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REBELS DEFEATED.
Three Cruiser Pour Shot Into Vene-
vuelai Fort fdr Several Hour.
Gallant Defence.
Three German vessels, supposed ti
be the panther, Ylncta and Falke, b-
grill fchollini the tort at 10:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning. The fort ro
turnrd tl'O fire. The rear of thr gimii
was terrific. The. Panther appiarod to
be not more than 500 yar.lr from tl.o
fort. Her guns were btlng flreil eveiy
minute. The fort could not b seen
for the clouds of smoko, but tr. was
plain that the Venezuelan gunners
were answering the German fire -with
great rapidity. At 1 o'clock In th-3
afternoon an explosion occured ap
parently In the fort and a cloud of
smoke covered pert of the rampart.
A number of Indian fishermen wen
Intercepted fleeing from the direction
of tho fort In their dugout canoes.
Thoy reported that smoke wan seen
from the burning village of San Car
los, which had been shelled by the
Herman ships, t nd was In flames. Thfl
fehclllng of Sft'i Carlos created much
exclicnient nrnng the Oerman real
.louts at Maracaibo, Yenejuela, who
ihivc protect '.-d against the actilons
nf tho warships. A special says: "Thn
levohitlonary force under Gra. Rle-.w
which attacked Coro, was obliged t
retreat, leaving 30 killed and 115
wounded, as well as many prisoners
Mid a eonslrternbl? amount of banAgo
la the . hands of the Government:
forces. ' The revolutionists', under
Klera, unexpectedly ansiimed the of
1'enplve. The Government suipobp1
Genoral Rlera was at Sabanota, but
Instead appeared outside Ooro with
1,000 men. his entore command, and at
tacked the town from two different,
llrertlons at the same time. One
rebel column succeeded In pushing
neatly to the center of the town. At
first the Government , soldiers were
thrown into confusion, but as sorm as
they recovered from their ourprUn
they stood the rebel attack. After nn
engagement, which lasted for ten
liovrs. the fighting going on In the
utreotR and from the houses of Ooro,
the revulutlonists wers obliged to re
tire. The Government lost ten men
killed. The houses of Coro are rid
dled with bullets.
Big Contract Let, - ,
Li
M.-Ar Corliltt.' th-englneor for tho
Americans. ;wlur -town the electric
light:- and power companies at : San
I.uix Potasl,. Mexico, has given con
tract tlircugh ' ; the . VestlnghouF-fclUii-Ch
Company,' New York, for flip
Wcrtlnshouse Machine ' Company' tn
m furnttth'fpr the plant at San Luis pot6.il
' three ,a00-kllowaU. generators, with
fiiree Imrli-oiital tandem' gas engines
eiy-ji of 170-horse power capacity.
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J iAT THE NATIONAL" CAPITOL.
il ,' c. 1 i' , ...
ii JTlie Columbian canal ; treaty . vain
feigned by becretary Hay, Jnn. 22.
': 'Washington , officials regard the
Mm bard tur n of Fort San Carlos nfl
an tinfrleniPtndtl'rin.'- . '
? 'Full jmllctify "committee of 'the
lions of representatives decided to
report favorably the. LlttlcflcM antl
irust bllL-. i . . . f
f Ah "ex'criuirdlnary oss'lon of Con
gress, soon after the adjournment, Is
ilooked upon as inevitable by Senators
Spooner and Aldrich. . , j
Representative Lacey. chairman of
the" house committee pn public lands,
Introduced a bill to enable persons to
locate coal - "claims on - 'tinsurveyotl
lantla of AlnBka. v, ' k ,
f '-Secretary Root has received a tele
frrarn frora.Govornor Taft at Manila
Requesting a six months', leave of ab
sence,, on account, of III health, far
'Commissioner ldo, . dating from Feb
ruary 13. .; v, r r , j
' The nomniittee on banking end cur
reitey favorably reported the resolu
tion offered by Representative Sultzgr
calllu ;on th secretary of the treas
.tiry.tor. information regarding Uniteil
Stataa deposits,1,. ',.-.. ... k , J
Representative: Foss, Chalrmuu, 0f
the House; Committee on Naval AI
fttirs. Introducing a bill eBtnblishiDR
A nUvul militia and deftulng its rtl
tiona to the tiovoi!iujient;.alsor.foi! tte
enrollment and organization of a iiu
hl reserve. , , , j(
f ;Jhe military' ncadomy, appropria
tion' bill ropbrted to the house- carrier
a total -of $i)G4,273. The estimates
wero Jflfl,488.'- Provlsloh Is mnde for
the purchase of a tract of land oon
.talnlr.g about 220 acres adjoining tbo
academy gro'imlB, . . i
" Prcsldont Roosevelt Is considering
tho' Ban Bias route, .known as the
Darleu-Manllngo canal, as a substi
tute for tho Panama and Nicaragua
routes. He is ilificusslng ' tho ex
pediency of thin route with Senators,
Representatives and engineers.
Minister Ttoweu arrived from Ven
emiela . ,tfO begin conferences .with itle
prtlTi, German, and Italian aipbut
adorH olftlie settlement of the Ven.
er.ulean dllftculty. lie called at tho
omhawlos and urged them to name an
WirJy date for beginning negotiations.
The '.lmrca of tofeign'" commerce of
.'the tate duiiurnn Jilt has Just issued
'bnndrod .page volume of special
ipdnsular , reports on stored goods aa
.collateral for loans. This volume cam
it had .on .request from bureau . f
XfJlu commerce of the state depart -incn'fc.
;tw,.' , 4 , . '.
: committee of export from tfto
Tt-t-asury Popanment, report to tl(o
i Serrotary of tho Treasury as the re
ult of an , investigation of 'the . av
"OO'tnts of the lato William B.'.Yedt
intin ns disbursliig clerk of the'' War
apartment, that Mr. Yeatman at tno
time of .his death, about 48. otoliths
V 'lofaulter to the amount pf
-ci.tat-''?;-1? '7-r-v: " : -"I
jj Th.e reslswitiotv of Blnger H. ' Hejr
' l.taniu.ijf lOrdKOO, an- txmuilMkner of
-the Federal Land Office, to take effect
i' ' r"V3 1, w.. placed In-the-hand
bt th tealdent
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
LVII. CONGRE3S.
Appropriation Bills.
The Renate Tuesday passed the
legislative, executive and Judicial,
appropriation bills. Mr. Quay, Penn
sylvania, and Mr. Dcverldge, Indiana,
had a wordy argument over the state
hood bill.- After falling to have a
day set to take a vote on It. Mr.
Quay threatened to auk the Senate
to remain In session until some agree
ment Is reached. Mr. Hanna, Ohio,
spoke In opposition to the statehood
bill.
District of Columbia.
While the Plstrlct of Columbia ap
propriation hill was up In the House
Tuesday, Mr. Sheppard, Texas, at
tempted to ridicule President Roose
velt's anti-trust campaign. Mr. Coch
ran, Missouri, denounced what he
called the cowardly surrender of the
8tate department and Mr. Hopbnrn,
Iowa, countered with the charge that
the administration of Polk surren
dered the territory between latitudes
49 and 64.40 north. The District of
Cdumbla bill was passed.
Test Vote.
In the Senate Wednesday, Senator
Quay, Pennsylvania, preaBCd for a
vote on the Statehood bill. Mr. Mc
Cullom, Illinois, In filibustering for
time, moved to go Into executive ses
sion. Mr. Quay said he hoped the
motion would be defeated. The mo
tion was lest by a vote of 87 to 27.
This is taken as a test and Is claimed,
shows a majority of 10 in favor of
the Statehood bill when It comes up
for a final vote.
Philippine Coinage.
The Hcuse spent the day. Wednes
day In debate on the Philippine coin
age bill. Mr. Hill, Connectlout, de
clared that the substitute, which pro
poses to Introduce the United States
currency system into the Islan.'.s, Is
indorsed by Secretary of the Treas
ury Shaw.
Debate Continued.
In tho Senate Thursday Mr. Burn
ham, New Hampshire consumed the
day in argument against the State
hood hill and had not finished tola
speech at the hour of adjournment.
Delegate From Alaska.
The House Thursday adopted a
resolution roiortcd from the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs authorizing the
eomilttee to investigate tha . iarge
made by Mr. Iessler, Now York, that
ho had been offered a bribe to' vote
for additional Ilollnnd submarine tor
pedo boats. The Philippine colnago
bill was taken up and a substitute
for the bill was adopted by a vote of
14P to 128, by which tho currency and
coinage system of the United Staioa
!s extended to tho Philippines. The
Hons then hegan discussion of the
bill to allow Alaska a delegate In
Congress.
Both Sides Firm,
In the Sennte Friday business wai
blocked by friends of the Statehood
bill, refusing to p rmlt considera
tion of any other measure, and tho op
ponents of tho bill declining to agree
to a Cay for taking a vote.
Private' Pension Bill.
The House Friday passed 235 pri
vate pension gills. They Included
lor,slons to the widow of Oen. Franz
Rljrel at $100 a month; tho widow of
Gen. Jumes S. Nogley at $"0, and the
widow of ll'iar Admiral Henry F.
Picking at $40. The bill providing
for a delegate for Alaska In Congress
was passed.
GRAY'S POINTED REMARKS.
Action of Strike Official Commented
Upon by Chairman,
The features of the coal strike
commlBlon January 21, was Chair
man Gray's rather strong remarks In
commenting on the Incident whore
DlBtrict President Fahey, of the
Minors' union, would not grant per
mission during the strike to a con
tractor to erect a boiler house at a
colliery which was necessary to pre
serve the mine from damage. Tho
president of - the commlsnlon said he
hated tyranny, no matter whether it
was practiced by an operator, a miner
or anyone elEe. During the morning
session tho Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany pluced John Murray, a union
minor, on' the stand. On cross-examination
he said there would be trouble
in the anthracite regions so long as
the coal companies insist upon pay
ing the contract minora tiv tho
Instead of by Wfilght.
Fatal to Another Jackie," '':
..Roar- Admiral--. Higgtnpon . cabled
from San Juan Porto Rico that W. A.
Schert. sailor apprentico, of Chicago!
who wns injured In tho explosion on
the battleship MaHHarhusctu Friday,
died Sunday, making seven dead of
the gun crew of nine men. James
Garfield Patterson;, of Pittsburg, one
Of the wounded, will probnblv recov
er. llt It Is doubtful If A. N. Doasott
via live., ., i ... 4
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Americans Resist. ' ,
' Tho Americans residing In the Isle
of Pines are determined to resist be
ing governed and taxed by the Cuban
officials ponding Battlement of owner
ship. The Alcalde of the Island was
notified of their Intention to resist,
by force tf nocesaary..- The taxes ate
now due and all Americans have
pledged thuniBolves not to pay., ,
a"" Tillman Out of Office". ' "
" Duncan Clinch Hey ward, was In
augurated as Governor of Bouth Car
olina Jan. 21, and Jatin-s T. Sloan was
sworn In as I.leutunnnt Governor to
niiouoed James II.. Tillman, lino -murderer
of Bonzales. Tlllmaui refuses
to talk of the crime. , i ,-
Want Jim Crow Cf," ' J'
A "Jltn Crow" car law was asked
for lu the House at Charleston Wet
Virginia, by. Representative wilep.
from llnfp eountyv '.i a .
GREETING SENTJOJIIiG EDWARD
MARCONI BEAT RECORD.
Wireless Telegraph Message Eclipsed
Former 3,000 Mile Feat by
600 Moro. .
The following Is the text of the mcs
ugos transmitted from Wellfleet,
Muss., Monday by the Marconi system
of wireless telegraphy between Capo
Cod and Cornwall, England, botween
President Roosevelt and King Ed
ward. They are the first official
messages sent from this country
across the Atlantic to England. The
former messages sent to King Ed
ward by Marconi were transmitted
from the station at Table Hoad, Cape
Breton Island.
Iindcn, England. His Majesty, Ed
ward VII. In taking advantage of tho
wonderful triumph of scientific re
searr;h and ingenuity which has been
achieved In perfecting a system of
wireless telegraphy, I extend on be
half of tho American people most cor
dial greetings and good wishes to
you and to all the people of the Brit
ish Fmplro. Theodore Roosevelt.
Wellfleet, Mbrs., Jan. 19, 1303. Sec
retary to tho President, Washington:
Request you -will have kindness in
form President that his message to
His Majesty, the King or England,
has been duly transmitted by wire
less telegraphy from my Cape Co'l
station to Cornwall. Marconi.
Samllngham, Jan. lit, 1903. The
President, White House, Washington,
America: I thank you most sincerely
for the kind message which I have
Just received from you through Mar
coni's trans-Atlantic wireless telcg
raphy. I sincerely reciprocate in tho
name of the people of the PritUh
Empire tho cordial greetings aud
friendly sentiment expressed by you
on behalf of the American nation,
and I heartly wish you and your coun
try every possible prosperity. Ed
ward R. and I.
ASK FOR WAGE , INCREASE.
Official Statement Hat Been Issued
by President Dolan.
President Pat Dolan at t.h National
Convention of the United Mine Work,
fcts at Indianapolis, Ind., mado public
a statement in which he declares that
the Wage Scale Committee has no
ali-rnatlve but to report to the con
vention In favor of an advance In thu
vawes paid In the bituminous fields.
President Dolan declares, the Scale
Conmltt-e has almose dcflnate In
structions regarding the report It
must return. The recommendations
received from various locals and dis
tricts place a limitation upon tho com
mitter's deliberations that make it
incumbent upon lis members to re
port in favor of an increase of not
lessi than 15 pp" cent nor more than
25 per cent. West Virginia desires a
25 per cent advance. Some isolated
locals In the West demand an ad
vance of at least 15 per cent. Be
tween the two extremes, the scale
committee must stlect an amount for
finfil endorsement by the convention.
Undoubtedly this amount will not be
less than 20 per cenL
FOREIGN SHIPMENTS PREVENTED
Reading and Jersey Central Refuse
to Carry Independent Product.
An order has been Issued by the
Resiling railway at Philadelphia tem
porarily suspending the shipment of 1
coal from Individual operators from
Port Richmond to New England
ports. President Baer purposes to
prevent the Independents forcing up
the price of fuel In the present
stroBS. The order is practically an
embargo. With this order in effect
in Phladdphla, the Jersey Central, a
constituent company of the Reading,
placed a virtual embargo on inde
pendent coal at Ellzabcthport, where
the Individual operators have In stor
age on cars a very large quantity of
coal, held for higher prices.
MADDEN BEGINS HIS TERM.
Motorman Who Ran Into President's
. Carriage Enters Prison.
The distressing Incident connected
with President Roosevelt's visit to
the Berkshire Hills last summer, when ,.
his carriage was demolished by an
electric car and his secret service
guard, William Craig killed, was fi
nally closed at Pittsfleld, Mass., In
the Superior Court, The motorman,
Euclid Madden, pleaded guilty to a
cnarge of tvanslaughtor, and was
sentenced by Judge Pierce to six
months lu the House o Correction
and ordered to pay a fine of $500.
The conductor of the car, James T.
Kelley, who was also indicted, had
his case placed on file.
8TITCHED A HEART WOUND.
St. Louis Physician Made Remark
able Operation.
A novel Btirglcal operation was per
formed at the City hospital, St. Louis.
Mo., on Edward Spllker, aged 19, who
had shot himself In tho left breast.
An aperture was mado, and between
pulsations the wound In the heart wad
closed with three stitches. The but
let had also perforated the apex of
the loft lung. A portion nn Inch and
a half square was cut away, a heavy
silk ligature tied about tho lung, drain
ing tubes being established and the
cheet cavity closed. The patient
speedily rallied, and It Is believed bo
will recover.
- Hendricks Out on Ball,
Dr. Charles C- Hendricks, convicted
with Samuel Stanton of conspiracy to
secure for Laura Blggar the whole
estate of Henry M. Bennett, and sen
tenced to two years and six mouths In
jail, at Freehold, N. Y., was released
on ball pending an appeal. ; '
$200,000 Fir at 8cranton.
The large department stores of the
Ambrose Mulley estate and William
CUappella were destroyed by fir at
ScramQ, Pa., .entailing a loss of
oyer $200,000. , ,
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
, Venoriielan revolutionists wero re
pulsed after 10-hour attack on Coro.
The United Irish League of Amer
ica lias raised $2C,000 of the $100,000
fund. .
Two now dloctrical lnv: anions .have
been produced by Peter Cooper How
ltt.
Pennsylvania railroad borrowed
$35,000,000 at 4V4 per cent , for six
months.
Three women "were killed In a panic
caused by fire In New York factory
building.
President Roosevelt In a speech at
Washington pialscd the work of the
Y. M. C. A.
Editor Gonzales died In South Car
olina from a wound Inflicted by Lieut
Oov. Tillman.
United State Steel Corporation of
ficials announce plana to reduce cost
of production.
Attorney General Knox asked con
gross for another assistant and ad
ditional clerical help.
Oov-EIect Pennypacker and family
took possession of executive mansion
at HarrUburg, Monday.
Four were killed and three injured
by wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio
nt Cumberland, Md.
Gov. Nash of Ohio, threatened to
call out troops to prevent robbery of
coal trains In Greene county.
There is little prospect of tho Ca
nadian govornnwnt removing the duty
on American bituminous coal.
Bursters . plundered the Jewelry
store of R. M. Munich, South Bond,
Ind., of $5,000 worth of goods.
Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl
vania, Issues orders to admit all call
ers between 9 a. m. and 6 p. ra.
Tho steamer Lahan, which stranded
near Gibraltar, was floated and re
sumed her voyago to New York.
The Hon. A. B. Hunter was Injured
ftnd his son killed by a bollor explos
ion In Westmoreland county, Pa.
Westminster chapel, Ijondon, Eng
land, has Invited Rev. Samuol Smith,
of St. Paul, Minn., to fill the pulpit.
Negro Oantrill declared that he will
prove murder against Indianapolis
physicians accused of grave robbery.
Surgeon General Wyman had a con
ference with physicians at Washing
ton on plague epidemic at San Frun
Cisco. Mrs. Elizabeth Irwin, aged 60, was
lllod by jumping from a window dur
ing a fire in a Chicago apartment
house.
Hubbard Smith, United States vice
consul at Cairo, Egypt, Is desperately
III with dropsy of the heart and kid
n'yp. Bituminous coal operators au
u.iunced that thy.v.ill prVhcnt a solid
fiont against lii'crea3e In miners'
w.i;;c. . , ,
. La Bolle and Fournler were hanaeJ
at Dawscn, Yukon, for the murder of
Bothvllktte, Constantlne and Beau
doine. Mrs. John Barlow, aged 70, was
(lnifaeu to death by robbers at Rock
lane. Ind., and her husband, aged 82,
will tile. ... '
Lx-Covernor Charles R. Ingersoll,
of Connecticut, is critically 111 at hlu
robldonca at Now Haven. He Is 81
years old.
Nino men were killed and ten In
jured by the work train colliding with
a snow plow on the Great Northern
at Chiwaukan. '
Aguinaldo has appealed to conprc3s
for loan of $25,000,000 and credit of
$75,000,000 to develop agriaullure In
the Philippines.
The Gilchrist Transportation Com
pany will be incorporated in Ohio, aa
a merger of several lake companies,
Onplital $10,000,000.
The plan for reorganizing and In
corporation of tho Lako Carrier' as
sociation was adopted at the conven
tion at Dotrolt, Mich.
Frederick W. Vaudorbllt, of New
York, will give another dormitory
building to Yale College, for the Shef
field Scientific school.
A movement has bo?n started lu
Indianapolis to buy a home In that
city for John Mitchell, president of
the United Mine Workers.
The search of George F. Austin who
so . mysteriously disappeared from
Little Rock, Ark., Inst December, is
being renewed with vigor.
C'ongreKsniun Chester I. I.ong wai
nominated by Legislative caucus at
TopoUa, Kan., for United States Sen
ator. All other candidates withdrew.
A. pas pipe bomb, loaded with pow
der, the fuse of which was burned
out, was found on the doorstep of
Poter Dodger, the New York brewer.
Engineer Patrick Kenny and Fire
nvan J. Sprought were killed by the
explosion of au engine on the New
York Central railroad at Castleton,
N. Y.
Surrogate Fitzgerald, of New York,
rulod that the estate of Mrs. Julia
Dent Grant, widow of ex-President
Grant, was not liable to pay inheri
tance tax.
As the result of Miss Pearl Baylor
of Rowling Green, O., being stricken
with smallpox, GO young women, In
cluding a numbttr of wall-known local
girls are quarantined in Phillips Hall
at Rothany College.
The House of Representatives, of
Cuba, has appropriated . $300,000 for
the construction .. of a Capital. At
present the House and the Senate are
located inconveniently and a long dis
tance apart
A floater found In the canal at Louis
ville, Ky., has been Identified as tho
body of John McGuIre, a contractor
who disappeared from his borne Do
comlxr 8. ,
Luke Forest 111. college closed for a
week by order of the. local board of
health, owing to scarlet fever In the
town.. The students are restricted to
the campus. (
Joseph Arthur, of Lawnside, near
Camdon, N. J., accldently ahot and
UtHwl his 2-year, child while ba vu
exanjlndng a revolver with the baby
on hi knee. , ,. .
nuauiRMF ra ggvernor
TEXT OF ADDRESS
Pennsylvania' Executive Outline
Hi Policy-He will Uphold Law,
nd Constitution,
Samuel W. Pennypacker was duly
Inaugurated Governor of Pennsylva
nia at Harrlsburg Tuesday. The In
augural ceremonies took place at
noon. Immediately after these exer.
else Lieutenant Governor Brown waa
Inducted into office. Governor Pen
nypacker, Lieutenant Governor
Brown, the retiring State officials,
judge of court, the legislative In
augural committee, the heads of de
partments and other Invited guest
were escorted from the executive
r.amton by Congressman Olmstead,
chief marsh all of the inaugural pa
rade, the governor' troop, of Harrls
burg, and State troops under com
mand of Brigadier General John. A.
Wiley. After prayer had been offered
the certificate of elctlon of the gov
ernor was read and the oath of office
was then administered to the govern
or by Supreme Court Judge D. Newton
Fell, of Philadelphia. A salute of 17
guns was fired. After the last gun
had been fired the governor read hia
Inaugural address and after the real
lng of the address the exercises were
brought to a close with prayer. The
points made In the Inaugural address
were: There Is too much legislation.
The modern tendency to create new
crimes ought to be curbed. Reform
of the ballot law should not obliterate
party tickets. Great care should be
exercised In granting the right of
eminent domain. Legislation should
provide for greater return to labor
from the rewards resulting from
business ventures. No capitalist Is
strong enough and no laborer Is in
significant enough to escape obedience
to the law. A tax should be Imposed
on state products to bo used In pro
viding good roads. Historic bullJIng
should be guarded and preserved by
the state. Igslatlon against yellow
Journalism shoul be enacted. Citizens
should dwell together In harmony
and cities Join In projects for Im
provements. He will consult all citi
zens, Including politicians, and de
sires more respect shown officials.
MITCHELL'S YEARLY TALK.
Ha All Confidence In the Mine Strike
Commission.
i In the convention of the' United
Mine Workers at Indianapolis, Ind.,
President John Mitchell read hi an
nual report. He said that vital
principal were at stake In tho strike
of the anthracite miners, which if de
feated, would have given to the Amer
ican labor movement a check from
which it would have required year
to recover. Concerning the commis
sion appointed by President Roose
velt, Mr. Mitchell said: "It would
bo Improper at this time for me to
comment upon the Investigation now
being conducted by the anthracite
coal strike .commission moro than to
say that Its mombeM are eminent
men. in whone Impartiality and Judge
ment and I havo full confidence.
Firm In my opinion of our ability to
demonstrate the Juntlce of our cause,
I have no fear of the outcome. Secretary-Treasurer
W. B. Wilson made
his report, which stated that the re
lief fund for the anthracite strikers
amounted to $2,645,324, Including $1,.
9(59.0 26 from the special assessment
upon the mine workers. $258,343, do
nated by tho organization and $419,.
954 given by other trade unions and
the public. Mr. Wilson said the trea
sury now contained $1,027,120.
ORDER SHIPYARD BURNED.
Part of Program to Stamp Out the
Bubonic Plague.
Advice from Guaymas, Mexico,
state that ordera have been rocolved
at Mazatlan by the French authori
ties to burn the shipyard which was
erected a few years ago at a large
cost to the Federal Government The
destruction cf the shipyard 1 only
part of a program of desperate meas
ures to be taken to rid the city of
the dread bubonic plague. It is now
believed that the plague has been
contracted from infected vessel
coming in from the East, and has
been carried ashore by rats and other
animals. It la Impossible to got rid
of these peats without destroying the
buildings. '
WOULD EXTEND DOCTRINE.
Custom Congress Recommend Year
ly Sanction of Commercial Trestle
Dr. Alvarez de Toledo, delegate
from Argentine Republic, presented a
resolution in the Customs Congress
of American Republics in New York,
whicb, after stating that the Monroe
doctrine ought to be extended to have
commercial as well aa political . ap
plication, proposed that the congress
recommend to tho different republics
the yearly sanction of all commercial
treaties and that such treaties be
made more favorable to American
than to foreign countries. Washing
ton wo selected as the place of the
assembling of the next congress.
Carnegie Give to Physician' College
Andrew Camoslo haa expressed hk
willingness to arivo $50,000 to the Col
lege of Physicians, of Philadelphia,
on condition that the same amount la
subscribed by others, for the ad
vancement of medical science.
Adam Company Absorbs Other.
The announcement' is made that the
Adam Express Company has absorb
ed the Morris European and Ameri
can express company and will hence
forth engage In European expreaj
business.
Four Seamen Drowned.
Four seamon were drowned by the
wreck of the American bark Abiel
Abbott on the beach a mile above Ship
Bottom li( saving station, New Jer
sey. .. -r '
fiEviEw of Trade.
buying Most Liberal Despite K'&h
Price. Poor Transportation Still
One Bad Feature.
It. G. Dun & Co.' "W-okly Review
of Trado,, :iyj lit ivy transactions in
merchandise arc reported, bui there is
imtrh complaint regarding the slow
movement of freight. Notwithstand
ing the extensive increase in trans
portation il'aeilltles during tha past
yenr some roads have bean com
pelled to decline assiiifenta, and In
many cases where a largo number of
ears wroro desired only one was pro
vided. Earnings thus far available
for January surpass fctst years by S
per cent. In every section of the
country, d spite high prices, buying Is
liberal and of the better quality of
goods, while dealings are on more of a
cash bails. Although fortunate sec
lion are receiving a better supply of
fuel, the situation Is still tcrlous, and
many pig Iron furnnces have been
added to the Idle list. As producers
hare sold their capacity for some
time, there Is little new business and no
effort on the pert of gel lei s to secure
contracts. Hence the prices of pig
Iron are stondy and new transactions
light. Requirements are pressing In
railway equipment, both structural and
rolling stock, and It Is statud that
orders have been placed for as many
tons of steel rails as wero produced
In the full year of 1902. Steel for
buildings, bridges and ships finds 11
ready market and Implement makers
are beoomln? more active. Ntw or
ders for merchant steel are light, but
old contract are still numerous. Fail
ures for the week numb: red 235 In
the United States, aralnrt 201 lost
yenr, and 27 In Canada, compared
with 28 a year atio.
DralBt reels says: Wheat, inrlud
ing Hour, exports lor the w.-ck ending
January 22, aggregate 3.5.!S,757 bush
el, asainst 4.878,024 bushels lest
week, 3,639,079 bushels In this week
a year ago and 4.8.'!8,C78 bushels In
1901. Whoflt exports sine? July 1,
abnegate 144,179,b57 bushels, ailns'
161,613, M8 bushels last season and
11,049,C46 biiEhels In 1900. Corn ex
ports aggregate 2, 376.681 bnshrta,
against 2.394.612 bushels last, week,
179,520 husbels a year ago and
3,972.153 bushels In 1901. For the
lloeal year exports are 18,354.701 bush
els, against 21.434.969 bushels lust
season and 112,907,647 bushels in 1901.
P. R. R. PURCHASES CANAL.
Will Use C. A O. Waterway In Op
posing Wabash.
The syndicate which has leased the
Chesapeake & Ohio canal for the
transportation cf coal between Cum
berland, Md., and Georgetown, D. C,
Is the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. The leasing of the canal Is a
move on the part cf tho Pennsylvania
rallrcad to block tho Wabash In Its
extension of the Weatorn Maryland
to connect with the Wectcvn Central
at Cumberland.
LOOKING FOR $14,000,009.
Gov. Odell Wants Early Dsclslon on
the Franchise Tax.
Gov. Odell and Attorney General
Cuneen of Now York, decided to press
for an early decision by the Court of
Appeals on the franchise tax law,
which was declared unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court. There are
back taxes of $14,000,000 due from
corporations.
Iron Bar Mill Combine.
Negotiations nre in pro.?i-ess among
the owners of seven or eight of the
Independent Iron bar mills for com
bination of their properties Into one
company. The proposed combination
will Include practically all the West
ern iron mills outu-lde of the Repub
lic Iron and Steel company. -
CABLE FLASHES.
Col. Lynch was found guilty of high
treason, at London, England, and sen
tenced to deaiU.
The condition of Hubbard T. Smith,
United Statr8 deputy consul general
nt Cairo, who is in the Protestant
hospital at Genoa, Italy, Is growing
worse. Ho Is suffering with dropBy
of tho kidneys.
A stormy scene In the Reichstag,
at Berlin, Germany, followed an at
tempt of Ilerr Vollnnar, socialist, to
rniso a debate on the charges brought
against the late Ilerr Krupp and Em
peror William's telegrams and speech
es on the subject.
Tho court ball usually held on the
bnthday of King Oscar, of Sweeden,
hs been countermanded because of
the Illness of Prince Eugene, tho
kln?'s youn.'Test son who is suffering
from a tt'bercle hip. The prlnce'B con
dition Is rt ported serious.
King Oscar, of Sweeden, has do
elded temporarily Intrust tho govern-m-lit
of the country to the crown
ptitice, Gustaf, who will take over tho
regency. This action of the king Is
ttken as the result of medical ad
vice. He him abandoned his predict
ed visit to Nurway.
Advices received from Haiti an
nounces thnt Pretldent Nont has In
sued a dtci-ee granting amnesty to
over 100 Haitian exiles at Kingston.
The decree excludes tho exiled fol
lower of M. Kiriulrc, tho leader ot tho
recent revolution, who was defeated
by Gen. Nord.
A boiler explosion In Tupper's Iron
works at Bllaton, Stafford, England,
resulted In the killing of 20 or 30 by
oteam and pieces of flying metal. Tho
building was completely wrecked.
Several of the Injured persons ard
not exitocted to live.
Count von Pallestram has resigned
tho preBidoncy of the rolchstag in
connequence of disapproval of hi at
titude during the attempt, Jauuary 20,
of Herr VolUnar (Socialist) to raise
1 debate In the house on the charge
brought against the late Herr Krupp
snd agnJnst Emperor William' tele,
(rams and ipeechea on the ubject, 1
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED.
Injured ' In Powder Explosion Rat
Poison In Buckwheat Cake Re ,
celver tor Telephone Co-
I'onslong wero granted during the
past week to the following: Andrew
H. Ruftner, Purchase Line, $17; Wil
liam Tromelleut, Johtistown, $Sj Al
mond O. Aubrey, Erie, $17; Edward
Allen, Dnquesne, $24; . Ivl Fracls,
Unlontown, $17; Robert. Nicholson.
Confluence, $17; John White, Meyers
dale, $8; Solomon i. Gainc, Lull, $S:
Jacob Gnlhor, Sharon, $8; William
Drayer, M cart 'l lie, $12; George C.
Kahlback, Allegheny, $8; Philip H.
Maupt, Mlles'nii-y, $6: Charles Adncy,
Leraysvllle, $9; Aaron Iengafelt,
Lilly, $12; Henry Darr, Harrlsburg,
$11; Mary Campbell, Apollo, $8; Mar
garet A. Lorkhart, New Castle, $8;
Charles Slaughter, Sollders' Home.
Erie, S; John W. Grubbe, Canons
burg, $8; Annie N. Walker, Zullen-'
ople, $8.
Tho Senate met at 3 p. m. Monday.
Mr. Grady, Philadelphia, offered a
Joint resolution to provide for the par
ticipation of Pennsylvania In the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition to be held
In St. I nuls In 1904. Resolutions were
adoptei. presenting their desks and
chairs to the retiring Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Secretary of the Common
wealth, Secretary of Internal Affairs,
and president pro tem and increas
ing the limitation of the Inaugural ex
penses of Gov. Pennypacker from
$7,000 to $9.0ii0. A large number of
bills were Introduced. The Senate
also held a night session. The spe
cial committee to which all bills had
been referred reported favorably all
the bills which had been referred to
It, Including the appropriation of $25,
000 for a monument at Harrlsburg to
Simon Cameron and the bills Intro
duced at the afternoon's session.
An explosion of four kees of pow
der in a Slavish boarding house in
Wlndber, near Johnstown, horribly
burned John Chupa, Staeco Chupa,
Meek Roulemba, Frank Fresak, John
Modes and M. Felerlck, all SlavB, and
It Is thought all are fatally burned.
The men were seated In one room,
and one of them waa endeavoring to
dry a quantity of the explosive when
four keps of the stuff let go. The
sldo of the building was blcwn out
and the six victims were found un
conscious on the floor. The Injuries
of the victims will probably prove
fatal. .
The family of George Roemer, of
Plummer, near OH City, consisting of
himself, his wife, two sons, their
wives and four grandchildren were
poisoned In a peculiar manner. The
content of an open can of rat poison
that Btood on a shelf fell Into the
family buckwheat bin. The Ingredi
ents for tho morning meal of buck
wheat onkes were taken from the bin,
and in a short time the entire family
were poisoned. Application with a
stomnch pump brought them all out
of clanger, with tho excoption of tho
aged head of tho family, whose con
dition is considered precatloiiB.
Tho House Monday held a short fu
sion. Among the measures acted up
on was tho Senate resolution Increas
ing tho appropriation for the inaugu
ral expenses from $7,000 to $9,000,
which was Incurred in. Speaker Henry
F. Walton announced the appoint
ment of Messrs. Bliss end Cooper, Del
aware; MeClain, Lancaster, and
Daugherty, Mercer, on the Rule com
mittee. The Ileboeca furnace, at KltUn
nlug, haa resumed opeitlons, giv
ing employment to a large number
of men. The plant has been closed
down for three months, and during
thnt time was practically rebuilt.
Mrs. Henry Cplwcll, wlfo of the su
perintendent, started the fires.
For some weeks the local police at
TlttiBvIUe have received complaints
of the dopredatlons of a stranger who
approaches and insults women on the
street evenings. John D. Mitz, who
gives his residence as Erie, Pa, waa
J arrested on suspicion.
I Crawford & Gregory, oil men, of
Emlenton, who recently acquired pos
session of the Edwin Clapp estate ot
14,000 acres near Oil City for $350,
000, fcave sold their oil properties to
the President Oil Company, retaining
a one-half Interest.
Barney McDcrmott, a lumberman
from DuBoIs, lay down to sleep beside
a burning Blab pile at Akron, Somer
set county. The lire gradually crept
up to him and h'a body was found
burned to a crisp.
Clothing stolen from the armory of
Company D, Tenth regiment, N. O.
P., Connellsville, was found at the
bouse of Jacob Saylor, ono of the men
said to b implicated In the ElrJher
robbery.
John M. Dunn, ex commlsloner of
Washington county, was appointed
receiver for the West Pennsylvania
Telephone Comimny. The company
1 said to be indebted to the amount
of $25,000.
The Pittsburg, McKecstport and
Connellsville Street Railway Com
pany has secured the last ot the light
and power plants In that section by
the purchase of the one at Scottdale.
The Penn Gas Coal Company,' ot
Irwin, has decided to move lis car
shops from Ponn Station to Irwin.
The new plant will be located near
the Yough shaft of the company.
Bannv McDerinott. a lumberman
from DuBoia, lay down to Bleep beside
a burning slab pile at Akron, Somer
sot county. The lire gradually crept
up to hliu and h'a body was found
burned to a crisp.
At new Castle, the court granted a
charter to the Western Pennsylvania
Industrial school, to be located near
that city, where oolored student will
be taught farming and domestlo eel
ence. The district school building; near
Wilmington, was destroyed by - lira
and a panto among the children, was
narrowly averted.