PREPARING FOR A GREAT STRIKE Miners anl Operators Preparing For a ( Streggl?. DOLAN'S RESIGNATION DEMANDED? All Partlen Concerned An Maklaf Reedy for lb Greatest Libor War lo Hlilory ! the Caantry Equipment ollbc Slate Coostebu'i arjr la Betof Rushed A Stormy Mecltof Eipected. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Operators, miners and State authorities are pre paring for the greatest strike in tlic history of ilie country when the United Mincworkers of America lay down their tools April I. While the miner? arc preparing for the struggle by gathering together a couple of million dollars of a strike fund, nd the operators are , pushing their mines to the utmost capacity to get a stock ahead, the state authorities arc rushing the equipment of the new state constabulary, which was organized in anticipation of this strike. There are four troops of this organization, and Iheir arms and uniforms arc now being sent out irom the state ar-cnal, at Har risburg. The authorities look for serious trouble, and arc preparing to meet it with such force as may be necessary. The meeting of the minevurker sched uled for Monday morning was called immediately upon receipt of the news that President Dolai) had disobeyed the ' instructions given him to stand for an increase and had vote1 w ith the opera tors in the conference in favor of the preent wage scale. The. state constabulary recently sworn in, numbering 240 men. divided into four companies, every man of whom is a for mer member of the I'nited States Army, United States Navy or the Natiunai Guard, will immediately be armed and will by April i be ready to patrol the danger points. It is expected that with this body, having more authority than any police force of the State, it will be unnecessary to call out the National : Guard to protect property, as has been I the case in the coil strikes of the past Jwo decades. Pittsburg coal nprrators counted on the support of John .Mitchell to aid them against the anthracite coal operators in forcing them into a .shutdown. John Mitchell is believed to have been carried away by the radical element. ! beaded by Tom L. Lewis, of Ohio, and ID. Ryan, of Illinois, and that these men (rill be the real leaders in the strike. iThe fund which the coal miners hope to raise for the pending strike cannot 'amount to over $2,000,000. According to an authority here, it is doubtful if $500,000 can be raised through the assist ance of other unions, and it is doubtful if the public will subscribe to aid the fight. The anthracite coal operators have stored millions of tons of coal in the numerous coal pockets in Eastern Penn sylvania. This coal will be taken out so that the strike can be carried on. for a year if necessary. It is said that it is the intention of the operators of the Eat to maintain prices equally dur ing the strike period so as to keep the public satisfied, as it is the intention to break up the miners' union rather than make any money out of the light. The bituminous coal operators started last fail to store some coal. They were suddenly confronted with a demand for coal and the consumed surplus that had been stored away. liy the first of April it is doubtful ;f there will be two weeks' upply of coal stored. Railroad Gets Another Town. Wheeling, W. Va.. ( Special). An other Ohio side town, opposite Wheel ing, is to be wiped out by the activity of the Pennsylvania Company in acquiring property for its double-track line down the Ohio River from Wellsville to Bell aire. Deals were completed today for nearly every important property in the town of West Wheeling, and the town will practically be wiped off the map when the buildings are razed this spring. Burlington, another Ohio vide town, hemmed in at the river front by the hills, has suffered the same fate. Science Hall Burned. Athens, Ga., ( Special (.Science Hail, at the State Normal School, was de stroyed by fire. The building was the contribution cf James M. Smith, George Foster Peabody and the State, and was to cost about $30,000. It was just about completed and caught from a stove in the second story which was used to drv the plastering. The State Normal School fire brigade and civilians attempted to check the flames. ;"he b-.ulding being bc yound the city limits. Protean Ilia Innocence. Chicago I Special). Johann Hrcb, confessed bigamist and com icted mur derer, who is sentenced to hang oi) Feb ruary 23, made a long statement to the people of Illinois declaring himself an innocent man. In his statement Hocii asserts that his wife, Kmilc Fischer Iloch, now admits that several important portions of the testimony given by her during the trial were false, and because of this Hoc It appeals to the people to prevent his execution. "No Danter ol Wir." Berlin (By Cable). The attitude of the French press toward Germany on the Moroccan question has induced the Ger man Government to declare emphatically that a failure of the Algcciras conference would not lead to war with F'rance. Filly Men Burned. Buffalo, (Special). A special to the Express from Geneseo says 50 men were burned, many of them severely, in an explosion at the sterling Salt Company's mine, near Cuylcrville. The explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas in the candhouse near the surface. The men were coming up the shaft at the close of the work, whin the gas was ignited by one of their lamps. A blind ing explosion followed. The men were all brought to the surface by rescue parties. Million Already Saved. Washington, (Special). "While the joint Printing Committee of Congress has not proposed a single line of legis lation at the present scssiju, the agita tion for a reduction of Government print ing already resulted in a prospective sav ing of a million dollars a year." Charles B. Landis, of Indiana, chairman of the Mouse Committee on Printing, made this statement after a conference with the President. Representative Landis says the committee is continuing its investi gation into the wastefulness of Govern ment printing. IOC LAltM NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. DOMESTIC The National Insurance Convention, at Chicago, adopted resolutions condemn ing the deferred dividend plan and de clared for a standard form of insurance policy to the exclusion of all other forms. Testimony was produced in the pack ers' trial at Chicago that Armour, Swift and Morris controlled the National Pack ing Company, which operated six or more subsidiary packing concerns. The Harper Memorial Committee de cided on a project for a library building in memory of the late President Harper, of the University of Chicago. David Lowenstcin was arrested in Pittsburg on the charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. One hundred state officials are in at tendance at the National Insurance Con vention in Chicago, which proposes to frame u bill for the establishment of a uniform system of statutory regulation of legal reserve life insurance it) the states. F'div. K. Swift, of Swift & Co.. displayed a lack of information and lapse nf mem ory when cross-examined by District Atonicy Morrison in tile beef packers' case. Rtv. Dr. Joseph Montfort, a promi nent Presbyterian preacher, editor and educator, died in Cincinnati at the age of 05. The American Light and Traction Company has bought the Detroit City Gas Company for $5,500,000 cash. The First United States Infantry sailed from New York for the Philip pine. William Hedges, a wealthy manu facturer of Chicago, commited suicide. Justice Gildcrsiecvc has rendered a de cision thai Henry H. Rogers, vice presi dent of the Standard Oil Company, does not l.'Vc to answer the questions of the Missouri Commission, which sat in New York until the Supreme Court of Mis souri renders its decision regarding stock control. Mrs. Charles T. Ycikcs denies that she was married in New York, Monday. Wilson Mizner says he was married to Mrs. Ycrkes, and Rev. Andrew Gillies says lie performed tiie ceremony. Edward F. Swift testified in the berf packers' case at Chicago, that the books of Swift it Co. were open for govern mental inspection under a promise of immunity. Twenty-two boys at Karlham College, Indiana, have been suspended for "duck ing" Sidney Hutton, of Brookville, Md. John J. Bower;, who served in the American Army and Navy and was wounded it the Philippines, has been denied entrance to the United States on the ground that he might become a public charge. Governor Pennypacker has signed the resolution of the special session of the Pennsylvania legislature which calls for an investigation of fees paid the insur ance commissioner in the Keystone State. A resolution has been introduced in the State Senate of New Jersey asking the attorney general of the state to take steps to annul the charter of the Standard Oil Company. Grover Cleveland met all the members of the General Assembly of New Y'ork, being cheered as he took the hand of Senator Grady, a former opponent. John Williams, colored, charged with being an accomplice in the murder of John Henke in New Jersey 10 years ago has been captured. Rev. 1 lenry S. Feglcy, of New Tripoli, Pa., a prominent Lutheran divine and a trustee of Muhlenberg College, died sud denly. toKfclu.s The Czar, in a mandate to the peas ants, declares they will violate his will if they seize private lands and repeats old promises to institute measures for their relief. Herr Mendeisshon, head of the bank ing house of Mendeisshon & Co., Berlin, has received many threatening letters from the Russian Revolutionists. The abolition of capital punishment by the civil tribunals of Russia, one of the main demands of the reform parlies, seems assured. Queen Alexandra and her suite left London fur Copenhagen to attend the funeral of her father, King Christian. France is doing evcrvthine she can to safeguard her preponderating political influence in Morocco. Premier Fortis, of Italy, and the mem bers of his ministry have resigned. The German steamer Gemma, which arrived at Leith, reported that she was fired upon by the crew of an unknown schooner in the Cattegat, an arm of the North Sea. English holders of policies in the New York Mutual Life Company adopt ed resolutions demanding representa tion on the home board of the company. In the Moroccan conference the American delegation raised a point against any indirect infringement of the Sultan's sovereignity. Thousands of people arc, reported to be dying :n Nor, hern Japaii because of tlie famine. In a battle between rebellious troops anel Co-:icks at Irkutsk 1,500 were killed. Sixteen men, 15 of then Jews, were shut as anarchists at Warsaw. It has been learned that the assassin of General Griaznoff in Titlis. Caucasia, was Djoyaslivili, a student member of the lighting organization of social revo lutionists. The officers of the American crti.ser squadron were present at a great review of the garrisons of Nice, Mentone, V'ille franche, Athens and Grasse. The Hamburg-American Line steam er Silvia, which left Vladivostok with Russian troops, struck a mine and was run ashore to prevent sinking. An agreement providing for the es tablishment of a parcel post at cheap rates between Sweden and the L'nited States has been concluded. Violent scenes attended the taking of inventories of church property in Paris by the commissioners in pursuance of a recent law. The body of King Christian of Den mark was plae-ed in a plain casket. It is said his estate will not exce-ed $.250,000. There was a severe earthquake in Guayaquil, Kucaelor, which caused a pan ic among the people. King Edward will open Parliament in persem, but the Queen will not be present and the state pagentry will be curtailed as the result of the death of King Chris tain. Frederick VIII. was proclaimed king of Denmark in the presence of 50,000 people in the public square in front of the palace in Copenhagen. The Duke of Abruzzi, cousin of King Victor F.mmanucl, has completed ar rangements for a voyage 6f exploration into the heart of Africa. France and Germany continue to main lain their respective positions on the main questions at stake in the Moroccan conference. The Russian government has increased the rate of interest of the state savings banks to 4 per cent, in on effort to check the withdrawals caused by the revolution. FACTORY GIRLS IN FIRE PANIC Two Hundred Driven Oat Weather. Into Zero TROLLEY POLES MELTED BY THE BEAT Knit Ooodt Factory la Cleveland la Destroyed by Quick Fire Panic-stricken Employee, Mostly Olrlt, Faint Upon Reaching Place ol Salety Too Planes Spread to Adjoin log House. Cleveland, O. (Special). Fire starting from an undetermined cause on the sixth floor of the knit goods factory of N. J. Rich & Co., Payne Avenue and Seven teenth Street, destroyed that building, with an estimated loss of $75,000. It sent at least 200 girl-employes in a semi panic from the several lower floors, and before the fire was gotten under control it had communicated to and destroyed 21 dwellings adjoining the Rich factory, on Payne Avenue, and both sides of Seventeenth Street. The fire was attenelcd with many spec tacular scenes. The Rich Building was completely gutted, nothing remaining of it but small fragments of the walls. The employes numbered 400, girls, men and boys, the majority, however, being girls. Many of the latter had already left for their homes. The fire spread so quickly that scores of the girls who were caught had to leave the factory without their street garments to face almost zero weather on the outside. Some of the girls were so panic-stricken that when they reached the outer doors of the fac tory they fainted. So far as learned no person was hurt. The burned buildings were immediate ly to the west and south of the Rich buildings, and a row of five apartments and two single dwellings across the street on the cast side of Seventeenth Street were consumed. The losses on the dwellings is divided between the various owners and the George Dodge estate, the latter bearing the larger portion. The total loss is estimated at close to $125, 000. with insurance probably only partial. Windows in the Cary apartment-honsc, on Payne Avenue, a block west of the Rich Building, were cracked by the heat, and tenants of that building were ready to leave their apartments if nec essary. All the telephone, telegraph and trolley wires in the vicinity of the fire were melted and the poles burned. FIERCE FIGHT IN CHURCH. Religious Riots Are on the Increase in Paris. Paris (By Cable). As a net result of one day's rioting, though the inventory was taken in but one church, that of St Pierre du Gros Caillou, over io. persons were seriously injured and a further considerable number slightly hurt. The latter included a number of police and firemen, who were almost blinded with cayenne pepper. Fifty arrests were made. The storm ing of the building was greatly protract ed owing to the use by the "defenders" of red pepper. After repeated efforts the police and firemen only succeeded in entering the church by employing chairs as shields. The first two who got through the doors were knocked uncon scious. Those who followed, although they were thoroughly exasperated, re frained from violent retalliation. M. Louis Lepine, prefect of Paris, and other high officials, and the newspapers of all shades of opinion deprecate the violent incidents. DYNAMITE LADEN VESSEL ON FIRE I'. & Lighter Hudson Places New York In Peril New York (Special). Shortly before 2 o'clock A. M., the United States lighter Hudson, having on board about 500 pounds of dynamite and which was an chored on the Manhattan side of the Harlem River, almost under the Central Bridge, took fire. Soon after the fire started two explo sions occurred on board. They were slight, however, and apparently did not affect the main cargo. An alarm was sent in and several fire engines and two fireboats responded. The lighter was anchored directly in the rear of the Manhattan Casino, which was crowded this morning with men and women attending a ball. When the ex plosion occurred there was a panic in the place. The police resperves were called and finally managed to restore order in the Casino, after which they drove the crowds back from the water front and out of danger from explosion. To Abolish State Dispensary. Columbia, S. C. (Special) The House of Representatives has passed the Mor gan Dispensary Bill by a vote of 63 to 47. This is considered to be the most significant legislation in this state for many years, and it is believed the Sen ate also will pass the measure. The bill abolishes the state dispensary and pro vides for state prohibition with local option to counties to establish their own dispensaries under county management Murderer of Two Children. West Chester, Pa., (Special). Ricar do Forte, an Italian, was convicted of murder in the first degree here for the killing of Marit and Dominic Dclucca, two children, at Howellville, last March. The children were murdered in an old smithy and Forte's conviction was brought about by the confession of a fellow-prisoner. Fatal Mine Explosion. Bluefield, W. Va. (Special). A report has just reached here of an explosion in what is' called the Ball Knob Mine No. 2, one of the operations of the Red Jacket Coal and Coke Company, near Delorms, Mingo County. The body of one miner, who was killed, and three other miners, who were seriously in jttreel, had been tikcn out of the shaft, A force of men was at work in the mines at the time of the explosion, and it is fcareel that many other victims will be found when the work of rescue is begun. Shot Wbll Ruonlni Away. Philadelphia (Special). A man who gave his name as Patrick Say, of Peori, 111., died in a hospital here from the effects of a bullet wound received while endeavoring to escape from a policeman. Say was detected robbing a grocery and ran. He was pursued by Policeman Kcllar, who fired two shots. The sec ond bullet struck Say in the back and lodged in his kidneys. Although told that he was mortally wounded. Say re fused to divulge his name until a short time before he 'lied. LITE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Treasury it) Belter Shape. The monthly statement of the Govern ment receipts and expcneliturcs just is sued shows a condition of the Treasury which is eminently satisfactory to the of ficials. A year ago there was a deficit of more than $28,50O.oex, which has now been reduced to less than $,l,4ex.oco, with the prospect that this amount will be en tirely wiped out within the next 30 days. It is pointed out 'hat there, is an avail able cash balance on hand, including de posits in national banks, of nearly $144, 000,000, with the daily receipts more than equaling the expenditures. During January the customs receipts alone amounted to $26,889,912. which is an excess over January, 1905. of more than $4,500,000 and since July t last the customs receipts have exceeded those for the corresponding period last year by more than $22,500,000. During the same period internal revenue receipts have increased by more than $9,000,000. The expenditures, last month were about $2,750,000 less than f?' January, 1005, principally on account 01 rceiuceu interest payment. U. S. Demands Moderated. "We made a demand upon Venezuela, based upon the presentation of the as phalt company. The claims of the liti gants are usually exaggerated. Vene zuela said these claims were not just and refused to allow them. Then wc sent a man down to investigate im- passionatcly." 1 his m effect was the statement maelc by a high authority today upon the at titude of the L'nited States toward Ven ezuela, Added to it was the statement that the first demand upon that country by this had practically been withdrawn, and that a new and very much modified demand would be made based upon Judge Cal houn's report. Favors the Whipping Post. The House Committee on the District of Columbia has decided that in the mat ter of wife beating in the District the punishment should be made to lit the crime and that wife beaters, on being convicted, should be subjected to. pun ishment at the whipping post. .Mr. Adams, of Pcnnsvlvama, introduc ed a bill for this purpose and has for some years been a strong advocate of the proposition. President Roosevelt, in a message to the last Congress, recom mended such a law for the District. Gen. Bell Chief of Stalf. Announcement was made at the War Department of the selection by the Pres ident of Brig.-Gen. J. Franklin Bell, one of the youngest brigadier-generals in the army, to be Chief of Staff, to succeed Lieut.-Gen. John C. Bates when tttat of ficer goes upon the retired list on April II next. The selection of General Bell for this important duty came as a complete sur prise to the army, where it had been generally supposed that Major-General Arthur MacArthur, the senior major general in the army, and the officer who will succeed General Corbin next Sep tember with the rank of lieutenant-general, would be selected. To Probe Valencia Wreck. Secretary Mctcalf, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, ordered a thor ough and searching investigation of the Valencia wreck off Vancouver and the conduct of the officers and crew of that steamship, as well as that of the officers of the steamers Topeka and Queen, which went to the assistance of the dis abled vessel. Combine Report Soon. The Interstate Commerce Commission is exercising all possible dispatch in re porting to the President on the reso lution passed by the House calling for information regarding the existence of an alleged merger between the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, the Baltimore and Ohio, the Chesapeake and Ohio and other roads. The Isthmian Canal Commission prac tically completed its work of putting in final shape its report to Secretary Taft, transmitting the reports of the majority and minority of the board of consulting engineers. Director North, of the Census Bureau, sent to the House the cotton ginning sta tistics called for by resolution. Their publication caused an advance in the market. Postmaster General Cortelyou an nounced the appointment of Richard L. Ashurst as postmaster at Philadelphia to succeed Clayton McMichael. The House Committee agreed on a bill making an appropriation of $70,000,000 for the Army. Captain Montgomery, who has been in charge of the telegraph service at the White House for many years, was re tired for physical disability. The British Ambassador presented to Secretary Root Lieutenant Colonel Count Gleichcn, the new military attache of the British tjnbassy. The House passed the resolution in structing the Director of the Census to make public the figures on unginncd cotton. The special committee of Southern representatives and senators has agreed on a national quarantine bill. The House committee decided on a fav orable report of the resolution directing the Census Bureau to make public all its information on cotton ginning. The Senate passed the Consular Reor ganization Bill which, in an amended form, was reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations. His One Ore at Mistake. . Nashua, N. II. (Special) "Better late than never !"exc!aimed Deacon Stephen L. G. F'rench, when he announced his mar riagc engagement to Mrs. Julia Kimball. "The one great mistake is that was never spliced," adeled the Deacon. He is 88 years old and his prospective bride is 75. He is an inmate of the Hunt Home for Aged Couples, but which also accepts single men. Deacon F'rench was never married. Airs. MmbaH is an in mate of the Home for Aged Women. FINANCIAL, Up to the present time twenty-two bills have been introduced in Congress at this session relating to the regulation of freight rates. ' United Gas- Improvement earned in 1005 approximately 14 per cent, on its capital stock about half of which came from the Philadelphia plant. Houses with good political conncetionj have been large sellers of Philadelphia Fleet ric issues. One firm disposed of $150000 of the 4 per cent, trust certificates. DEATH IN FIRE ON A TRANSPORT Fears That Blaze Would Explode Ammunition. PLOT TO DESTROY THE BIG SHIP. Caplala Wilson, of the Transport, Nearly Strangled lo Death by Fumes A San Francisco Fire Engine Captain and Olflcer f the Transport Killed and Olbtr Firemen nd Officers Injured. San Francisco (Special). Three men were killed and 58 injured, mostly by suffocation, in a fire that damagcel the United States transport Meade to the extent of $2,000 as she lay at the Folsom Street pier. For three hours after midnight the for ward hold of the big troopship was a suf focating furnace, from which firemen were borne in an almost continuous stream. Relays of men promptly stepped forward to take the places of those whu were carried out unconscious. Jons of high explosives were loaded in the aftcrpart of tiie vessel, and the firemen worked with the possibility ever before them that the flames would reach this compartment. Uwing to the fact that an infernal machine was found in the hunkers of the transport Thomas on her last voy age, the rumor w as circulated that a plot , had been laid to fire the Meade at sea. as she was to have departed for Manila Jluirsday. Major L. A. Dcvol, chief of the transport service, is investigating this theory with great care. thoiisaiiel pieces ol baggage were ruined. Trunks, boxes and barrels were watersoaked or burned. Wearing ap parel and household furnishings were riuncil. Unc officer places the damage to personal effects at $50,000. The ves sel is not seriously injured. 1 he fact that the vessel was on hre was first discovered by a painter oil the main deck. He rushed to Master-at-Arms Morris, who gave the alarm and aroused Sailingmaster Wilson. Decels of heroism marked the fire. Capt. Ge'orge ilson, of the Mcatle, fell down a hatchway and lay crippled and unconscious with an iniurcd shoulekr and nearly strangled from the fumes of burning lime. Chief Operator Lassak and others of the crew threw themselves down into the hold and managed to struggle back out of the death pit bearing Wilson, who was removed to a berth out of reach of the flames. Lassak himself was rescued from death by Joseph Cook, of Truck No. 1, and an unknown man, both of whom took their lives in their hands. J. H. Dale, of the United States Trans port Service, was overcome and injured while trying in vain to save Third Offi cer Wallace, The forepart of the ship, where the fire broke out, contained the personal ef fects of the officers of the Second' Infan try and of the Eighth and Thirteenth Batteries of Light Artillery, and the loss of property was confined to this part of the vessel. The fear of an explosion prevailed, but this . did not deter the firemen, though they knew there was a large quantity of ammunition on board. The ammuni tion was stored in compartment No. 6, next to the last on the boat, while fire began in No. 2 compartment, well for ward. The flames, however, cut through No. 3 compartment and No. 4, and were eating their way to the hold, where the explosives were stored. The utmost en ergies of those in charge were directed toward flooding this compartment and cutting it off by a volume of water from the encroachment of the flames. When it was seen that the flames were eating their way aft Captain Wilson, who was lying injured and unconscious in a berth in the cabin, was carried ashore and sent to the harbor hospital. Eighty thousand dollars in gold, be ing carried as military treasure to Ma nilla, was rescued from the ship and guarded by soldiers. Lines of soldiers also guarded the entrance to the dock. France In No Hurry. Washington, (Special). Official news has reached Washington from Paris that France will abide her time in her solu tion of the Venezuelan problem. It is believed that President Castro himself may prove of assistance to France if the reports rei-eivcd from Venezuela regard ing the dissatisfaction among the people alleged to be growing against the Presi dent are true. In the meantime the three French war ships are being retained in the French West Indies, whither adequate supplies of ammunition have been shipped to them. Another Bold Assassination. Potave, Russia (By Cable). A daring political crime was committed here at the entrance to the -tdmiuistration build ing, when Provincial Councilor Filonoff was fired at five limes and killed by an unknown assassin. Filonoff was held re sponsible by the terrorists for the ruth less severity with which the agrarian disorders in the provinces had been sup pressed. Reign ol Terror Prevails. Elizabetbpol, Transcaucasia (By Ca ble). A racial war has again broken out in the region between Elizabetbpol and Shusha, where the Armenians and Tartars are massacreing each other. These horrors are added by the fact that the population of the region is starv ing, and that typhoid is raging. It is impossible to send food or medical as sistance. Steamer Silvia Struck Mine. Berlin (By Cable). Herr Ballin, director-of the Hamburg-American Line, announced that the Gitrman steamer Sil via, of that line, which left Vladivostok Monday with a large number of Rus sian troops, who were returning home, struck a mine and had to return in a sinking condition V Vlaelivostok, where she was run ashore in order to prevent her becoming a total loss. With the exception of of the cook, no lives are mentioned as having been lost. Starvation In Japan. Tokio (By Cable).-7-At a meeting of the budget committee of the Diet Mr. Oishi, leader of the Progressive party, interpellated General Tcrauchi, minister of war, as to whether the government, as the result of the Anglo-Japanese alli ance, intended to urge the British gov ernment to reform its army organiza tion; The Minister replied that the gov ernment would do so at some future date, The Emperor has donated $25,000 for the relief of the famine sufferers. According to the latest returns nearly a million persons in Japan are on the verpf of starvation, ' NEW YORK AS SEEN DAY BY DAY. New York Citt. N. V. A. Gladstone Dowie, known as the iinkisscd son of Zion City's prophet, was almost kissed Friday. Dowie arrived fnm Jamaica in the steamer La Plata, having left his father in Port Antonio. Miss Elizabeth Saxton, a young woman passenger, who was said to be an actress, was dared to kiss Gladstone. The young woman wagered a pair of blovcs with a girl friend on board that she would kiss the son of the famous Dowie before parting with him. She walked up to him, extended her hand and blushiiigly began to tell him how glad she was to have known him. Seemingly with a presentiment of dan ger, the son of "F'lijah" made a hasty step backward and blushed. .Miss Saxton saw that blush, paused momentarily to admire it, and decieled that she didn't want those gloves so very much after all. So she contented herself with merely shaking the young man's hand and wishing him luck. Gladstone was saved. Dowie later de nied puhlisheel reports that his father would give up the Zion leadership, saying his father had nearly recovered from the attack of paralysis and would return in April to resume his position at the head of Zion City. Overwork, more llian anything else, was the cause of his illness, and the five weeks he has spent at Port Antonio have done wonders for him. Again representatives of the Celestial Empire have created a flutter of excite ment in the metropolis this time not of iipprehensiem. "In our midst" arc Tai Hung Chi, his viceroy, Tuan Fang; a suite of 50 lesser Chinese lights and 400 trunks. Tai and his followers arc here to study American institutions, and one of the most interesting of these with which they have yet come in contact is the Chinese colony of the city. Tai is president of the Board of Revenue for the Chinese Flmpire, while Tumi Fang is Viceroy of Fu-Kiau and Cheh-Kiang Provinces, which makes hint lord over 40,000,000 souls. At the Fifth Avenue Hotel many of the foremost business men of the city gathered to make the foreigners welcome. Before the even ing was over these men agreed that the Empress Tsi An had chosen her repre sentatives well. The elevators in the buildings were a never ending source of wonder to the visitors, and a good laugh was enjoyed at the expense of Tuan F'ang when they founel out that he had brought with him a pitcher and wash basin.. At the reception tendered them the orchestra playcel "The World's De light," a Chinese ditty, which was so rendered that the Americans present thought the orchestra was tuning up. JZ j& Future subway entrances are lo be removed from the sidewalks. Recently the Citizens' L'nion complained to the Rapid Transit Commission that the pres ent subway entrances incumber the sielc walks to the detriment of their intended uses. It further asks that all entrances tn the future be placed on private pro perty. In an answer, the commission said that it has alrcaely practically concluded to follow out such a course, where pos sible, in future subways. To complete an elaborate under ground terminal station at the Manhat tan end of the Williamsburg bridge, the Board of Estimates today appropriated $750,000 in addition to $50,000 previously voted for the same purpose. This makes up the entire amount need ed for the work as estimated by Bridge Commissioner Stephenson, and ample ac commodation for passengers, it is said, is now assured. Trusted with a good part of the funds of the Asior Bank, Tracy F. Budington, a 15-year-old employee, was until recent ly looked up- to as one of the most trusted persons in connection with the institution. Lately, however, he has evinced a penchant for lurid literature of the kind that tells of the super human strength of the Indian slayers and highwaymen. These and plays of a like order have filled his brain with the desire to quit the quiet pace set in the bank, get out and make the world gain a couple of revolutions a minute. Other men at least the paper-covered nickel weeklies said so had successfully bor rowed money and gone West, made a fortune and then paid back the loan. Why couldn't he? At least he could borrow the money; and he did. Thursday the detectives found him in a hotel in St. Louis. He was giving the waiters their tips of a dollar apiece, and was enjoying a luxurious life. IN THE FIELD OF LABOR. It is reported that another counter feit of the United Hatters' Uniein label has been unearthed in Providence, R. 1. Three million of the 5,000,000 working women of the United States are engaged in manufacturing industries. It is stated that more than 38,000 chilelren under the age of 1 1 are employ ed in the city of Liverpool, England. Organized workingmen of Kansas City, Mo., are leading the way in that city's crusade for progress in municipal gov eminent. The Broommakers' L'nion it San Francisco, Cala., is preparing a vigor ous campaign against the Chinese broom factories in the city. The seamen of the country are much disturbed over the recommendations of the treasury department to abolish vari ous United Stales marine hospitals. According to officials of the Lake Pi leiis' Protective Association, the prospect of trouble in securing recognition from the owners this year is very remote. It is declared that there is a scanty of engineers all over the country and no relief is in sight. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has requests from railroads for 250 engineers that cannot be granteel, as the men are not to be found. According to the officials of the Breith erlmod of lieiot and Shoe Workers, Brockton, Mass., is the largest shoe city in the worlil, producing about $25,000,000 worth of shoes a year. It also pays the highest wages in the world, the average at present being $590 a year, or 20 per cent, higher than its nearest competitor. The secretary of the department of commerce and labor e;f the United States' has issued a circular announcing the pro hibition of convict labor on any federal contract, public building, lock or canal. The State Home for the Adult Blind in Oakland, Cala., has been manufactur ing thirty dozen breieims a day. Plans have recently been agreed upon for the erection of a $25,000 brick factory, and it will be built immeiliately. Miss Elizabeth McClelland, who caus--, a "nsation in Enplane! hv nnnouiicing herself as a builtler, has further attract ed attention by erecting a model house '. a workinpuinn iit n cost of $7sn THE KEYSTONE STATE fbe Latest Peansylvanln Newt Told In Short Order. To determine what "constitutes "pollu-i lion of waters of the State" it was prac-' tically decided to take an appeal from, the decision of Justice Lenhardt at! Norristown. He adjudged E. O. Im-j mell, a Pottstown manufacturer, guilty.', The question has not been decided ju dicially since the passage of the act of 1001. Arthur Booth and Iminell were' charged by Fish Warden Charles Nestly,: of Pottstown, with pollution of streams; on or near which their dyeworks are, located. Their cases were tried scp-j aratcly by a formidable array of law-' yers. The magistrate dismissed Booth because there was no evidence to shew, that his industry was the cause of the! pollution of Wells Creek, a tributary ofj the Schylkilt, for Booth's plant is a mile, from the creek and the discharge from his mills is into a gutter into which fivc( other factories discharge their wastcj water between Booth's anel this creek.; The testimony showed a different state! of affairs as to lmmcll. His plant, lo-j vcatcd about one hundred feet from. Deysher's Creek, discharges into a series! of three tanks and their overflow readily j reaches the creek. Old fishermen testified: that the catching of fish in these streams is out of the question now and said they formerly were excellent fishing grounds., The decision against lmmcll carricsj with it $100 fine and costs. Peter Tobalsky, aged 22 years, of Pottsville, who was jilted by his sweet-! heart, Miss Clara Savage, a Polish girl,; of Philidelphia, was sent to prison by; Justice of the Peace Shaw, a hopeless maniac, he having worried himself in sane over his disappointment in love af fairs. His uncle had him sent to jail because the almshouse insane depart-: nicnt is over croweled the authorities would not admit more patients. Sergeant Harry Stcpp, of Company B, Shamokin Sons of Veterans, met a hor-, riblc death in the Burnsidc mine. He was working in a gangway when a runaway wagon hove in sight. There was no means for Stepp to escape. He had to wait more than a minute before the car run him down, instantly killing him. , , Rudolph Dimoek, Jr., a brakeman, fell in front of an engine in the rail road vards at New Berry Junction and was killed. He left a bride of six weeks. Failing to commit suicide by setting fire to her clothing, Mrs. Emma Ying ling, of York, attempted to cut her throat with a knife. Her condition is serious. The would be suicide is 52 years oi age. II. C. Prick has decided to erect an other skyscraper. It will be twenty four stories high and be built at the southeast corner of Wood and Diamond Streets on the site now occupied by, Robinson Brothers, bankers and brokers.' While the character of the structure has been dchnately decided upon, the plans have not yet been prepared, but archi tects will begin working on them in a short time. William U. Bcsly, aged 50, a leading citizen of Franklin, commited suicide by shooting himself. He was employed by the Standard Oil Company as cashier of the Eclipse Refinery. At 2 o'clock he left the office suddenly, went to a hard ware store and purchased a revolver, and then walked out along the Lake Shore Railroad tracks. The family can assign no cause for the suicide. Col onel S. C. Lewis, general manager of the Eclipse, says the books are perfect ly straight. Mr. Besly leaves a wife and three children, and was a vestry man of St. John's Church. The Memorial Baptist Church, of Wil liamsport, has exteneled a unanimous call to Rev. Roger Williams, of Divid ing Creek, N. J., to become pastor of the church. Henry J. Beck has been appointed general locomotive inspector of the Read ing Railway, with headquarters in Read ing. Reading Railway shops in Reading, employing 2500 men, have been ordered on fifty tours a week. Up to two weeks ago they were on sixty hours, and since then on fifty-four. Because of mild weather there is not so much wear and tear on the locomotive power. Lutheran clergymen of the Schuylkill Valley met in Pottstown and organized the Schuylkill Valley Lutheran Pastors' Association. The pastors in attendance represented churches in Phoenixville, Royersford, Spring City. Sumneytown, Aniityville, Boyertown, Pennsburg and Pottstown. ; Baptist ministers who matriculated at Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa., met at Altoona and organized the Crozer Club of Central Pennsylvania, electing Rev. A. C. Applegarth, of Hunt ingdon, president ; Rev. R. T. Wiltbank, of Hollidavsbtlrg, vice president, and Rev. S. F. Forgens, of Huntingdon, sec retary and treasurer. The City of Reading has received a bill of $515 from Berks County for the maintenance of persons committed to jail by the Mayor since April 1, lews, on charges of drunkenness, disorderly con duct and vagrancy. Mayor Gerber says the bill will not be paid, as the act of l'X5. upon which it is based, applies to prisoners violating city or township ordi nances, while drunkenness, disorderly conduct and vagrancy are violations of State laws. All the stock has been subscribed for a new national bank in Wernrrsville. The Schuylkill County Commissioners and Controller have announced an in crease in county officials' salaries, as fol lows: Deputy treasurer, C. R. Dcpcw, from $1500 to $1700; treasurer's clerk, R. C. Collins, from $ejex to $1000; deputy clerk of courts, James Walton, from $100 to $1020; deputy Sheriff, 1. A. Griffiths, from $1500 to $1800; Sheriff's clerks, P. J. McGrath and James Whitaker, from fgoo to $1000. , While assisting at a barn "frolic" on the farm of Emery Beightol, near Frank lin, Henry T, Homan, nged 05 years, fell, fourteen feet and his back was broken.' He is still living but the atteneling physi cians say he cannot survive long. Citizens of Coaldale and Adanisdale, Schuylkill County, are encountering dif ficulty in securing borough charters. . The promoters of -the former project are be fore coutt for the third time and are meeting with vigorous opposition, it be ing asserted that the new borough would not be able to pay its expenses. Sixty-five delegates, representing four teen councils of the Junior Order United American Mechanics, of Northampton County, met in Bothlehemn and organ- ized the "Good of the Order Association of Northampton County." A. F. Mose-, bach, of Btehlehetn, was elected presi-, dent ; Robert Cless, of Hellertown, vice-! president; E. J. Royer, of Nazareth, sec reary; Thomas Daniel, of Moorcatown, treasurer. The objects of ;hc association are mostly social. The 4-year-old ' daughter of Jason' Passmore, of Duncannon, while at pla.) near her home, fell front the bridge ovr;r Juniata Creek, to the ragged rocks of t'nc rreek bed. iebteen fert below. . it
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