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Landing. :00a.m. Willamette River. 4:90 p.m. Kx. Sunday Kx.8uaday Oregon City, New berg. Salem, Inle- , pendeiiee A Way Landing!, 7:00 a.m. Wlllamelle and Yaw :80 p.m. Tuea.. Thur. bill Divert. Mon., Wed. and Sat. and FrI. Oregon City, Day ton, A Way Laud ing. , 6:00 a. m. Willamette River. 4:90 p.m. Tuei.. ThHr Mon., Wed. and Sat. Portland to Corval- and Frl. ll. Way Laud ing. Lr. Rlparla Intkt River. . Lv. Lewi tot g:3a.m. Dally Dally Rlparla to Lew liton I . m. H. A. BRIQQS, Agent, Arlington, Or. ra or i m crom All Ptnrts of the New World nd (he Old. r INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS 'jompraht ntlva Rcvkw o( tht Imporianl ltaf panlngi of the Pati Week Ina CondenMd rorm. Portuaal, it ! ''. will tetnl troop tvi aid th llriiifli. A itosd veiu o( eoat hat bau iooaMd naar raudleton, OreftU. Fiam h tvo3pi ia China dlaolx-yed Coout von Valleto'a order. Tbrra liven wrra Itmt and four paopla bad It injuied in lloatrn tiro. Dtwrt and ftvya linva laauad a prod lamatlon aajiuK iher will eutur Cap Colon, Kitchener report that aaelern move meut of liritiah tnMipt hat ujwet plana of lioora. Coming marrlaita of I'linceat of At- turiri ureiitlr ditpleatoa the BjianUn tudeutt. Ia (iraude. Oregon, furnien nrottwt agaiutt alleged dlacriinlnatlon of army liorte buyer. An unknown man at fialem. Oreeon. drove over an embankment and gut talnad aerioua injnriet. Una Ilrltlah general waa killed and another aeverely injured in an en- gagenit-nt at Orange camp. Colouel Albert D. Hiawr, former com iiiKixlor-iu-i hlef olO. A. K., died tu l deuly at hit home In VVatertown, N. V. Profettor Van Max Pettinkofor, the diatingatKhed lieriiinn chemUt, coin. uilttel iuiide by about lug hiinaelf in ft Ht of nielaurhoty. Threa men have been arretted al Manila, Iowa, for the rjblxry of a United Mat Kxprent lmpuny'a enfe. Tbey tecared $ to.000 in mouoy u1 other valuable. The condition of ex-Kinjt Milan, of Servu. hue taken a lorn for the worse. Itoth bl Hue are congested, the heart ia very weak, and hi malady haa en tered an extremely critical condition. Typographical Union No. 18, of lloe tou, will call a etrik in every book and Job oilloe tn that eity In cate the niaater printer refute to tign the onion acale al once. Tbey demand that women typtettert thall be treated a "jouineymeu compotitora," and re ceive the name waget at men for doing the aaine work. The aenate putted the war tax bill. The Iloert have cut the Nutherlanda railway. Qneen Wiibelmiua and Duke Henry were married. Thirty tboutand men will be tout to reinlorce Kituhener. Two leading Manila merchant were arretted for aiding insurgent. The government ha taken itept to perfect title to itleti north of Lnxon. The foreign envoy demand the death penalty be imputed ou 12 Chiutwe offi cial. The tale of the Carnegie Company to the Morgan syndicate is an accom plished faot. The president ha lent to the aenate the nomination of Ira J. utiles, to be pottmaiter at Kedro-YVolley, Wath. Niohlat Michael, a laloonkefper, and hi wife, were brutally beaten by thngt, in Chicago, and robbed of f 2,300. In a freight train colllsou ne.tr Kip ley, IVnu., the eugiueer and a tiamp were killed. The Illinois Central's lota it 1150,000. Arbitration committee reached an agreement which will mean the end of the buldliug trades strike that hus ex isted in Chicago for over a year. Maroet L. Silvermuu, a jeweler, who was shot through the . hea l in New York, died. The police are investigat ing enicide and murder theories. . A serious election riot has ocunred at Massar Vatserhelly, llungaiy. Large crowds of people, threatened the gen dnrnie.4, and tne latter tired, killing three and wounding 20 persons. Lorenzo Priori, who murdered Yin cenxo Garjzo, in New York City, De cember 11, 1898, was put to death in the electrio ohair at Sing Sing. It re quired two shocks to kill him. The saloonkeepers of Wichita, Kan., .are expeuting another raid. Several women have bought hatchets to use in demolishing the "joints." Thirty guards with deputy sheriff commis sions have been appointed. But glars bound and gagged the post mUtress at Rossford, a suburb of To ledo, O., and robbed the office of $150 in stamps and $5 iu coin. Lighted matches were applied to her feet, and she was struck over the head and bra tally kicked in the side. Alfred Yanderbilt has given $3,- 700,000 to his fiance, Elsie French, as her marriage portion. A Montreal paper warns Fgnland to cease insulting French-Canadians, deolaring the British govetninent holds Canada through the people of Quebec province. Abraham Oppeuheimer, a Philadel phia citizen of 80 years, astonished all observers by doing some wonderfully fancy skating on the pond in Fremont park. OUR LAWMAKERS. Delnfi ef ImporUnct at the Stat Capital Billi Patud. Aid for Orphan jet. The boute committee on corpora tions Wednesday rendered a favorable report on the bill by lloloomb provid ing itate aid for all orphan atylum of not to exctMrd 1 10 per annum per In mate. BlBt Puitd. The bouse Wednesday paiel bills as follows: By Molkey, to give old bor rowers of school fund the benefit of tame rata of interest a given to new borrower; by Bmith, of Yalnbill. to amend the charter of fjberidan; by JI suture, to leiluoe fees of witueaaea and jurors in Dongtas, Jack ton and Josephine oountiea; by Porter, to re duce tne aataiy of Clackamas county judge from 11,203 to f30, beginning in 1008. The senate Wednesday passed th following bills: Senate bill No. 77. re quiring that sentence of death be exe cuted at the peuiteutiary, by the super intendent or a warden; senate bill No. 88, relating to the proof of writing; senate bill No. 8A, to create the office of ttate bacteriologist, without pay; annate bill No. 85, relating to title of floating logs; tenate bill No. 108, to authorire district and county high school; senate bill No, 116, a substi tute for the original, to fix the feea to be paid county clerks; aenate bill No. 188, to amend the charter of Vernonia, Columbia county; aenate bill No. 193, to incorporate (iraat Valley; aenate bill No. 108, to amend the scalp boon- 'w'' - Patted by Both Houks. Bills pateed by both house are as follow: Kenate bill 12, providing for ale of school land; tenate bill 119, mending charter of Sheridan; aenate bill 17, fixing fee of witnesses in Dongla, Jackson and Josephine coun ties in criminal actions; senate bill 95, fixing salary of judge of Clackamas county. Signed by ths Governor. The governor Wednesday signed the following bills:1 House bill 257. re linquishing ground to United States for postolfice at Salem; house bill 127, amending Myrtle Point charter; house bill 130, ameuding Med ford charter; bouse bill 8, amending Albany bridge act; house bill 4, appropriating f 45. 000 for Oregon Agricultural College; house bill 25, approprating f 17,000 to Oregon State University; aenate bill 103, amending Sumpter charter; aen ate bill 104, removing incline at Cas cade locks. The Vote. The vote Wednesday stood: II. W. Corbet t, 80; George W. McBride. 31; William Smith, Democrat, 20; Binger Hermann, 7; C. W. Fulton, 3; F. A. Moore, 1; S. A. Lowell, 1; not voting, 1. Bilb Patted. The bills pasting the aenate Tuesday were a follows: By Fulton, fixing the rate of interest at 6 per cent. By Stelwer, relating to the time of holding court in the Seventh judicial district. By Smith, of Multnomah, regulating the practice of dentistry. By Daly, relating to selections and sale of swamp and overflowed lands. Senate bill No. 170, by Wehrung, to amend the charter of Cornelius. Semite bill, No 177, by Johnston, to inoofpoiate Wasco. House bill No. 220, to amend charter of Stayton. Senate bill No. 68, by Brownell, for holding a constitutional convention. Senate bill No. 68, by Mulkey, to amend the barbers' commission bill. Senate bill No. 70, by Sweek, to amend the Wade bill as to taxation. Senate bill No. 161, by Johnston, to incorporate Hood Kiver. Pin-American Exposition. Oregon's Pan-American commission era met with the ways and means coin m It tee Tuesday morning for the pur pose of preseing the appropriation of $30,000 asked for the Oregon exhibit. iSut two members of the ways and means committee appeared to be in favor of a smaller appropriation, be lieving that $20,.)00 would be sufficient. As the importance of a creditable Ore gon exhibit at Buffalo, however, is generally recoguiced, there is every reason to believe that the full amount asked for will be scheduled in the gen eral appropriation bill. County Scat Fight While the reports that will be made by the house committee on counties on the Malheur county seat tight are known, it is by no means certain that these reports will settle the contest The majority report, signed by Mo Greer, Pearce, Allen and Harris, is in favor of Ontario. The minority re port, signed by Orton alone, favor a Yale, the present county seat. The Vale peoplo, however, are by no means discouraged, claiming to have both the majority of the taxpayers of the county and the property back of their position. The fight therefore piomisos to be an interesting one. Fw Clark Sword Fund. In the house Wednesday Eddy in troduced a cononrrent resolution pro viding for an appropriation of $262 for the completion of the Captain Clark sword fund. ; Grain Law Nearly Ready. ' The house committee on" game for estry and gume fishes is about ready to report on the emeral came bill report ed by Eddy. But few radical changes have been made in the old law. FATAL llll Will Of a Fast Mail Train on the Eric Road. THERE WERE FIVE PASSENGERS KILLED Amon: th Victim Wert a Party of Soldiers ea th Way te th Philippine Hardly a Pattcnger Etctpcd lnury. Greenville, Pa., Feb. 9. Train No. 5, the New York -Chicago limited on the Erie railroad, was wrecked this morning within the town limit. Five paasengers were dead whan taken from the wreck, several are missing and there are many badly injured. Hardly a passenger escaped without Injury. The ill-fated train was com- posed entirely of vettibuled Pullmans, three sleepers, a dy coach, combina tion smoker and baggage and mail car. and was drawn by one of the Atlantic type of engines. It waa in the smok ing compartment that death laid, a rntnless band, for not one of the 16 oc cupants escaped death or Injury. A party of soldiers, niue in number, on their way from Fort Porter, N. Y., to Fort Crook, Neb., in charge of Ser geant-Major Harry A hart, of New York, occupied a part of the smoker. Of the number three were killed and two seriously Injured. They were un der orders for the Philippines and would have sailed in a sbo.t time. MOUNTAIN TOP BLOWN OFF Terrible Explotloa ia a Mexican Mine Killed Eighty-ttvta Pertoiu. Chihuahua, Max., Feb. 9. Word has just reacbel hereof one of the most terrible mining disaster that ever oo curred in Mexico. An explosion in the San Andrea mine, aituated in a re mote locality of the Sierra Mndree, in the western part of the state of Du rango, caused the death of 87 men, women and children, and injured many others. The catastrophe was due to the explosion ot several hundred cases of dynamite, which waa stored in an underground chamber of the mine. Electrio wires connecting with the hoisting machinery, passed through the room in which this dynamite was stored, and it is supposed that tbesa wires became crossed, thereby causing a Are which aet off the dynamite. All of the killed and injured were located on the surf ace, most of them oooopying resMeaces "right over the under-ground workings ot the mine. The explosion tore away the whole top of the mountain on which the village was located, and men, women and children were blown into small pieces. Among those who were killed waa Her man Luetzman, the stiueri itendeut of the mine and all the in embers of his family. At the time of the explosion there were several hundred minera at work in the lower workings of the mine. nd, strange to say, none of them were seriously Injured, although they were all severely shocked by the terrific force of the explosion. Tbey rushed to the surface through one of the shafts that was not filled with debris and the sight that met their eyes in the almost complete destruction of the little vil lage is indescribable. The work of gathering up the fragment of the un fortunate victims of the explosion scat tered over the mount dn was begun, and they were placed together ami hnired in one grave. But few of the mangled remains were rcognizable. Summons were eest to neighboring camps for surgeons to attend to the in jured, aud.it was sometime before they arrived. The San Andres mine is the most celebrated silver mine in Mexico. It is valued at $20,000,000. It has pro duced many millions of 'dollars, worth of ore. . Wrecked at a Crossing. -Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 9. The Penn sylvania limited express train rau into the rear of the Cleveland express on the Pennsylvania line at the Allegheny aveuue c roe sing this morning, wreck ing the engine of the limited and the rear sleeper of the Cleveland express. The passengers on the limited were ahaken up but not injured. Only one passenger on the Ctevelnnd express, Henry Lnblang, of New York, was ser iously injured, but several anstaiued alight bruises. Failure to flag the lim ited is said to have been the cause of the collision. Shot Hit Fiancee. Oakland, Cal., Feb. 9. In a frenzy of rage, because s e had broken the en aggement, Bert Henderson, an em ploye of the telephone copmany in San Franiisco, shot and seriously wounded his fiancee, Mi? Fannie O'Neill, late last night, then turned the pistol on himself, tired a bullet ioto his own braiu and died almo-t instantly. Aa Eight-Story Building Burned. Chicago, Feb. 9. The ight-story building at Harilson and Canal stietts, owned by Edwin Foss. of Boston, was nunred tonight. The los i was $75,000. Serious Fire at SL Cloud. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 9. A tele phone message to the Times from St. Cloud, Minn., says a big fire is raginu fn that oity. The fire started iu the West hotel. It burned Debin Bros.' grocery store, Myers laundry, the Cal ifornia wine store and the publio libr ary which was located in the hotel. Later reports say the opera house and livery stable and smaller buildings have been destroyed, and the flames are still spreading. - PROCLAMATION TO FILIPINOS ! Warning te Them and Others Who Aid fa the Insurrection. Manila. Feb. 11. General MacAr- tur's pToolamatlm to the Fill pinoa re minds the natives that exemplary pun- Ubments attach to infringements ot the rules of war and that their ttrict ob servance will be required not only by combatant, bot as well by non corn bat- tot. General MaeArtnor tatea that insurgents who threaten, kidnap or as sassinate natives friendly to the Americans are guilty of violation ot the laws of war and must ereotoally ansaer for murder or racb other crime as may result from their unlawful ac tion. Persona who do things inimical to the interests of the American army will be punitbed in spite of a plea of intimidation. When, aa is known to be the caae ia many place occupied by United States troop, secret committees are allowed to exist and to act in behalf of the so called insurgent government by colect log tnpplies, recruiting; men and send ing military information to the lniur gent camps, the persons who screen these committees are in danger ot be ing punithed aa war traitors. The proclamation continues: "The practice of sending; supplies to insurgent troops Irons places occupied by tbe United States most ceaae. These remarks all apply with special reference to the city ot Manila, which is well known as a rendezvous from which an extensive correspondence ia dittribnted to all parts of tbe archi pelaeo by sympathizers with, and by eniifsarles of the insurrection. Tbe newspapers and other periodicals of Mamla are especially admonished that any article publisheJ, in the midst ot och martial environments, which by any construction can be placed as ae ditiout, must be regarded aa intended to injure the army of occupation and a subjecting all connected with the publication to punitive action. "Men who participate in hostilities without beine part of regularly organ iezd kree and without aharing con tinuously in its operations, but who do so with intermittent returns to their homes and avocations, divest them selves of the character of soldiers, and, if captured, are not entitled to the privileges as prisoners of war." BANKER CREEL'S VISIT. Te Arrange Some Way of Putting Mexico on a Gold Basis. New York, Feb. 11. At a dinner given in his honor by Charles B. Flint, Penor Enrique C. Creel, a banker of i he City of Mexico, was the principal apeaker. Tbe dinner waa attended by a number of prominent financiers. It is tbe general belief that Senor Creel bas come to arrange some way of put ting Mexico on a gold basis, instead of her present silver standard. Senor Creel said: " tenor Limantour will be the acting president of Mexico dating tbe Euro pean trip of President Diaa, which will tske place in tbe near future. France will be tbe first country visited, but the probabilities are that be will visit London and all the great Continental cities. On the return trip New York will according to the present pro gramme, be the port of debarkation. "So far aa the United States and Mexico are concerned, tbe financial and industrial interests of the two countries are of tbe closest and most important character. Hitherto Ameri can capital haa found ample field for investment at home. Its increase bas been so enormous in recent yean that it now seeks investment abroad. Mex ico is the most profitable field to which it oan turn. I am not alone in this opinion. Many of the most eminent Amerioan financiers think so." Resolution of Inquiry. Washington. Feb. 11. Senator Ber ry today introduced a resolution in the senate requiring tbe president to inform the senate whether the United States minister to Chiua had joined the repre sentatives of the other powers at Pekin in demanding the execution of . Prince Tuan or other Chinese officials, and if so by whom he was authorized to join in making Yuch demand. A Canadian ScandaL Ottawa, Out., Feb. 11. Senator MacKenzie Powell, leader of the op position in the senate, haa given notice that te will move for a committee on inqnirv into the charges of H. H. Cook, formerly a member of the com mons, who said during tbe last general election that he was offered a senator ship for $10,000. Baltimore & Ohio Dividend, New York, Feb 11. The Baltimore & Ohio directors declared a 3 per cent dividend on the common stock and the regular semi-annual dividend of 3 per nnnt on the nreferred stock. The hoard voted to issue $15,000,000 4 per cent, 10-year, gold convertible deben tures. The proceeds of the issue are to be used foi construction purposes and improvements. A Japanese Newspaper. A Japanese paper, the Japanese American Weekly -News, haa been started in New York. Transport Sheridan Arrives. San Francisco, Feb. 8. The United States transport Sheridan arrived here today, 27 days from Manila. " She re turned in ballast and bas on board 27 officers and 640 men of the Thirty-seventh volunteer regiment. During the voyage there were five deaths. i ' England's Gttat Dangers. Lord Bosebery sayg A merioan and German competition are dangers for Great Britain to consider. itiHB hie nun England's Action on the Nicara gua Canal Project ALMOST EQUAL TO A FLAT REFUSAL A Counter Propoui. Likely to Owe Extended Negotiations, Will Soon Be Presented Through Lord Pauncefot. London, Feb. 11. It bas been learned that a renlr will abortlv be sent to the United Stataa !; canal project, it will not comply with the senate's demands, neitDer will it be in tbe nature of. a flat re fusal, though for purposes of immediate construction it will be tantamount to auch a refusal. It will conai-t mainly in a counter proposal or proposals, likely ti necessitate extended negotia tions. . Tbe nature of the proposal ia not yet ascertainable. Lord Paunce fote will likely be tbe medium through which tbe answer will be sent and by whom the subsequent negotiations will be conducted. In British official opin ion, it is likely that eeveral month will elapse before the matter reaches a conclusion, by which time tbe Hay Pauncefote treaty will have elapsed, on the basis of the senate 'a amend ments. The British counter proposal are now formulatin-,-. and it is hoped an entirely new tntamant . fac tory to both countries, will eventually w reacnea. Commented en ia Washington. Washineton. Feb. ll Rn r.. .. can be ascertained th .iniint.,... tion haa not had any intimation of tbe counter proposal the London dupatcb aayg will be made in tbe matter of tbe Nicaragua canal project. There ia a feeling of regret that the British gov ernment bas felt constrained to adopt sucn a course, as tbe hope was enter tained that the amenamenta to the Hay-rauncerote treaty might have been accepted in the spirit in which they were made. Senator Morgan when Informed to night of the new stand taken by Great Britain, aaid be believed that if Great Britain has decided to take the action stated, it would create resentment in the senate and among the people and distrust of the movea.of tbat govern ment. He hoped It miarht remit tn some action on the pending bill at this wnsiuu. ronacor Morgan, however, waa not willing: to air- what ..tinn si anv, he proposed to take to bring about alien a result. One auggestion made tonight as a possible counter proposal by Great Britain waa that in return for conces sions made by her she might desire an open port on the Alaskan coast as an entrance into her gold fields in tbe MORE MEN FOR KETCHENER Reinforcements for the South African Army- Boert Held Up a Natal Train, London, Feb. 11. Pnblio attention haa again ben turned toward South Attica by tbe dupatch of reinforce- ments and the publication of Lord Roberta dispatches. Rumor has been in circulation that Mr. Chamberlain had reconsidered his South ' African policy, and was contemplating a sound table conference with John Morley and Sir William Vernon Harcourt, and tbe recall of Sir Alfred Mhner. .The appearance of the bubonic plague at Cape Town seem likely to add to tbe difficulties of thj situation. The authorities there have decided upon a wholesale extermination of rata. Should the disease spread, it will necessitate changes in the mili tary arrangements. Today Sir Alfred Milner makes an other earnest appeal to employers to allow aa many men as possible to en roll in the colonial mounted defense forces. The Boers held up a Natal mail train near Vlakfontein. The few soldiers on board exhausted their cartridges, and the Boers then robbed the passen gers, afterwards allowing the train to proceed. Transports Requlstioned. London, Feb. 11. The government has requisitioned three Castle liners to transport reinforcements to South Africa. The remount department is uncommonly active, its agents buying largely in several parts of the world. Following yesterday 'a war office an nouncement, recruiting todav was brisk. Wreck ht a Snowshed, Truckee, Cal., Feb. 1 1. Spreading rails in the snowaheds just east of Blue canyon caused the wreck of a freight train last . night. Several csrs were piled up, part of them being thrown to the bottom of the hill and demolished. The snowshed was torn up for a dis tance of 800 feet. No. 4 At'antio ex press had passed the point but a few ramuies oeiore tne wreck ocourred. Will Try for New Constitutions. ; , Alabama add Virginia will both try for new state constitutiona during 1901. General Maybcrry Prentiss. Bethany, Mo., Feb. 1 1. General May berry Prentiss, one of the oldest aurviving generals of volunteers of the oivil war, is dead at his home here, aged 81 years. He was known as the "hero of Shiloh." He defeated Gen erals Holmes and Price at Helena, Ark., July 4, 1862. He was the latt survivor of the Fita John Pcarter court martial. He was in the volunteer service in Illinois during the Mormon exoitement in early days. ARRESTED FOR R0S0ERY, fhre Wei! Known Men Were Trailed Through the Snow. Sioux City, Ia., Feb. 12. Three men, believed to have been implicated in tbe theft latt night at Manila, Ia , of a United State Express Company's safe, said to contain $10,000, were ar retted at tbat place this morning. Tbey wer traced by their tracks in tbe snow. The men are John Jack son, John Stovnll and Cbarlea Hayes. All live at Manila, and are well known. Tbeir reputation! heretofore have not been bad. Tbey toutly protested their innocence. Mr. Jackson, wife of John Jack.ion, wa also arretted, but at a preliminary bearing, she waa released. The three men are in jail, having been unable to furnish a bond, fixed at $13,000 each. - "l None of tbe money or valuables, bas been recovered. Tbt safe that waa atolen contained in the neighborhood of $40,000. , Two thousand dollars waa in cash, and the remainder in drafts, check and varions valuables. While the robbery endonbtedly was deliber ately planned, as tbe horte and wagon were in waiting in a convenient spot, it ia not believed that tbe men knew they were making so rich a haul. Tbey bad no means of knowing the contents of the aafe, only that it waa used in carrying valuable. The Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul train on which tbe safe waa taken from Sioux City, arrived at Manila at 8:05 P. M. Tbe Omaha train waa late, and Jamea Sturtevant, of Sioux City, tbe express messenger, did not hurry in unloading tbe goods and pack ages from bi car. The express box, with other articles, wa placed on a truck on the depot platform, and then Sturtevant and tbe baggageman went to the other end oi the platform to get another trackload. When Sturtevant returned he noticed tbe articles on the truck were disarranged, and a glance showed that tbe iron box was gone. There was gnsat excitement, and no time jras lost in spreading tbe alarm. Marshal Fearall hastily assembled a posse. Snow lay thick on the ground, and it did not t.ike long to discover the tracks ot two persons, who evident ly bad been carrying something heavy directly from the truck, as it stood on the depot platform. They carried the safe a distance of about two blocks, and then loaded it into a wagon, which had been left there in waiting. Tbe wagon waa driven about a mile and a half out into the country, and there the aafe was forced open and the contents abstract ed. Tbe men abandoned the safe and went their way on a new track. It was not difficult, however, to trace them, and this morning three arresta were made. Tbe authorities say the shoes of two of the men under arrest fit exactly the tracks in the snow. THREE LIVES LOST. Result of a Fire in a Boston Brick Building Four Others Badly Injured. Boston, Feb. 13. Three persons lost their lives and four others were badly injured in a fire in a four-story brick dwelling in Harrison avenue early this morning. There ia suspicion that tbe fire waa of incendiary oiigin and two arrests have been made, Harris Levin and hia wife Bertha. Levin had a shoe store on the first floor of the building, and the arrests are made on the suspicion that naptha or somebing of that kind caused the fire. . . --' Men and women jumped from the burning building and firemen and po licement rescued others from smoke filled corridors and hallways. Tbe second-stoy was occupied by Daniel Hart, hia wife, her sister and lour children. They all jnmped from a window. One of the children waa badly burned and suffered internal injuries- by jumping, and died. Mrs. Hart Va s badly hurt. The third story was occupied by Dantol nnd Thnma Rrnnnun Th 1. ter escaped, but Daniel jumped three stories to a shed and suffered serious injuries. Tbe fourth story was occupied by Mrs. Frances Riley and Mrs. Barry. Mrs. Riley was overcome by the smoke and suffocated. Her body was discov ered after the flames bad been sub dued. Mrs. Barry jumped from the fourth floor and is in a precarious con dition. ' ., Transport Ashore. Santiago De Cuba, Feb. 12. The United States transport Rawlins went aground this morning on a coral reef near tbe wreck of the United States collier MerriuiHO She arrived at day break, intending to embark the troops of the Tenth Infantry for New York. The pilot attempted to pass on tbe wrong side of the Merrimao, and struck the hidden reef hard. Three powerful tugs palled unsuccessfully all the afternoon in the attempt to float the ship. It will probably be necessary to rig elaborate tackle before she can be gotten off. She is in no danger, and the likelihood is that she is not injured. Will Take Part in Inaugural Parade. ' The Yale undergraduates have de cided to take part in the inaugural paTade in Washington next March. Mexicans Defeated Indians. - Mexiou City, Feb. 13. The federal troops in Yucatan have had another battle with the rebel Indians who were strongly intrenched, but the Indians were unable to withstand the charge on their position.and fled in all directions. Many of the Indians would like to be who inflicted the penalty and torture, j and commit many barbarities to Infuse ; terror into their adherents.