M MIlllOS F I F. E PAHRSON IMMENSE HAVOC BY FLAMES. Day cf Conflagration Eleven Deaths In St, Louie Church ' Consumed In Philadelphia. Fires at various points throughout tho rcnintry Sunday brought death to a number of persons and ranted mone tary louses which will nKKrepate ninny millions ot dollnrn. The most seri ous conflagration was thnt ot I'nter son, N. J., which practically wiped out the business section of that city, en tailing a property loss which Is con servatively cstimnted nt Jiit.nim.mm. it was only after ninny hours of hind work that any portion of the city was snved. A statement Issued liy the Mayor declnres that the city will he rebuilt and that, no outside assistance Is needed. Eleven persons wore burned to death and a number of others seriously burned or otherwise Injured In a III" which destroyed the Empire Hotel nt St. I.ouls early Sun day morn Inn. The Hie found all the lodgers sound nHlecn and hud gained midli lent headway to shut off all the avenues of escape except to two or three fortunate persons who were fl rot to own ken. Nearly all who saved themselves did so In their night chilli! s. The Colored Protestant Kpls copal I'hurch of the Crucifixion, to gether with ndJoinlliK parish house, ,it Philadelphia, less, $:M.imo; nnd the two-story bulldliiK of William tiray Vr Hons, stone contractors, were destroy ed; loss, $0,uiin, Klre nlso destroyed the plant of the Sbnilbolt .Manufactur ing Company In Brooklyn. N. Y en tnlllng a loss of fito.noii. At East I'rpperell, Mass.. In answering a tire alarm, the town's only fire engine, to gether with horses and driver, plunged over an embankment Into a cnnal. both horses being lost and the driver unin jured. The Centenary Methodist Church nt Lebanon, Ph.. was burned; loss. $i,0im. The O'Keefe block nt Carnegie, Pa., was destroyed; Ins.. 82",0l(l. George White was burned to denth nt Mallards court, Allentown, I'a i"perty loss, $l,ieiO. Two chil dren of Dr. It. Ilerllnger suffocated dur ing a tire In their home In New York, and Pier G, of the l.ehlph Valley Hail road Company, at New York, together with the schooner Meteor, two tugs and a steam canal boat, were burned Sunday morning. The property dam age reached a quarter of a million of dollars. And the business Hcctlon of Klberton, Ga was destroyed; loss $100,(11)0. Propose! Tax on School Children. J. It. Truxal, school director at Pleasant Unity. Westmoreland county, Pa., has started a movement to tax the pnrent or guardian of every child within the school ago $2 a year. TV Blm Is to compel aliens, at present exempt from school tax. to contribute; to the education of tb'jir children. Ho also proposes a l'iw compelling every bcIioo! dlrectov to pass an ex amination before Vlng allowed to take office. CAPITOL NOTES. V Adinirnl Snmnson's condition w:m somewhat imnroved Fr dnv. Secretary Hoot hns chosnn (lenernl S. M. II. Young, of Pittsburg, to be the first president of tho new war col lege. Lieutenant General Miles has enter ed a protest to tho Secretary of War against the selection of sites for army poBts In tho neighborhood of largo cit ies. The authoritative statement is made at the White House that Gen eral Leonard Wood, governor gen eral of Cuba, will not be nailed to ac count. Attorney General Knox Wednesday gave a preliminary hearing In the ease of Judge Noyes. of the United States Court for the Nome district of Alaska. Governor Taft told tho Senate Com mittee that tho - Philippine war as waged by the insurgents Is a crime against civilization and against their own people. The value of merchandise Imported Into Cuba during the seven months ended July 81. 1901. was $37.!03,2uij, against J39.252.908 for the Bame period of 1900, and $34,054,967 In 1899. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has In troduced a bill increasing from $8 to $12 per month the pensions of Mexican War veterans who have reached tho go ot 70 years and over. The Judiciary commlttoo of the House reported favorably the bill lor a national bureau of criminal identi fication In Washington.- as advocated by the police chiefs of tho country. Representative Newlands. of Ne vada, introduced a Joint resolution Wednesday Inviting the republic! of Cuba to become a Territorv r.n a part of the United States, to ultimately be come the State ot Cuba. The Becond part of the renort of the Industrial Commission renews iha recommendations that promoters anj organizers of Industrial combines should be required to furnish full do tails of organization. The Unlt3d States government U acting with Japan nnd Great Hrltnin In resisting any action by Russia and China In the shope of a Manchurlan .treaty that would threaten the inter ests of the United States. President lloosovelt. upon his arrival at Groton, Mass., Sunday did not tind Theodore, Jr., alarmingly 111 with pneu monia, but tho boy's condition was not utflciently reassuring to warrant the President's Immediate return to Wash ington. E. S. Theall, representing Stayton & Campbell, counsel for Rear Admiral Sampson, called at the White House Friday and tiled with the president a brief In the Schley case. The movement for strong federal re striction of polygamy by means of an amendment to the constitution, has taken form again, and In response to many petitions and letters, the Houso committee on judiciary Friday fixed February 25 (or a bearing on tbe iu'j- CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Oleomargarine Bill. After brief discussion Tuesday tho Senate pnssed tho bill providing for a 2."i per cent. Increase In the salorles of United States Judges. All amend ments were voted down. Including one to Increase the salaries of cabinet ofTlcers from $8.oni to f I2.t)0 a year. During the remainder of the day's session the urgent deficiency appro priation bill was tinder consideration, the Philippine tariff measure being laid aside temporarily. The ll.itinn eritilltim.f1 tlin tllletistdon of the niitl-olcomnrgarliin hill Tues day nnd Is not likely to reftch a vote before Thursday. Mr. Uses, Penn sylvania, spoke In favor of the bill. Mr. f Iroavciior. Ohio, sneaking nsnlnst it, warned the friends of the bill thnt the use of n wholesome food product could not be prevented by legislation. Deficiency Bill. After spending most of the day In a wrangle over the case of Judgo Ar thur II. Noyes, or the Alaskan Dis trict Court, the Senate Wednesday pnssed the urgent deficiency appropri ation bill. In the Senate executive session the discussion of tho noni I tui tion of llcninmln Daniels to be mar shal of Arizona was continued. It was said that the President had tin. gun nil examination for particulars, and hail Instructed Daniels not to en ter on his duties until the charges could be Investigated. There was Rome doubt as to the Identity ot Dan iels witn tiie Wyoming convict. The House Wednesdny agreed that triitinl-nl ili.linln lliiriti tho fl tit l.olooftlA r- giirine bill shall continue till Thins- day atternoon. after which there will be one day of debate under the five. tiiliitiln ruin The leulslntive. itldi- clal nnd executive appropriation hill was reported from commute. It car ries $25.1118.899. or about $.1011,000 be low the estimates. Iii the Item In creasing salaries 2011 such Increases nre on account of rural free delivery. It Is proposed to continue for another year the temporary employes In th? trensitry, war and postollleo depart ments. A general provision Is ma le against paying compensation to pub lie employes who are "Incompetent or Incapacitated." The Sedition Laws. The Senate Thursday was the arena of a four hours' debate on the Philip pines. The sedition laws passed by by the United States government In the Philippines were read. All tho committee amendments, to the Philip pine tariff bill were adopted. Mr. Scott, or West Virginia, spoke In sup port of his resolution for tho appoint ment of u commission of experts to examine the San Bias route ami to re port the cost of constructing an Inter r -ennlo canal by that route. The res olution was referred to the committee on Interoceiinlc canals. The House spent Thursday iu con sideration of the legislative executive and Judicial appropriation bills. The committee on labor reported favorably the bill of Representative llartholdt, of Missouri, to prevent the United States Marine Hand and other army and navy bands from competing with civilian bands or individuals. Pension Money. Th Sennto Friday passed tho pen sion appropriation hill with an umend nient prohibiting tho collection of any lee for aiding In securing tho passago by Congress of any spoclul pension bill. Mr. Pritcbnrd, of North Caro lina, offered an amendment, which was ruled out on a point of order, that a man who had served In tho Confed erate ormy, but subsequently hud served In the Union army should have a pensionable status. The Senate ad journed to Monday. The Houso Friday passed the legis lative, executive and judicial appro priation bill, which carries $25,171, y HI. The only Important amendment added was one to authorize, the pres ident to place all or none ot the 1,250 extra clerks appointed during the war with Spain In the civil service. WAS PLAYING CONJUROR. Herb Doctor Foils Victim to Northern Enlightened Negroes. , Theodore Williams, a nogro herb doctor, nt Charleston. W. Va was at tacked by a mob ef his own race Mon day at Glenn Jean, Fayette county. He was called to his door and the mob promptly began shooting. Williams returned the fire. Willlnms was killed. Tuesday morning Moses Al len was found with a bullet through his stomach and ho died in the after noon. He mndo an ante-mortem state ment that ho happened to be passing the jilaco and was struck by a stray bullet. Williams came to West Vlr- nlnln ronontlv frnm Tonnennnn lie l.n.l nmnncr oil iini'ut 1 1 1 nil a mio-pi-ina a reputation as a conjuror, and this is supposeu to oo ine cause or mo moo s nftacK. GIRL'3 BODY FOUND. San Francisco Murder Mystery Resem blet Famous Durant Case. A mysterious murder resembling, In some of Its features, the noted Dur rani case. Is now puzzling the police, of San Francisco, Cah Tho nudo body of Nora Fuller, 18 years old. who dis appeared from her home January 11, was found lying on a bed In the up. stairs beck room of an unfurnished hcuse, The girl hnd been dead some time. Sho was either strangled or poisoned. John Dennett and C. H Hawkins are believed to be tho aliases of tho man responsible for the girl's death. Tho theory hinges on either a quarrel or discovery. Cirl Goes 10,000 Miles to Wed. Anna Troeller, of Akron, O., has started Tuesday to Sidney, Australia 10.000 mllea, there to meet and marry Joseph McLean, a steamship engineer running between Australlu aud New Zealand, whom sho chanced to meet two years ago on an ocean voyage Old Landmark Burnt Down. Flra of on unknown origin Wodnos .1 ..n.lnU., 4a..,Arl ...l.k 1.- uny imiiiunj upniiujDii, wiiu ua cona tents, the historic New York Central I .. I. . Inman Uplift. ,.i . , . Syracuse, x. , .. - AGREE ON OLD SCALE III H. CONCESSIONS MUTUAL 8ub-Commlttee't Report la Accepted After a Stormy Session Over Each Item. The Joint conference of miners and operators of Pennsylvania, Ohio, In dlnnn and Illinois, at Indianapolis, lnd Friday, agreed upon a acole to prevail during the coming year throughout the bituminous field. The fight wns waged bitterly on both sides, and the session wns probably the stormiest In tho history of the Joint conference assemblies. Tho session whs secret, nil the doors were guard ed and nono hut delegates were ad mitted, jiy a flnnl voto tho miners sc. ccptod the report of the mih-scaln com mittee. The wage acnle of last year, wiiicn ny tno action or the miners will hold for the coming vinr. Is In nnrt as follows: For pick mining, 80 cents a ton In Pittsburg, Hocking Valley nnd Hie bituminous district of Indiana. Ninety eenls a ton for tho block dis trict In Indinna. Fortv-nlno eenls a ton for run of mine In bituminous dis trict of Indiana and Danville, III. rnty seven nnd one-half cents a ton lor Hocking Valley district, Kin v- ono and tlirccfourths cents a ton for Pittsburg district. Tho day wnge scale Is tho same as last year. The ma chine scnle Is the same with tho ex ceptlon Hint Internal differences will tie taken up by both operators and miners for adjustment. When the re port of the committee wns read a fu rore ensued, anil If the vole had been taken nt Hint time the strong strike sentiment existing would have been manifested by an overwhelming vote to reject the report. At least 20 min ers were on their feet nt one time, demanding recognition of the chair, but President Mitchell called them to order nnd said: 'I believe It would bo suicidal for yon nt this time ureelnltatelv to dn that which must Inevitably tie up the mines oi too country and entnll suf fering upon you and hundreds of thousands of other people. If, nrter calmly discussing this report, you de sire to reject It and declaro for a strike, I wish to assure you your na tional officers will stand by your ac tion nnd do all In their power to make your action good. Hut I beseech you to consider wisely before that which you will surely regret In tho future. 1 lielleve It Is best thnt this report as read he adopted. I am honestly and (Irmly of the opinion that it will be for your best Interests to adopt this report that reaffirms last year's scale." Vice President lcwls also urged the adoption of the report as the most pluuslble and rational settlement of a complicated situation. BLIZZARD BEATS RECORD. Trains Fact in Great Snow Drifts Around Corry. All travel was abandoned between Oil City nnd Hrocton. on tho Chautau qua division ot the Pennsylvania Rail road Sunday. 1 lie hii.zard Is the worst In history. All night train No. 3 lay in a hugo drift at Summit, and Sunday morning food was carried to the Imprisoned pnssengers. Two snow plows jumped tho track nt Sher man and the olllclnls gave up hope of moving trains, and decided to run through trains from Hrocton to Ash- tabula via the Lake Shore and forward to New Castlo and Pittsburg. The Dunkirk division of the Erie, also the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pitts burg division of the Lnke Shore were blocked and no trains moving. On the main line of the Erie travel was delayed. AGENT DISAPPEARS. Adam Express Company Loses (3,000 in Mutilated Currency. Frank Fuller, the local agent for the Adams Express Company, left Hud son, O., Friday night, and his absence has given rise to suspicion. The com pany Inspector, C. C. Davidson, of Alli ance, checked up Fuller's books Thurs day and pronounced them all right. yesterday, after being notified of tho agent's sudden disappearance, the same Inspector went over the books again, but found no evidence of wrong doing. Sunday when entrance to tho safe was finally effected. It was dis covered that $3,000 In mutilated cur rency, entrusted to the company for transportation to tho Treasury, at Washington, was missing. Will Number Their Ballots. Dosplte the point raised by two of Pittsburg's attorneys to tho effect thnt under the recent amendment in constitution ballots ore not to do numbered, me t-niiaueipnia County PnmmisRtoiiers will iro fihend with tiw. work of printing a diagonal folding line on eacn uaiioi ana gumming the edge, as nas uoeu tno custom hereto fore. Girl Student Commit Suicide. Belinda Rlordnn. aged 30, of Troy, N. i ., a stuaeni in tno Pennsylvania Academy of Flno Arts, was found dead Tuesday in her boarding houBe In Phil adelphia. Pa. Over the heart were three gashes Inflicted by a palette knife nnd uosmo tno Douy ny a phial of carooiic nciu. Wounded Burglar Dead. Michael Melville, the burglar, who was shot two weeks ago at Duryea, near Wilkesbnrre, Pa., while breaking Into the house ot Isaac Evans, died Friday. Two Killed by Falling Ore. William Hicks and Wesley Murphy wore caught In a fall of frozen Iron ore In tho stock house of the Uollalrc, O., Steel Works. Murphy was Instant ly killed and Hicks so badly crushed that he died. Must Be Vaccinated. The board of health of Oil City, Pa has Issued orders that all school chil dren who have , not been vaccinated must be excluded from the public schools. Hundreds ot children were turned away from the school doors. NEW GUNS FOR SOLDIERS National Guard of Pennsylvania Mn) Be Equipped With Krag Jorgenson Rifles. William F. Richardson, qnartermns ter general of tho Natlonnl Guard o Pennsylvania, on the staff of Mojo: General Charles Miller, and keeper i the State arsenal at llnrrlsburg, wht has been acting for Ilrlgadler Genera Thomas ,1, Stewart, adjutant genera, of Pennsylvania, since the latter met with an accident last April nnd hroki his leg, snld Thursdny: "There will In no regimental or brigade camps It Pennsylvania this year, but a dlvlsior one, I have already visited eight sites and will Interest five more hefort? any cliiilce. Is made. The Nut Ions.' Guard will very likely be eipilppctt with Krag Jorgenson rlflea befor the next camp. This matter tins beer about definitely settled by the Con grcsslonnl committee. In order thnl the troops of the different States ma) all have the same gun. Personally, i prefer the 4"-cnllhcr rifle, and think I' Is the beet gun for National Giinrc purposes." Mr. Richardson would not say thnt the Second brigade board which met In Pittsburg a few week! ago, bad recommended any removal! In the Fourteenth regiment, N. O. P LATEST NEWS NOTES. Sixteen people were nt tacked by ( mad dog at Greenville. Pa. Charles M. Schwab has established a dairy fnrm nenr Lorettn, Pa. The Secretary of War rules that Army men In the Philippines can hold two odlces. Frederick Shultz was hanged nl Sanlt Ste. Marie, Out., for tho miirdel of Mrs. Craig. The Vendome Hotel at Mlnneapo lis, Mltt.1., valued nt $200,i)()o, was dn stroyed by fire Friday. John Dorsen wss killed nnd his wlfo seriously Injured by an explosion ol natural gas at Lafayette, Inil. Rumor says the Venezuela revolu tlonnry cruiser Llbertador was sunk by n government steamer Monday. The University npnrtment huildin In Chicago was burned out, but nil tbf many tenants escaped; loss, $1110,000, lfnll Ross, who killed Bcldon Shant In a street duel nt Huntington. W Vn was acquitted Friday at Charles ton. The Executive Committee of tho Justice" party has called a National convention to meet In Washington on April 19. D. R. O'Connell and Alphonso Flar leta were killed by nn explosion ol powder nt the Jopnn mine tunnel Tellurlde, Col. Chicago physicians grafted 21f square Inches of skin on the body ol Marian Weaver, nged 0, who wus in jured by burns. The pope wns present nt a mnss In Rome. Frldny, In the Slstinn chapel, and pronounced the absolution In a clear, strong voice. Tho West Virginia conl field again becomes the stumbling block In the way to settlement between tho opera tors and tho mlno workers. President Pltcnlrn, of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, asserted that 8 per cent, of tho annual production Is sold absolutely without profit. Charles Stewart, of Pittsburg, was elected second vice president of thf .Merchant Tnllors' National Exchange at tho meeting In Norfolk, Va. Tho Illness of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.. has changed the plana of tho pres Ident for his trip to Charleston. The trip may have to be abandoned. Sixteen persons, Including Ave young women and six girls, were bap tlzed In the river, at Rochester, Pa., by cutting a hoio In the Ice, Sunday General Oliver O. Howard says that ot the 27 commanders of Union armies during tho Civil war only two survive, General Schofleld and him self. Tho postofllce department has or. dered the establishment of a sub-station of the Sharon, Pa., postofllce si South Sharon, with two additional car rlers. The homo of William P. Robertson near Magnolia. W. Va.. was .burnoc Friday, and hlB four young children perished; said to be the work of rob bers. The Rev. T. J. Yost, of Cumberland Mil., created a sensation In his churct Sunday by comparing members of hit council with Judas, Urutus and Czol gosz. F. W. Stephenson, who shot tc death Deputy Sheriff William Coopei at Waterloo, la surrendered to th officers for fear that ho would b lynched. Becauso she was about to sue for di vorce, John Ray beat his wife to death with a flatiron at Topeka. Kan., am! attempted to hang himself, but wni rescued. , Two hundred and fifty employes ol the North Reading plant of tho Read Ing Foundry Company went out on s strike Tuesday and the place wai closed down. Colombian Revolutionary Genera' Herrera notified foreign consuls th he intends to capture Colon and Pan ama and asked that tho railroad belt be made neutral Rev. Amos Messier, a Seventh Da) AdventlBt preacher, U under arrest a Huntington, lml., on a charge of steal Ing $7,000 from his brother. He gavi up a large part.ot the money. Elghty-ftvo men were qnarantlnet In tho Samaritan Inn at Philadelphia Pa.. Tuesday on account ot a case o; smallpox said to have developed li the Institution. City Council of Wooster, O., soli $40,000 worth of city refunding bomb at a premium of $8ii. to Feder Holz man & Co of Cincinnati. The seen rltlos aro to run 13 years and beur i per cent interest. Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, Intro duced a bill Tuesday Increasing sula rles: President of the United States $100,000; Vice Presldont. $25,000; Cab Inot officers, $15,000 each; memberi of Congress, $10,000; Governor a Hawaii, $8,000. tOWHI US WITH DISASTER BOILERS EXPLODED. Two of the Crew of the J. W. Alles Killed, Eight Missing and Four Injured, The boilers of the stesmer John W. Alles, of the Monongaheta Consoli dated Conl and Coko Company ex ploded with a terrific report and terri ble results Tuesday night, nenr liock No. 2 at Port Perry. Pa. Two of the crew were killed outright, eight miss ing and four were Injured, tho result :if the disaster, Tho wreck caught fire shortly after the explosion. The John W. Alles had seven flats In tow sml wns on her way down tho river. When less than three-fourth of a mile below ,ck No. 2 the explosion oc curred. The flames from the burning wreck disclosed a renful view to those whoso attention had been attracted by tho explosion. Nothing remained of the vessel but. the stern bulkhead. Hut two of the bodies were recov ered, but they were unrecognizable. Fight other members of tho crew are missing. It Is supposed thnt their bodies am either burned or swallowed up by the Icy waters. Six men were rescued before the flames burned what remained of tho bont to tho water's edge. The Injured wero so badly hurt that they were unable to glvo their names. William Show was cap tain and John llntes pilot of the boat, lloth nre probably lost. WANT CANALS SOLD. Legislative Topio In Ohio Boba Up Public Workt Board Out. Tho entire cnnnl system of Ohio Is to bo abandoned. The water ways cost he State several millions of dollars. The appropriation bill Introduced In tho House Fridny by Chairman Crafts, af tho committee on finance, carried only nn allotment sufficient to provide for the expenses of the State Hoard of Public Works for three mouths, liy thnt time, R is said that a definite plan for disposing of the canals will have been formulated. Attorney General Sheets Is drafting a bill, authorizing the sale or lease of the water ways to the highest bidder, and abolishing tbe board. PAINSTAKING ROBBERS. Took Postoffice 8afe Into the Road and Used Dynamite. Thieves entered tho poc.tofflce at Wampum. Pu., Thursday night, car ried the snfe into the middle of the street and blew It onen with dynamite. They secured seversl thousand stamps and a small sum of money. The rob bery wus not discovered until morn ing, when Postmaster Fltcji went to pen the office. Several residents heard the explosion, but they sup posed that It was a blast at the ad lolning Btone quarries. COUNCIL ANGRY AT UNCLE 8AM. Threatens to Eject Postoffice from Municipal Building. The postofllce location fight wns set tled at Steubenvlllo. O.. Snturday. when the Edward Nicholson building was selei ted. The postofllcn has been in the city building, but as many re pairs were wanted by the Government Council raised the rent and It was de rided to move. Council has served notice on the Government to move and threatens ejectment If the postofllce Is not out or the city building within the required time. LOCOMOTIVE BOILER LETS GO. Engineer Instantly Killed and, Fireman Fatally Scalded. The holler of a freight locomotive on the Lake Erie and Western Rail road exploded Sunday while the en gine was standing on a siding near St. Marys. O. Fireman Floyd Brown, of Lima, O.. was killed outright, and Engineer Edward Casey, of Fremont, was scalded so badly that he died a few hours later. A number of cars were wrecked. A defective crown sheet Is supposed to have been the cause of the explosion. CHICAGO WOMAN AIDS SChwviL. Gives $5,000 to the Wooster, Ohio, University. Rev. L. E. Holden, D. D president of tho Wooster, Ohio, University, has announced that Mrs. T. B. Blsckstone, of Chicago, has given $5,0oo to the fund for rebuilding the university, which wns practically wiped out of existence by Are on December It last Wholesale Killing of Dogs and Cats. Friday morning the butchery of svery dog and cat found loose on tho streets of Plymouth township, near Wilkesbnrre, Pa., commenced. They ire being killed because It Is believed they are responsible for the spread of imallpox, of which mere ate several :ases in the township. Fire Destroys Part of Ohio Town. The vlllnge of Foederdam, six miles north of Kent. O.. was nlmost wiped out by fire Tuesday. Tho buildings destroyed were Mrs. F. S. Jewett's genernl store, tho postofllce. Dooltttle's cheese and butter ractory ana the resi dence of Mrs. F. A. Jewett and H. K, Jewett. The loss is $12,000. Decided Against Mr. Johnson. The Supreme Court decision Tues day put an cud to Tom. L. Johnson"s effort to secure a higher appraisement of the railway property of Ohio. The court handed down a decision sua tatnlng tho demurrer of the Attorney General to his petition and dismissing the same. Neero Hermit Cremated. "Black Llje" Thomas, the famous old colored nermii, was mirnea death by the burning of his cabin Mlddletown. N. Y Tuesday. OFFICIALS IN CUSTODY. Mine Foreman and Fire Boss In Charge During Two Terrible Catastrophes Arrested. An official endeavor to place the re sponsibility for the deoth of William Heath of Flnleyvllle, chief engineer for the Pittsburg Coal Company; Georgo Crosby of Allegheny anil Charles Zltnmermnn, of Oroensburg, Pa., engineers for the same com pany, who lost their lives In an ex plosion of gns In tho Grindstone mines nenr Unlontown, Pa., Decem ber 3, wns commenced Wednesdny by the arrest of Mine Foreman James Eaton and Fire Boss David Jones, of the Grindstone mines, on Information of Mlno Inspector Isaac G. Roby, who ehnrges them with fnlling to post dan ger signals In the mlno and not re. quiring safety lamps to be used, be sides other neglect and violation of tbe law. The engineers were survey ing In the mine, when they walked Into a pocket of gas with their nsked lamps and. .In the explosion that fol lowed, were hurled about and burned so badly that but one of them recov erd. It was shown nt the Inqueit thnt tho law had been violated by the fire hoss in not testing the mlno for gns before allowing the engineer's party to enter, and thnt he hnd dis covered gas at tho point of tho ex plosion several days before, but had not posteil the danger signals re quired by law. The mine foreman Is charged with having permitted the men to enter the mlno before it bad been examined by the fire boss, and both are held responsible for the death of tho engineers. Inspector Roby nlso caused tho arrest of Will iam II. Rosenlied, engineer of tho Lambert shaft, near here, charging lilm with being drunk while on duty and thus causing a cage, In whlh were four men, to drop 025 feet to the bottom, anil holding Rosenlied ie sponsible for their death. All the men were crested and gave ball. Roosevelt Omits Himself. The President hns omitted from tho list of brevets for service In tho war with Spain, to lie sent to the Senate, his own name. He wns recommended by the Army Board for the brevet ranks of Colonel and Brigadier Gener nl for gilinntry nt the battle of San Juan, Suntlago. Will Demand Shorter Day. The Stationary Firemen's Union of the anthracite region will hold n con vention nt Nanticoke, Pa., on March 1. to take action on the elghthuur day. Last July the firemen struck for an eight-hour day, but were not suc cessful. Train Kills Physician. Dr. T. S. Troxell, of Gallitxln. Pa., one of the most prominent men In the county, was killed Saturday near Lil ly, lie had been to that place to see a patient, and on his way home lie was struck by a shifting engine and instantly killed. CABLE FLASHES. The French Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill for tho gradual ft ductlon of miners' hours to eight.- An accident In the church of Horen cltos In Chlrlnui. Panama, resulted in the death of 13 persons and the sev ere wounding of 3u others. Ixrd Salisbury, tho premier, un veiled a life-size marble statue of the late Queen Victoria at the Junior Constitutional Club In London Wed nesday. The death Is announced at Madrid, Spain, of Vice Admiral Jose Mon- tojo. The commander of the Spanish fleet at Manila was Hear Admiral Pat ricio Montojo. Herr Peldrom, the German minis ter to Haytl, will succeed Dr, Schmldt-Leda, the German minister to Venezuela, who has oeen obsent from his post for some time. A Russian count named Toulouse Lautrcc de Savine, who is said to be a naturalized American citizen. has been arested in France for ex tradition to Bremen on a charge of swindling. Joseph Chamberlain's announcement thnt the Dutch proposal for peace In South Africa will be submljted to the Boer Generals by Ixird Kitchener puts an end to the Incident In Ixndon. A sensational crime was committed on Sunday near the forest of Bonday France. A garner named Leroy was killed for money by Bidaud. of Mont marte Camp, assisted by a woman. The Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne ct Austria and Hungary, Wednesday started for St. Petersburg. The visit Is regarded as being of great polit ical significance. Captain Grossman, who started Fri day to walk down the Danube from Linz to Vienna, a distance of luO miles, with his newly Invented water walking shoes, covered 20 miles. He Is towing his wife in a small boat. The Governor of the town of Coga yan. In the province of Misamls. Isl and of Mindanao, has resigned, claim Ing that the military authorities there do not recognize nis nutnonty in re fusing to receive his writs ot habeas corpus. The chamber of deputies of France Wednesday by a vote of 338 to 213 adopted a bill providing that a nlno hour day shall be Instituted at tho coal pits; In two years a day's worlt shall be eight and one-halt hours, and In another two years It shall be eight hours. Emperor William of Germany mu Intervened to stem the spread ot che faith healing cult in Germany. His majesty has had long conferences' with the chiefs of police for the purpose of devising measures to counteract the campaign of tho Christian Scientists. A tablet was dedicated In the vault of St. Peter's Church In the Tower o! London to the memory of Lady Jane Grey, her husband, Lord Gulltoid Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland and the Duke of Suffolk. THE MAHKETfl. PITTSBURG. Grain. Flour and Fastf. Wht-No. I red .. TO tlmm XI.. a m n in in 9? A M 4 IS 5 7i) 14 2 10 M SH 00 24 00 SI Ml s no T Com-No, TiiVw',"Vr!!!!"!!!!!!!".'." (19 m Ml I'M Mn. 1 jliw, slmllixl lo. 8 whit Floor Wlnor tinlont ... 4 to UsV rmjwj ntrniKiit winters s it rend I I Nn. t hll. in I.I M Ml llrown ..l,l,tllt.a ""ol Ml p.inn. uiiir, SI VI Btmnr-Wliem 7 Ml Dairy Products. Duller-F.lln iTimorr.. 1 25 17 10 U .oiio ereaitierj . . , , Fanrr f-oiiiitr roll m "ft t'h lat-an Ohio, nnw lew York, iiw .. Poultry, Etc. lldna ti.tr In . a II it n at 8 oo 14 on 60 t'hl'TlCPiipi cl rfltl . . , . 14 ;kii nnd Ohio, frct! W Fruits and Vegetables. ir.nn llr-snn ptir t'lui'nl t'i M) 'olftlJifft- r-'ntii-jr wtlltft littr mn S5 Mlll.M,' l.M t,. o nn Unions inr hsrrrtl i 0U BALTIMORE. Ftmir -Winter ISifnt 3OT 4 JS Whmt No. '2 red ml SI Corn nuxtHi CI 7 r.Kti tt Uuitrtr-Ohio L-rAiii(irr 7 U( PHILADELPHIA. Flour -Wlnlor Patent 3 no 400 Wr.tini No. -i rod n-H w Corn No, 2 titlxnd fi-'t (lota No. i whim M ttl Huiit-r I'mamory. exirs Z7 n K(g4 1'niiiisylrAlils nrnta M 'V& W NEW YORK. Flour- ratnta :i 40 '. m '. SO . Sa 4 0 SO Whioil- NOL i rati I 'tirn No. 2 (lata h:t, 2 Wlilla 4H Iiutiar- Craamorr hiina-Htntaanu I'euiiaylt-auia LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa. Cattle. I rlma liaavr, l-Vio to Ifiuo lt I i I'rlitio, ;m to IIki na 6(KI M il'u in, l.uniocjoo Iba 6 no Fat haller, ... 6 l- Itilt.-htT. V .0 to I0K llja 4 4i s so 6 40 6 90 ft iO 6 00 400 B. 00 4 i WOO 63 00 I oniirion to fair 8 -ri0 Oxt-n, t-ottitnoti to fat 2 -VI I "notion toK'Kfl fat bulla and cows 4 00 ,-tl lli-li cowa, oa'-h I'!" Kxtia mill h rowa, eat-h 87 M Hogs. I'rliri" nirtllurn walghla Il"-I heavy loi-kara anrl medium.. IttKMl torholf-n pui'ker ito. tl ,Ikh ami llytit yorknrs 1'iua. i-oiiifiion to itHju "rim- henvr hoza Coimnoii to fair K'tuKiia UtilKa Sheep. Pf tra. ma Hum wathera. IIihmI to i-hoicM M. ilium Common to fair Lambs. I ftmtia rlltfifwl I.-tmra, kooI locholne, f-lippei1,M. I.amt.a, f-otntnon to fair, ciippeu. NpriliK I.ainlia Calves. Veal, antra Vi-ai, g'io.1 to rholi-a Veitl, r-oiiimon heavy 'eal, t-oininon to fair THE BUSINESS WORLD Interruption to Railway Traffic and ' to Outdoor Work by Storms Big Iron Famine. It. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Interruption to rail way traffic and outdoor work by se vere storms was tho only unfavorable factor In the business situation during the past week, while manufacturing activity Increased and distribution through retail channels was undimin ished. Reports from the West are especially encouraging; but a few Southern plants are slow to exhibit the Improvement. Railway earnings for January gained 7.2 per cent over last year and 24.2 per cent over 1900. Famine conditions exist In the mar ket for pig iron. Considering the fact that production during 1901 was far beyond all previous records the pres ent shortage gives indisputable evi dence of the unprecedented rate at which the mills have been consuming. If deliveries are wanted before July 1 It Is often necessary to pay a pre mium, and consumers have been com pelled In some instances to place or ders abroad. Germart billets are still arriving, but the market abroad Is ad vancing, which will tend to check the movement. Structural material sup plies are utterly inadequate, and the action of the Chicago Council repeal ing the ordinance limiting the height of buildings has placed many new con tracts on the market. Railways are so urgent for supplies that an order for rails may go abroad. Final reports of commercial failures during January exhibit an exceptionally large number of Insolvencies and also, an unusual amount of defaulted liabilities. In manufacturing lines there were 264 failures, Involving $S, 308,948, an In crease of $l,fi07,94 over the liabilities last year. Defaulting traders num bered 1,120, with liabilities of $7,116. 972. an increase of 172 In number and $1,805,168 In amount. Miscellaneous failures were 60 in number and $886, C81 In liabilities, exceeding January, 1901, by 10 In number, but showing a decrease of $321,442 In defaulted liar Millies. SUBMARINE FOG SIGNAL. Using Water to Conduct Sound for Ten or Twelve Miles. An interesting experiment la to b made at Egg Rock. Lynn. England, In submarine fog-signaling. A bell is to be hung SO feet below a buoy, which will be moored in 15 fathoms of water and will be struck by electric ity from the Egg Rock Light Station, whore a power house Is already estab lished. It Is said that a person plac ing an ear against a rod held In con tact with the hull of a vessel will be able to hear the bell three to five miles away; in fact. It Is believed that the ringing ot the bell will be beard at a dlstunco of 10 to 12 miles. Half-Water Milk f?r Parts. The campaign drlected against fas Ulan milkmen who dilute their mils continues to be carried on witn mucb vigor. One such tradesman was fined 20 francs tor selling milk diluted with water to the extent of 27 per cent. An other was sent to prison for twe months and ordered to pay a fine ol 60 traneg. - lev, r,m 41 e !rO o e 6 l i ft 00 0 10 6 4) V ft i A 00 ft 6 00 4 i: ft oo t 4 90 B 1 4 t 4 SO V) 4 V 150 100 (il 6 V) ft HO S 3 ") 600 800 , 4 in ft :m 4 mi a -io Z . 4 W I. -.V 1 i i 1
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