ANUTHLK VtSSEL BLUWN
Launch and 21 Men Meet Same
Fate as Petropavlovsk.
RU86IAN OFFICIALS DISMAYED.
Succession of Reports of Terrible Dis
asters Without Warfare Havs
I Appalling Effect.
Another story of disaster to the
Russian navy comos from Port
Arthur. Viceroy Alexleff telegraphs
that a steam sloop engaged In '
laying mines In the roadstead !
has blown up, with Lieut.
Pell, who was in rommand. and 21 sea
men killed. This probably Includes '
th entire ship's company. A mine
which wss being launched from the
bows exploded and the vessel was de
stroyed, i
This constant sinking of Russian ,
e3sels by their own n-lnes has caus
ed something like consternation at
the admlralliy and a rigid Investlira-;
lion has been undertaken with a view
to finding out whether they are due
to carelcmnesa, incompetency, defects
In mines or to some, mysterious agen-;
cy which Is fighting atln-t Russia.
The. announcement has also added
to the popular gloom which has pre- j
vailed slnre tho disaster to tho I'etro-1
pavlovsk. I
"We are paying the price of care
lessness," taiil a member of tho ad
miralty "nnd previous disasters seem
to tench nothing. "
The war commission sinjpresscil
part of the viceroy's dispatch, which
showed where the mines were being
laid. It is believed that as launches
were employed they were mining the
entrance to the harbor In order to
prevent the J.-panene from forcing an
entrance and a'ten:; ting to destroy
the remnining Fhlps.
It is evident from the closing of the
entrance that Viceroy Alexleff had no
Intention of allowing his ships to go
to sea again even against an Inferior
force, though this may not be the pol
icy of Vice Admiral Skryilloff, who
will determine on a plan of operations
when he assumes command. 1
U. S. NOW OWNS CANAL. !
Contact igned, Scalsd and Delivered
to This Country.
The Associated Press Is authorized
to announce that tho contract by
which the ownership of the Panama
canal parses to the United State3 is:
signed, sealed, delivered, and complete.
The titlo to the renal route Is now
eKtel In the irovornment of the Unit-!
ed States. The document by which
this transaction Is consummated bears
the signatures of President Bo and
' fcirector Rlehman, of the Panama ('a-
nal company, who slpnerl lor the com-,
pany as Its responsible oifleinls. The
tranH'cr Is complete and w ithout res-,
ervallon, nnd the United States ec
cures a pcrfert title. Only a few of
the hiphest 'Te.s of the company,
aro now r.wai e of the sec rot, which
will not be known, except by tills an- j
noimcenu nt In the I'nltcd States up
to tho time of the meeting.
The mnln figures Jn the transfer,
have befn Mossis. Bo and Rclimtin,
Messrs. Hay red Uusfel for the I'nltcd
States, ami Consuls General John H. ,
K. liiaily ami H.iberto Lewis for the
United States and Panama, lcspective-'
ly, the two consular representatives l
Joining in nfllxine tlio seals and attest
ing the signature.
MONUMENTS AT BULL RUN.
Memorials My Ee Erected There by, Northern New York and New Eng
North and South. 'and report hard freezing and heavy
Representatlve Rlxey, of Virginia,
Introduced a bill to authorize the ap-
"pTunlment of a c ommUslcn by the
PrUlent to have charge of the wee
I, n,.n T3.. i .
tlon of monuments on null Run bat-
tie-field, f The scope of the bill Is such
that any military society, Union or
Confederate, may, at Its own expense,
erect a monument upon the battlefield
upon application to the commission,
which shall be Vom posed of a Union
soldier, a Confeilcrsie soldier and a
third pnity.
Two monuments romiiemoi atlve rf
Northcrn valor were erci-led on the
batlieflcld by the Government in Jun?,
18IIS. Tiie ground was nevcrvbought.
The 1)111 provides that the Govejimcnt
buy sufficient ground around thet two
monuments to give the Secretary, cf
War jurisdiction in preserving tlrm
and building approaches to them. V
Tho bill carries an appropriation of
150,000.
BANKERS SENTENCED
Get Lonj
Prominent
Indiana Men
z Prison Terms.
James Broderlck, president, and W.
L. Collins, cashier of the Indiana Na
tional bank at Elkhart, were sent
enced by Judge Anderson of the
United States district court on their
pleaa of guilty to violations of the
banking laws which resulted In the ',
failure of the bank for $642,000 Ilroil- j a man named Jacob Woody was (hot
rick was sentenced to the penitent- and killed and four others were wound
Jary for 10 years and ColllnB for six i ed In the Bhootlng affray. One of the
years.
Walter Brown, director of the bank,
member of the republican state com
mittee from the Tenth district and
member of the utaff of Gov. Durbln,
was sentenced to eight years in the
Leavenworth penitentiary by Judge
Anderson for participating In the
wrecking of the bank. He haB been
sick In bed from nervous collapse since
being found guilty.
Child and Father Murdered.
In tho Runnet bag soctlon of Frank
lin county, Va., James Nowlin, while
returning ' home fiom Endlcott on
horseback, was shot from anibueb by
unknown persons, as -was his little
daughter, who was silting In front of
him. Both were killed. The bodies
were found In the road, with the
child's arms ar.iuud the father's neck.
Nowlin was known among illicit dis
tillers as an informer, and this Is sup
posed to account for the murder.
BAY STATE FOR OLNEY.
Democratic Convention Instruct Dele
gates for 8t. Louis Convention.
Hy an overwhelming vote the
Massachusetts Democratic convention
Instructed four delegates-at-large and
20 delegates from the various Con
gressional districts of the Mate to sup
port Richard Olney for the President
ial nomination at the Rt. Iotils con
vention. The supporters of William
R. Hearst were defeated by a vote of
about HtX) to 200. A resolution offered
by Representative John A. Coulhurst,
of Iloston, .indorsing the candidacy of
Mr. Hearst was voted down by a large
majority. The following were elected
delegates-at-large: William A. Gaston,
Patrick A. Collins, William L. Doug
lass, John R. Thnjepr.
George Fred Williams, the leader of ,
that faction of the Massachusetts De-
moeracy supporting the candidacy of
Mr. Hearjt, made a vigorous protest
against the adoption cf the unit rule,
but the convention, by nearly thtee to
one, voted that the unit rule govern
not only the support of Mr. Olney, but i
all matters pertaining to the conven
tion. The platform adopted consisted
of a single plank, the Indorsement of
Olney's candidacy and instructions to '
the delegates to vote as a unit for
him.
WILL NOT HUMBLE RU83IA. I
Japan Withes Only to Drive the
Enemy From Far East.
A dispatch to the London Kxpress
from Nagasaki claims that an emi
nent Japanese statesman contlded to
the coiivspontlmt at Toklo an Im
portant statement, of which the fol-,
lowing is the gist:
Japan does not Intend to push the :
war to the bitter end. She does not ',
wish to humble Russia, but she Is re- ,
solved to accomplish the removal of
the menace of Russia's power in the '
Far East anil Is confident that she will
accomplish this. She will destroy as
ninny Russian warships as possible
ami capture the remainder. She will i
then take Port Arthur ami Vlatllvos-
tok and make her position in Korea
so impregnable that Russia cannot
possibly Rain a foothold there.
When all this Is accomplished she'
will oner terms of peace, having at- j
talned the objects for which she went ,
to war, but until this Is accomplished I
she will not listen to any-proposal ex
cept an unconditional acceptance of
her terms.
THE LATE FREEZE.
Weather Record Broken by Snow and
Low Temperature.
Dispatches received from Louisville
report a heavy snowfall and damage 1
to fruit In Western Kentucky. At j
Moreanfield, Owensbcro an I Hopkins- !
ville the snowfall amounted to 0 In-
ches. Snow at this time of the yenr :
In ther-n localities Is unprecedented, i
At Cleveland tho Weather Bureau
thei moir.cmcr registered 23 degrees ;
above r..no. This Is the lowe.it timp
i raturo recordtd In Cleveland nn or
after this date In Apt II In X:i years.
Evaiiivilie, lnd. The heaviest snow
fall In 3n years delayed traffic. At
Rcckport, the fall of mow was 4 in
ches. The snow storm prevailed gen
erally ever So, tihe.ru Indiana.
Tolwvo growuis in the Connecticut
Valley pay thnt the drop in tempi ia
ture will cans" them losi on account
of the flamaie to bedded slips and
iteedert E.'owih just starting under
clrth.
The opening of navigation this year
will bp l?tr than ever before In the
record of the great, lakes, according
to Profcs-.or Cox, of the United States
Weather Bureau, who iiald that with
continued warm weather It would take
:it lai-t until May 1 to clear tho lec
from the Straits of Mattkinaw.
snows.
, " i mi ,7 7 i iZ- iVt
Kll,f" l' J,'1 an 1 lr0st ,af
?lKnt am ve been great-
ly retarded. Ice two inches thick
,. . ...
Richmond, Va. Peaches and cher-
formed near this rlty.
CARRIES SUIT TO NEW JERSEY.
Harriman Will Again Try to Prevent
Stock Distribution.
Suit has hern begun in the United
States circuit, court for the district of
New Jersey aKB.'nst tho Northern Se-
entitles Company by Edward H. Ilar-
rlman, Wlnslow S. Pierce, tho Oregon
Shoit Lino Railroad Company and tho
Equitable Trust Company, 'of New
York, to restrain the Northern Senurl-
tits Company from carrying out tho
.jinn adopted by tho directors for tho
distribution of the stocks of tho North-
'rn Paclflo and Great Northern lall-
way companies held In trre treasury cf
the defendant company. Judqo An
drew Klrkpatrlck Irsued a temporary
order restraining the carrying out of
the plan of distribution.
BLOODSHED IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Shooting Affray on a Train After Po
litical Meeting.
In a free-for-all fight which occurred
on a train on the Short Line road up
Paint Creek, Kanawha county, W. Va.,
four, a colored man, also named
Woody, will probably die. The train
was bringing a crowd away from a
political meeting at Paint Creek.
Near Montgomery a negro named
Barclay Ross was showing some com
panions a trick with a knife, when he
accidentally stuck .the blade to the
lttlt in his leg. About an hour later be
was found dead by the road side, hav
ing bled to death.
New Coaling Station In Pacific.
A coaling station will be establish
ed in the Aleutian islands by tho
United States government. The navy
oollier Saturn, which has been lying
In port awaiting orders since Decem
ber 2G last, has received orders to pro
ceed with her cargo of 4,300 tons of
coal to Kyska. an island of the Rat
Group, In latitude 62 north, longitude
177 east, where the coal will form the
nucleus of a new station for United
Btatea vessels.
Admits He Has Three Wives and
Lives with All.
ALSO DISOBEYS HIS CHURCH.
Refuses to Reveal the 8ecret Oaths
Administered In the Endow
ment House.
Rrlgham II. Roberts, who was once
tefiised a scat In the house of repre
sentatives because he was a Mormon
polygamlst, was an all-day witness
when the hearings In the rase of Sen
ator Heed Smoot were resumed by the
committee on privileges and elections
to-day.
There were two Important features
to his testimony, an admission that he
Is living with three wives In violation
of the laws of (lod and man, and a
point blank refusal, alter repeated
questions by Senntor Ilurrows, to re
veal the character of certufln church
ceremonies.
Mr. Roberts was at all times a mod
est witness and In refusing to tell the
secret ol ceremonies performed by ad
vanced Mormons he said that his Solo
reaon was because he would be be
traying a trust, of the church In mat
ters which ho considered purely fplr
ltnal. "I consider these mallei s en
tirely spiritual," said Mr. Roberts,
"and do not feel like betraying a trust
Imposed In mo by the Mormon church.
My feidlng In this matter Is the same
as that of a Mason who would, of
course, refuse to reveal the secrets of
his order."
In giving testimony as to his polyga
mous life, Mr. Roberts had no hesita
tion In admitting that ho had three
wives, but said that be had kept se
cret his third mnrrlago for nearly five
years. This marriage occurred after
the Wooilruff manifesto. Finally tho
secret came-out, be said, but no pun
Irhment or reprimand was given him
by the church authoiltles or anyone
else.
WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
All Delegates Except Two Instructed
for Senator Gorman. j
The Democratic Convention was
held In Charleston on the 20th. The
convention was called to order at 11
o'clock In tho morning by Slate Chair
man James M. MTIler, who called as
temporary chairman, C. Wood Dalley,
cf Elklns, nnd who addressed the con
vention. J. E. R. Illrne, of Charles
ton, was chosen temporary secretary.
John H. Holt, of Huntington, who
was the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor in tho last campaign, was made
permanent chairman.
The four dcleRates-at-large and all
the tKsliict rialcgates except two from
tho Fourth district Wore Instructed
for Senntor Arthur P. Gorman, of
Maryland, llrst, and Alton H. Parker,
of New Yoik, tecond. Judge Dent, of
Grafton, was named to succeed him
se'f on the Supremo court bench.
The delcKates-at-large were Owen S.
MrKtnnry, Fairmont; Former Senator
Henry G. Davis, of Elklns; former
Gov. William A. McCorkle, of Charles
ton, and former Senator Johnson N.
Camden, of Parkersburg. Tho alter
nates are: Joseph Murphy, of Park
crsburg; Perry G. Alford, of Lewis
county; Alexander F. Matthews, of
Grecnl.rlcr, and Senator Robert F.
Kldd, of Gilmer.
At the First district Democratic
convention, Charles H. Taney, of
Wheeling, and John W. Davis, of
Clarksburg, wero selected as dele
gates to the National convention and
Homer ZIHckln, of Wellsburg and
Hruce Hall, of Wetzel, were chosen
as alternates,
In tho Second district, Charles W.
Foyer, of Marllnsburg, and Andrew J.
Wilkinson, of Grafton, wcro chosen as
delegates.
Tho Third district delegates are
John D. Alderson, of Nicholas, und
Cliar'.c3 W. Osentnn, of Fayette.
The Fourth dhtiict delegates are G.
Warren Hays, of Calhoun, and Henry
S. Wilson, of Pnrkersburg.
The Fifth district delegates are Dr.
Charles C. Hong, of Huntington, nnd
Justus M. Collins, of Hramwell.
NICARAGUA MUST PAY.
British Government Will Enforce
mand With a Cruiser. ;
The Imperial Government will do- j
mand through the captain of tho Brit- j
lsh cruiser Retribution a heavy Indem-
nlty from the Nicaragua!! Government j
! lor the Illegal seizure of tho Cayman
turtle fishermen 10 miles beyond tho
i limit and also for the destruction of j
the fishermen's nets and other Ashing !
' gear, and the brutal treatment of the !
j crews, whom the Nicaraguan soldiers
! assaulted and then tlod, leaving them
I for hours exposed to a broiling sun.
I Six Cayman turtle schooners were
, seized. The Cayman commissioner
; forwarded a dispatch to the Govern-
ment at Kingston, and the latter com
municated with the British foreign of
I ficgrs. The Retribution has started
; for Blue Fields.
j Located In Italy.
I Orlando Battlsta, an Italian, who
i Is said to have killed Peter H. Shoe-
maker at Wollsburg, Somerset county,
j Pa., on December 24, 1903, has been
located In the regular army of Italy.
There is $4oo reward offered for his
arrest. Strenuous efforts will be
made to got the prisoner.
Ohio Face Deficit. '
Governor of Ohio Horrlck sent a
message to the Legislature calling at
tention that the appropriation made
by It already exceed the estimated re
ceipts of tue State for 1904-05 by over
$1,000,000 for each year, so that the
next Ieglsluturo, as things stand now,
will have to face a big deficit in the
treasury. The government makes this
the basis of two recommendations
stricter economy and the passage of
a direct inheritance tax bill.
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.
Delegates Will Qo to St. Louis Con
vention Uninstructed.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention met In Hatrlsburg on the
19th, nominated Samuel O. Thompson
of Philadelphia for Justice of the Su
preme Court and chose (18 delegates
to the National Democratic Conven
tion. The delegates at Large to National
Convention J. M. Ouffey, Pittsburg; J.
K. P. Hall, Rldgway; R. E. Pattlson,
Philadelphia; R. E. Wright, Allentown.
The Democratic state committee, at
Its annual meeting unanimously re
elected Senator J. K. P. Hall, of Rldg
way, chairman. The following di
vision chairmen, who constitute the
state executive committee, were
elected: John Walters, Lebanon; R.
8. Doty, lledford; John H. Keenan,
Orernslmrg; William H. Knuebn,
Erie; J. L. flpangler, nelleronte; H. E.
Splker, Lewlshurg; William T. Creasy,
Catawlssa; John F. Ancona, Reading;
Charles P. Donnelly, Philadelphia,
(halt man Hall announced the reap
pointment of P. Gray Mock, of Belle
foute, as secretary.
The Platform.
Republican party accused of corrupt
administration.
Supreme Judgeship Jngglo scored.
Score Republicans for not bettering
ballot law and demand personal regis
tration. New Stato apportionment Is asked.
Roosevelt attneked for his policies
and national tenets of Democratic
party are advanced.
Tariff revision and tariff for revenue
only are called for. Reciprocity com
mended. Anti-trust campaign called for.
Reduction of Federal taxation and
better regulation of money question
demanded.
Panama canal favored, but Adminis
tration method scored.
Labor unions endorsed and trade
troubles deplored.
Delegation to national convention to
voto as unit, without Instructions.
Neither Kansas City nor Chicago
platforms are mentioned; neither Is
silver question directly touched on.
Ouffey endorsed for National Committeeman.
NEW YORK FOR PARKER.
The Delegates Chosen to National
Democratic Convention.
The New York State Democratic
convention for the election of dele
gates to the National convention se
lected tho following delegates-at-large:
David 11. Hill, of Albany; Edward II.
Murphy, of Troy; George Ehret, of
New York city, and James W. Ridge
way, of Brooklyn. As alternates It se
lected C. N. Hulger, of Oswego; W.
Caryl Ely, of lluffalo; C. K. Akarman,
of Brooklyn, and Francis Uurton Har
rison, of New York.
The delegates were Instructed by a
vote of 301 to 119 for Alton I). Parker
as the State's candidate for President.
Tammany was not treated as badly as
had been predicted, being allowed to
name a delegale-at-large, Mr. Ehret;
and an alternative and one of the two
electors-at-large, Harry Payne Whit
ney, the other being John T. Wood
lord. The platfoim adopted is brief, and
in addition to Instructing for Parker,
compels tho delegation to voto ns a
unit.
EOUCHT FOR THE WABASH.
Norfolk and Southern Railroad Bought
for Gould Lines.
Control Just received by Flint, fla
con & Co., and tho Colonial Trust com
pany of Pittsburg, In tho Norfolk and
Southern railroad, operating 14!) miles
of tracks thtough Eastern Virginia
and North Carolina gives tho great
Wabash system of railroads tho most
advantageous ocean and deep water
terminals on the Atlantic seaboard
with valuable depot properties In Nor
folk city.
Tho Wabash system coming down
from West Virginia on tho tracks of
tho new Tidewater railway, will come
Into Not folk around Portsmouth, Va.,
and have ItB deep water terminal piers
at Lynn Haven Inlet in Princess Anne
county, Va., protected from the ocean,
but five miles distant, by natural
breakwater at Capo Henry. This ile.il
Is regarded as one of the most far
reaching railroad transactions ton
Eiinminted In socio time.
CZAR MAY CO EAST.
Report That He Is Preparing to Go to
Manchuria.
Russia's discomfiture in the far east
has revived tno report that the czar
is likely to Join the headiiuarters of the
army In Manchuria. It is asserted In
remarkably well-Informed Russian cir
cles In Cracow that the emperor be
lieves his presence desirable, if not in
dispensable, to put Kuropatkin's
forces Into a proper spirit after the
black chapter of Russian experiences
at Port Arthur. One Polish opinion
states that arrangements have been
perfected for the czar's reception at
Irkutsk, and that all things are In
readiness for bis continuing his jour
ney from that point to Manchuria at
the most opportune moment. It adds
that the empress during the month tho
emperor will be away will reside at
the castle of Spala, near Warsaw, in
the midst of the Imperial hunting do
main. In a desperate fight with car rob
bers in the mountains near Cumber
land Gap, Ky., two of the robbers,
named Jones and Rogers, were mort
ally wounded.
Turks and Hungarians Fight.
Serious fighting has taken place be
tween Turks and Hungarians at Llpa,
near Dcmir Kapif, a valley of the Var
dar,' t2 miles from Saloulca. Many
were killed on both sides.
It U stated that among papers found
jn several prisoners arrested at Mar
seilles for connection with the an
archist plot against President Loubet,
there were letters and photographs
of Emma Goldman, the anarchist leader.
Double Crime of Murder and Ar
, son In Mining Town.
MARTIAL LAW RULE8 GARRETT.
Many Shots ,Wr Fired and Several
Injured but No On Waa
Killed.
Terror reigns In the Meyersdala coal
region. The greatest trouble Is cen
tered at Garrett. Dynamite, the torch,
guns In the hands of striking coal
miners, foreigners, who have taken
their places, deputies employed by the
coal company and citizens who side
with either warring faction, have been
factors In the clashes and riots which
have taken place and grown In vio
lence since Friday.
Tho situation culminated Monday
night In a pitched battle between
stockaded workmen and the operators'
deputies on one sido of lluffalo creek
and striking miners and their sympa
thizers on the other. This resulted In
over 1,000 shots being exchanged.
No deaths, but many Injuries resulted.
At 4 o'clock this morning the house of
Jerry Myers was burned to the ground,
and six members of his family wero
cremated. Two men aro under at rest
for the alleged arson and murder.
Garrett Is a town of 1,000 popu
lation. It is an old town, but It Is only
within the last three years that In
dustrial activity has broadened Its
municipal Importance. There are now
operated here five coal mines. One
Is owned by the Gartett Coal Com
pany of Moyersdale, of which F. H.
Hlack Is superintendent. Tho Somer
set Coal Company has two mines and
the Enterprise Coal Company two.
About 600 men are employed when the
nines are running full. In the same
region aro 15 mines at Meyersdalo and
others at Herlln and Hoswcll.
Until December 15 tho men were be
ing paid B5 cents a ton. On thnt date
a previous Increase of 10 'cents was
lopped off and tho scale reduced to
B5 cents. Then the district officers of
the miners' union, of which Represent
ative Hnrrls Drumm, of Frostburg,
Mil., Is president, took a hand.
A strike was ordered and the men
were paid off and told to take their
tools from the mines. Shortly after
this non-union men began to couio Into
the region.
. LOUISIANA ELECTION.
Democrats Carry the Governorship
and Legislature,
The. Democrats swept the stato,
electing their ticket headed by New
ton C. lllnnchard, for governor, and
. practically a solid representation In
both houses of tho Legislature. W. J.
Dehnn, an ex-Confedcrale soldier and
suear planter, headed the opposition
ticket or "Lily White" Republicans,
Practically no negro votes were cast.
The ticket elected: Governor, New-
i ton C. nianchard; lieutenant governor,
! Jared Y. Sanders; secretary of state,
John T. Michael; attorney general,
Walter Union; nudllor, Martin liehr
inan; treasurer, J. M. Smith; super-
j Intendent of public education, J. D. As-
well.
i At Gonzales, Jn Ascension parish.
Captain Samuel MootA leader of the
Republicans, was killed by Deputy
' Sheriff Edward Smith.
The Legislature will choose n
I'nltcd States senator. Senator Mur
phy J. Foster, having been nomlnnti d
In tho primaries, will receive practi
cally tho solid voto of both houses.
IMMENSE GOLD COINAGE.
Yellow Money Turned Out at Rate of i
$2,000,OCO Daily. 1
1 t The enormous output of gold coin
; age nt tho Philadelphia mint continues
nt a rato which surpasses all previous
records. From February 0 to April Hi
there was coined $iio,1 80,390 In $.'o
'gold pieces. Tho coinage during thy
I week beginning Monday, April 11, and
! ending on Saturday. Ai ril Hi, Indu
i sive, ai;giegated $ll,3u2,tiiio In gold, nn
average of nearly $2,immi,iiiiii per day. .
i On tho lust day of this record break-!
Ini; week the coinage was $J,5uo,ouu, .
also a record breaker.
ATTEMPT TO CHEAT GALLOWS I
Ncidcrmeyer Swallows Heads of
Matches and Saws Artories.
Peter Ne'ldermeyer, the leader of tho j
Chicago car barn bandits, condomnod i
to die on the "gallows Friday, made
two desperate attempts at suicide
Monday. Neldermeyer first masticat
ed and swallowed the heads of 73
or 1C0 sulphur matches. While the
phosphorus was burning his stomach
he opened the radial artery of his left
wrist with a sharp pointed lead pencil,
leaving a large jagged wound exposed,
through which the blood gushed in
streams.
When Neldormyer's act was dis
covered he said to one of the physi
cians: "Let me die, Doc. Go away
and let me die. You were almost too
late the first time. Now why do you
try to Bave my llfo "
Daniel 'Merldlth. aged 45. employed
at Century, near Phllippl, W. Va., was
burned to death Jn a shanty in which
he was living alone. .
Alexleff Aska to Be Relieved. !
Viceroy Alexleff has applied by j
telegraph to tho Emperor to be ro
lieved of his position of viceroy In !
the Far East. It is expected that the j
request will be immediately gi anted.
The immediate cause of the viceroy's
application Is reported to be the ap
pointment of Vlco Admiral Skrydloff, I
one of Admiral Alexieff's strongest '
enemies and sharpest critics, as suc
cessor to the late Vice Admiral Maka
roff In command of the Russian navy
In the Far East.
WEATHER AFFECTS 0U8INESS.
Structural Work Assuming Normal
Proportion No Largo Advance
. In Iron and 8tel,
R. O. Dun A Co.'a "Weekly Review
of Trade" tays: Unreasonable weath
er Is still the chief drawback to Im
provement In business, complaints be
ing received from every section of the
country, and slower collections are
also attributed to this factor. There
has been much talk of damage to cot
ton, but replanting may prevent any
reduction In the total yield, and a fbw
weeks of desirable weather would re
move anxiety regarding wheat. With
the exception of wearing apparel, man
ufacturing plants are increasingly ac
tive and structural work Is gradually
resuming normal proportions for the
season. May 1 Is usually the date
fixed for many labor controversies, but
this year there Is little prospect of
serious disturbance. In the West
railway freight tonnage has not In
creased, but passenger traffic is very
heavy and earnings of all roads thus
far reporting Jn April are only 4.6 per
cent smaller than last year.
While no further Improvement can
be discerned In the Iron and steel In
dustry, It Is gratifying to find no dis
tinct evidence of a setback. Nor Is It
certain thnt a temporary check to
progress is to be deplored. Experience
very recently demonstrated that the
disposition In the Iron and steel trade
was to force progress, engendering In
flation of price and all the other un
desirable features of a boom. For
about throe months blast furnace, uttt
pttt Increased steadily and confidence)
appeared to b returning. Present
hesitation Is dliectly duo to the failure
of the leading Interest to take up an op
tion on pig Iron at Its maturity In con
junction with the apparent cancella
tion of several smaller orders. Rail
way equipment Is still the most back
ward feature, while merchant steel for
Implement makers leads In activity.
Retail distribution of footwear is slow
and wholesalers have not disposed of
summer styles sttfllclently to place
supplementary orders, so that factor
ies are overtaking contract:) and ni ne
machinery Is Idle. Demands ut first
hands are few nnd further curtailment
of production by cotton mills has not
strengthened the market. On the con
trary, prices are In favor of jajers.
Nc Improvement has occurred In
wrolei.s and worslodi. and tu propor
tion i.f Idle silk machinery Ins In
creased. Slightly lower prices prevail
for tho leading nric'ilt:ial Maples.
Failures this wes.t numbered 241 in
the United Stater,, against 1fi) last
year, and 12 In Canada, compared with
15 a year ago.
GREAT FIRE IN TORONTO.
Canadian City Suffers a Loss Estimat
ed at $10,000,000.
Toronto, Ont., was threatened with
J complete destruction by a rntiflagra
l tion, which, for 10 hours, baffled all
efforts of tho fire department.
I Tho fire started at o'clock Tuos lny
night, and It was not until shortly
before 3 o'clock next morning that
the fire flghteis hail It under control,
j The Patiies swept through the business
: flint i let, and Inid waste more than 150
! buildings. The property loss Is va
j rloiif-ly estimated nt from $111,0011,(1011
i to $l.l,llllO.IIO.
; High winds fanned the flumes with
; fearful Intensity, and the local fire
I department wns unable to cope with
! the fire. Heln from nearby cities was
; nuked for. Motitn al and Buffalo sent
: Hie engines and men.
I Shortly alter 1 o'clock this ;no:nlng
; a shilt of wind r-rrend the flames in
the direction of tho residence part of
the city, and It was tho hardest kind
of work to stop the flames. Many peo
ple nro without homes.
HELP3 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Ohio Court Declares It Should Be
Re;ognizcd in Law.
In common pleas court at Sandusky,
Judvre Kocd ruled tlir.t tho Ohio State
medical registration and examination
law Is unconstitutional because It
limits the right to practice the heal
ing nit without tlio use of drugs or
medicines to osteopaths, and by the
rule of exclusion Christian Scientists
nro prohibited from piaeticin.j such
pursuits, lie sli! It should be amend
ed sa as to allow lor n r'-isoiichlo ex
amination for Christian B !LniUtsr.d
fur thiir registration.
Tho ruling was made In the caso of
Oliver W. Marble, of S-indusky, who
was convicted of rtactlclr.R medicine
without a license. Marble had treated
a ease of rheumatism according to
Christian science.
Life Sentence for Howard.
The Court of Appeals at Frankfort,
Ky., affirmed the Judgment of the Cir
cuit court sentencing James H. How
ard to life Imprisonment for tho mur
der of Gov. William Goebel. This was
tho third trial and appeal. On the
first trial Howard was sentenced to be
hanged and on the last two trials to
life imprisonment.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
U. S. Minister Powell threatens to
Belze customs In Santo Domingo, thus
placing all claimants on equal basts.
The American National bank at Kan
sas City, Mo., has been awarded the
entire issue of $3.0oo,0u0 Philippine
certificates by the War department.
The final distribution of the Charles
I. Fair estate at San Francisco has
been ordered by the court. Mrs. Her
man Oelrlehs and Mr. William K.
Vandorbllt get the bulk of the estate,
which is valued at $;i,040,u00.
Wabash trains will begin running
Into Pittsburg regularly on June 19, un
less soma unforseen delay occurs.
The attempt to prevent the pro rata
distribution of Northern Security
stock was squelched by the New Jer
sey courts.
Chief Justice Fuller announced In
the United States Supremo Court that
the call of the docket would be sus
pended April 29. and that May 2 the
court would take a rocess for a fort
night. Tho understanding Is that the
court will adjourn for the term May
31.
HEWSY GLEANINGS.
A monster nil well tins been struck
Just south of Upper Sandusky, O.
Tlnm fur nil tpvena a-, 41, m hi i..i-.tni
rtesr Memphis, Tenii., have withstood
tit M 1
Quarry owners In Montpeller and
Bnrre, Vt., have locked out 1800 gran
ite cutters.
It Is claimed tnnt the 'tohii cost of
the British army this year will be
140,000,000.
Census bureau reports ahnir thai
254,015 acres of land were tinder Irri
gation In New Mexico In 1002.
An extensive deposit of coal, neces
slble to the Pacific Oeenn, has been
found near Controller Bay, Alaska.
Ore tinlomllng barges on the Ijiket
Will he lower thla uitnn l,Aj,a.. aI
the cnt In wages of Hie shovelers.
Dentlis of babies from convulsions
have decreased nearly sixty per cent.
In the last three decades in Chicago,
III. I
The season's catch of fish among
Alaskan Indians have been so small
thnt they wUI have to be supplied with
food.
It was decided Hint there Is no pun
ishment In Cnlnrniln tntt fr.l .1
special elections such ns the recent
t;mii it.-r eii-cuuu in uenver.
FlftV Of tbA tlirirnftf hn.lnltln.1 In
Iho United States showed a net In-
rrense or. tuirteen per cent. In receipts
tor March over tho sume month lust
fear
A committee of three wns appointed
by the Cily Councils of ButTalii, N. Y
lo Investigate President Smith's as
serllon that 2UO.nuo had I moil ftnniit
Illegally.
Count Knpnlst, the Russian Ambas
indor to Austria-Hungary, in .111 Inter
view on tho Macedonian question says
lie Is convinced the Slav races nnd
States will not move ulilla ir,ii,uin i
busy In tho Far East.
A gold trophy, designed by Burr O.
Miller, of Wllkesliarre, Pa., Is to be
given each year to the United States
vessel which ma1es the best gunnery
record In her class.
1 1
Korean commerce amounts to about
fifteen million dollar per annum the
Imports being double tho exports.
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PITT8BURQ.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wb'iit No. red
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Corn Nn. t yHlnw. r
No. tjni w, belled
Mixed ear .,
Om-.So. a white
No. 8 white
Floor Winter patent
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Feed-No I white mid. ton
Hrown millluK
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Dairy Products.
Butler Eluln creninery 7
Ohio cr.-auiery II
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New York, new U
Poultry, Eto.
l.'ene .er lb n
1 hlc Kciiii tlivattd ... , 17
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tuse-i'e, end Ohio, Ireau IS
Fruita and Vegetables.
I'olnton Fancy white per bus 1 8'
l tht,ii:e er hi,l 4
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lorn No. J i7 M
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LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg,
Cattle,
filme Lmvj, K.'Oto J6U0 IU StJ) '
lMinc. Kioto M lue 5 in
MrillUtll, i2J lo IMt Ibe 4 7u
t al heller Ukj
llul. her, trtjo to 1000 lbs.. aw
CMIIUIOII to luir , BiU .
Oxeu, coiniuuu to Ut . vuo
Common toitoo.l lal bulla Dad cow s-i
Mlklfcowe, each 20 oj
Hogs.
filmelieaTy boce i S.V)
Willi" medium weight 5 vi
lleet henvy yoikorennj medium.. 5SS
(,ood and llshtyorkere. bun
rKB. couiinuo togoud M 6 10
llouitbe 4 nj
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Sheep.
titre, medium weUiert I 4 y
Oood to choice 4
Medium .. 8 7J
Common to fair S VI
lrlng . Lambs too
Calves.
Veal.eitra 4ffi
Veai,ood to choice jj
Veal, common bearr toj
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A Wise yrchln.
Chief Justice Shaw la said to bave
been a very dull child. The earliest
Indication of his gift of the masterly
and unerring judgment which discern
ed the truth and reason of things wu,
however, noticed when he was a very
small boy. His mother one day had a
.company at tea. Some hot-buttered
toast was on the table. When It was
passed to little Lemuel be pulled out
the bottom slice, which was kept hot '
by the hot plate beneath and the pile
of toast above. His mother reproached
him quite sharply. "You must not do
that, Lemuel. Suppose everybody
were to do that?" "Then everybody
would get a bottom slice," answered
the wise urchin. Exchange.
Brick Only Stood the Tejt.
A test of the fireproof qualities of
building stone and brick was held In
Baltimore and the result showed con
clusively that the stone used la not
fireproof. Several kinds of stone and
brick were subjected to the test, and
only the ordinary clay brick came
through Intact. The other material
waa found to be cracked and crumbled.