THK NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , FKKRUAHY ,27 1003 Frightful Head-On Collision or , the Big Four. BURNED TO DEATH IN THEIR CAR Both Engines Demolished and Debrli Catches Fire Passenger Train on 'Frisco Jumps the Track and Can Are Splintered. Cleveland , Fob. 24. In a head-on collision lust night between a west bound passenger train and an eastbound - bound freight on the Dig Four n mile cast of Boca , four clerks wcie burned to death In their car. The dead : W. II. Rockwell , E. W , Krelsmann , T. W. Smiley , L. M. Wai worth , all of Cleveland. Engineers John Ferguson and Will Jam Fish and Express Messenger Joe Coulter were seriously Injured. The two firemen are also hurt. No passengers gers are reported Injured beyond n shaking up. The trains met about half a mile east of the street railway tunnel and were running at full speed. Both en glnes were demolished and the track was heaped with debris. The passcn < ger train left Cleveland at 9:30 : o'clock. Shortly after the collision the debris caught fire and burned fiercely. The telegraph poles beside the track were burned down and communication with the wreck wns cut off. On ac count of the heat of the llamos the work of rescue , should anyone be be neath the debris , cannot progress. A wrecking train loft Cleveland shortly after midnight with surgeons abroad and an engine was sent to the Ecene of the wreck from Boca. IOWA MAN IS A VICTIM. Fred Bopp , a Banker of Hawkeye , Is Killed In Northwestern Wreck. Pierre , S. D. , Feb. 24. One man was killed and thirteen others more or less seriously injured In an accident on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad near Athol yesterday. The dead : Fred A. Bopp , vice pres ident of a bank at Hawkeye , Vi. The injured : P. B. Cribs , member 3.1 ctato legislature , Brown county , head ' * * ' cut ami back injured , unconscious for several hours ; T. II. Larabee , Chicago , hip and shoulder Injured ; P. Kelly , Aberdeen , injured internally ; Hilda , Murray , DeKalb , 111. , left leg and side I injured ; Lilllo BItzstad , Callendar , V | - la. , head cut , side bruised ; Charles - f * Crow , Aberdeen , head cut , back hurt. ' Others less severely hurt : T. H. Cameron , Aberdeen ; Rev. F. Eby , Agra , Kansas ; James Blair , Sioux City , la. ; W. H. Oftwein , Wlnona ; Rev. E. T. Windell , Centervllle , S. ' D. ; J. W. Collier , Belvedere , 111. ; Bert - t. WoshleT , Milford , S. D. "sci-/ . , , - The smoker and ono coach left the track and turned over into a ditch. r.A Mr. Bopp was sitting in the rear and V was thrown through the window and ' „ , ' Instantly killed. The most severely injured were taken to Redficld for > ! - medical attention. A broken rail Is ' . - supposed to have caused the accident Cars Are Only Splinters. Diron , Mo. , Feb. 24. The St. Louis and San Francisco fast westbound passenger train "Meteor" was wrecked last night a quarter of a mile west of the Gasconade river crossing at Arlington. William Gifford , Wells-Far- go Express messenger , of St. Louis was killed and Engineer Decker ol Newburg sustained broken ribs and Internal injuries that may prove fatal , The wrecked train had two engines and was under full headway , making a run from DIxon , Mo. The first en gine Jumped the track and the second - end engine turned completely over. Express and mail cars were splintered Into kindling wood. Killed by Trolley Car. Buffalo , Feb. 24. Martin Gardner , ceventy years of age , was struck and killed by a trolley car last evening , Gardner had a mania for walking on the car tracks and sometimes narrowly - ly escaped being struck. On Jan. 23 , after Gardner had experienced a clost call , the company went Into court and got nn order restraining him from walking on the tracks. It was growing dark when a motorman saw Gardnei ahead of his car. Ho applied the brakes and reversed the current , but was unable to check the car's speed and the old man was cut to pieces. Collision on the Rock Island. Davenport , Feb. 24. The "Fire Fly , ' a local passenger train on the south western division of the Chicago , Rocl < Island and Pacific railway , ran Intc an extra freight train yesterday neai Falrport. Several coaches were de railed and damaged , but the passen gers escaped Injuries worse thar bruises. The track was blocked foi eeveral hours. Colored Man Stabs Editor. Wathena , Kan. , Feb. 24. Paul Grin s etead , editor of the Times , was fatal /Jt * ' ly stabbed by a drunken negro namet Frank Werner Sunday , and excitement ' , ' is running high In Wathena and ir x . Troy , where the negro la in Jail. Tall f' of lynching In case Grlnstead dies Ii ' , heard. Grlnstead Is the editor win served nearly a year In Jail In 1900 fo : libel and edited his paper from his cell ttt Ohio River Is Receding. „ " * v Evansvlllo , Ind. , Feb. 24. The rive ; Lecarao stationary at 40.7 and is nov falling. The leas to farmers canno be estimated at this time. A erea deal of corn in cribs haa been lost an < wheat has been damaged in many see tlons. River men along Green am rlYtri bar * suffered htayilj RIOT ON A PASSENGER TRAIN.j Drunken White Men Get Into a Fight With Negroes. Lake Charles , La. , Fob. 24.I'assen - Cera on the Incoming Kansas City Southern train last night reported a riot on the train , in which a nugro was shot to death and three whlto men seriously Injured , one probably fatally. A crowd of intoxicated whlto men boarded the train at a sawmill town south of Lcoavlllc. The ruffians took forcible possession of the smok er and invaded the negro coach. In stantly n fight wns started and shots and curscfl could bo heard above the roar of the train. The car was al most wrecked and all the window lights wore knocked out. When the train reached DcQulncy the trainmen managed to eject six of the worst dis turbers. Officers are on the track of the murderers. It IB thought one of UIB wounded white men will die. SIX MEXICANS FROZEN. Bodies of Three Women and Three Children Found Near Gollad , Tex. Gollad , Tex. , Feb. 24. The bodies of nix Mexicans , three women and three children , who had frozen to death , were found yesterday on the river eight miles above hero. The dead arc : Isabel Rodriguez , Antonio Rodriguez , Anita Rodriguez , Roao Rodriguez , Helen Vasquez and Alatn Rodriguez. The bodies were found lying close together , their positions showing that the women had tried to protect the children. They were with friends on the south side of the river Wed nesday and were put across In a skiff by Tonias Vasquez , husband of Helen Vasquez , after which they started for a camp on the north side of the river , two or three miles distant. It is sup posed that they lost their way. Pours Poison Into Apples. Columbus , Ind. , Feb. 24. Meade Barr , nineteen years old , of Elizabeth- town , is in jail here on the charge of poisoning six people , all of Elizabeth- town. Barr was employed In a ware house and according to the authorities took a number of apples and poured in a poisonous drug and gave the ap ples to the people , who became seri ously 111. The motive for his deed Is not known. Trial of Bandit Begins. Knoxville , In. , Feb. 24. The trial of Frank Baird , the bandit wounded at Hamilton New Year's eve , one of the three robbers who help up Mr. and Mrs. P. Sullivan , securing $1,900 , commenced - menced hero yesterday. The defend ant asked for a continuance. Ex- United States Marshal W. A. Richards , indicted for complicity in the robbery , Is still at large , presumably In Mexico. Nearly Ready for the Jury. Winterset , la. , Feb. 24. The second trial of Mrs. Margaret Hossack , con victed of murdering her husband , will likely go to the Jury this after noon. The opposing arguments opened yesterday. Mrs. Hossack claims her husband's head was split open with an axe in the hands of rob bers while sleeping by her side. She has served ten months of her life- sen tence , but was granted a new trial by the supreme court. Rlcha Lured to His Death. Pierre , S. D. , Feb. 24. News has Just reached here of the murder by some- unknown person of August Richa , well known on the ranges. He was lured away from his homo , sev enty-five miles west of here , and his body was found the next morning two miles from home. A bullet hole In the back showed the manner of death. Woman on Trial for Murder. Newton , la. , Feb. 24. The trial of Mrs. Frank Levelleur , charged with murdering her husband last summer , commenced here yesterday. It is al leged the defendant brained her hus band with an axe , placing his body in a barn and set the latter on fire with a view to concealing her crime. Preferred Death to Philippines. Fort Keogh , Mont. , Feb. 24. Rather than go to the Philippines , to whlck his troop had been ordered , Private McDonald of the Thirteenth cavalry committed suicide yesterday by shootIng - Ing himself through the heart with a revolver. The deed was committed In the barracks. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Mrs. Abram Van Howe , eighty yeara old , of Sodus , N. Y. , Is cutting her third set of teeth. A dynamite explosion at Rockweed , W. Va. , Monday , killed four persona and injured a number of others. Black Pearl , a negro pugilist , shot and instantly killed Jim Jones , a ne gro from Topeka , in a saloon at Enid , Okla. , Monday. Relatives of Mrs. Ellen Gore , the American singer killed in Paris last November , declare her jewels , worth $5,000 , are missing. The postoffice at Groveland , 111. , was plundered Sunday night by rob bers , who dynamited the safe and stole $150 in stamps and money. Booker T. Washington , In an ad dress at Brooklyn , declared the ne groes arc entitled to justice from the whites , hut must work their own way t Independence. They cannot be got rid of. The negotiations for the purchase by the Canadian Pacific of four Beaver line steamers from Elder-Dempster were concluded In London Monday. The prlco paid Is said to bo about { ' - $7,500,000. l\ \ In a desperate moonshiners' battle t In Lotcher county , Kentucky , Creed 1 Fleming was killed outright and Jus- . tlce Ison seriously wounded. Ison and I the Flemlnei had been enemies for , gome tlm . Compromise Measure is Prac tically Rejected in Advance. LAST SUPPLY BILL IS PASSED. House Disposes of All Appropriation Measures Senate Passes Omnibus Public Building Bill THIman Die- cusses Indlanola Case. Washington , Feb. 24. There has boou coiiblderublo talk of compromise on the statehood bill. It wns generally undeiHtood that what was known as tliu Spooner compromise , being the two-stale bill drawn by the Wisconsin senator , would bo satisfactory to the Republicans. The terms of this com promise have been given heretofore , save that the provision for the state of Montczunm provides that before Arizona can bo set off ns a separate slate , the population of Montczuma must bo 700,000 , of which 300,000 should bo In Arizona. The Demo crats , while talking In a conciliatory spirit , Hold that they had little hope that this Republican proposition would bo ncccplnhlo to them. It Is quite likely that when this proposition Is submitted , the Democrats will have a conference. Probably n counter- proposition' then will bo made , pro viding that when Arizona has n popu lation which IB the average for a rep resentative In congress. It shall be ad mitted ns a state and also that n cen sus shall bo taken every year. The Democrats say they want a provision fixing the date which will brine Ari zona into the Union. This would not bo satisfactory to the Republicans. While the efforts toward a compro mise continue , there are only a few senators who expect an adjustment to bo rrnched. and the prospects of statehood legislation nro still remote. BURT SETS CONFERENCE DATE. Union Pacific President Will Meet Trainmen Next Monday Morning. Omaha , Fob. 21. After waiting for many weeks the Union Pacific general coinml'tcca of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen have secured a date for the desired conference with President Burl , It being March 2. Mr. Burt yesterday set this time. The committees here , as elsewhere , will ask for the 20 per cent raise of wages and the abolishment of double headers on trains that scale more than one engine's rating. In other places the committees have secured a concession of 15 per cent raise for freight men and 12 per cent raise for passenger , and the same Is expected here. Meanwhile the Fremont , Elkhorn and Missouri Valley general commit tees are still waiting , as General Manager Bldwell has set no date. GARMENT WAR IS ENDED. Special Order People at Chicago Will Resume Their Work. Chicago , Feb. 24. The struggle of the special order clothing makers against amalgamation with the United Garment Workers of America , which has demoralized the manufacturing clothing trade in Chicago and other cities for more than six weeks and which , it Is estimated , has 'cost up wards of $1,000,000 , was ended today. An amendment providing for the amal gamation of the special order niakers with the garment workers was framed and signed and on Thursday morning the 4,500 special order makers who have been locked out of the shops since the trouble began will begin work. Mitchell at Springfield. Springfield , 111. , Feb. 24. John Mitchell , national president of the United Mine Workers of America , de. livered an ndrress to an audience of 2,500 people in representative hall ol the capltol building last night. Preel dent Mitchell was greeted with a rous Ing reception and delivered an Inter estlng address of about thirty min utes' duration. He dwelt on the present ont condition of labor organization ! of , all classes in the country and or how the United States In general wll ! gradually drift toward Industrial equality. Russia Preparing tor War. London , Feb. 24. The correspond ent of the Times at Moscow telegraph ! a confirmation of the reports of qxten slvo military preparations in soutl Russia. He declares that a specla oath , binding them to secrecy undei the most severe penalties , has beer administered to all the superior armj officers. All absentees have been re called to their regiments and arrange ments have been completed for 100 , 000 first class and 100,000 second clasi reserves to rejoin the colors wlthii a fortnight of a second or emergency call. Darrow Not a Candidate. Chicago , Feb. 24. Clarence S. Dar row announced that ho would no make the race for mayor of Chicago In giving the reasons that Induced hin to reach this conclusion , ho said tha for many years ho had represented la boring people In their litigation am he felt that ho could not abandon thli work for that of the position of mayo of Chicago. Coal Famine at Santa Fe. Santa Fe , N. M. , Feb. 24. The coa famine is growing serious in this city The penitentiary has been out of coa fqr six weeks , and a special mectlni of the city council has been called ti protest against the action of the coa companies , which have coal mine only .weuty-fivo miles from Santa Fc WORK OF SENATE AND HOUSE. Last Money Bill Passes Tlllman Supporto Negroeo , Washington , Fob , 21. A largo crowd WIIH attracted to the m'Uiito youtcnln ) ' , moiit of thorn visiting Daughters of the American Ruvolu- tlon. WttHlilni'.ton'tt farewell address wan read by Mr. Duluilu of Idnho. The oimilbtm publlo building bill wan punned and the poHtullK'o appropria tion bill WIIH considered without final action , Tllhnan spoke for nearly two hotirn , principally In reply to Spoonor , on the Indlanolu postoffiuo ctiso. Hu Bald that If the policy of the adminis tration In regard to the equality of the negro was carried on and llookor Washington nhould bo appointed to the cabinet ho would vote for his con firmation. Ho did not conclude his remarks , The house passed the general de ficiency appropriation bill , the last of the regular nupply bills. It car ried $ in,498,781. The only amend' mcnt of Importance WUH ono appro priating $1,000,000 to replace the stores and warehouse at the Rock Isl and arsonnl , recently destroyed by flro. The bill to amend the railroad safety appliance act was sent to con ference and the conferees wore In structed not to Insist on that portlor of the house amendment giving the Interstate commerce commission pow er to reduce below 50 per cent thr number of cars equipped with patent air brakes. AGAINST LOTTERY CONCERNS Sending of Tickets From One 8tat < to Another Prohibited. WuHliiiiglon , Fob. 24. Tliu powei of longreus to prohibit the sending o lottery tickets from ono state to an other by other means than the Unltui Slates malls WUH passed on ycutenlu : by the United States supreme court The question arose In connection will two cases , that of Champion vs. tin United States and that oC Francis vs the United States , and In both CIIHCI the constitutionality of the act ol congress of 1895 , prohibiting the trans mission of lottery tickets from oni state to another by express or othot wise was challenged. The opinion In ho Champion case was delivered by Justice Hnrlan and sustained the valid ty of the law. In the Francis case Just I o Holmes spoke for the court holding that the offense alleged did not come within the scope of the laIn \ \ In quohtlon. Cham.-Ion , at the time of bin ar rest , was In Chlcaqo , representing what was known as the Pan-American lottery of Paraguay. The particular charge against him was that of dollv erlng n box of lottery tickets to the Wclls-Fargo Express company In Texas for shipment to California. Francis operated In Cincinnati am was charged with conducting "a pollcj shop. " Justice Shlras Retires. Washington , Feb. 24. In accordance with the terms of his letter of resig nation , Justice Shlras yesterday re tired from his office as an associate Justice of the United States supreme court. The day's record In the matter of opinions handed down was ono of the largest ever made. This was nn effort to clear up the docket of cases in the hearing of which Justice Shlras has participated. The number of de cisions rendered was fifty-five. Uowen Again Declined. Washington , Feb. 24. Having failed In the effort to obtain from Mr. Bowen - en the Immediate payment In cash of the 5,500 which it was provided in the protocol of Feb. 13 should be paid to Germany thirty days from date , Germany yesterday requested Mr. Bowen to give n draft for the amount , payable In Caracas on the latter date. Mr. Bowen was again forced to de cline this request which he did po litely. General Vldal Wounded. MIguerote , Venezuela , Feb. 24. Gen eral Olivarcs , nt the head of the gov ernment troops from Barcelona , yea- terday attacked at Takarigua the rear guard of the revolutionist force , com manded by General Carlbo Vldal. After a fight lasting ten hours the rebel force abandoned the field , leav ing a number of wounded , among them Vidal and another jewel leader , Flares. Guam Has an Earthquake. Honolulu , Feb. 24. Naval Governor Beaten Schroedcr , of the Ibland of Guam , who has arrived here , reports the occurrence of a severe and pro longed sides of earthquakes which have raised the trcnj or the Island some six Inches. The shocks were ac companied by loud subterranean rum blings. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD. Senator McComber has introduced the pure food bill , as a proposed amendment to the agricultural appro priation bill. The delay In the construction of new warships Is reported by Chief Constructor O'Neill as due to changes in design , inadequate plans and poor facilities of contractors. The steamship Etruria reached New York with copies of the first newspa per with wireless dispatches. The Items were received when seventy miles off Crooklmven , Ireland. Harry Brolaskl , alleged swindler and head of the turf investment con cern of H. Brolaskl & Co. , Chicago , failed to appear in court Monday and Justice Hall declared his bond of $2- 000 forfeited. A testimonial sword was presented to Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor , who commanded the battleship Indiana In the Spanish-American war , Monday by the people of Indiana through the General assembly. Admiral in Honored During Mardl Gras Festivities. CARNIVAL IS IN FULL 8WNO. | New Orleans la Filled With Thou sands of People From All Sections of Country King Rex Makes Tri umphal Entry Into Crecccnt City. Now Orleans , Feb. 21. Rex imulo IH ! trlnmplml entry Into New Orlennn yesterday nnd the Kiewo of 1'rotoun iroHcuted thulr gorgeous pageant hint light In the. prcHonco of porhnpn the urgent multitude of people ever gath ered In the Htreotti of this e.lty dining ho Mardl ( Iras. The weather condi tions wore Iliiwlenn and the number of Btrangers exceeded expectations , Aside fiom tha homage puhl the ( Ing , the feature of the afternoon parade - rado wan the popular demonstration lit Honor of Admiral Schley and r.eueral Whcelor , both uf whom had been created iluUen of the realm for the oc casion. They iodo near the bend of the procession , through solid nms cn of nlmulliiK men nnd past crowded Kullorli'H of applauding women. Admi ral Sehloy was piesented with n beautiful loving cup , bearing nu on- Ktavlng of the flagship Brooklyn , At night Proteus rode throiiKli streeti < coiiKCHtcd with people at the head of an unusually magnlllcou ! pageant. The subject chunan wnf Rider llrwunl'n novel , Cleopatra , and the thrilling story of Ilia Egyptian queen was Illustrated In twenty null aiitly beautiful floats. The decora lions of clubs , business houses , hot eh nnd private lesldencen was on an ex tensive nnd elaborate scale. BOWLERS IN ANNUAL FRAY. Indianapolis Club Sets High Mark for Five-Men Teams. Indlamtpolln , Feb. 24. At Its firs session the American Bowling congress gross adopted tint recommendation o the exerutKo committee that the max imum weight , of bowling balls shall not exceed iilxleen and one-half pounds. Cleveland was selected for the next national COIIJTCBB. There IB no talk of a spill hi tlio congress and all dan ger of Hiidi a result Heeiim pusl. Thrca hundred delegates and bowlers weio present when the flrot session of the congress opened. The opening of the fourth annual national bowling touinamcnt at Tom- Ilnson hall last night was most an- Bplcloiw. Ten five-men teams bowled three games each. The TlshlmlngoCH of Indianapolis were high pins , with 2,777 ; the 1 laager Juniors of Louis ville were second , with 2,500 , and the North Sldo Turners of Clhclnnatl were third , with 2,537. The mark set by the TlshlinlnogcH Is considered a high ono for the other five-men teams to aim at. Reports New Revenue BUI. Lincoln , Feb. 24. The long-looked- for revenue bill was finally Introduced In the house yesterday. At the very last moment a vital change was made In the bill. The clause Inserted last week providing that street railway , electric and gas companies as well as telephone and telegraph companies bo assessed on their gross earnings for franchise In addition to assessment mont of their tangible property , was amended so as to strike out nil but telegraph and telephone companies leaving the bill as first drawn. Sea Wall at Galveston. Gnlveston , Feb. 24. The cornerstone of the $125,000 sea wall was laid yes terday with imposing ceremonies nn < ; a parade of citizens and marines from the United States battleships at an chor In the harbor here. The wal will bo three miles In length and will give absolute protection to the city , even from a stage of water equal to the great and disastrous tidal wave of the 1900 storm. The funds for Its construction were raised by popular subscription to a bond issue. Bill Now Goeo to Governor. Jefferson City , Mo. , Feb. 24. The house yesterday passed the senate bill to establish a plant in the peni tentiary for the manufacture of binder twine , which is to bo sold to farmers at cost. The bill passed the senate and now goes to Governor Dockery for his signature to become a law. Governor Dockery opposed the passage - sago of the bill , but since It passed both houses by a largo majority It Is believed he will not veto It. Anti-Trust Law In Arkansas. Little Rock , Ark. , Feb. 24. The sen ate yesterday passed the King anti trust bill by a vote of 27 to 3 , and It now goes to the house , which , on Jan. 25 last , passed a similar measure 93 to 3. Governor Davis declares that ho wrote the King bill and that tt is Intended to exclude from Arkan sas corporations that are members of commercial combinations anywhere on sarth. Senators by Direct Vote. Topeka , Fob. 24. A resolution was adopted by the house yesterday re- juestlng congress to submit to the ilcctora an amendment to the const- ! .utlon providing for the election of jenators by direct vote of the people , riiore was no opposition to the mcas- ire. Sultan Accepts Reforms. Constantinople , Fob. 24. Tewflk Pasha , the minister of foreign affairs , notified the Hungarian and Russian ambassadors yesterday that the sultan had agreed to adopt the scheme for reforms In Macedonia. CATARRH THIRTY YEARS , The Remarkable Experience of a Prominent Statesman Congress man Mecklson Gives Po-ru-na a Hloh Endorsement. CongrcuHinnn Mecklson of Ohio * Hon. David Meoklaon la well known not only In hln own Slate , but through out America. Hofin elected to tlio irifly-flflh CoiiRrosH by a very largo nmjorlly , nnd IH the ncknowlcdgcdloadcf of hlH party in MM Hocllonof the Ht.itu , Only ono flaw marred the othorwlflo complete RUCCOHH of this rising Btatot- man. Catarrh -with its insidious approach preach find tonncloiiM Rrtuip , wiwt his only unconquered foe. War thirty yenrn ho waged unHUccoHnful warfnro against IhlH purHoual onomy. At la t Ponma ciimo to Ilia roBOtio. lie writes : " / have used several bottles of Pe * runn and I fed greatly benefited there * by from my catarrh of the head. I feet encouraged to bcllevo that iflusa It a short time longer I will bo fully able to eradicate the diseaseof thirty years' standing. " David Mocklaott , Mctnbat of Congress. It you do not derive prompt and eatla- faotory result * from the HBO of Pcrmm , wrl In at once to Dr.TIartmnn , giving n full Hliitomontof your ca-jo and ho will bo plcwBed to give you hla valuublo ad- rice grntlfl. AddroHH Dr. Iliirtman , Pronldunt of I'ho Hurt in an Sanitarium , Goluinbufy Ohio. RAILROAD GIVEN DAMAGES. English Court Decides Union Ic Rs- r.poncible for Strike Lonoeo. London , Fob. 21. In nrtordnmo' with an arrangement urilved at be tween the parties to the suit , tlio court yesterday awarded the Taffval Railroad company $115,000 danmi ; < > 3 agnliiHt the Amalgamated Society of Railroad Servants. Aflr a long trial the ciro of the rnllrond against the society , InvolV' Ing ninny quest Ions of grrat Import- unco to trades unionism , resulted Dc-c. 19 In n verdict In fnvnr of tlio plaintiff. The latter como'nlned ' of malicious molestation , picketing , In timidation , etc. , during the strike of 1900. HUNGARY BECOMES ALARMED. Government Takes Steps fj Mop Emi gration of Young Girls to America. Vienna , Fob. 24. With me object of stemming ( he wholesale emigration of young girls to America , v.nich iu oc casioning the Hungarian government considerable concern , Premier Do- Szell has sent a circular letter to the local authorities of Hungary calling their attention to what ho describes as these "melancholy facts. 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