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
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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 <iovcrument Stamp Ax
Sufllcictit.
Washington (Special). ? Restric
lons upon the entrance into Italy
f American pork products have been
emoved by the Italian Government.
Heretofore Italy, in common with
orne other European Governments,
as Insisted upon making Its own
nicroscopical examination of Ameri
an pork products sent to that coun
ry. The expense of the examination
ad to be paid by the American ex
orters. This requirement placed
lie packers In the position of having
o pay twice for the examination,
nee here and again in Italy.
Secretary Wilson took up the que3
ion with the State Department and
as Induced the Italian Government
o accept the certificate of inspection
ilaced on meats by the Agricultural
Jepartment.
?1.\A\ A I. 'YOUI.D
(lank of England directors cou
inue the 6 per cent, discount rate.
Reading directors are now ex
erted to take dividend action on
lecember 17.
Call money in New York ranged
roni 20 to 28 tier cent. The con
Inued high rate discourages specula
ion.
The American Car At foundry
ompany's new tilant at Madison,
II.. Is making forty cars a day.
In three months wire products
ave risen $4 the ton.
Commercial failures in the I'nited
rates during the month of Novem
er were K8.r> 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.