?A (FATAL CYCLONE.
lit Sweeps Over Five Villages
in Arkansas.
Klna 1,1 v. * Were I,oM and 10 Pcmoui
Injured, Three of Them Fatally
—Property Lwm Wan Very
Large Storm Came
/ In the Night.
! T.ittle Rock. Ark., April 9.—Specials
{from several towns in White and
•Cleburne counties, Arkansas, tell of
at cyclone which swept through that
section Tuesday night, leaving death
«nd destruction in its wake. The rec
ord of casualties so far is nine dead,
♦three dying and 13 others badly in*
ijured. The towns of Little lied, Al«
Won, Bradford, Heber and Pang burn
lhave been heard from so far. The
«Jead:
Jim Leggett, Little Red.
Joe Leggett, Little Red.
Tom King and wife. Little Red.
j Three King children.
Young lady school teacher who was
Iboarding at King's.
A. C. Williams, near Ileber.
The injured: Infant child of the
King family.
Mrs. A. C. Williams, not expected to
live.
Buck Neeley, Searcy.
Albert Kiler, Elbert Deerile and
tWalker Pollard, Little Red.
Two of the Pollard family near Al
ibi on.<
Mrs. Hoverton and children, Pang
burn, not expected to live.
Miss Barkhousen, Little Red; leg
broken and'skull fractured.
Walter Fuller, Pangburn, leg bro
!ken.
Mrs. Henry Wells, injured fatally.
Unknown woman, Pangburn, both
Begs broken.
Tom Houston, near Heber, both
(arms broken.
Unknown man at Bradford.
The major portion of the country
through which the storm plowed its
way is remote from railroads, tele
lgraph or telephone lines. A special
correspondent telegraphed from
Searcy, Ark., last, night that he had
gjone over a portion of the track of
ithe stoTm and that trees were twist
ed from their trunks and houses were
■demolished. Thus far it has been im
jpossible to ascertain where the storm
•began, but it is known that it raged
iin two counties and the list of cas
ualties is likely to be greater than
is now known. Bradford, whir'
on the Iron Mountain road, was
first point heard from. Several
were blown down there
The tornado came from the west
nnd spent its force by the time It
Teached Bradford. It is feared the
2ittle town of Hiram, with a popula
tion of 150, lias been wiped off the
cnap. It is near Heber and in the
storm's track. Nothing has thus far
been heard from it. It probably will
ibe several days before the names of
«11 who were killed by the tornado
will be known.
A special from Heber says: Tn the
tornado which swept across this sec
tion A. C. Williams, living ten miles
south of Heber, was killed. He was
70 years old and lived with his wife
on top of one of the mountains south
of this town. His house was caught
up by the wind and thrown down
the mountain side, he being killed.
His wife was badly injured and is not
expected to live. A white man
named Houston, living near Williams,
had both arms broken.
At Pangburn six residences were
blown down and a flock of sheep and
ft number of cattle, hogs and horses
were killed.
A large church near Pangburn was
blown half a mile. At Little Red
jiostoffiee. Walker Pollard, Mrs. Pol
lard and Tom King lost their houses,
barns and other buildings.
Forty-three residences and 16
"barns destroyed and other wreckage,
4s the record of the damage reported
up to 8 o'clock last night.
STOPPED BY A GUNBOAT.
A Norwegian Steamer Han Trouble
with a Ilonduran Wamlilp.
New Orleans, April 9. —Capt. War
neoke, of the Norwegian steamer Da
vid, which has arrived here from
Ceiba, Spanish Honduras, reports an
exciting experience with the Ilondur
an gunboat Tatumbla.
The David was off the north coast
of Honduras when the Tatumbla hove
in sight and commanded the mer
chantman to put into Utilla against
the orders of the captain of the Da
vid.
The Tatumbla was in command of
Col. Villarde, who put a half dozen
Ilonduran soldiers on board the Da
vid to irsnre the proper carrying out
<>f his orders. Capt. Warnecke ob
jected, saying that he lrtul no busi
ness in the harbor of Utilla, and pro
tested against going so far out of his
•course. The commander of the Ta
tumbla said that the David should
proceed where he ordered her to go.
Capt. Warnecke said that he was
off the coast of Honduras, looking
for a native pilot to take the ship to
<'eiba, his objective port, but he had
to submit to the humiliation of
his course.
The David anchored off Utilla, a
small island off the northeast coast
of Honduras for the night, and left
the following day without being
boarded by any troops.
Captain Warnecke proceeded to
Puerto Cortez and informed Admiral
Coglilan of what had happened; two
United States war vessels went at
once in search of the Tatumbla.
A Big Then of Petticoat*.
New York, April 9. —Five thousand
dollars' worth of petticoats were
Stolen from the offices of Klatzj>o &
Mishkend, clothing dealers, 11 Lls
penard street, Tuesday night. Three
men had engaged a whole floor of
an office building on Canal street.
The rear portions of tl* two build
ings are close together. Tuesday
night neighbors heard a terrific rack
et as (hough iron doors were being
ibal t ered down. Some o:f the goods
were found on the roof of the build
ing. The watchman of the building
±J under arrest.
SWEPT BY A TORNADO.
Kleven People Dead and « Number In«
Jured In an Alabama Village*
Hanceville, Ala.. 9. —.V tornado
passed over Hopewell settlement, IVi
miles north of here, at 2 o'clock
Wednesday morning and as a result
11 persons are dead, four are fatally
injured and a dozen are more or less
seriously hurt, while the destruction
to property Is heavy. The dead:
Henry McCoy and three children.
C. C. Oden and three children.
John Griffin, wife and son.
Fatally injured: Two children of
Henry McCoy and two children of C.
C. Oden.
Seriously injured: Mrs. Oden and
child; Mrs. McCoy.
The storm came from the south
east and its roar was so terrific that
it woke many people, some of whom
fled from their houses in time to es
cape death by having 1 the house
blown down on tliein.
Buildings were tossed about like
paper boxes and several structures
were blown a hundred yards or more.
The body of McCoy, who was a
prominent, farmer, was blown 200
yards and landed in a sand pit.
The house of Mrs. John Norton was
blown down, 'but the family escaped
by crawling vinder the "bed while the
timber and brick fell on top of the
bed. 'breaking the force of the fall.
The houses of the ,Jden and Griffin
families were smashed tn splinters
and it seems marvelous that any of
t.he.ir occupants escaped death. Trees
"were uprooted in all directions and
many were blown across the Louis
ville & Nashville railroad track, de
laying trains for a time. The roar
of the storm was heard at Hanee
ville, where it awoke many people,
but no damage was done here. A3
soon as the destruction wrought be
came known here rescuers hurried
to the scene to give attention to the
dead and 'wounded.
The section through which the
storm went is flat, on an elevated ta
ble land in the hilly section of Hlount
county. There was not the slightest
Intimation of its approach until the
houses were being torn to pieces. One
of the first houses struck was that
of Nathan Griffin. The house was
demolished and Mrs. Griffin and son
James were killed. Mrs. Griffin was
so badly injured that she died later.
CONDEMNED A BOYCOTT.
Illlnoln Railroad <'omml*iiloner« De
nounce tlir Tlcthod* of a Combine of
firaln Dealer*.
Springfield, 111., April 9.—Tn a de
cision handed down Wednesday by
the state board of railroad and ware
house commissioners, the Illinois
Grain Dealers' association is criti
cized for establishing a boycott
against the independent grain deal
ers of the state. The case is that of
D. H. Curry & Co., of Mason City,
against the Illinois Central Railroad
Co. for discrimination Jn furnishing
cars. The commission decided
against the railroad company and or
dered that an equitable distribution
c«f cars he made.
In passing on the case the railroad
and warehouse commission states
that it is led to believe that an un
derstanding existed between the
Curry company and the Illinois
Grain Dealers' association not to han
dle the grain of the Farmers' Eleva
tor Co. at Mason City and that Curry
was willing to agree to anything to
prevent the competing companies at
Mason City from marketing their
grain. The board quotes several con
victing letters to sustain its views.
A CollUion In Siciv York Buy.
New York, April 9. —The steamer
Allegheny, from Port limon, Costa
Rica, was badly damaged yesterday
in the harbor of New York as the re
sult of a collision with the British
steamer Joseph Merry weather. The
United Fruit Co., which had a cargo
of bananas on the Allegheny, sent a
float to the vessel to take off the
bananas. There were ten cars and
104 stevedores on the float. It had
been alongside 'the Allegheny about
two hours when it suddenly sank.
About one-third of the stevedores
were on the float and were dumped
into the water. According to Fore
man Haake, however, all got safely
onto the Allegheny and later were
taken off by another float.
i*lr. Stcvoimon Is Scorched.
Bloomington, 111., April 9. —Adlai
E. Stevenson, formerly vice president
of the United States, lost his hair
and mustache and received painful
.burns on his face, head and hands
yesterday, while trying to extinguish
a fire in his home. The fire started
In a bedroom. When Mr. Stevenson
rushed into the room, the curtains
were in a blaze. Without calling aid
he attacked the flames. In a mo
ment the hair on his head went up in
a puff of smoke. The fire then seized
his mustache and blistered his face.
Then Mr. Stevenson called for help.
He retreated before the flames caught
his clothing. The loss to the house
was SI,OOO.
A 111 g Vote Tor Prohibition.
Topeka. Kan., April 9. —Returns
from all the towns in Kansas which
held elections Tuesday disclose the
fact that the vote in favor of en
forcing the prohibition law is the
most overwhelming in thu history ol
the state. A special effort was made
■by the opponents of prohibition to
make a good showing at this election
and thus pave the way for a re-sub
mission campaign two years from
now. Only six towns of any import
ence in the state voted in favor of a
liberal policy toward the saloons.
JVlelvllle Prepare* a Siirprlwe.
Washington, April 9. Admiral
Melville has a surprise In store for
sailors whieh perhaps will be as rev
olutionary in its effect on naval con
struction as was his famous triple
screw. For more than a year past
his bureau has been making inquiries
and preparing plan* for a turbine
propelled war hip. The best experts
have been consulted and the plans
have advanced to a point where it is
thought satisfactory results are as
sured. Details of the novel arrange
ments of this ship are withheld for
the present.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1903.
THREE MEN KILLED
A 12-Inch Gun Explodes 011 the
Battleship lowa.
I'lve .Tien Were Injured, Two Serl>
oUKIy Accident Occurred Hur-
Ing Target Prartlre Near
Pensacola Victim*
Were at .Tic**.
Tensaeola, Fla., April 10. —A dlsns
trous explosion occurred Thursday
on the battleship lowa while the ves
sel was at target practice in the
grulf. The forward port 12-incli gun
burst from the premature explosion
of a shell, 12 feet of the piece out
fide the turret being demolished.
Three men were killed and five in
jured, 'two seriously. The killed are:
First Class Seaman Kiele.
Ordinary Seaman Percell and Gun
ner's Mate Berry.
The injured are: First Class Sea
man Gaught, Ordinary Seaman
Thursdale, Brown, Mansdale and I'u
rucker.
The men killed and injured were
on the second, or gun deck. at mess.
Three pieces of the exploded gun,
each weighing over a ton, passed
downward through the spar deck,
falling upon the men at mess, in
stantly killing the three named. All
of the men were horribly mutilated.
The heavy missiles after passing
through the gun deck, continued
down to the third deck, where they
came in contact with the armored
deck, the heavy steel bringing them
to a stop, thus saving the engineers
and firemen who were at work ibelow.
Although the upper decks were cov
ered with men, no one 'there was ser
iously injured.
The explosion occurred just as the
mess call had been sounded. Firing
was to have ceased after the shot for
the dinner hour. The range had been
set and the lowa was steaming along
at a speed of 12 knots an hour when
Lieut. Reed, in charge of the for
ward 12-incli turret, gave orders to
load and fire.
The time fuse was cut for the
range, the piece charged, breech
closed and the word given to fire. Fol
lowing the report of the gun there
was a smothered noise as the shell
exploded midway in the gun and
pieces of the bursted grun and shell
were scattered broadcast. Three
great holes were 'torn through the
deck. Those who •were below began
coming on deck, some bloody and mu
tilated, ■while lying on the floor,
crushed almost beyond recognition,
were the three unfortunate men.
The Massachusetts, six miles dis
tant. was signalled for and one of the
cutters put off with the surgeon and
assistants. The wounded men were
taken to the hospital and their in
juries dressed. The dead were
brought to Pensacola.
Some claim tha tthe explosion was
caused by a defective shell, and oth
ers think that the frequent firing of
the pieces at Culebra during the win
ter, added with the work done here
during the past, ten days, so strained
the piece that the force of the charge
bursted the gun.
A RIOT IN DETROIT.
Strikers and Noii-('iilonl«t* flash and
One iTlan In Shot.
Detroit, April 10. —Michael Sullivan,
of Walkerville, Ont., was shot
through the neck and a number of
other men were slightly injured in a
fight which took place at the foot of
Campau avenue here last night, in a
collision between strikers and non
union workmen of the Canadian
Bridge Co.'s works, located in Walk
erville, across the river from Detroit,
The police arrested four men, all of
whom were non-union workmen of
Detroit, who had been filling the
strikers' places at. Walkerville, and
were just returning home from their
day's work.
It is alleged that the strikers and
their sympathizers followed the non
union men from the -works at the
close of the day with the deliberate
intention of making trouble as soon
as they reached the American shore.
There were probably 200 men, includ
ing both factions, and the fight be
gan as soon as they 'had left the
ferry at. the Detroit wharf.
The prisoners registered as George
E. Kennedy, Fred Metzner, (iustave
Adams and Julius Stalter, of Detroit.
During the tight most of the Cana
dians were driven back to the ferry
and across the river. Steve Laduc,
also of Walkerville, was struck over
the head with an iron bar and both
he and Sullivan were taken to local
hospitals. Neither Sullivan or Laduc
is dangerously injured, however.
The strike has been on since April
1. when the Canadian union work
men were requested to work a ten
hour day, but refused and asked for
an increase of 10 per cent, and a nine
hour day. They were receiving from
10 to 30 cents an hour, according to
the class of work.
It I« a Fliilnh Fight.
New York. April 10. —In spite of
the promises made by the Amalga
mated Association of Carpenters to
start work on every job where the
Brotherhood has struck against them
there was no change in the strike sit
uation. Thomas McCracken, one of
the business agents of the Brother
hood, said: "We hsfVe about 3,000 men
out on strike. This is absolutely to
•be a fight to a finish. It will not be
confined to this city, but will be car
ried throughout the United States
and Canada."
Dropped Head.
New York, April 10. —Hilary Bell,
the dramatic and musical critic of
the New York Pre»dropped dead
in the barge office yesterday. Heart,
failure is believed to have been the
cause of his death. He was born near
Belfast, Ireland, in 1857. He took up
portrait painting after coming to
this country and later went into
newspaper work. Me went oil the
Press about the time of its inception
«-! mimical and dramatic critic and
has been there since. Mr. Bell alsc
•was editor of the insurance Econo
uiist.
LETTER FROM MR. MITCHELL.
It Cull* I'pon llliiera to Itlld Strike!
and lieturn to Work.
Philadelphia, April 10. —The numer
ous small strikes in the anthracite
coal region resulting from the disa
greement between operators and mi
ners regarding the strike commis
sion's ruling on the number of hours
to constitute a day's work has
brought forth a letter of .instruc
tions from President Mitchell. Dis
trict officers of the Miners' union are
in receipt of a communication from
Mr. Mitchell calling upon them to end
all strikes and induce the idle men
to return to work. If the strikers re
fuse to do so Mr. Mitchell suggests
that grievance committees represent
ing the colliery employes be appoint
ed to confer with company officials
in an effort to adjust the differences.
At the Maple Hill colliery of the
Beading Co., near Mahanoy City, run
ners, loaders and door tenders yester
day joined the striking drivers and
about 150 men are idle. The drivers
have established the picket system,
and the company is furnishing police
protection to those who have taken
the places of the strikers.
The miners' advisory board of Ma
hanoy City has determined that the
men shall not work nine hours.
Altoona, Pa., April 10.—Until the
question of whether or not. a bridle
is part of a set of harness has been
settled, 1,200 bituminous miners at
the 13 operations of the Beech Creek
Coal and Coke Co. at Patton, Cam
bria county, and Arcadia, Indiana
county, will remain idle. The driv
ers at these mines say a bridle is
part of the harness and since the Al
toona convention, which stated that
drivers shall not harness or unhar
ness the mules, they refuse to put
the bridle on.
Wednesday morning they found
the mules all harnessed save the bri
dles. They refused to touch the bri
dles and struck. The mines, there
fore, could not work. Mine Superin
tendent Lingle held several futile
conferences with the strikers. The
superintendent says a bridle is no
more a part of the harness than a
hat is part of a suit of clothes.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
OOlcera of the Northern Seeurltlea Co.
Are Knjolned.
St. Paul, Minn., April 10. —The posi
tion of the United States government
In the suit brought against the
Northern Securities Co., the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern rail
ways and individual officials and di
rectors of those companies, was sus
tained in the decision handed down
In the United States circuit court of
appeals in this city Thursday. The
case was originally brought in the
United States district court here, but
tinder a special act of congress was
taken at once to the court of ap
peals, which court was to expedite
the hearing and decision of the case
in ever}' manner possible.
The taking of testimony in this
city and in New York lasted for sev
eral weeks and the arguments in St.
Louis before Circuit Judges Caldwell,
Sanborn. Thayer and Yandeventer,
too, several days. The decision of the
court was written by Judge Thayer
and ail appeal to the United States
supreme court will be taken imme
diately. x
The opinion of the court, holding
that the combination is illegal, is
supplemented by the issuance of an
injunction restraining the Xorthern
Securities Co. from voting the stock
of either the Xorthern Pacific or
Great Xorthern companies. the
merged railroads, and the officials of
the roads frßm allowing the Xorth
ern Securities Co. to vote their stock
or to pay dividends to the securities
company.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
U'an the Subjeet of Senator llanna'i
Speech at Erie, I*a.
Frie, Pa., April 10.—United States
Senator M. A. Ilanna, of Cleveland,
was the guest of honor and princi
pal speaker last night at the second
annual banquet of the Erie chamber
of commerce in Cott's Music hall.
Not less than 500 of the representa
tive business and professional men
of this city were in attendance.
At the banquet the senator re
sponded to the toast "Capital and
Labor," and made a most forcible
and characteristic address. He be
gan by saying that his subject was
above all politics of the day. He
spoke of the Civic Federation, its ob
jects and aims and of the great
amount of good it had done. He
said the federation had made only
one failure and that was a settlement
of the great coal strike of last sum
mer. He did not consider that case
was a failure, as when the settlement
was effected by the coal commission
the men secured better conditions
than he had asked for them from the
operators.
A Tornado 111 Kan*nn.
Joplin, Mo., April 10. —It is report
ed here that a tornado passed over
southeastern Kansas Thursday aft
ernoon by which Aitamont, a small
town 50 miles west of this city, suf
fered much damage. A telephone
message from Oswego, Ivan., seven
miles east of Aitamont, stated that
there was a severe storm in the vi
cinity of Aitamont, but nothing is
known as to its etxent. Passengers
on an eastbounil Frisco train stated
that it was reported at Aitamont as
the train passed through there at 7
o'clock, that a tornado had passed
over the town ami had done much
ramage in the country near there.
Roy* Loot a Hon in.
New York, April 10.—A man ami
eight, boys looted a house on Fast
Fifty-third street yesterday. They
carried off $5,000 worth of bric-a-brac,
silverware and jewelry. Seven of the
boys have been arrested. One of
them, 8 years old, confessed, and told
the names of the others. The house
■wns occupied by Mrs. Klizaheth
Dempsey, a widow. Thursday morn
ing she removed her furniture to a
new abode. She intended placing her
remaining belongings in storage.
Mrs. Dempsey left the houve at noon
and returned at 6 o'cloe)'
BUR DICK TRAGEDY
The Pennell Inquest Threw No
Light on It.
A Letter from IV n lie 11 In iMude Public
111 tVhleh lie A»wert» llln lluio
cciiee or Hie Hurdlek Crime
and Say* a Woman
Hone tile Deed.
Buffalo, X. Y., April 11. —The evi
dence given Friday at the inquest in
to the deaths of Arthur K. I'ennell
and Mrs. Pennell, before Justice Mur
phy, will not help the authorities in
any way to a solution of the Burdick
murder mystery. Whether the trag
edy at Gehres' stone quarry on
March 10, in which I'ennell was killed
and Mrs. Pennell was fatally in
jured, was due to accident or design,
was not proven.
Thomas Penny, who has acted as
attorney for the I'ennell family since
Arthur Pennell's death, declared that
so far as he was aware nothing in
the papers left by Mr. Pennell would
throw any light upon the murder of
Burdick. When questioned regard
ing the alleged defalcations by i'en
nell, Mr. Penney declined to answer.
.Judge Murphy then delivered his
verdict as follows:
"I find and certify: That Arthur B.
Pennell came to his death on March
10, 1903, as a result of injuries re
ceived while riding in an automobile,
the said automobile plunging from
an embankment into the Gehres
stone quarry,
"That 1 cannot determine from the
evidence submitted whether such
plunge was accidental or designed.
"That Carrie Lamb Pennell came
to her death as a result of the said
plunge of the automobile into the
quarry."
W. C. Omphelius, Pennell's stenog
rapher, produced a typewritten copy
of the first draft of a statement pre
pared for publication by Pennell be
fore his death. Tki statement fol
lows:
"To the Public—Owing to the fact
that my name was connected with
the pending divorce proceedings it
was forced into great publicity in
connection with the tragedy itself.
So far as any possible connection
with that crime was concerned, 1 sat
isfied, I think, the district attorney
and his assistants thoroughly that I
had nothing to do with it.
"It now becomes incumbent upon
me to make some statement relative
to my connection with the divorce
proceedings. There was no truth in
the charges brought by the plaintiff
in that proceeding against the de
fendant and myself. The charges
were absolutely denied under oath
and counter charges had been made,
and in a short time the case would
have been tried before a referee and
settled.
"The relations between the plain
tiff and the defendant had been
strained for some time. Twice he
had attempted to make her leave
home. My wife and myself had taken
her side in the controversy and she
had consulted me for legal advice.
During this time the man was in in
timate relations with a woman whom
he desired to marry. For that pur
pose it was necessary to be free from
his wife. He discovered that his
wife knew of these relations.
"Being apprised of the evidence
against him, he determined to antici
pate her action by bringing an action
himself, in order that he might have
the appearance of being the injured
party, and he made me a defendant
in the action. His allegations were
properly denied and the issues would
have been squarely met, when his
death occurred at the hands of some
unknown woman, whom he had in
vited to his house at midnight."
CROSSED THE DIVIDE.
Ilev. milburn, the Hlliid Chaplain of
the I lilted State* Senate, Hie* In Cal
ifornia.
Washington, April 11. —Rev. Wil
liam Henry Milburn, the blind chap
lain of the United States senate, died
in Santa Barbara, Cal.. Friday. Word
to this effect was received here last
night by Col. Ilansdell, the scrgeant
at-arms of the senate. Mr. Milburn,
accompanied by his two nieces, left
Washington for the Pacific coast
about a year ago. The chaplain was
in broken health. The change
brought no great improvement in his
condition and when congress met in
December he forwarded his resigna
tion to Washington, but it was never
acted on. The deceased was a na
tive of Philadelphia, where he was
born in 1823.
When he was five years of age a
playfellow accidentally struck him in
the left eye with a piece of glass. For
two years he was confined to a dark
room under medical treatment, and
when he came out one of his eyes
was entirely blind and little sight
was left in the other. He, however,
pursued his studies at school and
college for about 20 years, the sight
growing dimmer until gradually he
became totally blind. In 1838 he
went with his father's family to
Jacksonville, 111., and in 1843 he be
came a traveling preacher of the
Methodist church, servinsr charges in
various sections of the country.
Mr. Milburn was twice elected
chaplain of congress, the first time
in 1545, when a little over 22 years of
age, was twice chaplain of the house
of representatives and lastly chap
lain of the senate, to which office he
was elected in 1893.
While serving a charge at Mobile,
Ala., Mr. Milburn underwent a trial
for heretical teachings. He was wide
ly known as tlie blind preacher and
lecturer.
ltejected the Company'* Oiler.
New York, April 11. —Fifteen hun
dred employes of the Manhattan El
evated railway held a meeting Friday
to decide upon an answer to the of
fer of tjie officials of the company to
increase the wages anil reduce the
hours of the men. The concessions
of the road's officials were greeted
with cries of disapproval and the dis
satisfaction of the men practically
was unanimous, it was decided to
have the cxt»cutive board submit new
demfiiids to the officials and it con
cessions are not granted by next
Thursduv to call a general strike and
tie up lbe «:id.
VERY GRATIFYING.
TVie Outlook 111 the Rnaliimi WorK
»'«» Never Brighter.
New York, April 11. — R. G. Dun A
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Aside from the prevalence of
strikes and possibility of further in
terruption to industrial activity next
month on this account, the business
outlook is most gratifying. Late
frosts caused some damage early in
the week, but low temperatures did
not continue and in most sections ag
ricultural products bad not advanced
sufficiently to suffer materially,
while the prosj>ects are bright for
large crops, and heavy sales of fer
tilizers testify to extensive opera
tions. Despite some unfavorable
weather, eastern retail trade lias
'been heavy and jobbing activity in
summer fabrics indicates expectation
of a vigorous consumption as the
season advances.
Makers of merchant -pipe, tools,
agricultural implements and all kinds
of machinery have more business
than can be handled promptly. The
pig iron output has 'bounded upwards
with the better movement of fuel and
in a short time production will be
at the rate of 20,000,000 tons annual
ly. These figures are the better ap
preciated when it is remembered that
they are more than double the maxi
mum year's output prior to 1899.
Tn the textile industries there are
still adverse factors, notably the la
bor controversies at cotton mills.
Failures this week numbered 198 in
the United States, against 198 last
year, and 15 in Canada, compared
with 19 a year ago.
THAT LIBEL BILL.
It In l'p to Pennsylvania's Governor
lor Approval or Veto.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 11. —The li
bel bill which has stirred up the en
tire newspaper press of the state,
came into the possession of Gov.
Pennypacker late Friday afternoon
for his approval or disapproval. The
bill passed the house by a vote of
125 to 57 after a somewhat bitter
fight. Three democrats voted with
the majority and 21! republicans
joined with the minority
United States Senator Penrose and
other republican leaders have been
on the ground several days directing
the fight in favor of the bill. The
opponents of the measure charged
that the republican state organiza
tion issued "orders" t.nat the bill be
rushed through before the members
went home for the week and that
they were thus deprived of an oppor
tunity to consult with their constit
uents.
The Philadelphia newspapers are
taking a leading part in opposing the
bill. A strong protest was received
by all members of the house against
its passage and the publishers asked
the governor for a hearing on the
ground that their rights and proper
ty are involved. The governor grant
ed the request and will fix a day for
a hearing. He has 30 days in which
to approve or disapprove the bill.
TWICE DEFEATED.
Prenldeiit Vanquez Hall* In Two At
temptw to Capture San Domlnso City.
Santo Domingo City, April 11.-—The
negotiations for a peaceful settle
ment of the questions in dispute, in
itiated by the consuls, failed and the
suspension of hostilities ended Mon
day morning when President Vasquez
opened tire on the revolutionary po
sitions. The rebels in this city re
plied with cannon and the fighting
lasted all of Monday and Monday
night, only ceasing Tuesday morning,
by which time Gen. Vasquez's troops
had been finally repulsed in their as
sault on the city. The number of
killed and wounded is unknown.
The government troops made a sec
ond attempt Tuesday morning to
force their way into tne city, but.
after a heavy fight on the banks of
the. river they were again thrown
back. The insurgent general Pepin
was killed.
A Netv Experience lor Mr. Sane.
New York, April 11.—Russell Sage
has been called upon to pay $40,000
because he made loans at a disad
vantage to himself and those he rep
resented as chairman of the finance
committee of the German-American
Real Estate Title Cwirantee Co. The
payment was ordered by Judge Gil
dersleeve, of the supreme court, in
an action brought by the receiver of
the company against Mr. Sage, E. Y.
Loew, former comptroller of New
York, anil Charles.l. Obermayer, all
officers of the finance committee of
the company, for $05,000. It is un
derstood Mr. Sage paid $40,000 of the
amount and Messrs. Loew and Ober
mayer the balance.
Castro Stand* Fat.
Washington, April 11.—News was
received here Friday from Venezuela
to the effect that President Castro
will remain firm and sustain Mr.
Bowen, Venezuela's plenipotentiary,
in the attitude he has taken respect
ing the settlement of the claims
against Venezuela and in favor of
referring the question of preferen
tial treatment of the blockading
powers to The Hague for determina
tion.
ITliirdered on the Street.
Altoona, Pa., April 11.—Herman
Henderson, aged 20, and Samuel
Hanim, aged 21, both colored, quar
reled yesterday over a game of cards
in the woods in the suburbs of the
city and the latter was severely beat
en. Returning home Hamtn secured
a revolver and, meeting his antago
nist on the street, shot him dead.
Hamm escaped by boarding a west
bound freight train.
Cattlemen Will Itenlftt.
Topeka, Kan., April 11. —Advices
from northwestern Kansas indicate
that the cattlemen of that portion of
the state will resist the order of the
interior department that their fences
around government lands must come
down. \ contest is being waged be
tween the cattle owners and farm
ers there, and up to this time the
farmers have been unsuccessful in
their efforts to have the fences re
moved. More than 40,000 acres of
government land will be thrown .qieri
for settlement in Kansas, when the
fences shall be removed by the eattle-
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