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xv I NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL ADVANCE WILLIAMSON CASE. Hoyt Want Docltton Uaforo Supremo Oourt Adjourns WanlilntiUiii, Murt'li !!. Next Moil dnyHollolturtloner.il llnyt, represent Inn the attorney general, will submit (o (ho Hupreum oourt n motion let ml vunco (ho iiiMnl o (ix-lteiirmimtuUvo Vlllliimnit In tlm hope thnt tlm cum van Ixi trliil till hennion nnd licfortt ml Joiiriiment In May. Inn formal mo (Ion, which lin Iihh prepared 10 minimi to IhoriMrt, .Mr. liny l briefly review tliu progress of llui wIIIIuiiimhi trim from ll Inception l mul Including IIii notion n( tlu' Circuit Court of A ixiil on Muruh 11, mid then Mat tlutt III motion to Hilviincn In liiimol mt tliu fol lowing nitvuin: Find, IliU U n criminal eimo; sec ond, itcountlttitlonnl quentloii npjKurH to I mi lni)lvil thlnl, It In n enno of public luiimttntieo Involving tliu qutn t Ion whether I liu Immunity from nnol granted to senator mill tiit'inlHT of votiKio'N liy tlm constitution extendi to n mmtwiotf ol Imprlnoiimont nflor legal vouvli'tluii; fourth, nit lndcxnilent wilt of cnni from the Circuit Ciurtnf Aicitl linn I mini dl"inl"ed liy Hint court us to Wllllitiiuoti. COMPLETES NOUEL BOARD. President Appoints Two Mora Com missioners on IniluttrUI Peace. Washington, March 1H. The tirenl. dent lixlny np;xlntd Hetli Uiw, of New York, nnd Tlwiiiiin l. Hush, of lllrm Ingham, Aln., ii rt'iriTiHiiluth(fi of tlm general public under the net ttfcongicna, nwtnbllnhlngti foundation for tint pro motion of Intluitrlnl peace, tliu ll of which I" tint NoUl prl fuml, recently Awarded llio prenldciit of llm Norwegian birthing. Thin niinplelo tho admin Utrutltu Ixsirll. Olhri HH'inU'rii of tint Ixsird of tiutec nro Jnlm Mitchell, president of the. Unit i Mlneworkeni of America, nu llm r-H renriilallvoof lulxirf Mnrvln HughlM, president of tho Chicago A, NoithwiwU yrn lutllwuy company, rei'rencntliig vapllnl; tho chief (untico of tho supremo iurt of the United Htnttxt, thiiiieerclarv of commerce and Inlxir and tho secretary of agriculture. Will Curry Relief to China. Washington, .March 21. Tim United titnten nrmy trnitnport lluford will take ii lonil ol prnvlnlonn nl onco to China far tint relief of tint famine niiffciors. Tln Wiir dcjntituit'iit ndvlned tho Btut.t department today that tho tr.ttixitt, vhloli In nt Hun Francl-co, Is nt the dlnjxwal of the Red Gion Ottwa for Immedlnle two In tlm shipment, Tho tntunxirt will top nt llono.olil nu It vity to t-hntighnl uitd proUlily will trrv rijuvlal ;uty of wmgrHMincn, who uto to vlitll Honolulu n kuwU of tluullUn of lliy llnwnllftii IiImihU. Dliplnaln to Vdtersns. WashltiKtiin, .Mrvli III. Tim l'nlle.1 Hanlh War NVtemnn, DUtrlrl of Co lumhlii ileimrtuiKiit, tinlny mloptiM n Tii-olutliMl vlKorniinly ihtiiiHttu'lnit tlm net lou of tlm i-oimtltutloiml convention ol Oklnhomn In mlnptini it vlnuo In Hh coiiKtltutlon iI'Mfniurhl'liiK noldlorr, rnllorn nml intirlncH, ntul rlmmcterlxlnt; mirh iirtlou n h ii illrri'l IiinuII to nil Ainerliiiii hoLIUth, Millorn uml innrlnon "win liuvn foiiKht In tho mivonil wnr In whlah tho eouiitty linn Ikhmi cnpiKwl, iinil who Iiiihi never known ilufitit In jiny wur," Meat Only In Washington, WnnhliiKton, .Manii UK Tho ork of tho luterHtntu Ciiumeni oonitiiliwlon hnn Krnwii no heavy thnt It Imi Usui h oldoil to (llfcontlnue tho hmrliiKH which luivo Im'iui condurliMl liy mi'inlmrn of tho iMiimulwilou nutnlilu of Wiiehlngtou. Ilorenftor, when it l found nm'Ntnry to (Miiultii-tliivititlpttlotiH In other cltlm, HjMHitnl nKenlH will tnko tho tentlmnny mil reiort to llio coininlwlon mul tho iirKinncnta on tlm mo will I liennl hy the cainmlniiloiuuH In this city. Coal Land Is Reopened. WiUihliiKton Tho Keneml huul olllcu hiiM IhhikhI n Htttouicul kIvIiik tho Iceu tlon .of tho following puhllo IiiihIh re opeuotl to entry h) tho preHUIent'H nr " (lurof Mnnilil'JInsI: Mimtium, 2,0tH),. ()IK) Ori'Bon, 710,000; WimliliiKtoii, :iliO,OI)0 Tho Iniiil wiih, pluvious to (he onlor of Mnrch 12, luclmleil In Inuil eliuwtMl us votil huul mul withdrawn from entry. Cost of Pacifying Cnda, WiiHhliialon. Mnioli 22. lhlinonll- imry nxpi'iiMiM to tho United BtutcH up to (into cmiflod liy tho Bonding of mi nrmy of wolllontloii (o Culm, t?i;reh'ato iibout 2,o00,000, lUVoriUim to IIkuich which have been prepared liy llio Wur depnttment. It Iiiih not been ilctorm IiuhI vxiiotly whou tho incnuy will bo 'collected from Cuba by tho United BtlltOH. 8uprama Oourt Takes Recast, WiwliiiiKton, March 20. The chlof Justlconnnouimcd today that tho Su premo court would tako a two weeks' ircccas, fiom next Monday until April 8, DIHCUH9ED ALTON UtAU. Itooievelt Dames Ma and Deneen Are UoomlnR Tafl, WnnhliiKt'in, Mnrch 21 . "(lovurnnr !)ini'cn and Attortioy (leiieriil Hload did nut coiiki to iieu mo on any x)lltua inntterH lit all." Tlm iiIkjvo were Hiilmtnntlitlly tlm wordn llio provident iimoI In bin tulk with Hetialni llnmihroUKli today when tho hitler nnkml him nlxmt tho rcxirt thnt Hatiinlny'R eonfenMico nttho White lloue with llm llllnolri olllccri during which Hivtelnry Tnfl mid Ilia luothur called, wiih for llio pur;xnof IiiuiicIiIiik it Ixxmi fur Bivietnry Tuft for tho pre Ideiiey. From uiithorlmtlui romeea II wa lenrued dxlny that tho vlitof (lovcrnor Dcncon itml Attorney (leuerul Hload had to do with the Chicuim A Alton dciil which llnurcd In the lliiriliiian In vnitlKnttlon bcfnro tliu lutenitnto Com uiercoeoiuinliHilou. The prenldeut was niulmin In hum what wiih helm; done, or wlmt the htnlo cnliti'inpliitol doliiK In tho mitller. Hvretnry Tnfl lniml tho following: "I hnd nil np;xilntmnnt with tho prtiddeiit nt 3:30 p. in. Hundny mid went to the While limine to keep II. I found (loH'inor iMiccn and Attorney (leiienil Klcnd with the prenldeiit and I win liitrtxlix-ul. They left Immeilhtte ly. Thrro was no (xilltlcMl converm tlon." Much Land Is Reopened, Wiuliliititoii The aiv'ictnry of tho luturlor I "in rcclortNl to entry n Inriio iiinutlty of Kierniiienl land wliloli wan wlthilniwu lunt Hiiiuumr on tho tini'O- itltlnti that it cotiliilncd ileXMi( of mea'liautiililo iiml. In nil 710,UU0 ncreii are rcnlored In Oickoii and 320, 000 ucna In Wnhintnn. The kcoIoj?- kill mirvey, nller ejninliilii, reRirlel Itx Inability In II ml eil indlcutlons In this Innd. Tlie laud now becomes aul ict to entry under the Krnerul land lawn. Onwui land In In tlm I'ortland, lto-clnir, lUlh-i) nnd U Otunde ills- trk'tn, tlm WiiahiilKtuti land ill tho Po ntile, Olyinpla uml North Yakima dis trict. , Bellinger's New Assistant. WashliiKtoii, Mnrch 20. bind Com tulrnioner IbilllnK'er nunouueen tho se lection of l-rod IVuett, of North Da kota, m muliitant ctiminlniloner, imc- reed IliU (ieorite I'. I'olliK'k, of Ohio, who U'coiiii-x chief clerk in tho iroiicral Innd ollk'c. l'olln'k tnkw tho tilniv of Jntiie V. Mneey, nsilicucil to Hold cer- vloo lis InniKN'tcr of xiltvcjnrc, Sir. llullliiKvr itotcH ha will nillftrk't tho Held force In order to Hecuro n iiioro ixirfect oriHinlMtlon, imlaruo hmiih ills- trk'tii, ellinlimllui; othem, and lirltin nil xihm-IhI Hucnti under tlm control of field rhiefii. Extends Sympathy to Russia. WnnhliiL'tnti. Mnrch 21. Tho oxecu- thocoiiiK'il of tho Amerk'nn Kcdemtloii of llxir tixluy llntcnod to liddrMmtl by .iexm .Miiuyu, repriHeuunK urn iiroup if Tklt In tlii llrat ilomtin ( ItiiHriln. itud 4i'lcli(ilnn TchykovHky, reprenentluK tlm revolultoiiiiry mty, rcKiinllm; llm question of cooucmk' liuproement, inn- trrlul aihnncemeiit ami ximioni uiierty for Hurnliin woikmeii. Tho council unaulmnuidy adopted reolutloiin ex- prennlvo ol Ita ayiiinithy In tlm atrti'Klo of tho lulxirliiK men of ltiunlii for lliolr frcolom nnd pledKliiKUo-oiH'riitlou. Theft of Mule Csused War. Wnflilnuton. Mnmli 10. (Inn mtilo . n iiiulo iHdonKliiK to Honor Ireno Hal- Kiulo wn tlm clilef oliject of dinputo letwixu NlmniKua and llondunin when Ihey Ikpiii tho ipintrel which llnally ended in tho war that la tlueateuiiit; tho ciico of all Central America, nu eordliiK' to tho olllcial eoinmuninitlons oxclmiiKil by tho inlnlsterH between tho two lepubllcri, eoplea of which com inunliiitloim huvo Ikhui received in Wanhintitoii, President Confers With t oakum. WnnhliiKton, March 20. Tho prcrU dent hud n conference today with It. F. Yoakum, chairman of tho board of ill rtrtora of tho Itock Island Hallway uompiiny, This In tho mvond confer ciK'o tho priMldent baa hold with Mr, Yuikum within ten day. Mr, Yoak um divllueil to ituto tho pur;H)aoot thin Interview. Not Dead, but Sleeping. WnnhliiKton, March 21. The ship gulwldy bill la not dend, but tilcopint:. When coiiKrem rcnHiiomblcs, In Dccom ter, tliu bill will bo reintroduced; In fact It will probably bo reintroduced In various shupesi, nnd then tho frlonds of snlialdy will Join hands nnd attempt to putui tomo compromlno bill, ' i Will Open Antung In Trade. Wanhliwtui, March 21. W. 1). Straight, tho Aiuericuu consul Keuerul nt Alukden, nolilled tho Stato depart ment today that ho has hfsiinuicoh thnt tho Autunit custom hcueo will bo open ch! by tho ClilncBo soon. PLUNDERED BY HILL-MOROAN Attorney General Asked to Air Northern Pacific Scandal, I'hllmtnlphlu, Pit., Mnrch ID, Ho diirixl to tho form of nllldnvltn nnd of ilfMitiiiini.U, thonulliciitlelty of which huvo Iii-cii provml In Ii-kiiI proceoillnKn, ruvolutloiin concernlnK tlm wholesale iilumlerliiK of tho rljihtH of ntockholdvrs in tho Northern I'nclflo railroad nro nlxnit to Ixi nrcKitntcd Ix'foro Attorney (ieiiersl Hoiiujnirto. At tho timo of tho Mill .Moroni rixirKiinlutllou ol llm Northern I'uclHcrullroml, llrayloii I vex, then n prominent Now York hanker, wax tho iirfttldont of tho old ooniiny. In rebriinry of IH'Jo Mr. hen, us prenlihtut of tho Nothein I'aclflc, np ;x)lntid from his Ixxiid of directors n ro-ntllcd "pro(ttlvo committee-," clalmliiK nuthoilly to proccvil with the work of reorKnn luit Ion, M orpin A Co. went not only reoiKanluitlon tnntiiiKurii, contracting with themselves as syndl into innniiK'erH, but they were also nyn- Unite niilMcrlU'ra, and thus apMred In u three-fold capnclly, lieliiK Jollied an nynillcnto sulntcrllKTX with Mr. Ives and other directors of tho old Northern ruclflo comiKiny. Millions of dollars wero mllivtol In nxnennmeuts levied iixin tliu ntockholdcra of the old North- em raclllc compiiny, wlilcli It was thotiKht by the public were to ho mod to rehnbllltiitu tho cuinpniiy. Innleud ol ImUiik mi appropriated limy wero Kathirel In and divided nmoiiK llio nyndlcnte as coininlnslons aid pro 11 In. Thin is ono tho of feature of tho "ncll-out" of tho old Noithern I'aclllc coniMiiy nnd In ono of the ninny nuuiz- Ink' tlilncn connected with tliln remark- ahlo reorganisation for which u com plele InviiitiKntioii In Mug 'temsndeil of tlio authorlUc at WxililiiKtun. ROCKEFELLER MAKES WILL. Plans to Give An Immense Fortune to Use of the Public. Now Yoik. March 10. llm Herald will tomorrow cny that aicordiiiK to a iiidiiiUt of John I), ltockcfcllcr Jr.' Iillilu clunn, and who Is ulno a ixirnonal friend of John 1). Hwkefullor and in a ;xNltion to know of Ida nffalts, tho lat ter proposes to innko u princely i;i't to New York City. It will amount to at leant 100.000,000. It will Ixi partly cluirllnble and jnirtly eilunitlonal. Tlio Herald will add: ' "rids man mid that when Mr. Itnck- cfeller wan couferriiiK with Ids nun nt Ijikewexxl, N. J., n fortnluht ago, tho meeting wan not for tho purixma of die cum Iiik any Immcdiato gift, but was on tho subject of Mr. Hockefeller'a will, wlilcli document tlio oil king wan llien cxmipletiiiK with tho aid of bin son nnd bin Inwycra. It wns rnld (bat (hi doc ument will astonlsli too worm wiicn it Is i nude public It will. It Is declared, Klvo no loiw than $200,000,000, for charitable and educational purMKie, ami It will lxj so liontowid that tho benefit therefrom will nluiiMt Ixt (wriM'tunl. Rate War on (he Atlantic. London. March It). llerr llullln, ill- rcctir irencrnl of tho Hamburg-Amer!- ran HUamnhlp line, who Is hero attend- Iiik tho shlppiiiK conference, trxlsy aald there was oveiy likelihood ol a renewal of tho into war for tho North Atlantic trade with the Cunard lino. Within u fortnluht ho expect to rco a declnlon ono way or tho ether. Further llerr llullln ileclnriNl tho Uerman linen Iitul a working agreement with tho Wblto Htnr Hue, nnd that all ;xYuillilllty ol friction, owing to tho reminul of that line to Kouthumpton, luid now Ihoii ol- vliitcd. Reports Massacre of Jews. Now York, March 10. A Jowlrh morning paper tonight received the fol lowing ciihtcgniiu from Pod Hi I lo, near Junwick, Itoiiinanla: "Terrihlo inanaa- rru nl nco hint Thursday. Town totally dentroyed. All tho Jcwltdt jiopulatlon nro rnlnisl nnd linunea plunged, wo link holp MarciiH (lettel, Klias Solo mon, tilijen Sterberg." llio naiiK8 sigmxl to tho cnblegmm arc said to bo thonoot leading merchanta of I'odihllo. It is a place of nlxjiit 0,000 Inhabitants, 4,000 of whom nro Jews. It Is only 30 inllca fiom Kislilneff. Flirce Dale Sweeps Bay. Bun Francisco, March 10. A fierce Mouth nnd southeast galo awopt tho imv today, whiuli drovo Hiimll emit to sholtcr, niustsl vcsseln in tho stieuni to seek jioiltloiis nt safety and nuido tho ferry stcnmoM roll unpienKiintiy. um.- sido tlio heads tho gala raged with u voliwlty ol SO miles an hour, and tho teas mn high. Foerul vctmols wero compelled to put buck, owing to tho rough condition of tlic wentuer. Torpodo Boat Is Rammed, AJnoleo, Fnince, March 10. During tho maneuvers lust night without lights tho torpedo Ixwt destroyer Kih-o ram nuvl torpcxlo lioat No. 203. A steam 1)1 no on tho last named vessol burst, rlillni two men nnd ninrtiillv lnliirlnc nnother. Tho Kpeo towed tho torrKHlo lioit nslioro, whoro sua was ucucikhi. Japan Adds 24 Regiments, Toklc, March 10. In pursuance of tho program to inorenso annulments, - Infantry roglmenU have boon organ Itcxl, mainly concentrated In Northern Islod, Tho ni&in bono will bo Kurume. GRAFTWASRAMPANT Hue! and Sclimllz Secured Large Sums In Day City. SUPERVISORS TELL ALL ABOUT IT Traction Company Mulcted of S4G0,- 000 Money Taken from Two Telephone Companies. Han Fmnclnco, March 10. Ikdoro tomorrow morning tbiwns, Abraham Hind, fallen lxx of Ban Francisco, now on trial for extortion, will have been indicted by llio grand jury on various counts, aggregating nearly 100 In nurn lxr, covering a period of many months and buned on bribe tunning into hun dreds of thousands of dollar. With him will be criminally involved Mayor Hchmltz, almost a nroro of llm olllcial of tlio city government and n number of millionaire of promlncrico In Han Francisco and In tlm Knnt. Beventeeii of tho 18 county sucrvls ors wtint lie fore tho grand Jury today nnd confexned in detail graft operation and their inngiiltuda carried on during tbrii tenure of olllco. Principal among tint-o wn tlm award of a blanket fran chise to tho filled Itallroads to trans form l (Tiblo lines Into an overhead trolley s)xtem, for wli.ch Ituef had mulctixl I'atrick Qilhoun, pnwlilent of tho comimny, in tho sum ol 1460,000. Hut tho corruption surrruunding tho history of tho finnchlno granUxl to tho Homo Telephone comimny wrui even moro damnable, nnd explodes (ho chcr- Ifluil pniverb tliat "there Is honor among thlovex." Tho boanl of ntipcr vinors una bought twice, onco by tho I'aclllc btatcti Telephono company, which wished to keep tho rival corpor ation out of tho city, and onco by tlio Homo Telephone company, which wan fighting to get an cntinnco Into tho city. Tho Hue! lie Htates company paid tho most money. Thin won biougbt nlxmt by tho pur- cboxo of Mayor Hchmltz nnd Abo Ituef by tho foreign concern, and they, with their ;xx:ketH well lined, cracked the whip over tho pux?rvlnor and forced tlm gmitlng of the coveted prlvilcgs Mont of tho ritiiervinoin hod got 15,000 apiece from tho I'aclllc fitntcs com puny. A little later tho Homo Tele- phono agent paiii a number oi tno su lervlnors t3.U0O each, but Ituef nnd Soli m I tz, having been seen meanwhile, tho sum wna considered enough to com plete the transaction. The concessions revealed details also of the Ocean Blioro mllruul fianchlno deal nnd othors lens oxteuslve, but In volving In tho nggrepato urwnrdof 1,- 000,000. It is Micved tliat tho super visors who confomed liavo been prom ised immunily from prosecution. HERMANN WROTE ANSWERS. Many Letters Received at Land Office Sustain Case, Washington, March 10. Yesterday 0cned tho sixth week of tho trial of Hlnger Hermann on the Indictment charging destruction of 35 letterpress copybooks alleged to have contained olllcial corrct)ondenco of tho general Innd otlice. Tho prosecution will prob ably conclude by tho ond of the week and" it is expected tho defense will occu py two weeks with ltd witiienscs bcfoiu tho iiiKi gocd to tho Juiy. To dato ap proximately 1,000,000 words of testi mony Imvu been taken. Yesterday tho prosecution placed on tho stand seven chiefs of divisions of tlio general hind olllce w ho reived under Hermann, and all Identified original olllcial letters from tho land olllco files which were answered lu poison by Her mann us commissioner. All tcatlficd that they huvo been unable to find in tlm files copies of tho replies to thctw lottcrt), tho memorandum In each cam) stating Boeltlcnlly that tho letters wero answered by the comtnlstlonci. There wero no such letters. Smallpox Hits Paris. l'arls, March 10 Tho appearance of a fow aaea of huui1Ikx hero luts greatly alarmed tho people. Thousands of H'raous iiuvo iiecu vncviiinieti miring tho past fow tin yu nnd tho hospitals and academics of medicitto are besieged by crowds ol people anxious to bo vacci nated. Tho authorities, nowover, Hny tlutt there is no real danger of an epi demic. Di. Mesqucreur, director gen oral of public service, Informed tho Associated Pies that tho reports that tho situation had grown worse wero untrue. Civil Service for Porto Rico. Ban Juan, Porto llico, March 10. Tho legislature adjourned today, after tlio most Important sctision since tlio American occupation, 16 bills of tho 257 Introduced being passed. Among tho measures approved is a civil service bill which will becomo effective next January. Appropriation bills finally wore passed in tho form presented by I tho governing council, TOO BOOH FOR FAIR. California Governor Will Not Sign Ulll for Appropriation. (in nn . w tn I I If a h.1i 1 D "fj-k I Cooiit Kx;x)Hitlon bill undernnyclrcurn stniice. No amount of Inflncnco will tend lo chsngo his resolution In thin leaped, wlilcli, ho says, Is unalterable It Is not becnuso tho govornor Is oppos ed n the oxjKMitlon itself, but because ho Is fully convinced in hU own mind that tho project has boon sprung too curly nnd at a tlmo when tlio taijoycrs of tho stato will bo burdened enough to repair tho damages Inflicted on tho stato intltutlonn nnd on California cities by the dlnsstor of last April. In nxpiiiHing bin views tho governor raid: "I told theeo people from tho first thnt I would not sign this bill, that I would not burden (ho taxpaycra of tho sUto with a tax tc raiso $1,000,000 at thin time. In tlio first pluce, thin pro posed fair I six yenis in tlio future, and it will 1x3 plenty of tlmo at the next actsion of tho legislature for the stato to do her shaio. Another thing, it is nbmlutoly foolish to begin operatlona now. when labor Is scarce and materi als high. "It in foolish for a man to have a bousowarming boforo ho builds his houno, nnd for thij next two yearn, to say tho least, tho street of San Fmn clnco will bo filled with bricks and de bris. Tho bill provide that tho pconlo of Han Francinco must ml no romo 3, 000,000 as well an tho etnto. Let them do this and then the stato can act. OVER A HUNDRED DEAD. Catastrophe In Forbach, Germany, Mine from Firedamp. Forbnck, Germany, March 18. An explosion of firo damp In the coal mlno at Klelnrosscin, near hero, last night, mulled In the death of over 100 miners and tho Injury of 12 others. Tito dis aster occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock in n small gallery in which 80 miners wero at work. As tlio work of rescue progresses it Is scon the dimeter was more serious than tho first reports indicated. Up to a Into hour 07 dead men had been brought to tho surface, wlillo 40 men were still missing. All tho missing have been given up as dead, as they undoubtedly wero buried under falling wreckage. Of Uie wounded two liavo died, and tlio doctors think tlutt onlr one of the remaining 10 will recover. The Dc Wcmlols brothers, ownois of tho mine, have given 125,000 to relievo tlio Im mcdiato nccctuitiei of the afflicted fam ilies. Ono hundred and seventeen others crcujicd into adjoining galleries. Two hundred and ten men went Into the initio at 5 o'clock last evening, and about midnight tlio news was iread to the nearby vlllago tlutt a terrible disaster liad occurred. Almost tho whole population of tho count rysldo gathered at the mouth of tho slinll, among thtin the famalles of tho men below, lbtin began to fall heavily, and distrcising scene of grief weto witnessed as the bodies wore brought to the surface and laid out un dr a blazo of elect tic lights. Many of tho bodies wcto rodlsuguicu that they wero scarcely recognizable. Tho woik of bringing out tho injured men nnd tho bodies of tho dead wan very slow, the galleries being choked with wreckage. Tho DoWendols nro ono of the richest mining families of Alsace-Loiruine. Children's Suicide Pact. St. iouls, March 18. It was devel oped today through testimony at tho coroner's Inquest into the suicide last night of Llcbling Slocum. aged 10. tlutt sho had entered Into a sulcldopact with Gertrude Harper, also 10 years old. Gertrude testified tliat she had told her mother tliat she was going to tako her life, and was prevented. J. P.Sllngcr. tho drug clerk who sold tho carbolic uoid to tho Sloouin girl, was aire tod today. He asserts sho bore a noto pur porting to bo from her mother asking for 5 cents worth of carbolic acid. Finds 2,500 People Destitute. Columbus, 0 Match 18. Adjutant General Critchfield returned tonight from Gloccster, O., whore he' went nt tho request of Governor Harris to Inves tigate tho Hood situation. Tho adju tant general reported that ho found about 2,600 Hood sufferers In Ulocester nnd other mining towns in the vicinity In urgent need of relief. Ho purchased supplies to the amount of f 1,000 at Gloccster and turned them over to the local relief commlttoo for distribution. Many of tho miners lost everything, the Hood coming upon them so quickly. Six Die In Virginia Mines. Norton, Va., Maich 18. An explo sion occurred In the mines at Green ougli this morning after several miners had entered. The mlno Is seven miles east of Ncrton. As fur as can bo learned, ten miners have escaped slightly injuied, two dead liavo been taken from the mines and four are known to be In tlio mines and are sup posed to bo dead. The causo of the ex plosion la unknown. ernor Glllett will not sign tho I'aolflc.In 3 COffllfinSCd FOfH lit 8iT NEWS OF THE WEEK Bnsy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO COOTIiVEPiTS A Resumo of the Less Important but Not Lest Interesting Evenf of tho Past Week. llunsian terrorists continue to pick off their enemies. President Itoonevelt Is anxious to prosecute Harrlman. Hoot lias warned the Central Ameri can states to stop wsr. Trains are running from Portland to Ban Francisco via Ogdcn. Major Goothals has been formally appointed on the canal commission. Senator IJurton has been released from jail and promises to publish his sido of the story. The Kant and South Is suffering from extreme heat, tho thermometer regis tering 00 in many places. In a tattle between Klcnraguan and Ifondurlitn troops 1,000 Salvadorean wero kilted whllo assisting Honduras. lioats between San Francisco and Portland are sailing with every berth filled and many unable to get passage. The whole of Moldavia has been rav aged by rebel peasants. Several hun dred pcoplo have been killed or Injarca and 10,000 are homeless, having been burned out. Jews nie the worst suffer ers. Hudson Maxim, Inventor of high explosives, has Invented a new fuse for shells which promises to revolutlonlzo armor for warships. Mr. Maxim also declares tliat Japan could bo In poser sion of the entire Pacific slope beforo we were ready for war and that wo are practically as dcfenaelers as China. The Transvaal will abolish Chinese labor. Roumanian peasants nro renewing the rioting. Seven alienists have declared Tbaw permanently insane. 8. A. D. Putcr is proving a strcng witness against Hermann. Nicatragua claims a decisive victory ever Honduras and Salvador. American marines and sailors liavo been landed to guard Honduras porta. There seems to be pood piospects fcr land law reform by tho next congress. The San Fionclicc grand jury is learning more about the bribery by the, I'uelcrt States Telephone company. Senator Cullorn, of Illinois, rays Hairiman deserves to go to Jail, and Governor Deneen Is believed to contem plate prosecution. Under the name of United Churches, the Congregational, United llrethren and Methodist Protestant churches in H states will foi in one largo organiz ation. Some of the Southern statea luivo refused to join. Rockefeller says railroads are over capitalized. Stockmen are to be prosecuted It they trespass on forest reserves. The government continue to pile up evidence against Hermann, A strike of longshoremen at Ham burg, Germany, has tied up all ship ping. Roosevelt will propose check on over capitalization of railroads and will toon declare his policy. Roumanian peasants have begun a crunade against Jews and aro driving them Into Austria. Tho Colorado legislature hns passed a railway commission law. Reciprocal domurrago is also provided for. Premier Stolynln, of Russia, will propose many concessions of liberty to the douma, including free speech and press, but tliat body was warned not to go to extremes or It will be dissolved. Trainmen on all roads west of Chi cago have voted to etriko If not given tlio Increase In wages asked Most ot tho roads will, It Is belloved, refuse to grant Uie advance and trouble Is looked for. Salvador has Joined Honduras against Nicaragua, A New Moxlco grand jury has indict- j ml six corporation employes lor land Iraud. PiMlilent Rlnlftv. nf thn Runtu Fit.. says Roodovolt Is to blamo for the autl- ruliroau agitation. The flshetles agreement between tho United States and Great liritain U bo. Ing discussed by tho house ot commons. Germany and Austria are vaid to nave cnangou ironcanu now iavoruis-1 cuss Ion of disarmament at Tho Hague peace conference.