BEEF PICKERS MUCH DISTURBED. ACIDS ARE USED. 8 tat t menu Made by Oen. Miles Upheld by Em. ployea in the Chicago Stock Yarde Mm Prevented From Rotting. From the day thnt Gen. Mile enld before the war Investigating committee that the beef wont to the Porto Ricnn nrn.y hud bien embalmed, every other question In regard to thp army scan dals hn become secondary. Not only have thp soldiers bppome moused but the beef consumers throughout thp. country as well. Germany n ml Japan, who Import huge quantities or Amorlo nn bppf for their soldiers have snld that tbpy dn not want for their armies what Ani'rhun generals condemn. Th Chicago pin krin nrp doing a'l In thplr power to thwnrt fnrthiT dis closure and Investigations but revela tions havp nlrcndy turn made by the aid of ihcmlHry whlc h disclosed the presence f adds In thp beef. Albert H. V.p'I.t, attorney for thp al leged bppf trupt itald ut Chicago a fpw days ago; l)f course Swift 'o.. nnd the oth er packer whom 1 number among my clients, tnke thn position that parking Interests are perfectly Instilled In aid ing General Kngun's muse to the cx tpnt of clearly showing that n quark chemist rathpr than any agent of n Chicago parkpr was responsible for thp Khlpmrnt of thp tlvp curcussos of 'ein balmpd bppf to Santiago on thp Rough Riders' transports. That's all the so cullid puckers' lobby lit Washington Is doing. The pnekprs havp nothing to fpar from a discussion of this falRo Is sim of thp pinbalmpd bppf for a eontln tinus threshing ovpr of thp subject will bring out the rpal truth, which 1 main tain w ill prove to bp Hint the parking Interests never supplied any pmbalmpcl or chemically treated bppf to the na tion's soldiers." A Herman, who snld he worked for a parking rompany last summer at Dil i's go, during the time that 11 rm was supplying government beef, and who Is now employpd by anothpr company, gave some Information rpgnrdlng the "curing" of bppf before sending It to the army, lie claims, however, thnt the methods thpn uspd of Injecting an antiseptic fluid by mpans of a giant syringe Into the legs of beef and along the bone are still In use. This man, who gave his name, said: "Every packing house In the stock yards now treats every quarter of beef that Is spoiled by dipping It Into a bath. What Is In this bnth I do not know, except that It Is brine with a few chemicals of come kind. Then a man takps a big syringe with a long steel prod, holds It near the end and drives It Into the meat to that the solution will get around the bones and prpserve the meat from rotting. In this solution I understand that salicylic acid Is used. A large amount of this acid comes to the yards. "Last spring," said a stockman, "I saw a couple of men Injecting some kind of stuff Into n dozen or more cat tle In one of the pens by means of a syringe. They rpppated the operation for a couple of days. I was told then that it was an experiment with bnrncle and salicylic acids and glycerine, to see If the cattle so treated would make better-keeping beef. I do not know whether the cattle were afterward killed, but presume they were. I have seen several experiments, but I guess that I will say no more, for 1 will get myself Into trouble If I do." An authority on chemistry and chem ical action of foods, a man who stands at the head of his profession anil who has a wide reputation as an expert, said: "I consider meat or any other food treated with ;.llcyllc acid unfit for hu man food. The arid Is a new meat preservative, which of late has come Into extensive use among packers. It Is one of the most powerful antlseptlrs known. It is manufactured only In two cities In the United States Milwaukee and St. Louis. MUTILATED WITH AN AXE. An Old Lady Murdered end Her Valuables Car ried Away. Mrs. Mary Mclntlre, a wealthy wid ow 60 years old, was found murdered In her home at Pana, 111., a few i'a ago. The body had been frightfully mutilated with an ax. It Is supposed the crime was committed two or three days ago. Neighbors became suspici ous when Mrs. Mclntlre failed to tip pear at church as was her habit Bun day. The doors of her home wcra broken open. Everything about the place showed that a desperato strug gle had occurred. Mrs, Mclntlre body waa found chopped almost to pieces and thrown under a bed. Ev erything of value had been carried away by the murderers. Mrs. Mcln tlre Is said to have sympathized with the union miners in their struggle against negro labor. Her house had been fired on a number of times. Money Arrived too Late. A sick and destitute man, 65 years old. was taken from an East Bide tonement house In New York 2 weeks ago to the department for outdoor poor. He gave the name of Lawrence Schraeder, and he Waa dying from want of nutritive food. Thursday a letter addressed to Schraeder was brought the superin tendent 81 the Institution. It con tained a check for 15,000, and has been Bent from England as Schraeder's long-delayed share In his father's es tate. Bchraeder however, had died and the money arrived Just In time to pre vent bis burial In Uim potter's field. Production of Pig Iron. The bulletin of the "American Iron and Bteel Association" says the pro duction of pig Iron In 1808 was 11,733, 034 gross tons, an Increase of 2,121.254 tons over thut of 1897. The production In the second half of the year ex ceeded that of the first half by 34,528 tons. The production of Uessemer Tlg Iron In 1KU8 was 7.337.KS4 tons, an Increase over 1807 of 1.641,800 tons. The production of basic pig Iron was 785,444 tons, against 556.31)1 tons In , 1897. Of this amount Allegheny coun ty, Pa., had 378,156 tons. The produc tion of splegelelsen and ferromnnga nese waa 213,760 tons, against 173,605 tons In 1807. The production of char coal pig Iron was 21)8,750 tons, against 355.211 tens In 1897. Will Remember the Maine. February 15. the anniversary of the destruction of the Maine, will be up- propriately observed In Havana. The gruves of the Maine victims wilt bo decorated, nags will fly at hulf must, one over the wreck of the Maine; Cart. Lee will march at the head of a parade and high muss will be sung In the ca thedral. The American women now In Havana are ariuiiglng the details of .Alw program. The little Waldenslan Church of the Alps counts It congregations; It main tains a missionary establishment of ToO churches in other parts of tbe world. EAGAN FOUND GUILTY. Dlemlanl the Pun etiment Unlets Clemency Is ... Qranted by the PreetdenU Oenernl TCngan, oommlssnry general of snbslstpnpp, has been found guilty of the charges of conduct unbecoming nn officer and a gentlpman, and of con duct to the prejudice of good order nnd discipline nnd of the specifications thereto, and has been sentenepd to dis missal from the United Stntes army, but with a recommendation from the court for the exercise of executive cle mency. Under the regulations, the court, having reached the conclusion that the accused wns gulliy, had no choice In selecting a penally, the reg ulations prescribing absolutely the one punishment dismissal for the offense. Therefore, the only hope for General Kngnn Is In the direction of commuta tion, mitigation or disapproval. As for secretary Alger, ns soon as he has rend the record, he will likely place It at once with the President, who, under the law. Is the final reviewing authori ty. It Is his privilege to add to or take from the strength of the court's re commendation that clemency be shown. A dramatic Incident nf the trial wns the testimony of the general's daugh ter. In whlrh she described licr fath er' nppenronre on the day he first rpnd Gen. Miles' stntPtiiPnt. Standing In thp door of his house, with the newspaper containing the evidence In his hand, he had exclaimed wildly: "I have been crucified by General Miles." MADDENED BY TOOTHACHE. Suffering Bear Breake Looae and Createe Havoc in Theatre. An enormous silver tip bear, frenx led with an ulcerated tooth, which lis master was trying to extract, escaped from Its cage In the frelghton then ter, Omnha. Neb., a few days ago, and created a panic before being captured. In addition to frightening a number of persons, the big bear seriously hurt Its master, Paul Hatty, pnoiy lacer ated Stage Hand McDonald and tort the clothes off .lake Rosenthal, mana gpr of the thpnter. McDonald was assisting Patty In extracting the tooth, and a crowd of men and boys surrounded the cage of the enraged animal,, witnessing the operation. The brute was fastened down with chains and leather bands, but when the trnlner touched the ul cerated tooth the bear gave a roar and burst his bonds like paper. With a sweep of his mighty paw he threw Patty and McDonald to the floor and turned upon the crowd around the Iron cage. They fled In every direction, but the cage was demolished In a moment. Manager Rosenthal was climbing In to the files as the enraged beast pass ed his hiding place. He made one pass at the manager, and, catching his frock coat, carried It rompletc'y away with him. He also tore the shce from one of Rosenthal's feet and then passed on In pursuit of the crowd. In the maze of scenery back of the stage the bear vented his fury by de molishing everything In sight. Py this time the trainer recovered sufficiently to direct the heating of irons to sub due the animal. Hit roars could he heard for several blocks. He was fin ally driven Into the cellar of the theater, where, surrounded by a row of red-hot Irons, he submitted to be ing bound. Cervera May by Court'Martialed. The court-martial at Madrid trying General Jaudcneit, who capitulated at Manila, had. It sppms, received evi dence thnt the general had sulllplpnt ammunition and food to have enablPd him to rpslst longer. The court or dered his arrest, whereupon he sur rendered himself, attired In civilian di e ss and accompanied by his son and several ministers of state. General Correa confirmed the arrest. It Is re ported thnt the court-martial will ex onerate General Tore! on the ground that he acted under superior Instruc tions, but thnt Admiral Montojo, who was defeated by Admiral Dewey at Cavlte, will be tried for the Incompet ent condition of his fleet. The news papers assert also that Admiral Cer vera is awaiting trial, and that there fore he will not be able to take his sent as a senator on the reassembling of the cortes. Held by the Ice Until Dead. A pair of humnn legs that werj sticking up through the Ire that cov ered the surface of the water In one of the slips In the harbor at Kuffalo at tracted the attention of some men on the steamer Walter L. Frost Mond.iy morning. An ax was secured and the body chopped out. It waa found to be that of William Dormer, a deckhand on the Frost. He had evidently fallen headforemost from the gang plank of the boat and gone half-way through the Ice, and been held In that position until dead. Ol'R NEW POSSESSION'S Only one death has occurred at San tiago during the last five days. The city Is so clean that the vultures are starving. A report from Manila stated that the relations between General Otis and Rear Admiral Dewey were strained, owing to Intense rivalry between the army and navy forces. Two hundred thousand Mauser cart ridges were seized by Colonel John G. Evans a few days ago at a house near the Plrotecnlca cartridge factory at Havana. The possessor said he had bought them. The services of the Spanish bank at Havana as a medium of tax collecting will be dispensed with. The govern ment can collect taxes at less cost and Cubans have no confidence In the bank. Joseph Pearlman, a Baltimore tobac conist, who has exported from Clen fuegos 135 bales of tobacco, was called upon to pay $510 export duty. He made the payment, but under nroteat arguing that "home port duties" do not exist. Should Cuban soldiers take to the woods and turn bandits they will be followed by a force of United States cavalry and persistently pursued. The sume general method will be observed as has been followed In dealing with the Indians on the plains and moun tains of the West. Major General Ludlow of Havana has received from a number of poor widows of Spanish officers, who, under his Instructions, have been getting government support, an expression of their deep thanks. They say that never In their lives were they so comfortable and well cared for as they are to-day, A Belt Filled With Jewelry. Pchaerfer, who says ' he Is the Cleveland agent of the International Bteamship company, was arraigned be fore United fetalis Commissioner Rows at New York Wednesday on a charge pf . smuggling. . gehaeffer was a pas senger on the steamship Btatendaa. Chief Inspector Donohue found thai he wore a belt under his clothing Itllad with diamonds and Jewelry. HXVENn'S GRERT BORDEN OF DEB1. ITS PROPERTY MORTGAGED. Twenty Million Dollars Needed for Paving and ewera Money Due a Spanish Bank Amount to Million!. Something between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000 Is needed for underground sewerage, for paving, for a school sys tem, etc., In Havana. Krnest Lee Con lint, who was deputed to examine the city's financial condition, with a view to future possibilities, has made a partial report to tlen. Ludlow. He finds the nlcnlde anil comptroller of the city on October 31, IWs, made a report that there wns a debt of $6,721, 00 to the Spanish bank of the Island of Cuba, and another of $2,862,000 to the Pank of Commerce, United Hall ways and Regla Warehouses. One dates from April, isso, and the others from October 10, 1802, each being for 50 years lit 6 per cent. There wns a floating debt for salnrlps. mntprlnls, Interest and sinking fund of $2.4T0. 0H4 76, nnd tint of $23,830 04. The In crease of floating debt since the report will bring the present total debt to worth $5,000,000. To spcure the loans the city mort gaged the Canal de Vento, the Aque duct Ferdinand VII.. the Christina slaughter house, the Talcon and Colon mnrkets and all their revenues, and 50 houses It owned. The canal alone Is worth $5.000.0000, A new paving and sewerage scheme will cost about $12,500,000, nnd Dndy & Co., New York contractors, Mr. Con ant says, are willing to take bonds In payment, and have already arranged with New York capitalists to dispose of them ns fast as Issued. As to the city's revenues: The Island puts a tax of 12 per cent, on estimated rents of all houses and a tax nn Indus try, commerce and the professions. Of the former tax 18 per cent, and of the latter 25 per cent, of the amount col lected In the city comes back to It. Rent of houses owned by the city, re venue from water works, slaughter houses and markets, taxes on meat, coke and wood, and licenses on facto ries and businesses are the other sourc es of Income. The tax on meat amounts to $633,000 per year. The whole Is slightly In excess of $2,000,000 per year, being about $8 to $10 a head on 200.000 to 250.000 population, while In New York the city's Income per capita Is $28. There Is no tax here on real estate, from which 90 per cent, of an American city's revenue Is derived. Mr. Conant considers that by Judicious application of the American system the city's In come might be swelled to $3,000,000 or more. Gen. Ludlow Is Informed two-thirds of the city's Income has been going to the Hank of Spain and the Itnnk of Commerce for Interest on bonds nnd floating debt, and of the remainder only $08,546 wns spent nn schools and $13,974 on the fire department. 8TOLEN MONEY 8ENT BACK. Robbers Return 8200, coo m Notes to the Bank Prom Which They Were Stolen. The robbery of over $300,000 from Pear's bank In London, which has been the sensation of the week, took a dramatic turn last Friday when the chairman of the bank announced at a meeting of the stockholders that $200, 000 In the biggest notes had been re turned to the bank by post. The robbery wis apparently a most daring crime. The thief is supposed to have wnlked boldly behind the counter, where there were over 100 clerks at work, nnd opened a drawer, from which he took a parcel of notes and walked out of the bank undetec ed. American thieves are suspected of having been concerned In the theft, as It 1h said several Americans were recently noticed loitering about the premises. The police are ngain utter ly helpless. Thirty-six 1.000 notes and 22 500 notes figured in the rob bery. Most of these have been re turned, and the remainder of the notes are practically unnegotlnble. The chairman of the bank also an nounced that the Hank of England had promised to pay the $235,000, of which $200,000 had been returned. The remainder of the money was In notes of smaller amounts, which could be easily passed, and might therefore be considered lost. The shareholders greeted this unexpected announce ment with enthusiasm, especially as It was accompanied by a declaration of. a dividend of 0 per cent. Reconcile! to Her Daughter' Murder. Mrs. Remley, the mother of 19-yenr-old Mamie Remley, who wns shot by her sweetheart, Frank Nully, on Chrlstmns day, visited ltellevuo hospi tal. New York, Wednesday night, In company with Nulty's mother. Nulty Is In the prison ward, where ho will probably die from the wound he In flicted on himself after shooting his sweetheart. A reconciliation took place between Mrs. ltemlcy and the dying boy. CABLE FLASHES. Fnttl, the famous singer who was married lust week, has settled $15,000 a year on Daron Cedcrstrom, her hus band. Germany proposes to use General Miles' "embalmed meat" testimony as a weapon against the United States in hopes of shutting out her canned meats. Germany's exports to the United States last year amounted to $82,350, 514, against $07,237,088 for 1897. The decrease was almost wholly In sugar. England Is building 119 war vessels at the present time, and all will be completed by 1903. The 28 armored ships will cost a total of 26.000,000. Rear Admiral Lord Charles Rcres ford, who has been visiting C.ilnesu ports, sailed from Yokohama for the United States a few days ago on his way to Englund. In an Interview he laid emphusis upon the necessity of an understanding between Japan, Ger many, United States and Great Url tain to prevent war In the fur East. A low plllur belonging to the early Republican period of Rome has been found In the forum, close to the" arch of Soverus. The Inscription on the ciphus Indicates thut it marked a con secrated place, Fourteen persons were killed Mon day by an explosion of gas In tho I'a 11a mine, near Maxaron, 20 miles w.st of Cartagena, Spain. The other min ers succeeded In making their escape. Justice Higham Friday decided In favor of I'elley Itrolhers, the ship brokers, in the suit of the United States to recover $28,500 paid them on April 21, 1808, on two 600-ton colliers by Lieutenant Sims, that amount be ing 10 pur cent of tho totul sum, $205, CXJ. for which the brokers agreed on Aurll 21. to deliver the colliers, The first uppearanc of yellow fever was said to have been among th sol diers of Columbus In 1406. TERSE TELEGRAMS. The Lotilslan Purchase World's Fair association will be Incorporated with a capital of $5,000,000. With $15,000 due William Merrltt of New York, Nash Hodges, stock brokers, have left the city. Ex-Oovernnr Morton announced to day thHt Andrew Carnegie has sub scribed $5,000 to Knologlcnl park. Justice Harry W. Williams, of the Pennsylvania Supreme court riled Inst Wednesday morning In Philadelphia. Nnthnn Hny Heott wns elected to the United States sennte by the West Vir ginia legislature last Wednesday. Burgeon Opneral Sternberg has taken the Initial steps towards the formntlon of a corps of expert femitle nurses. Manufacturers of billiard and pool room supplies have formrd a trust. A capital of .I,500,000 Is represented. The trial of Senator Quay on tho charge of conspiracy In the misuse of state funds will occur February 20. The Osterhout building, Wllkeshnrre. Pn.. wos destroyed by tire last Tues day. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $75,000. Lieut. Gov. Gobln of Pennsylvania has been honorably discharged as a Hiigndler Genet al In the United States army. William Watts nnd Mnry St. Clair of Newhtirgh. N. Y., skated Into a bole In the ice lust Tuesday and were drowned. R. K. A. Dorr, publisher of the New York Mali and Express, has bought the Philadelphia North American from Clayton McMlihnel. Three lives were lost In a etiowsllde nt Apex, Col., Inst Monday. The dead are Mrs. W. H. Rudolph and her two children, aged 2 and 4. A freight wreck on tho Pennsylvania railroad, near Roup station, Pa caus ed a damage of $1,500. Two of the wrecked cars caught lire and were de stroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Flint, of Frank lin, Pn., named their twins after Brhley and Dewey and received congratula trry letters from each of the rear ad mirals. Tho following senators have been elected Nevada, William M. Stewart; Texas. Charles A. Culbertson; New Jersey, John Kean; Wyoming, Clar ence D. Clark. Father Alfred, pastor of the largest German Catholic church In St. Paul, Minn., has been deposed for alleged disobedience to an order promulgated by Archbishop Ireland. Gen. Miles, referring to the Chicago meat packets' offer to pay $100,000 for a proof that chemicals were used In the meat supplied the army, says If they will put $1,000 In a bank he will prove It. George Eberhart was mortally wounded by a burglar whom he at tempted to capture In his house at New York Inst Tuesday night. The burglar was wounded by Everhart's wife but escaped. The ways and means committee In definitely postponed the bill relating to the greater America exposition nt Omaha, which wns designed to show the resources of Cuba, the Philippines Porto Rico and tbe Ladronea. A severe gale is reported along the gulf const. The steamer Morgan has been carried to sea by the gale. The lighter Santiago has been beached nenr llngdnd, and It Is believed that eight members of the crew were drowned. A collision between two Chicago Great Western freight trains at North Hanover, 111., resulted In the death of engineer Alexander Thompson, fire man Michael Devernux and brakeman Vanderburg Inst Wednesday. Harrlay II. Wnrburton, of tho Penn sylvania battalion of artillery whoso command wns In Puerto Rico last Aug. condemns tho beef his men received. Ho says It was green nnd slimy nnd he had to bury It two miles from camp. 8. A. D. Pewter of Portland, Oregon, the well known Pacific coast lumber man, has closed a sale of over one bil lion feet of Oregon timber, mostly llr, situated In Marlon county, 45 miles south of Portland, Oregon, on Ablqua creek, A constnblo Inst Wednesday arrest ed John Petrork at Passaic, N. J., ns he was being united In marriage. The priest stopped Just as he was ubout tc speak the words thnt bind. Another girl whom Petrack had deceived caus ed the arrest. Rations for Cuban destitutes have been fixed at 8 ounces bacon or 9 ounces tinned meat, 12 ounces flour or 16 ounces cornmenl. For every hun dred rations: Six pounds coffee, green, 10 pounds sugar, 2 quurts of vinegar, 4 pounds salt, 4 ounces pepper, 4 ounces scap, 0 pounds ike. A number of Cubnn generals and prominent clvlllnns, who have been discussing the Cuban army question during tho last day or two with tho American commanders, Intimate that the United 8tates ought quickly to ar runge a settlement of tho claims of the Cubun soldiery for pay, "us otherwise tho privates will become uncontrollable and commit act of violence." KILLED BY A LOCOMOTIVE. Train Plough Through a Croup of Workmen Who Had Stepped on the Wrong Track. A gang of twenty-six track repair men were working on the railroad at the western opening of the Gallltzln tunnel near Altoonn, Pa., last Sunday, when they heard tho approach of a locomotive which was ruivlng west through the tunnel. The workmen all stepped from the north truck, on which westbound trains move, to the south track. The smoke In the tunnel pre vented them from seeing the ap proaching locomotive, which, in order to avoid obstructions on the north track, was running on the south track. Hushing out of the tunnel the gang of workmen, all huddled together on the south track. One man was instantly killed, one died In the Altoona hoB pltal and eighteen were more or less seriously injured. None escaped with out Injury. The dead are: David Wilt, uged 40, killed Instantly; Thomas W Hunker, aged 25, died in the hos pital. America Alto Provides Crooks. A number of burglaries have occur red recently In Santiago province that seem to Indicate the operations of a re gulur band of American crooks. Re cently the postofllce at Manzunlllo was entered and $03 In cush was taken. The same night, at the same place, twe horses were stolen, one of which be longed to the chief of police. Two nights later a dwelling here In Santia go, occupied as a clubhouse and mess by ten army otllcers, was robbed. Near ly $500 In cash and a vuluuble gold watch and chuln were stolen. Tumblnrs resembling In shape and dimensions those employed to-day huve been found In great numbers In Pompeii. They were made of gold, sli ver, glass, murble, agate and of pre cious stones. Professor Darwin, of Cambridge, prophesies that the moon will ultim ately return to the earth, whence It was cast oft In the remote past. GOLD HB FREEZE 10 DEMH. TERRIBLE SUFFERING. Proepectort In Alaska Loia Their Lives Trying to Croes the Olailer at Vatdei Bon Dies to Save Hit Father. Unusually sad Is the latest news which comes from the gold regions In the Cnpper river district of Alaska. The terrible cold and the extreme dif ficulty of trnvel has resulted In the death of at least 10 men, Tho following are known to have been lost: Chnries Khron, New York City; C. P. Smith. Chicago; Ole Ev- Jens, llnldwln, Wis.; Henderson, Wisconsin; George Bweesy, of New York. Among the many badly frozen min ers nre: George Ponlowitz, New York City; Sylvester Grog, St. Joseph, Mo.; Holven Evjens, Rnldwin. Wis. Tht-re are six men at Vnldes suffer ing from frozen fret, hands and face. A hospital has been established at Twelve Mile ramp, nn the other side of the Kinder, anil fifteen men nre suffering there from the same cause. The freezing of the Evjens. father and son, Is particularly rod. They started for Valdez, but on getting well toward the summit of the glacier, found their feet freezing. Moth start ed back. The son gave his father extra wrap ping, and ns a result, both the son's legs were frozen In a few minutes, nnd he wns unable to proceed. He bade h's father good-by and com pelled him to go on without him. Then the boy lay down In the snow to die. His body will probably never be re covered. The father reached Twelve Mile camp badly frozen, and Is not ex pected to live. Smith and Khron were members of the same party. In company with George Ponlowitz. Sylvester Grog and several others. Smith was the first to freeze his feet. After they had crossed the summit and were going down the long stretch toward Valdez, his strength began to fall him. Calling his companions around him, he told I hem he was doomed, even If they got him Into camp, and thnt they must try to save themselves. Telling them to tell his wife and children back In Chicago, how he died, he lay down In the snow nnd wns soon lulled Into a lust sleep by the deadly frost. Charles Khron wanted to lie down end die when the trip wns almost nt an end. His romrndes kept him mov ing In spite of the pain of his badly frozen feet, and at Inst got him Into Vnldes. His toes were so badly frozen thnt they fell off when his boots were cut away. IUood poisoning set In af ter and In ten duys the miners buried blm In a rough grave. He was a member of the Manhattan Mining Compnny, of New York, a German, and leaves a widow and family In thnt city. George Ponlowitz, of the Manhattan Mining Compnny of New York, ar rived on the Cottage City at Seattle In charge of Dr. Lewis, of Chicago. He will lose the greater pnrt of both feet, nnd Is In danger of losing his life from blood poisoning. He would not let Dr. Lewis amputate his feet In the North. Ho said: "It wns bitter cold nnd for four days we wondered about the Hinder trying to find our way down. We had little food. The other four members of the Manhattan Compnny were waiting, on short rations, at the foot of the lake. I don't, know what will become of them now thut Khron Is dead, und I nm here in almost as bad n fix. I don't wnnt my wife to know of my condition, so I will not tell you my New York address." George Sweesy, also of New York, wns a blacksmith at Valdez for a long time. He started across the gla cier early In the winter, drawing n heavy sled. The details of his death nre unknown for he was alone. He never reached the other side. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The senate will vote on the treaty with Spain on Monduy, Februury 6, at 3 p. m. Ambassador White, our representa tive rt Iletiin says that our relations with Germany were never more satis factory or pleasant. In Introducing a bill for female nur ses In the army Senator Hurrows pro. vldes for a $3,000 superintendent, a $2,- 000 assistant superintendent and nurs eu at $40 per month. Secretary Alger appeared before the war Investigating committee last Frl day. He Intimated that responsibility for army scandals lies with bureau chiefs not reporting. Cantnln Hunt of the Pittsburg bat tery which saw service at Porto Illco says thnt the beef sent to his men was pink, fibrous, with yellowish white iresn, picasuni anu paiatuoie. Senate supporters of the Hawaiian government bill are growing anxious ut the seeming Indifference to It in that house. The bill must pass this session to avoia unpleasant compllca tlons. The secretary of war has asked con gress to authorize the replacing of arms used by state troops during the war with Spain, so that the regular quota of arms for tho militia may be kept up. At the Instance of Mr. Galllnger the senate passed a resolution to have the committee on District of Columbia in vestigate the Washington asylum. Mr. Galllnger said there wero 826 Inmates In the inatitutlun. In the workhouse for males there are only 216 bunks to 314 persons. Tho two Cortes brothers, Philippine citizens now In Washington, through Attorney Ralston, made an argument before Assistant Judge Advocate Gen eral Morrison at the war department, to show why a large quuntlty of pro perty In Manila, now In possession of the United States military authorities should be restored to them. Deputy commissioner George W. Wll son was selected by President McKln ley to succeed Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue Scott, who wos lust week elected United States senator from West Virginia. Attarnav DroM Ded. Ex-Attorney General Augustus H. UllllUIlU wu wirivcii wiiei aiwfjicAjr while addressing the United Slates supreme court Thursday afternoon, and died within 10 minutes. The oc currence came with startling and tragic unexpectedness, changing the usual culm and dignity of the court Into temporury confusion, while the dying man was carried from the chamber In a futile effort to alleviate OIMwT full. . . , ' Rich Oold Strike. -,-..... ..wnllAmant at v ! u nn fhj nln. Ing stock exchange at Colorado over an alleged fabulously rich strike In the Isabella mine at iTippie ureea, A ...... . ... inm tVl(ft MtrltfA flin f I ITA till . AAA a einn MA -a the inn Thla tnlr Jumped from 07 Wo to $1.(0 per share Monday. THK MARKETS, riTTSBUItCI. Drain, Ftonr and Feed. WnEAT-No. lred. 73 T No. a red 70 71 COltN-No. 3 yellow, enr.. 40 41 no. x yellow, sheiieii "'J iv . Mixed ear 87 88 OATS No. ! white 84 89 No. 11 white M . 84 RYE No. 1 (11 08 H.Ol'H Winter pntents 4 00 4 10 rnney strnlglit winter 8 70 an II vn II nn r . a in s Ml HAV-No. 1 timothy;....',...'.. 9 00 9 60 Cover. No. I.'... HOI 8 2.-, FJSKD No. 1 white mid., ton. .. 16 00 16 60 v Ilrown middlings 13 79 14 Oil Urnn. bulk 13 5U 111 75 8THAW Wheat 9 74 6 00 Oat 8 00 0 llli BKK.liM Clover. CO lbs.. 11 60 8 00 '-t imothy, prime 1 au 1 40 Hairy I'rmlttcta rH'TTT".n EUlin creamery. .... t 20rtp SI unio eresmery ii in nry country toll ....... IS 14 CHKKHK Ohio, unit 11 li New York, new 11 . l'i Fruits nnd Vegetable), H1'ANR Mmnfiit lfirtp 18 I'll I AMMH .nili'YWhlte. ri tin 40 40 I'AIIIIAUE l'or 100 heads .... 4 00 6 00 UMO.NH Choice yellow, V bu. 60 6i Poultry, Kte. CHICKENS Per pair, smniL..t 6)? M Tl llKKY.S Per II 11 VI EOUU l'a. aud Ohio, fiejh.... 18 19 li.NllMNAlf. Fl.Ot'rt 8 10 8 80 W HEAT Nc, a red .. 77 ItiK No. 2 M (OllN-Mlxed 87 OATH 81 EHOH 19 liL'lTEll Ohio creamery 20 PHILADKLI'IIIA. n.orn s msk a 78 Wll RAT Nn Q red 711 HI filllN Nn J nilTMil 41 Al OATH -No. 9 While '. 86 11UTTEH Creamery, extra 19 EUUH Pennsylvania first 19 NKW VOItK. . FLOUH Patent $ 8 85S 4 18 M HEAT No. a red 86 t'OHN-No. 9 46 OA 1 H W lilts Western 86 llb'T'lElt-Creamery 11 19 tuUB Statu of l'cnn 18 19 L1VK STOCK. Central Stock Yards, Kaat Liberty, Pa. CATTLE. Prime, 1300 to 1400 lbs 8 90ra 5 81 flood, 1200 to 1300 II. s S 0'J 6 15 'IHv, 1000 to 1160 It.s. 4 70 i 90 1-air Hunt steers, vou to 1000 Itit 8 ro u Common, 700 to 900 II, a 8 41) 8 79 uoos. Medium 8 80 8 81 Heavy 8 79 8 81 Houghs aud stags 3 19 H 4) SUKEP. rrlme, 98 to 101 lbs 4 40 4 60 tlood, 86 to Ml II. 4 99 4 81 Fulr, 70 to 80 8m 8 11 4 10 Common il 79 8 28 Veal Calves & 00 7 00 LAMES. Pprlnger, extra 8 23(9 " 60 hprliiger, gooil to choice 8 0) 9 95 Commou to fulr 4 95 6 15 Extra yeardngs, light 4 81 4 AO Oood to clio'ce yeurllugs , 4 91 4 85 Medium 4 00 4 6 Common 8 25 4 )0 TRADE REVIEW. Growing Demand Increases Price of Pig Iron. Wool Market Cont.nuei Weak. It. G. Dun's weekly review of trade reports as follows for lust week: The country Is In n stronger position than a week ago. Remarkable strength In Its industries is an important but not the chief element. Public confidence In the business of the country and In Its securities has been tested to an unusuul extent by the sudden fall In stocks nnd the subsequent rise. Con fidence In the value of wheat, corn nnd cotton hits been shown by the markets, and at rising prices the world buys because It has to buy. The vast supply of unemployed capital has been shown Impressively, and the new and startling Independence of foreign money mnrkets fixes attention. The lumber movement Is unusually lurge for the season with prices of low grades sharply advancing. Railroad turnings and tonmigc have shown surprising guins. Treasury receipts nre gaining, and a vote on the peace trenty hue been fixed for Februnry 0. The weak points In the situation may first be considered. Wool grows weaker because forced by speculation a year ago to prices which the market for goods could not sustain, and has been much embnrrassed In trying to sustain ever since. Western bankers begin to advise speculative holders to sell. Goods aro In muoh greater de mnnd because prices fairly propor tioned to the reduction of about 10 per cent In wool since a year ago have been made In Important openings. Sales for the week have been 8,403,400 pounds, and for the four weeks, 22, oUII.200, against 30,421,070 last year and 2B.r. 17,600 two years ago. Pig Iron has risen at Chicago be cause of higher freights from the south, and at Pittsburg a shade for bessemer and grey forge because of growing demand, but for the moment the rise of .2 per cent In pig Is exceed ed by the rise of 2 per cent In pro duets. The pressure for many pro ducts Is such that the works are able to muke their own quotations, and rails and bars at Pittsburg and wire nails have slightly advanced. The demand is heavy In all lines, cover ing 30,000 tons rails In one contract for a southwestern road and many of vmuller quantity; 20,000 tons bars and many for a less quantity covering 5, Itoo steel cars for the Baltimore 4 Ohio, with other ship, car and mis cellaneous contracts; numerous bridge contracts, with one pending for Can ada and others from all parts of the world; 10.000 tons sheets at Pittsburg, with heavy business elsewhere and a general demand never surpassed. Nulls are advanced by the combina tion, pipe works are crowded and negotlutlona in progress for their con solldutlon, as also In bridge building. Wheat has risen 8 cents, with much buying based on extraordinary ex ports from Atluntlc ports for the week; flour Included, S. 813,301 bushels, agulnst 2,071,333 last year; from Pac lllc ports 321.252, ugalnst 1,180,272 last week, and from other portu 482,454, In four weeks the exports from both coasts have been 19,676,087 bushels, against 16,718,926 last year. Corn ha advanced 2 cents, although exports have been 11,613,366 bushels, against 13,061.477 lust year, and the surprising continuance of demand, equaling last year, seems to be forgotten. Rut of ficial trade returns show that this one feature counts for millions in the year's excess' of merchandise exports, Cultures for the week have been 224 In the United Stutes agulnst 342 last year, and 33 In Canudu against 34 last year. The school of agriculture and man ual training for boys at Glenwuod. III., has received S50.000 from an unknown donor for a manual training butldtux and central steam plant.
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