DECLINES TO ARBITRATE Castro Ssrys Venezuela and U. S. Have no Pending Questions. STATE DEPARTMENT INFORMED 8ays Caoe of New York and Burmudez Asphalt Co. Must Remain In Courts. Minister Bowen cabled tCe State Department on the 14th from Caracas that President Castro lias flatly re fused to arbitrate the pending Issues between Venezuela and the United States. Minister Bowen further stat ed that President Castro had de clared that the disputed asphalt cases must be adjudicated by the Venezue lan courts. Minister Bowen's telegram formed the principal topic of discussion at Friday's meeting of the cabinet. That the situation is not regarded as acute at this time was Indicated clearly by the determination of the President and his advisers to pay no present heed to Castro's refusal to arbitrate. It Is the indicated intention of the President and Secretary Taft, who, In the absence of Secretary Hay, Is being relied upon for advice in mat ters pertaining to foreign affairs, simply to await further develop ments In Venezuela. It Is not be lieved that the situation now Is of such a character as to warrant alarm. Indeed, the President Is proceeding with the arrangements fcr his south western trip without reference to the Venezuelan dispute. The New York "Tribune" says: In answer to a request for a statement on the present Venezuelan troubles the "Tribnne" received the following signed cable dispatch from President Castro: "I do not believe there will be any trouble, and If there should be any Venezuela would win, because she never drifts away from the right, reason and justice, which . are the strength of weak nations." The "World" prints this dispatch from President Castro: "There Is In reality between Vene 2uela and Washington no question of sufficient Importance to occupy pub lic attention or worthy of considera tion by serious persons. Your minis ter holds himself aloof from the good understanding which exists, but Ven ezuela will defend with ardor the common interests and honor of both countries." ADMITS 8HE OWES $750,000 Mr. Chadwlck Tells About Some of Her Creditors. In the bankruptcy court at Cleve land, Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwlck detailed some of her financial transactions, in the course of an examination by At torney Louis J. Grossman, acting for Referee Nathan Loeser. Mrs. Chadwlck said she did not care to state how much she owed James W. Friend of Pittsburg, but after sev eral other questions had been asked and answered, she said that the actual sum she had received from Ir. Friend was $75,000. For this she said she gave him notes for $150,000. She said that Mr. Friend had assisted her in making other loans to the amount of $150,000. For this she gave Jewelry as security, which was later appraised at $42,000. Of the loans for $150,000 she said she received the entire sum. Mrs. Chadwlck said $225,000 Is the total of her indebtedness in Pittsburg. Mrs. Chadwlck said that she was not able' to give as many details of her transactions as she would like to, be cause of the absence of papers which were held in a number of cities. She had sent for the papers, ir.id expected to have them when the hearing is continued next Thursday. Mrs. Chad-! wick testified that her total Indebted-1 ness would not exceed $750,000. Of j this sum, borrowed from various per- j sons, she had received only $517,000, leaving $2G8,000 for commissions to the money lenders. She said she owed certain banks In Cleveland $200,000. The names of these Institutions she was willing to give to Mr. Loeser, trustee for the creditors privately. FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION Leaking Gas Ignites at Bellalre and House Is Wrecked. An explosion which wrecked, the home of John Fogle, in the high water district occurred at Bellalre, O. The gas had been leaking and boys shoot ing rats in the house over the high water struck a match and the gas Ignited, blowing out the side of the house. Mrs. Fogle was badly cut and burned, her daughter, Mrs. Clew j Smith, had four ribs broken and was j burned and cut. The victims fell Into : the water, but were rescued. "Jim Crow" Law Is Upheld. In an opinion - delivered by the Court of Appeals at Annapolis, Md., the act passed at the last session of the Legislature, commonly known as the "Jim Crow" law, rod requiring steam railways in the State of Mary land to furnish separate compart ments for white and colored passen gers, is valid, so far as it affects com merce within the State, but Invalid as to the interstate passengers, and must be construed as not applying to them. CZARS FLEET DAMAGED Reports, Reach St. Petersburg of Tor pedo Attack. A report is in circulation In St. Petersburg that Japanese torpedo boats have sunk the Russian battle ship Navarin and the battleship Slssoi Vellky. Both of these vessels are in Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet, which ailed recently from Nossl Be, Mada gascar. Jules Verne, the novelist, diea in NEW RECORD MADE Railways Severely Taxed by Extra ordinary Shipments of Merchan dise Floods 8top Some Mills. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Spring trade re spends to seasonable weather and shipments of merchandise have in creased so rapidly that railway fa cilities are severely taxed. At many points there Is complaint of car and motive power shortage and naviga tion on lakes and rivers at the north has not opened as promptly as busi ness demands. The customary dam age from floods has rendered many mills Idle and several minor events added to the number of unemployed, hut these temporary adverse fea tures are more than offset by the re sumption of outdoor work, especially in building operations and on the farms. Buyers are arriving t:i large numbers at primary markets, warm weather accelerating preparations for Easter trade. Manufacturing activity continues, the best news of the week coming from the Iron and steel In dustry, where new records are con stantly established. Textile piants are also Increasingly busy. Railway earnings for the first two weeks of Mnrch were 7.9G per cent, larger than last year and foreign com merce at this port for the last week shows a gain of $2,077,012 In exports and $175,258 In Imports, as compared with l!i04. Holders and makers of Iron and steel products appear to have1 secured control of the situation. It Is no longer considered desirable to de lay the placing of contracts In ex pectation of better terms. Although boom conditions have been avoided thus far and comparatively steady quotations prevail. It Is possible that in some departments of the industry urgent orders may soon go abroad. Two special features have developed during the past week, a maximum movement of iron ore was announced and the largest single contract on record for steel billets was placed. In addition the recent record breaking output of coke was further increased. Strength Is seen in the hide market. Leather Is quiet. Failures for the week number 155 In the United States, against 220 last year, and 10 In Canada, compared with 5 a year ago. JACKIES HONORED Johannessen, Bresnahan, Behnice, Behna and Corahorg! Get Medals. Acting Secretary of the Navy Dar ling has issued a general order an nouncing the award of medals of honor and a gratuity of $100 to each of the following named men on the battleship Iowa: Johannes J. Johannessen, chief wa ter tender; Edward Floyd, boiler ma ker; Patrick F. Bresnahan, water tender; Heinrich Behnice, flremaa; Frederick Behne, fireman; Demetrl Corahorgl, fireman. While the Iowa was engaged on manouevers January 25, a plate of one of the boilers blew out, filling the fire' room with steam and scalding water. The seamen rushed Into the room and labored to secure the boil er and ship against Injury by closing the valves and isolating the affected boiler. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Michael Clifford, aged 102 years, is dead at Reodburg, Wis. The Russian third Pacific squadron, under Admiral Yabogatoff, has left Suda bay for Port Said. As the result of a quarrel over land near Dps Moines, la., James Blee shot and killed Isaac Sailer, his half brother. A fire In the Empire State building at Broadway and Blcecker street. New York, did $50,000 damage, and threw the occupants of the building in a panic. Patrick Welch, 72 years old, fell down the stairs at his home In Bel aire, O., and was killed. He was a retired business man and was wealthy. The first Brannock law election in Steubenvllle, O., was a victory for tho temperance people, who knock out four foreign saloons in a resident i district. Albeit Nickle, seven years old, wasj drowned In the Mahoning river at warren, u. me river was dragged for several hours without result. Fire partially destroyed the McDer rnott and McGowan store, at Nlles, O. The loss will reach $0,000, partially Insured. The first trains from the west into Maryland are now being run over the completed Wabash extension from West Virginia into South Cumberland. The astronomical expedition sent out by D. O. Mills In New York has discovered 20 double stars. Simon Burns Loses. The long-standing controversy be tween the Burns and Hayes factions of tho Knights of Labor was decided by the Court of Appeals of the Dis trict of Columbia favorably to the latter. J. W. Hayes was elected general secretary of the order servers! years ago, but his right to the office was disputed by Simon Burns, of Pittsburg, who instituted a contest in the Supreme court of the District. The decision there was favorable to Burns, but it was reversed on the ground that the courts of the Dis trict of Columbia have no jurisdic tion in the premises. Not a Russian Escaped. Captured Japanese report a terrible affray In the streets of Mukden on March' 10, when a big detachment of Russians, the last to leave the city, were entrapped by Chinese bandits and a few Japanese soldiers, who closed the city gates and blocked the narrow streets. According to the re port, not a Russian escaped. Dr. Nansen fears thcro will be a split of the union between Norway anu Sweden. WILL BATTLE WITH TOGO Two Russian Fleets Will Proceed to Meet Japanese Squadron. PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE Confirmed That Emperor William of , Germany Hat Tendered His Good Offices. At the Russian admiralty it is strongly Intimated that Admiral Rojestvensky will effect a Juncture with Admiral Nebogntoff within 10 days and then proceed to meet Ad miral Togo. The third division of the Russian second Pacific squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Nebo gatoff, left Suda bny, Island of Crete, yesterday for Port Said. The retreat of the Russian army Is being conducted In a splendid fashion. In four days' actual marching after leaving Tie pass the rear guard has fallen back 70 miles and the heads of the columns are already entering Gunshu pass, 40 miles further north, keeping up with the Japanese column marching north over the Grand Trade route. With the bridges and railroad de stroyed behind the Russians the Jap anese are unable to press the rear. It Is believed that the bulk of Field Marshal Oyama's enemy is still at Tie pass, the flanking column being com paratively weak. For two days there has been some skirmishing, accompanied by artillery exchanges between the Japanese on the Grand Trade route and the Rus sians screening the retreat. With the crossing of the Sungati river at C'hantlchiatu protected many mili tary men here believe that Gen. Line vitch, while prepared to withdraw to Harbin, will attempt to hold the line from Kuanchnnglse to Klrln, so as to control the rich Sungarl valley as a source of supply for the army. Progress Toward Peace. The party within the government which Is urging the Emperor to Indi cate to Japan Russia's willingness to end the war If a reasonable basis can be reached has been grentty en couraged the last few days, and an actual pacific proposal may be Just ahead. The subject has occupied much of the attention of the ce.ifer eneps at Tasrskoe Selo. Certain grand dukes, supported by Gen. Sukhnroff, the minister of war, Ad miral -vVvellan, the head of the ad miralty and what Is known as the war party are still bitterly opposed to the idea of peace under present cir cumstances, but with the exception of the ministers of war and marine the Emperor's ministers, backed by M. Wltte, solidly favor this course, and the convincing arguments they offer are telling. French Influences In the same direction are now being supported by German opinion. The rumor that Emperor William had tendered his good offices now seems to be confirmed. COMPLAINT NOT HEEDED Claims He Warned Uncle Sam Against Failed Firm. Colonel Russell B. Harrison Is in receipt of a letter from B. St. John Hoyt of Pittsburg, in which Mr. Hoyt Fays he called the attention of the Postofflce Department last year to the Storey Cotton Company of Philadel phia, which recently failed and that no Investigation of the company was made by the Department. Mr. Har rison, at the request of Mr. Hoyt, will forward the correspondence to Presi dent Roosevelt. It Is charged by intimation that some employe or empToyees of tho Postofflce Department may have been protect -ng the company from the In vestigation asked for by Mr. Hoyt. Attorney General Rogers, of Ar kansas, has Instituted suits against the Armour Packing Co. and the St. Louis Refrigerator Co. to recover back taxes on private cars used In the state on an approximate valua tion of $1,000,000. Suits will be insti tuted against " other companies that have used private cars in Arkansas during the last 10 years. SIX MINERS KILLED Two Others Fatally Injured by Explosion. Six miners dead and four injured, two fatally, Is the result of an explos ion in the mine of the Princeton Coal and Mining company at Princeton, Ind. The dead: Hudson Weatherly, Edmcnd Gelser. Albert Gelser, Harry Taggart, William Biggs, George Dill. John Dill and William Jones were fatally Injured. When the explosion occurred most of the miners had left the mine. Whether the explosion was a premature shot or an overcharge is not known. Loses Rights of Citizenship. President Roosevelt has approved the sentence of the court-martial in flicted on Midshipman Arrowood of North Carolina, recently tried for de sertion from the navy. The sentence carries with It dismissal from the navy and the law bearing upon the case provides that a man so dis missed shall Hot hereafter be eligible to any of the rights of citizenship. The approval of the sentence was recommended by Acting Secretary Darling. NEWS NOTES. A serious outbreak occurred at Ci.idla, Crete, between 15 French sol diers and 20 Greek marines. Six Greeks and two Frenchmen were killed. General Allen of the constabulary, In command of the Federal troops In the island of Samar, reports that the uprising among the Pulajanes is now under control. The Delaware Legislature adjourn ed without choosing a United States Senator. PROTEST AGAINST GIFT Preachers Spurn Offer of $100,000 by John D. Rockefeller. Congregational" ministers represent ing Boston and various sections of New England have forwarded to the American board of commissioners for foreign missions a protest against the acceptance by the board of a gift of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller. The protest Is based on the ground that the Standard Oil Company, of which Mr. Rockefeller Is the head, "stands before the public under re peated and recent formidable Indict ments In specific terms for methods which are morally iniquitous and so cially destructive," and that "the acceptance of such a gift Involves the constltutents of the board In a rela tion Implying honor toward the donor nnd subjects the board to the charge of Ignoring the moral Issues invol ved." Among the signers are Daniel Ev ans, Cambridge; Edward F. Sander son, Providence, R. I.; George N. Outterson, Derrick, N. H.; N. Van Derply, Marblehead, Mass.; Reuben Thomas, Brookline, and James S. Williamson, Haverhill. MINISTRY WANTS PEACE Czar Urged to End the Conflict In Manchuria. While Emperor Nicholas still de clines to abandon the prosecution of the war and the government maintains Its ability to continue the conflict, nevertheless powerful Influences, in cluding several of the Emperor's own ministers, are strongly urging that the time has come to indicate to Japan Russia's desire for peace upon a reasonable basis. Should Japan then attempt to Impose too onerous condi tions, these Influences argue that In view of the universal wish to see the bloody conflict ended Russia's posi tion will be strengthened abroad by the alienation of sympathy from Japan and the situation at home Im proved when the nation is made to understand that the Emperor's pa cific proposals have been met with im possible terms. JAPANESE ARE IMPEDED Damaged Roads and Bridges Delay Pursuit of Russian Armies. The Japanese continue to closely follow General LInevltch's rear guard, but the damaged bridges Impede their progress and possibly will create sufficient delay to permit the Rus sians to reconcentrate, reinforce, partially reorganize and construct works at Changchun and Khin. The first Mukden prisoners Are ar riving in Japan. The government has chartered and fitted out 40 steamers to assist the transports In carrying prisoners and wounded. Revised figures of the Japanese losses at the battle of Mukden place the number at 50,000 and revised esti mates of the Russian losses from the commencement of the battle of Muk den and ending with the fighting at Tie Pass, place the total at 175,000 killed, wounded or captured. FINNISH RULER SHOT Young Assassin Boldly Enters Office and Fires Three Times. A message from Vlborg, European Russia says: Governor MJasorodoff was shot and seriously wounded by a boy said to be Hjalmar Rclnikke, a confessed Anarchist. Tho assassin, who Is about 15 yeas old, obtained an entrance to the Governor's office nnd fired three times at him, one bullet inflicting a serious wound, and the others slightly wounding the Gover nor's legs. The Governor's clerks and secre tary were unable to stop the would-be assassin, who reached tho Btreets. There he was arrested without a struggle. The Governor's condition is criti cal. , The youth who shot the Governor admits he is a revolutionist. Ho halls from Kurikke parish, in the north western part of Finland, but recently has been living in Stockholm. WOUNDED BY BOMB. Six Soldiers and Two Policemen Vic tims of Explosion in Warsaw. A bomb thrown from the window of a house in Volsk street Warsaw, Russia, exploded in the midst of a passing patrol composed of police and Infantry. Six soldiers and two policemen were dangerously wounded. They were removed to the military hospital. The assailant escaped. . Strike Declared. At a meeting of the executive board of Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers of the Second district at Wheeling a strike was declared in the Laughlin and Whltaker plants of the Whitaker Glessner company. Venezuela Warned. The Venezuelan government. It Is announced from Caracas, has received a note from the American minister, Mr. Bowen, requiring an answer as to whether Venezuela will arbitrate the questions pending, and saying that in case of a refusal ' the United States will feel free to take the steps which may be necessary to secure justice. Great Horde of Immigrants. The great horde of immigrants from Europe still continues to swarm into this country in endless stream and without the slightest sign of diminu tion. Each day sees new records broken for the numbers of immi grants landed at New York and the end is not in sight. Five transatlantic steamships brought In over 5.000 immigrants in one day, while 7,250 were landed on the day before. Other ships brought 20.2S8, or a total of 32,803 for the week landed at Ellis Inland. FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE Shoe Factory and Mary Other Buildings Destroyed. FIFTY-FIVE BODIES FOUND. Of the Bodies Recovered Few Are Identified Heads of Victims In Most Instances Are Missing. The city of Brockton, Mass., is hi mourning for at least ihroe score of hsr citizens whose lives wsre blotted out by the explosion of a boiler In the shoo manufacturing establishment of the R. B. Grover company. The explosion was immediately fol lowed by a flash of flame, which con sumed the fnctory, a four-story struc ture, and incinerated an unknown number of men and women who were unable to extricate themselves from a mass of tangled wreckage formed by the terlflc upheaval !n the boiler room. More than half a hundred of the employes in the building were maimed, burned or bruised by the time they reached sofo ground. Some had Jumped from tho roof, some from windows and others had been Injured In the mad rush to escape from the doomed factory, which from all parts emitted th9 Intense, awful heat of an Inferno, driving back the band of heroic resellers, who, in a few brief moments, had performed gallant ser vice. The fire extended from the factory to seven other buildings, In the vicin ity and destroyed thorn. One of these buildings was a three-story wooden block owned by Charles F. Dahlborg, the others being cottages. Tho total financial loss is estimated at a quarter of a million dollars, $200,000 of which falls on tho R. B. Grover company. It may never be known just how many persons perished In the wreck ago. Two hundred and fifty survivors have been accounted for, and the re mains of 50 bodies had been recover ed from tho ruins, the search being conducted all nleht. Fragments of human frames, which possibly might belong to bodies other than those i -numerated, have also been found. Few of the remains have been Identi fied. Tho head in nearly every case Is missing, and except in rare instan ces It was Impossible even to distin guish the sex. Several of the rescuers and search ers fainted as they beheld the dis tressing scene. There was no trace of tho body of David W. Rockwell, en gineer of the plant, who was not seen after the explosion. It is supposed that he perished at his post. The cause of the explosion is nt present a mystery. The work of identifying the dead progressed slowly, owing to the gen erally unrecognizable remains of the victims. The calamity, which was followed by stirh sacrifice of life and entailed appalling Instances of human suffer ing, occurred shortly after tho opera tives started to work for th day. Suddenly the nlr vibrated with tho roar of an explosion. The factory, a four-story structure, quivered, and then the rear portion of it collapsed Into a mass of Iron crnd wood wreck ago, In the midst of which human be ings were pinioned. In ncotnsr min ute fire had broken out In the debris and death by flames and cnffocatlon became ihn fate of scores of tho opera tives. When the boiler exploded It pns3erl upward almost perpendicularly tear ing a passage as It went, and killing many on the way. Aftrr rising high In the air It descended half the distance then swerving northerly, cut Its way through a dvelllng house 50 feet away and pierced another dwelling further along, demolishing the latter structure. Hero Us course was stop ped. Professor Frank K. Sanders, dean of the theological department of Yale university, has resigned. He ex plained to his class that the reason for his action was to assist In reduc ing the expenses of tho department. RUSSIANS STILL RETREATING Japanese Following But Not Pressing the Enemy. The Russian rear guard is retreating slowly and engaging in occasional skirmishes. It has now reached a position 27 miles north of Tie pass. The Japanese are slowly advancing without pressing the Russians. In the course of the retreat the Russians are destroying bridges, the railway roadbed and highways and carrying oft stores and demolishing buildings and everything not. portable. Reports of a wide turning movement by the Japanese are no longer being receiv ed. - Dynamite Wrecks Car; Two Dead. A car loaded with dynamite in an Illinois Central freight train explod ed near Kenner, 12 miles north of New Orleans. Two men are missing. -One dead man has been found, but he is an unrecognizable mass. Consider able damage was done In Kenner, where buildings were wrecked and glass and kitchen ware destroyed. Houses nearby were demolished. Orders More Engines. It was officiallly announced at the general ofllces of the Pennsylvania railroad that the company had de cided to purchase $1,0S0,000 worth of motive power for delivery In Septem ber and October of this year. The order will consist of 38 freight loco motives, 15 passenger engines and 15 shifting engines. All of tho new mo tive power will bo equally divided be tween the northwest and southwest systems of the - Pennsylvania lines west ot Pittsburgh. TWO KILLED IN WRECK Train on Cresson and Clearfield Road Runs Into Landslide. An accident on the Cresson & Clearfield branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, near Barnesboro, Pa., re sulted In the death of Engineer John Gearhart, aged 40, and Addison Kurtz, aged 27, a mall clerk, both of Cherry Tree. Jacob Miller, a fireman of Al tocna, was caught under the wreck age. His foot was amputated at the Altoona hospital. Several passengers were cut and bruised, but none ser iously Injured. The train ran into a pile of earth and rock, which becoming dislodged from an embankment had fallen cm the track. The engine was upset and the mall and baggage car was smash ed. R033ED OF $10,000 Messenger for Bank Relieved of a Big Sum by Highwaymen. J. E. Baly, a liveryman who was acting as a messenger for the Central bank, of Oakland, Cal., was held up and robbed of $10,000. He was on his way to the Standard Oil refinery al Point Richmond. The robbery took place on the road way between Stege and Point Rich mond. The highwaymen jumped out of a clump of brush at the side of the road and covered Daly and former Deputy Sheriff Roach, who was riding with him. Daly and Roach were com pelled to Jump from the buggy and give up the sack of gold. Then the robbers tied the men to a fence and gagged them. KILLED BY TORNADO Storm Sweeps Over Southern Por tlon of the State. A disastrous storm swept across tha southern part of Randolph county, Ala. Nine lives are known to have been lost and damage amounting to thou ands of dollars was done to property. The tornado started at a point near Doublehead and proceeded In a north, westerly course. The residence of Mack Carlisle was demolished and R. C. Haynes, of Roanoke, was killed. Six miles east several nouses wero demolished. Three or four negroes were killed on Holly plantation, near Rock Mills. At Lime postofflce a store was demolished, a white girl was killed an her mother seriously Injured. Railroad Earnings. Increases averaging 9.34 per cent are shown by the gross earnings re ports of 17 railroads for the second week of March. Net earnings reports of 95 railroads for Janunry show an, average increase of 11.48 per cent and the same roads for the seven months to Janary 31, 1905, show an average Increase of 8.12 per cent. New Island for Japan. The correspondent at Tokyo of the London Dally Telegraph sends to his paper the story of the volcanic throw ing up in the last days of December of a new lsiand in the sea of Japan, three miles soufh of Iwo. The island has been .named Nushuma. It Is near ly 2 miles in circumfereence and is 4 SO feet above sea level. ' CURRENT NEWS EVENTS By the wrecking of a west-bound train on the Santa Fe road, near Hutchinson, Kan., Henrq Winsten, of ! Pittsburg, sustained a fractured leg. ! At the departure southward of Gen. ; K'iropatkin, crowds of thousands of ! civilians. and soldiers gathered at the j station and gave him a great ovation. Allon B. Parker, will be one of the principal speakers at the Jefferson Day i dinner of the Democratic Club, April 13. S The directors of the Tennessee Coal. ; Iron nnd Railroad company have do : rlared a dividend of one per cent, on i the common stock, payable May 1. ; This is the first dividend on this I stock, sinco November, 1900. I ; The Pittsburgh Coal Company has I begun the construction of an im i mense power house near Canonsburg, i which will) Supply electricity to all 1 the mines of the concern in this dls ! trlct. J. F. Cordova, the expelled Methodist Episcopal minister, convict ed of abandoning his family and elop ing with Julia Bowne, a member of his congregation, at New Brunswick, N. J., was sentenced to four years In the penitentiary. The United States army transport Sumner, from New York, has arrived at San Juan, Puerto Rico with '14 Congressmen, mostly members of the Rivers and Harbors Committee, ac companied by their wives and chil dren. Secretary of the Navy Morton and party, Including Speaker Canon, Sena tor Hale and Representative Meyer of Louisiana, sailed from Charleston, S. C, for Guantanamo, Cuba, to inspect the naval station and observe the North Atlantic fleet maneuvers. J. H. Stone, H. C. Quintard, W. Russ and James Russ, officers of tha Nonpareil Cork Works of Camden, N. J., charged with conspiracy against the United States Government by placing iron bars In life-preservers, have reinstated their plea of not guilty. The men had changed the plea of not guilty to guilty to allow them to demur to the Indictment. They will be tried April 3. Boston Wool Market. While the Boston Wool market U considered by dealers to be In a strong position, business is light In most grades. Quotations of leading do mestic descriptions follow: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX nnd above, It SUjc; X. 3031c: No. 1. 3GJ?37e; No. 2, 373Sc: fine unwashed, 210 2."c; unwashed delaine. 27528c. Michigan Fine unwashed, 21fl22c; quarter-blood. unwashed, 2930c; unwashed delaine, 25 520c. IT I VL' I II nil UK II 1111 III nri-iiiunr i u r .mini m i ii i inn ii i n 1 1 iiul i in CONVICTED OF HORSE THEFT It Is Said That the Prisoner Former! Preached the Gospel In the State of Ohio. Me exander Ramsey, who claims that hells a preacher, and who has been, unaer arrest since coming to New Castle, was found guilty ot horse stealing and receiving stolen goods. Witnesses testified that Ramsey rep resented himself as a Pittsburg travel ing man and procured a livery rig la New Castle and was caught sometime) afterward in Ohio. It is said that Ramsey preached in Ohio some years ago. Because 12 members of Company H, Fifth regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, failed to attend the an nual inspection, six of the delinquents have been court-martialed and the ether six will be arrested orders to that effect having been issued by Adjt. Gen. Thomas J. Stewart Ihe dozen, mllttla men were not up to the stan dard required at Inspections and de cided that they would not appear. The officers in charge were Informed of their absence and reported the mat tr to the Adjutant General. Lieut. Col. John S. Bare held the court-martial, assisted by Capt Peter Lltzell, of this city. The warrants for the ar t'est of the men who did. not appear bt the court-martial are In the hands bf a constable. P. F. McCann, a Greensburg con tractor, was awarded a contract by the Republic Iron and Steel company, of Pittsburg, for the building of 400 coke) ovens on Dunlap reek, 10 miles from Unlontown, in Fayette county. Mc Cann will also build all railroad sid ings. The new coke territory was re cently acquired by the Pittsburg com pany. General Supt, G. W. Creighton, and Superintendent of Motive Power R. N. Durborrow, of the Pennsylvania railroad, have entered a remonstrance In the Blair county court against the granting of liquor licenses at East and South Altoona, where the com pany has recently put in operation new works. Reuben O. Parker, Frederick Wheel-, er and Harry Green, charged with robbing the stores of the Frank Gil bert 8upply company and William. Porter and the Erie freight depot at Sharon, pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Thomas Thomas. They were taken to Mercer Jail to await sentence. The students of Washington and Jefferson college have decided to liberally support the foot ball teaim next year and each man at the local Institution has agreed to contribute $2 to the annual foot ball fund. This will give the management about $G0O with which to start, the season. The explosion of natural gas, leak ing from an automatic water heat er at the Bell Telephone building, in New Castle, created a panic among the telephone girls and the fire de partment was called out. Janitor Grim was injured by the explosion. Louis Cigaomiglto and Joseph, his father, quarreled at New Haven. The aim of Louis was bad when he tried to shoot his father and the bullet crashed through the head of his 22-year-old sister, Mary, who died in stantly. Then the father and son fled together. Joseph Worstell, of Cononsburg, committed suicide at the home of his father-in-law, James Thompson, ot Claysvllle. Worstell threatened to shoot his wife, but Mrs. Thompson thwarted his attempt. Worstell then ran out of the house and shot him self, dying almost Instantly. , A company is being formed io erect a brick works in Mahonlngtown, to employ about 75 men and have a dally capacity of 35,000 bricks. J. S. Sterner and W"llllam H. Smith of the Mahonlngtown Bank are the promot ers. Miss Carrie, the 20-year-old daugh ter of Postmaster Emory Smith, of Wildwood Springs, was probably fatally Injured at Cresson, by & Pennsylvania railroad shifting engine. She was taken to the hospital in Al toona, but it is said she cannot live. At Rlmerton station, on the Buffalo and Allegheny division of the Penn sylvania, a freight train was caught under a landslide. Thousands ot tons of rock and dirt crashed on the train, demolishing several cars, and blocking all traffic. Benjamin F. Lyon, a night fireman at the East Altoona round house, was run down by an engine at Altoona. and died at the hospital. He was 30 years old and resided at Point View. M. Racocl, of South Sharon, who la In South Sharon jail awaiting a hear ing on a charge of bigamy preferred by Mrs. Racocl of Cleveland, prefer red charges of a similar nature against the woman. She was arrested and was locked up. John Mraz, the bartender, at Unlontown, who was arrested some weeks ago on a charge of trying to poison his family by putting arsenic In the coffee, was acquitted by a jury. The Republican Butler County Committee elected John Flndley ot Butler, Dr. W. B. Campbell of Harris ville and E. H. Hutchison delegates to the State Conventon. ' A deal was closed at Canonsburg; whereby the Pittsburg Casket com pany obtained control of the Mc Dowell & Dickson planing mill, and will convert it into a factory for the manufacture of caskets. Nerl Collins, 35 years old, of Ml' Run. was drowned In Indian cree.. while attempting to cross that stream In a bout. Three men with him es caped. Frank Gill, 20 years old. Is dead from Injuries received from the ex plosion of a locomotive boiler at Bolivar. He la the fourth victim.
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