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'IsT"" If'3'" BV*? 'iif 1 dv THE ADVANCE. B. Hawlbt, be prosecuted. ,M During the time the United States .occupied Cuba she printed for that country 6,600,000 postage stamps, di vided a8 follows: lc, 1,000,000 2c, 2,000,000 5c, 1,000,000 10c. 1,000,000 special -delivery, 600,000. Since Cuba became independent the United States has printed stamps for her as follows: lc, 8,000,000 2c, 12,000,000 2c books, 480,240 5c, 2,000,000 10c, 1,000,000 special delivery, $500,000. Of all the largest cities of the country, Chicago has the., largest pro* portion of males la its total popula tion. During the last 20 years Chica go has averaged 5.3 per cent, more males than females, while New York has averaged 2.8 per cent, more fe* males than males, Philadelphia 5.7 per cent, and Boston 7 per cent, more females than males. A prominent surgeon states that ev ery wound caused by blank cartridges should be treated as dangerous, on the theory that tetanus (lockjaw) germs may be lurking in the wound. In in juries of the palm the patient should be anaesthetized, the wound thorough ly cleansed and then cauterized. He also urges the use of antitoxin in ev ery case in which tetanus develops. It is curious how firemen become trained to hear th£ alarm bell. Chief Bonner, of Ne# York, once said that he could hear the slightest tap on the bell over his bed, while the baby could cry loudly all night without disturb ing him. "My wife," he added, "never hears the fire alarm, but she wakes up at the slightest squeak from the baby." Firemen also say that they get so accustomed to the bell in their stations that they notice none other. The use of one word in addressing a postal card has made trouble for Joseph Kershaw, of Philadelphia. The word was "alias" and he used it in ad dressing a postal card to Clinton Amareaux, at Hinton, W. Va. Amar eaux thought that the use of the word was calculated to lower him in the estimation of his friends and the pub lic, and ^complained to the postal au thorities. Kershaw was arrested and brought before United States Commis sioner Bell for examination, who held him in $500 bail. The French journals have recently given publicity to a scientific discov ery which may hare a considerable in fluence upon one of the most ordinary^ usages of social, intercourse. One M. Crouzel, a chemist at Bordeaux, has discovered that the human hand is largely occupied in sowing the seeds of all sorts of diseases. The hand, he says, is not only the most dirty but the most dangerous portion of our anatomy. It contains on the average 63,450,000 bacilli. Hence, he argues, people should never shake hands. A very strange incident occurred at the Central high school building in Webster City, la., recently. Every clock in the building stopped at ex actly 8 o'clock in the morning. It was the day of the eruption on the Island of Java, and the time the clocks stopped was within a very few seconds of the time that the eruption oc curred, which covered a village and killed several hundred people. The phenomenon is unexplained, except that it was very likely due to some sympathetic electric disturbance in the zone in which the high school build ing stands. The New York Telephone Co. has entered upon an interesting experi ment. It is placing 600 telephones in as many dwelling houses and private apartments in the residence section just above and below Harlem river. No charge is made for putting in or taking out* The citizen who has or dered the telephone guarantees noth 'ng. He simply pays ten cents for each time he makes use of the same. The company expects by this device not only to increase the use of the tele phone, but also to save commission paid to the drug stores and other places used as pay stations. The United States "geological sur vey will shortly issue a bulletin ex plaining where and under what cir cumstances minerals containing the elements of radium may be found. The paper will be prepared In simple lan guage, stripped of scientific terms, so that any person with ordinary intelli gence will be able, after a little study, to make experiments for finding the minerals secreting this new substance of fabulous value. The expert of the Burvey who has this matter in charge has examined over 8,000 different min erals in order to determine just what conditions tend to produce radium. People who hare suffered from the alkali dust in traveling through South ern Arizona, New Mexico/ and Texas And the old plague has practically dis appeared. This has been accomplish ed by sprinkling the track with oil. The principal reason why the oiling of roads has proved more successful in the west than in the east is that the California oil has less odor, is much less volatile, a«4 contains a larger amount of asphalt than the Pennsyl vania oil. and therefore forms a more perfect crust of aspJ&Jt ftfld cand than tetter, "A J&l Publisher. WORTHINGTON. MINN. An anonymous donor has offered to provide boots for every shoeless child lb Sunderland. Each pair is to bear a stamps notifying that they are the property of the mayor, and that any parent attempting to sell or any pawnbroker accepting them in pledge will *£,, A.Afei. IS LAID AT REST Funeral Services Over Remains of Distinguished Ohioan Held at Cleveland. Great Throngs Take Last Look at Dead Statesman While Thousands of Others Are Unable To—Many Noted Persons in Attendance Body Deposited in Chapel. Cleveland, O.. Feb. 19.—Surrounded by great masses of flowers and guarded by a detail of state militiamen, the re mains of Senator Marcus A. Hanna lay in state and were viewed by 5.0,000 persons yesterday afternoon. The cas ket stood on the same catafalque on which rested the remains of President McKinley at Canton. As his lifelong friend and companion it was thought fitting that the same bier should be used for Senator Hanna. The Last Sites. Cleveland, O., Feb. 20.—The last rites over the body of Senator Marcus A. Hanna were held yesterday afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal church. During this solemn service, Cleveland was a silent city. Nearly all business was sus pended for the entire afternoon. Street railway and steam road traffic on every line in the city was stopped for five min utes from one to 1:05 o'clock. People generally in all parts of the city bowed their heads in reverence for a brief space of time at that hour. Cleveland mourned as it never mourned before. An Immense Throng. Thousands who were unable to view the remains of the dead senator, as they lay in state in the chamber of com merce auditorium Thursday and Fri day, flocked to the corner of Euclid and Case avenues, to witness the conveying of the simple black casket, bearing the remains of the senator, into the church. There they stood with bared heads and moistened eyes as the cortege moved into the edifice where the last earthly tribute was paid the dead. The Funeral Services. A few moments before one o'clock Mrs. Hanna, accompanied by her son, Dan, entered the church. She was dressed in deep black and was heavily veiled, and as they slowly walked down the aisle to the first row of seats the stillness of death tell over those with in the walls of the church and heads bowed in token of sympathy. Other members of the family followed. When the body had been gently placed upon the bier and the pallbearers had been seated the choir chanted the Thirtieth and Nineteenth Psalms. President Pierce, of Gambler college, an institution of which Mr. Hanna was a benefactor, read the lesson, and Bishop Leonard then de livered the eulogy. Body Placed in Chapel. The service was most solemn and impressive, and' outbursts of sobs could be heard at frequent intervals from all parts of the church. The body, accompanied only by the family, pallbearers and Bishop Leon ard, proceeded slowly out Euclid ave nue to Lakeview cemetery where a final farewell of the dead was taken in Wade Memorial -chapel. The services consisted simply of a prayer by the bishop. The body was deposited in a crypt in the chapel to await burial at the pleasure of the family. Honor Hanna's Memory. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 20.—Yesterday was generally observed throughout the anthracite fields as a day of mourning and all the mines and collieries were closed, out of respect to the memory oi Senator Hanna. President Mitchell, of the miners' union, had issued a procla mation that the men cease work at noon, and the miners and mine em ployes so heartily favored the plan that they did not report at all for work in the morning. In Memory of Hanna. New York, Feb. 22.—Commander Booth Tucker, of the Salvation Army, conducted a memorial service for Sena tor Marcus A. Hanna Sunday in Me morial hall, army headquarters. Com mander Booth Tucker said that in the death of Senator Hanna the Salvation Army had lost one of the best friends it ever had. "He was one of the grand est men the world has ever seen," said the commander. "He knew the army, and stood by to help in the launching of our work. The effcct of his help will go on, even though he is now dead." Hero Loses His Life. Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 22.—In an attempt to save the life of Ames 6. Allen, of Chi cago, with whom he was skating on Cayuga lake, Louis T. Dickinson, of New York city, a senior at Cornell university, lost his life Sunday. The two young men had skated as far as Atwater, 18 miles north of Ithaca, when Allen broke through the ice. While attempting to pull him out Dickinson fell in and sank after struggling for some minutes to re gain the ice. Allen was dragged ashore after having been in the water more than half an hour. Says a Tramp Has Bights. Des Moines, Feb. 22.—The Iowa su preme court decided that a tramp has rights which a trainman must respect, affirming a decision from Pottawattamie county, in which Joseph Johnson se cured judgment for injuries sustained by reason of forcible ejectment from a mov ing train.. Xtemand Statehood. San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. 22.—The federal assenffcy, by a vote of 60 to 15, demanded that P^rtoRico be admitted to statehood or that j£]aad logranted independence. FIVE ABE INDICTEE Grand Jury Investigating the Iroquois Theater Horror in Chicago Betums True Bills. Chicago, Feb. 22.—Five persons—two city officials, the active manager of the Iroquois theater and two of the theater attaches—must answer to the law for the fire panic that cost 575 lives, says the special grand jury that has been inves tigating the horror, and Mayor Harri son's administration is censured. Those against whom true bills were voted are: George Williams, commissioner of buildings charged with malfesanee in office and held to be directly accountable for the lack of protection in the the ater. Edward Loughlin, building inspector charged with palpable omission of duty In connection with his Investigations of the theater. Will J. Davis, senior manager of the Iroquois charged with manslaughter. Thomas J. Noonan, business manager of the theater charged with manslaugh ter. James E. Cummins, stage carpenter charged with manslaughter. SIEGE IS RAISED. Government Forces Defeat Insurgents at San Domingo After a Two Days' Battle. Washington, Feb. 22.—Late last night the state department received a cable gram from Minister Powell, dated at San Domingo, February 16, saying: "A decisive battle has been fought between the government forces and the insur gents. It extended over two days and resulted in a victory for the government. The siege has been raised and the insur gents are-in retreat." Close attention is being given by ad ministration officials to affairs in San Domingo. A number of warships are be ing kept in the waters of that country so that American interests may be zeal ously protected. Forcible interference in the affairs of the country, however, have been- avoided up to this time, so far as news received by the department is concerned. It is authoritatively stated that the question of the annexation of San Do mingo to the United States never has received the slightest consideration on the part of the administration. BULLETS FLEW FAST. Riot Occurs in an Effort by Officers to Close a Poolroom at Mad ison 111. Madison, 111., Feb. 20.—In an effort to close up a pool room that has for a long time operated in- the outskirts of this city, three constables, augment ed by a posse of citizens and bearing warrants for the arrest of six men con nected with the poolroom, precipitated a riot late yesterday, which resulted in the shooting of seven men. Two may die. The wounded ares Lee Hari^$ druggist, probably mortally William Schooley, posseman Edward Harris, spectator, not seriously Edward Downs, seriously Patrick McCam bridge, policeman, probably mortally two unknown, not seriously. BLAST KILLS MANY. Cars of Dynamite Explode in Utah and Over a Score of Person? Lose Their Lives. Ogden, Utah, Feb. 20.—Two carloads of dynamite exploded at Jackson sta tion, on the Ogden-Lucin cutoff yester day, killings 23 and injuring 30 work men. The victims, it is said, are most ly Greeks. T'he explosion wrecked everything within a radius of half a mile. The ac cident was caused by a water train run ning into the two cars loaded with dyna mite. Five locomotives were reduced to scrap iron and the big steam shovel at Jackson was demolished. As soon as news of the explosion reached Ogden a special with physicians, nurses and stretchers was hurried to the scene. Must Surrender Big Sum. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 20.—Judge Tar-! rant rendered a verdict for |94,000 against Gerhard Terlinden, the German absconder arrested in Milwaukee some years ago, in favor of the Disconto Gesellschaft, of Berlin, Germany, who had charged him with misappropriating 400,000 marks. The money was deposited in Milwaukee banks by Terlinden prior to his arrest and has been in litigation since that time. Death of Col. Bouck. Oshkosh, Wis., Feb. 22.—Col. Gabriel Bouck, leader of the northern Wiscon sin democracy and former state attorney general, died yesterday morning at the age of 76. He served two terms in con gress, being elected in 1876 and 1878. He commanded the first company raised in this section for the civil war, and later was made colonel of the Eighteenth Wisconsin infantry. Installed President. Panama, Feb. 22.—Dr. Amador was in augurated first president of the Repub lic of Panama at four o'clock Saturday afternoog before the national constitu tional convention. Pablo Arosemena, president of the convention, adminis tered the oath of office. Fourteen Killed. Paris, Feb. 22.—Fourteen employes of a celluloid comb factory, at the cor ner of the Boulevard Sebastopol and the Rue Etienne Mariel, lost their lives in a fire which started by an explosion of gas. About 20 other employes were injured. OJScial^ Notice Given. St. Petersb nrg. Feb. 22.—Ambassador McCormick has been officially notified that Russia will not participate in the St Louis exposition: mors if IDE N The Russian Hosts Are at Wiju and^First Great Land ^Battle Is Looked For. Determined to Secure Control of the Yalu at the Outset—Scouts Cross the River and Survey for a Conflict —All Telegraph Lines in Hands 9f Military. Chefoo, Feb. 22.—A decisive battle on the Yalu river is believed to be imminent, if not already in progress. A series of skirmishes preliminary to the main en counter have already taken place. Rus sian troops are swarming on both banks of the Yalu and seen! greatly to out number the Japanese, who for days have been harassed by Cossack cavalry. Must Control the Talu. Russia is determined to secure con trol of the Yalu at the outset, for this is the strategic point on which depends the success of the land campaign in Corea and Manchuria. To this end Alexieff has massed' many thousands of troops along the fiiftg line, and the viceroy has declared, that he will crush Japan in an early series of land engagements, if he has to mobilize the entire Russian army. Scouts Survey for Battle. In preparation for the first of the great land, battles the Russians threw out a skirmish line of scouts. Fully 1,500 of these, most of them mounted Cossacks, reconnoitered first in Wiju and vicinity. Crossing the Yalu river, they freely entered the town of Wiju and scouted the surrounding country. Satisfied with the evident relative weakness of the Jap anese forces, they recrossed the river and rejoined the main force. Plan Indorsed. Washington, Feb. 22.—Secretary Hay has received Russia's formal recognition of the neutrality treaty of China, outside of Manchuria, and now regards his plan as indorsed by practically the whole civ ilized world. First Land Encounters. In the vicinity of Port Arthur similar scouting expeditions were under way, and one of these precipitated the first severe land encounter. A picket of Cos sacks attached a small detachment of Japanese troops on Corean territory. The Cossacks captured some Japanese, on whom they found maps and papers. The collision was presumably between reconnoitering parties. The losses on neither side are given. All authorities here agree that a de cisive land battle on the-Yalu must fol low. All telegraphic lines between Corea and Japan are now in the hands of the military authorities. Japs Slay Russians. St. Petersburg, Feb. 22.—There is au thority which prohibits doubt of the veracity of the report that outpost en gagements have taken place on the Yalu resulting in the Russian advance guards being driven back with losses which are timated at 2,500 lives. The battle is lid to have been fought on the Corean side of the river. Ordered to Leave Shanghai. Shanghai, Feb. 22.—Urged by the Japanese consul here the taotal ordered the Russian gunboatMandjurto leave the barbor before five o'clock Sunday after noon, but the order was Ignored. It is said that a Japanese squadron has been ordered to enforce the taotai's demand and to enable Japan steamship com panies to resume service between Japan and Shanghai. Disaster in Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y„ Feb. 22.—Two men 4 C0N8RE8S KEEPS BUSfc Dally Smmmmrr of W»»k at* ud Hmh tor Lawmak ers th« Katloa. NEW MAR OF COREA, SHOWING WHERE JAPS HAVE LANDED. [By IfcCutcheon, In Chicago Dally Tribune.] Washington, Feb. 16.—The senate yesterday agreed to vote on the rati fication of the Panama canal treaty on February 23. The agricultural appro priation bill, carrying $6,072,380, was reported. In the house Mr. Shafroth (Col.) voluntarily resigned his seat on evidence of fraud at his election in vestigation showed he was not to blame. His action is the -first of the kind on record. Washington, Feb. 17—After A" i' in rr rrnr Vere asphyxiated,- onfe was burned to death and several were serldusly injured in an explosion of blast furnace gas at the lIant of the Lackawanna Steel com pany Sunday. The dead men are: George Reynolds, a mason Michael S. Smith, a mason Frank Prenatt, em ployed in the power house. Lived Over a Century. Chicago, Feb. 22.—Mrs. Rose Iffreal, who was said to be the oldest woman in Chicago, having passed her one hundred and fifth birthday, died at the home of ber son'n-law, S, Lowenstein. feeling remarks by Senator Foraker in announc ing the death of Senator Hanna in the senate yesterday, the adoption of the usual resolutions and the appointment of the committee to take charge of the arrangements for the funeral, tie body at 12:12 adjourned as a further mark oi respect. The house also held but a short fesslon, adjourning out of respect tc the deceased senator. Washington, Feb. 18.—The senate and house transacted no business yesterday out of respect to the memory of Senatoi Hanna. Washington, Feb. 19.—The Panama c%nal question was the uppermost topic in the senate yesterday, and Senatoi Spooner spoke in favtfr of the subjecl during the greater portion of the day. The house passed the fortifications ap propriation bill. Washington, Feb. 20.—There was nc session of the senate yesterday, ad journment having been taken ou account of .the funeral of Sen ator Hanna. The house began con sideration of the naval appropriation bill, in committee of the whole, ten WK "•Mft hours being allowed for general de bate. Washington, D. C., Feb. 22.—The canal treaty with Panama was again the chief theme in the senate Saturday. Mr. Spooner, who held the floor, yielded to Mr. Morgan, who |poke in opposition to the ratification. In the house the time was occupied in discussing the naval appropriation bill. The commit tee on post offices completed the post office appropriation bill, which carries $169,997,588. MAY WHEAT AT$107. Cereal Raises Four Cents and Pande monium Prevails on Chicago Board of Trade. Chicago, Feb. 22.—The war situation in the far east and the withdrawal of the Russian and French ambassadors from London boomed wheat on the board of trade Saturday, and the wildest excite ment prevailed. May wheat reached $1.07 a bushel, an almost unprecedented figure. The shorts were in a panic throughout the session. The pit was fairly crazed.^The desire to buy was so marked and the response so enormous that control of the market was wrested from J. Ogden Armour and his brokers. Naval Veteran Dead. New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 22.—Com mander William P. Randall, U. S. N., re tired, died at his home in this city Sun day, aged 71 years. Assigned as acting master on the frigate Cumberland dur ing the civil way, he participated in the battle with the Merrirttac, and was cred ited with having fired the last shot from the frigate before she was sent to the bottom. Result of a Spree. Maysville, Ky., Feb. 22. G. W. Bramel, a. farmer 12 miles from this city, got home very much intoxicated Satur day night, ran his brother away from the house with a Winchester and after ward killed his wife, driving his chil dren out in the cold rain. V/hile in his delirium Bramel set his house on fire and perished in the flames. Due to a Broken Frog. Chicago, Feb. 22.—A^iassenger train on a branch of the Big Four railroad was wrecked early Sunday near Wauponsee, 111., resulting in the death Of one pas senger and the injury of five others, the names of whom could not be learned. A broken frog is said to have caused the wreck. Given Two Years. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 22.—Samuel C. Hazzard, alias Hargreave, the West Pointer and former army officer con victed of bigamy, was sentenced to two yeais in th.e state penitentiary Saturday. I HIVE CLOSE (M Fire Destroys the County Building in Which They Are Confined Near Racine, Wis. Inmates Are Rescued with Difficulty Before the Flames Reach Them, But Some Esoape Others Are Taken to Places of Safety—The property Los* Is $100,000. Racine, Wis., Feb. 22 —The Racine county insane asylum, four miles west of this city, was destroyed by fire at ten o'clock last night. In the panic that fol lowed among the 133 inmates a number of patients were severely injured, and ten ran away, dressed in their night clothes. It was with the greatest dif ficulty that the attendants and em ployes managed to get all out of the burn ing building. Rescue Inmates. As soon as the alarm was given Super intendent Frank Overton and former Superintendent E. Harden, assisted by the attendants, directed their attention to rescuing the inmates of the burning structure. The greatest excitement pre-1 vailed, many of the frantic unfortunates refusing to leave their beds when aroused, and many had to be overpow ered and carried out by foroe. The at tendants used heroic means, and several of the more violent were dragged into the open and turned loose. Farmers Assist. The work of rescue was slow, but the arrival of scgres of farmers who were attracted by the flames made it possible to get all of the patients out of the build ing. Several violent patients began to fight with others. One of the men in sisted on running around the burning structure and shouting Joyously. Othef tried to run away, and it required the greatest care to prevent others returning to the building. Intense Suffering. The suffering among the insane per sons w$s intense. None had time to dress, and several women rushed out into the cold clad only in their night clothes. Those who were violent and hard to. handle were placed in the laun dry and the barn and placed in charge of farmers, while others were hurried over to the Free Baptist church, a short dis tance away. A number suffered frozen feet, and half a dozen men and women were hurt in the panic. Patients Taken to Racine. News reached Racine that the build ing was on ffre, afffta special train with police and physicians and such volun teers that could be collected was sent out. The patients were then loaded into, the cars and brought to the city, where they were locked up in the city hall, cowthouee and various halls-about the city. The more violent ones were re moved to police stations and placed in-, cells. A Total Loss. The asylum building is a total loss. The special train, that was sent out from Racine also brought with it a fire engine and company of fireman, but the build ing by that time was a total loss. The building was valued at $100,000. The Insurance was $60,000. The fire is be lieved to have been started by one of the patients playing with matches. All Escaped. Later advices show that all of the pa tients escaped, the rescue in many cases being made with the greatest difficulty. Steps will be taken immediately to re build. The inmates for the present wilt be distributed around at the various asylums in the state, a large number of whom will be taken to the state asylym at Oshkosh. PLANS BUSY SUMMER. President Roosevelt's Vacation Will Be Brief Because of the Com ing Campaign. Washington, Feb. 22.—It seems prob able now that President Roosevelt will be in Washington during the heat of the presidential campaign this year, in stead of Oyster Bay, where it has been, supposed he would remain for several months. The president has made ten tative arrangements for the summer and lutumn, and they include a comparative ly brief sojourn at Oyster Bay. It is quite certain-that the president him self will not go to Oyster Bay this year until after the republican national con vention. A few days, perhaps, after the convention, he will go to his summer home. Tragedy in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 20.—A special the Sentinel from Ripon, Wis., W i'Sl to says: Will Lanlng, aged 24 years, shot and in stantly killed Miss Emma Buegler, aged 23 years, on the farm of Gus Hensley, V/t miles south of Fairwater, and then killed himself with the same revolver, it is said that Laning a$ked the girl to marry him and that she had written a letter refusing him. Fairwlater is miles south of Ripon. eight Heath Resigns. Cleveland, O., Feb. 22.—Perry s. Heath, former first assistant postmas ter general and secretary of the re publican national committee, has wired his resignation of the latter position from here to Acting Chairman Payne at Washington. Domed at the Stake. Little Rock, Ark., /_Feb. 20.—Glenco Bays, a negro, was burned at the stake early yesterday near Cosset, on the charge of murdering J. D. Stephen, of Ashley. efective Pc