Altoona Tribune from Altoona, Pennsylvania • Page 1

ft Bit. It VOL. XXXI-NO. 4 ALTOONA, SATO It DAY, APRIL 1. 1905.

TWELVE TAGES. ONE CENT. II II II! IF ONE CENT. WILL RESIST EXTRADITION. VISITED BY BURGLARS.

TO SEVER CHURCH AND STATE. AFTER TREPOFF! FRANCIS HELD! A FLYING VISIT! The Residence of Lieutenant Govern Such the Report Which Comes From Morgan Smith and His Wife, Who Are Wanted in New York. Cincinnati. Ul. That or Brown at New Castle St.

Petersburg. St. Petersburg. April 1. 2 a.

in. New Castle. March Kohhc He Is One of Thirty tie Russia This on Testimony ot Two early this morning completely looted That Paid by Emperor William The movement for severing the trn the residence of Lieutenant Governor THAT Discussion Over John D. Rockefeller's Given Has Not Yet Subsided. taiionai bonds between church and William M.

Brown, ransacking it from the state and giving to the holy or cellar to attic. thodox church independence and self ig Orplzati on the List. Morgau Smith and his wife would rc-ist extradition to New York, whery they have been indicted for conspi-tacy ith Nan Patterson, a sister of Mrs. Smith, was made evident this afternoon. Attorney Shay secured two writs of habeas corpus from common pleas Judge Smith, returnable one writ for .1.

Morgan Former Employes of Storey Cotton Company. The residences of James Ward Rei ot Germany to Tangier, Yesterday. rule, which will increase its iulluence ami Lcuudcr Iiancy were also eutered nmong the people of Russia. ha evidently by the same niau. The found favor with an important grouu Urowii and Raney families are absent 01 Clergy at the camta and a nnti from the city and the extent of theii wormy document ecttlng forth the POLICE STUMBLE ON PLO Kisses cannot be ascertained until REMANDED FOR TRIAL REMAINED ONLY TWO HOURS i lews of those of this persuasion Smith and the other for Julia Pa'-terson Smith.

It. is alleged in the writs that the prisoners are held with they return. A NEW STATEMENT MADE wtiich was presented to Metropolitan Lieut. Gov. Brtiwn lives in the $(i0.

out warrant; that no charge, has been ntonious of St. Petersburg, has received with sufficient consid ll'Hl residence built, bv- e-lrfsiileiii Arrest a Bogus Messenger Alter He Thej the fnr Uip Da wiiiiam e. Ueis. of the National The Elaborate Programme placed against (hem. and that there is no authority in law for detention eration to ensure its miblicaiion in jIBllllllb ivi IIIO lie eel company, who sold it to Brown He Is Accused ot Being One of Promoters and Directors of the Defunct Concern.

the hiirch Messenger, the semi-olll of either husband or wife. When ar hen he moved to New York Had Shot at One of Their Number and Missed Him. rim organization of the diocese of ception and Entertainment Was Much Changed. Comes From H- H. Rogers Vice President and Director of the Standard Oil Company.

rested yesterday the couple were sim The burglars jimmied a drawin St. Petersburg, and one of the most important religion papers In the room window. 1 he only inside door ply "on suspicion," but to-day, when ii was thought a writ of habetis cor lucked was a large clothes wardrobe icaiiu. 1 ue document, atter arguing that the church should be free itself BOMBS CONTINUE TO BE FOUND BAIL WAS FIXED IM SUM OF $50,00 and it was cut to pieevs. The contents pus would, be sought, Chief of Detectives Corner tiled an affidavit SOME COMMENT AND DISAPPOINTMENT of bureaus, drawers and wardrobes HE REPLIES TO REV.

DR. GLADDEN charging Smith and his ife ith be were strewn upon the Hour. ot obligation to the state in order lo all its energies to the prosecution of its own special work and elim United States Commissioner Crai bulky silver was left, the robbers tak ing fugitives from justice. During the afternoon Detective Qirinii. of While Visit Was Short the Moors Put Theory is That Conspiracies are Formed in Paris and Geneva and With Reference to th StanHarH nil ing only compact storllug ware.

inate the suspicion that its mlnlstra- Takes Testimony of Margare Their Best Foot Foremost and Ex New York, who arrested Nan Patter-: The Ueis residence nearby on th That the Men Arrested in Russia Hope, a Stenographer, and Ger hibited Much Enthusiasm His son last after the shooting ol t.ons may be inclined toward worldly ends and interests, demands the same street was also jimmied but tin Are Agents Selected to Execute trude Sundheim, a Bookkeeper, Majesty Very Cordial, Especially Company and Railroad Rebate1! He Quotes from Report of Industrial Commission Made Sc. eral Years Ago. burglars seem to have been fright Caesar Young, and who is well acquainted with the Smiths, called the Sentences. summoning of general council of the church to consider means of mi- and Deemed it Sufficient to Hold to German Colonists. oned there and left hurriedly withou.

the central police station and for Him On. visiting the upstairs. tabling the greater freedom re mally identified the Smiths as the quired. Its piM-lication in the Church Ueis awakened during the night iihl walked across the hall to learn persons named in the New oi In 1 angler, March Emperor Wil- St. I Tin- authorities continue to liiiil evidence of Messenger has occasioned much com dictments.

Tiie writs are returnable of Germany, paid a flying visLt Philadelphia. th the time. It was then four o'clock. ment in St. Petersburg and in re New York.

March 31. H. li. era, vice president and director of before Judge Spiegal in the common terrorist activity in St. Petersburg She did not hear anything, but iirob- to Tangier to-day, remaining barely testimony ot two former employes of ligious circles generally, ami it is re-j leas court Monday.

Before securing the writs Attor the Standard Oil 1Y.1..,. lbly frightened the burglars. The ported that the holy synod has de two hours on shore. The elaborate the defunct Storey Cotton conipan" Stanley Francis, accused of bein burglars sorted tJie silverware. tal programme for his reception and en ney shay had called during the af cided to recommend to Emperor Nicholas the summoning of such ,1 ing a quantity ot sterling and sever ternoon at the police station and held one ot the promoters and directors council.

loilars, overlooking several times that tertainment was much changed, the emperor confining himself to a visit made a statement as to the conduct of the Standard Oil company which was evidently prompted by the criticism of the prudential committee of tiie American board of foreign mis long conference with his clients', ho met each other for the firs! time iinonnt in another drawer of a sec The question is an all invportaii: of the concern, was to-day remand ed for trial by I'nited Slates Com to the German legation, where he re anil in spite- of the precautions of tin? police another tragedy may occur at any The lighting organization is Known to have on its condemned list persons, headed by Grand Duke Alexis and Gov. Gen. Trepoff. but the police, although they liave arrested several persons with liombs iu th-'ir possession and have lakeli many suspects into custody, hav. etary.

since their arrest. The extent of ttU' losses of the ived a deputation of Germans lu one on account of the strong connection between these religious and political elements in the Russian so missioiier Craig, with bail lixed Saney family is unknown. This rob Morocco. The changed plans caused ONE LIFE LOST. sions tor accepting a gift of i original euarge against much comment and disappointment.

bery was discovered by servants when thev arose. No one was in the Francis was using the mails for cial organism, and that it has been raised anil pressed at this time indi cates the extent to which Russian si r. Dr. Bravery of a Woman Who Carried The emperor had been exueetod to fraudulent purposes and he was ar- Brown residence and the robberv nop ti-oni John D. Rockefeller.

Rogers said: "Ministers say queer things. Washington Gladden says that Jure was discovered by Chief of Po- ociety is stirred at the present hour. land about 8 o'clock but this was delayed three hours. Count Family Through Flames. New York.

"1. Ellen Mona resieu at tne instigation tne pos The movement is believed to be ev- ice Homer after he was called to lie Reis home. The value of the Von Tattenbuch-Ashold, former Ger tal authorities. The two important witnesses against the accused man uow largely confined to a group of cijmmy knows thai. John D.

Rock- iietropolltan clergy, and it is not miperty stolen at tne Brown home man minister to returned to 'he steamer Hamburg before thr eieller lias obtained his were Hope, a niouey dis- nown to what extent the priests 1:1 las not been ascertained. iioiiesuy. mi as much 1 grapher, and Mis.s Gertrude SunJ ban. a widow, years old. was burned to death ia her apartment on the lirst lliHir of No.

West Sixty-seventh street. Ibis morning in a tire ivhich for a time threatened the destruction of the entire building, a six-story double tenement house. emperor landed from that vessel. It he country at large are affected. louhl say that evei vboilv neim, a iKioKkeeper.

who gave tes was officially explained that the rea EVANS IN COMMAND. Dr. Gladden would not 1 SECRETARY SHAW. son tor this procedure was the roughness of the ea; after the depai" timony which Commissioner Craig said was sullieieiit to convince hiai that the defendant was party to a conspiracy to defraud. been ballled in their efloris to uiscov-it the invisible hand which is directing the campaign of the terrodists.

Tin' police theory continues to be that tiie central organizations of hose engaged in the conspiracies are at Geneva and in Paris and that th ineu arrested in Russia are agents selected to execute the sentences. When anvsitsl these agents invariably are true to thoiroaihs and refuse to divulge anything, no mailer it. what ordeal they are subjected. Only yesterday the police by chance foiled what, is believed to have been a plot to kill Gov. Gen.

Trepoff. Ac 'Fighting Bob" Is at the Head of ure ot the Hamburg it was stated on He Makes Address at Baltimore MethodiS Conference. good authority that Emperor William North Atlantic Fleet. Washington, D. March 31.

avlng heard that there was a possi Commandments for ten davs th the deacons of his church because they would be sure to break some of 1 hem and bend the rest. "Slavery in certain sections oftle-I nlted Slates was legal until President Lincoln's emancipation procla-ination. Rebates on railroads were jUSt as legal until the Washington. March 31. Al to-day's Rear Admiral Robley D.

Evans, eom- bility of an anti-French demonstra tesslon of the Baltimore Methodist On the second Moor lived John Ward, his wife and their six children. It was with difficulty that the woman succeeded in rescuing her husband, who has boon confined to his bed for some time pasrr-rtifforiiig from an attack of pneumonia. Awakened by the rattle of lire on uoiinly known as "Fighting as- tion on the occasion of his visit, desired to avoid such an incident. An unied command of the North At lantic tleet at Peusaeola this nioriiimr. Episcopal conferece.

Secretary Shaw leliverod an address on the manner dealing with the poor in churches. Me said in part: "Not long ago a Methodist ininls- i'lie ceremony was very smiple. con- other roixirt. which, however, has not received official confirmation, but generally accepted, states that the SiOll isting merely of the lowering of inter-stale commerce coiiiinis-act. After an exhaustive nvnm.

Hour Admiral A. S. Barker's (lag on the German legation was informed gines and a smoke tilled room. Mrs. Ward took her husband in vx arms and ran with him through tne hail, i mathm by the Industrial COIllllliiiti, Kearsarge, the raising of Admiral that an anarchist plot had been (Un er asked tne 'Why is it that tin 'Catholic church is more successful authorized by congress June IS.

18'n James R. Clark, an expert ac-j countant employed by counsel for I Senator Bradley, of Camden, receiver ol the Storey Cot on company, also" concerning his examination of the company's books. He based his testimony on his examination ol the cash book, which, he said, con-j tained an entry of as re-jceipis from cotton investments which i wax the only indication in the boolt of tiny stock deals by the company. A statement of Jim concern's busi in show ing assets of was produced by I'nited States District Attorney Thompson, and. after examining it, the witness said there was nothing on the cash book to such assets.

The book ilbM covered and advised that the emiie- avails Mag on the which is to in a review of evidence When she reached the lirst lion! where tiie fire originated, sin? encoiin the commis me poor tnaii 1 re- ror bo dissuaded from landing. Count he the new flagship of the lleet, and he customary salutes from all the ivi'uiieu its ioiiows: "'It has been charged as a of general belief on essels present. Admiral Kvaus lias had many com h1 most all the opponents of tin- mands in his long and distinguished ills- ireer, but never has he had a lleet u.iru till company-that these criminations in various forms been continually received, even late. On the other hand, charges have been denied ami Von Tattenbach-Ashold visited th. German legation and interviewed the authorities and afterward-notified his majesty that every precaution had been taken, but advised that the programme be confined tc a visit to the legation.

Notwithstanding the shortness of his -majesty's stay in Tangier. tin occasion will be certainly as one of the most 4jrill.iu.iit and pic imvsque in the histo'-y of this -pretty sea'jort. 1 large and powerful as this one. Ight battleships of tbe first-class. 10 niseis, two fast scout cruisers, one idled, "That is easy.

They never talk ibout it. They draw no distinctions. They never abuse the one nor the other. The -htirch was designed for people; rich icople ami poor people; educated eople and uneducated people; cub 11 red and uncultured lint I do not clieve it was ever the design or or man that it should be th" church, of one to the exclusion of he other, lu my jiulgnu tit, 'tiie only way to keep It' the church of ail i-: slop drawing distinctions between ha vo up lo Iheso most cording to me latesi ue'ans ot a man was observed iluri.ig thi morning lounging at the corner of Great street about a block a way from the entrance of Gen. Tre-i-oti's chancellory.

The man attracted no attention at lirsl. as he wore the i cap wnii'li is the distinctive mark of the employes of tiie messenger company, wnose messengers til every street corner, but ai last a policeman, noticing that I he. man's face was not familiar to him. approached the supposed messenger with the object of inierrogai ing him. The man thereupon became alarmed, drew a revolver and It red at the policeman, tun missed him.

Tiie then overpowered his assailant and arrested him. Almost at the same hour that the bogus messenger was being arrested on Great Morskaia s.rooi the who have been keeping a sharp look show, however, that the. company 'ered the Humes. Securing a blank I. she wrapped it about herself and I husband and then rustled througlt I the (lames, reaching the street in safely.

She lost no time getting back to her I rooms, where sin' found her children lanic-st ricken in their room. Taking her youngest, a live year old girt, in nor arms and -owf'-t other iivi, follow, she the way dow v. i rear lire escape. All injury The iirc was extinguished after do- damage to the extent of several thousand dollars. NEWS FROM THE FRONT.

I I i inn iosi 1 1 11,, out mere was uo Indication that. Nhis sum was lost in iecond-chtss battleship, three' k-oust defense monitors, torpedo boat lestroyers and 'eight iiitx'iliaies constitute not only the biggest a'ggrega- cotton transactions. Miss Hope said she had Francis since and sh know i-iiipiiaucaiiy nv every the Standard Oil company wlih reference to all cases except one which they claim was a mistake (he amount of which freight due being promptly paid on discovery of lb-error. The Standard Oil company not merely challenged the oivtKiimni'u had al The exhibited unwonted en ion of American vessels ever organized under one coiiimaud, but the irst so-called "home lleet" ever es- adver and throughout the two ways believed him to le Hit Using manager of the Storey Cotton hours the emperor was on shore 110 company, she knew he carried a untoward incident occurred. His mn bring forth proof of anv case.

bi. the sons of men. I believe there is more prejudice on the part of those the world (tails poor against 'hose whom the world calls rich, than versa. But 1 believe this pvej-idice is only heightened conUn-inlly talking about it and if this key to tiie room in which the di icsty appeared 10 tliorougaly enjov produced inanv letters from her lectors of the company held th his visit Japanese Are Busy Making Ready The various squadrons and divisions vil be commanded by five rear admirals under Admiral Kvans, as fol-ows; Davis, Sigsbeo. Mrownson, Urudford and Dickens, besides Lieut, 'oinmander Johnston, in command of he flotilla of destroyers.

for a Grand Advance meetings and she testified further ilia' he attended many meetings of out at th" hotels ami lodging houses discovered several bombs of the ter officials of railroads to show lhat the company had in no case received anv lavors or asked for St. Petersburg. March The news from the front to-day indicates! the board. Others who attended th vero a jiopular audience as distin The scenes in the streets gave evidence of the sincerity of his welcome. The procession from 1 he pier to the legation was exceedingly imposing.

Tiie uniforms of the emp rorist pattern in a trunk belonging to a stranger who occupied a furnished meetings, she said, were Sto ensued trom a gathering of church rev. Quintan and Hnrcr. The. latt workers I would no! refer to the sub room in a house in Pushkin street, but lect. li.

was anseut at the tunc the po lis rrauK c. also known ai "Judge" Franklin MissIIopt It became known here lo-dav thai to the final action bv the pin-dential committee of the American lioard of commissioners of foreign missions in accepting the Jinoooo gift tendered by John I). Rockefeller a number of prominent members of lice searched his apartment. The m.n was pronipilv taken inti I said. that.

I'lancis was present whei New Yorkers Have Measles. New York, March 31. Before iresent year is over. nccordin tin tiie company declared its dividends custody wnen he returnel ami last to ror and his suite mingled picturesquely with tiie native costumes local coloring, while the music of the sultan's bands added a toucn of true orientalism to the scene. The ceremonies strangely contrasted with receptions at all other places His majesty was especially cordial toward the German colonists.

she was not sure he attend hd the meetings at which the divi lealtli Commissioner Darlington uie uoarii, at a nieetiii held in this Auniuai uvans win personally ox-rcise command over the first division is well as general command over the tit ire fleet. Prior to his departure rom the city to lake command of he tleet Admiral Evans received ill-it ruct ions from the president, relative the administration's policy with to the Central and South American republics, and in event it. becomes lecessary for this country lo send a leel to Venezuelan waters Admiral I iiemis wore declared. The. witness 1 win be visited by a great pidemic ot measles.

perhaps the said Francis wrote many of the cir hat Field Oyanin litis begun a genuine advance of his main irmy, with wings far advanced. Heavy reconnoissanci are being made against the Russian centre, with the object of developing the Russian position. ('mishit Pass March 31. disclose especial activity on the part of the Japanese on the a est, near the Mongolian frontier. li is rexirled that an anti-foreign propaganda is being conducted among the Chinese, who are being stirred up to a renewal of the 'Boxer" disturbances.

The Hiin-Yuan-Myn societies of Mukden and Kirin -ml the society, which is! strong in Tsitsihar and- Northern! city, considered the length. As a resull the the conference issued a which they declare that matter nt parties to statement lu they di.l no! greatest in its history. The coinmis noner estimates there will probably culars that were sent out by the com pany and that he gave the manu scrip! to her to be transcribed or the tvpewrilcr. She told of one oc coiisiuer mat tne acceptance (f i'i gut would compromise the boar any way. 00 20,0011 cases.

He asked the board of estimates to-lay io give him $1,500.0011 for new-hospitals to take care of measles am! avails win doubtless personam coiu- vision when Francis dictated toher i letter to Protessor Langdoti Tliomn uanil tiie expedition. A large part if the summer will he devoted lo whom he assured he would always maintain the rights and interests ol German subjects in Before his departure for Gibraltar Emperor William bestowed decora-lions on Mulai Abd-El-Malek and th" deputation sent by the sultan to leolcoino him. Gibraller, March 31. The steamer president, of the New Jersev son. otner epidemic diseases.

The sum of fleet maneuvers on the North To Resume Construction. New Caslle. March 31. I'ullv S2.ooo.ono ill he expend, for lormiu-il and yard facilities al Lowell it reachcrs' association, in answer i loll or from Thompson to Francis. night two individuals who called lu see hini were also arrested.

Ail tin prisoners declined to give any account of themselves. Although the police are reticent, re-'fusing any information or give thr n. ones of tii-- prisoners, the two incidents, the arrest, of the man on (treat street and the finding of tin' lionibs. are undoubtedly connected. The man captured by the police on Great Morskaia s'pet probably was on tiie lookout for some mark by which in distinguish Gen.

Trcpoff's e.irriage. as vehicles of the same style arc constantly before the ivernor general's chancellory and when he drives out they circle around and leave in different directions, so thai it is almost iniossible in tin confusion to determine definitely which carriage contains the governor general, li is said that Gen. TrepolT. a fortnight tig received a letter in- Mian lie coast. Manchuria, are said to be working ross-exauniied.

Miss Mope said ether members of the company told was allowed as a temporary irrangenionl. lie has planned a groal group of hospitals 011 Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Commissioner Darlington says he expects epidemic of cerebro pinal iiwningitis next winter. io spread this agitation among th. lanimng, wit 11 rnuperor William on midway between this city and Youngs-town by the Lake Krie and Pittsburg railroad, which is now lieiu- St.

Manehiirian population and Japanese AmcricanEmbassy Denies. Pclershiirg. Russia, March American embassy here denies knowledge of the reports that The success is doing much It augment ihe movement. Mauv Chinese ban my her thai Francis was the advert isitif manager, though Francis himself had never so informed her. She said also that she once received instruction1 from Francis as to what disposition to make of a hoi lhat came through (fueled from Lorain, to Pittsburg.

Considerable cons! ruct ion work as lone last summer and work will be resident Roosevelt litis been selected act as medial or 111 the mgoliations or peace. There is a strong feeling jit chifotains are leaders in niiiner us secret societies cxtenilin; iiroiighout China and their influence nay have a ixiwerful effect on ilv resumed at an early The the mails. of connecting (lie new uln, 11,.. lore 10 tavor of peace, but nothing de- Hiard, arrived tit her moorings to-day tit 4 l). in.

When she entered the harbor, the Mediterranean British 'loot hoisted Ihe German ensign, the ilue jackets manned ship and the war vessels fired a royal salute. This was followed by a salute from the land latteries. At 8 o'clock this evening, attired in .1 British field marshal's uniform, the landed and was received by Major Agnew and the German consui, md inspected the guards of honor, the Itessemer branch from Gibson u-. inite is known of any steps having Miss Slindheiiu, aid that she had I titllude of the Chinese govern men nil population. in her testimony, been instructed bv her method, of cal- lion to this city will for icon taken toward ending the war.

Sad Record of New York's Meningitis Epidemic' New York, March 31. There were eigh! deaths Thursday in Manhattan from cerebro spinal meningitis, against six on Wednesday Since utjon last Saturday there have been lo" deaths' from this disease in. the entire city. Warmer weather which was confidently expected to lessen the I'nited Stales Steel industrial newspaper has come Francis to change i dilation. lorming nun tiiat ruse was una vailing as he be killed in reach its Yotingslown plants over nit in a strong article against the No Trunk Line Controls It.

i i. i its own railroad line also. David II i eiinumiai sue said. Denver. March ontinuance of the war.

It points ut that 20.000.000 poods of corn. loo.owi.ooo roubles, is spoiling Sued Guffey Contpany. New Orleans. Soil MofTa't. who has just returned from the east, has prepared the following 'taienienl for publication: "I have made such satisfactory I or lack of ransportation.

The; agri- Yorkshire infantry and the Munster fusiliers, which were drawn tif al. the convent the official residence of the mien fine iineu or over 'o credit as a profit of five dollars, but Francis told her to change the ca! cubit ion so that hen Jdiiu failed to earn $3 to throw it. back to the principal account. Sundheim said she spent, seven or eight weeks hi instituted hero yesterday against, ihe ult tit al ami industrial sil nation is rowing more desperate and peace M. Guffey Petroleum company, of ittsburg, for the sum of by ihe of cases does no! seem to have had any beneficial effect.

There are now cases at one Diphtheria serum used in that institution, of which much was expected, has not produced results." Some patients so treated have recovered. the only solution of the present Thomas Creighton, of iroblem. arrangements in tne east as will enable me to go on with the Denver, N'orihwcsiern ami Pacific railroad, as I originally contemplated- My associates in the east are not connected with any of the trunk line railroads who charges Guffey wilh breruli ontract. the branch office of the Storey Co'-Ion company, in New York city. During Ilia! time she said Francis visited the ofiicc once or twice a week but others died.

Committed Suicide. Park Ridge. N. March SI. John McClintock, for many years a member of the band of so-called "Angel coiiiniaiiiler-in-chief, where Governor White gave a dinner party to sixty guests in honor of the emperor, with .1 garden party and reception afterwards.

Brutually Beaten by Guards. Warsaw, March 31. An anonymous brent to dynamite the gendarmerie barrack here led deplorable scenes. Strong guards that had been placed outside the building at. night seized and mercilessly beat every one com tniil the stories heretofore published ihat the Pacific.

Chicago. Paris. hope fulness the peace situation may have had some days ago the situation has now completely changed, and there is every prospect that the war will drag on again. Consequently j. pitches appearing in America saying that Foreign Minister lioloasso and Dr.

Moto.io. the Japanese minister to hne been conferring at the former's house inth to peace are inaccurate. The foregoing view of the situation is taken by the parties immediately iio-l. an I it is asserted with r'ne authority of the foreign ofiicc and iie Japanese legation. In view of the continued reports that were indications that Minister I'ehasse and Dr Motono were taking She also said that the defendant was All Quiet in Santo Domingo.

San Domingo, Republic of Santo Island and Pacific and Denevar anil lancers at I lie Lords farm near Domingo, 31. The govern i Creighiou charges that in leased 71 iracis or laud (o the Guffey concern in Webster parish and that 111 oil well was to have been sunk on each tract within one year. He charges that no wells have ever been put down. A large amount of lan in North, ixmisiana Is involved in this suit. this place, among whom be was present at nearly all of the directors' meetings.

She said that Francis hail given her various instructions am! asked whether he had given instructions any other emploves. she mcnt has decided instead of callin a meeting of foreign creditors of the mo urainle respectively had put-i hosed the Denver. Nortiiwesiern ami Pacific are without foundation fact. "1 expect let further contracts us soon as weather conditions will republic to publish In the Official Ga known as "John the com nitted suicide to-day by slnxiting himself with a ride. McClintock, who came from Phil zette, a statement of the dispositio; ing 111 the neighborhood of the bar racks, compelling them to go in an other direction.

of the customs revenues with a view (said: "Yes-, i have seen him giving in-istruclions lo Miss Collins and oih- ITS." adelphia, left the community at the 10 the settlement of the debts and suspension ot payments on account permit, and hope lo reach Hot Sub phur Springs by July and. by January 1 have mv tracks in I of tnese debts until the Dawson-San farm some months ago, saying that ne desired to seek rest and quiet. A few days ago he went to board al Archibald Lytle's farm, near his old Miss ollins is Sophie Beck, for whom (he authorities are searching. Counsel for Francis urged that the chez convention shald have been di A Ship to Carry Refugees. Seattle, 31.

Act ing as agent for (he Umdon Shanghai bank, (apt. o. j. Humphrey, of I bin city, has completed negotiations for (he charter of the Boston Steamship steamship Garonne, lo go from here to Shanghai. China, and from Japanese Loan Books Closed at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia. March 31. Philadelphia subscription books to the new Japanese loan were closed in thit posed of. Quiet prevails throughout the republic. Rout! county to receive shipments of coal.

I have assurances that I shah have money as fast as the iieccsii. tics of the construction require tot liable me lo go on to Salt Bake. i quarters. He spent, most of the nights prowling around the country. To-day he was found dead in his room.

government bad failed to show that lie was connected With the Storey Colon company in' other, capacity than that of an employe, and asked Strike of Four Causes Shut-Down an active par! in tiie cones pun dent of the Associated Press called at the Japanese legation today and requested Dr. Motono to furnish a decisive stattment which would put at rest all misunderstanding. Said he: "I tel you explicitly that there are no peace negotiations, or preliminaries for initialing peace negotiations city at 3 o'clock this afternoon and Connellsville, March 31. four bra kcmcit on the New Ha many who applied after that hour were turned away disappointed. there to carry Euror-uiin refugees to Odessa.

ven Dunbar railroad struck for figures nave ueen compiled as lo Humphrey asserts Ignorance higher wages to-Jay the Dunbar fur New Wilmington Wants Railroad. New Castle. The I people of New Wifinington have be-j gun a project for the construction of! ill inlcriirbaii trolley line from here tiie aggregate of the local subscrip as to (he (rue character of the steam nace plant, the Semit Solvay Coke far as lions, but it is known the total will be between $8,000,000 and $,000,000. company, the Frecport mines and tin for his discharge. The' commissioner, however, said the testimony wa sufficient to hold him, and the prisoner was sent to the county prison in default of $30,1100 bail.

Several additional witnesses were called, who testified that they had lost money entrusted with the company fnr investment. in progress at this time am aware, ami I believe so my er, but it is supposed it is for Russian government. The Garonne will be. thoroughly overhauled and will leave in forma- rope Lenient and rirchrick company arc sunt down, and many men are It is believed that the out-of-town and other local mailed orders which will be received will bring the appli one. 1 ne ew tiaven Dunbar, a Anthracite Record Broken.

Wilkesbarre, March 31. Prospect colliery, operated by the Ix-high Valley Coal loaded and shipped to-day 5.019 tons of coal in nine hours. This makes a total tor the month of March of 87.91G tons, which is said to be the largest amount of coal loaded and shipped from any one breaker in the anthracite region in one month, with 2:5 'J hours of actual woi'k. The last thirteen days of tiie month (llt.ooo tons were loaded and shipped from the breaker. on April 12.

It will be gone at least eight inoiilhu. cation- in this city up to $10,000,000. plants have. The furnace officials re fused to give 1 ho strikers a hearing, and at once ordered the mines closed. Tnere was a very large number of Desires Son's Death Investigated.

New York, March 31. Jacob of this city, has asked the trnjted small subscribers, more than usual for such bond offerings, and Biese. Has Japan Declined? SI. Petersburg, April 1. 12:: rn.s-A reixirl current here late She Gave Much to Public Institutions it .1.

last is thought, will receive a io that college town, ami the business', have taken up the matter. They are negot.i.iting with the Pennsylvania' Mahoning Valley Inter -Urban I road to construe! nine miles road. The estimated cost is less than and the route traverses a rich territory. i A Texarkana Blaze. Texarkana, March 1 Kire early to-day destroyed several busi-1 Hess houses here, causing a loss of f2.00t, partially covered by insur-ance.

As the tire occurred on the Texas side of the town there were States authorities to investigate the death of his son. Morris F. Zuekor Youugstown. March 31. Tbe will of Mrs.

(Henrietta Brown, wid proportion of their subscriptions tiiaa turn to be complete. "The statements that I have conferred with M. Delrasse at his residence tire false and are calculated to confuse a situation which Is perfectly plain. Then, js no representative of Japan authorized at this time to discuss ueace. or to foreshadow in the slightest what conditions the Jap ancse government might consi ler if the negotiations assumed a practical s-tage.

On the contrary, Japan is now engaged in conducting a military campaign and she will resolutely proceed with that important work." The above can 'be accepted as being in the highest degree those subscribed for larger amounts. ow of Richard Brown, was admitted whose 'body was found with wrists l'ighl that Japan has declined to ne got kite for peace upon Russia's basts cannot be traced to any responsible source. to probate this morning. Seventy- Chief of Police. handcuffed together In the harbor of Savannah.

several lays ago. Mr. Lawyer Made San Francisco, Almost 100,000 Immigrants. New York, March 31. Immigration March 31.

Alexan-1 six thousand dollars in bequests are distributed, of which $32,000 goes to public instituoisn and $44,000 to Zucker says he believes bis son was murdered. The young man. be savs. to this city, through the port of New der Grady, an attorney, has been appointed chief of police by the board i York, for the month of March reach- Recruiting Suspended in Finland, llelsingfors, Finland, March 31. An imiierial manifesto was read in the senate t.o-riav snsiipnrlini- rpnrt.

was a stowaway on the steamer CHv of police commissioners to succeed 1 ed imprecedeuted futures, the total nephews and nieces, twelve residinij in this city and each receiving $1,000. Mount Union college is given $20,000 no buildings burned on which thein- of Lexington, from Baltimore to Savannah, and was in the shin's briir. iGeorge Witt man. who was -dismissed arrivals numbering 97,000. Last vear from the department after a trial for for the same month the arrivals (alleged neglect of duty.

were only 47,877. isurance bad been canceled by the re-ling and announcing Finland's war eent Arkansas anti-trust legislation. 1 contribution. and the Trinity Methodist Episcopal and handcuffed whe she entered I church of this city, $3,000. vana November 21.