FIERCE BATTLE ' WITH THE MOROS Bullets Their Reply to General Davit' , Ultimatum. 2 OFFICERS AND 20 MEN WOUNDED Aaerlcao Artillery Shell Two Ford oo Min danao tilaad, the Filipinos Stubbornly De fending Them One Fort Captured, Bui Mat Until Alter the Infantry Reach Ibt Ditcl Messenger's Fate Unknown- Manila, (By Cable). General Davis, Sn command of the American forces in the Island of Mindanao, rabies that his ultimatum has not been answered, that his messenger has not returned and that the American outposts were fired upon. The troops advanced and shelled Moro fort, but did not capture it until the in fantry reached the ditch. This fort was strong and well defended by 300 men. Fort Panda Fadto was then surround ed and heavily shelled. General Davis also reports that Lieut. Henry S. Wagner, of the Fourteenth Infantry, has been seriously wounded, that two other officers were slightly wounded and that 20 enlisted men were wounded. This is the substance of a brief cable message from the field. Washington, (Special). The War Department received a cablegram from General Chaffee, which contained the following : "After much effort, to talk with Datto Sayan, General Davis demanded May I that murderers and horses be given up or Datto send peace delegation to talk with him by noon of May 2. Message was delivered noon May I. Messenger had not returned II o'clock May 2. Dur ing night our troops were fired upon. Did not reply. Moros again fired on troops the morning of May 2. Squads went out and drove off the approaching Moros. At II o'clock the troops atacked and took the fort without loss. Thirteen hundred yards beyond another fort was encountered. A dispatch from General Davis says our troops surrounded this fort at 3 o'clock. Firing in progress at 5 o'clock. About 20 men wounded : also. First Lieutenant Henry S. Wagner, Gen eral Davis' aid. and Lieutenant Jossman, Twenty-seventh Infantry, former seri ously." MILLIONS OF EGGS STORED, Blf Packers Are Gradually Starving Out Small Shippers. Kansas City, Mo., (Special). The big packing houses have made such inroads into the business of packing and ship ping eggs and poultry for consumption in Eastern markets that the business of the small shippers in this part of the West is threatened with destruction, according to members of the Produce Dealers' As sociation of Kansas and Oklahoma, which met here to consider the situation. John Stewart, of Concordia, Kan., president of the association, said : "The packers are so firmly intrenched that I do not believe that we can do much to oppose them. I do not know whether the recent operations of the beef dealers could be called a corner or not. How ever, I do know that four big firms have stored 144.000.000 eggs, or 400.000 cases. At this time last year more than 1,000, 000,000, or 3.000.000 cases, were in cold storage. There will be fewer eggs stored this year, because the prices are higher." PROHIBITION STATE 21 YEARS. Oovernor Stanley, of Kansas. Says Effect Has Been Beneficial. Topeka, Kan. (Special.) Twenty-one years ago prohibition was adopted in Kansas. Governor Stanley discussed its effect as follows : "Prohibition in Kansas has been marked by very beneficial results, and this is apparent to anyone who will travel through Kansas and through any of the license States that may be selected and 1 note the difference in the types of young men in the two States. There are thou sands of young men in Kansas who never saw a saioon, and will avoid it. if for no other reason, because it is under the ban of the law. There are thousands of men who probably would patronize the saloon if sanctioned by law and con ducted, as the law braniis it, as an Ish maelite among the legitimate enterprises of the community." Prince Cost $1,000 an Hour. Chicago (Special). Rebates to the amount of 10 per cent, were received by the persons who contributed to the fund for the entertainment of Prnce Henry of Prussia when he visited Chicago in March. The total amount subscribed was $25,000, 'and the expense of the princely visit amounted to $22,500. Prince Henry arrived in Chicago at 6 o'clock on the evening of March 3 and departed for Milwaukee at 2 o'clock the following afternoon. Entertaining roy alty in Chicago cost over $1,000 an hour, by averaging up the expenses. Out of this all the numerous celebrations came, except the luncheon at the Germania Club. Shade-Grown Sumatra Leaf. Hartford, Conn. (Special.) The first sale of shade-grown Sumatra tobacco leaf was held here, all of this tobacco raised in the Connecticut river valley in the season of loot having been brought in by agreement of the growers to be sold by auction. There were dealers ar.J manufacturers present from New York. Chicago and Boston. The prices varied from $J.8o, the highest, to 20 cents for the lowest, the leaf of the low-priced bales being dark and short. Claims Many Millions. Washington, D. C, (Special) Messrs. Egbert Jamieson, Dudley and Michcner and Robert Christy, as attor neys for John Celestin Landreau, have filed with the Secretary of State a peti tion against the Government of Peru, claiming a one-half interest in the re ward, amounting to $15,000,000, promised by that government to his brother, J. Theophile Landreau, the original dis coverer of valuable deposits of guano uoon its seacoast and Littoral Islands in 186S. SI.COO.OOO lor 22 Towns. Tittsburg (Special). Just before An drew Carnegie left Pittsburg for New York he told his friend, W. N. Frew, that he had decided to give an additional $1,000,000 to 22 towns for libraries. Mr. Carnegie said they were places that need ed them, and the money would be given out in amounts ranging from $20,000 to $75.ooo. He did not tell Mr. Frew the names of the towns and nothing can be learned of them here. Mr. Carnegie has applications from hundreds of places in the United States and he may not an nounce the luc'ny towns until he arrives ii. Scotia: SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic Miss Josephine Holman, who broke off her engagement to Signor Marconi, it is announced, will marry Eugene Bo ross, of Budapest, Hungary, who met her on the steamer while en route to Europe. The White Star steamship Celtic re turned to New York after a trip of 14.000 miles to the Orient. The Gates syndicate has bought a controlling interest in the Monon, which gives his Louisville and Nashville Road an entrance to Chicago. Frank Smith died in Allcntown, Pa., from the effect of a blow received in a boxing bout with Hans Hartranft. Two hundred ironworkers employed on the new North German Lloyd piers at Hobokcn went on a strike. A tornado near Centrcville. S. D., de stroyed property, killed a baby and in jured several people. The trial by court-martial of Arthur Howard, a deserter from the United States Army in the Philippines, was con cluded at Manila. He may, if convicted, be pardoned because of services to the government. Adrian Britt, at ane time publisher and editor of the Jacksonville (Fla.) Union, and who, it is said, influenced the deliv ery of Southern States to Rutherford B. Hayes, died a pauper in Chicago. The Interstate Commerce Commission began an investigation , of the Immigrant Bureau in New York, which is claimed to be operated by the railroad companies, in violation of the law. .Three tornadoes swept through Cen tral Iowa, desolating a number of towns, seriously injuring about a dozen persons and doing much damage to crops and property. Cholera continues on the increase in the Philippines. The record to date is: Manila, 703 cases, 554 deaths ; provinces, 2,000 cases and 1,473 deaths. The managers of the international steamship syndicate have called upon the members for a 25 per cent, assesssmcnt of the subscriptions. A number of iron and bridge-building concerns have signed the eight-hour scale of the Structural Workers' Union. The Chilian steamer Chcribon was to tally wrecked off Remedios Reef, near Acajutlan, Salvador. General Passenger Agent Bunch, ' of the Seaboard Air Line, resigned. Strikes were begun on May Day by workmen' in various parts of the coun try. Pittsburg was the center. Many employers and contractors conceded the demands of the men. The bill of injunction against the Beef Trust is ready for filing in Chica go. Attorney General Crow, of Mis souri, said the only difficulty was the fear of the retail dealers to testify. The National Association of Blast Furnace Workers and Smelters made formal demand upon the United States Steel Corporation and kindred organiza tions for an eight-hour day. E. A. Dixon was sent to jail for 12 months in Richmond, Va-, for adminis tering knockout drops to J. A. Lamb, of Petersburg. P. Q. Fisher, manager of the Virginia Woolen Mills, in Winchester, Va., died from a shock resulting from an opera tion. Foreign. The British Finance Bill as finally shaped provides for a duty of three pence per hundredweight on wheat, bar ley, oats, rye, buckwheat, etc., and five pence on flour, meat, cleaned rice and starch. Over 1,000 people were killed in the fighting between the Chinese rebels and the troops of Ching Shang Fui. The rebels also burned and looted stores and houses in other towns. Spanish florists are busy preparing for the great battle of flowers, which will be a feature of the coronation of King Alfonso, May 17. John D. Rockefeller is behind the Virginia-North Carolina Chemical Com pany's designs upon the German potash fields. Fifty lives were lost in the burning of a town on the right bank of the Damiet ta branch of the Nile. Russian soldiers are beginning to show disloyalty by refusing to act against the people. Eight hundred men in one regi ment have been disciplined for refusing to tire utK,n the rioters in Moscow. The officers and marines of the United States cruiser Chicago, who were par doned by the King of Italy of the offense charged against them in Venice, have been released and deny the charges. Charles Bright, the American engi neer, charged with concealing $500,000 of his assets in connection with bank ruptcy proceedings in London, was com mitted for trial. A revolution headed bv Horacio Vas quez has broken out in Santo Domingo, and the revolutionists are reported to be marching upon the capital. The French Premier has called the attention of the prefects of departments to the interference of the clergy in the recent elctions. Successful tests with England's new submarine torncdo boat have been made, although conducted with great secrecy. A French Jesuit priest was murdered by the Chinese and his head hung on a tree. Queen Wilhelmina's physicians report her condition satisfactory. A motion was made in the British House of Commons with a view of hav ing the government interfere to prevent the consummation of the big shipping syndicate, which, after debate showing its serious character, was withdrawn. A vote in the Danish Landsthing indi cated a determination on the part of the majority to postpone ratification of the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States until after a plebiscite of the islands has been taken. The King of Italy has pardoned the officers of the United States cruiser Chicago who had leen imprisoned at Venice, aw! the officers have generously indemnifie I the parties claiming dam ages for injury. FiaanclaL St. Paul gross amines in March in creased $jog.4';4 and the net increased $16.48 1. Union Pacific March earnings show a gross increase of $182,545 and a net in crease of $17,636. It is again reported that the Louisville & Nashville dividend will be increased to 6 per cent, in July. It was stated that about 30 per cent, of the proxies of the two classes of stock issued by the United States Steel Corporation have been received in favor of the $200,000,000 refunding plan. It is said that an English syndicate has bought a considerable block of Union Pacific property. Boston interests which have lately in vested in Consolidated Lake Superior are on a trip of inspection of the prop erty. I-ackawanna net earnings for the March ouarter were $822,000. The Northern Securities declared a quarterly dividend of I per cent. Four thousand tons of Russian pig iron recently arrived on the Clyde, hav ing lieen purchased by pipe founders. It is reported that a steel mill has been compelled to refuse an order for 10,000 tons for delivery next December. POTTER PALMER DIES SUDDENLY Was One of Chicago's Most Prominent Business Men. AFFECTED WITH NERVOUS TROUBLE. Mr. Palmer One ol the Plucky, Tireless Business Men Who Made Chicago the Metropolis of the West His Work la Helping to Rebuild the City Alter Ibe Great Fire. Chicago, (Special). Potter Palmer, for nearly half a century one of Chica go's most prominent business men, died at his residence on Lake Shore drive. The exact cause of Mr. Palmer's death has not ct been determined. He had been suffering for several weeks with a nervous disorder, but, as he was able to be about the house, his condition was not thought to be serious. When he retired Saturday night he was feeling, if anything, better than for several days. During the night, how ever, he seemed to lose all his energy, and Sunday morning was unable to leave his room. He gradually grew weaker during the day. and at 5 140 o'clock he suffered a sudden collapse, from which he expired. The physicians who were attending Mr. Palmer are at a loss as to the ulti mate cause of his death. Apparently he had no organic troubles. Mrs. Palmer and their two sons. Honore and Potter, Jr., were with Mr. Palmer when he died. RAN AWAY WITH ROBBERS. Train Flew By Their Confederates at Mile Minute. Paris, Texas, (Special). An attempt was made to hold up the Frisco express between Seligman and Washburn, Mo. Two men boarded a baggage car at the former place and after the train pulled out covered the engineer and firemen with pistols. They ordered the engineer to increase speed, but to stop when they gave the signal. Two miles beyond Sel igman seven or eight men appeared at the spot designated on the tram. In the meantime the engineer had pulled the throttle wide open, and when ordered to stop was making more than a mile a minute down grade. It was impossible to stop within half a mile. After leaving the confederates out of sight the rob bers abused the engineer for not stop ping and ordered him to let them off at Washburn, a way station. The engineer obeyed and the two would-be robbers escaped. WANTS RHODES' GIFT REFUSED. Boer Says It Is Soiled With Blood of Women and Children. - Detroit, Mich., (Special). Rev. H. D. Brockheiscn, former pastor to President Kruger, of the Transvaal, delivered an eloquent address to a large audience at Light Guard Armory here under the au spices of the local Transvaal League. He said he had shouldered a rifle and preached between battles, and had never seen a British officer or private ill-treated by the Boers. Referring to the death of Cecil Rhodes, he said : "The gold he has taken from South Africa is soiled with the blood of women and children. God pity the man who takes this gold from any Englishman. I hope the presidents of your universities and your men of affairs will warn those under them to beware of this gold and to shun it as they would a viper." Defended a Brother Officer. Washington, (Special). First As sistant Postmaster General Wynne re ceived the first word that has come to this country direct from any of the offi cers of the United States steamshfpj Chicago arrested in Venice. It was from his son Frank, who is captain of the marines on the Chicago, and was in re sponse to cablegrams sent when the first news of the affair r'eached this country, and evidently was dispatched at the first opportunity Captain Wynne had for communication with his home folks. The cablegram stated that the sender had defended a brother officer from an at tack by a mob and that there was no .oc casion for worry. Pardons From Italy. Rome, (By Cable). The King lias pardoned the officers of the United States cruiser Chicago who have been imprisoned at Venice. They will be im mediately handed over to the United States Consul, from whose charge they will be transferred to the Chicago, which is ready to sail. United States Ambassa dor Meyer conferred with Signor Pri nctti, the foreign minister, and the re lease of the American officers was ar ranged, conditioned upon the payment of civil damages amounting to $2,000, It is understood that after a caution they will leave Venice aboard the cruiser Chi cago. Mysterious Deaths Near Parkersburg. Parkcrsburg, W. Va., (Special). Two mysterious deaths occurred near here At Kraft's Station, three miles from town, the remains of James Kenney were found beside the railroad track. He started home from town and probably fell asleep on the track while resting. At Cornwallis the body of an unknown woman was found on the railroad track. She is a stranger, and her presence there can only be accounted for by the theory that she jumped or fell from a passenger train. Patients Fire Peslbouse. Dcadwooil, S- D., (Special). The pa tients in the County Pesthouse, who are said to have secured a quantity of whis ky, overturned beds, destroyed the fur niture, indulged in fights, and, as a climax, set fire to the building, which was completely destroyed. Many of the patients were in the worst stage of smallpox and were rescued with diffi culty. They were forced to remain out on the hillside until morning, when the sheriff and a force of deputies got them to a temporary shelter. Determined to Kill HimMlf. Chicago, (Special). Thomas Gregor, a real estate dealer, committed suicide here in a sensational manner. He was one of a crowd at the Wrightwood Ave nue Station of the Northwestern Ele vated road. When the train ap proached he jumped from the platform and fell across the rails. By a desperate effort the motorrnan succeeded in stop ping the train. Gregor was hoisted back to the platform, but no sooner were his arms released than he stablied himself several times in the neck. The jugular vein was severad and he died within a few minutes. LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. McKlnley's Doctors' Billr. Congress will pay the funeral ex penses of President McKinlcy, including the doctors' bills, over which there has been so much contention. An item is to be inserted in the Ur gent Deficiency bill, now under consid eration by the House Committee on Ap propriations, which provides for an ap propriation of $50,000 to defray the ex penses attending the death and burial of the President. , The committee has gone fully into the question of compensation to the doctors who attended the wounded Executive and has decided that, notwithstanding the physicians declined to submit a bill for their respective services, they are cnti:led to liberal fees for their efforts to save the President's life. It is understood that an agreement has been reached whereby $31,000 of the amount to be appropriated shall go to the doctors and the remainder will be used to defray the funeral expenses. Friends of the dead President and oth ers interested in the subject have been consulted, and it is believed that the al lowance thus made is not only liberal and reasonable, but will be entirely sat isfactory to all concerned. Statements of all the expenses incurred were sub mitted to the committee, and the amount named will cover all obligations of the government. Postponement of the Fair. Secretary Hay has sent to the Senate a letter stating the necessity for postpon ing tnc Louisiana purchase Exposition from 1003 to 1904. Inclosed with it was a letter from Chairman Carter, of the government commission, and a telegram from Presi dent Francis, of the Exposition Com pany, showing the necessity for the post ponement. Senator Cockrcll had the let ter read in the Senate and then offered an amendment to the Sundry Civil Ap propriation bill now pending in the Sen ate providing for the postponement of the Exposition in accordance with the request. The papers and amendment were referred to the Committee on Ap propriations. In his telegram President Francis says prospective exhibitors cannot construct necessary buildings and install their ex hibits within the time limit. , Chairman Carter's letter is in the same tone and says about $20,000,000 is to be spent within the grounds. Ladybug to Fight San Jose Scale. The Department of Agriculture it pre paring to fieht the ravages of the San Jose scale throughout the country with its natural enemy, the ladybug, brought from the interior of China. Assistant Botanist Marlatte has just returned from the Orient, where he sought the original home of the dreaded scale. Far in the interior of the latter country, where Eu ropean plants had not penetrated, he found the scales and also the ladybugs, which kept the scales in subjection and permitted the native plants to flourish. Mr. Marlatte started home with a good supply of these ladybugs, but only 16 survived on arrival in this country and 14 of these subsequently died. The two remaining, however, were nursed care fully by the government with a view to fighting the scale in the same manner as in China. There now are 50 of them, requiring the constant gathering of scales from the department grounds for food. While not exnectine the scales to be exterminated from this country, ex- peris are manning to attack them with the increasing breed of their natural ene mies. Accounts Reported Short. Harry A. Barrows, disbursing clerk of the United States Census Office, whose home is at Berwyn, Md., several miles north of Washington, was sum marily dismissed by Director Merriam pending an investigation into the condi tion of his books. This action followed a statement made by Barrows in which he is said to have told Director Merriam that a shortage existed which may reach $7,000. While the money was intrusted to his care, it is said, he speculated with it, met with re verses and reached a point where he was unable to replace it or prevent the short age being discovered. Root Says Ibe Task Is Great. . Secretary Root wrote to Senator Cul berson an explanation of the reason why the War Department thus far has made no response to the Senate resolution adopted April 17 calling for exact and detailed statements of the cost of the war in the Philippines. He will show that from the moment the resolution was received every one of the supply bureaus of the War Department has been en gaged in collcting material for the an swer. The task involved is said to be a great one. Mexico Refuses to Give Up Kratz, The State Department has been noti fied that the Mexican Government has finally refused the application of the United States Government for the sur render of Charles Kratz, an ex-councilman of St. Louis, charged with bribery. He has been held under arrest at Guana lajara, the Mexican Government having consented to his provisional detention for eight days pending consideration of the request. Capital News In General. The destination of the Gaulois, the battleship that will bring the representa tives of the French Government to at tend the unveiling of the Rochambeau monument, has been definitely fixed at Annapolis. The State Department received a dis patch from Bogota that General Valen cia, with 3,000 Columbian government troops, was on the way to prevent the revolutionists attacking Panama. Objection was made in the House to consideration of a bill to authorize Capt. . it. Mcl.alia to receive the, decoration of the Red Eagle from the Emperor of Germany. Ambassador to Italy Meyer has been granted 66 days leave of absence to come home. He intends to contest for the Congressional nomination to Congress. Arthur Denner, secretary of the Sugar Trust, testified before the Senate Com mittee on Cuba with reference to the trust's holdings in Cuba. General MacArthur was further ques tioned before the committee investigating the situation in the Philippines.- William Henry Moody, the new sec retary of the navy, was formally install ed in his office, his predecessor, Sec retary I Xing, retiring. The House passed the Anticonspiracy Bill as reported from the Judiciary Com mittee, The President has ordered the court martial of Major Edwin F. Glenn, Fifth Infantry, who was involved in the "water-cure" scandal" in the Philip pines. Viscondc de Alte, the new Portuguese minister, presented his credentials to PresiJent Roosevelt. A general meeting of the Boer leaders at which a final decision on the subject of the peace negotiations is expected, will t:ike place at Vcreenigning, Trans vaal, May 15. TWO KILLED AND MANY INJURED Immigrant Train and Fast Freight Come Together on the B. A 0. OCCURRED ON A STRAIGHT TRACK. When the Crash Cane the Baggage Car and the Three Coaches Net Were Almost Demolished Almost Every Occupant Was Cut and Bruised by the Shower of Broken Olass. Rockwood, Pa., (Special). Two per sons were killed and 45 injured, two probably fatally, in a head-on collision between an immigrant train and a fast freight near Rockwood, on the Connells v i lie division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The two trains dashed tow ard each other on a straight stretch of track, and this fact alone averted what might have been the worst wreck in the history of the road. Forty-five Italian immigrants, the ma jority of them men. were injured, but their injuries are not serious enough to warrant their removal to the hospital. The scene of the wreck is a half mile cast of Rockwood and half way to the Luzon telegraph station, which marks the terminal of the double tracking oper ations on the Connellsville division of the road. From Luzon for a number of miles east the road is operated over a single track. The immigrant train was late out of Cumberland, Md.. and had been "given time" at the telegraph office along the line. It was hauling 10 coach es of Italian immigrants. The fast freight eastbound was hauling 22 loads of mor el .tndise. When the crash came the baggage car and the three coaches next were almost demolished. Nearly every occupant was cut and bruised by the shower of broken glass. A number were pinioned beneath the wreckage, and their cries for aid in a foreign tongue were terrifying. The trainmen, aided by the willing immi grants who were riding in the rear cars, worked hard to release the sufferers. PLAN TO FIQHT BEEF TRUST. Enormous Independent Packing Plant to Be Erected in Chicago. Chicago, (Special). Hundreds of retail meat dealers throughout the coun try have begun the organization of an independent packing company, with a capital stock of $5,000,000. It is pro posed by the organizers to erect a mod ern packing plant in Chicago large enough to supply all the beef products handled in the trade. A considerable amount of the capital necessary to carry through the project already has been subscribed. The largest subscription which will be accepted from any one firm or individual is $5,000. This is to prevent the absorption of the com pany by the packers who now control t,he beef business. Men skilled in the beef trade already have been engaged to manage the new concern. 1 he work for the promotion of the new company began two weeks ago. The promoters expect to interest between 15,000 and 20,000 retailers in the project. COURT-MARTIAL ON BATTLESHIP. Officers Arrested la Venice to Be Tried on the Illinois at Naples. Trieste, Austria-Hungary, (By Cable.) The United States cruiser Chicago ar rived here at noon from Venice. The usual exchange of salutes took place Rome, (By Cable). Private dispatch es from Venice say the Cruiser Chicago will proceed for Naples May 13, and that she will there be joined by the bat tleship Illinois, the flagship of the United States European Squadron, on board of which vessel the officers of the Chicago who were arrested and imprisoned in Venice will be tried by court-martial. Another United States cruiser, these dispatches further say, is expected to arrive at Venice shortly. She will moor outside the St. Mark dock. Burglars and Police Fight. Pittsburg. Pa., (Special) .Five burg lars blew open the safe in Daub- & Trcss ler's grocery store, on Craft avenue. Crafton, Pa- The explosion aroused the citizens, and a desperate fight ensued be tween the officers, the citizens and the thieves. Officer Thomas Wcstcott was wounded and Officer W. M. Peak was sruck on the head with a heavy chisel. The latter's condition is serious. The buiglars finally escaped with the cash box, which contained about $30. They went toward the Stcubenville Pike, with a score of citizens at their heels. Secretary Long Out. Wasfmigton, D. C, (Special). After more than five years' service, including the period of the War with Spain, Sec retary John D. Long has closed his offic ial career as head of the Navy Department- He was succeeded by former Representative William H. Moody, of Massachusetts. Mr. Long will leave Washington at once for his home in Bos ton and resume the practice of law. Spotted Fever. Helena, Mont., (Special). Dr. A. F. Longeway, secretary of the- State board of health, and a party of scientists left here for the Kittle Boot valley to in quire into the mysterious malady known as spotted fever, which is causing a panic among the inhabitants of that region. Every case of the disease has been fatal, and up to the present time it has baffled the skill of all physicians who have sought to investigate it. Several emi nent New York scientists have been in vited to participate in the investigation now commenced by the State. Volcaoo's Asbes Cover a Town. St. Thomas (By Cable). Advices re ceived here from the Island of Martin ique announce that the volcano on Mont Pclee, which had been inactive since 1851, has within the last week been alarmingly active. On Thursday it belch ed forth smoke, ashes and flames. The town of St. Pierre was covered with ashes to the depth of a quarter of an inch, and appears to be enveloped in fog. Great consternation prevails there and business is suspended. A Prlacess Attempts Suicide, London (By Cable). A dispatch from Rome says Princess Beatrice de Bor rone, daughter of Don Carlos, the Span' ish pretender, attempted suicide by throwing herself into the Tiber, but was rescued. Private troubles are supposed to have prompted the act. Killed by a Live Wire.' Piedmont, W. Va., (Special). Robert Ktihnle, a chemist for the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, and son of J. Christopher Kunhle, was instantly kill ed by a live electric wire in the base ment of his father's house. OIRLS VICTIMS OF PANIC Trampled lo Death Id a Cigar Factory Three Fatally Injured. Philadelphia, (Special). An unfortu nate accident to a deaf and dumb boy, Isador Baccus, was directly responsible for the death of eight girls, the fatal in jury of three others and the serious in jury of more than 40 employed in the cigar factory of Harburgcr, Homan & Co., a branch of the American Tobacco Company, at Tenth street and Washing ton avenue. The building in which the disaster oc curred is five stories high, of brick and extends an entire block. Twelve hun dred persons were at work there at the time of the accident, 90 percent, of whom were girls ranging in age from 12 ycar upward. The trouble began on the fourth floor. Baccus, who was janitor of the building, started for the fifth floor for a ball of twine. The elevator was at the top of the shaft and Baccus pulled the rope to bring it down. He opened the door lead ing to the shaft and leaned forward to fee where the carriage was. As he did so the elevator, which was descending slow ly, struck him across the back of the neck, pinioning his head between the ele vator and the floor. A stock boy relayed Baccus and cried for help. The foreman rushed from the building to call an ambulance and almost immediately there was a panic among the employes. Some of the younger girls fainted, while others, not being able to control their feelings, cried: "Fire!" There was a mad rush for the stairway leading into Tenth street. The girls plunged down the narrow staircase until they reached a bend in the exit between the second and third floors. In their earnestness to escape the frightened leaders fell. Others immedi ately following tripped over the strug gling mass, and in less than a minute there were hundreds of girls scrambling in the passageway. The shrieks and screams of the terror-stricken could be heard for a block or more. In the excitement an alarm of fire was turned in, but before the engines could reach the scene several of the girls had rushed to the windows and jumped to the street, a distance of over 50 feet. Helen 'J'olitii, one of those who jumped, was almost instantly killed. When the firemen and policemen ar rived every effort was made to quiet the terrorized girls. The firemen rushed up the stairway and begged them to be calm, telling them that there was absolutely no danger, but the sight of the firemen seemed only to make the panic worse. The work of rescuing the girls from the windows was necessarily tedious. They were so excited that they did not seem to understand the pleadings of the firemen. At nearly every window of the huge structure were girls screaming and crying for help. Many were so excited that it was with the greatest difficulty they were prevented from jumping from the building, notwithstanding that there was not a sign of a fire and their rescue seemed only the work of a few mo ments. Tornado la South Dakotc. Ccntcrville, S. D. (Special). A .tor nado passed five miles cast of here, de stroying Victor Anderson's house and barn, killing his baby, fatally injuring his wife and injuring his mother. Two horses were killed. Anderson was away from home, and lost his reason when he returned and saw what had happened. A number of other houses and barns wcr wrecked, but no one was hurt. Tour Killed in Carriage. Kcwanee, 111. (Special.) Four lives were lost here in an accident at the Main street crossing' of the Burlington .Rail road. The Burlington fast mail train ran down a carriage containing four young people and all were instantly killed. The bodies of all the victims were terribly mangled. May Fifibt Morgan With Subsidy. London, (By Cable). It is reported in Liverpool shipping circles that the British Government has intimated its willingness to subsidize British shipping in the event of the Atlantic shipping combine proving really harmful to the mercantile marine of Great Britain. Meat Boycott for Thirty Days. Amsterdam, (By Cable). The Am sterdam Central Labor Union, composed ot 25 subordinate unions, with a total membership of 5,000, has adopted a res olution to abstain from the use of meat handled by the so-called Meat Trust for ilic next 30 days. Fifty Die In Egyptian Fire. Cairo, Egypt, (By Cable). Fifty per sons have perished in a fire at Mil Gamr. a town 011 the right bank of the Da mietta branch of the Nile. The flames were started by the intensely hot weath er pre- ailing. Thousands of native resi dences and 200 stores were destroyed. Many Fishermen Lost Yokohama", (By Cable). Two hun dred and fifty fishermen are reported to have been drowned in a gale, which has made havoc of the herring fishing fleet on the west coast of Japan. The Japan ese cruiser Musashi was driven ashore, but her crew were saved. ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. The semi-annual conference of the Board of Bishops of. the Methodist Episcopal Church was begun in Chatta nooga, Tenn. Capt. Ramon I). Garcin, an interest ing and picturesque character of Rich mond, Va., died there at the age of 71 years. Charles J. Scarcey, the Aquia Creek train robber, was released from the Vir ginia penitentiary. Speaker Henderson was renominated for Congress by the Republicans. of the Third Iowa District- Col. William Rison, Rg years of age, was found dead in bed ut his home in Danville, Va. ' Rear Admiral Remey, on the cruiser Brooklyn, arrived nt New York from the Philippines. Four hundred employes of the Big Four Railroad shops at Bellcfontaine, Ohio, have signed an agreement to fight the Beef Trust by not eating beef for 30 days, beginning May 3. Mrs. Adeline Sage,, a Detroit woman, crazed by the death of her child, poured kerosene over her clothing and then ig nited it She was burned to death. It is reported that R. G. Erwin will be offered the presidency of the Atlantic. Coast Line as soon as the consolidation of that company and the Plant system has been effected- Admiral Crowninshield, on the Illi nois, will sail from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to attend the coronation of King Edwnrd VII. He will be in command of the European Squadron. J. Pierpont Morgan notified the White Star Line that he would accept the agree ment whereby the White Star Line enters the shipping combine. It was stated that Mr. Morgan's firm would receive ii, 500,000 for organizing and financing the concern. PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD Special Dispatches Boiled Down for. Quick Reading. PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED.! Forestry Commission Plants 15,000 Trees ' Seed Also Sown for 80,000 More Trees oa Stats Reservations Dashed Acid Into a Olrl's Face New Charters Issued Trust Fears McKee 'port State's Blf Balance. Pensions granted : Andrew Mills, Al toona, $6; Herman Quarnstrom, War ren, $17; John Palmitcr, Kinzua, $6; Charles II. Rush, Clearfield, $14; Samuel Kuhns, Franklin, $12; William Hirst, Altoona, $8; John A. Stro.npe, Pigeoil, $12; James H. Kimble. Lavansville, $17; John H. Scott. New Albany, $17; Jacob Anderson, Belknap, $10; Thomas M. Yohn. Honey Grove, $12; William Swan ger, Derry Station, $14; Conrad George, Everett. $12; Samuel Church, Mifflin burg, $10; Andrew J. Bower, Union town, $10; Cookson D- Green, Knox, $14; Elizabeth Rodgcrs, Phillipshurg, $8; Alfred Burrows, Sharon, $12; Elias Rice, Homestead, $6; Alexander C. Ful kerson, North Clarendon, $6; Harry M. Quigg, Pittsburg, $8: Ray Brown, Os wayo, $6; Dorr S. Kenyon, Troy, $17; James E. Horton, Mansfield, $10; Na thaniel Wilkins, Bradford, $10; Lewis H. Ruble, Lewistown, ,$12; David B. Bare, Grcensburg. $10; John W. Steele, Tatesville, $8; William C. Patten, Erie, $8; James Barkley, Valley Point, $12; Milton A. Embick, Boiling Springs, $30; Seilpha Ryan. Cambridge Springs, $8; Elizabeth J. Harvey, Newville, $8; Cath erine J. Richardson, Linden Hall, $8; Catherine McClelland, Allegheny, $8; Fidelia A. Porter, Windfall, $8. Patents granted: John I., C V., F. J., P. R. and F. L. Abrogast, Pittsburg, manufacturing hollow glassware; John G. Bankcrt, Wilkinsburg, envelope ; Ar thur B. Bellows, Pittsburg, brake beam, also car door mechanism ; Charles W. Bray, Pittsburg, doubling apparatus; Jamas Chalmers, Jr.. Swissvale, detector bar clip and stop ; William I. Chester man, Walston, steam generating system; George Faith and T. Hook, Indiana, drain valve for cylinders ; Charles Guil land, Pittsburg, pressure regulator; Clar ence N. Heinz, Pittsburg, utensils for display of goods; Frank Hopkins, Miles Grove, sand papering machine; Spidirort J. Jcha, Pittsburg, gas saving 'appliance; Julian Kennedy, Pittsburg, blast furnace filling apparatus, also operating blast furnaces ; John A. Kremser, Duquesne, drop bottom for ash pans; Lorentz Lo hotzky and S. Furst, McKeesport, nut lock ; Paul Luther, Allegheny, switch throwing device; James A. McMasters, Kittaning. ice tongs; John Metcalfe and T. Bell, Roscoe, cable grip ; Alexander Moffitt, California, car window; Alex ander G. Morris, Tyrone, crusher; Carl S. Schenck, Walkers Mills, down haul for mines, also brake for up hauls for mines; Clifton W. Sherman, Bellcvuc, bottom-pouring ladle. The State Forestry Commission is set ting out 15,000 young pine trees at the Mont Alto forestry reservation, under the direction of Forester Wirt. White pine seed has also been sown for 80,00c more trees, and the commission is ar ranging to plant 50.000 tulip poplar trees on the South Mountain reservation at Caledonia and Mont Alto. The commis sion has bought 83,000 acres of forest land, of which 8,500 are in Huntingdon county, 74,000 acres are in Union, Center and Miftlin counties and 500 acres are in Pike county. The prices paid for this land are not given, and it is the rule of the department not to make prices public in order to prevent the cost being raised on other lands that it has in view. Six thousand acres of the purchase contain the finest kind of pine lumber, and be fore the contract price was paid the com mission was offered alone more than the sum it paid for the lumber of land, so that as a bargain the State gained con siderable. However, it is not the policy of the State to sell, and the offer was refused. Miss Mary Nay Ion. daughter of Mrs. Bridget Naylon, of Williamsport. heart' a rap at the door of her home. Opening the door Miss Navlon was unable to se anyone in the darkness, but heard t woman standing on the lawn call to her, saying: "Mary, come here; I want to tcl'. you something." Thinking it was some acquaintance, Miss Naylon stcpocd ofl the porch and was confronted by 1 woman whom she did not recognize, dressed in black and with a black veil over her face. Grasping Miss Naylon's left arm, the woman exclaimed: "I'll spoil your youth and beauty for you." and dashed a quantity of acid into hei face. Miss Naylon screamed and stag, gcred into the housct Miss Naylon's physician .says her eyesight will be re ' stored. President James Evans, of the Na tional Bank of McKeesport, announced that the United States Steel Corporation has decided against McKeesport as a site for one of the two large tube plants for whose erection the Steel Trust has just appropriated $15,000,000. This decision was due to the attitude of its official during last summer's Meel strike, and owing to the fact that when the Steel Corporation tried to buy twentv-five acres adjoining its present holdings prices were advanced 100 per cent., it is alleged. At the close of business for April there was $7,703,4-51.41 in the general fund of the State Treasury. The banks on which daily checks arc drawn have the following sums on deposit; Farmers and Mechanics' National. Philadelnhia, $2,125,161.7: Allegheny. National, Pitts burg, $7,28.860.32: Commonwealth Trust, Harrisburg. $427,737.66: Freehold Bank. Pittshure$23422.IJ! Ouaker City Na tional, Philadelphia, $589.25602. These five banks carry over one-half of the en tire amount in the general fund. TIit has been a great increase in the number of State depositories. Charters were issued by the State De partment to the following corporations : Trainor Spinnng Company. Philadel phia, capital $100,000; The William Mc Kinlcy Building and Loan Association, Philadelphia, capital $500,000; Century .Stone and Maniifacturng Company. Johnstown, capital $100,000; The Johns town Tribune Publishing Company, Jp'.mstown. capital $75.500 ; The Feisibie t-umber Company, Stroudsburg, capital $20,000: Lawson Manufacturing Com pany. Homestead, capital $25,000. Delaware County Court refused a new trial for Albert West, a negro, who killed a Chester policeman. President Isaac Sharpless, .of Haver ford College, announced that another ' fellowship of $500 for this year only has been presented to the college. He said that at a meeting of the faculty the fellowship was awarded to Edgar Eearlo Trout, of Wayne, a member of the senior class. The recipient of the fellowship is to spend one year In graduate work, at some university approved by the fac ulty. A church costing $5,000 will be erected by Trinity Lutheran Mission, at Manoa, near liryn Mawr, on the Gets property, adjoining the site they have occupied for several yeors.
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