THEFT OF A MULE
PROVOKED THE WAR
Fanny Beginning of Central Ameri
can Fuss.
NATIONS BECAME VERY MULISH.
Honduras and Nicaragua Having Be
come Imbued With the Distinguish
ing Trait of the Stolen Animal,
Concluded to Fight It Out A Ques
tion of Citizenship.
Washington (Special) - One mule
mule belonging to Senor Ireneo
Balgado was tho chief object in
dispute between Nicaragua nml Hon
duras when they began the quarrel
which finally ended In the war thai
la threatening the pence of all Cen
tral America, according to official
communications exchanged by the
minister!) of foreign affairs for the
two republics, copies of which hnve
been received In Washington
The controversy began when Senor
Augusto C. Coello, the Honduran
minister of foreign affairs, wrote n
note to Scnor Jose I), ifcimcz. the Ni
caraguan minister for foreign affairs,
on January 26. protesting against
the theft of ti mule from Ireneo Sal
gado by 35 Nlcaragunn cavalrymen
who were charged with entering Hon
duran territory.
In reply, Senor (lamer said the
Nlcaragnnns did not quite enter Hon
duras, although they passed near to
the little town of l.oa Manns. In chat
republic. The taking of the mule
was not denied, but Senor Gamez
Insisted In his tetter that Salgado
was not a Honduran citizen, but a
Nlcaragunn who had to leave that
country because of the part he played
ill a revolution two years before.
Consequently Nicaragua maintained
that Hondurns had no right to fly
to the defense of Salgado's mule.
This note brought a spirited re
ply from Honduras, the minister for
foreign affairs, announcing that Ire
neo Salgado, tho Nlcaraguan refu
gee, was living In Tegucigalpa, hap
pily engaged In trade there, while
a man by the same name, a reputa
ble and respected farmer, a Hondu
ran of unquestioned citizenship, lived
at Los Manos and owned the much
mooted mule.
Nicaragua replied that It was true
jthat Col. Juan I. Uocha, who com
manded a part of the cavalrymen,
took a mule near Los Manos, but
reiterated thet the animal was not
taken In Honduran territory. Dis
patches grew longer as the eontro
Tersy waxed warmer. Other ques
tions arose. Then the arbitration
tribunal was opened and finally the
break came when President Zelaya,
of Nicaragua, withdrew his member
of the board of arbitration and war
between Honduras and Nicaragua
actually began.
Revolution In Venezuela.
Wlllemstnd, Curacao (By Cable).
A dispatch received here from Cu
cuta, Columbia, announces that a
powerful revolution has started in
the State of Tachira. Venezueln. with
Gen. Juan Pablo Penalosa as Its
leader.
IMPHISOM-.n on ROCK
a
Harrowing experience Of A New
Yorker On Island CUff.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special). Im
prisoned for two days and two nights
on a narrow ledge of crumbling rock
on Catallna Islund and unable to
communicate his danger to boating
parties almost within sound at hie
voice, E. L. Sand, a tourist from
Ardsley-on-lhe-Hudson, N. Y., was
rescued by fishermen.
Descending a steep cliff to bathe
at the mouth of ah unfrequented can
yon, Sand found hlmEelf unable to
retrace his steps because of the
crumbling character of the rocky
cliff.
During the daylight, boating par
tie were almost constantly in Bight,
but his predicament was not observ
ed and he remained unrescued. He
almost collapsed after his rescue.
shot II is FRIEND,
Doable Tragedy ItesiiltH From Slight
Provocation.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). Ai
the result of a shooting affray at
Wylam, near this city, J. B. Brown
la dying and W. M. Stlnaon, of Ens
ley, is critically wounded. Drown
ahot Stinson. but it is not known
whether Brown's wounds ware in
flicted by himself or by Stinson.
Stlnaon and K. R Brltton, of
Greensboro, Ala., who had been at
Brown's house, are said to 'have he
come offended at a request of Mrs.
Brown, and went awas . I.ntei they
decided to return and apologize.
Brltton started to leave when he
heard shooting In the kitchen, flrown
bad evidently shot B tin ton and then
tried to kill himself.
Stinson and Brown had been
friends for years.
Another Nuva! Dlsuster.
Paris (By Cah'.e ) . Tire French
torpedo-boat No. 263 and the de
atroyer Epe. while maneuvering with
out lights near AJaccio. ran into each
other.
Two men were killed and one was
fatally Injured The torpedo bout
was beached. The Epe was able to
re-enter the harbor.
Glaiw Plant llunkd.
New Martinsville, W. Va. (Special).
The plant of the New Martinsville
Glass Company and several adjoin
ing buildings were destroyed by fir-,
the loss being place at $125,000. On
account of the flood the firemen were
handicapped und for several honrH a
large section of the city was threat -ii!
Dynamite was used to prevent
the blaze from communicating to the
adjacent property. The cause of tho
lire Is unknown, but it Is believed
unslacked lime In the glass works
absorbed water ar,d developed heat.
Business Hertioii In Ruins.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special I , The
entire business section of SmltufMd.
a part of BlOCtoH, Ala., was destroy
ed by Are tonight, entailing a loss
estimated at $100,000. In addition
to the business homes Inn-neb, It
residences were consumed. The fire
etarted about 7. 30 o'clock In a negro
restaurant and spreud rapidly, in
cluded In the list of burned build
ings were the city dispensary, a num
fcwr of general merchandise stores
two meat markets aud two restaurants.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic
The traffic managers of Western
lines met In Chicago and considered
the safety question of lengthening
tho time of express trains, so as to
decrense the number of accidents.
After three days uf argumeut, the
government wen Its light over the
routing of oil In its suit against the
Standard OB en charges of rebating
In the State of Ohio.
The Oliver Iron and Steel Works
and 25 business bouses and dwelling!
were destroyed by fire in Pittsburg.
No clue hae been found to the
$173,000 mlsalug from the Chicago
Subtreasury.
Floods have caused considerable
damage In Western Pennsylvania.
West Virginia and Eastern Ohio.
The lower portions of Pittsburg and
Wheeling are flooded. Twenty or
more fatalities have resulted. Sixty
dwellings In Majorsvllle, W. Va ,
were .-wept away.
The Jury which heard the charges
of rebating between the Delaware,
Lackawanna nnd Western Kallroad
and the Sugar Trust were unable to
agree and were discharged.
Edward Johnson, a llfesaveY, wns
drowned In rescuiim part of the crew
of the British tramp steamer Gowan
burn. ashore off Long Island.
John Alexander Dowle, rn a white
robe, was conveyed to his grave In
a white heurse drawn by white
horses.
James March, nged 100 years, the
oldest citizen of Lebanon, Pa., is
dead.
Rachel Fisher, 2S years of age. was
seriously Injured in the crowd of
people who thronged around the bier
of John Alexander Dowle, at Zion
City, in the hope of being cured of
their aliments by touching the hem
of Dowle's shroud.
State Highway Engineer W. W.
Crosby, of Maryland, addressed the
j American Roadmnkers' Convention in
session in I'm -murg on me suujeci,
"Ulazlng the Way In Maryland."
H. O. McDowell, president of the
Farmers' Dank, of Canton. O., shot
himself In the head at his home, dy
ing instantly. He left no note or ex
planation of his suicide.
William J. Bryan says the railroads
prefer regulation by Congress to con
trol by the state, as Congress Is far
ther from the people than the legis
latures. Miss Gertrude Harnlsh, aged 20, a
stenographer, committed suicide by
Jumping from the thirteenth story
of an office building In Cincinnati.
Speaker Cannon, In an address to
the Porto Rlcans at San Juan, de
clared It wns the universal desire of
the people of the United States that
the Porto Hlcans might demonstrate
their capacity for self-government.
Mrs. Eddy's second cousin and her
adopted, son joined in the proceedings
to have her declared Incompetent to
manage her affairs.
Shots were fired into the store Of
Hargls Brothers, In which Jim Jett,
a brother of Curtis Jett, the fuodlst
was sleeping.
Frank Rockfeller, brother of John
D. Rockfeller, has sued to recover
$265,000 invested in a lead mine.
An investigation was begun into
the charges of graft in the building
of the Capitol in Harrlshurg. Pa.
Admiral Beresford says the peo
ple, and not potentates or parliament,
declare war nowadays.
Vice Prejtdent Fairbanks states the
country will restrain dishonest com
binations of capital.
Twenty-two Greeks were drowned
by the capsizing of a boat In the
Sacramento River.
A move Is on foot in New York
I to abolish the death penalty.
roreign.
The celling of the old hall In the
i Tanrldu Palace, St. Petersburg, In
which the lower house of parliament
meets,, collapsed. While there were
rumors of a plot. It appears to have
been purely an accident.
Captain Rodie, of the Austrian
Hungarian army, declares that Japan
la feverishly rushing work on her
military and naval establishments.
The body of M. Petkoff, the pre
mier of Servla, who was assassinated
In Sofia, Bulgaria, March 11, was
bu-led In the public cemetery.
Vhe British armored cruiser Duke
of Edinburgh grounded In the har
bor of Dover, but was gotten oft
without damage.
The Dutch troops captured an im
portant rebel stronghold on the Is
land of Celebes. Dutch East Indies.
Edouard Toudouze, famous as a
painter of mythological subjects and
landscapes, died in Paris.
The Sultan of Turkey received the
American ambnsaudor, Mr. Lelshman,
in private audience.
The semiofficial Temps newspaper
of Paris says that It the question of
limitation of armaments is discussed
at the coming peace conference In
ternational relations will become
worse '.han before.
In a conflict between police and
strikers in Belgrade, Servla, five
strikers were killed and 20 wounded.
Lord Curzon, ex-vlceroy of India,
was elected chancellor of Oxford
University, defeating Lord Rosebery.
The Grand Duke Michael, brother
of the Czar, haH given $100,000 for
the relief of famine sufferers.
The Honduran revolutionists de
feated President Emillo's forces, ac
cording to Nlcaraguan reports.
Itohbers hourid and decapitated
the proprietor, hve laborers and u
woman of a Russian estate.
Mrs. 8. N. Castle, an early mis
sionary in the Hawaiian Islands, Is
dead at the age of 90.
An Inventory of the late Shah's
Jewels puts their value at $50,000,
000. In a disastrous train wreck Dr.
Adam Jamleson, ex-minister of publlr
lands, and 1 1 others, all ef tbcm
prominent South Africans, were kill
ed and 11 others Injured In a wreck
on the DelagoaLlne.
Five executions dally are said to
have occurred In Russia as tho result
of drumhead courts martial.
Lord Beaucliamp Nevlll was ar
rested In lndon on the charge of se
curing diamonds by a trick.
A decisive engagement between the
Honduran and Nlcaraguan forces is
said to be imminent.
Fifteen hundred longshoremen have
takdn the places of the strikers at
Hamburg.
Two thousand peasants were made
homeless by a lire at, Borsano, Italy.
The minors of the Charleroi ( Bel
gium) district In a referendum vote
decided to adopt tae elgh-bour work
day. The Woman's Enfranchisement Bill
was practically killed in the British
House of Commons for the present
session. TJie 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.
THEY WILL NOT GO
TO THE WHITE HOOSE
The Railroad Presidents Have So
Decided.
MANAGERS NOT IN PERFECT ACCORD.
McCrea, Mellen, Hughitt and Newman,
It Is Said, Do Not Feel They Could As
sume thePosition of a Self . const it ii I cd
Commission to Present fhe Views of
Hundreds of Railroad Companies.
RAILROADS AND MARKET.
While hundreds of brokers
were cheering at the close of the
trading on the New York Ex
change over the end of the panic, i
the four railroad presidents whom '
Mr. Morgan had asked President 1
Roosevelt to meet were in con-
Terence In New York.
They finally decided not to go j
to Washington, for the reason
thai ail the railroad manager! In I
the country are not in perfect ac
cord and they could not secure
B consensus of opinion on what to
suggest to the President.
The result of the rally In the
market shows that the 20 lending
railroad stocks which so sharply
declined Wednesday and Thurs
day made a net gain of $6.30 a
share, nlmost half the total loss
of the two preceding days.
Thomas F. Ryan helped to save
the situation. He is said to have
bought $4,000,000 worth of se
curities when at the lowest level.
The endurance displayed by
the New York brokerage houses
during the panic is said to have
been unprecedented.
E. H. Harriman denied rumors
thnt control of Union Pacific had
passed from him during the vio
lent slump.
New York ( Special) .Messrs. Mc
Crea, Mellen, Hughitt and Newman,
the four railroad presidents for
whose visit to the White House J.
Plerpont Morgan arranged before his
departure for Europe, held a confer
ence at the Grand Central Station In
this city. The whole situation was
canvassed with great care, and It
was finally decided not to go to
Washington.
It Is understood that, the reason
for this conclusion was that the four
gentlemen Involved did not feel that
they had any proper mandate from
the railroad corporations to repre
sent them. They felt that they could
not assume the position of a self
constituted commission to formulate
or present the views of the hun
dreds of railroad companies, which
In turn are owned by millions of
shareholders. They recognized that
the railroad managers of the United
StateB aro not themselves In perfect
accord, and that until some method
could be adopted for securltTg a con
sensus of opinion a visit to the Presi
dent would be Idle. At the conclu
sion of the conference the various
presidents left for their homes.
From another source It was learned
that the presidents were utterly un
able to agree on a statement as to
what position should be taken. It
was held by at least one of them that
as no invitation to the White House
had been given to them by President
Roosevelt and that he had said mere
ly that !'.,- would see them If they
came, they would be put In the posi
tion of suppliants asking the Presi
dent to modify the attitude of the
federal government toward the rall
roudB. I'pon the other hand, If they
Went to Washington at the Invita
tion of the President they would be
on equal ground with him and could
discuss the railroad situation without
embarrassment.
Thomas F. Ryan, when asked his
opinion about the meeting arranged
by Mr. Morgan between the Presi
dent ami the heuJs of the great rail
roads of the country, said:
"I believe that if Mr. Morgan's
visit to the President Is followed up.
as It should he, by all of our great
business Interests, It will do much
good.
"I also believe that the President's
attitude toward corporations Is much
misunderstood by the general public.
It Is unfair to assume that It is his
desire to hamper the business .Inter
ests of the country. I am. however,
convinced that he purposes to enforce
the laws as he flnds them upon the
statute book, and I think the sooner
the business Interests of the country
conclude to up to work to aid the
President In solving the difficult prob
lems that confront him evejy day.
the sooner confidence will be restored
and the business of the country move
on without interruption. So far as
general business Is concerned, the
only fault to be found with It Is that
It Is too active."
MADE ROOSEVKI,T LAUGH.
Explanation Of Sudden Thunder-clap
By .Man In Street ( nr.
Washington (Special). Represen
tative Gardner, of Massachusetts,
told President Roosevelt a story.
"I was coming down town in a
street car," said Mr. Gardner, "when
.everyone In the coach was startled
by a clap of thunder. The man next
to me pointed over in the direction
of the White House and exclaimed:
'President Roosevelt must have shot
another railroad president.' "
When the President heard the
story he fairly roared Vlth laughter.
Entire Train Demolished,
Meadvllle, Pa. (Special). The
second section of freight train No.
75, on the Erie Railroad, was ditched
six miles east of this place, and En
gineer R. u. Logan and a brakeinan
were kllbtd Several other trainmen
were seriously injured. The train
was composed of two engines aud 21
freight cars. It was running at a
fast rate of speed, when the cross
beam on the forward engine dropped
to tho track, derailing the train. The
entire train was demollthed.
Houses Flouted Away.
Steuben vllle, O. (Special).- Six to
ten members of two foreign families
are roported to the officials at Mingo
Junction to have been drowned in the
flood. The houses floated away with
their occupants. Every house In the
east side of Mingo Junction Is sub
merged, and i. people there are
homeless. Flood sufferers ate belna
sheltered and fed in the mayor's of
fice, lodgerooms and schoolhouaas.
At Empire every house but three Is
submerged und 500 people are homeless.
DISASTER IN FRENCH NAVY
One of Franca' s , Finest flsttlcshlps
Rlnwn Up.
Toulon (By Cable). A terrible
disaster occurred here. The powder
magazines on hoard the .French bat
tleship lena blew up at l.Jfi, nnd as
a result Captain Adlgard, the com
mander of the battleship; Captain
Vertler, chief of staff of the Medi
terranean Squadron, nnd from 70 to
so bluejackets are dead, while Rear
Admiral Mnnceron nnd hundreds of
other men are suffering from In
juries, some of them horrible In their
extent.
Naval circles are aghast and the
puhllo Is stunned, by the appalling
catastrophe, coming so soon after the
loss of the French submarine boat
LattB, in which 16 men met death.
The entire after part of the lena
was blown to pieces. The bodies of
the victims were hurled through the
air by a succession of explosions, and
the panic-stricken workmen at the
arsenal Bed fsom the vicinity of the
drydock for their lives. Scores of
the men who were on hoard the lena
jumped either overboard or onto the
stone quays, nnd suMalned serious In
juries. Torpedo Starts It.
The primary cause of the accident,
wns the explosion of a torpedo. What
caused the explosion is not known,
but the powder magazines of the
lena were set on fire, nnd their con
tents. In exploding, practically de
stroyed what was considered one of
the finest vessels In the French Navy.
The lena had Just undergone a
final inspection of her hull and ma
chinery, the latter having been com
pletely overhauled preparatory to
joining the squadron.
The crew was in Its fnll strength,
being composed of the rear admiral
24 others officers and CIO men. The
magazines had been replenished re
cently, and contacted many tons of
both smokeless and black powder, as
well as a number of charges for
torpedoes.
The crew had finished their mid
day meal only a short time before
the explosoln and had dispersed to
various parts of the vessel. Most of
the men were engaged In work con
nected with the approaching depar
tare of the warsh,p, but quite a large
party had been detailed to attend a j
lecture that was being given forward, j
Punic Follows Explosion.
The explosion came without warn- i
ing. The first shock was extremely
Violent and shook the vessel fore and t
aft. It was followed Instantly by
other shocks. Tho crew were thrown
Into a condition of panic. They
rushed wildly hither and thither
about the deck. The men forward
who had been attending the lecture
clambered over tho bulwarks and
Jumped down, some of them Into the
dock and others to the stone quay.
Many of the men who Jumped sus
tained fatal injuries.
JAPANESE LABORERS
ARE EXCLUDED
Executive Order Issued By The
President.
THE BARGAIN IS CARRIED OUT.
AT THE MOTS CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Coal operators and miners from
Southern Indiana nnd Illinois pro
tested before the Interstate Com
merce Commission against the raise
in rates declared by certain Western
railroads. A formal protest will be
made.
The President appointed Seth Low,
of New York, and Thomas G. Busch,
of Alabama, members of the Admin
istrative Hoard for the Promotion of
Industrial Peace, thus completing
that body.
A rumor has been circulated to
the effect that men employed at the
Government Printing Office may de
clare a strike because of the alleged
supplanting of skilled workmen with
apprentices.
Secretary Garfield Issued an order
Intended to expedite to the utmost
the Issuance of patents to 30,000 cn
trymen whose applications have ac
cumulated In the General Land Of
fice. John Mitchell, president ofthe
Mlneworkers' I'nlon, and a dozen coal
operators complained to the Presi
dent against the Western railroads
that have announced a raise on coal.
Shipping commissioners' offices on
the Atlantic sealoard are to be ex
amined by a committee designated
by Secretary Straus, of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
The apportionment of 600 addi
tional postofflce clerks at $000 per
annum was announced at the Post
office Department.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortel
you has Instructed collector of cus
toms at places where It Is thought
desirable to deposit their recelpt3
in national banks with a view of
relieving the financial situation.
Senator Warren, chairman of the
committee that is Investigating the
Brownsville affair, received a letter
from Senator Culberson contradict
ing testimony given by Capt. Ktl
burn, of the Twenty-sixth Infantry.
Official denial was given to the
report that the President had re
quested the governors of states In
which railroad legislation Is pend
ing to come to Washington to con
fer with him.
Secretary Taft refused the applica
tion of the Chicago Sanitary Hoard
for a permit to divert the waters
of Lake Michigan Into the drain
age canul through the Calumet
River.
The constitutionality of the Em
ployers' Liability Act has been sus
tained by Judge Trleber, of the
United States District Court of the
Eastern District of Arkansas.
The Navy Department rocelved
word that the gunboat Princeton left
Acapluco, Mexico, for Corlnto, Nica
ragua. Rowland Osborne, poBt quarter
master sergeant, testified In the
Brownsville investigation that when
the white soldiers were transferred
to make way for negro troops tbey
left behind much ammunition lying
loose In storehouses and barracks.
Secretary Taft's proposed visit to
the Philippines In September to at
tend the opening of the first Philip
pine Assembly has directed special
uttentlon inward the new legislative
body to he created for the Islands.
The President gave his hearty In
dorsement to a federated movement
locking to the revival of religious
sentiment umong the working classes
of New York.
Former Senator Blackburn, who Is
to be a member of the Isthmus Canal
Commission, will probably assume his
new duties April 1 next, taking sta
tion on the isthmus.
Settlement of the Fastern Question in
California Accomplished Japanese
Who Expect to Fitter Through Mexi
co, Canada or Hawaii Will Not He
Allowed to Come In.
Wnsshlngton. D. 0. (Special).
President Roosevelt. Issued an exe
cutive order directing thnt Japanese
or Korean laborers, skilled and un
skilled, who have received passports
to go to Mexico, Canada or Hawaii
and to come therefrom, be refused
to enter the continental territory of
the Uhtted Stall's. This is practlrnl
!' the final chapter, except so far as
the question may be taken up In
treaty negotiations with Japan. In
the Issue growing out of the differ
ences with thnt country over the ac
tion of the San Francisco authorities
In prohibiting Japanese school chil
dren attending the schools set aside
for the whites.
Authority to refuse permission to
the classes of persons cited by the
President to enter tho continental
territory of the United Ctnte.i Is con
tained In the Immigration RID. ap
proved February 20. It was Incor
porated In that measure at the re
quest of the President and In ful
filment of a promise be made to
Mayor Schmltz nnd the school hoard
of San Francisco during their nego
tiations at the White House, If the
San Francisco authorities would re
scind their action on the school ques
tion. The promiBe of the President nnd
that of Mayor Srhmitz and his as
sociates brought to a close the con
troversy over the school question,
which had given the Washington au
thorities considerable concern. The
President's order In full Is as fol
lows: "Whereas. By the act entitled 'An
Act to Regulate the Immigration of
Aliens Into the United States,' ap
proved February 20, 1907. when
ever the President Is satisfied that
passports Issued by any foreign gov
ernment to Its citizens to go to any
country other t.hau the United States
or to any Insular possession of the
United StateB or to the Canal Zone,
are being used for tho purpose of
enabling the holders to come to the
continental territory of the United
States to the detriment of labor con
ditions therein, It Is made the duty
of the President to refuse to permit
such citizens of the country Issuing
such passports to enter the continen
tal territory of the United States
from such country or from such in
sular possessions or from tho Cannl
Zone.
"And, whereas. Upon sufficient
evidence produced before me by the
Department of Commerre and Labor,
I am satisfied "at passports Issued
by the government of Japan to citi
zens of that country or Korea, and
who are laborers skilled or unskill
ed, to go to Mexico, Cannda nnd to
Hawaii, are being used for the pur
pose of enabling the holders there
of to come to the continental terri
tory of the United States to the
detriment of labor conditions there
in: "I hereby order that such citizens
of Japan or Korea, to wit: Japanese
or Korean laborers, skilled and un
skilled, who have received passports
to go to Mexico, Canada or Hawaii,
and come therefrom, lie refused per
mission to enter the continental ter
ritory of the United States.
"It Is further ordered that Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor be,
and he hereby is, directed to take
through the Bureau of Immigration
and Naturalization such measure
and to make and enforce such rules
and regulations as may he necessary
to carry this order Into effect.
(Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt.
"The White House, Washington,
Match 14, 1907."
Coincident with this order the
President has directed dismissal of
the two suits filed in San Francisco
at the direction of the Department
of Justice which had In view the
testing of tlie question of tho treaty
rights of Japanese children to enter
the white schools. This step the Presi
dent had promised to take when the
school board rescinded Its original
action barring Japanese children
from the white schools.
WASHED THE BRIDGE AWAY
Three of Freight Crew Lost In Flooded
River.
Pittsburg, Pn. (Special). Three
men drowned, a railroad bridge
washed away, a county bridge In dan
ger of following the railroad bridge
Into the Allegheny River, and an en
gine and five freight cars In the
itjater are the first results of the rapid
rise during the night of Deer Creek,
near Harmarsville, Pa., on the West
Pennsylvania Railroad.
About 4.50 o'clock A. M., a freight
train, enstbound, entered on the
bridge, but got no further than the
second pier when It suddenly gave
way. Before the engineer, fireman
or a brakeman on the front part of
the train could realize what had hap
pened the bridge went down, carry
ing the engine, trainmen and five
freight cars with It.
So rapidly had the Deer Creek ris
en during the night, that It had at
tained a height of 16 feet instead of
tho normal, from 4 to 0 feet. So
great, too. was the force of the cur
rent thai one of the five freight cars,
b avily loaded, was carried down the
creek a distance of over a quarter of
a mile before Its progress was stayed.
The engineer, fireman and brakeman
had no opportunity of escaping, but
wore Immediately dragged into the
current, and drowned.
Traffic on the railroad has been
disorganized by the collapsing of the
bridge, Hut the official-, expect to
linvo a temporary structure erected
In a few hours.
Creeks Ilnging Torrents.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special) Dispatch
es from all sections of Western Penn
sylvania report heavy rains and rap
Idly rising waters. At many places
the downpour resembled a cloud
burst, and the streams are already
beyond their banks. . Much territory
Is submerged, nnd fears arc enter
tained of dangerous floods.
In the Connellsvllle region the
strenms rose at an alarming rate.
Dttnbnr was Inundated, and several
buildings have been washed away
from their fundatlons. Numerous
hrldges are treatened. In Allegheny
County Cha'-tlers Creek. Rohlnson
Run. Pine Creek. Deer Creek. Turtle
Creek and Glrtys Run are raging tor
rents. The towns of Oakdnle, In-,
gram, Carnegie, Wllmerding, Sharps-
i burg nnd Turtle Creek borough arc-
already partly under water. At the
latter place the rise camo so qulckl
thnt many persons were rescued from
their houses In skiffs.
Jamestown stamps.
Washington (Special). The Post
master General decided to add a five
cent stamp to the ones and twos al
ready determined upon to constitute
the commemorative series for the
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition.
The five cent stamp will bear a like
negs of the head of Pocahontas, print
ed In blue. Eight million stamps arc
to be isseed of this denomination, tc
supply the demand for foreign post
age. The head of Captain John
Smith, In green. Is to decorate the
one cent stamp, of which 10,000,000
are being printed.
Ditched By Spreading Rails.
Springfield, O., (Special). The C.
II. D. eastbound passenger train,
which was being detoured over the
Pennsylvania- Road, was ditched at
12.15 P. M., three miles east of
Jamestown by the spreading of the
rails. Melvln E. Clancy, engineer,
and Clark Griffin, fireman, were kill
ed and several passengers Injuied.
The train consisted of two das
coaches and n baggage car.
Dismissed For Hrtfg
Mexico, Mo., (Special). Twenty
three cadets of the Missouri Military
Academy, many of them members
of prominent families, were expelled
from the academy for hazing Cadet
Czane, of Peoria, III. Czane, 16 years
old, was seized by his fellow-students
and thrown Into the Icy waters
of a luke. He narrowly escaped
drowning.
Will Not Take Train Off.
New York (Special). The New
York Central Railroad Company It
not going to take oft" Its 1 S-hout
trains between here and Chicago un
less the public refuses to buy ticket
for them. Vice President C. F. Daly,
of the railroad, made tho above de
claration when asked about the pe
tition from Chicago men addressee
to the New York Central and Penn
sylvania presidents, requesting them
on the ground of safety, to make th
time of the fast trains 20 instead o'
18 hours during the winter nth:!
New Canal Commission.
Washington (Special. After th
reorganization of the Isthmian Cana
Commission, with Colonel Goethalt
as chairman, It Is probable that al
seven of the cannl commissioners wll
live on the Isthmus and the com
mission will become more of an ad
ministratlve body than It was undei
Chairman Shonts. Under Mr. Shonti
the commissioners were advisory of
flclals rather than executive officials
They were consulted on' englneerlnp
problems, and In some case.; on ad
ministratlve policy.
limning Building Blew Up.
Pittsburg (Special). The four
story building on Second Avenue oc
cupied by the Pennsylvania Door
ttnd Sash Company and the Penn
sylvania Paint aand Glass Company,
allied concern, was destroyed by fire.
Shortly after the Are was discovered
there was a loud explosion In the
cellar of the building aifd tho rear
part of the front and one side wall
collapsed. Beveral firemen who
were working In the front of the
building had narrow escapes.
Japanese Admitted.
San Francisco (Special). Nine
little Japanese girls who had applied
tor admission to the Redding Prim
ary School were admitted after an
... ii. inatlon us to their knowledge
of the English language. iQ ac
cordance wilh instructions from
Washlugton. t'nltod States Attorney
Devlin had a formal order of dis
missal of tho Japanese cases enter
ed In the federal court. Similar
action was taken In the state Su
preme Court.
Easy On Captain Stogsdall.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). Gen. A
W. Greely approved the findings ol
the court martial which last week
tried dipt. R. R. Stogsdall and Lieut
A. L. Clark, of the Thirteenth In
fantry. Captain Stogsdall, who plead
ed guilty to drunkenness, was reprk
maned. Lieutenant Hlack, whoso of
(ansa was neglect, of duty while officer
of the day, Is sentenced to be con
fined tc the limits of the post for
three months npd fined $100. Gen
eral Greely lectured the court on Its
leniency toward Captain Stog3dnll.
IN TIIK FINANCIAL WORLD.
London sold 45,000 shnros of
American stocks. U was suld thut
much of tho selling was for Ameri
can brokers.
Asked whnt he thought was the
matter with Rending, Wlnthrop
Smith replied: "Reading Is virtual
ly cornered."
In Redmond & Co.'s security list
are three of the. new short-term notes
which yield the Investor 6 per cent,
or .better.
American Tobacco's not earnings
In 1906 were $26,40t;.()00, a gaitl
of $1,194,000. Tho company now
lius a surplus of $30,550,000.
President Fred T. Chandler, of the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, said:
'Many big men have been hurt In
the recent severe decllue, und plenty
or them who, a abort while ago, were
firmly Intrenched on two logs and
even Imagined they h-id half a dozen
legs to walk on are cripples today, and
are willing to trade on much smaller
lines. This may tetard any rapid
Improvement,"
Fanshawe, Cadwalader ft Co. have
on hand a small lot of unsold 5
per cent, bonds on which tho net
profits for the first six months of
190C amounted to over eleven tlmee
the Interest charged.
Stuyvosnni Fish's election HS K
director of Could a Missouri Pacific
Kullroud was given us one of the
many reason for the slump in the
market. It was construed to mean
a stiff "wur" botweeu the Gould line
to the Pacific aud Harrliuan'a roads.
However, there was not much faltli
put In ths excuse for the break In
stock prices.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Parti
While Patrick Maloney. n memner
of the Willlamsport police force, was
chasing a burglar from the Mosser
tannery, at Newberry, at 5 o'clock
the other evening, the man turned
and fired, killing the officer with the
first shot from the pistol. Tho man
was evidently trying to gain entrance
to tho tannery nnd the policeman
became suspicious.. After chasing
the man for a short distance and af
ter coming close to the fugitive's
heels Maloney was shot down, dying
almost instantly. It Is believed that
the man was one of the professional
burglars that have been working In
the city for several months. Tho
murderer Is still at large.
The towhoat Cruiser, one of the
largest in the coal shipping trade on
the Ohio River, struck the pier of
tho dam near Sewlckley and sank
In eight minutes. There were
twenty-two men on the boat at tho
time and they clambered to tho roof
as the vessel went down. The rag
ing flood In the river made the work
of rescue dangerous, but n steamer
went to the aid of the Imperiled men
and twenty of them were taken off.
It Is believed the two missing men
were drowned.
The Messchort-Esenhower will con
test at Reading is to be tried by Jury
In an unusual manner In order that
the issues framed by Judge Bland,
of the Orphans' Court, may be con
sidered. Lee L. Esenhower, of this
city. Is suing the estate of Col. M.
H. Messrhert, the late millionaire, of
Douglasville and member of the
Philadelphia bar. for $100 wagered
that the writings offered by him wero
written by Col. Mcsschert and were
part of his will. The case Is framed
so ns to hold' the Mesgchert estate
liable to this sum. Mr. Esenhower
asserts that the executors agree to
pay him $50 If the writings are found
part of the will, while Mr. Esenhow
er himself agrees to pay $50 If the
writings are not found to have boon
written by Mr. Messchert. The writ
ings In question are letters promising;
Esenhower $10,000 and Messchert's
eBtatc In France. The two became
arqualntnneeA through traveling
dnlly to Philadelphia. The estate
claims that the letters are forgeries.
Jeremiah fettle, of Poe Valley, Is
tho champion trapper In Center
County. Since the cold weather set
In last November he has trapped
enough foxes, minks, wildcats nnd
skunks to bring him an Incomo of
more than $80 a month from tho
sale of their pelts, and he still has
a good stock on hand. Mr. Zettle Is
a veritable backwoodsman of the
most pronounced typo. Tall and
angular, he stands over six feet In
hlB stocking feet, nnd notwithstand
ing the fact that he Is well up in
years still retains the vigor of young
manhood. He can scent the haunts
of wild animals almost with the ac
curacy of a trained hound. In speak
ing of the variotiB animals Mr. Zettle
said that wildcats were unusually
plentiful and were one of the most
destructive of any wild animal now
frequenting these parts.
The home of George Shupp, at
Edison, Berks County, burned down
while the family was attending a
church entertainment.
Within sight of his home, Mark
Tarento, of South Bothlehem, aged
37 years, was struck by a passenger
train and almost Instantly killed. A
companion who was with him escap
ed uninjured.
Theodore F. Labauch's large saw
mill in Lower Saucon was destroyed
by Are of unknown origin together
with its contents. The loss is $10,
000 partly covered by Insurance.
Shamqjdn carpenters have decided
to demand of contractors an eight
hour work day and ten per cent,
increase. Their present pay Is
$2.54 dally and contractors feel they
cannot grant sucft concessions.
Franklin E. Eckman. of Lancaster,
who fell a distance of twelve feet
from a building a week ago, died
from his Injuries. Deceased was
fifty-seven years of age.
Fire In the grocery store of L. G.
Walker ft Son, In York destroyed
about $1000 worth of property. The
building In which the store is located
is owned by J. J. Shellmeyer. The
dwelling house of Mrs. J. Henry
Burg, adjoining, wns considerably
damaged by smoke and water.
The model kindergarten at the
Jamestown Exposition will be con
ducted by a Pennsylvania young
lady, a committee from the National
Congress of Mothers having engaged
Miss Sylvia Ziebach, of Pottsvllle,
for the purpose. She is the princi
pal of a highly successful school
of that character at that place.
Churged with starving a horse to
death and with feedlug cattle In
sufficiently, George T. Beecher, a
North Mlddleton farmer, was com
mitted to jail by Magistrate Hughes
to await trial. A number of neigh
bors testified to Beecher's lack of
care of his cattle.
John Rodgerson, aged 83 years,
was struck by tho "Queen of the
Valley," tho Central Railroad ot
New Jersey's express, near Macun
gle thrown fifty feet Into the Swab
Ian Creek and lnstuutly killed. Tho
man made his living by peddling
among the farmers and lived a her
mit's life.
Michael McGlnley, of Rheems,
stepped In front of a freight train
at Rheems In an endeavor to evade
a passing passenger train and was
Instantly killed.
Starting a fire In the stove In his
father's workshop, Charles, the 4-year-old
son of George Kershner, of
Auburn, burned to death, nnd a 6-year-old
brother was painfully burn
ed. The building was all aflame
before help camo and It was impos
sible to save the younger lad.
Word hus been received In York
of the serlouB Illness of Horace Kees
ey, the recent Democratic candidate
for Congress from the Twentieth
District, who is now at St. Augus
tine, Florida, for the benefit of his
health. He hao been stricken with
an attack of pneumonia.
A scheme Is on foot for creating
a Japanese agricultural colony In the
heart ol Alberta, sn s the China Tele
graph. Well-to-do Japanese farmers
are to be taken out, ... , ordlng to
the project, and thoy will turn .heir
attention to the raising of wheat
and the cultivation of sugnr beets
and anything else that will thrive
In tho climate.
Vice Consul R. M. Sladden, ot
Mauaznlllo, reports ou the cultiva
tion of the pocuote tree, which pro
duces a fine flier known in Mexico
as silk floss.