B1CEED ISTO CBEII GQBPOUTIOI
$20,000,000 CAPITAL
S'.tol Combine Welds It Dig Coke
Plantc, Schen-e In Line With
Morgan's Piano.
All c' the l.irpe toko producing com
panies cf tho Xiitcd Sf.tcs Steel Cor
pora: ion np.-railr.jf In tho Connells
vlllo and South t'onncll.ivUlo roko ro
ntons wcro merged April 2, lil'.'S, Into
the II. ('. Prick t'ci-.e Company, and
tho capital of that company was in
crooned from $io,i)po.ui.tf) to $20,-OOO.COO-
to provide for tho absorption.
Tho step in In tlio lino of concentra
tion and economy n . . in!ly Inaugurat
ed hy Use sjeel co:.:blr.e. The United
Elates Coal and Coke Company, per
t'i:ig In tho Vi.rahnn'as region, and
other coke cnr.i ponies are not Includ
ed. Tho coal nr ! mi-i!n- companies
will ho concentrated no-1. Tho enr-lioraUon-.
merged iro 'hp H. C. Frl-!i
Colin tmpis:y, $1 0.nuo.mn) -npH.il;
United (' nl ft Coi-." Company, ft,.
225 000 capital, forr-eriy owned by
National Tnnr Co!'i:!rny an 1 Ameii
m -.hi Hv.cp Cir.v,.W; MrClurc
Cnk Crmnnny $1 V o.iiei;, capital,
formerly owned by t.'ie If. C. Fiick
Coke C.v.iipmy; Continental CoUo
Company. st.Ui..nno enpit il. formerly
tho property o! the National Steel
tympany; American Coke Company,
$25,000 rnpltal. formerly owned ami
operated hy the American Steel &
Wire Company; Southwest Cornells
vil'.o Coko Company, $5,000,000 re.pli
nl. formerly :wrod and operated hy
Ihn Illinois Steel Company. All of
the"'1 have he-n e.T.cln'ly managed
by PrcridT.t. Lynch for two years,
bit (",'rc-rt cov.c" ptrr I Inn. It was be
lieved, vouid rivo even better re
mits. The co:-:bl:! lis 18.01.0 coke
ovens, -rrodu.-inr; V'.soo.r.oo tons a
year, and iyr.;i',.,y: 1' K VO cp-ratcrs.
''tie f nrr'pn;, h?.n rtv.-.MtPd the va
r!o!! vnnipar.!J hr ".o'r hut hni
I'.'.rirrd to ):.".. t':,'!i tinder one mar
r.;;?rt!c::f. I: lact. Tiveui-i Lynch will
r.'mr.ln P-rsV..-n. p. IT. Coble. Roc
re'nry ar.d Phiiip Ke'l, . Tr--isnro".
The iVrT'te.ra arc T'l.r.yir-.s Lynch, C.
M. ?3-.V.vnl. K. II. Gary H. I. ' l.nlT'r.K
Inn, -7. I'. Palmer. V. I Eehlller.
Thomas KwrSstti. D. M. C!"-:.:m. P.
fi. Kerr d T). H. C :bo. Tito road
qyart'ers v. l;i remain In Pitt-burs.
Strikers Favor Arbitration.
Alnnt POO men employed by tke Buf
falo, N. Y.. Ilry Dock Company, v.-ho
have teen on strike, relumed to work.
Tae tiv.n'ulo has rot been nettled, but
the mea r.gi'oed to woi I; wiiile
troubles arc adjusted ly arbitration.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Captain T. If. Stcktcn will siierccd
Captain RJcha-dron Clover as United
; States rr.val atta-lie In London.
Tho ovcr!urn!r,(f cf K ft .-1 1 plrre In
tho drill liall at Ft. :.!yer, Va., eaiue-.i
' tho death of a co-n:-.v.l and tl:e In-'
Jury of t'jreo coliliors.
Prc:-.itleiit rnp-intyd th" Hon.
Wayne KacVernb, e; rh!'..i:lel.hla.
ropresont United f.?r.tr;! ln Vencr.n:
lan cane before Tho I.'ac;iK tribunal.
, natlfieailonn of fo Cuban reciproc
ity treaty were e-clnnt;o(l lit th
State dopartment M?..rh SI ly See
rotary Hay and Stnor Qursarln, Cubca
minister.
Tho Supreme Cou-t it Sydr.ry. Nr.v
Soulh Wr.k'E, has fleclnod that. Rooda
lmpoTtel for the stae poverr.ment lire
uot liable to Cue commonwealth Im
port dutieB.
John O. Johnson, of Phils iclphla,
has been retained by Attorney (!ea-.-al
Knox to pro3P.e'!te ptitillsho-'e vlDlr.tin;
tho laws royardlng scrcr.d-elajs mail
matter. ConKn.s nr-prnprlatt d S23,
000 for U10 lilrlns of opeclal cor.nsol. -
The oOlelulii of the Treasury depart
meht -have not dotermlned upon the
nalary v.htr'h Frederick W. Edwards,
who has been agreed upon as ap
praiser of customs at; Piit-bi rs. li! to
rocoivo. Tho last app-.Micer was paid
a, salary or $3,000 per an::urn.
United Statet Mliil.'.ter Combs, at
Guatemala, cabled tho Slate depart
ment that tho Proiilditnt of Ouatoniaia
and Salvador have 'had an lntcrvlcv,
and as a ranult the conditions are to
much Improved that iho r.ilniater re
gards tho dancer of war averted.
Rlr Tuau I.tan Chont. the Cltlnesc
minister, with his Buite and party, i;i
clmllns tlcut 46 person, arrived in
Waahlnrion. Ho broutrht -1th lis 25
younit men, H of whom were sent by
their paronis. and tho others by tho
Chinese government, to be educated
In this country,
Mall received by tho V.'ar dopart
tr.cnt relates the; death of Jchc Prucha
and Edward ChaRO, tv,-o Amorlcani
who nought for f?e!d in Zcinhoaneo and
found o::ly b.ostllo Jloros. They had
placud claims up the Santa Maria riv
er. In February word came down the
stream that Cey had been butchered.
Gen. Grecly. chief Hlrnnl officer,
says that bo has made two contiaeta
, for wi-olcfs telegraph in Alaska, one
with tie Marccni and the other with
tho Fcssendea rytom. Neither has
boon able to prrform the contracts,
which otiplrcd last Auguat. He haa
ir.ado no contract with any Gemma in
dividual or company,
A number of Important changes
liiive been made in the ofileo of the
commissioner of the gonoral land of
ileo as a result of tho accession of
W. A. Richards to the office of eora
missioncr. James T. Macey, of Now
"York, becomes chief clerk; George F.
Pollock, of Ohio, chief of tho special
service division, and A. B. White, of
New Jersey, chlof of the division of
accounts,
The consul &onorol, McWode, at
Canton, China, cables tho state de
partment that the famine Is increas
ing in the Kwangel- province, that
starving parents are selling the chil
dren for small sums of money, and
makes an appeal for charitable help.
The state department announces it
will receive and transmit contribu
tion. , -
OVER $10,000,000.
Estimate en Earnings of United States
Steel Corporation for Month)
of March.
It Is estimated at the general offl
ces In New York thnt the net earnings
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion for March exceeded $10,000,000,
r.n-l t'.ut for toe three n'onths of the
calendar yerr, January, February and
March, they approximated $29,000,000,
r.s compared with $25,000,000 in round
numbers for the corresponding quar
ur of 1902. Rstlmates of the gross
tarnlnBr. of tho corporation for the
last year vary with a maximum of
$.jo0.oi;n.nno nnd a minimum of $475.
(ioo.ii:(). It was reported in Wall Rtreet
thr.t tho forth rem I nir report of tho cer
l.oratlon will nhny net leess tlian ?(i2.
noo.iioo rFh on hand, and at least
?220,noo,ooo rarh nd ea'i assets, This
.-.mount nearly equals the av?,'lab!e
enh balane" of tbo United Sin'cs gov
ernment, which on Saturday lu.-ft was
a llu'.e rr.oro than $'i:i.ooi!.o:;('. a 'tor
i'. r'.itc ti'.in the money held by (icpc.3-li-ncs
and iiiincy available for elrcu
i.i'l.o. or a liitlo more than the
r.v.t'uinl of t.".i!i on hand of the Bt'Mjl
'.orporation. Tiio United State 3 Rteol
Corpcratlon, it war, n.'.inr.unccd l'.i Wall
ctrc:;t now cwns every v'n.rtt of tho
! -m:non stotk of the Katlcrai Tu')0
Walks Company. For the la.it 600
thanks o-f autatandlng stock It Is under
ctrcd, $(JC0 a nhnro was paid. This
stock "was orJRlnally taken over by the
United SVtates Steel Corporation upon
a bnris of $8.10 par value preferred
Steele, rnd $125 of the United States
Steel Comnnny stork, fcr each share
ol the common. After a record break-In,-;
rl-.lc over the Ip'tlnh Valley rail
road ln:rn Jersey City to Hethlehem
April 1. making tho 90 miles in 10:1
minutes. Charles M. Schwab, Josopk
Schwab, J.v.v.es Gayley. Lewis Nix
( :i. W. B. Rlekson, Max Pani and W.
".. Cory. ppeni nearly five hours at
t!:e r.fth!r'i-::nj Steel Works.
RESULT CF A JOKE.
Four Men B.irncd nnd Disfigured by a
Miner Fooling With Powder.
Ais a r""u't of what was intended to
be a joke, four men were burned and
dlfif'.Rtired by the explosion of a 2o
pc'.nd fcca; of ;tur-powder in the mines
( the 1'pited states Gynsum Com
pany, ncjr OVi:f!eld, N. Y. Tho in
jured were Frederick Haywood, a drill
er, and hit? assistant, Albert Sane, and
t-.vo minors who wore chnvlna; the
r.r.iull ears on which the produce of
ire nines was placed. The miners
f-.K-he-.! the point whero Haywood and
Saj:e were wcrfclnt. One laborer, It
I.-; said. r,aw a eniail quantity 'of pow
der lylna Iiese near the powder kes.
and for fr.n touched his torch to it.
ca;gatt UNDER C2,003 DAIL.
Pennsylvania Railroad Magnate In
Court to Ansv.'er Lidlctmo.-.t.
A. J. Ca?Satt. Presldrnt of the Penn
sylvania railroad; John D. Crimmlns.
Ell.vba B. Oadi'Js, Dr. Leslie 13. Ward
and T. Ro-wvclt Shank y. dire; tors of
tV.e North .Terrey Street Hallway Com
pany, nnd K. F. C. Yoiuk, president;
David Young, vlco presl.ient and pen
('.al manager: Arihur W. I'rait. road
n:ns:er: Charlej M. tli;:nir,n. genrrr.l
Eiiperlntendcnt. appeared In the court
of Fersions i.t Newark. N. J., to an
1 v.c- to the indictment for mr.ns'au''.i
ter in eer.r.rctlcr. with the Irolloy ear
v.roik of February 10. v.'rlrh resulted
In tl.c deal'.i ef nine Tlih Seh.xd pup-is.
"t'.ch was p'aee-.l tinder ?..iimi
ball, which was I uvnlsbed. No dr.ic
was Et-t for the trial.
MADE BY GENEF.AL Ml LEO.
Iic.it. Col. Howseo Char-;sd Willi Al
lowing Cruelty to Fillplrcs.
The war department Is investigating
charges that Lieut. Col. Robert L.
How:c3, in rci.-.mand of a post in
Northern Lue.j in 1 303, was -opcnir,-sn
of the whipping to death of two
Filipinos by native ofneers end did
ret order the offenders pttnL-thed. It
Is stated r.t the war c?cp;,rt;.v.."it that
?r. far r.2 investigated, it r.ppca.'s that
tbo nlieged outrago was perpetrated
v.-hlle Col. Ilowsce was absent after
hostile Filipinos. Col. Howsce says
rn Investigation nt tho tlmo showed
fiat only one nutive died and his
death was not due to ill-treatment.
WEEDING OUT PaOCECS..
neclenations From Postoffice Depart
ment Expected.
It Is given out at the postofilce de
partment. Washington, that while the
refiig.atlon of George W. Beavers aa
chief of the salary and allowanco di
vision wna voluntary. It is but tho
forerunner of a number of olhor resig
nation", which soon are to follow. It
Is nald that a rendition of affairs has
F.rown up in tho department which hn3
become Intolerable, and that there is
to bo a weeding out of a number of
chiefs of division and clerks. The
postmaHter general and his first as
bliUaat are sal'd to bs in entire ac
cord In the matter, but that the op
portunity first will be given the parties
concerned to submit their reDigtiallons.
"Judge" Mon Resign.
Four artists and cartoonists and the
business manager of Judge, at New
York, resigned and started a maga
zine publishing business of their own.
announcing that a new comic weekly
will he launched in time fur the next
political campaign.
Don't Favor Sympathetic Strikes.
Tho shut-down ot seven of the larg
est cotton mills, at Lowell. Mass., tho
answer of the manufacturers to tho
demands of the union, went into effect
March 30, making about 17,000 per
sons idle. Proposals of sympathetic
strikes were not well received by the
workers.
A monument waa unveiled at Wil
mington, Del., to mark the landing
pace of the first Swedish settlers In
America. The Swedes came to that
city April 2, 1638.
inrv
Illlilll UUIlilll
'i h i.i 1 1.1 rr.
AMERICA A WORLO POWER
Ambassador Sternberg Pays High
Compliment to the United States
Private Soldier.
T.aron von Speck Sternberg, the en
voy of Gcrmnny to this country, was
the guest of honor at tho annual ban
quit of the Hartford (Conn.) Yacht
Club. He responded to tho toast,
"Tho Oernan Nation and Iti Em
peror, the Noblest Yachtsman of tho
World." and his remarks, particularly
those relating to tho yachting procliv
ities of tho emperor, were heartily
cheered. Gov. Chamberlain and other
State? officers were present, and they
complimented the envoy, eulogized his
country and Jols-.od with the company
in drinking a tonFt to tho kalsor. Alter
c-lnnor John W. Hatstat. tho toantmas
Ur, Introduced Baron von Sternberg.
The German envoy said, In part: I
t':snk you for the honor you have done
to my country, my emperor and to his
hishert brether. Prlnoo Henry. You
bavo Just spoken of Germany as your
keen and able rival in commerce and
in Industry. I mn dollghtcd to hear
this. It Is keen rivalry which pro
duces great men nnd great ra'es and
which has Riven the people of the
United States and of Germany so much
in common. The days are no more
when the barbarian forged his blade
to conciuar and to loot. Now we find
our armies and nnvles turned Into
Kreat tralnlni? schools In which W9
teach our sons thoro qualities which
they need more than ever, just as
much In the struggles of peace es In
the stniiRl'M of war, nnd wlthcat
which commercial and industrial su
premacy never can he attained. No
body understood thla hotter than the
German emperor when he began to
add a powerful navy to his already
powerful army. It was to you to whom
V.i Icokrd v.Ik n he felt the need of a
cratt villi ii oDly America's nautical
i;er.lu3 was able to cieate. a craft to
Improve the rkill of his crews and to
F'pread Ike lovo of the sea among his
people-. Ycur wcr.ls of praise for tho
German army and navy I heartily re
clnroento. Tho navy cf the Unite!
States now commands the admiration
cf the nations. Its flsbters and writ
ers, its material and tho personality
and spirit of It3 crews have empha
size .1 America's uositlon as a grant
world powc: It Is only a low weeks
sinco I wltrwssed the laying of tbo cor
ner etoue of tho War collrijo ut Wash
ln,ttcn. To uso the words ot your
chief executive, that Institution will
develop nil army which will represent
for Its size the very highest point of
t mi lency of any army In the clvilizod
wrvrld. I repeat what you have said:
"I hope that the relations between our
two great naticas may grow closer
and friendlier. We ask for what you
ar,k; fair play and good will. Rivalry
v.-o need, rivalry we want." To para
phrase sllthtly the toastgiven ln honor
p.' my emperor and of my country, I
ralso my glass to: "Republican Amer
ica, a vlrlie- nation, great and strong
on land and sett, whoso rjpdly grow
ing and powf-rful navy, like Its gal
laut. army commands our admiration
and respect, a nation st whoe head
rtiinds one of the world's greatest
rulers."
CANNOT ENFORCE LAWS.
No Court Has Jurisdiction Against
Rteel Ccmblne's Control.
If the consolidation of the Duluth.
M!aio and Northern and the Uu
lutft and Irc.u Range railroads Is con
trary to the anti-merger laws cf Min
ncsota, ther? is. In tho opinion ot At
torney GctKl W. B. Douglas, no
court in the nation which has Juris
diction for tho enforcement of the
law. This opinion was given at Bt.
Paul. Mlinn., in response to a legisla
tive menlnt'nn fmk-inor for thp status
of the two r.illroada in Northern Min
nesota wmcli were reponeu to viave
hrion nrncl tcfLttv ennf'illt(tjltiil lv the
so-called Mecl trust. Ho finds further
that while thi spirit of lha law Is
being violated, this violation is r,ot
nucD as ccuia be roncneci even 11 mere
were a court having Jurisdiction.
FIVE MINERS KILLED.
Shot Ignites Gas In Illinois and Fatal
Exploclon Follows.
rive men were killed and four" fa
tally Injured by an explosion in taa
coal mine at Sandoval. Hi. The dead
are: Frank Dollis, L. F. Lcntay, Dom
inic Barlettso, John Gachenla, Joe
Beanca. Fatally injured: Harry New
house, Henry Wieeler. Charles Lewis,
William McFaddcn. It is thought tho
explosion was caused by a shot Isnlt
lac the coal dust.
Raised the Liquor Licence.
Tho bill increasing the liquor li
cense fees throughout tho .State of
New York by SO ter cent, waa passed
In the Assembly by a vote of 84 to 01.
It had previously passed tte Senate.
Tho annual retail licenso is Increased
from $1,200 to $t,00.
Wabash Buys City Block.
The entire city block bounded by
Cnrr, Collins and Third streets and
Franklin avenue, at St. Louis, Mo.,
has been transferred to the Wabauh
Railroad Company, which will use tho
property for a new freight depot.
Nine hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars waa paid for the property.
Cattle Infected In New York.
State Vetorlnarlan Kelly, of Albany,
and Dr. J. Brown McNeil Inspected a
herd of 10 cattle at a farm ln Charl
ton, eight miles from Ballston, N. Y.,
and found them to be affected with
foot and mouth disease. The cattle
were ordered to be slaughtered.
Coffee Hit Lowest Figures.
Sales ot April and May deliver'es
of coffee were made at New York at
$4.06, the lowest price at which coffee
(or future delivery waa ever sold.
LAiE.T NEWS NOTEi.
Almost the entire town of Pocolot,
f-. C, was destroyed by fire.
Injunction against Wabash employ
es was dissolved at St. Louis.
No action regarding bridge work
ers' strike will be taken by President
Kcoaavolt.
It is o!TlcIal)y announced that King
Edward nnd Queon Alexandra will
visit Ireland In July or August of this
year.
Conductor Henry Cook was killed
In a train collision on the New York
Central railroad, near Amsterdam, N.
Y.
Gen. V,'. II. Jackson, the noted Con
federate officer, and owner of Belle
Meade uto'it farm, died at Nashville,
lean.
John V.'r.natntsker roid tho rights
and title cf Fverybody's Magazine to
the Ridgwcy-Thayer Company, of New
York.
Hls-trict of Columl'n commission
ers adopted a'r.-guiaMon Imposing a
fine of f for expectorating cn tho
sidewalk").
Frn::! Morrison, seerelnry of tho
Federation of Labor, declared that the
total membership of that organization
Is 2.0iio,r,ui.
R 'v. Samn.-I McPherson. former
re- tor of St. John's Episcopal church.
HoKinn, as embraced the Roman
Catholic faith.
The Home of tho Marlst Brothers, a
Catholic benevolent Institution at St.
Hyacinth, Quebec, was burned to tie
ground. Bninaga $."0.000.
Vincent Eeehm lost his lifo ln a
fire in New York, which damaged the
upper floors of the building ut 409
Ea;it Twenty-fourth street.
Five hundred tanners, the majority
of them helm: employes of the Ar.ier
lrin Hide and Leather Company, at
Chl'-ago, e-rucl; for hlc-her wages,
ir I.;as- f.lunif Tung Cheng, the
new Cy. Mio minister to the United
States, I. -ft Fan Frnii'isco March ;!J
tor War'iir.R'on on a special train.
Mrs. r:.! f,i Whitrcy. wife of Wil
liam C. V,"!:;ney, of X:w York, whese
death r,,". u.-:r.l on May 6. ISitfl. leaves
p.-rson?.i t t.'perty valued at ?2-l2.'-00.
T,-.o rra:id j-.iry at Hamilton. (!.. re
ported indictments for murder In the
ll'V.t cle .rce against Alfred A. Knapp
and -:a:tuoi Kesler. for wife mtirdvr.
A ton ado passed over the vii Ir.lty
of C rn-':r.v Va.. doins srea. ('r.r.ia.-;?,
Invoilng buiid!n;rs, icticus and fi-rcsts
for a dHtam.'c of over n mile. Ko loss
of lifo rjperted.
In a c -lll'-lon on the New York,
Now H.iveu and Hartford rnllro?..l at
South trcoklyn, Engineer Chaumnn
and Fireman N'jwman were killed and
It! were injured.
Dr. Hunter, ex-miuifter to Guate:-...v
!a. renewed his charges ogaJnnt .1. .1.
MeXally, of Pittsburg, now consul at
l-olg". Belgium, but Secretary ifay re
fused to consider them.
Comptroller Grout, of New York,
has recommended thnt Mayor Low dis
miss Fire Commissioner Sturgls for
alleged violation of the city charter
In awarding contracts.
Illness will prevent. M!;s Helen
G.rold from attending the world's fair
ded'rtrtlua ci??omonies In St. Louis
April tlo. she had planned to r,- to
St. Louis with a party of ttuctn.
Thp attorneys for former Mayor
Ames at Minneapolis, Minn., have with
drawn all the pleai of not guilty to all
tho Indictments asalnrt him and fllPd
noM- e of a motion to quash each one.
The total nmcunt to date of three
aid 'our per cent loads offered to
tho treasury department in exeiianr"
lor two r;'r cent consols, under titi
secretary's recent announcement bt
$7.rS2,oi 0.
Walter S. V. Cooke, former select
man and treasurer of tho Mlifnrd
(viass.l Cooperative bank, was ar
raigned on a charge of embezzlement
of $15,000 from trte bank, and held in
$20,000 ball.
Tho New York board of aldermen
adopted a reaolutlon indorsing and
urging the Immediate p.iEsago of tho
legislative bill to permit the city to
rontruet and operate a municipal
lighting plant.
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
United Slates Steel Corporation, was
roll 'ved of a personal tax assessment
of $:uo,00' at New Y'ork upon his dec
laration that his legal residence was
ln Pennsylvania.
Tito Henry Jamos Tan Eyck prize
for oratory at Yalo College was award
ed to Wiilliam Plckeens, of Arkansas,
a nesro, member of tho Junior academ
ic class. Tbo prize is the income of
?2.tiiio given annually.
FIvo persons were tllghtly Injured,
four being railroaders and one a pos
fccnser, C. Earl Milthec. son, of Akron.
O.. ln a collision between an east
bound Baltlir.oro & Ohio limited and
a freight, in Eouth Chicago.
About 0,000 carpenters, plumbers,
masons and other mechanics em
ployed In tie building trades between
the New York city lint cud Hartford,
Conn., are out on a strike for a 20
per cent .advance in wages.
Eighteen men were arrested at Wa
terbury, Conn., on the charge of as
sault with intent to kill by the po
lice in their efforts to discover the au
thors of some of tho outbreaks of vio
lence vki;h havo occurred since tho
beginning of the utrike of niotormen
and conductors.
President Wilson, of Princeton (N.
J.) University, will make an extended
lecture tour through the West, begin
ning April 20. During tho trip ho will
respond to toasts at alumni di:nora
given In his honor and will make sev
eral formal addresses.
The award of the anthraclto coal
strike commission went into full ef
fect April 1 throughout tho anthraclto
coal regions. The readjustment of
hours and other conditions were ef
fected with but little difficulty.
S. C. Nowlin. State game warden,
at Cheyenne, Wyo., received a letter
from William Loeb, Jr., secretary to
President Roosevelt, declaring that the
Presldont does not Intend to do any
hunting while on his Western tour
either in Wyoming or elsewhere.
MANY STRIKES IN tfiBDR'S REALMS
MANY WORKMEN IDLE.
Operations Tied Up by Refusal of
Building Trade to Prose
cute to Finish.
In nearly every city In the country
workers whose agreement! do not run
unt.il May 1st struck for shorter hours
and hlE'ltcr pay on April 1. The only
serious outbreak was near Trenton,
N. J., where union men attacked non
unionists, beat them and destroyed
Pennsylvania railroad property. The
dissolution by tho courts of tho in
junction restraining tho threatened
utril.e on the Wabash system was wel
comed by union men. The strike of
20,000 men In tho building trades out-si-'e
New York city completely stop
ped building operations. Strikes were
begun ,lu Kin, do Itland, which may
ultimately Involve 122,000 men. Tbeie
Is no prosHct of a settlement of tho
Massachusetts mill strike of 20,ooo
employes, ln Chicago five trades are
tied up nnd 7.000 men idle. All the
vcvssel men of Buffalo and 1,5'!0
plumbers quit their employment. An
nstroement was reached in tft-e New
Haven railroad's dispu'e w.ith Its men.
Wages of the New York Elevated rail
road employes were raised and in
many other instances troubles were
averted and strikes settled by conces
sions to the workers. Pea"e In the
building Indus try for nno'her year wus
practically assured at Chicago, when
all but one of the 13 trades unions
Involved ordrod their members to
start work under new contracts. WH'.e
the building trades at Chlrngo cerlar
cd for peace the general labor world
!s rcaHeas. More than 4."00 men -In
that city stopped work. These Jclned
t'u 3.0'in on strike. Between thm
they tied up five llnpr, of business. The
trades affected nro tanners nrd cur
tic rs. steamfltters and their l elrers.
t-umters and Journeymen tailors. T
bridge nnd structural Iron workers,
who threatened to walk out. arccptcd
the compromise offer of the contrac
tors for n wnsc scale of $4.50 n day.
The bricklayers struck at Indianapolis
n-1!! Log.inanort. painters and naper-'
bankers at Fort Wayne. laborers nt
Pi" u, furniture emnloyeees nt Evans
vllle. coal minors at Terre Haute and
ether prints In Iud'ana. In Illinois the
pl:,;u,-:r3 went out nt Danville nr.d
:r.!:-,;iii r.t Pnna. In Ohio 700 employ
ee:! of ninr; architectural structure
works are out nt Cincinnati. In Penn-
rylvanl.i the poperhangers nnd palr.t-1
era are out at Wlilliamsport, ShaxoUln
and oik or points.
POINTED TO PENNELL.
Justice Murphy's Verdict Throw Suo
picion 0:1 the Dead Lawyer.
The verllct ln the Btirdlek Inquest
handed down by Judge Murphy at
Buffalo. N. Y while stating that the
Iden-.'iy of tlie murerer of Edwin L.
liurilicV has not been proven, practl
rally charges Arthur R. Pennil. the
dead liwyi.-r, with the crime. Pennon
hid a stronsir motive than anynn-?
else for putting Burdkk out of the
v.r.v. Judge Mnrp'-y says, and nl! tho
t-. broiirht cut by the Inquest ren
ftitute just ground!) fcr the Issuance
of a warrant against Penneli ir ho
were alive. The verdict Is Foftened
roinewhal to tar as It relates to I'
ne'l by the statement thnt If P e: c!l
were nl've bp weu' l bo glvm the pre
sumption ol Innocence until proven
Ktiilty.
TO RELIEVE AMERICANS.
Sailon Will Try to Rnseu Severs!
CtrarclcJ In Honduras.
At the Instance of Solictor Hanna
nnd a number of other Ohio people tho
State department Is making earnest
efforts to succo- a little band of Cleve
land men who wont prospecting it.
Honduras. In tho party were Dr. W.
it. Gillespie. J. O. Poniercn-J. FreiUr-!.-k
W. Goodrich. F. F. Wilson and .1.
10. Lincoln. They wore lard heard from
nt the mouth of the Patuea. Acting
Secretary Darling rabled to Admiral
Cojhlan. at Puerto Cortez, to GPnd a
boat to tho relief of this party.
Want to Avert Strikers.
At a meeting of the executive board I
of the International Association of j
Bridget and Structural Iron Workers,
held at Buffalo, N. Y li was decided 1
to ask the association recently formed
by tho employers to appoint a com
mittee to confer with a similar com
mitteo of the employes for the pur-,
poy.o 01 Hiiupung a pinn or armiraiion
and trado agreement.
Denvor Goes Hungry.
Seventy-four rer.taur.tnta In Denver,
Col., dotted In n ronr.e.-iuenee of tho
cooks' and waiters' strike, and thou
sands of people were greatly Incon
venienced. The grorers'. bu'ehers'
and bakers' clerks threaten to strlkn
in synioutby with the rooks ami wait
ers and let the entire city go hungry.
Insurance Men Sue.
Twenty-four Insurance companies
have filed suit against tho Louisville
iKy.) Water Company lor amounts
aggregating $91,000. alleged to bo duo
because of tho failure of the company
properly to supply the fire department
with water, tlnu resulting In disas
trous fires which otherwise could hava
bepn averted.
New Chrlotian Endeavor Secretary,
Afteir havling devoted six months to
the duty of selecting a general sec
retary to succeed J. Willis Baer, the
committee of 16 trustees of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor at Bos
ton, Mass., appointed lor the purpose
have chosen Von Ogden Vogt, of Be
lolt. Wis.
Fannin Taylor and Bottle Hoopor
wero killed and Henry Williams and
Charles William seriously Injured by
tbo collapse of a tenement house at
lioulsvllle, Ky.
REVIEW OF TRAPE.
Good Weather Bring Out Buslnct.
Labor Strike the 8ole Blur ef
Industrial Affair.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" aays: Another week ot
good weather has brought out a largo
volumo of business, many manufac
turers receiving urgent requests for
immediate shipment. Quicker trans
portation has relieved tho fuel pres
sure and the Industrial situation would
be unprecedentedly favorable were
It not for tho prevalence cf labor dis
putes. Railway earnings ln March in
creased 13 per cent over last year's
and 21.1 per cent as compared with
1901. During March piiecs of com
modities declined to $99.27, as com
pared with $101,007. This decrease
is seasonable, and In about the same
as occurred in the corresponding pe
riod Inst year. Less interruptions
from fuel scarcity and traillc conges
tion have produced a most desirable
condition of activity In all departments
of the Iron and stcol Industry, but the
structural workers' strike threatens
to restrict consumption and provides
the only menacing la; tor. Southern
producers of pig iron supplied tho
most important feature of tho wefik.
when quotations wero reduced on de
liveries In the second half of tho
year. Ore Is moving- freely at Cleve
land, labor troubles being averted.
Steol is taken freely by Implement
makers, railways and other Inrge buy
ers, nnd contracts are reported that
turn fully a year. Textile manufac
turing conditions are unsettled by
strikes nnd tho future course of prices,
as well as the general Bltuntion, mttr.t
depend largely upon tl:Js factor. Only
a very Wzht supplementary demand
is coming forward for men's wear
woolens and worsteds, nnd most new
orders are for filling out sample bus
iness. Increased firmness is recorded
In the market for footwear, particular
ly as to nun's kip shoes. leather Is
firm but comparatively quiet, nnd an
other fractional advance Is reported
In Chlrngo hides. Failures this wcok
In tho L'r.lted States are 173. aralnst
214 last work. 220 in tho precedlni
v.cek nnd 107 the corresponding week
last year, end In Canada, 18 against
20 last week. 20 the preceding week
and 22 la-)t yer.
Brnd'itrrct's aays: Pressure of for
rlrjn Iron at Eastern seabear-J markets
is the ronton assigned for the cut of
SI per ton In Southern foundry grades
nnd for the sympathetic weakening of
!' certs per ton in other kinds of pig
Ircn at Eutern mnrkels. Transporta
tion has Improved, coke is In better
stvpply, Iron furnaces and mills aro
be tc-r able than ever to supply cur
rent demand and still quotations con
tinue ilrm. Cut rails are higher.
Wheat. Including flour, exports for the
week ending April 2 aggregate 3,130.
C47 bu?hels, against 3,401,5)87 bushels
last week, 4,440.917 In this week a
year ago and 4,C98,893 bushels In 1901.
Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate
175.579.489 bushels, against 198.845.
024 bushels last season, and 155,6(10,
391 bushels in 1900. Corn exports ai--greitnte
2.8:12.068 bushels, against 3,
(112.210 bushels last week, 330,.r)31
bushels a year ago, nnd 2.9P0.541
bushels In 1901. For the fiscal years
exports are 47. 337, Bill! bushels, against
24. 104, 427 bushelR last season, and
11S.H11.C0-! bushels In 1901.
CABLE FLASHES.
The porc!3tent drought is cawing
rreat anxiety among tho fnrmcrs of
lUmmnnln.
Bishop Gletinort of Kannns City. Is
corsldereil tno most likely appointee
as conJJutor archbishop of St. Louis.
Final arrangements are being mndo
at Glasgow, Scotland, to amalgamate
13 Scotch malleable Iron firms, with
a rnpltal of $il,00i'.(00.
Wi'llnm Illakes "Illustrations ot
the Book of Job" was sold by auction
at Louden. England, for $28.i'oo. The
vdtirtio waa published In 1823.
An earthquake churl; of unprece
dented violence was experlerced again
March 30 nt Jerusalem. The entire
population was penle stricken, but the
dnma;e was slight.
Luis Madrigal, a deaf and dumb
Columbian pedestrian, who loft. Ar
rentlna January fi cn his way to the
St. lyouls exposition, has reached
Guayaquil. Ecuador.
Tho sealer Greenland arrived at St.
Johns, N. F with 16, 000 seals on
board. She reports that the other
vessels of the lleot are improving on
their previously reported catclicH.
The entire cabinet has resigned at
Sofia, Bulgaria, owing to the Inability
to find anyono who will accept the
portfolio of war unices the cabinet
agreed to the army.approprlatlous.
Dr. Dnneff, tho former premier,-at
Solla. Bulgaria, has miccceded In
fronting a new cabinet, v hich Include
Si I the members of the late ministry,
with tho exception of Gen. Paprlkoft
Cholera 1ms reappeared at Darna
cub, Jerusalem. The German crown
prince, Frederick William, and his
brother. Prince Uitrl. have abandoned
their proposed visit to tho Holy Land.
Queen Alexandra of England on he
arrival nt Copenhagen was received
at the station by King Christian, the
dowager empress of Russia and al:
the members of the Danish royal fam
ily. Tbo governments of Austria am
Hungary havo introduced specie paj
lncnt bills in their respective parlia
ments. The Austro-Hungaiian bank
Willi redeem Its notes iu coiu on de
mand. King Oscar resumed th reins of
government at Stockholm, thus ter
minating tho regency of tho crown
prince Gustavo, which commenced
January 27 In consaquenre- of tho
king's ill health.
Lioutonants Reese and Nlekerson,
who commanded the First and Fourth
companies, respectively, of jV.arabPbe
scouts, Philippine Islands, when the
latter defeated the main body of 13 a a
Miguel force and killed the Filipino
leader, have been recommended for
commission In the regular army.
5S
RTICULTURE
USE LARGS) FLOWER SEEDS.
In some- New Mexican test it tval
hown thnt much better results vrere
btalncd from using Inrge seeds of.
sweet pens, castor beans, morning glo
ries, clnnlns, hollyhocks nnd the like.
This was thought to be due largely to
lb fact thnt the air I extremely dry
nnd the anil light during spring, mak
ing it difficult for the plants to grow.
The plants from large seeds nre more
Vigorous and make n better start and
re usually able to withstand these pre
vailing conditions.
THE OSAGE ORANGE.
The Osage orange will grow to
large size if planted like other trees.
It Is free from disease, can endure se
Terp cold, and produces a hard wood.
As n hedge plant It has no superior,
provided the plnnts nre trimmed and
properly trained tho first three years.
If nUowed to grow on the north nnd
west sides of n bnrnynrd It makes nn
excellent wind break, though not eqnnl
to the ciergreen nrbor Tltne for thnt
purpose, but will last much longer than
the latter.
GRAPEVINE ROOT WORM.
Cultivate thoroughly when the great
majority of lusects nre ln the pupal
tnge, which enn be determined by
careful observation. Especial pain
should be taken to thoroughly disturb
the soil rear the steins for best result
In destroying these pests. The adult
beetles can be collected to good advan
tage during the first week or ten lny
after they appear. Farmers should not
place too much dependence on spray
ing the vines for the destruction of
th'-'se pests, ns recent tests have not al
ways been satisfactory along these
lines.
PRUNING IN TIIE SPRING.
The time to prune fruit trees is from
Fcbruniy to April, or before the sap
begins to flow. This will depend upon
the climate. The -wounds will then
ucnl rnpldly without leaving dead wood
or scars. Much pruning may be saved
by pinching nnd rubbing off superfiu
cits sprouts during the growing season.
The first pruning of a young tree is a
very important process, for it is then
thnt the future shape of the tree nnd
the number of branches It will possess
will be determined. Some tree will
stand severe cutting back, but all trees
should be so pruned as to permit of
abundant air and sunlight.
GOOD TOMATOES.
Nothing Is gained by having tomatoe
too forward when transplanted to the
field. When rendy to blossom they'nre
old enough. Hotbed plants nre better
than those grown In window boxes.
Sow enrly In March. An ounco of good
seed cnrcfully drilled in should give
plnnts enough for nn acre. When they
pet too thick transplant to cold frames,
Leave the sash off on warm days. June
10 Is considered a safe dute. nftej
which frost seldom occurs In Central
New England. Allow one week per
100 miles north or south. The plant
may be set earlier if there nre old
peach crates or something of the kind
to put over them if frost is feared.
Enrly varieties set early often pay big
profits. In gardens they may be set In
the gaps of the early pons or potatoes,
nnd thus serve as n second crop. Culti
vate as long ns the plnnts permit. Th
dwarf kinds do not need staking or
mucking. The Cultivator.
FLOWERS FOR THE BACK TARD.
Tho flowers to be found in the un
pretentious but pretty gardens of new
comers from (I'erinnny nre, In a genera)
way, those best adapted for back-yard
adornment In nil parts of the country.
Morning glory vines and woodbine can
bo depended upon to cover fences or
low buildings in a reasonably brief
space of time, nnd if encouraged will
run riotously over trellises or arbors.
Tho common crimson variety of petu
nia will flourish with very llttlo atten
tlon, nnd present a most pleasing ap
pearance. Scarlet geraniums and vivid
hued petunias are favorites, as is also
the yellow coreopsis. Rose of tho
common varieties of course have places
nnd so likewise do lady' slippers, ce
landine nnd zinnias. Dwarf sunflow
ers nre used extensively for bordering
walks or paths, and some of the hardier
varieties of Ivy are In many instance
encouraged to twlno about post which
would otherwise prove Jnrring notes in
the picture. Woman's Homo Compan
ion. POINTS ON LAWNMAKINO.
A rich soil is one of the essentials to
success. No matter what tho extent of
the lawn It should be evenly moist nnd
well drained. The general slope should
be away from the residence on all
sides. Seeding the lawn yields better;
results than sodding. Kentucky blue;
grass ia the most satisfactory known
eed for tho majority of locations, but
in the South, Bermuda grass, St. Lutiii
and Texas blue grass are extensively
employed. April 1 a good time in thii
North to sow, before the usual light
showers. The ground should be raked
nearly perfect a possible before
owing. Best results are obtained by
sowing thickly. Four bushels to the
acre 1 the usual allowance, but in
mall plots double the proportion uiaji
be used to advantage. After sowing
work seed Into the soil with a rake. Not
clipping should be done till the grass I
above three Inches in height, and It
hould be kept at about this height dur
ing Uie first summer. Avojd clipping
t aft soon before Croit la xpectd.
The Delineator.