THE BULLETIN. MT. JOY, PA. I.E SCHROLL, - Editor and Publisher, : SUBSCRIPTION: Fifty Cents Per Annum, strictly io advance. 25 Conta, Rix Months, - - . 2 Cents. Bingle Copies, . . . Sample Copies Frese. Special Rates to Yearly Advertisers. Entered Sept. 3 1902, at Mount Joyt Pa., as second class matter, under ac, of Congress of March 3, 1879. ; 0 r FI <Q E R EAR Or MOUNT JOY HALL. — — The Montana legislature has been considering an appropriation of $3000 to be presented to the mother of triplets. statesmen in that part of the always been liberal in comments the The country their Vashington Star. have pecuniary ideas, A hydraulic “dredger has just been constructed for the Canadian govern- ment at a cost ‘of $91,515. The centri- fugal pump has an efficiency of about 60 percent, The dredger is operated by , crew of 11 men. Its average ortput 5 500 cubic yards: of material per hour, ‘hich is discharged through a pipe 00 feet long. That means a 24-hour 12,000 cubic yards. Romancers imagine that Italy is the ral home of crime and violence, 1 the statistics it would appear that is a great injustice to that sunny clas clime. The United States G distinction of sheltering the t number of death by violence country in the world, the ratio 1 to the 1000. Great Britain next with 33, while cholerio 5 guilty of only 20, and much- taly has only eight to answer pacity of ~ghipbuilders are natural- t to bing themselves under bities to construct enormous oof keeping up a speed of hour under the worst con- vind and weather. Never- is the hard requirement itish governmont is anx- for new transalantie ay be used in an emer- of war, states the New After all, there are lim- Ents on the ocean. fanity league, which ssachusetts last year, only. one -of its kind as been in existence and during that pe- pledged and regis- f 8500, represent- erritories, Canada, d, England, Ire- , so that it is in- ne. Sixty efficient s have been tes, and in five been appointed rn. Recently an hs been waged 0,000 pieces of enth Century prtunes and pst invaria- cated men, h learning, hat, they e find on men who ce, poli- ave not ss and political their pt in b wag er by pnmy pur- hess ord CAST Presid RESIGNS POWER t of Venezuela Springs a New Surprise. DS A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. In the Ordinary Course of Events President Castro’s Term Would Have Ended February 20, 1908 —He was Elected President of Venezuela in February, Last Year, For Six Years, Beginning February 20. Caracas,Venezuela (By Cable).—Presi- dent Castro has resigned. He placed his resignation in the hands of the President of the Congress after reading the Presidential message. Gen- eral Castro handed over the exercise of the Presidential office to that official. Washington, ID. C. (Special).—Secre- tary Hay received a dispatch from WW. W. Russell, ‘the United States charge d"affairs at Caracas, confirming the report of President Castro's resignation, but stating that he doubted if the Venezuelan Congress would accept it. From an authoritative quarter it was learned that this move on the part of President Castro has long been contem- lated. Representations were made to im several months ago by leaders in Venezuela that his resignation would have the effect of enabling the people of that country to present a solid front to the world in the questions in controversy with the powers. The statement is made that the resignation is the result of a secret agreement with the leaders refer- red to that President Castro should tem- porarily relinquish his office pending the adjustment of the disputes which Min- ister Bowen has in hand. While President Castro nominally gives up his office it is said in well-in- formed quarters his intention is to keep it within the family by an arrangement to make his brother Vice-President so that he would succeed to the Presidency. It is the belief here, based on information which has been kept secret, that the pres- ent plan is to allow President Castro to remain out of office for a short time and then re-elect him at the next election. BATTLE WITH SAVAGE CATS. Man Finally Kills Them After They Scratch His Face and Hands Terribly. New York (Special).—William Bar- fett, of Bloomfield, N. J., had a fierce battle with three savage cats in the cellar of Frederick Crane's house. The had attacked women and children until the residents held a meeting and decided to have them killed. Garrett was sent for and engaged to do the extermination. He went into the cellar armed with pistol and club, and after closing the windows, so that the cats could not get out, started to kill them. . He saw three pairs of fiery eyes glar- ing at him from behind a barrel. The cats were biting and growling, but Bar- ret raised his club and aimed a blow at one’s head. He missed, and then the three animals sprang at him, one landing upon his shoulder, while the other clawed savagely at his breast. He tried to shake them off, but could not. Finally he seized the one on his shoulder by the throat. As he drew it toward him it clawed him across the face in a frightful manner. Barrett threw it to the ground, placed his foot on it and then killed it with his club. In the meantime the other cats made things lively for Barrett, tearing his clothing in shreds and lacerating his flesh in several. places. Barrett had fought for over half an hour before he killed the second with his revolver. The third cat fought more desperately than had the others, and before he could land a blow on its head it seized him by the throat with his teeth while it clawed his breast. It was with diffi- culty he dislodged and killed it. LA SOUFRIERE VIOLENT. »0ud Roaring and Flashes Accompany Spread of Cloud of Smoke. Kingstown (By Cable).—The erup- tion of La Soufriere continues. At half-past 8 o'clock a.m. its violence was unabated and the spectacle was awe- inspiring. The crater is belching forth dense black clouds which rise heavenwards, accompanied by loud roaring and flashes which rend the spreading pall of smoke which now envelops the entire island in darkness. Electrical discharges occurred at in- tervals during the night, wl®e at day- break the sunlight playing on the stu- pendous volcanic clouds produced ex- ceedingly beautiful effects. Relying upon the scientific opinion that Kingstown, although covered with heavy clouds which completely obscure the sun, is not in danger, the popula- tion shows no alarm. According to ad- vices from Chateau Belair dark sand is falling there, and Point-a-Pitre reports that strong detonations were heard there throughout the night and morn- ing. The Hague Protocol. Washington, D. C. (Special).—It is believed here that Great Britain, Ger- many and Italy have agreed as to the amendments to be proposed to the draft of The Hague protocol, and since the British Ambassador has received his instructions as to the exchanges to be proposed, it is thought that instruc- ions to Baron Sternberg and the Ital- an Ambassador may be received here robably by the middle of the week. 1st what amendments the British Am- kssador has been directed to propose not stated, and the character may be made public until negotiations again taken up with Mr. Bowen. Ask Pardon for Motorman Madden. ttsfield, Mass. (Special).—A peti- for the pardon of Euclid Madden, man of the Pittsficld Street Rail- ho is serving a six months’ sen- in the House of Correction for hth of William Craig, secret ser- cer to the President, will come he Berkshire County Commis- April 7. It is considered prob- t the petition will be granted. of $3500 is to be paid by the ompany, upon whose. tracks accident occurred. THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. As a result of a battle between union and non-union structural ironworkers employed on a bridge in Cleveland three men were badly cut and bruised by being struck with bricks and clubs. Twenty-five men took part in the fight, and only quit upon the arrival of the police. Suit has been brought by the de- scendants of the original proprietors of Ellis Island, in New York Bay, who claim the island through royal grant given their ancestors. They aver that the island is part of New Jérsey. Five men of the crew of the tug Pilot were drowned in the Delaware near Philadelphia as the result of a collision with the steamship Winifred. Mrs. Albert A. Phares, of Jackson- ville, N. J., was held for the action of the grand jury on the charge of poi- soning her husband. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, addressed a let- ter to the chief of police of Tampa, Fla., demanding protection for two organ- izers, who have been threatened with death, The attorney general at Manila de- cides there is not sufficient evidence to justify the prosecution of President Gomez and other leaders of the Na- tionalist party, charged with assisting the ladrones. It has been learned that the son of President Palma, of Cuba, was secretly married in New York to Miss Mabel Jacobs, the daughter of a wealthy to- bacco importer. The annual meeting of the Federa- tion of the Alliance Francaise in the United States was held in New York and attended by delegates from all parts of the country. The American Bridge Company im- ported a number of nonunion men from Virginia to work on the new Wa- bash bridge across the Monongahela river at Pittsburg. Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived" at San Juan, Porto Rico, was received by Governor Hunt and his family, and held an informal reception at the pal- ace. There was a collision between union and nonunion men, the latter being dis- placed at the shipyard on Staten Island to make room for returning strikers. A negro attempted to burn the home of W. H. Boyd, at Birmingham, Ala., and attacked his wife, who had fired at the man. She is severely injured. Evidence was given in New York that Police Instructor Cross had in- structed Wardman Bissert to tip off poolrooms that were to be raided. The steamer Metamora sank in the Acklawoha River, Fla.; two negroes were drowned and some of the passen- gers made narrow escapes. The Manville Company's mill, at Woonsocket, was shut down on ac- count of the strike of the mule spin- ners. George B. White, vice-president and | a director of the Bank of South Penn- | sylvania, at Hyndman, Bedford county, Pa., was atrested on a warrant sworn out by Bank Examiner W. A. Mason, charging him with embezzlement and other irregularities amounting to about | $20,000. Ex-Attorney ‘General Griggs the final argument in defense of the Northern Sectirities Company sin the merge: case before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and Special Consul Watson began the final argu- ment for the government. made Fcreign. Dr. Stuebel, director of the German Colonial Office, replying to socialist in- quiries in the Reichstag, said house- hold slavery had been abolished in Tag- oland, German West Africa. Premier Combes, in the French Sen- ate, stated that the government would maintain the concordat between church and state on condition that the clergy keep out of politics. The political situation in England is complicated by the announcement that the government proposes to bring in a bill providing a modified form of home rule. It is considered certain in circles that Mgr. Joseph F. Mooney, vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York, will be chosen bishop of Buffalo. Baron von Holleben, the former German ambassador, has been order- ed to return to the United States to formally present his letters of recall. The elegant residence of the Hum- bert family, in Paris, which was the scene of their triumphs and downfall, was sold at auction for $64,400. The epidemic resembling smallpox on the Island of Trinidad is pronounc- ed by medical men there to be vario- loid, or chicken-pox. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain stat- ed in the House of Commons that 100,- ooo Boers had been repatriated, and that the British® government was giv- ing the new colonies as military com- pensation $75,000,000 toward the ex- penses of their resettlement. Samuél Untermeyer, of New York, is organizing a combination in Eng- land, Germany, Austria, Russia and France to control steam-pump, engine and waterworks. There was a clash between the Cath- olics and Protestants of the Fiji Is- lands as the result of the conversion of a number of Catholics to Protestant- ism. The midlent festival in Paris was wit- nessed by many Americans. An Amer- ican cakewalk by Southern “darkies” was a feature of the procession. The first Cuban consulatesgeneral in ‘France was inaugurated at Marseilles with much ceremony, the Cuban flag being saluted and cheered. The Austrian War Minister has for- bidden all officers to join the Anti- dueling League. The anniversary of the death of Louis Kossuth at Budapest was the occasion for riotous demonstrations by the stu- dents, who hoisted mourning flags over the university and compelled the pro- fessors to suspend lectures. Financial. New York Central directors have de- clared the regular quagterly dividend of I 1-4 per cent. J. P. Morgan and William Rockefel- ler attended the New Haven Railroad's labor conference. If Keene wins his fight against Har- riman in Southern Pacific it may in- duce minority interests in other rail- roads to follow suit. Rumer again nanxes W. P. Snyder, of the Clairtont Steel! Company, as the future president of jthe United Statey Vatican Steel Corporation, _-, : STRIKE COMMISS TONS § Miners Get Nearly all They Asked For Wages, in Most Cases, Ten Per Cent. an Day for Laborers—Sliding Scale of Pay— cally a Profit-Sharing Device, ee rn, bei ban Washington, D. C. (Special). ~The re- port of the Anthracite Coal Strike Com- mission, appointed by the President to investigate the differences between the operators and miners in the Pennsylvania anthracite region, just made public, oc- cupies 87 printed pages, bearing date of March 18, 1003, and is signed by the seven members of the commission. Briefly stated, the report recommends: 1. Increase in wages of miners at an average of ‘10 per cent. 2. A sliding scale of wages and a mini- mum wage rate. 3. That no person shall be discrimi- nated against in the matter of employ- ment by reason of membership or non- membership in any labor organization. 4. Decrease of time of working hours. 5. That the laws restricting child labor in the mines be more rigidly enforced. 6. That the awards of the commission shall remain operative until March 31, 1606. Upon the general propositions de- manded by the miners the latter, accord- ing to the report have won in the con- tention for an increase in wages and against the employment of child labor. I'he main contention of the miners, however, that the United Mine Workers be recognized as an organization by the operators, is lost. The commission de- clines to make any recommendations of a specific character as to whether the labor organization shall be recognized. It treats of the subject in a general way, but refrains from recommending that the United Mine Workers’ organizaticn be recognized or not. Basis of the Award. A recapitulation of the awards of the commission is as follows: That an increase of 10 per cent. wages be paid to all contract miners. Engineers employed in hoisting water shall have an increase of 10 per cent. on their earnings between November 1, 1902, and April 1, 1003. Other engineers and pumpmen shall have an increase of 10 per cent. on their earnings covering the same period. Firemen shall have an increase of 10 per cent. for the same period. All em- ployes or company men other than those for whom special awards are made shall have an increase of 10 per cent. for the period named. During the life of the award the pres- ent methods of payment shall be adhered to, unless changed by mutual agreement. Any difficulty or disagreement arising otit of the award which cannot be ad- justed by the superintendents of the in | mines and the miners shall be referred for seit! t to a permanent joint com- Date settlemenigaiatia dll © requeste miners, king bosses, ion of work shall take place th che em Mi the n as pos certed effort on the part of miners to limit the coal output. In all cases where the miners are paid by the car, the in- crease of wages is to be based upon the cars in use. ars shall be distributed among ors as uniformly and equitably The Sliding Scale. A sliding scale of wages shall be adopt- ed, as follows: For each increase of 5 cents in the aver- age price of white-ash coal of sizes above pea coal, sold at or near New York, be- tween Perth Amboy and Edgewater, and reported to the Bureau of Anthracite Coal Statistics, above $4.50 per ton free on board, the employes shall have an in- crease of 1 per cent. in their compensa- tion, which shall continue until a change in the average price of said coal works a reduction or an increase in said addi- tional compensation hereunder; but the rate of compensation shall in no case be less than that fixed in the award. That is, when the price of said coal reaches $4.55 per ton the compensation will be increased 1 per cent. to continne until the price falls below $4.55 per ton, when the 1 per cent. increase will cease, or until the price reaches $4.60 per ton, when an additional 1 per cent. will be ad- ded, and so on. These average prices shall be computed monthly by an accountant or commission- er, named by one of the circuit judges of the Third judicial circuit of the United States, and paid by the coal operators, such compensation the appointing judge may fix, which compensation shall be distributed among the operators in proportion to the tonnage of each mine. As to the Union. That no person shall be refused em- ployment or in any way discriminated against on account of membership or non-membership in any labor organiza- tion, and that there shall be no discrimi- nation against or interference with any employe who is not a member of any labor organization by members of such organization. The following general recommenda- tions are contained in the report: “The commission thinks that the practice of employing deputies, upon the request and at the expense of em- ployers, instead of throwing the whole responsibility of preserving peace and protecting property upon the county and State officers, is one of doubtful wsdom, and perhaps tends to invite conflicts between such officers and idle men, rather than to avert them. Peace and order should be maintained at any cost, and should be maintained by reg- ularly appointed and responsible offi- cers and deputies, at the expense of the as Packers Fined $5000 Each. Jefferson City, Mo. (Special).—The Armour, Cudahy, Swift, Hammond and Schwartzschild & Sulzberger Packing Companies, the ‘five defendants in the ouster proceedings brought by the At- torney General of “jiaspuri geaingt the alleged beef combin fined $5000 each in tj Court and ordered the case, which am less the {izes : ble, and there shall be no con- public, and reinforced may be necessary by pul rather than by guards porations or individuals. deputies are, to all intel poses, the employes of on ties usually works injury in which they are enga preserving peace and prote erty, Coal and Iron Policd “The employment of what as ‘Coal and Iron policeme coal-mining companies, while sity as things are, militates a very purpose for which they ployed Although the testimon the commission proved that, as the Coal and Iron policemen w of good character, there were cient number of bad characters from cities, to discredit the eff the whole body. The employm this body of police is authoriz law, but they are really the employ) the coal companies, and thus dc secure the respect and obedien which officers ‘of the law are ent Their presence is an irritant, and n of the disturbances in the coal reg during the late strike grew out their presence. Should this matter remedied by legislation, so at laws could be enforced anc served by a regularly const stabulary, appointed and p county or State, the comt lieves that much of the diso accompanies strikes would Employment of Childre “Another subject, not a submission, but concerning v testimony was offered, is employment of children. BO ployed in the breakers. The of the commission was call{ painful fact that in other boys and girls are employed long hours both day and nig the law prescribes the ages! boys may be employed in an the mines and at which child be employed in factories or appears from the evidence tha is not placed sufficiently high. should be protected against t cal and moral influences of ployment, and there ought more rigid enforcement of which now exist. No Compulsory Arbitration. “There are some who have uf commission to recommend th tion of compulsory arbitration, ed, as the means of securing sired result, but we cannot see to recommend any such drasti ure. We do not believe that United States such a system meet with general approval or w cess. Apart from the appareq mm tional power to et for compulsory ¢ tries are too Vj . d dor the px tion of Buc? MYSTERY, An Ingot Valued a From Uni Detroit, Mich. have been made 4a with the mysteri from the Union Dep? Pacific and Dominion pany of a bar of gold in Salt Lake City to the Eat valued at $23,500. The whe the precious ingot is a mys The missing ingot was on weighing about 80 pounds were in transit from the V sumably Salt Lake City. It ig the Philadelphia Mint was t ation of the gold. The four bars arrived from t on Wabash train No. 4 at 8 and were checked out by the 1 ger in charge. They were receipt by Foreman Miller, of the loc: pot office. All express matter fo East received on No. 4 is held in depot’ for an eastbound Wabash t which leaves at 10.50 o'clock. The f ingots were taken into the depot offi and placed in the safe. Shortly before the eastbound trait was due to leave they were removec from the strong-box and loaded on a truck, to be wheeled out to the ex- press car. The train was an hour and a half late, however, and it is under- stood by the police that the gold was ‘not put into the safe again pending the time for the train to leave, but lay on the truck in the office, which is on the level of the street. Captain McDon- nell says that he has found that at least nine persons were in the office at dif- ferent times while the gold lay on the truck exposed to view and that several of them handled it and commented on its value. Two men who were in the office were taken into custody, but proved to the satisfaction of the offi- cers that they had nothing to do with the disappearance of the gold. When the train was finally ready it was found that there were only three ingots on the truck. A frantic search of the office was made, but no trace of the fourth bar was found. The train = was held for a time, but finally the three | [he PPC ingots were dispatched on their way | Crum colle] and Foreman Miller notified the po- | tom, S. C, lice of their disappearance. It was at | States distr first thought that the bar might have A court been leit by mistake in the express car | J€Orge H of train No. 4, and the car was search- | steward af ed at Buffalo, but there was no gold ‘harge oi bar found. purchasg [ SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. 70581 proci by th Civi strong him by! correct ing upoi A man giving the name of Jq nett gave himself up to the Fremont, Neb., declar murderer of Nora Fy in San Francisco George Wi the poly
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