that Jnetice Irving will be pro-
moted to the Chief Justiceship., Mr.
Duff, of Victoria, is also mentioned
for a puisne judgeship. The state-
ment that Mr. Morrison, M. P., is
an applicant for the position, is or-
roneone. The new judge will be eith-
er Mr, ilnnter or lei,- Duff with the
LORD KIM BERLEY,
Opposition Leader in British Lords,
Who is Very I11.
VEIN REV. DEAN FARRAR,
Who Recently Sustained a Severe Fall
and is Very ill.
respondent. T,he influence of the Boer
leaders may still prevail, and in any
ease the majorlty would refuse to be
bound by the action of the Boers in
the eastern Transvaal.
•
DelWet 13rolco Through.
Pretoria,• Feb.' 21. -Gen. DeWet,
with •• 400 followers, broke back
•through'the'blockhouse line the nfeel t
of the 10th 'not, ten miles west of
Lindley, Orange River Colony. The
blockhouses opened fire on the Boers,
two ot whom were killed. The re-
mainder got clear away to their old
ground near` Reitz, ,
•
Pretoria, Feb. 23.. -The members of
the Boer Government and Jack /lin-
den, a train wrecker, had a, narrow
escape • from capture on the occasion
of Major Parks' attack on Bothas-
burg on Friday,
--3•
ifritzinger's 'trial Still bn.
Landon, Fab. 22. -Mr. Brodrick, in
the Houso of Commons yesterday,
replying to a question, said that the
trial of Commriandant l:Critzinger was
not yet bonckeded. Tho verdict
Would not be known until confirmed
by Lord Kitchener.
Iiroctcville 'i'rooper Ill.
Ottawa, Fob. 28.-A cable message
from the Colonial Of flee announees
that Trooper II. W. Meade, of the
South African Constabulary, is dan-
gerously ill at Vet River of enteric
fever. J3is next of kin is S. Meade,
of BrockviIte.
Made Quiets Run to Capes 'Towyn.
Jfalifax, N. S., Feb. 28. -The Brit-
ish tl'oopship Victorian, With the
second section of the Canadian
Mounted Rifles, under command of
Col. Evans, made a record voyage
front /retiree to Cape Town, Site
arrived at the Cape on Thursday,
only 23 days oat from itatife.x. This
Is nearly a week taster than any pre-
vious transport. The Manhattan,
twiiich carried the first section, woe
80 days on the patteago.
1D11$i) IN SW11'Z1y:1 I.stieD.
Woodttoc!t, Ont., Vele aa. -'4V.
Van Ligon, tellector or customs,
Woodstock, received a cablegram
ts ino nin train J
avos Jsrf,
Stvl
t-
zorland, announcing the death 'of hie
eon, Cou ntaudor Gravely 'V'an Ince%,
JUDGE SHOOTS BANKER,
In Kentucky Quick Shooting is au
Aeetantpiishntent.
Lawrenceburg, Ky., Feb. 21. -Alfred
Witherspoon, President of the First
National Bank hore, is in a pre-
carious condition at ltle home, and
Police Judge Porter Walker is un-
der surveillance as the result of a
duel to -day between them with revoi-
leers La a drys, goods store.
Witherspoon' last fall violated the
Iaw by recklessly firing a revolver
in the ttown and shooting into some
windows, and Walker, as Judge of
tho Police Court, fined him $200.
Since that time feeling between them
lute been !Ugh.
Walker had gone Intel the store, in
which Is generally tot be found some
whiskey. Witherspoon was there.
}le Cursed Walker, and the latter
went across the street and ate his
luncheon. He returned ]a,ter and
asked 'Witherspoon to retract his
statements.
Witherspoon; realizing the meaning
of tho return of his enemy, drew
Weak to the door and reached for
his revolver, and the bystanders
stepped aside. Walker drew Drat and
fired at Witherspoon, who ducked
to dodge the bullet, arid was Alt
ins the ear. His revolver had become
fastened in his pocke,t, and he turned
to release it With his loft hand when
Walker fired a second shot, wlciclt
grazed lite shoulder,f
Before Witherspoon could brie his
rovoiver into action 'Walker hal
fired a third shot, eeltich struck
1•W'itherspaon in the bawls below the
right shoulder, felling hint. The Judge
gavo himself up to the authorities,
and was released on his iowii reeogutz•
once, while Witherspoon. was re-
moved to leis homer: 'There is little
hope of staving lals life. Witherspoon
belongs to a wealthy family, and is
a prominent business man.
IDA brother, brother, horses Witherspoon',
after killing two men, was killed
by James Portwood.
In obedience to the erproesed wisi1
of the Swedish I arliatnent, the Ger-
ernnient has ordered eotnmanders tie
the army enforcing the note coin-
pttlso"y Iaw to permit conscientious
objectors .to Military service to be
Tsg
exem t front uniforms and
carrying; arms, bet.to perform In-
stead clerical and oilier useful Work
fly tyonneotton with the ttrbly,
chances in favor of Mr Bunter. All
the Liberal members of Parliament
from British Columbia are support-
ing Hunter.
The Agrionitural Department will
send an officer from headquarters
very soon to superintend the receiv-
ing of Canadian agricultural products
at B•ritislc ports. Prof. W. L Me -
Kinnon will leave for Eugland short-
ly in connection with this,
A deputation in connection with
the beet root sugar industry will
wait upon the Government shortly
to urge that a bounty be allowed on
the manufacture of it in Canada.
A BUSY REAPER.
Deaths and Aecldenta of a More or
Lots Serious Nature.
Windsor, Ont., Feb. 22. --Dr. John
D. Coventry, Medical Health Officer,
died at 8 p. m. today after a week's
illness of pneumonia.
Galt, Feb, 22. --Wen. Prest, about
13 years of age, dropped dead in a
store here to -night, where ho had
called ea purchase groceries. Ile tree
at work today, apparently in his
usual health.
Thorold, Feb. 22. -William Burni•
son, farmer, of 7Decew Valls, while
engaged in shingling, fell from the
roof of his baro, a distance of over
thirty feet, this afternoon, and 5118-
taltled fractures of an arm and a
thigh, and was otherwise badly in-
jured.
Windsor, Ont. Feb. 22.-3. F. 0.
Haldane, who practised law to Wind.
ser since 1891, died early this morn.
lug in les !tome on Bruce avenue.
Ho had suffered for the past year
oeaLr ses. so with a complication of dis.
Ingersoll, Feb. 28. -Tho death of
John W. Cooke, who was well and
ftna1g, vorabaftlyer lcitown,anillness boourretofsevi'rati thls years, morn•
Mr. Cooke had been identified with
cheese industries for the past quar-
ter of a century.
Ottawa, Feb. 83. -John Matches.
ter met his death at Stanley's Cor-
ners, ten tulles from here, on Brittle.
dray, thronglt helping a neighbor in
distress. Ti'omas !rill's chimney took
fire, and Manchester went up on the
roof to help HILI oxtlognlsh the
Monett. hill supped, and to save
himself eluteited Manchester. /loth
r
tell toticgroud Manchestern . Woe
kilted outright. Hill had hie hip
broken.
AWOKE IN A MORI�JE:
rJ
MADE HASTY EXIT.
Shocking Tragedy Ends a Chicago
Courtship.
Western Men to Urge U. S. Congress to extend Reciprocity- .Young
Englishman Arrives Ili New York and Gives filmset/ Up as a iFltgittve
i hlef --U,
S. Senator Clark Sells Out Immense .Mining Interests _.
Price Up in the Millions,
New York, Feb, 24. -round frozen
In. a snow drift and apparently dead,
after Friday's storm, Willlam berry,
a farmer, near Anthony, N. tie, lay
for ten hours en the cooling board of
an undertaker's+ shop, surrounded by
coffins and the paraphernalia of
death. But for theabsenee of the un-
tlortaker be might have been buried
oliva,
Ferry was found lying, in the snow.
The body was cold. The' supposed
cense was taken to an undertaking
e stabtisjegneru IIall adozen neiu4hbors,
gathered •to watch over the body. The
absence of the undertaker prevented
further action. When he arrived the
party gathered in another room.
Upon their return to the cooling
room. they were horrified to find tits
supposed corpse attesting, "Body
son tellers" was their first thought.
An alarm was sent out and a messen-
ger hurried to Ferry's home. When he
arrived Ferry was disposing of a
hearty meal. Ile said he suddenly be-
came conscious, and, observing his
surroundings, fled through' a side
door and hurried home,
A (Arent Atining ileal.
Chicago, Feb. 24.-A despateh
from Butte, Mo11t., - says: United
States Sonatal. W. A. Clark has solid
his Coiusa-Parrot group of mires
to the Amalgamated & Anaconda
Company. The conelsderation is with-
b:el fromthe t
d public but the price
eta, , P c . is
understood to be in the millions. Tele
purelna•ses by the Amalgamated Com-
pany was made as a settlement of
litigation between the Anaconda and
Senator Clark's Coeusa-Parrot Com-
pany.
Me great Anaconda Lode was in-
volved in the controversy, it having
been changed that there was a un-
ion between that vein and the Colusa-
Parret vein, and that the Anaconda
had been mining on the Calusa-Par-
rot property. The litigation it is said
will now be 'discontinued.
Shocking Tragedy L, Chicago.
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 24. -Angered be-
cause his persistent demands for a
dowry sufficient to give him a, start
in housekeeping were refuused and
seeking revenge an the family of bre
sweetheart, George Childrose, a
stenographer, to -day shot and killed
Henry Meyerer, the girl's father,
and sllglrbly wounded Emma llteyer-
er, her slster. Tier mother and an-
ther sister eecapeel other shots in-
tended for them, by rushing into the
street. Then, believing he had kill,-
ed the entire family, Chiidroee sent
a bullet through his own brain and
fell dead at the dor of bis sweet-
heart's room:
The couple bepame engaged last
Taeu'day, and the young man at once
began 'itis demands that the Sather,
a retired mecltanic and inventor, fur-
ntsh money to start the couple in
housekeeping. Tito demands were sa
large and persistent that the parent,
al consent to the proposed union was
withdrawn. When he was dismissed,
Clullctrose vowed to kill the whole
fancily and the tragedy followed.
Ta i'ress for Reciprocity.
Chicago, Fob. 24.. -Within the next
few days' a conference will be held
hero for. the purpose of launching
a movement to force Congressional
action on international reciprocity.
The Western Reciprocity League, of
which Governor W. B. Stanley, of
Kansas, is President, and James
Deering, of Chicago, Vice -President,
will arrange for the conference. They
will endeavor to bring together
manufacturers who favor reciprocity
and others interested in the move-
ment. Tho application of the prin-
ciple of reciprocity to tire trade re-
Iations between this country and all
foreign governments is sought.
The ratification of the reciprocity
t ati
E es withnn
'
i e nations, ns, notion on
which has been pending in the United
States Senate for more than two
years, will be especially urged,
flu \Vas Lonesome.
,Tiew York, Feb. 24. -Wm. Wyld, a
young .Englishman, arrived here yes-
terday on the Kron Prinz Wilhelm,
and a few hours after landing gave
hibmseif up to the police, saying that
he had robbed the Birmingham, Eng.,
firm 01 Walsh, Leavitt & Co. ot jew-
eiry valued at $5,000 .
After the robbery he fled to Lan -
'don and then to this country'. When
searched he had in his clothes t'hire
teen large deamond rings, some other
jewelry and $251 in American money,
besides a. few. sovereigns. He declar-
ed that his lonesomeness, on finding
himselt in America, depressed him so
d8iat he thought the best thing to do
was to give. bbmself up.
PRKS SCUUTS
EPEE BU.EBS
Captured 164 Men and Two 1
Field Cornets.
OMINOUS QUIET IN SPAIN,
Newspapers Cannot Clot Compositors
-To lstol'aBud Near-iladridAgi-
tators Try to Bring About Sup-
porting Strikes -The Barcelona
Rioters (let Three Days' Grace.
London, Feb. 22.-A despatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Fri-
day, Feb. `list, says Col. Park, with
three hundred mounted National
Scouts, recently surprised a. Boer
force at Noottgedaeht, Transvaal
Colony, and captured 161 prisoners,
together with a quantity of muni-
tions of war and a number of horses
and waggons. There were no British
casualties. The prisoners include
Field Cornets Joubert and IDejater
and Lieut. Wiljoen.
Business Quiet in Barcelona. •
Barcelona, Feb. 22.- Although
there was some resuscitation of .or-
iiintry life in this city yesterday it
was largely artificial. A few public
establishments reopened under 'the
compulsion of the authorities, but
practically no business was trans.
tcted. The street cars ceased run.
!dug at eight in the evening and
tiro newspapers were unable to ap•
pear. There was soave Isolated af-
frays and attempts to sack bakeries,
during which five persons were
wounded. It Was reported to -day
that a number of workmen were
eaught in tee act of preparing
bombs.
l'olstor's Rod Near.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 22, --Tato lat-
est news received here from Yalta,
Crimea, is to the etfee that Count
Tolstoi le at the point of death,
illudiridi 'Threatened, 'Coe.
Madrid, Feb. 22. -Agitators are ac-
tively urging tho declaration of a
great strike here, Fob. 24th, in sup-
port of the etrikers in Barcelona.
Advices front. Valencia say the strike
there has been suppressed, but that
the workmen are clamoring for the
release of their arrested comrades,
More faetp;riee have been re -open-
ed at Saragossa, and Sabadell.
Threat Bays' (,}rues.
J3arcelona, Peb. 22 -=The captain-
generaI hoe ultowo.l the rioters three
days' grace tit which to deliver up
alt their aims. ,After the expiration
of that time any person found in
po session of arcus will be tried by
drumhead court martial.
Orders have been issued to all
saloons to cieso at 7 o'clock in the
evening,and citizens are not al-
lowee to be out of their resitlenees
after S ji n1.
The Mount'. -.1 Police Department has
been notified that C. Bullock, alias
"lima'IIu! at,l,
l , bas been sentenced
K
a ed on March
t ," t into he 1t n 1
a 1.dnan o
b
t.I0tlr for rho murder of L. Stainton.
•
FOR CZAR'S NAVY.
German Firms Platt New Works in
Russia.
London, Feb. 23. -The report comes
from Hamburg that two leading Ger-
man firms, engaged respectively, in.
n>,a1tuifaoturtng arms and in ship-
building, contemplate establishing
jointly in Russia, an arsenal and
yards for building and equipping
warships and turning out material
for railways and Imbibe works gen-
erally. A representative of one of
these !tram has just gone to St. Pet-
ersburg to arrange the preliminaries.
This announeemebt may be taken
In con janetbon with? a message to the
Standard from Berlin yesterday
morning declaring that Russia can-
not herself build the warships called
for by the recent special vote, and.
if that vote is meant to be, as is
suggested', Bussta:'s reply to the An-
glo -Japanese treaty and the United
States note, it is a mere brutunl ful-
men unless the eb1ps are actually
put on tiie stocks; while -the associ-
ation of Germany with the scheme
masa be meant, to be a- seient expres-
viten of Earopean solidarity in face
of the new British position In the Far
East. .. ;
STII L STARVING HIMSELF.
Montebello Murderer il'ast Breaking
Down Under Strain.
Ottawa, Feb. 22.- Stanislaus La-
croix, the condemned murderer, still
refuses to eat anything, His last
meal was dinner en Thursday. Since
then ho has refused all food. Yester-
terday he took a couple of sips of
water. The enforced fast' and the
terrible mental and nervous strain
ho is suffering under aro developing
segas of a break in his health. Unless
he partakes of food soon there will be
a collapse, followed perhaps by death.
Ing normal health lie was a robust
man. There is nowt a drawn, 9ag-
garcl look about his farce, the high
cheek -bones accentuating the gaunt
appearance.
Before Ile received news tba,t his
case was hopeless Lacroix spent a
great part of his time reading reli-
gious books. He does so no longer.
The phantom of the gallows seems
to has always int his mental eye, and
he cannot get away from it, He le
watched day and night by a double
guard,
MAKES FOR TEMPERANCE.
Widening London Streets Abolish
Many Public Rouses.
London, Peb. 23. -It is a most ex»
pensive temperance work that the
London County Council 10 at pre-
sent carrying out, but it is not tie-
signated as smolt, nor is the general
public aware of tete fact. Yet With-
in the last three years the London
County Council has devoted] more
than $1,250,000 to the praotieal
work of temperance.
/1 is one of the consequences of
the extensive improvements befog
made in London at present. When
acquiring property for the neties-
eery widening of different streets,
tunny publtie houses, with licenses
and good -will, come Into the ]Dos.
session. ot the Council. Meese proper-
ties are very valuable, but the Coun-
cil, instead of renewing then for
premises in the neighborhood, le de-
liberately giving tlteut up, seeing at
tate sante tine that no new it0Oht ee
for these localities are Issued.
En this Way the number of public
uses
to
t t In i Lona
ion has
been
dtlttin-
ishettby'_ 1.03, }Melt were valued at