lALTIMORE A
Business Section of the City
Almost Completely Wip
ed Out.
Wholesale Houses, Banks and News
paper Offices Reduced to Ashes.
l ite, w hirh si. tried ;it m. 50 o'clock
Sunday morning, devastated practi
cally the entire central business dis
trict of Baltimore, :unl at , A. M.
Monday the. I'anus wen; Mill raging
with as much fury as ,il tin: Lcginnin;;.
To nil appearances Baltimore's busi
ness section is doomed. Many of the
principal hanking institutions, all the
leading trust -niup.tuies. al! I Ii - largest
wholesale houses, .ill the; newspaper
offices, many of the principal retail
Mores and thousands of smaller estab
lishments went up in Humes, and in
most cases J In: t ou'.cnts wore com
pletely destroyed.
What the Imi will bi: in dollars no
man can even estimate, bm tin? sum
will be so gigantic, th.it it Is hard for
the average mind to gt.i.p its magni
tude. In addition to t lie pecuniary
loss, will be tlif immense amount ol
business lost by ilie necessaiy inter
ruption to business while the many
firms whose plates are destroyed are
making amusements for resuming
business;
1 here is lit ;!: doubt lli.it inane men,
formerly prosperous, will be ruined
by the events of the last 24 hours.
Many of them carry little or no in
surance, and it is doubllal if many of
the insurant: companies will be able
to pay their losses dollar for dollar,
nd those that do will probably require
lime in which to arrange lor the pay
ment. All day and all night throngs crowd
ed the streets, blocking every avenue
lo the fire district ami moving back
out of danger only wIimi forced to do
to by the police on duty. Many of the
-apectatorsj saw their all go up in flame
before their eyes, and there were men
with hopeless faces and despairing
expressions :a-en on every hand. In
fact, the throng seemed stunned with
the niagiiLude of the disaster and
scarcely seemed to ! eali.e the extent
Of it.
They stood ai onnd usually in dazed
silence, and only occasionally would a
worj of despair be heard. That they
were almost disheartened was appar
ent to the casual observer, and there
Is little wonder, for the crushing stroke
fell with the suddenness of lightning
from a cloudless sky.
At 10.50 o'clock in the morning the
automatic fire alarm hex, No. S54, in
KILLED BY tAQl'l INDIANS.
(arises Hold L'p Stage and Mounted Troops
Are la Pursuit.
Denver, Col. (Special). -A News
Special from Guayamas, Mux., says:
Passengers arriving from Ortiz, on
the Sonora Railroad, brought the first
news of a terrible outrage committed by
.Yaqui Indian;:.
The stage which runs between Orliz
and I.as Crocus was held up by savages
and all on hoard, numbering six per
sons, were Killed. Among tin-in were
Salvador Florcs ami his nephew, 1'ran
risco Mores. They were both promi
nent in Sonora. There were fifteen In
dians, according to the recollection of
Francisco Mores, who did not expire
until he was picked up by a party of
Vaqueroj (raveling ill the opposite di
rection. When the massacre was discovered
officers in charge of the garrison at
Ortiz were notified ami a detachment
of mounted troops has gone 111 pursuit
01 the Indian. 1
DYNAMITE PLOT ON RAILROAD. ' 1
Superintendent Receive Demand for JIO.UOO j
and Threat.
Hazclton, Pa. (Special) Details of
an alleged dynamite plot along the Le
high Valley Kailroad, 20 miles north
of White Haven, came to light. T. II.
Findcll. of Wilkesbarrc, superintendent
ol the Wyoming Division 01 the i.c
liigh Valley Kailroad, last week receiv
ed an anonymous letter saying that u
$10,000 was not deposited at Lake Sta
tion, on the Wilkesbarrc Mountain,
etween 10 a. 111. Saturday ami the
utnt hour Sunday morning, that sec
tion of the line would le blown up.
Sheriff Allicrt Jacobs wa notified,
and he, with a pone, patrolled the
track 34 hours, but no attempt was
made to carry out the threat. A guard
it Mill maintained bv the railroad com
jiany between Fairviw and Lake Sta
tion. Philippine CrnnmUaioa Vacancy.
Washington (Special). Much of the
time of the Cabinet nieriiiig was con
warned in the selection of a commissioner
to fill the vacancy on the Philippine
Conunitsion caused by the resignation of
ioveniof Ti.ft and lite promotion of
Messrs. Wright anil Lie. It was alated
that the choice has been made of a per
son in the United States, but that his
name is withhrU until his acceptance is
irccivcd.
Mapia Tank tieledcs.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special).- 'I he
plant of the FrinU Decreasing Coin
any, in till no.itlurii wtinii 0( the
Ay, was damaged to the extent of $..
no by fir. I he explosion ol a naphtha
tank, Iary qixsutilii of which are u-ed
for the purpu: of extra -ting nits ami
rhemicat from the y -product of
leather. raucd the tire Frank I'crglit,
the night watchman, fatally burned
A lit occurred in the First Kansas
District Coiigreio,tl Convention, re
sulting in tin- nouiiiuiioii ui two can-oJicUlc
CITY OF RUINS
'the basement of the wholesale dry
goods house of lohn I", llurst cc
Co, .erm.ni Street and Hopkins
Place, sound-d an alarm. Almost be
fore the nlami had reached the var
ious eng'ne houses the entire building
was a roaring mass of '.lames from top
to bottom.
After burning for perhaps 10 mtn-iit'-s
there was a loud explosion from
the mt'-rior of the building as the
gasoline tank used for the engine in
!h'' btiihlins let go. Instantly the im
mense structure collapsed anil the fly
ing, i'aming debris caused the llarhes
to he communicated to the adjacent
buildings on all four corners.
I!y tiiis lime the first of the ti re ap
paratus had reached the scene and
was quickly put lo work, but the lire
hul already gone beyond control and
wept w ith irresistible force and in
credulous swiftness on its Uevar taling
way. It was known that the confla
gration would prove vastly destruc
tive, but not one of those who witness
ed it at this time imagined for an in
stant the terrible results that would
ensue.
MILLIONS IN A PEW BLOCKS.
A very carefut and conservative
estimate of the loss in the wholesale
business district, in which the fire
originatetl, places it at something
over fSo.oeo.ooo. This district is
bounded by Baltimore, Liberty,
Charles and Lombard streets and con
tained many of the largest dry goods,
clothing cud shoe houses in the city,
besides two prominent banks the
National Exchange and Hopkins I
Place Savings Dank. '
The siiniittc is for each building in
this section, the loss given represent
ing the building with its contents. Ac
cirding to this the heaviest losers
were John K. llurst ci Co., K. M. Sut
ton & Co., and the Daniel Miller
Company; all of which were heavily
stocked with dry goods, and in each
of which cases the loss in building
and contents was placed at $1,500,000
The Armstrong, Cator & Co.';; loss is
estimated at half ,1 million, and the
great majority were ioo,ooo or more
apiece. This district contained about
125 buildings, among them some of
the finest business structures in town
which were occupied by more than
1, so firms.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
The I atcst Happenings Condensed for
Rapid Reading.
Domestic.
The Appellate Division of the Su
preme Court of New York decided that
the provision forbidding the 11-e of the
American Hag as a trade mark was un
constitutional. John D. 1 'acne, of Wooilhurv, N. J.,
who Killed William Minks, the father of
his sweet In art, w as convicted of man
slaughter, wilh u recommendation of
mercy.
C. W. Thompson was arrested in Chi
cago on the charge of using the mails to
defraud. Women arc alleged to have
been his victims.
The executive committee of the Na
tional Council of Women elected repre
.scnlath ps to the international Congress,
lo be held in Berlin.
Dan Maker and his brother were
murdered in their home, ui Nebraska,
and liarker's brother was arrested. '
Sim persons perished in the flames in
a fire at Trenton, a mining llage, near
Mahoncy Cjty, l'a.
S!to Ijipe. who has refused to take
the oath of allegiance, will be deported
from Manila.
The federal grand jury, of Missouri
has, it is said, indicted a number of
agents of express companies who acted
as agents for liquor sellers in Kansas
ami the prohibition counties of Texas.
It was reported that a band of Yaqni
Indians had massacred the passengers
on a Mage that runs between Orte and
Las Crnees in Mexico.
the official call for the Prohibition
National Convention, in IudianaoIis
June 21). has been issued.
'1 hcodor Lew aid. the German com
missioner to die St. l.ouis Exposition,
reached New York 'on the ttt-amdiip
Kaicr U ilhehn.
I if Jd.
Crown Prince Frederick William of
Germany was thrown from bis horse
while ruling at the head of bis company
of guard, at Potsdam, but was not in
jured. ,
'i he llrrcros in German Southwest
Africa murdered Assistant Director
Hocpucr. of the Colonial Bureau, and
Ilirr Waternicyer, an agricultural cx
crt. (
By an eruption of the volcano of Me
rapi. on the Island ol Java. I J persons
were burned to death an. I sj severely in
jured. Mrs. Florence MajbruK is now ai a
home in Lngland under the tiire of
members of a i tligious sisterhood, .an J
she it Mill Kept imiler Mtrvcillance.
In accordance with the llritish army
reform plans, Lord L'obcrts and several
oilier leading generals have beet iiivilcil
to join the new Army Council.
Ut'Mwti of experiment made by the
German imicrial health i 'ithorities with
refefxnee t tuhrrculo.is were publish
ed 111 U 1 Tin.
'I'he I'uited Statu cruisvr Cotumhi.i
Inntiid inaruics at Santa l'.iil'.ra dc
Suuu'ia. Santo l)uinin)o, lo profict
Grc? oueresls.
AN INSULT TO THE FLAG
Santa Domlojo Rebel Fire Upon Yankee
Launch.
ENGINEER OF THE BOAT KILLED.
lailed Slate Minister Pawtll lailrnila the
Captain of the Cruiser to Take Drastic
Meaturei lo Aveog tb Sbootlaf and the
Intuit to the Flag American Marines Pro
tect the German CooauL
San Doniingt) (Special). The insur
gents dc libcrati 1y fired on the launch
of the auxiliary cruiser Yankee, killing
J. C. Johnston, the engineer. The bul
let entered his head ubove the eye.
United States Minister Powell has
directed the capt:.in of the Yankee to
lake drastic measures to avenge John
ston's 'hath ami this insult to the
American flag.
Johnston will be buried oil shore.
S.m Domingo. The German consul
here has requested United States Min
ister Powell to afford protection to
Ilerr Worman. the German vice consul,
that he might bring his family into the
city, as the insurgents have given Mr.
Wurman 4N hours to leave where he is
or suffer the consequences.
Consequently, Mr. Powell secured a
guard of io men from the United
States cruiser Columbia, and inionu
ed the government that it was the in
tention of the German consul and him
self to bring Iltrr Wurman's family
into the city, and asked the government
that its troops not fire upon this party
while it was on its mission. He said
that if fired upon the party. would pro
tect themselves. I he uuard started
out. As soon as they passed outside
the city they were covered by the guns
of the Columbia. No attack was made,
and the Worman family anil their be
longings were brought back here in
faiety.
All the lu.jscs outside the city walls
have been pillaged. The insurgents
are desperate, and are destroying for
eign property wherever they find it. I
Mr. Powell has received urgent appeals
to protect foreign property against this :
pillaging, and the Columbia may be
compelled lo land marines to do so.
The tiring around the city continues.
The situation is serious, the prices of
provisions are very high, ami the poor
are .suffering from want of food.
It is rumored that Santa Barbara
de Samaua and Sanchez have been re
taken by the insurgents.
This city is surrounded by insurgents.
They have sent to the government a
demand that the city surrender within
24 hours, threatening otherwise to enter
it by force. The government has made
no reply to this demand, ami an attack
is expected. The fortifications are
ftrongly guarded, and preparation? arc
being made to resist the insurgents.
FLAG LOWERED IN CUBA.
Final Act in Insuring the Island't lole- ;
pendence. I
Havana (Special). The last vestige
of the American occupation of Cuba
disappeared Thursday when the Amer
ican llag was lowered from the Cabana
barracks and the last battalion of Amer
ican soldiers marched to the Triscornia
pier and hoarded the United States
Army transport Stunner.
Standing on the plain nrar Cabana
fortress, between a line of American
anil a line of Cuban troops and sur
rounded by a crowil of Americans and
Cubans, President Palma feelingly voic
ed his appreciation of all that the Amer
icans have done for Cuba.
The Sunnier had brought the Seven
teenth and Nineteenth companies of
United States Artillery from Santiago,
"and these troops participated with the
'I wenty-lirst and Twenty-second com
panies, who have In't'ti stationed here,
111 the evaluation of the l.'abana bar
racks. President Palma anil the members of
his cabinet. General Rodriguez, com
mander of the rural guards; United
States Minister .Squicrs and the mem
bers of the legation staff took their
places facing the center of the parade
ground. 'I he .lines oi troops consisted
of the four American artillery com
panies, a company of Cuban artillery,
a company of rural guards on foot and
a troop of rural guards, mounted.
"BLL'EBEAKD" BOND CONTEST.
1 International l ight brow Out of Properly
I l ost In Iroquois Fire.
I Chicago (Special). The United
j States Gov eminent has licconic a party
I lo the complications growing out of the
I Iroquois lire. "Mr. Itlurbcard," said to
! be the most pretention extravaganza
I ever sent on the road in America, was
not an American property. The scen
ery, costumes ami the greater portion
of the electrical effects were owned by
the Drury l.anc Company, of London,
Lngland. They were leased by Klaw &
Lrlangrr not purchased. As a conse
quence, when the spectacular mass of
light and color was brought to the
United States for temporary use a bond
was tiled with the Government in lieu
of payment of duty, guaranteeing; that
the property would Ik1 exported to its
owners within a period of six mouths.
It is the bond that British and Chicago
claimants arc now seeking to reach.
At the same time representative of
Klaw & Lrlanger are engaged with
equal industry in an effort to secure a
release of the bond through proof that
the property is now non-existent that
it was annihilated in the theatre lire.
'I he value of the destroyed scenery,
wardrobe and effects is estimated at be
tween $40,000 and $60,000. As a pro
tection 10 the Government for duties
alone in the event of failure to re
turn the plant lo the country of its
origin a Imud of $18,000 was tiled,
llritish underwriter insured the prop
erty in part for the Drury Lane Com
pany, and it is upon them and upon the
Drury Lane Company the property loss
w ill lull.
Would Not Outlive Wife.
Philadelphia (Special). William An
derson, a young married man of this
city, committed suicide under pathetic
circumstances. He was informed by a
physician that his wife, w',10 had given
birth lo a daughter, was dying. 1 lc im
mediately picked tip a revolver and say
ing, "li she goes, I'm going, tiMt," shot
himself through ilie In ail. Hi wife
j died a few riinulfs after the snooting.
anil he passed away late tonight. Ue
j shies the baby, they leave a four-year
I old daughte r.
Chlaaaaa la American Lailnrm.
University of California (Special).
Snnuul Sung Young, a Chiueic student
at the University of California, has just
Ucn appointed a lieutenant in the uni
versity cadet regiment. Should be iic
to major or higher he will be eligible for
a wsoml lieutenancy in the United State
rr.iy. Lieutenant Young is the only
j Chinese wearing the uniform of an olfi-
1 ccr 01 me l iiiieq slates Army, lie 1
;: son ol lev. W, Young, a regularly
ordained eli rgyman of the Fpiscopal
( hurch and formerly rector of a mission
,i San KrnncifcCo.
BOXINO PLAV WITH A BIO D00.
Mai Who Had Tanght tht Animal to Fight
Him Receive Lnnge.
PhUadelphia, Ta. (Special). Aflcr
training a Great Dane dog to light in an
almost human manner by burling his
heavy body through the air like a batter
ing ram, Henry A. Thorne, who lived in
Fast Kitlenhouse trect, Grrmantown,
met death as a con sequence of his les
sons to the beast.
The dog, a mixture of Dane and I'.ng-
li-ll bulldou blood, luitl lieell lauobt hv
Thome lo stand upon its hind legs, mid j
Willi extended paws lunge forward at
its opponent, who donned boxing gloves
anil dealt stunning blows at the beast,
in an effort to ward off its attacks.
1 iiseday while the ilou ami Thome
were engaged in pugilistic combat the 1
beast became frenzied by a particularly j
heavy blow dealt by Thorne, ami hurled j
itself with such tremendous force that j
several of Thome's ribs were broken
anil his lungs punctured. He died in a;
short time. '
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS !.
" 1
Significant Action oi Dr. Herran Colnm- j
biail Charge. i
Recommend Big Ship.
Admiral Dewey's suggestions in favor
of heavy fighting ship, f,,r the Navy
prevailed with the Hoit,c Committee
on Naval Affairs over the recommenda
tion of the general board, submitted by
Secretary Moody. The Naval Appro
priation Bill was completed by the com
mittee after a hearing granted Admiral
Dewey. It carries an aggregate appro
priation of $05,000,000. The ships au
thorized are one battleship, two ar
mored cruisers, three scout cruisers ami
two fquadron colliers. The appropria
tion of $500,0110 made last year for two
submarine boats was rcapproprialcd, the
Ixiats to be purchased in the discretion
of the Secretary of the Navy. This
building program gives a total of 44,01x1
tons of heavy fighting slops, as compar
ed with (u.ooo tons last year. The
heavy construction provided will cost
S-'t.-so.ooo, while the lighter construc
tion will bring the cosl of the building
program up to $'8,x.ooo.
'1 he recommendation of the general
board was for one battleship, one arm
ored cruiser, three protected cruisers,
four scout cruisers and two colliers. The
committee eliminated entirely the three
protected cruisers and one of the scout
cruisers recommended by the board, ami
added tine armored cruiser.
Provision was made for an armor
plate factory to cost $4,000,000, which
the Secretary of the Navy is authorized
to construct in case he cannot secure
armor plate from private bidders at a
reasonable price. l"or the Giiautanamo,
Cuba, naval station an appropriation of
$.15,ooo was made, and for that at
Olongapo, P. L, SK6-',ooo was author
ized. An addition of ,wo men is authorized
to the personnel of the Navy.
Exposition Stamps.
An older for the first issue of the
new Louisiana Purchase Kn position
postage stamps, whii.ii are to le placed
on sale at all postoflices in the United
Slates May I, has been sent to the Bu
reau of Kngraviug and Printing by
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Madden. It calls lor the printing of
00,000,1x50 of the one-cent stamps, bear
ing the portrait of Robert K. Living
ston; 2J5.ooo.ixn of the two-cent
stamps, bearing the portrait of Thomas ;
jenerson; ..mki.uoo oi 111c inrcc-ccm,
with Monroe's portrait; 0,500,000 of the
live-cent, with McKinlev's portrait, and
(i.soo.axi ot the ten cent stamps, with a 1 qUcst will have llio indorsement and
immature map ol the I lined States 1 support oi all the governments repre
showmg the territory acquired by the j srnted bv ambassadors here, and it i
Louisiaiia I'm cha:,e. ; believed. by diplomats will not meet ob-
Southern Tobacco Grower Appeal. 1 v"'m, ! ""' B'-vrniuent of the
. s ; United States.
Ilit! House Ways and Means Sub-'
committee on Revenue heard a delega
tion! Southern tobacco growers in fa
vor ol the pending bills for the rrliei
of growers by allowing them' to stem
and twi t their own tobacco for com
mercial purMjses without paying a gov
ernment license. Those appearing in
cluded C. li. Baker, of Pembroke. Ky..
president of the Farmers' Club of that
plac ; C. I I. Fort, president of the To
bacco Growers' Association of Robin
son county, Ky. ; C. P. Warfield, of
Clark.stkld, Teiui.. B. '.. Cooper, of
Hopkiusville, Ky., and Representatives
Gaines, of Tennessee, ami James, Smith
and Stanley oi Kentucky. No action
was taken.
In the Department!.
Representative Tawney, of Minnesota,
introduced a bill authorizing the consoli
dation of customs collection districts in
the discretion of the President.
The Douse adopted the Agricultural
Appropriation Bill after an unavailing
effort bail been made lo eliminate I he
seed-distribution section. ,
Gen. John C. Black, chairman of the
United States Civil Service Commission,
is seriously ill.
Secretary Shaw has' sent a circular
letter to the various government depos
itories notifying them that the govern
ment would probably soon call for no
per cent, of the deposits.
The State Department has advices of
the government forces in Uruguay hav
ing been forced back upon Montevideo,
the capital, by the revolutionist.
United States Marshal II. I". Hackett,
of Indian Territory, ami a number of
deputies were removed for incom
petency and other causes.
It is stated that the Cuban Commis
sion has made arrangements with a
New York syndicate to lake the Cuban
loan at par.
The HtHise Committee completed the
Naval Appropriation Bill, which car
ries an appropriation oi $05,000,000.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bill,
reported lo the House, carries an appro
priation of $5.71 1. -MO.
A bill was introduced in the House
to extend the Statute of Limitations to
five years.
The Senate Committer on .Manufac
tures took up the Pure-food Kill.
The House passed the Diplomatic and
Com.. liar Appropriation Bill.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relation considered lac treaty between
the United Stales ami Cuba, cariying
into effect the Plait amendment.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee has been or
dered lo assume command of the South
Atlantic Station in place of Rear Ad
miral litnlierton.
F.viilenie was .submitted in the postal
trial tending lo prove that George li.
Loreiu owed August W. Machru money.
Secretary Moody in a ttalement to
the Home Committee on Naval Af
fairs declare that the passage of the
Hale Bill will remedy the trouble in
regard In the shipment of iipphc in
foreign vessels.
In the Senate Mr. Dietrich made a
request ior an investigation by a com
Mltee oi the chat get agimst him
'.'d I is reuuest w.11 granted.
SUSPICIOUS OF "THE BEAR
Japan I (asperated By Rnaaia's Delay'
in Reply.
SITUATION AQMN BECOMES CRITICAL."
A Hastily Summoned Conference at the Japa
nese Cabinet, the Elder Statetmta and
Military and Naval Chiefs Which la Be
lieved to Forecait Energetic Action--The
Two RuMiin Fleet Form a Combine.
Tokio Illy Cable). A specially snm-
muW, conference of the cabinet, elder
, . . . 1
M:tomen and military and naval f,nei
was lit lil at (tie resilience of fremiti
lsatsura. The meeting is bilieved lc
have been of much importance, thongl.
110 detail of the discission have beer
given to I he public. Possibly, it fore
shadows energetic action on account o'
Kussiau procrastination.
Mthough the government ofliii.h
oii'mue reticent, it is manifest that the
situation is of the gravest and that 1
erisis i near at hand. The time ii'
which the h'n-sian reply will continue
to be a factor in the situation is narrow
ing. The patience of the gonimcut i
becoming exhau-ted and if the expectct!
answer is delayed many days lonjer the
issuance of an ultimatum by Japan vvi'l
become inevitable.
'I'he Japanese let 1 that the existing
conditions have entitled them to a mort
prompt reply, :md are bound to infei
that the St. Petersburg government it
determined not to viehl, but is utilizing
the lime to advance its preparations 101
war.
A dispatch to Kcuter's Telegram
Company from St. Petersburg, b
way of the frontier, -ays the Kuj
sian genend slafT has given Viceroy
AlexiefY authority to declare Mar and
open hostilities oil his own responsibility
if circumstances render it neceSsarry.
'J he tli .patch adds thai an imperial
m.'iuil'c.-lo declaring war is expected if
the Japanese government dues not accept
the conditions proposed in Russia's res
ponse, which, it is asserted, will be
Russia's last word
MILITARY HONORS FOR AMBASSADORS.
Will Be Rcqt.-slcd uf Lolled Slates When Re
celved by President.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Be
cause of the precedent established by
meeting Governor Taft with a troop
of cavalry ami according to Mr. Root,
the retiring secretary, the same honor
when he left Washington, it is learned
that the same courtesy will be requester)
of this 'government w hen the next am
bassador is reeeived in audience fvr
the first time by the President. This
is the custom observed in other coun
tries, and it is understood that Ameri
can ambassadors abroad always have
i insisted on lull military honors. It ap
pears that tile late Lord l'auncefote, the
first ambassador appointed at Wash
ington, neglected to draw up with the
Stale Department the usual protocol
providing for the reception ol ambas
sadors. Such a convention is felt bv
diplomats lo be highlv desirable. It
js saj, ,i,;it nhhough the request foi
military honors for the next ambassa
dor who shall be presented will ema
nate irom ins own xovcninienl, tlie re-
TOKIO AT EXTREME TENSION.
Lit. malum By Japan I Now Imminently
Threatened.
Tol.io (By Cable) - Kvents indicate
that file 'prolonged tension has readied
a climax.
Marquis Ilo, president .of the privy
council, was summoned from the coun
try and the l'.mpcror received him. A
council o the elder statesmen was held
wilh the War Minister and three atl
inirIs. The Ivejiesl officials make no pretense
of concealment, of their exasperation at
the tardiness J the Russian reply. An
unofficial dispatch yesterday said the
Russian decision means war.
'Ihc conference lasted several hours.
While it was going on Premier Katsura
and Foreign Minister Koniura had a
long audience with the FTnperor.
ALL IN IIOLSli PERISH.
Mother iod Five Children Burned la On Hi
In Codncil BiuM.
Council Bluffs, Iowa (Special). Mrs.
Peter Christiansen, mother of five chil
dren who perished in their burned
home Wednesday night, died as a result
of her burns. All of the bodies of Jhe
dead children have been recovered.
Mr. Christiansen was awakened bv
smoke and flames, which almost llllrii
the house. She left the baby in bed ami
rushed to a room where her three
daughters and a son were asleep. hc
fouml the children's room full of
llames. and she could not enter. Mrs.
Christiansen ran into t tic street and
raised an alarm. Neighbors turned in a
fire alarm and tried to enter the nousc
but the small wooden house burned
rapidly, bariing entrance. The house
anil lite children was consumed before
liiciiirii ai rived
I Inaocial.
It i a long lane that has no turning
Asphalt and Lake Superior sharehold
ers see their stocks advance while
others (all.
John W. Gales ha swung around and
is a bear on coffer, cotton and stocks.
He is not supposed to be speculating
heavily in wheat or torn.
Loudon sold about U.ooo shares' of
Pennsylvania. There arc still conflict
ing reports about that company's need
for a large sum of money in the near
future.
One more a per cent, dividend on the
first preferred stock will dissolve Read
mit' voting trust. The trustees are'
C. S. W. Packard, of Philadelphia, and
I. P. Morgan and P. P. Olcolt, of New
York. ,
It Is considered significant in bank
ing circlc that the Bank of England
has not changed it role of discount
in spite of war rumor. They say in'
London that the bank is the truest ba
rometer in F.uropc on international
affairs; t j
Southern Pacific' net earning In-.;
'I'l... 1. H. .L I
I lit; I
this wet'
trade paper, arc more bullish,
veek on the steel busmen. I
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Uteit Nes of Pennylvania To! la
Short Order.
Fire w hich started at 2 o'clock in the
iilternooii destroyed the servants' dor
mitory and content in the Slate Nor
mal School. 1 he second floor of the
nuiltlmg was taken up by the musical
department and contained twelve
pianos, till of which were destroyed.
lite origin of the fire is unknown.
Loss, fas.ooo, partially covered by In
surance. Student made every effort
to put out the blaze. Hiding the firemen
materially. Several ynuli;j women who
were in ihc mifsio room on the third
llir owe their live to Mis Lula Ste
vi .11H111, a teacher, who made her wav
10 the lloor and guided the girls to
.safety through the smoke.
Dr. Walter P. Kountz was released
Irom tin- penitentiary on the pardon
granted him for Killing J. IC. Walsh,
ilie contractor of whom Kount was
itiilous because Mrs. Kount. lived at
Walsh's house s,i'ter having quarreled
vitii ln r husband. An action unprecc
'ItrKeil in the local courts was iuinie
ucutly h-mm agiiust Koumz for dain
syi" mi IhIuiIi ot two minor children ol
aMi. t being- alleged that through
li s death they are deprived oi lliean
1.1 be reared. Mrs. Kount., whom Dr.
Isi.unt tried to kill when he shot
Vii.Mi. has begun suit ior divorce.
ving to the inability of firemen to
ii aier boiii a frozen lire plug two
'.: Istol resiliences ami their content;
. destroyed by lire. The new house"
1 1 it-orge P. Nibbs and William Haney
r.u.fi-.t tire irom a defective flue and al
:!itiugli the department arrived prompt-
the firemen were powerless to cluck
in- dames. II. P, Case, who was con-
tiiifil to his l-e,; ;it )),. Hancy residence
:-i typhoid kver. was rescued. The
.. i 1 -':,. atcd at $in,ooo.
! t'c Lihly-toiie Foundry and Ma
mile Works, formerly the Gruson Iron
Works, at Ltldystone, was sold by Geo.
K. Darl'i!gtt'i, referee in bankruptcy.
The sal- was attended by a number ol
l'hih'de.'i. hia iron and steel niauufac-turcr-
ami the purchasers were Thomas
Prosscr &. Sons, of New York. The
properly was sold in three lots. The
buildings, lands, tool and equipments
brought $155,000. The scrap iron
brought $12 a gross ton. The third lot,
consisting of pig iron, brought ?i7.5r
a ton.
The Board of Pardons has recom
mended the granting of the commu
tation allowed under the law of 1001 to
prisoners in the penitentiary to George
C. Seiple, convicted in Philadelphia, iu
the Federal Court, in December, J.Soo,
and sentenced by Judge McPherson to
live years in Cherry Hill. It has been
held that the Pennsylvania law doe
not apply to Federal prisoners in Penn
sylvania prisons. Governor Penny
packer has indorsed the action of the
iloard and the case will now- go to the
Federal Court, where il will b- set
tled. Attorney General Carson ami State
Treasurer Harris had a lively bout it;
the Judges' salary dispute. Mr. Darn?
made a request that the Attorney Gen
eral agree lo a case stated for the pur
pose of ;.ecnring a judicial interpreta
tion of the new salary act. Mr. Carson
declined an declares thai the Treasurct
will be mandaiiiuscd it he reiuses tc
pay the Judges.
Twenty-five pet dogs have been killed
in Jenner ami tjueinahoning Town
ships, Somerset county, 10 stamp out
a threatened epidemic oi hydrophobia.
In answer to an appeal sent to the
Pennsvlvania Live Slock Sanitary
Hoard, Dr. Leonard Pearson, State
Veterinarian, has been sent there, ami
has declared a strict quarantine against
all dogs in the two townships.
The Schuylkill county controllci
started to contest the right of the
treasurer and register to retain com
missions on collateral inheritance tax
mercantile and liquor license funds tint
to the State. About $-'500 a year i
involved. This will be a tc.i case loi
several other counties. "
Kver since the unsuccessful attempt
of two Norrislown prisoners to escape
from the county jail two weeks since
by assaulting the keepers, the inspect
ors have been making the discipline ol
the prison more rigid. All prisoners in
the institution now arc denied a supply
of pepper lor individual use. This ac
tion was taken because two prisoners
had armed themselves with pepper from
their weekly allowance to blind theii
Keepers.
Rev. J. D. Detiich. for twenty-six
years pastor of the North Wales Re
formed Church, one ol the most pros
perous farmers in the county, has de
cided not to resign his pastorate to ac
cept a government position at a salary
of $2000 a year and expenses.
Slate Highway Commissioner Hiintei
has completed a statement showing the
road mileage, including turnpikes, ol
each county in the State and the 'ap
portionment of the road construction
fund ior each county during the pres
ent year. Of the, $500,000 appropriated
for this year, $50,000 is for maintenance
and $450,000 for road construction.
There arc 90,224 miles of road, and the
apportionment to the counties is a
irille over $4 a mile, which exhaust
the $450,000.
James )'., Roderick, chief of the Bu
reau of Mines, reported to Goveruoi
Pennypacker the result ot his investi
gation of the explosion at the Harwick
Mine, but it was not made public. Chief
Roderick ha directed Inspector Cun
ningham to make a blue print of the
mine for the guidance of the Coroner,
and has requested that the inquest shall
not begin until all bodies have been re
moved from the mine. The Governot
is desirous ol having, all the light pos
sible thrown on the cause of the explo
sion in' order to recommend legislation
that will in the future prevent such ac
cidents. Mr. Roderick instructed the
general mamger of the Harwick Mine
to see that the men in charge of the
mine during the cleaning up and repair
ing are holder ol first-class certificates.
A .broken flange on a Philadelphia
S- Lei'.ding freight caf caused it to leave
h track two mile south ol Rupert
The train proceeded to Rupert before
the accident was discovered, leaving in
it wake a badly damaged track. Nearl)
every rail on the one side of the traci
for tlie entire two mile was torn loose,
over 1500 bolt bring required to rcpaii
the damage.
Mr. Michael Lecd, of Rothsville.
celebrated her 77th birthday by holding
a family reunion. Her eleven childrer
were present, as were most ol her rv-euty-scven
grandchildren and thirly.
three great-grandchildren. .
Lewi F.. Roger, ol Media, ha ap
"alcd to the police department o'
Chester to assist him in finding lib
18-ycar-old wile. Mr. Roger, in com
pany with her mother, was in Chcsiei
to max ome purchase and Hopped tc
talk with a male friend, while her
mother went to a nearby store. . V hen
the mother returned her daughter hao
departed.
Wholesale vaccination i being civ
Jorced in linola, opposite Harrisbiirg.
where 3V 'n arc employed, buildm
the big' Pennsylvania Kailroad yard
It i said that ,oo men are iiici'pacnuiru
, b ;te arml.
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COMMERCIAL, REVIEW.
Oeaeral Trade Coadltloao.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Business conditions
would be most satisfactory if present
high prices for the leading staples were!
the result of wholesome demand, buj
the prominence of manipulation pre
vents any such gratifying conclusion.1
Aside from the lines temporarily stim
ulated by severe weather, trade is quiet,' i
and evidences of increased activity
with the approach 'of Spring are hope
tttlly awaited. Weather conditions are
favorable for Winter wheat. Transpor
lation has suffered some, interruption
by storms, but railway earnings thus
far reported for January are 3.8 per
cent, larger than in njo.1.
Failure this week numbered 302 iit
the United States, against 24, last
year, and 28 in Canada, compared witl
30 year ago.
Wheat, including flour, exports fot
the, week ending January 28, aggregate
2,917,022 bushels, against 3,538,192 last
week, 4.420,065 this week last year,
3.702.308 in iooj, ami 3.776.000 in 1901,
Corn exports for the week aggregate
1.4G9.30" bushels, against 1.150,202 last
week, 2.045,000 a year ago, 427,018 iif
1902, and 2,4S7,7o7 in 1901.
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS,
Flour Spring clear. $3.95413; best
Patent $570; choice family $4.45.
Wheat New York No. 2. oac: Phil
adelphia No. 2, ijJdX'jJ'i; Baltimore
No. 2. 92'n.93C. 1
Corn New York. No. 2. 6c: Phila
delphia No. 2. so.j-ime,rc: Baltimore No
2. S'52.
Uats -New ork. No. 2. 46c: Phila
delphia No. 2, 46(ii46j; Baltimore No
2 (tOUOyic.
Hay. No. I timothy, large bales,
(. $16.00:' do. do. small bales. $i6.or
g ; No. 2 timothy I14.50ta.1s.sa
Green Fruits and ecctables. An-
pies New- York Kings, per brl $3.0061
3.50; do, do, Baldwins, per brl $2.5o(ri
2.75. Cranberries Cape Cod, per brl
$7.oofi.8.oo; do, do, per box $2.orXa2.25.
Grape Fruit, Florida, per box $4.oof'j
5.00. Oranges Florida, 126's to 2t6's.
per box $2.501)2.75: do. do. 250's and
smaller, per box $2.252.50. Tanger
ines, Florida, per box $3.oofti4.oo. Bcetf
Native, per bunch 3fo4c; do, do, pel
liox 75cm$i.oo. Brocoli Native, pet
box 3o(a'40c; do. Norfolk, per brl $i.m
frit. 10. Brussel sprouts, per qt 10(3
12c. Cabbage New York, domestic
per ton $35.00(040.00; do, do, Danish,
per ton $45.oo(a 50.00. Carrots Native
per bunch 3W4c; do, do, per box JSCq
65. Celery Native, per bunch, 34C
do, California, per crate $4.25(g;4-So,
Cauhllowcr, California, per crate $3.2! '
'ii'.l-So. Horseradish Native, per bu bon
$i.5o(a;2.oo. Kale, native, per bu box
3540c Lettuce North Carolina, per
V brl 7Scoi.St.2s: do. Honda, per ba-
Ket $t.oo(5il.75. Onions Yellow, Penn
sylvania, per bu 8o9oc; do, do, NeW
York, per bu oryitos: do, red, per bi)
80(0.85; do, white, per bu $i.ooi.io
Parsnips, native per box 90cft1.lf1.0a
Potatoes. White Eastern Shore,
Maryland and Virginia, per bt 70
75c: do, Maryland and Pennsylvania,
prime, per bu 757iSo. Sweets Yellows,
Maryland and Virginia, per brl S 1 . scxvij
2.25; do, Potomac, per brl $2.252.so,
ams Virginia, per brl si.50cq.4-co; do,
Potomac, Maryland per brl $i.50((12.oo,
J.ivc and- Dressed Poultry. turkeys,
choice hens, I7fh!t9c: do, young toms,
choice, iWjfjtS; do, old toms, choice, 16.
Chickens, liens, I2(g3i4c: do, old roost
ers, each 25(ii"3o; do, young, 14; do,
do, rough and staggy, l2(oT3. Ducks,
fancy, large. tJi lSc; do, do, small,
('(.13; do, muscovy and mongrels, 1361J
14. Geese. Western, each 6r,7Sc
Guinea fowl, each 251230c. Dressed
poultry Turkeys, hens, good to choice,
l8(g2o; do. hens and young toms, mix
ed, good to choice, iS'tijq; do, young
toms, good to choice Cnii8; do, old
loms, do, do, ifxii: . Ducks, good to
choice. I4tfi'l6. Chickens, young, good
to choice, t4(fi;is; mixed, old and young,
i4(h'l5; do, poor to medium, I3.
Geese, good to choice, i2Ciii4. Capons,
fancy, large, (Vi20c: do, good to
choice, 18(0.19; do, slips and small, 15
iii7-
Eggs. Nearby, strictly fresh, loss off,
dozen, 304732c; Eastern Shore (Mary
land and Virginia), loss off, per dozen,
3o(o'3i; Virginia, do, 30fy;3i; West Vir
ginia, do, (330.
Uvj Stocc.
Chicago. Cattle Receipts 18,000
head. Market 25 to 4c lower; dull;
good to prime steers $4.8o(rfS-So; poor
to medium $4.oo(m4.6o; stackers- and
feeders $2.40(Vi,4.oo; cows and heifers
$1.50(4.50; canncr $1. 50(172.25: bulls,
$t.75((i4.3o; calves $3-Ju'i7.2S. Hogs
Receipts today 37,000 head; tomorrow
30,000; mixed nnd butchers $4.8os.io;
good to choice heavy $5.oo(a5.l5;
rough heavy $4-7550o; light $4.6o
5.00; bulk of sales $4.8510:5.00. .Sheep
Receipts 20,000 head. Sheep anil
lambs to to 25c lower; good to choice
wethers $4.200)4.60; fair to choice mix
ed $3.7S(a'4.io; native lambs $4.50(0:6.00.
Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle Supply light;
market steady; choice $5-iotfi'5.35;
prime $4.85(0)5.10; fair $3.50(4.00.
Hogs Receipts fair; 30 double decks;
market lower; prime heavy $5.205.25;
mediums $5.15(3)5.20; heavy Yorkers
$5."-o(d5.t5; light Yorker SOSS-ISI
pig $5: roughs $3.50fa'4.6o. Sheep
Supply fair; market slow; prime weth
ers $4.00(0475; cull and common $264
3: choice lambs $8.40(q:.5o; veal calves
$7-5"y8.oo.
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
It costs $2740 to kill a mat in war.
The average wage for labor in Spain
is 48 cents a day.
The annual cost of Boston's schools
is $34.98 per vupil-
Colombia lost 150,000 San Bias Indians-with
the isthmus.
American fashion plates are used in
German tailor shops.
The United Siatet sold Korea aboiii
$400,000; worth last year.
The first cultivated ro'e i said to
have been planted in Belgium in the
year 1522.
It takes nearly 160,000 fair and 165,-
000 brown hair to cover adequately ai
ordinary head.
The port Niu Chuang, at the moutu
01 the Liao river, is the greatest bear
market in the world.
Korean commerce amounts to about
$15,000,000 per annum; the imports be
ing double the export.
The cost of taking tlierst censuf
was a little over I cent per head; thu
of the last census 17 cent.' ,
,11. M
Among the people of native stock is
Massachusett there are each year 12,'
coo more death than birth.
One can buy "cocoa," so-called, it
New York -cheaper than the Veneiu
elans can buy this, their national bev
erage, in the stores of Caraca. Thi
siarch-aml-siigar compound added t
this extremely liealtblnl decoction if
not always harmless. Noxious fats,
ind even pipe clay, have recently beef
letccted 111 both cocoa aud chocolate.
1 he increase in the cost of living, ar
1 whole, in 1902, when compared with
he year of lowest price, 1896, was not
ivcr 40.I tier cent.