THE APRIL SNOWS
WORTH MILLIONS
Beneficial To The Grain Crops In
The Northwest
SOIL IN GOOD SHAPE FOR CROPS-
While the Fruits That Had Advanced
Darin the Warm March Weather Are
Damaged by the Freeze, the Loaa I
Offaet by the Hm- til or the Snowfall
to the Grain--The Railroad Reports.
Omaha. Neb. (Special). As a
result of the nnprecedentcdly warm
weather which prevailed during the
greater part of the month of Mnrch
and the freezing weather and heavy
snowfall of the last few days early
fruits, such as peaches, plums nnd
cherries, In this region have been
injured, but the genernl opinion Is
that the damage Is not as great as
has been reported.
Indeed, many are of the opinion
tbat while early fruits have been
Injured, and In some lnstnca kill
ed, and possibly some of the latter
rarletlcs have been hurt, the bene
fit resulting to the grain crops from
the snowstorm more than offset the
damage.
"Our reports from points along
the lines of our road are not un
favorable," aald (i. W. Loomls. as
sistant general manager of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Qulncy Rail
road. "The fruit in the southern
part of Nebraska which the unusual
warm wenther in March had hrought
to an advanced state of development
Is reported to have been pretty bad
ly damaged, but little or no damage
Is reported from points north. The
mow. however, did a vast amount
of good to winter wheat, and has
put the ground In line condition for
other farm crops."
Similar reports have been receiv
ed at the general offices of the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway.
"The snowfall was worth millions
to the State." Raid C. F. Redlngton.
clerk to General Manager Didwall,
of the Northwestern. "Our reports
do not Indicate that fruit has ban
much hurt, so far .19 can now be
told.
"Our work has to do with weather
conditions nnd not to their effect on
crops," said Forecaster A. L. Welsh,
of the local Weather Bureau, "but
from such reports as "have come In
I do not believe conditions are as bad
as they have been represented. Early
fruit hns been hurt, but It Is, I be
lieve, far from true that the fruit
crop has been destroyed. The record
for warm weather In March was bro
ken twice during last month, and the
average for the month was far above
that for the 37 years since the
Weather Bureau was established:
but the record for April, so far, has
been very little below normal."
St. Paul. Minn. (Special) .Ac
cording to officials of the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern Rall
roadB there have been no snowstorms
along these lines In the West for sev
eral weekB. particularly west of the
Rocky Mountains. The local Weath
er Bureau has no record of recent
heavy snowstorms, except, in the
Canadian Northwest. The heavy
snows of the winter throughout
North Dakota and Montana ore ex
pected to be of great benefit to farm
ers of those states, especially In
grain regions where there Is only a
slight rainfall during the summer l the safe
HE KM OF THE WEEK.
Domestic.
Benedict Otmbel. the Philadelphia
millionaire who' was arrested In New
York nd later admitted to ball on
the double charge cf Improper con
duct and attempted bribery of a po
lice officer, tried to kill himself In
a Hoboken hotel.
The Ann Arbor Railroad denies
the right of the State of Ohio to
regulate the equipment of Its rolling
stock, maintaining that only the na
tional government exercises control
over Interstate commerce.
The administration ticket of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company has
been officially declared elected by
the Inspectors of eloctlon appointed
for the purpose of counting the votes.
Salvatore Cicmoreae. an Italian
banker of New York, received an In
fernal machine by express from an
unknown man who has been demand
ing $2,000 by mail.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has
declared the Muller act, to finance
Chicago municipal ownership of
street car lines, unconstitutional.
The hand wlndowglass plants of
Pittsburg, employing over IS. 000
men, are to close down owing to
being oveistocked.
The northern part of the Island of
Luzon was shaken by an earthquake
and considerable property was de
stroyed. Secret Service ngents are Investi
gating a plot among Hazlcton (Pa.)
anarchists to assassinate President
Roosevelt.
Evelyn Thaw says she longs for
the simpler life on a Western ranch.
Edward A. Nelson, a rai'way mall
clerk, confessed stealing a packet
containing $10,000 from a pouch en
rout, from Wilmington, N. C. to New
York.
Secretary Taft and his party sailed
from San Juan for home, accom
panied by Beekman Wlnthrop. the
retiring governor, and Mrs. Wln-
thtop.
The fourth trial In Boston of "Dr."
John Sinclair on the charge of caus
ing the denth of Annie M. Russell
resulted In his acquittal.
The new battleship Kansas was
put Into commission at the League
Island Navy Yard, with Captain Vreel.
In command.
The Columbus (O.) grand Jury
returned a number of Indictments
against the members of the Ice TruBt
in that city.
Two hundred additional suits were
Instituted In San Fraiivlsco against
insurance companies on account of
the big lire.
Joseph Bush, wanted for com
plicity In the robbery of a Missouri
Pacific train, was arrested at Myrtle
Pointi Ore.
After losing his last hundred dol
dars on the races, J. Richmond, of
Boston, committed suicide In New
York.
Floods during March caused the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad a loss
of $400,000.
Regis H. Post was Inaugurated
governor of Porto Rico.
The answers of all the defendants
In the suit to force the leaders of
Christian Science Churches to ac
count for the property of Mrs. Eddy
as filed not only deny most of the
allegations of the plaintiffs, but de
clare that the action Is not brought
in good faith.
John Gunderson, a discharged em
ploye of the Northern Express Com
pany, Is accused by Clerk Zimmer
man of stealing $25,000 from the
company's safe at the Union Depot,
St. Paul. Minn., by forcing Zimmer
man at the point of a pistol to open
FAMINE HORRORS
OF TWO NATIONS
The Suffering Millions of Russia
and China.
COUNTLESS NUMBERS ARE DYING.
Dr. hennnrd Declares This I the Worst
Famine Russia Has Ever Known
Twenty Million People Cannot Live
Without Aid to See Another Harvest
Death's Reign in China.
A GHASTLY RECORD.
Rl'SSIA Twenty million people
In the Southeastern povlnces I
facing starvation.
Hundreds of thousands to
whom even the harvests cannot
bring relief.
Young women prostituting i
themselves to obtain food.
CHINA Three million actully
starving; 10,000,000 more on I
verge of starvation.
Five thousand dying dally i
from destitution.
Parents exchanging their chil
dren to be eaten; women and
children eating the hark and I
roots of trees and the green j
scum of vegetation from ponds.
oaths,
Denver, Col. (Special). A sharp
drop In temperature followed the
snowstorm. 1 4 above zero being re
corded by the Weather Bureau In
Denver and Pueblo, and fruit of all
kinds lu Eastern Colorado, according
to reports, was nipped In the bud.
At Grand Junction, the center of the
more Important fruit region west of
the Continental Divide, the tempera
ture fell 80 degrees, and tho weath
er observer there reported Sunday
that the condlton of fruit was grave.
The damage to the fruit in this state,
according to some estimates, may
amount to several million dollars;
nearly all other crops will be greatly
benefitted by the moisture.
Kills Direct Vote BOX
Harrlshurg, Pa. (Special). The
house bill giving the voters of the
State an opportunity to express their
choice for United States Senators at
the uniform primary elections, one
of the most Important political bills
before the present legislature, failed
on final passage in the senate, the
Tote being 22 to 22. A majority
vote of the senate, 26. was neres
sary to pans the hill.
To Reconcile Difference.
Washington (Special). Charge
Brown telegraphed the State Depart
ment from Amapula. Honduras, that
the representative- of Salvador and
Nicaragua, appointed for the purpose,
began a conference, with the ob
ject of composing the differences be
tween those countries that threaten
a renewal of hostilities in Central
America. Ills dispatch did not indi
cate the result of the meeting.
Prayers For Italn In Cuba.
Havanna (Special I. Prayers were
offered in all the churches through
out the Island Sunday for rain, which
has not fallen for six months. The
country Is parched, many cattle are
dying and forest fires are devastat
ing various sections.
FRANCE HONORS CARNEGIE
Given The Cross of The Legion of
Honor.
Lost Child DM.
Tamaqua, Pa (Ipeeikl) The body
of John Sobel, aged sir years, who
disappeared from Hauto a week ago,
and who was thought to have been
kidnapped, was found lying beside a
mine breach on the Lansford Moun
tain. The condition of the child's
body Indicates that ho had been dead
at least four days, and It Is b lieved
that be wandered away and died of
hungea sftid exhaustion. It was at
first reported that he had been en
ticed awny by a strange man.
94S.OOO For Apartment.
New York (Special). John W.
Gates is the latest of several well
knowu men who have selected the
New Plaza Hotel, Central Park South
and Fifth Avenue, for a residence.
Mr. Gates has dosed a contract for
the lease of the largest apartment In
the hotel under which ho 1 to pay
$12,000 a year. John A. Drake and
many other men who have been nota
ble winter residents of the great ho
tols farther downtown will move to
the New Plaza when It la opened next
autumn.
Books and records of the Ameri
can Ice Company are missing from
the office of the Attorney General of
New York.
Chief of Police Shlppyr, of Chica
go, acknowledges he contributed
$100 toward the election of Mayor
Busse.
C. L. Scruggs was shot and killed
by a guard while escaping from the
North Carolina Penitentiary.
Every vote Hearst received In the
New York mayoralty fight cost him
$1.25.
A committee of the National Pub
licity Law Conference is considering
a resolution asking that the cam
paign contribution books of the last
presidential campaign be opened for
Inspection.
foreign.
The British government makes
public a part of the correspondence
between Rear Admiral Davis and
ex-Governor Swettenham, of Jamai
ca, resulting in the resignation of
the latter as governor of Jamaica.
M. Ponomarleff, chief of the gov
ernment detectives in the Russian
lloitma, is threatened with dismissal
because he Invented the story of a
conspiracy he pretended to have discovered.
The coal miners' strike in the dis
trict of Alberta, Manitoba, is becom
ing serious, and although President
Mitchell has ordered the men back
to work, it Is said they will refuse
to obey.
The Reirhstag discussed methods
of exterminating the phylloxera from
the vineyards of Germany and the
question of experimenting with
American stocks.
The Emperor of Japan has Joined
in the popular welcome of General
Booth, of the Salvation Army.
A typhoon swept over the Caro
line Islands on Good Friday and 230
natives perished.
At the annual meeting of the
Cunnrd Steamship Company in Liver
pool Chairman Watson said that
overtures made to that company by
its continental competitors for an al
liance bad not been considered.
Unseasonably cold' weather pre
vails throughout Germany.
The twenty-seventh session of the
Japanese Blot has adjourned after a
crisis which weakened the position
of Marquis Salojl's cabinet.
Fire in a laundry In Montreal
caused the death of 3 women em
ployes and the Injury of 12 others.
French officials say that no naval
demonstration Is Intended off Moga
dor. Morocco.
A bill constituting a court of
criminal appeal In criminal cases
passed its first reading in the British
House of Commons.
President Roosevelt, accepting
President Weiuya h assurances that
the war has ended, has offered with
President Diaz to arrange that there
wllll be no hostile agitation on the
frontier between the forces of Sal
vador and Guatemala.
Beltsarlo Porras, a lawyer and one
of the loaders of the Liberal party,
has been appointed the delegate of
the Panamanian Republic to Tne
Hague Conference.
Mrlsa Abbas Khau, chief engineer
of the Persian Ministry of Ways and
Communications, was shot and seri
ously wounded at Baku by revolutionists.
London (By Cable) Writing from
the Russian famine district. Dr. Ken
nard. who was sent by the Society of
Friends to investigate conditions
among the peasantry, draws an ap
palling picture of the suffering. Af
ter calling attention to the urgent
and Immediate need of funds, he
says:
"This is the worst famine Russia
has known. No less than 20,000,000
people distributed throughout the
Southeastern Provinces cannot live
without aid to see another harvest,
ar.1 1 may Bay that this figure has
been not only approved by the Zemst
vo organization, but also by the gov
ernment Itself.
'The date of the harvest will vary
with the latitude, and the famine
stricken region is spread over such
a wide area (five times the size of
France) that more than 10 degrees
of latitude are involved. This means
that In direct proportion from south
to north the harvest will be from
July 3 to 23 (new style).
Black Dread for Dalies.
"It will be seen that funds will be
needed to the end of July to feed all
these millions, and then the harvest
will bring relief; but there are many
hundreds of thousands to whom the
harvest will not bring relief, for they
have neither land nor cattle. The
few cows that are In existence are In
such a ultlful condition themselves
that they are uselesB for milking pur
poses. "The result Is that babies and
young children are being forced to
eat the coarse black bread and the
Indigestible young cucumbers, which
are luxuries to the adult Russian
peasant today, but are death to the
baby, or, at any rate, spell disease.
TheBe people have sold their all and
In most rases have likewise sold In
advance all that the harvest might
bring them.
The Starving Women.
"They have sold themselves and
theJr work, and from all over the
southeastern provinces reporU are
coming In of young women and girls
forced to prostitute themselves to ob
tain food. For theBe suffering people
to whom the coming harvest means
nothing, relief must be afforded dur
ing the whole of the coming year.
Meanwhile epidemics of disease add
to the terrible conditions obtaining.
The difficulties encountered In re
lieving these people are made 10
times worse now, owing to the prac
tically Impassable condition of the
country roads; the winter snows are
melting and projecting vast volumes
of water In countless Cotaracts to
ward Mother Volga, and neither man
nor beast can hope to do anything
In the way of travel."
DEATHS DI E TO STORM.
Wind And Hail Do Much Dumuge
In Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla. (Special). A
severe wind and hall storm struck
Jacksonville at 3.30 P. M . doing
considerable damage. The tug Annie
B. capsized and Captain Sloan was
drowned. The driver of a milk wag
on was killed by a "live" wire.
Glass windows on the west sides
of buildings were demolished, and
several buildings were unroofed. A
dozen or more horses, lashed by the
large hailstones, ran away, some of
them crashing Into and shattering
plate glass show windows and others
running into the river. Dixie Land
Amusement Park suffered several
thousand dollars' damage.
Some of the hallstoneB measured
one and a half Inches In diameter.
Numerous small craft in the river
were either beached or swamied.
The Wheelmen's Clubhouse was
wrecked.
New York (Special) Andrew Car
negie, Pittsburg's apostle of peace
nnd father of the peace congress Just
adjourned, had pinned about his
neck Wednesday a board red ribbon
from which hung the grand cross of
the Legion of Honor This was a
gift of the appreciative Republic of
France.
It was at the dinner which was
given at the Hotel Astor, Jointly with
another one at the Waldorf-Astoria
for the entertainment of the dele
gates and foreign guests at the
peace conference, that the presenta
tion of the honor was made. Mr.
Carnegie had been sitting in the
little box raised above the head of
the diners In the main ballroom,
calling for speerhes from ambassa
dors and dignitaries by the crook of
a finger. The peace father was In
high feather.
About 10 o'clock Baron de Con
stant rnme Into the hall with a sup
pressed air of having something up
his sleeve. Mr. Ely, the secretary of
the peace congress, arose and made
an announcement.
"The Bnron d'Estournelle de Con
stant has come over from the other
banquet on a mission of importance."
he said. "He bears a message from
France to this assemblage, and I
know that you will all listen to what
he has to say."
The Baron stepped up Into the
little box, and as he prepared to
speak he slipped an oblong morocco-covered
box from his pocket to
the little ledge thnt ran around the
Inside of the railing, screened from
the view of Mr. Carnegie. Then tho
Baron slipped gracefully Into the
speech which he had already deliv
ered four times before at various
meetings of the Peace Congress.
"On behalf of tho President of
France and as a public testimonial
of his esteem and gratification of
your act In building tho beautiful
Palace of Peace at The Hague I have
the honor to bestow upon you the
Cross of the Legion of Honor, i Let
me attach It myself, Mr. Carnegie."
said Baron de Constant, tying the
red ribbon from which the cross
hung pendant about the Ironmos
ter's neck, "and let me hope that as
you are a good American and a good
Englishman you are now an honored
Frenchman, and. in fact, an honor
ed citizen of all the world."
The Bnron opened the little Moroc
co box and took therefrom the broad
ribbon with the gilt and silver cross
depending. Mr. Carnegie stood with
n blank expression on his face while
the Baron pinned the token about
his neck. Everyone in the room
meanwhile had risen, and the diners
cheered the donor and the recipient
of the gift for several minutes.
Mr. Carnagle found his voice when
the tumult ceased.
When he could be heard Mr. Car
negie said:
"This honor Is as surprising as R
Is overwhelming. None knows so
well as I that It is not deserved by
anything I have done. But If a heart
which growB larger as I grow older,
a heart which takes In the boarder
view of life and wlBhes for a broader
field of activity if that merits the
grant of this great honor, then 1
believe I do deserve It. I find that
with every year of my life I take
a higher and higher view of things,
and I think more nnd more of hu
manity and have brighter visions of
the future.
"That this honor comes from
France makes It doubly welcome. I
remember what France did for this
country In her days of need. I
know what self-sacrifices France has
ever been willing to make to aid
humanity I know what France has
done In the world of art. I know
what the Legion of Honor means.
It embraces men of distinction In
every field of human endeavor.
Urges Asylum For Thaw.
Rome (By Cable). The Tribuna
has published an Interview with A.
Blair Thaw, a half-brother of Harry
K. Thaw, who is spending the win
ter here with his family. Mr.
Thaw said he hoped that the lawyers
for the prosecution and the defense
would agree in a request that Harry
Thaw be sent to an asylum.
Michigan Has Two-t'ent Fare,
Lansing, Mlcb. (Special). Gover
nor Warner signed tho two-cent fare
bill, which Is to go Into effect May
1. Upper Peninsular rates are re
duced from fpur cents to three cents
and lower Peninsular roads under tho
$1200 limit can charge throe cents.
Other rates are reduced to two cents.
Adopts Antl-Cigarcttc Ijjw.
Springfield, 111. ( Special ). The
House passed the Young anti-cigarette
bill making unlawful the selling
of cigarettes or cigarette paper in
Illinois.
IT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Infernal Machine To Hunker.
New York (Special). After hav
ing received several demands by
mall for $2,000 and a warning that
he would bt J'led unless he paid
that amount 1 .he unknown sender
of the letters, Salvatore Gemovese,
an Italian banker, received by ex
press the partB of an infernal ma
chlue. Ho took It to the bureau of
ombustlhles. where It was opened
md found to contain several fulmin
ating caps, revolver, cartridge and
other materials for making an ex
ilqslve machine, but all discon
nected and harmless.
The Treasury Department has no
tified Mr. Floyd Hughes, collector of
customs at Norfolk, that 12 addltlotv
al Inspectors of customs would be
authorized at his port to be employ
ed as steamboat Inspectors.
The body of George W. Roosevelt,
a cousin of the President, who died
recently in Brussels, will be brought
to this country and Interred at Ar
lington National Cemetery.
President Roosevelt gave a recep
tion to a party of Austro-Hungarl-ans
who are making a tour of the
United States looking particularly
Into the coal industry.
Mrs. Donald McLean and tho en
tire administration ticket was over
whelmingly elected by the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution.
Governor Hagerman, of New Mex
ico, has resigned by request, and the
President has appointed Capt. George
Curry, now governor of Samar Prov
ince, Philippines, to succeed him.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf fin
ally signed the plans for the two big
battleships, which are to be of 20,
000 tons burden and built on the
Dreadnought pattern.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution held their annual elec
tion, Mrs. Donald McLean being
again elected president general.
Brigadier General Alfred C. Mark
ley was placed on the retired list.
The lack of searchlights at the
Boston coast defenses will prevent
night drilling by Massachusetts and
other coast artillerymen next July.
A similar state of affairs Is said to
exist ull along the Atlantic Coast.
Dr. Ira Itemsep, president of Johns
HopklnB University, was elected
president of the National Academy
of Sciences, and Dr. W. H. Welch,
also of Hopkins was elected a mem
ber of the board of council.
Individual deposits In the national
bunks of the United States have In
creased about $164,000,000 in two
months.
C. A. A. KkBtromer, the Swedish
vice consul accused of Impertinence
toward tu. President, has received
encouragement in hlB efforts to be
forgiven.
Constantln Brim, minister of Den
mark to the United States, has been
designated to represent his govern
ment at the coming Peace Conference
at The Hague.
Tho fifteenth annual Conference of
Church Clubs of (he United States
adopted a resolution of greeting to
the International Peace Conference.
Two prominent bankers of Nebras
ka have been convicted o land
frauds Involving a halt million acres.
HONORED OEAD
. AND MANY INJURED
Earthquake's Terrible Destruction at
Chiapa.
SULPHUR FUMES FILL THE AIR.
The Sulphur Fhenomeni an Evidence
That the Farthquake Had Its Origin
In Some Subterranean Explosion No
News Yet From the Volcano Section
Shocks Continue.
City of Mexico (By Cable). Com
munication with several towns In
the district most affected by the re
cent earthquake. Make It certain that
the death list will exceed 100. There
are a number of small towns yet to
be heard from, but up to date the
fatalities at these places have rang
ed from 9 to 12 and the Injured
from 30 to 40.
Through an error made In the
transmission of a telcgrrfm from the
City of Chllapa, the city In the State
of Guerrero which was almost to
tally destroyed, the telegram was
made to read that 33 bodies had
been taken from thp ruins and 779
Injured had been transferred to the
hospitals. Later the telegram was
corrected to read that 33 pcrsonB
were Injured and 779 bulldlngB de
stroyed. One peculiar phenomena which
has just been made known Is that
after the first great shock the air
was filled for many miles with a
sickening, sulphurous odor. This
caused great distress to the surviv
ors. There are many speculations
as to the cause of this, and some
consider It as proof thnt the earth
quake had its origin In some sub
terranean explosion. For this rea
son considerable anxiety will be felt
until neWB Is received from the sec
tions surrounding the active volca
noes of Collma and Jurlllo.
The Water Sulphurous.
Even the water In the streams
was made sulphurous. The tele
gram from Chllanclngo says;
"In the beginning the eart':
movement was oscillating, nnd then
changed to trepldatory. Nobody
could tell how long It lasted on ar
couht of the Intensity of the phe
nomena, but It must have been
more than four minutes. At the I
same time there was a very pro
nounced odor In the air. On the fol
lowing day almost everybody com
plained of headaches. In some parts
of the city the odor could be detected
when" excavations for water were
made. On the night of April 14 the
same odor was detected on the road
to Acapulca and In the streams as
far as Agua del Perro, 61 miles
from here.
"There are 10 dead, among them
being the wife of Inspector of Postal
Service Senor Leopoldo Lopez
Guerra. and a child of eight years,
son of the postmaster,-Senor Joaa
Aleman, who also perished, and
Mrs. Inez Morales Bonllla.
"Up to the present It Is Impossi
ble to calculate the amount of prop
erty loss because, with the exception
of the City Hall and about 20 other
houses, tho whole city Is In ruins.
"Almost every family lost part of
Its furniture, and the business
houses suffered serious losses.
"The shocks continue at long In
tervals, and although not strong,
they spread panic among the Inhabi
tants. There was no disorder, nor
were there any acts of pillage.
Everybody is trying to help the suf
ferers. The authorities are aiding
tho people to the best of .their
ability."
From Chllapa came this telegram:
"The number of Injured in this
town is 33. For the most part they
are of the poorer classes. A baby
was killed by falling wallr. Thirty
one houses were destroyed. Seven
hundred and seventy-nine houses are
partially destroyed. Including the tel
egraph office.
Losses Over $2,000,000.
"The total loss of property, In
cluding the Cathedral, the various
churches, the city hall and other
buildings amounts to over $2,000,
000." "The whole population Is panic
ntrlcken and nobody Is thinking of
rebuilding the destroyed houses.
Since Surfday 25 distinct shocks have
been felt."
A movement Is under way In the
City of Mexico to furnish relief to
those who were rendered homeless
and destitute In Guerrero. Plans are
being made for the gathering of a
substantial sum.
Vice President Ramon Corral, act
ing for President Diaz, has taken an
active part In relief measures, and
has sent the following message to
the governors of the various states:
"The seismic movements on the
night of April 14, and those that sub
sequently followed, have left nearly
the entire State of Guerrero In ruins,
especially the cities of Chllpanclngo,
Chllapa, Tlxtle, Ayutle and Acapulco.
"The calamities consist not only
of Iobs of property, which may be
considered as totally destroyed, ac
cording to latest telegrams received
from the cities and towns above men
tioned, but also a considerable num
ber of lives lost and a large number
maimed and Injured.
"In view of the gravity of the
catastrophe, the president of the re
public considers that as a national
unit wo ought not to leave the State
of Guerrero to shift for Itself, but
that all states as well as the federal
district find it their duty to offer cooperation."
DUEL DEA1H OF TWO
Girl Watches Snltors Shoot Until
One Falls.
New York (Special). After a
furious pistol battle for the hand
of a beautiful artist's model who had
promised lo r-cd the victor in the
deadly duel, one man was killed In
stnntly and the other, whose bullet
had plowed through tho heart of
his beFt friend and lifelong chum,
turned his own weapon ngalnst his
breast and died later In the hospi
tal. The young woman was one of
the many of the participants'
friends who witnessed the fatal corn
mat, and after she saw -me of her
suitors carried away In a patrol
wagon to the morgue atid the hur
ried dying to the hospital, she walk
ed away as unconcernedly ns from
an afternoon tea.
This affair, which has no match
In the police nnnals of Greater New
York, and which even outdoes fiction,
occurred at Ozone Park, a suburb of
Brooklyn. The participants of the
duel were Vlncenzo Stcn, twenty
eight years old, nnd Antonio Tlan
dlno, twentv five years old, who
roomed ; gether nt 2777 Ocean Ave
nue, East New York. Both men
were artists of considerable reputa
tion In the best Italian circles of
New York. The young woman for
whose affe"tlons the two chums
fought the duel la Marie Allegretto,
a dark-haired girl of twenty, whose
beauty had made her famous In the
studios of Naples before she came
to America and made herself the fa
vorite uf the Italian artists of New
York. For months both artists had been
paving devoted attentions to the
model, nnd although each knew thnt
Marie's acceptance of the other
would be the sealing of his fate,
their relations were as friendly as
ever, and both vowed that, the man
Marie chose for her hushand would
receive the blessings of the other.
Both had pleaded with the beautiful
model, while she was posing for the
works thnt have made them locally
famous, to decide soon, telling her
frequently thnt hei delay was only
making It harder for either of them
to give her up The light-hearted
girl only laughed, nnd sold she loved
them both so much It was hard to
choose.
WARSHIPS IN OUZE OF GLORY
Feature of Opening Ceremonies at
Jamestown.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Latest News Gleaned Frim Various
Parts.
Ashes Now A Common Fuel.
Lewistown (Special). Burton
Searer, of thlB city, has discovered
the secret of burning coal ashes and
his mother made a demonstration
before a number of people In the
family range, keeping a hot fire In
the raiiKe all day. Searer does not
ufe coal In his experiments, but
treats plain coal ashes with the so
lution, reuslug the ashes as they
drop through the grate. Searor Is
till In his 'teens and says the solu
tion Is exceptionally cheap.
Wanted For Tweiuy-Flve Murders.
New York (Special). Enrico Al
fono, said to be wanted In Italy for
26 murders, was one of the pickups
in the police crusade against foreign
ers who' carry concealed weapons
Alfono was recognized by Detective
Pei mi Slnl. At headquarters the Ber
Urtlon measurements fully Identified
him. According to the Italian au
thorities, Alfono was leader of a
gang of criminals In Naples and fled
to this country less than two months
ago. He win be held for extradition.
Exposition Grounds "(Special).
The greatest Illumination ever seen
afloat will be that of the fleet of
warships that will gather In Hamp
ton Roads for the opening ceremonies
of the Jamestown Exposition, nnd the
display to be made by the fighting
craft will be one of the features of
tho day.
When the sun goes down nnd the
lamps on the Exposition ground
twinkle there will be a mighty flash
of light from over the water, and
a half hundred fighting craft of vari
ous sizes will be outlined against
the western horizon.
The fleet will be the greatest that
has ever been together at one time.
The vessels flying the United States
ling will number 43. including croft
of every size and ipye, from battle
ships to the little torpedo boat, In
cluding also hospital and refrigerat
ing Bhlps and a transport or two.
These vessels ar? now nsstmming.
The cruisers Brooklyn, Tennessee
and Washington nnd the battleships
Minnesota nnd Connecticut are here,
as are a number of torpedo oats,
and the fleet of Renr Admiral Evans,
comprising 21 ships, has niilved olf
Cape Henry.
The Argentine Republic tr&lBlttI
ship Presidente Snrlmcnto passed In
the Capes and proceeded up the bay
en route to Annapolis, where she
will remain until just before opening
day, when she will return to Hamp
ton Roads. The German cruiser
Bremen, which arrived two weeks
ago. Is at Newport News undergoing
minor repairs.
Mechanics Busy.
Although Sunday was rainy and
disagreeable, a large number of car
penters nnd painters were employed
In the vnrlous buildings on the
ground. There were also a number
of vIsltorB to go over the grounds.
Owing to the exhlbltB being installed,
many of the larger building are
closed to outBiders. though the favor
ed few who get inside sec that then
Is a great deal being done and there
will be many things to see on open
ing day The government Is going
to make an exceptionally good ex
hibit in its various departments.
Nearly all of the exhibits hnve ar
rived on the grounds, and they are
being placed by a corps of men who
have much experience in that clasn,
of work.
The exhibit of the War Department
will be especially good. In the Man
ufacturers' Building 100 or more
booths are in various stages of com
pletion, and the same Is true of the
Food Products Building. In the
States' Exhibit Building the work is
going on slowly.
Three gangs of men, each compris
ing more thnn 100, were put on
those roads that are yet to bo fin
ished One gang with scrapers and
steam rollers, prepares the surface,
tho second gang lays bed rock and
gravel, while tho other gnng gives
the road the finishing touches. The
other gangs, each 100 strong, are
working on the walks, laying a bltu
llthlc footway that Is put down rap
idly and with but little trouble.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORL1X
There was no change In the Bank
of England'., discount rate.
The stock market hi now wholly
professional In character, sary all the
leading brokers.
The Belmont Trust Company is
the new name for the recently or
ganized State Trust & Security Com
pany, of Philadelphia.
Wagers of two to one were offer
ed on the streot that Pennsylvania's
May dividend will be 3 per cent.,
the same as tho last period.
United States Steol huu booked
orders for 250,000 tons of steol rails
for 108 dollvery, and the Tennes
see Company has booked 40,000
tons.
In view of the assertions tbat. Cop
per metal Is falling In price and the
denials from certain quarters, the
following direct statement of tbe
"Iron Age," which may be taken as
un authority, lu Interesting: It la
a fact, in iptto of all assertions In
the conttrsry. that manufacturers of
Copper Wire huvo naked that deliv
eries of Copper bo postponed. There
hnvo been u number of cuses Involv
ing Important quantities.
There was another victim added
to Its Itst by tho alleged hoodoo
motor in the Pyne Mine, near Tay
lor, when Michael Gorman was
crushed between It and a rib of coal
and instnn h killed. Almost from
the very hiur that this particular
motor was placed In the Pyne Mine
It began to figure In accidents, and
It became termed "the hoodoo." It
figured In a number of minor acci
dents during Its early days In the
mine, nnd n little more than two
years ago, John Tnnnler suffered the
loss of a leg and part of his left
hand, being knocked down and run
over by It. About a year ago,
Michael Gorman, victim, was run
over by the same motor and was In
the hospital for some time. While
he was laid up Edwin Watklns, of
Hyde Park, was placed in charge
of the motor. He was run over by
It and killed. Along with these there
was any number of smaller accidents
In which this motor figured In the
past three yearB, and according to
the employees of the mine, has
rightfully earned the title of being
a hoodoo motor.
Three tons of coal fell from the
roof of the Thropp coal mine, near
Mlnersvllle, Huntington County, up
on Frank Hnnawalt, aged 61, a well
known coal miner, crushing him to
denth.
Although a sheriff for Delaware
County Is not elected until next year,
William D. Jons, of Upper Darby, has
filed his papers at Media giving no
tice that he will be a candidate.
A seven-ton traction engine caused
a complete collapse of the bridge
known as the Wilcox bridge over the
west branch of Chester Creek, in
Conord Township. The engine Is ly
ing In about ten feet of water. The
bridge was a frame structure fifty
feet long.
Anderson Funt, an Adams County
farmer, died at his home Henallen
Township from an attack of measles.
The police In Coatesvillo believe
that they have caught the ringleader
of all the petty robberies that have
been taking place In that town for
a number of monthB. Nelson Keith,
a negro, who claims he Is from Phila
delphia, has been committed to the
county Jail In default of $600 ball.
N. M. Wood and R. S. Tucker,
I Coatesvllle, have been appointed
special fish wardens for the coun
ties of Chester. Lancaster and Berks
by W. E. Meehan, Comlssloner of
Fisheries.
Bernard Flynn, In making a flying
leap from a Reading passenger train
near Shnmokln, was hurled headfore
most down a steep enbankment, sus
taining serious cuts and bruises
about the head and body.
At Pnlmerton, a national bank
with $25,000 capital, is being organ
ized. The village of Goodvllle In East
Earl Township, Is combating an out
break of typhoid fever, of which re
cently there have been fourteen
cases. Both Cyrus Wltmnr and his
wife wore stricken and the former
died on Tuesday His wife being in
a critical condition, was not apprais
ed of her husband's death. His body
was removed to the Goodvllle Church
without his wife's knowledge and
buried from these.
Mayor J. Benjamin Dimmlrk ex
pects to send a communication to
Councils urging that the ordinance
Imposing a license tax on the gross
receipts of corporations, adopted In
1801, be repealed. This Is for the
purpose of placing a reduction in
water rates squarely before W. W.
Scranton.
After an existence of over twenty
years the court hns been asked to
dissolve the Jenkintown Mutual
Storm Insurance Company, incorpor
ated by resident of Jenkintown and
farmers in the Immediate vicinity
for the protection of their real es
tate and crops from damage by every
thing hut fire. The president is
Isaac Michener.
Hannah C. Robinson, of Rlchland
town, in a suit at Doylestown against
William H. Raudenbush, of the same
place, to recover damuges for the
death of her husband, James R.
Robinson, was awarded a verdict of
$1250. Raudenbush, it was alleged,
on the night of December 3 last, ran
down Mr. Robinson, near Rlchland
town, with a double team while
driving at rapid speed, and he died
three days later.
John Swelgard, 80 years old. and
who resides at Goldsboro. York
County, was struck by a south bound
train while walking too close to the
tracks of tho Northern Central Rall
road nnd was badly Injured.
The 30 horse power boiler at tho
fertilizer plant of H. K. Rhonda, near
Pottstown, exploded. Tho holler was
thrown a distance of 300 feet and
landed In a field. The accident hap
pened about fifteen minutes after
the engineer, Elmer Shadier, left
tho plant to go to his home.
Norton Wagner, of Elmhurst, has
been arrested on the charge of main
taining a nuisance In the shape of
a stable In closo proximity to a tribu
tary of the Elmhurst reservoir. The
efforts of the State Board of Health
to clean up the water shod of the
Scranton supply will lead to u num
ber of other arrests, It Is said.
While enjoying a ride on u log
wagon belonging to the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Co., Kato Lewis,
aged 13 years, of Coaldalc, lost her
halunce and fell under wheels. Death
wbb Instantaneous.
Mrs. Estelle Bucher, of Mount Joy,
hes presented to the Columbia Hos
pital the medical library and surgical
instruments of her husband, the late
Frederick C. Bucher.
Burglars made a raid on the bour
ough of Mountvllle and six resi
dences and a cigar factory were en
tered, but the booty secured was
trifling.
Waldron Coe, of Emlcnton, aged
4 0 yeurs, died at the hospital In Oil
City from Injuries causod by being
struck by a train while crossing the
tracks near his home.
David P. Thomas, for a quarter
of a century an elder In the South
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church,
died of asthma, lis was 76 years
old.
W. M. McKeen, of Easton. and as
semblyman P. F. Enright havo been
named Memorial l)ay orators at
South Bethlehem and Salisbury.
Dr. E. T. Wllhelm, president of
the South Bethlehem Health Board,
Is seriously 111 with a complication
of diseases.
John F. McDermott was re-elected
president or (be Water Board of Al
lentowu at the initial meeting of tbe
new body.