BRIWJXT TASK.
The Belief of Starving Mafeking
Is Now In Order.
BOER RAIDERS VERY ACTIVE
In 'orthwcntern Tape Colony, and
Martial Law Ilaa Been Declared.
Dnrra 1'reparlna For tiuerrlllu
Wnrfarr In '.outpanabera; Dlatrli-t.
London, March 6. Mafeklng ia to be
relieved hb soon a9 the British tore
already on the way to Kimberley can
raise the Blege. This force Is de
scribed vaguely as "strong." The Kim
berley Light Morse Is mentioned as a
component. In view of the fact that
the Kimberley Light Horse Is unde r
the control of the I)e Beers company.
Lord Roberts' visit to Kimberley prob
ably had to do with an arrangement
with Cecil Rhodes to use this com
pany of troops.
Mr. Rhodes and Colonel Kekewich
have had differences of policy, it ap
pears, which did uot end with the Te
ller of Kimberley. "What shall I dr
with him?" Colonel Kekewich Is said
to have wired to Lord Roberts, who
half humorously replied, according to
a story circulated at the clubs, "Put
hlni in chains."
Lady Saruh Wilsou wires The Daily
Mail from Mafeklng, tyider date ot
Feb. 19, as follows: "The food ques
tion is becoming difficult. A BOU
'kitchen has been organised and horses,
, stray dogs and heads and feet of oxen
f are utilized. The town Is on strict
rations."
Fresh intelligence as to what Lord
Roberts Is doing has ceased again.
This silence is taken to mean tbat
something has happened or Is about
to happen.
Boer raiders are uncommonly active
In the northwestern section of Cape
Colony, where they are stirring up the
Dutch. Martial law has consequently
been declared.
Mr. Chamherlain's request for 2,500
additional Australian bushmen is un
derstood to be explained by the fact
that the war office requires this force
for the pursuit of irreconcilable Boers
Who, according to the Intelligence de
partment, have been quietly collect
ing great quantities of ammunition and
stores In the mountain fastnesses of
the Zoutpansberg district, in the north
of the Transvaal, where they are pre
paring to carry on guerrilla warfare.
A dispatch to The Standard from
Osfontein, dated Sunday, says:
Lord Roberts' army now occupies a
most advantageous position. The
Sixth division, under General Kelly
Kenny, is posted on the right and
holds all the kopjes for a distance of
five miles south of the Modder. The
Seventh division, under General
Tucker, is In the center, immediately
outh of the river, and General Col-
llle, with the Ninth division, is on the
orth bank. The cavalry brigade, un
er General French, Is posted on the
ft front, and the mounted Infantry,
finder Colonel Ridley-Martyr, on the
right front.
The country around consists of wide,
Tassy plains, broken only by ridges
nd isolated kopjes. A body of the
nemy has taken up a position on one
if the latter, a flat topped hill to the
lorth of the river, five miles beyond
ieneral French, who today took out
lorse artillery and shelled them. An
other force, 4,000 strong, holds an
Isolated group of kopjes south of the
Modder and in front of the British
mounted Infantry. Their position is
iurrounded on all sides by level plains,
iver which the Boers must make their
iray in oruer to reach the river. As a
consequence their situation appears
irecarlous in the extreme.
The veldt Is now in beautiful con
lltlon. Water Is plentiful, supplies be
ll obtainable nohonly from the river,
ut also from numerous small springs,
'be health and spirits of the troops
re excellent. The British cavalry and
lounted Infantry have been reeon
oltering the enemy's positions. There
as been little fighting.
MINERS IN A RAILROAD SMASH.
wo Killed and Over Forty Injured,
Some of Them Fatally.
Brazil, Ind., March 6. A miners'
in carrying 400 workmen employed
the mines north of here to their
mes in this city was run into by a
al freight train cu the Chicago and
tern Illinois railroad last night and
caboose and two cars were smash
to splinters. Melvin Easter and
arles Crompey were Instantly killed
more than 40 persons severely ln-
d. The wreckage caught Are, and
rescuers were forced to make a
olc fight to prevent those pinned in
wreck from being cremated,
tnong those seriously Injured, many
whom will die, are: Thomas Bar
man, both legs broken: Will Dod-
1, Injured Internally; William
sden, arm broken, injured in chest;
uel Lynch, internal Injuries; John
kson. back broken: Thomas Davis,
b arms broken; John Little, arm
ken; William Vesper, Internal in-
es.
The It null of Immigration.
Iew York, March 6. There Is a rush
nimigrants to this port at present.
Lucania. which arrived Sunday,
ught 890 the Pretoria 1.013. the
Iteau Yquem 400, La Champagne
land the Spartan Prince 683, a total
.s. All were landed at the barge
yesterday. There are 13,000
rage passengers expected during
iweek.
"Mary Root Salla For Havana.
mpa, Fla., March 6. Secretary
and party sailed for Havana yes-
y afternoon on the transport
nek. The vessel arrived about
n., and the party on being notl-
Iwent down to the mouth of the
or on a steamer and were aulckly
Pferred.
Jubilant Puerto Itioani.
Juan de Puerto Rico, March 6.
Ricans are Jubilant over the
of the passing of the bill return-
pe Puerto Rican duties. The peo-
fnerally are satisfied and approve
Per cent measure. They are
awaiting the action of the
WORST BLIZZARD OF THE SEASON.
Wlaroaln and Southern Michigan
Peeling Its Fury.
Milwaukee, March C The worst bllz
: zard of the season has been raging
i all night and day, the snow, however,
changing to sleet. None of the steain
I ers left port last night, as the harbor
I Is Icebound. One of the Pere Mar
quette line steamers is fast in the ice
abrut a quarter of a mile from the en
trance to the river. It is reported that
15 or 20 pa.st-engers are on board. The
1 vessel is not believed to be in any dan
: ger, as the ice is of a slush variety.
, Specials from other points m the state
j report the most severe storm of the
winter.
Detroit. March 6. For the second
. tie within a week southern Michigan
is in the grasp of a furious snow
I storm. Trains Into Detroit nre from
one to twelve hours' late, and similar
; conditions nre reported generally
throughout the region affected by the
' storm. The car ferry Great Western,
which transfers Wabash trains across
' the river to Canada, has been aground
on a shoal for live hours. Aboard the
: boat Is the St. Louis limited passenger
, train. The local snowfall yesterday
j was 9i Inches, making n fall of 30
Inches in six days, more snow than
j haR fallen in any one month since 1878.
THE SUPPRESSION OF "SAPHO."
; The Leaden Held For Trial and
Wallaek'a Theater Closed.
New York, March 6, Olga Nether-
sole, playing the loading part In
i "Sapho," now being produced at Wal-
lack's theater: Hamilton Kevelle, the
leading man; Marcus Meyer, manager
of the company, and Theodore Most,
lessee of the theater, were each held
In 500 bail for trial In special ses
sions veslcrdnv hv Magistrate Mutt in
I the Center street police court. They
were paroled in custody of their coun
sel, Abraham Hummel, until o'clock
tomorrow, when they will again ap
pear In Center street court and give
bail In $.100 each. As a result of the
decision of Magistrate Mott Wallack's
theater was closed last night and no
production of "Sapho" was attempted.
Chief of Police Devery had ordered
Captain Thomas to take ten men in
citizens' clothes and visit the theater
and make arrests If an effort was made
to produce "Sapho" along the original
lines.
Sentenced For r'orYiirdlnu "Supho,"
Philadelphia, March 6. George Y.
Joidon and J. Harrison Jordan, trad
ing as the Jordan Publishing com
pany, and John Inscho, an employe,
who were last week convicted of send
ing obscene literature (Daudet's
"Sapho") by express from this city to
Chicago, were sentenced yesterday by
Judge McPherson, In the United States
district court. The Jordans were sen
tenced to pay a fine of $1 and costs nnd
undergo an imprisonment of two years
and six months, in the Eastern peni
tentiary. Inscho was sentenced to
one year In the county prison. In the
central police court yesterday Magis
trate Jermon held Bernard Kline, a
street peddler, in 8600 ball for trial on
the charge of selling copies of "Sapho."
SuKar Trust Dividend Reduced.
New York, March 6. The directors
of the American Sugar Refining com
pany, commonly known as the sugar
trust, yesterday reduced the quarterly
dividend of its common shares to halt
the rate maintained since 1895. It de
clared a dividend of 1 per cent for
the quarter, or at the rate of 6 per cent
annually, against 12 per cent paid since
1893. This reduction in the dividend
rate Is the result of the war between
the American company and the new
refineries.
No Time For Mediation Yet.
Rome, March 6. In the chamber of
deputies, replying to several deputies
who suggested that the time had ar
rived for mediation In South Africa,
the minister of foreign affairs. Mar
quis Vlsconti Venosta. declared he
shared such sentiments, but thought
action In the desired sense could only
be exercised when circumstances ren
dered It opportune and likely to be
successful, and he thought that mo
ment had not yet arrived.
Conanl Hay Having; Mo Troultle.
Washington, March 6. A cablegram
received at the state department from
Adelbert Hay. United States consul at
Pretoria, indicates that he is having
no trouble whatever in the full exer
cise of his functions, and especially Is
he unhampered by the Boer officials,
with whom he seems to be on an ex
cellent footing, securing any Informa
tion desired as to the condition of the
British soldiers who are prisoners nt
Pretoria.
Steamer Wrecked, Fifty Lives I. out.
Barrington, N. S., March 6. The
vessel wrecked on the ledge at Pubnlco
ten days ago was almost certainly the
Elder-Dempster line steamer Planet
Mercury, from Portland, Me., for Bris
tol. She was under command of Cap
tain Pye. She carried a miscellane
ous cargo valued at 300,000, but no
passengers. In addition to her crew
of 44 she bad six cattlemen. All are
doubtless lost.
Hlch Mine in Ecuador.
Washington, March 6. Consul Gen
eral de Leon, at Guayaquil, reports
to the state department the existence
of copper and sliver mines of great ex
tent and promise about 35 miles from
the coast of Ecuador, in the province
of Ahuay, at an altitude of about 5,000
feet. He offers to supply full particu
lars to persons In the United States
who are interested.
Veraaua Abnaea the "Yankee."
Berlin, March 3. TheLokal Anzieger
publishes an interview with the Duke
of Veragua, in the course of which the
Spanish nobleman abused the "Yan
kees" because the United States gov
ernment bad not continued bis pen
sion of 30,000 pesetas as a decendant of
Columbus. He said: "They do not
act like gentlemen."
Charred With Stock Conspiracy.
Philadelphia, March 6. Alfred Gos
lin, of New York, was arrested by Cen
tral station detectives last night
charged with conspiracy to depress the
value of the stock of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company. He admitted
his Identity and wanted to furnish ball,
which tbe police officials refused to al-
Civil Warfare Averted by the Act
of the Rapublican Governor.
BELLIGERENT ORDER REVOKED.
Taylor lied Ordered Stntew ArntM
lteim tl In London, and a Demo
crat If Senator Introduced a Ilea
olution to llccupturr Tliem.
Frankfort, Ky., March t. The orders
for the shipment of guns and ammuni
tion from the state arsenal here to
London, Ky., by the Republican statu
authorities, was revoked yesterday af
ternoon and a car loaded with muni
tions of war, consigned to London, was
unloaded and its contents returned to
the arsenal In this city. The state of
ficials give no reason for the change
of program. The soldiers worked ah
forenoon loading the car. There Is a
report that the war department at
Washington interfered and requested
the guns and ammunition already
taken to London to be returned here.
The removal of the arsenal equip
ments was the subject of the follow
ing resolution In the senate yesterday
by Senator Trtplett, an antl-Goebel
Democrat:
"Resolved, that a committe of two
members of the senate and three mem
bers of the house be appointed to in
vestigate the report that the guns and
arms and munitions of the state have
been removed by W. S. Taylor, or by
his orders to certain officers of the
state troops, to London, Ky., and that
If said reports are found to be true,
the said committee shall at once pre
pare an ad authorizing General John
B. Castleman to purchase at once all
the necessary guns and equipments to
replace said material Illegally remov
ed, and that he is further authorised
to summon to arms and equip a suffi
cient army of state militia to recover
all of the guns and other munitions so
taken, and replace same in the state
arsenal, and further, the sum of $250,
000 lie and Is hereby appropriated by
the general assembly of the common
wealth of Kentucky to carry out the
provisions of said act and that the
auditor of the state shall draw his war
rant upon the treasurer for the sum
necessary to carry out the provisions
of the net."
A storm of applause followed the
rending of the resolution, which under
the rules lies over for one day. Now
that the order to the Republican mili
tary has been countermanded the reso
lution will doubtless be withdrawn.
Mew fork's Hall of Fame.
New York. March 6. At the quar
terly meeting of the council of the New
York university yesterday announce
ment was made of a gift of 8100,000,
which Is to be devoted to the erection
of what is di scribed as "the Hall of
Fame for Great Americans." It will
be in the form of a terrace, or prome
nade, on University Heights, connect
ing the Hall of Language and the Hall
of Philosophy. The structure will be
506 feet in length, and will be in the
form of a semi-circle, extending to
wards the west. It will be 170 feet
above the Hudson, and wilt overlook
the Hudson and the Harlem rivers,
and will command a view of the Pal
isades. The donor Is a citizen of New
York, who desires his name withheld.
nnltlniore'M ew t'lty Solicitor.
Baltimore, March 8. El-United
States Senator and Formor Governor
William Pinckney Whyte was yester
day appointed city solicitor by Mayor
Hayes, to succeed Bernard Carter, re
signed. Governor Whyte accepted the
place and was confirmed by councils
last night. Governor Whyte has a
very large practice, much of which he
will give up In order to accept he
city sollcitorship. Mr. Carter, v '
has for many years been counsel '
the Chesapeake and Pototnnt '(
phone company, resigned been -n '
difference between that corp ' ' '
and the city regarding the :
rl;ht to lay electric subways.
victim of Chlaeae m- ii,i .
San Francisco, March ti The 1 t
of the Tongs In Chlnatovr -v
newed yesterday by the murder of ' "
of the most prominent Chine e ntr
chants In this city and the wouti-1 rig
of a third man, all members of the S im
Yup organization. The victims of yes
terday's outbreak are Poon Gee, Low
Soon and Leong Cheu, members of the
pork packing firm of Tuck Wo & Co.
The first named were killed and the
third seriously wounded. The store
had Just been opened, when four high
binders darted out of a small alley,
opening up a fusillade. The murderers
escaped.
Valuable Painting; Srlicd.
New York, March 6. A special in
spector of the custom house and a
special agent of the treasury yesterday
seized the Rubens picture, "The Holy
Family," at the gallery of a Fifth ave
nue art gallery'. The painting was
entered at the local custom bouse on
Dec. 17 last by Eugene Flschoff, an art
dealer. It was valued at 825,000 and
war. passed by the United States ap
praisers, and duty was paid in the fixed
valuation. It has since been ascertain
ed that the painting was sold at execu
tor's sale of the estate of Sir Cecil
Miles in London last May for 843,000.
Why Carter Pavora Quay.
Washington, March 6. Mr. Carter,
of Montana, dealt vigorously with tbe
Quay case in the senate yesterday In
the course of an explanation as to why
he will vote for the former senator
from Pennsylvania. He voted against
the seating of Mr. Corbett In the last
congress because, he said, Mr. Corbett
was endeavoring to benefit by a wrong
perpetrated by himself. He declared
Mr. Quay was the victim of a "diaboli
cal plot" In bis own state such as had
no counterpart In American political
history.
The Advance la Cottoa.
Atlanta, Ga., March 6. The Journal
lays: Cotton took another leap yes
terday, and at the close the market
was at the highest figure in years.. At
lanta spot went to 9. At the present
prices cotton Is worth about $10 per
bale more, and the crop about $90,000,
000 more than It was on New Year's
day.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
WediieKility, Feb. -s.
DurluK a fire in Clarion. Pa., ex
Judge W. W. Mat r dropped dead from
excitement
Laborers In San Juan. Puerto Klco,
are on strike for an Increase in wages,
from three to five cents an hour.
Suit has been brought against Prick
Coke company directors, charging them
with working in the Interest of the
Carnegie steel company.
Bishop J. M. Thoburn, missionary
bishop in India, is suffering (ram
nervous exhaustion, due to overwork.
He will be foried to take a long rest,
Swedish mail steamer Bex stranded
oil Ruegeu island. Germany, and five
Stewardesses we e drowned in attempt
ing to leave the vessel.
I'tiaroday. Mtteeh i.
Tiie national senate passed the bill
providing a territorial form of gov
ernment for Hawaii.
The Ohio house defeated a woman
suffrage ulll by lit nays to aT yeas. It
required 89 votes to adopt.
The Democrats in the Kentui ky leg
islature passed the bill offering -ooo
reward for Goebel's murderer.
Three children of Edward Frlednor,
aged is months to 6 years, were suf
focated in a New York tenement rue.
Joseph Glenn, B farmer near Blue
field, w. Va., objected to his dmgu
ter's suitor. All rt Mar h. He Iti'.Ii d
Marsh, his daughter and himself.
Lou Curry, one of the rob! orB to
t secured over $30,000 by holding lip a
j train at Wilcox. Vyo lnsl June, v s
killed while resisting arrest ;.i ) id
son, Mo.
Friday . March -
i Cecil Leslie, connected with Rrook
I lyn's Franklin syndicate, was captur id
In Cleveland.
A bill to repeal New York's common
! law marriage statute has been report
! ed In the legislature
Laurence Uummell. IS months old,
pulled a lighted lamp on himself In his
Newark (N. J.) home and was burned
to death.
George W. Watts, IS years old, sen
tenced at Baltimore to a yen s im
prisonment for larceny, tried Bltlcide
by hanging.
The bodies of 96 soldiers who died i:i
Cuba since the end of the Spanish war
were burled with military honors nt
Arlington cemetery yesterday.
Prof. Arthur C. McOlffert, of Unhn
Theological seminary, is to Jolt) 'he
Congregational church, thus averting
a heresy trial by the Presbyterian gen
crai assembly,
R-atefday. Maecli
Membership of the Methodlstchurch
es Is less than two years ago.
Texas yesterday celebrated the 64th
anniversary of Texas' Independence.
Near Wake, Va., a boiler explosion
killed George Bteurer and seriously in
jured, his two sons.
In a quarrel over a match W. L.
Adklns killed Kdward Brooks, a fellow
clerk In an Atlanta store.
A snowstorm which started Wednes
day noon In Buffalo continued with
out cessation until last evening.
Ijee Stover, late colonel of the Fi-st
South Dakota regiment, has announced
himself as a Republican candidate for
the United States senate.
The Guy V. Henry committee, nt
New York, proposes to raise a fund for
the general's widow to put her beyond
possible want.
tlonduy. March ft.
Archbishop John Hennessy. of the
Catholic diocese of Dubuque, la., died
yesterday, aged 76.
Fire in n cheap lodging house in the
Bowery, New York, resulted in seven
deaths nnd serious Injuries to two
others.
President David Slur Jordan, of l.e
land Stanford university, predicts the
downfall of Great Britain in the com
ing century.
Rev. Daniel J, Hauer, the oldest
Lutheran clergyman In the United
States, celebrated his 94th birthday an
niversary Saturday at Hanover, Pa.
Warrants have been Issued for sev
eral men and boys at Mount Carmel,
Pa., who are charged with ill treating
12-year-old John PabO, until he be
came crazed.
The British consular Inquiry at San
Francisco has found Chief Engineer
McDonald, of the transport Manuense,
guilty of negligence and drunkenness
and fined him $150.
H. F. Selbert, who was mourned ns
one of the victims of the Johnstown,
Pa., flood of 1K89, returned to his old
home, at Wilkesbarre, Saturday, after
an absence of 10 years. He has been
in Australia.
Tiicndny. March II.
General Joseph Wheeler and daugh
ter have arrived at San Francisco
from Manila.
Martin Gallagher died In a New York
hospital, the seventh killed by the
Bowery lodging house fire.
Proposed Increases in British taxes
makes the Income tax virtually bear
half of the extra tnxntion.
The Knights of the Royal Arch, In
cluding all engaged in the liquor busi
ness, has 80,000 members, and is grow
ing. Henry Ohlrogges and his brother
Richard were asphyxiated by gas in
their New York home. Henry is dead
and Richard may die.
.i:i:ihi. MARKETS.
Philadelphia. March 5. Flour In light
demand; winter superfine. $2.30fj2.G0:
Pennsylvania roller, clear, ff Irfff f ; city
mills, extra, J2.5Oii2.70. Rye flour Steady
at tS.WaX.W per barrel. Whent firm: No. I
9 ro.1 aitnt in Alni-nlnr 7nSlfi,71le Cnrn I
firm; No. 2 mixed, spot. In elevator. 38',4
6-Wic. ; No. 2 yellow, for local trade, 41
ijjlP.e. i i.i is quiet and steady; No. 2
white, clipped, 31i'31Hc.; lower grades,
ISliHOc. Hay well maintained; choice, tim
othy. $17 for lnrge bales. Beef quiet; beef
hams, $21iU21.50. Pork dull: family. tWa
11.50. Lard easy; western steamed, $6.124.
Butter firmer; western creamery, 20ii26c.;
do. factory, 1720c. ; June creamery. 18
W'ic. ; imitation creamery, 1823c. : New
York dairy, S'u-. , do. creamery. 20'n
Kc.; fancy Pennsylvania prints jobbing
at 2831c. ; do. wholesale, 27c. Eggs easy :
New Toik and Pennsylvania, l$&164c.
Live poultry quoted at lO&lOVic. for
(owls and chickens and lltfc. for duckr.
Dressed poultry, choice western fowls,
11 H-.; old roosters, 8c.; nearby chickens,
lHii2'-ic ; nearby turkeys, fancy, 12 13c. ;
geese, 70$Hc.; ducks, choice and fancy,
Wile.
Occupying Towns in Southern Lu
zon With Slight Resistance.
A SHORT BATTLE AT LIRM AN AN.
Tin- I'lllplnoa. ( oiliinl. il In the Itlec
Melda, Realntad tin- Fortieth Rearl-
lilenl, I nsittj; II Ullllllr.'ll tl nil Fifty
III Killed and W.illll.li'.l.
Manila, .March 6. General Bates' ex
pedition to Southern Luzon, consist -'
Lf the Fortieth and Forty-fifth re -ments,
8 total of 2,300 men. has uc
oupli d Nueva Caceres, province ol
South Camerlnes; Daet, province of
North Camarlnes, and the nelghborin ;
smaller towns. The enemy resisted al
one point, and two Americans were
killed. Including Lieutenant John B
Galleher, u the Fortieth regiment,
On Feb. 20 the expedition arrived at
S.-xn Miguel bay. landed, and. In three
columns, Immediately pushed inland,
converting upon Neuva Carceres nnd
attempting to control the enemy's
routes of retreat.
Ai Llbmanan, northwest of Neuva
Carceres, the enemy was concealed ill
the rice fields and resisted a battalion
of the Fortieth regiment, which on
gaged them at close quarters with
bayonets. After 40 minutes' fighting
the enemy fled, and Llbmanan was oc
( upled. The Americans burled lH ot
the enemy, whose total loss In kille.l
and wounded is estimated at 110.
From Llbmanan the expedition pro
ceeded to Neuva Caceres. the gunboat
Paragua arriving ten minutes ahead of
the troops. The town was found prac
tically deserted. The Americans, dallj
scouting in the vicinity, report that
the enemy have retreated into the
mountains.
The insurgents around Legaspl and
Albay, province of South Camarlnes,
are hnrrasslng the Americans nightly.
Foreigners doing business at Legaspl
are living on ships in the harbor or In
the American barracks.
DUTIES PAID BY PUERTO RICO
win lie Retaraed in tin- lalaad Pot
i it 1.1 1 1- i mpro patenta,
Washington, March 3. -Within two
hours after a special message from the
president recommending the immedi
ate passage of a bill to place in bis
bands all the moneys collected upon
Puerto Rican goods since the S ..! '
evacuation of the Island, to be IIS .1 fn
the relief of the Puerto Ricans, h e
been read to the house yesterday He
house had passed and sent to the sen
ate a bill to carry out the recom
mendation, The message came like a
bolt out of a clear sky to the minority.
They were at first Inclined to hail it
with delight as a reproof of the ma
jority for the passage of the Puerto
It lean tariff bill on Wednesday. The
Republican leaders, however, bad a bill
ready to carry the president's recom
mendations into effect, and it was pass
ed by a vote of 1112 to 107, 1-3 Demo
crats, 2 PopuSista and 2 Silver Repub
lican! voting with the Republicans in
the affirmative. I'nder the hill aboul
12,000,000 already collected end all
duties hereafter collected will be re
turned to Puerto Hlco.
Tlif Advaar la Coal I'rlees.
Philadelphia. March 6. After several
meetings of representatives of the
more prominent bituminous coal in
terest engaged in shipping coal to tide
water points to consider questions of
contract prices for the year beginning
April I, have agreed upon rates which,
as compared with the present contract
tide prices for soft coal. Is an advance
of about 70 cents, of this advance the
new freight rates, which go into effect
on April 1. will consume cents, leav
ing 86 cents advance to the operator;:.
Deducting from this ten cents per ton
for the advance In the miners' wages,
which will, it is confidently expected,
be demanded and granted, the operat
ors will have a net advance for their
coal of l!.ri cents per ton.
ll Iowa ItllilU I tell.
Ottumwii, la.. March fl. Some tine
between Saturday afternoon nnd yes
terday morning burglars got away
with a considerable sum of money
from the vault of the Farmers' bank,
at Farmlngton. It Is claimed that $17,
000 was secured, but the officials say
the loss will not reach that figure. The
affair Is a mystery, as the time lock
showed no Indication of having been
tampered with and the door was found
locked, as usual.
notltrlle to Seek II e-e lei-1 ion .
Mangor. Me., March 5. Congressman
C. A. Boutelle has so far recovered
from his recent illness, which made
It necessary to send him to Boston for
treatment, that he has decided to seek
re-election. Yesterday his brother an
nounced the candidacy of the con
gressman for renomlnatlon and elec
tion. The Philippine l.liiuor Trnffle.
Washington. March fi. Representa
tive Glllett, of Massachusetts, yester
day Introduced a bill to "regulate the
sale of Intoxicating liquors In the Phil
ippines." It prohibits the sale of dis
tilled or intoxicating liquor In quanti
ties less than 20 gallons except on a
physician's prescription for medicinal
purposes. Severe penalties are provid
ed for violations.
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News Items of Interest From All
Parts of the State.
PLUNGED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT
gartOaS eelilenf In a Traill nil the
Prmiii Tup Hallraad Cond actor
Killed a nil Two I njureil To In-
ervase the Peaaajr'a Capital.
Huntingdon. Pa, March 6. An nccl
dent to the early morning passenger
train on the Ens! Broad Top railroad
ye8terday at Martin s Meadow resulted
In the death of Conductor George W.
DrlggB, the probably fatal Injury of
Mine Superintendent Frank Lyon ; nd
Grant Schmittle, and the serious inju
ry of a dozen passengers, The acci
dent was caused by a broken tail and
the derailed cars, containing about PHI
passengers, were thrown over all em-
bankmont. Scarcely any of the travel
ers escaped without some Injury. A
lone woman passenger and her little
babe were extricated from the il hrl
the former being severely hurl ..
the babe escaped without a scrub
To lacrraa tin- l1 iajr i iipl'nl,
Philadelphia. March 6, Tbe i
report of the Pennsylvania ra id,
Which was made pitblli la.-t ,i; lit.
makes the Important snnounccnent
that at the annual meeting In 1901 I he
stockholders will be asked to author
ize an Increase in the capital stock of
$8,000,000, bringing tbe capital up to
$150,000,000. The growing traffic, 'he
report says, makes It necessary to con
tinue improving nnd adding to the
properly, and the policy of the com
pany, while taking part of the -x-pense
from current Income, Is to i I a
portion through an Increase of i ; ,tal.
Death of r. -.In ilce Walker.
Pottsville, Pa.. March 3. Ex-Judge
Thomas II. Walker died at Irs home
here Thursday night, aged 77 years,
Judge Walker, who was horn in Lan
caster county, was. admitted t" tin
Schuylkill county bar in 1846. Ten
years later he was elected district at
torney by the Democrats, and In 1S71
was elected an additional law judge ol
the county for ten years. Qovernoi
Hnrtranft, in 1S7S, appointed Judge
Walker as one of the delegates from
Pennsylvania to the International
prison congress, which met nt Stock
holm, Sweden, the same year.
Death of Editor Driest.
Lancaster, Pa., March (i. Frank
(!: i"st. aged 4ti years, son of Posl mas
ter Ellwood (irlest, who died a few
WOOks B 70, and a brother of Secretary
of the Cnmmonwealth W. W. flrlest.
died suddenly yesterday afternoon at
the home of his mother In this city.
He resided at Millersvllle. He was ei1,
ltor of the Lancaster inmirer, a fci
paper man of exceptional ability nnd
one of the organizers nnd a director of
the I.nncuster PresH club. A widow
and two children survive.
Tramp I'IkIiI Ttemiltii In Mnriler.
Hazleton, Pa, March 8, The remains
of an unknown tramp nbout 40 years
of age were found near the Cranberry
colliery yesterday. The man lay In a
pool of blood, and three holes were in
ills breast. It Is believed that a num
ber of tramps had a fight in a nearby
shanty, where they were accustomed
to stay al night, and that the man was
murdered. The officers have been in
structed to hold on suspicion every
tramp they encounter.
roultln'l ricM the Glass Trosf.
Pittsburg, March 6. The Independ
ent Window t'.lass Manufacturers' as
sociation, formed last December by a
number of prominent independent
manufacturers, has proven a failure,
and notices have been sent out an
nouncing that the association Is dead.
The chief trouble fro the start was
that some of the mam lecturers refused
to adhere to the prices and rules adopt
ed by the organization.
NpnrtunNlinrK linlii-.tr Wlpeil Out.
Olorry, Pa., March r.--The tannery
known as the Western Union tannery,
at Bpartansburg, with Its contents, was
destroyed by fire yesterday. With no
means to fight the fire, the citizens
had to stand helplessly by watching
the only Industry of the town being
destroyed. The loss is I80,009. The
Corry Opera House, with its entire
contents, was d strayed by fire yes
terday. Loss $45,000.
Peaasyll anlu Mlncri mi Strike.
Meyersdnle, Pa., March 0.- -Fifteen
hundred miners of the Meyersdale coal
region went out on a strike this morn
Ing for a preliminary advance of five
cents per ton to place them on an
equal basis with the George's Creek
region, prior to asking them for the
ten cent advance on April 1, which has
already been granted to the George's
Creek miners.
The Atlantic Ilaaeball I.eaKiie.
Allentown. Pa.. March 5. A meeting
of the Atlantic Ilnseball league will be
held here on March 9 or 12. President
Pogel, who was in town yesterday, salo
the league will consist of eight clubs
and that the circuit will be made up
from Klmira, Binghampton, Scranton,
Wilkesbarre, Allentown, Reading, Har
rlshurg, Trenton, Newark and Atlantic
City.
ramVITLTAMtaV NEWS BREVITIES.
In nn nttempt to board a freight train
near Bockvllle Frederick Von Heeds WSI
killed.
Bishop Itoban has issued a decree for
bidding funerals nn Sundays In Bcrantnn'k
Catholic churches.
Forty applications for liquor licenses
have been filed In Centre county, two
more than last year.
Fnlllng Into a drunken sleep on the
railroad near Johnstown Michael Such
was killed by an engine.
Word has reached his home, at Blooms
burg, of the death of Private William
Samuels, of Company F, Twelfth In
fantry, in the Philippines.
The double track of the Lebanon Val
ley branch of the Philadelphia and Read
ing railway, between Kobcsonla and
Ityerstown, la now practlcttUy finished.
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