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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING NEWS. J. H. ESTILL, President. i;-tablished 1850. - - Incorporated 18S8. burn in their home tkkkiblb fate of residents OF INDIANA. TWO MEMBERS OF A FAMILY \UE INCINERATED AND OTHERS ARE INJI RED. Natl*®* Nlorrfw, Out* of Indianapolis'* Known Attorney**, unl Frank liuaH Are Dead an a ReMiilt of a 1 ire That Destroyed the Home of Dr. Joseph Hsuta—Others Who A\ere Injured—Family Wan Asleep tllM | All Were Not AroiiNed— r ij* Tried to Warn Them. Indianapolis, April 12.—Nathan Mor ris, one of the best known attorneys of Indiana, ajpd Frank Haas, the 12- vear-old son of Dr. Joseph Haas, were burned to death to-day, and Mrs. Jo seph Haas, Miss Belle Haas, Miss Hose Haas, Louis Haas, and Grace Lemon, a governess, were injured more or less seriously. The residence of Dr. Joseph Haas was nearly burned to the ground. The fire started at 3 o'clock in the morning from the furnace. The fam ily was asleep on the second floor. Mr. Morris was a brother of Mrs. Haas. From the position of his charred body it was evident that he was endeavor ing to arouse the family when, over come by the flames. The firemen succeeded in saving the other members of the family. The body of Frank Haas and the governess were found on the back stairs. Louis Haas broke his leg jumping from a second-story window. Mr. Morris was the senior member of the well-known law firm of Morris & Newberger. He was born in Cali fornia, but had practiced here since 1877. Pr. Haas, one of the best known physicians in the city, was at Lima, Ind., visiting his son at a military school. police^captain’was BEATEN IN A BAR. Crowd Set on Iliin for Arreting tile Proprietor. New York, April 12.—Police Captain Gorman is at St. Vincent’s Hospital, suffering from severe injuries. These were received early to-day, when, in attempting to compel a saloonkeeper to close his place, the captain was set on by a crowd and beaten. Joseph W. Carroll, who burst his way into the saloon to rescue the cap tain, will lose an eye as a result of his injuries. The captain said to-night: “It was after midnight when I pass ed through Bleeker street. I went into the saloon and hotel of Louis Terelli and ordered a drink. When Terelli served it 1 pulled out my badge, told him who 1 was and placed him under arrest for violating the excise law. 1 lien he swore at me, and threw a glass at my face.” As soon as the glass had been thrown, lie continued, thirty or forty men in ttie pfaee rose altogether and made at him. Somebody locked all the doors and when he managed to edge up to one exist he discovered it was shut tight. He ran to a window, pro tecting himself as best he could with his billy, and kicked out a pane of glass, shouting for assistance as loud as he could. By that time he had be >n pommeled and kicked by many of the crowd. It was some time before help arrived and the captain was rescued. A FLUKE OF* WEATHER. ' noli * men Agree CuuM'd Shamrock. Ill's Defeat. Weymouth, Eng., April 12.—There is an agreement of opinion that the de t'-at of the challenger by Shamrock I. 011 the time allowance yesterday was entirely due to a weather fluke, and gives no reason for reducing the han dr ap. The same conditions, therefore win probably govern to-morrow's race unless the w r eather is light, when the time allowance to the ex-challenger may be increased. ■ ' ol - Neill, a leading Clyde amateur J'achtsman, who was aboard Sham >o(k X. yesterday, said to the Associ ’“'l Press correspondent to-day: Ihe challenger made an absolute exhibition of us on the first round. A weather fluke gave us the race. I am convinced that there is no weather cm an y po j nt 0 f sailing on which * ham rock I. can hold the challenger.” STRIKE HAS* COLLAPSED. Organized Labor Fulled to Win In Tile XethertnndN. Amsterdam, Apiil 12.—The strike has collapsed. Jhe aged Socialist leader, Domela Xifnvvenhuis, who emerged from his retirement in order to run the strike agitation, was present at a stormy meeting of the labor organization, n sat during the whole of last hght and until 6:30 this morning. J 1 proposed to teiminate the agitation ■ nice the cause of labor had been be ' j'yed- The meeting acquiesced in lls view and decided not to elect a strike committee. In - . slrnilal ; decision was reached at a dam rneeting of strikers at Rotter man aneThis wipe WERE SWEPT AWAY. browned ns They Were Fording n Swollen Stream. Henryville, Ind., April 12—A cloud "Urst noon to-day flooded this part ' larlt county and did great damage, h* heavy fall of water has extended ' rt h as fair as Seilersburg and Sey- m "ur. County Commissioner Raymond '1 wife were drowned while cross ‘ k Rlup IMr it creek. The waters rose rapidly that the buggy was swept & " a y. Both bodies were recovered. Jiatannab Iteaiii® |Ueta>& DEAD IN THE WRECK NUMBERED FOUR. Trains Crashed Together While Hunning at High Speed. Halifax, April 12.—Four persons dead, two fatally hurt, at least one missing and several others slightly in jured is the record of the head-on col lision on the Inter-Colonial Railway, which occurred just before midnight last nighCnear Windsor Junction, Sev enteen miles from Halifax. The trains in collision were the Ca nadian Pacific express from Montreal and Boston for Halifax and a fast freight from Halifax for Montreal. The conductor and driver of the freight had orders to take the siding at Windsor Junction and let the ex press pass, but for some unknown rea son Driver Copeland of the freight ran past the junction on the line and met the express two miles beyond. It is thought that Copeland may have lost control of his train, which Was made up of seventy-five cars. The freight was running twenty-five miles an hour and the express, which was was two hours late, was traveling about forty-five miles an hour. They clashed together on a level piece of road skirting a lake. The dead are: Express Driver Wil liam Wall, Express Fireman Michael Oakley, Freight Fireman Hill, Freight Brakeman Thorp. The fatally hurt: Freight Driver Copeland, a tramp named McCready of Antigonish. The express consisted of postal and baggage cars and three passenger coaches In charge of Conductor Mc- Clafferty. The freight was an un usually heavy train in charge of Con ductor Haynes. Several passengers were shocked or cut by falling glass, but were not injured seriously. STORM SWEPfoVER ILLINOIS COUNTIES. One Death, a Fatal Injury and Many Less Serious Injuries Re sulted. Springfield, 111., April 12.—One death, a fatal injury and a score or more of injured resulted from a tornado that swept over Logan, DeWitt and Platt counties this afternoon. The fatality occurred in the Halsa darser settlement, a little farming Com munity three miles from Atwood, Platt county. The home of Clifford Haisa darser was demolished, and after the storm Halsadarser’s infant son was found dead and Mrs. Halsadarser fa tally injured. Deer Creek in Logan county, where the storm first struck, was swept dry of water. Reports from this district state that three houses were destroy ed and a number of people more or less injured. Supervisor Adam Scha nauer’s residence was destroyed. The family of several children and a num ber of visitors, fifteen in all, sought safety in the cellar and the house was torn from over them. It is reported that the town of Waynesville and the Blue Grass dis tricts were struck, and much damage resulted, but communication with these points is cut off. STORM IN PITTSBURG. Grent Damage to Property anil n Man Killed by Lightning. Pittsburg, April 12.—With terrifying swiftness the thunderstorm which came out of the west this evening, ci'ashed over Pittsburg, pouring miniature riv ers through streets, flooding cellars and inflicting damage that will reach thou sands of dollars. One man was killed by lightning and many buildings were struck. Irvin T. Wilson of Dußois, Pa., while walking from one building to another at the Dixon Insane Asylum, where he Was employed, was struck down by a bolt. He was head when picked up. The congregation of Christ Methodist Episcopal Church in Center avenue was storm bound. The street for blocks was flooded. A telegram from Imperial says: Rain began falling in torrents this evening and continued one hour, ac companied by a severe electrical storm. In a short time the Montour valley, which point is very narrow, was a foaming mass of water. The tracks of the Montour Railroad, which run parallel with the valley, were carried away in many places. The coal traffic from the Imperial district of the Pittsburg Coal Company will be at a standstill for several days, until the railroad can be built over. The village of Imperial was just re covering from the lire which a few days ago destroyed the business por tion of the town. PACKING COMPANIES PAY UP THEIR FINES. Kansas City, Mo., April 12.—'The five Missouri packing companies, >vhich were fined $5,000 each on March 20 tor violation of the anti-trust laws, through their attorney, Frank Hagerman, of this city, have mailed to the State Su preme Court a draft for $27,137 in payment of fines and costs incident to the action against them. The firms fined are the Armour Packing Com pany; Cudahy Packing Company, Ham mond Packing Company, Swift and Company, and Schwarzchild and Sulz berger. _ Firu Visits llysurt. Marshalltown, la., April 12.—Fire started this morning at Dysart, Tama county, with an explosion in the Fan store, owned by 3. A. Dayton. The Dayton store, Mayser and Limsdems drug store, Weiz and Schroeder's mar ket and the postoffioe were burned. All are in the business part of town. If. 11. Honors' Condition. New York, April 12.—Henry H. Rog ers. of the Standard Oil Company, is quite a sick man, though his phy sicians do not consider his case alarm ing. Mr. Rogers is suffering from an attack of acute intestinal indigestion. A RULER OF FRANCE TO VISIT ALGERIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. NOT SINCE NAPOLEON 111 HAS THE • FRENCH COLONY RE CEIVED ITS CHIEF. I’rcf.idont Lonhet Left Pnri* Yes terday for the Trip—He Will He Accompanied toy ll Retinue ol Statesmen—Convoy of War Ves sel* for the Voyage Across the Mediterranean—Algeria Will Re ceive Him in State—He Will Meet the Sultan of Morocco. Paris, April 12.—President Loubet, accompanied by M. Fallieres, president of the Senate, Foreign Minister Del casse and M. Pelletan, the Minister of Marine, left Paris this evening for Marseilles on his way to Algeria. The President was warmly cheered, as accompanied by an escort of curas siers, he drove across Paris from the Elysee Jeanne d’Arc for Tunis. He will land April 17, at LaGoletta, the Port of Tunis, where the Bey of Tunis and all the high officials of the re gency will be assembled to receive him. After spending three days in visiting the various ports of Tunis, the President will embark at the naval port of Bizerta on the evening of April 29 for Marseilles. He will arrive in Paris in time to receive Edward VII. on the arrival of the King of Eng land here. Besides Ministers Delcasse and Pel letan, M. Maurejouls, Minister of Pub lic Works, will also be of the party. He has gone in advance to meet the President at Algiers. A number of senators and deputies will accompany the presidential party throughout the trip, being accommodated during the trip across the Mediterranean on board the battleship Saint Louis. Has Political Signitirn nee. Much political significance is at tached to the journey as it is the first time that any president of the French republic has visited her Afri can possessions, and it will be the first meeting on African soil between a French ruler and a North African Sultan and the Palace to the Lyons Railway station. Premier Combes and those ministers who do not accompany the President, were present at the sta tion to bid him farewell. After a short stay in Marseilles, where great fetes will be given in his honor, President Loubet will embark next Tuesday on the new warship Jeanne d’Arc, and accompanied by M. M. Fallieres, Delcasse and Pelletan, and escorted by the battleship Saint Louis, will proceed to Algiers, where a large French fleet is assembled to receive him. Squadrons of British, Italian and Russian warships also are now assembling at Algiers in his hon or. The President will remain in Algeria until April 26, visiting important points in the colony, both on the coats and in the interior. It is expected that during his stay a meeting will be ar ranged with the Sultan of Morocco, the latter coming to some point in Algeria near the .Moroccan frontier for that purpose. Fetes in His Honor. Everywhere throughout the colony splendid fetes are being organized in honor of President Loubet, this being the first time since Napoleon Ill's visit that a ruler of France has visited Algeria. The French President will embark again on the warship Bey of Tunis. While the international intention shown to President Loubet by the as semblage of a powerful foreign squadron in Algerian waters to salute him on his arrival is not without significance, the fact that the Bey of Tunis will go to receive the President on his landing, an honor that the potentate never before has paid any royal visitor, al ready has made a powerful impres sion on the Tunisians, who consider this a complete acknowledgment of French sovereignty. PLAYS TO BID CEKSORED By Councils In Order to Prevent Seditious Theatricals. Vienna, April 12.—Premier Koeber has issued an important circular to the provincial governors, revising the rules relating to the censorship of plays, which have been practically un changed since 1850. One of the most interesting provisions in the circular is the creation of censorship councils, to which condemned plays must be referred. These councils will consist of three members, a government official, a le gal official and an independent mem ber. The latter must be one specially acquainted with dramatic affairs, such as a dramatist, critic or a literary man. As the majority in the councils will be government officials, there is little danger of any play distasteful to the authorities receiving approval. The censors are forbidden to revise or alter plays. They may only suggest alter ations to the authors. SEIZED THfDlft PAPERS. To Learn if Assiiniptionlsts Have llenlly Dissolved . Paris, April 12.—The police have searched a number of houses In which reside members of the Assumptionist order. A number of papers and docu ments were seized, with the object of investigating whether this religious or der has really been dissolved in con formity with a judgment of the courts four years ago. STRIKE IX RUSSIA. Cause Bloody Encounters With the Police. St. Petersburg, April 12.—Strikes have broken out at the Morhine Shor Works and the Russo-American Rub ber Works here, and bloody encount ers have taken place between the strikers and the police. The Czar's advisers are endeavoring to dissuade him from taking his in tended Journey to Italy, for fear of anarchists. SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. APRIL 13. 1903. LOOKING FOR THE LEAK. Postofiiee Inspectors Are investi gating tile Charges. Washington, April 12.—Postoffice in spectors engaged in the investigation of department affairs will make a careful inquiry into the charges that certain wagon manufacturers have been given preference in advance in formation about the establishment of rural free delivery routes. These charges come from a finn in Peoria, 111. A. W. Machen, superintendent of the free delivery bureau, to-day said: “We have been very careful in en forcing a rule in the free delivery di vision that no advance information about the establishment of routes shall be given. I cannot say what any one of about thirty-five men may have done in a given instance, but I know that they all have instructions not to furnish advance information, and that they know the giving of such information would be under penalty of dismissal from the service. “I have a list of approximately COO names, to whom bulletins are sent whenever it has been decided to es tablish rural free delivery routes. These names include newspapers, wag on manufacturers, box manufacturers, guaranty companies that are engaged in the business of bonding carriers, and ail others who signify to the Post office Department that they would like to have the earliest available informa tion about those new routes. Mr. Machen added that some firms secure early information about these routes by watching the county papers closely. These papers print accounts about the visits of rural free delivery inspectors to their vicinity and often gather information from Congressmen and others about prospective routes. B E cI(H ESIGNE D. Gives L'p the Post of Assistant At torney General. Washington, April 12.—1 tis an nounced that Assistant Attorney Gen eral James M. Beck tendered his res ignation to President Roosevelt be fore the President’s departure for the West. In tendering his resignation, Mr. Beck took occasion to express his pride and gratification at having been privileged to serve under the Presi dent’s administration and that of his predecessor. In accepting the resignation the President spoke of the marked abiiily with which Mr. Beck had performed his duties and expressed his regret at receiving his resignation. Mr. Beck will become a member of the law firm of Shearman & Sterling of New York city. Mr. Beck was appointed by Presi dent McKinley in July, 1900. He had previously been United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsyl vania. As assistant attorney general be has argued a numbef of important government cages, among which, in addition to the merger case, may be mentioned the lottery cases and tiie Neely extradition case, in which the power of the government to govern Cuba after the treaty of peace was confirmed. Mr. Beck's successor has been select ed, but the appointment will not be an nounced for several days. BODY OF LITTLE GIRT FOUND IN THE CREEK. Augusta, April 12.—About 10 o’clock to-day the body of little Marion Kill ingsworth, who was drowned at a pic nic party yesterday, was found in Spirit creek, about 200 yards down the stream from the point where she fell in. It was at a point where there was a bank of sand and gravel on the bot tom of the creek, and through the clear water the body was plainly seen by the searchers, lying on the white sand. It was not marred by bruises or injuries of any kind. BACkTrOM A CRUISE. Secretary Moody nod Ills Party Ar rived at Charleston. Charleston, S. C., April 12.—Secretary the Navy Moody and a party of ten, including Postmaster General Payne, Congressman Joseph Cannon, Senator Redfleld Proctor, Senator E. J. Hale and Private Secretary Fish back, arrived here on the dispatch boat Dolphin about 2 o’clock this afternoon. Not more than an hour was spent in the city and few citizens were aware of the arrival of the distinguished party, which left here on the Atlantic Coast Line at 5:20 p. m. for Washing ton. MASTAT~THFVATICAN. For tlic First Time in Hl* Pontifi cate Leo Did Not Cclclirntc. Rome, April 12.—Easter Sunday here was marked by magnificent weather. A private mass was held at the Vati can with a few select guests. The Pontiff was present, but, for the first time in his he did not of ficiate personally. This circumstance has given rise to all kinds of rumors respecting Pope Leo’s health, who, however, was well enough to receim a large number of Hungarian pilgrims. FOR I'MVEItSITY lit 11,DING Rockefeller Offers Provided ?, Is Raised. Lincoln, Neb., April 12.—Officers of the University of Nebraska this even ing confirmed the report that John D. Rockefeller has proffered a gift of $66,067 for the construction of a uni versity building to cost SIOO,OOO, con ditioned on the remaining $33,333 be ing donated by July 1, 1904. The build ing is designed for social and religious purposes. A committee has been appointed to solicit funds and make possible the acceptance of Mr. Rockefeller’s gift. INCREASE IN WAGES Granted Denver and Rln Grande Engineers and Firemen. Denver, Col.. April 12.—Manager Ed son of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, has granted an increase In wages of 5 per cent, to engineers and firemen working on ordinary engines, and 7% per cent, to those on com pound engines. The men had demand ed 15 and 20 per cent, increase, but Will accept the compromise offered. AT NO MAN’S MERCY WILL RAILWAY SYSTEMS OF THE COUNTRY lIE LEFT. NOT BY KING OF FINANCIERS WILL THE ROADS OF THE 'SOUTH BE CONTROLLED. Jolin Skelton Williams, President of the S. A. 1,., Discusses the De eission in (lie Northern Securi ties Company Case—Commends it Unqualifiedly—-Means That Mor gan Will Not Organize a South ern Securities Company to Con trol tile Grent Southern Line*. Richmond, Va., April 12.—The deci sion of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in the Northern Securities Company case, Mr. John Skelton Wil liams, president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway system, says he regards as one of the greatest blessings and the brightest promises for railroad in terests and general business that the country could have. In an interview to-day with a representative of the As sociated Press, when asked his opinion of the decision, Mr. Williams said: “I am satisfied that when they come to study the matter carefully, railroad men and thinking men of all classes, not only in the South, but in the coun try generally, except those whose am bitious schemes are directly hindered, will be united in the feeling that the decision is sound law, good sense and for the advantage of all legitimate in terests and for the country’s welfare. From a legal standpoint it accords with the opinions of many of the ablest law yers of the country, and it seems to be fortified with authorities and rea soning too strong to be shaken. “I have no fear that the Supreme Court will reverse or seriously modify it. Public policy, public sentiment and established principles and precedents of law combine to sustain the Circuit Court. From a commercial and prac tical railroad standpoint, the sound ness of the court’s position is indis putable. It voices the judgment of probably nine-tenths of the most con servative business men of the country. Public Approves it. “Last November in New Orleans, in an address before the trust company section of the American Bankers’ As sociation, I took the ground that there must be a check to the processes of merger and combination. I found my position was heartily approved by most of my hearers and by the public generally, if I may judge from press comments, and 1 am satisfied the country at large will welcome the court's action. “The independent roads and systems are by this decision assured that con necting lines, with whom they inter change business, cannot be bought up by some powerful competition of their own and of such friendly connecting lines, and the holders of the securities in the independent systems wiH.be as sured that their interests cannot be jeopardized by the sale of majority shares to rivals whose interests it may be to divert the' business of the road to other channels at the expense of minority holders. The larger systems, on the other hand, aie protected against the building of parallel lines built to force them to buy to protect themselves. “The decision seems to make impos sible the success of the projected Southrn Securities Company. It will be recollected that at the recent hear ing before the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Louisville and Nashville case, Mr. Gates testified that if the Northern Securities Company was upheld, Mr. Morgan proposed the organization of a Southern Securities Company to merge certain important roads in the South, plans having been discussed or arranged to await the de cision, which Mr. Morgan expected to be favorable to his methods. No Czar for the Hallways. “It could not have been a healthy or safe situation if a few men could have sat in their offices in New York and controlled the railroad systems of this entire country; not safe for the stock holders of the roads themselves, nor for the public. “Speaking for the independent sys tems, I welcome the promise of con tinued fair competition. There is plen ty of business to give good profits to all roads and systems properly estab lished and wisely managed, and there will be derrfand for extension and for new lines to carry the steadily increas ing traffic and travel. As for the gen eral public, it is idle to talk of a po litical republic with a financial or com mercial tyranny. There is no more safety in having commerce at the mer cy of .in absolute -ruler than there would be in having our government controlled by a Czar, who might be a benevolent or a cruel despot, a wise or a ruinous one, according to his whim, or abilities or the circumstances. “instead of disturbing our prosper ity, this decision, if sustained, as X be lieve it will be, will establish, secure and protect the commercial situation. It will encourage and foster legitimate extension, growth and expansion and stimulate enterprise and industry and local effort by guaranteeing them against oppression and forced absorp tion.” anti-trust Teague CONGRATULATES KNOX. Pleased by the Decision Against the Northern Securities Company. Washington, April 12—The Execu tive Committee of the American Anti- Trust League, through its secretary, H. B. Martin, has sent Attorney Gen eral Knox a letter, in which they con gratulate the Department of Justice, of which the letter says the league heretofore has complained because of what it considered its dilatoriness in enforcing the Sherman anti-trust act, "on the conspicuous success its efforts have achieved In securing a vital and far-reaching judicial interpretation of the act of 1890.” The letter then declares It essential that the injunction obtained be follow ed up, if its benefits are to be realized by penal prosecutions of the officers and individuals who form the Northern Securities Company. The Attorney General is also urged to institute “pro ceedings,” both civil and criminal, against the anthracite coal trust. BROILS IN BUFFALO Terminate in Deaths toy Shooting and Poison. Buffalo, N. Y., April 12.—A shooting affray, in which a 9-year-old boy was killed and a woman mortally wounded, an attempted murder, a fatal shoot ing affray, which may have been mur der; two suicides and two attempts at suicide that may result fatally, oc curred in this city to-night. Joseph Kwaitkowski, 51 years old, a representative Polish citizen, is lock ed up at police headquarters charged with shooting his landlady and killing his own 9-year-oid boy. Kwaitkowski formerly conducted an extensive business in one of the mar kets of the city. His wife died about a year ago, leaving two children. Since the death of his wife business difficul ties drove him to drink. For the last four months he has lived in rooms at 190 Colt street. The owner of the house, Mrs. Tekla Wolinski, her husband and their chil dren occupied the rear part of the building. The children of the two fam ilies were constantly quarreling. To night Kwaitkowski returned home and found the children in the usual tur moil. Mrs. Wolinski informed him that he would have to move, whereupon Kwaitkowski drew a revolver and be gan firing, backing out of the house as he did so. Mrs. Wolinski followed the infuriated Pole and grappled with him. He pointed the revolver at her breast and fired. She fell to the ground mortally .wounded. Kwaitkowski tired several more shots, one of them striking his own 9-year old son, Peter, killing him instantly. A large crowd quickly gathered, and Kwaitkowski retreated into the house, locking and barricading the door be hind him. Then began a lively ex change of shots through the windows between the policemen, who had gath ered, and Kwaitkowski, which con tinued until the latter exhausted his ammunition, when the officers battered down the door and captured him. George Denning, 55 years old, had been separated from his wife for some time. He called upon her to-day and tried to induce her to resume m'arital relations. She refused. He drew a re volver and fired. She fell to the floor in a faint, and believing that he had killed her, Denning ran away. His body was found later in the evening in a Salvation Army lodging house. He had taken poison. Miss Mary Beers, 20 years old, an actress, took morphine to-day. She is dead. Bertha Vaughn. 23 years old, swal lowed a dose of vitriol. Her condition is serious. Miss Blanche Murphy, after a quar rel this evening with an unknown man, who disappeared, swallowed a quantity of laudanum. She was taken to a hos pital. Lawrence Rntajcak was shot and in stantly killed, the person who Is thought by the police to have done the shooting is Joseph Nowak. on easter Pilgrimage t'znr and Czarina Pay a Visit to IliiMstn’s Old Canltnl. Moscow, April 12. —The Czar and Czarina arrived here on Saturday to spend Easter. Their majesties had a simple, semi state reception, which was in great con trast to the receptions in former years. Not a soldier was seen along the whole two miles of the route from the rail way station Ho the Kremlin, and there was no sign of the usual precautions. A palm fair was in full swing and the streets were crowded. The Czar had a thoroughly popular welcome. Afterwards, the little princesses drove around, hugging the cheap dolls bought at the fair, and arousing great enthusiasm. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Will I’nss Upon 50 Strikes Now in Progress. Indianapolis, April 12.—The Execu tive Board of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners will meet here to-morrow. It consists of Henry Meyer of California; D. A. Post of Pennsylvania, T. J. Sullivan of Con necticut, Joseph Ainey of Montreal, Canada: J. P. Oglethree of Alabama, Wesley Workman of Ohio, and Charles Wellman of Missouri. The board will have a busy session. It now has on hand 350 strikes in dif ferent parts of the United States. It will be necessary for the merits of each of these strikes to be ascertained and to be sanctioned. There also must be appropriations to carry on the strikes now in progress and any others that may arise soon. The largest strike now in progress is in New York city. It is also a very unusual strike. There are now 3,500 carpenters out in New York and many more will go out to-morrow. THIRD WEEK STARTS Witli Both Mills ami Operatives in Same Positions. Lowell, Mass., April 12.—The begin ning of the third week of the great textile strike in Lowell finds both sides holding firmly to the stand taken in March. The operatives assert with much confidence that in the end they will win the 10 per cent, increase asked for, while the agents still reply that present conditions make impossible an increase of wages. As regards the opening of the mills, it is believed that the agents will make no move in this decision until the State Board of Arbitration submits its re port of the inquiry which is now in progress. To-rnorrow's programme includes as its feature a parade, in which 12,000 operatives, representing ail the textile unions in Lowell, will appear. POWERS AVILL PARTICIPATE Equuliy in the Proposed Bngilail Railway. London, April 13.—The Standard learns that an agreement had been concluded whereby Great Britain, France and Germany will participate equally in the proposed Bagd'ad Rail way, the revenues of which will be guaranteed by the Turkish customs. The main Bagdad Railway is to run from Konia to Karamanereyli, Mossul, Bagdad and Basi'a, with branches to Aleppo, Urfa and the Gulf of Alexan dretta. DAILY, $8 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TLMES-A-WKEK.fi A YEAR COMBINE OF BANKS ATLANTA NATIONAL AND CAPITAL CITY NATIONAL MERGED THEIR INTERESTS. PRACTICALLY A SALE OF THE CAPITAL CITY BANK. A Near Ago n Deni Between the Two BnuUs Was on, hut Did Not Materialize—The Hitch Has Now Been Removed—lt Is Said the At lanta National Will Give IXO for the Stock Of the Capital City. Clerk Sims Was a Capital City DefniilltT. Atlanta, April 12.—The announce ment to-day of the consolidation of the Capital City National Bank with ihe Atlanta National Bank has been a topic of unusual interest in the com mercial and financial world here. It seems that the consolidation sim ply amounts to the purchase of the as sets of the Capitul City by the Atlanta National. The price paid has not been given out, but it is stated by directors of the Capital City that the stock hold ers of that bank will receive $l2O for their stock. Others interested think the result will not net them more than from SIOB to slls. There is especial interest in the deal, coming as it does so soon after the de falcation of the collection clerk of the Capital City Bank, G. H. Sims, who made away with $94,000. It is stated, however, that there was a proposition made to buy the assets of the Capital City Bank a year ago, but that It did not go through because no provision was made for the officers of the bank. No provision has been made for them in this deal at all, though one or two of the prominent clerks of the Capital City Bank w’ill doubtless be provided for, because of the increased business cf the Atlanta National. The Atlanta National is regarded as the most solid and substantial bank in the city, the market value of its cap ital stock now being S7OO. It will prob ably secure a large proportion of the deposits of the bank it has purchased. The affairs of the Capital City Bank will be wound up in the course of the next few weeks. NON-UNION FIREMEN WERE KIDNAPPED. Police Had to Rescue Them from the Union Hull. Buffalo, Apr!M3.—When the propeller William Mack arrived in port at 1 o’elock this morning with five non union firemen on board, a g*ang of striking union men boarded the vessel, clambering over the railing, as soon as she touched at the dock. The five non-union men were captured and tak en to the headquarters of the union. The police were at once notified by the steamship officials, and a squad of men surrounded and raided the union hail. They rescued four of the kid napped firemen, one of whom had been terribly beaten. The fifth man is miss ing, and the police have been unable to find any trace of him. WIuTsPEND~SSaOOO Trying fo Repair tile Break in the Levee at ilymella. New Orleans, April 12.—Gov. Heard held a conference at the Hymelia cre vasse to-day, and it was determined to begin Monday on another effort to close it. This time the work will be conduct ed with thorough system. The labor will camp on the spot, and ample ma terial will be on hand. It will require a week's work and about $50,000 ex pense. if no more mishaps occur, but the authorities thought the chance worth taking. There has been no caving in thirty six hours, and this is the foundation for the hope for success. MANY MANUFACTURERS Will Gather for the Convention nt New Orleans. New Orleans, April 12.—The annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers, which opens here Tuesday morning, promises to be well attended. A heavily loaded special train, with coaches from Cleveland, Detroit and other Western and East ern cities left Indianapolis this after noon, and after several short stops en route, will arrive here Tuesday morn ing. Telegrams received to-day state that large parties are also on the way from other cities of the West, as well as from New York and New England. President D. M. Parry of the associa tion is with the Indianapolis train. New Orleans is prepared to give the visitors a royal welcome. President Parry’s annual report will be read Tuesday, and the convention will ad journ Thursday. ALLEGED TRAITOR BEATEN. take Seamen Bear Jensen Mallee for His Aetlons. Cleveland, 0., April 12.—Peter Jensen, an alleged traitor to the Lake Seamen’s Union, was badly beaten on the docks to-day by men, who got sway before the police responded to a riot call. Jen sen is charged by 00-workers with hir ing men as deck hands, but who in reality work as firemen, there being a strike among the latter. Slue Lauds Vang Lu. Pekin, April 12. —The Empress Dow ager has Issued an edict eulogizing the late Yung Lu and conferring on him posthumous honors similar to those conferred on Li Hung Chang. She also has telegraphed to Chang Chin Tung, viceroy of Nan King, to hasten his ar rival in Pekin. Hnosevelt \moi4g Game. Cinnabar, Mont., April 12.—A soldier came into Fort Yellowstone to-day from the President’s camp. He re ported that the President was well and had seen a large quantity of game.