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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
THREE HOTEL GUESTS
DIE in FLAMES
Chief Hotel I'D Lowell, Mass, is
Destroyed.
SEVERAL BURNED AND INJURED.
The Richardson Hotel, One of Lowell Lead
Ing Hostelries, Is Partly Destroyed by
Fire-Rspld Sweep Of Flames Through
the Building Cut Off Those on the Upper
Floors.

Lowell, Mass. (SpeciaD Several per-
sons are thought to have lost their lives
and more than 20 are injured in fire
which partially destroyed the Richardson
Hotel, one of the leading public houses
in the city, early Saturday morning.
The fire started few minutes before
o'clock and by the time the fremen
reached the scene the flames had pene-
trated to all of the floors and dense smoke
was issuing from the windows, to which
many OF the guests i'll the upper part
of the structure had fled to escape suffo-
cation.
A second alarm brought assistance to
the fremen within a few minutes, and
dozens of police officers were hurried to
Middlesex Street from the Central Sta
ton. The hremen and police rescued
many guests, 20 or more of whom had
been injured, but during the first half
hour that the fire was in progress it was
not known that there had been any fatali-
ties.
At 2.3o o'clock the firemen reported
that they had seen half dozen bodies
of women on the fourth floor.
There is some doubt, however, about
the number of fatalities 1t is thought
that several more persons lost their lives,
but up to A. M. it has been impossible
to tell the exact number, as the hotel
continued to burn hercely in places, and
an investigation was out of the question
for the time being.
Few of the guests had time to carry
away any of their clothing, and most
of them left their valuables behind.
In the panic which ensued during the
excitement attending their escape many
people were severely injured and burned.
The most seriously injured were re-
moved to St. Johns Hospital. Within
half an hour after the fire broke out
more than 20 of those hurt had been re-
moved to that institution.
Shortly after 8 o'clock the bodies of
two unknown women were removed from
the burning building. 1t was then be-
lieved that there were more bodies IN
the hotel, but the fire was burning SO
6ercely that search was impossible.
The Richardson Hotel is moderate
sized structure of brick and of four
stories in height, with fiat roof. The
hotel is situated at the corner of Middle
sex and Dutton Streets, directly opposite
the Middlesex Street Station of the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad The hotel was
usually largely patronized by CONNER
cial travellers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
GIFTS FOR MISS ROOSEVELT.
Magnificent Silver and Jewelry Being Made
In New York.

New York (Special) Rare jewels in
unique designs, which friends OF Miss
Alice Roosevelt have selected for her
wedding gifts, are bling set by skilled
workmen at Tiffany's Forest Hill plant.
The largest presents are magnificent
silver service, one of the most beautiful
ever made by Tiffany, which has been
ordered by the Rough Riders Associa-
ton, and Krag-J orgensen rifle, fash
Toned of 22-karat gold, an exact full
size working model, to be presented to
her by the officers of the United States
Army.
. Among the other jewels are pearl
collar of 10 strands, the largest ever
made by the company, and worth $4,000.
A diamond tiara, containing 500 stones,
is said to be another, and there are two
diamond collars and two bowknots of
dimonds.
Two diamond lockets are believed to
have been ordered by Secretary of War
William H. Taft. Miss Carow, sister
of Mrs Roosevelt, is having jewelry
made, as is also Mrs. Douglas Robinson,
sister of the President. Most of the
gifts have been ordered by wellknown
persons living in New York. Washington
and Cleveland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Nearly ss,OOO, OOO, OoO.

The foreign commerce OF the United
States approached surprisingly near to
the $3,ooo,ooo,ooo point in the calendar
year, 1905, according to a report issued
by the Bureau of Statistics of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor.
The total imports and exports OF met
chandise," the report says, is $2,Soo,-
100000, against S., .3o7, 100000 in 1900, an
average increase OF $Ioo,ooo,ooo year
in the hve-year period. If to the ST.
8o6,ooo,ooo of foreign commerce in 1905
were added the figures of trade with
Hawaii and Porto Rico, formerly for
eign territory, and included in our state
ments of foreign trade prior to 1901, the
total would approximate $4,000 600 900
or about $oooooo,ooo more than five
years ago and $I,2oo,ooo, 600 more than
10 years ago.
Another notable characteristic OF the
years foreign trade is the fact that the
exports in the month of December were
practically $2ooooo,ooo, the largest
months expectation in any year prior
to December, 1905, being that of Deem
Der, 1904, when the total was $I74,8Io,-
500"
The report adds:
THE import record for. 1905 is also
in excess of that of any preceding year,
being for the IL months ended with De
cember $I,I7o,358,846, against $I,o35,-
COG, 100 in 1904. The growth of imports,
while not rapid, has been steady and con-
tinues to be so, keeping pace, approxi-
mately, with the growth of population.
THE commerce with the noncontigu-
Gus territory of the United States also
makes new high record for 1905, and
will amount to about $I3o,ooo,ooo in
value, against little less than $Ioo,ooo,-
600 last year"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
DOWIE'S WILL OUTLINED.
First Authentic Version Of Zion City Troubles
Given.

Chicago, (Specia) The first anthem
tic version of the present troubles at
Zion City and the plans of John Alex
ander Dowie for the future have been
made public 1t includes the substance
of Dowie's will, which he made just
previous to his departure for Jamaica.
He was inspired to dispose of his estate
by the fear of another paralytic stroke.
1t is admitted in Zion City that the
apostle is sick man.
Here is the outline of his will
"Ninety-hve per cent. of the estate, es-
timated at SCI 100000, goes to the Zion
City Corporation.
1.-TWO and one-half per cent. is to be
given to educational settlements and city
Improvements.
"The remaining 21a per cent. is to
go to Mrs. Jane Dowie and Gladstone
Dowie. Provision is made for his sue
cessor, whom the leaders at Zion are
pledged to support.
"All debts against Zion City or Dowie
personally are to be paid"
Although deposed, as already an
nounced, Overseer Speicher remains the
virtual leader of Zion. He has re-
tired to the background pending the
time, now thought to be not far distant,
when Dowie's illness shall have incapa-
citated him from active participation in
Zion affairs. When this takes place
Speicher will return to power fully.
Mrs. Dowie has ordered Judge Barnes
to make over her private property to
the general property account.
"If Zion City goes down." said the in
formant, "the Dowies, father, mother
and son, come out of it paupers."
The following account of affairs at
Zion City was obtained from Attorney
Barnes:
1--WE are united, one and all, in de-
termination to work out a successful bus
mess and ecclesiastical destiny.
Gust now we have arrived at SER
ious, but by no means critical, juncture
in our commercial aspirations, and in a
few days we will, we believe, ride out of
the storm.
"As to our future plans: In the first
place, we intend running our factories
10 hours day instead of eight, and the
days of picnics and junkets are over.
We have settled down to serious work
and will not deviate from line of man.
agement that we know to be the most
advantageous to the whole Zion City.
The factory hands are willing to work
10 hours and do without junkets until
we ride the storm, and they are with
us Loyalty in our plans for future sue
cess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
Killed Wrong Colonel

St. Petersburg (By Cable) Colonel
Prosorovski, chief of the gendarmerie
at Pensa, East Russia, has been inform
ed by the local revolutionary organization
that the recent murder of Colonel Lis
sovski, commanding the Seventy eighth
Infantry Division, by members of the or
ganization, was blunder. He had been
mistaken for Colonel Prosorovski, and
the organization has notified the latter
that the error will shortly be rectifed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
sl,OOo,ooO Philippine Bonds.

The Philippine government has author
lied the Bureau to Insular Affairs of the
War Department to sell 100000 gold
public improvement bonds of the Philip
pine Islands. under authority granted
by the act of Congress approved Febru-
airy 6, 1905.
These bonds are redeemable at the
pleasure of the Philippine government
after 10 years, and will be payable in 80
years after date Principal and inter-
est at a per cent are payable at the
Treasury of the United States. The
bids must be received in the Bureau of
Insular Affairs of the War Department
not later than 8 o'clock in the afternoon
of February Is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02

Atchison's December net earnings in
creased $382,7o7. In six months the gain
was S., 228,o53,
Forty railroads in the second week OF
January showed gain of Fl per cent. III
gross earnings
The New Haven & Hartford Railroad
has contracted for trolley railway
from Hartford to Worcester to cost up
words of 100000.
Up to the present time twenty-five bills
have been introduced in Congress at this
session relating to the regulation OF
freight rates.
United Gas Improvement earned in
1905 approximately IA per cent. on its
capital stock about half of which came
from the Philadelphia plant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
WAS A HERO OF TWO WARS.
General ice Wheeler SuccOmbS to Pueus
mOnia in N W York.

New York (SpeciaD = Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, the famous Confederate caval-
ry leader and brigadier general OF the
United States Army since the war with
Spain, died at 5.35 o'clock Thursday
afternoon at the home Of his sister
Mrs. Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn. The
veteran of two wars was 90 years old
but in spite of his age, there was hope
until Thursday, OF his recovery from
the attact of pneumonia which caused
his death.
days ago at his sisters home, where he
has been living recently. He contracted
a severe cold, which developed int
pleurisy and pneumonia. From the FRS
his age told against him, but the fam
ly did not give up hope until Wednesda!
night, when the disease was found t.
have affected both lungs. Genera,
Wheeler's immediate relatives were al
with him. His daughters, Mrs. w. J
Harris and the Misses Anne, Lucille
and Carrie Wheeler, had been sum
moned from the South and arrived ear
ly in the week. His son, Major JOSEPH
Wheeler, Jr., now stationed at Yves
Point, was also present, as well as Gen
eral Wheeler's sister, Mrs. Sterling
Smith, and her son.
The family was summoned to the bed
side OF the patient at midnight, whe
the doctors in consultation conclude
that the end was but matter of hours
The General was then awake and con
scious, and his mind was apparentf
active. He seemed to know that deaf
was approaching, and, though too veal
to speak, he succeeded in giving sign
of recognition and encouragement to nj.
children
Later the General sank into peace
full slumber, and, at the request OF tn
doctors, the family quietly Withdrew
from the sick mans bedside. Gener
al Wheeler was never again more thai
semiconscious. He fingered until even
ing, and passed away quietly
Gen Joseph Wheeler ranked high
among the brilliant cavalry leaders de
veloped by the Civil War. When he
surrendered as lieutenant general II
the service of the Confederacy he was
only 20 years old, yet he was senior
cavalry officer i'll the Confederate Army
Thirty three years later, as major
general of Volunteers, U. S. A., he was
leading American cavalry against the
Spaniards in Cuba. For accepting
commission from President Mckinley he
was severely criticised by Southerners OF
the "unreconstructed" type. In the Ala
bama Constitutional Convention OF 1907
an effort was made to deny him the cour-
tesies of the floor. He was snubbed by
the presiding officer of a convention OF
Confederate veterans at Charleston, ,.
c., in 1890. The same thing happened
at Confederate reunion at New Orleans
in 1908. Southern newspapers comment
ed unfavorably on his accepting comrade-
ship with men who had fought against
the South 1t is very probable, however,
that General Wheeler's reputation was
enhanced among oouthernern people gen
orally, just as his popularity was increas-
ed among Northerners, by his patriotic
action at the outset of the Spanish-Amer-
lean War. In his last service he showed
the same dash, the same capacity for
sudden, brilliant movement that worried
federal generals in the Civil War.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02

Col. Isaac Henry Wing, wealthy
retired lumberinan of Wisconsin, has
given $4,000 10 endow a college of
mathematics at Bowdoin.
The House passed the Urgent De-
ficiency Bill with a provision that the
eight-hour law shall not apply TO the
Isthmus of Panama.
Secretary Taft defended before the
Senate committee his fiscal agreement
with the Panama government.
The Isthmian Canal Commission SUBJ
mitted its report to Secretary Taft re-
commencing a lock canal.
Imposing ceremonies are to attend the
unwilling of the Mcclellan manument in
Washington, October 10.
The members of the Imperial Chinese
Commission were entertained at lunch
con by Secretary Root.
Democrates in the House filibustered
in vain against the adoption of rule
which will have the effect of suspending
the Eight Hour labor law in the Panama
Canal Zone.
Members of the House are working
for an OMNIBUS public building bill to
carry an appropriation of about $I2,
100000
Chairman Theodore P. Shonts, of the
Panama Canal Commission, acknow-
edged that he draws $4,000 year salary
from the Glover Leaf" Railroad.
President Roosevelt makes public the
charge of Government Attorney Nor
rison that a Beef Trust attorney has
been offering brides to influence public
opinion in Chicago.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt issued
invitations to the marriage of their
daughter TO Congressman Longworth.
Secretary Taft explained to the House
Committee on lnsular Affairs a pend
ing bill for the purchase of coal lands
to enable the United States to mine fuel
for it's own use in the Far East
The Philippine Commission has de-
cided to sell ST 100000 of the a per cent
bonds. The Commission has accepted
the bid of the White syndicate to build
railroads in the sugar districts.
The House of Representatives by
a vote of Io4 to $50, passed the bill pro-
viding for the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory and Arizona and
New Mexico as two states.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
MINERS M HOPE OF PEACE.
Mitchell Expects Satisfactory Conference With
Operators In February.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Especially .-Presi-
dent Mitchell and other officials of the
mineworkers' union evidently expect that
the conference arranged with the anthra-
cite operators February IS, in New York
city, will result in peace, judging from
the following official utterance of the
unions publication received by the mine
workers here.
The journal declares it awaits with
serene confidence the outcome of this
conference, as our delegates are prepar-
ed to listen to reason, to act with fidelity
and courage and state their case fairly.
This manner should, and doubtless will,
prevail
"The conference will go long way
toward establishing permanent peace.
Now if both parties will but meet with
open minds, with sole desire to do even
and exact justice to all, it is safe
proposition that friction and harsh feel
ing which have for so many years been
q blot upon the industrial situation in
the anthracite region will be forever
done away with. Moderation, justice, a
desire to do the fair and square thing
should be the watchwords.
This organization never broke con-
tract, and if the anthracite operators will
enter into one it will help to strengthen
peaceful relations and act as an impos-
sible barrier to strikes or lockouts. This
conference shows that business acumen
and common sense have prevailed. 1t
also shows that the admirable self-re-
straint and the fidelity with which the
mineworkers have observed the awards
during the past three years have had
their natural outcome"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
Pistol nueI Fatal

Montgomery, Ala. (Special).-A spec
ial to the Advertiser from Florida, Ala,
says: "Grady Miller, the I6-year-old son
of DR.. S. L. Miller, was shot and killed
by the negro porter of the Lake View
Hotel. There were no eye-witnesses to
the shooting, but the pistol shots were
heard. A search was made, and near
bv was found the negro, in dying con-
dition. He lived long enough to say that
he and Miller had engaged in pistol
duel. There is no way to ascertain the
cause of the tragedy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
Owner and Guests Die in Mine.

Owensboro, Ky. (SpeciaD -rhe Belle
wood Mines, near here, caved in instant
ly killing William Burnett, the proprie-
tor, and Edward Pierce and Herbert
Walden, his guests, who were inspecting
the mines. There were no miners in the
mine at the time of the cavein.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
Gen. Henderson Dead.

Carlisle, Pa. (SpeciaD Gen. Robert
M. Henderson, hero of the Civil War
and jurist of distinction, as well as scion
of two of the best-known Scotch-Irish
families of the country, the Parkers and
Hendersons. died at his home on his
beautiful estate in the suburbs of Car
isle, after having suffered two paralytic
skes General Henderson was in the
VI Pennsylvania Reserves, and up
Ug from the Army, in 'o5, was
0dge of the courts OF Daupin
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
Wider Market For Cotton.

The Senate Committee on Commerce
heard arguments by number of repre-
sentatives of the cotton growing and
manufacturing industries in support OF
Senator Lee S. Overman's bill providing
for the appointment of a commission for
the extension of American markets in
the Orient.
Among those who presented their
views were Senator Overman, of North
Carolina; former Senator A. ]. McLau-
rim, of South Carolina Editor William
Whittam, Jr., of the American Cotton
Record, and DR.. ]. F. Crowell, statisti-
clan, of this city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
Cleveland Won't Resign.

New York (SpeciaD The Times has
the following from Princeton. N. j.:
Ex-President Cleveland was asked at
his residence about report that he is
thinking of giving up his post as arbiter
of rebates for the insurance companies
Mr. Cleveland dictated this statement :
There is not a particle of truth in the
report nor any excuse for its circula-
4;o,,'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
FOREIGN

King Alfonso took his future bride,
the Princess Ena, and her mother in an
auto from Biarritz to San Sebastian to
visit his mother, who cordially received
her intended daughter-in-law.
Reports from interior Russian points
and towns on the Black Sea safe that
the troops in number of instances were
defeated and driven out of the towns or
forced to surrender
The North Caucasian Republic set
up by the reyolutionists only lasted a
month, when the revolutionary forces
were overwhelmed by the regular Rus
sian troops.
A monument designed by Bartholdi
to the aeronauts who served in the Siege
of Paris was unveiled at Neuilly-sur-
Seine, near Paris.
Japan's actual outlay for the war with
Russia was $4o5 100000 for the army and
SOC, ooo, 900 for the navy.
Private conferences between the French
and German delegates to the Moroccan
conference have developed plan where
by Italy would be charged with the or
ganization of semimilitary police.
A mass-meeting of Servians held to
protest against Austria ungary's action
in closing the frontier to the importation
of Servian cattle urged commercial
union with Bulgaria.
twenty-five, members of the diplomatic
corps at Caracas have notified President
Castro that they cannot accept his atti-
iude toward NJ. Taigny, the recent
French charge daffaires.
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