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The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Strain Too Great
For Mrs. Roosevelt.

WASHINGTON, d. C., Jan. 2l.-The
strenuous social life at the White
House has been modified at the re-
quest OF DR.. Rixey. On his earnest ad-
vice Mrs. Roosevelt has eliminated for
the present the semi-weekly recep-
tions and teas. No change has been
made as TO the official functions. which
will continue to be numerous. RS.
Roosevelt Is beginning to show the eff
feet OF the great strain she has been
under But for the trip down the river
Just before New Years. her strength
probably would have given way.
The clerical force at the White
House is also tagged the result of
working every night until / or .
O'Clock. Secretary Cortelyou often re-
mains at his desk as late The Presi-
dent has urged him to enlarge the
clerical force. but there is no room.
the desks now being jammed together.
Three of the assistants are now III from
overwork and Mrs. Roosevelt has sent
DIR. Rixey to attend them. All the
semi-public functions are announced
In handwritten notes. This, with the
of thousands of invita-
tions, is crushing task.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
WEST VIRGINIA HOLOCAUST
Fourteen Men Probably Burned to
Death in an Old House.
Awful Scenes of Horror in a Secluded
Lumber Camp This Afternoon.

they were unable % aet to the via
dows in the Wild rash
There were several narrow escapes.
and some of the men who iumpe,'
through the windows viii die from
their injuries.
Many were seriously wounded also,
some with broken limbs others with
ugly bodily contusons.
The frame building burned like a
match and in thirty minutes all that
was left was smoking ruins.
From the smouderiug debris and
ashes the remains Of seven men have
already been removed and it is now
known that the bodies Of at least seven
more are in the embers.
Twelve men are more or less ian
gerously wounded end 1t is though.
that two of them will die,
Full details are diricult 20 obtain
but doctors are hurrylng to the scene
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Con sid re d by the
Committee on In
migration.
President COmpers of the Fedora.
tiOn of Labor Advocates Ex.
clusiOn "a Voice Against
The Measure.

WASHINGTON, d. C.. Jan. 21.--The
Senate committee on immigration gave
hearing today to the representatives
of the various interests on the Que3-
tion of Chinese immigration.
Mr.. Gompers, president OF the Fed
eration OF Labor, was the first speaker.
He outlined the efforts which the Fed
Grafton Of Labor had made in connec-
tion with the Pacific Coast delegation
in Congress To perfect bin which
would secure a continuance OF Chinese
exclusion.
This had been accomplished in wha.
was known as the Mitchell bill.
Mr.. Rood of the Asfatic Association,
spoke in opposition to the bin and pre-
sented statistics Of lrade between
China and the United States. He urged
the postponement of action by Con-
gress looking into Chinese exclusion
until the expiration OF the present
treaty in 1904
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Strange Spectre Caused
Death of an Engineer.

PERU. Ind, Jan. 21--As the result
of strange halIucfhation. J. E. sible,
an old and trusted engineer of the
Wabash Rairroad, was fatally injured
last night.
Sihle was at the throttle of the big
locomotive OF the nmited which was
laundering along at a rate of forty
miles an hour. When the lights of the
town of Attica appeared the old en-
gineer gave start and shouted to
Burt Frick. his fireman
Jump for your life, Burt. the switch
Is turned; we'll crash into -
The sentence was not finished. for in
an instant Sible had applied the safety
brake. reversed the lever. and jumped
TO escape the specter. which his har-
assed nerves had conjured up The fire.
man followed out was not injured.
The train came to stop and Frick
went back to find his engineer. The
latter lay on the roadbed, horribly in
jured. His skull has been crushed. an
arm and leg broken. his ribs fractured
and his spine injured. He was carried
aboard the train.
Meanwhile an investigation showed
that there had been no danger to the
train. The signal lights of the switch
showed an unobstructed path.
According to Fireman Frick. Sible
has been more or less nervous since
he was in wreck at Lafayette some
months ago.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Disappointed Swain
Made a "Gun PLAY" "

COLODARO SPRINGS. Colo, Jan
IL Samuel Parker, of Wellsyille n
r. languishes in jail here under de-
fault of $500 bail.
Ihe Immediate cause of his trouble
was gun play" his objective being
Mrs. Kate e. Long. Parker recently
advertised for wife through the Ma
uonal Matrimonial Agency. Mrs. Long
answered. Parker arrived two weeks
ago. He was willing when he got here
to be married, but Mrs. Long objected
10 the terms OF the contract, as she
says.
After waiting two weeks for a
change In her opinion Parker demand
ed $+i.5O to pay his return carfare,
which he alleges is his due. Refusal
10 receive ii on demand led to gun
play, which, he says, was only in
tended to scare the unwilling bride in
to payment. Mrs. Long. the neighbors
and the police. however, regarded it
differently Both parties are close to
90 years Of age Mrs. Long is well
respected.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

FAlRMONT, W. Va, Jan. 2l.-An
awful holocaust occurred at lumber
camp near Davis. w. Va. a short dis
tancc fror the Baltimore & Ohio rail.
read this afternoon.
At last accounts twelve men were
surely burned to deatn, ana seven
charrcd remains had been taken fr IN
the ruins
The scene OF the fire Is known as
Camp No. 5. lumber operating head
quarters of the otter Creek Lumber
Company.
The fire started at 4 o'clock this af-
ternoon. The cause OF the fire is TN
known. but 1t Is thought it was the
result of some sort of an explosion, as
the large frame structure in whicn
the night shift slept was completely
enveloped in flames almost instantly
and all means of escape cut Off
There were some twenty-five men
asleep in the upper story and about ten
down stairs engaged IN cooking. Near
ly all of those down stairs were caught
as in a trap and 1t Is thought all were
burned TO death.
Most of the men upstairs escaped
cremation by jumping through the
windows. At least three were scsfocatcd
and remained In the flames because
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Discharged Clerks Weep
At Door of Mr. Merriam

WASHINGTON. Jan. 20-Two hun
dred clerks, mostly women. were dis
charged from the United States Census
Bureau today.
No preliminary warning OF the dis
charges had been given by the au-
thorities. and the scene which ensued
among the female clerks wheh in
formed OF their summary dismissal
from the Government service was ex-
tremely pitiable.,
Many OF the younger girls burst into
tears and rushed to the ONCE OF Will
liam r. Merriam. Director of the Cen
sus Bureau, protesting against their
dismissal and begging to be retained
until the end of the month.
Mr. Merriam replied that 1t woula be
impossible to grant their request and
that, while he regretted exceedingly
the action that had been taken. it was
absolutely necessary to reduce the
working force of the bureau. and he
was powerless to do anything for
them.
The reply of the Director brought
forth fresh tears, and he was finally
compelled to lock the door Of his pri-
vate Office and issue orders that no
one should be admitted.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Lucky Grandson
Gets Gift Of 100000.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Jan. 2I.-Ex-
senator Henry 6. Davis. before leay-
ing The City o. Mexico, where he spent
nearly two months as Chairman Of the
United States delegation to the Pan
American Congress telegraphed
100000 as gift To his only grandson.
Tenry 6 Davis. Jr.
The boy is the child OF John T.
Davis of E)l@nS, the only son Of the
former Senator He was born several
days ago
Ex-senator Davis, besides his son.
has three daughters-Mrs. Stephen b.
Eikins, Mrs. r. NJ. c. Brown and Mrs.
Arthur Lee. He Is millionaire.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Bunny's Rich Lunch
On $4,000 Bonds.

POTTsT0WN. Pa. Jan. 81. The
disappearance OF package contain
ing $4,000 in coupon bonds shipped
by express Saturday night to the Chase
National nank of New York. gave
the officials of the Citizens National
Bank of Pottstown. as we'll as of the
Adams Express Company. much con-
cern until today. when IL was learned
that the package had been found in a
rabbit crate in New York
1t had fallen in the crate while the
train was on the way To the city. and
although the rabbits had begun gnaw-
ing at the package. the bonds were
uninjured.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
His Head Crushed
While Greeting His Love.

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 21--
Charles Boggs, young brakeman, had
sweetheart living near Meyersdale
and as he passed her home each day
on his train it has been his custom to
wave her greeting.
AS he leaned far out of the caboose
window today to see white handke-
chief tlutter from the door Of the little
home on the opposite hillside his head
struck car that was on a siding. His
skull was crushed
When he was hurried to the Cottage
State Hospital here his sweetheart
came with him, and has been at his
bedside ever since.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
The Panama Scrap
Killed and Wounded

PANAMA. Jan. 21.-~It Is quiet here
today. General Herrera. the revolun-
tionary leader. has informed Captain
Mead, of the cruiser Philadelphia. that
he came here 10 prevent the Colombian
government from using the steamer
i.aural. against the insurgents. He hal
accomplished this and therefore re-
tired.
The revolutionists had seventeen
wounded in yesterdays engagement
The number killed cannot be precisely
ascertained. OF the government forces
1--WE men were killed and fouv wound
ed
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Was COnSiderate
Also DeliberatiVe.

|EWBURG, n. Y, Jan. 2l.-Mrs.
les Van Tassell died suddenly Sun
at Matteawan. She seemed In her
Pl good health. when her daughter
|ced her go to a lounge and ask
a pillow. After securing 1t the
ghtcr left the room. and on her re-
found her mother dead. Mrs.
Tassells trunk was opened to-
to get some insurance papers. In
fehing for item six letters were
pd. Upon examining them it was
fnrd that she had written a letter
Fach member of her family, thank
them for the many kind acts be-
E"d during her life. The letters were
1t"n in September 1900, and none
NE children knew the trunk con-
'"q them Mrs. Van Tassell was
1lt 'o years of age. Her funeral was
this afternoon.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
|pks Pardon From
Kentucky Cover
nor.
der Case Of Ancient Date Flu.
gitiYe Probably Resided in
Arizona.

nT,SVIlLE, Jan. 21.-After being
Il &nlye from justice for thirty-two
i with a conviction OF murder
&,ng COVER his head. John p.
4 sh alias John p. Smith. is SEEK
pardon Of kentuckys Governor.
4 he may return to his home in
Sisyille and die surrounded by his
Slren Monsch, or Smith. and Geo.
on Sunday in the summer OF
1 Vert. drinking in saloon in this
AIdcnly the lights were extinguish-
& Il Was between / and p. m, and
of three minutes passed before the
! ps were relighted. Lying on the
i the blood gushing from n knife
3 hi was of. When his friends
khed his side he was dead
b. ,rowd was bewildered Not an
r. word had been heard. There
been no struggle. on had been stab
in the dark. II he had been given
Rante he could have mastered any
! In the house. Monsch was
Bng the first to leave. The next
hing he was arrested and charged
/ the murder.
h was a member of what was then
|wn as the Louisville Dragon
lpany, which. In the early days
did scouting work In
county. The company, one
dred strong, attended the funeral
armed,
! soon as the services at the
Te were concluded. the company
up It's march. but not to the
ory They wanted Monsch. They
down town with all their war
pments. but they did not reach
Jail The jailer had been warned,
he had promptly summoned
lgh help to make a hard fight. The
ers Of the military company In the
ntime. on their down town march.
been informed that the jailer
ready for them. They halted
rode back TO the armory.
" two and a half years there was
eat legal battle. and then Monsch
convicted On Saturday. August
S7o. the day before he was to have
sentenced to die, the condemned
1erer and five other prisoners
missing.
/ save Monsch were captured. The !
critics until recently never again
d OF him. Mrs. Monsch never
ted her husbands innocence. For
5 she lived only on the hope of
lg him Two weeks ago. worn ont.
less heartsick. the woman died.
next day after her death came
r to her son. now thirty-six years
from the father he had never seen.
believed that Monsch lived all
, years under an assumed name in
1ua.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Fierce Battle With Burglars
Policeman Mortally Wounded

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21.--At an
early hour today PatrolmeR Eugene
Robinson was mortaily wounded by
three burglars whom he surprised In
the act OF breaking into a hardware
store on Valencia street
One OF the cafe crackers is supposed
to be F. DAILY and was badly wounded
by shot from the poiiceman's pistol
and captured.
Robinson discovered the burglars
just as they were entering the stor..
and crossed the street to ar:ost them
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

dill so. Instead OF obeying they Opened.
FIRE upon him simultaneously and threc
bullets struck the policeman In the
abdomen.
AS he fell he opened Are with his
revolver and struck one OF tie burg
lars. who ran for short distance into
the arms OF another policeman at
tracted In the scene by the shots.
The other two men escaped Robin
son died in a few hours Daily may
recover
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Nun RenOunCeS Her Vows
To Wed the Man She Loved

MONTREAL. Quebec Jan. 21,-The
pretty love romance OF Sister Hilda of
the Sacred Order OF St Margaret came
to a climax this morning when, in the
presence of three friends, she became
the wife of r. p. Montague Davey OF
the Dominion Bridge Works.
With the renunciation OF her vows
OF celibacy. three weeks ago, Sister
Hlda once more became Miss Hiida
Cudlip daughter of the Honorable J.
w. Cudlip of st. John, New Brunswick.
High church society talked of nothing
else for many days and the clergy
were shocked at the broken vows.
When the story Of the resignation
of Sister Hllda, as superioress of the
order became known. a personal was
inserted in the papers that she was TO
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

marry Mr.. Davey some time in the
future.
To break from the high ehurch'g e
most holy vows created concern as to
who should perform the ceremony The
services of the Rev. Mr.. Bushnell of
St Matthias, low church. were Sc
cured, and Mr. Davey and Miss Cudiip
were married at Z o'clock this morn
ing and drove Immediately to the de-
pot. where they took the train for New
York.
The romance began when Nj. Dav2y
who is an expert musician, began visit
ing the inmates of the home. lie came
into contact with the superioress. with
whom he fell in love. The love was
mutual and the result is today's quiet
wedding ceremony in old ST. Mat
thias.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

The Silver Bell murder case came
up for a preliminary hearing III Judge
Meyers court this afternoon at +"
o'clock. Jesus Alvarez is charged with
killing another Mexican named Reguio
Geral. Lowell and Statterwhite re-
represent the defendant and Tom Bor-
ton ia prosecuting the case in the a5-
sence of District Attorney w. +. Coop
or Eighteen witnesses are here from
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
TOWN WIPED OF.

WHEELING, W. Va. Jan. 2l.--A
fire broke out at Shinnston this after
noon. and 1t is feared the entire town
has been wiped out
Teiegraphic and telephone communl-
cation Is cut of and it is impossible
to obtain news from there.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
In Senate Today
Lodge Makes Speech

WASHINGTON. d. c. Jan. 21.-The
Senate passed a number OF private
pension bills and bills granting per
mission for the construction OF bridges
and at . o'clock Senator Lodge took
the floor TO speak on the Philippine
tariff bill
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

Silver Bell. twelve of whom were
called by the defense. Or, ]. Zimmcr-
man was witness TO the affair. Tha
case is being heard this afternoon and
will be continued until tomorrow
morning when it will be argued by
the attorneys. The defendant will try
to prove that the killing was commit
ted in self defense. The trial drew n
big crowd in Justice Meyers court
this afternooOn.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Suicide Follows Defeat
Row in the Legion Of Honor

Hoffmeister was defeated last night
for supreme recorder of the Legion OF
Honor by c. r. T. White and an en-
tirely new supreme council elected at
ter a sensational contest.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

Judge Purcell today issued a mar
riage license to Miguel Hidalgo, the
popular blacksmith and Miss Maggie
Hughes. They will be married on
Thursday.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

ST LOUIS. Jan. 21.--William II.
IIoffmester of St Louis, eX-suTreme
recorder of the Legion of Honor. com
mitted suicide at the Planters Hotel
today by shooting himself with re-
yolVPr
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

EE1io' $50 sacQues for $1.o0 at tie
Fslan Millinery Store during the
f. aaES clearance sale which COM
p'"S thursday. January %. "A fne
.oi hats and ladies and children 8
[NNMnAr
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Rixey Promoted
McKinley's Doctor

WASHINGTON. y. G.. Jan. 21.-The
President today nominated DR. Presley
NJ. Rixey TO be Surgeon General of the
Navy.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

has Tess complaint c1uS-
nv, the f,,t ,h.,r he toD of CITIZENS pages
not cut apologies, and offer I'm cNtcH"atfon
t,e ua.l xpInn1tiOn That were conn
,,IYed to { 81 from n fOur-pnGc to an
arrival of our new plant
which WI u nI .Ii9 shortly.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

~ L. A-A'A rOad Is n modern n
folder, which viii f0fd and trim anything
pages. 4 - %hc demands of customers
exceed that cnpncitv, viii buy ~ folder.
IN meantime
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21

The freshest supply of chocolates
and bon-bons at Zeigler's.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
THE FENCING CLUB.
Attractive Feature of Social Set on
Nineteenth Street.

One of the attractive features OF
vTashington's exclusive set is the home
OF the Fencing Club. 1918 Nineteenth
Street northwest. The house is large
and commodious dwelling. with bay
window and side yard. At the back
of this large slice Of ground has been
built a fencing room"-a big place
rooted with glass and with glass doorn
paneling the wall that faces the street.
Racks filled with foils and sabers belt
the rear and side walls, and above them
hang gloves and wire masks.
There is a smoking room fitted out
with table and chairs. primitive in de-
sign, and of a dark wood that would
serve for hermit's cell we're it not for
the hearts, clubs. and other card de-
vices cut in the back Of each chair. A
further touch of conviviality and good
comradeship is evidenced by the beer
mugs that hang in rows around the wall.
The parlor is large enough to enter
tain goodly number of the friends of
the club at any of the entertainments
they will of course give in the future,
and there are large kitchen, plenty of
dressing rooms, and enough space up
stairs for bachelor quarters-two of the
members already beng installed.
Last winter the Countess Cassini, Miss
May, and Mrs. Crackanthorpe were
among the most enthusiastic fencers
among the number of society women
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
Welded at Home.

Thursday evening at the residence of
Mrs. E. R. Bell, T13 L Street, her young
est daughter, Margaret May, and Mr.
Edwin NJ. Taylor were married. The
spacious parlor was transformed into a
fairyland of lights and flowers. The bay
window was mass of green leaves.
palms, ETC., over which was suspended a
bell of white roses. The bride entered
the parlor with her older brother. Mr..
Eugene B. Bell, to the strains of the
wedding march from "Lohengrin." rem
dered by her sister, and was met under
the wedding bell by the groom and his
best man. Her gown was of white or
CANDY, with lace and ribbon. A large
number OF relatives and friends Wit
messed the ceremony, which was per-
formed by the Rev. C. o. Isaac, who
afterwnrd gave brief but interesting
account Of his having baptized the bride
nineteen years ago, in the presence of
his wife and son, who were also present
at the wedding. After the ceremony the
guests were invited to the dining room.
where refreshments were enjoyed.
Among the many presents received
was a silver tea service, the gift OF
the grooms parents. Later In the even
ing the young couple left for Atlantic
City. Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor will be glad
to see their friends at 713 L Street after
October /.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
PRETTY GARDEN PARTY.
Mesdames Brown and Tayman Cele-
brate Their Birthday.

Mrs. Nettie Hopkins -Taymar and Mrs.
Mabel Willoughby- Brown gave pretty
garden party on Friday evening at the
residence of the former, 512 A Street
southeast, to celebrate their birthday.
The grounds were made cheerful with
the aid of lamps, Japanese lanterns, and
delightful music. Refreshments were
served from tables decorated with ferns.
palms, and cut flowers. Indoors the
evening was enlivened by vocal and in
strumental music by Mrs. Tayman. Mrs.
Brown. Mrs. George L. Fisher, and Mrs.
Herbert Hopkins.
Among those present were Mesdames
Rose Hopkins, of Baltimore, NJ. L. Kerl,
Rose Bretney, Misses Edith Bretney, A.
Fowler. Ida Kerl, Elsie Hopkins. A. Ap-
pier, NJ. Appler, Nettie Striker, Mr.. and
Mrs G. L. Fisher, MIR. and Mrs. William
Boswell, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs r. Young, Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. Hopkins, Mr.. and Mrs. George L.
Dietz, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Kearns, Messrs
John E. Kitzmiller, e. A Bunyea, E. p
Morse. G. S. Wainwright, and F. J. VIII
loughby.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

son to Paris. also their basketful Of
bright children.

son to Paris. also their basketful Of
bright children.
| o. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau of
Statistics OF the Treasury Department,
was an active Washington newspaper
was born on an Illinois farm and spent
his time as a farmer until he was TWEEN
tyflve years OF age. 1t was then he be-
came a newspaper man and continued in
this profession for nearly another twen-
tyfve years. Speaking Of how he began
in the newspaper world, Mr.. Austin
says: Il got NY first chance on a paper
by writing for nothing the local news of
a village near where I lived. In few
months l was sent for and offered a
place. and from that time / made rapid
progress. After eight years of work in
Cincinnati, l came to Washington and.
like many writer's o. that day. was sue
cessful in syndicat:ng my articles In
the progress of my work 1 discovered
that the driest sort OF Government sta
tistics can be so dressed up that the
general public will not only read them.
but Will watch for more of them rs they
eagerly look for the installmeuts of
continued story
Mr. Austin took such advantage of his
view OF statistics that, at the change
OF the Administration. In 1897. he was
put in charge of the Treasury Bureau of
Statistics to porularize the information
disseminated by it. How we'll he has
done this is shown by the fact that near
ly every paper in the country now prints
his weekly reports or extracts from
them.
He says: THE feature of my present
work in which l think take the great
est pride is the recognition which it is
receiving from the representatives of all
parties and classes at home. and from
the leading writer's and students NJ ,n
countries. The special publications
which have been feature Of the work
of the bureau under my administration
have been commended not only In this
country but have been discussed in tho
press of all parts of the world and the
large number of letters received at the
bureau calling for them indicates that
they are considered valuable in present.
ing the latest available data on COM
mercial conditions in not only the
United States but the principal coun-
tries of the world. Mr.. Austins ability
has been recognized by his recent eIec-
tion as a member of the Institute
Colonial International. composed of |
students and experienced
Of colonial affairs of all
nations. He is one of three Americans
SO honored.