m.cimes i e moil km
MILL PRICES THE GUIDE,
Fixed at Last Year Figures, With
Little Alteration Steel and
Tin 8cales Next.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron
nil Steel Workers, at Columbus, O.,
continued on April ?g, their considera
tion of tho wage scale committee's re
port. It teems probable that the com
mittee's recommendations, which con
toinplates a few changes, will be ac
cepted whl'.out amendment. One cent
bar Iron, ti 7-10 cents per ton for roll
ing and heating and other slx,es as fol
lows: One and one-tenth cent bar
Iron, C3 cents per ton; 1 210, 64 4-10
cents: 1 3-o. t;5 7 10 conts; 1 4-10.
7 flits; 1 5-10, cents; 1 610, 70
cents; 1 710, 71 .'.id cents; 1 8-10,
72 7 10 rents; 1 9 10,74 1-10 cents, and
I cent bar Iron 73 14 cents per ton.
Catching on a bar mill shall ue five
eighths of the price for rolling on the
same bird of a mill. Heaters on 12
Inch mllis ar to be paid by the com
pany. Five per cent lesi than the
above scale thall be paid for rolling
nd heating nteel, to apply only to
roller.V nnd catchers' vaes after
roughing price ins been deducted, ex
cept cn straight two high bar mills.
Th.e guide mills' scale adopted Is about
the nrae as Inst yenr. It Is agreed
that the ba3o prle at a one-cent card
rato, based on uctnnl snles of bar Iron,
s per conference- agreement, with ex
tras, shnll be tho straight $1.21 per
ton for rolllnjr, 67 1-10 cents for heat
ing. 32 cents per ton each for rough
Inn; and catching on guide, 10-Inch,
hoop nnd cotton tie mills, with 2 per
cent additional for each 1-10 ndvanco
Or decline on mid card from 1 to 2 per
rent turd into. After the Iron sealo Is
finbbed the steel nnd tin scales will I
tiavs to bo taken up and adjusted. Tho
officers of the association iaugh at the
report thRt members of the organiza
tion in western cities have called a
meeting to be held In Milwaukee for
the purpose of withdrawing from the
Amalgamated Association and term
ing a new union.
Baldwin Victim of Take.
Cql. Mills, who was sent to Denver
to Investigate the Interview In which
Oen. Frank D. Bnldwln was repre
sented as saying that he preferred ne
gro and 'Filipino soldiers because It
did not matter how many of them
were killed, has reported to Secretary
Root that the Interview never took
place, and that the man who faked It
hue been discharged from the paper.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The treasury department received a
eonsclence contribution of $73.50, In
closed In an envelope postmarked
Rome, Italy.
Some Interesting statistics bearing
on hard coal miners were presented to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, In sob-
lon in Washington.
Admiral Dewey and'hls staff Balled
April 28 on the government yacht May
flower to Inspect the North Atlnniin
squadron off the capes of the Chesa
peake. In a report to the state department
Consul General Bittinger at Montreal
ays that never before in the history of
Canada has the Industrial outlook been
' to bright as now.
James N. Tyner, recently dismissed
..from the government service while
holding the position of Assistant At
torney General for the postofflce de
partment, Is critically 111.
The Comptroller of the Currencv Is.
sued a certificate authorizing the First
National Bank of Dcrry, Pa., to begin
buelncss, capitalized at $5$.ooo. E. L.
Brown Is President; B. W. Brown!
cashier.
Information has reached the State
Dopartment from Caracas to the effect
that tho Venezuelan government has
ratlred the exequaturs of several for
eign consuls, on the ground of alleged
Interference In the internal affairs of
the country.
Queen Wilhelmlna has notified the
United States government that she has
appointed Dr. Charles Augustinius
Henri Barge to act as umpire in the
arbitration of American claims in
Venezuela, at Caracas. Dr. Barge was
formerly the Dutch governor of Cur
acao. The Swift-Westlnghouse syndicate
ei offered $600,000 for the Ice plant
at Manila. Government officials at
Manila say it Is worth $1,000,000. The
Plant Is owned by the Insular govern
ment, but a question has arisen con-
votuiuk me Huvi&uuiiuy or tno gov-
ernment continuing In private busi
ness. . Negotiations are progressing with a
umber of European governments for
parcols post agreements with this
' vountry, and Postmaster General
Payne regarding tho looting of the sale
by Mrs. Tyner. The case will be laid
before tho grand Jury, but it is not
likoly that the Jury will report for at
laost two weeks.
George C. Ward, vice president of
tlve Pacific Cable Company, was in
Washington to confer with the officials
of the navy department on matters
pertaining to tho completion of the
line. The Paclllc cable, now being
placed by the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, will be opened for business for
tbe first time July 4.
M. O. Chance, private secretary td
Secretary Hoot, turned over to Post-
mrnnier uruuiui i-uyue uie 0,uuu mat
was found on F. W. Neeley when he
was arrested for postal frauds in Cuba.
The money was taken by the postofllce
Inspectors at. that time, but was turn
ed over to the war department to be
used' in evidence for the prosecution
f Neeley.
George L. Ixirlllard. a son of the late
JHftrrm I.rillnrH hflft lifttm annnlntul
Mcretary of legation at Havana, In
Cace of Henry P. Fletcher, who has
ion transferred to Peking, to replace
T?Ullam E. Balnbrldge, who has re--rned
to act as United States arbitra
ge In tbe approaching Caracas arbitra
te William 3. Pike bat bees ap
ted consul at Zittau, In place of
1 Mtunlacb, transferred to FlatutL
ENTERS SIRONG DENIAL.
Preoldent Baer Insists That There
Never Wee a Meeting to Fix
Anthracite Scale.
President Raer of the Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad Comnanv nn.l of
the Temple Iron Company, resumed
testifying April H0 at New York herore
tho Inter-Slate Commerce Commission
at the hrat'lug on the complaint of
William R. Hearst that roads are
charging excessive freight rates for
carrying anthracite coal from the
mines in Pennsylvania to tidewater
and are a combination In restraint of
trade. Ho raid the coal rc.v.'.a and coal
companies developed an agreement for
mining and distributing coa.1 In sum
mer from nil mines 011 11 percentage
tia3is. The owners of mines were will
ing to restrict the output, so the coal
roods agree -J to carry all coal In sum
mer os toon as mined, but In not caso
when It wbb found the market would
take more weie-thp cars rel'ned. Mr.
Poor said there bad never been nny
meeting or agreement to nuke uniform
freight rate3 for anthracite on the coal
reads. Railroad charges, he said,
shnti!;! be such as to enable marts to
earn prollts representing a percentage
equal to the prevailing rates of inter
est. It was a mutter of the greatest
Raturactlon to him that he had. never
been a party to over-capitalization. B.
H. Tbomns, president of the hellish
Valley Railroad Company, followed
Mr. Bacr In the witness chair. , Ho
said he was 1 1v3c.it at a conferenca
of the pre-.'.lcnts of the coal-carrying
roads to consider the congestion at
terminals. The percentage of coal
tonnage carried by each road was dls
cusned, nnd a division of percentage
or allotment of them was tentatively
agreed upon. The tentative percent
age agreement had no reference what
ever to the amount of cnnl any opera
tor was free to ftilne. There was no
Intention to reach any of the output,
but to si-ttle the trouble arising from
the Impression of the Independent op-
n,Tri t ll'i! tl.nt ilin m m .1 . . e . . I
H "."' ;, '"V ! " " f
that unri-sl rained rnd unrestricted
competition was one of th worst evils
to which the country coul 1 bo exposed.
Th; witness wai a died if he so con
ducted his road as to avoid competi
tion of that sort nnd he replied he had
not been surcossful In conducting his
road so as to avoid surh competition.
The witness said there could be no
comparison between hard coal and
soft coal rates. Commissioner Clem
ents asked if a new independent op
erator would bo on an equal footing
03 regards getting his coal to market
as the other operators, and Mr. Thom
as replied that he did not know where
a new Investor would be able to lo
cate a new hard coal mine. He said
new coal mine Investors would be wel
comed by t.'.e Lehigh Valley road and
given all posr.lble encouragement and
not the same freight rates as opera
tors who sold their entire product to
coal companies controlled by coal
roads for Gn per cent, of tho market
prices.
TROOPS AGAIN8T STRIKERS.
Six Hundred Canadian Militia Protect-
Ing the Workmen.
Police at Montreal, Canada, drove
back at the muzzle of revolvers 300
union longshoremen strikers who wont
along the wharves crying. "Kill the
Jews." Most of the non-union men
who are leading -the Khlps are Jews
and Italians. Six hundred militiamen
were stationed at the harbor front,
guarding property and protecting non
union men at work on tho five ocean
liners loaded at the docks. Six hun
dred strikers overpowered the small
force of city policemen at the wharves
and went on board the sremuers where
non-union men were working and
chased them ashore. Joseph Lavole,
a French Canadian striker, was shot
In the leg by Stevedore William
Qulnn, who was attacked by the man
he wounded. A furious mob chased
Qulnn, but he escaped. Before the
troops' reached the wharves strikers
sot fire to the cargo of the Leyland
liner Alexandrian. The flro was ex
tinguished before It made much head
way. Seven arrests were made in
connection with the disturbances. Tho
troops were accompanied by an am
bulance corps and are provided with
50 rounds of ammunition and strike
cartridges.
NO ATTEMPT TO BRIBE.
Report of Legislative Committee After
Investigating.
The committee appointed to inves
tigate tho charges of bribery in the
Illinois legislature submitted a final
report to the hoii3o at Springfield. The
report declares that 110 real attempt
wos made to bribe Speaker John H.
Miller, whose attempt to gavel a trac
tion bill through the house led to a
riot, and whose explanation was that
he believed bribery had been resorted
to in the Interest of a rival bill.
Is Now a Countess.
Miss Alice C. Thaw and Geo. F. Sey
more. whose title In England Is Earl of
Yarmouth, were married In Pittsburg
April 27. Tho parents of the groom,
the Marquis of Hertford and wife, were
present; also a number of distinguish
ed guests from Washington, D. C.
Vandalla Must Pay $557,500.
Judge Baker, In the United States
Circuit Court at Indianapolis ordered
the Vandalia Railroad Company to pay
$557,500, tbe amount of the defaulted
bonds of the Terre Haute .and Peoria
railway.
Leishman Wins on Pork.
Minister Leishman reports from
Constantinople that the Turkish gov
ernment has removed the prohibition
on American pork, which has existed
Ave yearB. Pork will be admitted
after Uie customary Inspection.
The Largest Looomotlve.
What is probably the largest loco
motive In the world has Just been com
pleted at Schenectady for hauling
freight over the Rocky mountains. It
measures 70 feet, and oa a level track
can haul a train of cars a mil ana
SHOOT Hp TO.KIU IS HIS RIGHT
ECHO OF THE STRIKE.
Supreme Court Upholds Position of
National Guardsman In Dis
charge of Duty.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court In
an opinion at Philadelphia April 27,
discharged from custody Arthur Wads
worth, a member of the Eighteenth
regiment, National Guard, of Pitts
burg; who was arrested for the shoot
ing and killing of William Durham, a
union miner at Shenandimh, Schuylkill
county, during the anthracite coal
strike. "Within Its necessary field and
lor me accomplishment of Its Intended
purpose the government has and must
have Uie power of martial law. suffi
cient and effective for Its ends, the
enforcement of law, the peace and se
curity of the community as to life and
property. The resort to the arm of
the government means that the or-
dlnaiy civil iWllcers to preserve order
are subordinated and the rule of force
under military methods Is substituted
to whatever extent mny be necessary
In the discretion of the military com
mander. To call out the military and
then have them stand aulet and help
less while mob law overrides the civil
authorities would be to make the gov
ernment contemptible and destroy the
purpose of Its existence." From the
opinion handed down In the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania by Justice
Mitchell. "The question of a soldier's
right to shoot and shoot to kill In
tho discharge of bis duty without In
volving his criminal liability was decid
ed In the affirmative by the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania In a decision
written by Justice Mitchell. The case
was regarded as one of the most Im
portant that ever came before tho
highest tribunal of the Slate, and upon
it rested the whole fabric of the Na
I "l 5''l- The decision was eager.
ly awaited by not only the Keystone
militiamen, but l:y the guardsmen
in every State. It Is In cfT- t the up
holding of martial law over civil gov
ernment. The rase decided was that
of the Common wealth ex rel vs. Wads
wort Ii. The Issue was brought before
the Court on a writ of habeas corpus
directed against the olTielals of Schuyl
kill county for the d'sclinrge of one Ar
thur Wadsworth, who had been taken
Into custody 011 a charge of mat-
slaughter growing out of the killing of
a man by the soldier while on duty
during the strike of the anthracite coal
miners last year. Wadsworth Is a
private In Company A. Eighteenth reg
iment. On the night of October 8. he
was one of Ave or six soldiers, under
the charge of a corporal, sent to guard
the home of a non-union man In Shen
andoah. The house, occupied by the
miner's wife and several children, had
been dynamited on the preceding
night. About midnight a man was
about to enter tho yard of tho house
by the gate. Three times Wadsworth
called upon the intruder to halt, and
as his challenge was not heeded ho
placed his rifle to his shoulder and
flred, killing the citizen, who proved
to be William Durham. Wadsworth
was arrested, after a long wrangle, on
a warrant Issued by a Justice of the
Peace, and the habeas corpus was se
cured to prevent a trial on a murder
charge.
GOOD ROADS PROGRAM.
Convention-Calls Upon the National
Government for Money Aid.
The good roads convention at St.
IxMits,, Mo., adopted resolutions de
claring that the building of good roads
Is of paramount importance to Na
tional prosperity and commercial su
premacy; recommending the harmo
nious co-operation of township, coun
ty, State and National governments;
that the association believes that Na
tional appropriations for the improve
ment of highways have becomo nec
essary to promote a high order of cit
izenship and meet the ever-growing
necessities of agricultural Interests,
and suggesting the establishment
throughout the United States of a
complete organization from the Na
tion down to the township, which or
ganization shall make a complete Na
tional association. The resolution also
favored increased appropriations for
the road division of the Agricultural
department and the appointment of a
committee of one from each Stute to
appear before Congress to secure Na
tional aid in road building.
BRITISH TERMS TO MORGAN.
Majority of Directors Steamship Com
bine Must Be British,
The agreement between the British
government and the International
Mercantile Marine Company, the Mor
gan combine of Atlantic steamship
companies, has been concluded. It
provides that a majority of the direc
tors of the combination are to be of
British nationality, and the vessels
purchased in Great Britain are to fly
the British flag. Tbe officers are to
be British, a reasonable, proportion of
their crews are to be drawn from
Great Britain, and at least half of the
tonnage hereafter to be built for tho
combination Is to be constructed In
British yards and fly the British flag.
In the event of the combine pursuing
a policy hostile to the British mercan
tile marine, the British government is
empowered to terminate tbe agree
ment, which is for 20 years and re
newable on five years' notice from
either party.
More Pay for Blacksmiths,
An .agreement va'a reached between
the Chicago Metal Trades Association
and District Council No. 1 of the black
smiths, whereby 2,000 men will receive
a nine-hour work day and an increase
in wages ranging from 24 to 10 per
cent above present rates. Time and a
bait will be paid for overtime and dou
ble time for Sundays and holidays.
New York quarantine season for
coastwise vessels will extend from
May l to November 1.
LATEST NEWS NOTE).
Professor Gibbs, of Yale University,
Is dead.
Express agent of Brltt la., was rob
bed of $10,000.
Banks were wrecked and many kill
ed by dynamite In Bulgaria.
Rain marred the reception to Presi
dent Roosevelt In Des Moines, la.
Icy winds chilled guests at dedica
tion of St. Louis world's fair grounds.
Russian foreign office issued state
ment of their position in Manchurlnn
matter.
Three hundred persons were killed
In the antl-Jewlfih riots at KIscheiKiT,
Russia.
Mnrtha Lawrence, a 19-year-old girl,
was murdered at a farm house near
Laporte, lud.
J. P. Morgan' paid last dividend to
United State 6teel Corporation flota
tion syndicate.
Safe crackers and citizens hnd
runnlnsr (flght n:ar St. Louis and the
ourginrs escaped.
State;! Clerk Rev. Dr. W. II. Roberts
announced that two-thirds cf the pres
byteries had voted for revision.
President Loree of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad ainounced Imrcrtnnt
changes in ofllclnls of tho company.
The Wabash and Texas Pacific filed
with the Interstate Commerce Consuls
Rlo: reasons for tuislng freight rates.
Deputy Game Warden H. II. Spafford,
of Cadillac, Mich., shot and killed
Christ McLean, who had speared him.
Fotett fires threaten the destruction
of Onnway, Mich. Tho lumber camps
near the city were turrouuded by the
flnuies.
Tho German relchstag was finally
adjourned by Emperor William, and
the campaign for the next relchstag
has be;;un.
Sly. members of tbe French cnrnmls
nlon to the St. Louis Exposition ar
rived at New York on the steamer La
(Instognc.
Hnrtwell Stafford, of Prooklynvllle. J
Mass., fired three bullets Into Stllltnan I
iiii-.inp, wno nail tlirea'ene.l diiM'siH.a
proceedings.
A Catholic mllonary .!n Shun Tunn.
China, says that a new sei t. similar
to the Boxers, has assumed enormous
proportit.us. '
S. R. Guggenheim ban given $."0,
Olio, and James I.oeb fri.i'im to tho
country Kanltariiim of tile Municfluro
Homo, New York.
A thousand houses In the town of
I Marquina. Philippine island, were de-
r.troyc.1 by fire believed to have been
started by insurgents.
Tho syndicate that promoted the big
utet-l combine was dissolved, the mem
bers receiving their final dividend, the
total profits being 200 per cent.
Russia Is Increasing her naval force
In Far Eastern waters. Japanese ad
vices state that the Russian fleet will
soon bo composed of 42 vessels.
Great Britain has withdrawn her con
tention that the question of paying the
Venezuelan blockade expenses should
be submitted to The Hague tribunal.
Gen. Baden-Powell In on Interview
declared that tho British cavalry Is
superior to the American. He thinks
we live too well 1 nd that we lock phy
sique. New York experts are surveying the
city of Richmond. Va., with a view of
finding a wy to stop the destruction of
the city's water and gas pipes by elec
trolysis. Several rustic summer houses and
a large portion of the woods near the
mansion on William K. Vanderbilfs
estate of Idle Hour, Long Island, were
destroyed by flro.
Se en Boston Italians asked for pro
tection agnlnst tho Malla, by which
they had been ordered to contribute
to the defense fund of the New York
barrel murder case.
Port of the Brighton abattoir, near
Boston, was burned, causing a loss of
$150,000. of which $100,000 full upon
tho Learned & Bird Company, mqtiu
latturers of oleomargarine oils.
In an engagement between u British
force commanded by Major GoukIi with
the.natlvces near Danop. Souiallland.
13 of the British, Including two officers.
and 200 of the natives were killed.
Mr. Irving M. Scott, vice president
and general manager of the Union
Iron Works, San Francisco, tho build
er of the anions battleship Oregon,
died at his home In San Francisco.
The lower house of the Wisconsin
Legislature passed, by a vote of U0 to
27. a resolution calling for constitu
tional convention to provldo for elec
tion of United States Senators by di
rect vote.
The United States Court at Buffalo,
N. Y refused the Injunction usked
for- by the Chicago Board of Trade
to prevent tbe Buffalo Consolidated
Stock exchange from using the quota
tions of the Chicago board.
The Macedonian Committee has In
formed the American missionaries
that they need not fear being levied
upon, as they regard the ransom of
Miss Stone as an American contribu
tion to the revolutionary fund.
Two hundred Filipinos were killed in
tho operations of pacifying the rebel
lious Filipinos in Rlzal. Buiacan and
Cavite Provinces, Luzon, Philippines.
Hie conditions in Albay are unsatis
factory. Secretary Cranborne stated In tho
House of CommonB, England, that ne
gotiations were still proceeding at
Washington In tho matter of the ref
erence of the Venezuela dispute to
The Hague arbitration tribunal.
Cholera is again threatening the is
land of Luzon, Philippine Islands. The
Cagayan valley is infected and it is
feared the disease will extend over all
the Islands. Past epidemics have gen
erally lasted over three years.
Hugh J. Cannon, the Mormon mis
sionary, will appeal to Emperor Wil
liam for permission for the Mormons
to remain In Germany. He has sent
to tbe Emperor and Empress copies of
tbe Book of Mormon in Germany.
In Chicago the Board of Arbitration
decided that tbe City Railway Com
pany must place no obstacles hi tbe
way of tbe labor union strengthening
Itself and that the employes must not
discriminate Mtlait non-union men.
HOMES BECOMES TOMBS.
Terrible Cataclysm In Canadian North,
west Village One Hundred
Lives Are Lost.
The llttio mining town of Frank, In
the Alberta district of the NorthwcBt
Territory of British America, very
near the boundary line between Brit
ish Columbia and the United States,
and lying In the valley of the river
at the entrance of Crows Nest Pass
and on the Crows Nest railroad was
overwhelmed by countless tons of
rock shortly after 4 o'clock April ?!
and over loo of its Inhabitants killed
almost Immediately. Worse, still, tho
tr.wn was threatened with total de
struction by flood. Old Mans river,
which flows throiifth the center or tho
town, was dammed up by the lulling
rocks to the helht of nearly Km fPct!
and the entire valley above the town
was flooded for miles. A tremendous
bud reverberation shook the whole
valley of the old Mans river at 4:10
o clock a. in., and when from the top
of Turtle mountnln. overlooking the
settlement, millions of Ions of rock
were hurled. The Frank mines, op
erated by the French Canadian Coal
Company, across the river from the
town, were seen to be burled under
hundreds of feet of rock. Inside of
five minutes from the first thunderous
shock and beroro half the town real
Izd W'hat had bannered, a small f.nrcn
of men hud started to the relief of
1110 miners, despite the great risk they
ran of being burled under the rock
which were still being precipitated
from the lofty mountnln top. The dis
aster was not confined to the vicinity
or the mine, for many of tho dwelling
houses In the town of Frank wero de
molished by the falling rock. Some of
the orcnianls c.r tlieso houses es
caped death, but many others were In
stantly killed. The railroad track for
a distance of two miles or mure cast
of (lie station was covered wllh frnm
10 m in w .,1 ,v . .1... ...
graph wires down. It was Impossible
to venture within half a mile of the
mine workings. It Is certain Hint 18
men are buried In the workings. All
hope for them bus been abandoned.
It Is generally thought that tho dis
ruption of Turtle mountain wna
brought about by a Felsnile disturb
ance, although some persons declare
that the origin of the upheaval was
volcanic. No lava has been seen, and
aside from the smoke In the mountnln,
the atmosphere Is clear. There Is,
however, no explanation for the con
tinued upheaval of rock. The eruptive
Influences seem to center at the crown
of Turtle mountain. The following
conservative estimate of the loss or
life was made: Men, women and chil
dren killed In their beds as they
slept, 82; miners working outside tho
mines and Instantly killed, 12; im
prisoned In the mine, 18.
v. lilt- IflV-
ALTERED HIS TICKET.
Fine of $100 Was Imposed for Raising
Time Limit.
Charged with altering a railroad
commutation ticket, August Grebe was
sentenced by Judge Joblere In tho
Camden county New Jersey court to
puy a flno of 3100. Tho offense to
.which Giebe pleaded guilty was an at
tempt to extend for one year the limit
of a West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Company 180-trlp ticket between
ChCKllhurst. N. .1., and Philadelphia,
which expired March 31. 1002. The
mnximum punishment for this offense
under the New Jeihcy law Is three
years Imprisonment or $500 fltio or
bUli.
FRANCHISE TAX DECIDCD.
Law Affirmed bv tho New York Court
Law nirmca oy mo New YorK court
or Appeals. 1 or the scene.
The Court of Appeals at Albany, N. ! Judge Holt announced his doclsloi
V rendered a decision unanimously j at San Juan, Porto Rico, In the smut
approving the constitutionality of tbe 1 gllng cases against navnl officers. Ha
special franchise tax law, including : sa.d the district attorney had full pov
tho provision for the assessment, of ; er to nolle prosse he cases if ho d
the value of franchises by the State t sired to do bo, which was done, j
board of tax commissioners. The law j Telcgiams received from Sofia, Bui-
incuues as taxable real property tho
rights of street railway, gas, pipe line,
telegraph, telephono nnd all other pub
lic utility companies,
FIRE LOSS $1,250,000.
Chicago Plant of the International Salt
Company Destroyed,
The nlant of the International S..lr
Comrauy at South Chicago, with three! lory-, A 1)aU,allon r Infantry and a
boats lying in the Calumet river, wern ! T'a' ot dragoons assbsted the 10
destroyed by fire. The loss la eatl-j"'0- !"
mated at $1,250,000, that of the salt At the session of tho London (Enf.)
company being placed at $$00,000. The Diocesan confe-renco, the Bishop iof
buildings of the company covered near- I-oudon. the Right Rev. Arthur F. In
ly 1(1 litres along tbo Calumet river, gram, ma le a statement that he had
In these buildings were stored 400.000 fhrice se::t for an explanation from
tons of salt, and the greater part of j the Rev. Mr. Hndden regarding the
tills Is said to have been ruined by ! Vandcrbllt-Uutherford wedding, nd
fire and water. -that none had boen received. j
' j Russia is reported as having every-
VENEZUELAN DOORS CLOSED. ! tl!l 111 readiness toswoop down on
j Constantinople, and ever since the
Castro Issues a Decres That Will Shut' Aur.trian Ambassador. Baron von Cal-
i.v,i, .!.. i lee, and tho Russian Ambassador, M.
uut immigration. ... ' , . . . ,, v. .
" j Kinovleff. made a Joint call on the Sul-
Foreign residents In Venezuela are j tan. diplomats have been very anxious
exasperated by a drastic decree Issued to ferret out whether or not there is a
by President Castro's government that i secret understanding between these
Is expected to end all immigration or
the introduction of foreign capital.
They are forbidden to mix In the polit
ical affairs of the republic, to fill public
office, to take' arms in domestic con
tentions or to make political speeches
or 'write about politics in the news
papers. Shooting was Justified. -
Judge Ely, at Boston, Mass., dlfi
chaiged Mrs. Isabella Viola, who shot
and killed Lieut. Kelly, ot the fire de
partment. Tire Judge held that as
Kelly had burst open the door or her
apartments and attacked her husband
she was entirely Justified In shooting
him.
Will Arbitrate Wage Dispute.
Representatives of railroad and ma
rina engineers met In New York and
decided to leave their wage dispute to
an arbitration commute.
BLOWN TO AWS
Nine Persons Killed In bloslon of
Powder Mill Flvejthers
Wounded,
The plant cf the Cresnt Powdor
Company at Plney Creeliear Holll
Caysbtirg, Pa was compjely wreck
ed by a series of oxplosjis. Of 30
persons who were emplojj, nine are
dead and Ave Injured. Ipt. Adam
Taggnit, cue of the Injureils bcMeved
to be fatally hurt. Of thelctlms, but
one has been recovered. the oth
ers were blown to ntoms.ljrtlons of
their flesh being scatterefibout tha
ttene of the explosion. El-en build
ings comprised the powderfant. But
tlve are standing, the rer.lnlng six
having bien completely unaltered.
(lr?at portions of the heal timbers
and sections of the maeli ry wero
hurled hundreds of yards lay. Tho
body of Charles Hoss v as -covered.
The remains were ldji:tlll bv the
shoes be wore. The Lo 4 lav R00
yards lrom tho power hou,, having
been hurled the entire cllstlco. The
dead are: Ross Kennedy Fisher
Lantzer. William Lyons. Oc-ge Sim
on i). Frank t-tro.esr.er, Frun.McKler
nnn, Ger.rgo Fay. Charles kss, Gul
seppe Mnjeo. The Injured .; Geo.
McCartney, cut on side and i e; Sam
uel P. Smith, face cut; AdnnTaggart,
Internally Injured, neck and ace lac
erated and burned; Mrs. Aim Tag
gait, contusion of back; Frtfer.lck S.
Tussari,. bead cut. All tho flier em
ployes sustained minor Injurs by be
ing blown about the buildings 1 which
they were employed. The llldlngs
caught lire immediately artelthe ex
plosion. Pecnuse cf the 'imense
nniount of dynamite stored in ie p!ant
the rescuers were nimble ttert in
tho work until late. It was leu he-
Moved thnt. all dancer of funer ex-
explosions was past, ns Hip re was
practically under control. Tb-flrst of
the scries of four explosions which
wrecked the plant and rocM the
nrth for miles around, oeeerr? in the
l-.llvll.cr 1...,.,.. r. ...... .
'- " ""w 1 atoms
1 IVd llllnr.illtwr .
!W;m. So Krit was
the coneusslcns that th? nitroiycerln
house fo'lowrd. and the largl holler
house was wrecked by it. Tli' sound
cf the explosion was plainly haid In
Hollldnyshurg. 11 miles away.ind at
Petersburg. 19 miles distant. Every
window within three miles ws shat
tered, and the effect was soiewhat
similar to that of an rarthquab. Thfe
dwelling house of lllalr Treesea half
mlbj away was twisted ahoutnn Its
foundation. 1
GUFFEY BARGE LAUNCH.D.
Will Carry Over 1,000,030 Gallns of
Texas Oil.
The steel barge Shenango. bllt. for
tho J. M. Gnffey Petroleum Coipany,
wns launched at Hath, Malnej The
barge Is 3C.I feet long, has a gross
tonnage of 2.240 and a carrying iapc
Ity cf 1,128,00(1 gallons. She wlllcan-y
oil from Port Arthur. Tex., to Phladjl-
piiia. ner nome port.
CABLE FLASHES.
The steamer Calabria, which lall-d
from Naples on April 25 for New Yoit,
has been towed into port at Algerles,
having lost her propeller. j
Private letters received at Vlenm.
Austria, from Czernowltz say over 30
persons were killed during the roce.t
nnti-Semltlc riots at KlschenefT, caj
tal of Best-arabla. 1
The United States European sqnal
ron, consisting of the cruisers Chicv
go, Albany. Cincinnati and Machlai.
arrived at Marseilles, France, to tale
part In the welcome of President Lot
bet. ,
King Edward of England revlewd
25.0U0 Italian troops assembled on tie
parade ground at Rome, Jtaly. It wm
' "recuicie ana spienua
. weBt,er contributed to the brlillancf
, garia. announce that a tierce fight b'
twoen Turkish troops nnd a large haul
of Insurgents has occurrad on Ue
tight bank of the river Struma. In tie
district of Dachuna, European Turkey.
Tho expulsion of the friars from tlie
Chartreuse monastery, Paris, Francs,
was accompliphod April 29 without any
i-erioua difficulty. Large crowds f
sympathizers surroundtid the monafl
two Powers.
President Loubot arrived at Tunis
from Bona, Algeria. He was received
by the Bey and was given a tremend
ous popular ovation. The city was
elaborately decorated with triumphal
arches and the flags of Franco and
Tunis. The crowds which filled the
Btreeta were a strange medley of
French, Mussulmans and Jews.
A riotous outbreak occurred at Mar
Sollies, France, In ,the streets sur
rounding the Capuchin convent, wheH
tho friars barricaded themselves. .A
crowd of several tluuiuaud purtioiid
gathered about the pbcu, many of
thorn carrying bannen. having anti
clerical inscriptions. During a charge
made by a squad of police Commis
sary Soucbon was struck on the head
and badly burt. A number of. police
meu were Injured and many arrest
were made. "
Bho Funny
Sidc of
Life.
A FaradoBlnal Affair,
Wheu I am riding on the train,
In ectay I roar,
To think that I am gnlng where
Pre never been before:
But when I reach my station jutfr
An hour Inte, I find
That whore I'd never been before
X have arrived behind!
Baltimore Newl.
CRUEL TERVERSION.
f he "Do you recall the day we wer
married?"
Ho "I wish to gracious I could!"1
Xoiikers Statesman.
niS GOOD TASTE,
Sbe--"Yoi".r dog was trying to bite
nip, sir."
He (toucblng'hls hat) "Yes, madam;
be has a sweet tooth." Youkers !?'.:;tes-'
man. ,
COMrASSIOX.
"I pit? the poor birds that haven't
even got a roof under their foet this
weather." New Yorlc Sun.
TAX ENOUGH
Che "What would you think of a
tax ou bachelors?"
He "Oh. pshaw! Don't we have to
buy wedding presents?" Detroit Free
Press.
CAUTION".
Raisin? Ms hand the minister said:
"I baptize thee John Henry "
"Thny," the child Interrupted, "hath
thltu water been boiled?" Chicago
Rrcortl-Uerald.
. REMEMBERED IN TIME.
Carroll "Oh, by the way. Miss West-
cott, there was something I wanted to
say to you. Now what was it?"
Ethel-'-Con't you think?"
Carroll "Walt a minute! Ob, yes. 1
remember now. Will you marry mo?"
Sacramento Journal.
so wags Tnr. world.
Crnbshaw "I'm thinking of getting
my life insured for $50,000. If any
thing happened to me that would in
sure your comfort In the future."
Mrs. Crnbshaw "Indeed It would,
my dear. With that much money I'd
be sure to capture another busbauuU'.--,
New York Herald. . .
WINS.
"Ah," sbe sighed, "tbe great men are
nil dend."
"But the beautiful women are not,"
be answered;
Then she looked soulfully up Into his
eyes and told him she had said it Just
to be contrary, and not because she
thought It for a moment. Chicago Roc-crd-Herald.
WAITING FOR THE CHANGE.
"It was too bad to keep you waiting
so long for your change," said the suillj
lng shopgirl, as she counted It out. "S
am afraid I bare- given you a bail
quarter"
"What!" exclaimed Mrs. Tyte-rhistj
In alarm.
"of nn hour."
"Oh!" she said, considerably rcllevedl
Chicago Tribune. ,
Doctor's Wlf "Aren't you going to
take your instrument case?"
Doctor "No; the patient is a plumb
er. I'm going to send back for tbe in
struments and charge him for the
time," New York Journal.
IN A. QUANDARY.
"Mary gets so excited whet sbe
reads history."
"Does she?"
"I should say she did. She's been
reading English history, but she bad,
to stop when she got to tbe Wan of
the Roses."
-Why did sbe stop."
"She couldn't tell which Bos she
preferred to have win." ClTeUa4
Plalu-Dealai,
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