NEW CRUSADE BY JOSEPH SECHLAB COXEY Plans Circus Campaign For Non-Inter-est-Bearing Bond Ideas. CRITICISES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Mr. Coxey Says: "1 Expect Soon To Be Worth Several Million Dollars and I Am Preparing To Take Up My Cam paign W here I Wag Forced To Leave It Several Year Ago." New York (Special). Joseph Bchler Coxey, of the "Coxey Army" Of 1894, Is planning another great national crusade on new and sensa Upnal lines, and he may commence Operations the present year. It all depends on the outcome of his Invest ments, which now look exceedingly promising. Since he went through bankruptcy two years ago, following the failure of the steel mill which he bad built at his home in Mount Ver Bon, Ohio, he has been engaged In retrieving his fortune. Mr. Coxey, the erstwhile "General Of the Commonwealth," was In New Tork several days ago. and said: "I expect soon to be worth sev eral million dollars and I am prepar ing to take up my campaign of edu cation where I was forced to leave It several years ago. I shall conduct this campaign on new and original lines and In a way that will be cer tain to attract the attention of the nation. I will travel with an entire train of cars and a tent capable of seating many thousands, and ray coming will be advertised in ad vance, exactly like a great circus. I Will also carry with me a complete company of high-priced performers, who will furnish entertainment for the cowds during the hours when 1 am not speaking, so that 'Coxey Day Will be a general holiday for miles around every town I visit. "This country Is becoming ripe for Just such a great movement. The in dications point that way. Look at Roosevelt. In some respects he Is more radical than I ever dared to be, and he is the head of the great con servative party of the country. Take his attitude for Instance, on the bond and currency question and note the peculiar coincidence as to dates. March 25 last, the thirteenth adver sary of my march to Washington. Mr. Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury Issued an order permitting Government bonds to be deposited in national banks on the mere se curity of railroad bonds. "Supposing that during the hard times of 1893 and 1894 when the people were crying for circulating medium I had proposed that the Gov ernment release currency to the pub lic on the deposit of railway bondB. what would have been said of me? Tou know what was said of me for proposing the Issuing of money based on non Interest-bearing State, muni cipal and township bonds. I was called crazy and u anarchist. And yet today, when the stock Jobbers In Wall Street want a little more money to gambl a with. President Roosevelt gives It to them on the precarious security of railroad bondc. "But this isn't the only evidence of radical tendencies now being hown by Mr. Roosevelt and others. The President is just now busy try ing to make It appear that he is being persecuted by a conspiracy of corporation magnates. He Is doing this because he knows that it Is the popular thing to do, that the people are in the humor to demand radical actions, and nil this would be very pleasing and satisfactory If We could believe that the President li sincere. But Is he sincere? In view of the revelations In relation to his dealing with Harrlman, tak ing his own statements for our evi dence, we have- a right to entertain doubts. I will believe in his sinceri ty when, and only when, a few of the railroad magnates who have vio lated the laws are In the penitenti aries. "In my crusade I shall advocate my non-lnterest-bearlng bond plan, which would furnish an elastic currency that would forever banish the danger of money stringency, as it would allow States, municipalities and town ships to utilize and legalize their own credit. I would also advocate the Government ownership of public utilities. I am 10 years ahead of Mr. Bryan on this platform. I refer to my testimony before the Ways and means Committee in Washington in 1895. when I said that the great (uestton was whether the railroads are going to own this Government r the Government Is going to own the railways, and I predicted In 10 fears the great Issue of Government wnership would come to a head." Two Men Barned To .Death, Saugus, Mass. (Special). Two nen were burned to death In a fire which destroyed the H. B. Newhull llde mill. The dead men are Oscar Bills and Michael Desmond, both of Maiden. The bodies were found near l chimney, where the men were in the habit of sleeping. The tide mill was used by the S. W. Gould Sons Drug Company and was the last of the mlllB along the Saugus River. The loss Is $25,000 Peary To Try Again. Washington (Special)- Command er R. E. Peary, United States Navy, has applied for an extension of leave of absence in order to resume his ef fort to reach the North Pole. The dash to the Pole will be attempted In the summer of 1908. Pastor Mown 1 nun Window. Columbus, Ohio (Special). Rev J. J. Blackshear, who came here from Mrashall. Texas, three weeks ago to occupy the pulpit made va cant by the death of Rev. Jas. Poln dexter, colored, was killed by an explosion of natural gas, caused by .'lighting a match la a room wherein the gas was escaping. Mr. niack shear was blown through a window 15 feet to the ground. Alonzo Davis, In whose room the explosion occur red, was severely burned. Navul (Strategy Program. Washington ( Special i. The Naval General Board, the equivalent of the General Staff of the Army, Is making arrangements to go In s body to Newport, R. I early In June to pre side over the development of a very Important program In naval tactics and strategy on a Urge scale. This subject will come before the War College there, and the General Hoard deems it essential to the proper exe cution of Its plans that all of Its members, including Admiral Dewey, the president, should be present In .person. THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic. The tuberculosis sanitarium found ed at San Juan, Porto Rloo, by the Antituberculosis League of Porto Rico was dedicated by Governor Wlnthrop. The Chicago Terminal Railway Company has filed a plea In court opposing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's proposition to assume the bonded Indebtedness and control of the terminal company. Abraham Ruef, on trial In 8an Francisco, charged with extortion, had a contract to receive $5,000 from the French restaurants. Governor Stuart, of Pennsylvania, has signed the two-cent mileage law, which will go Into effect September 30. A federal grand Jury at Cheyenne. Wyo., returned Indictments aglnst B. M. Holbrook. president of the Wy oming Coal Mining Company; E. T. McCarthy, E. K. Ixmubaugh and Robert McPhlpamey, charging con spiracy with Intent to defraud the government. Frank W. Hill, a stenographer, was arrested In New York, charged with having sold to a newspaper the letter of E. H. Harrlman to Sidney Webster, which raised a rumpus. The Western railroads centering In Chicago have granted an Increase of 10 per cent, but refuse the nine hour day to the men. Both tides have accepted the compromise. The scenic commission to consider the restoration of the American bank of Niagara gorge to a state of pri meval beauty began Its work at Nl ngara Falls. N. Y. News of the death In Hongkong of Bishop James N. Fltz Gerald, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was re ceived by the Methodist Book Con cern. Folke En gel Brandt was sentenced to 30 years In prison for robbery at the home of his former employer, Mortimer L. Schlff, the banker. The accounts of Ferdinand H. Dudenhefer, state tax collector of Louisiana, were found to be $40,000 short. Statistics compiled by the Penn sylvania Railroad shows that the sys tem now comprises 23,109 miles of track. Charles Calkins shot and killed himself In font of his sweetheart's home in Elkhart. Ind. Emllie Grlgsby, the ward of Charles T. Yerkes, the traction mil lionaire, has settled the suit agalnBt the Yerkes estate out of court, the young woman getting over two mil lions. Mrs. Ellen Berry Ryder, wife of a wealthy New Yorker, and member of an old Dutch family, ended her life by hanging herself. A woman, expensively gowned and wearing ewels, was captured by the police in a raid on a New York opium den. Six hundred tunnel workers in New York had narrow escapes from being trapped underground by tire. Ambassador Charlemangne Tower declares the Germans have confidence in the American "squaro deal." The destruction of San Francisco's electric light plant by fire put out all the lights in the city. Governor Hughes Issued a war rant for the surrender to Chicago officers of Hattle Kelly, alias Hattie Nolan, who was arrested in Albany on the charge of stealing 11,700 and jewelry last month from Joseph Nolan in Chicago. The will of the late William H. Procter, the soap manufacturer, di rects that theh property, amounting to $10,000,000 be divided equally among his five children. J. J. Hill resigned as president of the Great Northern Railroad and was mane cnairman oi me uoara or ai rectors, and his son, L. W. Hill, was elected president. ro reign. Negotiations are understood to be proceeding between the British com panies concerned in the Argentine meat trade with the view to effect ing an agreement to restrict supplies and keep up prices. According to an English health of ficer, 75 per cent, of the canned goods imported into England from the United State are not labeled and English firms put on their own labels. With the exception of Gen. M. P. Staal, minister of war, the entire Dutch Cabinet has withdrawn Its resignation at the resqtlest of the Queen. Japan and Turkey are negotiating with the view to establishing embas sies of the countries at the respec tive capital. The McDonald engineering build ing, at McGlll University, Montreal, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $750, 000. In the elections In Finland the So cialists won SO of the 200 seats in the Diet. The Sultan of Turkey will, It Is believed, concede all the French de mands. Many Conservative members of the douma withdrew In protest against a declaration by a Social-Democrat charging the Russian government with bad faith in dissolving the first parliament. Governor Magoon has ordered the Investigation of the murder of Jose Ayola, former chief of police of Grimes which appears to have been the outcome of political feeling. Thte memoirs of the late M. Po bedonoatseff .exprocurator of the Rus sian Holy Synod, contain letters which will throw llghth upon court Intrigues. Dowager Queen Christina of Spuln has completely recovered from her recent Blight Indisposition. Documentary evidence of a plot of rectlonary organizations, supported by court Influences to cause the dis solution of the douma, is published. Twenty-eight shocks of eathquake In Bltills have destroyed several hun dred houses and caused the loss of eight lives. The German Anarchist Congress met near Mannheim and adopted a resolution to form an organization extending throughout the empire. Professor Genty. of the French Geodetb Mission, says the anti-European agitation In Morocco has not subsided. Many of the Japanese are on their way to the United States with pass ports which will not open the doors to them. The organization of an antlgov ernment society has been discovered in Laguuu Province, lu the Philip pines. The British first cruiser squadron sailed fern the West Indies for (he Jamestown Exposition. The Chinese government has or dered through a German firm at Tientsin 2.000,000 rlfiei for the uni form equipment of the Chinese Army. SCORE KILLED BY UN AWFUL TORNADO Violent Storm Sweeps Through Three States. FOUR TOWNS ART DEVASTATED. TRAIL OF RUIN 300 MILES LONG IN THE SOUTH. Great Damage to Crops and. Prop erty In Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Terrible Scenes in the Town of Alexandria Insane Asylum at Jackson la Demolished, Three of the Inmates Being Killed and Many Injured Train of Care Is Rolled y the Wind's Fury Paiwengcr Steamer Wrecked. New Orleans (Special). A score of persons were killed by a tornado which swept over three hundred miles across portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Parts of four towns were devastated, with damage exceeding $600,000. The wind damaged property, crops and telegraph wires throughout its course. The. tornado began at Alexandria, La., soon after 1 o'clock A. M., kill ing four persons there, probably fa tally Injuring three and Beriously In juring 13 others. Soon after daylight It neared the Mississippi River, killing five persons at Jaikson, La., while at Bayou Sara, La., at least half a dozen others are reported killed. There was one fatal Injury at Jackson. The tornado next appeared at Car son. Miss., where great property dam age was done, and disappeared about near Selma, Ala., where the Inhabi tants saw whirling clouds rise into the air as they crossed the river. A negro was reported killed near Sel ma. A Night of Terror. Alexandria, a town of about 10,000 Inhabitants, had a fearful experi ence. When the tornado struck the electric lights went out, the cracking of falling buildings could be heard above the noise of the wind, and vivid lightning flashes showed such sights as an empty Iron Mountain passenger train rolling over and over. Immediately after the wind spent its violence a heavy hailstorm added to the general discomfort. The main portion of Alexandria escaped tho worst tornado, which cut a path through the northern portion of the town, a residence quarter. About a scoro of homes were demolished, 59 were dnmaged and altogether about 100 buildings were wrecked, Including several bus iness houses. The Iron Mountain Railroad lost Its roundhouse. A freak of the wind drove a small sec tion of a house into an empty pas senger coach, wedging these two bodies almost Inextricably together. In the woods about the town the tornado cut down trees and small cabins In a narrow line about nine miles long. Several houses were blown down at Plneville and injuries were reported. The wind did much damage to crops. At daylight Alexandria began clear ing debris. The damage was esti mated at $200,000. At Jackson. La., the insane as ylum was wrecked, with a total loss of about $200,000. In addition to ) three female Inmates killed many others were injured. Mrs. acn Lea's residence was blown down and her daughter Mary was severely in jured. Many Negroes Killed. Two negroes were killed on a nearby plantation, while reports from the surrounding country indicated that there was probably more loss of life among negroes, whose flimsy cabins tumbled on the heads of the occupants. At Bayou Sara several passengers on the steamer BetBy Ann had a thrilling escape. The Besy Ann was severely wrecked. While breaking tlmbe-s from the steamer and from the shore flew through the air, the crew got all the paspengers safely ashore. First Mate Abe Crothers Crothers suffered an arm broken, and hardly a member of the crew .escaped without painful bruises. At Carson, Miss., the Mississippi Central Railroad Depot was blown down,, as well as a church, a school house, two business buildings and several cabins. Here the tornado's path was only 200 yardB wide. From Carson the storm crossed the state line Into Alabama, where It be gan to lose much of Its destructive power. Peculiar weather conditions prevailed all day throughout South Louisiana and Mississippi. Sudden rains were followed by clear skies and gusts of wind were Incessant. Details are arriving slowly, as many wires are down. Returned 874,3170 Demi Letters. Washington (Special). The Di vision of Dead Letters broke all records by returning to senders dur ing theh month of March 374,279 undelivered letters and packages. The record for a single day In the re turning branch of the division was also broken during last month, when 14.488 letters were returned on the 28th. Painters u a strike. Richmond, Va. (Special). About 200 union pointers went out on strike here for $2.80 a day and eight hours work, the rate at present being $2.50 a day, with nine hours work. 10,000,000 Steel Plant. New York (Special). It was an nounced that the Finance Committee of the United States Steel Corpora tion at a meeting authorized the con struction of the new steel plant at Duluth, Minn. It 1b expected that the new plant will cost about $10, 000,000. The site already has been accepted and work wl.'l be begun at. once. The plant win manufacture steel rails, structural shape:, and bars. Money For Starving hlldri'i. Washington, (Special) . Commis sary General Sharpe, of the Army, who Is superintending the shipment to China of the food supplies con tributed by Louis Klopsch, of the Christian Herald, received $60,000 (lOH Mr. Klopsch. In addition to a previous contribution of $50,000. The fund of $1 10,000 thus available, will be used for the purchase of .'1.000 tons of flour, which will be shipped to China on the United States Army transport Buford, sail ing from Han Francisco on the 30th Inst. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. Senator Elklns has decided to pay tho Jury's award of $5,000 In the suit of Robert Burton and G. A. Du breuil, which grew out of the Bale of the Western Maryland Railroad by Baltimore City. . The Interstate Commerce Commls Blon concluded Its hearing in the In vestigation of Mr. Harrlman's tranB actlons in railroad securities and held the case under advisement. The Senate Commltee on Military Affairs, which Is Investigating the Brownsville affray, has agreed to take a recess until May 14. The President has decided to ap point O. O. Smith, of Maine, to be director of the Geological Survey. Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, is said to have been the man who, whllo under the influence of wine, betrayed the combination that had been formed to prevent Roosevelt naming the Republican nominee for pi iMftut The Salvadorean Minister of Fi nance appealed to Secretay Bacon to aid lo terminating the Central Ameri can struggle, contended that Salva dor haa not declared war against Nicaragua. The Russian Ambassador deliver ed to Secretary Root the Russian cir cular relative to the coming peace conference at The Hague. The executive committee of the In ternational Arbitration Conference appointed delegates to the Interna tional Peace Conference. Mrs. Annie M. Bradley, who shot to death former United States Sena tor Arthur Brown, will plead mental Irresponsibility as her defense to the indictment for murder. An important conference waB held at the White House on the subject of trust prosecutions, but no conclu sions were reached. Capt. William Swift, who was in command of the battleship Connecti cut when it grounded near Culebra, haB been found guilty of Inattention and neglect of duty by a court-martial and the Captain has been sus pended from duty for nine months and will lose three numbers. Capt. Samuel p. Ly6n, of Com pany D, Twenty-fifth Infantry, testi fied that his opinion had changed about the Brownsville affair, and now he did not believe the negro troops guilty. Archie Roosevelt, the President's son, took his first outing since his serious illness with diphtheria. Dr. Wiley, of the Agricultural De partment, has made arrangements for Instituting prosecutions under the new food law. Spry Until Death At 108. Ashevllle, N. C. (Special). Miss Kate Brannock died at her home, near Flat Top Church, in Haystack section of Surrey County, at the age of 108 years. She was the. oldest person in the county, and had been remarkably healthy all her life until Bhe finally succumbed to old age. She could see without glasses, having second sight, and two years ago she cut her third set of teeth. Haiti Satisfied With Treaty. Washington (Special). Mr. Leger, the Haitian Minister, called on Sec retary Root and assured him that the reports concerning tho alleged hostility of Haiti to the ratification of the treaty between the United States and Santo Domingo are abso lutely without foundation. The min ister says Haiti is satisfied that the United States does not desire to ac quire territory In Santo Domingo. Gives $100,000 To Yale. New York (Sueclal). Among the bequests made In the will of Wm. C. Egelston, of New York, who died March 25, and which was filed for probate here, is one of $100,000 to Yale University to establish a fund, to be known as the "Wm. C. Egels ton fund." the Income of which 1b to be used for the purchase of stand ard works anil rare editions for the general library of the university. Mexican Railway Accident. Vera Cruz, Mexico (Special). In a collision between two freight trains on the Mexican Railway (Old Vera Cruz Road, between Rlconada and Tamarlndo, seven men lost their lives and traffic wag blocked for 11 hours. Several persons were injur ed. The cause of the wreck Is not known. The dead Include both en gineers Americans. The others were Mexican trainmen. Women ivtiins Of Palmist. Greensboro, N. C. (Specal). A warrant has been Issued against Earl Varetare, a palmist and clairvoyant, charging him with larceny. Vare tare Is accused of taking jewelry and money to the amount of $10,000 from prominent women and others whose fortunes he told. Varetaro has left the city. Another Carnegie Gift. Pittsburg (Special). W. N. Frew, president of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Institute, made pub lic a letter he received from Andrew Carnegie In New York announcing that Mr. Carnegie has made an en dowment of $6,000,000 to the Insti tute. This gift la In addition to the $4,000,000 given by Mr. Carnegie' some time ago. Suicide On A Train. Washington (Special). As the St. Louis-New York Express was run ning between Dickersou and Barnes-' vllle, on the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Stephen Bhelllga, of 2774 McCurdy Street, Cleveland, O., committed BUl clde by shooting himself through the head. When examined by a physician upon the arrival at Washington the man was found to be dead, and the body was turned over to the police authorities and taken to the morgue. Ex-Police Chief Killed. Havanua (Special). Jose Ayala, ex-chief of police of Guinea, Ha vana province, was assussluated at Guines. The crime apparently was political, as the victim led the gov ernmental forces In the vicinity or Guinea during the August revolution, thereby incurring so much eniflit.v that he went to Mexico, from which country be had Just returned, The assassin, whoh was a member of the late rebel army, escaped. The Gov ernor of Havana, has sent a com mittee and several detectives to In vestigate the crime. THEY 00 NOT WANT CUBANS TO CONTROL Foreign Interests Have No Confidence In Them. NO PROTECTION UNDER CUBAN RULE, Hflicf That Foreign Pressure Will Re Exerted Upon the United States to Continue to Hule the Island-Trench Minister Said to Have Informed Ills Government of This Fael. Havana (Special ) . 8ooner or lat er the United StateB government will meet with pressure from abroad re garding the Cuban situation. The French Minister here has Informed his government that there will be no certainty of the protection of property If the republic Is re-established and the CubatiB are placed In control. The provisional government officials are not In accord with this view. French Interests In Cuba are quite large, and what France thinks may have considerable effect. It is further learned that certain powerful British Interests recentlv asked the foreign office In London to request permission from the Unit ed States to station three British war ships In Cuban waters when the Americans leave. Great Britain, however, Is not like ly to make any such embarrassing request, because the answer would probably be that the United States Is able to attend to her own affairs, and, being responsible for Cuba's conduct, she would preserve order and protect property as at present. However, these two Instances show the feeling of disquietude. It is certain that the American troops will remain here until the summer of 1908. Palltlclans and business Interests hope for a declaration of pollcv by Secretary of War Taft. Many think that the United States will abandon the policy of re-establishing the gov ernment and getting out, but this is unlikely, it is more probable that the occupation will be continued In definitely. A proposition Is now being con sidered of taking a census. The ad visory commission, consisting of representatives of all the parties, Is unanimously agreed that this would merely mean a delay of several months before the election and the census would determine the basis of registration. Then (he minor elec tion could be held, followed by the presidential election. The efficiency of the observatory of Belen College, the famous Jesuit Institution, which has a widespread reputation for Its prediction work, has been ruined by electrical currents from the street-car lines recently es tablished. Every time a car moves It causes a discharge of electricity which seriously affects the magnetic instruments. After prolonged, but unsuccessful, appeals to the railway company, the Jesuits have appealed to Governor Magoon for relief. It will be recalled that last fall the observatory predicted the great hur ricane, which resulted In the saving of millions of dollars' worth of prop erty. The institution was establish ed In 1858. The committee of Liberal generals that recently started from Havana for a trior of the Island to sound the Bentiment of the people regarding the rival candidates for the presi dency, Alfredo Zayas and Jose Miguel Gomez, and to try to establish peace In the Liberal party before the arri val here of Secretasy Taft, has brok en up In discord at Santiago. At a meeting held there recrimi nations were freely exchanged among the members of the committee, the lie was passed and the proceedings became so disorderly that the police were obliged to Intervene. INFERNAL MACHINE FOR RIVAL. Bomb Explodes Mangling The Recipi ent And Wrecking Room. Schnectady. N. Y. (Special). Dan iel Miller lies In the hospital suffer lug from what doctors say will prove fatal Injuries received by the explos ion of nn Infernal machine which was sent to him by express from North Adams, Mass. The police ar rested John Hallinan as the author of the crime. It Is alleged that Hal linan sent the bomb because of his love for Miss Lillian A. Bedard, a stenographer, to whom Miller was to be married in June. Miller received the package Wed nesday evening. As soon as he starts ed to open It In his room the explo sion occurred. Miller was found on the bed horribly mangled and the room was completely wrecked. The police believe Hallinan In sane. He talked about an Invention he is trying to perfect, and without any prompting by the police told about a package he had received last Sunday and which he had re fused to take, suspecting that it came from the Black Hand, by whom he alleges he has been threatened. The police have recovered from Halllnan's room several dry batteries and coils of wire similar to those used In the Infernal machine which Injured Miller. IN THE FINANCIAL WORLR London continues to sell large quantities of American stocks. Almost every week now the Penn sylvania breaks a record for the movement of freight trains. The bulls say William Rockefeller Is putting up St. Paul, which Is a familiar type of stock market story when prices advance. In 1905 there were In the United States 327,851 stockholders of' American rullroads, tin? Pennsylva nia leading with 42,000 and Atchi son with 17,823. Union Pacific's gross earnings In February gained $324,890, but net profits decreased $56,170. Southern Pacific's gross Increased $2,056,254 and the net earnings increased $1, 148,520. A good deal of the $126,000,000 disbursed In dividends and Interest on April 1, Is going back Into securi ties. That the short interest in the mar ket has been tremendously reduced Is the opinion of leading bankers of Philadelphia and New York. The buying by bears has been the bigest reason for Die advancing prices. The aveiugo daily earnings of the I'nlted Railroads of San Francisco are now running a bo i' $111,936 com pared with $20,874 Just prior to the earthquake. It 1 said that 90 per cent, of tho companv s railway mile age In that city Is now la operation. THE PEACE CDNGRESS Obstacle Arises to the Hague Conference. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). Tbe Russian representatives abroad have been directed to communicate a cir cular note regarding The Hague Peace Conference, the main feature of which Is the announcement that Russia, Germany and Austria re serve the right to abstsln from the dlscuBslon of questions "which, in their opinion, cannot lead to prac tical results," meaning the limita tions of armaments. Russia, In making her reservation, re-afBrmB her adherence to the form er program for the conference. On the other hand, Great Britain and Japan reserve the right to ab stain from the discussion of any points In the Russian program from which, according to their views, sat isfactory conclusions are not obtain able. The question of the limitation of armaments, according to the Russian note, Is proposed by three powers, the United States. Oreat Britain and Spain, ( United States also pro pn'li.g the addition of the Drago doctrine to the program and several slates reserve the right to present Independent propositions to the con- lerence on questions connected with the Russian program, but not direct ly mentioned in It. In conclusion, the note states that the Russian minister at The Hague has been Instructed to ask the gov ernment of the Netherlands to Is sue final invitations to the confer ence In order that It may bo opened In the middle of June. ENGLAND AND ARMAMENTS. Her Insistence Upon Discussing It Cannes Surprise, London (By Cable). Oreat Brit ain has not withdrawn or in ,any way altered her requost that the re duction of the exprdltures on arma ments should bi placed on the pro gram of subjects it) be discussed at The Hague Peace Conference. A note was dispatched to Russia March 26 requesting that the ques tion of the limitation of armaments be placed' on the program. "The contents of this nqte, which were communicated to the powers, made this plain," said an official of the foreign office to the Associated Press today, adding that he could not un derstand how 'any other Interpreta tion could be placed upon It, "bb seems to have been done in Berlin." This note, besides a request for the inclusion of the limitation of arma ments question In the program, sug gested that a committee might be ap pointed to formulate a scheme for the limitation of armaments. Berlin. The statement made at the British Foreign Office that Great Britain had not in any way altered her request that the question of limitation of armaments be Included in the prgoram for the coming peace conference at The Hague causes some sflrprise In Berlin, as the Ger man Foreign Office's understanding Is that Great Britain does not insist on the question being Informally In cluded in the program, but only re serves the privilege of raising the question in the conference, thus leav ing the other powers free to partake in or abstain from its discussion. ATTEMPT. TO WRECK TRAIN. Plates Holding Rail Ends Together Removed. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). A das tardly attempt to wreck the Chicago Limited, on the Pennsylvania Rail road, the second time within a month, was made near Penn Station. Fish-plates were removed from two rail Joints and a number of spikes drawn, but the train passed over the Joints without leaving the trackB. Penn Station is In what is known as the railroad danger zone. The first attempt to wreck the Chicago Limited was made near Turtle Creek, not far from Penn, and during the past three weeks the Chicago Ex press and the Keystone Express were ditched by wreckers in the same dis trict. In every case the wreckers re moved fishplates which connect, the rails, and when the trains reached the rail-Joints which had beec tam pered with they left the track. StinpUflBd Spelling. The Simplified Spelling Board, at Its annual meeting, appointed a com mittee consisting of President David Starr Jordan, of Leland Stanford University; Prof. James W. Bright and Benjamin E. Smith to consider the advisability of appointing an ad viBory board to be consulted as to the adoption of change In spelling. Addresses in favor of spelling reform were delivered by E. O. Valle, of Chicago; James W. Bright, of Johns Hopkins; William T. Harris, ex-Unlt-ed States commissioner of education, and W. Leconte Stevens, of Wash ington and Lee University. Rank Teller Gets Six Years. Cincinnati, O. (Special). Barthol omew G. Cavagna, former toller In the First National Bank In this city, was indicted by the federal grand Jury for the embezzlement of $20. 483, was Immediately arraigned, pleaded guilty and was given a six year sentence In the Ohio Penitenti ary. Only three minutes were taken from reporting the indictment to the final sentence. Luwton Monument. Indianapolis, Ind. iSpeclal). The Lawtou Monument Commission has decided that the exercises Incident to the unveiling of tie monument to the memory of Gen. Henry W. Lawton, including an address by President Roosevelt, will bu held the morning of Decoration Day, May 30. Governor Hanly will Introduce the President. The commission wishes to have United States regulars de lalned from Fort Sheridan and Fori ThomBB to take part In the program Worried Muy Day. Paris (By Cable). Speculation relative to the labor demonstrations May t, with forecasts of disturb ances, occupy a large space in the newspapers. The secretary of the Federation of Labor, who was Inter viewed on the subject, declined 0 disclose tho program decided upon He declares, however, that the stop page of work would be general in France on that date. The govern ment's precautions to prevent disor ders are complete and the officials believe that May Day will pass off peaceably. "TTATElEPElsyllir Latest News Gleaned Pram Various Parts. Michael Bender, of Chester, while playing on the Heading Railroad tracks, attempted to go between two moving trains when he was caught and his body crushed. An eight foot vein of coal WBQ discovered at the North Franklin Colliery, owned by the Philadelphia ft Heading Coal & Iron Company, ind when developed work will bo fur nished an additional number of men. B. Frank Dlehl has been appointed reneral agent of the Allentown Ter minal R. R. Company, to succeed the ate George Twining. Three Houses wero totally destroy id by Are at Old Forge. All three ivere owned by Prof. FrBnk Coyne. Dne was occupied by him, the other! y John McGlnley and Patrick Con way. The officials of the First Baptist Church, or Media, have decided to irect a new church building at a Bt of about $25,000. The new edl !ce will be built on the site of the nld building and will be one of the finest In the borough. John Galoskl, 8 years old, was In stantly killed hy a trolley car at Ply- mouth. E. II. Odenweldrr. of Seldersvllle, I is the owner of three horses whose i combined ages amount to 96 years. All actively engaged In farm work this Spring. The oldest animal ,ia 36 and the youngest 28. SherlfT Roberts, of Northampton County, while eating raw oysters In a Nazareth restaurant, found two pearls worth $100. The executor of the estate of Al fred S. Weyer, a wealthy resident of York, who died about one year ago, leaving his property to charity, paid $4,370 as collateral inheritance tax. This Is the largest amount of money eve- paid to the State by an estate In that county. Daniel Froellch, a stove tender at the Warwick furnace, Pottstown, opened a stove door while the gas pressure was on the furnace and he was thrown fifty feet and so badly In jured that he died in the Pottstown Hospital. The stove which he opened had a pressure of 800 pounds to the square Inch and the unfortunate man was blown from the door as If he had Been shot from a gun. Hanna Wilson, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wilson, of Alrville, died from the effects of swallowing a quantity of jarbolic acid. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson lad left their home to visit friends ind a 10-year-old daughter was left in charge of the child. While tho other girl was absent temporarily from the kitchen the child obtained possession of a bottle of carbolic acid and drank the contents. When her sister returned she found the little one lying on the floor writhing In agony, still grasping the empty bot tle. Flte of mysterious origin destroy ed the home of Ludwig Shappel, a farmer, at Locust Valley. The fam ily saved practically nothing, their loss including $150 in cash, which was kept in the house. The shock of her husband's death on Sunday, killed Mrs. Amos Moyer, ... w..,.,t;..., OhA . .. .1 v. , in I V. l.CBUIUg. . :i uau llddl lu ill I health for some time and when her husband died, became prostrated and never regained consciousness. The husband was 75 years old and the wife' was 70. The charred body of Isaac Eaches, the feeble-minded son of Jacob Eaches, of Lionvllle, was found along a lonely stretch of country road near his home. Considerable mystery Is attached to the case and Coroner McKlnley has begun a rigid Investi gation. The boy, who was 18 years old, was in the habit of taking long and solitary walks. A portion of a cigar found near the body leads to the belief that In attempting to light the clgar his clothing caught fire and burned hin to death beforV aid could reach turn. John Wllskl, a miner and contrac tor, and a leader in labor unions, was waylaid by a band of highwaymen on a lonely spot while returning from work at Shenandoah. Wllskl put up a stubborn battle, but was no match for the band. Before he was sub dued he was shot in the arm and otherwise severely Injured by being clubbed. H1b condition is serious. John Ell more, "the poor cobbler of Altoona," whose fuel discovery promises to revolutionize the indus trial world returned from Pittsburg after demonstrating to the manufac turing interests of that city that his discovery is a success. Before leav ing Pittsburg through the United .States Inspector at the armor plate plant he arranged to give a demon stration at Annapolis, .Mil., In the presence of prominent navy officials and Government experts. The dem onstration will begin April 15 and continue for two weeks. Ellmore received a telegram from Chicago coul offering him $6,000,000 straight If he would bury his secret and never reveal It to the world, as it is thought the process will kill the coal industry in a few years. Shamokin City Council has resolv ed to grant exonoratlon of taxes for five years to foreign industries that shall locate there. Falling to heed In time the warn ing of a fellow-workman, John Et tingham was crushed to death by 'a huge piece of gun ordnance weighing twenty-six tons that slipped from a flat car on which it was being moved at South Bethlehem. Because the will of John Brelsch, of Lower Macungle, was so badly written In German that it could not be deciphered, Register of Wills Koh ler, of Allentown, refused to admit '.he document to probate and appoint ed Brlesch's two sons as adminis trators. The charter of Franklin and JTowa--nenslng Electric Railway was filed In Recorder Davis' office, In Allen town. Tho company will connect Lehlghton, Palmertoh and Slatlngtdn by trolley. The lino will he elgth .miles long. Mahanoy City carpenters, who made a demand for an increase of 5 cents an hour, have compromised on a S cent advance. The craft now receives '33 cents an hour for a nine hour workday. After being idle for a period of twelve years the million dollar steel plant of the Pottstown Iron Company has beeu leased by tho Heading Iron 1 Company and arrangements were made to place the plant lu operation again In a few weeks. The teachers of the Chester publlo schools have framed a resolution asking that the Board of Gklucatln1 lve tham more sal'.
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