J 7 V MEN TELLS Ml PORTO RICO. DEVELOPING THE RESOURSES. Splendid Field lor Man of Ability Not Afraid to Work Great Chung! Wrought tinder American Rules. After fl eonforoneo with tho presi dent nt Canton, Suliinlny. tlov. Allen of Porto Itleo, speaking of his Million, Rlil: "Tho president will Issue i proiln mn tlmi oillclnlly nnnotiiioliig tile rcSolllllnll adopted ll.V lite lotfl- latum uf I'orto Itleo to tlu world Tilly a. Tills, by the way, Is the an niversary uf I lit) Hint lauding of tin' American troops mi tin- Island uf Irto Rico. After the proclamation In Issued tlnte will lie wlint. amount to free trade between I ho Cnltcd State nnil Porto Woo. "Tho Island Is In n most prosperous condition. Tho i'iipl( nrc uudorstiind 3 UK nnr and nmro the purposes nml way of the Pulled Ntiites govern silent. They are entering ciilhuslustl rally lata tlie plun to develop the re source of the Island. The Island U ieh. Only nliout nnc-foiti-lli of the land hns lieeu nt nil developed. '1 no ystom of luxation under Spanish Mile was mieh Hint only the enlllvnted land wns on the tax list. Now there him been n change." Kverythlng Is moving lu the tight direction. The opposition of the Pod ernl party hns died away nnd nil nre enthusiastically entering Into the sug gestions of thin government to work together. Due of the big prohleiiis ha been to educate the people. Hehools have lieen estuhllslii'd raplmy. Thorp as fc'.OiK) pupils that need In structions. !ov. Allen dwelt nt length on the wonderful resources of I'orto Itleo. Ha ileelared that there Is mi opening there for men of ability who are win ing to work. RETURNED TO MARTIAL LAW. Trial ol Civil Government in Ccbu, Bohol and Balangai Failure. The Civil Commission at Manila nil nouneed Thursday that nfter three months "trial of a provlnelnl form of government In the Islands of Colin nnd llohol and the province of Itutangns, Luzon, control of those districts, ow ing to their Incomplete pacltlcatlou, has been returned to the military, the communities being backward nnd un deserving of civil ndmlnlMtratlon. Tin provincial nnd civil otllclals will con tinue their functions, but are now un der the authority of tieneral Chaffee Instead of that of Civil l Inventor Tuft. The residents of Cebu have protested, but without success. Several towns are nt 111 besieged by the Insurgents. The Insurrection on llohol has Im-cii re newed and Insurgent seiillnieiit In Ha tangnsls so strong the entire Twen tieth tufuntry hug been ordered there. EARL PLEADS GUILTY. Stately Ceremonials ot Medieval Days Are Returrected for Trial. Earl Russell, arraigned nt the bar of the House of Lords Thursday for trial on the charge of bigamy, pleaded guilty. The trial was curried on with ell the quaint middle-ago ceremonies. The arguments against the Jurisdic tion lusted one hour. Hoth the Karl and Countess Russell (Mrs. Somorvillc) through their counsel pleaded they did not know they were doing wrong, but had acted on the best legal advice ob tainable in Nevada. The peers roach ed their decision nfter consideration of the ense lusting 20 minutes. I-'.nrl Russell was sentenced to three months' Imprisonment as a tlrst class mlsde nieauant. JAPANESE CUSTOMS. Valuable Information fjr Thoie Who Intend Traveling in Japan. Information of value to Americans Who Intend to travel In Japan In con veyed to the state department by United Stntes Minister Buck, at To kyo. This consists of a set of the new Japanese schedule relative to the examination of personal baggage by Japanese customs official. The rules permit clothing, articles of Jew elry habitually worn, gold and silver coin and sutllclent tobacco for personal consumption to be brought iuto Japan by travelers free of duty. D. P. Markey Elected. The Supreme Tout, Knights of Mac onbecs. Wednesday elected J). i Markey. of l'ort Huron, commander. A decisive vote on the re-mtlng of old members will be taken. It whs decid ed to reduce the amount taken from the life benefit fund to the general fund from 12 to JO per ceut. This will Increase life benefit funds. 5 rent camps will hereafter receive one-half of 10 per cent. Balloon Exploded. . Purine operations with a military balloon near Sohluossolherg, on ou Islnnd In the Neva, Russia, the balloon exploded and blazed up. Due person was killed and 20 were Injured, sev er! fatally. Cooki Used Ai Guards. Owing to heavy draughts upon the marine barracks In the nnvy yard Xor men to man ships and to wholesale desertions, there aro not men enough left lu the bnrrncks lu New York to do regular guard duty. It has been found necessary to send out cooks, tailors nnd armorers to do guard duty and watch the river front Will Levy Strike Aiteisment. Vice President John P., Ward, of the . Amalgamated Association, announced ' t Youngs town that President Shaffer will levy an assessment on the Atual- gauiated members employed by the Republic Iron and Steel Company and the Independent bar iron plants, 60, '' 000 men altogether, for the support of the strike against the UnMed State Steel Corporation. This will give a fund of nearly $23,000 per month. The . vaocUtlon baa la lu treasury somo j , 1400,000 for the purpose of carrying on SaVflWF!j;ifc.T;-..i u tlx -. (I ftM LATEST NEWS NOTES. Corn noils up to tin cent on contin ued discouraging crop report. Vice President Roosevelt left OO Monday for a western tour. A four nlory building collapsed Thursday nt tlrnnd Kuplds, Mich; loss, ? -Tit l,(M HI. Thirty thousand Kpworth Lenguer nre attending the convention In Han Francisco. lr. Alston Tills, of Hamilton. .. lias I icon elected president ol I he Ohio tniversity. Mrs. Paul Kruger. wife of the presi dent of the Transvaal republic, died Saturday. Minister Wit Ting Pang delivered fl sympathetic address to the Jewish Chautauiiiia. Poison has boon found In the milk furnished the patients lu the county hospital lu Chicago. Trio Kcttadorlan consul general In Valparaiso, A. Arias Sanchez, was as sassinated Thursday. Mrs. l.ydla A. Parson of Morris vllle. who passed her century luarh on July 4. died Saturday. Cornelius Viinderbilt has accepted a commission ns lieutenant lu the Twelfth Regiment, N. . S., N. V. Pulled Slates Consul Ceorge Pick crell. at the Azores Islands, has been appointed I'.rillsh consul there also. Ten thousand persons a I tended the last meeting of the P.pwnrth league convention at Sail Pranclsco Sunday. The Payal Iron mine of iMiluth Is now shipping more Iron nre than nny mine In the world has ever sent out. The Richmond tobacco trade lias started a movement looking to the for mation of a national tobacco associa tion. Two building of the Hamilton Pow der Company's plnnt at Windsor Mills, Canada, were wrecked by nu explosion Tuesday. !ov. mil has selected Miss Mnry Preble Anderson, of Portland, to be sponsor for the battleship .Maine nt the munching. W. L. Wild of Akron, )., wa elect ed president by the senate of the Na tional union, lu sosslou at Saratoga, N. Y. The famous Morro Castle, overlook ing Havana harbor Is to be retained for all time by the United States gov ernment. Manuel Armenia hns been convicted nt Casper. Wyo., of stealing sheep. Ho 1mi beeu tried 1-1 times in three coun ties for larceny. The enrnlngs of the railroads of Ala bama, for the year I'.snl were flM.NilT, 8o3. an Increase of $.'t,02l,Ho3 over the previous year. The Pennsylvania Rnllroad Com pany lias placed an oi-dor for 2.000 box cars, each of Ioo.oih) pounds ca pacity. Jewelry nnd manufactures of gold nnd silver to the value of 22:1.11:1 were imported Into tue Philippines during Usui. . Itrlg. Con. Samuel T. Cushlng, U. S. A. retired, formerly commissary general of subsistence, died at Wash ington Sunday. The Lake Shore road litis appointed a detective to each two curs on its trains between Cleveland and Buffalo to catch ticket brokers. An Australian fortune of $40,000.. ikhi s to be divided atnoiig the heirs of the late Joslah Tyson, residing In licorglu and Alabama. A copy of the first folio edition of Shakespeare, printed 111 11123. was sold In London for ?.s,iim. the record price for copies of this edition. The Hist victim of the bathing sen- son at Atlantic City, who was drown ed Monday, was Albert J. Maloue, 1! years old, of Philadelphia. The (iarduer motor works nt Ntwv Orleans were struck by lightning aud destroyed; loss on building, machinery aud stuck about 150,000. The Thomas O. Plant Co. 1ms boon incorporated In New Jersey with a capital of a,500.iHK) to manufacture nnd deal In binds nnd shoes. The full rigged shin Commodore T. II. Allen, outward bound with 80.000 case of oil for Hong Kong, was burn-, ed off Sandy Hook Thursday. A man who Is believed to be Itlond In, tlu alleged wife murderer of Chelmsford, Mass., Is under arrest at St. Anne lies Monts, Quebec. The oillelal report on the Oklahoma land registration as telegraphed to the Interior department Saturday an nounce a total of lia.UKI registrations. Secretary Long, of the navy, has decided to exclude the third volume of Mr. Maclay's naval history from use ns a textbook nt the Naval Academy. The P.-'lk'funte Co-operative Class Company plant has been pur chased by ii company to be known is the llcjleroute Window (iluss Com puny. tiovernor Stone has vetoed the bills making Carbon county a separate Ju dicial district nnd providing for an ad ditional Orphans' Court lu Allegheny county. "Dr." William Whitehead. Aurora's "divine healer," wiis arrested by Vnlted SttvhM Deputy Marshal Voss of Chicago, toe violating the postal laws. It Is reported that the prescription bottle blowers will secede from the Flint (iluss Men's L'ulou and Join forces with the Ureen liottle Blower' Association. The Manchester Ouardlnn, com menting on the mystery surrounding Mrs. Schalkburger' presence ta Pre toria, suggests that she la then on a peace errand. While defending herself against drunken Indians, at Phoenix, Aria., Mrs. J. Irving eut bullet through the brain of her babe, which waa playing ou the floor. The big maple flooring factory of Thomas Foreman & Co., Petoskey, Mich., wa destroyed by fire Thursday with 0,000.000 feet of lumber and a dwelling bouse, Retalltory legislation may be en acted by congress If the German gov ernment yield to the demand of agrarian and impose increased dutle on farm product. '..'C'ftorWjIVH, vU ,l i .ti ' , : ( t, . ,t Mid IHD BOM BLOWN 10 PIECES. DEATH FOR HIS CARGO. Rlverman Conveylna Nllro-Olycerlns Blown lo Atoms Boat With Deadly Shipment 8lruck Rock 8hoollng Rapids, At 8 o'clock Wediipsdny night a skMiond of liltro-qlyccrllie exploded In mill river nlmut n mile below To ronto, o. The owner of the boat had Just been nshoro. Immediately after he relumed to the boat the explosion occurred, leaving no trace of the bont or man. A number of men In a fish ing enmp close by were badly stunned. The nllro-glycerlne wns en rontp from uprlver point to oil fields below Toron to. The detonntloii wn pin Inly heard 10 or 12 miles dlstnnt. Two hundred nnd forty iiuarts of nltro-glyceiine ex ploded. Many plate glass windows were broken and houses shaken on tlnir foundations over a mile distant. The nllro-glycerlne mini bad lnnded nt the tlsblng cniiip Daisy, nt the head of Ili-owns Island, two miles below Toronto. Mrs. Mont ford Carnnlinn, who was some distance back from the river wns badly Injured by the con cussion'. It is thought the skllT struck ii rock In shooting the rapids. COAL AND COKE REPORT. Over 250.000 Men and Boys Employed, 676 Were Killed. - The nnnnal repoit for the yenr 1!MM) of James K. Roderick, chief of the bureau of mines, the advance sheets of which were made public Wdlnes day, shows In the 10 bituminous coal districts there were mined 70,:U8.:m2 tons of coal. There nre .'10,120 coke ovens In Pennsylvania with a produc tion of 12,1N.-,U2 tons. The number of persons employed at the mines and the coke ovens was 1011,018. They worked ou nu average 210 days lu the year. The number of deaths by acci dent was 2ti.- nnd there were 54 uon fatal accidents. In the eighth anthra cite district there were mined a total of ol,21T.')l.S tons of conl. the miners working an nvernge of 171 dnys dur ing the yenr. There were employed In and about the mines 14.1,.H20 men mid boys. During the yenr 411 per sons were killed aud there were 1,007 tiou-futul uecldelits. MARKET FOR HEALTHY WOMEN. London Bureau to Arrange Marriage Between Heiresses and Tilled European, A cnble f mm London snys: Frnnk S. Wlllard has arrived In London from Now York to establish a bureau for nrranglng marriages bet ween titled l-'.u-ropeans nnd American heiresses. He lug Interviewed, he snld: "You would bo niniized by the number of women In the Putted Stales who would eng orly clinngo their money for social po sition gained by wedding a title. We expect to do business nil over F.urope. but naturally a Itrltlsh title Is the must negotiable. We purpose cilmrglng a percentage ou the Income brought to the husband, nnd have fixed the rate for n title delivered to the wife. TREASURY STATEMENT. Available Cash Balance $173,994,803 Ex clusive of Gold Reserve. The Ktatenleut of the trensury bill nnces In the general fund July 20, ex clusive of $1.-iO,oiiii gold reserve III the division of redemption shows: Avail able cash balance. IT.i.U'.ll.No.i; gold, S!M1.4.".2,!l.-.!l; silver. 2.-..727.."!12; United Slates notes, $l.'l,OIU,122; treasury notes of l.S'HI, $72.."0O; National bunk notes, S.N.V.n.-st; total receipts this yiiir. $.!4'i:til,127: total expenditures this year. S:iN.4IKi.00O deposits In Na tional banks, f 104,1011,035, ADMIRAL BRADFORD'S REPORT. Submits Findings of Minority on the Naval Board of Construction. Admiral Bradford of the naval board of construction hns submitted to (Secretary Long a minority report ou the proposed new battleships. The report favors six aud eight-Inch guns, Instead of a seven-Inch gun lu broad side butteries us recommended by the majority report. Admiral Bradford also argues for the retention of super posed turrets. Free Mall Delivery. Ou the first of July a new depart ure lu the mutter of star route service wn Inaugurated by the second as sistant postmaster general. In ask ing for bids for currying the malls on the star routes for the next four years It wns stlpulnted thnt the con tractor must deliver uuill matter along his route when residents express a de sire for such service and agree to pro vide a proper receptacle for It. Sultan's Opprsssive Edict. Following the graduation of the first Turkish glti nt the Aiiierk-nu girls' col lege, the Turkish government ha is sued an edict prohibiting Turkish children from atteudlng foreign schools, the employment of Christian teacher lu Turkish households or the appearance of Turkish ladles lu pub lic accompanied by Christian women companions. Second Brigade Camp, The encnuipment of the Second -brigade of the National Guard of Penn sylvania will bo held at Somerset this year. The. site selected for the camp lie In a valley a ll.ttle below the High land Inn sanitarium. Measles When 128 Years Old, Noah Raby, 128 years old, Newmar ket, N. J., baa just recovered from an attack of the measles. When the dis ease came upon him, three week ago the county physclan said the old man could not live. He has beeea an In mate of the poor house for 30 year. Resent tks Coltr Uns. Cleveland negroes are angry because the committee In charge of the O. A. R. A SECOND MAFIA INCIDENT. Kalian Government I Investigating Hanging of Tw Men at Irwin, Miss Governor Psrsonslly Looking Up Facts. The Itnllnn government tins taken cognlKnnce of n recent nlTrny nt Irwin, Miss., In which It Is claimed two Itnl lnn were lynched nnd n third serious ly wounded. The fuels bnve been communicated to the Foreign Olllep nt Rome mid the Italian embassy nt Washington has iiinile represcnlntlotis to the state department. At the an me tune the Italian nutliorltles nre pur suing mi Itivi'slluatloii of their own through their Consul at New Orleans nnd their consular agent nt Vlcksbnrg, Miss. Thus far the report received from these otllclals estalillMh two essential points In what I considered a rnther serious condition or nrrnlis. First, It Is reported positively that the Itnllnn were killed by lynching: spcond, thnt the pit-sons killed nre Italian subjects In the full souse, not having taken out iifiturnllzntlou pnpers. There Is every Indication that the fads will consil- tule mi Internal Innnl Incident similar to that with Italy growing out of the Killing of Italians In Louisiana. The department has rendered every assistance possible, nlllmugh this ngnlll has disclosed the dllllcliltles of reiternl notion lu a matter occurring within the Jurisdiction of n slate. The governor of Mississippi, It Is reported. win proceed In person to Irwlli to In vestigate the ma Iter. PREPARING 8CH00L WARRANT. Will Pay One Million Dollar Cut Beforo The Regular Appropriation. The Depnrtment of Public Instruc tion tins commenced to prepnre tlip school warrant for the first tinvmeiit on the million cut made by the tiov ernor a yenr ngo, which the recent legislature restored to the school fund. The law require that the money be paid between June 1 and August nt the rate of J250,ismi per nnnum, but i ne approval or the law enme so Into that the depart meiit lias not hnd time to make the calculations. The money will bo paid nt once, and before the payment of the rcirillnr nniironrbitloii of $ri,roo,ooo annually Is com need, which will not be before September first. Under the rpsloreil minimi ,l,.l. lur school fund net llarrlsburg will re. celve an extra $1,nimi and Dauphhln county entire 4,r.K4.:m. Philadelphia gels :t!t.40:l.r.N; Pittsburg. S10.54tl.8-S; MEXICANS AND NEGROES RIOT. Pitched Battle In New Mexico Results In Killing of Fifteen. A pitched battle nnd wholesale kill ing, between Mexican nnd negroes who are working on the new Rock iniauii extension in jvow .Mexico. HHi lllilofl West nf I l.,p.,fi..l place Monday. The trouble originat ed In the killing of a Mexican by n llCITI'O SOllln U-coka ntr,i l.nat If some 35 or 40 Mexicans nrineil them selves Willi v lhchcstors and went af ter the tlnirpn A linltt.. 4....lr I.. which 15 negroes were killed and gov ern! wounded. EXCITING INCIDENT IN UNALASKA. Cross of St. George Was Torn Down, Then Hoisted and Saluted. Advice from I'nnlnskn stale Mint on the Fourth of July the master of the Itrlltsli nlilti lllinii,f-fi Iw.lut.wl il.n Kugllsh ting lii honor of tho American "".v. reiiorni commissioner Whlnnle wns ottrniriwl n-linti I, is an u.' the brltlsh Hug mid B"ut nn olllcer on noiii-u auti nauied it down. Now of this outrage reached ('apt. Hurry Knox of the t'nlteit Rl 11 ttta mill 1 titii Is Coucord, which wns lu the harbor. lie personally went aboard the lllen ora. hoisted the British Dug, returned to his own vessel and thou llred a satute in honor of the englishman's country. A Human Toboggan. Professor McElfresh made n Ii llmnn toboirirnn of himself nnil allil ilnn-n snow-covered Mount Hood with Bethel itawson, one or a party to ascend the Mount, bound to hi back. The girl hnd siicciiiiiImmI to fntlirnn nml n lll. sard, and the task of carrying her uowu was too great. The perilous descent was made lu safety. Exposition at Turin. The statu department hns received a note from the Italian embassy at Washington enclosing a letter from tne mayor of Turin to President Me Klnloy, expressing the hope that nrt Isis mid manufacturers of the Culled Stntes will take part In the liiteina tloual exposition of modern decorative art to be held In Turlu In 1!ki2 under the pulrounge of the klug of Italy. Stegosaur Found In Colorado. Prof. J. B. Uutcher of tho Carnegie Museum has made one of the great est tluds by discovering remains of thp stegosaur. which has been known to scleuce only lu mime. The skeleton measure 20 feet lu length and shows thnt the entire body was covered with a heavy armor surmounted with vert! cal shield ou the splue. CABLE FLASHES. The Sultan of Turkey has conferred upon Abbu Hllinl, Khedive of Kgypt, the Order of Iftahar. The budget committee of the cham ber of deputies has voted to abolish the French embassy to the Vatican. It Is announced from Copenhagen that King Oscar has decided to ap point a Liberal ministry, tho tlrst dur ing his reign. Letter from M. Helta, Transvaal State Secretary, din -lures that the gov ernment has decided to appeal to President Kruger to take nual ateps to end the war. The" British steamer Forest Brook, from New York for Hamburg, ha put Into Falmouth England for repair. The steamer lost her tall shaft pro peller when 80 mllea west of the Skilly Islands. ms incurs full immi NO COMPROMISE ATTITUDE. Denies That Steel Strike Has Been Settled. President 8hafler's Plan Are Expsctsd To Fores A Settlement. J. P. Morgnn gnvp positive denial hi New York Friday lo the rumor that the steel strike hud been settled. He made this stiitcmciit to the Associated Press: "There Is not n word of truth In It. There hns been tin settlement, nnd there can bo no compromise on such n fiicsllnii. The position of the oper ating companies Is perfectly simple nnd well understood, nml so fnr as I nm concerned has my uhiiinllllod np provnl." Pnlted Stntes Steel share were strong Friday morning at nd viinee of 1 ntid ti points, but on this announcement fell to the lowest of the day. The rest of the stock mnr ket nlso became unset tied. President T. J. Shaeffer. of the Amalgamnted Association when shown -Mr. .Morgan' statement said: "I have nothing to say about that. We have prepared our plans, know what wo bit I to do, nml will go abend ami do It." ANOTHER PLOT AGAINST FRANCE. Conspiracy to Overthrow Republic and Install Prince Louis Emperor. The London Pall Mall (Inr.etto pub lishes a communication from Its Pari corrcspotidwir, giving circum stantial details of nu alleged consulr noy to overthrow the French Republic mid Install Prince l.ouls Napoleon ns Kmperor. The correspondent Is as sured that September 14, upon which date the Czar Intend to promote Prince Louis to a full generalship In the Russian army, hn been selected ns the occasion for a demonstration to support the clnlm of this prince, who Is such a close friend of their Russian ally, by all the elements op posed to the present regime. The name of M. Doronlislo the Mnr o.uls do Lur Salui'cs and M. Marcel Ilabert are mentioned ns the lending spirit of the movement and several high functionaries of the government are alleged to lie assisting the move ment with funds. Victor Napoleon, elder brother of Louis, Is the bond of tho house of Itona parte, but for personal reasons. Prince Louis, who Is mi officer lu the Imperial Russian tluard, Is preferred by ninny Houapartlsts as u c-iiml liln t for the French throne. GROWING PENSION LIST. Mors Than Keeps Pace With Increased Number of Oealhs. Reports have been received by Com missioner Kviiiis of the pension bureau from nil the pension agents of the country, showing the entire pension business transuded for the II seal yenr ending Juno an. ns compared with 11100. The npproprlutloii for the two year was the same, $I44,(NN).imni for each year. Tho ex llture for 1001 was 5i:iS,r31.l!l. ami excess over l'.loo of $iilt,:i.14. During the yenr tin- pen sion roll wns Increased to the extent of 4,.'to5 names, making a total of IM)7,8.'14. The dentils a inong pension ers numbered Hs.082 111 1001, or 2.275 more than In loot). CAUGHT IN A SQUALL. Arthur C. Colburn and Two Daughters Perish In Yacht Disaster. Arthur C. Colburn. owner and daugh ter?, Ida nnd Anuette Colburn, of Philadelphia; ('apt. Fllut, of llrook lyu, N. Y master nnd a sudor, name unknown, were drowned Tuesday by the capsizing of the yawl rigged yacht Vcultzia of Philadelphia, at a point live miles east of Sands Point, near the New York and Connecticut line. Two only of those on board the yacht were rescued. For Three Cont Fares. The new street enr company, which has secured franchises to lay n le.it traction line nt Altoonn has' made a notable change In the ordinance grant ing It the use of a number of streets. It provides for .'1-ceiit faros for work Ingmen between the hours of II and 7 a. in.; 12 and 1 and U nnd 7 p. in. Chicago Tin Plate Plant. Chicago ennitnl Is hnck i,f n nil xt company that promises to be a consld- t-niuiu nicior in uie nn piuie mid tin can business of the comiti-v 'I I... motors have arranged that the com plin ys product snail bo contracted for before Incorporation has taken place. The Chicago Tlu Plate Co. Is the title under which the company will be In I ii- hi lor.-i ti-i I It will litivn cnpllal $1,000,000 preferred stock, und nit icuuiuioei- common stock, Mexican Midway TrajodyJ Ernesto 7.. Zeozaya. 21 yours old, n Mexican of good social sianding. en tered the streets of Mexico on the nurth Midway at the Puu-Americaii I exposition grounds, about -H o'clock Thursday night ami niter ntteiupilng to murder Concessionaire Mctiurvie, he tired a bullet into ma owu heart. Hundreds of Strikes In Italy. The official report of the ministry of the Interior ou recent strikes lu itn'.v states that lu the course of this move ment, which ha lasted about' llnve months tloo strikes have occurred In which 700,000 workers were Involved. At present, there nre still 15o,ooo out on strike In about 40 towns of northern Italy. Epworth Leaguers Will Aid. Kpworth' Leaguers when returning home will be appealed to at Kansas City to furnish enough cuticle for grafting over the burns of two victim of the recent Chicago & Alton railroad wreck at Norton, Mo. It wua announc ed Thursday that the burn of Miss Julia Uaysllp, the daughter of a wealthy Chenoa (111.) farmer, would carry a hideous scar all her life unless new skin be grafted. A similar effort is necessary In the case of Miss Zola Harry, 'of Hoopestown, III. The op eration of grafting must be perform ed within a week. FRENCH MINISTER'S ESCAPE. Mrs. Olgswska Attempted I Shoot Iks French Minister of Publte Works Whlls Driving In Paris. M. nnudln, minister of public works, wn shot nt while driving to a cnblnet mooting at the Flysle pnluco Tuesday by a WDiiinn, who wns accompanied by a lO yenr-old child. She approach ed M. Hamlin's carriage, nml, suddenly drnwliig a revolver, llred nt tho minis ter. Jl, liaudlii wns not lilt nnd pro ceeded to the Dl.vsee palnep. The woman was arrested nnd gnve her iinme ns Olgewskti mid said she lived at Nnulerre. Her husband Is n Pol" nnd was an architect nt Nice un til IMill. Miidame Olgewskn nsserts thnt she had no Intention of hitting SL Itnudln, but that she llred her revolver In the ulr lo draw attention to an nllegod grievance or her husband. Her hus band Is described as Count Olgowskn. a miliiriillzeil Frenchman, holding a government receivership In the neigh borhood of Paris. Ho believes he Is being deprived of money due him by the ministry of foreign affairs. CHINESE DEADLOCK. Alter A Year of Negoia Ion Settlement Is Apparently As Remote As Ever. Russia Thwarts Powers. The report that Russia purposes to annex Nlu-ChwniiB. nltbomrli nnl spoken of In any oillelal dispatches. Is believed to be true. There Is nn llllnallon Hint alio la An. Iliir evervlliliiir iw.usli.l., I II this hnirn. tlatlons to thwart the Pnlted States. Some time ni?o .Innnit mrrnml tit l.ltn $24.0Ki.(ssi as Indemnity for expenses ue in red , , mna n yonr ago. vnen her financial otllcers felt the market thev found tliitv .,, I, I ..,. M.. i.a Chinese lunula nvnnitl a ,lla,.ni.nft of 14 per cent. Then she asked for ...i.it.i , . ...... "iioiiiooai oomis siittieicnt to liiuKe np tho loss. Reports from Mr. Rockhlll show that Russia Is blocking this ob vious tllsllca tfi .lillinn Ml,., n-ltl assent to it unless she Is nlso given Ulldltitllltll hntlds niiwifllltllnr t 1.1 n.,r cent. Neither the Pnlted Stntes nor any other rower will assent to any further allowance to Russia. She WaS II Wll Tiled S!U1 IIIUI lUUI If I. nl.lm. ed her actual expenses were not half mm union, nor allowance is 20,000, ooo greater than the allowance of the Pnlted Slates. (Ireat Hrltalu and Japan -omuiiioil. I tow tri limit n-llli TFitojitn I., 'Ver. fl lirolill.tll tltnt ..nnn.t lu, ...Iviul even at a special meeting of the Cnb- imc.. iiiiismucii ns me LUHud states, flrcitt Ilrltnlti mill I.,,..,., n .... t.A ...... ....... ..a,,. ,,,,,,i aiu iiic i i ii- clpnl importers Into Chluu the burden oi iMt.vuiK i ue iniieiniiiiy win ultimate ly i.-iii on goods rrom these countries. iilC Mlldstlll-a itt till. I..u-,.a o !.. admit thnt the prospects of a conclu sion oi me negotiations is growing darker. The deadlock hns continued ror more than a month. KNOX REFUSES GAGE AN 0PINI0N7- Request Was an Unusual Ons Declsiou of Comptroller is Final. Attorney (ieneral Knox hns refused to render an opinion In regard to the refunding of customs dues collected ou Imports from Puerto Rico nnd declar ed Illegal by the I'nlted Stntes Supreme i our.t. .secretary lingo, In appealing rrom a decision rendered by the romp, troller of the treasury that the duties could be refunded without action by congress, requested tho Attorney tiou- era i ror mi opinion, ills course m milking such a request caused a sensa tion, us It has always been hold that the decisions of the comptroller are tiiiul. AN EGG WORH $17800. Contalnsd In a Collection Purchased by a Wealthy New York Resident. Kx-Honntor John Lewis Child, of liornl Pnrk. L. L. purchased of Miss Joan Roll, of Philadelphia, a collec tion of North American birds' eggs ami nests said to contain at least one specimen of every kind of egg known. Miss Hell has spent 20 years In gath ering this collection. In size they range rrom mat or tlio great auk, which Is valued at $1,800. to that of the smallest humming bird. The col lection cost over 2.-,oo0 In actual cash outlay for eggs. Another Obstacle Before Exporters. In a communication to the state de part men t Consul Warner, nt Leipzig, states It Is reported that the relchs tng will pass a law compelling Ameri can exporters to (iermany to make out Invoices covering the shipments, these Invoices lo be iiillliciillciiied by the Herman consul lu the Pnlted .Stales In whose district the goods were pro duced. Co den Rule Jones Fined. Samuel M. .Tones, the "floldcn Rule Mayor" of Toledo, ).. was lined $5 Vfdncsdny In the police court for con tempt of court. He promptly paid the line. The mayor Interfered at a police court hearing with a remark indicating that the defendant suffered because he was a poor tuun. Plague Ship Barred The Orient liner Orrou. from Syd ney. X. S. W.. for London, which left Colombo Jtnv -'M. arrived off (ilbral tnr with two cnees of tho buboulc plague on board. Admittance to the harbor wn refused and uo proceeded to iv a rd Plymouth. Crop Failure In Siberia. A dispatch from Odessa says that .word 1 11 f to the report of special agents the Siberian crop appear to be uenrly a total failure. In Ih great gralu producing rcglous of Mlnuaainsk and Krasnoyarsk, almost thu entire growth of cereals has perished as a result of the two mouth' drouth. The attention of the men who de veloped the Texas oil field Is now being directed toward Kentucky and several prominent operator are In the district. Including lluffey. Lucaa net MoJlntaa, THE MARKKTC, . PlTTSBtmo. Oraln, flirar and Fit. Wnni No. I red 9 f liyn No. 9 00 1 ConnNo. 9 yellow, ear 69 SO No. I yellow, shelled 7 67M Mixed enr M 6" Oats-No. 9 white 44 45 No, 8 white 4J 48 Fl.oc Winter pntmit 8 70 8 89 Fancy Htndidit Winters 8 M 8 79 Hat No. 1 timothy 14 60 18 00 Clover No. I ; 1(1 25 10 75 Trr.o-No. 1 white mid. ton.... 17 60 18 00 llrowu middling It 75 15 28 llrnn, hulk IS 6' 16 09 Btsaw tVhent 7 50 CO Out 7 60 7 75 Dairy Printout J5t'TTrn F.lglB oreiinmry 91J 8J Ohio rmiuiiery t 19'4 Fancy country roll 15 16 CliKKsr Ohio, new ' 10 New York, now 10 10 i 1'otdtry, aof. Ifsss per Ih 10 t.'HH'RKKs dressed H 14 Euus l'a. nnd Ohio, fresh. 15 li Fruits anil Vog-ntalilst, OnitF.s JIkaks per bushel 9 759 1)0 1'oTATor.s Kniiey white, V liu.. SO 45 ('AnnAim per barrel 1 75 I 05 Onions per biirrel 2 OJ 2 2j IIALTIMOKIC, Flop Winter Poteat $ 8 70'J 8 91 Whkat No. 2 rod 68 BSj Cons mixed 62 t'll Oats HO 86 Koiis 1.1 if It ltUTTEn Ohio cronniery. 20 21 PIIILAIIKLPUf A Fi.ocn Winter pnteut $ 8 8Jf 8 5) W'hkat No. 2 red 74(f 75 Cons No. 9 mixed i 65' , 56 Oats No. 2 white 80 87 V UtTTBii Creamery, extra SO; 21 toon I'eiinsylrnula llrsti. 14 15 NIC W VORK. Frocn Patents. Wheat No. 2 red Cos No. 2 Oats No. 2 While lltiTT Creiiniery .., Kuu State und I'vnna . 8 Cif 9 00 . 87 .15 17 LIVE STOCK. Central Stack Vsnls, Ems Llbtrty, Pt, CATTLK. Trim henvv, 1500 to 1000 IIm.,,1 S 81 5 91 Prime, 1800 to 1J00 lbs 6 65 6 80 Medium, liOO to MOO Urn. 5 80 5 50 Fnt heifers 5 00 5 ii llutcliiT, WIO to 1000 lbs. 4 2J 4 85 Coinmou to tnir 8 75 4 10 Ox "n, common to fnt 8 OD 4 60 Co nmon to good tut bulls A com 9 75 4 35 Unli-li cows, euch 20 00 4H 00 Extra milch cows, each. 87 60 60 OD Boas. rrlme medium weights. 8 6 0) 6 10 liem heavy yorkers nnd medium 0 00 6 05 (lood to choice packers. 6 00 6 10 Oood pigs an. I light yorkon.... 6 95 6 80 1'lgs, common to good 5 0) 0 60 1'riine heavy hogs 6 00 6 05 Common to fair b 25 5 65 Houghs ft oo 5 60 B"IK 4 00 4 60 snEEP. Extra, medium weight wothers. 4 OOf 4 18 Oood to choice. 8 25 8 75 Medium a 60 8 60 Common to fair 1 SO 9 60 LAMD. Lnmhs clipped .". .. 4 95 4 68 Lambs, good to choice, clipped 3 60 4 20 Lamia, common to tuir, dipped 2 60 8 60 Spring Lambs 8 50 5 5t CAI.TE& Veal, extra 5 00 5 75 Vfnl, good to choice. 4 00 6 00 VetU, common to fair 8 50 4 50 vol, common heavy 2 75 8 00 CONDITIONS OF TRADE. Orders for Iron and Steel Remain Months Ahead of the Supply Wheat Prices Tending Upward. It. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weeklv Review of Trade" snys: "Anxiety regarding unfavorable possibilities In the future, rather than nny actual present misfor tune, depressed securities and caused! cancellation of some orders for mer chandise by Western dealers. Retail distribution of goods will not be cur tailed by the laltor controversy unless it I of long duration, as the men have saved money during the recent period of full employment at high wage. Simriurly, In some agricultural dis tricts where there Is fear that corn will be harvested, preceding bumper crop at good price have put farmers iu such prosperous condition thnt their purchases will not fall off materially, while the greatest crop of wheat 011 record hns not brought a. re turn to the low prices of previous heavy yields. Iloyond advancing prices of steel sheets and depressing the market for tin, quotations have not been affected by the strike of the Amalgamated association. I'lg Iron furnaces nre not disturbed, although record-brenlclng production will bring accumulation of stocks If the rolling nuns are Kept Idle Tor any length of time. In tho brunches not directly concerned there Is no chnuge of con ditions, orders frequently running month ahead. Settlement Is coulldent ly expected, and there Is much re lief over the general colhipse of the machinists' strike. In anthracite coal regions work has nlso beeu Interrupt ed, but the recent exceptionally heavy output assures abundant stocks for some time. Calmer counsel prevailed lu the grain markets, exaggerated dis patches were discounted aud variation In quotations were less extensive. Af ter a severe break from the best price lust Friday, wheat steadily advaucod as the feeling became general that for eign requirements would bring a new record of exports, possibly exceeding a.VI,000,(MJ0 bushels. Some of the of the heavy crop may also be used for fodder lu sections where com I deficient. These Intliiences' fully off set the effect o.f Interior receipts for the week of U.7."s),iaj bushels, against 4.332.253 bushel lust yeur. Atlantic export show a large gain over last year' figures, for the week, amount ing to 3.0O2.773 bushels, against 1.841.. 8UI bushel a yeur ago. After some reaction corn recovered mot of the loss a yd holder showed their contl dence lu value by marketing only S. 301,042 bushels, for the week, against 4,410,153 bushels a year ago, although the high price wa distinctly reflected In Atlantic shipments of only 1,170. 032 bushels, against 3,tU,41i bushels In 1900. Failures for the week num bered 193 In the United States, against 831 last ear, and 32 la Canada, against 27 hut year. r
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