a. IILLSTREtWEII Followers of Dowie Claim He Plunged in Stock Market. 4DOWIE WANTED PLURAL WIVES Selected Seven Young Women of Zion for His Harem Wife Gives Testimony On top of ' all the accusations against "Elijah lit.'," "Muses II.," "First Apostle." "General Overseer" John Alexander Dowie comes the charge that he lost enormous sums in Wall street,-. Thei private vault at the administration building and pri vate deed boxes planted In places of safety about Zion City are to be opened in courts of law if necessary. His successor, Voliva, holds the key to the situation. A brown' leather ledger manufactured iu London and fastened with a patent brass lock, reveals the heavy speculation on the New York stock exchange. It is roughly estimated that $1,200, 000' was lost by the "Prophet." dur ing the slump of 1003. It is not known where this money was ob tained, although entries in the book show $145,000 was received by checks from a Mrs. Des Forge,, a Mrs. Minnie Coleman and a Mrs. H. Gershon. More remarkable disclosures came following the detlironment of the absent John Alexander Dowie "Elijah III." as ruler of Zion City. The aligning of Mrs. .lano Dowie, ( his wife, and Gladstone Dowie, his son, against the "prophet," is the result of his plan to divorce his wife and many Ruth llofer, the young Swiss woman, who Dowie said was worth several million dol lars, when she returned to this coun try in his suite two or three years ago. At a secret meeting of 200 of the . Zion City leaders evidence was sub mitted coiToboiating in detail John Alexander Dowie's polygamous In clinations. It is charged that the Mexican colonization pian was a scheme to promote polygamy and evade the laws of the United States. It was told that Dowie had selected seven wo.nen as the first installment for his harem. These ho proposed to marry. Mrs. Jane Dowie was one of the witnesses. She, said her husband "began to go daft on women two years ago. He talked plural wives to her until thev hud a violent quar rel, during which the "first apostle" nurled at her a chair, which didn't arrive at its destination. Dowie showed that the prophets of old were not restricted to one wife and as he insisted he, too. was a prophet, the old order of things should prevail. Ruth Holer, the young Swis3 lieiress, was to be one of the seven. The other six he hail selected from the comely maids of Zion. He ; threatened his wife with divorce anil sought advice of his overseers on the question. They told him the people would never stand for poly gamy or for n divorce for the pur ''llb'se' of indulging - in polygamous practices. EXPORTS INCREASING Agricultural Shipments Grow $133, 000,000 During Eight Months. According to a bulletin issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor the exports from the UniteS States for the first elgtu i.ionths of the fiscal year 190C are $190,000,000 in value in excess of those the corresponding months of 1905' The impoits for the eight, months of 1906 sre $71,000,000 greater .than for the corresponding period of l&0.ri. The growth in exports of manufacturers has been $45,000,000 and in agricul tural produc s $lir.,(MMi,ooo over" the same period last year. The increase of the exports of : manufactures occurs chiefly in cot ton goods, iron and steel manufac tures, cars and carriages, manufac tures of wood, mint, m.1, oils and leather. The increase in exports of agricultural products occurs chiefly In wheat, wheat flour, corn, oats and provisions, wheat, and wheat flour exports increasing about $34,000,000, ' corn nearly $20,000,000, oats over $10,000,000 and provisions $35,000,000. On the Import side all groups show an increase except articles of food, which in the eight months ended with February. 1906, amount ed to but $171,000,000, against $184,000,000 for the same time last year. Coffee shows a fall of nearly $12,000,000 and sugar $5,000,000. The most remarkable increase in the imports, said the bulletin, occurs In manufacturers' material, which show a total gain of over $40,000, 000. Kill Hearst Recount. The New York assembly practi cally killed the bill which would permit William Randolph Hearst to secure a recount of the vote cast In New York city for myor at the last election, when George B. Mc Clellan was elected on the face of the returns. The bill was recom mitted to the committee on Judi ciary'. Governor Pattlaon in Hospital. Governor Pattison was removed to Cincinnati where he was placed in Christ's Hospital, Mount Auburn, indefinitely. He was' accompanied by Mrs. Pattison, tlnir son Jack, CJolon(l Hjffd,lnngT of Springfield', Captain Ramsey of Deytou and Dr. Oliver P. Holt of Cincinnati. Emperor William has appointed . prince von Buelow, the imperial F chancellor, to be a member of the Prussian house of lords. DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY New Business Increases in Volume and Orders for Rails Is Being Booked to End of the Year. . Opening spring trade is not per ceptibly retarded by tho partial in terruption to coal mining, except in the Immediate vicinity of anthracite mines. High temperature not only broadens the demand for season able merchandise, but stimulates ngricultural operations, reopens Northern navigation and starts many contemplated building operations. Were it not for a few labcV contro versies the commercial horizon would be cloudless, liui some manufactur ing plants will be compelled to sus pend if the fuel supply is cut off and structural work is interrupted by de mands for higher wages in certain localities. That the year 1'lUfi start ed out to eclipse all records Is evi denced by bank exchanges IS per cent, larger than In the first quarter of tho previous year, while liabili ties of commercial failures averaged only 81 cents to each 5,000 of solvent payments through the clearing houses, which Is the lowest commer cial death rate for the first three months of any year. The average loss. If distributed through all the firms In business, was only $24. SB to each concern; not a serious burden to be borne by the mercantile world. Railway earnings in March were 6.9 per cent, larger than last year, and foreign commerce at New York for the last week showed gains of $1,139,309 in Imports and $S37,959 in exjKirts ns compared with the corres ponding week In 19i5. Progress In the iron and steel in dustry has not suffered as yet from the partial suspension of coal mining and new business conies forward each week in great volume. Latest developments are must pronounced In the structural steel division. Next In volume of new business is the tonnage of steel rails that is rapidly closing order bool3 up to the end of the year. Failures for IuhI week numbered 197 as against 232 lasL year and IS in Canada as against 2S last year. PERILOUS VOYAGE Two Soldiers Cling to Balloon Net for Two Hours. A perilous aerial voyage has been experienced by two German soldiers of the First Military Balloon Com pany, who descended at Karlskrona, clinging to the net of their balloon. The two men, Wilth and Jergens, had left Ii -Win the previous day and their balloon was carried northeast. In crossing the Baltic sea the aeron auts encountered p fierce snowstorm. The balloon was torn, and they had to cut away the basket and all their gear to have themselves from drowning. For two hours they clung to the net, the balloon being tossed about by the raging .viad. until it reached the port of Kniiskrona. on the Swedish coast. They descended in a forest, near the town, and when the balloon was found by peasants one of the men was unconscious. Hotli of them, after receiving the kindest treatment from the Swedes, returned to Germany tho next day. SULU PRINCE WINS. Takes First Oratorial Honors at Columbia University. Columbia university's highest ora torial honors went. this, year to a full-blooded African prince, who won the am:ual contest for the George William Curtis medal. Prince Pka Isaka Seme is tho name of the win ner and be is a son of the line of chiefs that ruled Sulit up to the time England gained control. He is a member o." the 1906 class In Columbia and Is a very ardent, stu dent, specializing In economics. After getting his bachelor degree from Columbia, Semo will spend three years at Oxford and then re turn to Zululand where tho posiilon of attorney general for his people is being held for him. The subject of his oration was "The Regeneration of Africa." BLOW UP JAIL TO ESCAPE. Four Prisoners Freed in Missouri Through Aid From Outside. Four desperate, prisoners, aided by crooks on the outside escaped from the jail at Benton. Mo. Dyna mite was used to shatter the doors of tho structure. The noise of the explosion aroused the inhabitants of the village in time to prevent six other prisoners from escaping. The St. Louis authorities were no tified of the outbreak and are on the lookout for the fugitives, who left Benton on n handcar and went to Commerce, where they stole a skiff and crossed . the,. Mississippi. Ben ton is a village of 200 inhabitants and is the county seat or Scott coun ty, 125 miles from St. Louis. Huge Forgery. Benjamin M. Goldberger. clerk 'of tho Registrar's Oillce in New York City, who was arrested on U charge of forging in connection with, tho filing of the petition of voters on which William R. Hearst was placed In nomination for Mayor as the representative of the Municipal Ownership League, confessed that he had procured 5,000 ouf of the 6.500 signatures to the Hearst petition and that the 5,000 were all fraudulent. It was said nt the District Attorney's office that Goldberger has named the "men higher up" who got him to pro cure the signatures on the petition. Indians Want Wild West Life. The nature of trouble that has been brewing among -'the Apache captives at Fort Sill, Incident to which is the threat of the Indians to forcibly break away from the post, is explained at the War department as the result of the refusal of the au thorities to allow the Indians to goon IV "ad with a wild west show. The business part of Pardeeville, Wis., was burned, causing a loss of S75.0G0. A Tahita and Neighboring Islands Swept by Destructive Storm. MANY BUILDINGS WERE RAZED Schooner, With Seven Persons Board Believed to Be Lost. Tahita Suffers Most. The si earner Moana, which arrived at H.oiionliilu, April 4, reports that 121 persons were drowned during the hurricane which lecently swept over Tahita anil the neighboring Islands. Of these victims, one perished on Tahita, 91 natives and four whites on the Puamotus, and 24 natives and one white on tho other islands. Before the windstorm broke over Papeete, the sea rose steadily after a high title of 20 feet above the normal mark, and by 11 o'clock on the night of February 7 was wreck ing the wood of . the buildings and splashing between the American and British consulates. At. first, no alarm was felt, but the continuation of the rise caused a pan ic. The wind blew In brief hurricane blasts every few minutes, tearing np trees and sending root's flying through the air. Signals for assistance were seen in Papeete by Lobiloe, a white resi dent of Motu Island, but It was Im possible to render any help until morning, when the hotly of Lebiloc's wife was rescued from the top of a cocoanitt palm, wither It. had been washed. Fears are entertained for the safe ty of the schooner F.imeo. with seven persons on hoard. The .family Reed, which arrived from Auckland on February 12, during the storm, jet tisoned 1,')0,(iil0 feet of lumber. The Diinreggan reports a hurri cane south of the Loyally islands on February 7. Thursday island ex perience d a hurricane on February QUARANTINE BILL PASSED Power to Prevent Introduction of Yel low Fever. By a vote of 202 to 20 tile House passed the National quarantine bill. The bill places the control of all quarantine stations, grounds and an chorage under the Secretary of tho Treasury unil directs thai as soon ns practicable after the approval of the act lie shall select aud designate such suitable places for them and es tablish the same at such points on or near the seaconst of t lie t'nited Stales on the Mexican border, as in his judgment are best, suited for the same in order to prevent the Intro duction of yellow fever into the United Slates. The bill further gives the Secretary of the Treasury the right lo establish a quarantine station at the Dry Tortugus islands, and at such other points at or near the seacoasi (not to exceed four in the aggregate; as he deems necessary. Balloonist Loses Life. Death in the waters of Bass creek, a small stream winding through tho meadows along the south shore of Ixing Island, between Jones Bench and Aiiiityville, ended the daring balloon ascent of Paul Nncquct,, a French sculptor of note and an en thusiastic aeronaut. The body was found on the muddy shore of the creek, where the tide had left it. and not a great distance from where Nocquet's collapsed balloon was dis covered by the life savers of Jones Beach. Railroad Mortgage Foreclosed. j The foreclosing of a mortgage for j $.-0,000,OOti, coveting nil the proper-: ties held by the Cincinnati, Hamil ton and Dayton railway, was asked I by Thomas W. Paxton, attorney for ! the Central Trust company, of New York, ir. a suit tiled in the United States Circuit court at Cincinnati. The suit is brought by the trust company in the interest of bond holders. Gas Explosion Hurts Many. Edna Johnston hunted for a gas leak with a lighted match in the apartments of Mrs. Elizabeth Mink, at 1(io7 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg. Tho explosion that lolowed injured 21 per sons, wrecked two houses and broke windows all around the neighborhood. None of the injured persons are ser iously hurt. The property loss is estimated at $40,000. Big Catch of Seals. The scalers. Adventure, with 31, OuO seals, and Aurora, with 28,000 seals, arrived at St. Johns, N. F. The former had her bows started and the ! Iatter's stern was crushed bv con- ! tact with ice floes. They report the remained!- of the fleet still adding to the catch, although the severity of the weather makes work difficult. NEWS NOTES. Russian Ambassador Posen pre sented to Secretary Root a proposal for a peace conference to be held iu the summer. The Globe Stamp Company, which was iu business for several years at Youngstovvn, O., has gone into bank ruptcy. Women stamp collectors crowded about the place in search of the manager, but failed to find hiui. To Pay Old Pittsburg Claim. Senator Knox introduced a bill ap propriating $55,739 to be paid to James S. McCloskey and Frank Tack of Pittsburg, surviving executors of John McCloskey and John S. Cos gravf, who were In business in Pills burg during the Civil War. The money is to be paid for about R0, 000 tons of coal taken from the firm of McCloskey & Cosgrave by the Federal Government In 1X6:1 to be used by the naval ships operating In the Mississippi river. DOWIE DEPOSEO. Followers of Elijah III Turn the Prophet Down The Property is Also Transferred. Formal announcement of the over throw of John Alexander Dowie was made by Overseer John Speicher, who presided over n meeting of 5,000 members of tho Christ inn Catholic Church in Zion, In the tabernacle at Zion City. The following message was sent to Dowie, informing him of the change In the situation: Dowie, Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Telegrams received here ami Chi cago. Practically all, including Cin cinnati representatives, endorse Voliva's administration. Speicher's reinstatement and ('.ranger's reten tion, emphatically protesting against your extravagancy, hypocrisy, mis representations, exaggerations, tyran ny and Injustice. You are hereby suspended from oillce and member ship for polygamous teaching and other grave charges. See letter. Quietly retire. Further interference will precipitate exposure, rebellion, legal proceedings. Your statement of stupendously magnificent financial outlook is extremely foolish in view of thousands of suffering through your shameful mismanagement. Zion and creditors will be protected at all costs. Tho message was signed by the lending men in the organization. Title in all the Zion City property wn9 transferred by warranty deed from Dowie to Deacon Alexander Granger. The hitter also was given n bill of sale for all the personal properly of the "prophet," Including even his household furniture. This move was accomplished through the power of attorney held by Deputy Overseer Voliva, Mrs. Dowie and her son, (Hailstone Dowie, joining lu the action. DCWIE STRIKES BACK Prophet Refuses to Be Ousted from Leadership. John Alexander Dowie. who was publicly and officially cast out of Zion refuses to stay cast out. From Mexi co he sent a series of telegrams, de capitating General Overseer Voliva and sundry deacons and elders, lie has created a new administration by telegraph and promises there will be trouble when lie arrives in Zion. which wiil be "soon." The first message was dated Ocot lan, .Mex., and was addressed to Judge V. V. Bailies, general counsel. It read: Consequently upon the ungodly, il legal action of Voliva, I now Inform you that I hereby revoke and cancel the power of attorney of V. (!. Voliva and confer the same upon F. H. Wilhile. Inform clerk of Lake couu ty and nil others concerned that tiny exercise of power of attorney by Voliva will now be criminal. Act promptly a.id inform me that you have done so. I hold you strictly respon sible In law in ibis matter. J. ALEXANDER. First Apostle. BATE'S BILL IS PASSED House Acts Favorably on Employers Liability Bill to Protect Rail road Men. The employers' liability bill, a measure introduced by Representative A. L. Hales of Meadville. Ia., and de signed for the protection of the inter ests of the millions of men who are employed on the railroads of the country, passed the house without di vision, and by a practically unani mous vole. According to the bill any railroad engaged In interstate commerce is made liable for the death or Injury of any of lis employes resulting from the negligence of its officers, agents or employes, or by reason of any de fect or insufficiency due to Its cars, engines, appliances. machinery, tracks, ways or works. Where suit, is Instituted for damages as a result of the death of an employe, contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery where his contributory negligence was slight and that of the employer was gross in comparison, but the dam ages shall be diminished by the jury in propoilion to the amount of neg ligence attributable to the employes. Section thrcs of the bill renders void any contract of employment, in surance, relief benefit or indemnity made to relieve the employer of any liability for damages to an employe for personal Injuries arising out of the .negligence of a co-employe. CCAL STRIKE SITUATION Independent Operators of Pittsburg District Organize. Forty independent coal operators of the Pittsburgh district met and de cided upon the organisation of the In dependent Coul Opera iors' associa tion of Western Pennsylvania. The new organization claims to represent an annual t image of 2o,i:tMi,oti0, and its first act was to re-nlTirm the action taken previously in refusing to sign the new wage scale. The independ ent operators adjourned to meet at the call of tiie chairman and an nounced that, their mines will remain closed nt least lor the immediate future. Nearly 300 Illinois coal operators were at the meeting of their organiza tion in Chicago. It was decided to stand In resisting the demands of the miners. The Chicago & Carbon dale Coal Company of De Soto," 111., was expelled from membership be cause it has signed the scale demand ed by t lie miners. Raised Almost $200,000. By raising nearly $200,flo ju one, day for the senil-centeiiiil fund of the railed Presbyterian church, May 28 to June (i, 19US. the congre gation of the Sixth church. North Highland avenue, Pittsburg, not dis established a new high record for a Htngle day's contribution, hut also paid a remarkable tribute lo their pastor, tiie Rev. Dr. Robert M'Whatty Russell, who retires to accept tho presidency of Westminster college. People of Chicago Vote on the Mayor's Propositions, MAY OWN BUT NOT OPERATE Three Questions Were Submitted One of Which Failed to Receive Required Number of Votes. Under the result of the city elec tion, held in Chicago, In which the question of municipal ownership of the street railways was the vital is sue, the city can proceed to acquire and control the street railways, but cannot operate them. At the same time the voters, while declaring that the city shall not proceed to oper ate the railroads, declared that as a question of public policy It would be desirable for the city to do bo. Three impositions were submitted to the voters, the first of which was: Shall the city of Chicago proceed to operate street railways? This proposition required 60 per cent. Of the total vote cast in order to be-' come t-ffectlve. The total vote was 231,171. Of this num ber the proposition to proceed to the Immediate operation of the street railways secured but 123,000 vote3, about 17,000 short of the necessary three-fifths. The second proposition Involved the approval of an ordinance pre viously passed by the city council providing for the issue of street rail way certificates In amount not to ex ceed $75,000,000 for the purchase, ownership and maintenance of the street railways. This was carried by about 3.S00 votes. The thiitl question, which was sim ply on the question of public policy and has no legal effect whatever Is, shall the city council proceed without delay to secure the municipal owner ship and operation of tho street rail ways' under the Mueller law. Instead of granting franchises to private com panies': Tills question was carried by about :i,l!00 voles. Mayor K. F. Dunne construes the passage of the $75,000,000 certificates ami public policy appropriations as a victory for municipal ownership, but expressed bis disapiMiintment over the deteat of the proposition for muni cipal operation. CLEVER THIEF CAUGHT Stole Valuable Antiques and $100,000 Worth of Securities. The New York police arrested Thomas J. Wainwrighl, the thief w hose robbery of Dr. Nicholas J. Piuaulr, I lie celebrated French surg eon of Minneapolis, of $100,1100 In se curities and a collection of royal curios will go down in criminal his tory ns a eninrkable piece of work. The property Wainwriglit stole from Dr. linatill. includes $100,000 In se rurllies. which lie disposed of In two weeks before bis flight by boldly representing himself as a broker in .Minneapolis, using the name of P. J. Hart.lott, which is that of the sun of A. W. Itartlett. a wealthy and well known broker of Boston. Wainwriglit was taken to police headquarters, where lie admitted his theft and oflered to give the police every assistance In tracing the part, of Hie stolen property of which he had disposed. He is a college graduate, a linguist and an extensive traveler. The police say he Is One of the most accomplished criminals In the coun try. Wainwriglit forged Dr. linault's name to an order for the keys of a wifely deposit vnult In a Minneapolis bank. Thus he extracted nil the papers and a collection of the more rare jewelry. Then Wainwriglit open ed his broker's office and afterward got away. CAPITAL NEWS NOTES. The Supreme Court of the United States decided the Michigan railroad tax cases, involving the taxes of all the railroads in that State for sever al years past, against the railroads. Representative Cooper of Wisconsin Introduced a bill granting United States citizenship to the Inhabitants of Puerto ltioo. It is understood Governor' Wirilhrop will advocate the passage of ibis bill. The Semite Committee on Appro priations reported the urgent deficien cy hill with a number of amend ments. An appropriation of $50,000 is made to enable the Government to participate in the second Internation al peace conference nt The Hague. In the case of the United Slates versus Wickershani. the Supreme Court of the United States decided that a person employed iu the civil serviqe may recover damag'M on ac count of suspension from oillce by a subordinate official, affirming the de cision of the Court of Claims. Chinese Menace Russians. The Russian Slovo has received a sensational telegram from . its cor respondent at H. ul, in. Manchuria, saving that hostilities are imminent between the Russiar and Chinese troops. He intimate.; that the Chi nese, influenced by Japan, are moving forward, that the situation Is so tense that the Russian demobiliza tion of troops lias been stopped. Representative Hepburn introduced a bill to prevent the erection of a marine hospital in Pittsburg. Elopement Frustrated. Because his pretty- 17-year-old daughter Emily and Charles Decker attempted to elope, Ullcy llarrold, the father of the girl, of Deny, Pa., followed the pair to Latrobo, where both were captured nfter a running fight In which Constable Neaie and young Decker exchanged several shots. The girl was taken to Mor ganza by her father this evening, while Docker was committed to jaiL JUSTICE BY TELEPHONE Maryland Judge Condemns the Prac tice as Scandalous. Judge Merrick of Upper Marlboro, Md., told the grand jury It had been reported to him that certain justices In the county had been trying cased over the telephone, and said it was their duty to investigate the matter and to indict the guilty parties. The Court said that If the reports were true it was a scandalous proceeding and a disgrace tr the county. It is understood that Justice Mer rick referred to the case of a saloon keeper arrested for violating the Sun day liquor law. The saloonkeeper called up a justice in Hyattsville and told him he was guilty, whereupon the Judge replied the fine would be $100. The fine was paid to the con stuble, who gave the saloonkeeper a receipt. GENERAL BLANCO DEAD i Succeeded Weyler and Had Sorry Experience in Cuba. General Blanco, formerly governor general of Cuba, is dead. Ramon Blanco y Arenas was sent to Cuba to succeed General Weyler, whose conduct. Jin suppressing Mrs rebellion in that, island had shocked the humanitarian feeling of all the civilized world. He ptarted on fa policy of pacification, but the Cuban people did not trust him, and his ex perience on the island was not hap py. When the war with the United States broke out Blanco did not en ter upon the defense of the island with much hope of success, and as soon as the war was over he resign ed and returned to Spain November, 1898. WILL NOT INTERFERE President Declines to Appoint Com mission to Settle Coal Strike. . John H. Winder, president of the Ohio Operators' association, gave out part of a letter be received from President Roosevelt in which the President, replying to the request that a commission be appointed by him lo settle the miners' strike, says: "To appoint a committee to meet with the miners and operators, as you request, would necessitate action on the part of congress. As yet I am not prepared to say what action I per sonally will, or can, take In the matter." Naval Maneuvers on Lakes. Arrangements have been made for naval maneuvers on the great lakes during the coming summer. They are to begin August f and continue for one week. Tho rendezvous Is to be Mackinaw, where the following shlpB will nssenible: The Wolverine (form erly the Michigan), the Hawk and Essex, of Ohio; the Gopher, of Min nesota: the Dorothea, of Illinois, and the Yantic, of Michigan. All but the first named which Is a Government vessel, are ships set apart for the use of the naval reserves of the dif ferent Slates. Two high naval offi cers have been ordered to supervise the maneuvers. Boston Wool Market. The wool market Is strong with fair activity. Foreign grades are firm. Leading quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 35 to fl5c; 32 to fl.ic ; No. 1, 3S to 39c; No. 2. 38 to 40c; fine un washed, 20 to 2GM..C; -bloort, un washed. 32 to 32c; a8-blood, 33 to 33',ic; ijj-blood, 32, to 33c; unwash ed delaine, 2S to 29c; fine washed delaine, 30 to 37c; Michigan fine un washed 24 to 25c; U-hlood. unwashed 21 to 32e; -blood, 32 to. 33c; -blood, 31 to 32c; unwashed de laine. 27 to 2Sc. Wants Arbitration. John H. Winder, president, of the Ohio Operator's association, tele graphed President Theodore Roose velt from Charleston, W. Va., that the bituminous operators were will ing to settlo the strike by the same method proposed to tho anthracite operators by President John Mitchell, viz, by arbitration, and also sent a similar message to Presidont Mitch ell. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. United States Senator R. A. Alger, of Michigan, is seriously ill at At lantic city, N. J. Count Henri De la Vaux and Charles Levee, the French aereo nnut made a successful flight from West Point. N. Y.. to Peekskill, N. Y. The President nominated the fol lowing postmasters: Washington, D. ('., Benjamin F. Barnes, of New Jer sey; Ohio, C. II. Hlldebrand, Ashland. The revolutionists of Warsaw, have unnounced their intention to de dare a general strike in order to pre vent the Government from contract ing a new. loan. The Norfolk and Western railroad's "Cannonball" train, bound from Richmond to Norfolk, Va., ran into an open switch at Jupiter siding. The train was derailed, but few of the 00 passengers were hurt. Fire destroyed the big dry-goods store of Sebastian, Roberts & Co. In Mexico City, causing a loss of be tween $1)00.000 and $700,000. Sherman M. Bell, funnier adjut ant general of Colorado, may soon become minister of war of Venezu ela. While saying requiem mass at tho funeral of one of his parishioners the Rev. John Dempsey, resident priest, of St. Bernard jCathuJIlo church of Crawfordsville, lud., fell (lead in his pulpit. Russian Torpedo Boat Sinks. During the trial of a submarine boat at Li bun, Russia, a torpedo boat, from which several naval officers were witnessing th experiments, struck a reef. Those on board the torpedo boat were rescued, but a snow storm prevented the stilvnge of the vessel which sank. KEYSTONE STATE CULLIHGS THREE ITALIANS DROWNED .', Two Bodies Found When Skiff t Righted, but They Slip Into the Water Again. Their boat upturned by the higtt waters of the Conemiiugh river, threw Italians were drowned near Saltsburg. The fourth member of the party. Tony Glska, was able to swim ashore. The drowned nien were: Frank Satri, 26 years old; Gttlssepl Canter, 25 years old; Domineck Cantar, 12 years old. The men attempted to cross tho raging stream In a boat, and it over turned. Later in the evening the boat was found neur the shore at Edra. Wheu the boat was lighted the two older Italians were found lot each other's embrace under the seat. The bodies fell Into the current and were washed away. Dr. John Watson (Inn MacLaren). of England, has not consented to be candidate for pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Uniontown, ft was announced at a congregational meeting. Rev. A. 8. Mllholland. D. D., the present pastor, has resigned after a service of 5 years. There are 18 applicants for the place and a, committee was appointed to ascer tain the iiallllcatlona of the candidate and report at a meeting of the con gregation on April 25. The Pennsylvania State Associa tion for the Abolition or the School Tax was perfected at Erie by the election of Austin Leonard, of Troy, president; Theodore L. Kenyon, ot Columbia, vice president, and T. P. Rynder, of Erie, secretary. The ob ject of the association is to have the State assume the entire cost of the common schools, thereby relieving farm and homo owners from a heaTy burden of taxation. The organization consists of the above-named officers, an executive committee and a gener al Stale committee, to be selected one from each county. The move ment has been already indorsed by numerous clubs, granges and promi nent persons and Its work is welt under way. Four men met death and four were seriously hurt on the Buffalo & Alle gheny Valley division of the Penn sylvania railroad. Two men wet . crushed to death under an overturned locomotive, which left the track while making a fast run with a work train, to a wreclt near F.mlenton, where a number of laborers had been hurt, and two men were run down by a passenger train, while walking on the tracks near KIttanning. The deadr Robert Burkhnrt, engineer, Pittsburg;. F. C. Shlpnian, road supervisor. Oil' City; John McDonald, of Gorfrey; Milton Drunimond, of Godfrey. Mrs. Henry Berltey smashed the windows of two residences and a gro cery store at Oakville, a suburb of Latrobe, before a constable placed her under arrest. A lunney commis sion adjudged the woman Insane and she was sent to the county Infirm ary. When asked why she brol; the windows the woman said she "just, liked to hear the glass crack." Mrs. Berkey said also that she had plan ned a window-smashing trip to La trobe, but could not get the chance. Seven men burgnrlized the Dickson city postoffice between 2 and 3 o'clock In the morning, dynamiting tho safe and getting nway with $190 worth of stamps and $1 in cash. Ed ward Connelly, who lives over the postoffice, heard the men breaking In the front of the building and he stuck his head out of the window to " Inquire what was going on. He was covered with several revolvers and told to keep quiet. During the temporary absence of their mother from the kitchen of her home near Centralia. Charles and Nel lie George, four and two years old respectively, fell into a tub filled with scalding water. When lifted from the tub the girl was dead. The boy expir ed soon nfter. During a fight nt Export, Herman Stevicks, a Slav, shot and killed Thomas Williams, an American. ' Stevicks attempted to get away but was captured by American miners and turned over to Constable R. L. Painter. Williams was 30 years old and married. t Thomas Arner, fiO years old, and William Barron, 2S years old. while walking on the Reading tracks near Tamaqua, were struck by a fast freight train, and both instantly killed. The greater part of Barron's body was ground to pieces. Six prisoners escaped from , the Uniontown lockup by tearing up a plank in the floor and crawling into the basement there forcing open a door to the outside. All the pris oners who escaped 'were in jail fop minor offenses. Margaret, the 13-yenr-old daughter of Grant Taylor, of Tyrone, while playing with matches In the yard, set fire to her clothing. She was so- ' frightfully burned that she will die.- Hunter Worral Little, a prominent farmer, was killed at West Chester, by being run over by a hay wagon. His head was crushed. , Judge Kooser issued an injunction restraining striking miners from in terfering with operating Somerset county minesy The new y Pennsylvania railroad (rain, knovrv .is the Cincinnati and New York express, was Wrecked at Sheridan, CO miles west of Altoona. A broken flange caused a combination car to leave the track. No one was injured. Former Congressman J. D. Hicks, It was announced, will bo a candidate for the assembly nomination from the new Altoona district at tho Republl-' can primaries lu May. Four horses worth $250 each, were burned In the sale stable ot Joseph. Kandlg, at York. Thirty-four mnlea. escaped. X
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