"Jive
Highest Marks for Seventy-five
Years Exceeded.
PROPERTY LOSS ENORMOUS
Fire Added to the Losses in Several
Places—Low Districts All Sub-
merged.
MANY PERSONS WERE DROWNED
All flood records were broken at
Pittsburgh on the 15th of March when
a new high mark of 36.2 feet was es-
tablished, the previous record being
35 feet in February, 1832. The high-
est mark since that was 33.3 feet, Feb-
ruary 6, 1884.
Ten square miles of the most thick-
ly populated territory in Pittsburgh
and Allegheny was under water.
Thousands were homeless; dozens of
splendid stores and great office build-
ings were partially under water; the
. ¢ity was in darkness except where
lighted by private lighting plants.”
An ice gorge which formed in the
Allegheny about Parker broke and
added to the destruction wrought by
the water.
Practically every iron and steel
plant in the Pittsburgh district shut
down. The water works on the South-
side had to stop. A fire broke out
which caused large loss and was con-
trolled with difficulty.
A loss in the Connellsville coke re-
gion estimated at $2,000,000 and the
breaking of all flood records has re-
sulted. The stage at points along the
Youghiogheny exceeded that of 1888,
the previous high record. ‘The entire
coke region was paralyzed industri-
ously.
The Muskingum, Scioto, Great and
Little Miamis from the north, and the
Kanawha, Big Sandy and Licking riv-
ers from the south not only poured
their surplus into the Ohio, but have
laid waste farms and villages along
their banks. Breaks in the big oil
and natural gas pipe lines were re-
ported hetween the West
fields and the Ohio towns depending
on them.
ing in various sections.
All the low lying districts of the
towns and cities along the Ohio were |
overflowed.
At Wheeling and Bridgeport fire
broke out causing over $200,000 loss.
pottery in South Wheeling destroyed
the greater part of the plant and
threatened many houses. Three Syr-
jan children were drowned when
attempt at rescue was made. Persons
in panic jumping in an overloaded
boat capsized it. All but the
children were rescued.
Railroad service was affected in
many places by landslides and the
loss of bridges.
A pile driver and locomotive on the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Scioto river at Chillicothe, O. Brake-
man John Long and Thomas Whealor
were drowned.
At Marietta two-thirds of the city |
was flooded and there was consider- |
able suffering among the inhabitants,
as nearly all of the groceries have
been flooded. William McCracken,
his wife and two children, were
drowned. They were forced to the
second floor by the flood, which soon
took away the house and the whole
family was lost.
At Porstmouth
Jetting the water
heretofore flooded.
Empire suffered a big property loss.
Only two houses escaped being flood-
ed and many were washed away. The
inhabitants of Browns island with
stock were huddled on a ridge
strip two days. At
school and seven houses were carried
away.
broke
not
levees
territory
two
on
At Cincinnati a stage of 63 feet was |
reached. The city suffered a loss of
about. $150,000 by the ¢ollapsing
the Eighth street viaduct over
railroads.
the
ANOTHER RIOT STORY
Negro Soldier Says Brownsville Affray
Was for Revenge.
A former member of the Twenty-
fifth infantry, colored, now at
“shooting up” of Brownsville, Texas,
because of an alleged insult by a
white citizen. Says other
joined him in attack on the town.
Several other negroes promptly vol-
scores against white citizens on ac-
count of injuries they had suffered.
The negroes returned to the barracks |
after committing the assault on the
town and many soldiers assisted in
the hurried cleaning of the guns for
after the shooting ceased.
According to the alleged confession
the soldiers from only one company
of the Twenty-fifth infantry partici-
pated in the riot, although nearly an
entire battalion, later discharged,
knew that soldiers had done the
shooting.
Ten miners, nine of whom were
white. men and one negro, are dead
as the result of an explosion in the
Greenough mine at Coeburn, Va.
To Oust the Standard.
A bill seeking to inhibit the Stand-
ard Oil Company from doing business
in Tennessee and to oust that corpor-
ation from the state was filed in the
chancery court of Sumner county, at
Gallatin. Attorn~y-General Charles T.
Cates, Jr., brings the suit on behalf
of the state under provisions of the
anti-trust act of the legislature of 1903,
which act has recently been sustained
Ly the supreme court of Tennessee.
Enterprise and advertising make the
biggest pair in the deck.
Virginia |
| deen:
An explosion of gas at the Warwick |
rail- |
way went through the levee into the |
| cate
Gal- |
veston, confesses that he incited the |
| engineers’ officers of the war depart-
i ment to enforce the eight-hour law as
soldiers |
greatly
i and harbor work under the large ap-
unteered to go along to wipe out old |
PANIC IN WALL STREET
Prices on New York Stock Exchange
Take Sudden Fall—Treasury
Brings Relief.
Under the effect of per cent.
money and the generally pessimistic
sentiment developed.
25
as a result
0G PROFTTO CONTRACTS
Pennsylvania Capito! Investiga-
tion Makes Disclosures.
,
NO FOREIGN CUT GLASS USED
of |
the recent heavy decline, trading on |
the New
bordering on actual panic. New low
records for the year and in some in-
stances for several years were estab-
lished in the active speculative
sues under precipitate selling.
Liquidation was of a volume and
character such as has not been wit-
nessed on the Stock Exchange since
May 9, 1901, when the development of
a corner in Northern Pacific precipi-
tated one of the severest short panics
ever seen in the New York market.
The extreme violence of the de-
clines on that occasion was due large-
ly to the fact that it broke in abrupt-
ly upon a period of boom and rising
prices. This demonstration was ra2i-
cally different in that it succeeded a
prolonged period of liquidation and
severe declines in prices. -
is-
The sudden and acute outbreak of |
renewed weakness today owed most of |
its violence to the feeling of despond-
ency in speculative circles regarding |
the effects of public agitation against |
univer- |
corporations and the nearly
sal trend of legislative = measures
against them. Speculative circles are
not disposed to rely on their own in-
formation and deductions as to the ex-
tent and the significance of these de-
velopments. The extreme sensitive-
ness of sentiment on the subject is
founded on suppositions of what the
great authorities in the railroad and
financial world think on the subject.
Recent events have created the im-
pression that these authorities are in
a condition of keen anxiety and even
of fright about the prospect they have
to face in this matter.
steps taken with the intention of al-
laying apprehension on the subject
seem to have been principally instru-
mental in aggravating it. This was
notably true of the visit to Washing-
gan with the avowed purpose of act-
ing as mediator between the President
and the railroad companies in an ef-
some step to allay public apprehension
| regarding the credit of railroad com-
3 | panies.
Scores of lives were lost by drown- : * 2
|
About $46,000,000 that
ed States treasury
ury He
$25,500,000 government
not yet due. Tis action
offers to enlarge by $71,500,000
Cortelyou.
it being pointed out that it would aid
road rate issue and the Standard Oil
| dividend.
ANTHRACITE COAL IN ILLINOIS
Five-Foot Stratum at Marion, Said to
Be Equal to the Finest in
Pennsylvania.
The discovery of a five-foot vein of
anthracite coal has been made within
three miles of Marion, Ill,
down, in the new shaft of the Spiller-
town Coke and Coal Company. The
coal is equal in every respect to the
finest Pennsylvania grade. It is be-
iieved that the discovery marks an
| epoch in the coal history of this part |
of the state, and will cause a remark:
able growth in the mining business
| here.
Tests made by Mr. Wilkerson, pres-
| ident of the company, and an expert
| minerologist, show that the coke from
| the coal
| The coal shows a
Warrenton a |
runs, in fixed carbon, 95.15.
run of. thermal
of 12.26. These “figures ‘indi-
that the coal iS" the finest on
the continent, besides containing a
high grade of neutral oil, tar and am-
units
: monia.
of |!
The neutral oil is used as a wood
preservative and as an antiseptic, and
a
| sells for $28 a barrel.
WORK ONLY EIGHT HOURS
Will Be Enforced Now on Gov-
ernment Public Works.
Secretary Taft, with permission of
the President, has given orders to the
Law
public works. This will
reduce the amount of river
applied to
propriations made by the last Con-
gress.
Employes on Government dredges,
tugboats, snagboats and other Gov-
| ernment improvement craft formerly
were exempt in large part from the
| operation of the eight-hour law.
the inspection which followed soon | i
Indicted for Peonage.
Edward J. Triay, head of the labor
department of the Florida East Coast
railway, and Francesco --Sabbia, . an
employment agent were arraigned be-
fore a United States commissioner
in New York City charged with peon-
age in the employment of men for
work on an extension of the railway
from Miami to Keywest. They both
were held in bail for trial on indict-
ments found by the United States
grand jury.
$50,000,000 From John D.
According to a member of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.'s bible class and who
is also a personal friend of John D.
Rockefeller and in a position to know
of his affairs, the latter proposes soon
to make a princely gift to the city of
New York. It will amount to at least
$50,000,000. It will be partly charit-
able and partly educational.
The original cause of
American war was the
caraguan soldiers of ‘a
citizen of Ifonduras.
the Central
theft by Ni-
mule from a
York stock market on the!
14th reached a stage of demoralization |
Some of the |
Specifications Called for an Expen-
{ sive Cut Glass of French
| Manufacture.
y
| That the state of Pennsylvania was
Gonrantat to pay $138,757.69 for “im-
ported” glass made at Monaca, Beaver
| county, and sold to John H. Sander-
| son, of Philadelphia, for $29,847.79
| was brought out at the hearing before
| the capitol investigating committee.
| It was shown that charges made for
| baccarat glass were entirely fictional,
{ because so far as an expert glass man
| could see in an inspection of the
| building, not a square inch of this
| particular variety of material has been
used.
It was further shown that glass
mosaic furnished for the dome, which
originally cost $3.75 per square foot
| was charged to the state at the rate
of $20 per square foot, making a
simple advance from $7,224.26 to
$28,759.20 for this one item. Taken on
| this basis, if the overcharges for all
the glass used in the construction of
the building are in the same propor-
tion, nearly four times as much was
paid as it was worth.
The fact that the Pennsylvania
Bronze Company, through which all
of the contracts for glass of the elec-
trical fixtures were made by the
Phoenix company of ‘Monaca, is no
other than Sanderson himself, was
brought out by the offering in evi-
dence of the charter of the former
corportation, issued on September 15,
1904. .
Although the specifications call for
baccarat cut glass, and such was
charged for by Sanderson & Co. and
certified to by Architect Huston, Mr.
fort to induce the President to take |sembled baccarat glass.
otherwise |
| would have been called into the Unit- |
will be allowed to |
| remain in circulation under announce-
ment made by Secretary of the Treas-
also offers to re-!
bonds |
practically |
the |
| amount of money that would be in cir-
| culation but for his announcements.
an |
110 feet |
Ebberts declared emphatically that
font arly In the werk of Jb. Mor] Lore Is not a plece of tnt glass in
| the capitol.
He said he had made a
guperficial examination of all the
rooms and could find nothing that re-
Mr. Ebberts
explained that baccarat glass is made
in a town of France by that name and
is very expensive.
JAPANESE COOLIES SHUT OUT
President and San Francisco Authori-
ties Carry Out Agreement Re-
garding Natives of Orient.
President Roosevelt issued an exe-
order directing that Japanese
skilled
cutive
or Korean laborers,
to go to Mexico, Canada or Hawaii,
and to come therefrom, be refused
permission to enter the continental
territory of the United States. This
is practically the final chapter, except
so far as the question may be taken
up in treaty negotiations with Japan,
in the issue growing out of the difi-
erences with the country over the ac-
tion of the San Francisco authorities
in prohibiting Japanese school chil-
dren attending the schools set aside
for the whites.
Authority to refuse permission to
the classes of persons cited by the
| President to enter the continental ter-
ritory of the United States is con-
tained in the immigration bill approv-
ed February 20. It was incorporated
in that measure at the request of the
President and in fulfillment of a prom-
| ise he made to Mayer
the school board of San Francisco
House, if the San Francisco authori-
ties would rescind their action on the
school question. The promise of the
President and that of Mayor Schmitz
ton authorities considerable concern.
A dispatch from San Francisco,
March 14 says: Nine little Japanese
in the Redding primary school were
admitted after an examination as to
their knowledge of the English lang-
uage. >
97 PERISH IN MINES
22 Killed by Fall of Cage.
An explosion of firedamp in a shaft
of the coal mine at Kleinrosseln-near
Forbach, Germany, resulted in the
death of 75 miners and the terrible
injury of 12 others.
Six of the miners who were in the
shaft at the time of the explosion are
still missing. One hundred and sev-
enteen others escaped into adjoining
galleries.
At Saarlouis, Rhenish Prussia,
twenty-two miners were killed at the
Gerhard coal mine. They were de-
cending one of the shafts.in a cage
when the cable broke near the top and
the miners plunged down several
hundred feet. They all met instant
death.
The mine belongs to the Prussian
government which has already be-
gun an official inquiry into the acci-
dent.
A dispatch from Cucuata announces
that a powerful revolution has started
in the state of Tachira, Venezuela,
with Gen. Juan Pablo Penalosa as its
leader, against President Castro.
All Unions Unite.
At a meeting of the State Federa-
tion of Labor at Harrisburg, Pa.
Congressman T. D. Nicholls, the only
labor leader in Congress, announced
that the 752 locals of mine workers,
{ representing over 100,000 men in
Pennsylvania, had decided to hecome
affiliated with the federation. This
means practically a union of all la-
bor unions of the State under one
working head.
No doctor can cure what ails you if
| you have a mean disposition.
and un: |
* . | skilled, who have received passports
Secretary Cortelyou’s announcement |
(of government relief was received with
i much satjsfaction in financial circles,
three
{ the banks greatly in making the pay-
| ments due on the Pennsylvania rail-
Schmitz and |!
| the story.
during their negotiations at the White | Attorney Jerome was putting words in- |
girls who had applied for admission |
| one.
i the witness was
| searching for Stanford White.
75 Victims of Firedamp Explosion and |
| * mission Corresponding to Senate.
Secretary Taft's proposed visit to |
September to at-|
tend the opening of the first Philip- |
THAW TRIAL DRAGS ALONG
District Attorney Attempts to Discred-
it Evelyn's Testimony.
On the first day of the State's case
in rebuttal at the trial of Harry K.
Thaw, District Attorney Jerome came
to a temporary standstill against the
practically solid wall the rules of evi-
dence have built around the story of
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, Mr. Jerome be-
gan to attack this story as. soon as
court opened in the morning. There
ensued a well-nigh ceaseless battle
between the prosecutor and Delphin
M. Delmas, leading counsel for the de-
fense, at the end of which
the
story
at the beginning of
young Mrs. Thaw's was ad-
missible only as tending to show the
effect it might have had in unbalan- |
cing the defendant’s mind and that |
its truth or falsity is not material.
Mr. Jerome {ried to avoid this rule
by declaring he was endeavoring
merely to show by inference—by cir-
cumstantial evidence as to the facts
and details in the story-—that Mrs.
Thaw could not possibly have told
the story to her husband.
Nine-tenths of the+day was spent in
argument and in nearly every in-
stance Mr. Delmas won his point as
to the law, while Mr. Jerome, in ‘the
very argument itself, had got before
the jury a perfect knowledge as to
what his witnesses would have testi-
fied to had they been permitted. The
district attorney called 10 witnesses
during the day, but aside from draw-
ing from the State's eye witnesses to
the tragedy the opinion that Thaw
seemed rational the night he shot and
killed Stanford White, little real
headway was made.
SAYS THAW WAS SANE
Dr. Austin Flint Testifies for the
Prosecution.
Answering precisely: the same hy-
pothetical question in response to
which the alienists of the defense de-
clared that Harry K. Thaw was suff-
ering from an unsound mind and did
not know the nature or quality of his
act when he shot and killed Stanford
White, Dr. Austin Flint, the first ex-
pert called by District Attorney Jer-
ome, in rebuttal, declared it to be his
opinion that Thaw positively did know
the nature and quality of his act and
knew that the act was wrong.
Abraham Hummel was on the stand
again, and before Mr. Delmas could
object to a question to him by Mr.
.Jerome the witness had got into the
record the statement that Evelyn Nes-
bit had told him that she had inform-
ed Harry Thaw in Paris in 1903 that
Stanford White positively had not
drugged or betrayed her.
Mr. Delmas at first moved to have
the question and answer stricken from
the record, but as the district attor-
ney seemed about to consent to this
plea the counsel for the defense in-
sisted that the answer stand.
Dr. Wm. Hirsch of Cornell Medical
School declared that there was. no
such thing as a brain storm known to
science, that Thaw knew the nature
and quality of his act. Three other
experts testified to the same effect.
THAW TALKED RATIONALLY
White's Brother-in-Law Sat With Thaw |
in Roof Garden.
Stanford White's brother-in-law,
James Clinch Smith, was permitted to
testify in the Thaw trial. Smith di-
vulged a story concerning Thaw’'s ac-
tions just before he shot Stanford
White. Smith told how Thaw sat be-
side him scon after entering the roof
garden theater and conversed with
him in a most rational manner just be-
fore he pulled the revolver which sent
White to his grave. :
Mr. Delmas repeatedly interrupted
He protested that District
to the mouth of the witness. The
greater part of Smith's story was
stricken from the court records as fast
| as he uttered it.
and his associates brought to a close |
the controversy over the school ques-
tion which had given the Washing- |
| to Europe, and
| Smith meet a nice girl, not particular-
| ly goodlooking. All the time Thaw was
Smith told how he had discussed
with Thaw the play, the stock mar-
ket, the best steamer on which to go
as to having Mr.
looking intently about the roof gard-
en, as if he were trying to find some
Thaw
that was
PHILIPPINES’ CONGRESS
It Will Consist of Two Houses, Com-
Gould, Mrs. William B. Rice and Miss |
the Philippines in
pine Assembly has directed attention
Justice |
Fitzgerald upheld the rule laid down |
trial—that |
EXPLOSION ON WARSHIP
French Man-of-War Blown Up
While in Dry Dock.
FULL CREW READY FOR CRUISE
Several Officers Among the Dead and
an Admiral Among Wounded—
Some on Shore Hurt.
French battleship Iena, blew up while
Captain Aligard, the commander of
the battleship, Captain Vertiez, chief
| of staff of the Mediterranean squad-
ron, and from 70 to 80 blue jackets are
dead, while ,Rear Admiral Manceron
and hundreds of other men are suffer-
ing from injuries, some of them prob-
ably fatal.
Naval circles are aghast and the
public is stunned by . the appalling
catastrophe coming so soon after the
loss of the French submarine boat
Lutin, in which 16 men met death.
The entire after part of the Iena
was blown to pieces. The bodies of
the victims were hurled through the
air by a succession of explosions and
nal fled for their lives from
onto the stone quays and sustained
serious injuries.
caused the explosion is not
were set on fire agg their contents in
exploding practically destroyed what
was considered one of the best ves-
| sels in the French navy.
The explosion came without warn-
ing. The first shock was extremely
violent and shook the vessel fore and
aft. It was followed instantly by oth-
er shocks. The crew was thrown into
a condition of panic. :
were in a fearful position.
enshrouded in smoke, and while they
groped their way toward the exits
fall unconscious.
It is declared that for 30 minutes
the authorities were unable to discov-
er the keys with which to open theo
locks to flood the drydock and sub-
merge the ship, but when they did fi-
nally open the locks the water rushed
in onto the Tena and the explosions
came to an end.
The lower decks of
was commenced.
while the surrounding water was dot-
ted with human fragments.
The effect of this statement by |
It will be impossible to ascertain the
| exact number of killed
| until tomorrow, when a rollcall will be
| held, as many of the men were com- |
| pletely blown to pieces, while others |
| were incinerated.
Many of these who escaped
{heir lives suffered most severe in-
juries and, becoming temporarily in- |
sane, rushed frantically around the vi- |
| cinity of the dry dock until they fell |
| exhausted.
The flames then broke out and Cap-
tain Vertier died a horrible death.
MRS. SAGE GIVES $10,000,000.
Fund for Improvement of Social and
Living Conditions.
Mrs. Russell Sage, through
counsel, Henry W. Delorest, authoriz-
ed the following statement in relation
to the Sage foundation, a bill incor:
porating. which has been introduced in
the New York legislature.
“I have set aside $10,000,000 for the
endowment of this foundation. Its ob-
ject is the improvement of social -and
living conditions in the United States.
{It will be within the scope of such a |
foundation to investigate and study
the cause of adverse social conditions,
including ignorance, poverty
can be remedied or ameliorated, and
to put in operation any appropriate
| means to that end.”
The trustees named by Mrs. Sage to
| clared a quarterly dividend of 1% per
| cent
{ carry on the work are: Robert W. De-
| Forest, Cleveland H. Dodge, Daniel C.
Gilman, John M. Glenn, Miss Helen
| Louisa I. Schuyler, all of whom have
had wide experience in philanthropic
works.
Boston Wool Market.
toward the new legislative body to be
The Assem-
members,
created for the islands.
bly will consist of 81
for each 90,00 persons, and provision
is made to increase this number to |
100. It will
respond to the American House of
Representatives, while the Philippine |
Commission will
United States Senate, and the acts
of the Assembly must secure the ap-|
proval of the Commission before they
|
become laws.
Elections are .to be held July 30. |
Secretary Taft will start for the is- |
lands in August and the first Assem- |
bly will convene in September.
The Missouri legislature passed a
bill making the operation of a bucket-
shop a felony. The maximum penalty
for violation is from two to five years
in the penitentiary.
Lawyer Charges Goulds $175,000
For his assistance in securing a di-
vorce for Anna Gould from the Count
de Castellane, Edmund Kelly, a Paris
lawyer, is said to have presented a bill
for $175,000. George Gould is report-
ed to have turned the bill over to
Coundert Brothers, who represent the
Gould interests in France, to have
them try to induce Mr. Kelly to trim
it down a trifle. Mr. Kelly formerly
practiced in New York City.
There are 481 stenographic systems
in use in the civilized world.
ap- |
portioned on the basis of one delegate |
in a general way cor- |
correspond to the |
There is a moderate business in the
wool market, with prices firm. No ser-
| is believed that the future depends on
the ability of the mills to consume the
Leading
| domestic quotations range as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above
| 34 to3414c; X. 32 to 33c; No. 1, 39 to
| 40c: No. 2, 38 to 39c; fine unwashed
| 26 to 27c; unmerchantable, 29c;
{ bulk of the visible supply.
Will Admit Japanese Pupils.
The San Francisco board of edu-
cation adopted resolutions agreed up-
on at the conference
| Roosevelt at Washington,
pils in public schools.
the board will abide by this action
provided the President retains his at-
anese immigration.
Van Dyke Remains at Princeton.
The Rev. Dr. Henry Van
whose resigmation from the Prince-
ton faculty was recently announced,
has withdrawn his resignation in re-
sponse to an overwhelming demand
from thé officials and students of
Princeton.
Tn a conflict between police and
strikers at Belgrade, Servia, five
{he strikers were killed and 20 wound-
ed. Further collisions were narrowly
averted
| the Christian Catholic church.”
The powder magazine on board the | 2
I g | stant ‘labor for its
in dry dock at Toulon and as a result |
panic-stricken workmen at the arse- |
the vi- | > ra
cinity of the dry dock. Scores of those | against the Lake Shore & Michigan
on board the Iena jumped overboard |
{ portation of cattle.
The primary cause of the accident |
was the explosion of a torpedo. What |
known, |
but the powder magazines of the Iena | tle
| than 28 consecutive hours.
{the 15 suits filed the Government al-
leges that the cattle were confined for
| a period of not less than
| and
| and
The hundreds of men below deck |
They were |
they became the prey of suffocating |
fumes which caused many of them to |
| ceipts
| nearly
{ of manufacture,
Then admist masses of dense smoke |
the search for the dead and wounded |
the Tena were littered with the frag- |
ments of shattered and torn bodies, |
| tions.
and wounded |
I ville,
| hotel.
her |
{ Taylor; of the east
and |
| vice: to suggest how these conditions |
with President |
rescinding |
their order segregating Japanese pu- |
It is said that | president of the Chicago & Northwest-
titude regarding the limitation of Jap- | :
| laws hostile to the railroads.
Dyke,
| Chicago.
| were
| court asking for an injunction restrain-
ling the furniture
{ further violations
| trust act.
of |
ant
| per cent of the church pew and schogl
| desk business of the United States.
, A a
STILL SUPERSTITIOUS -
Dowieites Touched the Hem of His
Robe in the Belief That It Would -
Cure Them.
The funeral of John Alexander Dow-
ie was held in Zion City, March 14,
the interment being in Lake Mound
cemetery in Zion City. A small por-
tion of the magnificent choir that for-
merly officiated in Zion City taber-
nacle sang several hymns. The body
of Dowie was arrayed in the white
robe which he has worn since he ‘as-
sumed the title of “First Apostle of
The
garment required six months of con-
construction and
elaboration.
The funeral oration was delivered
by Attorney V. V. Barnes, who was for
many years the constant friend of
Dowie. The funeral cortege was at-
tended by hundreds of the members
of the church, and during the last
hours when the body was lying in
state a constant stream of visitors
called.
Many sought to be cured of dis-
ease Dy touching the hem of Dowie’s
robe. .
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COMPLAINT AGAINST RAILROAD
U. S. District Attorney Enters Action
for Alleged Violations of Law.
United States District Attorney
Bass has filed 15 complaints at Buffa-
lo, N. Y. brought by the Government
Southern Railway Ccmpany for viola-
ting the law in regard to the trans-
In each com-
plaint judgment is asked for $500, the
maximum penalty imposed by the law,
the amount aggregating $7,500.
The Federal law provides that cat-
shall not be kept confined in a
railroad car for a period of more
In all of
39 hours
The longest period
of confinement alleged is 52 hours
30 minutes. The average period
is between 44 and 45 hours.
30 minutes.
STEEL TRUST EARNINGS
Largest Profit for Any Year—Costly
Additions. :
The United States Steet” Corpora:
tion, according to its annual report,
has passed through the most prosper-
ous year in its history. The gross re-
were $696,756,926, an increase
of $111,425,190. After paying out
$150,000,000 in wages to 202,-
457 employes and deducting the cost
there was a total
profit of $138,832,855 for the year.
After interest charges and other de-
ductions, the net earnings are reported
to be $156,624,273, the largest amount.
About $50,000,000 was appropriated
for improvements. One lump sum of
$50,000,000 is charged off for construc,
tion and discharge of capital obliga,
These deductions brought tha
final surplus down to $12,742,860.
TRAINS MEET HEAD ON
with | One Fireman Killed and Eight Other
Trainmen Injured.
Two freight trains on the Pennsyl
vania railroad met in a head-on cols
lision three miles west of Reynolds.
Pa., and Z. Gilnette, a fireman,
was killed and eight other {rainmen
i injured.
Of the 12 men composing the crews
{of the two trains, only three escaped
injury. The injured are being taken
care of temporarily at a Reynoldsville
Conductor J. A. Armagost, of
the west bound train, and Engineman
W. C. Pole and Brakeman William
bound train, are
very seriously hurt.
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.
Stocks have shrunk nearly $1,700.-
090.000 in the last six months. This
refers to prices, however, not values.
Speaker Cannon and about 40 mem-
bers of congress arrived at Colon
March 12, as interested visitors to the
canal. .
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Diamond Rubber Company in Ak-
ron, O., the capitalization of the com-
pany was increased from $3,500,000 to
{ $5,000,000.
The National Licorice Company de-
on preferred stock, payable
March 30.
Directors of the National Sugar Re-
| fining Company have declared a quart-
| erly dividend of 11% per cent on pre-
| ferred stock, pavable April 2.
iailroad Presidents McCrea, New-
man, Mellen and Hughitt decided that
| they would not go to Washington to
| consult with President Roosevelt the
ious declines are anticipated, and it
financial situation.
The United States Steel Corporation
reports practically an unprecedented
volume of business in hand or in
sight. This organization is the indus.
trial barometer of the United States.
A minimum rate of 40 cents an
| hour or a strike is the alternative to
be presented to the employers by the
machinists of the Pittsburgh district
afliliated with the international As-
| sociation of Machinists.
Predicts Panic.
President A. B. Stickney of St. Paul,
ern railroad, says that there will be
a panic within two years on account
of so many state legislatures passing
Had a Close Combine.
F. A. Holbrook and nine church and
school furniture manufacturing com-
| panies were named in indictments re-
turned by the Federal grand jury, in
In. addition, two petitions
filed in the United States drcuit
companies from
of the Sherman anti-
s charge the defend-¥
The indictm £
with controlling 80
corporat
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