ji TWELVE PAES 84 COLUMNS. SCI? ANTON, SATUltDAY MORNING, MAliCII COPT. TA., tSATUUDAY JWUJMNIJNU, JUAIiCll .J0, 1895. TWO CENTS A THE GORDONJfflPEAGHMENT Mr! Martin Thinks Every Citizen Has a KQht to Be Heard. MEMORIALS OX WALTON'S DESK Crea-y Bill Is Negatived by the Railroad Committee of the House-Grlggsby Telephone Dill I'laceJ on the Calendar-Other Business. Special to the Seranton Tribune. Harrlsburg. March 29. The petition of James W. 51. Newtln, of Philadel phia, to Impeach Judge James Gay Gor don, was referred to the Judiciary gen eral committee of the house this morn ing. The justice is charged with hold ing secret court In violation of the hill of lights. Mr. N'ewlln was the only signer, und the petition lias gone to Its long sleep. Mr. Martin, of Law rence. Introduced the petition. He says he did It because he thinks every citizen hus the right to petition the legislature, and that an attempt was "beng made to shut out Mr. Newlin. The Philadelphia members take no stock in the complaint against Judge liordon. Sneaker Walton's desk was piled high with memorials. .Mr. Penniwell, of ' Philadelphia, presented one signed by 29,000 Pennsylvania asking for the passage of the bill to establish a hom eopathic hospital for insane. There were stacks of petitions from the Granges of the state asking for 'the passage of the new revenue bill framed by the state tax conference. Chairman Klter, of the way and means committee, was granted use of the house chamber for Thursday evening, April 11. Mem bers of the tax conferenue will ait this time explain the provisions of the bill to the legislature. It Is thought the 1)111 will be reported out of committee, but it has small chance of becoming a law unless there is a resolution of senti ment. The Sweat Shop Hill. Mr. Focht. of Union, secured a special order for the Baker "sweat shop" bill. This measure has already passed the senate. It provides for eight deputy factory Inspectors, and is backed by -the administrution. Factory Inspector Campbell will not make any appoint ments until this bill is disposed of. The bill introduced by Mr. North, giv ing cities the right to furnish natural gas to Its citizens for heat and light, was negatived by the house municipal corporations committee. Several attempts were made to ad journ the house until next Wednesday morning. They failed, as did the one to take a vacation until Tuesday even ing. The members could not afford to adJoujAaJJiey are so far behind in "their work. There are now 1.138 bills on the senate and house calendars. The average number of Mlta pawing the house finally this week was three a day. Usually about 375 bills are passed each session. The Creasy bill, making a uniform rate of railroad fare at 2 cents a mile, was negatived by the railroad commit tee of the house this morning. Mr. Creasy offered a resolution to place the bill on the calendar. The matter will be disposed of next Monday evening. This measure was Introduced In the last two sessions of the house by Mr. Creaay's predecessor, "Farmer" Tewks bury, but never got farther than the committee. To Ref nlute Telephone Rentals. The Griggsby bill regulating tele phone rentals and charges was placed on the calendar. The bill was dropped from the calendar under a rule of the house because its author had twice failed to call It up on second reading. The "(ireater Pittsburg" bills ere again reported out of committee and they take a place on the Second read ing calender. Monday evening a spe cial order will be asked for them. Their supporters feel this Is necessary to get them through. The request will prob ably cause a stir In the house. The consolidation bills are causing the Allegheny county delegation a great deal of trouble. The rest of the bouse Is using these measures as a club over the Alleghenlans to force them Into line fur legislation. Just now the Quay county bill Is worrying the Pitts burgers. They would like to vote for the measure, but do not care to lose the eleven votes of the members from Lu zerne and Schuylkill counties for the annexation bills. This they would do if they favored Quay county. When the time comes for a vote the Allegheny county members will have business In the bath room or In some other con venient retreat In the caqdtol. These eleven members threaten to delay legis lation for the balance of the session. They say their wishes have been ig nored and they will get even. They Will show their hand In every piece of legislation coming from Philadelphia and Allegheny. ROOSTER ATTACKS A HOY. Would llavo Killed tho I.ad but for a Speedy Hesctio. ' "Womelsdorf, Pa., March 2!). A large rooster, today attacked little Samuel llllg, and the boy was only saved by his family. He Is a son of 8. W. Illlg, and had gone Into the yard to feed (he chickens. , The ferocious rooster flew tipon his. back and began to sink his beak In th lad's neck. The angry fowl was also using his sharp spurs and the boy was unable to dislodge his as sailant. He screamed In pain and an other member of the family ruehed out and with a club heat off the savage bird. SCH ANTON GIKL'S DEATH. Took an Overdose of Morphine with Suicidal Intent It Is Thought. New York. March 29. ICdlth May King, an actress, 21 years old, of Seran ton, Pa., died this morning at 214 West Thirty-fourth street from an overdose of morphine. Hhe took It. it In thought, with the Intention of ending her life. MINISTERS MUST APPEAR. Ta Tell I'ndor Oath What They Know About Violation of l.sw. olumlus, Ind., ' March 2!). A week go J. P. Qulnn, the reformed gambler, bunco steerer and ex-prlson convict, formerly of Kansas City, St. Louis and CMoajro. backed by the minister here, made nightly attacks, exposing and de nouncing gamblers and saloonkeepers, und openly charged the mayor und the police with dereliction of duty and In turn were denounced by Mayor Heck. Tonight the mayor ordered a court of inquiry and had ull the ministers served to appear and tell under oath what they know about violution of law. KF.K'.K MURDER MYSTERY. Four Men inspected of the Crime Are Held to Mull. AVllkes-Parre. Pa., .March 29. The mystery which has surrounded the murder of Harney Helck is now fully cleared. James Fisher, the last of the suspects, has been held for trial as a result of the testimony given at the hearing this morning. A stepdaughter of the murdered man testllled that she recognized Fisher an hour before the murder. Policeman William Dauer also testllled that he found Helck dying in the railroad after the assault, and brought him home in an ambulance. On the way home he asked Helck If he racogulied any of his assailants, und Relck replied: "Yes, Jim Fisher in duced me to leave home and go to the railroad yard, where he and three oth- ! ers assaulted me." The four men suspected, Hendricks, Robinson, Kearney and Fisher, are now held without bail, and it looks as If two, at least, will swing for the crime. It also seems likely that the arrests of these four men will break up an or ganized gang of thugs und thieves In and about this city. SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Senator Morrill Wishes Will I'robubly lie Consulted us to tho Future Chair man. Washington, March 29. It Is) quite likely that the finance committee of the senate will be reorganized and a new chairman selected when that body again meets, but this reorganization, it is contended by the friends of Senator Morrill, the ranking Hepubllcan and former chairman, will not be made In opposition to the wishes of the Nestor of the senate, who has for so many y-ars served on that committee. It is said by senators who are in a position to know the facts that Mr. Morrill, appreciating the onerous du ties that will devolve upon the chair man of the finance committee during the next congress and his own advanc ing years he is now 88 is not only willing to retire from the place he has filled with so much credit, but he has intimated a desire to do so.. Senator Sherman, once before the chairman of this committee, will probably be the successor of Mr. Morrill. The silver men will not be Ignored and In this there appears to be a de sire to conciliate this portion of the party as much as possible. It appears now to be settled, that the silver men will designate Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, as the extra Hepubll can to take the place of the Democrat who will retire. Senator Piatt, of Con necticut, will also be named as one of the two additional members owing to the Increase In the membership. Sen ator Piatt Is acceptable to the silver men despite the fact that he is entirely opposed to their way of viewing things financial. EASY FOR GEORGETOWN. Won a name from I'niverslty of Vermont hy a Seore of 1 0 to 2. Special to the Seranton Tribune. Washington, March 29. Georgetown Base Ball team played Its opening game at Capitol park today, celebrat ing its debut by defeating the Univers ity of Vermont to the tune of 19 to 2. Georgetown made twenty-three hits, with a total of thirty-four bases, twelve earned runs and only one error. Mahoney, Murphy and Sullivan led the batting, the first named making a home run. Vermont made but three hits. Woodward, of Vermont, and Murphy and Harley, of Georgetown, made brilliant fielding plays, Wood ward stopping a terrific liner from Mur phy's bat when there wer three men on bases and thereby retiring the side. Score : Georgetown 2 0 8 3 1 0 MS Vermont 2 0 0 0 0 0 02 H&rned runs Georgetown, 12. Two-base hits Murphy, Carmody, G. Mehoney. Sul livan, McCxery, McOrath. Three-base hits Murphy, Sullivan. Home run I'M Ma hauey. Umpires Hetts and Sneedon. Hot March Day. Chicago, March 29. This was the hot tost March flay on, record In Chicago for twenty-four years. The temperature at 2.30 p. m. was 74 degree and evening brought no relief to the people who have not yet discarded their winter clothing. Clouds partly obscured the sun anil a strong wind blew dust In a disagreeable manner, but the threatened shower did not come. The ImperorlB indiRnant. London, March 29. The Morning Post has this dispatch from St. Petersburg: "News has been received from an author itative source that the emperor of Japan, who Is extremely Indignant on account of the attack upon LI Hung Chang, has or dered a temporary suspension of hostili ties." I Iqunr League Organized. Pottsvllle, Pa., March 29. State Organ rer P. H. Nolan, of the State Liquor league, today organized a local league of the hotel und saloon and lluunr men of Pottsvllle. August Wachter was made president. Tonight he organized another league In Mahanoy City and on Monday will organize one in Shenandoah. STATU PARAGRAPHS. In the Connellsvllle region, 15,218 ovens are In blast, and 2,fMi are Idle, Prenchers of Heading are making a united effort to rescue fallen women. Reading's real estate Is assessed at VI, 444,0(10 more than It was thri years ogo. An Injury received whllo sleighing last month at Pernvllle has proved fatul lo Dunlel Fisher. A considerable reduction In the number of skilled employes at Carnegie's Llrnd dock steel mill has been made. Schuylkill county commissioners hope to save KW0 a month to taxpayers by dis charging part of the clerical force. Mrs. Hosa Kapiipskl, nged 73 years, of Pottstown, fell down a flight of stairs last night, breaking her neck. She died a few minutes Inter. William Q. ICyrlch, but recently dis charged from a state Insane asylum, has again come Into possession of his 2fl,out) estate at Heading. ' ) (leorge II. Tench, superintendent of tho York Farm and llluckwood collieries, has been appointed outside superintendent of the six Lehigh Valley collieries at,Uusle ton. i i SPAIN IS NOT DANGEROUS Hus Her Hands Full with a Pull ISIowii Revolution. XO DESIRE t0K FIKTHER WAR New Minister Will Investigate tho Alliance Affair Attitude Towards tho 1'nltcd States Is Peaceful. Revolutionists nt Now Oilcans. Washington, March 29. The Alllunca Incident is regarded ns almost us good as closed. The assurance of the Span ish government that they are acting in good faith, and thut the delay in mak ing upologles for firing on the AmeHcau flag Is due entirely to the necessity of making an Investigation, coupled as it Is with the relief of the olllcer com manding the Spanish war vessel, which committed the offense, Is accepted as sulllctcnt to warrant this government in waiting patiently for the expected reparation. The fact that Spain has her hands full In dealing wllh the Cubian rebellion Is assurance enough that everything possible will be done to avoid trouble with the I'nited States. Much gratification Is manifested In official circles here. Although the state department official decline to admit the fact, there Is reason to believe that those matters huve been conimunlca'Njd to them, either through United States Minister Taylor at Madrid or through Senator Murugua, tho resident Spanish minister here. There Is now no dispo sition In any quarter to doubt that tho Spanish assurances are satisfactory ai far as they go, and the incident has already passed Into n phase where It will yield to adjustment by the ordinary methods of dlploniucy. The instruc tions reported to have been sent to the Spanish naval commanders indicate that the Spanish government has not yet accepted the doctrine laid down in the United States note as to their lack of jurisdiction within the shore waters In cases of foreign vessels plying on their established routes, but It is be lieved that this may be safely left to further discussion und that meantime the Spaniards will do nothing further calculated to force a decision on this Issue. Commander's Acknowledgment. Among diplomatists here the relief of the Spanish commander Is taken to be an acknowledgment that he was In error and as a step toward the repara tion Spain is to make. There is little doubt that the new Spanish minister, Scnor De Lome, Will go to Cuba before coming here. The ef fect of this will be to leave Spain with out a minister In the United States after the next two weeks, for Muruaga has determined to leave about April 10 or 12, as he has Important private busi ness demanding his attention. The new minister could not reach here by that time If he came direct, and as he will wait to go with a troopship to Cuba, it will take considerable time for him to reach the United States. The Spanish legation will be under the di rection of the Charge d' Affairs after April 10 or 12. It Is said, however, that no significance will attach to these conditions, as they are necessary under the circumstances, although It comes at an unfortunate, time when grave questions are pending between the I'nited States and Spain. New Orleans Kccriiits. The Spanish legation denies the Florida reports thut nn expedition of thousands of revolutionists are a bout to leave Fjorlda for Cuba. It Is said, how ever, that actual enlistments are now being made in New Orleans. From the Spanish stanpolnt the Insurrection has been recognized as existing, und Jo ports concerning It have been made to the state department. Hut the Span ish government, It Is declared, does not Intend to carry this recognition to the point of proclaiming a rebellion to be In existence, as this would be a step toward recognizing the Insurgent cause for Cuba's Independence. It Is claimed also that the state department has In effect recognized tire existence of an Insurrection, as It has Invoked the op eration of the protocol of the Spanish treaty, which protects American cltl zdns In Cuba, charged with sedition, treason or conspiracy, against trial by martial law. It Is rumored that the Cuban revolu tionists have made Indirect efforts to have the United States recognize them under the law of nations as belligerents. The report Is based on the statement that a prominent revolutionary sympa thizer Is now In Washington and one of tho most noted lenders of the revolt is sold to have been here Mot long ago. Itlsnot known, however, that they have done more than urge the Justice of their cause on senators and members of congress nnd certainly there Is no pres ent prospect of the grant of any such recognition. SLEPT IN A COFFIN. Mrs. Kcsch, Aged 101) Years, Hurled In tho Cnskot I'sod nsa Ho J. Oshkosh, Wis., March 20. Tho body of Mrs. lteseh, for many years an eccen tric character of this city, was burled yesterday In the cemetery near the poor farm. The old lady was an odd character. She had attained tho age of 100 years. The most peculiar of her eccentrici ties was I hat of sleeping nightly In a coffin. Twenty years ngo she pur chased a casket and at her own request she was hurled In It after she had used It a score of yeurs for a bud. DEAD MAN AS A JUROR. Ho Is lined $40, Although Drowned Aluny Years Ago. Chester, Pa., March 29. At the pres ent term of court the name of Thomas D. Piatt was drawn as a puror. During a trml he was called, and not respond ing, Judge Clayton ordered that he lie lined 140. Thei tine cannot be collected, as Piatt has been dead ten years, having boon drowned In the Uclnwnre liver. TORTURED Y IT ENDS. Burglars, However, l-'nll to Oct tho Money They Were Seek Ing. Springfield, III.. Mureh 29. About Mil) o'clock yesterdny morning two burglars forced themselves Into tin residence of Mrs. Mary Iterger, who, notwithstand ing he s 86 years of nge, lives alone, and after binding the old woman with a rope, and thrusting a handkerchief In her mouth searched the house for $2,0118, which they had been Informed le had. filing In their search, they took Mrs. Merger from the bed on which they had thrown her anil placed heron the lloor. Then they procured a quantity of straw, saturated It with coal oil ami set It on tiro for tho purpose, of com pelling ber to tell where the money was. They were unsuccessful, as the woman had no money. The burglars escaped. WROTE WITH HER OWN HLOOD Religious .Maniac Cuts Her Throat und Theu Marks the tills. Ilochester, N. Y., March 2S. vV Bonsa ttonal suicide took place In this city today as the resit of religious mania. Mrs. John Oute became suddenly in sane In the morning, although when the husband left the house to go to his work he did not suspect that her mind was affected. iBhe had been wrought up on the sub ject of religion for some time, and In the morning she talked to him about Ms spiritual welfare, and told him of the damnation of his soul unless he repent ed. After he left the house Mrs. Oute sent the older children to school and then cut her throat. She did not make a very deep gash, and as far as can be learned did not die until some time In the afternoon. When the children returned from school at noon, however, she was In bed and they had to get their own dinner. The eldest boy, a lad of 14, noticed, how ever, that there were marks of blood on the pillow where his mother was lying. At 4 o'clock he came home, and then found his mother dead. Between the time the woman cut her throat and the time she had to take to the bed on ac ootint of the loss of blood she appears t have wandered about the house with the horrible cut in her throat, her blood slowly oozing from the wound, and with finger dipped In her life-blood, sin had written on the walls passages of Scripture, warning those who might read the ghastly messages of the wrath to come. These covered the walls of ihekltehen, showing that the woman had walked about some time before she succumbed to weakness. Three little children were lit tho house most of the time, but they were too young to realize tho horribl" tragedy that was being enacted before their eyes. PLANNED TO COMMIT SITC1DE. Arrest of an Anderson. Ind., citicn Saves His l ife. Anderson. Intl.. March 29. The arrest of (luge Yeagley last evening saved his life, os ho Intended to kill himself. In a pocket he had a letter addressed to those that should lnd him and claim ing that his life was unhappy because hls,wlf" hud left him. When arrested he told the officers that he intended to kill himself. Thurston Departs. Chicago, March 29. Lorrln A. Thurston, Hawaiian minister to the United Btates, arrived In this city today en route from Washington to Honolulu. He Was the guest of Hawaiian Consul Job dining his stay of a few hours, leaving for the coast at l.lo p. m. Mooting of Coal Sales Agents. New York, March 29. The gcnaral sales agents of the anlhraelte coal companies did not consider a change In prices for the month of April. Tho production for thai month was estimated ot 50 per cent, of the June, 1894, output or about 2,000,000 tons. SPARKS HY TELEGRAPH. Si. Louis' smallpox epidemic Is still rait ing, 108 people being In quarantine. Ur. Hlrnni Hall, 05 years old, yesterday fell downstair nt his home In llallimorc, Md., and broke his neck. For un unknown reason, Mrs. Cora Shear, of New York, a bride of four months, took u fatal dose of carbolic anld. On the charges of collusion and robbing the county, llvo members of the county board of Iron county, Mich., have been ar rested. Hy the sinking of the oyster sloop John 11. Thonms, near Cambridge, Md., James Jones, colored, one of the crew, was drowned. The explosion of a sawmill boiler In Jackson county, (la., killed John I .Hou ston and Kilward (looile, white, and Molly Urant, colored. The directors of the Delaware, Lacka wanna anil Westt'im railroad have dot-hired a regular quarterly dividend of I'i per cent., payable April 20. The murder of Miss Mollle Paisley, of Princeton, Ky., who was found dead In her uncle's home, Is laid to her cousin, Iac Dai rail, who has disappeared. A rich gold mine was discovered by (I. P. Wilson nnd Frank Mlddleton, two young Pennsylvania engineers, near Her mozlllo, Mux., but the Yaquls drove them a way. The engagement Is announced of Hon. A. J. Mnrorlbunks, brother of Lutly Aber deen and aide-de-camp to the" governor general of Canada, to Miss Myslo Hrowu, of Nashville, Tenn. After saving D. II. McConnell, presi dent of the Union Publishing company, of New York, from fatul burns by alcohol flumes, Josephine Sawyer, his quick witted typewriter, promptly tainted. Here We Are Again. HIS COMMENDABLE ACT Broun Puts Thrtx bullets Tliruiiijh His Heud with Good Effect. A BhTTAL MIKDEKEK 15A1TLED After Trying in Vulu to kill His Wife the Kuffian Commits Suicide-A Shocking Tale of Cruelty Almost I npurulled. Philadelphia. March 29. John A. rirown, aged iil years, a salesman for James Talcott, the woolen merchant of Frunklln street, New York, this after noon culminated four years of abuse and persecution of his young wife by shooting her through the throat at the residence of her father, No. 600 South Forty-second street, and then sending three bullets through his own head, killed himself almost Instantly. Mrs. Brown's wound Is serious, but it Is not thought that It will be necessarily fatal. Four years ago, when she was Miss Hertha Llebert, and only 20 years of age, Mrs. Brown married the man who today attempted to kill her. despite the opposition of her family. Mrs. Hrown's father is a retired iron manufacturer and wealthy, and Hrown was never in a position to support the girl he made his wife In the manner In which she was used to living. On the very day of their marriage Brown beat and abused his newly-made wife. In the past four years Hrown went from bad to worse and abused his wife frequently and took to drinking and made little effort to support her. Mrs. Brown left her husband several times, but as a child was born to the couple about two years ago, that formed a bond of union, between them. Some months ago Mrs. Hrown left her husband with the avowed Intention of never returning to hlnv unless he made a decided reformation, and taking her child, wont to live with her father. Asked to See His Child. Hrown came here this morning from Asbury Park, where he has two sisters living. He called at Mr. Llebert's about noon and asked to see his father-in-law. Mr. Llebert refused to see Hrown and the latter then asked for his wife, and when told she was out, he asked permission to see his child. This was granted him, and while he was talking and playing with his baby his wife came home. She went Into the recep tion room, where Hrown was, and necessarily greetings were exchanged. When luncheon was served. Mis. Hrown went to lunch, but Hrown was not asked. Mrs. Hrown's father warned her against ngnln returning to the room where her husband was, but neverthe less she went back to the reception room. About 2 o'clock, ns Miss Llebert, a sister of Mrs. Hrown's, and a Miss Stockton were descending the stairs they heard Hrown ask his wife to re turn to live with him. Mrs. Brown was seated upon the arm of a sofa at the time and Brown was standing be fore her. She answered that Bhe would never return to him unless he ceased drinking nnd could make a living for her nnd her child. Upon this Hrown drew a revolver and his wife Instinc tively threw' down her head, the move ment probably saving her life, for the shot struck her In. (ho back of the neok and passetl through and same out of her throat. Hrown quickly fired again, but missed, and then his wife. In a frenzy of terror and desperation, threw herself upon him nnd bore him to the lloor. She wrestled tho revolver front his hands nnd springing up ran from the room. Hrown followed her and caught her In the hallway. He grasped her by the hair and, pulling her back ward, took tho revolver from her. Girls Parnlyted with tear. During tho enactment of this scene the two girls on the stall hud boon paralyzed with fright. Miss Llebert fled through ithe front door, but ns Miss Stockton saw Hrown turn his pis tol towards his toddling child who was stunding In Hie hallway, with a wo man's instinct she grabbed the child up and rushed Into the dining iroom. The moment's delay had given Mrs. Hrown nn opportunity to fly euid she ran through the hall nnd out of the side door on Forty-second street. As she ran Hrown fired once more at her, but missed. As she dashed down the steps leading to the pavement the ciHichman attempted to stop the terrified woman, but she threw him to the ground as easily as a strong man would have done, and fan across the street to the house of Pay Director of the Navy Husscll. When Ills wife disappeared through tho door, Hrown turned the revolver upon himself and sent three bullets through his head, dying almost Instantly. In the confusion nnd excitement raised In the nelghbinrhood by the tragedy, Mrs. Hrown was hurried by the police Into an ambulance and taken to Ithe University ihosilltul. Tonight she Is resting easily and the physicians at the hospital believe she will reocver. KEEP AMERICANS IN PRISON. Letter from Cuba Confirms Churges Against Spanish Authorities. New York. March 29. A private let ter n-celved here from Santiago de Cuba contains Information of two Americans who are In prison lit Cuba on the general charge of "suspicion." The letter reads: They have two Ameritiun citizens locked up here. The men have been In jail a month now. It seems they were seamen. One was a mate, the other a steward. They wero paid off at San donneago and thwught they would go Into the turtle business there, but, as they were poor, the Wesleyan mission ary raised money and got them a boat; not finding the turtle, business profit able they tried fishing. They were blown off shore and came In here and were arreBted on suspicion. IT STILL LOOKS ROSY. Dua Company's Review of Trade Is Satisfactory to Those Wao Seek In. dieations of Good Times. New York, March 29. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Signs of Improvement are all the more satisfactory because neither ac companied nor apparently produced by a speculative craze. Dealings in stocks cotton and wheat are not diverting all the Interest and capital from produc- tive Industry and legitimate trade, I though these products are all a shade i stronger. Hut railroad earnings, bank j clearings and industrial indications a'ro ! more encouraging this week. It Is a re markable feature that the lifting this year begins at the bottom, so to speak; raw materials are raised before there is any larger demand for their finished products, a thing not often done with success. Hides rose, then leather, and then shoe; cotton rose, and afterwards some cotton goods; coke was advanced and afterward Bessemer pig. In all the.se cases it Is reasoned that the large demand for consumption, though yet wanting, must come until It is seen that prices are going up. Higher waes for coke workers have been followed by a formal advance of 40 cents In the price of coke, and now Bessemer pig has risen 3.1 cents at Pittsburg and 25 at Philadelphia. Beginning at the bottom to life prices requires exceptional strength, but the Carnegle-Frlck Inter est la exceptionally strong. So far, there Is no answering Increase in de mand or in prices for manufactured products, and on the whole the range Is slightly lower than a week ago, angles and common bar having yielded a little. The general belief Is that dear materl nls will kindle more buying of products. As yet It seems Impossible to fill the mills with orders, nnd the struggle of those yet unemployed keeps prices down. Stocks are stronger, for the first time In many months with a valid reason. The rise has been slight, but earnings In March have been 1.9 per cent, larger than last year, and only 11.6 per cent, less than 1S9.1, with Improvements toward the close of the month, while in February the decrease compared with 1SH3 was 15.2 per cent. Hates for money are higher, as usual, Just before April 1, and the commercial demand Is somewhat larger. Failures for the week have been 234 In the United States against 23S lust year; and 42 In Canada ngalnst SO last year. The recent Increase Indicates past rather than recent conditions of unsoundness, 1'OREKiN NEWS NOTES. Italian outposts at Kussala defeated the Dervishes with heavy loss. Trial of tho Wllde-Qneenslierry case nt London has been fixed for April S. The sullnn has promlsod to seo that Christians In the province of DlarUeklr are protected. The new Justice of the Brazilian su premo court Is a brother of Minister Men donca at Washington. Tho house of burgesses of Hamburg telegraphed congratulations to Hlsmurck. The pope will Instruct a cardinal to convoy his best wishes to tho old chancellor. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Mr. Wilson mudo a tour through the postotllce department yesterday. Comptroller Kckles yesterday returned from a hunting trip to Roanoke IhIiiikI, N. O., with a bag lllled with gucac. Secretary Carlisle has gone to Kentaey on account of a brother's Illness, and As sltant Secretary Hamlin Is In charge of the department. The president yesterday appointed Carl It. Hurst, District of Columbia, consul at l'rngue, Itohemla, and Charles Jonas, Wis consin, consul at Crefeld, ilermany, the men exchanging consulates. At Bethlehem, I'll., today a 12-Inch Har veylned nickel plate, representing diagonal armor of the battleship Iowa and the tur rets of the Oregon, will be attacked with an K-lnch rltle for ballistic acceptance test of about 3m) tons of armor. WEATHER REPOUT. 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