LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH Domestic Thomas McCsnn deliberately net Are to the house In which his wife lay sick. Their daughter ruBhed through the smoke nnd flame and carried her mother to safety. William A. Hrwett is held In heavy ball on the charge ot making a daring attempt to steal gold bul lion from an express train In Head ing terminal. Officials of the Savings Hank of New Hrltaln. Ct., expect to recover the securities stolen bv the treasurer, William B. Walker. A Mexican who escaped the massa cre of a party of II who were am bushed by Yaqui Indians tells of his terrible experiences. After being attacked by a crowd of Hungarians In Lebanon. Pa., Con table Dolan shot into the crowd and killed two men. Seven passengers were lnjurod during a collision of sleeping coaches In Itroad Street Station. Philadelphia. GUI Rinpilng, head of the greatest circus combination In tho world, owning a controlling Interest In the Barnum and IIal!ey. Foropaugli. Bells and the Hlngllng Brothers cir cuses, died In New Orleans of a com plication of diseases. Alfred II. Smith, vice president of tho New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, accused of man slaughter as a losult of the wreck of the Brewster express, In which 2 4 were killed, has boon ncquited. A wireless message to The Ameri can from the battleship Louisiana ays that Admiral Evan9 has an nounced that tho fleet will return by way of the Suez Canal. Frank Wise Miller, son of Rev. John H. Miller, of Missouri, and a student at the 1'nlverslty of Penn sylvania, hanged himself In the door way of his room. Acting Police Captain Kubnc. of Brooklyn, N. Y., was sentenced to SO days In Jail for alleged failure to obey a court writ restraining him from taking Bertllllon measurements of Banker Frank Jenkins. William Lanlwm, a New York broker, was granted c divorce from his wife, the broker's chauffeur be ing named as co-respondent. The chambers of commerce of Rochester. N. Y.. and Pittsburg, Pa . want a deeper waterway from Pitts burg to Lake Ontario. Thirty-seven pretty glrl3 from Scot land, who are to marry New Year's Day, arrived in New York on the steamer California. The committee of bankers appoint ed by Governor Hughes presented a report urging reform In banks and trust companies. Two negroes were electrocuted In New Jersey for the murder of Mrs. Edward Homer and Victoria Natoll. An association to re-establish the Army canteen has been organized in Now York. A mob of 500 union laborers es corted six non-union men out of Butte. Mont. Ida Bell, aged reventeeu years. waB killed while walking on the rail road track near Norrlstown, Pa., at the same spot where her father was killed. Theodore Marburg, of Baltimore, delivered an address before the Chic Federation, favoring the injection of more gold Into the national currency. I. F. Parker, general solicitor of the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail road, was found dead In a bathtub at St. Louis, Mo. The elght-year-ohl daughter of Mrs. Mary Perkalls, of Pottsville, Pa., I found her mother and brother mur- I dered. The number of dead brought from the Fairmont Mine at Monongah, W. Va., now numbers 334. Foreign Tho Btory that Count Hans Ferdi nand von Hochberg, a member ot the Pless family, has renounced the title of count is confiriifd in Berlin. A Russian police colonel was killed during a fight following an attempt to Beach a house In the Basill Island section of that city. The J1JI Shlmpo, a Tokio paper, characterizes the dispatch of the American fleet to the Pacific as "a noteworthy undertaking." Announcement Is made that Prus- alan Railroad authorities Intend to make special reductions In freight j rates on Imported cm!, Lieutenant General Sto. s;,el was accused by Col. Gurko of having shown the white feather under fire on two occasions. M Ulerlot, the aeronauts expert.! nan anoiner narrow escap- .vhe.-i hi, aeroplane was wrecked. J. Israel Tarte, former minister of public works died in Montreal, Can ada. Minister of Labor Ltttiesy, of Canada, was tendered a farewell ban quet at Toklo and w;.'s given the as surance that Japan will limit the emigration to British Columbia, but will not change the treaty Admiral Rojestvensky, who com manded the Ill-fated Russian fleet to the Pacific, says the cruise can be made safely and he believes It will have "a high stragetic effect In curb ing the pretensions the Japanese " The Japanese financial program in volves a reduction In the expenses Of the army and nnvy f,,r the nex' six years whereby $20ti, 000,000 will be saved. Olga Seln. a Rusclan woman charged with frauds Involving $3110 '. 000, has Jumped her ball and fled from St. Petersburg. The English turbine torpedo-boat destroyer Tartar broke all records by attaining a speed of 37.037 knots. . The Chilian Congress has reduced the import tax on all kinds of sugar by 50 per rent. Count Zeppelin's airship and tho monster houseboat In wbloh It Is kept, on Lake Constance, have been badly damaged In a hurricane. The total loss U estimated at 112,51 0 Russian detectives are making numerous arrests In St. Petersburg In connection with the arrest of Nicholas Tschalkovsky, founder of tho first revolutionary circle. Huron Kurlue, the Japan,-- hiii tetsador to France, has Issued a de nial of rumors (hat a new Japanese loan Is about to be Hunted Mere and in London. Tho Chinese may boycott the Brit ish becauso of the patrolling of the Wet River by British gunboats. Nlzam-es-8ultan, the governor of Ispahan, has accepted the task of forming a new Pe.slau cabluet MINERS' HEADS BLOWN OFF BY EXPLOSION Two Hundred Perish in Pennsylvania Mine. WAS LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. Colliery Wrecked and a Mass of Flames. DUST BLOWN ACROSS RIVER. Loss of Life in Mine at Pittsburg Coal Company, at Jacobs Creek, Pa., Might Have Been 400, but 200 Greeks Took a Day Off to Attend a Catholic Church Festival Third Disaster in the Same Coal Vrln In 19 Dsys, Cost ing Nearly 6C0 Lives. MINK DISASTERS OF 1907. January 14 Explosion at Clin ton, la ; 7 killed. January 23 Explosion In Col orado Ft ;l nnd Iron Company's mine; 24 killed. January 2 6 Explosion of fire damp at Lorenzo, YV. Va.; 12 killed. January 2 8 Explosion at Thurmont. YV. Va.; 30 killed. March 2 Explosion at Taylor, Ph.; 12 killed May 1 Evploslon at Leaf Creek District, W. Va.; S killed. June 1 8 Explosion at Prlce burg, Pa.; 7 killed. December I Explosion at Fay ette City, Pa.; 34 killed. December 6 Explosion in mines Nos. 6 and 8, of the Con solidation Coal Company, at Mo nongah, W. Va.; 350 dead. December 16 Explosion In Zo lande Coal and Coke Company's mine at Zolnnde, Ala.; 81 killed. December 19 Explosion In mine of Pittsburg Coal Company, near Connellsvllle, Pa.; 200 dead. Jacobs Creek, Pa, (Special). An explosion of gas In ftho Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal Company here entombed between 200 and 250 min ers, and there la scarcely a ray of hope that a single one of them will be taken from the mines alive. Par tially wrecked buildings In the vi cinity of the mine and the condition of the few bodies found early In the rescue work lndlcute an explosion of such terrific force that It seems im possible that anyone could have sur vived It. All of the bodies tuken out up to this time are terribly mutilated, and three ot them are headless. This Is the third mine disaster since the first of tho month In the veins of bltunalnous coal underlying Western Pennsylvania and West Vir ginia, for the Naomi mine, near Fay ette City, and the two mines at Mo nongah, W, Va., In which the earlier explosions happened, are In the same belt as the local workings. Thurs day's catastrophe swells the number of victims of deadly mine gaB for the 19 days to between 550 and 600. That the disaster does not equal or even surpass In loss of life and at tendant horrors the one In West Vir ginia Is due to the devotion to church duties of a considerable number of the miners. In observance of the church tasttval many of the 400 or more men regularly employed at the mine did no! no to work. Those who aseapad through this reason are mem ber:! of the Greek Catholic Church, and the suspended work to cele brate St. Nicholas' Day. As was the case at Monongah. the explosion followed a brief shutdown, the Darr mine having been closed Tuesday and Wednesday. It was Just 11.30 o'clock when the tenth trip of loaded cars had been brought out to the tipple, and there came an awful rumbling sound, fol lowed immediately by a loud report and a concussion that shook nearby buildings, and was felt within a ra dius of several miles. At the same time there came out of the mouth of the mine an immense cloud of dense smoke and dust that floated across the Youghiogheny River. Intuitively, everyone In the vicin ity knew what had happened und nil started for the one place, the mouth of the mine. The river separates the mine und the homes of many of the miners, so that only n portion of those who started for the scene were able to reach It, there being scant facilities for crossing the stream. To those who could not cross the water, the smoke and dust pouring from the mine's mouth told a story Of SeetblBg flame! buck la the work ings, and from this source came re ports that were persistent until late in the day that the mine was burning. The ventilating fans were kept in operation almost without Interrup tion, however, the power plant hav ing withstood the force of the explo sion, and up to this time the rescuers have found no lire any place in the mine. As far as known only one man who went to work In the morning est aped. Joseph Mapleton, a pumper, emerg ed from one of the side entries short ly after the explosion. He had left the part of the mine where most of the men were working, and was on his way to the engine room for oil. "I was near entry 21." said he. when I heard an awful rumbling. I started towards .the entry, but the next Instant I was blinded, and, for a little time, I did not know anything. Then I got to the side entry and worked my way out.'' Funstoii To (Jult Goldficld. Goldfleld, Nev. (Special) Gen. 1'unston has left Gold field for San Francisco. Gov. Sparks will also leave for lis ranch, near Carson City. About 12,000 worth of high-grade ore was recov. red In a raid by Con stable (am ana aud his deputies on a cabin occupied by a miner named Roth, A few new men arrived to work In the mines. They came from the southern part of the State. Man Tarred And Feathered. Wyatt, Ind. (Special). A stran ger, who said he was C. P. Calvin, was arrested here charged with mak lng Improper advances to Dora Fet ters, a feeble-minded girl. Ho was arraigned before Justice Markham, but before the trial could proceed a mob of townsmen took blm to the outskirts of town and smeared bin with tar and feathers. The mob inarched hliu back to the village, booting aud yell-lug aud applying witefcea. He was then ordered to lve. THE POWERS ARE WATCHING PERSIA England, Russia and Germany Are Interested. Teheran (Dy Cable). On behalf of the nation the Persian Parliament has Issued a manifesto to the world explaining tho present constitutional crisis and appealing for assistance. The manifesto, which was distributed to the foreign legations and consu lates here, fays:. "When the affnlrs of the empire had fallen Into a hopeless state the nation saw Its only salvation In con stitutional government. The late Shah granted a constitution, and the reigning Shah confirmed it, but per sons who under the deapotlc regime wero accustomed to oppress the peo ple misled our young sovereign Into the belief thst tho constitution was the cause of the present troubles. "The nation wants to do nothing that will disturb pence, but, In view of the attack of the reactionary mem liers of the government. It will de fend the constitution, Its only hope, to the utmost. "By means of this manifesto the Persian nation makes known to all legations and foreign diplomatic rep resentatives the actual condition of tho affairs, and Informs them that tho sovereign Is violating his cove nant with the people. It makes this announcement to all the nations of the world, convinced that they will show brotherly love to the 10, OOO. OOO Persians and not allow their rights to be trodden under foot." WAR ON WOOD PULP Dl'TV. Printing Trades Join Publications In Fight Against Trust. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). At tho iolnt conference here of heads of the International unions composing tne amen priming i rag ui nine, ca It was decided unanimously thnt every union organization In the r w..i nintai wiin-,.- members have to do with the publishing of news- .... . i . papers shall be insirucicu iu "f'" . iii.iiii,.' the so-called wood plup and white paper trust. The allied trndes will act witn tne V..- - T1Hlt-ihorB' Aoiiorlntlon of America In an effort to abolish the duty on wood pulp ana wnue paper. GAVE DAUGHTER FATAL DOSE. Oxalic Acid Taken For Epsom Salt Cuuses Heath. Bethlehem (Special). MrB. Abra ham Beldelman went to the family medlclno chest to procure a bottle f i. -,.,.,,, cults hut hv mistake cot hold of a bottle of oxallo acid. Not noticing the difference, sne aaminis tered a generous dose to her daugh ter. Miss Jennie Beidelman, who was 111. The girl suffered excruciating pains until death came. She was 22 years old and a most popular young woman. Tho mother is In a Btate of total collapse BURNS $10,000; DIES. Aged Man Destroys Hoarded Wealth Then Expires. Marion, O. I Special). John Gor don a farmer of this county, burned $10,000 In bills a short time before) he died. Gordon whs 85 years old and In the last tew weeks had grown childish. He had steadfastly refused to put the $10,000, the savlngu of years, Into a bank, but kept the bills j under his pillow. Tuesday he amused himself by setting tire to them and watching Item burn. He succumbed to heart disease soon afterward. MANY MINERS' LIVES ARE BEING SACRIFICED Large Number of Disasters Could Be Prevented. U. S. GOVERNMENT EXPERTS REPORT. Cholera Rages fin Ship. Victoria. B. C. (Special). Mall j advices from Hong Kong tell of the arrival of a cholera steamer, the : Hong Bee, which was quarantined wltB 1,236 Chinese on board, bound j from Singapore for Swartow. Thirty- j Ight deaths bad occurred when the Bteaemr Shawmut sailed. The quar antine officers were t-cgrcgating the -Chinese, who were transfeired to 27 j junks, chartered foi the purpose. $20,ooo For Princeton. Trenton, N. J. ( Special!. Trenton 1 offlrers of the Morcer County Board of Freeholders have been notified that Andrew Carnegie propose to I rpond $20,000 more at Prlncetor. Ha will Improve thi approaches to : the $50,000 bridges which he built ! across the lake he gave to Princeton : Cnlverslty. "Thank (led. I'm Going." Reading, Pa. (Special). Frank; Palmer, aged 36, was convicted of murder in the first degree here for killing Mrs. Gertrude Clinton, nls i infinity," three months ago by cut- i ting her throat. Palmer thanked the ! Jury when the verdict was rendered and added: "Thank God, I'm go- lag, Another Minplon Tunnel. Birne (By Cable). The construc tion of a second Slmplon Tunnel will be begun as soon as practicable. Tbe tintlonal council toduy approved the plan which had already passed the state council. The construction will be undertaken b- the administration of the federal railroads. The first Slmplon Tunnel was opened in 1906 and cost $14,000,000. FINANCIAL The wheat bears have been routed. A cable report said the Russian Government will l,uy 1000 locomo tives. It Is said that Standard Oil peo ple have been buying a great deal of Ameriiuu Smelting stock. Baron Hothrhlld has given to .Stu recant Fish proxies for his iv.'.o shares of Illlonls Central st (n opposition to E. H. Harrlmi.:. Heading Company directors de clared the regular semi-annual divi dend on the common stock. New York Central's net earnings for Ibo present quarter decreased $1,167,800, although there was an Increase of $2x4,900 In gross earn ings. There is a fear that the bank rate In Berlin may go to 8 per cent. Last year the bulls could see s vast profit In the anthracite coal lands and railroad separation. Now the bears pretend to see In It a great loss. It requires precious little logic to uonvluoe some people. Three Times as Many Miners In Propor tion to the Number Employed Are Killed in the United States Than in European Countries More Enlight ened Methods Urged. Washington. D. C. (Special) The coal mines of the United States are killing three times as many men per 1,000 employed as those of most European countries. In the last 17 years 22,804 men have given up their lives in the mines ot this country. As many violent deaths have occur red In the mines during the last tlx years as during tho proceeding 11 years. The number of fatal accidents each year Is now double that of the year 1895. In 1906 6,861 men were killed or Injured In the mines, the killed numbering 2,061 and the In jured 4,800. These torrlblo facts have been gleaned by government experts act ing under orders from Secretary Gar field, of the Interior Department, to Investigate the nature and extent of mine acldeuts, particularly thoso re sulting from explosions, nnd also to make suggestion as to how mining conditions may be Improved and ac cidents prevented. The Secretary's request for Infor mation was sent to George Otis Smith, director of the Geological Sur vey, last June, who placed theso In vestigations under the technologic branch of that organization. Carry ing out the suggestions, Joseph A. Holmes, chief of the technoiogic branch, Clnrenco Hall, explosives ex pert, and others made a number of examinations of the more dangerous coal mines of Indian Territory. In addition, Mr. Hall and his assistant. Walter O. Snclllng, hate Investigated the nature and causes of a number of disastrous coal-mine explosions In several of the states. The conclusion of the experts are found in a bulletin just issued on "Coal-mine Accidents; Their Causes and Preventions." The statement of Mr. Holmes In the bulletin that an increase In the number and in the seriousness of mine explosions may be expected to continue has already proved fateful. for since the words were written tne country has been startled with the news of three mine explosions cost ing nearly BOO lives. The first ex plosion occurred in Pennsylvania In the early part of December, and cost 32 lives. Then followed the Monon gah mine disaster in West Virginia, with a loss of nearly 400 lives, and tho explosion in Alabama tho other day, with 61 lives lost. Mr. Holmes lu summing up the situation says: "The figures given in this report indicate that during the year 1906 nearly 7,000 men wero killed or Injured In the coal mines of this country, and that the number of these accidents, caused directly or indirectly by mine explosions has been stadlly Increasing. It Is also Indicated that this Increase has beon due In part to the lack of proper and enforceable mine regulations; In part to the lack of reliable Information concerning the explosives used In min ing, and the conditions under which they can be used safely In the pres ence of the gas and dust encountered In the mines, and in part to the fact that in the development of coal min ing not dnly Is the number of mlnets increasing, but many areas from which coal Is being taken are either deeper or farther from the entrarce where good ventilation Is more d'tfl cult and the dangerous accumula tions of explosive gas more frequent. "The Increase both In the number nnd In the seriousness of mine ex plosions In the United Stutes during past years may be expected to con tinue unless, through Investigations made In the United States, such as have proved effective in other coal producing countries, Information can lie obtained and published concern ing the explosives used, the con ditions under which they may be used rafely In the presence of coal dust or gas, and the general con ditions which make for health and safety in coal-mining operations. Such Information, obtained through comprehensive and impartial inves tigations, may serve In this, as in Other countries, as an Intelligent basis both for legislative enactment and for agreements among persons associated with mining operations." Ill RNK MOXKV TO SAVF. LIFE. U:ne- I.lghti (I Certificate Ami Stops Approaching Car. San Rafael, Cal. (Special). Stew art Dunbar, a prominent Insurance broker of Honolulu, while on his way to meet a party of friends, fell through a cattle-guard on the nar-row-guage track of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Dunbar's foot was caught In sjch a manner that he would have been crushed to death beneath tho wheels of an approaching handcar had It not been for his presence of mind In Igniting a Clearing House certificate and holding it over his head as a sig nal of danger thus attracting the at tention of the occupantB of tho handcar. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH Representative Garrett Introduced a resolution In the House asking the Secretary of Commerce to report all the known facts In regard to the pur chase of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by tbe United States Steel Corporation. The President gave a farewell luncheon to Viscount Aokl, the Ja panese amhasndor. snd the Vis countess Aokl Secretary and Mrs. Root were among the guests. Capt. Richmond P. Hohson Intro duced a resolution In the House looking to the reference of all Inter national controversies to The Hague Court. The House passed a bill appro priating $50,000 for the purchase of seeds for free distribution through congressional channels. Justice Gould Issued an order re quiring Secretary Cortelyou to make answer on January 8 to the com plaint of George W. Austin tl New York, who chnrges that he was dis criminated against in the allotment of Panama Canal bonds. Lieutenant Colonel George W. Goelhnla, chnlrman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and chief engi neer of the Canal Zone, Just bnck from Panama, called on the Presi dent. Justice Gould signed the der-'-o temporarily restraining the labor leaders and the Federation from boy cotting the Bucks Stove Company. Admiral Dowey celebrated the seventieth anniversary of his birth President nnd Mrs. Roosevelt being among his guests. Speaker Cannon and Representa tive John Sharp Williams have com pleted their committee assignments. The Senate adopted a resolution presented by Tillman directing the Finance Committee to NOTABLE BATTLESHIP CRUISE HAS BEGUN An Inspiring Sight When Big Fleet Sails Away. FAREWELL RECEPTION ON MAYFLOWER A Memorable Day In the Naval History of Oar Country When the Most Pow erful Fleet I hut Was Ever Gathered . t nib r One Command Started on Its Voyage of 14,000 Mile, in Two Oceans REASONS ASSIGNED FOR THE CRUISE. To demonstrate to the world America's naval prowess. To show Congress the need of a still greater navy. In order to protect equally the Atlantic ana Pacific Coasts. To show Congress the necessity I of mere nnvy yards and better nocking facilities on the Pacific I Coast. To strengthen the Monroe Doe I trine by showing our South ! American cousins the power bnck I of it. To restore to the United States I the balance of International naval I power In the Pacific Ocean. To promote among the people 1 of the Pacific Slope Increased In- terest In the upbuilding of the ! Navy. 1 To be ready foi any possible trouble with Japan. Old Point Comfort. Vn. (Special) The President extends to the divis ional commanders, the cnptalns and crews of the fleet his appreciation of the ready appearance presented by all of the ships and of the skilful manner In which they were handled, nnd extends to them his best wishes investigate 1 for n pleasant and successful voyage whether it was practicable for the i Into the Pacific with full confidence federal government to discontinue liquor permits In local option places. ' The killing of two Italian laborers In the lumber camp at Chnthamville. La., was brought officially to the at tention of the State Department by the Italian Ambassador. Secretary Cortelyou has Issued a signed statement declaring the charge that he has been treacherous to the administration to be unqualifiedly false. Application was filed In the Su preme Court by the Waters-Pierce Oil Company for a review of the ous- j ter decision of the Texas Supreme Court, In the ability and devotion to duty of one and all. (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President. As the mammoth war fleet faded out on the horizon Monday after noon the above message, the laBt of ficial word from the President, was flashed by wireless to the big mast of the Connecticut. Promptly came the following reply. The Flagship, December 16. The officers and men of the fleet fhank you for the honor you have done In seeing them off. (Signed) EVANS. An Inspiring Spectacle. Slxteeen hard-hitting, steel-belted The Senate passed the Dick joint I Americnn battleships, gun-bristling resolution extending for two years and burly of girth, but sparkling the time In which the organized mill- j white In their immaculate dressing' tla can conform to existing law. of pence, sailed away Monday under Governor Mniroon pahles thnt the; the dazzling sun of a cloudlets win- reecnt census of Cuba shows a popu- j ter 8k - on lhelr famous twin-sea ex latlon of 2,028,282 an Increase f I pcdltlon of 14.000 miles along for- 29 per cent, since 1899. fjn Enores a"d .chnn'n C""T 1(1 . . . . I the west coast of the United States. A number of changes In Semite j President Roosevelt on the bridge of committees arranged In caucus were j the cruiser yacht, the Mayflower, ratified by tho Senate. . personally led the magnificent four- SecretarleB Cortelyou and Metcalf mile line of fighting vessels during are both confined to their bed by the : the first stage of the voyage. From 8r'P- j the anchorage gound In Hampton The Supreme Court of the United t Roans to the Horseshoe Bend of States affirmed the conviction of f'hesakeake Hay his eagle-crested Joseph E. Pariso, a Filplno. convict ed of falsifying a public document, and sentenced to prison for 14 years. Comptroller of the Currency Rldg- ley in nis annual report, after dls- flng of blue pointed the way to tin- fleet's new home at tho Golden Gnte. Then, when the wide reaches of the sea wero visible through the wide-swung tapes of Virginia, he i cussing me financial stringency, sug- turned nsine and coming to anchor gests a central government bank of ge, reviewed the passing pageant Issue as a solution. The blue of the sky, the stretch Alleged fraudulent dealings of cer- of green sea mllos, the glistening ol tain white men In connection with spotless hulls, the curl of foam-crest-: the purchase of Kickapoo Indian . ed bow waves, (he cheering of Bailors ! lands were set forth In a report sub-! afloat nnd friends ashore, the breeze j mltted to the Senate. blown strains of "Auld Lang Svne' President James J. HIM, of the , floating across the wafers, the blare ureal .xirwiern. war, on tne stand In of trumpets, (he ruffle of drums tin the caBe of the lumber men of the flash of signals and the boom of salut Northwest, who allege diserimina- ing cannon marked the departure of Hon the fleet I r , -. t . I i 1 1 I l,i f Via ... .1.,, Representative Hellin, of Alabama, i watched a spectacle thev will never introduced a resolution charging that forget and to the world at large th. he government cotton crop estimate 1 reality of the trimmest, snuggest IS IBaCC U mte. mnnl hm,,, . At , . ...wv iiiiipii iuorougei A bill was introduced In Congress to direct the halo of the Philippines. A bill was Introduced In Congress for the creallon of a national tuber culosis commission. Senutor William P. Frye, of Maine, was sworn In as president pro tern of the Senate. LF.ADF.K.S IN FIST FIGHT. Both Williams And l)e Aruuutd Draw Stood. Washington, D. C. (Special) Rep resentative John Sharp Williams. th- equipped, most mobile and most self reliant asesmblage of first-class bat tleships ever gathered In one com mand. MANGLED BY LION. Trainer Torn Almost To Pieces R Enraged n. Richmond, Vn. (Sfieclal). In a llfe-and-death struggle with an en raged lion nt Ferarl's show, nt Idle wood Pork, Alfred Clarke, a trainer was torn almost to pieces before the minority leader of the House of Rep. best was subdued. Clarjte will die. The lion. "Sutton," sprang at hi trainer when Clarke first entered the cage just prior to the night per formance for the purpose of putting him through his usuul turn. The lion caught one of Clarke's arms und then the other, biting through both llesh and bone. Clarke, fighting for his life, but resenjatlves, and Representative Da vld A. DeArmond, of Missouri, ono of the Democratic leaders in the House, came to blows on tho floor of tho House ubout Ave minutes af ter the House had adjourned. The trouble arose over committee as signments of Missouri members, Mr. lJeArmond clnlmlug that Mr. Wll Hams hud not done as ho had prom-1 wltn both arms crushed, was borne Fruit (ironers Organize. Sun Juan, Porto Rico (Special) The American Fruit Growers of Porto Rico, representing a total In vestment of about $4,000,000, ha've organized to secure relief from al leged mishandling of their goods In transit by the steamship companies running between here und Ameri can ports. Thousands of boxes of fruit reached New York in a decayed ondition during the past few iniitMhs, and the reason Is declared to bo Inadequate shipping facilities. Jups Will Welcome Fleet. Toklo (By Cable). The sailing of the American battleship fleet has not caused the slightest ripple of excite ment here. Everyone accepts the as surance of friendship offered by America and concedes the right of that nation to send Its warships to I'm ill.- -bores Such men as Minister of Foreign Affairs Hayashl; Count Okuma, leader of the Opposition; Marquis Ito, former Premier Kutsurg and Admiral Togo have frequently suld that the American fleet would be heartily welcomod by the Jjpaa- Ised lu regard to placing Representa tlve Uouher, of Savannah, Mo., on the committee desired. When the House met Speaker Cannon announc ed his committees and grumblings were heard from tbe locality In which Mr. DeArmond has his deik. He protested especially against the as signment of Mr. Booher to the Com mittee on Coinage, Weights and to the floor of the cage, the teeth and nails of the animal tearing great gushes in his back and breast. Col. Ferarl himself was the first man to recognize the danger of the trapped trainer, uud he rushed to the rescue. He sprang Into the cug nnd quickly tired fifteen blank pi! tol shots In the lion's face, linnll driving him Into a corner of the Measures, rlalmlnir that he hurf vaal. cage, cowed ly desired a place on the Committee ' Clarke was removed from the rag on Census. ITEM! OF INTERES I. Cartridges are used as current coin In Abyssinia. Key West has a salt-water Are and sanitary flushing system. Tho banana and potato are almost Identical in chemica' composition. A square foot of a Persian rug means 23 days' work for the weaver. A pllediiver at Now Orleans Is 108 feet high, tho highest ever built. The average temperature of the entire globe Is 50 degrees Fahrenheit. More than 200 men In New York City are working to improve automo biles. In Austria no less than 4 4 out of every 100 doctors die of heart dis ease. Grapes are still trodden with the bare feet In many of the vineyard of Spnln und Italy. The market for Japanese beer Is fast widening In North China, Korea und Manchuria. Steel shot oo bard aa to take the place of diamonds fur oorue kinds of drilling are made by spraying mol ten steel Into cold water, ohllllug it instantly. rn.ua inij-sicians summoned. He wm a mangled heap of flesh and bone Ntarea Bun Bowa By Train. Pittsburg (Bpeclal). Miss Mr-.i-Earley, a (rained nurse at the Dlx mont Hospital for Insane, was killed by sn express trnln on the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail road at Dlxmont Station, near here Accompanied by several other nur? es. Miss Earley was coming to Ihb city to make purchases aud attempte i to cross the. tracks. The body was badly mRngled. Miss Barley's home was at Morgantown, N. C. Commits Suicide In Guardhouse. Oswego, N. Y. ( Special). --Georg-L. Patterson, a private in Company I. Twenty-third Infantry, U. 8. A., I tatlOBad at Fort Ontario, committed i. ride in the guardhouse, where lu hnd been confined on a chnrgo of hav ing been absent without leave. H swallowed poison. Patterson enlisted at the Jamestown Exposition and Is said to have a horns lu Chicago. A small earthquake was recorded by the aelauiograph ,,j the W?athcr, liurvsu. COMMERCIAL COLUMN . Weekly Review of Trade and Latest Market Reports. R. Q. Dun . Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Commercial reports Indicate little alteration for the past week, but greater confidence In marked Im proroment after January 1. Holiday trade monopolises attention. In some sections exceeding tbat of last year, although aggregate sales do not com pare favorably with 1906 to date. Jobbing and wholesale lines are sea sonably quiet, while manufacturing operations are curtailed, pending the resumption of normal demands. The supply of labor has not In creased In ratio to the cloned plants. howoTer, owing to emigration about double that of last year. Fluctuations In the raw material produced some Irregularity In the tone of cotton goods, but few net changes occurred In prices. As neither manufacturer nor buyer eoems desirous ot establishing a new basis of quotations the market la nominally unchanged. The only di vision of the cotton goods market that how;, accumulation Is the ex port class. Certain lines of woolens for next fall have been oined and the market canvassed to some extent. No definite tendency is noted thus far, however, and many dealers pre fer to postpone presenting new lines somwhnt longer. There Is a belief that the cheaper lines will attract relatively more attention than In re cent years, but there exists the same uncertainty as to which variety of cheap goods will be popular. Footwear shipments through Bos ton are much smaller than a year ago, yet sentiment has Improved and wholesalers are expected to operate freely In the near future. Less fi nancial stringency helps the tone and reports from salesmen are unani mous In declarlug that no surplus Btocks are held by jobbers. Wholesale Markets. Baltimore. Wheat Southern sold on grade on a basis of 98c. for spec ial bin No. 2 red, 97 V4 for stock No. 2 red, 94 Vi for special bin Bteamer No. 2 red, 93 H for stock steamer No. 2 red, 90 for special bin rejected, 89V4 for stock rejected and 88 for rejected to go through the drier. Western opened unchanged; spot and December, 98c; No. 2 red West ern, 99; January, 99; May, 105. Corn Prime Southern In good de mand. Sales of a cargo white on grade were made at 60c. for No. 2 white, 56 for steamer, 54 V4 for No. 3 and 52 for rejected. Western opened steady; spot, new, 60 (g) 60c; old, 66; January, 604 60; February, 60t61. Oats White No. 2 heavy, 56 66V4c; No. 2, light to medium, 55 55tt; No. 3, heavy, 56 056; No. 8, medium, 5 4f?65V4; No. 3, light, 53 54; No. 4, light to heavy, 514 52. Mixed No. 2. 53 4 54c; No. 3, 52g 52; No. 4, 49 60. Butter Market steady. Cream ery separator, 29 29 4; Imitations, 21 23. Chee3e Market steady. Jobbing price: September, flat, 17c; pony elze, 17; October, flat, 16; pony, 16. Eggs Quote, per dozen, loss off: Maryland, Pennsylvania nnd nearby, firsts, 31c; Western, firsts, 31; West Vlrglnlu, firsts, 30; Southern, firsts, 2829; guinea eggs, 15 16. New trk. Wheat No. 2 red, 100 elevator; No. 2 red, 101 f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Du luth, 116 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 110 f. o. b., afloat. Corn Spot firm; No. 2, 68 c; elevator and 64 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 white nominal, nnd No. 2 yel low nominal f. o. b., afloat. Oats Spot steady; mixed, 26 32 lbs., 54 c; natun.l white, 26 32 lbs., 57 59 4; clinped white, 32 0 40 lbs., 68 fl)65. Eggs firm; State. Pennsylvania and nearby fancy selected white, 60c; good to choice, 43 48; brown and mixed fancy, 40. Philadelphia. Wheat steady; con tract grade, Decern be i , 9999c. Corn unchanged; December, 59 60c; Oats, steady; No. 2 white, na tural, 5656c. Butter firm; extra Western cream ery, 30c; do., nearby, prints, 32c Eggs firm; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases, 36c at mark; do., current receipts, In re turnable caBes, 34c, at mark; West ern choice, free cases, 35, at mark; do., fair to good, free cases, 34, at mark. .. Cheese firm; New York, full creams, choice, 15 16c; fair to good, 15 16. Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle Market slow and dull; steers, 46.30; cowb, 12.76 if 4.60; heifers, $2.50 5.26; bulls, $2.606 4.90; calveB, $33.76; stackers and feeders, 12.40 4.60. Hogs Market steady: choice heavy shipping. $5.20 5.25; light, butchers', $5.200 6.25: light mlxotl. $5.1006.15; choice, light, $5.15 6.20; packing, $4.505.15; pigs, $4(8 4.75; bulk of sales, $5.1005.25. Sheep Market steady: sheep, $3.5005.75; lambs, $6.4006.25; yearlings, $4.200 4.90 Kaiuas City, Mo. Cattle Market 10016c. lower: choice export and dressed beef steers, $5 0 5.76; fair to good, $4 0 5.26; Western steers, $3.76 04.76; stockers and feeders. 13 0 4.50; Southern steers, $3.50 4.25; Southern cows, $2.2603.25; native cowb, $2.7606.05; bulls, $3 (I 4; calves, $406.60. Hogs Market 26c. higher; top, $5.02; bulk of sales, $4.7506; heavy, $4.80 (fi 5.02; packers, $4.76 06; pigs and lights, $4.606 PRtsbnrg, Fa. Cattle Supply light; slow; choice, $5.5005 66; prime, $5.200 5.40.- Sheep Steady; prime wethers, $6; Culls and common. $1,500 2.05: lambs, $4.06 0 8.2$; veal calves, $7 0 7.50. Hogs Market excited and high er; prime heavies and mediums, $6.5005.55; heavy Yorkers, $5.50 light Yorkers, $0.100 5.25; pigs, $6; roughs, $4.6004.80. The school authorities of the city of Plalnfield. N. J., huve raised the pay of the teachers from tl per cent, to 40 per cent, without the least so in ii.ii inn by the teachers or the superintendent. it appears that; excluding war ships, (hero were 460 vessels, of 1, 080,087 tons gross, under const ruc tion in the United Kingdom ,,i the close of the quarter ended Seuteru-,-ber 30 last. Giving him er a man oa the r (arted many almshouse.
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