KLflRM OVER HIE OF MISS STONE EXACT NEWS WITHHELD. Boston Clergymen Send Out an Ur gent Appeal for tlie Second Half of Ransom. Bad news of Homo sort was received by the State Department Friday, con cerning Miss Stone, the American mis sionary held for ransom. Acting Sec retary Aclee positively refused to give any indlcntlon of what It was, Baying that he did not desire to furnish any niaterlnl for wild speculation ly stat ing hnir truths. The whole truth ne said he could not tell. Hut Mis Stone Is not dead tho Acting Secretary said, and the efforts of the department are all being directed toward saving her life. The publication of what has been done, he declared, had seriously hampered the department. One of the Ideas prevalent at the department among those who had not been permit ted to see the dispatches was that Miss Stone had been taken away from thp place where she was located by Consul General Dickinson. This move, It' It has been made, It Is assumed, was made as soon as Miss Stone's captors learned that the Consul General had been Informed of their hiding place. This Impression was strengthened by a message saying that tho Bulga rian authorities assert positively that the brigands hove pnssed Into Turkish territory. If thnt Is all that has hap pened it Is not very serious. It does not necessarily Indicate thnt she has been taken from where Consul General Dickinson located her. That place Is near where the boundaries of Kouma nla, Turkey and Bulgaria Intersect, and a removal Into Turkish territory might mean a rcmVval of only a few miles. A report from Constantinople says thnt In compliance with a re quest from Washington, the search by Ottoman troops for the abductors of Miss Stone has been abandoned, It being feared thnt the brigands would kill lier should they be closely pur sued. Arrnngemonts are now being made to pay the ransom demanded. CONSUMPTION THE KILLER. Ten Per Cent of the Death Caused by That Disease. Statistics' for 1,190 towns and cit ies in the United States Indicate an annual mortality for the last calen dar year c.f 17.47 per 1,000 of popula tion. The population of these cities and towns aggregate 20.712.fiog. and deaths from ail causes In 1900 num bered 361.779. There were 30.240 deaths from phthsis pulmonalls, 648 from smallpox, 7,007 from enteric fe ver. L'.SM) from measles, 2,237 from scarlet fever. 9,698 from diphtheria And membraneous croup, and 2,531) from whooping cough. North Dakota, with a death rate or 6.95 per 1.000 of population, was the most healthy State In the country. 6PANISH WAR CLAIMS. Uncle Sam Asked to Fay $56,000,000 for Damages. The time limit In which claims may be filed before the Spanish war com mission has expired, and the United States is asked to pay l.lti.OoO.OOo to 'American citizens for damages suf fered by reason of the war. The larg est of these claims is for M.ooo.ooo, presented by the Constancia Sugar Company. W. K. Vanderbllt appears among the clnimanta as the adminis trator for the estate of Fernando Yznaga, asking $10,000 for damages to a sugar plantation. All claims based on the destruction of the Maine value loss of life at 120,000. HUNDRED THOUSAND RAISED. Sum Goes to Pay Debt of Foreign Missions Board. The niMety-second annual meeting of the American Board of Commis sioners for Foreign Missions, at Hart ford. Conn., ended brilliantly from the financial standpoint. Over 500 mem bers of the board and pastors and lay nen pledged the full amount of the Aebt of $102,000 and $3,110 In excess, Judge Orrln H. Ingram, of Eau Claire, Wis., contributed $1,000 for the debt and pledged himself to be one of ten to pay whatever balance may be need ed tor the ransom of Miss Ellen M Stone. BLACK DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC. Dread Disease Ravaging a Mining Vil lage Near Grove City. At Forrestville, Pa., a mining village, black diphtheria has become epidem ic Over a dozen cases have been re ported. All but two are confined to a colony of Italians employed in the mines, the others being a small boy and girl, children of Dr. J. C. Buch anan, a dentist. The public school has closed and a strict quarantine es tablished in order to prevent the dis ease from spreading. Terrorized by Mountain Roughs. ' Mattie, a mountain town in Bedford co nty, Pa Is being, terrorized by a gang of outlaws, who style themselves cowboys, und w ho are reported to have virtually taken possession of that com murity. The gang Is thought to be a remnant ot the Whltefleld band which Infested that section some time ago.. Aged 121 Years. Mrs. Helen George, of Sharon, Pa claims tho distinction of being the old est woman In America. She Is said to be 121 years of age, so stated at a birthday celebration. She Is the moth er of nine children, throe of whom are living. They aro Mrs. Helen Jennings, Mercer county, aged 89 years, William Kmlenton, aged 80 years, and Henry George, of Plumer, aged 74 years. She retains all her faculties, and is in fair health. Volcano Raised the Sea Level. Severe seismic disturbance caused by volcanic activity in the Pacific, raised the level of the ocean near Man agua Monday night. The coast of Nlr a.ragua was flooded-to a'depth of eight feet, and considerable damage was done. CALL IT TREASON. Ex Governor of City In Transvaal Re public Held In London De scribes Lord Mllner. Dr. Krause, the former Governor of Johannesburg, was remanded In tho Extradition Court at London charged with high treason and Incitement to murder. The former charge is In con nection with the surrender of Johan nesburg, when, according to the public presecntor, Dr. Krause obtained from Lord Roberts 24 hours armistice on the plea thnt street, lighting would thereby he obviated, and utilized the period In getting all the Hoor fighters out of town and In sending $900,000 to Pretoria. After Dr. Krause had been pnroled he went to Europe and ap plied to Dr. l.eyds. the agent of the Transvaal, for money on account of these services. The prosecution Intro duced evidence to show that Dr. Krause was In communication with Dr. Cornelius Iloroccksman, the pub lic prosecutor of Johannesburg, who was executed September 30 Inst for treason, and thnt he urged tho neces sity for shooting or otherwise dispos ing of Douglas Foster, an English law yer attached to ,ord Roberts' staff, who was very active against tho Bo ers. The prosecution introduced let ters In which Dr. Krause described Lord Mllner as "An arch scoundrel, an enemy of tho Boer national existence and a willing tool of the jingoes," and advised the burghers to break their oaths and shoot traitors. B. & O. BID $3,000,000. Pittsburg A. Western Railroad Bought by That Company. The Pittsburg and Western Railroad was sold at auction at the Allegheny passenger station of the road Wednes day. There were no bids except thnt of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for 3,000,00, It being gen erally known that the stile was the tlrml step In the formal taking over of the road by tho Baltimore and Ohio, which has been operating it for some time. The road was purchased subject to mortgages of $10,300,000, one of $10, 000,000 to tho Mercantile Trust Com pany, one of $81,000 to T. H. Nevln, trustee, and one of $219,000 to tho Pittsburg, New Castle and Lake Erie hallway Company. WILL BOYCOTT DEALERS. Sale of Workmen's Account to Col lection Agency Causes Trouble. The action of a collecting agency In tying up the entire month's wages ot several hundred railroad employes at Altoona. Pa., has cast a gloom over business. Shopmen blame the trouble on the merchants who sold their ac counts to strangers, and a boycott will be declared which will involve dozens of dealers, mostly grocers and butch ers. The Philadelphia office of the legal department of the railroad com pany Issued Instructions that the cheeks held for debt should not be paid to the collecting agency until the legality of the proceedings Is de termined. This may require months. NONE TO TELL THE TALE. Two Men Blown to Atoms In a Nltro- Glycerine Factory. Harper's nltro-glycerine factory at Ridge Farm, four miles from Oil City, Pa., was blown up Thursday. The cause of the explosion will never be known, as the only persons about the place at the time were Instantly killed. They were Clarence Ward, aged 33, the manufacturer, and his assistant. Frank Gross, aged 25. Ward's body was blown to atoms and Gross was de capitated. Windows were shattered for a radius of two or three miles. M'KINLEY P03TAL CARD. New Issue Will Contain His Medal lion Printed on the Face. Edwin C. Madden, Third Assistant Postmaster General, says that It has been determined by the Postofflce De partment that a design of tho head of the late President McKinlcy Is to be placed on the postal cards which will bii issued under the new contract short ly after December 1 next. Around tho design will be the name "McKlnley," with the dates of bis birth and death. Chosen to Dicker With China. Thaddeus S. Sharretts, United States General Appraiser at the port of New York, has been appointed by Presl dent Roosevelt special commissioner to represent this country In the re vision of the Chinese customs; for the collection of war indemnity of $400. OOO.ooo to be paid to the powers, and to act with Minister Conger in nego tiating a new commercial treaty bo tween the United States and China. Warden Wright Has Resigneed. Edward S. Wright, for almost 33 vears w'arden of tho western Peni tentiary, tendered his resignation lo tho Board of Prison Inspectors on Wednesday. It was accepted by tho board, and Dr. William McC. John ston, of Sewickloy, was chosen as his successor. Government Money Bag Robbed. Assistant United States Treasurer Conrad N. Jordan has reported to Chief Flynn. of the Secret Service Bureau of New York, tbat $5,200 lias been sto len from a package of money shipped by Collector of tho Port Brendel, of Buffalo, to the Sub-Treasury in New York. Price War Called Off. The price war of several years' standing between tho Western Bar Iron Association and the Eastern Bar Iron Association has been adjusted. The two companies have come togeth er and adopted a minimum price of $1.55 per huudred pounds. Consul Norton Accepted. An trade Issued by the Sultan of Tur key gra.nts the exepuateur of Thomas H. Norton, of Cincinnati, as United States Consul at Kbarput, so long with held by the Turkish government. 1 STORMING OF MORRO ISLAND CAPTURED BY COLOMBIANS. Afterwards Fired on British Boat, Put ting a Cannon Ball Through Her at Water Line. A force of Colombia Liberals, num bering at least 2f0, attacked Morro Is land, commanding tho entrance to the Mii't of Tnmaco. Setitemher 24, The Island bad all along been garrisoned with fewer than 100 troops, well sup plied with arms, ammunition and com mlKsaty stores, including more than r0 head of cattle and other provis ions In proportion. The landing was effected before daylight by means of canoes. Simultaneously the Island was stormed from the other end by Liber als on the mainland. Morro Island Is surrounded by shallow sand banks, and the only means of approaching Tumaco Is by the narrow river which Is within easy range of the Island. The British steamer Quito, bound from Guayaquil, Ecuador, for Panama, and ouehlng at ports between, anchored off Morro Island on the night of Sep- ember 2i, and, weighing anchor at daybreak, started up the stream to ward Tumaco. The Liberals fired a Bhot across her bow. Suspecting tho situation she Immediately turned, but rifle shots and one cannon continued to be fired at her. the former striking her several times, and the latter once. ho ball making a hole right through her above the water line, though the damage In other respects was slight. The Quito then steamed to the farthest point the tide would permit, and again anchored. Tho tiring was now re sumed, but It censed after a few min utes, the Liberals having discovered the Imprudence of their action It Is significant that, shortly after the Quito nclilent became known, the BritlBli wa-ship Icarlus loft Panama for a des tination not mane public, but presum ably Tumaco. THE NEW CHINA. Dowager Empress Enjoins Enforce ment of Reforms The Dowager Empress of China has Issued two edicts, one of which estab lishes three new boards and abolishes many mionor offices. The other ad monishes officials to enforce the re forms decreed in recent edicts and says: '"Myself and the Emperor for tho past year have slept on wormwood and eaten gall" a Chinese metaphor for nourishing vengennce. The edict goes on to any that the board of na tional administration, Yung Lu, con troller general of the revenue board, and others urge the court to Inform the whole empire that It Is determined to execute reforms and enjoins offi cials to study and adopt the western methods recommended by Viceroys Liu Kin VI and Chang Chlh Tung. SAMPSON CAN NEVER RECOVER. Condition Has Grown Worse Since His Arrival In Washington. Friends of Rear Admiral -Sampson have come to the conclusion that It will be Impossible for him to appear before the court ot inquiry, and his health is such that his physicians will not permit him to make the at tempt. Instead of Improving since his arrival In Washington, Admiral Sampson has failed, and a medical of ficer of the Navy has announced tha' he will never be a well man again The Admiral Is constantly attended by a naval surgeon, and when not under his eye he is watched by some mem ber of bis family. WOOD FILES COMPLAINT8. Annual Report Contains Protests From Officers In Cuba. The War Department has made pub lic the annual report ot Major Gener al Leonard Wood, commanding the de partment of Cuba. The total number of deaths of officers and enlisted men during the year was 67, a percentage ot 1.26. Yellow fever has now almost been driven from the island, owing to the energetic war upon mosqul toes and the sanitary precautions. Dur ing the summer Ave staff officers were taken ill with yellow fever and three died. Among the headquarters employ es there were 48 victims to yellow fe ver, with 11 deaths. OBJECT TO FOREIGN 8HOPS. Chinese Place Tax on Foreigner Lo cated In Peking. Prince Chlng has written to the Ministers of the Powers requesting a withdrawal from Peking of the foreign business establishments. He Bays that Peking Is not a treaty port, that for eign business houses have been ille gally established there, and that such should be moved to treaty ports Maggio Indicted. Antonio Maggio, the anarchist who was arrested at Silver City, New Mex ico, because of his alleged prediction ot the assassination of President Mc Klnley, was indicted by the Federal grand jury for conspiracy to kilt the President. His ball was fixed at $5,000. Admired Schley 'Retires, The formal order placing Rear Ad mil al Schley on the retired list of tho Navy October 8 was Issued at the Navy Department Monday. Rear Ad Admiral Schley entered the service on September 1, 1856. He has served 18 years at sea, 25 years on shore, and unemployed the remainder of the time. Ho will receive $4,500 a year as re tired pay. Four Trainmen Killed. Four Panhandle trainmen met doath near Onward, 14 miles southeast of Logansport, Ind , Saturday, In a rear end collision of freight trains. The bodies ot throe of the dead were taken out. but badly mutilated, and the fourth was almost entirely consumed by the flames before the wrecking crew could subdue tha fire. JAPAN'S LABOR CONDITIONS. United States Consul Tells of a Very Harsh 8ystem Long Hours With Little Pay. E. C. Bellows, United States Consul nt Yokohama, semis a report on la bor conditions In Jnpon. Mr. Bellows states thnt while wages In thnt conn try are miserably low, good wages can be earned by skilled labor, for which there is widespread demand. From his report It appears that children un der 10 years, and many scarcely 5 or , are extensively employed In facto les. Men are made to work for In juriously excessive long hours. Wo men are made to work for the same periods to which the men are sub jected, and like them also they are obliged to work In the night time. Fourteen, HI and even 18 hours a day are often worked In factories. After calling attention to a table, which shows that In most factories there are over 320 working days In a year. Mr. Bellows' comments severely on the lock of provision for the health and lives of the employes. He says that the Tokyo Tramway Co.. whlcn pnys dividend of 30 to 40 per cent, pnys Its laborers $' to ftl a month, and works them from 14 to 17 hours per day. He adds that In many factories no provision Is made for suitable ven- llatlon. and lung diseases are common. The arrangements are such thnt In case of Are, escape would be practically mposslble. Japan has no laws for the protection of lubor, or restricting the employment of women und children, but the subject Is being considerably discussed, and in the many articles relating to this matter which have ap peared In the local papers lately are trcquent references to the lubor laws of England and America. LATEST NEWS NOTES. President Roosevelt will receive the degree of 1.1. 1). from Yale College October 23. Eastern capitalists bought 8.000 acres of coal lands iu Armstrong coun ty for $400,000. Thee Russian navy extended many courtesies to Americans on the train ing ship Buffalo. The War Department stopped the shipment of Revolutionary war relics from the Allegheny arsenal. General Chaffee has sent the names of the wounded survivors of the Snmar massacre to the War Department. Archbishop Rynn, of Philadelphia, was said to have first claim for curd Inalshlp In case of appointment from Rome, The Pure Oil Co.. of Cornopolis, Pa., Is building a telephone line 87 miles long to Peney Fork, W. a., from Co raopolls. The death of the Ameer of Afghan istan created no disturbances or dis order throughout the possessions of Great Britain. Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, re voked the death warrants of the Blddle brothers, who were sentenced to hang December 12. The United States transport Kll- Patrick, with the Eighteenth Infantry on board, has arrived at San Francis co, 30 days from Manila. R. C. Davis, former bank cashier, was arrested at Washington, lnd., on a charge of embezzling $10,ooo, and gave $25,000 bail at Evansvllle. Thomas Brennan, a private under sentence of life Imprisonment for kill ing a superior officer, escaped from the transport Kllpatrick at Hollo. The mystery surrounding the fate of Lillian LeFay, the aeronaut, was solved by the hinting or her body in the Illinois river near La Salle. The gross postal receipts for Sep tember at 60 ot the largest postofftces were $4,225,752. a net increase of $323, 822, or 8.2 per cent ovbr last year. Seventy-five preachers applied for the vacant pulpit of the Homestead, Pa., Presbyterian church, and many sent photographs and sample sermons. The Almnda Sugar Refining Compa ny, of New York City, has been Incor porated with a capital ot $3,500,000. The company will operate in Mexico. Helen Miller Gould lias given to Vas sar College two scholarships of $10, 000 each. Miss Gould previously pre sented two scholarships to the college. The Mexican Mining Smelting Com pany lias been Incorporated with a capital ot $10,000,000, to operate mines In the State of Uurango, Mexico. Burglars broke Into John I. Bleyth's lewelry store at ramican, Ky picked the safe combination, and secured $7,000 worth ot watches and diamonds. William F. Miller, manager of the de funct Franklin syndicate of Brooklyn, which promised 520 per cent profit per annum, has been granted u new trial. A high British official blamed the optimism of Lord Roberts for the dis satisfaction of the English people witn the conduct of the war in South At ilea. L. De Lobel, ot Paris. Is in Wash Ington to see the President ubout a plan to build a railroad In Alaska, from Englo City to the Bering Sea, at a point near Cape Nome. Charles H. Evans, foreman In the blacksmith shops at East Pittsburg ot the Fuel Gas Co., received notice from Seattle. Wash., stating that an aunt had died and left him $85,000. The number of aliens arriving at New York during the year ended June 30, 1901, was 453.496. Nearly 30,000 of the Increase over the year before was lu the Immigration from Southern Italy. The second trial of former Secreta ry of State Caleb Powers on a charge of complicity in me ijocuei assassin ation was resumed in the Circuit Court at Georgetown, Ky on Wednes day. A heavy framework of girders, sup porting the roof ot one of the buildings at the Mlchlgn Chemical Company's new plant at Bay View, fell, killing Frank C. Bence and seriously injuring three other workmen. 10 ASK THIRTT TWOJEW VESSELS. AT WORK ON PLANS. Secretary Long Will Recommend Re quest for an Appropriation of 960,000,000. Secretary Lung has given an Ink ling of his purnose to ask for many new ships by stntlng that he does not consider the provision of the Inst, na val bill to submit plans for two bat tleships and two armored cruisers of the greatest size and efficiency as plac ing n limit upon him. lie said It Is quite probable tout he will ask author ity to build more than four first-class vessels. He has not fully determined that he will ask for more, but Is Is practically certain that he will. The bureau chiefs, who constitute the board on construction, have proceed ed upon the assumption that Congress will have plenty of money to spend, and thnt It will be disposed to again liike up the work of providing new ships. That work had to be stopped a yenr ago because of the armor plate controversy and tho shipyards had all the work they could do for 12 months to come. A year ago the board recom mended a program for thirty odd ves sels. This Secretary Long cut down to 21. Congress cut It down to a mere direction to have plans prepared for submission to It at the coming session, for two big battleships and two big ar mored cruisers. Six armored vessels were In the program thai, was laid ide because of the Impossibility of .invlng It carried out. It Is understood that the board on construction will recommend to Secretary Long the con struction or four first-rate battleships, four first-rate armored cruisers of about 7.000 tons, which Is but little smaller than the New York, Samp son's ttngshlp during the Spanish war. four protected cruisers of about 8.000 tons, two large transports, a repair ship, a big collier and a dozen small gun bonts for work In shallow water. Such a program. If carried out, would call for the expenditure of about $60, nun, mm, at the lowest estimate. AUSTRALIA LEVIES IRON TARIFF. $300 a Ton Bonus Paid on Pig Iron From Native Ore. The Commonwealth tariff bill. In augurating free trade between the provinces of Australia, will levy a duty of $7.50 on corrugated and galvanized Iron, and 15 per cent on agricultural machinery. Demises of $3 per ton will he paid on pig Iron from Australian ore and $2 from Imported ore, begin ning July 1, 1902. payable to plants producing 100.000 tons and limited to 150,000 tons. Bonus on machinery will be 25 per cent. Steel made from CO per cent homo pig will secure a bonus of $2 a ton. FRANCE NEARINQ BANKRUPTCY. The Government Is Warned That Trea sury Deficit Overthrew Louis XVI. The decrease in the government revenue for the first nine months of. 11101 is 137.000.000 francs, compared with 88.000,0110 francs during the same period cf lHOi). The Temps asks: If we are thus ruined In time of pence, what would Happen ir we ha J war?" 11 reminds the government that a deficit was the Immediate cause or the overthrow 6r the monarchy or Louis XVI. VOTE TO CONSOLIDATE. Evangelical Church Will Combine Ed ucational Institutions. Clergymen representing the Central Pennsylvania conferences of the Unite ed Evangelical Church met at Harris burg on Tuesday and decided to con solidate the Albright Institute and the Myers town and Central Pennsylvania Colleges at Now Herlin. They will decide on a site for the new institu tion later on. BEET 8UGAR AT 8HAWMUT. Western Pennsylvania Capital Inter ested In a New Enterprise. Plans are being drawn for a beet sugar plant, to be erected at Shaw- mut. Pa., at a cost of 1500,000. com pany has been organized by a number of Western Pennsylvania capitalists. headed by Judge Henry Kaul, ot Elk county, and as soon as a report is re ceived from the State College regard ing the saccharine qualities of su gar beets grown at Shawnuit work on the new plant will be startnl. Germans Form an Alliance. ' Twenty-five delegates at Phllade) nhln. Pn.. representing 22 States formed a National German Alliance designed to spread the study of tho Herman language, to liberate the nub ile schools from political Interference, and to navo auopieu a general sys tem of physical education. More Troops for the Philippines. It has been determined at tho War Department to send more troops to the Philippines to take the places of those whose term of enlistment ex pires. Where tho re-enllstmcnts are not large In any one regiment the places will be filled by se pa ray a do. tacnments of recruits. Connecticut Revises Constitution. Connecticut voted Monday in favor of a constitutional convention to bo held In Hartford In June, 1902, at the Capitol. This Is the first time in 87 years that Connecticut has taken ac tion to revise its constitution. England Ready for Trouble. Two field hospitals nave been mob ilised 'at Peshawar, a strategic point on the Afghan frontier of Punjab, In dia, as a precautionary measure in case a force should be assembled for Afghanistan. Bursting of Reservoir. - The new city reservoir at East Liv erpool, O., burst Sunday afternoon, do ing thousands ot dollars worth ot dam age to railroad prpperty and the Mar ker pottery. The rosorvolr was com pletely filled, and contained about 10, uoo.ouu gallona ot water. DEVASTATING THE LAND. Venezuelan 8oldlers Have No Source of Supplies Except to For age Slckneso Spreading. Advices received from Maracalbo.ttn der date of October 10, say the Venez uelan troops are entrenched at vari ous points or the peninsula. A major ity of them are in the vicinity of Mar acelbo. The conditions at the front are Indescribably confused. Tho Ven ezuelan soldiers aro ravaging as If in an enemy"s country. Being practic ally without commlusariut, they are compelled to live on the country, and take possession of everything In Bight. The country Is rapidly becoming de serted, resulting In a luck or food sup plies or any kind and a consequent In crease of hunger, distress and suffer ing among the soldiers, who have no shelter. Sickness Is spreading rapid ly among them, and they have no med ical attention or medicines. The Ctia Jlra Indians are becoming more In censed against the Venezuelans on ac count or the outrages committed by the latter, and have shockingly muti lated over a score of Venezuelans who hnve fallen Into their hands. These advices conclude wlti saying that fight ing there seems Improbable. WANT PONIES FOR RANSOM. White Horse and His Band Have Sto-l-n Farmer's Daughter. Word has been received nt Wichi ta. Kan., from Gray Horse, that a band of half-breeds, led by White Horse, a noted Indian outlaw, has kidnaped Miss Annie Wilson, the daughter of a white furmer. The Indians have sent word to Wilson thnt 3oo ponies must be paid to them by October 15. or they will murder the girl. These Indians are In desperate circumstances of Into because or the government's alleged ra I hi re to pay them their unnual allow ance. The young woman was taken prisoner while returning home rrom Gray Horse alone. She Is 13 yenrs old. bhe was educated In the East aud had been among the Indians but a short time. GAGE MIGHT RETIRE. Pocslble Situation If Roosevelt Re tains Wakcman. There Is Just a possibility that Sec retary Guge will find It convenient to retire from the Cabinet In caso Pres ident Roosevelt determines to retain Wilbur K. Wakemau as appraiser nt ttie port of New York, which Is not at all improbable. Secretary Gage and Assistant Secretary Spauldtng hnve recommended that some new man be selected Tor this office. Cornelius N. llllss, ex-Secretary ot the Interior, has taken up the fight in behair of Mr. Wakeman'8 reappointment, and will lay thu matter before President House velt. BOUNTY ON RUSSIAN SUGAR. Baltimore Judge Upholds the Action of U. S. Collector. Judge Morris, of the United States Circuit Court, at llnltlniore, Md hand ed down an opinion in the Russian sugnr buunty cases, upholding the ac tlon of Collector Stone In levying an extra tariff duty or 70 cents a hundred pounds on sugar Imported to this coun try from Russia by llolrert E. Downs, a commission merchant of Baltimore. MISS STONE REPRIEVED. Brigands Grant a Month Longer for Payment of Ransom. It Is reported from Sofia, capital ot Ilulgarta, that United States Consul Dickenson and an envoy ot the mis sionary society arrived there Sat urday, intending to follow up Miss Stone, the abducted missionary, and to deposit a portion ot the ransom. Tho brigands have extended the time for payment one mouth. MORE KILLINGS IN PROSPECT. Two More Victims of the Chadwell Morgan Feud Die of Wounds. William Morgan and Ross C'nadwell, wounded Sunday night in the factional light at the Union Baptist church, near big Springs, Va.. are dead, making six dend from the feudal encounter. A large party, beaded by Bud Chadwell, Lee Chadwell and Joe Dooley, have left Mlddlesboro with Winchesters to join the Chadwell forces. It is reported that the Chadwells have ordered a wa gon load of arms from Knoxville, Tenn. 8TEEL TRUST NOT LIABLE. Ohio's Attorney General Concludes Constituent Companies Must Pay Tax. Attorney General Sheets, of Ohio, has reached the conclusion that the United States Steel Corporation Is not amenable to the Ohio law which taxes foreign corporations doing business in the State. He has Investigated the matter and finds that the United States Steel Corporation owns a majority of tne stock of several constituent com panies, but does not own any ot the plants in Ohio, and therefore is not subject to the tax. CABLE FLASHES. Fire at linku dostroyed four bore, hole towers and other property nf three naphtha companies the Schlba Jow Company, the Caspian and Black Sea Company and the Kokorew Com pany. It is rumored in Germany that Em peror William has instructed the Kiel Yacht Club to challenge for the Amer ica's cup. A royal decree. Issued In Spain, or ders the payment in gold of all taxes or Interest upon bonds, shares or div idends, and on redemptions by compa nies, who are to pay their shareholders and bondholders In gold. General Smith has sailed from Ma nila wltli a battalion for the relief of the Island of Samar. He will take com mand of Samar and Leyte, so as to en able General Hughes to devote himself to the' island ot Cebu, where trouble is possible. THE MARKETS. i - l-ITTSBl'RO). Grain, flour and 1Vhat No. 9 red 9 84 ' 61 ltve-No. 2 61 (IS reus No. a yellow, ear 85 6H No. J yellow, ahollod 6:1 64 Mixed Mr 6'i 8S Oatpi-No. SI white 41! 411 No. 3 whOo W 40 Funis Winter patent.' 8 28 8 70 Fiilicv Straight Winter 8 70 8 8() Hay-No. 1 timothy IS 00 16 25 floycr No. 1 10 7 11 115 Fukd-No. 1 white mid. ton.... Ill 60 29 00 lirowu middling 18 60 10 60 lirnn. hulk 17 60 17 75 Rtbaw A'hont 8 00 8 25 Out 8 00 8 as l)lrr rriMluot Ilcrnts-Elgin creamery. I 24 S4U unio creamery si Fancy country roll 14 I5 Cnr.iNR Ohio, now 10 lH New York, now 11 11 Poultry, etfl. Huxs per lb $11 12 t'nickKNs dressoil W 14 Eao I'a. mid Ohio, train 20 21 t'rtiltt and Vffgatnbltc. One Jlr.AXH per lilnhol 60 AO 1'irriToim- l-'nu.-y wtiito, V hll. 171 J 00 ('aiiiiaok --per h-irrel 1 25 1 60 Oniosh per barrel X 76 8 00 HALT l.ttftKR, Flour Winter I'utout. . . Wiikat No. 2 roil t'on mixed , Oats F.oiis. berries Ohio creamery. , . 3 61r H 9 .. M!i 8Hf 6'i 61)' 4U 20 23 18 22 I'HILADKt.I'lIt Vl nrn. Wllitop rmt.tnt .. 3 109 3 TS VVt.kki-.V., 4 .-.ul 72 tens No-2 mixed Oath- No. 2 whlto Ul'TTEB- t'renmiiry, extra. . .. Koos- lVlin Ivunlu lint . . . . m:v vukk. t 4i 22 21'i Fiocr -Patent Wheat So. 2 red Cokn No. 2 Oats-No. 2 White liL-iTKR -Creamery toos Statu and l'ennu.. .. 3 603; 3 H .. Hi Iti'i ... G1X 62' .. 41 42 ,.. 21 21X .. IK 20 LIVE STOCK. Cmtrmt Stuck Tardi. Eit USartf, P. CATTLE. Prime heavy, 1600 to lliOO lbs. . . $ 3 70 9 6 00 I hint. KIM) to 140U 5 45 6 63 MoJIum. IM0 to 1-100 II 5 05 S 86 t ut heifers 4 50 A 60 Uutelier. WI0 to 1000 IU. 8 75 4 60 i ouimon lo la r w I m irxen. common io int s ov Common togood fat bulls Acowj 160 3 miicu cow, encn is uu u 1'lft rn iitlL.h nuwa annh . S7 fill hti il noas. 1'riii nieillmn wolghts. 9 0 45 6 lii-m heavy yorkem and medium 6 80 H Uood to i-hoieo put-lton. 6 00 Oood pigs uad light yorkan.,.. 6 80 i IPs, common to good 6 6U u i rinio iieiivy nuici o W w (V C'omniou to fair 4 00 6 OH Koih;u 5 23 6 20 titatp 4 60 6 60 SRKIP. Extra, medium weight wothen.1 3 65(9 8 75 Uood to choice. 3 35 3 50 Uediiui 2 75 8 15 Common to fair 1 00 2 U0 LAUDS. Lambs clipped 2 75 4 85 Lambs, good to choice, clipped 2 60 4 00 utaius, common io uur, cuppea ou a on Spring Lambs 8 OJ 6 10 CALVKS, Venl, extra 9 5 00 at 7 00 W,, ,,,0(1 to choice. S 00 4 00 "" ii-nvv a oo 4 so Veal, common to fair 8 00 4 00 BUSINESS IS eOUYANT. Good Wages Meet the Increased Cost of Living All Mills Running Under Pressure. R. O. Dun & Co.' weekly review of Trade says: Failure of a few over capitalized corporations to pay inter est on their stock is no criterion of the conditions In manufacturing, al though an influence ot some weight In the stock market. Reports from all sections of the country agree that there has seldom. It ever, been such vigorous prosecution ot constructive work. Labor is well employed at good wages, und the buying power of the people Is more than sufficient to meet the ndvnnce In the cost of living of 4.ti per cent over a year ago. Whole sale activity is still the feature at iron furnaces and steel mills. While old orders are filled as rapidly as possible, there Is no Immediate prospect ot catching up with contracts, especial ly as each day brings new business, with deliveries running far Into next year. Idle plants are resuming as rapidly as arrangements can be made. Domestic needs are so urgent In near ly all branches of Industry thnt export ordcru are receiving scant attention. I'lg Iron prdnctlon on October 1 was at the rate of 307.982 tons weekly, an increase of 8,121 tons over the output on September 1, and 14.813 tons more than In October, 1900. Yet furnace stocks steadily decrease, amounting to only 3Cl,r.i3 tons October 1, against Go,531 tons a year ago, and supplies lu consumers' hands are believed to he light. Slightly better relative prices have been established by the leading cereals, wheat making a fair gain, while corn lost a llttlo of Its exception al strength. For the week, flour Includ ed, shipments reached 4,199.328 bush cbi. against 3,5Sii,i:S! bushels a year ago. Movement or corn is lignt, re ceipts nt the Interior amounting to only 2,7ln.22 bushels against 4,627, 20U bushela last year, and 6,1 10,209 bushels in the samj week two years ago. whllo exports rrom the Atlantla coast were but 539,251 bushels, against 2,707.2ti8 bushedlB in 1900, and 3.184. 916 bushels two years ago. Failures tor the week numbered 2:11 In tho Uni ted Stares, against 223 last year, and 34 in Canada, against :!2 laBt year. Monongnhola Lodge U. P. O. Elks, (if Monongahcla City, are displaying an Iniense-pair ot elk's antlers which measure neven feet from tip to tip. They are the sift ol! James J.outltt to ihe lodge. Charles Perry and Henry Ivory, col irod, were hanged Tuesday in the coun ty prison at rnuauoipnia, tor tne mur der of Roy Wilson White, professor o( luw. at the University of Pennsylva nia. Tho Amerlcnn Fire Brick Company have commenced the erection of large brick works at Lock Haven. The cap ital stock la f 125.000.
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