ANOTHER HLIZZAKD All tlif Eastern States Swept by a Great Storm. All Trallle Impeded—The Storm Is Particularly Severe In Peniiftyl vanla— IMflVrent Tu» im lit K«\v York ICeport a Itljj Snow lull. Philadelphia, March 6.—With the exception of the extreme southeast ern section of the state, the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania is in the grasp of the heaviest snow storm of the winter, liailroad travel is practically tied up in many places. Easton, Ilazelton, Wilkesbarre and other points north of Philadelphia report that snow fell all day and still continues. There are 22 to 24 inches of snow on the ground at those points. Heavy drifts have closed up mountain passes, blocked railroads and closed down coal mines. In the northern central section, Williams port reports 16 inches oi snow. The storm is particularly severe from Harrisburg west to beyond the Allegheny mountains. At Harrisburg, ■Altoona and Bedford. 24 inches of snow have fallen. From all points in that territory, serious delay to steam railroads is reported. The main line of the Pennsylvania road is practically tied up at Altoona, all pas senger trains being hours behind schedule time. Pittsburg, March G.—From all sec tions of western Pennsylvania and the northeastern portion of West Virginia, the reports are that the snow storm yesterday was the heavi est of the season. Business in many places was practically suspended, schools closed and the heavy drifts impeded seriously the operation of railroads and trolley systems. Along the Allegheny Valley railroad from -Pittsburg to Oil City the snow on the level is 12 inches deep and the drifts in some places are 20 feet high. On the low grade division of the Pennsylvania railroad the drifts are even higher than oil the .Allegheny Valley, and trains are having a hard time to gef through. Baltimore, March 6.—Reports from all parts of Maryland show that the storm, which lias been raging here since Tuesday night was equally bad in the mountains on tliawest and tin low lands on the east. .No serious re sults are as yet reported, the damage thus far being confined to telegraph and telephone wires, trees and trol ley lines. Railway traffic has been im peded, but not seriously. Hoosick Falls, N. Y., March G. —This section of eastern New York is in the throes of a severe storm. A heavy snowfall began Wednesday morning, blockading traffic in general. The same conditions prevail along the Vermont line and in eastern .Massa chusetts. Elmira, N. V., March 6. —A heavy snow storm set in Wednesday morn ing and the entire Chemung valley is covered with snow to the depth of eight inches. On account of the re cent floods, which covered one-third of the city, the storm is a great hard ship to the poor people in the flooded sections. 'Hudson, N. Y., March O.—A heavy snow storm set in yesterday. The snow drifted badly and caused the entire force of men who were clear ing the tracks of the New York Cen tral railroad to suspend work. It will probably be a week before the New York Central tracks can be used for through traffic. Whitehall, N. Y., March 6.—The worst blizzard of the season struck northern New York yesterday. Re ports from Westport. Port Henry, Crown Point, Fort Ticonderoga and other lake points state that, a fierce gaie is raging, with heavy snowfall. ■Boston, March 6. —The heavy storm, the center of which was off the Caro linas, struck Boston yesterday. Snow fell throughout the afternoon. Huntington, W. Va., March o.—The enow storm in West Virginia con tinues. Eighteen inches has fallen here, 24 at Logan, 20 at Point Pleas ant, 30 at Dingess, three feet at Wyoming and five feet is reported in the Cheat mountains. The Guyan <lottc, Twelve Pole, Tug, Kanawha, New and liig Sandy rivers are all ris ing, the latter very rapidly. New Haven, Conn., March G.— Aq average of about 12 inches of snow has fallen throughout the state and street car traffic is delayed in all di rections. Western Connecticut is suf fering the most, trains being about two hours late, in the eastern part of the state, they are running bet ter. NUGGETS OF GOLD. riili-asuaim I-'lnd 'l'licm In Clilckrna that Came from WiacoiiMiii. Chicago, March o.—Nuggets of gold weighing from a quarter of an ounce to one ounce were found in the crops of chickens and ducks In South Wa ter street market yesterday. The fowls were shipped from Fifleltl, Wis., a little town on the Wisconsin Cen tral railway. The ducks and chickens were re ceived by one of the many commis sion merchants along South Water street, and the discovery of the pre cious metal was made by his helpers when they slaughtered the fowls. The commission men express the opinion that there must be gold in considerable quantities about the bottoms near Fifield. A Conference on Cuban Reciprocity. 'Washington, March G. —Speaker Henderson and Representative Can non, of Illinois, called at the WliitV House yesterday and discussed with the president the subject of Cuban reciprocity. Active canvassing con tinued among republican members preliminary to the third caucus on Cuban reciprocity to be held to night. Positive claims are made by those opposed to Representative Payne's 20 per cent, reciprocity piuij that there is a clear majority against it. Mr. Payne and his associates do not concede this. BOATS COLLIDE. sifanmr Wfiealniid Slnlm OIT th« I7M- Klluli Coawt—Two Llvm London, March 7.—The American line steamer .Waesland, Capt. Apfeld, from Liverpool March 5 for Philadel phia. and the British steamship Har nionides, Capt. Pentin, from Para for Liverpool met in collision Wed nesday liight off Holyhead, Wales. The Waesland sank. All but two of her passengers and crew were saved. The Waesland carried 32 cabin and S3 steerage passengers and is owned by the International Navigation Co., but flies the 'Belgian finer. She plied regularly between Philadelphia and Liverpool, touching at Qucenstown each way. Formerly she was Known as the Russia. She is a four-masted bark-rigged iron vessel of 3,G7ii ton.; nft. Messrs. J. & 0. Thompson built her at (llasgow in 1867. Liverpool. March 7.—Fifty-three of the passengers and crew of the Waesland arrived at Liverpool on board the Harnionides this morning. They were received l>v the agents of the American line here and were quartered at various hotels. The collision occurred in a thick fog at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night, when the Waesland was about 40 miles southwest of Holyhead. The Harnionides struck the Waesland amidships and there was a terrible shock. Most of the Waesland's pas sengers had retired for the night. Perfect order and discipline pre vailed. The crew of the steamer rapidly turned out the passengers and suc ceeding in assuring them that their lives were safe. The passengers were greatly influenced by the cold ness of the crew and obeyed instruc tions willingly and quickly. The Waesland's boats were speedily got out and in less than half an hour the entire ship's company had been transferred to the ITarmonides. Unfortunately two lives were lost. The dead are a steerage passenger named Dangerfield and a child named Elsie Emmett, the daughter of a cabin passenger. The Waesland sank in 35 minutes after the collision. Die passengers anil crew lost all their belongings. The vessel carried no mails. The passengers unite in the highest praise of the behavior of Capt. Apfeld and his crew. It is expected the com pany will send on the passengers by another vessel next week. A CHICAGO MYSTERY. Dentil of a <!au In si ftiitli I Sou tie Puz «lo* tile Wiiidy rilj'» Poller* Chicago, March 7. —After spending 24 hours in the Great Northern bath house J. 11. Davidson, western man ager for the Philadelphia Watch and Case Co. and prominent in Chicago jewelry trade circles, was found un conscious by attendants in the place. He was removed to St. Luke's hos pital, where he died. A post-mortem examination revealed a serious frac ture of the skull. Even the frontal lobes of the brain bad been affected, and it was made clear that. David son died from the effects of a severe blow. Whether Davidson fell on the marble floor, or was struck has not yet been determined by the police, though Davidson's friends do not sus pect that be was the victim of foul play. Attendants at the bath establish ment assert that Davidson was in good health when he entered tha place. Davidson died without mak ing a statement. Itelunes to IHnband IIIk Army. Pekin, March 7.—The actions of Gen. Tung Fu Hsiang are causing excitement and apprehension at the imperial court. Tung Fu Hsiang has a considerable body of troops. The dowager empress, through Yung Lu, the first grand secretary, recently wrote to the general offeringto main tain him comfortably if he would disband his followers. This Tung Fu Hsiang refused to do, intimating that he felt safer with his army around him. The court fears that when his resources fail, Tung Fu 11 si a Tiff may be compelled to resort to pillage in order to support his fol lowers and that this would eventual ly lead to rebellion. A 875,000,000 mortgage. Clarksburg, W. Va., March 7. —A mortgage for $75,000,000 given by the •Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. was admitted for record in the office of the county clerk here yesterday. It was in favor of the Union Trust Co., of New York. The purpose of the mortgage is to liquidate all outstand ing mortgages previously given on all lines operated by the Baltimore & Ohio system in Pennsylvania. Ohio and West Virginia. Twenty million dollars' worth of bonds already have been issued for this purpose. The largest single issue to be taken up is that of $13,810,5330 on the Pitts burg, Lake Erie & Western system. A Kit; llml of Iron Ore. Plattsburg, N. Y., March 7.—The Cliateaugay Ore and Iron Co. has dis covered that the vein of iron ore at its mines near Lyon Mountain, N. Y., which it was supposed was 30 feet in thickness, is over 70 feet and extends for six miles, making it one of the largest deposits of iron ore in the world. The company lias increased its capital stock, of which the Dela ware & Hudson Cft. owns a controll ing interest. The charcoal blast fur nace at iStandish will Vie rebuilt with an annual capacity of 25,000 tons of charcoal pig iron. The company will double its present output of ore. Organize a Hunk Every Hay. ■Washington, March 7. —A report is sued by the treasury department shows that since the passage of the act of March 14, 1000, there have been organized S7H national banking asso ciations, with .aggregate capital stock of $ 15,510,000. Of these 582 had individual capital of less than $50,000. During last month there was an average of one bank organized daily. At the close of business on February OS there were in active operation 1,585 national banking as* social ions with capital stock ox' Jjio7?,« 879,195. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902. FIVE MEN KILLED. TwO Explosions Play Havoc with Mine Workers. ratiifflroplif Occurred IVcar itloiioiiga* hela, I'u. —Several Oilier Winer* Injured, Two I'robably Fu (ally*-Itellel I'urtlen tUMUCCONNfuI. Monongaliela, Pa., March 7.—An explosion in the I'atsburg mine of the Monongaliela Hiver Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. on Thursday re sulted in the death of five men, and serious injury of several others, two fatally. The dead: Mine Boss IJobert Howey, aged SO years, married. .Tames llowey, aged 20 years, son of mine boss. Isaac Fast wood, of Monongaliela, 40 years old, married. John Gilder, of Cliarleroi, Pa., single. William McFariand, of Mononga liela, married. Fatally injured: .Tames Ilagger, married, badly burned; James Ter rent, married, badly burned. On Monday a premature explosion of dynamite caused gas to ignite and since that time the mine has been burning. A'J the air channels were closed and it was hoped that the flames could be smothered. Yester day morning 20 men entered the mine to investigate. Tt is not ex plained what caused the explosion, but it is thought that the turning on of the air which had been shut off by the fan caused the gas which had accumulated to ignite. A terrible explosion followed, soon after the men entered. \ relief party headed by Superintendent ■Seddon and Mine Inspector Leiitift, made nn effort and nearly succeeded in reaching the imprisoned men, but were compelled to return for air. All were over come and are in a serious condition. A second relief party, headed by John Coulter, entered the mine by another way, but a second explosion occurred and they were forced to re treat. A third relief party made a futile attempt. A fourrti attempt will be made to reach the bodies of the men who are believed to liavn jie rished. James Ilagger was reached by one rescuing party. He was found bad ly burned. James Terrent was burned by flames that shot up all around him, but he crawled a thousand feet from his companion, Gilder, who was killed instantly. A COAL FAMINE. It .Tluy be Felt al l.etlllehem, I'a., a* a ICewiill ill a Snow Itlorkudc. Bethlehem, Pa„ March 7. Snow drifts of ten feet extend from one end of the Lehigh Valley to the other, blocking the trolley roads and the Lehigh Lackawanna branch of the Jersey Central railroad and choking up every township road Tier ween here and the Blue mountains. He] ♦i ts from Wind Gap and vicinity say that much live stock has perishi'd. Ac companying the embarrassment of the storm is the announcement by coal dealers that a coal famine is inevitable. The score or more of clergymen who were passengers on a trolley ear returning from a German Methodist conference at Bangor and were caught in a drift on the Blue moun tains were released Wednesday night by farmers. They reached the Ban gor & Portland railroad subsequent ly and got to their homes in Phila delphia by steam cars. Kaston, Pa.. March 7.—This city and towns and country districts nearby are snowbound and it is very cold. A high wind drifted the snow badly. The city trolley lines have recovered somewhat, but the rural roads are drifted sliuj and it will be several days before traffic on them is resumed. Claim* of tlalue Victim* are Denied. Washington, March 7. —The Span ish treaty claims commission has handed down a decision against the claimants for deaths and injuries re ceived by seamen in the wreck of the battleship Miiine, in Havana harbor. The commission holds that "indi vidual claims of citizens of one na tion may arise against the govern ment of another nation for redress of injuries which such citizens may have sustained from such govern ment, or its agents. But such indi vidual claims do not arise in favor of the men of a ship who receive, in the line of duty, injuries to their person:: for which a foreign government is responsible. To lie t'oui t-Martlaled for Cruelty. Manila, March 7.—A court-martial has been ordered to try Maj. Little ton Waller, and Lieut. John A. Day, of the marine corps, on March 17 next, on the charge of executing natives of the island of Samar with out trial. Some of the circumstan ces in the ease are peculiarly atro cious. One native was tied to a tree and shot in the thigh. The next day the man was shot in the arms. The third day he was shot in the body, and the fourth day the native was killed. Perfume .Tinker* to Combine. Detroit, Mich., March 7.—The American Perfume Co., with a capital of $5,000,000, is a combination which will be effected in a few days by about 15 of the largest perfume manufacturers of the United States. Seized l>y the Shcrill*. Derby, Conn., March 7.—The Driggs-Scabury (inn and Ammunition Co.'s plant was closed up by the sheriff last night and 100 men were thrown out of work. Some lime ago LafTiin & Hand, New York pow der manufacturers, attached .the plant for $30,000 to satisfy a claim of $22,000. The company has not set tled the account and the action yesterday resided. The Driggs- Scilbury Co. has been working night and day on government contracts and a large portion of the %vork has been ift ual uishod. NATION'S GUEST. Prince Henry's Tonr of Ameri can Cities Very Enjoyable. Crowd* Turn Out anil (.'reel lllm at Clilcueu. Ililu auhi'K mid |l»n> ton—The Frlneo Finally ltctu rn* to New York Mult- ai.tl H <'ll. Chicago, March 4.—A glare of rod fire that could be seen for miles, tin; blaze of hundreds of torches, ine sparkle of myriads of electric lights, and the cheers of thousands of peo ple made up the first taste of Chi cago's hospitality that was given Prince Henry upon his arrival in this city last evening. His train arrived at the depot of the Chicago & Alton railroad at 6:150 o'clock and from there, after he had been welcomed by Mayor Harrison and the general reception committee, The chief event of the stay of the prince in Chicago was the grand ball held last night in the Auditoriura. Chicago, March s.—l'rince Henry of Prussia on Tuesday listened to an address from the Central Hund, of St. Paul, placed a wreath on the Lin coln monument in Lincoln park and enjoyed a luncheon and reception at the (iermania club. Milwaukee, Wis., March 5. —Mil- waukee was host to Prince Henry of Prussia for six hours last evening and gave him a reception that was highly enthusiastic and an entertain ment that was unique. His special train came at 4 o'clock and at 10 o'clock was away again on the run to Niagara and New England. The in tervening time was all given over to the reception and entertainment of the royal visitor. It began with a drive through the business and resi dential districts in review before a crowd that numbered 200,000. Then there was a public reception at which Gov. Lafolette and Mayor Ifose voiced the official welcomes, and the United Singing societies raised their voices in mighty chorus. Rochester, X. Y., March 0. — Prince Henry of Prussia traveled from Clii cago to .Niagara Palls yesterday, crossed the Canadian frontier for a brief stay, during which he was wel comed by Dominion otfieials and re sumed his journey last night, Huston, .March 7. Prince Henry of Prussia was the guest of Huston yes terday and his welet;jne to the city was a cordial one. (Jov. Crane and Mayor Collins, acting for the state and the city, extended the official courtesies to him and when the prince had returned their calls he weni to Cambridge to deliver the gifts of his brother, the kaiser, to the Germanic museum, and to receive from Har vard the honorary degree of doctor of laws. Last night the prince was given a dinner by the city of Boston and sat at a table with more than 200 repre sentative citizens of the common wealth. New York, March B.—Prince Henry of Prussia yesterday completed his tour and is once more in New York, where he will remain until Monday, when he goes to Philadelphia. lie was absent from the city for nine days, during which time his special train was within the territory of 13 states and ran a total distance of 4,- li5S miles. He was greatly pleased with his trip, and last night, through his aide, ('apt. Yon Mtiller, issued a statement expressing his satisfaction at the opportunity which came to him, and his gratification at the cor diality with which he was received throughout the country. ('apt. Von Midler said: "His royal highness is very much pleased by his trip into the interior of the United States. lie is fully aware of the fact that he has had only a very superficial glimpse of a very small portion of the Unittfl States, and that he might perhaps have used his time to greater advan tage had he remained in one of the larger cities of the east. Hut he is convinced, nevertheless, that, consid ering the character of his mission, the trip was the right thing for him to do. In making it he has obtained a very fair idea of the vastness of th< country and its resources, which the capital of the United States and the great commercial centers of the east alone could not have given li'Vi. Hut more than this impression he values the hearty welcome which he met in all the places lie went through, a welcome that showed him that the people of the United States every where understood and appreciated the intention of the German emperor in sending him here. "The prince made a speech in St. Lnruis in which he said he regretted not to have been able always to ex press his thanks to those who greet ed him at the railway stations, or who otherwise desired to show him their respect. He wishes to have the intent of that speech conveyed to all those who in the course of the trip gave him such a cordial recep tion, and especially he wishes to ex press his thanks to those who, early in the morning when he was not pre pared and still in bed, welcomed him with music and cheers." His last day on the special train which carried him to the south, west and east, rivalled in interest any of the others spent by the prince on the tour, for it began with a visit to Al bany, included a run down the west shore of the Hudson river, and closed with a reception at the United States military academy at West Point. lCnd of a a Bl« Strike. San Francisco, March 6. —After con tinuing for nine and a half months, the strike of the iron workers of this city, begun on May 1 of last year to enforce a demand for a nine-hour day, is ended. Two-thirds of the unions composing the iron trades council acted upon a recommenda tion made by that body advising that the strike be prosecuted no longer and voted to allow their members to return to work. Within a week be tween 2,000 and :i.()00 men will be em ployed. The men accept slight con cessions. PLEA FOR PEUEF. Mlnnc*ola Hake* It 111 Kesard to the Flirht to Prevent Combine*. Minneapolis, Minn., March B.—At torney General Douglas has appealed to congress in the Northern Securi ties case. With the backing of the Minnesota legislature and of the Min nesota delegation in both branches at Washington he hopes for an amendment to the judicial acts, which will change the anomalous position in which Minnesota is now placed. The supreme court's decision in the Northern Securities case shuts out the state completely from redress in the federal courts. The court lays down the rule that a state cannot sue a citizen of another state where citizens of plaintiff state are neces sary parties. This class of case is absolutely barred from the federal courts. In the belief of most at torneys fhe Northern Securities Co. cannot be reached in the state courts of Minnesota. An effort in this di rection may be made by service upon President Hill, himself a citizen of the state, but there is not much hope of success in this direction. Attorney General Douglas has recognized the far-reaching effect of this decision and has called the at tention of Gov. Yan Sant, to it in a letter. This was transmitted to the legislature. The senate received it late Thursday afternoon and at the same time Senator Wilson presented a resolution drawn by the attorney general. It was passed immediately. The attorney general's letter was read before the house yesterday but the resolution did not make its ap pearance until later, when it was brought in from the senate. The house concurred by a viva voce vote. Attorney General Douglas already has written two members of the Min nesota delegation, Senator Nelson and Representative Stevens. He has asked them to look after the matter, and it is probable that they will in troduce a bill in both branches amending the judiciary act as the at torney general suggests. THREE IN ONE. Tile Southern I'aeilic Co. Absorb* a Trio of ICallroad Corporation*. Sail Francisco, March B.—The •Southern Pacific Co. filed articles of incorporation here Friday by which it transferred all its property in 'California, Arizona and New Mexico to a new corporation and hereafter its holdings in the three states will be managed by one company instead of three. The new corporation is a consolida tion of the three old companies. It is known as the '"Southern Pacific Railroad Company." Its capital stock is fixed at $15!) 145,000, making it.the largest corporation ever organized in California. Hy the terms of the articles of in corporation, the stock in the new company is to be taken up by the stockholders of the old corporations. The old stock will be cancelled and the new stock issued in its place. When the exchange shall have been completed the original companies will be dissolved. The companies that have been su perseded are the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California, the Southern Pacific- Railroad Company of Arizona and the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of New Mexico. M'LAURIN'S AMENDMENT. Would Prevent Judge* or t'onsjre**" men from Fronting by the Ship Sub *ldy Kill If It Heroine* Law. 'Washington, March S.—Senator Mc- Laurin, of Mississippi, has given no tice of an amendment he will offer to the ship subsidy bill, intended to prevent the high officials of the Uni ted States government from receiv ing any benefit from the enactment of the proposed law. The amend ment requires that the names of all members of firms or of incorpora tors and stockholders of all corpora tions, whether owners of subsidized ships or contractors to build the same, shall be made public. Jt then proceeds as follows: "No senator or representative of the United States, or judge of any court of the United States shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract under this act, or in any corporation having a contract under this act, or directly or indirectly re ceive any money or thing of value under the provisions of this act, or be directly or indirectly interested in any corporation or vessel which is a beneficiary under this act." The Hiwe ill the Ohio lllver. Evansville, Intl., March S.—The Ohio river is rising slowly. The general opinion is that a stage of .'SS feet will lie reached, while some think it may goto 40. The high water complete ly covers the low lands between here and Henderson and thousands of acres of wheat will be badly dam aged. Forty feet will bring the water up to the corn cribs in the bot toms and thousands of bushels of corn are in danger. Several farm ers between here and Paducali were forced to move out to higher ground. An Kariy Breakup. La Crosse, Wis., March S. —Ice in the Mississippi began moving yester day. Much damage was done. Huge cakes of ice piled up at the bridge and did much damage to piers. Hoathouses were crushed and the city's pile driver and many buildings along the levee carried away. The breaking up of the river is the ear liest in 20 years. lilunip 1* Arre*ted. Lowell, Mich., March S.—The coro ner's jury which has been investigat ing the mysterious death of Mrs. William Klump here, on Friday decid ed that she was murdered and ren dered a verdict to that effect. Mrs. Klump received a supposed sample headache powtler by mail last Satur day and Sunday morning she took it. In a very short time the woman was writhing in agony and she lived but a few hours. William Klump, the. woman's husband, has been arrested. It is said he recently became inter ested in a woman in Grand Wapitis. A I! if OK EN KAIL. It Caused ,t Frightful Railroad Accident in Texas. Wreck (audit Flrf"PamirNgt)r( Were Anlcep Whcu I lie (runli <! ain e -- Fifteen People Hilled aim 48 In jured. Sun Antonio, Tex., March B.—A broken rail caused a frightful wreck on the •Southern Pacific railroad near Maxon station, 25 miles west of San derson, at 3 o'clock Friday morning. From the latest accounts received here 15 people were killed outright and 28 were injured. The dead: Three children of Martin ltiildle, of Chetopa, Kan. Chris Keel, San Antonio, Tex. E«tavon Contraras, Del Rio, Tex. W. \V. Price, engineer, San Antonio. Andrew C. Shelly, wife and child, Del Rio, Tex. <hi Id of D. E. Ilousen, Racine, Wis. 'Mr. and Mrs. White, Manitowoc, Wis. 'Engineer AI Mast, El Paso, Tex. Fireman H. iiertscholst. El Paso. L. A. Joene, news agent, Doyline, La. The ill-fated train left San Antonio at noon Thursday, two and a half hours late, and at the time of the ac cident was running at a high rate of speed in order to make up time. The road at the point where the wreck occurred is in a rough country, the curves being sharp and the grades heavy. It was when rounding a curve that the train left, the track, it is said, oil account of a broken rail. The hour was 3 a. m., 15 hours after the train had left San Antonio, showing that it was still behind time. All the passengers were asleep and the shock that followed was the first intimation they had of the danger. The train \v;is going at such speed that the tender and engine landed 75 feet from where they left the rails. The ears behind piled up against the engine, caught fire and all were con sumed except the sleepers. All (lie injured in the coaches just behind the express and baggage cars were cremated. The people in the sleepers were saved with the assist ance of the uniirfm-cd passengers. The wrecked train was the Galveston, Jlarrisburg & San Antonio westbound passenger, and consisted of an en gine, mail car, baggage car, one coach, one chair ear, three tourist sleepers, one Pullman sleeper and one private car. The mail car, the baggage car and coaches were piled together against the engine and were ablaze in a few seconds. It was impossible to move any of the coaches or the tourist cars, as they were all off the rails and were soon consumed by the flames. So soon as it was possible to pet in communication with the division headquarters relief trains with sur geons and physicians were started from El Paso, Del Rio and Sanderson, picking up along the line all the sur geons that could be found. All the injured who were in a con dition to be moved were sent to El Paso, where they are receiving care ful attention. Stockton. Oil., March B. Al Mast, the engineer killed in the wreck, was a former resident of this city. This was the fourth railroad wreck he had been in. After the third he told his friends he expected to lose his life in the next wreck. LIGHT OUT.'UT, The .tlnln Feature of tlie I'a*t Week In the Industrial World. New York, March B.—R. (!. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Unsettled weather was the most un satisfactory feature of the business situation. A sudden thaw follow ing an exceptionally heavy snowfall produced freshets and floods. Man ufacturing and transporting inter ests suffered severely and consumers were urgent for shipment of delayed goods, while great quantities of mer chandise became stalled in transit. Preparations for an enormous spring trade continue undiminished. Not only is there no improvement to be rtvorded in the iron and steel outlook, but floods in the Pittsburg region added to the pressure by com pletely closing many plants and dam aping much eostl.v machinery. Sup plies of coke failed to increase be cause the railways were badly disor ganized, and the net result was a week of light output when require ments were notably heavy. Recent destruction by the elements makes an unusual demand for structural mate rial, and on spot business buyers gladly pay premiums of $G a ton above list prices. Nothing new has developed in the footwear industry. Buyers are de laying the placing of fall business in expectation of securing more satis factory terms. Shipments have fal len below the figures for the same week last year, but since January 1 there still appears a good increase over 1901. Cotton goods are well sustained, but there is much uncertainty as to the labor situation. Less activity is reported in the market for woolens. Failures for the week numbered 178 in the United States, against 20S last year, and 17 in Canada, against IS last year. A Itlysterloii* Cremation. Winsted, Conn., March B.—Coroner Uiggins is investigating a mysterious death which occurred in Barkham stead Friday morning. Neighbors entering the house of Mrs. James M. Howard discovered the body of Mrs. Howard burned to a crisp, hang ing over a potato bin in the cellar. A search failed to reveal a lamp or any other article which would have set fire to her clothing, and the wood* Work upon which the body was hang ing was not burned. Mrs. Howard's husband was away at work at th©' oupposed time of the burning. ' 3
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