PRAISE FOR TAFT.
Hev. Vattinan Gives It With
out Stint.
A REPORT TO BISHOPS.
It Deals with the Status of tlio
Catholic Church
IN THE PHILIPPINEISLANDS
The Chaplain of an Infantry Itetfl
mcnt \VIH> Went to the I'hlllppiueft
Hive* Itin Opinion of Church Attaint
in That I'art of the World.
Washington. May 2. —Extracts from
the report of Father IS. J. Vattinan,
chaplain of the Twenty-ninth United
States infantry, to the Catholic bish
ops assembled in annual convention
here last week on the status of the
Catholic church in the Philippines,
were made public Friday. Father
Vattman, with the consent of the
war department and under direction
■of the church authorities, recently
made a careful investigation of Cath
olic interests in the islands. He is
unswerving in his praise for Gov.
Taft and others of the Philippine,
commission for their honesty and
equality in religious affairs.
He comments on the influence of
Aglipay, an insurgent priest in the
islands, and expresses the belief that
had an American bishop instead of
Monsignor Gnidi been appointed to
Manila the breach would not have
been so wide anil it would have been
■closed quickly. Father Vattman re
gards the present feeling toward the
friars as most unfortunate.
"To my mind," says Father Vatt
man's report, "it is deplorable that
certain of our Catholic papers per
sist. in misrepresenting Gov. Taft and
his administration, lie is a clean
and honest man. broad minded and
liberal, with no taint of bigotry in
his composition. His attitude
towards the church and to Catholic
interests in general is simply admir
able. You may be certain that he
thoroughly understands the charac
ter and the selfish designs of the ren
egade Aglipay and that he has a pro
found knowledge both of the men
•and of the conditions around him. 1
repeat, the governor is honest and
impartial and we have nothing to
fear from him—he can always do the
right thing.
"Commissioner Wright. Gov. Taft's
:vble coadjutor, is also fair minded
and impartial. He is straightfor
ward in his dealings and there is no
•evasion or hypocrisy about him. He
is an exceptionally good lawyer, an
excellent latin scholar and is well
versed in canon law. of which he has
made a specialty. Tlis wife is a de
vout Catholic.
"Judge Smith, another member of
*rhc commission, is a Catholic, and
surely our interests would he safe in
his hands.
Mr. Ferguson, secretary for the?
Philippines, a former Washingtonisui,
is another broad minded man with
not a taint of bigotry. Tn fact, the
commission itself and all its members
aire possessed of the right spirit and
we Catholics need fear no injustice
at their hands.
"As to the Asrlipay heresy—for it
may be so called—it bodes danger to
the faith of the people. Remember
there are 10.000.000 Catholics in the
Philippines, about as many as there
are in the whole United States."
Forest I'lrett Under Control.
Punxsutawney, Pa., May 2.—The
forest fires which have been raging
throughout the greater part of Me-
Calmont township and adjoining
townships to the north and east, are
■under control. The loss of property
will amount to thousands of dollars.
Clark, Kiser & Kipp, whose sawmill
is located at Cortez, had almost
3,000,000 feet of logs 'burned, entail
ing a loss of SIO,OOO. The Keystone
•kindling wood factory, also located
at Cortez and operated in conjunc
tion with the sawmill, lost about
$6,000. On Sandy creek several houses
and barns were burned and many
families narrowly escaped with their
lives.
Three Children Cremated,
Baltimore, May 2. —William Hughes,
3 years old; his sister, aged 2 years,
and Harriet Gardner, 1 year of age,
were incinerated Friday in the home
of the father of the -first, two named,
at Lansdowne, a suburb of this city.
While the father was at work in a
field Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Gardner
locked the children in and went to a
nearby stream to fish. The house
caught fire from some unknown
cause and the children were dead be
fore assistance could reach them. A
-5-year-old Hughes boy was rescued.
All the children were colored.
A Coiiftit! in Trouble.
Solingen, Rhenish Prussia, May 2.
United States Consul Landger was
yesterday fined $7.50 by the judge of
a local court for disorderly conduct
in the court room, where he was
present, as a witness. Mr. Landger
protested that he was a United States
official and could not be fined in that
manner; thereupon the judge sen
tenced him to one day's arrest for
•continued disorderly behavior.
Death Lit! To tain 84.
Seattle, Wash., May 2.—A special
to the Times from Frank, N. W. T„
says: The coal mine of tlie Cana
dian-American Coal and Coke Co. is
not greatly damaged. The death list
has been increased by the names of
William and John Bobbles, .lolin
Lieuma and John Clark, all miners.
'Two men reported dead are found to
be alive. The total death list now
numbers s !vt "-
IIIM ...p vuii.«r Mies.
Newton, Mass., May 2.—Hishop
Ilandolph S. Foster, of the Methodist
Kpiseopul church, died Friday, aged
.XJ years. Death was due to apoplexy.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION. "
Necessity for the Construction of Metier
HIGHWAY* I* Irgriit.
St. Louis, April 2'J. —The sec on d
day's session of the national and in
ternational good roads convention
opened with a better attendance than
on Monday. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
who is president of the national high
way commission, made the principal
address of the forenoon. Gen. Miles
spoke on the subject "Military Roads
and a National Highway."
Ex-Gov. Hogg, of Texas, pointed
out the necessity for good roads,
which, he believed, could be secured
only through the aid of the national
government.
Sam Hill, brother of President
James ,T. Hill, of the Great Northern
Railway Co., and president of the
Washington Good Roads association,
told of the vast amount of business
that is being done with the Orient
through Puget Hound and said the
only sure way of building it up and
holding it from all competitors was
to improve the highways contiguous
to water and rail lines.
Col. \V. J. Bryan spoke at the aft
ernoon session and received an ova
tion.
Gen. Roy Stone, chief engineer of
the Union Terminal Co., of New
York, a pioneer in the movement,
presented a strong paper in favor of
highway improvement. lie took the
stand that national aid is essential
in securing this end. He told what
had been done since 1900 and out
lined a detailed plan for extending
the work. Gen. Stone closed as fol
lows:
"Goorl roads are coming, whether
by easj- ways or hard. Federal aid is
in the air, our younger statesmen
are eager to promote it and the old
est no longer have the cold shivers
when it is mentioned. It, has reached
the very top. Within this month, a
president of the United States has
said what no president has dared to
breathe in almost a hundred years,
that the federal government can and
should 'co-operate' in the building 1 of
common roads." i
GEN. BELL SPEAKS.
He Kays Our Army Should Not ho Al
lowed to Hest I'nder a Stigma.
Southampton, England, April 29.
Gen. J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A., who
is on his way home from the "Philip
pines, iwas shown the cabled digests
of the report of Lieut. Gen. Miles. He
said to a representative of the press:
"I must decline to make any com
ment on the statement further than
to remark that all complaints made
to Gen. Miles while he was in the
Philippines have been investigated by
the war department. In the ordinary
course of events these reports of in
vestigations probably have been for
warded to Washington."
When asked if he did not wish to
say anything concerning the truth or
falsity of the accusations, or of the
complaints of occurrences in Batan-
province, Luzon, while he was in
command there, Gen. Bell replied:
"I would greatly regret to have the
American people believe that any
American officers or soldiers had been
wantonly cruel or inhuman in their
treatment of natives. However, I
have said in official reports all I care
to say on that subject. Ido not be
lieve that anything I can say unoffi
cially will change any one's opinion;
nothing certainly would make any
one who served creditably in the Phil
ippines think that the conduct of the
American army has been character
ized by cruelty, nor could I change
the opinion of any one who wished to
believe the contrary."
IS NOT A BAD TRUST.
National Wholesale I)rusgluts' Asso
ciation Is Held to be a Legal Com
bine.
Albany, N. Y„ April 29.—The Na
tional Wholesale Druggists' associa
tion has won by a decision of the
court of appeals, its tight over the
firm of John D. Parke & Sons, of Cin
cinnati. The Cincinnati firm are so
called "cut rate druggists" and also
manufacturers of proprietary medi
cines. They brought an action against
the Druggists' association (which is
an unincorporated concern composed
of 125 manufacturers, jobbers and
wholesalers of drugs from Maine to
California) charging that the Latter
conspired to prevent the sale of cer
tain drugs to the plaintiff company
because they refused to enter the
combination. The Parke Co. therefore
endeaVored to break up the associa
tion.
The lower courts held that the as
sociation under its peculiar agree
ments was not a combination in re
straint of trade and the court of ap
peals yesterday affirmed the decision.
WERE TIRED OF LIFE.
Three Residents or Washington Sui
cided by the t'arbollo Aeld Itoute.
Washington, April 29. —Three per
sons committed suicide in this city
Tuesday. All used carbolic acid as :
means of ending life. The three si
c.ides were Leonard H. Mangum,
former clerk in the census office; Guy
E. Padgett, a real estate and insur
anee agent, and Mrs. Sadie Plummer,
a young woman whose husband keeps
a lunch room on Pennsylvania ave
nue. Mr. Mangum was a native OJ
North Carolina, but lived for many
years in Arkansas. It is said that he
at one time was wealthy, but lost
his money and was compelled to come
to this city to seek employment. lie
lost his position in the census office
last July and since then has been un
employed. His body was found be
neath a tree in the reservation south
of the White House grounds.
Will Strengthen Iler Fleet.
Honolulu, April 29.—Th i British
warship Amphion and the torpedo
boats Sparrow Hawk and Virago
have arrived here from Victoria. The
vessels will be convoyed to Flong
Kong by the Arnphitrite, which is
also in the harbor. On the arrival of
these vessels in Asiatic waters, the
already powerful fleet which Great
Britain maintains in the Orient will
•be greatly strengthened. It is learned
from British naval officers that Great
Britain contemplates making im
mense additions to her Asiatic squad
ron and improving the Asiatic sta
tion in many ways.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1903
THREW OUT ROCKS.
Mountain in Town of Frank, X.
W. T., in Eruption.
Fllty-alx Live* Lout In a Mining
tamp llonaea and lliilldlnt;a
('malted to (Mecca by liu
niciiae itlaaaea ol
■ lock.
Vancouver. 15. C., April 30. —The lit
tle town of Frank, situated in the
foothills on the eastern slope of the
Itocky Mountains, was overwhelmed
with disaster about 4:110 o'clock
Wednesday morning. What was ap
parently a volcanic eruption on the
top of Turtle Mountain, overlooking
the town, scattered an immense
quantity of rock and debris over the
town, stopping a mine, imprisoning
the miners.
The telegraph lines all went down
and news is meagre. The entire top
of Turtle Mountain was scattered
over the sleeping village of Frank.
Immense pieces of rock were thrown
high in the air and descending
crushed in the roofs of houses and
stopped up the mouth of the Frank
mine. Most of the buildings in the
town and many of the houses were
crushed like eggshells and their in
habitants instantly killed. The vartli
was opened by a gigantic fissure,
three-quarters of a mile h-ng. The
Old Man river, which runs through
the town, was completely dammed up
and the railroad track was rendered
impassable for a distance of two
miles.
Frank, N. W. T., May I.—lt is defi
nitely known that 56 people lost
their lives here Wednesday by the
sliding of the rocky top of Turtle
mountain down upon the sleeping
village of Frank.
Ileside killing 56 people, the slide
destroyed the plant of the Canadian-
American Coal and Coke Co., did a
vast amount of damage to the mine
and completely devastated about ten
square miles of the finest and most
picturesque section of Crow's Nest
pass.
Many of the bodies of the dead
never will be found. Some cabins
are buried under 150 feet of rock.
Although organized efforts were
made to search for bodies, only 19 so
far Have been discovered. Most of
the corpses were mangled almost be
yond recognition.
Simultaneously with the falling of
the rocks on Turtle mountain, an
immense fissure of the earth opened
on the northern side of Turtle moun
tain. This fissure extended for a
distance of three-quarters of a mile
and was many feet in width. This
yawning chasm still remains open.
The slide from Turtle mountain
continued throughout Wednesday
night at intervals, depositing millions
of tons of limestone on that which
had come down before.
EDWARD AT THE VATICAN.
Kiitfland'a Kliig Vlalta Pope Lro In
Home.
TJome, April 30.—King Edward vis
ited Pope Leo at the Vatican Wednes
day afternoon, going direct from the
British embassy in a closed carriage.
He was accompanied by Col. Lamb,
the British military attache. The
carriage bearing the king was fol
lowed by another containing mem
bers of his majesty's suite.
When the royal party reached the
grand staircase leading to the pap.il
apartment. King Edward was greet
ed by the Marquis Sacchetti, who act
ed for Prince lluspoli, the introducer
of sovereigns, who is ill; Monsignor
Mery Del Val and Prince Antici-Mat
tei.
King Edward addressed a few
words of thanks in return for the
hearty greetings offered him. The
royal party then proceeded between
ranks of the Swiss guards, whose hal
berds gleamed in the sunlight that
streamed through the windows. The
hum of the busy city alone broke the
deesp silence that reigned within the
Vatican. At the Clementine hall the
party was met by the papal master
of the chamber, Monsignor Bisletl,
who was attended by personages of
the secret antechamber. Upon arriv
ing before the private apartment of
the pope the guard rendered military
honors to the British sovereign.
At the conclusion of this ceremony
the door of the pope's apartment was
opened and the aged pontiff was re
vealed standing at the threshold.
King Edward remained with the
pontiff for 20 minutes. A bell was
then rung and King Edward's suite
was admitted and presented to the
pope.
A FATAL CRASH.
Three Jlpn Killed and I I Peraona In
jured, Two Fatally, in a folllalon.
Terre Haute, Tnd., April 30. —Three
■persons were killed, two fatally and
a dozen seriously injured, in a wreck
in the railroad yards here last night.
A westbound Vandalia passenger
train struck a switch engine and two
cars near the Highland steel mill.
The killed:
Clarence Keinliart, Columbus, 0.
Nicholas A. Lutz, baggage master.
Unidentified man.
Attached to the train-was a special
car carrying a party of 27 people
from Philadelphia to the national Y.
M. C. A. convention at Topeka, Kan.
Another car carried the New Jersey
delegation to the Louisiana Purchase
exposition dedication. None of the
members of either party was in
jured. The killed and injured were
in the day coaoh.
Stuart Hobaoii IMea.
New York, April 30.—Stuart Hob
son, the veteran comedian, died last
night of heart disease at the Hotel
Savoy. He was 67 years old and had
been on the stage for 51 years. Mr.
Uobson was taken ill early in March
and was obliged to rest completely
for two weeks. He resumed his en
gagement on March 19 and after
playing in New York and Brooklyn
appeared in various towns in the up
per part of this state. A few
ago lie was taken ill in Auburn. X.
Y., and was then brought to this city.
The interment will take place at C'o-
Mi'jSS.. on Friday.
BIG CROWD THEBE.
World's Fair Buildings Dedi
cated at St. Louis.
Ul'aL'rrcHlili' Ucnllirr Wai the Only
DrauliHik A t.rand miliary
U aa a Feature »r the Ded
ication Ceremonies —
A Ureal Day.
St. Louis, May I.—The buildings of
tile Louisiana Purchase exposition
were formally dedicated to their pur
pose yesterday with all possible
pomp and ceremony. In every way,
save one, the exercises were a suc
cess and this one circumstance was
the weather. ]t would be difficult to
imagine a more disagreeable day.
The wind blew fiercely from the west,
sending great clouds of dust whirl
ing into the faces of the troops as
they marched past the president, and
at times so nearly blinding the presi
dent that it was well nigh impossi
ble for him to see across the street
upon which the troops were march
ing.
Added to the discomfort of the
wind and dust was a temperature
which sought for the marrow and
generally reached. The ladies, who
came in summer dresses to the re
viewing stand, suffered keenly and
hut for the thought fulness of officers
commanding the guard thrown
around the reviewing stand, who
provided them with blankets, many
of them would have heen compelled
to leave the place. Roth President
Koosevelt and ex-President. Cleveland
remained in the reviewing stand, ex
posed to the icy wind until the end of
the parade, although their faces
were 'blue and their limbs stiffened
by the cold.
Conditions in the liberal arts build
ing, where the dedication ceremonies
prepor were held, were little better.
There was no wind, but there were
manifold drafts which, added to the
dampness inseparable from newly
erected buildings, produced a pene
trating chill that was uncomfortable
to a degree.
Despite this heavy handicap, how
ever. the cermonies proper were
splendidly handled and the program
was carried out to the letter. The
police work was excellent and the
patrolling of avenues by the First
Missouri infantry was ably done and
all possible consideration shown to
the crowd, which numbered about
45,000.
The parade which took place in the
morning was somewhat longer in
passing before the president than
had been expected, and he was 15
minutes behind the scheduled time
when he was escorted by the com
mittee into the liberal arts building.
Tn order to arrive even as early as
that he was compelled to take his
noonday meal under somewhat un
comfortable circumstances.
During the lunch, which he took
at the conclusion of the parade, he
was shoved helter-skelter by half
the people who had been in the grand
stand. The food was placed on a
rectangular counter and the presi
dent, like everybody else, "helped
himself."
The important ceremonies in the
liberal arts building were handled
with all possible dispatch. Early in
the exercises word was brought to
Senator Carter, the president of the
day, that some portions of the hall
were becoming dangerously con
gested and he was asked to avoid de
lays as far as possible. He did so
and from first to last the events of
the program succeeded each other
rapidly. Of all the speakers. Presi
dent Roosevelt alone was able io
make his voice carry further than 50
feet from the stage. By far the
largest part of the assembly could
hear nothing.
Thousands of people occupied an
immense grand stand near the ad
ministration building during the
evening to witness the display of
fireworks. The display was delayed
until the appearance of the presi
dent. when a great battery of 15-inch
aerial moons was exploded in a sa
lute which was almost deafening.
From this beginning for nearly two
hours the air was a sclntillant screen
of flashing colors. The night was
made brilliant with varied colored
lights, framed in appropriate devices.
The spectacle closed with the print
ing in letters of fire of the words
"Farewell Until 1904." The Chinese
ambassador was an especially pleased
spectator.
The great military parade which
was designed to be distinctively the
show spectacle of the dedication
ceremonies was held in the morning,
and it proved to be -it 11 that its pro
moters could wish, and all that the
regular army officers who controlled
it could hope for. There have been
many military parades that revealed
more men in line—there may have
been some that were as gorgeous to
look upon, but it Is doubtful if there
ever have been any that were more
carefully handled or more superbly
managed than this one.
An Kxpreaa Agent Itobbed.
'Mason City, la.. May I.—Agent
.Tohn Peterson, of the United States
Express Co. at Britt, forty miles
west of this city, was compelled by
two masked and armed men to open
the shipping safe in his office yester
day morning and permit the robbers
to take a package containing SIO,OOO.
They also secured other packages of
money, and after binding and gag
ging Peterson, they escaped.
Fatal Flamea,
Ebensburg, Pa. May I.—One life
was lost and SIO,OOO damage done by
a fire which broke out at Loretto
yesterday. The people of the town
gathered quickly, but owing to the
limited facilities for fighting the fire,
it made rapid headway and the house
of Michael Farabaugh, where the lire
started, was soon consumed. The
fire spread to the residence of P. W.
Litzinger. After the fire had been
gotten under control it was discov
ered that Michael Pfoff, a brother of
Mrs. It. W. f.itzinger, was missing
ami it is generally believed that Mr.
Pfoff lost his life
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
I'owder Factory Hurled Into the Air
and Nine People Killed.
IfoUidaysburg, Pa., May I.—The
plant of the Crescent powder works,
owned by Pittsburg capitalists and
located on I'iney creek, ten miles
south of this town, was wrecked by
an explosion Thursday. Nine work
men were killed.
The dead: Koss Kennedy, Charles
Ross, Oeorge Fay, Tony Fabrico, an
Arabian; William ~yons, Frank Mc-
Kiernan, Fisher Frank
Straesser, Andrew Gabrillac.
Superintendent Harry Taggart, of
Pittsburg, is fntally injured. Near
the factory are limestone quarries of
the American Wire and Nail Co.,
where 500 men are employed. These
quarries have been deserted and all
who lived in the neighborhood hur
ried to places of safety.
In the magazines and storehouses
of the factory are 1,400 blocks of ex
plosives and it is feared the greatest
explosions are yet to come. The
Piney Creek branch of the Pennsyl
vania road runs past the factory and
because of the danger the railroad
company has refused to allow any
trains to pass over thTs branch.
Fourteen men and 16 women were
employed in the factory which was
destroyed. Most of tliem were
brought from Pittsburg. They are
regarded as experts in the manufac
ture of powder. The women man
aged to escape from the building be
fore the explosion came. All were
cut and badly burned. The force of
the explosion was so great that it
wrecked all buildings in the vicinity
and broke window paines in towns
five miles away.
The cause of the explosion is a
mystery. The nine men killed were
blown to pieces. Superintendent
Taggart was the only man in the fac
tory who escaped alive.
The buildings caught fire immedi
ately after the explosion. Because
of the immense quantity of dynamite
stored in the plant the rescuing
party dared not approach the fire.
A house owned by William Treese,
located near the factory, was
wrecked by a second explosion which
occurred about an hour after the
factory was blown up. The Treese
family barely escaped with their
lives.
FORESTS ABLAZE.
Loaaca In Pennnylvaiila Will Asjre-
Ifatc More Than $1,000,000.
Bradford, Pa.. May 1. —The worst
forest fires in the history of this sec
tion of Pennsylvania are in progress
and a million dollars* worth of prop
erty has been destroyed. The for
ests have been ablaze for the past
week, but the tires were kept under
control by large gangs of men until
Thursday morning, when a stiff
southeast gale sprang lip and fanned
the smoldering embers into a roar
ing mass of flames.
Watsonville, ten miles south of
this city, is reported as being de
stroyed. and it is feared that a num
ber of lives have been lost. The last
word from there was about 2 o'clock.
At that time Ilhe fire was on all sides
of the place and the people were
fearful of being burned to death, as
there was no avenue of escape.
At Simpson, where the forest is
thick and a large number of oil
wells are located, the fire was very
fierce. On both sides of the railroad
the woods were a mass of flames and
swept over an area of two miles, tak
ing everything in its path. The peo
ple of the town were rescued by a
special train being run as far as
Davis City and brought to this city.
Fires are reported from all sec
tions, and a number of lumber camps
and chemical factories are reported
as being in ashes.
Punxsutawney, Pa., May 1. —Forest
fires have been raging in the vicinity
of Cortez, a lumbering town near
here, since 11 o'clock Thursday apd
nearly a thousand persons are'fight
ing the fire.
DYNAMITERS GET BUSY.
The Ottoman Hunk at Salonlca, Gu>
ropean Turkey. 1M Attacked.
Salonica, European Turkey, May 1.
—The Otttoman bank was destroyed
by dynamite yesterday. The Turk
ish postoffice other buildings
were also attacked, resulting in ;i
panic, during which two men were
killed. A detachment of 3,000 addi
tional troops has since arrived here
from Smyrna.
The attack on the 'bank was carried
out by two bands of men. One of
them attacked the guard on duty at
the bank and the other hurled the
bombs. It is thought the strong room
resisted the explosions. Several of
the men who took part in the attack
have been arrested.
The destruction of the French
steamer Guadalquivir by an explosion
while leaving this port Tuesday was
evidently caused by a bomb. A Bul
garian has been arrested in connec
tion with the outrage.
In an encounter with Turkish
troops on Wednesday at Xevrokop,
European Turkey, 18 Bulgarians were
killed and 14 were made prisoners.
There was also a serious encounter
near Djumnha'ba, where a band of
over 100 insurgents was annihilated.
Vienna, May 1. —Telegrams re
ceived here from Sofia declare that,
the Mitylene bank at Salonica also
has been burned.
An official telegram reporting the
Salonica outrage says that SO other
dynamite explosions occurred in dif
ferent parts of the city at file same
time, and that many persons were
killed or wounded.
Jury Convicted Howard.
Frankfort, Ky., May 1. — In the
third trial of James Howard for the
killing 1 of Gov. William Goebel, over
three years ago, the prisoner was
found guilty. The jury first reported
that it could not agree. Judge Cant.-
rell then sent its members back with
instructions to remain until an agree
ment was reached. A half hour later
the jury again reported with a ver
dict of guilty and fixing the punish
ment at life imprisonment. The
jurors all voted for a verdict of
guilty, the disagreement being to
the extent of punishment.
ItEFDSES TO TALK.
Mr. Truesdale Declines ta
Answer Questions.
AS TO MINES AND MINING?
Lips of the D., L. & W. Presidi
dent are Closed.
THE PROFITS OF RAILWAYS
ITIr. TriicMlali- IllllVrx l'roiu ,Tlr. Kuel*
In IIIm Opinion «n to What Dividend
Itallroad* Should Hum and Says 4
Per Cent. In Mot Enoushi
New York, May 2.—The hearing lit
the complaint of William R. Hearst
against the coal carrying' roads of the
anthracite region was continued by
the inter-state commerce commission
Friday and .Mr. Shearn, counsel for
Mr. llearst, announced that he de
sired an adjournment for two weelca
that he might prepare, for submis
sion to the federal court the ques*
tions involved in the refusal of the
railroad men to submit to the com*
mission the contracts between them
selves and the mining companies, and
the books of the coal companies
which show the freight rates charged
and paid.
William 11. Truesdale, president of
the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad system, was put on the
witness stand. He gave the capital
ization of his road at $36,000,000 and
described its routes and . terminals
and the anthracite lands which feed
it. A clause in the company's char
ter. Mr. Truesdale said, gives it
authority to own and operate coal
mines. It does own and operate 21
mines. The annual capacity of the
collieries he estimates at more than
5,000,000 tons. In 1901 the output was
nearly 6,000,000 tons, and 1,500,000
tons were purchased from mines
along the company's roads. Con
stant changes are 'being made in ma
chinery to increase the product and
to reduce the expenses of operation.
On the advice of his counsel Mr.
Truesdale declined to answer any
questions relating to the mining or
sale of coal. He said the regular
rates are paid for transportation by
its own coal companies, the same
rates as are charged for independent
coal carried by the company's rail
road. "Mr. TSaer told us yesterday."
Commissioner Veomans said, "that
the Reading Railroad Co. would be
satisfied with 4 per cent, on its capi
tal invested; how do you feel about
that?"
"A railroad ought to earn more
than 4 per cent. There is a large
capital invested and the risks are
very great."
Mr. Truesdale said lie frequently
had conferences with Mr. Baer, Mr.
Thomas and other men interested in
the coal roads and that the coal
prices of all were the same to a cer
tain extent. "We have exchanged
circulars," he said, "but there is no
arrangement between us."
Counsel for the complainant took
up the matter of the Temple Coal
and Iron Co. agreement. Mr. Trues
dale declined to answer any ques
tions as to the formation of the com
pany and the share the Delaware.
Lackawanna <S- Western took in
guaranteeing Its $.'50,000,000 of stocks
and bonds. He admitted being a di
rector in the Temple Co.
King ICdivard In Pari*.
Paris, May 2.—King Edward arrived
here Friday and was accorded a
hearty reception. His majesty's wel
come at the Dauphine railroad sta
tion by President Loubet and the
chief of staff and his drive through
the avenues and the Champs Elysees
presented a series of brilliant spec
tacles. Everywhere the populace
gave the king an enthusiastic greet
ing, the demonstrations at the Place
Dp I.'Ktoile and the Place De La Con
corde being tumultuous. King Ed
ward showed the keenest apprecia
tion of French good will. Only scat
tered shouts of "Fashoda!" and
"Kruger!" were heard and they were
lost in the tremendous volume of
demonstrative approval.
Scaffold Broke, Three .lien Killed.
Pittsburg, May 2. —As a result of
the breaking of a scaffold at the
Union station Friday three sheet
metal workers are dead and two
others injured. All of the victims
are l'hijadelphians and were part of
a gang of 13 brought here by D. Lup
ton Sons & Co. The dead: William
Xelson Adams (who built the scaf
fold). Charles Carman, Isador Rosen
berg. The cause of the accident will
never be known. The scaffold oil
which the men were working was 75
feet above the tracks of the f rain
shed on which they were working.
Trepan! 1* Convicted.
New York, May 2.—The jury in the
case of Joseph Trepani, charged with
grand larceny, after being out about
an hour, brought in a verdict of
guilty. Trepani was charged with
being the leader of the conspiracy to
defraud a number of life insurance
companies by foistifig bogus deaths
uipon the companies for persons who
had been insured. lie was remanded
until Monday for sentence.
Decrease In Public Debt.
Washington, May 2. The monthly
statement of the 'tublie debt shows
that at the clost of business April
30, 1003, the total debt, less cash in
the treasury, amounted to $!)35,935,-
418, a decrease as compared with
April 1, 1903, of SGf)S,SOI.
A Killing Frost.
Cincinnati, May 2. The Times-Star
has rc -elved telegrams from all parts
of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West
Virginia reporting that the frosts of
Thursday night killed" all kinds of
fruit, and seriously affected some
crops. ..
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