GERMANS AGAINST DEWEY His Remark! that Their Navy Couldn't Whip Ours Cuts. ADMIRAL STANDS BY INTERVIEW. Oeriaaa Foreign Office Official Sty the State ment! May Prove Somewhat Disturbing to the Pleasant Relation With the United State t. Declare! the American Maneuver! in Wett Indian Water! Were III Chosen. Berlin (By Cable). The German For eign Office officials say they do tvit be lieve that a diplomatic incident will rc nlt from the recent interview with Admiral Dewey, published in American newspapers and containing references to the German Navy and German Emperor. The officials say they are reluctant to telieve that the Admiral was correctly quoted, "especially in view of the good will he showed toward Germany in the mrssagrs exchanged with Prince Ilenrv." The Foreign Office officials add that should the interview turn ont to tic true St "would prove somewhat disturbing to the pleasant relations with the United States." No official information on the subject lias been received from Washington. Re ferring to the recent American naval maneuvers in West Indian waters, the officials of the Foreign Office ay they "appear to have been ill chosen, since Germany has no interests in the West Undies, and it would seem that the maneuvers could with greater aptitude have been alluded to as being against "England, because F.ngland, on the other hand, has territory there. The interview with Admiral Dewey lias angered the newspapers here. Even those of a usually moderate tone refer to ft in a hitter manner. For instance, the ''ossiscre Zcitung says: "The American Navy is evidently suf ng from a disease of infancy lack of esty. Its leader evinces something akably immature. One can only amazed that such intensified setf jnf Cency should take root in a people rmanic origin. Such behavior b" not excite wonder if it had oc in some Central or South Amcri p ublic, or llayti. liral Dewey is a worthy imitator tain (now rear admiral) Coghlan. t a New York club gave a boast lid Vistling with insults to Germany. , Tied up the exploded story that Admit. ""Vwcy compelled the German fleet at Manila to lie to when it refused to respect the blockade." I Dewey Explains to (he President. I Washington, D. C. (Special). At the instance of the President, Admiral Dewey called by appointment at the White House and made a full explana tion of a recent newspaper interview, in which the Admiral was quoted as saying the Caribbean Sea maneuvers were "an object-lesson to the Kaiser, more than to any other person." The Admiral assured the President that he had no intention of reflecting in the interview upon Germany, her Emper or of her navy, and that while the state ments credited to him were substantially what he said, he neglected to caution the interviewer against quoting him. Ad miral Dewey drove to. the White House in his own carriage, accompanied by the acting chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Capt William S. Cowles. At the close of the interview the Ad miral returned immediately to his Rhode Island avenue home. The Admiral de clined to make any statement for publi cation. At the White House it was stated that the Admiral's explanation was satis factory to the President. RUSH OF HOMF.SEEKERS. Ataut 1,000,031) Acres of Land to Be Opened i in June. Los Angeles, Cal. (Special'. If pres ent indications hold true one of the great est land rushes of recent date in the West will storm the United States Land Office here in June, when the i.t.oo.ooo acres of land, recently restored by the Govern ment to the public domain and reaching from Mojavc to the Colorado river, will be thrown open to entry. The local land office is receiving nearly soo letters a day from every State in the Union. One of them from New York State requests the fullest details, saying that the writer is planning to settle a col ony of 10,000 ranches on the desert if he can locate "on the ground floor" of the agricultural sections along the river. A pilgrimage to the rich sections along the Colorado river, to be included in the operations now in progress, under the provisions of the National Irrigation bill, has set in. Desert land, however, com prises the greater part of the land to be opened to settlenyit, and it will have very little value u.'.il water is turned on it. RAILWAY MEN INDICTED. lUgk Officials Held tor th: Killing oi IS'oe Children. Newark, N. J. ( Special). High offi cials of the North Jersey Traction Com pany, including the executive committee, were indicted by the grand jury of Essex county, sitting in Newark, for the killing of nine High School pupils in the Clifton venue trolley disaster of February i). The road employes the motorman, conductor and sandman were not in dicted. Neither were the officials or em ployes of the Lackawanna Railroad, whose train ran into the trolley car. Be sides the members of the executive com mittee of the road, those indicted were David Young, vice-president and general manager of the North Jersey '1 Taction Company; Charles Shipman, general su perintendent; Superintendent Smith, of the Crosstown division; Richard Eick, assistant superintendent, and R. M. Pratt, roadmaster. N. R. Fairbanks Dead. Chicago (Special). N. K. Fairbanks millionaire manufacturer and director in several banks and manufacturing coocerns, died at his home here, aged 7J yean. lie had been ill but a short time. Mr. Fairbanks was active in charitable works. He was born in So- 4ns. Wayne county. N. Y., in 18). but lived in Chicaao lor nnrln half - -n. nry. He is survived by seven chil- Cats Steals Apprarta Treaty. Havana (Special). The treaty of -reciprocity between Cuba and the Unit ed States, ai amended by the Senate of the United States, was approved in the Cohan Senate by a vote of 1 a to 9. This approval is absolute, and is not ham pered by any conditions, the question able time limit amendment having been dispensed with through the receipt of the cable message from Secretary Hay, in which it was positively declared that President Roosevelt would call a pe cial session of Congress prior to De THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. John E. Dunne, arrested in Tacotna. Wash., was identified from a photograph sent to Taunton, Mass., ns John E. Gallagher, wanted in that city for the murder oi Joseph McMahon. The receivers of the American Bicy cle Company accepted the offer of the reorganization committee to buy all the personal property oi the company for fj.jco.ooo. In a battle between three robbers and officers and citizens in Bedford, a suburb of Cleveland, one of the rob bers was killed and another captured. The steamer Asbury Park, which is to ply between New York and Sandy Hook, was launched at Cramps' ship yard. The report that San Miguel, the Fili pino irreconcilable, was killed in bat tle has been confirmed. A break in the levee of Hymelia. T.a., ba resulted in the partial submerging of the richest sugar district in that state. 'I he break south of Greenville, Miss., will likely rattle a suspension of the Illinois Central's traffic over the Mississippi Vr.llcy. '1 he minority of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Cuban Senate pt'-ist in opposing the elimination of the condi tion regarding the limit of time in which the treaty is to become effective. The mineworkrrs have notified C. B. M.-.rkle & Co. and A. Pardee & Co., in dependent operators, that they insist upon the award of the Strike Commission be ing carried out to the letter. A sensational raid was made in New York on a poolroom which was abund antly provided with protection against police interference . The alleged proprie- j tor was arretted. .Miss Helen Gould will send Dr. W. H. Tolman, the social economist, to Europe , to make a study of the great movements for social betterment. Three passengers were killed and a number injured ill a collision between i tl e Sunset limited and a passenger train ' on the .Southern Pacific. J lie National Council of Women, in ' session in New Orleans, elected offier rs ; and selected Indianapolis as the next j i;:ce ol meeting. j I he Interstate Commission hcean in! New York the investigation of the Louis ville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast 1 ire merger. The inquest into the death of Ed Bur dick, in Buffalo, was concluded, the wit nesses being Mrs. Hull, Maggie Mur ray, little Carol Burdick and two police officers. The chemist reported he had found no poison in Burdick's body and no blood stains on the golf stick. At a conference in New York of rep resentatives of many colleges and uni versities plans were formulated for awarding the Cecil Rhodes scholarships given to the State of New York. One-fourth of the population of the Clinton prison at Dannamora is afflict ed with tuberculosis, according to the physicians of the institution. Judge Henry C. Idc, of the Philippine Commission, arrived at San Francisco, after some time spent in Japan for the benefit of his health. A cablegram has been received at Chicago announcing the death at Am sterdam of John Henry Weissenbach, the famous Dutch painter. Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng, the new Chinese minister to the United States, arrived at San Francisco on the steam er Korea. The jury in the trial of Mrs. Mary Manson, charged with the murder oi Mrs. Julia Wilson, at Ashford, has dis agreed. The Union Pacific and Santa Fc Rail roads have agreed with their employes to discontinue the using of double headers. I cieijn. General Garibaldi, sun of the Italian patriot, intends to sue the Italian gov ernment for $16,000,000, the value s the property which he claims should have been distributed among the Gar ibaldian Volunteers alter the war of I Soo. The German government's intention to abolish the provision of the. law excluding Jesuits from Germany, an nounced in the Reichstag recently by Chancellor von Buelow, will not be rea lized. Anna Rothc, the spiritualist, tried in Berlin on the charge of swindling not ed people, including the court chap lain, was sentenced to 18 months' im prisonment. The injured arm of the Empress of Germany was examined by Roentgen rays, which showed it to be a simple fracture. Her general condition is sat isfactory. Consul General Cole, at Dresden, has apologized to the Saxon government for his letter sympathizing with Dr. O' Brian, the expelled American den tist. The Nicaraguan revolutionists have captured some of the steamers plying 011 Lake Nicaragua, and it is reported that the revolutionary movement is aid ed by the officials of another Central American government. General Mei, who was sent some months ago to quell the disturbances in the Kwangsi Province, has been or dered by the Dowager 'Empress to re turn to Pi-kin :;nd explain the cause of his failure. Under the Irish Land Purchase Bill the commissioners are not permitted to purchase estates which arc mainly agricultural or pastoral. Killarncy be ing exempt under this clause. The Empress of Germany, while rid ing in the Gruncwald forest in com pany with the Emperor, was thrown from her horse und her right forearm fractured. Advices from San Domingo state that the revolution is limited to the cap ital citv. and that the south and east ol the island arc with the government. A rich American was lured to a quar ter in Paris, choked and robbed of $500 and valuable watch and jewels. Financial. The demand for Pennsylvania Steel preferred was excellent. "Winter wheat is in excellent condi tion in the West," says Prime. During 1002 Chinese exports to the United States gained $10,500,000. Atchison in February gained more than $500,000 gross and $jo,ooo net. More than 1,000,000 rounds of copper were sold Friday at Boston at n 1-8 ti- i':.-,! 0,... t. . . .... iiiiv ...tans ncdsuiy paid out yesterday $3,000,000 for the Philippine account. Ordinary professional traders arc afraid to touch Southern Pacific either to buy or sell. American Railways is earning this month about 20 per cent, more than it did last March. It is reported in Montreal that Do minion Coal Company's dividend will be reduced from 8 to 7 per cent. The American Steel & Wire Com pany will this month ship abroad at least 18,000 tons of finished product. From September 1, 1002, to March 20. 1903, the amount of cotton brought inti sight, according to Hester, was 9.305,58". bales, against 9,330,238 last '-ar. . CLUE INJ1URDICK CASE Story Told By Bartender of a New York Hotel. THE INQUEST IS TO BE RENEWED. Says Pennell, While Drinking at the Bar of Hotel, Said He Would Kill Burdick Rathir Than Have the Divorce Case Come to Trial Mrs. Burdick Was Stopping at the Hotel at the Same Time. New York (Special). Police Inspec tor McClusky obtained the statement of Alexander J. Qiiinn, of 25 1 West Thirty ninth street, who was employed as a bar tender at the Hotel Roland, in East Fifty ninth street, when Mrs. Edwin L Bur flick stayed there last December. Quinti lias been quoted as saying that Arthur R. Pennell, the corespondent in Burdick's suit for divorce, viitcd the hotel one day, ' and, while drinking at the bar, spoke of j the trouble he was in, and said he would ; kill Burdick rather than have the case j come to trial. I When seen at his home Qiiinn aid he I was in communication with Inspector j McClu-ky on the subject. "Pennell visited the hotel while Mrs. Burdick was staying there," said Quinti, "but I am not now at liberty to make a statement of what was said. The story as it is told isn't correct, however. He didn't say anything about waiting until a week before the trial to kill Burdick." "Did he say anvthing about killing Burdick ?" "That I must decline to answer now." Quitm later said he hail been supenaed to appear on Monday at the inquest in Buffalo. Dr. R. D. Jones, proprietor of the Hotel Roland, said that Mrs. Burdick stayed there three davs in December and went from there to the Buckingham. He said he didn't believe Pennell was there during the time. He said she received no visitors while she was there. "Myron Clark, the bmk examiner, was staying here at the time." said Mr. Jones. "He lives in Buffalo and knows the peo ple there very well. If Pennell had come into the house under an assumed name, I am very sure I would have known of it. The only thing I know in the matter is that one of the maids saw a man accom pany Mrs. Burdick to the house one night and she now thinks from his appearance that the man was Pennell. But he left Mrs. Burdick at the door." SUNSET LIMITED WRECKED. Three Persons Killed and Nine Injured In the Collision. San Antonio, Texas (Special). The Sunset Limited on the Southern Pacific and a passenger train for Eagle Pass collided at La Costa, 18 miles west of here. Three passengers were killed and nine injured. The three dead Mexicans were rela tives of General Trcvino of Monterey, Mexico, who was on his way with thcin to San Antonio, accompanied by his wife and son. The Trevinos were not injured. The dead men were in a compart ment of the private car. A Pullman car behind it telescoped the private car, crushing them to death. Their bodies were not recovered until they had been burned to a crisp in the fire which, de stroyed the entire train, including the engine. The fire originated in the oil in the tender. The trains were castbound. The Eagle Pass train was standing on the main line at La Coste. The cause of the stop at I. a Coste, which is only a small place, is not known. The Sunset Limited was travelling at great speed when it crashed into the Eagle Pass train. The engine of the limited crash ed through a caboose which was bitch ed to the rear of the Eagle Pass train and through the rear sleeper. This car in turn telescoped the Trcvino private coach, killing the Mexicans. The engine of the limited was de stroyed. Nearly all the injured were on the limited. MAY SOLVE MAINE MYSTERY. Cuba to Have Wreck Raised at Her Own Expense. Washington, D. C. (Special). Naval officers believe the mystery of the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor is now about to be solycd. Advices have reached this city that Cuba, at her own expense, intends to raise the w reck of the warship, and that bids for the work will be called for in the near future. Since the conclusion of the Spanish War many prominent concerns in the I'nited States have written to the Navy Department requesting that they be al lowed, for a consideration, the privilege of raising the famous w reck. In reply to all such communications the department has said no appropriation is available for the work and that, in any event, this country would have first to obtain the permission of Cuba. The greatest curiosity is still felt in na val circles as to the cause of the explos ion that blew up the vessel. The ma jority of naval officers is convinced that the explosion was ca-scd by some exter nal influence, probably by a mine or tor pedo, and not, as has been claimed by the Spanish, by spontaneous combustion w ithin the ship. San Miguel Killed by Scouts. Manila ( By Cable). Two companies of Macabcbe scouts defeated the main body of San Miguel's forces of insur gents. It is believed San Miguel was killed. Lieutenant Reese was seriously wounded. The scouts lost three men killed and had 11 men wounded. American Cycle Works Burned. Akron, O. (Special). The explosion of a can of gasoline at the plant of the American Cycle Company here resulted in the destruction by fire of the entire works and also the plant of the India Rubber Company, adjoining. The flames spread with remarkable rapidity. Charles Leroy and Lewis Hireman, workmen in the bicycle plant, were painfully burned by the exploding gasoline. The losses will aggregate $.250,000, with $140,000 in surance. Kissed Wile, Tase Shot Her. Bedford, Pa. (Special). W. J. Cogan, of Saxton, shot and killed his wife and then himself at the Baltimore and Ohio depot at Hyndman. Cogan and his wife had been quarreling, but he .kissed her and bade her good-by, bought a ticket and boarded a train. He walked through one car, came out again on the platform, approached his wife and with an oath whipped out a pistol and shot her, killing her Instantly. He then turned the weap- I cm no himself and committed suicide. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. President's Weitera Tour, All arrangements for President Roose velt's Western tour have been completed and the itinerary given out. In the trip, which will begin April t, the President will make speeches in all the states north of the Mason and Dixon Line. Mr. Roosevelt will pass through 22 states and two territories and will make 144 spicchcs. It is probable that as many ns 20 speeches not now scheduled will be made during the trip, If the President's audiences average 1.000 persons, one in 50 of the country's total population will ?cc and hear him. In the larger centers of population the crowds will number five or ten times the average, and the carriage rides which have been arranged for him in various cities will give one in fifteen of the popu lation of the United States a chance to sec their Chief Magistrate. Altogether the President will have traveled 1.1.761 miles by rail when he gets back to Washington on June 5, but, hav ing accepted an invitation to attend the marriage of Miss Ruth Hanna. second daughter of Senator Hanna, to Joseph H. Medill McCormick on that day, his re turn here w ill be delayed a day or two. Wilson on Silk Industry. "We arc meeting with gratifying suc cess in the development of the silk in dustry in this country," said the Sec retary of Agriculture. "Everything connected with the enterprise is mov ing with smoothness, and each step has been taken in strict accordance with the system originally outlined. At the present time a colony of Italians in Georgia has set out 25.000 mulberry trees, some of their number having come to this country for the purpose, and as soon as the trees have attained a size that will warrant pulling the leaves, the remainder of the proposed colony will come over and engage in the culture of silk. Another small party of Itaians is now on the ocean, bound for South Carolina, where a general distributing station under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture will be established, and from which thou sands of mulberry cuttings will be sent out." The Department is receiving requests for mulberry slips and eggs at the rate of from 40 to 50 a day, and is filling them as rapidly as possible. Two pop ular bulletins have been issued, one giv ing directions for cultivating the mul berry trees and the other giving de tails with regard to the care of the worms. In (be Departments. A cablegram was received from Rear Admiral Coghlan saying the revolution ists had possession of all the coast towns in Honduras. Antonio Gonzales Kianes, a Porto Rican, was appointed examiner in Span ish in the office of the Civil Service Commission. C. M. Waters, of Denver. Col., was appointed chief of the salary and allow ance division of the Postofiice Depart ment. Second Lieutenant Edward O. Per kins, Fourth Cavalry, is to be dropped from the rolls as a deserter. Assistant Secretary Milton E. Ailcs. of the Treasury, has given notice of his proposed resignation. James a. Harlan submitted his resig nation as attorney general of Porto Ri co. Colonel Bingham has received com plimentary letters from President Roosevelt and Secretary Root upon his retirement from the post of superin tendent of public buildings and grounds. W. F. Lennr.n, chief of the warrant division of the Treasury, started for Honolulu to distribute the money ap propriated by Congress to Hawaiian lipids. Scercuiry of the Treasury announced tint on and after April 1 he will receive for funding bonds of the issue of 1008 10,18 to the amount of $100,000,000. Guavaquit is acquiring a bad reputa tion as a consular post, there occurring thiec vacancies within a year. The portrait of the late President McKinley which is to hang in the White He-use has been selected. Secretary Root has received a dis patch from Governor Taft stating that i.ll is quiet it Surigao. Plans have been submitted for the coin struction of the Davis-Elkins College in West Virginia. Capt. John J. Pershing has written an interesting account of his work among the Moros. Justice Clabaugh, of the Supreme Court of the District, was appointed chief judge. Ex-Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, has been appointed to succeed him. Prof. William H. Santelniann has been regularly reappointed leader of the United States Marine Band, with the pay and allowances of a lieutenant of ma rines. The court-martial sentences of dismis sal in the cases of Lieutenants Densmore and Smith and Cadet Berry were ap proved by the President. Until further notice offers will be re ceived at the Bureau of the Mint for the sale to the government of silver bullion to be used in making Philip pine coin. The Navy Department has announc ed that the North Atlantic Squadron will not visit Germany this summer, as has been suggested. Frank M. Steinhart is to be appoint ed consul general at Havana, succeed ing William A. Kiiblce. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Owing to the shortage of refrigera tor cars growers of citrous fruits in Southern California are confronted with a serious condition. It is estimated by some growers that the conditions may entail a loss of $1,000,000. President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, is thinking of coming to the United States to study American industries. A reward of $0000 has been offered 10" the trio of highwaymen who last Saturday night murdered a passenger and wounded three others in a desper ate attempt to hold up a trolley car near Los Angeles. Cal. An association, or combine, has been formed which controls 400 patents, un der which automobiles are made, and the combine includes some 30 concerns that manufacture and deal in the ma chines. The Colorado and Wyoming Rail road Company has filed a trust deed in favor of the Mercantile Trust Com pany of New York to secure a bond issue, the limit of which is $7,000,000, About 20 prominent coal operator! were in conference at Roanoke, Va., for the purpose of securing rolling stock to transport their output to tide water. A wine firm in San Jose, Cal., ship ped 500 barrel! ol burgundy wine to Europe: 400 barrels go to Antwerp and 100 to London. The entire Bulgarian Cabinet has resigned. DEDICATION OF THE FAIR Program of Three Days' Exercises la Finally Approved. ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Immediately After the Close ol the Ceremonies the Governors will Proceed to the Building Sites Selected for their Respective Statet, Where Cornerstones Will Be Laid and State Colors Will Be Raised. St. Louis, Mo. (Special). At a meet ing held at which President Thomas H. Carter, of the National World's Fair Commission, President David R. Francis and other officers of the expo sition company were present, the pro gram for the three days' dedicatory exercises of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which will open here in 1904, was finally adopted. The dedication of the buildings, un der the direction of the national com mission, will begin April 30, on the cen tennial anniversary of the cession of the Louisiana territory by France to the United States, and continued through May 1 and 2. The principal ceremonies will be on April 30, when President Roosevelt and former President Cleveland will be among the speakers. At 10 o'clock on that date the free dom of the city will be tendered to the President of the United States by May or Wells. Then will follow the mili tary parade, composed oi United States troops and national guard from various States. These bodies will be assembled under the direction of Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin, the grand marshal, and will move, preceded by the President of the United States and official guests in car riages, through Forest Park to the ex position grounds, where the presiden tial salute will be fired. From a grandstand on the exposition grounds the parade will be reviewed by the President. Promptly at 1 o'clock the assembly in the Liberal Arts building will be called to order by President Francis. The ceremonies will be as follows: Invocation by Cardinal Gibbons. In troduction of Hon. Thomas H. Carter, of the national commission, president of the day. Grand chorus, "The Heavens Pro claiming." Presentation of the build ings by President Francis. Dedication address by President Roosevelt. Chor us, "Unfold Ye Portals." Address by former President Cleveland. "Ameri ca," with full chorus and band accom paniment. Prayer by Bishop E. R. Hendrix. Benediction by Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter. Centennial salute of 100 guns. On the morning of the second day members of the diplomatic corps, the representatives of foreign governments and other official guests will be escorted to the Liberal Arts building, where Cor win H. Spencer, chairman of the com mittee on ceremonies, will call the meet ing to order. Hon. John M. Thurston, of the national commission, will be presi dent of the clay. rresidcnt 1-rancis of the exposition will extend a greeting to the representa tives of the foreign governments and there will be addresses by the French ambassador and Spanish minister. The civic parade will be held on the third day and will be reviewed by the governors of states. Winter Bug'! Bite Dangerous. Mendon, Mich. (Special). Prof. De von Olinberg, who came here from Wheeling, W. Va., to obtain specimens of the winter bug, and was bitten on the chin by one, is somewhat improved, but is still far from being out of danger. He has not yet become insane, as did Oscar Newasaky, a young Polish far mer, who died as the result of being bit ten. Ncwasaky's farm is in low-lying ground a few miles from here. A win ter bug bit him a few days ago. and within 24 hours his body swelled to frightful proportions. Physicians could not help him. He became a raving maniac, and remained so until death re lieved his sufferings. Cost ol Strike Commission Washington, D. C. (Special). Assist ant Recorder Moseley, of the late An thracite Coal Strike Commission, is en gaged in figuring up the expenses. of that body for submission to the Presi dent and the next Congress. "Although Congress appropriated $50,000 for the use of the commission," said Mr. Mosc lev today, "the total expended will not come within $10,000 of that. The cost of the investigation to the country will be approximately $38,000. No such im portant results have ever been attained at such small expense, nor has any un dertaking ever been conducted along more business-like and economical lines." One Firemen Killed and Three Injured. Tittsburg, Pa. (Special). While an swering a fire call one fireman was kill ed and three others badly injured. Their names arc: Robert H. Wilson, driver of the hose carriage, killed almust in stantly; Capt. Sanford Thompson, back sprained; Lieut. Harry Weaver, bruised face and leg injured: Adam Ruppert, serious wound on head and back sprain ed. The firemen were on the hose car riage going at a high speed, when a wagon turned into the street ahead of it at the corner of Park avenue. Wil son was unable to check his 'team in time to prevent a collision, and all of the firemen were thrown to the ground. Mail Robbery on toe Wabash. Springfield, III. (Special). Local post office officials, directed by Inspector T. B. Laughlin, of Chicago, are investigating a mail robbery which occurred on the night of March 13 at Springfield Junction, a few miles south of this city. Anthracite Found la Montana. Havre, Mout. (Special). A four-foot vein of anthracite coal has been, dis covered about 10 miles south of here. A specimen lent to a chemical labora tory has been pronounced to be of a superior grade. Bold Burglars These. Springfield, Man. (Special). Safe blowers broke into the big grocery store of Rood & Woodbury in this city. They obtained $1200 and escaped. The store is on Mam street, near the heart of the business section, and the bur glary was a bold one. Entrance ws obtained by the burglars through an ice chute in the rear. The front door keyholes were found this morning plug ged with wood to prevent the quick use of keys from the outside. The safe door was drilled, and the rest was easy. Every cent of money iu the store was A PRESIDENTS SORRY FIX. Qeneral Vasqueie'i Government Has Oone t Pieces ACer Recrult3. Monte Christo (By Cable). The ad vices received here from San Domingo show that Gen. Alejandro Wos y Gil and his revolutionary followers are masters of San Domingo city, and it is said that Gen. Miguel Pichardo, the minister of war, and Gen. Juan Fran cisco Sanchez, the minister of foreign affairs, who had sought refuge in the United States Consulate, surrendered themselves to the revolutionists, with a small group of followers. The revolutionists are in possession 01 two 01 tne tnrcc Uonunican wai vessels namely, the cruiser Indcpcn dencia and the gunboat Colon. Gen. Horacio Vasquez. the president of Santo Domingo, left Porto Plata, on the northern coast of Santo Domingo, for Sanchez on board the Dominical' cruiser Prcsidente, the only war ves sel remaining in the hands of the gov ernment. It is believed that President Vasquez intends to make an attack or San Domingo in conjunction with Gen. Luis Maria Hernandez, the govcrnoi of San Pedro dc Macoris, who has left the city in order to gather recruits for the government forces. If the capital is attacked a stubborn resistance is ex pected on the part of the revolution ists. General Echcniquc, President Vas quez's chief of staff, who w-as wounded in the foot on Monday during the fight ing at San Domingo, subsequently died of his wound. Gen. Tico Castillo, the officer who commanded the government troops at San Domingo, and who was reported to have been killed, is alive, but is suf fering froi a wound. Several skirmishes have taken place in this vicinity, and the government forces have lost considerab! uanti tics of ammunition, arms 'a. provi sions. In addition, about 20 govern ment soldiers have been killed and a number have been wounded. GEN. CASTRO WILL HOLD ON. Tells Venezu.Ma Congress He Will Stay Ir Office and Withdraws Resignation. Caracas (By Cable). After reading a special message to Congress General Castro withdrew his resignation of the Presidency of Venezuela. President Castro's message says: "When I abdicated it was not from any small-minded nor interested calcu lation, still less was it the result of any sorry or ridiculous farce which has no place in a heart warmed by the heat of great ideals." He then says that he believes his ab dication was a duty imposed upon him in the interest of the peace of the Re public. "With my separation," he says, "nobody would lose and all would gain, since this would imply that my efforts and my sacrifices were always and un der all circumstances at the service of the Republic at its first call." After passing in review the other dif ficulties in the way of the Government, he says he saw how his intentions were misrepresented and he was disheartened and at that moment resigned. "Notwithstanding those reasons, which were weighty to my mind," he continues, ' Congress docs not accept my resigna tion, and insists that 1 should continue; that I should not persist therein, but considers me still useful in the Govern ment. I bow before its desire, and re sign myself to the new obligations im posed by my country, but only until the work of pacifying the nation shall be complete and order re-established in the public administration. "Remember it well, Senators and Dep uties, I believe my separation necessary; yor think otherwise. I hope the future vill prove you right. Accept an expres sion of my supreme thanks for the gen erous demonstration of which you have made me -the object." A popular demonstration took place. Six Drowned In Flood. Memphis, Tenn. (Special). J. R Hood returned from the flooded dis trict of Arkansas and reports that at Gavin, a station on the Frisco rail road, on Saturday a skiff containing four traveling salesmen and two negro oarsmen was swept under the track of the railroad in a stiff current. The boat w-as overturned and all six ol the occupants were drowned. Mr. Hood docs not know the names of the trav eling men, but says they had employ ed the negroes to row them across thf submerged territory to Mound City, Ark., where they 'intended to take t steamboat for Memphis. Higher Pay on Coast Line. Savannah, Ga. (Special). It was an nounced at Waycross that General Man ager J. R. Kcnly, of the Atlantic Coas Line, has agreed to an increase in the pa; of the engineers and firemen of the sys tem of 8 to 10 per cent. Committees o: the first and second division engineer; and firemen had been in cousultatiot with Mr. Kenly and General Supcrinten dent Dcnham since Monday. Minister Shoots lllmsilf. Altoona, Pa.' (Special). Rev. John C Grimcsof Nescopcck, Pa., who has beet attending the Central Pennsylvanii Methodist Conference here, shot himself twice in the face. He is in a serious con dition at a hospital. Mr. Grimes said h intended to kill himself. He is said t( have been suffering with melancholia, an wandered to the Wopsononock Railroat roundhouse and there attempted suicide Open Switch Causes Wreck. Bloomington, 111. (Special). A pas senger train on the Peoria and East ern Branch of the Big Four collided with a freight at 'Fremont, because of an open switch. Both engines were demolished and eight persons injured Toronto Opera House Burned. . Toronto, Ontario (Special). The Tor orito Opera House was burned. The cs "timated loss is $150,000. The fire is sup posed to have originated from electrii wires in the box office. Caretaker Cham pion occupied rooms on the third floor with his wife and three children. The? narrowly escaped stiff t cation. Sullivan Harris 4 Woods, rroprictors of th "King of Detectives" Company, lost at the scenery and costumes. They placi their loss at $10,000 to $12,000, Billiard la Micilga. Detroit, Mich. (Special).. Specia' dispatches from Western Michigan re port that one of the worst blizzards of the winter is raging in that section with the temperature below freezing Much fear is felt for small fruits anf peaches. Damage has been done bj the wind. The big store of H. L Birc1 & Co.. at the principal corner in Ben ton Harbor, is wrecked by the wind There is a tremendous sea running pn Lake Michigan and navigation is sus- yndjiff. . f THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest Netvg of Pennsylvania Told In Short Order. Pensions granted: Lester J. Tliomn. son, Elwood City, $6; Solomon Poque, Mount Alton, $ra; William Boundy, orove v.ity, $12; William 11. 11. nous lough, Meadvillc, $24: Thomas Parfitt, Johnstown, $24; William H. Shaw, Conncllsville, $24; Israel V. Hoag, Al legheny, $24; Daniel Porter, Putnuin. vine, ; Charles 11. Morse, Oil City, $8; Eincline Blouse, Tolna, $8; Su.wn E. Duncan, Oil City, $20; Israel D. Cunningham, Zcno. $6; Limon P. Bow. scr, Kittanning, $8; David Critw-for.l, Tyrone, $-3; Howard J. DcWoody, rraiiKim, $0; uavitl Kotjti, Latro'.ie, $10; Harrison Clingcrman, Silver Mills, $24; Gottlieb Kafcr, Butler, $17; minnr , ol Israel f. Kelley, Pittsburg, $12; Alary fcvans. Lbcnsburg. $S: Amy f a . man, Francis, $8; John R. Young, Patchinsville, $6; Miles Fullerton, vyiiKinsmtrg, $0: James C. Wilson, Erie, $6; Lorenzo C. Brundage, Con nellsville, $6; Judson Da vcy, Beech Lake, $8; Walter C. Holmes, Guvj Mills, $10; Darius Britton. Titusvilic, $10; William Eckernod, Loyalhanna, i2; jonn c. barley, Altoona, $10; Wil. liam P. Patterson, Cramer, $12; John A. Portcrfield. Sharpsville, $6; Elisha stougnton, Alan-ic, $10; Alary A. Dans- more, ncasantvillc, $12; Henry Shook, i iitsnurg, $0; Adam bhick. Hawthorn, $17; Peter Hickman, Beallsville, $10; Charles A. Kricecr. Wilkinsburtr. $12 George Mclntyrc. Lewis, $to; John B. Butler, Roaring Springs, $10; Lily B, Newland, Sharpsburg, $8; Margaret J, uuncan, Saltsburg. A double, drowning occurred at Sha ron in the Shenango river, within sight of several hundred people, who were powerless to give aid. The victims were Gaylord H. Locke, aged 38 years, a prominent business man of Sharon, and his nephew, Frederick Mapous, aged if years. 1 nc bodies 01 both were recov ered two hours after the accident. Locke and fajous drove a horse and wagon into the river at the foot of Sil ver street to wash the buckboard. Thcj apparently got into a sink hole, for tin horse and the two men were sw-cnl down stream into deep water and all drowned. Airs. Locke was an eyewit ness to the tragedy. As she saw bet husband battling for life she cried: "Mj God. will no one save him?" Then li sank under the water and she almost collapsed. The Appropriation Committee of the House decided to refuse all requests of State normal schools for appropria tions for new buildings and improve ments. The total will reach $400,000 and over. The schools affected and amounts asked for are as follows: East Stroudsburg, $75,000; Edinboro, $60, 300: Clarion, $12,000; Mansfield, $75,- 000; Slippery Rocks. $50,000; Indiana, $75,000; Calitortna, $70,000; lock Ha ven. $25,000. Burglars blew the safe in the office of the W. H. Jenks Machine Company at Brookville, but secured little booty, 1 he first bill to carry into effect Gov- ernor Pcnnypacker's efforts to abolish the custom among the public depart ments on Capitol Hill of" employing extra clerks and paying them out ol the contingent fund w-as signed by the Executive. The bill fixes the number :f clerks and employes in the Attorney General's department and hereafter the stenographer, whose salary is fixed at $000 annually, and the messenger, who will receive $600, will be paid out of the regular allowance for the depart ment. Ihe salary ot the law clerk is increased from $1800 to $2200, the prcs :nt salary of the chief clerk. The title oi private secretary is conferred on the ttorney General's personal stenogra pher, whose pay is raised from $1400 to $1500. Aimers in the Hint mine at Browns ville are on strike over the size of a screen being used. 1 he Beech Creek Railroad mav be Extended. through the new coal fields of Indiana county by way of Indiana, the county scat. Jacob Ritchie, giving Philadelphia is his home, was ar.csted at Clavsville charged with stealing a valuable horse 'rom T. E. Mounts. James Handier and Martin and Mel ville Scott arc under arrest at West Finlcy, charged with drawing revolvers md firing promiscuously during church service, terrifying the worshipers. Robbers entered the Central school building at Sharon and stole $22 from a lesk of Miss Adelc Sarvcr, a teacher. The large gas works near Shippcns jurg was destroyed by fire of unknown origin. Several of the employes had narrow escapes. While coon hunting P. R. Simpson, 1 mill owner of near Volant, was struck by a falling tree and died without re gaining consciousness. He was ,l7 t-cars old and prominently connected. Because they failed to comply with he vaccination laws, a number of pit ils were expelled from the Altoona pub ic schools and an indignation meeting f parents lias been called. The plant of the Canonsburg Steel ind Iron Company, which has been ihut down since last summer, will be jut in partial operation this week. The plant is a five-mill, concern, and was ormerly operated by the steel trust. Last June it was closed down and wa? atcr purchased by local capitalists. Former State Senator John F. Bud'e 1 at the head of the company. The Methodist Episcopal Church of Indiana used the new $.1500 pipe organ or the first time. An augmented choir, issisted by Miss Susan Brooks, ol Pittsburg, rendered special music. Rev. j- T. Reynold, formerly of the Pitts )urg "Christian Advocate," is pastoi if the Indiana church. The organ i '.he gift of Andrew Carnegie. The Washington county Children's home, at Canonsburg, will be removed to Carothers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Chief of Police Thomas Hague, ol Kittanning, has been arrested on a charge of assault and battery, preferred by Jerome Salisbury, a lormer member of the police force. The 3-year-old son of C. W. Fry, ol Latrobe, died from the effects of swal lowing a small coin. At Butler. William If. Clifton, who shot and killed Karl Paine, was sen tenced to 12 years in the penitentiary. Three member! of the family of T. O Leary. of South Sharon, are ill with mallpox and the health board has quarantined the place, f Lawrence Miner, colored, who shot John Majkovits at Donora, is said to have visited the home of his father in Washington, then disappeared. The meeting of the Women's Mis sionary Society of Westmoreland Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church will be held in Irwin this week. 'lll.nSnn, P.i.hul.n, a! . U - T) t..,. terian Church will meet iu Sharpsville, 41 vi 11 w ana ai. Joseph McConnell, James Sage and Roy Phillips, employed at the Ellwood Seamless Tube Works at New Castle, were badly burned by the explosion of a pipe through which sulphuric acid passed.
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