CONVENTION IN CHICAGO. MINE DAMAGE MYSTERY. Republican* IKE FATALWRECKS OCCUR Will Meet There Next neavy Explosion Underground Causes June. mm Sensation. COLUMBIA ARMYDISAPPEARS TWELVE PERSONS LOSE THEIR Chicago has been selected as the RECO6NITIONJL Mont., reported place ASSISTANT Butte. Doc. 14. —A for holding the next national re- BECRETARY LOOMIS underground CRUISER CARRYING TROOPS DID LIVES, SEVERAL INJURED. publican battle hau caused a sen- convention. The committee EXPLAINS OUR POSITION. sation here, though the affray 1b cloth- NOT LAND ON PANAMA COAST fixed June 21, at 12 o'clock, as the ed in much mystery. A heavy explo- passenger Train Derailed Near Albia, time for the meeting of the conven- sion Saturday night entombed a num- tion. During a Banquet at New York He Uncle Sam's Warships Keeping While on a oor of miners and for a time it waa an lowa, Bridge—Cars Piled The offers made by the different cit- Tells of Conditions Under Which liar.,! iner a score of men had lost Eagle Eye Open to Apprehend Them Up and Burned—Two Engines ies were Over- $40,000 by St. Louis, $60,000 i heir lives. It appears that the blast- by Chicago, Republic Was Established—Cites If They Attempt to Land Soldiers turned Near Piedmont, W. Va. and $100,000 by Pittsburg. ing of the Amalgamated miners in the After some discussion the Chicago of- Possible Result—How France Could Pennsylvania mine caused an Indians Freights Collide Near immense Indifferent—The Colombians Adel, lowa. fer was raised by Committeeman Stew- oavein the Heinze workings, im- Have Borne Down on the Isthmus. of May Have Landed in Gulf of art to $74,000, he guaranteeing that periling the lives of miners. The Amal- Darien. Ottumwa, la., Dec. 14.—Five per- Chicago would contribute that amount gamated official! deny any attempt to pay goua were killed and 10 injured the expenses of the assembling New York.—The conditions which was made to destroy the workings of Colon, Doc. 14.—Through the exam- in a of wreck on the Chicago, Burlington the convention in that city. resulted in the recent establishment EielSM'l property and declare the ination of tin' ban Bias roast mauo by . & The Quincy road, threw miles west of Al- committee on arrangements for of the republic of Panama were dis- cavt'in the result of defective timber- tilt U. S. S. Atlanta and the converted the cruiser Maynower, bia, iowa. The westbound passenger convention are: Senator N. B. Ctmed recently at the banquet of the ing on the part of Heinze. hoth of which vcb- »cott of West Virginia, chairman; AI Frank, engineer Mlfl have retUTIMd here. It has train was in some manner derailed Sen- Quill club, held at the Hotel Manhat- of the Rarus been ator Hanna, Postmaster General at the ciearly that while running on to the Cedar creek tan, by Francis B. Loomib*, assistant mine, scene of the blasting, established the Colombian Payne, Harry Scow of Indianapolis, charges the Amalgamated people cruisers General and Cartage- bridge and live cars were wrecked by secretaiy of state of the United with Plasm and R. B. Schneider of Nebraska. na appeared in tho gulf collision with the steel girders of the States, and M. Phillippe Bunau-Varil- wholesale destruction of ore and says of Darien The decision of the deposits about 84 hours they bridge. The wreckage immediately national com- la, minister for Panama. Ich of mineral are destroy- after wero report- mittee to have the republican Mr. Loomis ed as having left Cartagena. took fire and several of the victims conven- said: ed, and wrecked timbers are buried No reli- tion meet on June 21 created consid- beneath of tons able evidence, however, bo were badly burned. The dead: "We have not desired to annex Pa- thousands of rock. could ob- erable talk about the capitol at Wash- The damage none is in the tained to show that any of the troops Mrs. W. E. Mitchen, Albia, killed nama, and we have not done so. The thousands ington as to the probable date of the of dollars. Seven men were caught in ranied hy the cruisers had been In wreck. president simply executed the will of land- adjournment of congress and the fact one explosion and precipitated ed, ciiher on the gnu coast or north- Mildred Mitchen, three years old, the American people, with due regard some developed that there has already been distance below. Their escape west thereof. burned to death. to international law and rights. He was more or less exchange of views among miraculous. The Atlanta and the Mayflower made Thomas Beatty, killed in wreck of was instructed uy congress to the leaders of the senate and the house secure a thorough inspection of the entire smoking car. a canal route on the question. The opinion is quite on the ibthmus of Pana- SENATOR REED SMOOT. vicinity, it was learned that at one Franklin and unknown ma if possible. general among them that it will be He waited until the coast point the Cartagenu man. adjournment of the Senate embarked a possible to conclude the work of the Colombian con- Committee Maning Investiga- small quantity Of naval stores, a few Just what caused the accident is a gress and gave the government session by June 21. Republican sen- of tion. bullocks, some corn and BO pieces of mystery. As soon as the engineer no- that country every opportunity to rat- The senate; committee on privileges ators are trying to secure an agree- \u25a0mc roofing, but no Information could ticed there was something wrong he ify the treaty or to propose some prop- and elections met recently to ment with the house to adjourn for outline i>e obtained as to the direction taken applied the airbrake, but was unable er method looking to a policy to pursued investigating Christmas on Friday. The treaties the ratification be in by the cruiser theivatter. it has been to stop the train. Five cars were com- of a new treaty, the the protests filed against Senator will not be taken up until after the and Colombian Reed reported that Colombian troops were pletely burned and the remainder of congress, Bmoot being permitted holiday recess. in utter bad .faith, rejected to retain his landed ut v certain point on the Pana- the coaches badly damaged. The work the treaty and adjourned. seat, and decided that taking before ma coast, but the Atlanta was present of rescue was carried on difficulty further steps in with TOMBSTONE, ARIZ., JAIL BREAK. "In less than a week's time, and the matter, Senator at this place at the time when, ac- as the cars took fire immediately after president Bmoot should be given opportunity to before the could be reason- cording to the report, the troops should the accident and the bridge is a high Thirteen Prisoners Secure Their Lib- ably expected make reply to charges. to turn to grave con- the have been landed and saw nothing. one. The injured were erty. Nicaragua Burrows, taken to Albia sideration of the route, the Senator chairman of the All offlcen found the attitude of the and Ottumwa. Tombstone, Ariz., Dec. 17.—A sen- long expected committee, notify and inevitable revolu- was instructed to Indiana to be and sational jail break here and the Indifferent even re- Wreck in West Virginia. occurred tion in Panama came to pass; Un- Senator bmoot of the decision of pellant. The traditions of the Indiaiiß 13 prisoners effected their liberty by committee any Piedmont, W. Va., Dec. 14.—Five people arose as one man and in thor- and receive reply he for centuries have been against per- sawing the jail bars breaking may men were killed and several seriously and ough accord, without the firing of a desire to make in writing. mitting aliens in their territory through the jail walls. Two of the In addition to peti- and injured by the overturning of two en- single shot, unresisted, they quietly the Innumerable these traditions they still maintain. prisoners, Bert Alvord and A. tions filed with the ihe gines attached to a heavy Baltimore W. established a government of their own. committee for They Often declined to answer the Stiles, were held as the principals in expulsion of Smoot, pro- & Ohio freight train on the 17 mile They had thrice been independent and Senator two questions of the interpreters and ou the Coehise train holdup tests from pre- grade near this city. The dead: in this coun- the right of secession was, I believe, citizens of Utah were several occasions their information ty a year ago. sented and briefly considered by the Engineer Ernest D. Ervine. expressly stipulated in some of their was found to be misleading. The prisoners left in a body and committee. Engineer Emery Erwin. constitutions. The information hy At- headed for the Mexican It These protests charged Mr. obtained the Fireman Walter B. Mine. line. was "The president dispatched our mea- Smoot lanta and Mayflower indicates either learned that the fleeing escapes ap- with being a polygamist. They also Fireman J. H. Carter. ger naval forte ashore, consisting of thai the Colombian troops have been propriated a horse belonging cit- charge that Morman church, Brakeman John Hays. to a 40 marines, to do what they could to tho of returned to Cartagena or that they izen living below town. which Mr. Smoot is apostle, The most seriously injured are: Two Mexicans preserve peace, order and unimpeded an holds have been point En- suspected its laws to be superior landed at some on the gineer Michael J. Gibbon, fatally crush- on the outside are of assist- transit across the isthmus. He prompt- own to those coast between Cartagena and the gulf ing the prisoners to escape. of the state, and they contend ed; Fireman E. C. Backeler, legs, ly recognized the de facto government the Milwaukee & St. : zero. the canal treaty the Bogota con- burg. bia, show a complete triumph for Gen- gress, and Paul railroad near Adel, lowa. A dou- St. Paul. —The northwest experienc- continued: A telegram received from Vardoe eral Reyes. Wheu seen tonight Gen- ble header westbound and an extra ed the coldest weather of the season, What Might Have Happened. reports that the steamer Orian has eral Reyes wouid make no statement, freight eastbound came together a ranging beyond saying that he expected to re- in the thermometer from 40 to the in been destroyed by fire and that three deep cut on a sharp curve. Two en- degrees zero at "If revolution Panama had main in the United States for a fort- 24 below the various not occurred; if the American people, of the crew and three passengers per- gines and 16 cars were demolished. stations of the weather bureau. ished. night longer. guided by the opinions of its most The dead: Frank Finnicum, engineer, Detroit.—Detroit is having its first The United learned, efficient and highly trusted States cruiser Prairie Dcs Moines; Oscar Dyke, fireman, Dcs zero weather of the winter. The ther- arrived at Earth Swallowed Him. engineers continued to think Nic- has Colon. The supply ship Moines. The injured: Conductor mometer in the weather bureau regis- the araguan route an impracticable one; Culogoa has gone to meet the fleet London. —There is consternation In Flynn, seriously; Brakeman Bell, se- tered 3 degrees above zero. at the il the people and congress of this coun- Culebra. town of Henley, in Staffordshire. riously; Brakeman Shields; Engineer Omaha. —Zero weather continued According just A man, while walking through try had insisted that we wait for a to advices received a street Chambers. throughout the day in Nebraska. at Caracas government suddenly sank through footway year, or until such time as the politi- the Colombian the Milwaukee.—The lowest tempera- has into the earth and was engulfed At the Spokane Theatre, Spokane. cians at Bogota were ready to nego- decided to send General Rafael in a ture in Wisconsin was 28 degrees be- Urlbe-Uribe as a special envoy to coal mine long since disused. All at- tiate a new canal treaty, and in the the low zero, at Unity, in the northern South American republics. tempts to Fescue him were fruitless, January 8 and 9—Andrew Robson in meantime the congress had declared He is ex- portion. The cold wave is general pected soon to owing to the poisonous gas. A funeral "Richard Carvel." invalid the renewal of the French con- arrive at Caracas. throughout the state. \u25a0 service was held near the spot where January 13 and 14 —"Foxy Grand- cession, what might have happened To Mark Beginning ,of Year. the man sank. It was attended by the pa." Milan, Wash., Dec. 17.— J. F. Con- on the isthmus? I may safely assert, Washington, Dec. 15.—The United mayor and the members of the corpo- January 15 and 16—J. H. Stoddard gleton, storekeeper and postmaster at without fear of by any contradiction States naval observatory has announc- ration. The tows council is now fac- in "Bonnie Brier Bush." place, was held up In the early well informed person, gov- this that the ed the details of its scheme to send ing the problem of how to deal with January 19 and 20—"Way Down morning, give up ernment of forced to $35 and France would not have telegraphic time signals throughout ihe disused coal pits East." compelled miles by which under- then to walk seven stood and witnessed the pillage of the world to mark tho beginning of the January 23 —Patti. in company her mine district to Chattaroy with the thousands of people through the the new year. The signals were sent January 29 and 30—Melbourne Mac- him. Congle- politicians thug who robbed Mr. act which Bogota devised out last year for each of the four Posse Killed Murderer. Dowell and Florence Stone. ton saved $150 by throwing away his for the looting from the French com- great standard time belts of the Unit- Spokane, Dec. 17.—Driven to bay January 31 and February 1 and 2 wallet while he was being held up. pany of $40,000,000. — ed states, but this year it is proposed behind a log in the snowy forests Marie Wainwright. He was locked in a box car by the France Would Have Acted. not only to secure a wide distribution near Valley, "Joe" Dilio, one time king February 4—The Kilties band. bandit. He was released later by a February "The moment that the cables flash- of these New Year signals throughout of the Italian colony in Spokane and 5 and 6—Robert Mantell. searching party. by February ed from Bogota to Paris the astound- North and South America the co- slayer of his partner, Antonio Del Vec- 12 and 13—The Boston- operation telegraph ians. ing news that the extension of the of the and cable chio, met a tragic end in an attempt MORGAN WANTS TO KNOW. companies, but also to one or February —Alberta Galla- French concession wad canceled, send to resist arrest by Constable Frank 14 and 15 a more tin Ghosts." if Purchase Is Being Made of French squadron from Martinique of the four series of signals Weatherwax and posse of Valley. He in "Ibsen's Asks around the world February 20 Two Property. would have borne down upon the isth- and back to the room was killed by a volley from the rifles —"The Johns." Canal in the naval observatory, they February 24 Washington, 17.—Senator Mor- mus and perhaps landed marines at where of his pursuers. —Paul Gilmore. Dec. started. February 26 and —"The Eternal gan has introduced a resolution di- Colon and sent them across the isth- 27 Democratic Senators Disagree. City." recting the attorney general to inform mus to Panama and along the line of Russo-Japanese Agreement. Among some of the best attractions the senate whether he has made or the canal to protect the interests and Washington, D. C, Dec. 16.— i'be which will be at the Spokane during is making, on behalf of the United property of French citizens. There London, Dec. 16.—After a careful democratic senators have again failed the last three months of the season States a purchase of the property of would, in all probability, have been an examination of the Russian draft of to arrive at a thorough understanding are: "The Four Cohens," Jerome the new Panama Canal company or its armed conflict between France and the agreement the foreign office here relative to party policy on Cuban reci- Sykea in "The Billionaire," B. H. Soth- franchises and concessions; if bo, Colombia, or France at least would is inclined to the belief that its imme- procity, postofflce Investigation, tariff em in "The Proud Prince," "The Sil- what authority on the isthmus Is rec- have felt herself compelled to hold the diate acceptance by Japan is unlike- and the Panama revolution. ver Slipper," Richard Mansfield in ognized in the transaction, and wheth- isthmus for a long period. This would ly, and looks for a series of Russo-Jap- "Old Heidelberg," and Blanche Walsh er any agreement has been entered h?ve wrought poignantly upon the sen- anese pour parleurs dealing with mod- A Peculiar Tragedy. ifications. says pour parleurs in "The Resurrection." into between France and the author- sibilities of the American people in It the Memphis, Term., Dec. 14.—John C. may last weeks. for- Write Manager Dan L. Weaver and ities on the isthmus in respect to such respect to the Monroe doctrine, and for several The King, a politician, is dead by his own eign office, however, regards have seats reserved in advance. Prices purchase. we should, no doubt, have found our- the draft hand and H. J. Kressenburg, a well range from 50 cents to $2.00. selves viewing France with annoying as a distinct step toward a pacific set- known merchant and member of the Gigantic Cut in Wages. apprehension. The French warships tlement. city committee, la probably at democratic Strike San Juan. New York, Dec. 16.—The statement might easily have been followed ~y fatally wounded as the result of a sen- San Juan, Rico, 16. —The by leading Cruiser Flora at Esquimalt. Porto Dec. is made a official of the those of England and Holland, and sational double tragedy enacted here. International cigar factory closed, that, Victoria, C, is United States Steel corporation Panama, like the Balkan... might have B. Dec. 15.—H. M. S. all employes out in January at Esquimalt the are on strike beginning 1, 1904, about 90 been expected to furnish the spark Flora has arrived for Murdered by Footpad*. sympathy employes of the corpo- repairs necessary of with the other strikers. Sev- per cent of the to half the world in flames." as a result her Chicago, Dec. 14.—Anton Niesseler eral set stranding Village point days ago. I thousand men are out elsewhere ration will suffer wage reductions at 10 was shot and killed and John Temple on She be placed drydock the island, and a long strike seems ranging from 5 to 20 per cent. This Want Panama to Pay Debt. will in tomor- was severely wounded in the hitter's certain. reduction will affect about 150,000 row. saloon at 2231 avenue by London, Dec. 16.—The correspon- Princeton workmen in the various grades of the one of two highwaymen who attempted Wages Cut in Shenango Valley. dent of the Morning Leader at The Hunter Killed Paul Richter. subsidiary companies. to hold up the place. Sharon, Pa., Dec. 16.—Five hundred Hague says it is reported there that Denver, Col., Dec. 15.—Paul Richter, . workers about the blast furnaces in Manager—There is a whole lot of both Holland and Great Britain insist president of the Richter Iron Works Berlin, Dec. 12—The emperor and the Shenango valley will receive a literary merit to this play of joitb. that the republic of Panama shall as- company, hag been accidentally shot empress were in Berlin recently. The straight cut of wages J&r"~~y 1 of 10 Playwright (eagerly)—How much? sume liabilities for 115,000,000 of the and killed by a companion on a hunt- kaiser is able to speak again in hi* per cent | Manager—Oh, enough to kill it— Colombian debt. ing trip east of this city. natural voice.