REVEALED BY A WILL.
Alleged to Have Squandered Over
1200,000 Placed In Hia Handa
For Inveatment.
A ntory mi sot afloat In Buffalo, N.
Y.. April 6th. that Arthur H. Pennell,
who, with" lila wifo, was killed In an
automobile illsnstcr on March 10, anil
who was named In murdered Edwin L.
Uurdkk's divorce suit as co-respondent'
was a delaulter to the extent of from
1150.(100 to J.'oo.ooo. The story leaked
out because of a legal dispute over two
lITo insurance policies, and Is thnt Pen
nell Indoeed friends In the East, who
liad known hlti family nnd the family
of 111:) wife, to plnee money In his
hands lor Investment a:s lli;lr financial
agent. He would Inform tliein of some
good Invpstment which he lind come
across which would pay un excellent
rato of lntercBt, and they would send
him money. The money, which was
sent to hlni for Investment, It Is al
leged, ho spent, and when Interest
payments fell doe he made the pay
ments out of his own pocket. Wallace
Thayer. PennoH's attorney and inti
mate friend. Is referred to as saying
he had suspected Irregularities, hut
that ho had no proof of any such
wrong-doing, fennel made provision
for the payment to Mrs. Edwin L. Bur
dick, or $23,000 out of his lire Insur
ance. Pennell carried over $20o,0oo
life Insurance, to that alter his death
tho Kastern estntes to which he Is al
leged t0 imve heen a defaulter might
he able to recoup the losses which they
had sustained through him. In his will
1'ennell named as administrator of his
estate his brother, J. Frederick Pen
nell. H left to his administrator
sealed Instructions that upon his death
he Bhould make Rood In full out of his
eRtat? all the losses which had been
sustained thiough his defalcations.
There were two Hie policies which
had net keen handed over to the ad
ministrator. One was for $l.ooo and
tho other for Sio.ooo, an 1 had been as
signed by Pennell to Thayer In trust.
In one he referred to "Wallace Thayer
trustee, " and In the other to "Wallace
Thayer, as trustee." The Insurance
companies took legal counsel and held
up payment. J. Frederick Pound! In
sisted on having more Information be
fore he would consent to the payment
of any Insurance money to Mr. Thayer
as trustee. It was then that the story
of Pennell's nlleged defalcations and
his plans to commit suicide were made
known. The $23.0(;0 Insurance money
nssljned to Thayer by Pennell In trust
Is supposed to be paid over to Mrs.
Rurdlck In accordance with the bond
,for S30.0i.i0 which Pennell gave prior
to his death.
HE GET8 $750 A TRIP.
Contract With Carrier to Take Mall
to Alaska.
The poatofllce department has !
awarded In ft T) Rnrlffira nf P.ilnt !
narrow, Alaska, the contract for car
rying t:o mail from Point narrow via
Point Hope to Kotzehuo, Alaska, about
50 miles, two round trips to be made
each winter for the next three win
ters at $750 per round trip. The mall
1b to be carried by reindeer.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The volume on foreign relations of
tho United States for 11)02, published
by the State department, w ill be ready
for distribution within a few clays.
The amount of 3 nnd 4 per cent
bonds received up to April 9 at the
treasury department lor exchanjo
into 2 per cent consols is $18,328,400.
Major John H. Duval, of the regular
army, has at hiB own request been
relieved by the Secretary of War from
duty at Grove City College, Mercer
county.
In a test of the submarine torpedo
boat Grampus at San Francisco she j
uiai-imteu miner waier a corpeuo ana
struck squarely In tho center of a tar
get 350 yards distant.
The Secretary of War has directed
the first class of cadets at the Military
Academy to camp on tho battlefield ct
Gettysburg, about April 20, for three
days' Instruction In strategy and tac
tics. Rev. Dennis J. Dougherty, profes
sor of dogmatic theology at the Sem
inary of St. Charles Horomoe, of Phil
adelphia, has been appointed by Popo
Loo XIII. one of the bishops In the
Philippines.
Major Elijah W. Halford, who has
bee nservlng in tho Philippines as
paymaster, U. S. A., has been relieved
of duty In tho Islands. He will report
to Adjutant General Coibln in Wash
ington for duty.
When Postmaster General Payne re
turns from Porto'RIco tho "acts devel
oped by tho Investigation of the post
office department'wlll be made known
to him. The investigation is in pro
gress, and it is not certain when It will
be ended.
The case of Whltakor Wright, re
cently arrested In New York under an
order of extradition on the chargo of
having committed fraud while engag
ed as a director of an English cor
poration will be argued In the United
State supreme court on an appeal.
Col. Allen, the engineer ofiicor In
charge of the plans for the construc
tion of the proposed highway bridge
Across the Potomac river, has rejected
All the bids and new proposals will
have to be made. Among the bidders
was the Pennsylvania Ilrldge Com
pany, which agreed to do the work
for $1,815,300.- but there is only ISoli,
000 available.
Another chaplor In the Investiga
tion of affairs at tho postofflce de
partment was furnished when charges
were filed with Acting Postmaster Gen
eral Wynne against M. W. Lewis, chief
of the dlvtaiou of supplies. The
-charges allege that the hand stamp
.and ink pads now being supplied to
postofflcos under the present contract
are Inferior In quality and not up to
ton contract standard.
RED CROSS UP IN ARMS.
President' Sister and Ex-8ecretary
Foster Among Those Thrown Out
by Miss Barton's Faction.
Factional troubles In the Red Cross
Si, lety which led to the temporary
expulsion by the executive committee
of those members who oppose the ad
ministration of Miss Clara Ilarton will
likely result In the organization of an
other rociety that will demand recog
nition us the olllclul P.ed Cross Society.
Among the expelled members are
John W. Foster, former secretary of
state; Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Cowles,
President Roosevelt's sister; Thomas
Wnbh, the Colorado mine owner;
Hilary ikrbert. former secretary of
the navy, and William II. Michael,
chief clerk of the stats department.
The executive committee notified the
expelled members that an opportunity
would, be given them to show cause
why their suspension should not bo
madu permanent. Those Interviewed
declared emphatically that the action
of the executive committee will be ig
nored for the ronson that the commit
tee Is nn Illegal body. Granting, how
ever, that It Is legal they said the com
mittee has no power to expel any
member for the causes recited. The
position of the expelled members was
stated by Mr. Michael: "All that we
demand." said he, "Is that the Red
Cross Society he conducted upon a
mismesB basis. The president and
members of tho cabinet w-hn vlr.
tue of their Vosltlons, are members,
have practically withdrawn their sup
port of the Red Cross and demanded
font It he reorganized. The executive
committee was not regularly created,
and It has no power, therefore, to ad
minister the society's affairs. None
of tho members who have received
notice that they have been expelled
will pay tho slightest attention to the
committee's action."
MONEY IN BEET SUGAR.
Production Proved Profitable In Spite
of European Ejunty.
At tho meeting of the stockholders
of the American Beet Sngnr Corn
vary at Jersey City. President Henry
V. Oxnard snld the eompnuy had
passed through a ctuclal year. Arti
ficial stimulation of the industry In
Kurope ly export bounties had re
sulted In the uci umulatlon of an ab
normal surplus nnd a Tall In price be
low the cost of production. Unw sugar
hnd sold In Hamburg, which makes
tho prices of the world, for 5 shllllnas.
ll'i pence, 23 per cent below the rec
ord price. Mr. Oxnard Bald tho com
pany had Indicated a capacity to earn
money under conditions unlikely to
occur again. The great sugar-producing
countries of Kurope had united to
abolish export bounties and the effect
had been to advance tho price of bu
gar. Raw sugar was now selling at
Hamburg at 8 shillings, 2 pence, an
advance of 3.1 per cent. Tho price
In California was 4.90e and on the
Missouri river 4.73e. The quantity of
sugar produced by the company was
113.R8O.3O0 pounds, which was beyond
expectation.
STEAMERS COLLIDE.
Passengers Became Panic Stricken,
but All are Rescued.
The Atlas line Bteamer Allegheny,
from Port Union, Costa Rica, was bad
ly damaged In the harbor of New York
bb tho result of a collision with tho
Britten Fteamer Joseph Merryweather,
bound out. The Allegheny was struck
on the starboard side and a huge hole
torn In her. She took water rapidly
and soon her bow was under water.
The passengers, many of them In a
panic, were rescued by a passing tug
and brought to the city. The crew re
mained on board. Th.; collision oc
curred during a thick fog. The Alle
gheny's water-tight compartments, six
In number, kept, her from Binklng en
tirely. Tho Allegheny had 34 passen
gers on board.
WORK FOR 30,000 MEN.
Will Employ That Number In Con
struction of Panama Canal.
Admiral Walker's estimate of tho
number of men to be employed on tho
Panama canal when the United Slates
takes hold is 30.000. It Is probable
that laborers will be drawn by the
thousands from the Southern States
and the West Indies. As tho labor
supply Is controlled largely by com
panies organized for the purpose, It Is
likely that many Chinese and Japan
ese laborers will be Imported.
A 8IGN OF THE TIMES.
Old Iron Mill, Idle for Several Years
to Start.
President Lange, of the Springfield,
111.. Business Men's Association, re
ceived a letter from President A. W.
Thompson, of the Republic Iron and
Steel Company, stating that the roll
ing mills In Springfield, which have
been idle for several years, will start
about May 15, If not sooner. Tho
mills will give employment to about
800 men.
Pay $40,000,000 Debt.
The announcement was made by of
ficials of the Pennsylvania Rallroa'd
Company that they will pay oft the
loans maturing In July next, and
which aggregate about $40,000,000,
with tho proceeds of tho June install
ment on the new stock, and not exer
cise tho option of renewing these
louns.
Suit Against Northern Pacific.
George A. Haekett and Charles A.
Chase, of Philadelphia, and Wolf Bros.,
stock brokers of New York, began suit
In the United States Circuit Court In
New York to nullify the retirement
of the preferred stock of the North
ern Paclnc railroad.
Swift Leaves $12,200,000.
The will ot Oustavus F. Swift, late
president of the packing flrin of Swift
& Co.. was filed iu the probate court
t Chicago.
SMIL BURST MIDWAY III IK Gl
ACCIDENT ON BATTLESHIP.
Huge Piece of Steel Falls Upon Men
at Mess Killing Three.
Others Injured.
A disastrous explosion occurred on
the battleship Iowa at Pensacola, Fla.,
while the vessel was at target prac
tice in the gulf. The forward port
12-Inch gun burst from the premature
explosion of a shell, 12 feet of the
piece outside the turret being demol
ished. Three men were killed and
live Injured, two seriously. The kill
ed nro First Class Seaman Klele. Or
dinary Sianinn Percell and Gunner's
Mate Horry. The Injured are: First
Class Seaman Gnught, Ordinary Sea
men Ihiirsdnle. Drown. Mansdnle anil
Purucker. The men killed nnd Injur
ed were on the deck nt mess. Three
pieces of the exploded gun, each
weighing over a ton, passed down
ward through the spar deck, falling
upon the men at mess. Instantly kill
ing the threo named. All or the men
were horribly mutilated. The heavy
missiles, after passing through the
gun deck, continued down to tho
third deck, where they came In con
tact with the armored deck, tho heavy
Bteel bringing them to a stop, thus
saving the engineers and firemen who
wero at work below. Although the
upper decks were covered with men,
no one there was seriously Injured.
Firing wns to have ceased after the
shot for tho dinner hour. The range
had been set nnd the Iowa was
steaming along nt a speed of 12 knots
an hour, when I. lent. Reed. In charge
of the forward 12-lneh turret, gave
orders to load and fire. The time
fuso was cut for tho range, the piece
charged, breech closed and tho word
plven to fire. Following the report
of the gun thera was a smothered
no'se ns the shell exploded midway In
the gun and pieces of the hursted gun
nnd shell were scattered broadcast.
Three great holes were torn through
the deck. Those who were below be
gan coming on deck, some bloody and
mutilated, while lying on the floor,
crushed almost beyond recognition,
wero three men. The Massachusetts,
six miles cllKtnnc, was signaled for
old, nnd one of the cutters put off with
the surgeon and assistants. Tho
wounded men were taken to the hos
pital and their Injuries dressed. Tho
(lend were takrn to Pensacola. Some
claim thq explosion was caused by a
defective shell, nnd others think thnt
tho frequent firing of the pleco at Cu
lebra during the winter, added with
tho work done during the past 10 dayB
no strained the rloeeHhat the force of
the charge bursted tho gun.
HAD PISTOLS AND CLUBS.
Small Riot at Baltimore When Iron
workers Start.
A small riot occurred In Calvert sta
tion at llnltimore. Pistols and clubs
were brandished, but fortunately only
flBts were used. The trouble was
caused by the presence of some mem
bers of the local union of structural
Iron workers at the station when a
number of men engaged by the Amer
ican Bridge Company were about to
board a train for Pittsburg. The union
men endeavored to persuade the men
not to go, and this falling, they re
sorted to rough house tactics. The
station was soon the Bcene of a fight
ing mob which required tho efforts of
the entire central police station re
serves to scatter. Seven men were
locked up to await a hearing.
LAUNCHING ON APRIL 18.
Officials to See the West Virginia
Strike the Water.
The 14,000-ton armored cruiser West
Virginia will ho launched nt the yard
of the Newport News Shipbuilding
Company Saturday, April 18th, and the
occasion will he made notable by the
attendance of many leading officials
from Washington city and WeBt Vir
ginia. The vessel will be christened
by Mlsa White, daughter of the gov
ernor of tho State, in' whose honor
she Is named.
HAMPER THE ORE FLEET.
Striking Firemen Turn Back the Non
Union Hands.
Union marine firemen, on strike for
higher wages at West Superior. Wis.,
have pickets stationed who are turn
ing back all non-union men who at
tempt to board any of the 40 or more
vessels In tho harbor. The boats are
mostly ore carriers, belonging to the
Steamship company of the United
States Stoel corporation.
Kansas Against Saloons.
Returns from all towns In Kansas
which held elections disclose that the
vote lu favor of enforcing the prohibi
tion law Is the most overwhelming In
the history of the State. Only six
towns In the State voted In favor of
a liberal policy toward tho saloons.
Stratton Will Case Settled,
County Judge Orr nt Colorado
Springs, Col., lias agreed to approve
a compromise reached In the Stratton
will case. Young Stratton Is to re
ceive $;150,000 in cash. This Includes
his legacy or $30,oou. Stratton be
queathed the bulk or his fortune, esti
mated at $15,000,000, for the establish
ment of a home for the poor In Colo
rado Springs.
Tunnel Hearing Is Closed.
Commissioners appointed by the Su
preme Court to pass upon the plans
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany for Its tunnel under New York
City concluded their public hearings,
after listening to briefs from the ob
jecting property owners whose inter
ests would be affected.
Italians Object to Water.
The congregation of the First Ital
ian Baptist Church of Stamford, Conn.,
has deolded to change front the Bap
tist faith to Congregationalism
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago was re
elected by greatly decreased plurality,
The Duke and Duchess of Manches
ter sailed from New York for Eng
land. The wife of United States Ambassa
dor Horace Porter died suddenly at
Fans, France.
Rev. Heber Newton has resigned as
pastor of the Stanford Memorial
Church at 8tanrord, Cal.
Editor Henry Watterson In a speech
at a banquet In Chicago said that ne
gro suffrage Is a failure.
Mrs. Carrie Moser was suffocated
to death by bur Iu Jers.-y City and
her two children are dying.
Excursion trains arriving at Atlan
tic City are carrying thousands of vis
itors ror tho Easter season.
The Indlnna Supreme Court ruled
thnt tho State law for a compulsory
weekly pay day Is not constitutional.
Republicans win In Ohio municipal
elections, except at Cleveland and To
ledo, where Johnson and Jones are re
elected. John Campbell, mayor of Pes
Molnos. Ia.. 12 years ago, died nt his
home in Des Moines as the result of
paralysis.
Percy M. Clark, civil engineer of tho
Chicago and Northwestern railway,
was killed In a windstorm near Apple
ton. Wis.
The Legislature of the Sao Paulo,
Rio Janeiro, has passed a bill Impos
ing a maximum tax of 2 per cent on
exported coffee.
Steamship Southwark arrived at
New York eight days overdue; pas
sengers complain bitterly of lnsilffl
cient food supply.
Attorney General Webb, of Califor
nia, rendered nn opinion that the use
of the Illble In the public schools is
unconstitutional.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany placed nn order with the Amer
ican Car and Foundry Company lor
2,200 freight cars.
The navy department awarded tho
contract for the Philippine limiting
dry dock to the Maryland Steel Com
pany for $1,120,000.
John Mejouu and John Sours, run
away hoys from Ashland, O.. are In
the county Jail nt Helena, Mont., ac
cused of having stolen property.
The bodies of Captain Henry Hart
well nnd his son Alva, t Hols Plane
Island, were found on Hound Island,
Mich., npr.nrently having perished In
a gale.
Miss Frelda Pink, an IS year old
senior at Indianapolis high school,
was fatally Injured, being kicked in
tho side In a basketball game at Craw
fordsvllle. The intention of tho Dutch govern
ment at Amsterdam, Holland, to enact
rigorous anti-strike laws has paralyzed
traffic by land and water throughout
tho kingdom.
The grand Jury nt Coshocton, O.,
returned two indictments against
Charles Piatt, defaulting township
treasurer, for embezzling funds aggre
gating $3,000.
The grand Jury at Columbia, S. C,
returned a true bill ngainst James H.
Tillman, charging him with tho mur
der or N. O. Gouzulcs in that city
lust January.
Tlio WcBtlnghouse Electric nnd
Manufacturing Company has secured
orders for equipment from Japan,
Greece. Mexico. England nnd South
American countries.
Reports from the Eastern shore
counties and Western Maryland are
thnt vegetation was frozen during the
cold snap .and Uiat there will bo no
peach or strawberry crop.
Jesse E. Doyer. aged 22, a dis
charged Bailor from the United Stntes
steamer Wabash, was Instantly killed
near the village or West Salamanca,
N. Y., by William Rodawald.
Samuel Trace killed Logan Elam,
and Sidney Elam, tho dead man's son,
avenged his father's death by killing
Trace pn the Whlto fork of Johnsou
river, near West Liberty, Ky.
Michael Goetzo, a Russian student,
was expelled from Italy after being
arrested at Naples on a chnrge of con
nection with a plot to kill the Czar
during his proposed visit to Rome.
The Indlnna monuments on Shlloh,
Tenn., battlefield were dedicated. Sev
eral hundred Indlanlans, Including
Governor Durbln and his staff, General
Lew Wallace and other prominent cit
izens were present.
The Hnrd mill, six dwelling houses,
Queen Soap Compnny's factory, a
Michigan Central railroad oilhouse
and 20 pleasure yachts were destroy
ed by fire at Marshall, Mich., the loss
es aggregating $100,000.
Tho examination of George E. Mills,
the lawyer accused of having attempt
ed to bribe Assistant District Attorney
Garvan in New York by trying to buy
the indictments against Dr. R. C. Flow
er, was adjourned until April 13.
Application hus been rnade to the
English government for Immigration
permits for 30,000 Finns to settle In
South Africa. Mine agents are in Fin
land endeavoring to recruit laborers
for the Rand.
The numerous small strikes In the
anthracite region resulting from the
disagreement between operators nnd
miners, regarding the strike commis
sion's ruling, brought forth a letter
from President Mitchell calling upon
the men to return to work.
King Alexander took tho reins of
government of Servia completely Into
his own hands. He Issued two proc
lamations, the first decreeing suspen
sion of the Constitution adopted April
19, 1901, repealing objectionable laws
passed. thereunder retiring the Sena
tors and the Councilors or States, dis
solving the SkupBhtlna. and re-enacting
the laws as they existed previous
to the Constitution of 1901. The
second proclamation restores this Con
stitution to is former validly.
A dispatch received from Manila
states that Gov. Tart, who has been
lying IU there for several weeks, has
gone to Benguet, a mountain, resort
two days distant from Manila, but In
telegraph communication: ,
f NI VISITS W OLD HIE
MEET "GREAT FATHER."
Is An Honored Quest at the Place
Where Ht Was 8heriff 8lxteen
Years Ago.
President nooscvclt traveled through
familiar country Monday, April 6, and
received hearty greetings wherever his
train stopped. At many places he rec
ognized old friends, and from his con
versation It was evident thnt this has
heen one of the most enjoyable days
of his trip. At Fargo. Jamestown and
UlBinarck. N. I)., Ifo made stops of
from half an hour to an hour, and dis
cussed the conditions In tho Philip
pines, the tariff, and the general pros
perity of the country. Stops were also
made at Casselton Tower, Valley City,
the home of Governor White; Dawson,
Dlckln and Medora. In the private of
fice of Oovernor White at Bismarck
President Roosevelt received the as
surance of the friendship and support
of the great Sioux Indian tribe and
similar assurances from the chiefs
of the Mandans and Orosventres. John
Grass, the orator and chief Justice of
the Sioux, made the presentation of
the tribes' good will, In a translation
of the address, which had been agreed
upon In council of the chiefs. At the
same time Grass presented the Pres
ident a peace pipe of beautifully carv
ed plpestone. Among the' chiefs pres
ent were Red Tomahawk, the Indian
who killed Sitting Bull at the time of
the uprising In the early nineties; Red
Fish, one of the hereditary leaders of
the Slottx; Black Bull. Standing Boar,
Crow Ghost, Cross Bear and other
Sioux chiefs. The most Interesting
ceremony of the day occurred at Me
dina, where the President at one
time owned a ranch, and which was
his postodlcc address lfl years ago
when he was sheriff of Billings coun
ty. Medora Is a small place, but the
ranchmen from the surrounding coun
try had come Into town, nnd they gave
the President a truly Western recep
tion. Joe Ferris, the President's old
foreman, and his brother, S. M. Ferris,
met tho President nt Bismarck and
rodo with him to Medora. At Fargo
tho principal nddress of the day was
made by President Roosevelt. The
President began with a reference to
promises to the Filipinos made by
President M Klnley and declured they
were now In the realm of positive per
formance. He said this government
could not abandon the islanders and
added: "When, by last July, the last
vestige of organized Insurrection had
disappeared, peace and amnesty were
proclaimed. As rapidly as the mili
tary rule was extended over the Is
lands by the defeat of the Insurgents,
Just so rapidly was It replaced by the
civil government. At the present time
the civil government is supreme and
the army in the Philippines has been
reduced until it Is sufficient merely
to provide against the recurrence of
trouble."
HIGH RECORD OF IMMIGRATION.
Over Eight Thousand Landed at New
York in One Day.
"Tho Immigration to the United
States during March was the largest
ever known In the history of this
country." Bald Commissioner General
of Immigration Sargent, "and the
same rate is keeping up during April.
Th? arrivals In New York April 8
were 4.000 aliens. The outlook now
is that the number of immigrants this
fiscal year will exceed the number of
any year In tho history of the country
by many thousands. Chinese contin
ue to reach San Francisco from the
Orient. During March 43 Chinamen
seeking- entrance at that port were de
tained. Thirteen of these were de
nied admission. Even the Mexicans
are taking more kindly to this coun
try than heretofore. During March
2.233 of them were examined at El
Paso. Tex., of which number 482 wero
refused admission Into the United
Stntes." April 9. Seven steamers
brought 8,378 immigrants from Euro
pean ports.
CUP DEFENDER IN DANGER.
Attempts Made to Burn Reliance In
the Herreshoff Yards.
Indications that twice during tho
la;U week attempts have been made
at Bristol, R. I., to burn the Herres
hoff boat shops and the now cup de
fender Reliance have come to light.
Two years ago an attempt was made
to burn the boat shops and the yacht
Constitution, which was being built,
ii nd the would-be Incendiary was cap
tured and subsequently declared to be
insane. It Is thought tho present at
temps have been due to a similar
cause.
Herr Most Released and at Home.
After serving a year's Imprisonment,
less about two months for good be
havior, on niackwell's Island, N. Y.,
John Most, tho anurchlst, has been re
leased. He was convicced for pub
lishing In his paper, "Frelheit," on
tho day President McKlnloy was sliot.
an article with the caption; "Murder
and Murder."
Biscuit Company Chartered.
The United Stntes Biscuit Company,
with an authorized capital stock of
$4,500,000, was incorporated In New
Jersey. The stock is divided into $1.
500,000 preferred, drawing 7 per cent,
cumulative dividend, and- $2,000,000
common. The object of the company
is to sell and manufacture bisculU,
crackers and other food products.
England Wants Privileges.
.Negotiations are proceeding be
tween the United States and Great
Britain with the object of obainlng
certain privileges for British com
merce In connection with the Panama
canal when built. The concessions
Include opportunities for repairing
and coaling ships and privities help
ful to the British squardons In North
Atlantic and West Indian waters, lu
return for facilities to be granted to
the United tSates navy.
REVIEW OP TRADE.
Strike- Only Cloud en the ButlneM
Horlson Cut In Southern
Pig Iron,
II. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: Aside from the preva
lence of strikes and possibility of fur
ther Interruption to Industrial actlr
Ity next month on this account, the
business outlook ia most gratifying.
Late fronts caused some damage early
In the week, but low temperatures did
not continue and most sections agri
cultural productions had not advanced
sufficiently to suffer materially, while
the prospects are bright for large
crops and heavy sates of fertilizers
testify to extensive operations. De
spite some unfavorable weather. East
ern retail trade has been heavy, and
Jobbing activity In summer fabrics In
dicates expectations of a vigorous con
sumption as the season advances.
There Is less couipluliit regarding de
liveries due to bett r trail!:, facilities.
Railway earnings In March Increased
13.8 per cent, compared with (ant year,
and 24.1 per rent comparad with 1901.
Undue significance has been attached
to the recent reduction lu prices of
Southern pig Iron, and throughout the
country a tendency to delay placing
contracts Is noticed. No other cut In
quotations has followed and in the
trade it Is believed thnt after the tem
porary uneasiness there will be a re
sumption of buying on the former lib
eral scale. Finished steel Is eagerly
sought and there 1b increased activity
In outdoor work. Makers of merchant
pipe tools, agricultural Implements
and all kinds of machinery have more
business than can be handled prompt
l.v. The pig Iron output has bounded
upward with tho better movement of
fuel and In a short time production
will bo at the rate of 20.ooo.ooo tons
annually. These figures are the better
appreciated when It Is remember id
that they are more than double t ie
maximum yar'B output prior to 1S99.
In the textile Industries there are still
adverse factors, notably the labor con
troversies at cotton mills. Beyond a
moderate revival of export purchases
for China, there Is no Increase In the
pales of cotton poods, both sellers and
buyers awaiting gome more d. finite
information as to the future. Another
rise In the raw material threatens a
shutdown nt several mills which have
light supplies and few contrac trs. Man
ufacturers of men's heavy weight
woolens and worsteds receive few or
ders except for filling out sample
lines, and the situation Is practically
unchanged. Thus far fall business la
below normal and clothiers are not
seeking large supplies of material.
Wool has been fairly steady since the
month opened, but none of the March
Is recovered. New business Is small
nt Eastern factories, but this Is sea
sonable and no apprehension Is felt.
Moreover, current shipments are
much heavier than a year ago, and
activity is assured for at least two
months after work begins on fall con
tracts. Quotations are firmly held and
local Jobbing trade is brisk. Leather
Is In better demand, the strike at Chi
cago tanneries stimulating purchases.
Domestic hides have lost part of the
recent recovery and Imported skins
are also somewhat cheaper. Staple
products develop Irregularity as the
season advances and speculation has
again become a prominent factor,
failures this week numbered 197 in
the United States, against 198 last
year, and 15 In Canada, compared with
19 a year ago.
WESTERN UNION AGAIN SUES.
Seeks to Restrain P. R. R. Interests
From Interfering With Poles.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has entered suit In United
States Circuit court at Philadelphia,
against tho Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington and the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Central railroads, both
controied by the Pennsylvania rail
road, In which It seeks to have the
railroad companies restrained from
Interfering with its poles and wires,
and asks the court to assess the
amount or rental that should be paid
to the railroads ror the continued use
of their right of way.
CABLE FLASHES.
Emperor Francis Joseph, at Vieuna
Austria. assisted by 11 archdukes. In
tho Hofburg. performed tho ancient
Holy Thursday ceremony of washing
the feet of 12 aged men.
Major General Davis. In command
of the division of the Philippines, has
issued an order directing that no
troops be allowed to land at Manila
until they have been vaccinated.
President Roosevelt's speech has
raised a storm all over Germany and
Is very Bharply criticised bytthe un
official press, while the government
newspapers have made no comment.
The governments of Austria and
Hungary have Introduced specie pay
ment bills in their respective parlia
ments. The Auiitro-Hmigarlan bank
I will! redeem it uotes in coin on do-
r.uind.
' Tho steamer Allegheny, from Cen
itral America, reports that on March
the viliage ol Tin Jo. Colombia, was
destroyed by an eruption of the Tierra
del Firma volcano, and from 80 to 100
persons were killed or injured.
The British royal yacht, Victoria
ar.d Albert, with King Edward rn
bu.ird, accompanied by the British
cruisers Minerva and Venus, left Lis
bon, Portugal, ror Gibraltar. The de
parture wus siguuied by a cannonade
and salutes from the wsseia in the
harbor.
Advices from Honduras state that
General Davlia. one of the generals
lot Senor Bor.lDa. President-elect of
Honduras In the iatter's druggie
against the retiring PreslJua:, Sierra,
capture J the town of ftuliitrfca, tig
Dilles south of the cani'.i:. Tegucig
alpa, after a nine hours' battle and
is now besieging Niapme.
Five thousand inurgr..v made a
desperate attack, on tti :'jrtnsi of
! Frajaua Morocco. ,
A Natal naturalist naserts, from ob
servation, that other Inserts are at
tracted to hear the cicada sing, Just at
humans gather abont a concert per
former. Floyd 3. Metzger makes a prelimin
ary nnnnuneemetit on a new method
of separating thorium from' cerium,
lanthanum and dldymltttn. He find
thnt from a forty per cent, alcoholic
solution, thorium is precipitated quan
titatively cm the addition of fttmaric
acid, while no change Is produced by
Hint reagent In cold solutions of cer
ium, lanthanum or dldymlutn. When
thorium is precipitated In this way in
(he presence of the above-mentioned
elements, traces of these are carried
down with the thorium, but may be re
moved by a single precipitation. A
number of other weak organic acids
ire being investigated in the same way,
and several of these show interesting
results.
Sir William MneGregor In nn ncires
delivered to students of medicine of
Glasgow University dealt especially
with the prophylaxis of malaria. As
the outcome of his great experience he
recommended, the preventive use of
quinine In closes amounting to nt least
fifteen grains a week. lie stated thnt
In Lagos the radical method of Rom
for the extermination of mosquitoes Is
being pursued by filling In the swamps
with Y-indy soil. The large pools which
cannot be drained nt present have
crude petroleum put on the surface pe
riodically. Empty tins and similar rub
bish are removed, and receptacles for
drinking wnter nre kept carefully cov
ered. Native boys nre now being em
ployed ns mosquito catchers.
Senor Pnvndl, Oovernor of Comya
gun. Honduras, Is authority for a re
cently published statement thnt In the
PIJo Mountains there grows a vine In
the wild state, varying lu diameter
from four inches to two feet, nnd to
100 feet In length. Upon cutting thin
growth produces a sap from which nn
excellent rubber can be made. In Hon
duras no one appears to know the bo
t.inlenl family to which this plant be
lomrs. H thrives nt great altitude fit
well ns In the lower valley levels. Such
luxuriance of growth has this plant at
tained thnt It Is quite capable of being
rut In commercial quantities. It may
be quickly propagated In the rich soil
of Honduras by means of seedlings, the
growth being so much faster than tho
rubbpr tree.
The Academy of Natural Sciences
lias purchased At a great bargain a col
lection ot the skins of birds and Ani
mals living near Mr. Hearst's Univer
sity, at Berkley, California. The col
lection contains a great number of the
beautiful and gnyly-plumed birds of
the raclfie Slope, ns well as a great
many examples of little rabbits, squir
rels nnd curious field and wood mice
thnt nro peculiar to that region. This
recent addition, coupled with the great
Hoopes collection, gives the academy
one of the finest series of American
birds outside of the museums In Wash
ington nnd New York. These bird and
mammal skins nre not for exhibition,
but nre kept flat. In tin cans, away
from the light, nnd are only available
to investigations connected with the
academy.
Man's Ttneonntons Reasoning.
Two men stood waiting for a Harlem
train nt Park place. "I want to show
you a peculiar result of man's uncon
scious reasoning," said one. "Stand
here and wntcu the people buy thelc
tickets. 1 There are two ticket sellers
ono on the right band and the other on
tho left. Now see which one sells more
tickets."
Three persons straggled op the steps
nnd all went to the right-band win
dow. Then came fonr In a group. Three
of them went to the right-hand win
dow, and the fourth would have done
the same, only seeing that he would
have to wait, he turned and bought his
ticket of the man on the left.
the
wei
left."
"Did yon do It purposely?"
"Not nt all. I am left-hnnded. It
Is simply a case of unconscious reason
ing that amounts to Instinct. Being
right-handed, you hold the coin In your
right hand. If you go to the right
hand window you can put In your coin
nnd scarcely stop walking. Th.tt will
save time. If. however, you go to the
left-hand window yon must stop and
turn half way about in order trt put
down the coin nnd take up the ticker.
"Now there goes n left-handed man
to the left-hand window. How do I
know he's left-handed? Because bf
took his money from his left-hand
pocket, went to tho left-hand window
nnd shifted bis paper to bis right hand
i'ress.
Lodger Crowded Them.
The packing of human beings Into a
single room in a tenement house re
minds a correspondent of the experi
ence which a woman bad In the slums
it Dublin. She came upon a room in
a tenement house in which there were
five families "In residence" one In
each corner and one In the middle of
the floor. The visitor expressed hn-'
astonishment to an old woman iu 1
of the corner locations, and wonJel
bow In the world they were aU.nl
to fiud room. "Wlsha, nia'anit'Tv.sv
tho reply, "we were all right till tbe
Casey there In the middle of the dure'
tuk la lodgers.'
In a few momenta the score stood
eleven to two. I
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.uaj ue joa umii i nonce ir, saios
man, "but when you came In you I
it to the right and I went to the
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