WOSTLt DOWIE
DIES IN II RAGE
IRiile in Delirium He Orders Guards
To Eject Critics.
AMASSED FORTUNE OF $28,000,000.
Attended by Three of His Faithful Fol
lowers, the Founderof Zlon City Pess
es Away in Poverty in His Formei
Mansion-Health Had Declined Stead
ily Since Being Ousted hy Vollva.
DOWIES WORKS.
Ho built n creed; Its commun-
Icants excommunicated him.
He built a city; Its Inhabitants '
exiled him.
Ho rained Vollva to power; Vo
llra rulnod him.
He drew about blm thousands
Who worshiped him; ho died de
serted save by a few.
At 16 Dowle practiced divine ;
healing In Australia.
At 20 he was a master of He- j
brow, Greek and theology and
had a library of 10.000 volumes, i
At Zlon City ho controlled 10,- j
000 people and $2 8,000,000 worth
of property.
He took 3,000 followers on ,
nine special trains to convert the
City of New York.
After being ousted out of Zlon j
City he planned a new colony,
with 700,000 acrt'B, in Mexico.
Chicago (Special). John Alexan
der Dowle, erstwhile overseer of the
Christian Catholic Church, died at
t o'clock Saturday morning at Zlon
City, 111., which he founded, on the
north shore of Lake Michigan. His
passing was not unexpected. The
aged lender of the Zlon sect had been
In a state of dissolution for months.
Boaten In hla later years for control
of the great properties he had orig
inated, the prophet failed to re
cover his oldtlmo physical strength.
Dr. Dowle died at Shlloh House,
With apparently little pain. He was
attended by three of his faithful
personal following Judge Barnes,
Freeman Hnchnel, a white servant,
and John Hershfield, colored.
The prophet Friday was in his
usual condition that Is, he exhibited
Bo immed'ate signs of passing away,
although weak.
Mattered VottvaVi Heme.
Deserted by his wife, son nud fath
ar, the patriarch of the Christian
Catholic Church in Zlon passed be
yond the world's immediate ken with
a sigh on his lips and the muttering
Of the name of Vollva Wilbur Glen
Vollva, who succeeded Dowle as
"overseer'' of the church and the
vast estate. JuBt what the dying
man intended to convey by the word
could not be interpreted by the few
faithful attendants at his bedside in
Shllnh House.
At the bedside of the dying leader
were Judge Barnes, formerly a strong
adherent of Dowle, but for sometime
a councilor with Vollva; Hatchfleld,
the negro bodyguard; Samuel Thad.
Freeman Haenel and Miss Nilsten
Hansen, servants, and a nurBe.
Promises to Return.
The last night of John Alexander
Dowle's life was spent In earnest re
ligious devotion. At midnight he
attended a service of his remaining
followers and spoke to them for half
an hour, with "forgiveness" as the
keynote. His voice was strong and
he Joined in several gospel songs, the
last one being "Am I a Soldier of
the Cross?" "Dowle, true to his pos
itive character, always tang the
words with a strong personal sense
and changed the language to "I am
a Soldier of the Cross." At the close
he Bhouted;
"The millennium has come."
Retiring at 1 o'clock the "apostle"
alapt until 4. r0 o'clock. He spoke to
his attendants and rambled a bit in
doing so, saying among other thlncs:
"I'll come back In a thousand years."
It was noticed that he was In a
weakened condition. At V o'clock he
awoke again, when It was observed
that the end was not far. Gradually
Dr. Dowle sank until he could only
mutter the word "Vollva." Death
came at 7.40 o'clock. Meanwhile
Judge Barnes bad been notified and
joined those at the dying man's side.
Dowle's Last Words.
Dowle died as he had lived, firm
In the belief in his divine mission.
An hour before his death It was sug
gested by one of his followers, whose
faith failed him when put to the
crucial test, that a pbvslclan be
called.
The leader half arose In his couch,
and, gazing fledly at the little group
Of tearful watchers, said:
"I need no physician. God Is all
In all."
The last hours of the aned leader
of Zlon were given over to murmur
ing over his favorite hymns, prayers
and passages of New Testament of
a militant character.
Dowie died unforgiving and un
torglven. During the brlel period
f consciousness he never mentioned
the name of the wife who had do
aerted him nor the son who had pre
ferred a compromise to the direction
f battle In which Dowle lived and
moved and had his being.
His last words were the motto of
the faith he created:
"Peace be unto you."
8tat- Halts Train Service,
Houston, Tex. (Special). The
Bunset Limited of the Southern Pu
cltic was annulled because It was
(0 minutes late, the annulment be
ing due to the recent order of the
Texas Railroad Commission requir
ing passenger trains to run within
30 minutes of their schedules. There
yere'a large number of Northern
and Eastern tourists aboard the train
oing to the i'aclflc Coast, and they
were compelled to remain here 12
.nrs.
Womuii Kditor Wins Medal.
Bouth Bend, Ind. (Special ) Kath
rlno Eleanor Conway, editor of the
Boston Pilot, was selected as the re
cipient of the Laetare medal for
I7. A medal is given annually to
some member of the Catholic laity
la the United States distinguished
for service to religion, art, science
or philanthropy and many men and
women prominent before the public
have been honored In this mark of
esteem of Nut re Dame. Miss Con
way is the fourth woman to receive
the honor.
IDE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic.
Maurice C. Mengis, who sued Gon.
Louis Flttgerald for a million dol
lars for Information regnrdlng the
Western Maryland Railroad, and
who twice got a verdict in his favor,
has compromised the case for $300,
000 in cash.
Repulsed by Mrs. Florence Pat
terson, with whom bo was Infatuated,
Henry de Burt, shot and fatally
wounded himself on the woman's
doorstep In Cleveland.
Governor Hlgglns, of Connecticut,
has denounced the presence of Gen.
Charles R. Boynton, a legislative
agent, at the statehouse as a scandal
and pest.
A hundred and fifty guests In the
Standard Hotel, San Francisco, were
forced to llee In their nlghtclothes
from (lames that destroyed the hotel.
The trial of Kdward A. Smith and
Sumner Sargent. Charlotte, N. C,
mlllmen. charged with violation of
the Immigration laws, was abruptly
ended by Judge Boyd Instructing the
Jury to find In favor of the defend
ants. The action was taken on mo
tion of counsel for the government.
George W. Perkins, former first
vice president of the New York Life
Insurance Company, has sent to the
New York Life his personal check for
$'.4,019.19 to reimburse It for the
Republican campaign contribution
made In 1904.
Thomas Wrlgley was locked up In
Jail in Kingston, N. Y., charged with
the murder of his wife, whose dead
body was found In her home nt Marl
borough. The t'nited States Circuit Court,
sitting in St. Louis, decided that
Standard Oil officials outside of that
Jurisdiction can be brought there for
trial.
The consolidation of the Bromp
ton Pulp and Paner Company and
the Royal Paper Company has been
effected, the deal Involving $3,00V
000.
About 400 members of iron ship
builders' local union went on strike
at the yards of the American Ship
building Company.
The Minnesota Sennto passed a bill
appropriating $10,000 to purchase a
silver service for the battleship Minn
esota. The two-cent railroad rate law
went Into effect in Nebraska and
the companies put an end to all re
duced rates.
The safe In the Farmers' Savings
Bank, at Masonville, la., was blown
open and robbers took $4,000.
A tremendous demand for Reading
on the New York Stock Exchange
sent the stock Jumping. There was
a rumor that Harriman was after the
road, which Harriman denied. Oth
erwise the stock market was demor
alized. The attorneys for the Standard OH
Company, now on trial In the federal
court at Chicago for alleged viola
tions of the Elkins act, are making
a strong fight against the Indictments
proper.
Mrs. William K. Thaw took the
stand and told of her son's love for
Evelyn Nesblt. Justice Fitzgerald
ruled that the question of a lunacy
commission cannot come before the
court.
The Western Pacific Railroad, the
western end of Gould's Wabash sys
tem, Is spending a million a month
In improvements.
Foreign.
The Woman's Enfranchisement Bill
was practically killed in the British
House of Commons for the present
session. The gallery of the House
was crowded with women. A peti
tion signed by 21,000 women protest
ing against suffrage to their sex was
presented.
The long visit of the Amir of Af
ghanistan to India and the good Im
pressions made upon htm has
strengthened the ties which make Af
ghanistan a buffer state against a
possible Russian advance upon India.
The French Foreign Office denies
the report that negotiations are pro
ceeding between Great Britain,
France, Russia and Japan for the de
limitation of their interests in the
Far East.
The German government won its
first victory in the new Reichstag by
the passage to the second reading of
the Supplementary Appropriation Bill
for German Southwest Africa.
The prospectus of the Japanese
conversion loan of $115,000,000 at
5 per cent, was Issued In London.
Hulf of the loan has been apportioned
to London and the rest to Paris.
Dr. Estupinian, Salvadorean min
ister to Mexico, whose resignation
was announced, will probably go to
Washington as minister from Salva
dor to the D nited States.
One physician has died from the
plague, contracted while experiment
ing in the laboratories at St. Peters
burg, and another physician there
is 111.
Irish members of Parliament in
protesting to the British Postmaster
General against the proposed change
of the eall'ng port of White Star
steamers from Queenstown to Ply
mouth on the homeward voyage, con
tended that the abandonment of
Queenstown would delay the delivery
of American mall.
It was announced In the Reich
stag that an agreement In opinion
had been reached between the repre
sentatives of the United States and
Germany on the basis for a com
mercial treaty.
The seal fishing steamer Leopard,
of St. Johns, N. P., wos crushed in
the Ice off Cape Race, but her crew
of 103 men reached land.
Eugen Kupke, a singer, became
suddenly demented at a concert
given in the palace at Berlin before
guests of the Emperor.
The British steamer Cambridge,
belonging to the Great Eastern Rail
way Company, went ashore in a fog
off the Holland coast.
The United States will likely take
more active measures to enforce its
demands for official recognition of
the American schools.
The Czar gave a cordial reception
to M. Gokivln, president of the lower
house of the Russian Parliament.
The Persian Parliament has order
ed that strict measures be taken to
stop the sale of administrative or
army apoplntments.
The February statement of the
London Board of Trade shows In
creases of $27,000,500 In Imports
and $16,511,000 In exports.
King Frederick Augustus of Sax
ony arrived at Lisbon and was re
ceived in state by King Charles of
Portugal.
Tbe salary of the German Am
bassador at Washington has been
increased from $26,000 to $30,000 a
year.
WANTS DAMAGES
0F $30,000,000
Sugar Trust Sued By Philadelphia
Concern.
THE HIPPLE FAILURE RECALLED.
The Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Com
pany Claims That Its Works Were
Shut Down by lis New York Rival,
Which Wrongfully Obtained and Ex
ercised a Controlling Interest.
New York (Special). A suit for
$30,000,000, with costs and attor
neys' fees, was filed In the United
States Circuit Court here against the
American Sugar Refining Company,
known as the Sugar Trust, by the
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Com
pany, of Philadelphia. The latter Is
the company In which Frank K. Hip
pie, president of tbe Real Estate
Trust Company, of Philadelphia, held
26,000 shares of stock (the controll
ing Interest), and which In turn he
had placed In the hands of Adolph
Segel, the Philadelphia promoter.
Hippie killed himself when his en
terprises failed about a year ago.
The complaint In the suit, which
Is brought through the law firm of
Battle & Marshall, of this city, al
leges that, through Segel's negotia
tion a loan from Gustav E. Kissel,
the banker, who was acting as agent
for the Amorlcan Sugar Refining
Company, the latter corporation se
cured control of the Philadelphia
company, by reason of the fact that
the voting power in this company
had been placed with the American
8ugnr Refining Company when Segel
turned over, among other collateral
for his loan, the receipts for 26,000
shnres in the Philadelphia company.
This was Hippie's property that had
been placed with Segel as security.
Took Voting Power Also.
In an agreement made between
Kissel and Segel nt the time that
Segel's loan (which was for $1,250,
000) was Becured it was stipulated
that the lenders should have the vot
ing power of that stock. An agree
ment alleged to have been drawn up
between KlsBel and Segal setting
forth all these facts Is annexed as
an exhibit in the suit filed. This
agreement, it is set forth, was made
on December 30, 1903.
The whole sum and substance of
the complaint is that the Sugar Trust
secured control over its Philadelphia
rival, elected a controlling number
of directors, and thus were able to
shut down the plant and put an end
to Its manufacturing.
Besides naming the American
Sugar Refining Company as defend
ant, the complainant also names
Henry O. Havemeyer, John E. Par
sons, Gustav E. Kissel, Walter D.
Robinson, George L. Trigg and
Morris J. Werner as individual de
fendants. Mr. Havemeyer is the president
and a director of the trust, Mr. Par
sons a director and vice president,
and the other four are named
through the fact that they were elect
ed directors In the Philadelphia con
cern and thus had control over that
corporation's destinies. It is alleg
ed In the suit that all of these in
dividual defendants conspired to put
an end to the activity of the Phila
delphia corporation.
Conditions Of The Loan.
The complaint Is sworn to by WII
llnm Howard Ramsey, as president
of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining
Company. It Is shown by the com
plaint that Segal negotiated the loan
from Kissel for use In promoting his
Champion Construction Company.
Attached to the papers In the suit
is an agreement signed by Segal as
treasurer, Thomas B. Harned as
president and William H. Whiteside
as secretary of the Champion Con
struction Conipnny, giving the lend
ers of the $1,250,000 loan power to
use the 26,000 shares of the Penn
sylvania Sugar Refining Company
according to the agreement drawn
up between Segal nnd Kissel.
In addition to this collateral Segal
gave 10,000 first mortgage bonds of
$1,000 each on his Majestic House
Apartment Company of Philadelphia,
and also 500 first mortgage bonds
of $1,000 each that Segal held In
the Philadelphia sugar concern.
Killed From Ambush.
Wtlkes-Barre, Pa. (Special). Ad
dison B. Kamalla, a prominent resi
dent of Hazleton, was murdered
there, being shot down by two men
lying in wnlt for him as he went to
his home. Only one shot wus fired,
it entered his left side, close to the
heart, and he died at 10 o'clock A.
M. He stated that he did not know
the men and merely got a glimpse of
them as they arose before him. They
made no effort to rob him and ran
away as soon as tbe shot was fired.
There Is no motive known for the
crime.
ExMKlitlon To Uln Minor.
New York (Special). An expedi
tion headed by Prof. J. R. S. Sterrett,
a well-known archeologlst of Cornell
University, left here on the steamer
Prlnzess Irene for an 18-month trip
through Asia Minor. Dr. A. T.
Olmstead, B. B. Charles and J. E.
Wrench, all of Cornell, and urcbeolo
glsts, accompanied Professor Ster
rett. Dr. C. O. Harris, now In
Athens, will Join the party abroad.
Brothers killed In A Fight.
Sergeant, Ky. (Special I. Thacker
Rice and Spued and Elijah Bulley,
brothers, were killed In a desperate
fight In a boat when crossing the Ken
tucky River, 20 miles below here.
With them was John Ellsmore. A
dispute arose between Ellsmore and
Rice, whereupon the Bailey brothers
took sideB with Rice. Ellsmore with
out warning struck Rice on the head
with an oar, and then a fight with
pistols and knives followed. EIIb
more, himself badly Wound !, finally
reached shore with his companions.
Italy's Xuvy At Jamestown.
Rome (By Cable). Contrary tj
previous reports ou fie sifhjoct, it
was usserted at th ministry of
marine that only the armored cruis
er Vurese and the cruiser Etrurlu
will represent Italy, under the Com
mand of tbe Duke of the Ahruzzl at
the naval review at Hampton Rouds
In honor of the Inauguration of tho
Jamestown Exposition.
There was a lively debate in tbe
French Chamber of Deputies over the
Weekly Rest Day Law.
COt HHPS IX COURTSHIP.
Proposed College For Reform In
Tjovo nnd Mntrh Making.
Chicago, 111., (Special). Colleges
of courtship for the reform of Ameri
can lovemaklng are needed to fit
the lovelorn population of tho nation
for matrimony, according to Prof.
Charles E. Henderson, the Universi
ty of Chicago sociologist.
In an article on "Courtship," In
the current Biblical World, Issued
from the University Press, the pro
fessor urges expert Instructions for
those who are smitten with the "Il
lusions" of love.
Hasty marriages, divorce and mar
riages of convenience are classed as
results of "barbarism" Into which
courtship nnd marriage have fallen.
He gives as examples of the decline
In true love "where the wife Is
bought from the parent like a cow,
or where she Is compelled to marry
to secure a fortune from a rich fool."
Fashionable society exhibits de
praved sfandards and alimony is ac
cepted as a substitute for rational
marriages, he declares.
Professor Henderson points out ns
particular evils of modern lovemak
lng such perils as flirting, boasting
of conquests, extravagance, accepting
costly presents, Ignorance of the
training of children and courtship
without Intent to marry.
N. Y. Herald Pleads Guilty.
New York (Special). A plea of
guilty to a charge of sending ob
scene matter through the malls In
Its personal column was enterjd In
the United States Court by William
Rand, counsel for the New York
Herald, on behalf of James Gordon
Bennett, owner of the Herald, and
Manley M. Glllam, advertising mana
ger of the paper. Sentence will be
imposed on April 2. The maximum
fine, under the counts of the indict
ments, is $40,000.
Addicks' Farms Sidd.
Wilmington, Del. (Special). Sev
eral properties of J. Kdward Ad
dicks were sold by United States
Marshal Fllnn to satisfy a Judgment
of Charles S. Hlnchman, of Camden,
N. J., amounting to $44,900. Mr.
Hlnchman bought all the properties,
which Include three farms and a
mill.
Bomb For A Prince.
Warsaw, Russian Poland (By Ca
ble). A bomb was thrown at noon
Into a flat occupied by Prince Argu
tynskl, director of the government
high school. The premises were
wrecked, but the Prince waB not .In
jured. The thrower, of the bomb, a
youth, succeeded In making his es
cape. Railroad Company Pays Penalty.
Utlca, N. Y. (Special). The Dela
ware and Hudson Railroad Company
sent a check for $3,314 to the United
States District Court In this city In
pnyment for penalties imposed for
violation of the federnl law, that re
quires the use of airbrakes on freight
trains.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, hints at Im
portant legal action In the matter of
compelling unwilling witnesses to
testify In the Investigation of the
Harriman Interests.
Lumbermen In the Puget Sound
region have complained to the inter
state Commerce Commission that
they are unable to obtain transporta
tion of their products to Eastern
points.
Irregularities In the purchase .of
Ink for the printing of greenbacks,
gold certificates and postage stamps
are being investigated by United
States Attorney Baker.
President Roosevelt expects to give
actlvo attention within tho next two
weeks to the German tariff question
and to the Japanese situation.
More than 30,000 recruits are
wanted within the next few months
by the War Deportment for the regu
lar army.
Report of the operations of the
Rural Delivery Service up to March
1 shows 37,323 routes In operation.
The Untied States and Mexico con
tinue their efforts to effect a settle
ment of the Central American diffi
culty and end the war.
Attorney General Bonaparte gave
an opinion that the Immigrants im
ported into South Carolina last fall
are hero legally.
Charles Mareil, the deputy speaker
of tho British Houbo of Commons,
called on President Roosevelt.
George Sorenson, a land agent of
Portland, Ore., testified against Rep
resentative Binger Hermann.
Senator Spooner denies that he has
accepted a position as general coun
sel for the James J. Hill roads.
Ambassador Bryce had a talk with
Secretary Root about the Canadian
problem.
Mr.Meldrum, former inspector gen
eral of Oregon, used vigorous lan
guage In testimony in the trial of Bin
ger Hermann, denying that he knew
anything that would' Incriminate the
defendant.
The executive branch of the gov
ernment haB abandoned all hope of
finding any concessions to offer
France to prevent application o'
maximum tariff rates on American
products.
Charges have been filed at tbe
Treasury Department accusing the
Standard Oil Company of evading
duty on 20,000 cases of oil shipped
to the Philippines In 1901.
Attorney General Bonaparte ren
dered an opinion to the effect that
It Is unlawful for a State to pay the
passage of intending Immigrants.
The government will send more
warships to Central American waters
to protect the Interests of American
citizens. Salvador, Gautemala and
Costu Rica are likely to Join forces
with Honduras and Nicaragua.
Under the new method of hand
ling undelivered mall the dead letter
division of the Postofiice Department
Is returning all letters to senders
when they can be Identified.
Judge Hlihard A. Balllnger suc
ceeded William A. Richards us com
missioner of the General Land Office.
Regla Henri Post, of Bay Port, L.
(., has been selected as governor of
tbe Island of Porto Rico.
Jamas R. Garfield took the oath
of offioa as secretary of tbe Interior.
The President signed a recess ap
pointment for District Judge James
Wlnkerahani, of Alaska.
MR. PERKINS PAYS
THE NEW YORK LIFE
Reimburses It For Campaign
Contribution.
GIVES HIS CHECK FOR $54,019.19.
Full Amount of the Contribution Made
to the Republican Campaign Fund in
1904. With Interest-Again Declares
He Was Acting Upon a Request of the
Then President of the Company.
New York (Special). George W.
Perkins, former first vice president
of the New York Life Insurance
Company, and now a member of the
firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., has sent
to the New York Life hlB personal
check for $54,019.19 to reimburse
the company for the Republican cam
paign contribution made from Its
funds In 1904, In connection with
which Mr. Perkins recently was made
defendant on a charge of larceny.
Announcement of the restitution of
tho principal of $48,500 and interest
to date was made by President Alex
ander E. Orr, of the New York Life,
to whom Mr. Perkins, before leaving
on a trip to the South, addressed a
letter Inclosing the check. President
Orr also gave out. the letter.
In It Mr. Perkins declares that in
dismissing the criminal proceedings
agulnst him the court intimated that
the campaign contribution was not
of proper corporate purpose. He
again asserts that he was acting
upon a request of the then president
of the New York Life when he ad
vanced the money for the campaign
contribution in 1904, and snys that
when the then president of the com
pany reimbursed him there was no
thought on the part of either of
any personal advantages, but a be
lief that they were "acting for the
best and broadest Interests of the
policyholders, both at homo and
abroad."
The letter follows:
"In 1904, at the request of the
then president of the company, I ad
vanced $48,500 as a payment on be
half of the New York Life Insur
ance Company to the Republican
National Campaign Committee. I
did this with the understanding with
the president that I should be reim
bursed by the company. Subse
quently, I was so reimbursed.
The payment was made with
out any thought on the part of
the president or myself of personal
advantage, but solely In the belief
that It was for the best and broadest
Interests of the policyholders, both
nt home and abroad.
"In dismissing the criminal pro
ceedings Instituted against me for
accepting reimbursement, the courts
have intimated that the payment,
and, therefore, the reimbursement
was not for a proper corporate pur
pose. I, therefore, return to the
company the amount of money paid
by it to mo, Inclosing herewith my
check for $54,019.19 to cover princi
pal and Interest."
Jamestown And Liberty Bell.
Philadelphia (Special). Mayor
Weaver transmitted to councils pe
titions from the Jamestown Expo
sition Company and the school chil
dren of Virginia requesting the au
thorities of Philadelphia to Bend the
Liberty Bell to the Jamestown Expo
sition. Mayor Weaver suggested to
councils that Inasmuch as his term
Is about to expire action on the
petitions be deferred to nwalt the
Judgment of IiIb successor, Congress
man John E. Reyburn, who will as
sume the office of mayor on April 1.
William R. Hearst III.
New York (Special). William R.
Hearst is seriously 111 at his home,
according to an announcement, and
his engagements for sometime to
come have been canceled. The edi
tor's illness was made known when
the Fourteenth Assembly District
Brooklyn Independence League Club
canceled a meeting at which ho was
to have Bpoken. Mr. Hearst recently
contracted a severe cold.
Dynamite Kills Thirty-Five.
El Paso, Texas (Special). Ad
vices received from Chihuahua. Mexi
co, state that 35 men, women and
children were killed at San Andoes,
20 leagues from there, by the acci
dental explosion of a large quantity
of dynamite.
Brought On Hear! Disease.
Bethlehem, Pa. (Special). Paper
naming him as a defendant in a suit
for $10,000 were served on Allen W.
Knecht, a prominent citizen of Naza
reth. Knecht listened attentively,
and as the last words were read
pitched forward on his faco dead.
The suit wan brought hy a man
whoso son was drowned last summer
in a swimming pool conducted by
Knecht.
Sinks With Aeven . .Men.
St. Johns, N. F. (Special). A
blizzard has raged throughout New
foundland for the past 48 hours,
blocking railways and damaging
shipping. An unknown fishing ves
sel with a crew of seven men foun
dered on the south coast of the is
land, and all hands were lost. The
high gale drove three schooners sea
ward, and the crews were obliged to
abandon the craft to save their lives.
lapaneea Question Again.
Sacramento. Cal. (Special). The
Japanese question again camo up in
the California Senate, when Senator
Caminettl's bill, providing for the
discontinuance of separate schools
for the Japanese shall he decided
by a vote of the people In the city
In which tbe schools are located,
was considered. The measure was
defeated hy a vote of z to 20, but
Camlnettl gave notice of reconsider
ation. Art Treasures Burned.
London (By Cable). Euglemere
Lodge, near Asm;, the residence of
8ir William Miller, was burned, to
gether with Its contents, including
many thousands of pounds worth of
art treasures. Among the paintings
destroyed were Zuchero's portrait of
Mary Queen of Scot!, valued at
2,000, and three Tittans. Some
priceless china and ancient Persian
carpets were lost. Sir Wllliam'a
house In Ayshlre was burned in 188$,
causing a lots of 1180,000.
MILLIONS FOR THE TRAINMEN
The Pennsy Compromises With Its
Employes.
Philadelphia (Special). Tho dif
ference between the Pennsylvania
Railroad and Its trainmen, whjch for
a time threatened to precipitate a
strike, were settled Wednesday at a
conference between General Manager
Atterbnry, of the Railroad, and the
trainmen's grelvance committee. Con
cessions were made by both the rBll
road and the trainmen.
The trainmen demanded the Pitts
burg rate of pay and conditions of
working In nil yards east of Pitts
burg and Erie. The rates for Pitts
burg are 35 rents an hour for day
conductors and 36 rents an hour for
night conductors; 30 cents an hour
for day and 31 cents an hour for
night brakemen.
The railroad had offered to pay In
all yards outside of the Pittsburg and
Jersey City districts 33 cents for da
and 34 cents for night conductors,
and 28 cents for day and 29 centr an
hour for night brnkemon.
Tho railroad at the conference
agreed to evtrud the Pittsburg rates
to a dtjitrlct within a radius of about
45 miles of Pittsburg. The train
men agreed toaccept the rates pre
viously offered by the railrand out
side the specified sections. By the
extension of the district In which
the Pittsburg rate will prevail, em
ployes on the main line and West
Pennsylvania Division as far east as
Blalrsville Intersection, the Allegheny
Valley Division ns far north as Klt
tanny, including the Klttanny yard,
the entire Monongnhela Division and
the southwest branch of tho Pitts
burg Division will be affected.
Tie tot' 1 number of men affected
by the extension of the Pittsburg
yard district, rate is 300, while the
total number of employes of the
Pensylvanla Glased ns trainmen, In
cluding freight and passenger, yard
and road conductors, brakemen, flag
men nnd baggagemen, on lines enst
of Pittsburg and Erie, is 10.000.
The railroad company, in nn official
statement issued, says that the In
creases It has granted to nil employeF
on lines east of Pittsburg and Erie
approximate an annual increase of
nearly $11,000,000.
Prior to December 1 wages of
trainmen were 26 cents an hour for
day conductors and 27 for night con
ductors, and 20 and 22 cents for day
and night brakemen. All employes
were then granted a flat Increase of
10 per cent. The trainmen asked for
an Increase because they .aid that
the 10 per cent, increase did not give
them an increase proportionate with
that of other employes whose wager,
were greater. The railroad then off
ered the rate now generally pre
vailing, and in addition agreed at
Erie and Buffalo, where tho road
comes in contact with competing
lines, to pay the rate of the compet
ing lines, which Is slightly above
that given in the Pittsburg district.
The annual Incrense to the trainmen,
it Is said, amounts to about $1,830,
Cannon Off For Panama.
New York (Special). Several
members of Congress, Including
Speaker Cannon, sailed on the steam
er Blucher to inspect the government
work now in progress on the Isthmus
of Panama. Tho party will visit the
West Indies and other points in tho
South, and will spend two days at
Colon. Those who accompany Speak
er Cannon are his secretary. Col. L.
L. White Busby, Senator Curtis, of
Kansas; Representatives Sherman,
Littauer and Olcott, of New York;
Tawney, of Minnesota; Loudenslager,
of New JerBey, and McKlnley, of
Illinois, and J. C. Eversham nnd Dr.
C. P. Hough, of Champaign, 111.
Partner Of Carnegie Dead.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special) Col. Ho
mer J. Lindsay, assistant to the
president of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, died at hlB home, in the Enst
End, of Brlght'B disease, after an
Illness of several months. Colonel
Lindsay was one of Andrew Carno
gle's "young partners," having en
tered the employ of the Carnegie
Company as a telegrapher when but
18 years of age. He was active In ,
national guard affairs for many
years, and nt the time of his death
was an aid on the staff of Governor
Stuart, having also served on the
staff of Governor Pennypacker. . The
deceased was 47 years old and married.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
Thomas F. Ryan, of New York,
was elected a director of the Com
mercial Trust Company, of Philadel
phia. Pennsylvania's prospective pur
chase of 500 locomotives thie year
will depend entirely upon the state
of traffic later on.
The Baltimore & Ohio owns 2Hi
per cent, of Reading's $140,000,000
of stock, and Lake Shore owns an
equal amount, making 43 per cent,
together. .
Erie continues to be one of the
weakest spots. It fell from 32 to
294. Another Hill-Morgan special
ty, Louisville ft Nashville, sent from
124 to 121.
The fact that the New York Pro
duce Exchange Is making big pre
paratlons for dealing In all railroad
und Industrial stocks is not pleasant
reading for New York Stock Ex
change members.
The American Car ft Foundry
Company for the three months end
ing .lanuury 31, earned net $2,307,
282. The directors declared the
usual quarterly dividend of l ; per
cent, on the proferrcd und ',4 of 1
per cent, on the common.
A Fourth Street broker suyg five
customers, all well-known men, have
bought stocks In his office this week
who have never traded there before.
The broker thinks this B an Indica
tion that the public has been attract
ed by the low prices of high-class
stocks and 1 beginning to come iuto
the market.
There was very bullish talk on
Pnion Pacific on account of the be
lief that Harriman has clinched his
bold on Reading But even so prcm- '
lnent bankers like W. L. Bull didn't
think it could hold Its advance, and
it didn't.
H. C. Frtck owned a great block
of Reading before he was elected a
director of tho company. Afterwurda
he sold most, If not all of It. His
big buying this week may mean that
he Is morely taking back stock un
der 120 for which he received about
150.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Parts.
Awakening out of a sound sleep,
Cueffn Dormenlco, an Italian, en
route to Wllllamsport, walked off
an express train a. Coatcsvllle and
was ground to pieces.
John L. Evans as appointed as
sistant postmaster nt. glatlngton.
The Merchants' Association of
Lewlstown, has derided to close all
stores at 6 P. M. during all months
In the year except November and
December. They will open on Satur
day nights and pay nights, also the
evening preceding all legal holidays.
Fire of Incendiary origin destroy
ed the dwellings of Frank Gasner '
and O. R. Moist, at Ryde Station,,
Mlffln County. Loss $3,000, partly
covered by Insurance.
Rev, II. E. Barton, pastor of the1
Baptist Church at Olrardvllle, who!
recently tendered his resignation, to
take effect the second Sunday inj
March, has been asked by the church
to withdraw hlB resignation. On con
dition that his salary be reduced, he!
has consented to postpone the time
when his resignation will take effect.
Mrs. E. P. Booth frustrated an at
tempt to rob the dental offices of Dr.
J. H. Crist, iu tho Dunlap Building,
Chester. The burglar entered the
building and tried to force an en
trance by smashing a large plate
glass in the door. The woman, hear
ing the noise secured n revolver and
started to make nn investigation.
The man seeing her, rushed past and
made his escape. Mrs. Booth shot
two bullets at the fleeing burglar,
but he was not hit.
Whirled around the shaft at the
Erie shops in Dunmore, William
Chambers, of Dunmore, was saved
from death by the promptness of a
fellow-employee. Chambers was
passing a big wheel when his coat
caught in the belt. He was dragged
by the belt around the shnfting
twlco. An employee who saw him
shut off the power and saved hlra
from being beaten to death. Cham
bers' neck was wrenched seriously,
and he Buffered severe brulBcs about
the head and body.
Upon hearing that a suit, hnd been
instituted against him for $10,000,
Allen W. Knecht, of Naxareth, died
suddenly. Knecht was 36 years old.
He and his brother owned a mill
pond in which hoys were allowed to
swim upon pnylng a fee, and one
day while bathing in it Floyd Delch
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dlecb
man, was drowned. This week suit
for damages was brought by the par
ents. Two fatalities occurred at Hick's
Run, the lumber operntlon of John
E. Dubois, within twenty-four hours
of each other. Moses Hayes, 13 years
old, was the first victim, being in
stantly killed when a log Jumped
the skldway and crushed him. War
ren Dixon, a young man, received
Injuries that resulted In his death
two hours afterwards. Dixon was
standing on a trestle in the yards
when some lumber dropped off a
passing truck nnd knocked him to
tho ground. His bend struck ou a
steel rail and his skull was crushed.
Miss Lillle Fehr, aged 22 years,
Emaus. sustained frightful and proba
bly fata) burns while boiling sonp.
A waft of wind blew the flames and
Ignited her dress. Frightened, she
ran to the house, fanning the flames,
and before assistance came to her,
the clothing was all burned from
her body. She 1b in a critical con
dition. , The mystery concerning the dis
appearance about Christmas time of
James McCaulay wob cleared up hy
the finding of his dead body floating
In Red Clay Creek, a few miles below
Kennett Square. He had been working
In the snuff mills below there for
the past year or fo, and when he
disappeared ho had been on n trip
to Wilmington. It Is generally believ
ed that he fell In tho creek accident
ally while coming homo at night
and was drowned.
Two men held up Mr3. Michael
Valsin In a lonely part of Spring
field as she was returning home
from Shamokin. They knocked her
down nnd kicked her until she was
almost senseless nfter which they
stole a few dollars she had in a purse
and fled. Mrs. Valsin la in a serious
condition.
A desk and a few chairs were
burned and tho walls slightly damag
ed from smoke by a fire which oc
curred in the Department of Health
In the new Capitol early the other
morning. Tho fire was cuused by
mice gnawing matches in a desk and
as quickly extinguished.
An express train on tho Pennsylva
nia Railroad struck and almost in
stantly killed Harry J. Hammond,
21 years old, of Longfellow. He was
employed by the Vincent Lumber
Company, at Denholm.
The ticket agentB, baggagemasters
nnd th freight and yard office clerks
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad have
been notified of a substantial Increase
In their wages.
Mrs. Sarah E. Hamilton, for 46
years a scrub woman employed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
at Altoona, has been placed on the
retired llet, she having reached thft
age of 70. Mrs. Hamilton is one of
the first women to be retired.
. At the Chester Hospital Drs. J. L.
Forwood and George C. Thomas ex
tracted a darning needle' from the
abdomen of Louis Steinberg, aged
two years. The needle was run In
to the child's body unknown to the
mother while she was nursing him
a year ago.
Frank D. Hopkins, who has been
general secretary of the Pottstown
Y. M. C, A. for the past two years,
has tendered his resignation to the
board of directors, to take effect
May 1. He will go to' Spokane,
Wash., to become general secretary
of the association thero.
William Nelson, who robbed the '
safe of the Pen Hnll Hotel at Pottg
vllle and with the proceeds bad a
gay time at Philadelphia and Allen
town, was found guilty and sentenc
ed to eighteen months' imprison
ment. Wm. N. Schwanpe, a professor at
the Moravian Colloge und Theologi
cal Seminary was elected a .uember
of tbe Bethlehem School Board, suc
ceeding Edward Weldon, resigned.
Reading Railroad shop mou were
put on nine-hour ahifts instead of
ten. Employes Vers completely tak
en by surprise as it Is not usual to
shorten the time until the first of
May.
Euglemere Lodge, near Ascot,
.'Sngland, the residence of Sir Wil
liam Miller, was burned, together
with some very valuablo art treasures.