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No Comparfson

First Boy-My mamma belongs to
one of the first families.
Second Boy--Pooh! That's nothing.
Mine belongs to one of the last fami-
fes-Life.
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Fear. Long Drawn Out.

Diggs-RouHder is quite m.
Biggs-Indeed! His wife naturally
has grave fears about him, s.pposef
Diggs-Yes. In fact think her fears
extend beyond the grave.--Exchange.
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Whether or not man succeeds in
life sometimes depends on whether he
spurs himself or spares himself.-Pitts-
ourg Dispatch.
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An Impos.ibIe Condition

"You say you can't afford to hire
clerk. Why don't you get your wife to
do your typewriting?"
Impossible! She wouldn't submit
to any ctation."-Richmond Dispatch.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 1.-THE stage
of the river at o'clock is 37.3 feet and
rising, a stage equal to the maximum of
the flood of 1897, when such widespread
damage was done throughout the delta.
The rise since 6 o'clock this morning has
been five-tenths. The maximum of the
present rise is expected to reach here about
Wednesday, and officials of the weather
bureau say they anticipate about 80 feet.
All levees In this vicinity are reported to
be holding, and the engineers continue to
maintain their hopeful view of the situa-
ton. Despite these facts, there is grave
apprehension and the feeling of fear for
the safety of the country behind the levees
is increasing each day. One of the greatest
causes of fear Is anxiety that the levees
may be cut by some person who would be
benefited thereby. This has caused the
engineers to strengthen the levee patrols
at all points and give them positive in
structions for the protection of the en-
bankments 1t is reported from a point
twenty miles north of Memphis, on the
Arkansas side, that man was shot at
by guard last night.
The situa ton in North Memphis, where
the lumber region is flooded. is growing
worse each hour. 1t Is reported that the
tracks of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Railroad six miles south of the city have
been flooded and that a force of men is at
work raising the tracks above the water.
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NATURAL GAS MERGER
PITTsBURG TO HAVE THE LARGEST
COMPANY IN THE WORLD.
Several Companies to he Consolidated d
with an Authorised Capital Of
Twenty-Five Millions.

PITTSBURG. Pa, March H-The largest
natura1-gas company in the world is to be
formed and chartered under the laws Of
Pennsylvania within the next sixty days,
which is to have the name of the Manufac-
turers' Heat and Light Company. 1t will
be organized out Of the various companies
now owned or controlled by the Manufac-
turers' Heat and Light Company as now
known. but instead Of capital of 81, 800, 900,
as at present, the new company will have
an authorized capital of $25.OO0,OOo. The
same officers as now direct the existing
Manufacturers Heat and Light Company
will direct the affairs of the greater COM
pany.
To-day President II. B. Beatty Of the
Manufacturers Heat and Light Company,
with other officers of that company, met
A. w. Mellon and j. w. Craig and signed
papers for the sale Of 80 per cent. of the
stock of the Fort Pitt Gas Company. The
stock was bought at the rate of $50 per
share, with par value of $50. With the
closing of this deal the present stockhold-
ers Of the Manufacturers Heat and Light
Company Cor ANY have taken M I under their wing all
pany. the Wheeling Natural-gas Company,
the Fort Pitt Gas Company. the Wetzel
Natural-gas Company. the Mutual Natural
gas Company, the Waynesburg Natural
Company and the Canonsburg Gas Com
pany.
II. B. Beatty will become the president of
Pittsburg. Mr.. Beatty said tonight that
the deal which was consummated to-day
does not mean that the Standard Oil in
terests will control the new corporation
or have anything further to do with 1t
than at present.
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END OF A STRIKE.
Employees of Eastern Shipyards Il
Return to Work This Week.

Employees OF Eastern Shfpyards to
Return to Work This Week.
NEW YORK, March A.-After a four
tional Civic Federation this afternoon be-
tween representatives of the federation,
striking employees of the shipbuilding cor
porations and the representatives of the
corpora tions, the strike was declared set
tied. All the strikers, including those out
in sympathy will return to work on March
Is. The strike was said to have been the
result of a misunderstanding A later con-
ference will be held to find the cause of
the trouble and to formulate conditions
which will settle ii.
After the conference a statement was
drawn up by representatives of the various
interests affected. The statement says:
IAN agreement was reached whereby the
sympathetic strike of boiler makers and
helpers in all the shops of members of the
Metal Trades Association and of carpen-
ters, joiners, painters, machnists, black
smiths and pattern makers who went out
of the yards of the Townsend -Downey Ship
building Company on March 10 was to be
declared off on or before March Is. 1t was
committees of the Metal Trades Associa-
ton and the Marine Trades Council is to be
held for the purpose of discussing the
original strike of boiler makers and iron
to consider other matters relating to trade
conditions. The original misunderstanding
was caused by the misinterpretation of the
original of a letter or letters which passed
between the two organizations. When this
misunderstanding was cleared away during
the conference better relation was at once
established, which led up to the settlement
as stated"
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Charges Made by the Street-Railway
Companies that Their Business
Is Being Ruined.
sHIPBUILDERs' STRIKE OVER
SETTLEMENT REACHED AT THE
CIVIC FEDERATION ROOMS.
GERS and Trial Set for Thursday
The wabash Case.

WATERBURY,, Conn, March 14.-An i'm
portant move in relation to the trolley
mems strike, which has been In progress
since Jan. IL. was taken to-day. when pa
pers were issued in a temporary injunction
granted by Judge Elmer. of the Superior
Court, on application of the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting Company. restrain
ing the Trolley Mems Union and most. If
not all, of the unions in Waterbury from
acts intended to interfere with the COM
pany's business or its employees. The in
junction. which is sweeping in its nature,
enjoins the strikers and their sympathizers
from boycotting the plaintiff or its en-
ployes, or any other corporations or per-
sons, from in any way impeding the busi-
ness of the railroad company, and from
acts Of intimidation and violence, under a
penalty of $4,000.
In the complaint of the Connecticut Rail-
way and Lighting Company attached to the
writ, an attachment to the amount Of $25-
600 is ordered placed on the property of the
defendants. The list of the defendants be-
gins with the name of William j. Barrett,
president of Union No. 193 of the Amalga-
mated Association of Street-railway EN-
ployes of America Then follow the names
of all the strikers and the names Of the
president and the secretary of each of the
Following unions: Polishers' and Buffers.
Brass Workers, Sheet Metal Workers
Press Hands. Typographical Union, Team
Drivers, Masons, and Plasterers', Iron
Moulders', Drug Clerks, Electrical Work
ers', BARRIERS, Cigar Makers, Painters and
Decorators and Carpenters and Joiners'
The complaint includes among the defend
ants all other associations and persons un-
known to the plaintiff, and engaged in the
acts complained of, citing them to appear
before the Superior Court on the first Tues
day of April to answer to the action. The
complaint declares that men in the plain
tiff's employment were abused and assault
ed with clubs and revolvers and that some
persons in sympathy with or connected
with the defendants have murdered or
caused to be murdered a policeman en-
gagged in the performance of his duty, and
that the business of the company will be
ruined If the alleged conspiracy is con-
tinued. The complaint asks damages in the
sum of $4,000.
After examining a number of witnesses
Deputy Coroner Pond tonight brought to
a close for the present his investigation
of the death of Policeman Paul Men
delssohn, who was killed while acting as a
guard on the trolley car at Forest Park
last Sunday night. The police admit they
have no definite line of inquiry to follow,
that all clews that have presented them
selves have been worked out and that there
is nothing tangible in sight. For the pres
ent the mystery seems as far as ever from
solution.
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WOMEN CONSULTED HIM
PHILADELPHIA's "HERB DOCTOR"
HAD NUMEROUS CLIENTS,
And the Authorities Say They Were
Seeking Means to Secretly Get Rid
Of Husbands or Other Persons.

PHILADELPHIA, March 14--The police
for several days have been investigating
the career of George Hossey. the negro
herb doctor who was yesterday COM
mitted to prison with Mrs. Catherine Dame
on the charge of causing the death of the
woman's husband eighteen months ago by
poison. Mrs. Dance is said to be only one
of host of women whose object in con-
sulting the doctor was not legitimate.
The authorities say they expect to trace a
number of deaths to Hossey's potions.
Said one official to-day: 1--WE are only be-
ginning to uncover this case. 1t may prove
one Of the greatest criminal events in the
history of the department"
Hossey is the arch-conspirator in many
crimes, the authorities say. They have
learned that for many months past his
headquarters have been patronized by many
women, both married and single, whose
names are now in the possession of the
district attorney and detectives. When the
negro was arrested detectives searched his
house and confiscated a wagonload of bot
tied drugs, instruments and other para
phernalia, much of which will figure In the
case.
The district attorney and the police off,
cials state that more arrests may be ex-
pected soon. The memorandum found in
Hossey's house, Ii Is believed, will show
many cases of murder. The assistant dis
trict attorney said: THE case Is far from
complete at present. More arrests will
follow, but naturally we can't talk about
that phase of the case at this time. There
are q number of developments expected.
The developments of yesterday are only a
small part of the case so far Hossey is
concerned. The detectives are still at work
on the investigation, and will continue for
several weeks.
Physicians in all parts of Philadelphia
have reported cases to the district attor-
ney that will probably lead to the opening
of many graves and TO the holding of as
many inquests by the coroner. In each of
these cases the patient first appeared with
a minor complaint, which grew progress
lively worse and which just before death
manifested what are now recalled as the
usual symptoms of arsenical poisoning.
Seven of these practitioners were closeted
with Assistant District Attorney Shoyer
for several hours to-day going over their
Office records in the mortality cases and
frankly telling Of their suspicious. In each
of these cases thorough investigation was
ordered and the local managers of all life
insurance companies were asked for infor-
nation concerning the policies paid upon
the risks In the cases. The records of the
bureau of health show that Hossey issued
death certificates over his own signature
as George Hossey. NJ. D. and the police
are trying TO discover from whom he OBJ
tanned the blank forms.
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CHARLESTON, w. Va. March a.
Stonewall Jackson, S. j. Webb, Cyrus
Raines, John Redden, r. L. Crews. Oliver
Redden, r. r. Bryant, N. S. Mitchell and
Frank Bean, indicted for the resistance of
federal authorities in Raleigh county, on
Feb 25 were arraigned to-day before Judge
Kellar of the Federal Court. Attorneys S.
c. Burdet, G. L. Hogg and H. A. Middle
ton for the defendants moved to quash the
indictments on the ground that Judge jack
son. of the Federal Court at Parkersburg
who issued the injunction against the
miners, had not jurisdiction in the mat
ter at issue. Judge Kellar overruled the
motion promptly and the prisoners then en-
tered plea of not guilty. The trial of the
indicted miners was set for next Thursday.
The federal grand jury to-day returned
indictments against twenty-five more min
ers charged with resisting arrest at Atkins
vile. Their names were not given out, as
they are not yet in custody
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He Is Charged by Judge Anderson
with Committing Willful and Cor
rupt Perjury I'm His Court.
A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE
THE COURT MAKES A DETAILED
STATEMENT FROM THE BENCH.
Bill of Exceptions Filed and an APP
peal Will Be Taken-Prisoners
Comfortably Lodged.

"The court believes that Mr.. d. A. Sachs.
in many important particulars. committed
willful and corrupt perjury in this court
III believe that Mr.. Sachs Is guilty of q
fagrant contempt of this court.
Il have come TO the conclusion that Mr..
Watts is guilty of a fragrant contempt OF
this court
These were some of the forceful sentences
that fef on the ears of the two defendants
In the contempt proceedings in the United
States Court yesterday morning during
Judge Anderson's remarks from the bench.
The court found William w. Watts and
David A. Sachs. prominent Louisville at
torneys. guilty of contempt, and sent them
to the Marion county jail for term OF
sixty days. This is the end of the sensa-
tional case that has occupied much of the
time of the United States Court for the
last month.
Judge Anderson gave his decision at 10
o'clock yesterday morning to a crowded
courtroom. He spoke for nearly two hours.
covering every feature of the case
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COLOMBIA MAY NOT RATIFY.
No Certainty that the Canal Treaty
VIII BE Approved.

COLON. Colombia, March 14.-Gen. Raefel
Reyes. Vice President of Colombia, who
reached the isthmus two days ago from
Mexico. was interviewed to-day. With ref
erence to the Hay-Herran convention he
spoke guardedly and did not appear dis
posed to discuss its terms or the probability
of its ratification by the Colombian Con-
gress. He seemed to have reason to be-
lieve, however. that the recent interpreta-
ton of the United States of its obligatory
rights to maintain free transit across the
isthmus and its manner of enforcing these
rights had created a very unfavorable i'm
preston throughout the Colombian repub-
lie. He said the politicians who would be
called on to decide the fate of the canal
would not be likely to forget the humiiat-
ing incidents which occurred during the
recent insurgent hostilities between her
and Panama.
General Reyes in no way expressed him
self as opposed to the construction of the
canal by the United States He said that
it was his purpose to enjoy rest and quiet
in Cauca. OF which department he Is ma
tive, rather than enter the presidential
arena. The general and his family left to-
day for Savanilla on their way TO Bogota.
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statu. of the wabash Case.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March 14.-Judge Ad-
ans, of the United States District Court,
early this evening overruled the motion
filed by the Wabash Railroad attorneys TO
require the brotherhooods and the en-
ployes to file additional minutes of their
meetings and additional letters and tele-
grams before arguments would be heard on
the motion to dissolve the injunction issued
by him recently The attorneys represent
ing the brotherhoods and the employees
have agreed to bring into court such cor
respondence and minutes as they possess
AS the matter now stands, the wabash
attorneys will be compelled to argue against
the motion for dissolution of the Injunction
on Tuesday without the additional infor-
nation sought, unless it shall be filed in
the meantime.
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RETURNING TO MINNEAPOLIS.


MANCHESTER. N. H. March H.-Dr. A
A. Ames, former mayor of Minneapolis. left
here to-day on his voluntary return to Min
nesota to answer charges of bribery. Sheriff
Dreger, Of Minneapolis and Deputy Sheriff
Doane, OF Manchester. accompanied the
doctor. Mrs. Ames and daughter also were
In the party.
enced a reaction after the excitement OF
the last few days. Although he said that
he felt well. his eye was not as bright as
IL was yesterday. and his step faltered He
experienced considerable difficulty in get
ting into the carriage at the hotel and in
mounting the car steps at the station.
BOSTON, March A.-Dr. Ames and his
party arrived here this afternoon. stop
was made at the request OF Mrs. Ames, who
desired to see her relatives and transact
some business.
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OF To-DAY'S JOURNAL.


Page
1-Judge Anderson Sentences Attorneys
Watts and Sachs to Prison; Burdick
Case Inquiry; Condition of the Swollen
Rivers; Sweeping Injunction and Other
Labor News; Hair Store Wrecked by
Explosion.
2-Fatal Railway Wrecks.
4-Block Coal Miners Scale Signed and
General Indiana News; Joint High
Commission and Washington News of
Interest to Indianians.
5-Dewey's Title Now Clear; Panama
Canal Treaty Debate; Return of Joseph
Chamberlain to London.
6-Sporting News.
7-Sporting News.
S-Columbia Clubs. Annual Beefsteak
Dinner; Final Appeal in Behalf of
Technical Institute.
9-Real Estate News and Classified Ads.
10-Live Stock and Local Produce Markets.
11-Financial Markets.
12-St. Patrick's Day Programme; Local
Labor News.
Part Two-Twelve Pages.
Ito Study the Solar System; Talks on
Live Topics; Theft of Valuable Gems;
The Russian Jew Question.
2-Literary News and Gleanings; Ques-
tions and Answers.
3-Court News; High School Notes and
Gossip; Hoax About One-Cent Pieces
of 1902.
4-Editorial Page.
5-Irelands Patron Saint.
6-Personal and Society News.
8-Music and Drama.
s-Music and Drama (continued.)
10-Illustrated Fashions; George AIDES
Fable.
1.-THE Virtue OF Thrift; Sphinx Lore; On
the Wings Of the Storm.
12-Germar Demand for War.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March l4.-Copies of
Judge Phillips's restraining order were
served on the leaders of the teamsters
strike and many members of the union by
United States marshals to-day. The cita-
tions were accepted quietly and as mat
ter of course Many of the men arrested
by the police yesterday were served with
the notices in Police Court, as they were
discharged from custody by the police
Judge. The unions will be represented py
counsel i'm the Federal Court next Friday,
when the continuance OF the injunction VIII
be argued.
So far as breaking the freight blockade
is concerned. the injunction has had no
effect There are few idle men in town and
the strikers are confident their places can
not be filled A sympathetic strike is not
likely. There was no disturbance To-Day
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vICKSBURG, Miss. March Ito guard
against the possibility of levee cutting and
also to warn steam craft to keep off. Presi-
dent McClelland, of the Fifth Louisiana
Levee Board, has placed armed guards
along the embankments in Tensas. Madison
and East Carroll parishes. Reports from
all along the line to-day report the levees
holding splendidly, and IL the rains would
only cease and give the new work chance
TO harden the danger of crevasses will be
reduced to a minimum.
Several steamers arrived in port to-day
and last night loaded to the guard with
refugees, cattle and household effects. So
far only one fatality has accompanied the
flood in this section. the victim being a
Yazoo-river ferryman who was swept of
his fiatboat.
The river gauge here registered 4S.7 at Z
o'clock tonight, a rise OF 2 since a. m.
and "a above the danger line.
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Increase in Wages.

HAZLETON, Pa, March 1.-THE con-
ductors and brakemen on the Delaware.
Susquehanna & Schulykill Railroad to-day
received notice of an increase in wages,
dating from Feb. /. The conductors and
brakemen on the Perth Amboy trains, who
of 1 cent an hour, making the former 8
scale SIP and that of the latter $5.37 for the
run Branch brakemen and fiagmen receive
an increase of IL cents a day, advancing
their wages to $204
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Hull said she had just stepped over the
threshold and looked in.
HER HANDS TREMBLED.

At this point Mr. Coatsworth handed Mrs.
Hull a photograph of the den with the body
Of the murdered man lying on the couch
covered as DR.. Marcy found ii covered.
Mrs. Hull took the photograph without so
much as a trembling of her hands and
looked at it intently and calmly. Then she
described the picture and pointed out the
familiar objects in the den. Mr.. Coats
worth's examination was conducted all
through with the evident purpose OF break
ing down the witness. He kept the photo
before her for many minutes.
Does this photograph represent the den
as you saw Ii that morning.? asked Mr..
Coatsworth-
81 do not remember"
1.-The body on the couch was covered as
this photograph shows?"
II think so.
Mr.. Coatsworth then showed the witness
a photograph of the den taken after the
covering had been removed from the body
II showed the body of the. murdered man
on the couch with battered and bloody
head. Mrs. Hull took the photograph from
Mr.. COatsworth and looked at IL. Her
hands trembled a trife.
rs that the way the den looked after
Dr. Marcy arrived?' asked Mr.. Coatsworth.
81 never saw the room after he came"
replied Mrs Hull, looking the district at
torney squarely- In the eye. The witness
said she had never asked for and had never
been told of the details of the tragedy. She
denied having said that she thought she
knew some one who might have done 1t.
She had had no conversation on the subject
except with the officials. She had never
told Burdick that he was as much to blame
as his wife.
But you thought he was?"
az do not know that did
Then you thought that your daughter
was more to blame?'
Il certainly thought she was imprudent.
/ thought that IL he had done differently
she would have"
Witness said she and Burdick had never
quarreled.
In response to a question from Attorney
Hubbell Mrs. Hull said Burdick had always
treated her kindly and with great consid-
Grafton, addressing her as Mother Hull.
house after your daughter left only on ac-
count OF love for the children?'
Yes: and for Mr.. Burdick's sake"
Mrs. Hull's examination ended at this
point, and she smiled family as she left
the stand. She was supported by her law
not appear to be in need of any assistance.
Maggie Murray, the cook at the Burdick
house. was the next witness She detailed
her movements, as previously published, as
to seeing Burdick in his underclothes and
afterwards hearing some one working at
the furnace She heard no further noise
In the house that night. She contradicted
Mrs. Hulrs story of what occurred on the
morning of the murder. She said she went
to Mrs. Hulis bedroom and told her about
the door and the windows being open. she
said that she did not call to Mrs. Huh from
| the first floor. She also contradicted Mrs.
Hull, who had testified that she did not
not Mrs. Hull suggested that DIR. Marcy be
called. She knew of no one who held any
| animosity towards Burdick. The inquest
was then adjourned until Monday.
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NEW YORK, March 1.-THE regular
monthly meeting of the directors of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road to-day was taken UP in a discussion of
the threatened strike of the employees
President Hall authorized the statement
that the directors refused to meet joint
committee of the trainmen and conductors
A representative of President Hall, after
the meeting, said. 1.-THE board OF directors
have always been willing to meet commit
tees from the different branches of the
road, but as matters now stand We refuse
to meet a joint committee of trainmen and
conductors