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.
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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.