THE RAILROADS MIT
ON IMPROVEMENTS
Slid To Be The Result of Adverse
Legislation.
LEGISLATION JN PENNSYLVANIA.
Pennsy to Stop Contemplated Im
provement Estimated to Coat $25,
000,000 Work On the New York
Terminal to Be Continued The
Two-cent Fare Bill.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). In,
lew of the fact that the legislature
Of Pennsylvania is nbout to make It
unlawful for a railroad to charge,
more than two cents per mile for pas
senger traffic in this state, and is also
about to place a tax on anthracite
nd bituminous coal, the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, it Is understood, Ik
about to follow the example of other
railroads and order several Improve
ments now under way to be stopped.
The cost of these Improvements and
others in contemplation, which bare
been and are to be cancelled, approxi
mate 125,000,000. The work in New
Tork Is not likely to be halted.
In a statement Just Issued the
Pennsylvania Kallroad prepared the
way for an announcement as to the
holding up of Improvements. This
Statement, which was Issued on Its
face as a plan against the enactment
Of the two-cent per mile law, In de
tail tells of the heavy Increase In ex
penditure whlcn the Pennsylvania
will have to make as the result of
higher prices for material and the
Increase in wnges of Its employes.
It is well known that tho railroad
oompany has given up all hope of
blocking the passage of the two
cent bill, which has been approved
by the state House of Representa
tives, and Is now up for its third and
final reading before the State Senate.
It is, therefore, not difficult to
fathom the meaning of the statement.
In his annual report to the stock
holders of the Pennsylvania Railroad
pany about a week ago, President
James McRea told of the problems
before the company and suggested
that It would be a "wise policy on
the part of the company to reduce
It capital expenditures to a mini
mum, avoid new undertakings nnd
restrict its expenditures for the pres
ent to such work as was now under
way and must be completed."
ON VERGE OF UPRISING.
Sedltlonnry Societies Arc Fomenting
A Revolt.
Washington (Special). From
Shanghai advices received at the
State Department It appears that the
ruling dynasty In China is seriously
alarmed over the effect of the spread
of famine through the country, and
the opportunity it offers to setiltlon
ary societies to enlist converts to the
cause directed against the govern
ment. The suffering of the people Is used
aa capital, it Is said, in that judicious
assuaging of want places the persons
given assistance under obligations to
the societies. The government's In
ability to relieve suffering, it Is said,
has been magnified and the hardships
Of the people attributed to lack of
sympathy by the government for the
poor classes.
The Information received here In
dicates that a propaganda has been
organized to further the circulation
of stories of the character outlined,
and If is said that State Department
officials fear that a spread of hysteria
may engender a general uprising. If
such should be the result there is
danger that the government might
not be able tfj control tho situation.
American and other foreign inter
ests then would be Jeopardized. So
great Is the concern that diplomatic
and consular officials in China have
been Instructed to keep Washington
advised in regard to the situation
and every turn taken.
S X DF.KSOX A COI'I TT ED.
A Parallel To Tlx Thaw Case In
Missouri.
Carthage, Mo. (Special). Arthur
Sanderson was acquitted of the mur
der of Dr. Solomon D. Meredith in
Carthage on January 5 last.
Mrs. Sanderson testified that Dr.
Meredith, the family physician, hud
made love to her when she went to
his office to consult him. She had
detailed her experiences with the doc
tor to Sanderson, who Immediately
left the house and soon returned with
Dr. Meredith. Before Mrs. Sander
son, the husband accused the phy
sician of ruining his home and shoe
and killed the doctor.
In the arguments of counsel for
the defense, a parallel with the Thaw
caao was drawn. Attorney Shannon
aaid there was evidence of an exag
gerated ego, in that the defendant
thought himself "providentially call
ed on to avenge the ravishment of Iils
wife."
Rig Blase At PsMsrBle,
Pottsvllle, Pa. (Special). Fire of
unknown origin destroyed the brew
ery of the L'nlon Brewing Company
snd the tenement houses of Thomas
Wlgmore, William Jones, George
Reese and W. K Shissler, at Mlners
vllle, entailing a loss of 1100,000,
The lire threatened to destroy the
town und assists no. was sent from
this city. The loss is partly covered
by Insurance.
M hi Imi ii dels liO Veurs.
Richmond, Va. (Special). Joshua
Harrison was, Thursday, at Elizabeth
City, N. J., sentenced to twenty years'
Imprisonment for the kidnapping
and murder of Kenneth Beasley, two
years ago. A stuy of execution was
denied. The hoy was u son of State
Benator Beasley.
A bronze tablet commemorating
the birth of tlrovtr Cleveland was
unveiled In the room in which ho
was born at Caldwell, N. J.
Horn With M itlgitM.
Trenton (Special). a son with
twelve toes and thirteen fingers hus
just been born to Mr. and Mrs. Leon
A. Shockley. of this city. There aro
seven Angers on one hand and six
on the other and six toes on each
foot.
Hack Prom Panama.
New Orleans, La. ( Special I A par
ty of congressmen who have been in
specting the Panama Canal arrived In
tho Mississippi River .Sunday on the
.Steamship Kills from Colon.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic.
Mrs. Frankie Taylor, who claimed
to be promoting a big mining deal
In West Virginia, was arrested In
New York on the charge of beating
the Hotel Lincoln out of a board bill.
After waiting at tho church door
In Nysck, N. Y., for the bride-elect.
Otto Froellch. the expectant bride
groom, received a message that the
young lady had changed her mind.
Ex-Judge Gary, of the United
States Steel Corporation, said In New
York that If managers of corpora
tions were honest there would be
no public hostility to them.
A Rpecinl train filled with students
on the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Ke Railroad wai wrecked at Clare
mont, Col., and C persons killed and
1" Injured.
Count Constantlne Podporskl, a
Pole of royal birth, was shot and
killed by J. C. Hines, a miner from
Nome, Alaska, Hlnes claiming the
Count had robbed him of his wife.
Train wreckers ditched the Chicago
and New York Limited on the Penn
sylvania Rnllroad near Pittsburg.
Former 1'nlted States Senator Bur
ton has completed his six months'
sentence In nn Ohio Jail.
Ten thousand dollars have been
bequeathed to Princeton to establish
two scholarships.
Miss Rose L. Fritz broke the type
writing record by wilting 2.443 words
in .10 minutes.
Nine girls were Injured by a train
cutting a trolley car In two in De
troit, Mich.
Fifty-four vessels went down off
the New England Coast during the
winter.
Fire In the Pensacola (Fla.) Navy
Yard Canted a loss of $175,000.
The gold-and-sllver model of the
early Philadelphia, Washington and
Baltimore Kallroad locomotive Daniel
Webster, which disappeared mys
teriously, has been returned to the
office of Prssidsnt Tllton, of the
Chicago and Alton Road.
Stuyvesant Fish, In an address to
the students of the Wharton School
of Finance of the University of Penn
sylvania, declared that President
Roosevelt was In no way responsible
for the flurry In Wall Street.
Albert C. Williams, formerly a pro
fessor in Illinois educational Institu
tions, went to a poor-house after
loosing $12,000 in slot machines.
Burglars cut valuable pictures
from the frameB In tho summer home
of Henry Slegel, the New York mer
chant. The Erie Railroad has stopped con
struction work owing to threats of
hostile legislation.
Plans of the battleship Nebraska
were stolen from a Pacific Coast ship
yard. Mrs. James Tolbert, wife of former
Mayor Tolbert, of Fairmont, Go.,
was assaulted and her two-months-old
child was murdered by a negro.
It was testified that a firm of con
tractors made a profit of $124,645
for woodwork In 1 4 rooms in the
Pennsylvania State Capitol.
Twelve hundred men employed by
the Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany, of Indiana, have struck for
more wages.
The Plant of the Augusta Chroni
cle was destroyed by fire.
Foreign.
Unless the famine conditions In
China are promptly relieved and the
Chinese government aided in Its
work, there is grave danger of the
seditlonary societies fomenting an
uprising that will Imperil American
and other foreign Interests.
The assassination of Dr. Mauchamp
at Morocco City, Morocco, was fol
lowed by a general attack upon Euro
peans, and the British consular agent
was forced to fire upon the mob.
The Conservative cabinet of Kou
maniu has resigned and a Liberal
ministry haw been formed which may
be able to deal with the troubles
among the peasants.
The North German Lloyd and the
Hamburg-American Steamship Com
panies have founded a new steam
ship lino, to run between Flume and
New York.
Nicaragua reports that its forces
have captured Choluteca, Honduras,
and that President Bonllla has fled.
The Earl of Selbourne. British
High Commissioner of South Africa,
in a speech at the opening of the first
parliament of the Transvaal colony,
said the employment of Chinese
would cease at the earliest possible
moment.
The German gunboat Panther has
gone to Port au Prince, Haytl, to
support the demands of the Germun
Minister In connection with the treat
ment of certain German subject.
Hundreds of the Roumanian army
reserves before responding to the rail
to the colors took part in the riot
ing and plundering in Moldavian
towns.
It Is proposed to Insert a clause
In the new French Income tax bill
imposing an additional one per cent,
tax upon bachelors and spltiBters.
The British steamer Fernley has
been beached near Hakodate, Japan,
having sustained extensive damage
from striking a floating mine.
Testimony has been given that the
Reactionary League In Russia hired
men to murder Ivan Petrunkevltch,
the Liberal leader.
The height of the Assuan Dam in
the Nile Is to be raised so as to as
sure the Irrigation of another sec
tion of Northern Egypt.
The British Premier announced
the government's decision against the
project of tunneling the English
Channel.
The Pope has consented to act as
godfather to the expected child of
the Queen of Spain.
A serious congestion of trans-Atlantic
freight has resulted at Ham
burg from the longshoremen's
troubles.
Tribesmen fighting with the troops
of the Sultan of Morocco have been
defeated by the Ben Ismala tribes
men under the leadership of the brig
and Vallente.
Excavations made at Metafontlne.
in Southern Italy, disclosed a number
of interesting Greek tombs.
The Nlcaraguan minister denies
that President Zelaya has authorized
his soldiers to loot captured towns.
The French Chamber of Deputies
adopted a motion for the publication
of the contents of the archives seized
at the papal nunciature In Paris.
Leroy Parke, an sgent of the War
Department, has been shipping tal
laus and Spaniards to the Canal Zone
at the rate of 500 a month.
Woman suffragists tried to enter
the House of Commons and the police
were forced to charge the rioters.
Fifty arrests were made.
Emmanuel Arene, a Corsican sena
tor, and Adolph Brlssor, a Paris
journalist, were both wounded in a
sword duel.
TOWNS BURNED
PEOPLE KILLED
Roumanian Troops Shoot the Riotous
Peasants.
100,000 JEWS ARE NOW HOMELESS.
Terrible Uprising of Peasants In Molds
vis Against the Farmer's Trust
Because Some of the Landlords Are
Jews the Mobs Attack All of That
Faith Troops Charge the Mobs.
Vienna (By Cable). The serious
ness of the situation In Northern
Moldavia growing out of tho agraslan
disorders has not, according to the
latest telegraphic reports reaching
here from Csernewltz, on the border,
been exaggr rated.
From the estimates of the damages
made it appears that 400 farniB In
Moldavia have been devastated, 8,000
fugitives have fled over the Rouman
ian frontier Into Austria, and a total
of 10,000 Jews are homeless.
The number of dead and wounded
cannot be given accurately, but the
latest reports give a total of about
86 men killed and In the neighbor
hood of 150 wounded.
The outbreak seems to have been
pnrtlally BuppreBsed in the district of
Botosahnl, bnt the latest reports are
that the movement Is spreading
southward Into Wallachla and even
Into the Austrian crown land of Bo
kowlna. The Roumnnlan government Is still
sending troops Into the afflicted dis
trict. Practically the entire prov
ince of Moldavia has been Involved.
Against Farming Trust.
The movement Is really more agra
rian than antlsomitic. The peasants
are In revolt against the great farm
ing trust, which has leased half the
cnltlvatable land in Moldavia. The
absentee landlords who control the
trust happen to be Jews, and this
fact brings the Ire of the peasants
down upon any and all Jews that
they meet, and to this antipathy Is
added strong racial feeling arising
from other causes.
On Thursday 500 peasants tried
to Invade Mlcballenl. In spite of the
fact that there was a sufficient num
ber of Roumanian troops In this
town to stop the rioters, the peasants
at first got the uppor hand because
the soldiers, acting upon the orders
of the prefect of the town, were not
permitted by their officers to open
in tne race of the menaces of
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told,
fire.
the furious peasants, however, some
of tho soldiers did fire, against or
ders. This volley killed 16 of the
rioters and wounded 45, whereupon
the peasants withdrew.
Tho Town Plundered.
A more successful attack was made
at Vaslul, to the south of Jassy. Here
a body of 2,000 peasants forced their
way into the town. The prefect of
Vaslul did not have sufficient troops
at his command to stop the onward
march of the infuriated countrymen.
He stood a helpless witness while the
rioters, in an Incredibly short space
of time, plundered practically all the
buildings on the three principal
streets of Vuslul and then set them
on fire. The peasants had looted
freely and the fire completed the
work of destruction.
The prefect sent In n hurried ap
peal for reinforcements, and the
peasants, In Ignorance of this step,
remained In the town until the sol
diers arrived. There then ensued a
serious fight up and down the burned
streets. The soldiers came out vic
torious, but 20 rioters were killed
and many were wounded. The com
mander of the troops, Major Calori,
sustained serious injuries.
Heaps of Ruins.
Tho entire Roman district was up
In arms. Here the authorities were
powerless, and the peasants pillaged,
burned and devastated everywhere.
All the buildings in the villages of
Halancestl, Herlestl, Holclstenl and
Ninelusen were demolished, and the
villages are now nothing more than
heaps or ruins.
It Is estimated that not less than
8,000 fugitives have crossed the
frontier Into the Austrian Province
of Bukowina, where they are being
cared for as well as possible.
Locomotive Explodes.
Cincinnati, Ohio (Special). With
the roar of a thousnnd thunders, the
boiler In an engine In the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton yards, at
Eighth Street, near Burns, exploded.
proably fatally Injuring George Mor
gan, engineer; Walter Griffiths, fire
man, and Frank Burton, switchman.
The cause Is said to have been a !
broken valve. The Injured men all
have families.
President Roosevelt has signed
orders for sweeping changes In the
government of the Canal Zone, which
will become effective April 15, and
are expected to effect an annual sav
ing to the United States of about
$100,000.
President Roosevelt announced his
disapproval of the findings of acquit
tal In the case of Capt. L. M. Koeh
ler, Fourth Cavalry, U. 8. A., who
was charged with using disrespect
ful language toward General Wood.
. L. C. Cummlngs, of Boston, had
conference with Secretary Straus, of
the Department of Commerce and
Labor, In the Interest of movement
for government Inspection of crews
of licensed steamers.
Monograph Issued by tho Bureau
of Statistics of tho Department of
Commerce and Labor shows that the
United 8tates now ranks third among
the world's exporters of manufac
tures The Francis Scott Key Memorial
Association has been chartered to
purchase and preserve the house In
Washington where the author of the
national anthem lived.
Brigadier General Arthur Murray,
chief of Artillery, has been detailed
on the Joint board appointed In 1903
to consider matters relating to const
defenses.
The Postofflce Department issued
nn order debarring H. H. Hnrsha and
the Harsha Co-operatlye Advertising
Company from the use of the malls.
The Chinese boycott has been ef
fectively suppressed, according to
mail advices received from the
American consul general at Canton,
China.
The War Department announced
sentences of dismissal from the Army
by court-martial on Lieut. Morris C.
Foote and Lieut. E. B. Crowne.
Mr. Luiz Arenas De Lima has been
appointed first secretary to the Portu
guese Legation.
Mr. Isaac Seligman, after an Inter
view with the President, said that the
latter did not see how he could act
to relieve the railroad situation, par
ticularly as there appeared to be no
unanimity In the suggestions made to
him by railroad presidents.
S. A. D. Puter as a witness for the
government In the Hermann case
gave the full details of the difficulties
which attended his efforts to obtain
patents to 12 homesteads in Oregon.
Twenty-nlno new cases are filed
against various railroads, charging
violation of law which requires that
live stock shall not bo left on cars
without food for longer than !fS
hours.
StepB are now under way in the
General Land Offlco to cancel the
proofs by which Governor Crawford,
of South Dakota obtained possession
of certain public lands.
The President has received tele
grams from a number of organiza
tions In the West congratulating him
upon the appointment of an inland
waterways commission.
Extraordinary expenses to the
United States up to date caused by
the Bending of an army of pacifica
tion to Cuba aggregate about $2,500,
000. The census report on cotton for the
year 1900 shows that 13,290,077
bales have been ginned, an Increase
of 2,565,075 over the previous year.
All letter carriers of the rural de
livery service having routes 24 or
more miles nro to have pay Increased
to $900 per annum.
President Roosevelt In person em
phatically denied that tlfe recent
visit of (Jovernor Deneen, of Illinois,
wus made or the purpose of launch
ing Secretary Taft's presidential
boom.
It Is predicted that the agitators
and vicious element will control the
elections In Cuba and lead ultimately
to an American protectorate.
President Mellen, of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
had an interview with the President
on the railroad situation.
The 1'nlted Sates army transport
Buford will take a load of provisions
at once to China for the relief of
famine sufferers.
Admiral I ill. Dead.
Philadelphia (Special). Rear Ad
miral Benjamin F. Tllley, command
ant at League Island Navy Yard, died
after a brief Illness of double pneu
monia. Adrilral Tllley was made
commandant at the navy yard on
February 2 3, 'laving been assigned
to BUCceed Admiral f'ralg, who was
retired.
Leopold Wus Stricken.
Brussels (By Cable I. Notwlth
standing the official denials, private
Inquiries confirm the report that 1
King Leopold, who Is visiting the
Riviera, had a cerebral attack a
lew days since, after which he was
unconscious for some time. It Is :
sow announced that he will come
home much earlier than expected.
Twenty Years For Kldiiupping.
Elizabeth City, N. C (Special).
Joshua Harrison, who was convicted
of the kidnapping and murder of Ken
neth Beasley, a son of State Senator
Beasley, two years ago, was sen
tenced to 20 years' Imprisonment af
ter motion In arrest of Judgment had
been denied. Notice of appeal was
given and 60 days were allowed In
which to bring the case before the
Supreme Court. Harrl.ion being ad
mitted to ball in $3,000.
Fighting Two-Cent Bute.
Jackson, Miss. (Special). Judg
Mies, of the federal court, Issued a
temporary Injunction, on petition of
the Louisville snd Nashville Railroad,
restraining the Mississippi Railroad
Commission from enforcing the or
der establishing a two-cent passenger
rate on the interchangeable mileage
basis, according to a recent act of
the legislature.
An attempt was made to bold up
the employes of the nstiolnsl bank
of Johannesburg, but was foiled by
the employee.
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
Occurs In The Mixing House Of
Powder Mill.
Dubois, Pa. (Special' An explo
sion occurred in the Emporium Pow
der Mill, located two miles west of
Emporium, Pa., which caused the
death of six men three Americans
Charles Erkles, James Thomas and
William Moran, all of Emporium,
and three unknown Italian laborers.
Tho cause of the explosion has not
Iii-i ii H.-O I tained.
The explosion occurred In the mixing-house.
There were 1,000 pounds
of dynamite In the building, and the
six men who lost their lives were
engaged In making dynamite by mix
ing nitroglycerine and wood pulp.
The town of Emporium was shaken
until windows fell In, and the Jar
was, felt as far as St. Mary's and
Driftwood, 20 miles distant.
When the men employed about
other parts of the plant had recover
ed from the shock they were unable
to find a vestige of tne mixing-house,
the six men who were at work there
or any of their Implements. There
was nothing at the site of the build
ing but a gnat hole In the earth 12
feet deep.
Not a scrap of the building nor a
thread of clothing or particle of the
bodies of the men has been found.
The loss to property was about
$7,000.
Mis. Sage Gives 1150,000.
New Y'ork (Special). Announce
ment of a gift of $150,000 by Mrs.
Russell Sage to aid In the erection of
the new sailors' home and Institute
was made at a luncheon given by the
trustees of the American Seamen's
Friend Society. The building will be
erected at West and Jane Streets, this
city. Mrs. Sage also made a gift of
$76,000 to the Syriun Protestant Col
lege, of Beirut, Syria.
Hig.-Cen. T. J. Wlnt Iteud.
Philadelphia ( Special) Brlg.-Gcn.
Theodoro J. Wlnt, United States
Army, commanding the Department
of Missouri, with headquarters at
Omaha, died suddenly at a hotel hero.
He was 6- years of age. Gcueral
Wlnt's death was due to heart dis
ease. He came to this city and en
tered the Presbyterian Hospital for
treatment, but later etagaged apart
ments at a hotel, where he was at
tended by a heart specialist.
UNITED STATES
FORCES ARE LANDED
Our Marines Are Guarding Honduran
urn.
MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED.
As Tender of Good Offices Hss Not
Been Heeded by Be'ligcrents, It Has
Been Suggested to V. S. Government
That Commissioners Investigate and
Order Cessation of Hostilities.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
United States marines landed
at three Honduran ports to pro
tect American Interests.
Both the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of warring Central Ameri
can states now covered by United
States gunboats.
This precaution will prevent
International complications grow
ing out of the 1'nlted States pol
icy not to permit European dem
onstrations in those waters.
Joint Intervention by Mexico
and the United States now re
garded by diplomats as probable.
Nlcaraguans claim to have dr- j
feated the combined forces of I
Honduras and Salvador In battle
lasting three days and two nights.
Nlcaraguan advices Bay hun-
dreds of dead and wounded Hon- j
durans and Salvadoreans were j
left on the fields and may be
taken prisoners.
A 'few Nlcaraguans were kill- i
ed and many wounded.
MAY END IN PR0TEC10RAIE
Dark Picture of the Condition In
Cuba.
Washington (Special) . -Bluejackets
and marines have been landed
from the United States gunboat
Marietta at Trujlllo and Ceiba and j
lyobably at Puerto, Cortez, Hon
duras, to protect American Interests
In those ports. Advices to this ef
fect were received at the Navy De
partment from Commander Fullam,
of the Marietta, and they were at
once transmitted to the State De
partment. Ab yet no word has been
received as to whether forces have
been landed at Central American
ports on the Pacific Coast side, but
undoubtedly this step will be taken
If American interests are considered
In danger.
Tho Navy Department feels that
the action taken by Commander Ful
lam brings the situation completely
In hand, so far as the safeguarding
of trade Interests is concerned. In
addition to the protection given to
Americans It Is felt that the action
of this government will relieve for
eign government of the necessity of
taking any Btep toward making a
naval demonstration.
Tho landing of the bluejackets
and marine and the policing of both
shores of the Central American re
publics with United States gunboats
before trading vessels had been mo
lested In any manner or foreign In
terests .leopordlzed Is regarded here
as a diplomatic move that will pre
vent any International complications
growing out of the policy of the
United States not to permit Euro
pean demonstrations In Central
American or South American waters.
Patrolling The coast.
From the meager dispatches re
ceived It appear- that Commander
Fullam has been cruising up the
Honduran coast from east to west.
It is understood that he landed a
force of about 20 marines from tho
Marietta at Trujlllo and 20 bluejack
ets at Celba, and then continued his
course to Puerto Cortez. It Is said
the dispatch to the Navy Department
was sent by Commander Fullam be
fore his departure from Celba, and
that it Indicated an Intention on the
part of the Commander to land a
force of 15 or 20 men at Puerto
Cortez upon his arrival there.
Tho Nlcaraguan commander in
chnrge of the Invading force at the
Honduran port, Trujlllo, gave Com
mander Fullam his promise that
American Interests and all foreign
Interests there would be protected,
and that trading vessels would be
permitted to enter and leave the
port without molestation, the same
as before the capture of the port by
the Nlcaraguan Navy.
The collier Nero has been left at
Trujlllo by Commander Fullam that
it may serve as a base for the email
landing parties. The commander
expressed tho view, it is said, that
no more vessels would be needed In
the Caribbean than are there now.
Itotli Coasts Covered.
Both coasts of the warring Cen
tral American republics are complete
ly covered by American gunboats.
In addition to the Marietta on the
Honduras Caribbean coast, which is
the point regarded most in danger,
the Paducah Is further Bouth on the
Nlcaraguan coast. On the Pacific
Coast side are the Princeton, which
Is patrolling the Nlcaraguan coast,
and the Chicago, which Is patrolling
the Salvadorean and Honduran
coasts.
Joint intervention by Mexico and
the United States In the war which
threatens to involve all Central
America Is now regarded as probable
by diplomatists. Tenders of good
offices on the part of tho two great
governments have not been 'heeded
by Nicaragua, Honduras and Salva
dor, and It lias been suggested to the
State Department that Mexico and
the United States should send pleni
potentiaries to the warring counties
to Investigate the causes of the pres
ent war and order an immediate
cessation of hostilities.
Washington (Special). That the
regime of the United States In Cuba
will continue for many months:
Thnt at the municipal elections,
to be held probably in June, the
propertyholders will refuse to vote:
That the low and vicious elements
of the population will thus secure
tho offices:
That diplomatic representations
will then be made to the United
Stato by England. France, Germany
and Spain; that they will look to
this country for damages In case of
destruction of their property in the
Island:
That the situation will compel the
United 8tates to announce a protec
torate over Cuba.
Such Is the tenor of private ad
vices received here from the Pearl
of the Antilles; and it can be stated
that they are largely corroborated by
Information from official sources now
In possession of the Washington ad
ministration. It Ib pointed out that In Cuba the
conservative piopertyholdlng class
Is In a l.eipless minority. Fully 90
per cent, of the vote population own
little more than the clothes they walk
Inperhaps a machete, less frequent
ly a horse or a mule. They are the
kind that for $3 to $5 are ready to
take to the woods and start a "revo
lution." This Is the element which will
win when the elections are held, and
It Is said to be quite possible that a
negro mny be elected mayor of Ha
vanna. The propertyholders purpose to
take no port in the elections, for the
purpose of affording the United
States an object-lesson as to the
character of the men who will get
the offices In case the program is fol
lowed of giving the Cuban people
another opportunity under present
laws of establishing a Republican
government of their own. They feel
reasonably safe in doing this, know
ing that Governor Vagoon has the
right and power to remove any muni
cipal officer who misbehaves.
But they expert the most effective
result of the election of the low
element of the Island to the muni
cipal offices will be the creation of
uneasiness and alarm in the minds
of foreigners who have large invest
ments In the Island as to what will
be the result If the elections are con
tinued and the Congress and presi
decy should Tall Into the hands of
the same class.
CltlzeiiB of Great Britain have, It
is said, at least $100,000,000 Invest
ed In Cuba. Of this about $50,000,
000 is in the Cuban railways, $30,
000,000 In sugar and $20,000,000 in
tobacco.
German citizens have about $4 0,
000,000 Invested In sugar and tobac
co, and Frenchmen have about $10,
00,000 In the same Industries.
Spain owns practically two-thlrdB
of the landed Interests of the Island,
more than half of the city of Ha
vana nnd still retains the largest part
of the comjnerclal nnd trading inter
ests. American citizens have In
vestments of all kinds running up
to nt least $125,000,000.
These figures are declared to be
well within the mark, and It la
claimed that all of these Investments,
which are the backbone of Cuban
trade and prosperity, will be im
periled by tho access to power of
those agitators and radical leaders
who rely upon the riff-raff class to
elect them to office.
It Is regarded as certain, therefore,
that the foreign government, named,
In behalf of their citizens will ap
peal to the United States to virovont
the threatened calamity, accompany
ing that appeal with the suggestion
that, as the responsibility will rest
on this country, they will look to the
United States to recoup them for
such losses as they may have sustained:
nbtreasnry Was Robbed.
Chicago (Special). The counting
of the $62,000,000 In the Chicago
Bubtreasury, to determine whether
the shortage of $173,000 discovered
on February 20, was due to a mis
take in bookkeeping, was finished
Monday without the discovery of
anything to explain the shortage
other than that the money probably
was stolen. Capt. Porter, of the
Secret Service, said that his detec
tives had learned nothing new about
the disappearance of the money.
Uneurths Pot of Gold.
Sergeant, Ky. (Special). After a
search extending over twenty years,
Mary Jane Mullius, 60 years old, un
earthed a pot containing $(i000 in
gold and silver coin, In an abandon
ed lot on the farm of her father,
Blng Osborn, near here. Her father
died twenty years ago leaving $10,
000 burled upon the farm. she will
continue the search fur the remaining
$4,000. In the find are some rare
and valuable colnv.
Preacher Joins t nion.
,ew York (Special). The Rev.
William Carter, pastor of the Madi
son Avenue Dutih Reformed Church,
at Fifty-ssventli Street and Madison
Avenue, was admitted as a delegate
to the Central Federation Union Mr.
Carter said he represented u union
of over 100 clergymen, who desired
to sid organized labor.
It Is Intimated thst Secretary Cor
telyou will refuse to accept railroad
bonds as security for government de-loslt.
Terrorists Still Active. '
WTarsaw (By Cable). In spllo of
the apparent. aim In this cltytherehas
been no decrease lu terrorist activity.
During the paBt throe days three
stations on the Vistula Railroad have
been attacked and robbed and several
policemen killed. Brigandage 1e on
the Increase, and It is unsafe to travel
on the highways or to live In country
houses, especially near the city. The
authorities seem unable to cope with
the situation.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
American Locomotive declared its
regular dividends lu both classes of
stock.
C. I. Hudson says the short inter
est In the market amounts to 1,000,-
000 shares and he predicts a great
bear panic within ten days.
Edward B. Smith & Company have
paid for Philadelphia & Erie $65 a
share. It may be .'hat this firm Is
acquiring as much of tho untradod
- per cent, of the otock as possible
with a view of turning it over to
tho Pennsylvania.
Erie's Inability to go ahead with
needed improvements, for the very
simple reason that it cannot (also
the necessary $$0,000,000, caused
heavy liquidation of that stock.
A Wall 8trect rumor In that when
H. C. Prick last, year sold such a
great block of I'.sadlng, ha harrowed
1 he shares fcr delivery, not deliver
ing niu own In order not to let the
brokers know from whom It was com
ing. It is also said, that the big
rally in prices Just before the panic
was due to his covering of this heavy
short contract.
Baltimore & Ohio's gross earnings
in February increased $136,786, but
net profits decreased $411,991. The
advance In wages represented $150,-
000.
If the Great Northern is prevent
ed by law from selling $60, 000,000
of new stock, J. J. Hill will probably
sell un equal amount of short term
notes. As he would put out tho stock
ut par, the money would cost the
company 7 per cent,, that being ihe
dividend rate. The notss can b6 sold
probably on c t per cent, basis so
that the Great Northern will save
t per cent, s year on Its uon money.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Parti
Emma, the 3-yesr-old daughter of
Benjamin Schelrer, of AllentOwn,
was fatally Injured In a fall from a
window of the second 'story of her
home. The little girl crept onto the
window sill, lost her balance and
fell.
John Dailcy, of Walnutport, was
struck and Instantly killed by a fast
freight train near his home.
fhorles F. Raap, who was chosen
Chief Burgess of Orwlgsburg at ths
last election, early tired of the office,
submitting his resignation. Thomas
I, Reed wuB named by the Court as
his successor.
The stocking of Schuylkill's de
pleted trout streams with fry has
been started there hnvlng been placed
at Indian Run, several miles west of
Pottsvllle, 1 5,000 young trout from
the) HarrlBburg fisheries.
A fund Is being raised by the peo
ple of Williamsport with which to
erect a memorial tablet In the city
hall In honor of the late John P.
Maloney, tho patrolman who was
murdered n week ago while attempt
ing to arrest a notorious criminal.
'Mr. nnd Mrs. Enos P. Flndlay, of
Quarryvtlle, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary by holding a
family reunion. Mr. Flndlay Is ono
of the oldest Odd Fellows In the
Stato and ho was presented with a
beautiful badge of the order.
Mnxlm Kredlch, a Russian, has
been found guilty of murder In the
second degree at Butler for beating
his wife to death. He fractured her
skull with a blow of his fist.
Upper Dublin Township, Montgom
ery County, Is $109 ahead, which the
auditors cannot account for and
neither can the treasurer.
Fort Washington Is talking nbout
applying for a borough charter.
His locomotive striking a loaded
mine car at Hickory Swamp Colliery,
near Shamokin, John Purcell, engi
neer, was thrown out of the locomo
tive and rolled over the edge of a
high, stoep culm bank and was badly
Injured.
The McTurk Coal Company, of Gl
rnrdvllle, hns let the contract for a
monster breaker. The contract price
Is $70,000 and the plant will have a
capacity of 900 tons dally.
Byron, the son of Rev. W. O. Feg
cly, of Trnppe, broke his leg by fall
ing down stairs.
The Collegevllle Fire Company
realized nbout $500 from a five
nights' bnznar.
The York Y. M. C. A. male chorus
will take a trip through Lancaster
County, led by Secretary H. Bailey,
of the association.
The body of Thomas Peach, of Lin
coln Street, Dickson City, who has
been missing from home for the past
four weeks, was found lying half
submerged In tho Lackawanna River.
How Peach came to his death will
very likely never be known. There
were no marks of violence on the
body, which was In a fair state of
preservation.
As a result of complications aris
ing out of the failure of the Farmers'
and Drovers' National Bank, at Way
nesburg, Elms Brothers, who conduct
big machine Bhops at the Green Coun
ty capital, made an assignment for
tho benefit of creditors. Suits aggre
gating $25,000 were entered lu the
courts at Waynesburg against J. L,
lams, former county recorder. They
are all the outgrowth of tho bank
failure.
Prof. J. Irvine White, of Carlisle,
formerly identified with school Inter
ests at Huntingdon, has been appoint
ed treasurer to the Board of Trustees
of DIcklnBon College, to succeed Fry
singer Evans, who has represented
Dickinson in that cnpaclty for soino
years. (
The Board of Tax Revision and Ap
peals of Easton has In three days In
creased the assessed valuation In the
First and Second Wards nearly $400,
000. Nearly all tJie Increases have
been rande In business properties.
The northbound Reading express
trnln from Philadelphia, heavily
loaded with passengers, narrowly
collided with an outbuilding which
had fallen from a terrace along the
railroad near Shamokin and landed
in the middle of the track. The en
gine tore the building in half and
kept on the rails along with the cars.
Lawrence H. Rupp has been chosen
as tho orator for the annual Memorial
day exercises to be held" in Allentown,
May 30.
At a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the First National Bank
plans for a new bank building were
accepted. The building is to cos)
in the neighborhood of $35,000 and
W11 be tho largest bank building in
the town. It will contain in addition
to the quarters occupied by the bank,
eleven offices, a large storeroom and
two lodge rooms to be occupied by
the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows. The structure Is to be of three
stories, the first of granite and the
second and third of terra cotta.
After frankly telling hor husband
that she loved another man, Mrs.
Samuel Kellenberger, of Lancaster, Is
said to have eloped with Garfield
Moore, who leaves behind him a wife
and five children. Both parties are
under 30 years of age. Mrs. Kellen
' berger Is an unusually attractive auburn-haired
girl. Moore was a trol
ley conductor and the affair is the
result of a street car romance. The
couple became accqualnted while
Moore was on a suburban resort line
which Mrs. Kellenberger frequented.
Charles De Huff, a Royersford
cigar manufacturer, who has made
experiments with tho soil on various
farms fn that locality, has Induced
a number of farmers o form a com
pany and engage in the raising of
tobacco. The soli Is said to be equal
to Lancaster County and over fifty
acres will bo planted this year as an
experiment.
Caught lu some machinery at the
Prlzei-Pnlnter S.tove Works, Wllmot,
Samuel Sheet had his right arm
so badly mangled that It had to be
amputated above the elbow.
From driuktng a quantity of Iodine
In mistake for medicine which was
prescribed for her, Mrs. W. W.
Young, of Pottsvllle, lies in a pre
carious condition. Antidotes, which
were promptly administered, may
suve her life. The mistake occurred
through taking Die medicine In the
dark and getting the bottles mixed.
Emanuel Broslus, head draftsman
for the Tamaqua Manufacturing
Company, trustee for Harmouy
Lodge, I. O. O. P., and a leading
member of Bethany M. K Church, Is
dead, aged 83 years. Death was
caused by an operation for Intestine!
' troubles.