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DIED IN BURNING CONVENT
Ouo Nun, Nine Children and
Four Old Women Perish.
SISTERS PROVE THEIR HEROISM
One Gives Up Hep Life and Two
Others Likely to Perish In
Rescue' Work.
In the burning of the St. Ann Con
vent at St. Genevieve, near Montreal,
Qjebec, one 'nun, nine children and
fi Air women lo3t their lives and two
nuns were seriously Injured.
The village had no lire brigade and
an' effort was made to get Montreal
by telephone. In order to secure as
sistance but the effort failed and the
UE bulldhig was soon a mass of
smouldering ruins.
Scenes of frightful suffering fol
lowed, as1 tho night was very cold
and a fierce wind was blowing.
There were about 100 Inmates and
as they were taken from the building
In tl.clr night clothing the villagers
threw open t'.U'lr homes and made a
refugo lor thx o..ng and old.
There vfro about 20 aged women,
some of thtm nt arly 100 years old, at
the convent, and It is feared that the
shock In some cases will prove fatal.
Heroism on the part of the sisters
marked the occasion.
The pupils who perished wero In a
portion of the building where the
Are had obtained too much headway
before the alarm was given to enable
those who responded to effect their
rescue.
The fire started about midnight In
the old ladles' hospice, and the smoke
-was so thick that the children on the
floor above were unable to get down.
As soon as tile fire was discovered
the villagers hastened to the Bcene.
Bucket brigades were hurriedly
formed and every possible effort
made to save the building, but the fire
had gained such headway that It was
Boon apparent that there was no
chance to save it from destruction.
The occupants, hurriedly aroused
by the smoke, attempted to grope
their way out of the building. Not
withstanding all efforts, unfortunate
ly ther was a deplorable loss of
life.
PARENTS WERE NOT AT HOME
Returned In Time to 8ee Their
Dwelling Destroyed But too Late
to Save Children.
The explosion of a bottle of gaso
line in the homo of Jotn E. Kunkle,
In Maple avenue, Greensburg, Pa., re
sulted in three children of the family
being burned to death and a fourth
so fearfully injured that her recovery
is a matter of doubt. Five other per
sons also hurt.
The dead: .Paul Kunkle, 7 years
old; Alice Kunkle, 5 years old; Louise
Kunkle, 3 years old.
The Injured are: Catherine Kunkle,
2 years old; George M. Gester, right
hand so seriously bunted that ampu
tation may be necessary; William
McCarthy, overcome by smoke; Jacob
Weaver, overcome by smoke; Attorney
A. M. Wyant and John S. Murphy
severely burned and cut about the
hands and arms by glass, while trying
to rescue the children.
Mr. and Mrs. Kunkle, accompan
ied by. two of their seven children, In
the early evening attended holy week
Bervice in the First Reformed church,
leaving their home In charge of Mrs.
Kunkle's mother, Mrs. Cordelia Rugh,
aged 75 years. The children went to :
bed after the departure of their par
ents arid were soon asleep. At 9
o'clock, Louise, the next to the young
est child, awakened and calling her
grandmother to her bedside afl;'ed for
a drink of water. In bringing the
water to the child the grandmother
tripped over a rug and a portion of
, the water was Bpllled on the counter
pane.
The lights were low In the room
and in taking a towel from a mantel
piece, the grandmother overturned a
bottle of gasoline. The bottle crashed
to the floor Just In front of a gas
grate. In an instant' the fluid was
aflame, being thrown to all p "s
of the room by the explosion which
folowed.
, Mr. and Mrs. Kunkle were on their
way home from church when the
alarm sounded. They arrived Just as
the fire was at its height. Before tha
children had been taken from the
ruins of the house the parents were
both taken in a swooning condition to
the home of a neighbor.
Mr. Kunkle is a member of the
Westmoreland bar, being a law part
ner of ex-Congressman Edward E.
Robblns. His home, one of the most
pretentious in Greensburg, was gutted
and Its furnishings either destroyed
by fire or damaged by water. The loss
will be at least $18,000.
Storey Cotton Arrest.
Postoffice Inspectors arrested Pat
rick J. Kearns at Coney Island, on an
Indictment charging him. and others
with using the United States mall to
defraud. " Tho Inspectors who made
the arrest say Keams was Treasurer
of the Storey Cotton Company of
Philadelphia, which recently collapsed.
The man under arrest denies all
knowledge of the affairs of the Stor
ey concern, and declares that he has
never been In Philadelphia.
Predicts Disaster.
Dr. J. MacDonald, an astronomer of
Binghamton, N. Y., in his s almanac
Just published, says the solar con
figuration and sun spots radicate se
f vere earthquakes in many sections,
especially from Florida to Nova
Scotia. New York city will suffer
most He predicts a number of
h.,Htlna will ha aholian rfnarn mr,A lha
-"Moss of Ufa will be terrible. Japan, he
iri, will be nearly wiped off the
-earth by earthquakes, and a great
tidal wave.
ACTIVITY EXPANDS
Cc
.ndltlon of Traffic Arrangements
Threatens Accumulation Steel
Making May Be Injured by
Ore Shortage.
III. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of jTrade" says: Erratic weather has
tended to make trade reports some-
wliAit Irregular, but on the whole the
wel'k's results were satisfactory.
Early delays were followed by Increas
ed activity particularly iu want misfit
be I termed Easter lines. It Is note
worthy that much business for fall
delivery has appeared, and more sup
plementary spring and summer con
traits are being placed than Jobbers
anticipated. Mercantile payments are
also) Increasingly prompt. Industrial
activity expands. Iron furnaces and
steal mills maintaining their good rec
ord, textile plants securing larger or
der: i, and footwear manufacturers are
ablt to hold full prices without cur
tail! ng operations.
Labor cc-.itroversles are few and
caus'e little , Inconvenience, while im
migration 'or the last week was more
thanfdouii'J that of tho corresponding
week In ' Ji4. transporting Interests
are able i handle the Increased busi
ness! wit i little congestion, railway
earnings Ahus fnr reported for April
exceiHHnf last year's by 10.2 per cent.
Foreign Commerce at the port of New
Yorkfo- the last week showed a gain
of $3,00:,8fil In value of merchandise
exported and Imports were $3,415,922
largri' than In tho same week of 190
Hlgjher wage scales becoming effec
tive ojn May 1 assure freedom from la
bor troubles at blast furnaces, and
there 1 Is little friction at the steel
mills,; but .the Industry will be Inter
rupted unless Iron ore Is freely mined.
Otherwise the Iron and steel industry
Is In splendid condition, contracts
covering deliveries well Into next year
in many departments, and there is no
division that can be styled dull. Coke
output! continues to eclipse all records,
and, ay traffic conditions are favorable,
rree movement threatens accumu
latlcM.lso that this fuel is a little
weaken. Both anthracite and bitumin
ous coail are active. Leather Is steady,
despltejrepr-'ts of sales at concessions
emanating rom transactions in In
ferior i;ooii i while belting butts ad
vanced Isha ply. Packer hides are
strong and ctlve. Foreign dry hides
are unchanged.
Failures this week numbered 200 in
the Vnfted States, against 241 last
year, nnd 21 In Canada, compared with
12 a yeir ago.
ZEMSTVOISTS BARRED
Congress Called for Next Month Pro
hibited by Government.
A private circular has been ad
dressed to the Governors of the sever'
al Russian provinces Informing them
that the congress of Zemstvolsts
called for May 7 has been prohibited
and instructing them to prevent the
departure of delegates to that con
gress. The congress of Journalists
will recommend wide reaching meas
ures toward the liberation of the press,
as well as u political programme along
the -lines o! the programmes adopted
by tho recent congresses of barristers
and doctors.
The Juridical Society at Tomsk,
Western Siberia, adopted a strong
preamble which reads like the Declar
talon of Independence, proclaiming
that all citizens of Russia, without re
card to nationality or religion, are
equal before the law and entitled to
equal protection from the state, and
advocating the abolition of all clas3
privileges.
TOOK M'KINLEY STATUE
Sculptor Declares He Has Not Yet
Been Paid For It.
In broad daylight C. D, Blllman, a
sculptor removed from its pedstal in
City park at Logans'.iort, Ind., an heroic
statue to William McKlnley, wh!ch had
been erected by citlztr.s as a memorial
to the martyred Presidant.
Blllman alleges that he has not yet
been paid for the statue. Taking ad
vantage of the absence of all city
officers at a municipal league meeting
this afternoon, Blllman backed a
wagon against the base of the monu
ment and, with block and tackle, trans
ferred the monument to the back yard
of his home.
OLD WOMAN WEDS A DOY
Afteehe Ceremony Declares She
Feels Thirty Years Younger.
Mrs. N. O. Griffin, a gray-haired wo
man of 60, widow of a Philadelphia
carpet merchant, who left an estate
valued at $1,000,000, leaning on the
arm of her sturdy coachman, John
Wood, appeared at the Episcopal rec
tory In Whitehall, N. Y., and told
Rev. Mr. Elliott that they wanted to
get married. The 42 years' difference
In their ages was so apparent that the
clergyman used every effort to dis
suade them from their matrimonial
venture. It -s all to no avail, how
ever, and the ou"? answer the woman
would make was: "I don't care If
Johnnie is only 18. I am CO and I
guess I am old enough to know
whether I love Mm or not."
The mir Ister performed the cere
mony. Tho bride, beaming all over
with contentment, as she boarded the
train, said she felt 30 years younger,
and she looked it. too.
The main building of the Vnnder
bllt university at Nashville, Tenn.,
was gutted by fire. Loss $200,000.
Turpentine Combine Formed.
. Fifty leading turpentine operators
of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisana
Florida, and Texas have formed a
combine with a capital stock of $3,
500,000. The combination will be
known as the Naval Stores Product
Export company. It ia understood
that the combine will control 490,
000 casks of turpentine out of a total
production in the country of 650,000
casks. Headquarters will be in Savannah.'
Postoffice Order Against Some
Large Concerns.
MONEY POURED IN FREELY
Former Ccngressman From Indiana
and Former Preacher Among
Promoters.
William T. Owen, former member of
Congress from Indiana, former secre
tary of state of Indiana and former
minister of the gospel, organizer and
promoter of the Ubero Plantation
Company of Boston, and the Conslll
dated Ubero Plantation Company, also
of Boston, has gone to Europe, and
thousands of investors in the stocks
nnd bonds of the companies are hold
ing the sack. The sack is empty. A
fraud order was Issued to-day against
the two Boston concerns.
It Is also said that Arthur W.
Stedman and Frederick G. Hood, two
prominent men In Boston business
and social circles, president and vice
president, respectively of the Consoli
dated Ubero Company, are likewise
absent In Europe. Judge U. Z. Wiley,
of Indiana, nt present Judge of the
Indiana appelate court. Is named as
treasurer of this company.
The Investigation conducted by the
department through Inspector Shaw
disclosed one of the most gigantic and
baldest frauds that has been perpetu
ated In recent years.
Owen embarked In his Mexican
plantation scheme shortly after retir
ing from the office of the secretary of
state in Indiana In 189S. He and
Boi'ges organized the coffee companies
which were to develop large tracts of
coffee lands In Mexico. Stock was
put on the market. Extensive adver
tising was done and It was represented
that the companies .were making suf
iflcent money while' developing the
property to pay dividends of 10 per
cent, annually.
Such dividends were paid, but the
Investigation disclosed that they were
paid from funds of Investors; ' that
there had been practically no develop
men of the property, and hence no re
turns warranting dividends.
As large amounts of money are
still pouring Into the companies from
Investors making good their monthly
Installments, Postmaster General
Cortelyoti decided that the fraud ord
ers should Issue. It is said that Owen
and Borges have operated In other
cities and floated similar plantation
companies. Cleveland and Toledo are
said to be two cities where they have
operated.
BANKERS PLEADED GUILTY
Cashier, Teller and Bookkeeper 8en
' fenced to Penitentiary.
E. F. Knneen, former cashier of the
closed Citizens Savings bank of Lo
rain, pleaded guilty to embezzling the
funds of the bank and was sentenced
to serve seven years In the penitent
iary. H. B. Walker and Dana Walker,
teller and bookkeeper, respectively, of
t.ie bank, also pleaded guilty and
were each sentenced to two years and
six months In the pentltentlary.
Of the four Indictments against
Kanecn, two were nolled. The indict
ments against the Walkers were also
nolled. In pleading guilty Kaneen ad
mitted that he was entirely to blame
for the Walkers' downfall. The pris
oners were taken to the penitentiary
immediately, after sentence was pass
ed. HONORS FOR PAUL JONES
American Squadron Will Be Detailed
to Bring Body Home.
I The Btate department has advised
I Ambassador Porter that an Americai
squadron will be (.at to bring the
: body of Paul Jones to the United
States probably In June. It Is expect
j ed thBt the French government will
i participate In an imposing funeral
i pageant when the body leaves Paris.
! Detailed plans have not yet been
j made but It probably will occur short
I ly before the French national holiday,
! June 14. Large forces of French
soldiers and sudors will form the es
cort TRY TO CUT RAILWAY
Russian Have Fight With Natives on
Harbin and Vladivostok Line.
There was a determined attempt
on the night of April 17 to cut the rail
road between Harbin and Vladivostok,
a formidable body of Chinese bandits
making an attack near the station of
Imyanpo. 100 miles east of Harblu.
After a desperate fight which lasted
several hours, the bandits were driven
off and ' dispersed.
Many smaller companies of Chinese
bandits are roving In the rear of the
Russian army, but disappear when
pursued. It is thought probable they
are Manchurians, who scatter to their
villages when they find themselves in
danger.
There are various reports of wide
turning movements at Tsitslhar or
eastward of that point, but as yet
these rumors are apparently unfound
ed. The vigor of the skirmishes tak
ing place on tho left flank of the Rus
sian army, however, seems to Indi
cate the Japanese are planning to
thrust northeastward and Interpose a
force between Harbin and Vladivostok.
An official report from Manchuria
headquarters says:
' To Harass Japan's Shippings.
A dispatch from the far east states
that Admiral Rojestvensky has de
tached three of his fast auxiliaries,
which formerly belonged to the Hamburg-American
line to harass Japanese
shipping and to raid undefended parts
of the Japanese coast, hoping to com
pel Admiral Togo to weaken his fleet
oy senaing cruisers to chase them.
Wlscoiath woman whn uima
b the original Mrs. Hoctt has made
her appea-anSca.
TEN HOUR LAW INVALID
U. 8. 8upreme Court Says Law Is
Unconstitutional.
In an opinion by Justice Peckham
the Supreme court of the United
States held to be unconstitutional
the New York State law making 10
hours a day's work and sixty hours
a week's work in bakeries In that
State. Justices Hurlan, White, Day
and Holmes dissented and Justice
Harlan declared that no more import
ant decision had been rendered in the
last century.
The opinion was handed down in
the case of Lockner vs. the State of
New York and was based on the
ground that the law Interferes with
the free exercise of the rights of con
tract between individuals. The Court
of Appeals of the State upheld the law
nnd affirmed the Judgment of the trial
court holding Lockner guilty. Judge
Parker wrote the opinion of the New
York Court of Appeals supporting the
law, and the court divided four to
three on the question of validity.
$600,000 FIRE LOSS
Valuable Tannery and Immense Stock
Destroyed.
A fire, which destroyed Beoboe &
Sons' tannery at Tltusvllle, Pa., caused
a loss estimated at $600,000. fully in
sured. The plant was one of the fin
est and largest In the country, and
nothing was saved, an Immense and
valuable stock being destroyed.
The fire broke out In the drying
room of the tannery and rapidly work
ed Its way toward a large benzine
factory. The Oil City fire department
was asked for assistance nnd, arriv
ing about two hours later, with their
aid the local firemen succeeded In
confining the flames to the Beebee
plant.
A. P. Johnston, a grocer, became
confused In the smoke as a spectator
and fell Into a hot water vat. He was
rescued by Chief of Police Laley and
two firemen. His Injuries are not ser
ious. In the run to the fire Fireman
James Wlthrop was thrown from a
hose cart and had his skull fractured.
He was removed to the City hospital.
WAGES ARE INCREASED
Blast Furnace Workers Will Demand
They Be Given Eight-Hour
Day.
Notices have been posted In the
various blast furnaces at Youngstown,
O., that beginning May 1, the wages
of laborers will be Increased 5 per
cent, and turn men 10 per cent.
President James McMahon of the
Blast Furnace Workers and Smelters'
Union of America, said the advance
was but a return of the former wages,
received by the men before the In
dependents reduced them a year ago.
The United States Steel Corporation
Is not Included.
The men will still make demand for
an eight-hour day.
JAPANESE SEIZE COLLIERS
Rojestvensky With Portion of Fleet
Passes Hongkong.
The Japanese are reported to have
captured a large number of colliers
off the coast of Cochln-Chhia. Since
leaving Europe Admiral Rojestvensky
has lost only eight men by disease
out of 18,000 with him.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
says that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky,
with a portion of his squadron, has
been sighted off Hongkong, sailing for
the east.
A dispatch from Hongkong says that
a portion of the Russian squadron was
seen Sunday at Turan bay, about 350
miles north of Kamranh bay.
INDIANS DYING
Consumption May Exterminate En
tire Winnebago Tribe.
The once mighty Winnebago tribe
of Indians is facing a miserable end,
though the National Government holds
$900,000 to the tribe's credit. Scores
of the Indians are dying of consump
tion and this entails a heavy expense
on . several towns.
Resident Indian Inspector A. P.
Jones Is authority for the statement
that consumption, unless stopped, will
soon klli the whole tribe.
WILL NOT ADMIT DEFEAT
Russian Bureaucracy Forms Plans for
Manchuria and Kwantung.
The committee of the far east,
under Admiral Alcxleff, oblivious of
what happened last year. Is proceeding
dally with the work of elaborating tne
administration of Manchuria and the
Kwantung peninsula.
' A school system for Port Arthur
has Just been completed, Its execution
being placed in the hands of the
minister of education with power to
"temporarily suspend" tho system, and
today the appointment of two Justices
of the- peace for Port Arthur was
officially gazetted.
To Aid Poor Colleges.
Gifts amounting in all to $250,000
will be made this year to small col
leges in the rural districts of Tennes
see, Kentucky, North Carolina and
West Virglna. This announcement
was made by Dr. D. K. Pearsons, re
tired capitalist and benefactor of many
small colleges In tho United States.
Agents of the Equitable passed reso
lutions calling on Vice President Hyde
to resign. .
District Attorneys Named.
I. C. Herndon, of Welch, W. Va., and
H. Albert Rummel, of Charleston, W.
Va., have been appointed assistant
district attorneys of the United
States. The appointment of Messrs.
Herndon and Rummel was made at
the request of Elliott Northcott who
took the oath of office as United
States district attorney of the
Southern district of West Virginia.
The Japanese government Is about
to raise another domestic loan of
150.000.000.
DEFIANCE TD STEEL TRUST
Five Furnaces In Valley With
draw from General Trade.
WILL NOT BEG FOR MARKET
Youngstown Iron, Shot & Tube Com
pany Will Use Production In
Bessemer Plant.
An Important move in the Iron and
steel business of the Mahoning val
ley has Just been made in connection
with the building of the Bessemer
plant of the Youngstown Iron, Sheet
& Tube Company. Five of the largest
independent furnaces of thd valley
have gcae into a deal and withdrawn
from the general market. The furn
aces include those of the Brier Hill
Iron & Coal Company, the Youngs
town Steel Company, the Ohio Iron
& Steol Company at Lowellsvllle, the
Stewart furnaces at South Sharon and
the Plckands, Mather & Company
furnaces at Sharpsvllle. These furn
aces have a capacity of 15,000 tons
a month and in the past this has gone
to the general trade, at times the
independents begging for market and
at other times the United States Cor
poration begging for pig Iron.
When the Youngstown Iron Sheet
& Tube Company organized it was In
tended to build an open hearth steel
plant, The ore properties purchased
were not suitable for the Bessemer
plant and It was necessary to get raw
material somewhere. This, when
the Bessemer steel plant proposition
was proposed, was a critical point.
The necessity of securing raw ma
terial caused the holding bnck of the
steel plant proposition. When the
Independents of this and the Shenan
go valley indicated their willingness
to enter into this deal it was a vic
tory for the Youngstown Iron, Sheet
& Tube Company. With five furnaces
at their command the trust could be
defied. Besides, the short hauls in the
valleys, which amount to nothing more
than transfer charges, not more than
15 cents a ton, give the Independents
and the Sheet & Tube Company a
decided advantage. The shipping of
pig Iron at $2 a ton is quite different
from the transfer at 15 cents a ton
and this - makes the position of the
company still stronger.
FOUND GOLD IN CABIN
Farmer Accidentally Discovers $1,600
In Coin on His Premises.
Philip Sesler who lives In Georges
township, Fayette County, Pa., ripped
a board from the end of a log In a
cabin on his farm and found secreted
behind it $1,600 in gold. It Is sup
posed that the money was hid there
many years ago by his grandfather,
James Downer. Encouraged by his
find Sesler is carefully examining
the cabin In' the hope of finding more
treasure.
Sesler Is of a retiring disposition
and said nothing about his find until
a missionary society gathering at his
home, when he displayed the gold
to his astonished hearers. Most of
the money is In $10 and $20 pieces, all
of them being dated prior to the six
property. Sesler, who was a favorite,
ties.
James Downer, who died a number
of years ago, Is well remembered by
a number of Uniontown people. He
was of a peculiar disposition and it
is said that he never deposited money
In banks. At the time of his death he
left a will, disposing of his various
was the chief heir, and the cabin
where the gold was found Is located
on a farm which Downer left him.
- Russians Cut Cable.
Russian agents have cut the cable
between Foochow and Formosa. Six
teen Japanese cruisers and many tor
pedo craft have been sighted scouting
off Sampaloco point. Three strange
warships have been sighted at Bantan
gas In Philippine waters. Minister
Grlscom has cabled the state depart
ment that Japan has Included the Pas
cadoea and Tsugaru straits in zones of
defense.
CAUGHT BETWEEN BASES
Russians Retreat in Great Disorder
Over Pellng Pass.
The following official announcement
was made in Tokyo:
"The force advancing north from
Slngking, driving the enemy before
them, occupied Ylngecheng, 38 miles
north of Slngking, at 1 o'clock on the
afternoon of April 14. A detachment
of the same forec, co-operating with
cavalry, occupied Pachiatzu at 6
o'clock In the evening of the same
day.
"The enemy's force near Pachiatzu
consisted of seven sontnlas of cavalry
and one battery of artillery. They
first retreated toward Ylngecheng,
then came back to Pachiatzu. Find
ing It occupied, they were thrown Into
confusion, and they retreated In great
disorder over Pellng pass, two miles
north of Pachiatzu.
Japs Get 200 Russian Guns.
,The London Dally Telegraph's cor
respondent at Toklo reports that the
Japanese recovered 200 of the 600
guns which the Russians abandoned
In the retreat from Mukden.
Japanese Land Reinforcements.
Captured Japanese spies place the
number of Japanese army at 400,000,
and say the losses at the battle of
Mukden are already being replaced by
drafts from home battalions. Lieuten
ant Komayashl, one of the spies, cal
culates that the Japanese losses at
Mukden exceeded 100,000.
'The muzzle of an eight-Inch gun on
the battleship Iowa, oif Pensacola,
Fla., blew off during target practice,
but none of the men was Injured.
CORTELYOU CHANGES RULING
Postmaster Will Not Be Allowed to
Act as County Chairman.
An official circular will be Issued
goon by Postmaster General Corteyou
that will circumtcrlbe the political
activities of postmasters. This docu
ment will set forth that for tho good
of the service a postmaster should
not act as chairman of a county
committee.
This ruling will be made in re
sponse to a letter from the Pennsyl
vania Republican state committee. It
appears that former Postmaster Gen
eral Payne advised the Pennsylvania
Republican state committee that there
was no objections to postmasters be
ing selected as delegates to the na
tional convention and the purpose of
the present Inquiry is to ascertain
whether a coiraty chairman will be
treated In .the same manner by the
postoffice department. It Is under
stood that while Postmaster General
Cortelyou will sustain his precefles
sor'8 ruling as far as being delegate
Is concerned that he will rule it is
not advisable for them to act as the
head of the county organization.
This action will not be based upon
the grounds of offensive partisanship,
but that the duties of a chairman have
become so extensive It Is feared they
will Interfere with the official duties
of a postmaster.
SULTAN'S AIDE DEFEATED
Gen. Rlza Pasha Loses All His Guns
and Stores In Recent Fight.
News received from Hodeida Is to
the effect that the situation at Sanaa
is precarious, necessitating a new re
lief expedition, owing to Gen. Rlza
Pasha, nid-de-camp to the Sultan, hav
ing lost all his guns and stores in re
cently fighting his way into Sanaa.
Rlza Pasha, with a strong force of
men, reached Sanaa, capital of the
province of Yemen, Arabln, on April
29. On March 3 It was reported that
Sanaa had fallen into the hands of
the insurgents, and on March 18 a
dispatch stated that Sanaa had capitu
lated, but subsequently this was de
nied by the military authorities at
Constantinople.
Boston Wool Market.
Heavy sales o( foreign wool and the
reports from the West as to the
urgency In the making of contracts
have been the features of the wool
market. Quotations on domestic
wools are about as follows Ohio and
Pennsylvania XX and above, 3334c;
X. 3031c; No. 1, 3C37c; No. 2. 37
38c; fine unwashed, 2425c; quarter
blood unwashed, 30c; blood, 30
31c; half blood, 2930c; unwashed
delaine, 2728c; unmerchantable, 2S
29c; fine washed delaine, 3637c.
Michigan fine unwashed, 2223c;
quarter blood unwashed, 29 30c;
blood, 30c; half blood, 28 29c; un
washed delaine, 252fic.
Charged With Embezzlement.
Cashier D. W. Tyro.i of the
Spartansburg, (Pa.) bank which fail
ed In March, has been arrested,
charged with embezzlement, on com
plaint of W. E. Rice of Chicago. Rice
alleges he Is a manufacturer of
chairs and that he contracted with
Tyron for the erection of a chair fac
tory at Spartansburg. He claims ho
paid Tyron $1,500 to be used in con
ducting the business. He states that
Tyron diverted the money to his own
use, never building the factory or
buying the mnchlnery.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
All the membcM of the pension
board of rsview have resigned.
The Jury selected to try Nan Patter
son is almost entirely made up of
murried men.
A fight cc.-ured between strikers
and mill guards at Wheel'ng, in which
a number were seriously hurt .
The enmmanrior of the president's
yacht Sylph reputed to ths navy de
partment that hU ca'l for help was
Ignored by the captiin of the steamer
Otorl.
Agent3 of the Equitable society, in
conference assembled, sustained Pres
ident Alexander and appealed to leg
islature to use its powers In tnibling
policy holders to s!t In the directorate
of the society.
At Chicago, Johann Hoch, the big
amist and alleged wife murderer, was
arralngcd under the new indictment
recently returned against him. H"e
pleaded not guilty.
Rev. John Dodge, pastor of the
Holiness church at Lebanon, Ind., has
been arrested on a charge of stabbing
Oscar Johnston, a member of his con
gregation, during a quarrel.
Increases averaging 9.76 per cent,
are shown by the gross earnings re
ports of 37 railroads for the first week
of April. Net earnings of 99 rail
roads for February show an average
decrease of 14.07 per cent., but the
same roads for eight months show an
average Increase of 6.87 per cent
Taft Will Visit Tokio.
On further consideration of the
matter as laid before him by Secre
tary Hiokl, of the Japanese legation
Secretary W. H. Taft has concluded
to visit Tokio while hl3 ship, the
MiMchurla, on which he will make his
Philippine trip. Is coaling at Yoko
hama. The secretary has made such
a visit on the occasion of other like
detentions at Yokohamo and feels that
he could scarcely fall to make an
official call on this occasion.
Battle at a Monastery.
A band of Bulgarians, April 15 at
tacked the monastery of Athamas,
near KUssura, which was occupied
by a Greek band. Fifteen Bulgarians
were killed and the remainder fled
to Zagovltchant, to which place the
Greeks pursued them, killing; many
and burning; a number of houses. In
an engagement between Turks and
Albanians near Frtxren tha Albanians
wars def stated with the loss of 30
men killed. I
KEYSTONES
LEXOW IN GREEN
Taxpayers' League Appealsfrom
tors' Reports of Accounts cf
mlssloners, Poor Directors
d 8herlff.
The Greene County Tax-Payers'
large Bums of money alleged to have
been Improperly or Illegally expended
by various county officers. Appeals
are taken from the county auditors
reports, auditing the accounts of coun
ty commissioners T. J. Hogo, w,
Fry and W. L. Inghram; Poor
rectors Spencer Cowel and John
and Sheriff John J. Koebort. Thi
amounts excepted to aggregate many
thousands of dollars and It Is charged
that illegal and excessive sums were
paid for bridge building, road making,
salaries for employes, care of the poor,
etc.
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Two departments of the National
Tube works at McKeesport win be
removed to Versailles borough, two
miles above McKeesport. Work of
razing the buildings was commenced
yesterday, and within a week the
company expects to have the machin
ery In operation at the new location.
The departments to be moved Include
the Job and pole shops, where about
150 men are employed. The ground
vacated at McKeesport will be used
as a site for departments of the new
tube mills. ,
It has been announced that the
Fort Wayne, Van Wert and Lima
Traction company in Ohio has award
ed to the Cambria Steel company of
Johnstown, the contract for all the ,
steel rails to be used In tho construe- ''
tlon of the unfinished section of tha
line from Van Wert to Fort Wayne.
The orders are to rush the shipments.
The section of road to be completed
Is about 33 miles long, and the rails
are much heavier than those used on
the ordinary electric railway.
Edward Grear night telegraph opera
tor of the Nickel Plate railroad at
Thornton Junction, had a desperate
battle with two burglars. Two men
broke Into his office and he protected
himself with the only weapon he had.
his pocket knife. He stabbed one of
the men, but the other struck him
over the head with a heavy poker and
dragged away his companion. Grear ,
did not recover consciousness for
some time.
Cerebro spinal meningitis, or spot
ted fever, Is spreading about Con
nellsvllle. The first deaths reported
are those of Elizabeth Wllmer, aged
19 years, at Wheeler, a suburb, and I
Grant Real, of Mt. -Pleasant township, X
Westmoreland county. There are two
cases at Dunbar and several at Lels
enrlng No. 2, a mining settlement.
The State Board of Health has been
appealed to for help.
Butler borough will hasten to avail
itself of the provisions of the act Just
signed by the governor amending the
third class city act. The amendment
was drafted by Attorney H. H. Gouch
er, and provides that on petition of
100 citizens council shall, submit the
question of third class city charter to
the voters. There is a population of
18,000 in the borough limits.
Julian Kennedy, of Pittsburg, is pre
paring the plans for a new universal
plate mill to be erected Immediately
by the Cambria Steel Company. The
mill will have a capacity of 200 tons
a day, and will cost about $600,000.
One hundred and fifty men will be
employed. It Is expected the mill
will be ready for operation before
January 1.
A riot was precipitated when
Ualtlmore and Ohio railroad workmen
attempted to lay tracks near the prop
erty of W. D. Smith on Moravia street.
New Castle. The latter fired four
pistol shots and chased the force away.
The railroad company has been ne
gotiating with Smith for his proper
ty but no agreement has been reach
ed. '
One thousand acres of land under-
laid with limestone has been purchased
at Lowellville, by the George W.
Johnson Limestone company, of New
Castle. One hundred thousand dollars
will be expended In installing machin
ery and laying tracks to facilitate the
work of quarrying.
The Butler county commissioners
have filed notice of f- ..ir Intention to ,
build eight new bridges during the
year. Two will be in Clinton town
ship and one each In Butler, Jeffer
son, Allegheny, Penn and Washing
ton townships and in Harrlsville bor
ough. The Point bottle works plant, at
Rochester, was sold at receiver's sale
to Henry M. Camp, of Rochester,
trustee, representing a syndicate which
la making an effort to place the works
In full operation at an early date. The
price paid was $15,800.
The Cambria Steel Company at
Johnstown has made a readjustment
of wages. It Is not officially announc-
ed, but It is understood that the raise
will make wages the same as before
the cut made more than a year ago.
The Slavish woman who committed
suicide at Altoona, by throwing her
self under a freight train, has been
identified as Mary Zuka. 25 years old.
Homesickness is accredited as the
cause for her act.
Cerebro-splnal meningitis, or spot
ted fever, has invaded Greensbuvg.
There have been about six cases with
in the past few weeks and all have
been fatal.
JacoH Presock, fire boss at Oliver
was arrested for violating the mine
laws. It Is alleged that he lit lamps
In the mines and thus imperiled the
lives of from 900 to 1,000 men em
ployed there.
John Gllmore, J. Q. Van Swearln
sen and other Uniontown, capitalists
nave bought a SO-acre tract of coal
land near McClellandtown for $75,
000. William McLaln and two children of
Boottdale, were thrown from a bac
gT, which cilllded with a street oar,
aad were painfully hurt.
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