HONOR TO ARMY OF PACIFICATION Credit Due The United States Troops In Cuba. THEIR GMRT OF THE ISLAND Military Surveys That Prevtnt the Pos sibility of Cubans Iver Successfully Carrying; On Guerilla Tactics In the Brent of Campaign by American Troops on the Island. Havana, (Special). Enriched by constant practice In every department t military experience, save the su premo test of battle, the army of Cuban pacification, after a bloodless campaign of six months, may fairly take rank as the crack corps of the forces of the United State'. With out having been called upon to fire a shot or make a single hostile dem onstration It has to Its credit a list of achievements of which officers nnd men are Justly proud. Among Its moral triumphs have been the maintenance of a standard Of discipline and sanitation of more than Japanese excellence and the preservation of perfect self-control while In contact with an QBaympa thotlc population. Its greatest ma terial achievement has been the pro duction based on countless reconnais sances and surveys of a chart of the Island of Cuba, which officers declare to be the most minutely perfect mili tary map In existence. With the com pletion of this work the possibility of successfully carrying on guerilla tactics such as formerly enabled the Cubans Indefinitely to prolong their revolution against the overwhelming forces of Spain may be said to have vanished. Familiar With Every Trail. Should United Slates troops ever be called upon to take the field In Cuba they will begin the campaign With the inestimable advantage of perfect familiarity with the topog raphy of the whole island, Including very trail and bypath nnd every mountain fastness in which Gomez. Garcia. Maceo and other heroes of the war for Independence were wont to bid defiance to Spanish pursuit. Added to this the Increase In rail road facilities and the completion of the projected system of highways throughout the island will afford such ready means for the rapid trans portation of troops as will take any attempt at hostile concentration little short of impossible. Tbe Army of Cuban Pacification, which originally numbered 1,600 men of all arms without including ma rines has now dwindled by the natur al process of discharges on expira tion of enlistments to about 5,300 men. There are also under General Barry's command about 1,000 ma rines. These It was proposed to withdraw, but on account of the difficulty of ob taining recruits sufficient to fill up the ranks of the army they will be retained In compliance with the re quest of General Harry, who believes, that his force Is none too large as it Is. Of these troops nearly 2,000, Quartered in Camp Columbia, form the garrison of Havana, and the re mainder are Mattered over the Island in 30 posts, 11 of which are occupied by marines. No Charge of Trespass. Against this force there Is yet to be registered a single trespass upon the persons or property of the peo ple, the protection of whom against each other ban been the main object of the army's presence, and this is the feature of the campaign of which the commanding general is most proud. It is true that there have been a few clashes between rural guards and the American force- in which the unarmed soldiers have been at a disadvantage with their mnchete wearing opponents, but Investigation has shown that there occurrences al ways have resulted from the jealousy of the Cubans, nnd in no instance have the soldiers permitted them selves to make reprisals, even at the cost of submitting to continued taunts of cowardice. Not the least onerous condition of army life In Cuhi is the deadly mo notony of existence In the small pro vincial towns. As a relief from this the men welcome the reconnaissances and practice marches which are con ducted in such a fashion as to make them a3 attractive as possible to the rank and file, the commands moving only in the early hours of the morn ing, In the cocl of the evening and at night. At Camp Columbia, ns in all other posts, the day's routine of duties Is arranged with a view to sparing the men all unnecessary work during the heat of the day. Drills begin at 7 in the morning and are over at 9, and during the afternoon the men are encouraged to follow the custom Of the country of diking a siesta. General Parry's laust contribution to the comfort of the men lias been the establishment of bathing quar ters at Marlanao Beach, within a abort walk of the camp. TRE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic Justice Dowllng, in the Supreme Court of Now York, granted an Inter locutory decree of divorce to Mary Adelaide Mliner from Wilson Mlzner. The report of the referee Ib sealed nnd the decree simply states that It is granted by reason of the defend ant's adultery. By the terms of the decree Mrs. Mlzner Is permitted to resume her former name of Mary Adelaide Yerkcs. Mrs. May He Bona, accused hy the police of being a confederate oi "Dutch" Oscar Miller in the robbery of the home of Hurry Slegel of $150. 000 worth of goods, was arrested while visiting the Tombs In New York. Benjamin Vincent, a private de tective of New York, who shot and killed a bystander while being pur sued by angry longshoremen, was tavtd from the mob by a policeman. P. S. Grosscnp, of counsel for the Northern Pacific, says Roosevelt Is considering tho advocacy of a con gressional commission to value the rallroadt. Mayor Schmltz, of San Francisco. Issued a statement saying that he had not resigned and had no inten tion of doing so. The skeleton of n man and a box containing $117,310 were found in the ruins of an old inn in Cleve land. Anlsla Louise do Massy, popularly known as the Baroness de Massy, re cently convicted of having shot and killed Gustav Simon, a Broadway shirt manufacturer, was sentenced to seven years and five months In the State Prison for Women, at Auburn. She will take nn appeal. President Finley. of the Southern Railway, and President Whitman, of the National Wool Manufacturers' Association, made addresses at the closing session of the American Cot ton Manufacturers' Association. S. B. Talmer. of Henrietta, N. C, was elected president. John Id. Boodley was crushed to death and four persons, including two ladles, were injured by a big touring car turning completely over while going at a terrific spend. Frank A. Bretherton, of Des Moines, committed suicide In the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Philadelphia. The Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad pleaded guilty to granting rebates and paid a fine of $20,000. The submarine boat Octopus used but one forty-fifth of Its air supply In a 24-hour stay under water. Rev. John L. Clark, who married the Coreys. is reported to have sent in his resignation. Governor Stokes signed the bill creating a state railroad commission in New Jersey. H. Clay Pierce, president of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, must re turn to Texas to answer to the charge of perjury. Federal Judge Elmer B. Adams, of St. Louis, refus ed a writ of habeas corpus and or dered the prisoner remanded to the custody of the police. He will be turned over to Sheriff Mathews at once and taken back to Texas. C. B. Rlchnrdson, a broker, and A. B. McGraw, a business associate, of Pittsburg, have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to bribe In connection with tbe Tube Railroad scandal. The scarcity of cotton mill labor was emphasized by two speakers who addressed the annual meeting Of the Cotton Manufacturers' Asso ciation In Philadelphia. The inability to roll a cigarette led to the discovery that Miss Millie Block was traveling through Missouri as a man. The fight against the so-called bridge trust has resulted in the in dictment of 39 bridge-builders at : Lima. O. Eighty-five thousand New England mill operatives are to get more wages. "YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO 'WATER,' BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DRINK." Pertinent Cartoon by Sulllvant, in the New York American. sW1uFargws Twenty-One Men Killed and Forty Seven Wounded Blood shed In a Factory. STIR HUM! JLITTLE NATIONS Talk of Protectorate Over Central America. Washington (8pcclal). The pro position nscrlbed to President Diaz, that the United States and Mexico should establish n Joint protectorate over a union of Central American r.toiti, has caused great commotion among iie Latin-American diplo matic repri icntatlves here. Senor Cnl fO, the Costa Rican min ister; Dr. M JIa, the Snlvadoran min ister, and Senor Toledo Herrarte, the Uuatem ilan minister, called In a body at he State Department to discuss tho ubject with the officials. They had n i news or Instructions from their twn governments ns to the attitude they should assume, but they wore desirous of learning the advices the State Department had on the subject. There was nothing of an official chnracter to enlighten them, nnd It. did not develop that the American government had so far had any ex changes with the government of Mex ico beyond those Involved in tho common effort to bring about a ter mination of the hostilities that had existed between Honduras and Sal vador and Nicaragua. An Incident to the conclusion of the treaty of Amapalu was the agreement between the three Central American stntes named thnt a conference Bhould be held later on In Nicaragua to insure the continuous peace In ' Central America. Details of the agreement hnve not yet reached the State Department, but It is surmised that there Is no obstacle to the adhesion of Guate- Lodz, Russian Poland (By Cable.) Forty-five officials and workmen of Kuttner's spinning mills were shot down by a patrol of Cossacks because a band of Terrorists attacked a mall wagon guard In the neighborhood, killed a Cossack and wounded an other Cossack and two officials. While the wagon was passing through Lonkowa Street the Terror ists suddenly appeared from a side street, opened fire on the Cossack escort, seized $1,000 from the vagon and escaped. A moment later a patrol of Cos sacks arrived on the scene, and, in furiated by the fate of their com rades, rushed Into tho Kuttner fac tory, which was near the spot where the robbery occurred, und began fir ing indiscriminately, killing 15 nnd wounding over 30 persons. The greatest indignation prevails here as It Is claimed that the em ployes of the factory had nothing to do with the attack on tho mall wagon. CARNEGIE RERO FUND AWARDS Twenty-One Get Medals or Large Purses. RISK THEIR LIVES FOR OTHERS. Gold Medals and $22,000 Given to the Six Smiths and Two Littleflelds, All Related, Who Rraved the Blizzard the Night the Larchmont Went Down and Saved Two Women. PIttRburg, Pa. (Special). Follow ing a meeting Wednesday, the Came gle Hero Fund Commission at night announced 21 awards throughout the country. Acts of bravery Incident to the Cornell University fire at Ithaca, N. Y., and the steamer Larchmont disaster in Block Island Sound arc In the majority. Following Is tho list: Earl B. Spencer, 17 years old North High ton, Mass.; bronze medal. Thonm- b. Bockwlch. 19 years old, Ocali City, N. J.; bronze medal. Mr.lcom C. Auerbach. 17 years old, Ocean City, N. J.; bronze medal. Lyndon B. Phlfer, 13 yearR old. Klch Hill, Mo.; bronze medal and the sum of $2,000, or so much of this amount as may be needed for edu cational purposes for a period of 10 years. Jessie R. Melson, Washington, D. C; bronze medal and disablement benefits in the sum of $250. Fenton H. Gregory, 11 years old, Laceyvllle, Pa.; bronze medal and $2,000 for educational purposes. Oliver L. Schmuck. 23 years old. mala and CosW Rica to the formal j Hanover, Pa., young DIM was killed Held Up Hy Terrorists. Warsaw, Russian Poland (By Ca ble). A band of Terrorists held up the city office of the Vistula Rail road, on Dluga Street, at 10 o'clock A. M., and got away with $5,000 af ter a severe fight, In which four per sons were killed and nine wounded. The office was full of people at tho time, and soldiers were guarding the placo, while tho Terrorists attacked them with revolvers, killing two and wounding four of the guards before they reached the place where the money was kept. Then snatching up a bag contain ing $5,000, the men ran out of the office. The soldiers fired a volley at the fleeing Terrorists, but only succeeded In hitting some bystand ers, two of whom were killed and Ave wounded. Stand Bjf .Ministry. Paris (By Cable). The prolonged and heated debate In the Chamber of Deputies on the interpellation of the government regarding its labor pol icy attracted Intense Interest, but onded, as was anticipated, in a vote of confidence In the government. The voto wag taken after n strenuous at tack from the extreme Socialists, led by M. Jaures, and Rtood 343 to 210. Salvation Army citadel. Greenville, 8. C. (Special). The Salvation Army citadel, the first In the South, was dedicated here Sun day. Colonel Holz, head of the de partment, conducted the services, as ! aiated by Major Herrlman, of Atlan ta, vllh other officers from Augus io, Sparta. i!. burg and elsewhere. Two thousand people were present. Tho citadel is complete, and cost $8,500. Many pulpits In the city were occupied by army officers. Condemn (fet IrllA Hell. Dublin (By Cable). At a special moellug of tho corporation of Dublin called to consider Mr. Birrell's Irish bill a resolution utterly condemning tbe nivazure wan unanimously adopt ed. Tho aldermunlc speakers declar ed that, tho bill increased the powei of the British representatives In Ire land, asserted that It was full of pitfalls calculated to create dissen sion among Irlt.hnieu, and expressed MM" prise at the "criminal rolWh boob" of the Irish parliamentary party in allowing It to be Introduced. 4 foreign. Concealment by the Russian gov ernment of the facts of the recent plot against the Czar has led to the belief that n second conspiracy, in which the extreme reactionaries are Involved, has been discovered. It is reported from Havana that the United States cruiser Des Moines will sail for Clenfuegos to search for a filibustering expedition against Co lombia. A report has It that the new Franco-Japanese agreement, will bind J."pan to place at the disposition of I'ri' nee 300,000 men in the event of war. Tho speculative crnze In Japan has been checked and within a few weeks 30 projected companies have dis solved. Albert Clement, a noted automo bile racer, was killed at Dieppe, France, by being thrown from his machine. William Waldorf Astor has given $50,000 to Oxford University. At a banquet given in honor of J. L. Rodgers. United States consul general at Shanghai, the Chinese speakers declared that the American famine relief has healed all breaches between China and the United States. M. Rodler, governor general of f'ochln China, makes the novel sug gestion that colonies belonging to ail the powers disarm except for In terior police purposes. The executive committee of the Seln Fein Society, representing ad vanced Irl.h nationalism, considers Birrell's Irish Bill an Insult to Ire land. The Sultan of Morocco has decid ed to comply with the French de mands for reparation as the result of the murder of Dr. Mauohamp. Lie utenant General Zacharlas, vice president of the International Per manent Geodetic Commission, died in Copenhagen. The Nicaraguan Congress approv ed the treaty of peace arranged be tweei Nicaragua and Salvador at Anapala. Tbe Congress of Russian Reaction ists adjourned after formulating their demands. Italian Foreign Minister Tlttonl said In the Chamber of Depvtlea that Italy was In favor of llmltutlon of armuments. The Russian Council of the Em pire rejected the bill passed by the lower house abolishing trials by drumhead court-martial. Orders have Just been given by the British government for the con struction of two battleships of the Dreadnought class. President Cabrera, fearing a revo lution In Guatemala, Is trying to con ciliate Mexico In the matter of the dispute over the extradition of Gen eral Lima. IRE COSSACKS PLOT TO KILL THEIR RDLER Conspirators Among The Czar's Per sonal Escort. EXISTENCE OF PLOT WAS KNOWN. Gatekeeper at One of the Palace En trances Divulges Plan Under Which He Was to Admit to the Palace a Number of Conspirators Attired in Cossack Uniforms. St. Petersburg (By Cable). Further details of the plot at Tsarks-koye-Selo against the life of the Emperor which came to light Wed nesday were obtained Thursday, and tnritcnte tbnt the Rmnpror's escane during the Passion Week was very narrow. Ttin nlnt wnq deen lnid. nnd the conspirators were members, of the Emperor s personal escort. 1 he ar r,,y, nf rno mon n PnRsnck sertrennt. has made It possible to trace the conspiracy back for lour montns, and shows that preparations were being made on the second of Febru ary, when the secret police Issued orders to use every effort to Identify tlie purchaser of a uniform of the Emperor's own Cossack escort, which had been found during a raid. The use of the regulation uni forms is n favorite device of the ter rorists, and the Cossack garb Is an open sesame to the precincts of the palaces at Tsarskoye-Selo and Peter hof. After the soldier who was suspect ed had made his confession the news went tho rounds among the members of the Imperial guard. The Cossack sergeont. who was a gatekeeper at one of the entrances to the palace, became frightened at posslblo discov ery, and he .also voluntarily confess ed. He betrayed a plan according to which he was to let Into the pal ace a number of conspirators dressed in the Cossack uniform. A brother of Premier Stolypln confirms the report that numerous arrests already hnvo been made. He declared that the existence of the plot was known from the beginning, and that It wau ferreted out until the entire plan was uncovered. Wit nesses were secured, and the arrests were finally made by order of the district attorney, who will prosecuto the case in open court. The lower house of Parliament Is taking the keenest interest In the story, and It is reported thnt the leaders of the Constitutional Demo crats only await official confirmation to Introduce a motion to the house expressing joy at the preservation of the Emperor'B life. agreement which may be reached by the projected conference. Thus In effect would be formed whnt would amount to n confederacy of the Cen tral American states, though each of the elements might preserve its in dividuality and Its own government. It was pointed out by one of the Central American representatives that already, owing to the conmon laws existing In the little republics, the freedom with which citizenship would be exchanged, the corporation of postal and telegraph systems and the existence of reciprocal trade ar rangements, long steps havo been taken toward the practical union of the five .Central American states. though politically they were Rtlll apart, and In the oplnlonof all of the Central Americans they could not be brought together by the exertion of external force. It is said that an American protec torate over such a loose confedera tion, singly or In combination with Mexico, is entirely out of the ques tion, the executive branch of the government being without authority to enter upon such nn arrangement even if It Is so desired, but thero does not seem to be nny reason to sup pose the State Department is In clined to change its policy in the mat ter of constantly endeavoring by moral suasion to conserve the peace In Central America. TRAIN BLOWN INTO CREEK. Three Dead From Premature Explo sion. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special). Three men killed outright, three others fatally and two others badly injured, the crashing of a Southern Rnllway freight engine and 11 cars through a bridge into Chattanooga Creek and the destruction of three residences and a pile-driver nearby were tho results of a permature ex plosion of a blast at the foot of Lookout Mountain on the Stevenson extension. The bridge was crushed by tons of rock just as a Southern Rnllway freight train was going on tho bridge. Other pieces of rock, hurled more than 400 yards, crashed through the pilot of a pile-driver of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, killing Shafer and Hyder and damaged residences on Lookout Mountain. (Joing To Pine Knot. Washington (Special). President and Mrs. Roosevelt have gone to Pint Knot, the country cottage of Mrs. Roosevelt In Albemarle Coun ty, Vn., and will remain four or five days. They will be accompanied by only two or mree oi me vvuue House servants, and the usual Secret Service guard. The President's pur pose Is to take a much needed rest. ' Drumhead Courtx-Martial. St. Petersburg (By Cable). The Council .of the Empire, or upper house of Parliament, rejected the bill which was passed April 20 by the lower house abolishing trials by drumhead courts-martial. Bloody Riot On Steamer. Mexico City (By Cable). A dis patch from Guyamas says that the steamer Maori King has arrived there. She had on board 1,200 f'hinese and 300 Russluns, who are being brought to this country to work on the Guadalajara extension of the Southern Pacific. The trip from San Diego. Cal., to Guayamas was without incident. The Mexican government refused the passengers a landing because 21 arjnod Amer ican guards were on board, Hevolutlonnry ArMMl Pull ' v i Kelalngfors ( Uy Cable). A revo lutionary arsenal, containing a large supply of bombs, has been discover ed at Haupala, a village In Finland, close to the Russian frontier. Eleven Russian youths were taken Into cus tody. Millionaire Steelmaker Dead. Chicago (Special). Orrln Potter, the pioneer steel man and multimil lionaire, whose life is linked with the development of tho Bteel Industry of the United States, died at his home here Friday. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings BrieOy Told. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion decided that one railroad may not receive nreferentlnl rntea nn Its own supplies carried by another. An- oiner ruung says that railroads may lorwurd shipments thnt have gone astray to their proper destination without additional charges. Governor Hughes, of New York, was elected president of the new Northern Baptist Convention, which was organized at th mullni, f tho (ieneral Baptists Societies. A continued decrease In exports of canned beef Is reported. From all directions reports are reaching the Department of Agri culture that the terrapin scale Is Injuring the peach crop. . ' baron Monchenr whn In voct i , , i . ,t comtdalnts of Relctim i South Carolina, reported that they were in rounded. Secretary Taft Is completing plans for his tour of the West. He will leave WashliiKton Muv 29 for St Louis. Ebenezer Ellis, 60 years old, li brarian at the Fish Commission, died of heart failure at his home. Consul Williams, at Cardiff. Wales, reports that the cigarette iiablt la growing among women in Gn at Brit ain. The navy transport Lawtou, which has been condemned liv n honrH nt purvey as no longer serviceable, has oeen stricken Irom the navy list and ordered sold. Oeorge W. Rendall, of Brownsville. testified before tho Senate Committee on Military Affairs that on the night of the "shooting up of the town" he aw from three to five colored men In army uniform pass from Inside the guard walla Into the town. Killed In Saving Brother, Dallas, Ga. (Special). Hugh Starr, the 14-year-old son of J. G. Starr, of this place, was crushed to death by a Southern Hallway passen ger train after rescuing his little brother from a trestle. The boy, ac companied by his mother and little brother, were walking along the track when the train was heard. Young Starr seeing his brother some dis tance back on the trestle ran to him and made an effort to carry him off the trestle, but not having time to do so he pitched the little fellow to safety and was himself crushed to death by the train. Undents Near Panic. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Three men were palufully burned, 4 2 pa tients badly frightened and $5,000 damage done when an explosion oc curred ut the Ohio Valley Hospital, near here. The men were engaged In changing the gna meters In the drugroom of the hospital and had just completed separating the old meters with the connections when there was a sudden flash, followed by an explosion. The concussion shook tho entire building, broke all the glass In the windows and doors of the wards and rooms and caused the plaster to fall from the ceilings and walls. Ln the Cornell University fire and his father Is awarded a silver modal. Clarence J. Pope, 20 years old, East Orange, N. J.: silver medal. Henry M. Curry, Jr., 21 years old, Pittsburg. Pn.; silver medal. Gold Medal and $0,000. Ciustnv Wohl, 32 years old, Har ford, Ct.; silver medal. Thomas H. Burns, 17 years old. Lowell, Mass.; young man was killed In attempting to save n boy from drowning and his father Is awarded a silver medal. George H. Williams. 44 years old, Hlvcr medal and $1,000 to liquidate a mortgage on his property. John Morris, 60 years old, Hart ford, Ct.; killed in attempting to save n woman from death under a trlan. His widow Is awarded a silver medal nnd death benefits at tho rate of $450 a year until she remarries. Capt. John W. Smith, 53 years old. Block Island, R. Lj gold medal and sum of $4,000 for the education of his sons. Albert W. Smith, 4 6 years old. Block Island, R. I., a brother of John W. Smith, gold medal and sum of $4,000 for the education of his two daughters. George E. Smith, 51 years old. Block Islnnd, R. I., a brother, gold medaj and $2,000 for the education of his son. Harry L. Smith, a nephew, 2 4 years old, Block Island, R. L; gold medal and $1,000 for the purchase of a home or some other worthy purpose. Earl A. Smith, a nephew, 20 years old, Block Island, R. I.J gold medal nnd $2,000 for the education of his son. Louis N. Smith, a nephew, 10 nars old. Block Island, R. I.J gold medal, and $1,000 for the purchase of a home. Jeremiah M. Littlefleld. 40 years old. Block Inland. R. P.; brother-ln-lnw of Captain Smith. Gold medal and $2,000 for the education of his eon. Risked i.ior. for Others. Tho more Important awnrds arc made to thoso connected ' with the steamer Larchmont disaster, which occurreu, on reoruary i.1, tnis year, in Block Island Sound, about three miles southeast of Watch Hill. R. I. Tho steamer Larchmont collided with the schooner Harry T. Knowlton, and 20 minutes later tho steamer sank. A portion of the forward cabin parted from the hull, and was carried away. About 30 of tho boat's pas sengers and several members of the crew hod taken refugo on this part of the veiisel, and 'were carried away upon It. The temperature registered eight degrees, waves 2(5 feet high swept over the raft, and many of the refugees were drowned. Driven before n 50-mlIe wind, the raft passed within n mile of Sandy Point, the northern end of Block Island, out Into the open sen. At Old Harbor, four miles south east of Sandy Point, the fishing schooner Elsie, manned by the Smltl) family, heard of the disaster and the floating raft and started after It to effect n rescue. Under conditions! that almost meant death the crew of the Elsie sighted the raft about five miles northeast of the Island and set out in two dories. Reaching the raft, the crow boarded It and found soven frozen bodies and eight, persons two women and nix men -who wero almost dead from tho cold. The crew experienced great, difficulty in reaching shore, which they did ln an exhausted condition. Only one of the eight survivors died. Monurclui As Sponsors. Madrid (Bv Cable) . Telegrams of congratulation on the birth of an heir to the Spanish throne continue to be received here. The latest Is from the Emperor of China. Klug Alfonso has invited Emperor FranclH Joseph of Austria, King Edward and King Carlos of Portugal to bo bouor ury sponsors at the baptism of the Prince, they being near relatives. This will involve tho appointment of special representatives from Aus tria, England and Portugal. Mikado Decorates Editor. New York (Special). The decora tion of the Order of the Hislng Bun was conferred upon Dr. Louis Klopsch, editor of trie Christian Her ald, by Baron Takewo Ozewn, per sonal envoy of tbe Japanese Emper or. The decoration was conferred upon Dr. Klopsch is recognition of tho work done by liini ln relieving famine sufferers in Jupan last year. Mere than a quarter of a million dol lars wa raised by the Chrit'n Her ald for this purpose. IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. Lake Superior Income 5'e declin ed from 45 to 43 on sales of only $1,000. Somebody bought u block of 1,000 shares of Pennsylvania ln the Phila delphia market at 61 7-10. "I still say sell otockn and buy wheat axd corn," said the head of a very promlneut. Philadelphia house. Union Pacific's $75,000,000 of boudu wore oversubscribed by the syndicate to the extent cf about 20 per cent. Lucerne County produced 40 per cent, of .ill the anthracite coal mined last yen- in Pennsylvania, which mei'iin tho United States. The Pennsylvania Railroad sent May dividend checks to 45,496 share holders, the larger t number whlth ever appeared on Its books. Money la working a Ilttlo tighter and bunkers eny that beavy specula tion In wheat Is partly responsible for tho large demand for funds. Ter.uoseee Is the onl- company vhlcii makes open hearth utoel rails at tho praoont tiiao, which accounts for the big orders it is receiving. National Lead directors declared a Quarterly dividend of 114 per cent, on (he common stock. This increases the annual rato for 4 to 5 por cent. The usual preferred dividend was. declared. After the dividend was announced tbe common stock had a big tumble So much once more, for "anticipated uood news." - STATE OEJENNSTLWNH Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. Patrick J. Frlel. a mine foreman it Buck Run Colliery, was the only )no to successfully pass the recent ixamlnatlon for mine Inspector held it Pottsvllle, and he Is sure of a $3,000 place. Joseph Boner, residing ln the Nlp penose Valley, Clinton County, kill ed two of the largest black snakes aver seen In the vnllpy. They meas ured six feet nine IncheB and seven feet six Inches respectively. Wilson Redheffer, of Springfield Township, Delaware County, died In a hospital in Washington, D. C, from Injuries received In being thrown to the ground while engaged In superintending the erection of a building for his father-in-law, J. Holchor, In Washington. The York Lodge, No. 266. Free and Accepted Masons, have pur chased two valuable properties on South George Street, near the cen tral part of the city, and will erect handsome quarters costing approxi mately $200,000. The Wilkes-Barre Lace MIIIb on May 20 will give a ten per cent. In crease In wages to Its 1100 employes. The advance was unsolicited. A quantity of dynamite was found by Robert Drums, a 14-year-old boy, concealed ln the brush In close prox imity to the Lehigh Valley Railroad near Hazleton. Detectives believe tho dynamite was stolen from on of the strlpplngs, by tramps with th intention of blowing up the Valley pay car. , Mrs. Hugh Campbell has received word from Paisley, Scotland, thai her brother John Taylor, who two months ago disappeared from hll home In Chester and whom the po lice all. over the United States had been searching for, had arrived there. Taylor left Chester two months ago to go to Philadelphia to purchase some goods and nothing was heard from him until the letter came from Scotland. The report of the Department ol Mines of Pennsylvania for 1908 shows that duNng that period the total graduation of anthracite coal In gross tons was 64,410,277. There were 65 7 fatal and 1212 non-fatal iccldents; 1,614,083 kegs of powdei md 7,1)80,733 pounds of dynamite were used. If the Howard bill, which passed the House but fulled ;o get through the Senate, imposing 1 tax on nnthranclte coal, had be ;ome a law the annual revenue from ;hls source would have been $1,932, 108.31. The total production of bl .uminous coal was 129,532,989 tons, which would have produced a reve lue of $1,295,329.98 from the bl uminous operators. Thero wero 177 fatal nnd 1160 non-fatal accl lents In this district in 1906, and' (24,786 kegs cf powder nnd 2,425, )73 pounds of dynamite were used. Edwin, the 1 8-months-oId child )f Edwin Schaeffer, of Coplay, died in terrible agony as the result of eating several nerve tonic tablets which had been prescribed for Mrs. Schaeffer and which an older child fed to the baby, mistaking them for :amly. William H, Walker wanted to shake hands with a bear in an ani mal show at Altoonn, and extended his hand Into the cage. This an gered the bear and It struck at the hand, a claw tearing off the end of one of Walker's fingers. In Northumberland the time-worn theme of a troublesome bull In china shop was given a unique illus tration when farmers were driving the animal down main street. At Miss Mc.Vaugh's millinery shop the bull cast a glance toward the win dow and there spied ribbons and hats of varried and gaudy hues, among which red predominated. That sight was sufficient for with a bellowing charge he made for It full tilt. First he bucked and wreck ed the window and then ho bolted for the door. There he met his doom, as the jam was so narrow it held him fast, until backed out with a pitchfork. Nineteen-year-old John MeCauB land wnB Instantly killed at Hicks Run, near Dubois. While standing on a pile of logs they started to roll and one of tbe big pieces of timber struck him on the head, crushing it. The extensive forest fires which have been raging in President and Pine Grove Townships, Venango County, covering an area of ten square miles, since Sunday are be hoved to be under control. Gas and oil pumping stations In tho path of tho flames were saved by enveloping them ln wet .blankets. The Natalie Colliery, of Shamokln, Idle for several years, will soon be put In operation again, It Is said. Engineer Hurry M. Jsenborg was caught In the wreck of his engine, which Jumped the track near Alex andria, and was scalded so badly with the steam und boiling water that he died a few hours later. Charged with forging the name of his father, J. C. Ervln, to several notes, Walter W. Ervln, of Furlong, was committed to the county Jail at Doylestown by Justice Wall in de fault of $500 ball. John Estes, age 19, and the only support of a widowed mother, fell from a frelghf train at Union City and was Instantly killed. Ills head was severed. Tho taxpayers of Upper ML Bethel Township are opposing a proposition to build a high school building that would cost $16,000. The members of the School Board by a vote of 3 to 2 decided to erect such a struc ture at a point locally known to Al legheny. Dr. Jacob Swller bearing, aged 64, who has held office as poor director, twice as county commissioner, audi tor and school director, died at his homo ln Middlesex. Dr. Zearing Is survived by a son, Robert, of Middle sex, .nnd a daughter. Every department of the Pennsyl vania shops In Altoona Is being hit In the suspension of men. Wednes day 250 more men were laid off, making over 500 now In all, and the weeding out Is still going on. Single men, us a rule, are being se lected for dismissal. The Senate passed finally the House bill, fixing the maximum rate of furo to be charged by street rall wayr. at b cents for a continuous rldo In ona car within tbe corporate lim its of a city.
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