V 1 J Ml LEf.DLR IS HARD PRESSED. NARROW ESCAPE. Gen. Cailfet Elud: Capture But Hit Officer and Fourloen Ml Wer Taken. Troop Ptinulng Him. f- LATEST NEWS NOTES. negroes linve loft for the coiil mines Cnpt, Wilson Chase, with a detach inent of tlit Twenty It rsl Infantry sur prised tin1 en nip of the insurgent gen eral Cullies nt litigot-lHigot, In the province 01 l.tigumi. ('allies Was nt his camp fit the time of the AnierU'iin nttnck. but managed to escape, t'npt. Chase's foree rnptiireil his. nil jut nil t general, five other of hi stuff oftloers, 14 men, 'JO rifle, n large ntnonnt of ammunition nml stores and nil the papers nml porsonnl effects of the Fili pino kenerill. The Insurgent miijor Velo was killed during the etigngc ment. as were Corporal Metllll and I'rlvnte Tlpps of the Twcnt y-ttrst. Several columns of the American troops com lime vigorously to pursue ('allies, who reivntly otTereil n re . ward of $IO.oiH fur the head of Cnpt. hdward X. Jones. Jr., of the Eighth Infnntry. Since the capture of Agnlnalilo, Cnlllos has assumed to take his phice nt the head of the rein-In. He Is vln dlenllve nnd cruel. The society of Mandoducals. whose prnetlce It was to bury nllve Filipino friendly to Americans, has the support of t'ullle., If he is enptured it Ih doiihtful if he cnn cla I in linniuiilty under the term of the nnincMty proeltiinntloii, which expires on May. 1. TRAIN ROBBER BEHEADED. Black Jack Kctchum. the Outlaw Executed In Now Mexico. Thomas K. Ketehuni. nUns "Hluek Jack," the notorloiiH outlaw, who hud terrorized the people of the southwest for 13 yenrs, wns bunged nt Clayton, N. l., Friday, for trnln rohbery. Ills head was severed from the body by the rope ns If by a guillotine. The headless trunk pitched forward toward the spectators, ami ltmd spattered upon v - lirest thr scaffold. Tli took place before l.'io witr "1 stockade built for Jkn Ketchum mount -rwyTTit 1:17 p. in., IiIh face pule, but he showed no fenr. It BL HIIM1II lir IIIH KIIIH II N I 1111 IOIIC n had consented to Hpirltunl attend at ill. iuoi iiiifiiii'iii ixt-n j 1 1 ill ii.li! hi i', uiiru euiti, i ions! my grave very deep," nnd as tin 'it ii whs ii m v n m-er iiiu rnca nn wunur Let her go!" Llfef was pronounced extinct In five minute from the time the body drop I ped through the trap. The result showed that the drop of seven feet with the running noose was too great for so neavy a man as Ketehuni. who weighed about 170 pounds. Sheriff Salome Garcia superintended the exe cm ion and himself sprung the trap. , BEET SUGAR HERE TO STAY. I. Government Agent Tell Hew the Industry It Soreadlno - .' C. R. Baylor of Iowa, the special agent li charge of the beet sugar In vestlgntiVi of the department of ngrl . culture,. Jk .In Washington aiiil bus submitted his Report to Soeretnry Wil son. Hi" says thKjsftnr shows a very active tendenc.. -Jurd the institution of new beet sugar enterprises. Next nutmsui. hssajKys, Michigan will have v factories and Ohla. Indlanii. New York. Colorado, Utah, Joirtli nml North IiHkotn and Illinois f ill Install new fnctorv enterprises. Aiuiklug l." tliroighoiitlWw.I'ulted States now hi contemplation. ' A conservative estlmfle, he say. Is tjwrt there will be 4- i.l't suirar fac Tories in oH?ratlon tlKoiighont the United States by the ml of next autumn. Kverythlng Jldlentes that the industry Is thoroiiculy cstnlillslied 'Jiroughout the country. Cut Peddler Throat. While holding hoi baby In one arm Irs. Lillian Hoddens of I'htcago, 1ii ears olrl fmisisf with Julius Stern, Jawrit7 peddler, and tlnally cut his oat with a riiwir. He died two hours later at the Knglewood Union hospital and Mrs. Hudgens was ar rested. , Family of Fhta Cremated. Near Houston Tex., Job Copping, his wife and three children were burned to death lu a tire Which des troyed their home. In the ruins were .found the bodies of the victims, among them being on Infant which has been born to Mrs. Copping during the Are. A negro luui. been arrested on the fUflrge jfuuvhit started the Bre to (fjt reveijpe on hls'employer for hav- ug uiHcaargeu mm. (.eproey in Baltimore. A young woman trained nurse, un 111 recently engaged at a lending hos pital in Baltimore. Md.. Is a leper. An other woman similarly attllcted has also been discovered there. The health rltles were disturbed, when 'jot was published, and the names Y two lepers are carefully con- One hundred flreenshom, N. V, of West IVrglnla. Some of tne Chinese gentry at l'e kin have presented a large tract of laud to missionaries. In student theatricals at Hiirtn-s-vllle, N. C.. II. W. Mclnttirf was sh i! nnd killed by Itacciis Hnlley. Christians In Algeria lire compelled to feign conversion to Islamlsm to prevent being massacred. The w ill of l"Oy!ey Carte, the l.oti- Ion tlieutrlcal manager, shows nil es tate of nearly l ..". K hi. iertnans. In four eoltttnlis. drove ieu. I. Ill's Chinese army beyond the great wall, Inflicting heavy loss. Contractor McDonald's efforts to in duce l'neito Hlcans to emigrate to I)i uador have been unsuccessful. A brilliant trlph -tniled comet, which Is rapidly approaching the sun. Is vis ible at Cape Town, South Africa. Statistics shows that the gold pro diiction of the Cripple Creek district tCol.l since 1.V.KI Is aver 1isi,ihh,imki. Ailelbert Hay. son of the seen1 lary of suite, bus resigned his post ns I lilted States consul general nt I re- toria. James Douglas Held, known to teleirriinliers ns "the father of the tele graph." died lu New York Sunday aged . Two more oil companies have been chartered III Texas, making lit such corporations with a capital of ?l ll.'lO.IHHI. At Danville. Vn., tire destroyed live business buildings nnd burned busi ness houses with uu nggregnte loss of 111 i7,i H HI. John W. arret tt of I'eunsylvnnla. has been appointed secretary of the I'niteil States legal Ion at The Hague, Holland. A mass meeting was held nt riiilu ilciplila. l'n.. to consider the removal of the state capital from Harrlsburg to that city, Sixtei u fresh cases of bubonic plague were reported Sunday nt Cnpe Town. There have been IH'.l cases nml J17 deaths. Klgliteen miners were killed by mi explosion of tire damp lu the lira ml Hulseon coal mine at Iloruii. Belgium, Seven were Injured. A dispatch from Amsterdam an nounce that Mr. Kroger will leave for the Cniteil States nt the com mencement of June. A special dispatch from Tangier says the French commercial nltiiehe reivntly sold liiii.iMHi -iHos to the Shereetlan government. The safe of the l.udlowvllle. X. Y postoltice was blown open with dy namite and the thieves obtained about (Jim in cash and stumps. Kx-Senntor Thomas II. Carter, of Montana, .ias been elected chairman of the National commission on the St. I.ouls exposition of l'.NKt. The banking house of I.eroy C. Cart ridge of Ovid. X. Y.. has made nil ns sigiimeut. The liabilities nml nssets are not yet made public. An oftlclal report from tirleshelni. (ie.-niany. shows that 17 persons were killed nnd 40 Injured by the tire nnd explosion there last week. William I.ee. n Chicago saloonkeep er, wns attacked by two masked men, who shot Ii 1 in fatally. The men escap ed without getting nny booty. The bank at l'lom-er. W'lllnnis county, o was entered ny burglars. The vault was wrecked by dynamite, ami l.tMin Is snld to be missing. A charter has been issued to the I lid I ii ii Territory oil Company, with u capital stock of IK'hI.i.ikmi. to develop lauds that are believed to rich lu oil. Heir Merck, n Herman millionaire, cruising lu Ills yacht, and Cnro. bis secretary, were killed and eaten by ti 1 1 1 1 1 in I m of the Island of New ltrllaln. lijMin order of the president, First Lieutenant I'rjiuk H. F.dwanls of the Twenty-sixth Infantry Is discharged fnini the service on account of deser tion. tiny. Oilell. of New York, signed the bill pel-milling womcu taxpayers In villages ami towns to vote on propo sitions to spend money for public pur poses? Big Mountain Slope Colliery No. 2. at Shamokln. l'a.. employing :i."il men nml bony, has lseii abandoned by the J'hiladelpliia & Reading Coal V Iron Company. The oltlclal name of the exposition to be held in I'lirthimi. Ore.. In V.Hio Is "The Lewis and Clark Centennial and American 1'acltie Association." The Illinois legislature has passed a bill appropriating fiTiO.iKHi for an Illinois exhibit at the lAiiilsauu I'ui chnse Exposition at St. liuis, The American Hallway association. In session lu ..cv York, has elected A. i. Sullivan, of the Illinois Central, us president, lu succession to L. F. Loree, of Pittsburg. Discovery of petroleum has been mmh' 'JO miles sum Invest of the city of tiuadalajara. Mexico, and a company has been formed to operate oil wells. Joseph tilcmilng of Chicago, 7 years old and a veteran .of the Civil war. committed suicide by 'throwing himself underneath a freight train at Colliiiwoiid. O. CALLAHAN ACQUITTED. ludge Baker Severely Robuket the lury tor Failing to Convl.t In the Cudahy Kidnaping Case. GREAT HAVOC WROUGHT. Dliatfroui Explotlon at Chemical Work In Otrmany Kills and Malmi 200 Per son Many Entombsd. COKE KIM'S USt IMIISE. CENSUS BULLETIN. The Jury In the run- of James Cnlla linn, in cused of robbery as a recipient of the fj.'i.no" paid by Kdwnrd A. Cudahy for the ransom of his kid naped son, brought In a verdict of aciUlttal after being out over twelve hours. When the verdict was rendered Judge Baker said to the Jury: "If Callahan had made bis own choice of a Jury, he could not have selected 12 men who would have serv ed him more faithfully. If the state had mnde the selection 1 know of no men it could have named who could have been less careful of Its Interests. The Jury Is discharged without the compliments of the court, nml the prisoner Is likewise turned .loose ns to this trial. 1 presume to continue the criminal practices In which you Imve fulled to check him. I do not know whnt motive actuated you In reaching this decision, tint I hope none of you will ever appear again In this Jury box." The Jury wns 111 nt ease during this arraignment, but did not make nny response, lu the hallway Callalian mumbled his thanks nnd shook the .'vyiucn's hands. GERMANS TO BLAME. Their Harsh Treatment Ha Caused the Latest Trouble In China. Telegrams from I'ektn say: The In ternational detachment which left Shan ll.il-Kwan to punish Hie 'Box ers" that recently nttacked the Indian troops, met tlie enemy In force killing .ml. Of the international detachment six British, two Japanese and one Frenchman were killed. The enemy fled Into the mountains, but will be closely pursued. The (ieiiiians bnve been ordered back from the I'no-Tlng-Fu expedition Their behavior has caused grout In dlgnallon lu 1'ckln mining the foreign ers ns well. A contractor working for an American ipinrtcrmnstcr wns (in pressed ami wns only released on proof that lie was working for the American. An employe of the British legation mm a similar experience. The Chinese say there Is Intense feeling throughout fho province ngnlnst foreigners, largely Immiuisc of the harsh treatment the Chinese have re reived from the (ioniums. They also assert that the needless expeditious of the Oermans against perfectly timet communities have caused many Chinese, who have lost all. to Join rov ing hands of robbers. One of the most disastrous explo sions on record occurred Thursday af ternoon at the Llectni Chemical works near Orieshelm, tJertnany, where smokeless powder Is luiinul'uetnred. Most of the boilers exploded. The noise was so tremendous that It was heard at great distances, Including Frankfort and Mayenco. The factory Immediately became n mass of tlamcs. nnd a northeast wind carried the sparks to neighboring vil lages, where several houses were also set on lire. Klgliteen cylinders, each ontalnlng about Iimi weight of smoke- ess powder, were In tlte room where the explosion occurred. Troops were Immediately ordered to (irleslielm to prevent the lire spread Ing to tlie large benzine reservoirs nearby. Fire brigades from every place in the neighborhood hurried to tlie scene, but owing to tlie dangerous nature of the disaster and tlie fear of renewal of the explosions the great est difficulty was experienced In stop ping the progress of the flames. Only after five hours strenuous ef fort was tlie conflagration to some ex tent controlled and the danger passed. so us to make II possible to begin the work of extricating the bodies. It Is feared that 2ml persons have been kill ed or injured. l'lie flames spread with frightful speed to the mljiiccut buildings. When a second explosion took place the fumes and masses of burning clienil cals made It Impossible to stay In the vicinity. Tlie Inhabitants of tiresiielm were ordered to leave their villages. which (her did. fleeing to Frankfort Four sheds for dressing the wounds of the Injured have been erected. The catastrophe originated In a small lire which Ignited several reii-plncles of piorlc acid, causing a terrltlc explosion l tie nouses adjoining the factory were partly burned and partly demolished by the explosion. Penniylvanla Froduces Over Halt the Entire Output West Virginia Jump to Second Place Ohio' Showing. LARGE WOOL CLIP. Report Are That It Will Equal the Figure ol Last Year. Tills year's wool clip, according to reports, will be quite as large as last year. Sheep wintered well, and tlie wool is In exceptionally good conill Hon. From 1(1 to ."at per cent, of last year's wool is reported still In hand urowers hope for belter prices, but on account of old stocks are Inclined to sell. The Montana clip Is estitnat en at I'.i.iHKi.tHHi pounds. lu some set Hons ranges are very dry, and scarcity of food Is feared. Open ranges in that stale are becoming so reduced that many flocks are lu the marke: lor sale. 1 ho Wyoming clip will be 1S.lNNi.iNS) pounds: New Mexico estl mated at I.'i.iiikmhni, nnd Colorado 111. (MMi.iHKi pounds, though in tne lust two states little shearing will bo done be fore the latter part of May. Bnver lire on the ground and are bearish. ami growers witn little old stock are inclined to accept present prices. Cuba' Trade Dimlnlshod. A decrease of 22U,OM III the ens toms receipts of Cuba for the mouths of January and February IIHil, as com pared with the same period of 1INNI, is shown lu a statement Issued by the division of Insular Affairs. This Is but another Indication of the remarkable let-down In the trade of Cuba, as si forth In a recent statement of the do paitlileiit. which allowed that Cuba's trade with tlie outside world had do creased over 1,"sm,ihs) lu Imports am1 over JJ.imki.immi In exports for the llrst three quarters of V.mmi compared with the same period of l.snn. The trade with tlie ('lilted States during these periods showed a decrease of about j-t.ooo.iKH) in imports nud s,(hii,immi In exports. Boer Not Don Fighting. tien. Kitchener continues the pro cess of wearing down the Boers, who are active In tlie Krooustadt district where they recently derailed two trains and captured, after a severe light, 2,i men of tlie I'rluce of Willi light horse, whom they stripped of their horses ami accoutrements and then liberated. Col. l'lniner's foree captured laager of 4" men. Including the Trans. vanl staff engineer, Muunlck. who planned the destruction of the Joliuii uesburg mines lu tlie spring of last year, and his fa I her. who was former ly lamlrost at Boksburg. BOATMAN SHOT. William f. Terry, Carpenter en the Keystone SlateJ Killed al Parkenburg-Alleged Slayer In Jail. , The census bulletin, dealing with the niiiiiiil'iicture of coke, shows that dur ing Hie cab ndar year of 1 Still. .'il,i:i7.- K'JU Ions of coal were converted Into 1I.IUH,7!IS tons of coke, valued at :I4.- .l,4l.s, or an average of $1.70 per ton. the average cost of producing which wns till cents ii ton. Tlie by-product wns valued al $IKi2,il27. These llglires do not Include the coke produced as a by-product lu the miinttfucture of gas. The report shows a capital of MH.- (l2.U7!t Invested, but dot Hie capita! stock. Wages amounted to $7.iM-".7:til. The cost of raw materials Was $!!.- tli.i,.:i2 ami idIsccIIiiiiihiiis expenses X-M.M4.PHM. No account is taken In the cost of the coke to the proper chnrg- for selling. Interest on capital or ile- preclutlon of plant. Over two thirds of the coke Is pro duced in Pennsylvania, tlie percentage being 117.4. This Is a fulling off as as compared with lssp. when the Key stone state percentage was i.I.i. In IHSii It was N4.2. I'eiiiisylviinhi's pro duct was $l;l.24.-i,."!l4. viilueil nt $22.-ii:iu.1.-.l for coke ami $24.1.207 for by product. Of salaried officers there were ."is, receiving $isi.i:t:i; wage earners H.'JKt. wages $4,."IU.o:l. Tlie Flat Top district of West Vlr gliila Is the second largest In th mu fry with :!." establishments: capital of ..12.-.":i7: l.Nlll workmen, receiving $44."i.7.N!l; produced 1.I:IS,4!WI tons, val nod at $1.4Vl.r.!iM. The totals for West Virginia are: establishments, ; cupltal. $4.4."i2.."70: workmen. :t.i:tl: wages. $s.mi,oj4: production. 2.2iS,iliH: value. $:i..i2ll.24l. I'he totals for Ohio are: Five estab lishments: capital. $S4.0!Ni; workmen. I: wages. $:t'2.7lo: product. Kl.s.S tons, valued nt $2.".1M!. 'Tit IS UAHKETB. Sidney! Cole, of Pnrkersbitrg. W. Va shot William T. Terry, n carpenter, on the steamer Keystone State, through the heart, killing him Instantly. Cole lives on Hie river bank. The Keystone Stale runic down and started to land near Cole's house, where the water Is seven feet deep. Cole culled three times for the boat not. to land, ns he feared the swell would wash his house away. The boat came on, Cole tired three times, and Terry fell. The Keystone State was tired on several times above Marietta, but no one was hurt. Besides the bull that went through Terry's heart, another splintered the pilot house near where F.dward Mc Laughlin, of rittsburg, was standing. Tlie distance from tlie flooded bouse to the bout was about 40O feet. The bout's crew testified Hint the steamer flouted all the way down from Marietta and when making the landing did not cause a swell. The rittsburg. Cincinnati and Louis ville Transportation Company, which owns the Keystone State. It Is said, will take up the shooting of Terry, nml do nil In Its power to have Sidney Cole, who Is said to have done the shooting, punished. Cnpt. Jiiines A. Henderson, president of the company, will also endeavor to have stopped tlie tiring at passing steamers during times of flood. The murder of Terry Is the result of residents along the river tiring nt passing steamers to prevent them from running fast and Inundating the houses by the swells that result. 'TITTSBf HO. Grain, Flour snd rtttt WsiAt No. f red Bye No. 1 Cons No. 1 yellow, ear No, 9 yellow, nhollnj. MIxkiI ear Oats No. S white No. 8 white Fi.oes Winter patent Fancy Btralglil Winters. . . . HatNo. t timothy ... Clover Wol Ftr.o No. 1 white mid. tou. Drown middling ,. ... limn, hulk Straw Wheut... Out 7Sf ti 60 47 4 n 51 4S 31i 82i 3i. :w . 8 73 8 70 15 50 13 00 IX 60 17 00 IS 00 'a 9 95 a mi it 75 13 2. 1 60 17 80 Is 50 9 50 50 COMPETING WITH UNCLE SAM. lislrf I'rnituott, CtiTTus Elgin creamery VU9 iv uiuo creamery w Fnney Country pill IH 14 Ciikksk Ohio, new 11H VI New York, dew 14 iVi Ponltr, s-te, !tr.s per lb 10'rf 11 ('Hicsr.ss dressed 14 15 Eons l'a. nnd Ohio, fresh H!i 19 Fruit! nnd Vegelbl.(. Ekaxb Navy, per bushel 3 0 1 S" I'oTAToss Fancy white, bu.. 40 4'J Caiisaos per barrel 1 75 2 00 Oslo per bushel 1 10 1 25 ItALTIMORE, Ftous Winter I'ntent Wmhat No. 1 red Cons mixed (iats t.oos lil'TTCB Ulilo creamery $ 8 109 on 1 '4 41;'f 83 t 21 7Hi 4H-, 8.1 14 20 PMlLAUKLPIIIA. From Winter patent Whkat No. 2 red Cons No. 2 mixed Oats No. 2 white llcrrrR f'reiunery, extra.. Kous Feuusylvnuia firsts. . 3 259 49.' t 21 13.' i 9 41 7 50 83 22 14 NEW YORK, FLors rntenU. 3 C5.J) 4 01 MURDERS BY A MANIAC. Two Men Dead and Two are Dying From Gun- Shot Woundi. While Oeorge II. Brillnerd was nt work lu Hie .New F.nglaml Telephone Company's building at Portland. Me., he suddenly drew a revolver and be gan tiring upon the men who were working with lilni. Chief Fleet rlchin I. 11. Fariihum wus instantly killed. James Wndsworth and Klmer l.nue were fatally wounded and F.urle Bux ton died later. Briilllerd is supposed to have been taken suddenly Insane. Iicputy Mar shal Wllliird Frith rushed Into the room and received a slight wound in the side. He disarmed nml arrested Bra I nerd before lie could lire again. Braltienl was chatting cheerfully with Farnliiim a moment oefore he be. gau tiring. Then he turned his revol ver on Wndsworlh ami Buxton, whlh I.ime sought refuge in a closet. Brain erd reloaded his weapon, walked to the closet nml shot I. a ne. ltraliierd start ed down stairs, shout Ing. "Send for the police." MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES. Attempt to Blow up Mine. An ntlempt wns made to blow up the Midlands plaster mine, located a short distance from tJrand ltapids, Mich. A fuse bulling to ."SKI pounds of dynamite so placed that Its ex plosion would wreck the mine wns dis covered by an employee, who des troyed it. Forty men who were em ployed lu the mine getting out sin IT for the l'a ii-American exposition went out on strike and It is thought thai some of them placed tlie fuse and dynamite. Tlie mine is being guarded by a force of deputies. Tale ol Glittering Cold. Passengers Just In from Hawsoti give details of the discovery of a rl second lied rock on the famous F.ldo ratio creek of the Klondike. In the gravel now being hoisted. It Is said, not a bucket of dirt conies to Hie sur face In which nuggets cannot be seen, running all the way from a iptnrter of an Ounce to an ounce In weight. Fans taken from the new pay streak have yielded as high as $.0 In many In stances, and on one day two men took out dirt that cental 1 ,M.-..ooo. Tlie dis covery lias created Intense exclteuiilil all along Fldorado. Company Hantloi Mall In Bulk Cheeper Thin the Govornment. l'ostolllee oftlcluls who have been Investigating the attempt of a messen ger company doing business in n num ber of larger cities of the country to compete with Hie I':ilteil Stales malls. have decided to drop the matter for the present, and await developments, The concern has ofllees In most of the large cities of the Fulled Slates, ami lis operations cover tlie handling of llrst class mall at about one-half the rate charged as regular llrst class postage. It Is said the coucertl con tracts with llrius throughout tlie country to handle mall between the large cities nud deliver It to the per son addressed. By sending this class of mail in bulk it Is able to handle It at a rate which Is said to defy competi tion. The facts were aiihmltte.i to the at torney of Hie department having In charge violations of Hie postal laws, who gives an opinion that the opera tions of the company cannot be Inter fered with so long as it does not oper ate regular delivery routes and make regular collections of mall. The case is attracting widespread at tention ami may bnve the effect of revolutionizing Hie handling of malls. Wiir.AT No. 2 red. .. Cobs No. 2 Wats No. 2 White HiTTsn Creumerv tuo HI ate sad 1'unnn.... 78'-,' ( 01.1-,' siy lu so 14 14,i Soldier Blown to Piece. Wliile nt work In Fort Schuyler. N. Y.. John llalph, a soldier. 2N years old. was blown to pieces by Hie explosion of a three-pound dynamite cartridge which lie held In his hand. Italph was helping a contractor who was blowing some old cannon to pieces preparatory to removing them. mm I. it... I.... i .... ....... Ilnlfia Dlnl nl.uJ ku Cl.. ' "r e"'"'l nun ocicii u i i m mo- Mining Plint Destroyed by Fire. ,..,,, ., .. i,,,,,,,,,,, i. i i.u i,,i The tipple, engine house and boiler I -it-lien fiinitliee ilvimiiilti. f-fiett-lili.w .Y house of Lie Iiorothy coal and uoke plodcd. It is thought this explosion works of tlie Amerieau Steel ami Wire j caused the dynamite which Italph held Company, near I .a I robe, l'a., were to explode also. Hostile Indian Destroy a firezlllin Catholic Mission Many Killed. News lias Just reached here of tin1 complete destruction In Maragnone. Itrav.il of the ltoman Catholic mission established there a few years ago by the Capuchin Fathers by a baud of hostile I li I In lis. The mission, which was organized in I -Mist, was situated In a desolate dis trict, but Hie missionaries had been successful In their efforts to evangelle the natives and had already founded two orphan asylums. It Is known that four of Hie Capuchin I'm hers, all Ital ia ns, from the province of Milan, sev en Capuchin Sisters, and more than luo of their little charges were massacred. Dewey'i Prize Money Case. Arguments have been commenced In equity court nt Washington. H. C in volving prize money claimed by Ad miral Hewoy nml his olllcers and men on i Mint of the battle of Manila. Tlie admiral and his olllcers and men have already been awarded about 2iuhmi I'm- ileslrovlllL' I he Simiilsh Heel. Ion they claim about II.Mi.oiki additional kinsmen Stead Forsee War. London telegrams quote W. V. Stead lu an Interview us follows: "The Boers are calculating upon F.ugluud'a becoming emorolled with liitssla, or upon some other Interna tional complication. If I am not mis taken we are on the verge of a storm across Hie Atlantic that will rudely shutter our peaceful calculations. When tlie Fulled States congress meets Hie Clayton Itulwer treaty will be torn Into shreds ami Hung lu our faces. We shall hare to choose be tween lighting ami eating humble pie. The first serious discussion of the pos sibility of such a war will do more to keep Hie ltocrs lu tlie Held Hum all tlie speeches of all the pro-Boers in existence." destroyed by a lire that Is still raging lu the mine. I he loss will reach yi-iO.-ooo. The tire. It Is believed, originated In the pumping room lu Hie mine, about l.Ml feet from the bottom of Hie shaft. A lamp was probably upset, which exploded n lo-gallon can of oil. About 400 men will lie thrown out of work temporarily, as the plant, it Is announced, will lie rebuilt at once. ntrols Southern Lumber Output. tt. Hitter Lumber Company irTif 'claimed, will control the jof iHiplar lumber and ."iO per I the output of while pine in Hi, has been organized nt W O., with a capital or $1. I The company will control VclWjof -timber laud. 1 Colored Man Comnissloned. 'ipolutmeiit of Benjamin . Washington, 1. C, as koc 'iiut, and his assignment to cavalry, is of particular se he has the (llstlnc- the first colored limn r riseu from the ruuks oued grade, lu his re on he made almost a The only other cifl i the army ure Cnpt. fe of West Point, aud yimisier. formerly i -congress from Miss- Anthony Marcuvlch aud Anthony NchuvnoavlcU were enlomlied In the east gangway at Luke Fldler colliery at Sliiiinokln. l'a., by a full of coal and are ludleved to be (lend, Ten thousand dollars lu gold were taken from the safe of tlie Alaska sa loon at Anaconda. Mont., by two men, who curried the safe outside Hie city limit aud broke It open. They escap ed. Frank Fuller and Thomas Smith, Americans, have been sentenced to six months' Imprisonment for having iitiil.1 fttlso colli I'llels Willi .Til lllilteil In. I borers to work In Culm. Charles M. Hrexel. assistant post master at Tarpon Springs, Flu., has I wen arrested.' lie Is $1,000 short In Ids accounts and Is accused of dyna miting the ottlce safe to cover his guilt. Antonio Trlolla, who killed Mamie Clrotla. aud Italian actress, in New York, has been found guilty of murder in the tlrst degree. The girl was only lit years old and had refused to marry .Trlolla. . ' " ' Disorderly West Point Boy. A court of Inquiry has begun investi gation of the charges of lusubordlua- I Hon against several cadets of the West i I'olnf military academy who a few nights ago yelled at the superinten dent. Col. Mills. They also removed the sunset gun from its position aud dragged it lu Trout of Col. Mills' quar ters, but were prevented from tiring it by sentinels. The cadets became dis gruntled over the action of Col. Mill lu punishing Cadet Italston for failure lu report a breach of discipline In Hie mess ball. The cadets are said to be almost lu u state of Insubordination. Financial Panio In lapan. Over 20 bnnks have suspended pay ment at Osaka and In the southern and ceutray provinces of Japan. The bank of Japan has assisted them, but fur ther troubles Is apprehended. CABLE FLASHES. For Murder and forgery. The New York grand Jury has In dicted Albert T. I'atrlck for the mur der of William Marsh It Ice, the Texas millionaire. I'atrlck, Maurice Meyer and Mavll L. Short were also Indicted for forging the alleged will of I'atrlck. aud auothcr Indictment wus found against I'atrlck for forging checks al leged 1st have been signed by lUoe. Fereel Fire la Michigan. Forest fires are raging at a number of l pper reulusuia points lu ...cul gnn. aud unless there Is ' drenching rain soon great uuuiugtt wui lie Ouuu. Count Arvld Posse, formerly Pre mier of Swedeu, Is dead. He was 81 years old. It Is reported that the Turks havo suffered defeats at the hands of the Arab rebels in Yemen. The czar has sigued n decree expell ing Count Tolstoi from Itussla and the decree has beeu served. It Is reported from Belgrade that the Albanians lu old Servla are com mitting wholesale atrocities. The directors of the mines at Mout- ceaux-les-Mliies, France, the seeue of a prolonged strike, decided that they would 'accept aimosr entirely me lie mantis of the strikers. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach refuses to vleld to Increasing clamor of British taxpayers against the budget. Hrescl, the assassin of King Hum bert. has become mad III consequence of the Ill-treatment of Ills Jailors. A dispatch from Madrid says that the Canary Islands have beeu swept by a cyclone, killing 12 persons and dolug great damage to property. A vloleut dust storm visited Mu min is v. capital of Kiiriuah, aud was fol lowed by terrible ralusloriu. Twelve lives were lost and great. (If st ruction was wrought. for three oilier Spanish Vessels that were sunk by their for the capture of the naval station at Cavlte and other munitions of war. Boxer Resuming War. Bunds of Boxers are committing depredations lu I lie I'ao Ting Fil dis trict. It Is feared that the worst class of Chinese are only awaiting the with drawal of the foreign troops to resume the campaign of extermination against the Christians. They are reinforced by people rendered .desperate by be ing driven from their homes, by hav ing their horses nnd cattle seized by the foreign troops nnd by being com pelled to witness the killing of their without provocation. v I.. LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Ysr.l, K Ml Liberty, Pa. cattle. ' Frime henvy, 1500 to 1600 lbs.... 5 609 5 75 mine, ihuo to l-tuu am o a Medium. 1000 to 100 lbs. 4 C Fat heifers 8 00 batcher. MM) to 1000 lbs. 4 50 4 75 Common to mlr a io Oxen, common to tut 8 00 Common to good tat bulls & cows 2 50 Milch cows, euoh 25 00 Extra uilleli cows, each 23 00 BOOS. Frlme medium weights. 6 20 ltest neavy yorkera nml medium 8 2(1 Good to choice luii'kers. Good pigs and light yorkers.... Figs, common to good Crime neavy hogs Common to fair Boughs Btags nrr,. Extra, medium weight wethers, t 4 63$ Good to choloo. 4 40 Medium 4 00 Common to fair 2 00 LAMBS. Lambs, extra spring ) 5 00 S 9 OD Lambs, good to choice, spring... S -SO S 75 Lambs, common to luir.auriug.. 4 00 5 40 Kpriug Lambs CALVES. Veal, extra Veal, good to choice. Veal, common to fuir Veal, common heavy.;... 8 20 6 10 5 IH 6 10 5 00 4 00 9 00 4 23 4 00 4 00 35 00 50 00 0 23 0 25 6 25 6 13 6 00 a 13 6 50 A 60 4 75 M5 4 60 4 2i 5 60 fi 00 9 00 5 00 5 6 00 , 4 60 5 Oil 8 50 4 Ol) , 2 73 3 00 BUSINESS FLOURISHING. Railroad Earning Exhibit Gain and th Whole Situation I Encouraging. Kheat and Corn Outlook Rood. eoiiiuiniiders and carded Work ol Tenneuee Mob. At Sprluglield, Teiiu., a mob of Km men entered the court house here, took Wyntt Mnllory, a negro, frmn the of llcers. nud hanged him from the near est veranda. A strong rope was drawn taught with the negro's weight and each member of Hie mob II red a shot Into the body. Mnllory fatally wound ed F. 11. Fa liner, u while man, at Adams. Army Fixed at 76,000 Mta. The presldout nnd Secretary Itoot have decided to Increase the regular army to approximately Ttl.OiNi men and to leave it at Hint uiiinber unless con ditions lu tho I'lilllppliies should make more troops necessary. The number of olllcers appointed will la as orlglually coutetiipluted. The act lllery corps will be increased to its full strength of IS.. (MMi men. The companies of cavalry will contain ", Instead of No, enlisted men, aud the Infantry companies will be reduced to bring the tolal to Hie figure agreed upon.. It has not yet been determined what proportion of tlie troops shall be stationed In the I'lilllppliies, although a large force will be needed there for some time. Notices in Chinese have been pla in I'ektn calling on patriotic ( iiiiiamen to report May 1-1 nnd expel all foreigners. Repudiation of Ingorioll. Marcus A. Miller, educator. Inventor and author of several pn.uplilets. who died Tuesday at Binghamptun. N. Y.. made a request during his last hour Hint the works of Col. Itobcrt (1. Iu gersoll be burned at his grave in Floral l'n ik cemetery, Immediately following the committal services, as a declara tion of his repudiation of Iiigorsoll's teachings. Lincoln' Remain Lilted. t'liosieiitailoiisly and without cere mony the remains of Abraham Lincoln nud the other members of his family, which have beeu entombed iu the Na tional Lincoln monument at Sprlug lield, 111., were Wednesday replaced in tlie crypt of the monument. They have since March Ki.I'.nki. when the work of rebuilding the monument at n cost to the state of Illinois of yiiHi.tXHl, was commenced, been reposing M a tem porary stone vault near the ..lonu incut. The remains which now rest lu the tomb lu the monument are those of President and Mrs. Lincoln, their sous. Willie. Thornim (Tad.l ami F.ddtc, and Abraham, sou of their eldest sou, Itob crt T. Lincoln. Soldier Mutiny at Cork. Two hundred of Hie I loyal .Minister fusiliers refused to parade at Carlisle fort. In Cork, Monday, as a mark of their disapproval for being trutiafurred from Spike Island to Carlisle fort. As n prelim I nary measure, tlie officers of this battalion locked up the men's arms and mil tried military headquarters at Spike Island of occurrence. It Is under stood that soldiers from another Initial lou will be seut to Carlisle fort to urlug the Insubordinate fusiliers under von- rol. Married Woman' Right. Married woiueu are not entitled to the money tney earn, their earnings belonging to their liusbauds, according to a declslou uauued down by tho Ap pollute term of the Supreme court lu New York. Justice Leveutrltt holds, with col leagues, that common law entitles the hiisbund to the earnings of the wife and to her services absolutely, aud that she cuuuot bring suit ou her own a coo tint uulesa she cau show that ber enriiluga are received by her, ou ber taxed to supply orders. own" and separate account. It. O. Iniu & Co.'s "Weekly Itovlew of Trade" says: Business continues very brisk for Hie season Iu the face of some drawbacks. Bunk clearances show that while speculation has beeu heuvy there must have beeu a well sustained volume of legitimate busi ness. Ilnllroiid earnings make similar ly encouraging gulus, nud the future Is full of promise, unless there Is some misfortune wltli the crops. Much un favorable coiiuneut bus appeared re garding the advance iu steel mils to X.J.H. Yet tlie change Is only lu keep ing with reoent Increase lu prices ot pig Iron' and billets. It Is reported from rittsburg. Til., that mills are hot crowded by demnud to the extent noticed iu ISIMi, UUl pro ductive capacity tias largely expanded. After a prolonged period or waiting for definite crop news, the cereal mar kets suddenly awoke to unusual ac tivity. Much of the increased trading aud sharp advauce iu prices resulted from clever manipulation by a westeru speculator, who compelled the short contingent to cover May corn con tracts at the highest prices of the season. While there was mi element of strength lu the reports of Ute plant- lug, slow movenieut of the old crop held grented lutlueuce as stocks avail able for delivery were light. Wheat as risen sharply, partly In sympathty with corn, but there was bau news re garding the Ueriuau crop, aud some damage occurred lu the west. Fail ures for the week n umbered Jlo In the lulted States, aguiust 204 last year. ami -0 iu Canada, ugalust ! last year. Bradstreet's says: While adversely affected by unfavorable weather cou tiitions, general trade manifests a strong underlying tone which seeming ly lucks only the advent of better weather to become buoyant. Cold weather has affected planting In some sections, but the probable damage to crops Is not so great as earlier advices appeared to Indicate. The backward spring has worked to the disadvantage of dry goods, but the trade Is looking up somewhat with the promise of I Improved weather coudltiuus. Heavy Clearings qouuuue io reueci a lair speculative movement. The genera, price situation, in one of firmness, most commodities being un changed, though there tire a few In creases noticed, particularly lu coffee, flour, wheat corn, oats, lard and tlu, while butter, cheese, petroleum aud odd sizes of prlut cloths show decllues. Speculation in wheat last week was active, aud the price uioveuieut win upward. Less activity Is noted In dry goods, clothlug and shoes at Chicago, though a fair business Is under way. A stiffening of prices la noted In lum ber with a demand fully up to the supply. From 1'ortland. ure., comes tho report that the logging camps are There la lit- tie alteration In hides. The Jobbing trad In geaeral reiualai good. h '
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