INSURANCE MAN IS CONVICTEO George Burnham. Jr? Guilty of Grand Larceny. WAS LOCKED UP IN THE TOMBS. Vice President and General Counsel of the Mutual Ktaerve Life Insurance Company Convicted in a Criminal Court of thr Larceny of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. New York (Special) .?The first conviction of a high official of au Insurance company for misuse of policyholders' funds took place late Tuesday afternoon, when a trial jury in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court found George Burnham. Jr.. vice president and general couusel of Mutual Reserve Life Insurane. Company, guilty of grand larceny. As a result Burnham, who has been a leader In insurance circles in this city, is occupying a cell in the Tombs Prison, where he must remain until Thursday, when Justice Greenbaum will impose sentence which cannot be less than 3, nor more than 10 years in prison. Burnham, a tali handsome man, approaching his sixtieth year, turned deathly pale when the jury announc ed its verdict. He did not utter a word, but sank into his seat com pletely unnerved, his fingers plucking aimlessly at his grey side whiskers. His chief counsel, former Assistant District Attorney Rand, served no tice that he would appeal. A deputy then led Burnham across the "bridge" of sighs" to the prison. He broke dowu and wept bitterly while being searched and having his pedigree taken prior to being locked up in a cell. Hliribam u-aa a t 1 n ?nnn u of $7,500. The prosecution and con viction of Burnham was an out growth of the investigation of insur ance companies In this state by a legislative committee a year ago. Two other officers of the insurance company, Frederick A. Burnham, president, and George D. Elkridge, vice president, were indicted at the same time. Five indictments were returned against each of the de fendants. The charge against George Burn ham, Jr., is that in 1901 he paid J. Douglass Wells with company funds for a loan alleged to have been made to Frederick A. Burnham, the presi dent. and that the payment was con cealed by false entries in the hooks of the insurance company. One of the sensational features of the trial, was the production of a check by the poseeution which bore the nanje of Louis F. Payn, former superintendent of insurance, and the United States Express Company, of which United States Senator Piatt is president, it was not claimed, how ever, that Burnham paid the amount of this check to Mr. Payn, but that it was used to resist an alleged de mand by Payn for $100,000 from the life insurance company. The prosecution charged that President Frederick A. Burnham borrowed $5,575 from J. Douglass Wells, saying that he wanted the money to meet this alleged demand by Payn, and that George Burnham repaid this loan with additions from the funds of the company. In charging the Jury, Justice Greenbaum said that in order to ar rive at a verdict of guilty it must be found that the alleged fraud was committed with felonious intent. The jury was out four hours be fore returning a verdict of guilty. By request of his counsel further proceedings were postponed until Friday. In the meatime Burnham will have to stay in jail, as a certificate of reasonable doubt cannot be issued until judgment is passed. Burnhani was convicted of larceny in the first degree, the maximum penalty for which is 20 years. Burnham's friends were hard hit by the verdict. They had been hoping for a disagree ment. His son hold his, head in his hands for a few minutes and then went over and shook hands with his father. "Good-by, Fred," said Burn- | hanj as others enme up to solace | him. He laughed a rather forced j laugh and shook hands with his counsel as lie started for the Tombs. Justice Greenbaum's charge to the Jury was considered to be very fair. I MBltUM* IV in I.I.'? PVf Young Woman Slaves off Attack Of I Infui atoil Animal. Harrlsbnrg,Pa. (Special)?Thrust ing '-be point of an umbrella Into the eye of an In'nrlated bull probably saved the life of Miss Mary Mills, Shiremanstown, four miles from this place. Miss Mills, who was attired in a bright red dress, was walking down the street of that town, when the bull, spying the dress, broke away from hie owner and chased her for about a block. He knocked her down, and It was while rolling on the pavement that she was able to jam the point of the umbrella into the eye of the ani mal. Sixty Japanese Seamen drowned. Tokyo (By Cable).?A number of sampans (small harbor boats) be longing to the Japanese cruiser Chltose were caught in a squall here while returniug from a trip. A num ber of the boats were overturned and sixty men were drowned. Murder By A Madman. Jackson, Ohio (Special). ? Elmer McNeal, a demented coal miner, armed with two revolvers, shot Indis criminately at passengers in a crowd ed trolley car. Instantly killing Har ry White, probably mortally wound ed J. D. Van Atta. of Newark. Ohio, and severely wounding J. E Kinni son, superintendent of the public schools of Jackson. McNeal was fin ally thrown through the car window. Reloading the pistols, he went up town, pursued by officers and citi sens, who shot hint through the head. THE HEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic. Chester E. Gillette was sentenced to be electrocuted at Auburn Prison in the week beginning January 28. lie will be taken to Auburn within the next ten days. A motion for a new trial was denied Michael F. Brtiso. a Creek sea man on the tug Walter A. Lucken bach, rescued the captain, frozen to the masthead, and a seaman, frozen to a hatch adrift, of the sea-going barge Buena Jentina. President Baer, of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, has declined to grant the demands of the engi neers. firemen and conductors, who threaten a strike. Rev. John T. MeAtee, a wealthy Lutheran clergyman of Philadelphia, was shot by bis daughter, who states the minister was abusing her mother. Mrs. Nancy Boyd, aged 93, of Allegheny, Pa., was burned to death by natural gas while searching her home for burglars. John Madison Keith, who was a master mechanic on the Panama Ca nal, died from the bite of a centi pede. The Brotherhood of Trainmen will confer with General Manager Peck, of Pennsylvania lines west, about the 23 articles refused them by the gen eral superintendents. The revenue cutters Mohawk and Gresham pulled the barkentine Bon ny Doon off Great Round Shoal, near Vineyard Ilaven, and landed the crew. The strike of 800 men of the Read ing Iron Company, which began five months ago, has ended by the men getting an advance of 1 2 per cent. In the Shea trial, Chicago, William Kelly, former secretary of the Coal Teamsters' Union, who entered a i'ica ui guiiiy, was a witness. An explosion of gas in the Kidney vein of the Buttouwood Colliery at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., killed two and seriously injured several others. Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress, se cured a writ of attachment in New York against the property of Miss Norma L. Munroe for $42,000. ?John Harsen Rhodes, president of the Greenwich Savings Bank and a prominent financier of New York, is dead at the age of 67. Herbert Gregerson, exchange tel ler of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank in Chicago, pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Banker Jacob Schiff calls the high interest charged in Wall Street on call loans barbarous and destructive to finance. Sir Harry Eugene Robinson, of a noble English family, has entered the United States Navy as a mess attend ant. Lawyer Patrick, convicted of mur der in New York is said to have ap plied for a commutation of sentence. Former Governor George W. Hen dee, of Vermont, died at his home, Morrisville, aged 74 years. Rear Admiral Peter Asserson, U. S. N., retired, died in Brooklyn at the age of 66. The operators In charge of the block on which the Southern train wreck occurred Thanksgiving Day contradict each other in their state ments as to the cause of the smash up. Fearing that Chester E. Gillette, found guilty of the murder of Grace Brown, plans to end his life, the gas stove has been taken from his cell, and an extra guard will accom pany him to Auburn prison. Counsel for Harry K. Thaw has taken action which abolishes the proposition to appoint a commission to go outside of New York State for < evidence in the case. W. W. Finley, who began his rail road career as a stenographer, has been chosen president of the South ern Railway to succeed Samuel < Spencer. ] A man supposed to be George A. Kimmel, missing cashier of the Ar- i kansas Bank, has been found in an 1 asylum at White Plains, N. Y. The Cincinnati - Chicago Limited ] train on the Monon Railroad was I derailed two miles north of Frank- ! i fort, Ind., and 18 persons injured. Andrew Carnegie formally pre- | sented the deeds for a lake three and one-half miles long to Princeton Un iversity. Eieht vouns: winien were hmnprl ; by an explosion of thousands of , matches In a factory at Indianapolis. ' Allotments of land will make every member of the Osage tribe of ' Indians worth 150,000. Two women were arrested in Chi cago charged with a score or more of flat burglaries Ellas Asiel. a New York broker, I . was beaten insensible by burglars in j his home. Forty-seven railroads of the West ; ' are considering raises in wages for employes. Foreign. The Anglo-French-Italian treaty with Abyssinia is about to be sighed j at London with King Menelik's ap proval, the terms having been offi cially communicated to the powers. The Federation of Hamburg Ship- < ping Companies decided to no longer employ members of the Association ot' German Captains and Officers. Venezuelan insurgents, command- ! ' ed by General Montilla. have cap- I ' tured Harquesimeto, capital of the ! ' State of Lara. The British government has de- i cided to reject all the House of Lords' ! amendments to the Education Bill, j Ireland Is the first country to have | a national trade-mark as a protection I against fraud. , Bebanzin. the former king of Da- t homey, died suddenly of nephritis at f Algiers. t The German Reichstag ratified the Algeriras convention. M. Jaures, the French Socialist \ leader In the Chamber of Deputies, i warned the government that In the | proceedings toward Morocco it was embarking on a dangerous adventure, but the Chamber, by 457 to 56, voted confidence. When Count Castellane rose to make a speech, half the depu ties left the chamber. A census of the German Empire to December 31, 1905, shows the po pulation to have been 60,641,278, compared with 56,367,178 in 1900, an increase of 7.6 per cent. * HIGH HONOR FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Storthing Confers The Nobel Peace Prize On Him. HOW HE WILL USE THE CASH. President's Cablegram, on Being For mally Notified of His Selection. Ex pressing His (.ratification and De claring His Purpose to Endow a Permanent Fund. Washington (Special). President Roosevelt was notified (hat the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to him He has accepted the high hon or, and decided that the income from the cash prize of |4(},000 shall be "devoted to founding at Washington a permanent industrial peace com mittee." The President was confidentiality advised by Chairman Loveland, of the Nobel committee of the Norwe gian Parliament, of his selection, not to be made public until officially an nouncediu the Storthing Monday. This action was communicated to the President in the following message: Christiania. December 10. 1906. President Roosevelt. Washington: Nobel committee today signified Storthing itg decision. Accept our hearty_ wishes, expression high es teem (Signed) LOVELAND, Chairman. Minister Pelrce was directed by the Presldeut to read the following mes sage to the Storthing: The President' Cablegram. i i am profoundly moved and touch ed by the signal honor shown mo through your body in conferring upon 1 me the Nobel Peace Prize. There is 1 no gift I could appreciate more, and 1 I wish it were in my power to ex- 1 press my gratitude. I thank you for ' myself and I thank you on behalf | of the United States, for what I did ' I was able to accomplish only as the representative of the nation of which, for the time being. I am presi- 1 dent. After much thought I have concluded that the best and most fitting way to apply the amount of the prize Is by using It as a founds- | tion to establish at Washington a i permanent industrial peace commit- ] tee. The object will be to strive for 1 better and more equitable relations | among my countrymen who are en- ( gaged, whether as capitalists or i wage-workers. In Industrial and agri- c cultural pursuits. This will carry out i the purpose of the founder of the j prize, for In modern life it is as Im portant to work for the cause of just and righteous peace in the industrial world as in the world of nations. I . again express to you the assurance : of my deep and lasting gratitude and : appreciation. , (Signed) i THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 1 The amount of money represented in the prize is 138,536 crowns, or 1 $37,127.65. The Proposed Endowment. The following statement governing the proposed disposition of the prize < money, which Is said to be tentative c and subject to change as regards de- 9 tails, was made at the White House: f The amount of the Nobel peace ? prize will be conveyed by the Presl- a dent tp the trustees, to be by them d used as the foundation of a fund " the income of which shall be ex- [0 pended for bringing together in con- 11 ference at Washington, especially 11 during the sessions of Congress, rep resentatives of labor and capital for " the purpose of discussing Industrial problems with the view of arriving at a better understanding between employers and employes and thus C promoting industrial peace. The t President, with their consent, will t appoint as trustees of the fund the t Chief Justice of the United States, t IM Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec- o retary of Commerce and Labor, a 1 repreesntative of labor and a repre- d sedative of capital." t IiOWKR JAW KMK KKI) OFF. Man, l imbic To Write, Cannot Tell ^ How He Wax Mutilated. a Johnstown, Pa. (Special).?Caspar t! Schoflon, JO years old, was brought c to a hospital here from Bakerton. n b luburb, where he was found lying on the street. Part of the man's lower ti iaw was missing, the upper jaw bad- t' ly splintered and the base of his e ongue lacerated. Schofon is very s' weak from loss of blood, and how II tie was wounded is a mystery. The hospital physicians say his injuries tfl ire such that he will never be able d to talk, and all effnrtB to have the t b man write have been futile. The po ice authorities say Sehofon. who is t( i foreigner, never learned to write, t) ind will be unable to explain hlB In juries until he is taught to write, if le should recover. ? RNTOMBKD MINERS ItKSt l KI). 'l arclcxsncss Had Caused Explosion Of A l,?t Of Dynamite. Houghton, Mich. (Special).- Four ,een boxes of dynamite exploded in i j, he Qulncy Mine, cutting off from g istape over 40 miners who had gone u iowti the shaft before the explosion ,, recurred. Rescuing parties believed hem dead until they were found in j ? sheltering level, where they had ( j led after the explosion. One man, William Gogin, was ; down to pieces, and three others ] were wounded. Over a score of |" niners were half-suffocated from 31 imoke and were resuscitated with nuch difficulty. I B Captain Anil Crew Rescued. Nassau, N. P. (Special).?Captain ' ?'rederlcksen, of the Norwegian hark | f' Wellington, his wlfp and 15 mem- ( ^ iers of the crew of the vessel, were I escued December 3, In an exhaust- j I', 'd condition, by the Elder-Dempster iteamer Sokoto, in latitude 35 north, ongltude 65 west. The Wellington " vhlch sailed from Gulf port. Miss.. November 12. with a cargo of lum- ^ >er for Rosario, Argentina, was water-logged when deserted. The a lokoto will take the rescued per- i a ions to Havana. lei IT THE NATION a CAPITAL Some In tern ting Happening* Briefly Told. The ship Subsidy. General Grosvenor. chairman of the House Committee of Merchant Marine and Fisheries and most ar dent of ship subsidy advocates, Jook the first step to compromise with the opposition, which has hitherto been successful In holding up the Senate tneasurq in the committee. General Grosvenor announced to the committee thut he had prepared important amendments to the Senate Subsidy Bill. It makes clear that the subsidies are to be applied only to lines front the South Atlantic Goast to South American republics, and from the Pacific t'oast to the Orient. The subsidy for the South African line is eliminated, also the one for the short line on the Northern Paci fic to the Canadian Coast. The committee will meet again Thursday to consider the Grosvenor amendments. These propositions in a degree meet with the objections of Speaker Cannon and Kepresentatlve Watson, of Indiana. The latter pre vented action on the matter In the last session. Now he declares that he will favor a bill providing subsi dies for South American lines and not more than two lines to the Philip pines. Such a proposition, he be lieves. will pass thp House. This Is as far as the Speaker will go. accord ing to the subsldv authorities. I Transport Reserve Klrrt, With a view to securing an ade- j quate transport reserve fleet for the i United States Army. General Hum- | phrov, in his annual report, states I hat the department might advantag eously begiven authority of law, to- ; gether with an adequate appropria tion, to take options for the charter of American vessels suitable for transports, paying therefor a reason able yearly rate, fixing the charter price if called into service, and giv ing the department first right to the j sevice of such vessels when needed ' Looking For A Lumber Trust. Senator Kittredge wants an inquiry ; into the operation of the manttfac- I taring interests of the United States In a resolution which he presented le asks that the Secretary of Com merce and Labor be directed to con 1 net an exhaustive investigation vith a view of discovering the cause >f the present high prices of lumber, ind particularly to discover whether i trust exists. Meat Bill Amendment. Senator Beveridge introduced a ] )ill to amend the meat inspection act jy requiring that the cost of inspec lon shall be paid by the packers tnother amendment requires that the late of Inspection and packing or 'anning shall be placed upon each jackage. Yew Child Labor Law Bill. Senator Lodge introduced a bill lesigned to prevent the employment if child labor by prohibiting inter tate commerce In any article in the iroduction of which a child under 4 years of age has been employed md the prohibition extends to chil Iren under 16 years of age who can lot read and write. The violation if the law is made a misdemeanor, lunishable by fine of $.r>00 and lm irisonment for one year. Senator Beveridge introduced a ill very similar in its provisions. Appeals In Criminal Cases. Chairman Clark, of the Senate 'ommittee on the Judiciary, was au- i horized by the committee to request he return to it of the bill passed by he Senate last session which gives i he government the right of appeal n questions of law In criminal cases, 'his is a measure which the Presi ent urges as tieing very necessary ] o strengthen the hands of the gov rnment in the anti-trust cases. Mr. C. Hauge, the minister from iorway, called at the White House, 1 nd informed President Roosevelt < hat the Norwegian parliament had onferred on him I he Nobel peace i rlze at Christian!# Senator Culberson made objection ' a Mr. Bonaparte's nomination as at- 1 arney general on account of views 1 xpressed In 1899 as to the imde- ' irabllity of regulating trusts by I quidatlon. Secretary Shaw has announced hat he will deposite $10,000,000 In epositary banks and that he will , uv $10,000,000 In bonds of 1907. , A bill was Introduced in the House | 3 prevent members of Congress from elng employed by public service cor- ] orations. i Speaker Cannon appointed Repre- I entatlve Bradley, of New York, to i place on the Military Affairs Com ittee. The Director of the Mint purchased j 25.000 ounces of silver for delivery ' t Philadelphia, paying 69.60. Attacking the Panama Canal pro set, Senator Morgan says the United tates was in the shipping business nder the sea flag of a dummy cor oratlon. The report of the Paymaster Gen- > ral of the Navy shows that It cost , 19,604,749 to keep the warships in ommission during the past year. Mrs. Helen L. Sewell, widow of ' he former New Jersey senator, died < uddenly of heart disease. , The House defeated the Pilotage 1 till by a vote of 110 to 164. 1 President Roosevelt commuted to Ife Imprisonment the sentence of eath passed upon Arthur Adams nd Robert Sawyer, negroes, who tutinied and killed the officers and art of the crew of the schooner larry Berwind. The Senate Committee on Foreign telations made a report favoring he ratification of the Algeciras reaty regarding Morocco. The House Committee on Banking nd Currency held a meeting prepar tory to framing a bill for a more lastic currency. SOUTHERN HAS j ANOTHER WRECK Two Killed and Four Injured at Danville. FLAGMAN BLAMED FOR ACCIDENT. Similar to the Disaster at l.awyeis Which Resulted in the Death of I'reai dent Spencer and Six Others En gineer Kinney and Brakeman King Met Instant Death. Danville. Va. (Special).? Follow- j ing close upon the disaster of Law- | yer, 57 miles from here, on Thanks- j giving Day, which resulted In the death of President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern Railway, and six others, another wreck horror on the Southern occurred in the railway yards here early Saturday morning, i Two persons met instant death, an- | other was fatally wounded and three | I others were Injured. The accident happened about 1 o'clock, when northbound train No ! 1*4, a mixed passenger and Pullman train of about 10 coaches, crashed , into No. 82, a freight train of 30 cars, which was standing on the I main line. All of the passengers es caped injury of any consequence, though all were shaken up. The list of the dead comprises En gineer (leorge C. Kinney, of Thonias ville, N. C., and Brakeman W. B King, of Danville, Va. Robert Ford, the negro fireman, sustained injuries which will no doubt result in his death. The following is a list of the ser 1, lously Injured, who were taken to | the General Hospital here: O. P. Mull, of Columbia. S. C., flagman; 11. M. Patterson, of Chatham. Va.. | brakeman; Robert Ford, colored, ; flromui. ,, .?A A A If?lt?.< V\'noh_ 1 ? vuinu, U11U \J. \J. iTlUlin , Ul ? ington. postal clerk. i Both of the trains were running ; | behind time, and the freight train, ! | after passing the block station, three j | miles south of here, was detained | j In the yards on account of other ( trains. The freight had been stand- , Ing on the mgln line for nearly an | hour when No. 34 came around the j , curve at a rate of about 25 miles an ( hour. The engine plowed through the cabooBe of the freight, and like | a giant bull hurled it over its head. Engineer Kinney stuck to his post ( and was instantly killed. Eifty yards , above the scene of the accident the j i negro fireman, realizing what was going to happen, Jumped from the ( locomotive and landed on the ( ground, unconscious. \ As soon as the collision occurred t fire followed. Four cars were burn- 1 ed up and other damaged by the , flames. The Are department was j called out, and after several hours t had the flames under control. f Next to the engine on No. 34 was a the postal car, which was demolished, ( and a number of clerks In It were t injured. The injured clerks left on a northbound train, and their injuries are not regarded as serious. All of the passengers in the Pull- | man and day coaches escaped. The body of Engineer Kinney was found pinned under the wrecked en gine. It was not mangled, and Indl- f catlonB showed that he had been scalded to death by the steam es caping from the boiler. ' The death of W. B. King, who was b on the caboose of the wrecked r freight train, was frightful. King i was learning the business of rail- v road brakeman, and his body was 9 l)urned to a crisp. Only the body t from the legs to the neck was ex- c tricated from the wreckage, and this v was merely a pile of ashes and co- t iigulated blood. The head, arms and t legs were missing, and the ashes v was placed In a mall bag and carried 9 to an undertaker's shop. \ t I ? i bi ii I DEATH WIPES OPT FAMILY. ! 8 Demi hp Of Father And Four Children a Followed By Mother. j 11 r Chicago (Special). ? Mrs. Rose , n Vrzal, of 153 West One Hundred and | Fifty-eighth Street committed sul- j nide because, It Is believed, of ru- ' mors circulated regarding the nuin- \ irons deaths In her immediate faint ly within the last ten months. Her , tiusband, Martin Vrzal, died, and I Ihen, within nine months, her four ' -hildren died, the cause of each ! o leath being given by the attending I r physician as "stomach trouble." An anonymous tqjephone messnge ; was sent to the police department j saying It was advisable that an In restIgatIon be made, as all the mem bers of the family were Insured a , thort time before death. An Invest!- j, gallon was commenced, but It de- ' treloped nothing definite. It is be- , lleved hv the police that either de- f spondency over the deaths of her c family or dread of the investigation caused Mrs. Vrzal to take her life. t Late on the strength of statements made by Mrs. Emma Niemann, daugh- , ter of Mr. Vrzal, the police arrested n Hermann Billeck, said to be a fortune ( teller and hypnotist A Battle At Leyte. Manila (By Cable).?A column of constabulary troops encountered a band of Pulajanes between La Paz ' and Terragona. on the Island of Leyte, December 3. In the battle o hat followed four soldiers were kill- c ?d and eight were wounded Among he wounded was Lieut. Ralph P. f fates. Jr. His wounds are not seri- tl jus. Thirty Pulajanes were killed t tnd many were wounded and cap tured. No details of the fight, hare q jeen received. j Strike Of Sailors. h Genoa (Special).?The greatest Harm is being felt here over the de- 3 islon of the shipowners to suspend b the Transatlantic service,owing to the 1 itrll^e of the seamen. Over 4,000 ?migrants who had booked passage j , ire being boarded and lodged at the ?xpense of the city officials, who de- | lire to prevent bloodshed The gen >ral public is demanding that th? ! rovernment Intervene In the strike 1 ] dtuatlon. FATE OF FOUR CGHNtLL MEN Athlete* Rink Liven To Save Their Comrade*. Ithaca. N. Y. (Special(.?Cornell University and the city of Ithaca are paralyzed by the worst catastrophe which has ever occurred In this com munity. By the burning of the Chi Psl Fraternity lodge at an early hour In the morning, seven lives were lost. $200.OOO worth of property was de stroyed and the linest fraternity house in the world was practically demolished. Seven men are killed. Six of them died almost Immediately: the other lingered until evening. The dead are: William Homes Nichols, of Chica go. 111., a member of the senior class of Cornell University, and a sou of a wealthy commission merchant in Chi cago. He was a member of many clubs and societies and an editor of the Cornellian. which is the college annual. A charred body has been found In tne ruins, but It Is not yet known whether It Is his or that of Frederick W. Greele, of Fast Orange, N. J., who also perished In the flames Oliver LeRoy Bchmuclt, of Han over, Pa., a senior in Cornell Univer sity, a member of many clubs and very popular among his classmates Ho died In the Cornell Infirmary within a few hours after the death of his roommate, Nichols. Frederick W Greele. of Fast Or ange, N. J., a member of the fresh man class. Ills body has not yet been recovered. James McCutcheon, of Pittsburg, Pa., a member of the sophomora class, substitute halfback on the Cor nell football team and very popular among his classmates The city of Ithaca has lost threa tallant firemen Alfred C Robinson an attorney and a member of the vol unteer fire department; John Rum rev. son of n nrnmtnent hardware merchant and a member of the vol unteer fire company, and Rstey J. I.andon. foreman of the Kraplre State furnishing Company and a member if the volunteer Are department. All if these men were killed by the fati ng of the north wall of the building while they were engaged In the art >f stretching a hose on that side. dust how the fire started will pro lably remain a mystery, but at 3.30 V. M., S. 8. Decamp, of New York iJity, a sophomore of Cornell and a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity, was awakened by the smell of smoke. He rushed tothe door of his rooui^but ound his escape cut off. Running o the window, be slid down the fines and reached the ground in safe y. He ran to the nearby fraternity louses and sent out the alarm. It vas fully 30 minutes after the Are lad started before the department eached the scene. The campus Are acilities were utterly Inadequate, ind it remained for the city com tanies to make an attempt to check he Aames. but it was too late FIGHT AT BEAUTY CONTEST. ?'ree-For-AII Fight In I Vnnsylvnnia District School. Washington. Pa. (Special).?Hast Tnley township, 10 miles from this ity is in a turmoil over a freo-for-all ight in the district school during a eauty contest and as a result many esidnets of the township are carry ng bruises The trouble was started rhen Samuel Teegarden and John iampson. who were buying votes for he leading contestants in the beauty ontest, were informed that they ^erc $3 in arrears in the payment of he votes, and all votes cast after heir money had become exhausted tould be thrown out, Teegarden and iampson are said to have resented bis action and endeavored to destroy he ballot box. A general Agjit fol owed. in which the lights in the choolhouse were put out. Many girls ml women were trampled upon, but one were seriously injured. War ants have been issued for the arrest f ail involved In the Aght. ITALY TO ADMIT r. 8. MKATS. Vill Accept in number and $11. 8A.782 in amount of liabilities. In he corresponding month last year here were 817 defaults with a total rd> btedness of $8,868,798. 1'nlon Pacific's net profits in Oc Tb?r increased $165.395. A New York Stock Exchange seat as sold Thursday for $82,500. a top of $2500 front the last previous ale.