TIDAL WAVES
NOW FEARED
40,000 Pe:pb Fie 3 From Vicinity of
Vesuvius.
THE TOWNS IN LAKES OF LAVA.
Panic-stricken People ol Naplea Cry "Tbt
Madonna Hit Foreekea L'; th End ol tht
World Haa Com" Flaibea ol LlgblDlag
ad lh Roir ol Explosions Accompany lb
truptlooi ol Vesuvius.
Naples, (By Cable) The hope that
Mount Vesuvius was becoming calm was
dissipated Sunday, when the volcano be
came more active than ever. The panic
hat spread to Naples. Two strong earth
quake shocks which shattered windows
and cracked the walls of buildings were
experienced Sunday. The entire popula
tion rushed to the streets in terror, many
persons crying:
"The Madonna has forsaken us; the
end of the world hag come."
No trace remains ol Boscoireease, a
commune on the southern declivity of the
mounta.n, where up to 48 hours ago 10,
000 persons lived ; and Tcrrc Annunziata,
on the shores on the Gull of Naples, one
mile to the .southward, is almost sur
rounded by the invading lava, and has
been evacuated by its 30.000 inhabitants.
The people were brought to Naples by
trains, street cars, military carts and
steamships. Similar means of transpor
tation are being employed to bring away
the people from Torre 1 cl Greco. The
police and cabined- are guarding the
abandoned houses, and several members
of the government also arc there.
A telegram received from the mayor of
San Scbatino, a village near the observa
tory on the northwest declivity of Vesu
vius, says the lava is approaching rapidly,
and that the people are terror-stricken.
They have been for nights without sleep,
he says, nre destitute and beg that as
sistance be given them.
The work of succor is hampered, owing
to delays on the railway service, which
is interrupted by red-hot stones, thrown
to a height of 3,000 feet, falling 0:1 the
tracks.
As yet it is impossible to count the
craters that have opened and from which
streams of lava have flooded the beau
tiful, prosperous and happy land lying
on the southeast shores of the Gulf of
Naples.
The atmosphere is heavily charged
with electricity and now and then the
flashes of lightning are blinding, while
the detonations from the volcano resem
ble those of terrible explosions.
The churches of the city were open all
Saturday night and were crowded with
panic stricken people. Members of the
clergy are doing their utmost to calm
their fears, but the effects of their argu
ments po almost for naught when renew
ed earthquake shocks are experienced.
MEN ROASTED TO DEATH.
Three Die la Freight Wreck at
Keyaer, W. Va.
Keyser, W. Va., (Special). Two rail
road men were slowly roasted to death in
a freight wreck which occurred in the
Kevser vards of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company.
. A third man died later in the hospital.
A runaway Baltimore and Ohio yard
engine crashed into a string of second
division cabooses lying on a sidetrack,
smashing t lie cabooses to kindling wood,
killing two men and seriously injuring
two others.
Conductor Jennings and Brakeman
Keyser were slowly roasted to death. As
they were being consumed by the , umes
their cries for help could be heard. The
Keyser Fire Department fought the
flames, but before the bodies were reach
ed they were burned beyond recognition
and one could not be told from the other.
The injured men were taken to the
Keyser Hospital. Two yard engines
sideswiped in the Keyser yards, one tear
ing away the cab of the other, which
threw the engineer and fireman out and
jarred the throttle of the wrecked engine
wide open. This engine ran away down
the sidetrack, into the cabooses and
dashed them against a siring of steel
hoppers, telescoping the three caboo-es,
in which several trainmen were sleeping.
The smashed cabooses caught fire. The
bodies were removed to the morgue.
Four Men Drowocd.
Lancaster, Ta. ( Special ) .Four bridge
builders cf Portland, Maine, employed
on a dam which is being erected across
the Susquehanna River at McCall's Fer
ry, 25 miles south of here, were drowned
bv the capsizing of a boat. The names
of the men were Biat, O'Connc'.l, Neal
and Smith. There were seven men in the
craft when it struck a cable and over
turned, all being thrown into the water.
The current runs swiftly at the point
where the accident happened, and not
withstanding that every effort was made
to reach the men they were swept to
their death.
$17,000 Gold Bar Stolen.
New York (Special). Weighing 850
ounces and valued at $17,000, a bar 0!
gold was stolen during transit from
Georgetown, Eritnh Guiana, to the Wall
Street offices of the British G tiiana Gold
Concessions Company, Limited. When
the box in which the gold bar had been
shipped was opened today by the offi
cials of the company they found only a
piece of lead. Examination of the box
shows that tiic seals on the bottom had
been carefully cut and the lower portion
of the box removed.
To Print Tbelr Fingers.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
finger-print sys eiii for the identification
of recruits in the army and military de
serters has been formally adopted by the
War Department to supersede the Bertil
lon system, which has been in use for
many years past. This action was taken
by the War Department as a result of
rftbe report on identification sy. turns sub
mitted by a board of officers composed
of Major Walter D. McCaw, surgeon,
and Major E. F. I.add, of the military
secretary's department.
General Booth at 77.
London (By Cable"!. From .20,000 to
30,000 members of the Salvation Army
celebrated General Booth's seventy-seventh
birthday anniversary at the Crystal
Palace Sunday afternoon. The General,
who is in such splendid health that he
is arranging to start on a tour of Japan,
by way of Siberia, in October, addressed
hit enthusiastic followers and announced
that the collections in the United King
dom, at the result of the Salvation
Army'i self-denial week, had almost
reached the splendid total of $500,000.
DOM EMTIO
Gen. Louis Fitzgerald denies in the
retrial of the suit of Morris C. Mengis
for $1,000,000 that he made a promise to
give Mengis the sum mentioned in case
the Western Maryland was sold to the
Fuller syndicate.
Governor Digging of New York,
granted the requisition papers of the
Governor of Minnesota for Albert W.
Bartlett, accused of looting the home
of Dr. Pinault in Minnesota.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
passed a resolution declaring Baltimore
and other commercial rivals got an ad
vantage from differential traffic rate.
Thousands of employees of the New
York Central ami Hudson River Rail
road are to be laid off, owing to a fall
ing off in freight traffic.
Over two thousand forged signatures
have been found on the mayoralty nomi
nation papers of William R. Hearst, of
New York.
William C. Inman, of Leon, O., who
left $0,000 in a valise in a railroad train,
was lucky enough to get it back.
Edwin C. Swift, a member of the Chi
cago meat-packing firm died at the
Quincy House in Boston.
The Republic Oil Company has sur
rendered its charters in the States of
Nebraska, Indiana and Iowa.
Six witnesses from Maryland testified
in the suit of Morris C. Mengis against
Gen. Louis Fitzgerald for a million dol
lars, in connection with the sale of West
ern Maryland Railroad.
Mrs. Martin Van't Hof, of Grand
Rapids, Mich., was burned to death by
her husband, who is believed to be de
ranged, and who yelled "Hurrah for the
Hag" as his wile died.
Alfred Walter, formerly eencral man
ager of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
has succeeded J. M. Barr as president
and general manager of the Seaboard
Air Line.
The offices of former President Mc
Curdy, of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, furnished at a cost of $100,-
000. have been dismantled and rented to
a railroad.
The General Assembly at Albany pass
ed the hills regulating the manner in
which insurance companies 'hail hold
real estate and prohibiting rebating.
The protected cruiser St. Louis, which
must make 22 knots an hour, left Phil
adelphia for a builders' trial trip.
The Oakland (Cal.) Street Car Com
pany has recognized the union of em
ployes. Because her position would necessi
tate her introducing Governor Cummins
as "an honored guest" at the annual
meeting of the Des Moines Women's
Press Club, Mrs. James R. Berryhill re
signed as toastmistress.
It was stated that Joseph A. Turner,
the embezzling note teller of the Nation
al Bank of North America in New York,
was a friend of Ruth Rogers, who com
mitted suicide several weeks ago. He
denies it.
For an April fool joke someone in
serted in a New York newspaper an
advertismcnt announcing the death of
Emil Niglutsch and caused much un
easiness among the members of his fam
ily. A bulletin of the Department of Com
merce and Labor shows that the trade
of the United Stales with Mexico dur
ing the year of 1905, aggregated $92,000,
000. Governor Becknvan Winthrop arrived
at New York on his way to Washington
to present the grievances of the Porto
Kicans to the House committee.
A squad oi police had to use their
clubs to put down a "town and gown"
fight of Yale students and men and boys
oi' New Haven.
Sieve Green, aged 22, was shot dead
by John Waters, jr., about the same age,
in a quarrel over a game of crap in
Lancaster, Pa.
Harry Beard, a planter, living in
Natchez, Miss., was shot by a negro
employe, who, in turn, was killed by
Beard's brother.
Fear that her home was burning
caused Mrs. Frances Maguire, of Alton,
a deaf-mute, to speak for the first time
in her Hie.
. As a sequel to a quarrel over five cents,
John Wa'.ers, colored, shot and killed
Stephen Green in Lancaster, Pa.
Miss Hattie Crawford, a student at the
Friends' University in Wilcluta, Kan.,
felled a burglar anil then fainted.
J. G. Sapp was killed by his half
brother, John Miles, a well-known tur
pentine operator, of Georgia.
iOKfclG.N
Fie great streams oi burning lava
are pouring down the sides of Mount
Vesuvius, and the residents in the small
villages are tleemg. The city of Naples
is sprinkled with cinders.
The Natal colonial force which had
been operating against the insurgent
chief Baiubaata has been compelled to
retire, owing to the rebels' increased
strength.
The V iceroy of Caucasia has levied a
tribute of $345,000 on the Americans and
the Tarters of the Elizabethpol district
as a fine for renewal of the race war.
Maxim Gorky, the Russian agitator,
1. s coming to the United States to appeal
to Russian refugees to aid the cause
for freedom in Russia.
A revolution has broken out at Sa
mona, San Domingo. The United States
gunboat Paducah i there, but no Ameri
can interests are involved.
More than 200 delegates, representing
38 different countries, have arrived in
Rome for the universal postal congress,
which opens April 7.
The Russian government now ex
pects to raise a loan of not less than
$400,000,000, and possibly $600,000,000,
to pull out of the financial hole.
Some of the worst features of the old
press censorship have been restored by
the government, as a result of the St.
Petersburg elections.
Russia expects the other powers to
propo.-e a modification of the program
she has outlined for the second peace
conference at the Hague.
Former Queen Natalie of Servia, in
tends to give the Kingdom of Servia
property valued at $15,000,000 for the
erection of a cathedral.
Chancellor Von Buelow suffered a
fainting spell in the Reichstag, or parlia
ment House, in Berlin, the result of
overwork.
The report of a mid of the Zulu Chief
Bambaata on a loyal kraal near Grey
town has been confirmed.
Another survivor of the disaster ol
the French mines was brought to the
surface. The discovery led to another
demonstration against the engineers.
Testimony was given before a board
of inquiry at Aldershot, England, that a
lieutenant of small means was maltreated
by four brother lieutenants.
General Von Mack thinks Japan is
making preparations for war with the
United States.
General Mistchenko, after a long per
iod of service with the army in the Far
East, has denoted for St. Petersburg.
Governor General Kaulbars, of Odes
sa, has guaranteed that there would be
no ami-Jewish disorders at Easter.
HOTEL TUMBLES
SEVENTY KILLED
German Feast Tamed Into a Terrible
Disaster.
SORROW IN THE BLACK FOREST.
Two Hundred People Drinking tba Heallb ot
the Builder and the Landlord Wbea U.
Hold Zuro flinch Collapses About Twenty
Eacapa by Leaplnf From the Windows ol
lbs Fallinj Building.
Nagold, Little Black Forest, Germany,
(By Cable). The Hotel Zuti Hirsch
fell during the progress of a festive din
ner. There were 200 persons present,
most of wl)otn were buried in the ruins.
At 10 o'clock P. M. 55 dead bodies had
been removed and 100 injured had been
taken from the ruins, many of them in
a serious condition. Twenty persons
still are missing and probably are dead.
The accident is attributed to careless
ness on the part of those who were
making repairs on the building, which
had been raised five ,feet from
ground in order to give more space for
the lower story. The work began early
in the morning, and was supposed to
have been finished at noon. The keeper
of the hotel invited the workmen and a
large number of the townspeople to a
grand dinner.
The company assembled in the middle
banquet-room and was drinking the
health of the builder and landlord, when
suddenly a crash was heard above. A
score of those in the banquet-room jump
ed from the windows and doors in time
lo escape when the house came down
with a crash.
The town at night presented an in
describable scene of horror and grief.
There is hardly a family but has lost
one or more members. The villagers
and people of the surrounding country
are inquiring for the disaster. The work
of rescue i.s in the town hall adjacent
to the scene of the disaster.
Explosion In Boiler-House.
Shamokin, Pa., (Special). A terrific
boiler explosion occurred at 8 o'clock P.
M. at the Big Mountain Colliery, owned
by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company killing John Mazcly,
water man, and badly, if not fatally,
scalding William Hoy, watchman. Fire
man Joesph R. Badinka was also scalded.
He was in the midst of the explosion
and was blown quite a distance. A half
dozen more employes had narrow es
capes. There were in boilers in the nest,
four blowing up. The fragments were
sent flying several hundred feet up a
hillside.
Vesovlua la Violent.
Naples (By Cable). The eruption of
Mount Vesuvius is now most violent.
On the Powpeii side the main stream of
lava has divided into two one threat
ening Ottajano, a commune of 20,000 in
habitants, and the other threatening Tor
re del Greco, with a population cf 30,
000. The danger is becoming serious,
and calls for the immediate evacuation
of Boscotrccaz, the nearest village to
the crater, which has a population of 9000
soul;.
No Crime to Take Coal
Wilmington, Del., (Special). Judge
Cochran, in the Municipal Court here,
decided that it is not a crime to take coal
from a railroad. Tony Dennifrco, an
Italian, was arrainged for the theft of
fuel from the Balttimorc and Ohio Rail
road. After hearing the evidence the
Judge informed Assisstant City Solicitor
Kice, the prosecuting attorney, that he
did not feel disposed to hold the defend
ant for the County Court "just because
he took a litttle coal from a railroad."
Russlsn Loan ol $400,000,000.
London (By Cable) According to the
understanding in financial circles here,
a Russian loan of $400,000,000 will be is
sued immediately after Easter in New
York, London, Paris and St. Petersburg,
the two first-named cities nrobably taking
between $50,000,000 and $o,ooo,ooo each
and Paris $250,000,000. The report that
Germany has definitely decided not to
participate in the loan is confirmed in
London financial circles.
New Premier In Hungary.
Vienna (By Cable). I'eace between
the Crown and the Hungarians has been
concluded, and the Parliamentary crisis
is over. Premier Fcrjervary has re
signed, and Alexander Werkerle has been
appointed Premier, with a mandate to
form a conciliatory Cabinet for Hun
gary. Seale Signed lo Texas.
Fort Smith, Ark., (Special). Presi
dent Hanrady, of this district of the
United Mine Workers of America, tele
graphs from Thurbcr, Texas, that the
Texas and Pacific has signed the ad
vanced wage scale. This takes in all the
coal mines in Texas. None of the
operators of Arkansas has signed, but
the - are expected to do so the coming
week.
Withdraws From Kentucky.
Indianapolis, (Special). The transfer
of the property of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Kentucky to the Indiana com
pany is announced and is taken to indi
cate that the Kentucky company is with
drawing from the State. The manager
of the local offices refused to discuss the
transfer. A consideration of $1 is named.
Dr. Halo 84 Veara Old.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Dr.
Edward Everett Hale, the venerable
chaplain of the Senate, received the con
gratulations of friends at the Capitol
Tuesday on his eighty-fourth birthday.
During the day he received numerous
congratulatory telegrams and letters from
all parts of the country. Dr. Hale open
ed the proceedings of the Senate as usual
wilh prayer, lie was on the floor a few
moments before the session began and
many Senators shook his hand and gave
him their good wishes.
Ii Daog er ol Ambush.
Durban, Natal, (By Cable). A puni
tive expedition started from Greytown
in pursuit of Bambaata, the insurgent
chief and deposed regent of the Grey
town district. The country in which the
troops are operating is difficult to tra
verse, consisting of vast tracts of dense
brush, necessitating continual scouting in
order to avoid ambushes. Bambaata is
reported to have compelled a number of
loyal natives to join him, but the report
that he has 3,000 followers is not be
lieved here.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
$193,003,0)0 Mora Exports. '
According to a bulletin issued by the
Department of Commerce and Labor, the
exports from the United States fof the
first eight months of the fiscal year 10x16
are J 100,000,000 in value in excess ol
those of the corresponding months of
1005. llie imports arc $71,000,000 great
er. The increase of exports of manufac
tures occurs chiefly in cotton goods, iron
and steel manufactures, cars and car
riages, manufactures of wood, mineral
oils and leather. Wheat and wheat flour
exports increased about $34,000,000, corn
nearly $20,000,000, oats over $10,000,000
and provisions $33,000,000.
On the import side, all groups show an
increase except articles of food, which
in the eight months, ended with Feb
ruary, 1006, amounted to but $171,000,
ono, against $184,000,000 for the same
lime last year. Coffee shows a fall of
nearly $1.2.000,000. and sugar $5,000,000.
The most "remarkable increase in the im
ports, says the bulletin, occurs in manu
facturers' materials, which show a total
gain of over 40,000.000 for the eight
mouths of 1006, as compared with the
same period of 1905.
Wants New Nstlonal Song.
"The Star-spangled Banner" cannot
be sung satisfactorily and "America" is
set to an English air, consequently the
United States should offer a prize to
composers and make an effort to obtain
a satisfactory national hymn.
Such was the argument advanced by
Julius I. Lyons, of New Y'ork, who
called on Secretary Bonaparte and en
deavored to enlist in a movement to
acquire a new national hymn. Mr.
Bonaparte professed an ignorance of
music which made it impossible for him
to condemn songs now in use, and told
Mr, Lyons that he did not believe a nat
ional song could ever be popular unless
it was in some way connected with
an event in history of great importance.
For a Naval Display.
Rear Admiral Harrington, who is in
command of the Norfolk Navy Yard,
has been designated by Secretary Bona
parte the chairman of a committee which
is to prepare a program for the naval
participation in the Jamestown Exposi
tion next year.
There arc to be two other members 'of
the committee. One will be the chief
of staff of the North Atlantic fleet at
the time of the exposition and the third
will be an officer stationed in the Bu
reau of Navigation, Navy Department.
It will be impossible for the committee
outline a program until Congress takes
final action on the appropriation for
the Jamestown Exposition.
Oppoaed to Convict-made floods.
The House Committee on Labor au
thorized a favorable report on a bill to
prevent the purchase by the government
by contract or otherwise of anv article
manufactured by convict labor. The bill
was introduced by Representative Van
duzer, of Nevada. The committee de
cided to consider at its next meeting the
bill of Representative Hunt, of Mis
souri, to prevent interstate shipments of
prison-made goods from one state into
another should the receiving state ob
ject. Dealb Rate on tbe Isthmus.
Dr. W'. C. Gorcas. chief sanitary of
ficer of the canal zone, has submitted a
report to the Isthmian Canal Commis
sion for February, which shows a sick
rate of 20 for each 1,000 of the 23,000 ca
nal employes. In the opinion of Dr.
Gorgas this is an excellent state of
health. There were 56 deaths among
canal employes, and of these 4 were ne
groes. The death rate among the em
ployes shows an annual rate of 30 to
each 1,000 persons.
A delegation representing the League
of American Municipalities invited the
1 rcsulcnt to attend the coming conven
tion of the league in Chicago.
A bulletin issued bv the Department
of Commerce and Labor shows a notable
growth in our foreign trade during tiie
past nine months.
I here arc many candidates anxious to
succeed Rear Admiral Converse, chief
of the Bureau of Navigation, who is
about to retire.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
authorized a favorable report on the
I louse bill prohibiting the use of for
eign-built dredges.
i he House comnutlee ordered a fa
vorable report on the bill to prevent the
purchase by the government of convict
niade goods.
The President will deliver the Decora
tion Day address before the Army and
Navy Union at Norfolk, Va.
Governor General Earl Grey and Lady
Grey visited the tomb of Washington at
Mount Vernon.
The National Association of Railway
Commissioners adopted a resolution urg
ing Congress to direct the Interstate
Commerce Commission to ascertain the
values of railway property in the various
slates. The association also urged the
adoption of a railroad rate bill.
The joint board on coast defense has
urged the erection of a fort on Middle
Ground, in the Chesapeake, to protect
the cities of Washington and Baltimore.
The House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries got all tangled up
in its hearing on the Ship Subsidy Bill.
Investigation has shown charges against
James Viosca, the American vice consul
at La Paz, to be unfounded.
Senator Daniel made an effective pica
in the Senate for Southern representa
tion on federal commissions.
The Republicans of the Senate and
House selected a Republican congresr
sional campaign committee.
The hearing of the case of United
States Senator Burton, of Kansas, was
completed in the Supreme Court of the
United States.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations authorized favorable reports en
the Samoau claims.
Chairman Payne, of the House com
mittee, submitted a favorable report on
the Free Alcoholic Bill.
The record of the court-martial in the
case of Lieutenant Cravens has been sub
mitted to the President, indicating that
the Lieutenant has been sentenced to dis
missal. Lord and Lady Grey were entertained
at the British and French Embassies.
The Postoflice Appropriation Bill was
taken up in the House.
Baron Rosen presented to Secretary
Root an outline of the various proposi
tions that Russia will submit to The
Hague Conference,
President Roosevelt announced the.ap
pointment of William H. Dc Lacy as
judge of the Juvenile Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
National Marine Engineers' Benefi
ciary Association has 11,000 members
belonging to 103 locals.
CITY OWNERSHIP
FOR CHICAGO
Result of tlie Election Re d in the
Western City.
THE VICTORY WAS ONLY PARTIAL.
Municipal Ownership ol tbe Street Railway
Lines wins In Chicago by Nearly 4,000
Voles Proposition lor tba City to Operate
tba Llnea Falls, However, by About 16,000
Large Vole Was Cast.
Chicago, (Special) Under the result
of the city election held Tuesday, in
which the question of municipal owner
ship of the street railways was the vital
issue, the city of Chicago can proceed to
acquire and control the railways, but can
not operate them. At the same time
the volers, while declaring that the city
shall not proceed to operate the railroads,
declared that as a question of public
policy it would be desirable for the
city to do so.
Three propositions were submitted to
the voters, the first of which was:
"Shall the city of Chicago proceed 10
operate street railways?"
This proposition requited 00 per cent. J
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ui uie luiai vuie rj.il 111 oroer 10 ucmnie
effective. The total vote was, approxi
mately, 231,000. Of this number the
proposition to proceed to the immediate
operation of the street railway secured
but 121,000 votes about 17,000 short of
the necessary three-fifths.
The second proposition involved the
approval of an ordinance previously pass
ed by the city council providing for the
issue of street-railway certificates in
amount not to exceed $75,000,000 for the
purchase, ownership and maintenance of
the street railways.
This was carried by about 3,800 votes.
The third question, which was simply
on the question of public policy, and has
no legal effect whatever, is, "Shall the
city council proceed without delay to
secure the municipal ownershin and
operation of the street railways under
the Mueller law, instead of granting
franchises to private companies?''
This proposition was carried by about
3.(00 vatcs.
Mayor Dunne construed the passage of
the $75,000,000 certificates and public
policy propositions as a victory for mu
nicipal ownership, but expressed his dis
appointment over the defeat of the pro
position for municipal operation. He said :
I admit I am disappointed because the
victory was not complete. The important
proposition, however, at the present lime
is ior me issuance 01 trie ceruncaics, ami
this has been carried. I regret very
much that wc did not get the necessary
majority to enable us to legally operate
the street-railway lines. But this will
not prevent us from again going before
the people after we have the street-railway
lines and asking for the necessary
authority to operate. The people will
vote for operation with a big majority at
the proper time."
the election was one of the most in
teresting to Chicago voters that has been
held in many years. The vote was much
larger than had been expected, and all
day the contest for and against municipal
ownership was bitterly fought.
A CARELESS MAN.
He Leaves $9,000 In a Valise In Railroad
Train.
Astabula, O., (Special). Lake Shore
Conductor William R. Miles, of Oil
City, Pa., who runs on a passenger train
out of Ashtabula to Oil City, found a
valise in one of the coaches of his train
containing $9,000 in currency. The bills
were wrapped up in packets of $100
each. There was no name on the valise
and no clue to its ownership. Later
Conductor Miles received a message to
the effect that a valise containing that
sum of money had been lost by William
C. Inman, of Leon, O.. who had come
to AsJitabula and drawn the money from
the bank and had then boarded the train
for home, intending to pay a large force
of men employed by him. He left the
tram at Leon and forgot the valise.
The money was restored to the owner
at once by Mr. Miles.
TIIE IIAKDI ST PART OVER.
Dewey Dock Has Now Covered Hall ol Her
Long Journey.
Washington D. C, (Special). Of
ficers at 1hc Navy Department express
relief at the safe arrival of the floating
drydock Dewey off Malta. For eight
days the drydock has made an average
daily run of over 100 hundred miles, and
it is now nearly nail way through the
Mediterranean. The passage between
Malta and Sicily is narrow and treacher
ous, and since the drydock has gone
through this safely the most dangerous
section of the Mediterranean lies behind
the great craft. It is to the entrance of
the Suez Canal will be expected that
the 940 miles from Malta covered at the
rate of about 100 miles a day, and ac
cording to the naval calculations, the
Dewey should arrive at Port Said by
April 10 if it docs not encounter unfavor
able weather.
Mlzner Robbed ol Jewels.
New York (Special). The police were
notified that Wilson Mizner, who mar
ried the widow of Mr. Charles T. Ycrkcs,
had been robbed of $7,500 worth of
jewelry. Mizner and his brother have
apartments in the Hotel Seymour, at 44
West Forty-fourth Street. Mizner told
two detectives that were put on the case
that while he and his brother and their
valet were out between 4 and 5 o'clock
their apartments were entered with a
pass key. The trunk was broken open.
Acquitted In Flva Minutes.
Columbia, S. C. (Special). In just
five minutes Mrs. Ella Bivans, the young
and handsome wife of Slate Senator Bi
vens, was found not guilty of murder for
killing George Hollon about two months
ago. Mrs. Bivcns testified that Holton
came to her home in the absence of her
husband and grossly insulted her. She
ordered Holton to leave, but he again
insulted her and attempted to embrace
her. Mrs. Bivcns then fired two shots,
each taking effect, and Holton fell dead
at her feet.
Bethlehem Steal' Bonds.
Newark, N. J., (Special). At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, the under
writing proposition made by Fisk & Co.
for a $12,000,000 new bond issue was
ratified. George R. Sheldon, Archibald
Johnston and Oliver Wren were elected
directors to serve for three years. The
earnings of the corporation for the year
were $3,313,920 and the net income $2.
305.399. Dividends of $521,780 011 the
preferred stock were paid during the
year, leaving a balance of surplus for
the year of $1,843,610.
ALL ZION QUAKES AT DO rUE'SRtl URN
Threat to Tear Out Tongues of In-faitltfu'.
Chicago, I'd., (Special). --John Alex
ander Dowie, general overseer, Elijah
III., first apostle and now Moses IL,
is speeding toward Zion from Mexico,
snorting fire and thrcating the direst
things to his rebellious hosts. He prom
ises to bring with him $to,ooo,ooo in gold
and to pertorm a marvelous miracle as
he steps from the train. He also prom
ises to bring back upon them the ills
from which he has healed hundreds of
his followers, tear out venomous ton
gues and trample the cnlrals of the un
godly and unfaithful.
Meanwhile there is a quaking of knees
and blanched faces at Zion, for the power
of Dowie increases as he ncars the city.
Intensely dramatic scenes are certain 10
follow if he is icrinitted to set fool in
the city. It was said he had appealed
to President Roosevelt for a detachment
of troops from Fort Sheridan to protect
him and assist him in entering his own
city. In addition it is known (hat the
Zion guilds have secretly agreed and
."M.cd to guard their prophet.
One noteworthy change of heart came
Friday, when Mrs. Dowie renewed her
allegiance to Dowie. Thursday she ex
coriated him mercilessly before the meet
ing of elders, told of his alleged scanda
lous relations with young women of the
congregation and of his polygamous
teachings and practices, his dishonesty in
business and his cruel treatment of her.
Friday she is penitent and desires that he
be forgiven. Yolivia lias promised a
strong guard for her residence until the
storm blow over.
According to present arrangements,
Dowie will arl'ivc here Tuesday. He will
probably be attired in his gorgeous ec
clesiastical robe and will bear an elab
orate scroll in his hand, announcing that
he is now Moses II. There is no doubt
that he will speedily rally a strong fol
lowing if permitted to sec his people.
Voliva and his adherents strenglhencd up
their lines and still further prepared for
the shock that is coming. At the same
time it is known that influential deacons
are wiring Dowie for forgiveness and
promising him support.
Documents were produced showing
that Dowie lost $1,500,000 in Wall
Street speculation in the slump of 1903.
He opened accounts in four stock ex
changes. In his message Dowie says the
$10,000,000 he is brining with him is part
of a fund put in his charge by Baron
Hirsch to alleviate the condition of Jews
in F.uropc. He also has the five books
of Moses on parchment, and declares
he is "now greater than he ever was be
lieved to be."
Servants arc secretly departing from
Zion, fearing the hypnotic power of their
angry lord. All of theni fear him and
are certain he possesses uncanny powers.
All Chicago is sitting up in feverish an
ticipation of the hottest doings in recent
years when the aged and vituperative
leader arrives to punish his enemies and
the men who have tried to wrest from
him the city of his building.
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.
E. 0- flowing Meets Dtath and Ilia Wile
Seriously Hurt.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). While
riding in an automobile through Haver
ford, a suburb, E. O. Cowing, a mem
ber of the firm of Adams Bros. & Co.,
wholesale meat dealers, of this city, was
killed and his wife was so seriously in
jured that her death is expected.
Mr. Gowing failed to observe a rope
that had been stretched across the road
near a building operation. The rope tore
the glass shield of the automobile from
its fastenings, startling Mr. Gowinw who,
in manipulating the steering gear, caused
the machine to swerve. It crashed into
a telegraph pole and was upset, crushing
its occupants.
Mr. Gowing died in a few minutes.
His wife is unconscious at a hospital
with concussion of the brain and inter
nal injuries. Mr. Gowing was formerly
Philadelphia manger for Swift & Co.
Tried to Blow Up Officers.
Wheeling. V. Va. (Special). Pennsyl
vania police arrested William Stone, al
leged to be one of the most desperate
cracksmen in the United Stales. He was
overpowered in the home of his mother-in-law
at Bcnwood. A sensational fea
ture of his capture was his effort lo ex
plode a half-pint bottle of nitroglycerin
lie had in his pocket. He would have
blown himself and the officers to pieces
had they not seen the man's efforts.
Blew Fireman Out ol Cab.
Cleveland, O., (Special). While a
westbound Lake Shore freight train was
speeding along near Amherst, O., the
crown sheet of the locomotive exploded
and blew the fireman and head brakeman
out of the cab. They were badly scalded
and otherwise injured, and the fireman,
A. C. Stage, of Toledo, probably will
die.
THINGS WORTH REMEMBLRINQ,
The British government owns more
than 25,000 camels.
Attentive is the name of Britain's lat
est 25-knot scout ship.
Thomas Hardy, the novelist, spent his
early life in an architect's office.
A government expert estimates tlfat
the expenditure for advertising in 1905
was $125,000,000.
Every vacancy has now been filled in
the House of Commons, and its member
ship of 670 i.s complete.
"Steam ox" and "steam camel" re
the names given to automobiles by the
natives of German Southwest Africa.
Electric furnaces for the preparation
of those special alloys which enter into
the manufacture of modern steel are be
ing adopted by several French producers.
Prince Louis of Bavaria is among the
few royal doctors. He is a skilled sur
sreon, and has performed several opera
lions in Madrid, where he was staying
before the marriage of his son.
For slandering the German Governor
of the Cameroons, in West Africa, King
Akwa has been sentenced to nine years'
penal servitude, whlle'othcr chiefs have
been condemned to terms varying from
one 'o seven years for similar offenses.
William Wilkinson, an old man, who,
because of his deafness, could not hear a
horse and cart approaching, was knock
ed down in a Leeds (England) street,
and severely injured about the head,
(hi picking him up it was found that his
hearing had been restored.
It is said that the father of M. Fa!
lieres, the new president of France, was
a man of such unusual strength that he
used to pick up a cask of wine, drink
heartily from the bunghole, and then
ask : ''To whom shall I pass the eup."
The first turbine steamer on the Pacific
will be the new steamer Maheno, of the;
Australian-Canadian Line.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Tba Laleil Pennsylvania News Told la Sborl
Order.
Judge Saddler has granted a prelim
inary injunction against the Carlisle &
Alt. Holly Trolley Company, restraining
it from laying a (rack in "front of tin
residence of ex-district Attorney Rtip.
Icy, of Carlisle, who is the complainant.
Twenty-four employees of the Phila.
dclphia Clay Works at Hunter's Run,
Cumberland County, went on a strike
on account of reduction in wages.
Thirty candidates were admitted into
Unity Encampment, No. 12, 1. O. O. F,
of Allentown, at which time Grand Pa
triarch Herman W. Roller, of Philadel
phia, and a number of other State of
ficers were present". A reception follow
ed. ,
Lewis Reiglc, 50 years old, of Lewis
ton, is supposed to have been drowned
in the Juniata River, Thursday.
After struggling along for fifteen
months without a pastor, the congre
gation of the Oxford Presbyterian
Church has extended a call to' Rev.
Howard L. Taylor, of Cannonsburg,
and there is every reason to believe it
will be accepted.
Lawrence Morris, 40 years of ngc, ol
Holt, W. Va., was attacked near Maple
ton by three negro footpads. The rob
bers choked him, kicked and broke sev
eral of his ribs and robbed him of his
watch and $10 in money. Then they
Ihrcw his body on the railroad track,
but he was discovered before the next
train passed along. The robbers escaped
and Morris condition is serious.
The Hazlcton Aerie of Eagles has di
rected a hard blow at the "treating" hab
it by declaring in its by-laws that here
after no member shall treat another.
The habit has attained such a vogue in
Hazlcton that many saloon keepers arc
openly opposed to it. They say that the
custom results in such heavy expense
that it keeps many men out of the bar
rooms.
.Mrs. Annie Minnich, an elderly widow,
of Carlisle, applied for and secured a
license to marry John J. Hunt who
hails from Taunton, Massachusetts, and
who is incarcerated in the Cumberland
County Jail on a minor criminal charge.
The officials in the sheriff's office say
they will offer no objection to the per
formance of the ceremony within the
jail and the wedding will likely occur
in a few days.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal &
Iron Company decided at Shamokin to
bring action against the Mt. Carmel
Township Overseers of the Poor, to
compel them to appear in court and
show cause why they refused to exhibit
books and minutes to D. P. Faust, the
company's agent. The company is the
heaviest tax payer and wants to know
Where the money goes.
Mr. Jonas Trexel, one of the most
prominent residents of Snyder County,;
died at his home at Shamokin Dam,;
near Sunhury. His death was very sud-:
den. He was a director of the First
National Bank of Sclinsgrove, and al
ways took an active interest in the wel
fare of the community in which he re-'
sided. He is survived by his wife and
one son, A. R. Trcxler, a merchant of
Sunbury.
The school teachers of Pittston Town
ship having won their strike and obtain
ed a portion of the wages due them, ac
tion was taken to oust the six school di
rectors of the twonship, John Keating,
Patrick Clisham, Thomas Mulhearin,
James Mansan, William Connors and
Owen Gardner.
News that Col. C. B. Donghtery. of
the Ninth Regiment, is in line for pro
motion to be brigadier general of the
Third Brigade was received at Wilkes
Barre by the officers and men of the
regiment wilh much enthusiasm. Be
sides being the senior colonel of the
brigade he is- a thoroughly trained sol
dier, who has served twenty-five years
in the State Guard and who has proved
his fitness for the position of commander
on several occasions.
Miss Lida Gearhart and Mrs. E. Ser
fass, of Slroiidsburg, were the victims of
a thief while purchasing millinery goods
in. Philadelphia. Miss Gearhart had her
handbag, containing money and milage
train ticket, snatched by the thief and
Mrs. Serfass had u similar experience.
Miss Carrie McNeal, of Stroudsburg,
daughter of former -Councilman John
McNeal, well-known Republican politi
cian, caused the arrest of her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Roy McNeal, who is charged
with securing a letter from lhe East
Slroudsburg post office belonging to Misj
McNeal. The action is the outgrowth
of family differences.
Andrew B. Rudiscll, a widely known
York County farmer, died near Hanover,
aged 85 years, lie was a promoter of in
dustrial Hanover and had many financial
interests. He belonged lo a remarkabl
long-lived family. His grand-mother
lived until III years old, his father
reached 94 years and" two aunts were
aged 95 and 98 years.
The Berwick works of the American
Car & Foundry Conpany, at Blooms
burg, have established a phenomenal rec
ord of output during the month of March
just closed. The planthas constructed a
grand total of 1626 cars in the month,
which is the highest output of any plant
of the company since its organization.
The Pennsylvania Paper Mill, at Cata.
wissa, has suspended operations tempor.
arily to allow the receiver to take an in
ventory. New washers may also be in
stalled before all the departments of the
plant arc again started. Signs have beer
posted at the mill to the effect that out
standing checks held by the workmen foi
wages will all be cashed as soon as the
receiver can make the necessary arrange
ments. John R. Ilamstine, Sons of Veterans
Camp, No, 90, was organized in Beaver
town Snyder County, with IVJ. Freed ai
commander.
By the death of George E. Sprenkle,
of Nashville, Grace Reformed Church,
of that place, gets $1000. The monej
will be held in trust for a certain time
and the interest of which goes to pay
the salary of the minister.
J. A. Bentz, a retired farmer, of
Mount Top, York County, died from
the effects of inhaliug gas while visiting
the residence of William Gibbs, 1736
North Sixth "Street, liarrisburg. The
supposition is that the man some time
during the night awakened and lit the
gas to look at his watch to see what time
it was and failed to turn off thefumes.
In an opinion replying to a question
from J. K. L. Mackey, health officer of
Shippensburg, as to the liability of the
borough for payment of expenses in-.
curred by the local Health Board in em
ploying a physician to vaccinate school
children whose parents were too poor
to pay and which the Borough Council
refused to make appropriation, the At-,
tornev General says the Council cannot
arbitrarily refuse to make an appropria
tion, lie adds that the question can be,
raised in the courts by mandamus issued1
at the instance of the Board of Health,'
or in an action of assumpsit by the doc
tor against the borough. 1