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I ORENZO FULTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer In HARNESS. COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. 11 t GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN BALTIMORE FIRE SWEPT Mayor McLane Says Loss Is Over $100,000,000. Diplomatic Relations Severed New Secretary of War Big Loan to Rail roadSenator Hanna Has Typhoid. Wreck Near Watertown Last Troops Leave Cuba Dollar Wheat. The most destructive conflagration In the history of Baltimore started at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, raging practically unchecked for 3G hours, completely destroying scores of the largest business houses In the whole sale 'district, Involving losses which owing to tho wldo eVtent of the calam ity It Is certain will exceed $100,- ")') ');). Tho fire broke out shortly before 11 o'clock In tho wholesale drygoods store of John E. Hurst & Co., on Hop kins place, in the heart of the busi ness district, with a series of loud ex plosions, which were heard In all parts of tho city. It spread with fearful ra pidity. In half an hour there were a dozen big warehouses la tho wholesale dry goods district burning fiercely. Tho entlro city fire department was called out, but was utterly powerless to check tho spread of the flames, which were aided by high winds and by noon there were savage fires In at least 30 big warehouses and the conflagration was steadily eating its way Into blocks east, north, west and soulh. Every bit of fire fighting apparatus In the city was called Into requisition ns the flames spread, but the firemen realized they had a task too groat for them to combat. Telegrams for fire engines were sent to Washington and Philadelphia and about 1 o'clock six engines arrived from Washington and four from Philadelphia and joined In the battle. Engines from tho stations In Baltimore, Howard, Anne Arundel and Hartford counties were also sum moned, some of the apparatus travel ing a distance of 30 miles and more. It Is roughly estimated that there were 400 lines of hose playing upon dif ferent parts of the conflagration. So terrific was the heat and so dense and suffocatingthevolumeof smoke.fly Ing sparks and burning embers that It was difficult for the firemen to stand long within fighting distance of the flames, while several trucks and en gines were hopelessly disabled by fly ing timbers at an early hour In the ac tion. At 7 o'clock the situation was so hopeless so far as effective work by the firemen was concerned that Chief Horton decided that the onlv thing to do was to dynamite buildings at tho threatened points and thus prevent as fas as possible a further spread of the flames. In pursuance of this plan a number of buildings on South Charles street, between German and Lombard, were blown up. Subsequently the splendid structure of J. W. Putts & Co., notion dealers at Charles and Fayette streets, the Daily Record, Ros? Drugstore and other buildings were dynamited. But this heroic remedy merely delayed but did not seriously Impede the on ward march of the conflagration. At 9 p. m. Monday the fire was under control, having been stopped at the harbor. Five fresh fire companies ar rived from New York. Diplomatic Relations Severed. It was officially announced at St.' Petersburg that Count Lamsdorff, the Russian foreign minister, hns In formed Russian representatives abroad that Japan hns decided to break off negotiations with Russia and to with draw her minister and the entire le gation staff from St. Petersburg, and that upon the receipt of a note to this effect from the Japanese minister Rus sia has ordered her minister. Baron De Rosen, and the legation staff to leave Toklo. The Russian authorities believe this action places Japan In the wrong before the world, and moreover, after such a "piece of impudence," as It Is denominated there, makes easy an ap peal to the patriotism of the Russian people. The news that at any moment Japan had drawn the sword and that the first clash had occurred would not be surprising. The events leading to Ja pan's abrupt action have come with great rapidity. Russia, while making concessions, declined to yield on the four following points: First, Japan's right to ask for a treaty covering the sovereignty oi Manchuria; second, she insisted upon mutual recognition of the Independ ence of Corea; third, that there should be no fortification of Southern Corea which might threaten Russian com munications with Port Arthur and V'ladivostock, and fourth, she de clined to meet Japan's wishes with re gard to a neutral zone on both sides of tho Yalu river. The New Secretary of War. Hanging in his office as the new sec retary of war, William II. Taft, wa3 conducted into the arduous duties of his post, was the picture of his dis tinguished father, Alphonso Taft, who was President Grant's secretary of war in 1876. Thus father and son hnve held the same portfolio. Simon Cameron, secretary of war under Lin coln, and James D. Cameron, his son, under Grant, present a similar In stance. There is a single other case of the kind In government history, where Gideon Granger was postmaster general under Jefferson and Madison and Francis Granger, hl3 son, unacr Harrison and Tyler. Late Opening of Spring Trade. Ilradst root's summary of the state of trade says: Weather conditions unfavorably af fect trade and transportation through out most of the Went, while .wildly fluctuations markets for cotton, cof fee and the cereals make the specula tive situation of those staples a mat ter of concern. The feeling grows that a later open ing of spring trade and conservative buying are to be looked for In many lines. Men's wear woolens are not moving quickly for fall delivery. Clothiers are buying conservatively. Wool Is firm, with stocks light nnd 5 to 10 per cent higher prices at London sales. Cotton goods are much disturbed. Buy ers and sellers are alike uncertain. Pennsylvania Borrows $50,000,000. A . syndicate of prominent New Yurk bankers has agreed to lend $."0,000,000 for the purpose of Improv ing the Pennsylvania lines west of I'ittsburg and also, It can be stated on uthority of a member of the lending syndicate, to provide funds for the purchase of the Western Maryland railroad by the Norfolk and Western as part of a plan for the settlement of the Gould-Pennsylvania differences. The Pennsylvania will receive the money April 1 and Issue notes bearing 44 per cent interest therefor, the notes to be taken up In 18 months. It Is not the Intention of the syndicate which has taken tho notes to offer them at public sale. The price to be paid for the notes was not made pub lic. Death of William C. Whitney. William Collins Whitney, former sec retary of the navy, died Tuesday aft ernoon at his home, 871 Fifth avenue, New York. Death came while he wa3 under the Influence of ether, adminis tered preparatory to a second opera lion for appendicitis. Tho funeral services were held Fri day at Grace church, New York, where Mr. Whitney wns a pew holder. It was while acting as secretary of the navy that Mr. Whitney first came Into national promlnonc? through his aggressive efforts toward the Improve ment and enlargement of the American navy. Senator Hanna Has Typhoid. Senator Hanna's illness is official ly pronounced by his physicians in Washington to he irregular typhoid, that is typhoid fever with the fever symptoms less regular and marked than In the pronounced types of the disease. His physicians expressed confidence In his recovery but admitted that even If no complications or unforeseen de velopments of any kind occur, recov ery will be a matter of weeks and will require meanwhile the most careful and painstaking nursing. Wreck on the Rome and Watertown. A passenger train on the Sacketts Harbor branch of the Rome. Water town and Ogdensburg division of the New York Central railroad ' jumped the track about five miles west of Wa tertown Friday night, the entire train consisting of engine, bnggage car and one coach, going down an embank ment. The engineer and fireman es caped with slight injury. One passen ger, Anna Bernheim of Sacketts Har bor, sustained a broken collar bone. Tho wreck was caused by spreading of the rails. ' Dollar Wheat In Chicago. Cash No. 2 red wheat sold on the Chicago board of trade Wednesday at $1 a bushel, two carloads changing hands at that price. The wheat was bought by millers. Whent has not sold so high in thi3 market, either for spot or future delivery, since June, 1898, In which month the Loiter deal was culminated. The high prices bein.a raid at Chicago are the direct result of the big deal In May wheat being engineered by Armour. Last Troops Leave Cuba. The last, vestige of the American oc cupation of Cuba disappeared Thurs day of la3t week when the Amer Icon flag was lowered from the Ca bana barracks and the last battalion of American soldiers boarded the annv transport Sumner. President Palma with other Cuban officials attended tho ceremony of low ering the United States flag. The Cuban flag was then raised in Its place. Insurgents Killed an American. The Insurgentstn SanDomingodelib erntely fired on the launch of the aux iliary cruiser Yankee, killing J. C. Johnson, the engineer. The bullet entered his head above tho eye. Uni ted States Minister Powell has direc ted the captain of the Yankee to take drastic measures to avenge Johnson's death and this Insult to the American flag. Johnson was buried on shore the next afternoon. Explosion on Battleship Iowa. The battleship Iowa while testing her batteries on her way down the coast blew off the muzzles of both eight inch guns In her forward starboard turret. Flying fragments smashed one of the ship's whalehoats. Both guns are badly swollen. None of the crew was injured and no damage outside that given was sustained by tho vessel. The Iowa is now in Hampton Roads. Senate Votes Loan to St. Louis . The political debate in the senate on the proposed loan of $l,GO0,Ono to tho St. Louis exposition came to a close through a vote which left thn provision In tho urgent deficiency ap propriation bill, which was passed. FIRE STOPPED AT RIVER Baltimore Conflagration Check ed at Jones' Falls. Efforts of 100 Fire Companies and Fire Tug3 Kept Blaze From the East Side 75 Blocks Burned and 2,500 Buildings Destroyed Impos sible to Estimate Loss. Baltimore, Feb. 9. Baltimore Is staggering under a fire loss which no one has tho temerity to put into fig ures. Tho Important commercial district is a mass of blackened ruins, the re sult oi a conflagration which raged without even a momentary check from 10:45 a. m. Sunday until 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, when the officials agreed the flames were under control. The fire had raged nearly 38 hours, In spite of almost superhuman efforts put forth by the best fighting forces which more than half a dozen cities mustered. Apparently there Is hut one cause for gladness and that Is that there are no homeless, for the residence section of the city escaped. The flames were held In check at the Union docks and prevented from leap ing Jones' Falls and placing the entire city east of there in jeopardy. A score of times Insidious flames of fire were found lapping the sides of lumber piles on the east bank of the falls. In some instances the lumber was tossed Into the falls and this with similar heroic measures stayed the fire. Handicapped by Fierce Gale. Throughout, the terrible contest which firemen and fire wagod !for su premacy, humanity was handicapped by a gale which carried burning brands to remote sections. But for tho work of volunteers In extinguish ing these embers It is almost ceitain the burned area would have been much greater. As It is but 75 blocks, cr 140 acres, are gone. The burned district I3 within the territory bound ed on the west by Liberty street, on tho north by Lexington, on the east by Jones' Falls and on the south by Ba sin. Tho district thus swept by fire com prised nearly 2.500 buildings. Insurance companies have opened temporary offices In the Lexington ho tel, but their representatives decline to estimate the loss. The answer of one Is typical of all: "It's too big. We have not figures to describe It. Make 1: above $100,000,000. The best we can do." The city, was early placed under martial law to prevent looting. Gen eral Corbin will take command of the militia now here and the regulars or dered out. The struggle yesterday was with the one end of confining the fire to the west side of Jones' Falls. No one dares guess the result If the flames had jumped this stream. That the fire was checked was the result of its meet ing the concentrated labors of nearly 100 fire companies aided by the power ful fire tug, the Cataract. Ruslnesa men prosperous Saturday are poor today. Expressions heard among these men reveal an astound ing number who were but. poorly pro tected by insurance. Few persons ex plored fully even such portions of the burned district as the cooling ruins would permit, for the high wind made It dangerous topassthroughthestreet' bordered by crumbling walls and cov ered with masses of wires, lashed about by a high wind. Some of these wires are strung from charred wooden poles which are left standing In a suction, where buildings supposed to have been fire proof did not escape. Tottering Walls Constantly Falling. Many of the tottering walls fell dur ing the day sending out clouds of dust. Flying glass, dust and gravel, sparks and embers filled tho air all day. The fire district men prominent in the com merclnl life were found. Many with heat-hllstered and smoke - begrimed faces had be'n up all night and as the morning broke were taking their first Inventory of losses. And that was only tho trail of the fire fiend. The heat and (lames were then raging be yond, extending ruin square by square until the very water's edge was reached. The President street station of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti more railroad Is. used as barracks for tho militia. The building caught firs a number of times and whenever the door was on"ned a shower of sparks was carried inside. In front the lum ber piles furnished tinder for the flames which were ever creeping for ward, yet the men who had been pac ing the streets all night lay asleep, completely worn out. Residents and business men of the East side are not yet fully assured of their safety nnd vehicles of all kinds fill the streets, carting household ef fects to safer sections. Colonel J. Frank Sttpplee, a com plete authority on factory statistics, tstlmatcd the nunib-r of p'.-rsons thrown out of work will reach 50.000. Inspector of Buildings Preston, after making a careful study of the burned district placed the building loss alone at $130,000,000. It la feared that aid must, come from adjacent cities or a partial famine will be an added phase of the situa tion. Restaurants are entirely with out food r.nd tho dost ruction of tho commission houses along the wharves has shut off the supply. Hotels are but little better. Preparations are he Inj made to rush supplies from New York In order to avert suffering. POLICY OF UNITED STATES. No Agreement With Great Britain About Intervention. Washington, Feb. 9. State depart ment officials deny that any agreement has been made to the effect that the United States and Great Britain would Intervene after Russia has crushed Ja pan and insist that Manchuria remain part of China. Ever since the Turco-Russlan war It has been customary for the great neu tral powers to hold some sort of con ference at the conclusion of the war to assure the vanquished nation in tho struggle against undue exactions and punishments. This was notably the case In the Turco-Russlan war, and attention is called to the fact that although Japan was the victor In her last war with China, tho neutral powers, especially Russia and England, brought pressure to bear upon Japan to prevent her from pursuing her advantage beyond reasonable limits. Incidentally It also was pointed out that tho two nations profited themselves by the acquisition of most important strategetic points which had been tho object of Japan's operations. Therefore It Is said to be within the probabilities that some kind of confer enco will follow a Russo-Japan war. The United States has always held aloof from combination in such cases, but as in the case of tho negotiations which terminated the Boxer troubles, the policy has been to work on parallel lines when such a cause Is for the com mon good. Germany's Policy In Far East. Berlin, Feb. 9. The Cologne Ga zette defines Germany's policy in East Asia in an article, which is evidently inspired, as follows: "We must direct our attention to seeing that further complications do not arise from -this quarrel, and that the regions in China adjacent to the theater of war are not drawn Into the outbreak. We can best subserve this purpose through a policy which will leave no doubt of our 'ful lest neutrality." Japs Charter Canadian Steamers. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 9. The big Canadian Pacific steamships Tartar and Athenian, of about. 25,000 tons each, have been purchased or char tered from the Canadian Pacific rail way by the Japanese government. CONSULS IN MANCHURIA. Messrs. Cheshire, Davidson and Mor gan Will Soon Go to Their Posts. Washington, Feb. 9. The state de partment is pushing preparations for the early dispatch to their posts in Manchuria of United States Consuls Cheshire, Davidson and Morgan, who are to bo posted respectively at Muk den, Antung and Dalny. This is regardless of the Impending outbreak of war, and It Is said that there Is no reason to apprehend that actual hostilities would be allowed to prevent a consul of a friendly nation from going to his post. Mr. Fowler, who has been In this country on leave of absence, has de parted in haste for Chefoo, which in the event of hostilities Is expected to be a point of the greatest importance for the collection of news and rendez vous of merchant shipping, being the nearest great neutral port to the pros pectlve seat of war. The navy department will make no effort to place United States naval at taches on either the Russian or Jap anese fleets. It is believed that con sent could not bo had from either party. President Asked to Intervene. Vienna, Feb. 9. The Austrian Peace society has sent a cablegram to Pres ident Roosevelt requesting him to In tervene in the Russian-Japanese con flict under the provisions of the Inter national arbitration tribunal at The Hague. Wells-Brewer Wedding. Washington, Feb. 9. At noon yes terday the marriage of Miss Ellzabethe Brewer, youngest daughter of Justice Brewer of tho United States supreme court, to Wellington Wells of Boston, was solemnized at St. John's church by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Satterlee, bishop of Washington. President and Mrs. Roosevelt and members of the su preme court were among the guests. Dividends of Canadian Pacific. Montreal, Que., Feb. 9. At tho meet ing of the board of directors of the Canadian Pacific railway a dividend of 2 per cent on the preferred stock and 3 per cent on the common stock was declared for tho half year ended De cember last. After payment of tho working expenses, fixed charges and dividends, there Is a surplus for tho half year of $2,751,783. General Condition Remains Good. Washington, Feb. 9. The following bulletin was issued on Senator Hanna: Senator Hanna's temperature was 102, pulse 92 and regular; respiration 21. There has been less irritability or the stomach and his general condition re mains good. RIXEY. CARTER. Fifty Workmen Killed. St. Petersburg. Feb. 9. Fifty work men were killed by the civlng in of an embankment on tho Warsaw-Vienna railroad. In tho course of tbir work the men dug into an old smelting works which had been burled beneath the line for SO years. An explosion followed, and besides the men killed, many were frightfully binned. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Record of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who hat Little Time to Spare. It was officially announced that John D. Rockefeller had tendered his resig nation as a director of the United States Steel corporation. George A. Rose, late cashier of the Produce Exchange bank In Cleveland, lis been sentenced for 10 years for em bezzling $187,000 of the bank's funds Work on the federal building at Lockport will be somewhat delayed by the failure of Dennlston & Co. of Sy racuse to carry out the $80,000 con tract. Fears are entertained for the safetj of Colonel Leiitwein, governor of Ger man Southwest Africa, who is 3iip posed to be surrounded by the tribes men in revolt. Thursday. The Seoul-Fusan railroad In Corea ha, been c.ccunied by Japanese troops Dispatches from Montevideo, Uru guay, announce that the rebels are In force only four leagues from the cap ital. Isador Rayner of Baltimore was elected by the Maryland legislature to succeed Louis E. McComas in the Unit ed States senate. King Edward opened parliament In person, and Sir Henry Campbell-Ban- nerman began the Liberal attack on the government's financial policy. A report has reached Colon that Col ombian soldiers have invaded Panama territory near Cape Tiburon and have taken possession of a village, after killing and wounding several Indians. Friday. Six thousand Russian troops have sailed from Port Arthur and will en deavor to land at Chemulpo, the port of Seoul. W. E. Mechan, state commissioner of fisheries of Pennsylvania, proposes to stock the Delaware river with At lantic salmon. Senator Hanna's condition became much worse, and the prompt applica tion of remedies averted a threatened congestive attack. A conference upon the question of home rule for cities will be held within a few days between Governor Odell nnd the legislative leaders.. President Roosevelt sent to the sen ate a mass of correspondence relative to the landing of marines on the Isth mus of Panama, but withheld the mili tary orders concerning the landings. Saturday. Senator Hanna is officially pro nounced to have typhoid fever. The Russian reply to Japan was for warded to Viceroy Alexieff at Port Ar thur. If he approves it will reach the Toklo government Monday. A train on the Niagara Falls branch of the Central ran into the rear of a passenger train which had been stalled at Lockport Junction, and a number of passengers were Injured. Funeral services over the remains of William C. Whitney, former secre tary of the navy, were held Friday at Grace church, New York. Among the pallbearers were Grover Cleveland and Elihu Root. Advices received at Amsterdam say that an entire town in the Island of Java, Dutch East' Indies, is reported to have been swallowed up by a vol canic eruption, and that hundreds of persons were killed. Monday. Russia's reply has been received by Japan, and opinion in the legations 13 that It Is unsatisfactory. Merapi, a volcano in tho Island of Java, is in eruption, an entire town has been swallowed up and hundreds' of people have been killed. It was said in Indianapolis that Sen ator Fairbanks would be the Republi can nominee for vice president, he be ing the choice of President Roosevelt, Mrs. Maybrick is In a homo of tho Sisters of tho Epiphany, at Truro, Cornwall, until her final release, In order to recover from tho effects of her confinement. Ono man's body was blown a mile, several other men were badly hurt and much damngo was caused to prop erty on the surface by an explosion In a colliery in the outskirts of Scran ton, Pa. Tueedav. President William Harper of the University of Chicago Is suffering with an attack of appendicitis. D. J. Sully, in an Interview, pre dicted 20 cent cotton and said the world faced a famine In that staple. A fire which started Sunday morning In tho business section of Baltimore, and was not checked until Monday ev ening, entailed a loss of $200,000,000. A dispatch from Berlin says a s Irons fleet of Japanese warships, reported to be on Its way to Chemulpo, Corea, hns seized several Russian trading vosvoU. Baron Ilayashl, Japanese minister at London,- says steps contemplate 1 by Japan for preservation of its in terests In tho Far East have com menced. The United States St-1 corporation. It Is reported. Intends to rid its mills of union labor alter the expiration of ho wage agreement with the Amalga mated association June 30. MILITARY OBSERVERS. Detail of United States Officers to Ac company the Respective Armies. Washington, Feb. 9. The United States army will be represented as a military observer with the Russian army by Brigadier Genoral Henry A. Allen, chief of the Philippine constab ulary. Major O. E. Wood will be United States military observer with the Jap anese army. He has been for some time United States military attache at Toklo. Outbreak of var between Russia and Japan will, it is believed here, be followed by the flight of the empres dowager and the entire Chineso court from Pekin to Southern China, where they took refuge in 1900. This may precipitato a dangerous condition of unrest throughout China. It. will close every door rf communica tion from the powers to the Pekin gov ernment. Several Euop-an powers are inclined to bring pressure to bear to prevent it. It is believed that. Unit ed States Minister Conger will use his efforts in that direction. Regarding tho attitude of the Unit ed States, Assistant Secretary of State Loomis, reiterated to the Russian am bassador during the Litter's call that the United States would observe com plete neutrality. No declaration of neutrality will be made until nctual hostilities commence or war Is de clared. $100 From Jones of Binghamton. Washington, Feb. 9. Edward F. Jones of Binghamton, N. Y., colonel ol the old Sixth Massachusetts regiment, who Is now in Washington, addressed the following letter to Mayor McLane: "With a vivid recollection of a warm reception give nto me on the 19th of April, 18(11, by the people of Baltimore, Itake pleasure in Inclosing my check for $100 which please place in vour re lief fund." Porter Had Smallpox. Syracuse, Feb. 9. A porter on the Continental Limited West Shore train, bound for New York, complained of being 111 when the train stopped here yesterday. Physicians found his suf fering from smallpox and had him re moved to the city pest house. F'iva passengers in his car who were bound for Boston were quarantined in a tour ist car and will be held for a few days The Pullman was taken from the train. Marx's Offer Refused. Chicago, Feb. 9 Gustive Marx. self, confessed participant in the carbarn murders, turned a.lde from his co-defendants, Peter Niedemeyer and Har vey Van Dine, at the opening of the trial of the three men and offered tc become a witness for the state. The state's attorney refused tho offer. Russia Wants to Borrow. London, Feb. 9. "Russia is negotiat lng with a syndicate of French, Bel gian and Dutch hankers," cables the Brussels correspondent of the Stan dard, "for a loan of $200,000,000." MARKET REF'ORT. New York Provision Market. New York. Feb. 8. WHEAT No. 2 red. 97c f. o. b afloat; No. 1 northern Duliith, $l.Mr. CORN No. 2 corn, 53-y,c f. o. b afloat: No. 2 yellow, 5Sc. OATS No. 2 oats, 4Sc; No. 2 white, 51c; No. 3 white, 50 4 c. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR $2.00ffJ 2.15. PORK Mess, $1 1.2. 'if? 15.25; family, $15.00(fj' 15.50. HAY Shipping, 65ffi70c; good ta Choice. 85 (i? 90c. BUTTER Creamery, extras. 2tc; factory, 14c; western imitation creamery, 1718c. CHEESE State, full cream, small, fancy, 12c. EGGS State nnd Pennsylvania, fancy selected, 3(!(?i'38c. POTATOES State and western, por sack, $2.50(52.70. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo. Feb. 8. WHEAT No. 1 northern, $1.02-, winter wheat, No. 2 red, 9Sc. CORN No. 2 corn, 50"i(Tf51c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 52c. OATS No. 2 white, 4Sc f. o. b. cfloat; No. 3 white, 47'c. FLOUR Spring wheat, best patent per lilil., $5.15!()5.90; low grades, $::-'0 4.25. BUTTER - Cream?iy western e tra tubs, 21c; state and Pennsylvania creamery, 221if2c; dairy, fair ta good, lSffTliic. CHEESE Fancy full cream. 12 12M.c; good to choice. lOirniKc: common to fair, 8ff'10c. EGGS State, fresh faiwv. 31c. POTATOES Per bn., SO : 90c. East Buffalo Live Stock Maixet. CATTLE Best steers on sale. $5.01 C?5.20; good to choice butcher steers, $4.505.00; lniMium half fat steers, 53.50 (ft 1.00; common to fair heifers, $".25((T3.75; choice to extra fat heifers, $I.50!?N.75; good butcher bulls, frt.50 JT4.00; choice to extra veals. $S.."iOJj 8.75; fair to good veals, $7.00 WSJIO. 6HEFP AND LAM US Choice lambs, $fi. 90fi 7.00; culls to common, $l.255.00; yearlings, handy weight. $5.25(ft 5.75; wether sheep. $ i.C.O'ii 1.75. HOGS Mixed packers' grades. J5.50 05.55; medium hogs. $5.40.0 5.50; pigs, light, $5,500 5. no. Buffalo Hay Market. HAY Timothy, now, per ton, Iimisj. I15.00W Ki.Oii; liny, priire on track, new, $14,500, 15.00; No. 1 do do. $13.50 C14.00; No. 2 do do. $ M. 50 1j 12.50.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers