THOUSANDS CAUGHT, Tn Per Cent Dividend! a Week Wert Offered nd People From All Over the Country Invested. The Franklin Syndicate of New York In closed its doors. Thousands of people thmiiRhont the country lnt their money wjiicli they wt-rc tempted to in voM by the nntiMial inducements of fered. VV. I. Miller, the manager, has disappeared. He offered to pay 10 per cent weekly which he did. always per suading the people to re-invest the interest and draw compound interest. Officials hecanie . suspicions, investi gated, and issued a warrant against him for conspiracy with intent to defraud. William V. Miller mid his secretary and chief bonnier, Cecil Leslie, of the Kranklin syndicate, the lo-per-cent-a-wcrk concern of Hrnoklyn. have not yet horn arrested. The cstensivc oper ation of the I'ranklin syndicate and ex hanstless credulity of the American peo ple are shown hy the nuniher of divi dend drafts which are held hy the dif ferent city hanks of Brooklyn. These drafts were sent through the mails liy Miller to subscribers lying at distant points and they deposited them in their local hanks for collection. The local hanks in turn sent them to the New York hanks, which act as their agents. These drafts arrived on Saturday. Many more are expected this week. As the syndicate has assigned the drafts will he returned. The National City hank alone has ahout 200 of the drafts sent hy hanks in Allegheny. Pa.. Portland. Me., Llsic, 111., Amonia, N. Y., Cirand Lodge, Mich.. I'itchhurg, Mass., Wheeling W. Ya., Urbana, O., Elizabeth, X. J., and two score other towns. It was estimated Monday that fully 50.000 policemen and detectives in all sections of the country know that Mil ler is missing and that he is wanted in Brooklyn. The chiefs of police at all ports in Great Britain and the continent visited by steamers sailing from New York have also been cabled to arrest Miller should he bob up on the other side. Nowhere was there any denunciation of the vanished Miller. His victims were one and all looking forward to the day when they expect him to reappear and pay their claims. The impression of the police and, in fact, of others who have investigated the Franklin Syndicate is that the syndicate as such never earned a dollar in Wall street, and that the dividends, as they became due, were actually taken from the daily receipts. It is believed by persons who worked in that office, and have good means of knowing that the number of persons on the mailing list who were receiving drafts for their dividends by mail was nearly 20,000. The average receipts arc placed at somewhere between S.so.ooo and $35,000 a day, although Cecil Leslie is said to have boasted recently that the receipts in one day had reached $Ni,ooo and the disbursements $35,000. There arc some very large deposits in the syndicate. There were many of $5,000. One man who had $3,000 in the bank drew divi dends long enough to have $12,000 in profits, but most of the deposits were small, ranging from $J5 to $100. There are establishments in Brooklyn, the employes of which have placed $13, noo, $20,000 and. as high as $30,000 in Miller's hands. The police department was afflicted with the craze, it is estimated that 150 policemen have risked their money with Miller and were sharing in the alluring profits afforded hy the ever increasing amount of deposits. This is held to ex plain the case with which he got away. An official of the Brooklyn postof ficc Is authority for the statement that fully 125 letter carriers were stockhold ers in Miller's Klondike. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Four Boer cannon were struck during a thunderstorm near Ladysmith a few lays ago. Lord Charles Beresford said that he believed war between Japan and Rus sia is imminent. k The transport Sherman arrived in San Francisco from Manila last Mon day. Eight sick soldiers died cn route. Richard Bailey, while performing with snakes at Allegheny, Pa., last Satur day, was bitten by a rattler and will die. It is reported that Lord Ivcagh has purchused the Muckross estate in Ire land, which includes the lakes of Kil larney. The Boers are accused of using dumdum bullets, shooting upon the wounded and disregarding the flag of truce. A dispatch from Pckin announces that an imperial decree has been issued ap pointing Li Hung Cluing minister of commerce. The United States is believed, to be negotiating with the powers for an in ternational agreement ancnt China and the "open door" policy. John Golbcr, of Pittsburg, was paralyzed from his waist down as a result of being struck by a Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg train. The first through train from Ta-Licn-Wan on the new Chwang Munk ilen railway, China, left on Friday with engineers fur Port Arthur. The Khalifa and his emirs were killed, hi army routed and his camp captured by the British troops after a fierce con flict near Godid in the Soudan. The English people are becoming angered by the French insults of the cpiecn, and it is said English nobility will boycott the Paris exposition. Aguinaldo's mother and oldest son have been captured by the Americans. $A0oo in gold, belonging to the mother was taken and placed in the treasury at Manila. Major General Nelson A. Miles, com manding the United States army, said that the English will win in South Af rica, but at enormous cost in life and treasure.. Three Pittsburg boys, the suns of Mrs. Virginia Essex, have fallen heirs to a fortune of about $50,000, left by their, tincle, M. L. Turner, of Falls Church, D. C, who murdered his wife and then committed suicide. Julia Straney, of Marshall, near Pitts burg, fell beneath the wheels of a Pitts burg, Virginia & Charleston train at Homestead, and was uosiuly fatally injured. WAR IS ANNOUNCED. Entlted Recedes from th P in on that Slit It Punishing Rebels. The Russian newspapers announce that the British charge d affaires has in formed the Russian government that Groat Britain has been in a state of war with the Dutch republics in South Af rica since October. The Svet, comment ing on this, says: "England, in giving this notification, withdraws her declaration that she is not carrying on war, but is merely sub jugating rebels.-' The Novoc Vremya, which attaches far-reaching importance to the British notification, says: "The powers arc now in a position to send not only Red Cross agents, but military agents as well, and they may judge this a fitting time to intervene, especially as t lie Afrikanders are going more and more to the Boer side." PNEUMONIA CURED. Abscesses Removed from a Man's Lungs and His Life Saved. Dr. H. T.. Grosh. city physician of Toledo, O., has performed the first suc cessful operation for pneumonia in the United States, if not in the world. The patient is Frank Tnrley, son of a busi ness man of Toledo. Dr. Grosh has pronounced his patient out of danger after three surgical operations, each time abscesses being removed from va rious portions of the lungs. It was necessary to cut through the ribs to reach the disease, and the patient has gained steadily. Specialists in vari ous States had pronounced the case hopeless. United Stales May Instruct Kruner. The reported determination of the United States to compel President Kruger to allow Consul General Mac rum to exercise his rights as British agent at Pretoria has created an ex cellent impression in London, and has called out various expressions of satis faction and gratitude. The "Pall-Mall Gazette" says: "The United States Government is not going to stand any nonsense from President Kruger. It has the British representative who kept an eye on Hob son's captivity at Santiago, and it was British representatives who did similar services for captured Americans every where in Cuba and the Philippines. More power to Marram's elbow. Clue to the Maine Explosion. United States officials, after months of secret investigation, have discovered that the battleship Maine was blown up by gun cotton torpedoes planted in the bay for the purpose. The gun cot ton was sent from Barcelona to Admiral Manterola, and his records will un doubtedly show the names of his sub ordinates, who had direct control of the explosives, and in that way the iden tity of the authors and executioners of the plot to destroy the Maine may be discovered. A Beautiful Composite Photograph. A composite photograph of the great est Madonnas painted by the old mas ters during 300 years has been made hy Joseph Gray Kitchell, of Indianapolis, after many months' work. The face is maivclously beautiful, combining, as it does, the conceptions of the greatest painting. The first copy has been or dered for the Congressional Library. Vice President Hobart't Funeral. The funeral of the late Garret A. Hobart, vice president of the United States, took place on Saturday at the C'hnrch of the Redeomer, at Pat terson, N. J. The body did not lie in state in the city hall, as was desired hy the city authorities, bnt on Friday afternoon the casket waa opened in the library ot deceased's home, and for throe hours the publla viewed the face of the late vice presi dent. The body Ilea In a handsome casket of oak. Previous to the public exercises on Saturday afternoon a brief service waa held at the Hobart mansion, only for the family, the President and his cab inet and Intimate personal friend. The Interment occurred at Cedar Lawn cemetery. , Autocratic Chinamen, Manlln la threatened by Highbinders according to mall advices from that place. The Chinese Imperial Consul Gen eral has come Into eonlllet with a Chlno In Manila namud Palanco, a mandarin and the uncrowned king of all the Chinese In the Philippines. He la a man of great wealth and Influence among the Chinese, who look to him rather than to the Consul General, and la antagonizing the latter on the ground that he ha no right to exercise any authority over the Chinese, except the Cantonese. The Schley Homt Movement The executive committee to raise funds for the purchase of a residence for Admiral Schley tn Washington, held an Important meeting recently. The organization is being rapidly per fected. Mrs. Fhoebe Hearst, widow of the senator from California, has sub scribed 1200. Application will be made to the government officials for per mission to circulate subscription papers in the departments. Committees In all the states will be named and news papers in various parts of the coun try will be asked to receive contribu tions. Recovered the Gems. . K A battle for life and the possession of $6,000 worth of stolen diamonds oc curred In Plttaburg Friday night be tween a plucky Pittsburg detective and one of the most desperate and accom plished diamond robbers In the coun try. Detective Charles McQovern ar rested James Rollins, alias John Robl son, almoBt Immediately after hs had committed the daring robbery of A. 12. Sledle's Jewelry store at fill , Market street and secured a small fortune In gems. Rapid Telegraphy. Messages were telegraphed from a newspaper office In Chicago to Mil waukee and bank again Thursday at the rate of 122,000 words an hour, This performance was achieved by the Pol-lak-Vlrag automatic telegraph Inven tion, and was the first demonstration of Its capabilities ever made outside of Budapest, Hungary, where thed evict was Invented. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Secretary Long will recommend to congress an Increase of ships for the navy. Eighteen new vessels will be asked for. The president will recommend to congress that Gen. Shafter be retired with the rank of major-general In tan regular army. . enciiEvsHras. A STUBBORN RESISTANCE, Thlrty.Ont Boers Wert Killed and Forty-Eight Wounded Naval Brigade Assist! In tha Assault. Monday afternoon the London war of fice posted the following dispatch, dated Cape Town, front Gen. Forcsticr-YYal-kcr: "Lord Mcthnen reports that he mov ed yesterday (Saturday) at .V.io a. m. corps, the naval brigade, the mounted corps ,tlic naval bridgade and two bat teries, the guards following with the baggage. Near Gras Pan (about 10 miles north of Belmont, on the railway line to Kimherley) 2.500 Boers with six guns and two machine guns, opposed him. The action began at 6 a. m. Our batteries fired shrapnel very accurately till the heights seemed clear. Then the naval brigade and infantry advanced to the assault. The fighting was desperate until 10 a. m., when the heights were carried. The Boers retreated on the line, where the Ninth lancers were plac ed to intercept them. The result was not known at the time of telegraphing. The artillery took immediate advantage of the enemy's retirement. "Farly in the action 500 Boers attack ed our rear guard. The brigade met this and also protected the flanks. The na val brigade acted with the greatest gal lantry and suffered heavily, but no par ticulars arc yet known. "The enemy showed the greatest stub borness and must have suffered greatly. Twenty were buried. It is" known that .11 were killed and 48 wounded. More than 50 horses were found dead in one place. One battery fired 500 rounds. Five thousand British left Esteourt Wednesday nfternoon for a reconnais sance. They surprised the Boers at Willow Grange Thursdny morning and occupied the Boer position, bayoneting eighty of the enemy. At daybreak the Boers opened with quick-firers. The British artillery was unable to reach the Boers, and the British position, therefore, became un tenable and was evacuated. Subse quently the artillery was brought Into action anil the Boers fell back. Their object having been attained the Brit ish returned to Kstcourt. A dispatch to the London Times from Mool river gives the British casualties in the Willow Grange affair as three killed and forty-four wounded. This is the tirst news of such a heavy loss, and If correct, suggests a repeti tion of Gen. White" unfortunate action of October 30. The rietermarltzburg correspondent of the Dally Mail describing the same sortie says: "The British surprised the Boers, carried their position, captured all their equipment and returned to Kstcourt In safety. Gen. Hlldyard was very well satisfied with their work." The London Dally News has the fol lowing from rtetermnrttaburg, under Wednesday's date: "Your correspond ent managed to escape from the Mool river district yesterday before the ar rival of 6,000 Boers, who are looting in all directions. The Natal Boers en couraged by the success of the Trans vaalers, Join In the looting. The main body of the Boers made a rapid march from lllundl, southwest of Kstcourt. to a point near Fort Not tingham, south of the railway. In a single day. They are within 40 miles of rietermaritiiburg at the farthest, and It Is said thut they intend to at tack the town. The sltuntlon In Cape Colony is be coming serious, and It Is believed mar tial law will have to be declared to pre serve peace and order. Transvaal emissaries are swarming In Cape Town and the country districts and drastic measures will soon be necessary. The sympathizers of the Boers are openly denouncing the Eng lish, and a leading Afrikander boldly said: "The ofllctal records can only tell lies." Sir Charles Milner Is rarely seen In public, and the government house ts already under guard. It Is 'currently reported that a member of the Cape parliament has Joined the Boers In the Held. A mysterious message was sent a few days since by Premier Schrelner to President Steyn. of the Orange Free State, with the approval of Sir Charles Milner, but the messenger was stopped by the Boers at Burghersdorp. Callers at the United States embassy In London Wednesday were Informed that the United States was no longer able to forward messages or secure In formation regarding the British prison ers. President Kruger having refused the request to permit Consul Macrum to transmit a list of British prisoners. Though Mr. Macrum apparently still remains the nominal agent of Great Britain, he Is practically deprived of all powers pertaining to the position. It Is understood President Kruger ob jected to Mr. Macrum on the grounds that the United States' claims to neu trality were prejudiced by her evident friendship for Great Britain. All com munications to the British prisoners now go through the ordinary military channels, which render their ultimate delivery doubtful and certainly slow. The British government so far has not taken any steps to ameliorate the pre sent condition ot the prisoners. The secretary of war In London has received the following dispatch through Gen. Forestler-Walker, from Gen. Methucn, dated Belmont, November 23: "Attacked the enemy at daybreak this morning. He was In a strung po sition. Three ridges were carried in succession, the last attack being pre pared for by shrapnel. Infantry be haved splendidly and received support from the naval brigade and artillery. The enemy fought with courage and skill. Had I attacked later 1 should have had far heavier loss. "Our victory was complete. Have taken 40 prisoners. Am burying a good number of the Boers, but the greater part of the enemy's killed and wounded were removed by their com rades. Have captured a large number of horses and cows, and destroyed a large quantity of ammunition. WAR IN THE TRANSVAAL Boers killed up to date number 90; wounded 200. ' The Boers expect to eat their Christ mas dinner In Durban. M. Collet, a London newspaper man la held as a hostage by the Boers. Boers captured 200 head of cattle south ot Kstcourt last Monday. Three of their number wer killed during the venture. Boyeoll a Proper Weapon. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, testi fied before the Industrial commission at Washington that 87 different organi sations were now using the union label, and that It was growing In popularity, He defended the boycott as a legal and proper weapon for the worklngman. He said he waa opposed to cooperative schemes, at experience had proved that laborers secured no greater ad vantage under them than under. ttu wag system. SHOOT WITHOUT UV !E. Negroes From FL Ringgold Flrt Into a Ttxat Town. Reports have reached Laredo, Tex., that there was a pitched battle Wed nesday night at Ft. Ringgold. P.IO Grande City, Tex., between a company of the Ninth United States cavalry (negro) garrisoning the fort, and sev eral hundred citizens who attacked the post shortly after dark. Over 3,000 shots are said to have been fired, but the casualties are not known here. The following explanatory telegram was received from the Judge of Starr county: "Negro soldiers at Ft. Itlng gld deployed In a ravine at south edge of town and fired over 100 shots over and Into the town. Fusillade continu ed at Intervals of one and a half hours. One citizen wounded In his house. Houses all over town penetruted by balls. Women and children fled to woods and ranches. Population ter rorized. I fear the people may decide to avenge themselves for this dastardly act. No cause for It." At the war department It Is stated that the Information received from the department of Texas is that trouble at Fort Hlnggnld Is nothing more thnn a drunken border row, and the belief Is expressed that It hns been exag gerated as to Its proportions. Secretary Hoot received a telegram from Gover nor Snyres stating that everything was quiet In the disturbed region, and that no further trouble was feared. FORTUNE IN THE WRECKS. A Hall Million Already Taken From the Sunk en Spanish Cruisers. The wreckers working on the sunken Spanish armored cruiser Almlrante Oquondn Thursday discovered a chest containing $19,000 in Spnnish gold, which the Cendoya Company, the firm employing the divers, will retain. Work on the cruiser has been In progress for five months, and many thousand dol lars' worth of treasure has been se cured. The safe was found tn thr bot tom, where It fell during the burning of the ship. Only a few days ago the wreckers began on the torpedo boat destroyer Furor. They hnve already found a service of heavy silver plate. Kxperts assert, after Inspecting the destroyer, that she might easily have been raised and repaired. The wrecking operations have proved a source of large returns to the companies, estimated at 1300.000. BODY WAS EXHUMED. Evidence ot Arsenic Poisoning Found In Iht Stomach. Mrs. Jane Fowler, while on a visit to her son-in-law April 15, at Vermont, 111., became suddenly 111 and died In great agony. She was burled at Hush vllle, where her home was. Five days ago the body was exhumed and the stomach sent to Prof. James Gardner, of Peoria, for analysis. He found It contained arsenic In large quantities, and the remains of some penches thnt Mrs. Fowler hnd eaten were also found, saturated with poison. Her son-ln-law. whose wife Is dead, had a lawsuit with Mrs. Fowler over the possession of his child, which has Inherited considerable property, and Mrs. Fowler waa given the custody of the child with the understanding thnt the little girl should be taken to visit her father occasionally. It was during one of these visits that the death oc curred. FOUR KILLED IN A WRECK. Fast Passenger Train Dashes Into a Freight Train. The Baltimore and Ohio's heavy lim ited passenger train, drawn by two locomotives, ran Into the rear end of a freight train near MoCool, Ind.. a small station 60 miles out of Chicago, Thursday. Both the passenger en gines were ditched and their crews were killed. The freight train was al most a total wreck. Its conductor, Mr. Butts, and Rear Brakeman Hamilton are missing, and It Is supposed they are burled under the debris of their caboose. The dead: Henry Bradford, engineer; E. H. Barber, engineer; KInier Oir, fireman; John Stlne. fireman. Men Were Commanded lo Marry. A report received from Governor Leary. of the Isle of Guam, states that he had commanded Immediate wedlock for the whole adult population, and had made the license and civil cere mony free for a certain period. As a resuit the officers In charge of licenses and marriages were worked half to death until nearly everybody on the Island was legally married. There wus a rush to obey the order. Haiert Cause a Student's Death. Martin V. Bergen, son of Councilman Peter V. Bergen of Princeton, N. J., died Wednesday from receiving a haz ing at Lawrenccvlllo last Friday. Ho died of inflammation of tho bowels. Young Bergen was 12 years old and a freshman at Lawrencevllle. Ho was being put through the Initiation when one of the hazers accidentally fell upon him. Over the Falls. A mlddl'-aged, well-dressed man en gaged a huck at Niagara Falls Tuesday afternoon and was driven to Prospect Point, overlooking the falls. Arriving there he loft the carriage, walked de liberately Into the water and passed over the falls. There were several people In the vicinity at the time. There Is no clew to the Identity of the suicide. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Great Britain Is after the aub-marlne boat Holland. Tucson. Ariz., has accepted Andrew Carnegie's gift of U0W for a library. Willie Taacott, who murdered mil lionaire Snell In Chicago ten yeurs ago has this time been loeutud in Van couver. West Lawrence, a Pensacola, Flo., criminal was lynched by a mob last Wednesday. Bullets were tired at the body until It fell to pieces. During the deer hunting season Just ended In the Adlrondacks twenty-three persons were accidentally killed by hunters. The number of deer killed was also larger than usual. There was a terrible battle In Co lombia last week between the rebels and the government. In which 1,000 rebels were killed and 2.000 wounded. The rebel general ltablo Vlllar is among the slain. J. H. Greaves, a member of the Phil adelphia Athletic Club, dived to bis death In the swimming pool at the clubhouse Wednesday. Hu plunged In to the shallow portion of the pool and struck his head upon the stone bot tom. He waa brought to the surface as quickly as possible, but too late to save his life. The Sax and Fox Indiana, on the United States reservations In Iowa arii preparing to go on the warpath. An Indian girl. 17 years of age, married, is being detained In a school house by the Indian agent who says that tha law compels all Indians under 18 years to attend school, The redskins demand br release or war. Ill Nil mWl SURRENDERS. PHILIPPINE CONQUEST. Ztmboango Yieldt to Ctpt. Vsri ol Iht Cat. lint-Ltctl Chiefs Havt Dt. elared Their Loyally. Secretary of the Navy Long, Mon day, received a cablegram from Admir al Watson, informing him that the en tire province of Zaiuhdanga, island ol Mindanao, had surrenderee! uncondi tionally to Commander Very of the Castinc. The surrender was made on the 181I1 inst. Admiral Watson's dis patch follows: "Civile, Nov. if, 1899. "Secretary Navy, Washington. "November K. entire province Zani hoanga surrendered to Very, uncondi tionally. Delivery all guns promised." Numerous local chiefs declared loyal ty. "WATSON." The information contained in Admir al Watson's dispatch was received by the president and his advisers with uncon cealed satisfaction. The surrender of the province of Zamhoranga is regard ed as the beginning of the end of the revolution in the island of Mindanao and, it is believed, will be a hard blow to those who arc still endeavoring to maintain the insurrection in the island of Luzon. Zamhoanga is the principal city of the island of Mindanao, which is the second largest island of the Philippine group. Advices from Admiral Watson indicate that the entire southern half of the is land, which comprises the province of Zanihoanga, has yielded to the Ameri can forces and acceded to the authority of the United States. President Kruger is reported very ill. Dr. McGlynn is very ill at Ncwburg, N. Y. Senor Huencamlno. a former member of the so-called cabinet of Agulnaldo, has been brught to Gen, Otis a pris oner on board the tranxprt Brutus. He had sought refuge lr a village near Sun Fahlan, with Aguinaldo's mother and son. The natives disclosed his Identity to MnJ. Cronln, who captured him. Gen. Young Is still in the mountains on the trail. of Agulnaldo. Bautlsta, president of the Filipino congress, presented himself to lien. MnrArthtir Saturday and formally re nounced nil furtht-r connection with the Insurrection. Ho was one of the Inllu entlal Filipinos who hesitated nt the beginning of the war as to which side on which to cast his lot. He was offer ed a Judgeship of the supreme court, but declined. He now announces that he desires to accept the position, anil says the Filipino congress and cabinet are scattered, never to reassemble. Some t if the members, he adds, have returned to their homos, while others are Hying for safety. Mirny of the con gressmen have resigned, and he be lieves the Filipino soldiers will lay down their arms everywhere as soon as they learn the truth. The wheren bouts of Generals Law ton and Young Is Incoming as myster ious as Aguinaldo's. The belief Is be ginning to grow at Manila that Gen eral Law ton hns struck tho trail of the Insurgent "Government" and Is pursu ing the ministers Into the Blncpiet mountains. It hns been his ambition to capture the Phillpplno lenders, and he and General Young believe that u cavalry brigade, living 011 the country, could run them down to nny part of the Inland. One vague report brought by Spanish prisoners Is that Agulnaldo and others were nearly surrounded by Americans soon after tho Insurgent chief left Tartar, but he escaped through the lines In peasant's clothes. Olllcers ami soldiers arriving at Ca banatunn from General Lawton's force describe the cnmpulgn as one of great hardships. Many men. dropping out sick, were left at various towns without adequate supplies and attendance, some of them making their way back across tho terrible roads. A number of horses wore dying, and many of the soldiers anil even Boine of the officers were marching halfnaked their clothes having boon torn to pieces In getting through the Jungles. Some of them were reduced almost to breech clouts, and hundreds were barefooted, their shoes being worn out, and all were living on any sort of provisions. Bread waa rare, and caraboo moat and bananas wero the staples. General Lawton foresaw that the campaign would Involve such hard ships, but ho considered It the quickest and cheapest way of ending the war. WILL NOT RETURN TO CONGRESS. Gen. Whcoler Hopes Thai United Slates Sov ereignty Be Assorted In the Philippines. Gen. Wheeler will not leave his com mand in the Philippines to return tu congress. In the course of an Interview he spoke as follows: "Congress. If it ocruples tho first day of the session In passing a resolu tion declaring 111 unmistakable terms that the sovereignty of the United States Is to be maintained In the Phi lippines, thus dispelling Aguinaldo's delusion that the anti-Imperialists ran assist him, will be performing a sacred duty. "Such a resolution would save the lives of many American soldiers and of thousands of deluded Filipinos, would avert famine, suffering and de solation from these Islands, and would render unnecessary the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars," SMUCGLER CAUGHT. Had $50,000 Worth ol Pearls on His Person and In His Baggage. Francola Bock, said to be a Jeweler of Providence, R. I., Is In custody In New York, charged with smuggling. Ho was arrested Tuesday on the ar rival of the steamer La Bretagne, on which he waa a passenger. In each of Blx shoes In Bock's baggage, which wero turned In and tied together tn pulrs, were found ut least 10 packages of whole and half pearls, and among his other baggage was found a large parcel containing fully two quarts. On the person of Bock, who waa ex amined twice by the officials, two other parcels were found, each con taining Ave packages similar to those In the shoes. The pearls, It is supposed are worth $50,000. liock was committed to Jail In default of Su.000 ball. Mis alien for a Witch. Andrew Ilelslrger, of Rochester, N. Y Is a believer In witches. Not long ago some boys told him that an old witch was coming to steal bis child and since then Iielslnger has spent much time at home. On Monday Mrs. Mary Frear, aged SO. called at Kel singer'a home thinking that some old friends of hers, who formerly occupied the house, still resided there. Raising er took the aged woman for a witch nnd knocked her down. She waa so seriously Injured that It Is feared that ha can not recover. Hoislnger la un der arrest. THK MARKETS. PITTSBUnO. Crsln, Moor and Feed. WHEAT No. 2 red ... WHEAT No. 1 new CORN No 1 yellow, ear. No. 2 yellow, shelled Mlied er OATH-No. 2 white No. 8 whlta. 4t R 40 87 87 30 SO 85 4'J 88 67 41 88 an st si i 8 60 (IS 18 60 12 69 18 6) 111 60 18 00 8 25 8 60 FLOUR Winter patents Fancy straight winter live - No. 2 flAV-No. 1 timothy 'Inter, Ne. 1 FEIil) No. 1 white mid., ton. Drown middlings Utan. hulk PTItAW-Wbeat Oat BEEIW Fancy Ulna Oruss... Timothy, prime..... 04 25 00 00 00 75 00 00 25 20 1 Dairy Products, fil'TTE It Elgin crnaniory. . . . . Ohio creamery k Fancy country roll CIIF.KHE Ohio, new New York, new Ponltry, Ktn. HKSS-pr pair rllU'KKNK ilresn, Till KKYw;-dressed .'.'. FOGS l's. and Ohio, frh .... Fruits and VegxtubtM. ItFAKP Green V l I I'OTATOFH Kancv White H bu CADKAtlE 100 heads 2 ONIONM por bu 28 26 IV II 14 28 18 13 13 69 11 a CD 12 18 21 6VS 2 04 46 60 00 8 00 80 83 iiai.iimoi:i; Ft.m;n a s s CORN -Mixed OATH EOOH IlL'li LR Ohio creamery PniLADt.LPIHt Fi.otrt t Will: AT -No. 2 red COllN-Na 2 mixed OATH- No. 2 while BVITEIt-Crenmery, extra.... EGGS Pennsylvania lints.... NKVf VOHK, Fl.OtTR rntent t 8 4B 8 8 UK AT No. 2 red 73 CORN No. 2 40 OATH Whits Western 29 80 ItUTTER-Creamerv. ,. 2.1 20 EGGH-Btats and l'enn.., 14 20 1.1 V It STOCK. Central Stock Vsrila, Kast Liberty. P. CATTLE. Trine. lflCOto 1400 His 6 MiQ 5 711 Good, 1200 to 1HO0 ll.s 6 16 6 10 Tidy. 1000 to 1160 Itis. 4 85 6 10 Fair light steers. MM) to 1000 tbi 8 76 4 45 Common, 100 to 900 lts 8 00 8 75 Boos. . Medium 4 211 4 25 Hesvy 4 15 4 20 nought and stags 8 60 8 70 SBKEP. Prime, f5to 105 tts 410 4 20 Good, 86 to 00 U.S.. 8 76 4 Oo Fair, 70 to W) lbs 8 00 8 5ti Common H OU 4 Oil Veal Calves 6 00 7 25 LASUS. Kirltger, extra 4 5 00 springer, good to choice 4 85 4 03 i emmon to lulr 4 61 4 8) Extra yearllugs, HkIiI 4 10 4 2t Good to choice yearllugs. 4 Qt) 4 10 Medium 8 85 4 10 i mnnion 2 60 8 86 TRADE REVIEW. . Large Contracts lor Rails from Japan and South Africa Dcorease In Collon and Wheal Exports. It. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade reports as follows for last week: Monetary anxieties have faded with sales of bonds to the treasury under the recent ofler. the fall in sterling ex change In spite of dearer money abroad and easier hero, and the receipt of about tJr.O.OOO net from the Interior dur ing the week. There Is no trouble In the commercial money market, as there hns been none, and louns on se curities l-:iVo ruled at eaaler rates. While t: o extraordinary volume of business liroughout the country re quires tenter activity of currency than tn ordinary times, there Is no In dication that the volume hns not been ample all the year, and the course of money markets throughout the Interior shows that embarrassment has been due to operations outside Industries and general trude. The Iron Industry shows no yielding In material, but a little advance In bessemer pig at PlttBburg, with large liKlulrles for next year. Prices of rails ure maintained, with one contract re ported of 20,000 tons for Japan, and another ponding for South Africa. A single order for ear axles rovers 33,000 or 8,500 tons. Htructural prices do not yield, annd angles are quoted higher. But works which have nearly or quite tilled their orders are seeking others, with concessions of 12 per ton In eastern plates. Si In steel hoops and sheets and in bars at Pittsburg, while cut nails are quoted $4 lower. Tho general ratio of prices for all finished products Is 8 MimJ ' 82 -88 Si 2.1 v 8 65isf 09 I 88 81 W""1 27 24 on now 2.34 per cent lower than Novem- ber 1, though the average for pig iron. V Is 1 per cent higher. Copper is un changed. Tin has been depressed to 27 Vfe cents by London speculation. Heavy orders In the past are reflect. d by shipments of boots and shoes amounting to 281,272 cases In three weeks, 10.5 per cent more than 1897, and 32.0 more thun In 1894, with other years still smaller. New business is checked by continuing rise In prices, which has reached In some grades 20 cents per pair, with one large contract In grain creole at 22 Mi cents per pair advance. Bales of wool pass all records, hav ing been at the three chief markets 01, (19-1. 203 pounds In three weeks of No vember, whereas October sales In five weeks are but 68,314,989 pounds, and In only one other full month have sales ever reached 60,000.000 pounds. Tho trading Is largely between dealers and gives no Indication of consumption the demand, for goods continues so lurgo us to encourage much buying by mills In spite of the advancing prices. Cotton goods are rising also, and print cloths have been advanced M cent, a proposed sliding scale at Fall River having probably averted a strike, though at other cities higher wages are demanded. Cotton advanced three sixteenths of a cent, the decrease of nearly 600,000 bales tn exports this month being more than balanced by light receipts from plantations. Wheat wearied speculators, with scarcely any change In prices for the week. From Atlantic porta the outgo for three weeks, flour Included, has been only 7,761,181 bushels, against 11,265,153 bushels last year. Paolllo ex ports for the three weeks have been 3, 712.467 bushels, against 8.876,909 bushels lust year. 80 slender a foreign demand in Atlantlo markets, with prices sa low as they have been, tends strongly to prevent a rise In prices, and the ex ports of corn also have some Inlluence, amounting for the three weeks to ll, 769,043 bushels, against 7,!72,033 bushels last year. In spite of the great decrease In cot ton and wheat, esporta of merchandise from New York have been nearly 43. 600,000 larger for the week than last year, when from all ports tha value for ths month was ia.77 5 tha largeal aver known except In December, !
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