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ft ft? a a TOO PERSONS KILLED AND 0IED0ZEI INJURED Collision Between an Express Train and a Freight on the Pennsylvania Road. ORDERS MISUNDERSTOOD READING, Pa., April 2. Two persons were killed and a dozen others Injured In a collision between an express train and a freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Pottstown to-night. The dead are: Andrew Fegley, of Philadelphia, and a man lupposed to be Sigmund Hirsch, of Baltll more. , The most seriously Injured are: James Chafey, of Philadelphia, fireman of the express, badly scalded; Henry C. Heist, Reading, leg broken: James E. Wheat, IJala; William Cavanaugh and wife, Birdsboro; O D Homan, Pottstown. and Mrs. John Farley, of New York, all slightly hurt. 1 The coal train was lying on a siding and the engineer's orders, it is said, were to wait for an accommodation and the express. The accommodation passed, when the coal train pulled out on the main track and the express crashed Into it. Both engines were wrecked and a baggage car and a passenger car were thrown down an embankment. Illiszad KI11 Many Cattle. MINOT. N. D., April 2 Heavy cattle losses have resulted on the prairies from the recent blizzard. Several owners reDort the loss of entire herds. Hundreds rattle are living irom si;irauuii. um- , litions have tven somewhat improved by the melting snow, but nearly all cattle are too weak to go to grass. It is said that fully une-fourth of the cattle on ranges THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. pew reopl Knovr How Useful it la la Preserrlnff Health aud Be mty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is th tafe-st and most efflclent disinfectant nd juriflr in nature, but few realize its Talue wbeu taken into the human system tor the same cleajising purpose. Charcoal Is a remedy that the more you take of It the better; it Is not a drug at all, but imply absorbs the gases and impurities always present In the stomach ana intestines an5 carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath af;er smokInc. drinkin. or after eating onions and outer odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and improves the complexion, it whitens the teeth, and fjrtLer acts as a natural and eminently ssge cathartic. It absorb the Injurious gases which collect In the stomach and bowel; it disinfects the mouth and throat from the po4son of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal In one form or another, but probably the best charcoal axd the most for the money is in Stuart's Abnorbent Lozfnges; they are composed Cf the finest powdered willow charcoal, and ether harmless antiseptic in tablet form, or rather in the form of large, pleasar.t- . tating loifcnges, the charcoal being mixed "with honey. The dally use of these lozenges will soon tIl in a much improved condition of the reneral health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer Mood, and the beauty of It 13 that no possible harm can result from their continued use. but on the contrary, rAt benefit. A Buffalo physician. In speaking of the ben:ts of charcoal, says: "I advise fituart's Absorbent Lozenges to all patients suffering: from gas in stomach and bowel, and to clear the complexion and purify the brwth. mouth and throat; I also believe the llvrr is greatly benefited by the daily fcae of them; they cost but 25 cents R box at drug stores, and although in some ajense a i patent preparation, yet I believe k gtt mre and better charcoal In Stuart' Abrorbfnt Lozenges than in any of the ordinary ebkreoal tablets,"
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319 PENSION BILLS ARE (I " n HOUSE Mr. Maddox then Makes Point of "No Quorum" and Adjournment Is Taken. DEBATE IN THE SENATE WASHINGTON, April 2. Three hundred and nineteen pension bills were passed by the House to-day in two hours. Another hour was devoted to rarid-fire legislation by unanimous consent in which a large number of bridge bills and other matters of minor Importance were disposed of. At the expiration of this time Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, who had threatened to stop the proceedings by a point of "no quorum" when the pension legislation was finished, insisted on the point, and as there were few members present the House adjourned. Before adjournment a resolution was agreed to authorizing the committee on accounts to inquire into the feasibility of conducting the restaurant in the basement of the House "by other business methods than now in vogue." Bills also were passed as follows: To transfer Captain Seth Mitchell Ackley from the retired to the active 'list of the navy; applying to vessels engaged in the foreign trade the regulations applying to United States vessels relating to soliciting seamen as lodgers; increasing the penalty for detaining clothing and effects of seamen from a nne of $10 to Imprisonment for six months and a $500 fine; a resolution for the protection of fur seals of Alaska. LAND-LAW REPEAL BILL ATTACKED BY WARREN WASHINGTON, April 2.-Mr. Warren occupied the greater part of the Senates time to-day with a speech attacking the Gibson bill to repeal most of the existing land laws. He contended that the land laws were beneficent and in the main honestly administered and urged that there was no demand for repeal. Mr. Newlands asked if it was not true that there are many instances in which the large bodies of land are now held Individually, and if it was not true that these lands had been secured through fraudulent entry. He knew, he said, of one California cattle lirm who own a million acres located in three of four States. Mr. Warren said there was more fraud committed under the homestead act straight thau under any other land law execpt the timber and stone act. because the land could be secured raider the law without paying any money. Mr. Warren gave the details of the reclamation of th- land on which is located the colony of Wheatland. Wyo.. saving that when tirst entered upon there had'not been water suilicii-nt for even a drink within less than twenty mile. After more than $.rf.0m had been expended on the enterprise, it was held up for years under Mr. Cleveland's administration. Finally the difficulty was straightened out with the result that seventy-nine sections had been settled aud thoroughly reclaimed. The completion of the undertaking had cost more than Jl.OJO.(0; and only $.V).0int had been taken out. In this connection Mr. Warren had read a letter from ex-Stnator Carey, of Wyoming, president of the company controlling the enterprise, defending it against Mr. Gibson's reflections and Riving the details of the work done. He said that where now were 3.f0 people not one family could have lived before the canal was constructed. "And this." explained Mr. Warren, when the reading of the letter wui completed.
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-11" 38c Ingrain 47c Ingrain 55c Ingrain SPRING best grade coil com- Qt? JMmm 75c Ingrain 97c Ingrain LARCEST 127-129 E. Washington St. "is the horrible example, the quintessence of the fraud which the senator from Montana charges against the people of Wyoming." Mr. Gibson replied that he had no feeling except that of high regard for the people of Wyoming and that he had no desire to make anj attack upou them. He had based his remarks upon an official report. Mr. Mallory concluded his speech on the old age disability pension order of the secretary of the interior. The postoflice appropriation bill was completely sidetracked for the day. BILL OP EXCEPTIONS FILED IN BURTON CASE Documents Will Be Examined by District Attorney by Next Tuesday. ST. LOUIS, April 2. The attorneys for the defense in the case of United States Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas, who have been preparing a bill of exceptions to secure a rehearing of the case since his conviction in the United States District Court last Monday on a charge of receiving payment for use of his influence in behalf of the Rialto Grain and Securities Company, of St. Louis, before the Fostoffice department, completed the bill today and submitted to United States District Attorney Dyer and associate counsel representing the government. Assistant District Attorney Norton said the government will in all probability have completed its examination of the documents by Tuesday at the latest. It will then be returned to the defense, who will file it in the United States District Court, along with the motion already filed for a new trial and arrest of Judgment. If these motions are denied sentence will be pronounced on Senator Burton. He will then be permitted to give a new bond, pending his appeal to the United States District Court of Appeals. STRIKE IN IOWA MAY CAUSE COAL FAMINE Railroad Is Confiscating All the Fuel Carried Over Its Lines. MARSHALLTOWN, la., April 2.-The strike of the Iowa miners begins to assume a serious phase, and threatens to cause a local coal famine. The Iowa Central is confiscating all coal, even that on cars routed over their lines and delivered to them at connection points. The manufacturing institutions here have not over ten days' supply on hand. DES MOINES. Ia., April 2. Iowa miners are secretly organizing a co-operative company, with a capital stock of $2ü.üoo, and will open coal yards at Des Moines and elsewhere. The object of the organization is to reduce the price of coal recently advanced by the operators. They say the operaors were prompted to shut down because they saw a chance to advance the price of coal under -pretext that the commodity was scarce. DROUGHT BROKEN, BUT STORM DOES DAMAGE HOUSTON. Tex., April 2. A heavy rain has effectually broken the long drought In this section, but reports from over the State indicate that considerable damage was done. In the Batson oil field lightning fired a big tank which was consumed with its contents. Seventy miles south of Temple a Santa Fe freight train plunged into' the river because of a washout, but no one was killed. Reports of minor damage are numerous.
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(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) table that such allowances be made, and that legislation to that efTect should be enacted. I discussed the matter personally with Mr. Overstreet, the chairman of the House committee on postoffices and postroads. "Mr. Overstreet, in a conversation over the telephone, stated that Mr. Waters, general superintendent of the division of salaries and allowances, had in his possession at a hearing before the committee a list of. several hundred officers of the third and fourth classes where the allowances for clerk hire had been discontinued or decreased and that the list would be of service to the committee and asked if there was any reason why it should not be furnished to the committee. At the time I believe the committee was considering an amendment authorizing the postmaster general in his discretion to make an allowance for clerk hire in offices where additional labor had been occasioned by reason of the establishment of rural free delivery routes, and the previous allowances for clerk hire had been taken away because of the discontinuance of star route service; and I, therefore, said to Mr. Overstreet that I could see no reason why the committee should not have a copy of the list, but suggested to him that he put the request in writing, which he did. "The following letter was received in response to my request, the original of which is submitted to the committee for inspection: V 'Committee on Postoffices and Postroads, House of Representatives. United States, Washington, D. C. Jan. 23. " 'The Hop. Henry c. Payne, Postmaster General, Washington. " 'Sir: During th; hearing before this committee recently the statement was made by Mr. Waters that about 000 postoflice allowances for separating service had been taken away because the ornees were not entitled to them. From a conversation had with Mr. Waters over the telephone it was understood that a statement had been made to the fourth assistant postmaster general in regard to these disallowances and that a copy of this statement could probably be found without much difficulty. " 'I would be glad to have you furnish me for use of the committee a copy of the statement referred to at the earliest opportunity. The committee desires to know what offices have been affected by these disallowances, what the allowance was before any reduction or discontinuance was made, and what it in now; and also the compensation allowed to postmasters at each of the offices In question. It may bo that all of this information is not easily obtainable without considerable delay, and if so, please advise me immediately. But In any event the committee desires to have such information as is now accessible as soon as possible. " 'JESSE OVERSTREET. " 'Chairman ' " "This letter, it will be noted, does not appear in the printed report of March 7. PJ04. from the committee on postofhees and postroads, but the following letters, bearing date of Jan. 22. D04. the original of which is submitted to the committee for inspection, appears on Page 3 of the report as of date of Jan. 23: 'Committee on Postoffices and Postroads, House of Representatives United States. Washington. Jan. 22, U04. " 'Hon. Henry C. Payne, Postmaster General, Washington, D. C. : " 'Sir I have the honor to request that there be furnished direct to this committee, by the fourth assistant postmaster general, all information which can be communicated by such official with reference to allowances for clerk hire in offices where those allowances have been discontinued together with all information relating to leases which have been made to members of Congress and whether discontinued ar.d renewed at a higher rate. " I would thank you to have this information in my hands by 10 o'clock Monday morning, Jan. 25. "JESSE OVERSTREET. " 'Chairman "It seems proper to me at this time to say that the failure to print in the report I the real letter of the 23d and the printing or the letter or the r'd under date of the 23d Is largely responsible for the confusion that has arisen, and has placed the department in the position of sending Information not requested by t..j committee. This im
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6O0 'ISTSo SSo WORLD 20-22.24 Virginia Ave. pression is still further accentuated by the change in the printed report of a date in the body of the letter from the committee to the postmaster general of Jan. 26 (appearing on Page 4) from Jan. 22 to Jan 23, the original of which is submitted to the committee for inspection. ' Upon the receipt of the real letter of Jan. 23 I asked First Assistant Postmaster Genera.1 Wynne about the list referred to in the letter, and he procured the list, which I then saw for the first time. It was noted that there appeared on the list opposite the names of the respective officers the names of senators, representatives and other prominent men. After a conference with Mr. Wynne I directed that a copy of the list be made; but to omit all names of congressmen and others from it. Such list, with the names eliminated, was promptly made, and in the meantime, and ou the same day. I sent the following telegram to Mr. Overstreet: " 'Departmental telegraph lines, Postoffice Department, Washington, D. C, Jan. 25, 1904: " 'Hon. Jesse Overstreet, chairman committee on postoffice and postroads, House of Representatives Kxpect to be able to send you this afternoon statement of allowances for separating services which have been taken away from about 900 officers. " 'H. C. PAYNE, Postmaster General. "This telegram does, not appear in the printed report of the committee. Later in the day, in accordance with my telegram, I inclosed the list with the names eliminated, together with the following letter to the chairman of the committee: " 'Office of the postmaster general, Washington, Jan. 26. " 'Hon. Jesse Overstreet, chairman committee on postoffice and postroads: " 'Sir Replying to your communication of the 23d inst. I beg to enclose herewith statement showing the reduction in allowances for clerk hire in postoffices of third and fourth classes since. April 1, 1003. This shows the former allowances amounted to 5162.;HJ. The present allowances amount to $63,GoO. Respectfully yours, "11. C. PAYNE, Postmaster General. " 'P. S. If it is desired we will ascertain and advise you of the salary or compensation of the postmasters of the offices in question. n. c. P. "This letter does not appear in the printed report nor is there any mention in the report of the receipt of such a list, although it has since developed that the list was duly received by the committee. "Soon after sending the list to the committee with the names omitted therefrom. I received word from the committee that the list was unsatisfactory as sent. The exact source of this information I am now unable to recall, but to the best of my recollection it came to me over the telephone. "As this matter was the subject of frequent conversation over the telephone, and as I also had several personal Interviews with the chairman of the committee concerning it, my recollection is not distinct about it. This information I immediately conveyed to the first assistant postmaster general and directed him to prepare the list accordingly. "As I do not esteem it to be Just or right to submit a list of these offices as shown in that schedule with nothing but the names of members of Congress and others appended, without further explanation, I had an Interview with Mr. Overstreet, chairman of the committee, at which interview it was agreed that the circumstances surrounding each case as appeared on the file of the department should be briefly set forth 'in the communication to the committee. In view of the fact that the committee was in very great haste for the information and in order to expedite matters I made aa appointment with the chairman of the committee to lay matters before him on Sunday, Jan. 31, a copy of so much of the information as was ready on that date; the chairman calling at my rrsldenctj for that purpose about noon of the day mentioned. About 40 per cent, of the matter desired had then been prepared, and we went over it carefully. The chairman expressed himself as entirely satisfied with Its form and substance. This list I personally returned to the department the next morning, and it ls,proper for me to say in this connection, that I did not, nor did anyone else to my knowledge, submit those lists nor any other matter called for ainl now being Inquired for by your committee to any person outside the depart
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ment except to Mr. Overstreet on the occasion mentioned. "The complete list as called for by the committee was transmitted under date of Jan. 5 together with a letter to the chairman. Under date of Feb. 16 and March 2 certain additional Information regarding leases of premises for postoffices and allowances for rent, fuei and light, was transmitted to the committee. "The testimony in the case will disclose the fact that the department was being urged to furnish this information at the earliest possible moment, and an extra force of men were employed, who worked niphts and Sundays, in its preparation. The information was compiled by the most expert and efficient men in the department, cognizant with the Various subjects referred to. H. C. PAYNE." Chairman McCall received an explanation from the Government Printing Office concerning the folio line at the top of each page of the report "charges concerning members of Congress." This line was, it is said, a legitimate condensation of the substance of the title page submitted from the postoffice committee and is also Justified by the Hay resolution which contains the word "charge's" in the same connection. The line was made up in the printing office, as is the usual custom. The explanation from the public printer also contains the statement that the twenty-five advance copies were in the postoffice committee thirty hours before a correction of this line was ordered. GERMAN MERCHANTS SEEK TO RECOVER COIN Ship Owners Claim $100,000 Americans Took from Filipino Insurgents. WASHINGTON. April 2.-German Ambassador Baron Von Sternberg called on Secretary Taft to-day to present the application of certain German merchants, owners of the German- vessel Saturnus, which was seized by insurgents at San Fernando during the progress of the Philippine insurrection and looted of $125,000, Mexican silver. American troops captured the town afterward and recovered $100,000, which was turned over to the captured and abandoned property division of the Treasury Department. The German merchants think this a part of their money. Secretary Taft has cabled to the Philippine commission for a report of the facts. KING EDWARD ON A MISSION OF PEACE COPENHAGEN. April 2.-King Edward will prolong his visit here until April IS. The extension of his stay, it is thought, is due to a desire to influence the Russian government from Copenhagen in the direction of peace. On the morning of April 4 King Edward will receive the members of the diplomatic corps. To-day he had a long conference with the premier. Princess Demidoff, wife of the secretary of the Russian legation, is suffering from appendicitis. King Edward has sent for Sir Francis Henry leaking, physician-in-ordinary to the King, to attend the princess. EXPLODING AIR TANK CLAIMS FIFE VICTIMS MEADVILLE. Pa., April 2.-A large air tank exploded In the machine shop of the Erie Railroad shops here to-day, partially wrecking the Immense building and killing one man instantly and injuring several. Killed-JOHN C. FREDERICK, gang foreman, aged thirty-seven. Seriously Injured Harry Cummlngs and Ernest II. Hauseman, clerks in the general foreman's ottice and Cpataln E. M. Hoffman, a machinist. The air tank carried about one hundred pounds pressure. The explosion jarred the entire city.
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