VESUVIUS POURS OUT LAA People Flee from the Destruct- Torrent—Many Peri h. OBSERVATORY WAS DESTROYED Population Terrified, 40,000 Are Driven from Home—Naples Shaken by Earthauakes. A message from Naples, April 8, says: The hope that Mount Vesuivius was becoming calm dissipated today, became more active than ever. The panic Las spread to Naples. Two strong earthquake shocks, which shattered windows and crack- | were ex- | The entire popula- | ed the walls of buildings, perienced today. tion rushed to the streets in terror, many persons crying ‘‘The Madonna has forsaken us; has come.” No trace remains of a commune on the southern declivity of the mountain, where up to 48] hours ago 10,000 persons lived, and | Torre Annunziata, on the shores of | the Guif of Naples, one mile to the | southward, is almost the invading lava and has been evacuated by its 30,000 inhabitants. The people were brought to Naples by trains, street cars, military carts and steamships. Similar means of transportation are being employed to bring away the people from Torre del Greco. The police and carbi- neers are guarding the houses, and several members of government also are there. According to the latest particulars scveral ‘houses the church at San Giuseppe Vesuviano have col- lapsed, and 30 dead bodies have been taken from the ruins. The observatory has been destroy- ed, and Signor Matteucci, the direc- tor, and the employes, had narrow escapes. surrounded by the anda HUNGARIAN CRISIS ENDED Emperor-King Assents to New Cab- inet and Universal Suffrage. After 14 months of has express which parties, the Hungarian crisis been settled. Both sides satisfaction with the result, appears to be a compromise. peror-King of a new cabinet by the coalition to carry out the’ elections under the old limited election law this ment in May. .The guarantees to pass the budget 1905-06 and also the recruiting, military and investment bills and in- ternational commercial treaties, and | to maintain the status quo betwen | Austria and Hungary. The new parliament will be heed] to pass a bill adopting universal allowing the election of a new par- liament under the universal suffrage system to deal with the military de- mands and rights of the crown under she constitution. The governmens, will be formed in conformity with the the desires of the i parliament. GREAT DAMAGE DONE BY SOUTH SEA STORM Latest Estimates ‘Place Dead at 150 and the Property Loss $1,500,000 The steamer Mariposa arrived at San Francisco, April 8, from Tahiti, bringing additional particulars of the storm which swept the Society and pther South ‘Sea islands last Febru- ary. According to the latest esti- mates 150 lives were lost and the property damage amounted to $1,- 500,000 Among the Mariposa’s were B. Chalee, C. Brown and J. Harris, members of the crew of the British ship County of Roxburgh, Captdin J. Leslie, which went ashore during the hurricane at Tokarva, in the Paumolee group of islands. Out of her crew of 24, 10 lives were lost. Other vessels lost during the storm were the French schooner Tahitien- ne, 53 tons, with Captain Dexter and all of her crew and the French schooner Touture, 28 tons, with all on board. The French schooner Hituimi, 19 tons, went ashore at Monihi. Her crew was saved. Thirty-seven cutters cf 12 to 15 tons ‘vere also lost in the storm. CURRENT NEws EVENTS. passengers ‘M. Sleptoff, governor of Tvor pro- vince, Russia, was assassinated by a | i | Junetion, | Baltimore and pomb while he was out driving. The conference on Moroccan af- fairs, in session at Algeciras, Spain, adjourned finally, Germany. The estate of E. C. Swift, the Chicago meat packer who died in| Boston, amounts to $10,000,000. Be- yond a bequest of $5,000 to a church at Sagamore, Mass. There were no public gifts. Rev. C. Hagar, an American mis- gionary of the Congregational church, was held up and robbed by Chinese pirates near Shanghai, who riddled with bullets a boat on which he was a passenger. Governor Pattison in Hospital. Governor Pattison was removed to Cincinnati where he was placed in Christ’s Hospital, Mount Auburn, indefinitely. He was accompanied by Mrs. Pattison, their son Jack, Oolong Hqffdqlfinger of Springfield; * Captain, Ramsey of Deyton and Dr. Oliver P. Holt of Cincinnati. appointed imperial the Emperor William has Prince’ von Buelow, the chancellor; to: be @ member of Prussian house of lords: dated | | tural was | when the volcano | | oats the end of the world | Boscotrecase, | | $184,000,000 for | their In crossing | to cut away controversy | between the crown and the coalition | Under | the terms of the agreement the Em- | assents to the formation | | one of the month | and to hold a session of the parlia- | government | of | , : | full-blooded African prince, suffrage and will then be dissolved, | chiefs that : ; | time England after the universal suffrage election, | of : the | ‘being held for him. | Coal following the sign- | ing of the convention by France and | | through on { don or EXPORTS INCREASING Agricultural Shipments Grow $133,- 000,000 During Eight Months. According to a bulletin the Department of Labor the States for issued by Commerce and exports from the United the first eight months of the fiscal year 1906 are $190,000,000 in value in excess of those of the corresponding months of 1905. The imports for the eight months of 1906 are $71,000,000 greater than for the corresponding period of 1905. The growth in exports of manufacturers has been $45,000,000 and in agricul- products $133,000,000 over the same period last year. The increase of the exports of manufactures occurs chiefly in cot- ton gvods, iron and steel manufac- tures, cars and carriages, manufac- tures of wood, mineral, oils and leather. The increase in exports of agricultural products occurs chiefly in wheat, wheat flour, corn, and provisions, wheat wheat flour exports increasing about 34,000,000, corn nearly $20,000,000, oats over $10,000,000 and provisions $35.000,000. On the import side all groups show an increase except articles of { food, which in the eight months ended with February, 1906, amount- ed to but $171,000,000, against the same time last Coffee shows a fall of nearly and sugar $5,000,000. remarkable increase in the imports, said the bulletin, occurs in manufacturers’ material, which show a total gain of over $40,000,- vear. $12,000,000 The most 1 000. abandoned | PERILOUS VOYAGE Two Soldiers Cling to Balloon Net | for Two Hours. A perilous aerial voyage has been | Ié | wife | young experienced by two German soldiers of the First Military Ballcon Com- pany, who descended at Karlskrona, clinging to the net of their balloon. The two men, Weith and Jergens, had left I ballcon was carried northeast. tlie Baltic sea the aeron- | auts encountered a fierce snowstorm The ballvan was torn, and they had gear to themselves from drowning. For two hours net, thc balloon save they being tossed about by the raging wind. until it reached the port of Kariskrona, on Swedish coast. They descended in a forest near the town, and when the balloon was found by peasants men was unconscious. Both of them, after receiving the kindest treatment from the Swedes, returned to Germany the next day. SULU PRINCE WINS. First Oratorial Honors Columbia University. Columbia university's highest ora- torial honors went this Takes who won the annual contest for the George William Curtis medal. Isaka Seme is the name of the win- ner and he is a son of the line of ruled Sulu up .gained control. He is a member of the 1906 class in | Columbia and is a very ardent :stu- dent, specializing in economics. his bachelor degree Seme will spend Oxford and then re- After getting from Columbia, three years at turn to Zululand where the position | his people is general for . The subject of “The Regeneraticn of attorney oration Africa.” Huge Forgery. Benjamin M. Goldberger, clerk of the Registrar's Office in New York his of was City, who was arrested on a charge of forging in connection with the filing of the petition cf voters on which William R. Hearst was placed in nomination for Mayor as the 1 : : sia representative of the Municipal Ownership Teague. confessed that he had procured 5,600 out of the 6.500 signatures to the Hearst petition and that the 5,000 were all fraudulent. It was said at the District Attorney’s office that Goldberger has named the “men higher up’ who got him to pro- cure the signatures on the petition. RAILROAD SOLD Be Extended to New Lumber and Coal Fields. The Iiolly River and Addison rail- road has been sold to the West Vir- ginia Midland railroad company, re- cently chartered to build a line from and Coke railroad, owned by ex-Senator Henry G. Davis. at Gass- away to Marlinten on the Greenbrier branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Will I railroad. road runs from Mount Holly where it connects with the Ohio railroaq,. to Webster Springs, W. Va. The pur- chased road will be extended at once up the Elk river valley above Web- ster Springs, 20 miles. It will pass unbroken forest, also tapping a new coal field recently ac- quired by John T. McGraw, ton, W. Va. The Despite the petition signed by 10.- 000 citizens of Indiana State, Gov. J. F. Hanley has refused to either par- parole David E. Sherrick, former Auditor of State, convicted and sentenced to 21 years’ ment for embezzling $30,000 public funds. of Indians Want Wild West Life. The nature of trouble that has been brewing among the Apache captives at Fort Sill, incident to which is the threat of the Indians to forcibly break away from the post, is explained at the War department as the result of the refusal of the au- thorities to allow the Indians to go on the road with a wild west show. The. business part of Pardeeville, Wis.,- was burned, ‘causing a loss of $75,000, and | | try jerlin the previous day and | the basket and all their | clung to the | the | | years ago. year to \a | Prince Pka | | and to the | of Graf- | i New York imprison- | the | WALL STREET BEATS ELIJAH, Followers of Dowie Claim He Plunged in Stock Market. DOWIE WANTED PLURAL WIVES Selected Seven Young Women of Zion for His Harem—Wife Gives Testimony On top of all the accusations against “Elijah lL,” ‘Muses II.” “First Apostle,” “General Overseer’ John Alexander Dowie comes the charge that he lost enormous sums in Wall street, The private vault at the administration building and pri- vate deed boxes planted in places of safety about Zion City are to be opened in courts of law if necessary. His successor, Voliva, holds the key tn the situation. A brown leather ledger manufactured in London and fastened with a patent brass lock, reveals the heavy speculation on the New York stock exchange. It is roughly estimated that $1,200,- 000 was lost by the ‘Prophet’ dur- ing the slump of 1903. It is not known where this money was ob- tained, although entries in the book show $145,000 was received by checks from a Mrs. Des Forge, a Mrs. Minnie Coleman and a Mrs. H. Gershon. More remarkable following the absent John “Elijah 111.” as The aligning his wife, and son, against result of his and marry disclosures came dethronment of the Alexander Dowie ruler of Zion City. of Mrs. Jane Dowie, ‘Gladstone Dowie, the “prophet,” is plan to divorce his Ruth Hofer, the Swiss woman, who Dowie was worth several million dol- when she returned to this coun- in his suite two or three years the said lars, ago. At a secret meeting of 200 of the Zion City leaders evidence was sub- mitted corroborating in detail John Alexander Dowie’s polygamous in- clinations. It is charged that the Mexican colonization plan was a” scheme to promote polygamy and evade the aws of the United States. It was told that Dowie had selected seven women as the first installment for his harem. These he proposed to marry. Mrs. Jane Dowie was one of the witnesses. She, said her husband began to daft on women two He talked plural wives to her until they had a violent quar- rel, during which the ‘first apostle” hurled at her a chair, which didn’t arrive at its destination. Dowie £0 at | showed that the prophets of old were not restricted to one wife and as he insisted he, too, was a prophet, the { old order of things should preyail. Ruth = Hofer, the young Swiss | heiress. was to be one of the seven. | The other six he had selected from the comely maids of Zion. He threatened his wife with divorce sought advice of his overseers They told him the never stand for poly- on the question. people wonld gamy or for a pose of indulging practices. in BLOW up JAIL TO ESCAPE. Fecur Prisoners Freed in Missouri Through Aid From Outside. Four desperate prisoners, aided by crooks cn the outside escaped from the jail’ at Benton, Mo. Dyna- mite was used to shatter of the structure. The noise of the explosion "arcused the inhabitants of the village in time to prevent sjx cther prisoners from escaping. The St. louis authorities were no- tified of the outbreak and are on the lookout for the fugitives, who left Benton on a handcar and went to Comnierce, where they stole a skiff and crossed the Mississippi. Ben- ton is a village of 200 inhabitants and is the county seat of Scott coun- ty, 125 miles from St. Louis. Ret Yresentative Hepburn a bill to prevent the erection of a marine hespital in Piishing, WILL NOT INTERFERE President Declines to Appoint Com- mission to Settle Coal Strike. John II. Winder, president of the Ohio Operators’ association, gave out part of a letter he received from President Roosevelt in which the President, replying to the request that a commission him to settle the says: “To appoint a committee to meet with the miners and operators, as you request, would necessitate action on the part of congress. As vet I am not prepared to say what action I per- miners’ strike, sonally will, or can, take in the matter.” Kill Hearst Recount. The New York assembly practi- | cally killed the bill which would permit William Randolph Hearst to secure a recount of the vote cast in city for mayor at the last election, when George B. Mec- Clellan was elected on the face of the returns. The bill was recom- | mitted to the committee on judi- | ciary. Taxed By Anarchists. The anarchist-communist commit- tee is rampant in Odessa and the citizens are being ‘worked’ .for funds. During the last two months they have yielded $175,000 towards he fund for overthrowing the govern- ment. The tax is levied systematic- ally, according to the means of the taxpayer. It is cellected quietly and without ruffianism, though under threats which are effective enough to prevent the vicgims’ squealing. Printed and-signed receipts are glv- en for cash. his | divorce for the pur- | polygamous | the doors “introduced a bill introduced | be appointed by | | 70 | lapse cof the: hotel Zum Hi: | Nagold, DOWIE STRIKES BACK Prophet Refuses to Be Ousted from Leadership. John Alexander Dowie, who was .publicly and officially cast out of Zicn refuses to stay cast out. From Mexi- co he sent a series ef telegrams, de- capitating General Overseer Voliva and sundry deacons and elders. He has created a new administration by telegraph and promises there will be trouble when he arrives in Zion, which wiil be “soon.” The first message was dated Ocot- lan, Mex., and was addressed to Judge V. V. Barnes, gcneral counsel. It read: Consequently upon the ungodly, il- legal action of Voliva, I now inform vou that I hereby revoke and cancel the power of attorney of W. G. Voliva and confer the same upon r H. Wilhite. Inform clerk of lL.ake coun- ty and all others concerned that any | exercise of power of attorney by Voliva will now be criminal. Act promptly and inform me that you have done so. I hold you strictly respon- sible in law in this matter. J. ALEXANDER, First Apostle QUARANTINE BILL PASSED Power to Prevent Introduction of Yel- low Fever. By a vote of 202 to 26 passed the National The bill places the control of all quarantine stations, grounds and an- chorage under the Secretary of the Treasury practicable after the approval of the act he shall select and designate such suitable places for them and es- tablish the same at such points on or near the seacoast of the United States on the Mexican border. as in his judgment are best suited for the same in order to prevent the intro- duction of vellow fever into the United House bill. the quarantine | States. The bill further gives the Secretary of the Treasury the right to establish a quarantine station at the Dry Tortugas fIslands, and at such vther points at or near the seacoast (not to exceed four in the] as he deems necessary. aggregate) Railroad Mortgage Foreclosed. The foreclosing of a mortgage for $50,000,000, covering all the proper- ties held by the Cincinnati, Hamil- ton and Dayton railway, was asked by Thomas W. Paxton, attorney for the Central Trust company, of New York, in a suit filed in the United States Circuit court at Cincinnati. The suit is brought by the trust company in the interest of bond- holders. Wants Arbitration. John H. Winder, president of the Ohio Operator's association, tele- graphed President Theodore Roose- velt from Charleston, W. Va., that the bituminous operators were will- ing to settle the strike bv the same method proposed to the anthracite operators by Prasident John Mitchell, viz, by arbitration, and also sent a similar message to President Mitch- ell. Chinese Menace Russians. The Russian Slovo has received a sensational telegram from its cor- respondent at Hailin, Manchuria, saying that hostilitics are imminent between the Russiar and Chinese troops. He intimates nese, influenced by Japan, are moving forward, that the situation is SO tense that the Russian demobiliza- tion of tranny has bcen stopped. CAPITAL NEWS NOTES. The Supreme Court of the United States decided the Michigan railroad tax cases, involving the taxes of all the railroads in that State for sever- al years past, against the railroads. Representative Cooper of Wisconsin granting United States citizenship to the inhabitants of Puerto Rico. It is understood Governor Winthron will advocate the passage of this bill. The Senate Committee on Appro- priations reported the urgent deficien- cy bill with a number. of amend- ments. An appropriation of $50,000 is made to enable the Government to participate in the second internation- {al peace conference at The Hague. { In the case of the United States | versus Wickersham, the Supreme Court of the United States decided that a person employed in the civil service may recover damages on ac- count of suspension from woifice by a subordinate official, affirming the de- cision of the Court of Claims. Catastrophe in Black Forest. Fifty-two persons were killed and dangerously injured by the col- 'schen at Black Forest, Germany. The roof had been put in place only this morning, an event which, in ac- cordance with German custom, was celebrated by a feast. The guests were reported to have engaged in a dance and this probably was what caused the collapse. Growth of Bank Cirulation. The expansion of the national bank circulation is brought to the public notice by new monthly re- cords of the largest volume on re- cord. The increase during March made its total $554.660,967, or more than double what it was when the act of March, 1900, removed some of the obstacles to its increase. Balloonist Loses Life. Death in the waters of Bass creek, a small stream winding throwgh the meadows along the south shore of Long Island, between Jones Beach and Amityville, ended the daring balloon ascent of. Paul Nocquet, a French sculptor of note and an en- thusiastic aeronaut. The body was found on the muddy shore of the creek, where the tide had left it, and not a great distance from where Nocquet’s collapsed balloon was dis- covered by the life savers of Jones Beach. ; | in Papeete by Lebiloc, and directs that as soon as | beete by Lebiloc that the Chi-| DROWNED IN A HURRICANE Tahita and Neighboring Islands Swept by Destructive Storm. MANY BUILDINGS WERE RAZED Schooner, With Seven Persons on Board Believed to Be Lost. Tahita Suffers Most. The steamer Moana, which arrived at Hononlulu, April 4, reports that 121 persons were drowned during the hurricane which recently swept over Tahita and the neighboring islands. Of these victims, one perished on Tahita, 91 natives and four whites on the Puamotus, and 24 natives and | one white on the other islands. windstorm broke over Papeete, the sea rose steadily after a high tide of 20 feet above the normal mark, and by 11 o’clock on the night of February 7 was wreck- ing the wood of the buildings and splashing between the American and Before the | British consulates. At first no alarm was felt, but the continuation of the rise caused a pan- ic. The wind blew in brief hurricane blasts every few minutes, tearing up trees and sending roofs flying through the air. Signals for assistance were seen a white resi- dent of Motu island, but it was im- possible to render any help until morning, when the body of Lebiloc’s wife was rescued from the top of a cocoanut palm, wither it had been washed. Fears arc entertained for the safe- ty of the schooner Eimeo, with seven persons on board. The Emily Reed, which arrived from Auckland on February 12, during the storm, jet- tisoned 150,600 feet of lumber. The Dunreggan reports a hurri- cane south of the Loyalty islands on February 7. Thursday island ex- perienced a hurricane on February Oo COAL STRIKE SITUATION Independent Ovsrators of Pittsburg District Organize. I'orty independent coal operators of the Pittsburgh district met and de- cided upon the organization of the In- dependent Coal Operaiors’ associa- tion of Western Pennsylvania. The new organization claims to represent an annual tonage of 20,600,000, and its first act was to re-affirm the action taken previously in refusing to sign the new wage scale. The independ- ent operators adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman and an- nounced that their mines will remain closed at least for the immediate future. Nearly 500 Tllinois coal operators were at the meeting of their organiza- tion in Chicago. It was decided to stand- in .resisting the demands of the miners. The Chicago & Carbon- dale Coal Company of De Soto, Ill. was expelled from membership be- cause it has signed the scale demand- ed by the miners. Eston | Wool Market. The wdbl market is strong with | fair activity. Foreign grades are firm. Leading quotations . follow: Ohio and g¢Pennsylvania XX and above, 35:10 35le¢; 32 to 33c; No. 1, 38 ito 3%¢; No. 2, 38 to 40c; washed, 26 to 261%c washed, 32 to 3214c; 2§-blocd, 33%e; 153-blood, 321% to 33c; ed delaing, 28 to 29¢; delaine, 36 to 37c; washed 24 to 25¢; 14-blood, unwashed 313 to 32c: 34-blood, 323; to 33c; 14-blood, 3114 to 32c; unwashed de- laine, 27 Ao ¥ 28c. 33 to Gas Explosion Hurts Many. Edna Johnston hunted for a gas leak with a lighted mateh in the apartments of Mrs. [Elizabeth Mink, at 1607 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg. The explosion that folowed injured 21 per- sons, wrecked two houses and broke windows all around the neighborhood. ! None of the injured persons are ser- | iously hurt. The property loss is estimated at $40,000. CABLE BRIEFS The Viennese Society of Physic- ians has appointed Dr. Nicholas Senn of Chicago and Dr. William H. Welch of Baltimore, Mr., to be hon- orary members. The Swedish Parliament passed ail the bills submitted by the Gov- ernment as the result of the dissolu- tion of the union with Norway. They place Norwegians in Sweden on an equality with other foreigners. The Russian Government has de- cided to stop the deportation of con- | victs to the Island of Saghalien. The penal colonies there will be dis- banded and hard labor prisons will be established on the mainland. Steamboat Blown Up. The big towboat H. M. Hoxie, one of the largest on the rivers, was blown to pieces by an explosion of its boilers on the Ohio river at Portland, O., while returning to Pittsburgh with a tow of 24 empties. One man is missing and eight others were injured. three so badly that it is believed they will die. Elopement Frustrated. Because his pretty 17-year-old daughter Emily and Charles Decker attempted to elope, Riley Harrold, the father of the girl, of Derry, Pa., followed the pair to Latrobe, where both were captured after a running fight in which Constable Neale and young Decker exchanged several shots. The girl was taken to Mor- ganza by her father this evening, while Decker was cammitted . to Jail. fine un- | 1 -blood, un- | unwash- | fine washed | Michigan fine un- MAY OWN BUT NOT OPERATE Three Questions Were Submitted One of Which Failed to Receive Required Number of Votes. eem——_——— Under the result of the city elec- tion, held in Chicago, in which the question of municipal ownership of the street railways was the vital is- sue, the city can proceed to acquire and control the street railways, but cannot operate them. At the same time the voters, while declaring that the city shall not proceed to oper- ate the railroads, declared that as a question of public policy it would be desirable for the city to do so. Three prpositions were submitted to the voters, the first of which was: Shall the city of Chicago proceed to operate street railways? This proposition required 60 per cent. of the total vote cast in order to be- come effective. The total vote was 231,171. of this num- ber the proposition to proceed to the immediate operation of the street railways secured but 123,000 votes, about 17,000 short of the necessary three-fifths. The second proposition involved the approval of an ordinance pre- viously passed by the city council providing for the issue of street rail- way certificates in amount not to ex- ceed $75,000,000 for the purchase, ownership and maintenance of the street railways. This was carried by about 3,800 votes. The third question, which was sim- ply on the question of public policy and has no legal effect whatever is, shall the city council proceed without delay to secure the municipal owner- ship and operation of the street rail- ways under the Mueller law, instead of granting franchises to private com- panies? This question was carried by about 3,600 votes. Mayor E. F. Dunne construes the passage of the $75,000,000 certificates and public policy appropriations as a victcry for municipal ownership, but expressed his disappointment over the defeat of the proposition for muni- cipal operation. JUSTICE BY TELEPHONE Maryland Judge Condemns the Prac-*“ tice as Scandalous. Judge Merrick of Upper Marlboro, Md., told the grand jury it had been reported to him that certain justices in the county had been trying cases over the telephone, and said it was their duty to investigate the matter and to indict the guilty parties. The Court said that if the reports were true it was a scandalous proceeding and a disgrace to the county. It is understood that Justice Mer- rick referred to the case of a saloon- keeper arrested for violating the Sun- day liquor law. The saloonkeeper called up a justice in Hyattsville and told him he was guilty, whereupon the judge replied the fine would be $100. The fine was paid to the con- stable, who gave the saloonkeeper a receipt. GENERAL BLANCO DEAD Succeeded Weyler and Had Sorry Experience in Cuba. General Blanco, formerly governor general of Cuba, is dead. Ramon Blanco y Arenas was sent | to Cuba to sncceed General Weyler, whose coffduct {in suppressing ithe rebeilion in that island had shocked the humanitarian feeling of all the civilized world. He started on fa policy of pacification, but the Cuban people did not trust him, and his ex- perience on the island was not hap- py. When the war with the United States ‘broke out Bianco did not en- ter upon the defense of the island with much hope of success, and as soon as the war was over he resign- ed and returned to Spain November, 1898. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Fire destroyed the big drygoods store of Sebastian, Roberts & Co. in Mexico City, causing a loss bf be- tween $600,000 and $700,000. Sherman DM. Bell, former adjut- ant general of Colorado, may soon become minister of war of Venezu- ela. Russian Ambassador Posen pre- sented to Secretary Root a proposal for a peace conference to be held in the summer. The Globe Stamp Company, which was in business for several years at Youngstown, O., has gone into bank- ruptey. Women stamp collectors crowded about the place in search of the manager, but failed to find him. The Norfolk and Western railroad’s “Cannonball” ‘train, bound from Richmond to Norfolk, Va., ran into an open switch at Jupiter siding. The train was derailed, but few of the 60 passengers were hurt. While saying requiem mass at the funeral of one of his parishioners the Rev. John Dempsey, resident priest of St. Bernard Cathdlic church of Crawfordsville, Ind., fell dead in his pulpit. } Big Catch of Seals. The sealers, Adventure, with 31,- 000 seals, and Aurora, with 28,000 seals, arrived at St. Johns, N. F. The former had her bows started and the latter’s stern was crushed by con- tact with ice flees. They report the remainedr of the fleet still adding to the catch, although the severity of the weather makes work difficult. To Pay Old Pittsburg Claim. Senator Knox introduced a bill ap- propriating $55,739 to be paid to James S. McCloskey and Frank Tack of Pittsburg, surviving executors of John McCloskey and John S. Cos- grave, who were in business in Pitts- burg during the Civil War. The money is to be paid for about 50,- 000 tons of coal taken from the firm of McCloskey & Cosgrave by the Federal Government in 1863 to. be used by the naval ships operating in the’ Mississippi river.