T
-b sr 11 1-1
Issue of the Topoka Capital.
IOVELTIE8 IH HEW8 EDITING.
rhe Flrat Hem la a Prijrer by Blikop
Vincent, While Article, on India's
Famine. M III tnr Ian and Prohibition
Lead the Ktwi Column.
Topeka, March 13. "The main pur- I
pose of this paper will be to Influence I
ts readers to seek nrst tne kingdom
f God."
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, who
eBterday assumed editorial and busi
est) control of The Daily Capital,
hlch he will retain for one week,
akes this announcement in his edi-
orial leader outlining tils policy this
norning. The Capital during this
ime will be a "newspaper," the word
'news" being detlned by Mr. Sheldon
ta anything in the way of current
vents that the public ought to know
or Its moral and spiritual develop
nent. The paper will be absolutely
non-partisan, and partisan political
ews will be given scant notice.
All editorial and Important local
latter will be signed by the writers.
There will be no Sunday paper, but
nstead a Saturday evening paper lU.lt
ible for Sunday reading.
"May God bless the use of this pa
per to the glory of his kingdom on
earth, says Rev. Mr. Sheldon in con
cluding his leader.
The first item on the first page today
lis a prayer wruien uy msnop .loan .
Vincent, of the Methodist Episcopal
Jthurch.
Editor Sheldon went to the office at
S:30 o'clock yesterday morning and
was on duty until the paper went to
press at 3 o'clock this morning. At
11 o'clock yesterday forenoon he me,
the local force of the paper and gave
out the assignments for the day.
A page is devoted to local news, and
the leaning features for today are re
ports of a temperance revival and an
BET. CHABI.ES X. 8HELDOM.
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write a bare statement of the facts.
During the conference the sporting
editor remarked that there would be a
bowline contest at the Y. M. C. A.
rooms last night.
'I think," said Mr. Sheldon, "that
that is good clean sport. You may
print It."
The dramatic editor asked instruc
tions about theaters.
"We shall not want anything of that
kind," Mr. Sheldon said.
One page Is reserved for telegraph
news, which ordinarilyoccupled about
three times the space. The war news
is the feature of the page, Mr. Sheldon
considering the prospects of peace the
best possible news.
A five hundred word story on the
religious outlook in Kansas City,
scheduled by a Kansas City corre
spondent, was promptly accepted by
telegraph.
The market reports are cut from
four columns to one. All quotations
on stocks and bonds, giving options
and other matter involving the trans
actions in futures were consigned to
the waste basket, and only the actual
cash prices of grain, produce, etc., are
quoted.
A notable feature of the paper is the
method of handling advertisements.
They are banished from the news and
edltorjal pages and bunched in places
reserved for them. The censorship
here Is even more rigorous than in the
news columns, and a large quantity of
this class of matter has already been
cut out, including all relating to pat
ent medicines. The familiar corset ad
vertisements of the magazines, ac
companied by cuts, have sought in vain
for space. No retail advertisements
from Kansas City or other out of town
tradesmen will be accepted, Mr. Shel
don holding that this would be an in
justice to home merchants. The $20
suit of clothes for 114.75 advertise
ment Is also barred.
The Capital appears with a radical
f ll i n tra In at rn an A malrn.nn I 'r :i rt i -
tally the only feature familiar to its
regular readers is the headline. The
first page, for instance, ordinarily de
voted exclusively to telegraphic news,
has not a line of the current news of
the day. Instead, the page is given up
to discussions on what Mr. Sheldon
considers the most important questions
now before the world. There are four
leading articles on this page, the first
being devoted to the famine In India,
with articles on the subject from Lord
Curzon and Rev. J. 8. Abbott, of the
Bombay mission. "Militarism" Is dis
cussed In an article by Dr. Richard
Thomas,, of Baltimore, who urges re
ligion as the only cure for war. The
next "leader" is an article on Kansas'
prohibitory law and the fourth a let
ter from the Y. M. C. A. of Colorado
urging the establishment of a home
for consumptives at Denver.
The editorial matter is swltcned from
the fourth to the second page. Follow
ing the title and the usual business
announcement appears a list of the em
ployes of the paper, from editor down
to galley boy, which will be kept stand
ing throughout the week.
There Is a cartoon on the editorial
page depicting the horrors of war.
bv. unaries m. bneiaon's first
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
Oritnnlt atlnn of the Democratic Mil
itia Temporarily Poatponed.
Frankfort, Ky., March 13. General
John B. Castleman, adjutant general
under Democratic Governor Beckham,
arrived here yesterday and spent sev
eral hours in conference with the
Democratic officials. It Is understood
that Beckhnm and Castleman will
make no decisive move toward reor
ganizing the state guard till after th'
court of appeals passes on the contests
now pending in that tribunal. Demo
cratic leaders say that military com
panies are being raised by the Demo
crats in various counties, wut none of
these will be mustered Into service for
some time yet, unless a crisis is reach
ed, which they do not anticipate. Cas
tleman urges conservatism.
The legislature adjourned sine die
today. No bills had been passed up
to the assassination of Coebel and as a
result of the crisis following no meas
ures passed ever reached Republican
Governor Taylor's table. Eleven bills
have since passed and have e'.tTier
been approved by Heckham or are now
pending before him.
Tilings looked rather warlike In
Frankfort last Saturday, when at
tempts were made to enter the stale
house and arrest Republican State Sec
retary Powers and Captain John W,
Davis, charged with being accessories
to the Coebel murner. Finally they
escaped from Frankfort In disguise,
but were arrested In Lexington, and
are now In Louisville jail, although
they have ' pardons'' from Republican
Governor Taylor.
GERMANY SNUBS BOERS.
Will t Ittempl Mediation in the
War ivith England.
Iondon, March 13. Lord Roberts Is
niiiking a very rapid advance, and hi
ts again misleading the Boers by con
tinuing the advance southward Instead
of through the flat country due east
of Aasvogel Kop. He will probably
seize the railway south of Bloemfon
tcin, and although another battle is
possible, it is more likely that the
Boers are only endeavoring to delay
his advance until all the rolling stock
of the railway and the stores and
troops from the Orange river district
enn be gotten away north.
it Is officially announced that thp
Transvaal having appealed to Qer
many for mediation or intervention In
the war, Germany has replied that she
declines to Interfere, as she Is in no
way concerned in the conflict. Except
in the case of Germany the replies of
the powers to the Hoer appeals for in
tervention are not yet known publicly
here, but it si quite certain that Aus
tria. Hungary and Italy will decline to
interfere.
According to good authority Presi
dent Kruger and President Steyn have
not made a formal proposition of peace,
but have asked the British govern
ment, through the United States, the
conditions it would accept for the
opening negotiations on the basis of
the independence of the republics. The
United States government, in transmit
ting this communication, took care to
declare that it did not assume the
responsibility
The British reported casualties up
to this date are as follows: Killed,
2,618; wounded, 8.747; died of disease,
1,029; missing, 3,483; total, 15,677.
Cheap Votera In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, March 13. David
Fleet, a city employe, and John Mackey
and William Jennings, election of
ficers in the Fifth division of the Fifth
ward, were arrested yesterday charged
with violating the election laws. The
men were given a hearing, and held in
bail for trial. According to the testi
mony brought out at the hearing Fleet
induced several other men to vote in
the Fifth division more than once. The
price paid was 25 cents and a drink of
whisky. In some instances the re
peaters were given only the whisky.
One man testified to having voted six
times, stating that he was intoxicated
at the time. Fleet was held in $1,000
bail and the others in $(00.
American t'reilullty Kxemitllfleil.
Boston, March 10. Henry Parker, of
this city, who is wanted by the United
States authorities on a charge of using
the malls in a scheme to defraud in
selling mysterious boxes, said to have
wonderful good luck qualities, has not
been found. An official, who was on
duty at Parker's place of business, was
kept busy answering calls from cus
tomers who desired to purchase boxes,
and Postmaster Hibbard said that 20,
000 letters addressed to Parker had ac
cumulated at the post office during the
past two days. As the price of the box
Is $1 each it appears that a considerable
amount of money is Involved in the
case.
I'nele Sum's Pontal Itecelpta.
Washington. March 13. A statement
prepared by the postofflce department
shows thnt the receipts at 50 of the
largest postofflces during tbe month of
February were $3,502,547, an Increase
of $279,409, or per cent over tbe
corresponding month of the previous
year. The receipts at some of the
principal offices were as follows: New
York, $735,837; Chicago, $520,748; Phil
adelphia. $270,809; Boston. $239,256;
St. Louis, $147,857: Cincinnati. $101.
513; Brooklyn. $115,443: Baltimore,
$90,641: San Francisco, $85,300; Pitts
burg, $69,885.
riilrnito'a Industrial Stnitnatlon.
Chicago, March 13. Another seri
ous complication in the great build
ing strike came yesterday when the
sash, door and blind manufacturers of
Chicago and vicinity voted to close
their mills until the labor troubles are
adjusted. By this action 4.000 men are
added to the 50,000 now idle, and busi
ness interests are further crippled.
Hev. Thornni K. Beeeher Strlekea.
Elmtra, N. Y., March 13 Rev.
Thomas K. Boecher, brother of Henry
Ward Beeeher, and pastor of Park
church, was stricken with paralysis
Bunday night on his return home from
evening service, and his recovery is
considered doubtful.
Mourn mm Treaty Amended.
Washington, March 10. The senate
committee on foreign relations yester
day reported the Hay-Pauncefote Nica
ragua canal treaty to the senate with
an amendment reserving to this coun
try the right to defend the canal in
sum of war.
The Iron King's Answer to His
Former Partner and Friend.
FRIGE'S INTEREST A GIFT TO HIM.
The Plaintiff Una No Itrnann to
Complain of the Operation of a
Contrnrt Which QlTM lllni Nearly
Sil.mtO.OOO Without Inveatment."
Pittsburg, March 13. Iate yesterday
afternoon the answer of the Gar&egM
Steel company, limited, defendant in
the equity suit of H. C. Frick, to de
termine the value of his holdings In
said company, was filed in common
pleas court No. 1. The answers filed
are for the Carnegie Steel company,
limited, and 30 individual defendants.
The answer meets every one of Mr.
Frlck's allegations, declaring that Mr.
Frick himself led in the reorganization
of the company. The averments of
plaintiff with reference to change of
business are denied, as In the amend
ed certificate the same language was
employed as in the original, and in
fact there has not been any change in
the character of business. The name
of the association was fhanged, and
for the convenience of the business the
principal offices were removed from
Bessemer to Pittsburg. The business
was enlarged subsequent to the chant e
of name, but this in no wise changed
the legal status of the association.
The answer then sets forth the his
tory of Mr. Frlck's membership in the
association. To begin with his in
terests were acquired in the same man
ner as other young partners. He was
not required to pay for same, provis
ion being made, as in all cases of newly
admitted members, for payment out of
the future profits, Mr. Frlck's Interosl
was acquired about Jan. 14, 1SS7, under
the terms of what Is known as the
"ironclad agreement," and amounted to
$liia.0U0 of the capital stock. In May,
1899, an option was given to Mr. Prlch
to acquire on Jan. 1, 1SU4, an additional
Interest of 3 per cent. This option was
abrogated in November, 1890, with Mr.
Frlck's consent, but as compensation he
was credited in his account with the as
sociation with the sum of 1188,146.68,
representing the Increment In the book
value of the interest covered by his
option from the time It was given until
abrogated. Subsequently he acquired
an additional 1 per cent and then 8
per cent. In February, 1895, Mr. Prick
was the owner of 11 per cent of the
capital, upon which he owed Andrew
Carnegie $1,809,191 balance of purchase
price. He was not, however, under bis
agreement with Mr. Carnegie person
ally liable, the Interest acquired be
ing the only security which Mr. Car
negie held.
The answer then tells of Mr. Frick
going to Mr. Carnegie, at the time of
business depression, und asking to lie
refteved of a portion of his holdings.
Mr. Carnegie paid him the book value,
which was greatly In excess of the
price paid by Mr. Frick. After this
transfer Mr. Frick held only 6 per
cent of the whole, and the balance due
on that percentage due from Mr. Frick,
the purchase price was finally adjusted
and paid to Carnegie, the payment
consisting of $129,000 in bonds of the
H. C. Frick Coke company at par and
$191.83 In cash. This Is all Mr. Frick
has paid for hiB Interest In the Car
negie Steel company. With the credits
from his stock earnings ihe amount
paid WBI only $300,000 all told for an
Interest worth $5,000,000. He accept
ed without question tho book value
for 5 per cent of his holdings at a time
when he was scared and feared the
stock would depreciate, but now re
fuses to accept book valuation for Un
balance of his holdings.
It Is denied that Mr. Carnegie inn
trolled or sought to control the action
of his associate partners, although
owning at all times over 50 pur rent
of the capital, but by reasi n of Mr.
Carnegie's age and business experi
ence many or all of the partm re wore
willing to hear with deference his
views on matters pertaining to the
business at all times. Mr. Carre';
it is asserted, has held an Intel Iti
excess of 50 per cent rather fri 01 ll 1
necessity of taking the share ; of til lid
deceased or retiring members than
from any desire or Intention on his
part to hold a controlling Interest,
Touching upon the profits of the
company it is said that Mr. Carnegie's
estimate of the probable profits In 190(i
was made In jest. It is admitted that
the profits In 1899 were substantially
as averred by Frick. tl is denied that
the association has assets which it
could transfer worth $250,000,000, and
It is asserted that on Dec. 11, 1899, the
books showed that the net value of the
assets of the association was $75,610,
104.06. Mr. Frick, it is claimed, has uphold
and enforced tho so-called "Ironclad
agreement" at all times, opposing an
attempt on the part of Mr. Henry
Phipps to make a change In tho orig
inal. Under this agreement Mr. Frlck's
holdings have been transferred to the
association, and full value, approxi
mately $4,900,000, will be tendered him.
The defendants say that the plain
tiff has no reason to complain of the
operation of a contract which gives
to him nearly $5,000,000 for an In
terest which Involved no investment
of capital by him, and which has al
ready paid him, in cash, profits of al
most $1,000,000.
The defendants ask that the bill be
dismissed with costs placed upon the
plaintiff.
Mlnera' Roynlty to Indiana.
Washington, March 13. The secre
tary of the Interior has decided that
after March 15 next operators of coal
mines In the territory of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations shall pay for
tbe benefit of tbe Indians a royalty
of eight cents on each ton of coal taken
from the mines, regardless of quality.
Heretofore ten cents a ton has been
paid for screened coal.
ftraatora to Vlalt Cuba.
Washington, March 13. Senators
Piatt (Conn.), Aldrlch (R. I.) and
Teller (Colo.) have been appointed a
sub-committee on behalf of the com
mittee on Cuban relations to visit Cuba.
They will leave Washington tomorrow,
and expect to be absent for ten days or
two weeks.
IRQ I flQT
In a Conflagration in the Metropo
lis of New Jersey.
POLICE CHARGE INCENDIARISM.
Fire xtnrtcil Willi Ike Orrnpnuta nf
a Crowded ttallun Tenement House
Were Asleep I'lamri Cut Off I'.t-
rnpe by the only Stairway,
Newark. N. J., March 13. Fourteen
persons lost their lives, two persons
were seriously injured and manyothers
slightly burned In a fire here yester
day morning. The firemen, after the
11. une.s had been subdued, took 13
bodies from the ruins, and while they
were thus engaged another victim of
tbe tire died in the City hospital. One
family was wiped out completely, and
of another only the father live;, and
hfl Is in the City hospital, where ll is
I Loved he will die. lie Is Uggcnulo
Casillo.
The dead are: Mrs. Boldl, 45 years
old, and 7-year-old daughter; Mrs. Ca
sltlo, 25 years old, and four children,
aged 1 to 9 years; Antonio Palm sano,
35 years old, his wife and two li'tlo
daughters; Angelo Rps io, died at hos
pital from fractured skull; unidentified
child, about 4 years old.
Tho building in which the fire broke
out was a veritable Ore trap. It was
old, of frame construction and extend
ed two stories above the ground floor.
Until three or four years ago lb" struc
ture hail been used as a church, but it
was converted Into a tenement. Tho
lower floor, fronting on 60, 52 and 51
Fourteenth avenue, was occupied by
three stores, and ihe upper portion of
the building was divided Into 20 liv
ing rooms. As nearly as can ho learn
ed the structure was occupied by ten
families, all Italians. Two of the oc
cupants, Vlto Credansn and one other
family, kept hoarders, and though tho
total population of the rookery could
not he definitely Ascertained during the
excitement attending the fire, there are
said to have been 40 or 50 persons of
both sexes and all aes In the building
when the fire started.
The police are confident that tho fire
was of Incendiary origin and they
have arrested Vlto Credani i on sus
picion. There was a disorderly card
game in one of the rooms that lasted
well into the morning, ('red inza was
a participant, and Is said to have mail."
violent threats against tho players.
A few minutes before 5 o'clock every
one In the building was awakened by
the flames. They found the flro burn
Ing at the foot of the stairs loading
from the first to the second stories.
Tho hallway and tho stairs wore burn
ing fiercely, culling off the only ogress
from the upper floor, on which six
families lived, It also cut off tho es
cape by the door for those who lived In
tho roar part of the first floor. Those
who could do so made for the windows.
Some of these leaped or dropped.
From tho burning building came agon
izing screams and calls Tor help. From
the basement and ground floor the In
mates of tho building poured out
naked, or almost so. From the upper
story men and women leaped to the
sidewalk. By the time the firemen
reached the scone the building was
wrapped In flames, and those who had
not escaped were dead or doomed
They must have died within a few
minutes, for the flro rushed through
every room In the frail building with
in ten minutes.
Another Democrat Unseated,
Washington, March 18. Yesterday,
for the second time within a week, a
Democrat was unseated by the house
and a Republican seated In his place.
R, A. Wise was given tho seat hitherto
occupied by S. A. Young, from the Sec
ond Virgina district. Previous to tak
ing the vote John R. Wise, of New
York, who was formerly a member of
tho house from Virginia, and who Is a
brother of It. A. Wise, and his attorney
In the ease, was excluded from tho
hall by Speaker Henderson on the pro
test of the Democrats that ho was
abusing tho privilege of the floor, to
which he was entitled by the rulOH, by
interfering with the debate upon the
case. The votes were exceedingly close.
A Heresy Trlnl After All.
Now York. March 1.1. Contrary to
tho expectations of many ot the mem
bers of the New York Presbytery, who
have been following the threatened
heresy case, Rev. Dr. Arthur C. Mc
Giffert, who was charged with heresy
by Stated Clerk Birch at tho last
meeting, charges being dismissed by
the Presbytery, did not withdraw rom
the ministry of the Presbyterian
church at the monthly mooting of tho
Presbytery yesterday. It was learned
that Dr. McGlffert had reversed his de
cision anil would not withdraw, he
having determined to prosecute the
case before the general assembly.
Amerlrun Sulilinth at l-'xpoNlflnn.
Washington, March 13. The presi
dent has sent instructions to United
Slates Commissioner General Peck, at
tho Paris exposition, to soo that the
Sabbath Is observed as far as possible
In tho American section during the
progress of the exposition. Whether
these Instructions contemplate tho
closing of the American section on
Sundays has not boon disclosed, but
it Is believed that the determination
of that question will be deferred by
Mr. Peck until after he has consulted
with the exposition authorities.
Starvation In Ilnrbadoa.
Kingston, Jamaica, March 13. The
condition of the laboring population In
Barbados is so bad that arrangements
are on foot to send 20,000 people to
St. Lucia. Starvation Is driving tho
black population of the Island to des
peration, and tho troops who under the
scheme of imperial defense should have
left Barhadnes for St. Lucia have
been ordered to remain In Barbados.
Incendiarism continues rampant there.
Wholeaale Murderer Coavleted.
Winiamsport, Pa., March 13. The
jury In the case of William H. Hum
mel, the rag peddler, charged with the
murder of his wife and her three chil
dren, came in late yesterday afternoon
with a verdict of guilty in the first de
gree. Hummel asked if he could not
be sent to the penitentiary, saying he
would rather go there than be hung.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Wrilnrailny. Blare ll 7.
The cost of the Philippines war from
May 1 to Nov. 1 last was J IS.92S.060.
Congressman Alfred ('. Ilarmer,
"father of the house," die.l in Phila
delphia, aged 75.
Iird Pauncefote, the British em
bassador, will remain at Washington
until further notice.
Commander-in-Chief Shaw, of the
Grand Army, is being cordially greeted
by Confederates on his southern tour.
It. it. Hiit was renominated tor con
gress by acclamation at th Republli nn
congressional convention ot Freeport,
Ills.
Yesterday, nt WashlngI -n. the Lnv -ton
testimonial fund $98,432.07, v. '
turned over to the widow ol tii" ' ravi
general.
After a hearing Harli n Whltt '
was held for trial on a eh tr 'e of in
derlng William Gnebel, Dcraoci
governor, at Frankfort, Ky.
Thuradny, Mnre'i w.
Smallpox In Hinds county. Misa.,
makes the death rate 75 pei tent.
A Providenc e (R. I.) dl p .'. ii -pounces
Ihe loss of the schooiior . .
lam P. itood and her crow ol
James una amos i te
ed at Medi t, Pa., for
George 11. Lyre. Thoy
June.
The ceremonies atte
rce were 11.
the murdei
v ill be tried
In
ending the :::
prince Impe
rlage of the Japane
ial
win entail
600,000 yen
an expenditure of u irly
Fire destroyed Shonomnn's big
tle-
partment store in Phil idelphla
spread to adjoining building i, Th
and
hi.
is nearly $1,000,000.
Krlilui . Mn reli t.
David W. Reeves, ihe wotl known
bandmaster, died in Providence yi
terday, aged 52.
General Lawton's fortune al tl'" tlm
of bis death was accumulated r.rmy pa;
due amounting to about $1,(
The w!ll of Chillies I.. Davis (Alvln
Joslln), the actor-manager, filed for
probate in Pittsburg, !i. poses of $150,
000. The ft.mous Theater Francals, in
Paris, was destroyed by live. Mile.
Henriot, a beautiful young actress, per
ished. Fire yesterday nt Lead, s. D., de
stroyed 40 wooden buildings and caused
$.',0(1,000 loss. Stone and brick will re
place the burned buildings.
Nntnrdny, March 10.
Sixteen miners were killed by a mine
explosion at Besseges, France,
Hon. E, .1. Phelps, ex-min
England, died in New Haven ye
or to
orday.
Puddlers at foungstown, O., me to
get an advance to $ii a ton, the In.,;.,
wages paid since 1S80.
The Social Democrats' conventional
Indianapolis nominated Eugene V
Debs for president and Job Harriman
for vice president.
Oliver Payson Hubbard, L.L. D late
professor of chemistry and geology at
Dartmouth college, died at his home
In New York yesterday.
The journeymen plumbers of New
port News, Va., have won the strike
Inaugurated Wednesday, the employer!1
conceding them a nine hour workday
at $3 a day.
Mnnclny, Unrrh 12,
Captain Joseph W. Gelway, U, S. A.,
retired, died In Now York yesterday,
aged 63 years.
In a speech in New York Governor
Roosevelt declared he would never In
a presidential candidate.
For aiding a Pekin syndicate to i el
a Chinese railway concession. Wu-Shih-Chiu
goes to prison for life.
An explosion in tho Red Ash mine
at Fire Creek. W. Va.. Tuesday of la . I
week, resulted In the death of 50 men.
Senator Allen calls attention to th
fact that there are now 300 employes of
tho senate, drawing aggregate salaries
of $510,000.
Ex-Congressman John Davis, of the
Fifth Kansas district, one of the found
ers of the Populist parly, has become
totally blind,
It Is proposed to impose a heavy dis
criminating lax upon the shipping of
any country that unjustly discrim
inates against American products,
Inhalation of Illuminating gas killed
William L. Cochrane, 21 years old, In
New York. He was a son of ex-Judge
Cochrane, of the Virginia supreme
court.
Six weeks in New York's Tenderloin
made Robert J. Graham, of Toronto,
Canada, surrender himself to the met
rolltan police and confess to the embez
zlement of $2,000 from L, Coffee & Co.,
grain dealers in Toronto.
Tiiendny, Mnreli III.
The will of the late Archbishop Hen
nOBsy, of Dubuque, la., disposes of $1,
000,000. A Maryland legislative committee
will Investigate charges of bribery by
Mayor Hayes, of Baltimore.
The rising of Illinois rivers Is de
stroying much property and driving
many people from their homes.
In Scott county. Ark., jealous 60-year-old
Zeb Leonard killed his 27-year-old
wife and their 4-year-old son
and then killed himself.
Miss Edltb Morton, eldest daughter
of ex-Vice President Devi P. Morton,
is to marry William C. Eustls, son of
the late chief Justice of Louisiana.
Mrs. Samuel Hunsborger, aged 50,
and Mrs. Prank Savage. 27, were run
over and killed while driving across
the railroad track at Pottstown, Pa.
QBXBRAli MAKKBTS.
Philadelphia, March 12. Flour quiet:
winter superfine, tZ.MOl.S0; Pennsylvania
roller, clear. U.U9t.U city mills, extra,
J2..Wi2."0. Kye Hour quiet at $3.18l.tO per
barrel. Wheat Mronn; No. 2 red. spot. In
elevator. 71V"'-'V- Corn tlrm; No. 2
mixed, spot. In elevator, tOMMlc.l No. 2
yellow, for local trade, HVrOtlC. OatS
quiet and steady; No. 2 white, clipped.
31&314c.: lower grades. 2Mt:Kc. Hay
quiet; choice timothy. 117 for lanre bales.
Bef steady; beef hams. $21'1i 21.50. Pork
firm; mens. $11 OIL 50; family, PtOlt.Wi
Lard firm; western steamed, 1C.30. Putter
firm; western creamery. 2OU20c; do. fac
tory, 174i20c. ; June creamery, 1S1i2.1V-;
Imitation creamery, 18ifi23c. ; New York
dairy, 2024c. ; do. creartiery. 20-W2t"ie.;
fancy Pennsylvania prints Jobbing at Wi
31c. Live poultry quoted at lie. for
choice western fowls, Hil6c. for chick
ena and 12c. for ducks. 'Dressed poultry
(fresh killed), choice western fowls. 110
11 jc; old roosters, 8c; nearby chickens,
113 13c. ; nearby turkeys, fancy, 12ft 13c.;
western turksys, choice young hem, 13c.
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News Items of Intprpst Ficon All
Parts of the State.
CENTRAL PKNNiJYLVANI A Ml NP.RS
Assembled al lltooaa for Thlr n
nnnl Convention, iiml to Confosr
Wlth Operators PoatoS8.ce Rnbboa
Hun DoWSi
Altoona. Pa., March 13. The 100
delegates to the minors' convent! in '
be held here today, tomorrow and;
Thursday have arrived. They rero
si nt some 40,000 miners in CbJtral
Pennsylvania, known as blttti 'nous
district No. 2. Today the delegate!
will elect officers and trans . t such,
other business as may come up
President Wilson will likely be re
elected, but there are a number of can
dates for tbe pli res of Vice President
Barney Lice, of Dubois, and Be :ry
Treasurer Richard Gilbert, of . outh
Fork. Tomorrow a joint conference
with representatives of the 8,( i Mary
lrr.il miners will be held, and on Thurs
day the conference of delegates and'
operators will he held.
I'nntot'lee lloMiera Hun Down.
Altoona, Pa., March IS. A hand or
oieht postofflce robbers have .io i I a
inn to earth bv Postofflce Inspectors
"Dickson and Gregory, after ,i .i 's.
chase. George A. Lea. Edward Ke y
and John Fowl'or are in J-ill ho.ro,
while the. others ure confined 'n rnr-
lous western Pennsylvania jal i. Nino
robberies are charged against them,
among them Pnrnsboro, Bpnnr'er and'
Hustings, Cambria county; N itr ma..
Allegheny county, and Cnllfornla,
Washington county. The r ibi rles
were noted for boldness, and the
thieves secured In all not less than
$5,000.
s,-lf f 'onleNaeil nmliexvler.
Altoona. Pa Man h 12, JameS D
McNnmara, s trusted pay cle In the
offices of the Pennsylvania railroad
here, was brought back from Chicago
late last night a confessed embezxler
Last Friday he took checks amounl ug
to $2,516, contorted them Into cash,
and skipped out. He was arretted on
his arrival In Chicago, broke down,
and confessed and left for home at
once In the custody of an officer. The
amount of cash recovered is $2,087.
The balance had been spenl by Me.
Nnmara. He had been spending his
it In riotous living lately, and his
lii (is believe bis mind is unbalanced.
IVI Vy'a Chech to Show Good Tnllh.
Pltl ' urg. March 13. Samuel T
Pal dey, former superintendent of the
bun "I of highways and sewers, who is
under Investigation for alleged pad
ding of payrolls and other irregulari
ties, tendered the finance committee of
councils a certified check for $4,200
The letter accompanying tho ( beck de
denles emphatically any wrong doing,
and stipulates that the money bo re
funded should his responsibility be not
proven. The chock Is given as an evi
dence of food faith and to show that
he stands ready to make good any pos
sible Irregiilarli ies in tils office,
Mlraroloaa Bacanee I ron, Bxjtloaloa
Johnstown. Pa., March 13. A hole in
tho ground is about all that is left of
Jonathan Qrawell's planing mill at
Rockwood, Somerset county, as the re
suit of the boiler exploding yesterday.
Mr. Grawall, who was working on tin
floor above the boiler, was hurl"l
against the roof and badly hurt. Frank
Grawall, his son. who was standing bo
side the boiler, was blown throu) h two
partitions and Is not expected to re
cover. The loss is placed at $2'MI
Enatona Ml, -lied Btrrtlon Croolta,
Baaton, Pa., March 13. Thirteen ad
dttlonal complaints for alleged viola
tion of the election law at the election
In February last were lodged with Al
derman Blocker last evening. War
rants for the arrests are being served,
ami some of the accused parties have
entered ball for trial tit court. Two of
tho accused men. Andrew Si hlsslef
and William Breen, have i.isappeared
Two Wen Isphyxlntetl.
Philadelphia. March 12. John Vick
erman, aged 5S years, and John Ken
nedy, 41 years old, were asphyxiated
by gas early yesterday morning in a
lodging house at 27L'l Kensington ave
nue. The men were under the influ
ence of liquor wlu n they retired, and
aio supposed to have either blown out
the light of the gas jet, or after turn
ing off the gas turned it on again.
Dnbola shot Proved l-'ntnf.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 13. Eugene
Smith, the young man who was slio.
by Henry Dubois early Sunday morn
ing while in the act of robbing Du
bois' chicken coop, died in the City
hospital yesterday. He refused to dis
close the names of his two companions
who were with him when tho shooting
took place. Dubois has been released
on $1,000 ball.
PENNSYLVANIA RTRW9 BltEVITTRS.
Media, which was Incorporated as :
borough B0 years ago, hus never allow
a saloon.
Governor Stone has Issued n p reclame
tlon designating April tl and 20 as Ar
lior days.
Prospects are kooiI for an unusually
large peach crop In tho central part oi
the state.
The Pennsylvania canal, which Has
been a waterway for over SO years, will
be permanently abandoned In April.
A flrr brick making plant, to ont $.
000 and employ lu" men. Is likely to he es
tablished in Fhllipsburg, Centra county.
John lckcrman. aged 5S, and John
Kennedy, 41. went to bed drunk In riili--delphla.
The gas was left turned on.
probably by accident, and both. wr-
asphyxiated.
Seven-yeur-old Johnny Elsenhuth, of
Dorrance. while playing with his 3-year-ld
brother, seized a hutchet. and, plac
ing the child's arm on a chopping block,
cut his hand off ut the wrist.
Thieves walked bohlly Into John B.I
losky s boarding house at Shenandoah
and carried off n trunk containing; $80 ini
cash and 175 In valuables. They wero fol
lowed and fled, leaving the trunk tin
opened.
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