IUDHIH
The Ajax Was Caught in
Fog and Compelled
! to Anchor
SHIPS IN GALA DRESS
President of tho Republic, I'unlo,
Tays omcial visit to tlio Flagship,
Tenders His Respects to Rear Ad
antral Thomas and la Received with
Donors
Callao, Peru, Feb. 27. Evidence
ttat the fleet was exceptionally fortu.
Bate In Us passage of the Magelan
Stra't was afforded by the arrival ol
the collier Ajax. This ship steamed
from Punta Arenas less than twelve
hours after the fleet. The fog which
threatened the fleet closed down aftei
tfie battle ships had cleared Cap Pil
lar and mado navigation almo.it Im
possible for the collier.
Captain Hutchinson commanding
tho Ajax said: "We encountered
heavy fogs in the western reaches and
were compelled to anchor twlco
once In Iiorja Day and once In Tamai
Bay. Passing out we isghted Cape
Pillar four miles distant. Otherwise
we had a good voyage.
Hal the fog closed down on the
Beet as on the Ajax It would have
been serious. Borja Bay Is "large
enough, and, I f und, has sufficlentl)
good bottom to auord an anchorage
for a few small vessels, but with few
If any planes where a squadron 01
erven a division could anchor wit)
an assurance of safety."
President Pardo called on the flag
ship and paid his respects to Real
Admiral Thomas, who came to tin
flagship to receive him. In his hon
v all the ships were fully dressed ane
lha Connecticut fired twenty-one gum
"loth at his arrival and departure, anc
the entire fleet flied twenty-one sim
ultaneously when he returned ashore
Gates Special" Wrecked In Texas.
Laredo, Tex., Feb. 26. A'specia
train en route to the border, anc
sarrylng a party from Toledo, O., anc"
Chicago, beaded by Charles O. Gates
son of John W. Gates is reported tc
ave been wrecked at Enclnal, thirty
atght miles north of this city. Everj
aur in the train is said to have lot'
ihe track. No statement as to casu
titles ic obtainable, but messenger!
re -eeking to impress all avallablt
physicians.
F Hnmiltnns In Mississippi. .
Blloxi, Miss., Feb. 25. The Rev
t. A. Hamilton, his wife and hit
laughter Edna, of Snell fame, an
living quietly in Blloxi. Mrs. Hamil
ton shows the effects of the strali
which the publication of letters hai
produced upon her. Hamilton sale
M could make a defense which wouK'
-dear his name. He adopts the attl
i: " of a much abused man.
Vo Third Term President.
Albany, Feb. 26. Minority Leadei
Talmer introduced an anti-third tern;,
resolution, which carries a request tc
the Nev York Congressional delega
atlon that It shall exert Itself to so
air a constitutional amendment that
jh "unite with the law of the land
ui unbroken precedent and princi
ple of no third term In the Presl
Jtaney." Victim of the Black Hand.
New York, Feb. 24. Out In the
"parsely settled, desolate section oi
Tlatbush, Brooklyn, a boy came upon
two bundles wrapped up In new
sloth. Inside the two bundles wat
tho dismembered body of a young
Italian man. The police say he wai
Black Hand victim. The body was
identified later as that of Salvatorro
ifarsoMno, who lived In the Italian
section of Brooklyn on the watei
'ront near Union street.
Jockey Club May Reform Betting.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 21. As a re
sult of a hearing on the Agnew-IIari
jiUs, embodying the recommend.v
lone of Gov. Hughes for the aboil
Jon of rape track gambling, the
Jockey Club may arrange a compro
mise with the Codes Committee oi
.he Senate and Assembly that wll.'
essen the betting evil at the race
rack. Thee proposed reformi
would restrict the betting of young
men at the track.
Thief-Tnker Arrested.
Providence, Feb. 21. As a resuli
f investigations into thefts from the
Mew Haven Iload, which for the past
jar are said to foot up to nearl
50,000, Vincent R. Beatty, for sev-jr.-.l
years at tho head of the rail-,-oad
detective orce in this city w.n
Treated ,cn a charge of larceny am'
embezzlement.
Newbury Dally Register Suspends.
Newburg, N. Y., Sob. 26. The
3owburg Daily Register, tho oul
rlemocratlc ppper In Newhurg, , hat
uipended publication. The RugltUoi
jvas established in 1876, and untl'
tbout three years ago. was run an a-i
jvoitlng paper, when" It was changoil
.0 r. morning publication. .
Judy. (i'ONctip to be Tl'U'd.
Chlct.go, 111., Feb. 25. -United
"'Jtateg Circuit Pudge Peter S. Crosa
up and flvo other directors, all prom
nent Chlcagoann, charged with in
pons'bllily In the trolley wreck lr.
vhlc'a fourteen persons werei killed
vill bo pu on rial bufore Judgo Mor
ton it Charlcutown.
EDISON PUT fXDKH KNIFE.
Operated Upon for Painful Abse-csc
In tho Middle Far.
New York, Feb. 25. Thomas A
Edison the inventor, is a patient al
tho Manhattan Eye, Ear and Thrcr.l
Hospital, where h underwent an op
eration Intended to relieve him ol
trouble in the left ear. It was not
considered especially serious, and w
performed by Dr. Arthur U. Duet
who opened an abscess In the middle
iti
t
tilth ,
" I 1 It
1 JW
THOMAS A. EDISON,
ear. The operation was seemingly
wholly successful. Mr. Edison, how.
ever, will be at the hospital for a
week, probably. He occupies a room
In the private ward where he is con
stantly attended by a nurse. Mrs.
Edison is at the, h'ospltal and will re.
main during her husband's stay there.
llnrrcri In Submarine Row.
Washington, Feb. 25. At a special
meeting of the press committee of the
House and Senate galleries, Alfred
A. Erly, , representing the United
Press, and Frank B. Lord, represent
ing the I.afTan News Bureau, were
suspended temporarily from the use
of galleries pending an investigation
of charges against them by Repre
sentative Lllley, of Connecticut in
his general charge against the Naval
Committee of the House In connec
tion with the submarine boat scandal.
Expects Rush to Chicago.
Washington, Feb. 25. Harry S.
ew. Chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee, thinks the Chicago
Convention will be the greatest ever
held In the country, If the demand
for tickets is any criterion. The Co
liseum in which the Chicago Conven
tl will be held will seat 11,000.
Mr. New does not expect the hall to
holds the crowdj and expects a tre
mendous overflow.
Six Dead from Stage Wreck.
Nyack, N. Y., Feb. 24. Six per
sons were killed, four outright, at the
West Nyack crossing of the West
Shore tracks, when a Ontario and
Westerr train wrecked a stage in
whlc'i they were returning from Ny
ack to Spring Valley. Two died on
the way to the hospital at Hoboken.
The three other ocupants of the
stage were bady injured but wil prob
aby live.
Police Ran on Meetings.
Phlladephla, Feb. 25. The ao
tIo:i of the police in preventing the
meeting of a number of societies and
organizations in the foreign settle
ments in the southern section of the
city, hae caused much Ill-feeling,
among the foreigners. The order on
which the police acted was given in
consequence of the riot last week.
R. & O. Recalls Men.
Cumberland, Md., Feb. 25. At the
Baltimore & Ohio shops and round
houses, this city, nearly all the fur
laughed men, besides a number of
car repairers, have been called back
to work. Some of the men have
been required ts work overtime in
getting out freight locomotives, work
on which was suspended about the
first of the year.
Baltimore's Unemploye-d Appeal.
Baltimore, Feb. 25. Twelve hun
dred unemployed men at a meeting
pas33d a resolution calling upon the
Federal Government to loan to State
and municipalities on non-Interest
bearing bonds, moneys to be used In
t'a- construction of highways and
b-Idges, and other public works, with
ii v - w to relieving the condition ol
tho unemployed.
f Jnilty Oudiier raid Rack $37,000.
Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 24. Alexandet
B. Butt, cashier of the wrecked Peo.
plo'u Bank of Portsmouth, Va., plead
ed puilty noon three of the twenty
two Indictments agalnHt him, and af
tor making restitution to the extent
of $37,000 on the total shortage oi
$252,000 was sentenced by . Jndse
Bain to three yeurs In the peniten
tiary and to pay a tine of $7,184.
Tin Pluto Plant to Start.
Scottdale, "a., Feb. 24. Orders
have been issued for starting tlie
Nirtiber One plant of the American
Sheet and Tin Plate Company, and
the work of getting the plaut lu run
ning order has oegun. The plant
employ 500 men.
Inspec:.r Electrocute'd.
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 25. John
Ur'-'xr, electrician t the municipal
lighting ulant while inspecting u
switchboard, touched a live wire aud
was electrocuted.
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THE COLUMBIAN,
Covering Minor Happen
ings from all Over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIGN
Compiled and Condensed for the
Busy Reader A Complete Record
of European Despatches and Im
portant Events from Everywhere
Rolled Down for Hasty Perusal.
James B. Duke on the plea of
Illness, was examined In the pro
ceedings against the Tobacco TntBt,
while propped up in bed in his own
home.
After being III six days with diph
theria and receiving only Christian
Science treatment, Miss Edna M.
Morse of New York, had a physic
Ian called, but 11 'a8 too late to
aave her life.
Baron Takahnshl, professor ol
the Imperial University of Toklo, de.
clared that only the kindest feel
Ings toward America are expressed
throughout Japan.
A patent for a "silent firearm"
has Just been granted to Hiram Per
cy Maxim of Hartford, Conn., son ol
Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the
manchlne gun that bears his name.
President Roosevelt, replying to
the congratulations of the President
of Peru on the battle-hlp fleet,
cabled: "Accept the assurances of
the highest consideration and warm
regards from mo and from my peo
ple." Miss Annie Morgan, J. Plerpont
Morgan's daughter, and other altru
istic women, are leading a national
movement to Improve the condition
of working women and men in the
big cities.
Samuel Gompers declared the re
Ov. . adverse court decisions are pow
erless tc check tho growth of labor
unions. 1
The Secretary of the Treasury
called one-fourth of the Government
money on deposit In national banks,
the amount called being $35,000,
000. Attorney-Generals of Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas are to devise anti-trust
legislation. Besides planning suits
agali.st corporations, the recom
mending of measures against trusts
to the Legislatures is being consid
ered Government reports show a very
large Increase in the prices of ex
ports and decrease In import prices
during December and January as
compared with corresponding months
a year ago.
Leaders of tho crusade against vivi
section have arranged for an impress
ive hearing before the Legislature.
Threats have been made by Black
Hand men to blow up the United
States naval magazine on Iona Island
unless discharged men are put back
to work.
Stuyvesant Fish has given up his
flgt to prevent E. H. Harriman from
controlling the Illinois Central
through the Union Pacific.
Tramps feasted for two days with,
out discovery In the Merryweather
Club, near Waterbury, Conn.
Evans's fleet has arrived at Callao,
Peru, having made 10,000 miles in
sixty days, Including stops.
President Gompers of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, Bays rail
road employees will not consent to a
reduction of wages.
A committee representing 180,000
unemployed workmen have decided
to make a demonstration In City Hall
Park, New York, March 7.
Southern Democrats think Gover
nor Hoke Smith of Georgia, would
make a good candidate for the Presi
dency. Eugene W. Gulndon, president of
Fuller's Express Company, who was
a colonel on Gen. Slocum's staff at
the close of the Civil War, killed him.
self in the offices of the company, 188
Chambers street, New York.
FOREIGN.
The naval estimates of England
show that the popular agitation for
economy has had an effect on tho
shipbuilding programme, only one
tattle ship belug contemplated at
present.
Mary Robinson, who Is before the
Bow Street Police Court on a charge
of perjury In tho Druce case, has con
lessed that she concocted tho famous
diary, a copy of v'Mcr- was otfereJ In
evidence.
After a campaign of two years Mr
Boland, M. P of the Irish party, has
got Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign
l jcretary, to request foreign coun
tries to give separate statlKtlca ol
Irish trade.
TLo St. Petersburg police have sel
detectives at work in New York
an., other ccltls d crow slirJiii
uud ether cities on two continent1:
ferreting out conspirators against tlit
Ruslat. Government and ruling fam-
ny.
The situation in tho matter of the
annexation to Belgium of t;ie Cong;
Inde.U'Mdeiit S tei tea again is aiauia
lna n, disquieting aspect.
Young King Mauuel of Portuga.
rees.-lvoa a deputation of relatives ol
rnut'nous soldiers recently pardoned
and asked t'.iem to help him in his
(lliucult task, taya a spoclul cablt
from Lisbon.
BLOOMSBURO. PA.
GIRL SHOOTS LAWYER.
fcharlea M. San ford Probably Fatal
ly Wounded In Ills Office.
Brooklyn, Feb. 27. Charles M.
Banford, a prominent Brooklyn
lawyer, wns shot twice In the head
by a weman thought to be crnr.y, In
his office In tht Garfield Building,
No. 26 Court street, Brooklyn.
Tho woman "fas arrested and
pave her name first as Nellie Lyon.
Later she said she was Jennie V.
Blunt, thirty years old, single of No.
856 Schermerhorn street, and that
the had shot Sanford to avenge a
wrong he had done her. The law
yer's injuries are serious.
STANDARD OIL SAYS NO.
Declines to bo Charitable to Plttsbnrg
Sick and Destiute.
Pittsburg, Feb. 25. The Standard
Oil Co. will not help the needy of
Pittsburg during the present hard
times. Miss Annie Harris, Presi
dent of St. Re Mslgssli achr 5
dent of St. ReglB Mission, and Mrs.
Enoch Rauh, President of the Co
lumbia Council of Jewish Women,
were appointed as a committee to see
the three companies furnishing nat
ural gas to Pittsburg and appeal to
them not to turn off gaa in houses of
the sick and destitute.
The Philadelphia Company granted
the request of the women. The
Manufacturers' Heat and Light Com
pany took it under advisement, but
the People's Gas Company, owned
and controlled by the Standard Oil
Co., refused the request point blank.
Tunnel Open to Jersey
New York, Feb. 27. The natural
barrier which has separated New
York from New Jersey since those
States came into existence was fig
uratively speaking wiped away when
the first of the two twin tubes was
formally opened, thus linking Man
hattan with Hoboken, and estab
lishing a rapid transit service be
neath the Hudson River.
For National Prohibition.
Washington, Feb. 26. Represen
tative E. F. Acheson now proposes to
give Congress an opportunity to put
Itself on record on the question of
National prohibition. Many of the
members of Congress, including sev
eral from Pennsylvania, have declar
ed that they are in favor of National
prohibition, but are opposed to State
and local option, as it cannot be en
forced. Rank President Goes to Prison.
Benton, 111., Feb. 26. Ransom A.
Youngblood, until about six weeks
ago, president of the Coal Belt Na
tional Bank of Benton, and of the
Salem Bank of Salem, Ark, pleaded
guilty to embezzling $17,000. He
was Immediately sentenced and taken
to the Chester Penitentiary to serve
an indeterminate sentence from one
to fourteen years.
Gambler Chained to Pole.
Harrlsburg, 111., Feb. 26. The
stocki and pillory of early times were
revived in memory here when D. H.
Dillon, a former Chicago gambler,
was chained to a telephone all day
for refusing to pay his fine for hav
ing tleeced several young men of the
town. He was arrested and lined
for running a poker game.
Rankers Wary of Japaa.
Berlin, Feb. 26. The tightening
of financial conditions In Japan is re.
garded by banks here as likely to re
sult in the transfer from London to
Toklo of a large portion of Japan's
balances and to disturb European
money markets, Japan's balances In
London are estimated as between
$60,000,000 and $75,000,000.
Attempt to Scuttle Submarine.
Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 26. Pri
vate detectives and members of the
local police force are trying to run
dowu the persons who attempted sev
eral days ago to scuttle the subma
rine boat Lake, which has been for
several months moored In the har
bor here beside her tender, the Ves
ta. 28 Die in Powder Mill.
Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 24. With a
force that shook the entire bay
region like an earthquake tan tons of
dynamite in the packing house of
tha Hercules Powder Works atPinole,
fourteen miles from here, blew up.
Four white men and twenty-four
C-lnamen, all who were In the build
ing, wero killed.
Makes Government Liable.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 26. Rep
resentative Bennett of New York,
introduced a bill providing for.tlfo
payment of all salaries or wages of
government employees Injured in tho
line of their duties or required to bo
absent from their posts as a result
of quarantine measures.
H2 Hours In a Well.
Louisville, Neb., Feb. 20. Byron
McNeally, after 52 hours lu an old
well, was saved by bis dog. While
hunting McNeally dropped through
the brush cover of a illuused well
ninety feet deep. The dog's antics
attracted attention and he was fol
lowed to the well.
Baldwin to Build Balloon.
Washington, D. C Feb. 20. Bri-gadie-
General James Allen, Chief of
the Slgual Corps, has practically de
c'ded tc award the contract for tho
construction of tho first dirigible bal.
oon to Thomas S. Baldwin, of New
York. The balloon will cost $G,-,'b0.
sup II,
Assassin Flourishes Re
volver Before Worship
pers and Flees
TRIES TO KILL CAPTORS
Pet! loo Run Him Down Crowd Anx
iou.i to Lynch the Murderer, Got It
ers In Front of tho Jail and De
tttands that lie bo Brought Out
and Handed Over to Tltoiti.
Denver, Feb. 27. Standing in his
white communion robes at the altar
o htfl church, Father Lee Helnrlchs
of St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic
Church was shot and killed in front
of several hundred worshippers who
occupied all the scats In the church.
The murderer after firing the shot
created a panic In the church by
dashing down the alBle, flourishing
the vci.pon, and threatening to kill
any one who interfered with him. Not
a pe on In the place dared stop the
sly . and he reached the street. Two
policemen, saw him coming out, how
ever, and chased him for several
blocks and finally captured him. He
tild ho was Gulseppe Guarnacoto, an
Anerchlst, and e said his only sor
row was that he had been unable to
kill all the priests of the country
All day a large crowd remained in
front of the jail shouting t.o the police
to bring out the murderer. Chief of
Police Michael Delaney, fearing that
an attempt might be made to storm
the prison and lynch the man, order
ed out the reserves and kept the po
licemen patrolling the street In front
of the Jail. Many efforts were made
to disperse the crowd, but they were
unsuccessful.
Mules Scared by Sunlight.
Reno, Nev., Feb. 25. Burled In
tho heart of Davidson Mountain on
the, Comstock for many years, twelve
mules which have been used on the
Sutro tunnels ore carrying railroad
were brought '.o the surface for the
first time. The animals sood blink
ing at the unusual scenery, and in
their fright trlee. to stampede.
Called "Lobster," Shoots Himself.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25. When he
received a postal card bearing the
words "Get wise. Don't be a lob
ster," F. J. Brlnnler, son of ex-Mayor
William D. Brlnnler, of Kingston,
N. Y., former law partner of Alton B.
Parker, shot himself in the abdomen
at the Irving House. He Is not ex
pected to recover.
Snow Starts a Seaside Exodus.
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 24. A
flurry of snow which lasted two
hours, drove 50.000 promenaders
from the Boardwalk, when the parade
of the visitors was at Its height. The
outrush is heavy, and Is only equal
by Sunday nights In the heated spell.
Every station Is crowded and all the
trains are laden to their capacity.
Pittsburg to Celebrate.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 25. Plans are
underway for a celebration to com
memorate the one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the naming of Pitts
burg. The city government, the
Pittsburg Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, and other pub
lic spirited bodies are working to
make the event a success.
Police Again Seize Square Dealer.
Kingston, Feb. 25. Following the
order granted by Supreme Court Jus
tice Marean, of Brooklyn, dissolving
the injunction which restrained the
police from Interfering with the
publication and sale of the Ulster
Square Dealer, the police seized all
copies of the paper offered for sale by
the newsboys.
Approve Roosevelt Order.
A.ianta, Feb. 25. Fifteen hun
dred railroad men met in mass meet
ing here and adopted resolutions In
dorsing President Roosevelt's action
In ordering an Investigation of the
condition of the railroads which pro
pose a cut In the wages of the em
ployees. Union Picketing Unlawful.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 22. Tho Su
premo Court has upheld the action
of the Superior Court of Cook Coun.
ty, granting an Injunction to the A.
R. Barnes Printing Company of Chl-cag-
against the Chicago Typographi
cal Union No. 10. restraining tho un
ion from picketing its plant.
Would Enlui-go Cabinet.
Washington, Feb. 25. A bill pro
viding for un addition to the Cabinet
in tho person of a .Secretary of Trans
portation and Public Works Is being
prepared by Representative Joseph K.
RunsdeU of Loulsiinu, u member of
th-i Rivers und Harbors Committee.
ho President to Get Facts.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. The
President has taken steps to ascertain
tho reasons for the proposed wage
roductlcn by the rallrouds with a view
to showing that it cannot be attrlb
utuu to his policies.
Gunltout for BoNporus.
Washington, Felt. 2C.,An Ameri
can gunboat Is to bo sent to Turkish
v ters. The specific reason for thia
Is not mado plain, it being announced
generally that it !;) for tho protection
of American Interests.
MORE PLANTS STARTING IT,
Mills Along the Ohio River Aiuonjj
Those Resuming Operation.
Reading, Penn., Feb. 27. Tb
local plant of tho American Iron
and Steel Company resumed tod.iy
after an Idleness of two months. It
empoys nearly 1,000 hands.
I Claremont, N. H., Feb. 20. The
Claremont Pnpcr Compnny has re
turned operations on full time, after
' a two weeks' shutdown. Seventy-
; live hands are employed.
Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 26. The Dny
toa t otor Company has resumed full
operations with a complete force ot
operatives.
Wheeling, W. Va., Feb.. 26. Tho
Belmont and the Benwood plants of
the Wheeling Steel arjd Iron Com
pany, the Whlttaker mill and four
mills of the Aetna Standard Worki
of Martins Ferry, Ohio, have resume!
work. The resumption affects 2,009
men.
Pittsburg, Feb. 26. Four addi
tional tin mills at Martin's Fern
were started by the American Sheet
and Tin Plate Company, giving em
ployment to 250 men. At Vandor
grift's works, 600 men were put t:
work.
GENERAL STOESSEL TO DIE.
Rut Court-Marinl Rocomn.cnds Tli.v
Sentence Re Commuted.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 24. Lieut
Uen. Stoessel was condemned to
death by a military court for the but
rencer of Port Arthur to the Jap
anere. The court recommended how
ever that the death sentence be com
muted to ten years' Imprisonment In
a fortress and that ho be exclude!
from the service.
The court ore'ered that Gen. Fork
should be reprimanded for discipli
nary offense, which was not connect
ed with the surrender.
Gen. Smirnoff, acting commandant
of the fortress, and Major Gen.,
Relss, Chief of Staff to Gen. Stoessel,
were acquitted o: the charges against
them for lack of proof.
Appeal for Race Track Rill.
New York, Feb. 27. Gov. Charles
E. Hughes who ts battling to de
stroy racetrack gambling in No
York, and Gov. Joseph W. Folk win
suppressed racetrack gambling la
Missouri three years ago, speaking
before the City Club, united in a
stirring appeal to public sentiment
to crush the betting ring In the race
courses. Chilli Luhor Sustained.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 27. By de
claring constitutional the Child
Labor law passed In 1904, which
prohibits the employment of minor
under fourteen years of age, every
factory In New Jersey is affected.
The upholding decision was given
by Justice Garrison.
Men and Guns for Philippines.
San Francisco, Feb. 24. The Unit
ed Stetes Army transport Crook sail
ed for Manila with 271 men of tho
Fifth artillery, sixteen marines for
the station at Guam and cabin pas
sengers. She also carries a cargo
of army supplies, Including 10,000
rifles and a large quantity of ammu
nition. Riot In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 22. The march
ing of about one thousand foreign
ers upon City Hall, wnere they said
they Intended to make demands up
on Vayor Reyburn for work, caused
a riot in Broad street in the heart
of the city, In which twenty persons
were Injured.
Priest Given Worthless Cheek.
Orange, N. J., Feb. 27. The Rev.
Father John F. Boylan told bis con
gregation that a delicately scented
envelope supposed to contain his fes
for marrying a couple held a check
which when put In a bank was re
turned as worthless.
John Mitchell, ex-President of the
United States Mine Workers of
America, Is 'eported to have been
chosen by the President as Special
Labor Commissioner to Panama.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Wbolesalo Prices of Farm Products
Quoted for tho Week.
W."EAT No. 2, Red, 96V4 97'i
No. 1 Northern Duluth $1.11.
CORN No. 2. 61 68c.
OATS Mixed, -vhite, 6066c.
MILK 3 vie per quart. .
BUTTER Western firsts 30&3lo.
State Dairy 2Cc.
CHESSE State, iull cream, 15 e.
EGIS Statu and nearby, fancy,
30c; do., good to choice 26&)2&c;
Western first. 22 Vic.
BEEVES City dressed. 7VJi9,4.
CALVES City dressed, 8tfj)14e. ;;w
lb.; country dreBsed, 7llc.
SliiCEP Per 100 lb., $3.50 $3. 5').
HOGS Live per 100 lbs., $4.75 W
$5.00.
HAY Prime per 100 lbs., $1.00.
STRAW Long rye. CO 70c.
LIVE POULTRY Chickens per !b-.
ko; s per In., 13c; Ducks per lb.,
11 H; Fowls per lb., 13c; Tur
14c. DRESSED POULTRY Turkeys
lb., 12018c; Fowls per lb.. IV.v
13 VaCiCUIckons, Phila., per ib..
2 iCv 2 8c.
VEGETABLES Potatoes, L. I., pet
iZ D0e$2.65.
ONIONS White, per bbl., 3.00j
$0. 00.
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