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.
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