watoh and ol' trwm m 1 BifHTiU't'd. . ' T he News d i Domestic. Patrick Dolan. formerly president tho Pittsburg District, No. 5, of A United Mlneworkers of America, bo wu defeated for re-eleotlon fol lowing the last (treat bituminous coal trUe. will again contest for the presidency. Prom statements compiled from the Galena Signal Oil Company's books it was shown that the amount pf the refund of railroads on the Invc.vo nrlcea of oil was in some oases nearly 60 per cent. An extensive campaign for the itn- Broionwnt of the milk Bupply and bettorment of sanitary conditions in markets will be made throughout the United States by club women. H. J, McCracken & Co.. the oldest wholesale produce commission firm In Pittsburg, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy In tho United States Court. In an address before the Chicago Women's Club Superintendent Elson of the oubllc schools of Cleveland O., advocated higher salaries for male The Wholesale Druggets' Asso ciation declares the Anti-Trust Law- Is too radical and recommends legis lation that will permit reasonable trail(! agreements. Dr. Willis Jamco bequeaths the urn of $1,000,000, divided into por tions of $100,000, to colleges and church and charitable organizations. Pour Italians were hanged at one ttmo in the Lancaster County Jail yard for the murder of one of their fallow-countrymen. Formal announcement of the en gagement of Miss Gladys Vanderbllt to Count Laszlo Szechenzl, of Buda pest, has been made. Senator Foraker, In an address before the Grain Dealers' National Convention, denounced that pessi mism which emanates from critics to tho President's efforts to enforce laws of the country and bring of fenders to Justice. Rev. Wllbert P. Ferguson, of Lin coln, Neb., who resigned from the Methodist Episcopal ministry follow ing charges of immorality, has sued several Nebraskan clergymen for $25,000 damages, charging slander. The unveiling of a memorial tab let at the birthplace of Gen. U. S. Orant at Point Pleasant, O., was the feature of the first day's celebration of the centennial and home-coming week of Cleremont County. The Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies were ordered to show cause why they should not forfeit their charters on the ground that they combine to increase tele graph tolls. Directors of the Chicago and Al ton Railroad Company named eight new members to represent the inter ests of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railway Company. The 200 boys who struck at the Libby Glass Works, Toledo, causing BOO men to remain idle, will not on ly fall to receive Increased wages, but will lose their Jobs. In an ante-mortem statement for mer Sheriff Harvey K. Brown, of Baker City, Ore., accused the West ern Federation of Miners of instigat ing his death. The Prohibition party of Massa chusetts will be led by Prof. Harvey S. Cowell, of Ashburnham. his nomi nation for governor being unanimous. The demand for the books of the Southern Railway made at the rate hearing by counsel for the State was resisted by the railroad. Announcement was made that the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, of , Pittsburg, will . at once begin the erection of four additional open hearth furnaces. The Improvement Involves an actual outlay of capital of considerably over $1,000,000. Tho controversy between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers and the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Railroad systems was settled, the adjustment covering all points at Issue. SAYS HIS WEALTH IS ONLY II TRUST Rockefeller's At itude Toward His Fortune. RESPONSIBLE TO GOD ALONE. Regards Himself Only as Steward of the Standard Oil Wealth, and Be lieves He Has Been Entrusted by Providence With Care of Property of Many Widows and Orphan. New York (Speoial). John D. Rockefeller's private conception of himself, heretofore never allowed to become public, which la that he is only the steward of the Standard Oil wealth, responsible to Ood alone for his stewardship, was announced Sun day morning by the Rev. Hobert S. Macarthur. the rector of Calvary Bap tist Church, at Sixth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street, before his regu lar young people's Sunday morning class. Mr. Macarthur In the course of a defense of Mr. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company said: "A few years ago someone aBked Mr. Rockefeller privately why it was that, since he had such a tremendous fortune and his tastes were so simple that he could not poaalble uso one tenth of his Income, he did not retire. Mr. Rockefelller then made a reply which he did not Intend should be made public and which gives an at titude of his mind not appreciable by the public. " "I am the trustee of the property of others." he said, 'through the providence of God committed to my care. I am the st award of vast in terests belonging in great part to widows and orphans and others who are actually or relatively poor. For this holding 1 am responsible to God. Were I to give up my interest in the Standard Oil Company I would Imperil the interests of these people, according to the popular supposition that my withdrawal would hurt the company's business. Therefore, I feel it ray duty to God and to the people whose money 'la invested In my company to continue active in its welfare." " The Rev. Mr. Macarthur was asked after his address about the correct ness of the quotation he had cited. Ho said that It was absolutely au thentic, and he intimated that he himself was the one who bad heard Mr. Rockefeller so characterise his position in the world. In hU ad dress, which was upon "The Virtues of the Standard Oil Company,"' Dr. Macarthur had something to say about the character of Rockefeller. "Everything connected with the Standard Oil Company Is colossal," he said. "Mr. Rockefeller's Income is enormously great, and his benevo lent contributions are corresponding ly great. He has given a larger amount of money to educational, hu manitarian and missionary endeav ors than has ever before been given in the history of the race. Probably no man in the past quarter century lias had so large an Income, and certainly no man has given so large a proportion of his Income to these benevolent enterprises. "When the hue and cry of the present time against Mr. Rockefeller and the company which he heads has passed away I am confident that he will take his place in the history of the world aB a marvelous genius, the organizer of the vastest of industries and a generous giver for the welfare of the human race. Mr. Rockefeller need not disturb himself with all the present pother against him. He can calmly await tho unprejudiced Judg ment of posterity." SUPPLIES Great Aaennt of Food traded Far, FOR BIS FLEET to Be Con- I'Olll COOKED ALIVE. Foreign Tho Rev. George Boardman Tay lor, first pastor of the Franklin Square Baptist Church, of Baltimore, and for 34 years president of the Baptist Mission in Italy, died in Romo. The strike of the railroad em- i ployes of Australia for Increased : wages, which began October 1, Is! spreading and the serious inconveni-; enco to the public Is growing every, day. Mulai Hafld, with his army, plans' to capture his brother, the Sultan Abdul Aziz, and then proclaim him-; self sultan. Valentine Cotrel, a woman of l Rouen, was sentenced to six months! In prison for mutilating a painting! in the Louvre. During the year 1906 there were 180 attempts to commit suicide among the pupils of the Russian high schools. The divorce decree obtained by Mme. Anna Gould from Count de Castellane has been made absolute. French physicians have decided to increase rales to patients owing to the rise in the cost of living. Eight workmen of the Narva Max pinning mills in St. Petersburg were aentonced to death by a military court for the murder of the mana ger of the works. Speakers at the opening of medi cal schools in London said the medi cal practitioner would disappear and his place bo taken by tho health of ficer. The German government has de cided to move naval headquarters from Kiel to Wllhelmshaven. The Cook polar expedition is re ported to be wintering at Smith's Island, lat. 79 N. Emperor Frauds Joseph of Austria-Hungary has an attack of bron chial catarrh. Secretary Taft was received in private audtencu by the Emperor of Japan. Tho restriction against Jews In Russian high schools has been re moved. The British authorities at Hong kong have asked the surrender of H. Adsett, former sergeant of the American legation guard at Peking, on the charge of murdering Gertrude Dayton, whoo body was found In a trunk. A 1 ,600-pouurf tongue In a bell In a St. Petersburg church fell during the service and treated a panic. Major General Blr John Charles Ardagh, of Englund, died at Carnar von, Wales. The Aurinl Experimenting Associa tion has been organised at Halifax N. g Twenty Others An- Fatully Injured Hy Explosion. Butler, Pa. (Special). An explo sion, caused by the upsetting of the metal pot In the No. 1 cupola of the Standard Bteel Company here, caused the death of 4 men, fatally Injured 20 and seriously Injured 10 others. Nearly all the men were foreign ers. The large wheel plant, 150 by 100 feet, was demolished, causing a loss estimated at $100,000. The hot metal woe showered over the men, causing horrible Injuries. Arms, fingers and ears were torn off, while a number of the men had their eyea burned out. Several men are In the hospital, with their legs burned to a crisp. At midnight the physicians attend-. Ing the Injured said that at least 10 of the men would die. Buildings in the city, from the force of the ex plosion, shivered as If shaken by an earthquake and people rushed from their homes paulc-atrlcken. When flames shot from the burning car works fully 10,000 people rushed to the scene, blocking streets and inter fering with fire companies and ambu lances. Twenty minutes after the aoc.ldent 15 doctors were on the scene and the wounded were carried into the office of the car company, where they were cared for. Through lack of room many of the injured were compelled to He for an hour on cots In street cars, before it was possible to take them to the hospital, a mile and a half away. Members of the fire department and citizens assisted in caring for the men, who were tot.. ,iy naked and suffering Intensely with the cold. Roosevelt Still (raining Mesh. Washington (Special) In the few days that President Roosevelt speut in Washington, after his return from Oyster Bay and before leaving for the Wot and South, it was a matter of remark among persons who saw him here that he had gained welirht durlug his sojourn at Sagamore Hill. Just before leaving for Canton the President, In conversation with one of his friends, owned up to 210 pounds. Jealousy Causes Tragedy. New York (8peclal). Insanely jealous of his handsome young wife, John Bohnrueiler, a Brooklyn saloon keeper, shot her to death and then killed himself. The bodies were found In the apartments which the couple had occupied. In the kitchen there were evidences that Mrs. Bohn rueiler was preparing breakfast when she was shot down. The husband's body was found in a bedroom. Neighbors said the couple quarreled frequently because of the husband's Jealousy- Washington (Special) Bids were opened at the Navy Department for furnishing food supplies for the ves sels of Admiral Brans' battleship fleet on Its coming trip to the Pacific Const. Soon after tho determination was reached to dispatch the fleet on its long crttlse, the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts began preparing adver tisements asking tor bids for furnish ing the necessary food supplies, and these were accompanied by detailed schedules Indicating Just what It wanted. These advertisements and schedules ware sent to largo dealers throughout the country. The amount asked for approximates 6,000,000 pounds, made up. perhaps, of two dozen kinds of articles of food, be sldea quantities of fruit extracts, eggs and table delicacies, are to be de livered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The items for which proposals were asked included the following: Twenty thousands pounds of prunes, 475,000 pounds of tinned peaches, 50,000 pounds of tinned pears, 135,000 pounds of tinned apri cots, 30,000 pounds of evaporated apples, a nlmllar amount of evaporat ed poaches. 11,000 pounde of pickles, 10,000 gallons of vinegar, 26,000 pounds of evaporated milk, 75,000 pounds of condensed milk, 30,000 gallons of beans, 65,000 pounds of lima beans, 260,000 pounds of string beans, 200,000 pounds of tinned peas, a similar amount of tinned corn. 150,000 pounds of tinned tomatoes, 8,000 pounds of pepper, 3,000 pounds of mustard, 26,000 pounds of salt, 100,000 pounds of rice, 10,000 pounds of raisins, 5,000 gallons of syrup, 25,000 pounds of cocoa, 10,- 000 pounds of macaroni, 1,200,000 pounds of spring wheat flour, 81,000 pounds of oommeal, 10,000 of oat meal, 500 gallons of vanilla and lem on extract, 20,000 pounds of cheese, 5,000 gallons of tomato catsup, 80,- 000 pounde sauer kraut, 100,- 000 pounds of onions, 800,000 pounds of potatoes, 50,000 pounds of turkeys, 50,000 dozen eggs, 80,- 000 pounds of canned salmon, 150, 000 pounds of tinned lard, 1,000,000 pounds of fresh beef, 100,000 pounds of fresh mutton, 50,000 pounds of tinned ham, 150,000 pounds of salt pork, 100,000 pounds of tinned corn beef, uO.OOO pounds of tinned bacon 300,000 pounds of smoked hams, 15,- 000 pounds of pork loins, 15,000 pounds of veal, 10,000 pounds of frankfurter sausageB. a similar amount of bologna and of pork sau sages, 5,000 pounds of head cheese, 100,000 pounds of Ice, 40,000 pounds of chipped beef, 6.000 pounds of cornstarch, and also various quanti ties of shreded fish, butter, glucose and fruit delicacies, hops, hominy, mixed nuts, cottonseed oil, potato chips, baking powder, baking soda and tapioca. The proposals submitted covered 23 out of the 26 classes of supplies called for by the department, the ex ceptions being two classes of tinned peaches and one class of tinned string beans, In which the Bureau of Sup plies and Accounts usked for about 200,000 pounds. Tho absence of of ferings of tinned peaches is attributed to a shortage in the market of this delicacy. Generally all the way from two to nine proposals were submitted in each class. Awards will bo made as soon as the proposals can be ex amined and properly passed upon and samples of various articles test ed. For furnishing 1,200,000 pounds of flour there were six bidders, their prices ranging from $35,760 to $37, 200 for the entire amount. For fur nishing 1,000,000 pounds of beef there were eight bidders, whose prices varied from $70,800 to $87, 300 for the whole amount. THEY BOTH H AST PEACE. Japan as And American Chambers Of Commerce. New York (Special). A letter from the Toklo Chamber of Com merce, appealing to the New York Chamber of Commerce to do all In its power to prevent a breach in the relations between the United States and Japan over the San Francisco in cident, and the reply of the New York organization, expressing confi dence that "wholesome public senti ment will arrest Itself in the locality where these Incidents occurred," were made public at a meeting of the New York Chamber. The letter from Toklo was signed not only by the Toklo Chamber, but also by the presidents of four other Japanese chambers of commerce. In reply. President Simmons, of the New York Chamber, wrote that the New York body cordially sym pathized with the purpose which prompted 'lie Japanese communication. PRESIDENT DEMANDS A GREATER NAVY The Nation 's Capital TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA. Nearly Kvery House In The Village Of Poarch Destroyed. Oklahoma City, Okla. I Special). A tornado struok the village of Po arch and Is reported to have destroy ed the postofllce and to have damag ed almost every house in town. No one Is reported killed. The wires are down and details lacking. Poarch is a village of about 200 Inhabitants, in Roger Mills County, about 20 miles south of K.Ik City, Oklahoma, and close to the Texas line. It Is off the railroad. GirlH Take Strikers' Places. Toledo, O. (Special). Men im ported to take the place of the strik ing railway clerks are returning to their homes when they find a strike is on. A number of roads are filling the places of strikers with girl clerks. The Wabash hss given their clerks an Increase of 5 per cent These clerks ure under contract and did not strike. Twenty-five clerks of the Toledo and Detroit short line left- their desks today and Joinc :e Btrlkers. Roosovelt's Strong Flea For National Preparedness. PLANS FOR THE BATTLESHIPS. The President' Address to the Men of the Middle West-A Sly Dig at Thoaa Who Criticise the Naval Program- Federal Supervision of Great Corporations. Cairo, 111. (Special) In his speech here, the fourth of the series planned for the trip. President Roosevelt made an emphatlo plea for a great navy, uttered the slgnlflcent state ment that the United States was be ginning a course, which he hoped would be followed hereafter, of keep ing our great battleship fleet alter nately In the Pacific and In the At lantic, and referred to our army as "ludicrously small." The President referred to Charles Dickens" "Martin Chuzzlewlt" as a story which would be beneficial to a pessimist of today, the reading of the gloomy view taken of the West ern region by the author. In contrast with the achievements accomplished there and the wonderful development of that county, constituting a whole some lesson. He spoke of the ne cessity of warring against evil in politics, business and private life, but referred to the pessimistic view token by Mr. Dickens as mak ing up a picture which was, on the whole, absurd. War Against Wrongdoers. Referring to Dickens' story, he said: Friends, there Is every reason why we should fight whatever is evil in the preaept. But there is also every reason why we should feel a sturdy and confident hope for the future. There are many wrongs to right; there ore many and powerful wrong doers against whom to war; and It would be base to shrink from the contest, or to foil to wage it with a high, a resolute will. But I am sure that we shall win In the contest, be cause I know that the heort of our people 1b sound. Our overage men nnd women are good men and women and this Is true In all sections of our country and among all classes of our coun trymen. There Is no other nation on earth with such vast natural re sources, or with such a high stand ard of living and of industrial ef ficiency among its workers. We have as a nation an era of unexampled prosperity ahead of us; we shall enjoy It, and our children will enjoy it after us. The treud of well-being In this country la upward, not downward; and this is the trend In the things of the soul as well as in the things of the body. Government in its application Is often a complicated and delicate work, but the principles of govern ment ore, after oil, fairly simple. In a board general way we should ap ply In the affairs of the national ad ministration, which deals with the In terests of all our eighty-odd millions of people, Just the samo rules that are necessary In getting on with our neighbors in our several neighbor hoods; and tho nation as a whole should show substantially the same qualities that we would expect an honorable man to show In dealing with his fellows'. To Illustrate this, consider for a moment two phases of governmental action. Our International Altitude. First as to international affairs. Among your own neighbors, among your friends, what is the attitude you like to see a man take toward his fellows, tho attitude you wish each of your sons to take when he goes out Into the world? It Ib not a combination of readiness and abili ty to hold his own If anyone tries to wrong him, while at the same time showing careful regard not only for the rights but for the feelings of others? Of course It Ib! Of course the type of man whom we respect, whom we aro proud of if he is a kinsman, whom we are glad to have as a friend and neigh bor, is the man who is no milksop, who Is not afraid, who will not tol erate nor hesitate to resent Insult or Injury, but who himself never Inflicts Insult or Injury, is kindly, good-natured, thoughtful of others' rights In short, a good man to do business with or have live In the next house or have as a friend. On the other hand, the man who locks any of those qualities is sure to be objection able. If a man is afraid to hold his own, if he will submit tamely to wrong doing, he Is contemptible. If he is a bully, an oppressor, a man who wrongs or Insults others, he is even worse and should be hunted out of the community. But, on the whole, the most con temptible position than can possible be assumed by any man is that of blustering, of bragging, of Insulting or wronging other people, while yet expecting to go through life unchal lenged, and being always willing to back down and accept humiliation If readiness to make good Is demanded. Big Shipment Of Coal. Pittsburg, :a. (Special). Over 2,000,000 buBbels of coal were ship ped to southern points Saturday on a sudden and unexpected rise of the rivers. Some Interesting Happening Briefly Told. Secretary Straus is planning a frontier patrol to keep contraband Japanese ond other Asiatic laborers from coming In via Mexico and Can ada. Consul W. T. Gracey, at Tslngtan, reports that the supply of anthracite coal in Northern Chlua Is compara tively inexhaustible. Thomas Mead committed suicide on the poor house grounds In Merl den, Ct., Just as his father did 10 years ago. Samuel J. McCarroll, United 8tnten attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, has resigned to accept a Judgeship In one of the Pennsylva nia state courts. Scores of remonstrances against executive approval of the Oklahoma Constitution have reached the De partment of Justice. Secretary Straus and Commissioner Sargent hove determined to eliminate the woman slave traffic from the United States. The Interstate Commerce Commls slon has appointed a committee to determine the wear of railway equip ment STANDARD OIL COMPANY ONLY PAID HALF RATE An Omnibus Contract With Steam ship Companies. PROTESTS WERE ALL IGNORED. Testimony of Philip Harrison, Manager of the New York Lubricating Oil Company W. W. Tarhell, Treasurer of the Pure OH Company nnd the United States Pipe Line Company. New York (Special). An omni bus contract,, whereby the Standard Oil Company obtains from every steamship company operating be tween New York and all ports in Africa a rate for the shipment of lubricating oil that Is about one-halt what its competitor, the New York Lubricating Company pays, woe pro duced in the hisrlng of the federal suit agslusl the alleged oil combine This contract was placed in evi dence, and Philip Harrison, a mana ger of the New York Lubricating Oil Company, deolared that his company was forced to pay double the Stand ard rate, notwithstanding his pro tests to the steamship companies. Mr. Harrison said that by reason o( the freight discrimination the Stand COMMERCIAL COLUMN Weekly Review of Trade and Latest Market Renorls. ia i a Col. Charles S. Smith, of the Ord- "rn couia piece us prociuciH in Airica Ml p'.c T a Trie erK! iir'ifi, ,11 1 fi" nance Department, will be appoint ed a brigadier general. Attorney General Bonaparte has doclaed that the Navy may use foreign ships for transporting coal from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The government is preparing to push its pending suit against the Tobacco Trust. At the request of District Attorney Baker the case of the San Francisco real estate men accused of being In volved in land conspiracies in the District Supreme Court was indefi nitely postponed. A chemical laboratory for testing the powder aboard the ships on the oil of hlB own company, and that to maintain Its African trade the New York Lubricating Oil Company was forced to purchase from the Standard the cheaper grade of oils which It sold to Its customers. Mr. Harrison said that shipping charges to his company were increas ed from about 21 sbllliugs until they reached 42 shillings 6 pence in 1905. The contract which the Standard made on February 10, 1905, with the Hansu, Prince, Houston ond American-Africa Steamship Lines mode the rate to the Standard for oli shlp raont slightly less than 17 shilling. Tho witness declared that he wrote Asiatic Station Is to be established I letter to the steamship agents de- in the Philippines mandlng suitable rates for the c.oni- Appllcation was made to the Su-! pany- bu n0 chane ln tnc charge prcme Court to take Jurisdiction ln the paeklng-house rebate conns The percentage of desertions from the Navy is smaller than it was last year. Only one American company ac cepted President Roosevelt's offer for the transportation of coal to the Pnciflc fleet. Capt. T. S. Phelps was designated as the commandant of the Mare Is land Navy Yord. William P. Duvall was appointed a major general. Rear Admiral Sebree, who will command the advance squadron of the battleship fleet that Is to sail for the Pacific, will raise his flag on the Tennessee on the Sth. The Postofllce Department an nounced the consummation of ne gotiations with foreign governments for an International reply coupon system. The new Pure Food Law, requir ing accurate labeling of food pro ducts, went Into effect Tuesday. A receiver was appointed for the Washington, Arlington and FbIIb Church Railway Company. The reduction ln the rate of for eign postage went Into effect Tuesday. OHDF.HB CAPTAIN FINISHED. was made. W. W Tarhell, of Philadelphia, treasurer of the Pure Oil Company and of the United States Pipe Line Company, related the difficulties his companies had encountered ln com petition with the Standard. Mr. Tar I oen siaieu tt.ai me ousiness oi me Pure Oil Company was placed ln dis tricts selected with a view to avoid ing business relation with certain railroads, whose rate discriminations, he continued, were more feared by the company thou the opposition of the Standard ln open competition. Mr. Tarhell Ib a brother of MIsb Ida Tarhell, who has written a book about the Standard Oil Company. Mrs. Sago Gives $20,000. St. Paul, Minn. (8peclal). The directors of the St. Pnul Younp Women's Christian Association an nounced that Mrs. Russell Sage had given the association $20,000 to wards the new building, for which a $15,000 site was recently donated by n St. Paul citizen. The directors are free to use Mrs. Sage's gift as n part of the general bulldlng fund or for somo special feature ln the building. Recommend $S, OOO.OOO, Fine. Memphis, Tenn. (Special) A spec ial dispatch from Hot Springs, Ark., soys that, alleging COO offenses In violation of the anti-trust laws of Ihe State, District Attorney H. B. Means Sued For Divorce At J OH. Omaha, Neb. (Special). Simon Peter Roundtree, 106 years old, Is defundaut In sn aetion for divorce Just brought at Lincoln by .Mrs. Amauda Houndtree. Mrs. Roundtree is only 5S. She was married to Roundtree 10 years ago. He deseit edaher a year later. The French consul had a confer ence with the Moorish Sultan Abd-el-Asty. A rich merchant or Robat has given the Sultan bis most beau tiful daughter. President Says His Misconduct Might Hare Caused Accident. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special) Presi dent Roosevelt telegraphod Captains ( has entered suits against the South Mooro and Williams, steamboat in-! ern Telephone and Telograph Com spectors at Evansvllle, directing them i )an' rand ,h Southwestern Telegraph .. ,t .. . and Telephone Company aiklng that to suspend Immediately the license of, u, aggregating $3,000,000 be the master of the steamer Fred J. U8geab0(i. Hartweg, of Paducah, Ky., for his , - reckless navigation of that boat In the , Tolstoi Beseiged Hy Bengurs. Cairo, 111., to Memphis. He asked that the license be suspended Im mediately by telegraph. The Hartweg Indulged ln a race with another boat and endangered St. Petersburg (By Cable). A letter was published here from Count Tolstoi asking that the stream of re quests for financial assistance ad dressed to him bo discontinued, ex- for a few minutes the President's i n1tt1n.ni, th.t 20 vpnril h ... boot, the Mississippi. rendered his property to his heirs President Roosevelt s telegram, ag lf aireaay Qeadi and tnaf tUe BOle wnicn was uaieu on uuaiu me ia-gUtr,9 t his disposal now "are oc casional foreign contributions which Family Nearly Suffocated. Philadelphia (Special). The lives of Samuel Radoronky, his wife and tour children were endangered by fire ln (heir home, believed to have been started by thieves. The family was nearly suffocated. An Infant waj dropped from a second story window by Mrs. Itadoinsky to her husband, and waa not harmed. All the other members of the family Jumped from the second story, but were not injured. Kentucky still Going "Dry." Owensboro, Ky. (Special). An other county ln Kentucky has gone "dry" In a local option election. In McLean County the temperance forces were victorious by a majority of 1.065. Only 19 of the 119 coun ties in Kentucky remain "wet." . Duel Willi Icepick. Pittsburg (Speilal). Levi Jones, II years old, and William Carpenter, aged $4, am dying la a hospital from injuries received ln a duel with a knife and an loepick as weapons. R. O. Dun ft Co.'a Weekly Review of Trade says: Lower temperatures accelerated the distribution of seasonable merchan dise and mercantile collections be some more prompt, but agricultural prospects were less bright ln a few octlons that experienced killing frosts before the crops were beyond longer. Reports of retail trode are more favorable with scarcely an ex icptlon, the fall demand equaling sanguine expectations, and jobbeis In all leading lines of wearing ap parel report the season's results equal to last year's. Manufacturing re turns are more Irregular, but most plants are well occupied ond have arders covering production for some months. Purchases for more remote Sellvery are restricted by the finan cial uncertainty. Scarcity of labor retards work at many points, while other delays are due to strikes, of which several are ln progress. There Is also much complaint of car short age, but not more than in customary at this season. Bisslppl, follows: "I direct that the license of the t HiRtrlhut In the nfilhhnrhoo,i " master or whoever Is responsible for J the Fred Hartweg during the present ; Historic Mill Destroyed. voyage be susponded at once for 90; o., i.i en. j days I wish this done by telegraph I'hlladelphia (Special). Fire de wherever the boat may be, If such ! "troyed the historic Ervlen Mill, at procedure is possible. Colonel Sears Ogontz, near here, last night. The can give you the details of the mis-' nty was built ln 1767, and was one conduct which has been of a serious 0f the bases of supply from which nature, nnd might have at any time i General Washington procured flour caused an accident to this boat as for his soldiers while the army was Wholesale Markets. Baltimore. Wheat A cargo on grade sold at 104c. for speciol bin No. 2 red, 103 to for stock No. 2 red, 100 to for speciol bin steamer No. 2 red, 99 to for Btock steamer No. 2 red, 96 for special bin rejected, 94 for stock rejected nnd 91V for rejected to go through the drier. Western opened quiet; Bpot and Sep tember, 103 to 103 to; No. 2 red Western, 104 104 to; December, io5to ior.. Corn Western opened quiet; spot and September, 69 toe; October, 69 to; year, 61 61 to; January, 60to 60to- Oats White No. 2, heavy, 57 to 58c; No. 2, light to medium, 56 56; No. 3, heavy, 54 56: No. 3, medium, 53 0 54; No. 3, light. 52 62 to; No. 4, light to heavy, 50 to 61. Mixed No. , 6354c; No. 3, 5262to; No. 4, 5161to- Butter Creamery, Separator, 29 to 30; imitation, 23 24. Cheese Market steady. We quote, jobbing lots, per lb., 15 to 16c. Eggs Receipts of choice, fresh gathered stock light, anil ready sale for offerings of such. We quote as follows, per dozen, loss off: Mary land, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 24c; Western firsts, 24; West Vir ginia firsts, 23; Southern firsts, 21 22. Ouinea eggs, ll(gl2c. New York. Wheat No. 2 red, 106 toe. elevator and 107 4 f. o. b.v afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 121 to f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 109 to f o. b., afloat. Corn Option market opened low er on reports of riainp; temperatures West, but hardened with wheat, and closed to toe. net higher. Sep tember closed 80c; December closed 70; May, 66 07, closed 67. Oats Mixed, 26 to 32 lbs., 53 toe.; natural white, 26 to 30 lbs., 54 to 68; clipped white, 32 to 36 lbs., 60 64 to- Butter strong; creamery, special, 29 toe; extras, 29. Poultry Alive steady; spring chickens, 14c; fowls, 16; turkeys, 13. Dressed firm; Western spring chickens, 1218; turkeys, 1016; fowls, 12 14 toe. Philadelphia. Wheat firm, toe. higher; contract grade, September, 102to103c. Corn firm, toe hlgh r; September, 69 69 toe Oats iteady; No. 2 white natural, 67 to 58c. (new). flutter firm; extra Western erenm sry, 29 toe ; extra nearby prints, 32. Kggs firm; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, freo cases, 25c, at mark; do., current receipts, ln re turnable coses, 24; at mark; West ern choice, 25; do., fair to good, 24. Live poultry steady. Fowls, 13 to 16c; old roosters, 1011; spring chickens, 13 to 15; ducks, 12 13. well as to other boats. The Hartweg carried the Pittsburg delegates. (Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." During the trip from Cairo there was some jockeying among the pilots of the river craft for position near the Mississippi. The Fred Hartweg repeatedly crowded the boat of the President and angered nearly every other boat's master on the river. Nine Decline Nomination. Cincinnati, Ohio (Special). Nine of the 21 candidates named on Tues day at the Democratic Municipal Convention have refused to accept. The reason they gave is that the methods that controlled the selec tion of delegates to the convention showed too much of "boss rule." Overcome By Joy. Philadelphia (Special). Over come by joyful anticipations of o welcome reception at home, Mrs. Kate Wells, a resident at Btanwlck:, N. J., dropped dead from heart dis ease on Sunday aiternoon on the American liner Haverford, from Liv erpool for this port, just as the ves sel was entering Delaware Bay The remains were landed and taken in charge by her brother, who had gone to escort his sister home, where a big reception had been prepared for her. Miser I eft 9850,000. Kenosha, Wis. (Special). After living as a miser for more than !o yeara nnd accumulating more than $360,000, Lander IS. Merrjck died at the home of strangers In this city. The old man came to Kenosha Coun ty in 1840 and lived In the town of Randall until two years ago, when the officials of the town found him nearly atarved and took charge of him and hi property A guardian was appointed, and when the hut which the old man ocuuplad was searched $850,000 in cash and se curities waa found. encamped at Valley Forge. The police believe the fire was started by boys who wanted to see a blaze. IN THE FINANCIAL WOULD. More copper mines were closed and the metal ln considerable quan tity Bold under 15 cents a pound. Brokers say there appears to he a great deal of United Stated Steel for sale whenever It shows signs of strength. United States Steel has acquired the National Steel & Wire Company of New Haven, which was recently sold for $660,000. In the past five weeks Secretary Cortelyou has deposited nearly $20. 000,000 of Government deposits in national banks. Louisville & Nashville's nnnual re port showed gross oarnlugs of $48v 263,945, against $43,008,996 in 1906, v.l, II- net profits were $12,482,643, uKainst $12,076,632. In lit 06 the State of Pennsylvania produced over 200,000,000 tons of coal, which was half of the entire country's output and a little more than the whole country produced In 1897. In the last fiscal year endlug June 30, the New York, New Haven & Hartford' earned net $10,000 less than In the preceding year, although gross earnings Increased $1,700,000. Southern Railway preferred got under 60. The Morgan issues have been behaving rather badly for some time Brazil's $16,000,000 loan In to beat 6 per ceqt. Interest nnd the soil Ing price Is oxpected to be 96. At the annual meeting of Trinity Copper It developed, according tn the books of the company, tbat Thomas W. Lawson owns only 200 shares of the company. Query When was he selling his stack? Norfolk Weattrn groae earning lu Augut !yi eased $624x2 --! nt .WaVr Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle Market best, strong to 10c. higher; others steady; common to prime steers, $4.40 7.30; cows, $3.30(5,5.00; betters $3.00 5.75; bulls, $2. 60 5. 00; calves, $3.00 S. 00; stockers and feeders. $2.40 6.00. Hogs Market 5 10c higher; choice heavy shipping, $6.35 6.45 ; light butchers', $6.506.60; light mixed, $6.26 6.50; choice light. $6.606.65; packing, $5.40 ft 6.25;. pigs, $4.50 0 6.26; bulk of Bales, $5.85 6.50. Sheep Market Bteady to strong; sheep, $3.506.60: yearlings, $5.75 6.75; lambs, $6.007.40. Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle steady; choice, $6.356.50; prime, 60v 6.30. t . . i . . j . . i II , , '1 . 111'- (S.WV wu.ou; cutis ana common, 5- ; lambs, $5 7.60; veal calves, $8dj. 8.26. H o g s--Prtme heavleB. $6.65 6.75; mediums, $7.10; heavy York ers, $7.107.15; light Yorkers, $7.057.10; pigs. $G.26&6.50; roughs, $6 5.70. THIS AND THAT Norwegian wrapping paper Is tne best. Novels form nine-tenth of the book output. The lead of a very cheap pencil Is often nothing but coke. Squares, triangles and similar im plements used by draftsmen are now made of glass. The floor space of St. Peter's, Rome, is 227,000 square feet, the greatest of any cathedral in the world. Among tho oujocts found In recent excavations lu Egypt was a whole company .of wooden soldiers 16 Inchos high. The swiftest rlvor lu the world la the Sutlej, of British India, which in 180 miles has a descent of 12,000 feet. Old newspapers make excellent packing paper, In which to put. things in storage, as printing Ink is disliked by insects. Miss Robh, who recently died in Edinburgh at tho age of 94, bnii I.e. n on the English Navy pension roll alncu bttu, as she was tho ponthum oua child of Captain Jlobb, of the royal navy, The fish population of the Nile Is said to present a gnxatav variety thuu. that of any other body -f water. n expedition heut frc,:i the H'ltlpli Museuui not long m&o securod 9,000 gpe. Inn c".
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers