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J OR13SZO FULTON. Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS. COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. JSTO HEAD, 1t:t'l oi" ollioi nclie liuiiiiH; KtlH joint w, lame iiikI sore iiiuwoIcm, iiimI I'ImmiiimH i iiiiM vtiiiili (l l"ti- iit-iiiijj' WAHO ELECTRICOEL "SHORTHAND BY MAIL! We can toach you to become a compe tent siioJJ hand reporter, by mail. A utandarirsysteiii. Easy to learn ; easy to read; easy to writo. Success guaranteed. Send ton cents(in stamps) for first lesson. Writo for particulars. Address the Tho Warren Business University, War jen, Pa. W. J. BRYAN NAMED. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NOMI NATED THE NEBRASKAN. Adtul E. Htevcioion, Illinois, Wn Hv lei ted Fur Second llut-e on the Ticket Silver Republican Have the Same Tick et Iteiuocrat lo I'lairoriii For III to 1, Kansas City, July 7. Tho Demo- era tic tiutionul convention uomiuuted William J. Bryan, of Nobraskn, lor president, nnd Adlui E. Stevenson, of Illinois, for vice presidout. The platform rontniiw tlio fnllowlnif : We, the rcrwntHtiviM of tliu Dcinocrutin party of, the United States, anwnihlu In nil- tiomil eenvi ntlon en tho anniversary of tho tuloptlon of the Declaration of Independence do nulllrm our faith in that immortal nrocln- iimtion of iiuilii'iiiililn rights of man and our allegiance to the coiiNtilutiun f mined in lmr- Inony therewith by the fathers of the republic. e hold with tho United Htates Huproiuo court that tho Doclnrntion of Independence In tho spirit of our (Tovi'rninent, of which thoconsti tution in the form anil letter. We d in' In re again that all iroviTiimonts In Htltuti-.! uiiituiK men derivo their Juxt powers rnmi tho comcnt of tho Kovornel, that any Koveriiment not Imiiit upon the rouses t of the linvcrniil Is a tyranny; and that to imuo ipun uny peoplo a Kovornuient of force is to xubstituto the niethtsls of lniH'rialiHm for thoae or a republic. Wo hold that the constl tution follows the flaij and denounce the doc' trine that an executive or congress deriving their existence anil their powers from tho con stitution can exercise lawful authority beyond it or in violation of tt. We assort that no nation pan long endure half republic and half empire, that we warn the American people that imjicrinlism abroad wilMead quickly und Inevitably to diKitisin St home. Believing In these fundamental principles, wo denounce tho Porto Hico law, enacted by n Itepublicnn congress ngninst tho protest and opposition of tho Dcinis-r.itic mi linrity as a Ik. Id and upon violation of the nation's organic law and a flagrant breach of tho national gissl faith. It imposes upon tho people of l'orto Kico a gorvrajuent without their consent and taxation without represen tation. It dishonors the American people bv nv pudiatlng a solemn phlge made in their iH'lmlt liy the coin maiming general of tho nrniy, which the Porto Rionns wclcoinctl to a peaceful mill unresisted occupation of their land. It doomed to jsiverty anil distress a people whose helplessness ap peals with peculiar force to our justice and magnanimity. In this, the (list act oi us imperialism! program, the ltcpuh llciin party seeks to commit the United States to a colonial policy Inconsistent wit n Kepuiiiicaii Institutions and con detuned by the supremo court innmiicr oils decisions. We demand the prompt und honest fulfill numt of our pledge to the Cnlmn people and the world that the United Mates has no disjio sltlon nor Intention to exorcise sovereignty, Jurisdiction or control over the Island of Out except for its pacification. . The war ended nearly two years ato, profound pence reigns till over all the island anil still tho administra tion kii'H the government of tho island from its pisiple while Hepublican carpetlnig olllcials plunder Its revenues nnd exploit tho colonial thi-ory to the disgrace of the American peoplo. We condemn nnd denounce the Philippine policy of the present administration. It has involved the republic in unnecessary war. sac rillecd the lives of many of our noblest sons and plnosl the United Mates, previously known' and upplanded throughout tho world as tho champion of freedom, In the false and nnnmerienn Position of ernshlinr. with mili tary force, the etforts of our former allies to achieve lllerty and self government. Tho 1 illplnos cannot ls eiti.ens without endanger ing our civilization ; they cannot be subjects without iui'MTiling our form of government, und as we are not willing to surrender our civilization ortoronvert tho republic into an empire, we favor an immediate declaration of nation s purpiuo to giro to tho Filipinos, first, a stable form of government, second. Inde pendence, and third, protection from outsido nterference, such as has been given for marly a century to the republics of Central and tenth America. The greedy commercialism which dic tated the Philippine policy of the Repub lican administration attempts to justify it with the pica that it will pay, but even this sordid nnd unworthy plea falls when brought to the test of facts. The war of criminal aggression against the Filipinos entailing an annual xponsc of many mil lions, has already cost more than any pos sible profit that could accrue from the en tire Philippine trade for years to como. Furthermor when trade' Is extended nt the price of liberty, the price is ulways too hiirh. Wo are not opposed to territorial expan sion when It takes in desirable territory which can bo erected Into statos of the ADLAI BTEVKNSOB. onion nnd whose peoplo nro willing and tut to become American citizens. We favor expansion by every piwrful and legitimate means. But wo are unnlti rably opposed to seizing or purchasing of distant Islands to Is-governed out.ide the constitution and whose people can never become citizens. W o ure in favor of extending the republic's influence iimon( the nations, but believe thnt influence should 1st extended, not by force and violence but through tho persuasive power of a high nnd honorable example. Tho Imisirtiinco of other questions now pending liefore the American people Is In no- wlso (iimuiisiiiii anil inn ucmocrauo puny takes no backward step from its position on tin in, hut the burning issue of imperialism growing nut of tho Hiianish war Involves tho very existence of the republic and the des truction of our free institutions. Wo regard it as tho paramount issue of tho campaign. The declaration in the Republican platform, adopted at the Philadelphia convention held in June. IIIKI. thnt tho Hepublican party "stead fastly adhere to the policy announced In the Monroe doctrine" is manifestly insincere and deceptive. This profession is contradicted by the avowed policy or that party In opposition to the spirit of the Monroe doctrine to acquire and hold sovereignty over lurge areas of terri tory and large nitmlwra of people In the east ern hemisphere. Wo insist upon tho strict maintenance of tho Monroe doctrine and In all its integrity, lsith in li tter and in spirit, as necessary to prevent the extension of buro jsnin authority on this continent and as essen tial to our supremacy in American affairs. At the same time we dis-hire that no American people shall ever he held by force in unwilling jnibjection to KuroM-an authority. We oppose militarism. It means conquest nbrmd und intimidation nnd opires.ion at homo. It nicai-.s tiie strong arm which ha ever bs?n fatal to free Institutions. It Is what million of nur citizens have fb-d from in Eu- rone. It will imivwe upon our peace loving people a large standing army and unni-eessary burden of taxation and a constant menace to their li' erties. A small standing army and a well discipline! state militia are amply sulll- cient in timo of pmcu. This r publio Ills no place for a vast military serr.ee and conscrip tion. In danger the volunteor soldier Is his country's best defender. Tho national guard of the United States should ever bo eherisbed In the patriotic hearts of a free ieiiplu. Such organizations are ever un element of strength and safety. For tho first timo In our history and co-evil with tho Philippine conquest has there boon a wholesale departure from our time-honor- eu nnd approved system of volunteer or ganization, wo denounce It as un uniorlcan, uudciniHjratlc and linn pub lican, mm ns a subversion or tne ancient and fixed principles of a free people. Private monopolies ure ludcfcuslblc and intolerable. They destroy competition rout roll he price of nil material, und ol the finished product, thus robbing both producer and consumer. They lessen tho employment of labor, and arbitrarily fix tlie terms iiiul conditions thereof and de prive Individual energy and smn capital of their opportunity for lietturnuCit. They arc the most elliclent means yet devised for appropriating tho fruits ol in dustry to the lameUt of tho few at tho ex pense of the many, and unless tlielr In satiate greed Is chocked all wealth will be aggregated in a fow hands und the repub lic dcst royed. The dishonest paltering with tho trust evil by tho Hepublican urty in state and national platforms is conclusive proof of the truth of tho rhargo that trusts aro tho legitimate pro uct of Iiepublienn policies, that they are fos tered by Republican laws and that they art T.IIXIAM J. KnVAH. proti-ctixl by the Republican administration In return for campaign subscriptions and politi cal support. We pledge tho Democratic iinrtvtoan un- ci-nsing warfare in nation, state and city against private monopoly in every form. Ex isting laws njtalut trusts must bo enforced und more stringent ones must Is- enacted provi ding for publicity us to the ulTairs of corpora tions enguged in interstate commerce nnd n- qurtng all cororations to show, before doing business outside of the state of their origin that they have no w-itcr In their stock.and that they have not at tumptedand are not attempt ing to monopolize uny branch of business or tho production of uny nrtlclos of merchandise. und the whole constitutional power of con- gress over Interstate commerce, the mails and nil miKles of interstate communication shall be exercised by the enactment of comprehensive laws upon the subject of trusts. Tariff laws should Is- amended by putting the products of trusts upon tho free list to prevent monopoly under the plea of protection, The failure of tho present Republican ad ministration with an nlMolute control over all the branches of tho national government, to enact any legislation designed to prevent or even curtail tho absorbing power of trusts and Illegal combinations, or to enforce the anti trust laws already on the statute books provi the insincerity of the high sounding phrases of the hvpntiin-un platform. Corporations should be protected In all their rlghta and their legitimate interests should be respected, but any attempt by corporations to interfere with t)ie public affairs of the people or to control the sovereignty which creates them, should be forbidden under such penal ties as will mnki) such attempts impossible, We condemn the Dingliy tariff law as a tnist-brei-ding measure, skilfully devised to give the few favors which they desire and tu place uui the ninny burdens which they should not bear. Wo favor such an enlargement of the scope of the interstate commerce lawns will enable tho commission to proteet individuals and con,, initios from discriminations und tho public from unjust and unfair transportation rates. We rentllrin nnd endorse the prinoiph-s of the national Democratic plutform, adopted at Chi cago in 1NM, and we reiterate the demand of thnt platform for an American finuncial sys tem, nmdn by the American people for them selves, which shall restore and maintain a bi metallic price level, and as part of such system the Immediate restoration of the free and un limited coinage of silver nnd gold at the pn-s-ont legal ratio of 111 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We denounce tho currency bill, enncted nt the hist session of ooiigritss, us a step forward 111 the Republican policy which alms to dis credit the sovereign right of the national gov ernment to issue nil money, whether coin or jmt, und to bestow upon national banks tho power to issue and control the volume of paper money for tlielr own ls'in flt. A permanent na slonul bunk currency, si-cured by government bonds, must havo a permanent debt to n-st upon, and if thu bank currency Is to increase with population nnd business tho debt must also Increase. The Republican currency scheme is therefore a scheme for fostering Uion the taxpayers n pprpctuul and growing debt for the benefit of tho Isinks. Woaroop-posi-d to this private corporation paper circu lated as money but without legal tender quali ties, and demand the retirement of the na tional bank notes as fast as this government's paper or sliver certificates can be substituted for them. We favor an nmendment to the Federal con stitution providing for the election of United Mates senators by direct vote of thu people, and we favor direct legislation wherever prac ticable. We are opposi-d to government by injunc tion. We denounce tho black list and favor arbitration us a means of settling disputes be tween oorimrntioiis and their employes. In the Interest of American lalsir nnd the uplifting of the workingmun, as the corner stone of tho prosperity of our country, wn rec ommend that congri'ss crente a department of labor, in charge of a sis-rotary, with a scat in the cabinet, believing that the elevation of tho American lalsirer will bring with it Increased production and increased prosperity to our country at home and to our commerce abroad. Wc are proud of tho courage and fidelity of the American soldiers and sailors in all our wars. We favor ltlsral pensions to them and their dependents, and we reiterate the posi tion t-iken In the Chicago platform of 1UIH, that the fact of enlistment and service shall be conclusive iTidenceugainst disease and dis ability Is-fore enlistment. W u favor the immediate construction, owner ship and control of the Nicaragua canal by the United Stati-s, nnd we denounce the Insin cerity of the plank In the Iti-puhlican platform for an I-thmiiin canal in face of the failure of the Republican majority to puss the bill pend ing in congress. We .'oiidemn the Ibiy Pauncefote trentv ns a surreader of American rights and intcriwts, not to bo tolerated by th" American people. We denounce thu failure of the Repub lican partv to carry out Its pledges to grant stalehooil to the terrlfories of Ari zona, .New Mexico and Oklahoma, and We promise the people of those territories liiniicdiate si.iteiioinl uuu 'ionic rule dur ing their condition as territories, and wo favor home rule and a territorial form of government for Alaska and Porto Rim. We favor the continuance anil strict en forcement of the Chinese exclusion law, nnd Its application to the same classes of all Asiatic ratios. JelTersoii sa.d: "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; cn tangling alliances with none." Vo approve this whoh-soino doctrine and earnestly protest against the Repub lican depart lire which has involved us in Kii calliMl politics, including tho diplomacy of Europe and the intrigue and Innd-grali-blng in Asia, mid we cspis-iiilly oomleinn the ill-concealed Republican alliance with England, which must mean discrimina tion nuoinst other friendly nations und which has already stilled tho nation's voice, while liberty Is being strangled In Africa. Believing in the principles of self govern ment and rejecting us did our forefathers, th claim of monarchy wo view with indlgnatior the purpose of K'lgland to overwhelm with force the Mouth African republics. Speaking as we do for the entire American nation except its Republican otlicehnldcra and for all fris mon everywhere, wc extend our sympathies tt tho heroic burghers In their unequal strugglt to maintain their liberty and Independence. Wn denounce tho lavish appropriations of recent Republican congresses which have kept taxes high and which threaten the perpetua tion of the oppressive wur levies. We opjxiet the uccumulntion of a surplus to ls squall derdered in such lwrefacod frauds pon tin taximyers as the shipping sulmidy hi' I which, under the false pretence of prosjaTing Ameri can ship-building, would put unearned mil lions into the pockets of favorite contributor! to the Republican campaign fund. We fuvol the reduction and spis-dy repeal of the will taxes nnd a return to tho tiiue-liouoriil Demo crulic policy of strict economy ill govcrmucn tal expenditui es. Behoving tint our most cherished institu tions are in great peri), that the very existene, of our comtitiitionnl republic is at stake ami tin-decision now to bo riiic-hisl will deternuiK whether our children ure toenjoy those blessis privileges of free government which lmv mnde the Unitiil Mutes gri-nt, prosperous ant honored, we em-iiestly usk, for the forcgoiiii declaration i f principles, tho hearty supporl of the llla-i ty-loving American people, re garilless of previous party atttliutlons. David B. 11)11, of New York, was evidently favorite, ns he re.-eiviil gri st applause at times He apimrently could have bwu tho vieu presi denti'il nominee, but declined. Sir I rederlc Hodgson Safe. CaI'f. Coast Uasti.k. July !). A lettei from Sir Frederic Jlitohell Hodgson, governor of tho (told Const colony, (luted nt AkwobuKU, Jnly 1, wus re ceived liery, mm ouncing his safety. FOUR FIREMEN KILLED. Nine Also bin ii nj n red In a Fire nt I'll Is I'loperly Loss About M '4.1,000. PiTTsni'itd, July !). Firo in tho china nnd brie -n-ln-.it! store of T. G. Evans & Co., nt 2-Vi Filth nvpnno, rosultcd in tht death of four firemen, und surioii.-) in jury to nine others. The lleud. John CiriHin, 40 years old; lived on Zulciiia stivet; lioseninn uu No. 4; was recently trm -furred from No. 24 com pany. St. Clair Crawford, 40 years old; lived nt 10b! Piinglinm street; hosi man on No. 4; wus transferred from No. 3 com ptiuy about throe years ago; leaves widow nnd two children. John II. lycwis, 34 years old; lived ut 81II2 McClurg street; hasunuui on No. 11; tin ii s:f oiiod from No. la company a year ago. Mux Butterbach, 41 yours old; lived on Finegal street, ho.ifiiiuti on No. 11; transferred in the spring from No. 2f company. The Injured. Daniel J. Campbell, captain of No. 4 company; 4.i years old; liuirriod; honii nt No. :i Basin alley; left shoulder seri ously bruised, left arm puralyzed, buck injured nnd internal injuries; serious. Sent to Mercy hnspitnl. .Stewart Barns, of No. 4 Etigino com pany; 21 years old; single; homo at Hi Lawn street; left hip and leg badly sijtiee.ed mid loft sido paralyzed; not dangerous. Sent to Mercy hospital. George Munn, of No. 11 Engine com pany; Hi years old; Kinglo; homo at PlO.i Sycamore street; fracture of right shoulder; not serions. Scut to Mercy hospital. Edward F. Doylo, of No. 1 1 Engino company; 32 years old; single; homo nt 1812 Penn avenue; broken rib and body bruises; not serious. Sout to Homeo pathic hospital. Edward Kearney, of No. 4 Engine company; 30 yours old; married; homo nt ii!( Lotiionf street; numerous body bruises; no bones broken; not serious. Sent to Homeopathic hospital. George Coughliu, of No. 4 Engine company; 3" years old; married; homo at li!) Bristol street; -several body bruises; not dangerous. Sout to Home op;ithie hospital. William Erb, of No. 11 Engine com pany; HO years old; married; homo nt 2204 Surah street; right hand burned, bruised on body; no lioues broken; not serions. Sent to Southsido hospital. Hugh Beatty, of No. 5 Engine com pany; one fiKit badly bruised. Sent to his heme on Bedford avenue. William Boyd, captain of No. 19 En gine company; finger cut. John Kinnear, of No. 19 Engine com pany; hand cut slightly. When the uceident happened the men wcro on tho tirst floor or tho rJvatis & Co. store. One of tho heavy safes in tho Goddard, Hill & Co. jewelry house on the second story crashKl through tho fliMjr nnd carried everything with it to tho cellar. While sonio of the men were pinioned down or surrounded by debris, and deatli wus exptrted, Itev. Father Benno, of the cathedral, went into the cellar nnd performed the rites of the Catholic church, prciiariiig the men on tho ex portation of their death. The property loss from tho liro was estimated at alsiut 125,000; nearly all covered by iusurnncu. Engineer Killed, Fireliuiu Hurt. PiTTsnuKu, July 9. Charles E. Austin, one of the oldest engineers on tho road, was killed, and Fireman William L. Goodman seriously injured in a wreck ou tho Pittsburg and Western railroad, near Hirro'i station, alsiut J2 miles above Allegheny. Imports of lry lioml. New Yoi:k. July 9. Imports of dry goods und la rchnndise nt the o! t of New York lust week we.ro valued ut $s,4,:o7. DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. Figures ou the Failure For the i'int Half or 1!MHI Some Oilier Feature. New Yokk, July 7. R. U. Dun St Co.'s weekly review of trade, issued to day, said in part: Failures in the first half of 1UJ0 wore S.HR2. with liubilitii of tlW.STO.llH. There were !x) fail ures of banks nnd financial corponttions for .'.'..Ki.'W, leaving b.XU commercial falluroa, with llablliti.-s of tn,;jr,4.':. Had it Is-eu predicted that tho vast Iron In dustry would be thrown from unprocodontid activity into great depression, with many works closed and prii-os reduced fully aq uur ter, without fuiluri! amounting in all totO. um.it wouid have Ixs-n thought impossible. Yet the six failure), in that department for the last quarter were in all for $ati,Kl6. though Bes semer pig has fallen from 2a to 116 und pistes from ii.l to 1.6 cents, and the average for Iron and steel prislucts has decllni-d Just 85 per Cent since Jan. 1. Home further decline Is now expected ls-forc things are adjusted for anoth er uctive season, und efforts to arrange wagi are pio-.-n-ssitig. Tho Fall River committee has decided to dose their cotton mills for a time, uud some of the largest wiailen Wor huve bii'ti closed or much reduced In (v.tvi. A lnr;c share of the bisit and shoe force Is Inactive, and no change In prices has re sulted since those of some weeks ago, which, according to luter accounts, wcro made by fewer of tho manufacturers than was at the time believed. The crip year for groin is over mid tho outward movement of wheat has not been stopped, although somewhat diminished by the vagaries In prices. While exact figures for tho year will not li known for some davs to come, they dltfer very little from imi.uoi.imo bushels of wheat und com together, which was almost exactly tho quantity exported last year, whilo iu 1'.W It wns slightly larger. FOREIGN LEGATIONS SAFE ON JULY 4. Fore I, -ii roi.si.ts nt Shanghai t'ulted la the Announcement Counter Ite liellioii In 1'ekln. Taindox, July 9. The foreign con suls' at Slinnglini met on July 7 and oflieinlly announced that the legations ut Pekin were safe ou July 4. IyoxiMix. July 9. The O-msnls of Shanghai rejiortod that tho Pekin lega tions were safe on July 4, nnd that the Chinoso had censed their attacks. Tho only fear felt nt that timo, according to the reports of tho consuls, was reimrd ing the food supply. Bkusski.s, July II. A dispatch from Shanghai received here said that, no cording to n high Chinese oflieinl, the two legations which wero still holding out July 2 were the object of ineessant nttaeks. There had been somo losses among the troops guarding the lega tions, but the diplomatists were safe. The disputch ulso no id the loval troops under Prince Citing, who was houdiug a counter revolution, had uttaoked the relx'ls in Pekin. Tho governor of Shan Tung, uncording to the s:iiuo nuthority, was re)sii ted to hnvo declined to obey Prince Tunu's orders to seize Nankin. Further dispatches from Shanghai said the legations wero holding out on July a. that tho reliel-r had been re pulsed with a loss of about 2,000 nnd that tho Boxers wero discouraged. They also rejiortod that a Chinose journal con firmed tho iinnouncetnent of Prince Cliiiig's counter revolution in Pekin. London, July 0. A dispatch from Tien Tsin, dated July 3, co:ifained the following: "Since early morning tho Chinoso have heavily bombarded tho settlements. Admiral Seymour has ordered the women and children con veyed to Taku ut tho earlist possible moment." Biihux, July 9. A dispatch from Tien Tsin said the Russians unsuccess fully bombarded the native town on July 2. The strength of the nlliod troops was ulxrot 10,000. There was no fresh uews regarding tho situution in Pekin Tultimge Treaclied In Stockholm. Stimkiioi.m, Jnlv !. Hov. T. Do Wilt Tnlmage preached in the Iinmaiiuel church here Sunday to an immense con gregation. Dr. Talmago's sermon was rendered into Swedish by an interpre ter. l.i-imkl.vu lt-:clioU Che I'oo. Wasiii ,-iiTiiN, July 9. The navy de partment, Saturday night, received the following cablegram from Admiral Remoy: "Che Foo Brooklyn arrived; pris-eediug immediately Ttiku Ho mey." THE MARKETS, PiTTsnriio. July 9 WHItA-No. a red, T4'4-7.V. CORN No. S yellow shelled. 4?.4V: No. S yellow ear, 41i',(i'iUc. OATS No. I white. Hl'tfll't'e; No. t whit... KI'"Hlc; extra No. 8 whlto.2.'i'MH: regular No. M, fii,"il: HAY No. I timothy. 15.:fiH5 50; No. 2Io, l.io."a 14.25; packing hay, ti.mras.lll: clover, Vimii l ill; l-HMe, from wagon. H.fYtW St. KL'TTKH Klgin prints, '.V; creamery, Elgin, I'j'--'"; Ohio, laiac; duiry, I.V9 lfW-: low grades, ha.i' 4:. K(iiS-Kiesh. ca11dl.1l, nearby, IDcJWic; so'itle-rn egL's, I'ia lilc. CIIKKSE Full f-r.-am, Ohio, g'rflhf; three quarters, s'ali.-; New York state, full cream, new, liivtbl1,.-; Ohio Swiss, l'."iyl.P,e; Wi consin, 14'ijal5'; S Minnd brick cheese, II1,'! I2c; liinbiirg.-r. new. ll'tpTJc. POPI.THY Olnekens. live, smnll. &Vaiiil! ; large. T.ViVi-per pair; spring chickens, live, lS'ii 'iilc per iMiuiid; dressist, 25c mt fiound; dresseil chickens, bJiyfadHc er s.und; live g.s-si-. 7.K-tatl.mi pi-r pair; turkeys, .'itsc per pound: dressed, lvalue H-r pound; ducks, dr.-ssed, 14 9I! per pound; live, i6ci$ll.0O per pair. Pirrsiirnu, July 9. CATTLE Ib-ceipts fair; l loaib. on sale; inni k.-t steaily. Wc quote: Extra hivy, f.Y AO prime 5 t.Vi.").ijli;g.l, ." I.V11..1 :); tidy, t5.lra5.j; g.ssl gra cattle, 4 0U'4II: fair grass cattle, M l ValiO; common, t.'l Sma4.U(l ; heifers, H.iioal rtl; oxen. $.' .jid,4 00 ; bulls and stags, l.uoal.''. : common to good fat cows. I25UH40H; good fre-h cows, l:.",.liiiM.U0; fair cows and sprinfrs, Jill UU-JO 0U; lailogna cows, till IM'ld.Ylll. IKsifs Kisciots fair; !7 hds; market active and higher. We quote: Prime nii-l-uins. tjo-TS iili.77'J: heavy Yorkers. ." 7i ?..'. 7.'.; light York, is and pigs, 'luru 5 ;u: heavy hogs, lo'-'Suoi!; roughs $.1 7.V1 j Oil. HHKEI' AND I.AMHS-HoMpts light; 12 load" on sale; market Hr-fJle higher on si p and iV-higher 011 lambs. We iuote as follow-: Choice w-th. rs, 14 M(t1 SO; g'l. l I'. (a4'i; fair mix.sl, .t.3:l ); comiaon, l Hi choice lamlM, .l.'4.ilT3: c.inimon t-o ir.s.l. -!..' ir, veal calves. Itt.iMinJ.jO; heavy hh! thiiL Mi -Vi. EVENTS OF A WEEK. NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY NARRATEP The War In the Philippine, Crimea, T re state Happenings, Foreign, Ruilneet and Other KvenU Balled Down For the Render In n Hurry. NKWS FHOM TUB 1'IIILIPPIXr.S. Lst week's scon ting in Luzon resulted in 11 Ainencnus being filled and 16 wounded. One hundred and sixty Fili pinos were killed during the week and eight Americans who had been prison ers iu the bauds of the rebels were sur rendered, nnd about 100 rifles were turned over to tho Unitod States offi cials. Tho enemy ambushed a wagon train between Indaug and Naic. The Third infantry lost nine men while on an ex pedition to punish the ladrones in tho delta of the Rio Grande. In the Antigua, provinco of Panav, a running fight of about three hours' duration resulted in the killing or w mndiug of 70 of the enomy. There wero no casualties among tho Ameri cans. Tho insurgents wore slowly accepting the amnesty provisions. Iu some in stances the Americans were suspending oporn tions in order to give the rebels an opimrtnuity to take advantage of tho decree. IIAI'I'KNKU IN WASHINGTON. Tho following cablegram has been re ceived at thu war department from General Mac Arthur, at Mauilu: "Colonel James S. Pettit, Thirty-first Uuib-d Slates volunteor infantry, ac quitted by general courtinartial." Colonel l'ettit wus tried on a charge of having turned over a native prisoner to a Dato in Miudanno, who cruelly exe cuted the man. The courtninrtial was founded upon a chargu that Colonel Pettit's condnbt wns nnsoldierly nnd tended to bring tho American nrms into contempt. It was at one time reiwrted that Webb Hayes, a lientenadt colonel of the same regiment, had thrown up hisc.iiiiinis.sinn because of dissatisfaction with Colouol Pettit's conduct in this af fair. Upon his arrival in this country, however, Mr. Hayes contradicted this statement and came out in a strong de fense of Colonel Pettit's course. General MacArthur sout a casualty list containing the following: Killed Twenty-fourth infnniry, Will Webb; Twenty-sixth infantry, Frank J. Cagno; Thirty ighth infantry, Clyde M. Davis. Wounded .Sevuu soldiors. TUI-ST.VriO i;vknts. In n collision of oars on tho Scranton R:iilvuv company's Duryea lino, nt Old Forgo, Pa., tho motormau was fatally crusbod anil a number of passengers in jnred. Falling Honrs iu a burning building in rittsoiiig killed five firemen and iu jur.ul uiiie. Fifteen hundred men were thrown out of employment by the liaukiug of five furnaces of tho Lackawanna Iron uud Steel company in Lebanon county, Pa. A tornado nnro.ifod eight houses in LniiMlalo, Pa., and during the storm. tho dispatch says, thore was a fall of hailst.ines us largo as hens' eggs. President J McKinley took a short drive Sunday at Canton, O. Ho put Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Julius Whiting, Sr., an old friend of the fam ily, on the reur seat of the surrey and toolc his own place beside the coach man for a turn about tho city. As the bells were summoning worshinnrs to church tho president's carriage stopped at the First Methodist clmrch. Tho president entered the church and the women continued their drive. At tho conclusion of the service the presi dent walkel to his home. Another drive was taken towards evening, and then the president, Mrs. McKinl6y, Secretary Cortelyou and Dr. Rixey went to the homo of Judge Day for dinner, and to spend tho ovoning. It was n quiet and restful day, marked by comparatively fow calls. Helen, the 2-year-olddnnghter of Mrs. D. P. Nelson, died, making tho ninth victim of Wednosduv's explosion. The Neely boy suffered a relapse and his death will probably occur. William Cnrr and Frank Pluiuloy aro both in a critical condition and are not expected to recover. A canvass of Riverside duveloped that the followi'ig tjiersoiis, whose names wero not bef mi published, wero more or less injure I by i iiu explosion: Rosa mond Anilers ni. John Thornton, David Ronehe, Pearl nnd Charles Iluteher, Walter IVlmii, Hoy Lymh, Lola Jen kins, William Smith, 8. M. Hill. Will in in Jones, James Ueylnnd, Ehvard Kelly. E. T. Howell, N. E. Fortness, Grant Jenkins nnd Wallaco Henuett Cole. This swells the list to ft!) killed and injured. During a fierce squnll tho yacht Idler, owned by John nnd James Corrigan, was capsized uud sunk six miles Cleve land and six lives wero lost, as follows: Mrs. James Corrigan, wife of thu well-known vessel owuer. Ida Corrigan. James Corrigan. Mrs. Charles Riley, all daughtors of James Corrigan. Ktta Corrignu, daughter of Captain John Corrigan. Infant daughter of Mrs. Riley. The only survivor of tho pnssongnrg is Mrs. John Corrigan. She and sis men of the crew were picked up by a fish tug and brought to thu harbor. VICTIM OF DISASTER. John J. Kyau, aged 11 years, ond John M. Kelly, aged 0 years, both of Philadelphia, wero drowned at River ton. N. J. Arthur Smith was drowned iu a pond, near (iibbslsiro, N. J. New Yokk. July 9. Three more bodies wero found on the Saale. This mudo 211 bodies that hud thus fur been taken from I he wreck of the Sunlo since tho lire, and 14(1 bodice in all rocovitrod. Tho lushes recovered wero all found is the second i tbin in the after part of the ship, ami they were horrible sighU to look upon. They had very little clothing on and were all victims of fir. They could not be identified. Chief ( itticer Hnury Schaeffer said he had no idea who the men had been, bat, judging from the place where they were found, thought they were stew ards. The body of a man, badly scarred and bnrned, was found nt Rorkaway Beach and taken to the morgue there. The body is supposed to be that of a victim of the Hobokon disaster. RECORD Or CRIMES. Charles Jennings, Thomas Bradley, Robert Henry ud Joseph Aman are in custody, charged with causing the death of nu unknown man, supposed to be a sailor, nt American and South streets, Philadelphia, by knocking him down. John Hopkins, 27 years, died of in juries revived in a street fight at Phila delphia. Victor Spencer, 21 years old, his alleged nssnilant, was in custody. John Bridges, of Philadelphia, was mysteriously shot, near Ancora, N. J. fighting ut Tien-Tsiu. Five people were killed by tho ex plosion of gas in a damaged and leak ing tauk car, at Parkersburg, W. Va. Thirty-five people were kriled by a stm t car jumping into a gulch, at Tacoma. NEWS OF FOREIUN LAMM. The consuls nt Shanghai report that the Pekin legations were safe on July 4. A cablegram from United States Con sul General Ooodnow, at Shanghai, dated July 7, said that the legations wero srnuding on the !ld Inst., nud that thu recent attack of the Boxers hud been slight. They seemed disposed to adopt starvation methods. The state department received a lengthy report from Minister Conger, ut Pekin, under date of May 21, giving par ticulars of tho Boxer outrages and the steps taken by himself aud other minis ters to wnru tho Chinese government of the gravity of the situation, und to de mand protection. The Chinese were pro fuse in promises, declaring that troops had been sent to the disturbed district and a secret proclamation given to the viceroy which would insure the restora tion of ort'.er. Minister Conger was ap pealed to by the Chinese foreign office not to ask for n guard of marines for the legation, as he threatened. What Mr. Conger has to say as to the attitude of the Chinese government toward the Boxer movement, as re vealed iu tho formal interchange thnt took place between himself and the Tsuii'; Li Yumeii, is not only of pecu liar interest now, but probably will have a strong bearing on the final rock ouing thnt must be had between the civilized nations nnd the Chinese Mr. Conger makes it very clear, through the publication of the priest's letter, that at least one, aud probably all of the European nations uaviug in terests in Northern China, were ao quniiited with the dangers of the situa tion ut least two or three weeks before the actual ontbreak. Iu view of the gravity of the situa tion in China, a Gorman exjieditionary force of volunteers wus to bo dispatched there. It was said it will have the strength of a brigade of all arms. The Kaiser made a strirriug speech, declar ing intention of Germany to avcaifc the doath of her Minister nt Pekin, but in otlloial circles at Washington the action wus not regnrded as an official declaration of war on the part of Ger many. A special dispatch from Shanghai said that reports are current that Vice Admiral Seymour was wounded in tho HISIMESS JOTTINGS. Tho sheet scale of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Stool and Tin work ers wus signed at Pittsburg by repre seutatices of the American Steel Sheet company and tho committee of the labor organization, The agreement is a compromise on what was asked by both sides. The card rate and base of the scale remain the same as last year, but new footnotes, considerably to the ad vantage of the Amalgamated, have been agreed to by tho combine. T. M. Nelson, formerly president of the Pittsburg Bridge company, and until recently manager of those works under the American Bridge coinpany.rcsiguod, aud J. O. Munn, formerly general man ager and secretary of the company, was appointed manager. MISCELLANEOUS. The tenth international convention of the Baptist Young Poople's nniou convenes at Cincinnati next Thursday, . for a session of about four days. Tho sessions will bo hold in Music hall, with a seating capacity of 6,000. There will be general sessions during forenoons and evenings, aud meetings of sections during the after noons. A large chorus will furuish the music. Dr. E. G. Graugo, of London. England, delivers tho annual sermon, and Dr. Lorimer, of Boston, the annual address. Distinguished ministers and lecturers from all countries are ou the program for addresses during the sessions. All of thu state associations will meet hero during the week aud a very large at tendance is exxictod. Tho war department has rocoivedjthe following cablegram from General Mao Arthur, at Manila: "Captsin Robert B. Huston, Forty seventh United States volunteer infan try, died of typhoid fever Friday after noon, July 6, ut Manila." Captain Hustou was born at Hamil ton, ()., Jan 2o. lMi-l, and, when ap iHiintod lo the volunteer army, was a resident of Guthrie, O. T. The Democratic national convention nominated William J. Bryan, of Ne braska, for president, as did the Silver Republicans. The Democrats nomi nated Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, for vice president. The Silver Republi cans )ft tho matter of the vice prcsi deutinl nomination to their national oomiutttoo, who endorsed Stevenson,
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