A CATASTROPHE
AT A FURNACE
Fonrtceu 'Overwhelmed by . a Volcanic
Explosion.
NINE WERE CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Tare Were So Badly Injured That They
Cannot Recover and Two Were Dan
feroasly Kurt An Explosion of Ons Oc
curred While the Men Were on Top of
' the Furnace.
Pittsburg, (Special). By an explo
sion of gas in the Soho furnace of Junes
ft Laughlin. in this city, ten nun were
burned to death, three injured so badly
that they are not expected to live and
two others dangerously hurt.
The men were at w ork at the top of a
big blast, over uo feet from the ground.
They were employed as fillers and were
jnst getting ready to quit work when
the gas, which accumulated in the fur
nace, exploded and tons of molten metal,
cinders and slag were thrown over them.
AH the men mr.de a rush for the ele
vator, but it had gone down and there
was no escape. To jump meant death
and to remain on the platform meant
just as certain doom.
Tons of molten metal and flames fell
tipon them and burned ten men to death.
Their bodies dropped to the roof of the
mill, 85 feet below. Every bone was
broken and the bodies were unrecogniz
able masses of human flesh.
The bodies of some of the dead and
many of the injured were strewn aboilt
the yard beneath the furnace, some of
the dead having fallen from the slip
pery roof to the ground.
To remove the bodies from the roof
of the mill it was found necessary to get
a hook-and-laddcr corps and the firemen
carried the burned and charred masses
of humanity to the morgue wagon.
In all parts of the yard beneath the
furnace the injured were found. They
were hurried to the hospitals.
Ordinarily only three men work on
top of the furnace, but one of the heavy
iron wagons used in taking up the ore
(tot stuck on the top of the furnace and
the three men sent for assistance. A few
men went up. but they could not move
the wagon, and more went up until the
number- reached 14. It was while they
were trying to get the wagon released
that the fatal explosion took place.
Eyewitnesses say it was the most hor
rible sight they ccr witnessed. When
the explosion took place there was one
loud report and the sky was illumina
ted with a sheet of flame, showing the
men on top of the furnace running
about and gesticulating wildly. The
flames and hot metal looked like a vol
cano in action. I-'ivc of the men were
Mown off the top of the furnace, and.
strange as it may seem, these men are
the ones that arc still living.
THREE KILLED IN A WRECK.
Airbrakes on the South. rn Pacific. It Is Said,
Wo. Id Not Moid.
San Ardo. (Special;. Southern Pa
cific trains No. 9, bound for San Fran
cisco, and No. to, south bound, collided
between this place and Uplands, killing
three persons and seriously injuring
lour. I
The trains were to meet at Uplands. ;
One report is that the brakes on train j
No. 10 would not hold and it crashed j
into Xo. g before the latter could be
stopped, smashing both engines, two
baggage cars and one mail car. The
cars took tire immediately and were de- j
stroyed. Some mail ami express pack
ages were burned.
Several passer,gnrs were slightly in- '
jurcd in the chair and smoking cars. !
Considerable cash was shipped en the
Wells-Fargo car. The lo-s to the rail- '
road company is said to he about $.p.- ,
000. ;
The south bound train was crowded ;
with passengers, every seat being taken j
and some persons being compelled to !
stand. Among those on the train were
80 discharged soldiers on their way :
ICast and the All-American baseball
team from the East on the way to Los !
Angeles.
VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA.
British Steamer Carrying Arms to Colon for
the Open n of Hostilities.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Semi
official advices received here indicate ;
that active hostilities are about to begin i
between Colombia and Venezuela. The j
delay in proceeding to extremes has been :
largely caused by the lack of a suitable
Mock or arms and ammunition by the ;
Colombian government.
This is about to be remedied. The ,
news just to hand is to the effect that ;
the British steamer Bamrcigh, which re- j
ctntly excited suspicion by loading a 1
large cargo of arms in European waters, j
ruposcdly intended for the Boers in
South Africa, really was chartered by :
the Colombian government. ,
She is now near Colon, and the ad
vices arc to the effect that when her ;
cargo is distributed anions the Colom- i
bian troops hostilities will begin between
Colombia and Venezuela.
Tall fcr Hay s Plrcs.
Witchita, Kan., (Special). A Cincin
nati man, who is said to be in a portion
to have reliable information upon the
subject, has sent word here to the effect
that Gov. William II. Taft. of the Phil
ippines, has been offen d the portfolio of
Secretary of State by President Roose
velt, and that the real reason for Judge
'J ail's, return is to confer with the Pres
ident on the subject. "J have known of
this for some time." the informant says;
"in fact, I was informed of it a few
weeks after. President McKinley's
death."
Died at 132 Venn ol Overexertion.
Carroll tun, Ga., (Special). The head
less body of a man found beneath a
mass of rock at Oak Level, Cleburne
county, Ala., is supposed to be that of
Professor Chandler, who disappeared
lust October. Chandler lived in Tolk
county and taught school in Cleburne
county, Alabama. He was seen one day
. with $125 in money and the next day
disappeared. A farmer named Knigh
ton has been arrested in connection
with the case.
A Double Hanln;.
Birmingham, Ala., (Special). Wil
liam Redding and James VVinton, alias
William Winton, negroes, were hanged
bete in the jailyaid. Redding was first
iieciitcd. After the expiration of 15
minutes he was pronounced dead. The
!rip was pulled for Winton immediate
ly afterward, and he was pronounced
leal 14 minutes later. Both men's
itrcks were broken. Both men murder
ed women. Winton cut the throat of
his wife because she threatened to leave
him. Redding, in a t'u of jclotisy, shot
iiuj killed A.tiiie Green, his sweetheart.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic
The United Brotherhood of Carpen
ters, as the result of a vote taken by all
the unions, will not expel P. J. McGuirc.
the former general secretary-treasurer
of the Brotherhood, who was tempo
rarily suspended some time ago for al
leged irregularities in his accounts.
Thousands of members of the Feder
al party in Manila railed upon Govern
or Taft to bid him farewell and wish
him a safe return. The Coventor, in a
speech, said their organiatioil had done
much toward bringing about peace.
Capl. Jesse D. Fry, of Albemarle
county. Virginia, dird from exposure,
resulting from a fall from his horse
which left him unconscious on a bank of
snow.
The Virginia legislature adjourned
to meet February to, tyoj. The long
recess is to allow the Constitutional
Convention to have full sway.
J. II. Clover, formerly superintendent
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
Connellsville. Pa., committed suicide
at Newark. O.
Samuel Grcason, colored, was found
guilty in Reading. Pa., with Mrs. Kate
F.dwards, of the murder of the woman's
husband.
Miss Josephine Holman. fiancee of
Marconi, the inventor, left her home in
Indiana for New York, where she will
join Marconi, when, it is said, the wed
ding will take place.
Captain Judd, testifying in the case
of Samuel Stevenson against Dr. John
Alexander Dowie, in Chicago, said that
he really believed Dowic to be the
Prophet Elijah.
'1 he steamboat Kanawha Bell went
over a lock on her trip between Charls
ton and Montgomery, broke in two and
is a total wreck. Eight of the crew
were drowned.
The old United States mint site in
Philadelphia was offered for sale, but as
no bid was made at the upset price of
$2,000,000 it was withdraw n.
The Wilson memorial fund of the
Washington and I.ce University has
now nearly reached $100,000, the desir
ed amount.
Rev. Dr. Charles II. Brent was con
secrated in Boston as the first Protes
tant Episcopal bishop in the Philippines.
Cl'RR AN
W. R. Gaines, who was awaiting his
fourth trial for murder in Dcnison, Tex.,
was killed in a railroad wreck.
Two men were killed and a number in
jured in a head n collision on the
Southern Pacific near San Lucas. Cal.
The Atlantic Rubber Shoe Company
was incorporated at Trenton. N. J., with
a capital of $10,000,000.
The Massachusetts memorial tablet
was unveiled on the site of the old war
prison in Anderson, iile. Ga.
Oliver Harriman, Sr., who is said to
be worth at least $5,000,000, was de
clared insane and" incompetent by a
commission and a sheriff's jury at Port
Chester. N. Y. The petition was made
by his eight children. Mr. Harriman
is 70 years old.
. The general committee appointed by
the conference to adjust differences be
tween capital and labor, selected Senator
Manna as chairman and Samuel Gom
pers as vice-chairman.
Four Hour mills of the Consolidated
Company were shut down in Minneapo
lis, the reason given being a shortage of
cars.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller has offered
Wellesley College $150,000, provided an
equal um is added by the college.
The Filipinos were routed in six skir
mishes in various parts of Batangas
Province. General Smith recommended
Private Heintz for a medal of honor for
heroism on the field.
George Gould has formed an alliance
with V. K. Vanderbilt. in which An
drew Carnegie is also interested, by
which Gould will bring his Wabash and
Southwestern Railroad systems into
cloe working arrangements with the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western or
ti:e New York Central, and thus secure
cut tance to New York.
James (j. Stiff, who was wounded at
Oak Grove. Ya., by Herbert Marx, was
removed from Emergency Hospital,
Wa-hington, to his home. Physicians
say he cannot recover.
Secretary Root has denied the appli
cation of Sidcl G. Pierra. the represent
ative of the Maso party in Cuba, for a
postponement of the Cuban elections.
In an interview Dr. Mann, of Buffalo,
points out why he believes Congress
should pay for the services of the phy
sicians who attended President Mckin
ley. Tfto young men and two girls com
mitted suicide in a boarding house at
Columbus, Ohio. They paired off in
rooais and were found de:d in bed
from ch 'ore form.
Foreign. !
1; is btl-'eved that the controversy be
tween Argentine and Chili is rearing a
settlement, although during a demon
stration of the League of Patriots at
Buenos Ayres crowds paraded the
. '. r . : , shouting "Death of Chilians!"
The question of lynching Italians in
the- United States was discussed in the
Italian Senate, and the Foreign Minis
ter itated that the United States gov
ernment had admitted that the Italians'
claims were well founded.
The grand jury returned a verdict of
guilty, against both Theodore and Laura
Jack.-uti, and the judge sentenced Jack
son to 15 years' penal servitude and Mrs.
Jackson to seven years' penal servitude.
The Chinese officials of Tung Chow
have given imposing funerals to native
Christians who were massacred. The
American Minister and a number of
American missionaries witnes'cd the
ceremonies.
William If. Pettrick, an American,
who had been private secretary and di
plomatic adyiser to Li Hung Chang for
30 years, died in Pekin.
The Sheilk of Kekcyt has rebelled
against the Sultan of Turkey, and more
trouble in the Persian Gulf is threat
ened. Miss Hazel Singer, daughter of Chas.
Singer, of Chicag 1, was married in Paris
to Prince John Ghika, son of the Rou
manian Minister to France.
Baron To'l. the Arct.c explorer, has
established winter quarters upon the
Ncrpenskaya Coast. He is exploring
the New Siberian Islands.
The Berlin authorities are looking for
a i-er..on calling himself Harry Mar
shall, who swindled a number of Amer
ican residents '.here.
Sir Thomas Lipton, in an interview
with King Edward, expressed the belief
that he could build a better yacht than
Shamrock II.
Systematic efforts are being made in
Holland to collect war funds for the
Boers, which is taken to mean that they
have no idea at present of discontinuing
the struggle. The British War Office,
however, claims to have secured a cipher
telegram sent by the Boer Commandant
Delarey stating that he cannot hold out
lunger than January.
'1 he Midlothian Liberal Association
has invited Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man
to retire front the leadership of the
Liberal party.
Hugh Kel.fwich, a leading member of
the Metal Exchange of London, who
lost htavily in copper flocks, committed
HALL WRECKED
BYJTHE RIOTERS
Chamberlain Admirers Break Up a Pro
finer Meeting.
GREATEST CONFUSION PREVAILS.
The Jingoes, Despite All Efforts to Keep
Them Out, Secure Control of the Hall
at Birmingham nnd Drown All Attempts
ot the Orator of the Evening ti Make
Himself Heard.
London. (By Cable). David Lloyd
George. M. P., in speaking in Birming
ham Town Hall prccipititcd a scene un
precedented in that city since the Aston
Park riots.
The majority of the audience were
hostile to the speaker, and were enraged
by his pro-Boer and anti-Chamberlain ut
terances. They rushed the police cordon
guarding the platform.
In the meanw hile the building was be
sieged from the outside by a mob of
several thousand people, who smashed
windows and tried to force the doors
which had been barricaded. They fusil
laded the audience with stones through
the windows.
The police reserves were turned out
and succeeded in dispersing the nioh
after repeated charges. A number of
persons were injured, and the town hall
was completely wrecked. Not a single
window was left whole.
The Birmingham riot is considered a
curious illustration of the varied career
of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the colo
nial secretary.
The Ashton Park riots of t?84, it is
pointed out, were demonstrations on the
part of the Chambcilainitcs against the
so-called Tory intruders, Lord Randolph
Churchill, while this riot was one against
an extreme radical. The feling against
Mr. Lloyd-George has been so strong
during the past week that even tickets
were forged to enable the "jingoes" to
gain admission to the town hall. This
compelled the Liberal association to
print different tickets, but its efforts to
exclude their opponents were quite vain.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR GROWTH.
Now .las 61.920 Societies and 3,820,000
Members Enrolled.
Boston (Special). The incorporation
of the World's Union of Christian En
deavor under the laws of Massachusetts
was announced at the quarterly meeting
of the board of trustees of the United
Society here.
L'nder the incorporation Rev. Francis
E. Clark, D. D.. was chosen president ;
J. William Baer. secretary, and William
Shaw, treasurer. At the meeting Secre
tary Baer. of the United Society, re
ported a total of 61.920 societies, with a
total membership of 3.8.10,000. In his re
port President Clark said:
"The tide of Christian endeavor , has
never run so deep and strong as it is to
day. There arc now 480 societies in
the Madras presidency of India alone.
Japan shows more interest in the work
than ever before, China is eagerly await
ing her new secretary, Germany has at
tained self-support, the work has begun
in Portugal anil some of the smaller
countries of Europe have just awakened
to the important" of it."
After the meeting President Clark
said that on January 4 he would sail for
Europe in the interests of Christian
Endeavor. Secretary Baer will start on
January 6 for a campaign to the Pacific
Coast, and Field Secretary Ebernian
will visit every Southern State.
FLOOD COST ELEVEN LIVES.
The Dcmage in Pennsylvania Is From $3,000,-
; 000 to 5,000,000.
j Philadelphia, (Special). Conservative
1 estimates put the loss at from $3,000,000
! to S5,ooo.coo by the recent floods in this
State. So far reports have been received
here of the loss of 1 1 lives.
The sweep of water was greater in
some sections than was ever known be
' fore, and bridges that had withstood the
i tloods of years were swept away. The
I sudden drop in the temperature was
j pr ivldcntial in some respects, as it pre-
ented the flood from spreading, but it
i resulted in great suffering for the 2,000
' or more persons rendered homeless by
I the destruction of their houses,
j AH passengers on stalled trains were
: removed from their uncomfortable sit
1 nations last night and this morning; by
the railroad companies, and the trains
: are now being taken to their destination.
I SI51.C00 Conflagration.
j Baltimore, Md., (Special). A blaze
which found its origin in the cellar of
the Yale Laundry, which occupies part
of the lower floor of the Riddlemoser
Building. 13 to 21 West Fayette street,
succeeded in gutting that structure from
its basement to its roof, eight stories
above. The occupants of the building
are; No. 15, Yale Laundry: 17, Alstrom
& Co., tailors; 19, Dental Supply Com
pany; 21. Isaac A. Sheppard & Co., fur
naces and ranges, who also occupied the
second floor of the building, while the
other floors are occupied by Coblens,
Calm & Co., overall manufacturers. The
damage is estimated at $150,000, fully
covered by insurance.
Tried to Choke Girl Clerk.
Yeur.gsiown, O. (Special.) A stran
ger entered the office of Justice Webb,
and finding the clerk, Miss Clementine
Hamilton, alone, demanded that she
open the safe, which contained $2,000.
Upon her refusal he attempted to stran
gle her, saying, "If you don't open the
safe I'll kill you." Miss Hamilton suc
ceeded in breaking away and securing
a revolver. She fired point blank at the
fellow, who ran from the office and es
caped. She is thought to have missed
him.
Mrs. .McKinley No Better.
Chicago, (Special). Lieutenant James
McKinley, U. S. A., a nephew of the
late President, passed through Chicago
in company with General S. M. B.
Young, in command at the Presidio, the
military headquarters on the Pacific
coast. Lieutenant McKinley said: "My
aunt in Canton remains in about ' the
same condition she was immediately
after the funeral of the President. There
has been no improvement, and there
teems to be no hope of any."
"Yukon Gold King" Loses.
St. Joseph, Mich. (Special.) Joseph
Coveny was awarded a verdict in the
Circuit Court here against Frank Phis
cator, the "Baroda Gold King of the
Yukon Valley," in the sum of $7,500,
because, it was alleged, Phiseator alien
ated the affections of Coveney's wife.
Coveney had previously obtained from
Phiscator $9,500, and then followed
Phi. cator to the Klondike And demand
ed $12,000 more. While, jr i the Yukon
Valley Coveney was in jail id forfeited
$7,co: in gold dut to st '. Ins free
e!u;n.
THE MEMORIAL FOR M'KINLEY.
A National Fund Being Raised lor Ibe Purpose
Contributions.
Cleveland, Ohio. (Special). The plan
to erect a national memorial over the
grave of President McKinley, at Can
ton, Ohio, has assumed a definite form.
The erection of the memorial will be un
dertaken by the McKinley National Me
morial Association, of which William R.
Day, former Secretary of State, is Pres
ident : Senator M. A. Ilanna, Vice
President; Myron T. Hcrrick, Treasur
er, and Rycrson Ritchie, Secretary. The
trustees, apoinlcd by President Roose
velt, include George B. Cortelyou, the
late President's private secretary; W.
Murray Crane, of Massachusetts; Rob
ert J. I.o wry, of Georgia: Henry T.
Scott, of California, and other well
known citi.tcns representing different
States of the Union.
The association in a statement ad
dressed to the American pople, reports
the satisfactory progress of organization.
It is desired that an organization be
formed in every State and Terri
tory, with local organizations in cities,
towns and rural districts for the purpose
of raising the required fund for the
memorial. All banks have been designa
ted depositories for subscriptions ; all
postmasters will receive and forward
moneys, and all express companies will
issue money orders and forward money
free of charge.
A beautiful souvenir certificate
upon which is engraved a protrait of
President McKinley and shadow pic
tures of the late President's house at
Canton, the Capitol and White House,
will be sent to every subscriber, who
should have his or her name sent to
the Treasurer. Myron T. llerrick, at
Cleveland, Ohio, for preservation in
the permanent archives of the associa
tion At a conference of the representatives
of the McKinley National Memorial
Association and of the William McKin
ley Memorial Arch Association, of
Washington, the following resolution
was adopted :
"That -it be the sense of the trustees
of the McKinley National Memorial
Association that the field of popular
subscription should be left to it for
raising the sum necessary to provide, a
suitable memorial to the late President
at Canton, Ohio, where his body lies ;
and that this association should join
with the William McKinley Memorial
Arch Association, of Washington, in
memoralizing Congress to erect a na
tional memorial at the Capitol of our
country to commemorate his services to
the nation."
Senator Hanna is exceedingly grati
fied over the popular interest shown in
the proposed memorial to President Mc
Kinley. While the association has only
recently been placed upon a working
basis, reports from all sections of the
country indicate that the desired local
organizations have been, or arc being,
called into existence, with every pros
pect of raising a substantial fund which
shall, irrespective of politics, fittingly
express the people's appreciation of the
character and services of the martyred
President in the shape of a national
memorial over the grave, where the
body will finally rest, in West Lawn
Cemetery at Canton.
HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY RATIFIED.
Only Mild Opposition Made in the Senate
The Next Step.
Washington, D. C. (Special). By
the decisive vote of 72 to 6 the United
States Senate ratified the Ilay-Paunce-fote
treaty, in which an agreement is
entered into between Great Britain and
the United States whereby the lalter
may construct an Isthmian canal.
The vote was taken after about two
hours of debate in executive session, and
after two amendments, one by Senator
Charles Culberson, of Texas, and the
other by Senator A. O. Bacon, of Geor
gia, had been proposed and voted down.
I he six Senators who voted against
the treaty are all Democrats. They are
Senators Bacon ; J C. S. Blackburn, of
Kentucky ; Culberson ; Stephen Mallory,
of Fdordia ; Henry M. Teller, of Colo
rado, and Benjamin R. Tillman, of
South Carolina. Two Democratic Sen
ators were paired against the treaty, as
follows: Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas,
with Chauucey M. Depcw, of New York,
and Stephen B. Elkins, of West Vir
ginia; Joseph L. Rawlins, of Utah, with
Mark A. Hanna and William J. Sewell,
of New Jersey. Four Senators not
paired did not vote. They were Messrs.
John W. Daniel, of Virginia, and Thos.
S. Patterson, of Colorado. Democrats,
and Matthew S. Quay, of Pennsylvania,
and John P. Jones, of Nevada, Republi
cans. The remainder of the Senate
voted for the treaty.
The next step to be taken by the Gov
ernment in the direction of constructing
the canal will be the ratification of
treaties with the Governments of Costa
Rica and Nicaragua, giving the United
States the right of way through Central
America. It is expected there will .be
little difficulty in securing such a right,
Congress must also pass a bill authoriz
ing the construction of the canal.
Carnegie Will Give 25,060,000.
Washington, D. C, ( Special). An
drew Carnegie will confer with the
President in regard to the proposed gift
of $10,000,000 for the University of
United States. The question of the gift,
! which is not in steel trust securities, will
: be one of the subjects talked over, and
t it is expected that Mr. Carnegie will so
change his offer as to present the -millions
in cash. It is also stated on ex
cellent authority that Mr. Carnegie docs
not propose to stop at the gift of $10,
000.000, but intends to make the grand
total of his donation $25,000,000.
Diss DcBar Is Indicted.
London (By Cable). At the Old
Bailey the grand jury returned a true
bill against Theodore Jackson and Laura
Jackson, alias Ann Odclia Diss Debar.
'1 he recorder, in charging the grand
jury, commented upon the "horrible and
blasphemous character of the evidence."
New Chinese Tort Opened.
Tientsin (By Cable). Ching Wan
Tao, on the Gulf of Liao Tung, south of
Shan Hai Kwan, has been formally
opened to trade. A staff of customs offi
cials is stationed there.
Allaula lo Have New Depot.
Atlanta, G (Special). Governor
Candler approved the bill passed by the
State Legislature appropriating $500,000
for the erection of a new union station
on the State's terminal property in this
city. The depot is to be built under the
supervision of a commission of seven.
Admiral Wildes Gels a Sword.
Boston. (Special), Rear -Admiral
Frank Wildes, who commanded the
cruiser Boston at the battle of Manila
bay, was given a handsome sword by
friends in the toilnir, of the Chamber of
Commerce here.
THREE ARE DEAD,
TWELVE INJURED
Terrible Disaster Occurs at a Fills
burg Mill,
FOUR BIO BOILERS EXPLODE.
The Mill Completely Wrecked and the
Debris Piled Up Fifty Feet High-James
Neil's Roller Works, Adjoining, Also De
stroyedFour Rollers Explode at One
Time Like an Earthquake.
Pittsburg, (Special). Three dead,
one missing and 12 injured is the result
of a terrific boiler explosion at the Black
Diamond Steel Works of Park Bros.,
on Thirtieth street.
The employes who were injured arc
at the hospitals and nil are doing well,
except William Steinbaugh. whose in
juries arc likely to prove fatal.
Reuben Miller, Jr., superintendent of
the plant, states that the boilers were
examined last week and pronounced in
excellent condition.
Four boilers exploded at one lime,
reducing the mill to a heap of burned
and charred timbers and twisted iron.
There is not a straight piece of iron or
steel left in the entire building. Even
the bolts in the beams and stringers arc
twisted like screw nails.
The mill had 60 tiicn on each turn,
and it is thought that almost 120 men,
both crews, were in the plant at the time
of the explosion. They were at work or
just about to begin work, and the night
men were clad in their scanty working
attire.
When the boilers exploded a panic
ensued and the men fought their way
to the entrances and all that where able
rushed to the street. A few minutes
after the boilers went up the big mill
was a heap of ruins. The injured and
known dead were found under wreck
age and in the mill yard, where they had
fallen in their race for life.
No. 3 10-inch mill faces on Thirtieth
street and was a big ironclad structure,
built on a steel frame. It ran up to
Spruce alley nnd along that for almost
200 feet. In the rear of the plant, on
Twenty-ninth street, is the big boiler
works of James McNeil. One of the
boilers went through the Park Bros.'
mill and crashed into the McNeil plant,
almost demolishing it. The only man 4it
work in the McNeil plant was Rudolph
KorfT, the night watchman. He was
knocked down by the force of the ex
plosion and his nervous system badly
shocked. He was found in the plant
and taken to the West Penn Hospital.
Another of the boilers went through
the roof of the bar mill, soared through
the air across Thirtieth street and
crashed into the residence of Robert
Price, at 8 Thirtieth street. It went
through the front wall and fell into the
cellar, wrecking the house. Price and
his family were awakened by the noise
and rushed to the street in their night
clothes.
The other two boilers were blown to
pieces, and it was these that caused the
complete destruction of the mill.
Girl Human Torch.
Philadelphia, (Special). Miss Lillian
Vickcrs, of Los Angeles, Cal., a young
student at Bryn Mawr College, was
burned to death in College Hall. Her
entire body was charred. Miss Vickcrs
bathed in alcohol. She believed she was
affieted with a serious skin ailment, and
to remove the disease she resorted to
the use of strong spirits. By some acci
dent, no one knows how. the alcohol
caught fire, and like a flash the young
girl was enveloped m flames. She was
tmablc to help herself, and, like a human 1
torch, she fled from her room into the I
hallway, screaming with pain and fright. ;
A Start at St. Louis.
St. Louis, (Special). The first public,
celebration in connection with the j
World's F'air to be opened in St. Louis
in 1003 to commemorate the one hun
dredth anniversary of the Louisiana 1
purchase was held Friday, when ground
was broken for the Exposition site in j
Forest Park. The day was selected be
cause it is the anniversary of the Louis
iana Territory's formal transfer to the j
United States. It was a holiday in St.
Louis and throughout Missouri, as well j
as in most of the purchase States.
Eank Robbers Steal $35,000. !
Louisville, Ky., (Special). Word was I
received here that the Bank of Sturgis, at I
Sturgis, Ky., was robbed of $35,000 be- 1
tween midnight and dawn. The work
was done quietly, and nothing was
known about the robbery until the bank
was opened for business Friday morn- j
ing. At the time of the theft the bank i
held the money which was to have been j
used in paying off the employees of the
Trcadwater Mining Company. j
Danes Oppose Sale of h'.cs. j
Copenhagen, (By Cable). Agitatinn j
against the sale of the Danish West 1
Indies to the United States is increasing '
here. A large and secret meeting was
held, the sentiment of winch was in fa- i
vor of a popular vote on the subject.
The Ministerial organs are advocating '
prompt action and disregarding the pop- j
ttlar clamor to submit it to a vote of the '
people. '
. 1
llradless Cody Is f ound. I
Shaiuokin, Pa., (Special). Clinton
I louser, a lumberman. 102 years old,
the oldest resident in this section of the i
State, was found dead at his home, in '
Treveorton. He over-exerted himself
yesterday while feeding a herd o cat- 1
tie.
Filteeu Lives tor One.
Berlin. (By Cable).-It is officially
announced that in conseque-e of the
murder of a German, near Pe. in, Aug.
(). fifteen members of the ban 1 found
guilty of the crime have been executed.
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS.
Park Benjamin, president of the Ni
val Aich Commission, which lias charge
of the proposed naval arch and water
gate at the Battery, in New York, an
nounced that the project has been tem
porarily given up. The arch and gi.te
was to have cost $1,300,000, and $500,
000 had been pledged.
I-cading representatives of labor and
capital met in conference in New York
to discuss means of bringing about a
better feeling between these two ele
ments of industry.
Creditors of the defunct National
Bank of Illinois sued the directors,
charging their losses to the negligence
and misconduct of the directors.
Two parties hunting burglars in Pcr
rv, Iowa, mistook one another for the
thieves and blazed away. Three were
wounded.
The American Tobacco Company is
reported to have acquired several con
cerns in Germany.
Theodore ami Iaura Jackson pleaded
not guilty when arraigned nt the Old
Bailey, in London.
Emperor William has bought a graph
0 hone with coon songs for the family
Christmas celebration at Potsdam.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
That L'pr.ilnf la Ssmor,
German responsibility for the Samoan
uprising of 1899, which necessitated mil
itary operations by American and Brit
ish marines in the Island of Savaii and
led to the partition of the Samoan
group, seems to be fixed by affidavits
now being made by American naval offi
cers. Rear Admiral Kautz, who was commander-in-chief
of the Pacific Squad
ron, and who decided that the condi
tion created by the forces of Chief Ma
taafa demanded armed intervention, has
submitted a sworn statement to the
State Department, in which he charges
that German officials stirred up tile sup
porters of Chief Mataafa to resist the
decision of the Chief Justice of the
islands that Maliatoa should be King.
If the United States succeeds in show
ing German responsibility no doubt is
expressed by the authorities that the
King of Norway and Sweden, to whom
claims arising out of the military opera
tions of the Anglo-German forces have
been referred for arbitration, will hold
that Germany should pay for all dama
ges caused by the marines.
Aimed to Control Trusts.
Representative Jenkins, of Wiscon
sin, who proposed a constitutional
amendment to control trusts in the last
Congress, introduced a measure of simi
lar character, which calls for a constitu
tional amendment providing that "Con
gress shall have power to regulate com
merce in the United States.
"All private corporations, co-partnerships
and joint stock companies in the
United States shall be under the control
of Congress. Congress shall have power
in the United States to regulate, control,
prohibit and dissolve all contracts and
combinations in restraint of trade or
commerce.
"In absence of legislation by Congress
pursuant to this article all powers con
ferred upon Congress by this article may
be exercised by the several States."
The proposed amendment is substan
tially the same as the one Mr. Jenkins
proposed last year, which was favorably
reported by the House Committee on Ju
diciary, and received the support of the
majority in the House, although the vote
was not two-thirds required on a consti
tutional amendment.
May Lose $20,000,000.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
stated that discontinuance of the mi
croscopic inspection of meats sent
abroad would mean the entire suspen
sion of exports and cause a loss to this
country of $20,000,000 worth of meats
annually sold to Germany.
The lack of funds, he explained, was
due to the increased work of the last
year and the two weeks' leave of ab
sence granted each employe of the bu
reau outside of this city, which necessi
tated the employment of additional men.
The Secretary said he has asked Con
gress to make part of the appropriation
for the coming year immediately avail
able, and that he has no doubt Con
gress will grant this authority, as it has
done so frequently in previous years.
Philippine Custom Receipts. .
The Division of Insular Affairs of the
War Department has issued a statement
showing that the customs revenues in
the Philippines for the nine months end
ed September 30, 1901, were $11.275.20,5,
as compared with $5,484,020 for the
same period of I1J00 and $3,462,128 for
1899.
Tillcy Goes to Mare Islcod.
Capt. Benjamin G. Tillcy. who recent
ly was relieved as Naval Governor of
the Island of Tutuila. Samoa, and has
been on waiting orders Since his acquit
tal of the charges lodged against him,
has been ordered to duty lat the Mare
Island Navy Yard.
Otero May Be Rcappoin ed.
The President told a delegation of
New Mexicans that he would reappoint
Governor Otero if a certain charge of
a minor character was' answered. This
charge one of the visitors explained,
and it is said to he practically assured
that Governor Otero would he reap
pointed. . Funston on llis Way Ho:nc.
The War Department is in receipt of
a cablegram from Manila reporting the
sailing of the transport Warren, with
750 short-term enlisted men and Brig -Gens.
Robert P. Hughes and Frederick
Funston.
Minimum Kate ol Women's Wages.
A bill was introduced in the Senate
hy Mr. Mitchell fixing $2 per day as the
minimum rate of wages to be r.aid to
women in the Government's employ.
Ptorosctl I'cMioa for Mrs. McKiuicy.
Senator Ih'ima introduced a -bill
granting a pension of $5,000 a year to
Mrs. McKinley, widow of the late
President.
Troops Ccmlnd Tome.
Orders were given for the transfer of
a battery of artillery at Havana, Cuba,
to l'ort Sill. Okla. The troops are to
be selected by General Wood and will
embark at Havana about January j.
As a Memorial to A'onroe.
Representative Jones, of Virginia, has
introduced a bill in the House provid
ing that a $50,000 monument be ejected
to the memory of President J.imc.s"Mon
roe at Fredericksburg, Va.
Capital News la Uej;.-jl.
Senator Hanna expressed himself
very hopefully of the results of the re
cently held conference between the cap
italist and labor leaders.
Secretary Gate has definitely announc
ed ro President Roosevelt his purpose
to resign hie portfolio as secretary of
the Treasury.
Appraiser Wakeman, of New York,
who made ugly charges against Secreta
ry Gage, was summarily removed, and
George W.' Whitehead has been appoint
ed to succeed him.
Senator Penrose and Representative
Pearre each introduced a' bill to revive
the grade of vice admiral -and to pro
mote Admirals Sampson and Schley
and Captain Clark to that rank.
. Senator Root and Representative Coo
per have prepared in the rough a bill for
the government of the Philippines.
Representative Jenkins, of Colorado,
introduced an anti-trust bill in Con
gress. President Roosevelt selected Dr. J. R.
A. Crosslnnd for minister to Liberia,
and J. C. Dancy of North Carolina, for
recorder of deeds in llic District of Co
lumbia, "
President Rooscveit sent a letter to
Congress strongly recommending a plan
for a nationl forest reserve in the
Southern Appalachian region.
Captain Converse, commanding the
battleship Illinois, reported that the trial
of the ship's batteries was very satisfac
tory. .Chairman Hepburn, of the House
Committee on Commerce, submitted a
favorable report on t lie Nicar.mgua Ca
nal 11.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.
R. G. Dunn St. Co's Weekly Review of j
Trade says: It is most fortunate that the
vageries of speculation are not alwaysj
deleterious to legitimate business. Rail
way stocks fell sharply, yet full returns
for November show that earnings were
1. 15 per cent greater than in the same
month last year and !.8l per cent, over
those of iJ-yrj. Industrial and traction
shares were even more violently dis
turbed, yet the manufacturing plants of
the nation were never more fully occu
ird. Numerous labor controversies
'avc been settled, and the rate of wages
at the highest point ever attained,
detail distribution is of massive propor
tions. Raw material in the textile in
dustry has developed distinct firmness.
Cotton not only retained the spasmodic
gain that followed the Government re
port, but made a further advance, and
indications of continued strength at
tracted liberal purchases by spinners.
Western grain producers and dealers
have expiesscd great faith in the future
of prices, many announcing their inten
tion to hold supplies until spring, when
the scarcity would be marked and quo
tations reach a more profitable point.
Failures for the week numbered 273
in the United States, against 240 last
year, and 17 in Canada, against 26 last
year.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour. Best Patent, $4.90; High
Grade Extra, $4.40; Minnesota Bakers,
?.?ooa3.5o.
Wheat. New York No. 2, 8sc;
Baltimore No. 2, 8oJ-c.
Corn New York No. 2, 6o'Sc; Phil
adelphia No. a, 65;-Sa66c ; Baltimore No.
2, 67c.
Oats. New York, No. 2, 54c; Phila
delphia No. 2, 54c; Baltimore No. 2,
Me-
Hay. No. I timothy, large bales, $15.
50316.00; do, small bales, ai6.oo: No.
1 timothy, $i4.5oalS..oo; No. 3 timothy,
$t2.ooai3.o.
GREEN FRUITS AND VEGETA
BLES. Apples. Western ' Maryland
and Pennsylvania, packed, per brl. $3.00
a.175 ! New York, assorted, per brl.,
$3.5034.50; do. No. 2s, per brl., $2.5oa
300; do, Eastern, per brl., fancy, $4.ooa
4 50; do, Fancy Kings, per brl., $4 25a
4.50; do. New York Fancy Gills; per brl.
$45oa5.oo; do, No 1, Baldwins, per. brl.,
$4.0034.25 ; do. Western Ben Davis, per
brl., $37534.25. Cabbage New York
State, per ton $g.ooalo.oo; do, Danish,
per ton $1:2.00313.00. Carrots Native,
per bushel bo.:, 40350c ; do, per bunch.
iai4. Cauliflower Long Island, per
crate or barrel, $2.ooa3.oo. Celery New
York State, per dozen stalks, 25340c ; do,
native, per bunch, 32a4c. Cranberries
Cape Cod, per brl., $6.50.17.50: do, Jer
seys, per brl., $6.0037.50; do, Cape Cod
and Jerseys, per box, $1.7532.25. Cu
umbers Florida, per crate, $2.0032.50.
Grapes New York, per 8-lb. basket,
Concords, I2al3c; do, per 5-lb. basket,
Niagaras, 14316; do, Catawba, I23I2J4.
Kale Native, per bushel box, aoa25C.
Lettuce Native, per bushel box, 35340c;
do, North Carolina, per half-barrel bas
ket, $t.ooai.25; do, New Orleans, per
brl., $4.0034.50; do, Florida, per half
barrel basket, $1.25.11.50. Onions
Maryland and Pennsylvania, yellow, per
bu.t $t.l5at.25; do, Western, yellow, per
bit., $1.15.11.25; do, Western, white, per
bu., $1.4031.50; do, red, per bu., $l.i5a
1.20. Oranges F"lorid3, per box, as to
size, $2.25.12.75. Oystcrplants Native,
per bunch, 334c. Spinach Native, per
bushel box, 6oa65c. Turnips Native,
per bushel box. 2'i325C.
Potatoes. White Maryland and
Pennsylvania, per bu, No. 1 853900; do,
seconds, 60375c; New York, per bu, best
stock, 85300c; do, common, 60375c;
Western, per bu, prime, 85350c. Sweets
Eastern Shore. Virginia, per truck
brl, $1.2531.75; do, per flour brl, $l.75a
t.85; do, per brl, frctst 75C.a$i.oo; na
tive, per brl, No. I, $20032.25; North
Carolina, per brl. No. I, $2O0a2.25.
Yams Virginia, per brl, smooth, a$t.
Provisions and Dog Products. Bulk
clear rib sides. 9c; bulk clear sides, 9c;
bulk, shoulders. 9'ic; bulk clear plates,
(ilc; bulk fat backs. 14 lbs and tinder,
O'Ac; sugar-cured shoulders, narrow,
9l4c. ; sugafcured shoulders, extra
broad, ioi-ic : hams, canvased or Un
eanvased, 12 lbs and over, I2c; refined
lard, tierces, brls and 50-lb cans, gross,
Eggs. Western Maryland and Penn
sylvania, . per dozen a2C. ; Eastern
Shore (Maryland and Virginia), per
iW.en 27c. : Virginia, per dozen, 26a
27c. ; '.Vest Virginia, per dozen, 25,126c. ;
Western, per dozen, 26327c; Southern,
2.1325C. ;
Butter, Creamery. Separator, 25a27;
gathered cream, 22323; imitation, toa2o:
Md., Va. and Pa. Dairy prints, 2la22;
small creamery blocks, (2-lb.), 25a
25e ; choice rolls, it-aigc.
Cheese. New cheese, large 60 lbs.,
toj.'i to nc; do, flats, 37 lbs.-, Ji to
li!4c; picnics, 23 His., iiJihiiVjC.
Live Poultry. Turkeys Old, Sjarjc;
young, fat, oao'vc; do, small and poor,
a8c. Chickens. Hens, nTic; do
old roosters, each 25330c: do, young
good to choice. 8a8Sc : do, rough and
poor, 27c. Ducks. Fancy, large, 9
a ; do. small, aSc ; do, inuscovy and
mongrels, Sajc. Geese, Western, each
WaCsc
Live Slock.
Chicago, Cattle. Good to prime, $5.oo
a" .So: poor to medium, $4.0035.90;
Mockers and feeders, $2.0034.00; cows,
$1.00.14.50; heifers, $1.5035.30; canners,
$1.00112.25; bulls, $2.00114.50: calves,
$2.5035.25 ; Texas feel steers. $4.5035.50.
East Liberty. Cattle Choice, $5,903
6.10; prime, $5.6035.80; good, $5.0035.50.
Hogs slow and lower : prime heavies,
$6.3036.40: heavy mediums, $5.ioa6.20 ;
light do. $5 9516.00; heavy Yorkers, $5.85
a.S-Oo; light do, $5.6035.70; pigs, as to
weight and quality $5.30.15.40; roughs,
$4.5035.75. Sheep active-; best wethers,
$3,403,.75; culls and common. $i.ooa
2.00; jearlings, $2.5033.75; veal calves,
$6.0037.00.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
The Marine Engineers' Association
takes in the engineers on the trans-Atlantic
liners which arc manned in this
country, and the present wages, based
on these demands, are as follows: Ves
sels of the first-class that is. vessels
of the largest tonnage chief lingineers,.
$150 a 'month; first assistant engineers,
$00 a month; seeond assistants, $to;
third assistants, $70. Vessels of the
second class, chief engineers, $145 a
month; first assistants, $80; scronii as
sistants, $70; third assistants, $60.
The miners' organization of France
is now so perfect and their present
leaders -nil so able that the public was
greatly distressed at the threatened up
heaval, especially because other impor
tant labor federations such as the nieU
al workers, the glass blowers, and the
railway engineers almost surely would
join ill it. A considerable military
force lias been Uept in nil the mining
districts. The government evidently i
anxious to better the miners' conditions,
but declines to support legislation fix
ing minimum wages. The other two
demandsan eight-hour day and a pen
sion of 40 cents a d;'y after 25 years'
woil; are bcufig studied by the l:uVr
ccmmi'.tee of (parliament.
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