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 |
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| years ago.
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to the |
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i New York
imprison- |
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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.