I THE NEW BULLET IS MORE DANGEROUS The Hague Conference May Discuss Question. NEW BALL HAS MUCH SHARPER POINT "Spitz" Bullet, Recently Adopted by the United State Army, Declared, However, by Ordnanre Offlrera to Be More Humane in the Wound Inflicted, but Surer in Death-dealing Qualities. Washington (Sperlnl). The re- , , port from The Hague Conference that a disposition exists in certain quarters to raise the question of pro hibiting the rltle hullet adopted by Germany, Great Britain. France and America has served to perplex the experts of the army and nnvy ord nance bureaus here. Even the medi cal officers In both services are at a loss to conjecture what reasonable ground of objection can be found against the use of the new cupro nlckel, sharp-pointed 1906 model bullet. It was reported from The Hague that this bullet was more dangerous than the "duni-dum" bullet, but the experts here are a unit In declaring that the new bullet is, If anything, more humane than the old bullet, so far as concerns the nature of the wound Inflicted by It. But, accord ing to the ordnance officers. In one way at least the new bullet Is apt to be more dangerous than the old, and that Is In killing or wounding more soldiers. It was designed ex pressly for that purpose, too. This Is not because the bullet de forms upon striking an object, but from the reason that owing to Its higher velocity, the bullet has a re markably flat trajectory. The con sequence is. that, traveling in an almost horizontal plane, the new bullet would be certain to strike an object within the 1,000 yardB range, which the old bullet would pass clenn over. Thus, the list of fatalities would probably lie largely Increased, but as no nation has heretofore made any objection on that score when the absolute necessity of war was demonstrated, it cannot now be regarded as a valid objection. The new bullet Is known in Europe as the "Spitz" bullet; was originally designed by the French and soon adopted by the Germans. Our own ordnajce department last year made an exhaustive set of experiments to test Its worth and decided in its favor. None are In use In our mili tary service at present because It Is not deemed well to Issue them until a sufficient supply is on hand for the entire Army. The manufacture la going on as rapidly ns the cart ridge makers of the country can meet the demands of the War De jmrtment and It is estlmuted that within six months, the new shell will r bo ready for Issue. The physical properties of the new ball as compared with the old are marked by lightness and extreme sharpness. It weighs 15Vi grains, whereas the present standard bullet weighs 220 grains. It is projected by 61.5 grains of nitroglycerin pow der, while the old ball used only 4 2 gains, so this combination is Increas ed powder charge and decreased weight of projectile results in an In crease of the velocity of the ball from 2,200 feet per second for the old ball to 2. SOO feet for the new. To the eye the most marked differ ence is the keen point of the new ball. The present standard bullet had a rounded or "snub" nose; the new ball begins to taper toward the point the moment, It leaves the cart ridge shell and Is as sharp as a needle by cnmnnrlson with the other. Coldest .hi ne On Record. Washington (Special). Tin Weather Hureau announced that the month Just closed was the coolest June on record In Washington, D. C, in the Inst 73 years, and that the tame is probably true of New England, the Middle Atlantic States and the Lower Lake Regions. In other parts of the United States the temperatures were also lower than usual. Rev. J hn RMItr Resigns, Newark, N. J. (Special I. Rev. John Keller, rector of Trinity Episco pal Chun h, Arlington, N. J., tender ed his resignation to Bishop Lines, and It is promptly accepted. K-1-ler is tho minister who was shot by Thomas Barker several years ago after Bat Kcr'.- wife bad told him a story reflecting on the rhinlster. There Is much mystery behind the resignation. THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic. In order to reduce the cost of producing steel a few cents, millions are to be spent In new machinery for the plants of the United States Steel Corporation at Pittsburg. Miss Irene West, a $7-a-week "hello" girl, working for tho tele phone company In Muskogee, I. T., owns 600,000 acres In tho black belt of Texas worth $500,000. The estranged wife of Rev. Wil liam Matheson, of Coudersport, Pa., a woodman evangelist, came from Hornell. N. Y., and kidnapped her own two-year-old Bon, The attorneys for the Standard Oil Company appealed to the Vnlted States Court In Chicago for the with drawal of the subpena against John I). Rockefeller. Judge Landls refus ed to withdraw it. Ossaln Outhrle, aged eighty-one years, and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Flower, aged seventy-one years, of Chicago, are to wed. Guthrie has been a wid ower four times. Fire In several frame buildings at the mouth of the Pennsylvania Bail road tunnel. In New York, Imperilled the lives of scores of men at work under ground. Employes of the International Policyholders' Committee of the New York Life were Indicted in New York on the charge of conspiracy. Judge Landls. In the United States District Court In Chicago, decided that John D. Rockefeller must appear in court as a witness. Three Italians were arrested on the charge of trylne to wreck a train on the Lehigh Valley, at Ricketts, Pa. James W. Cornelius, wife-murderer, was electrocuted in Columbus, O. John D. Rockefeller. H. H. Rogers and other Standard Oil magnates were summoned by the United States District Court of Chicago to appear and give such information as the government attorneys may de sire. A total of 5,530 counts stand against the corporation, making pos sible maximum fines of over $81, 000,000. Attorney General Bonaparte and Secretary Straus have concurred In taking a broad view of the Allen Contrnct Labor Law. One reason assigned in two cases was that the immigrants possessed ability scarce In the United States. The Rapid Transit Commission of New York City has endorsed the monorail system invented by How ard H. Tunis, of Baltimore, for the proposed line between Brooklyn and Coney Island. The uniform bill of lading favor ed by the Interstate Commerce Com mission has been adopted by the Illinois Manufacturers' Association and the American Shippers' Associa tion. Edward Bryce, Moyer's predeces sor as president of the Western Fed eration of Miners, admitted at the Haywood trial that he advised all organizations of miners to buy rifles. J. H. Barnes, president of the de funct Minnesota Title Insurance and Trust Company, has been arrested. charged with embezzling $13,000. Wheat was quoted at a dollar and over on the Chicago Board of Trade, owing to a report that the Kansas crop Is 10,000,000 bushels short. Peter Morad. of Philadelphia, died on a Black Diamond express from dringing cyanide of potassium, which was offered him as whisky. Viola Boylan, aged eight years, was found outraged and strangled to death In the cellar of her home, in "Little Italy," New York. Ambassador Jusserand, of France, says President Roosevelt Is the greatest man on the Western Heinis sphere. The Georgia Centra! Railroad has been sold to Oakleigh Thome, of New York, and Marsden T. Perry, of Providence. R. I. Frederick R. Sehenck, a traveling salesman, ended his life in Youngs- town, O., by severing a vein with a razor. Ten persona died of the heut in New York. A baby buffalo was born In Cen tral I'ark, New York. The scout cruiser Chester was suc cessfully launched ut Bath. Me. John C. Proctor, of Peoria. 111., has left $2,000,000 to charity. Halcyon Days in the Sign Shop. . i . V": Sir.-. 35 lv Cartoon by Berryman in the Washington Btar. HONORED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY Root, Bryce, Jusserand and Duke of the Abruzzi Receive Degrees. Camb-.'idge, Mass. (Special). America's oldest educational Insti tution, Harvard University, Wednes day closed its 271st year, graduat ing a class of 550. Among those present were Sec retary of State Elihu Root, James Bryce, (Jreat Britain's Ambassador to America, and the Duke of the brnzzl, on whom honorary degrees were conferred. Honorary degrcea were conferred ras follows: Master of Arts Worthington Chauncey Ford, chief of the division of manuscripts in the Congressional Library at Washington, and Henry Arthur Jones, the dramatist. Doctors of Divinity Henry Syl vester Nash, professor in the Episco pal Theological School nt Cambridge, and William Goodell Frost, presi dent of Berea College, Kentucky. Doctors of Letters George Ly man Kittredge, professor of English at Harvard, and Theodore Barth, lawyer and Journalist. Doctors of Laws Woodrow Wil son, president of Princeton Univer sity; Paul Vinegradoff. professor of jurisprudence In Oxford University; Elihu Root, Secretary of State; James Bryce, British Ambassador to the United States; Jean Jules .Tus serand, French Ambassador to the United States, and Prince Lulgl Amadeo, Duke of the Abruzzi. At the alumni dinner In Memorial Hall Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte presided as president of the Alumni Association. The Duke of the Abruzzi was the first speaker. He expressed gratitude for the de gree conferred on him. "Harvard," said he, "is considered one of the most active intellectual centers in the world. 1 am pround to pay a warm tribute to this university In the name of my country." Attorney General Bonaparte urg ed that It was the duty of Harvard to educate men from whom this democratic government could choose able and honest statesmen. There Is too great a tendency, he said, among present politicians to seek that profession for profit. "We need," he said, "men who will enter this life prompted by un selfish motives and by a desire to serve their country rather than per sonal ends." Ambassador Jusserand expressed his appreciation of the degree award ed him. He paid a tribute to the great Influence of Harvard. Refer ring to the present national adminis tration, he declared that President Roosevelt had made himself the most beloved man in the world. He highly approves of the President's International activity. British Ambassador Bryce receiv ed a great ovation when he rose to speak. Mr. Bryce said that this and the fact that he had been awarded a degree by Harvard were evidences of the strong friendship between England and America. He said America was to be congratulated on the financial support her universi ties received and on the fact that so large a proportion of the popula tion was attracted to her education al institutions. Secretary Root also was warmly greeted. He acknowledged his In debtedness to Harvard for many things, beginning with the friend ships formed when he was a Btudent here and ending with the degree Just awarded hlra. CHANCE FOR YOUNG MEN. Mall CalVfcri Strike. Butte, Mont. (Special) All the mall carriers of this city went out on strike, the men declaring they could not. llvt in Butte on the pres ent scale of wages paid by the gov ernment, despite the increase which becomes effective July 1. The men have been receiving $600 for the flrst year and $S50 for succeeding years. Family Wiped out of IMetenee, Formosa. Kan. ( Special I .- -Mrs. Peter Johnson cut the throats of her two children and her own. All are dead. Her husband, a wealthy stock and grain dealer, killed him self throe weeks ago by drinking carbolic acid. She has been acting strangely ever since. Triple Hanging. Jefferson City, Mo. (Sperlal). Harry Vaughan and Edward Ray mood, convicts sentenced to the penitejitiary from St. Louis and George Ryan, a lonvlct sentenced from Kiinsas City, were hanged in Hie county Jail hero for the killing of Prison Guard John Clay during a concerted attempt to escape from the penitentiary. ' The three men were hanged at the same moment. Sheriff S.-ott sp.ang the traji. A Fatal Caveln. Creston, O. (Special). One man van killed, four others probably f. ally hurt and seven more serious ly Injured as a result of the caving In of a bank of a cut on the Wheel ing and Southwestern electric (line, near hero. The men wore engaged la enlarging the rut, when a hugb mass or rock suddenly fell upon tlnvu. The name of the man killed outright was J. Calenfo, an Italian. The names of the Injured have i u foreign. The question of prohibiting the use of the rifle bullets adopted by Ger many, Great Britain and the United States, on the ground ihut they are more dangerous than the "dum dum" bullets, will be raised In the Pi me Convention. Mr. Choate, the American delegate, made a speech up ni Idmg tin principle of the exemption of all private property except centra brand from capture on the high seas. Mr. and Mrs. Victoria Alexander Elliott, on their wedding trip from England, were robbed of a case con taining jewels valued at $10,000. The Russian forces on the Turkish frontier have been strengthened to prevent the transmigration of Ar menian refugees. Premier Btoylpln Is planning a strenuous campaign In the hope of SteJBI Ing out the revolution In Rus sia. Count Peter Hevden. founder of the to-called Peaceful Regeneration party In Russia, is dead. Another hurricane and tidal wave swept over the Caroline Islands, 200 people perishing. M. Dmowskl, heud of the Polish delegation in the last Douma, dailies UtS -bluet member's assertion thai Polish liberty is a dream, and de clares that Poland Is fast regener ating. The delegates to The Hague Con ference have agreed that arbitration must be tho flrst step toward the ultimate attainment of the abolition of war. Tho British armored cruiser In dexible, 530 feet lo:ig. and to cost $8. 500, 000, wa.- launched at Scotch yards. The French proposition to The Hague Conference regarding the re ckoning of hostilities is strongly op posed by the nations relying Upon prompt mobilization, cbielly Great Britain, Oermany and Jspan. Detectives hive arrived at Paris from New York In search of Assist ant Treasurer McOulre. of the New York Hippodrome, who Is charged with embezzlement. The British Premier's resolution lu favor of curtailing the power of the Houre of Lords was carried In (he House of Commons by a vote of state Department Wants A Corps of Student Instructors. Washington (Special). The State Department Is offering a change to young men to get Into the consular service outside of the usual channel of direct examination for that serv ice. This Is by means of the corps of student interpreters for duty In China and Japan. The diplomatic service is In need of young men who are willing to bind themselves to go into 'the Orient and make a study of Chinese and Japanese In order to render expert assistance to the American consulur officers. The compensation is low, beginning at $1,000 per annum, but the places are expected to prove attracttve be cause, under the departmental regu lations, these Interpreters are In the line of promotion into the consular service. The department will con duct an examination in this city August 14 and 15. Applicants must be between the ages of la und 20 and unmarried. An Unwilling Aeronaut. Rochport, Tex. (Special). Minna, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Moody, of Waco, was car ried into the air by a bundle of toy balloons which an Italian peddler on the veranda of the hotel tied around her waist, thinking to please her. Before the spectators could recover from their surprise she was wafted out to sea. 50 feel in the air. A launch, occupied by C.eorge Munafee. of Denver, was In the bay and he came to the little girl s rescue. Fir ing at the bundle of balloons he punctured several of them and she began to settle downward, finally , , ,.. . o frnll. i i , . u'atpr lacaing suici i- irwi n.,, on the shore of St. Joseph's Island. Button Haves Boy's Life. Merlden, Conn., (Special). A but ton, which his tidy mother had just sewed on his trousers, saved the life of 12-yeac-old Harry Marvin, son of former State Representative Charles R. Marvin, of Deep River, when he was shot with a revolver by Richard Johnson, his chum. The boys, who were playing "Wild West," knew that the pistol contained ball car tridges and Intended to fire It In the air. British Steel Trust. London (Special). A great com bination of Iron and steel manufac turers, similar to those existing in the United States and Germany, Is In course of .formation In Great Bri tain, wltii the avowed, object of com bating American and German com petition, which Is Increasing year by vaur. Nine big companies, beaded by Vlckers Sons ft Maxim, and in cluding John Brown ft Co., which recently was ainulgainnted with the Harland ft Wolff Company, have ab sorbed 36 previously Independent concerns. t DISAGREE IN OIL TRUST CASE. Ohio Jury iieforc Which Standard Co. Was Tried Discharged. Flndlay, Ohio (Special ) .The Jury In the case of the State of Ohio against tho Standard Oil Company, charged with violating the Anti Trust law, reported to Judge Duncan that it had been found impossible agree upon a verdict nnt charged. According to rumor the Jury, when It flrst retired, stood six for convic tion und six for nenufttnl lUu. fluently, it is said, the Jury stood eigm to iour tor acquittal, and when the disagreement report was brought In the vote stood seven to flvo. The case was given to the Jury on Wednesday last. Lone Bandit At It Again. Fresno, Cal. (Special). An un known masked man halted two stages on tho road between Summit and Grub Gulch and compelled the passengers, about 20 In number, to hand over whatever of , , ' , . ' ... - III! VI jewelry they carried. One of the passengers was lorcea oy the robbor to pass the hat among his compan ions of the journey. The scene of the hold-up Is near where previous robberies of stages have occurred. A determined effort to eantir t, " -. . t 1 UU" ber will be made. ST IHE mm CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Kriefly Told. The American Bunkers' Associa tion filed with the Interstate Com merce Commission a complaint churglng the various express com panies with doing a banking business to the detriment of the bankers. The briefs of the Independent watcli concerns agulnst the so-called Watch Trust were presented to M. D. Purdy, assistant to the Attorney General. The Cosmopolitan Company filed with the Interstate Commerce Com mission Its charges against the alleg ed Shipping Trust. Washington friends of Mr. W. J, Bryan are apprehensive that the fail ure of the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention to Indorse him for noml natnin for president will seriously damage his prospects next year. A bulletin of the Bureau of Stalls tics shows a large Increase In our trade with our Latin-American neigh bors. Arguments which will extend over two days were begun before the in terstate Commerce Commission in the Spokane rate cuse. President Roosevelt has appointed Judge William F. Freur to be gover nor of Hawaii. Acting Secretary of War Oliver has approved the recommendations of General Humphrey for construc tion of buildings at several army posts. CANAL IS FULL OF . WOES Some More Resignations Said To Be Coming. Washington (Special). Another reorganization of the Isthmian Canal Commission Is under consideration by the President and Secretory of War Tnft. Demoralization has again struck the Panama Canal workers, and It Is said that there Is to be a new deal all around. Lieutenant Colonel George W. Ooethals, of the Army Engineer Corps, who succeeded John F. Stev ens ns chief engineer on the canal, after having been on tht isthmus less than four months, has, It is said, found the Job too big for him. It Is reported that he has applied for a four-month leave of absence, and has asked to be relieved of Wis assignment as a member of the Isth mian Canal Commission and chief engineer of the work. Major David Du B. Galllard. also an army engi neer, and second to Colonel Gocthals on the canal commission, has also. It is said, nsked to be relieved. Jackson Smith, of Cincinnati, head of tho department of labor and quar ters and a member of the commis sion, who is now in this country on leave of absence, Is reported to have tendered his resignation, and the same report comes from the Isthmus regarding Colonel Belrd. who has been In charge of railways and transportation. The reajgnatlon of three members of tho commission would, of course, require Its entire reorganization, and would be a source of considerable chagrin and disappointment to both the President and Secretary Taft, who had hoped that in putting the cnnal work In the charge 'of army engineers the problem of construc tion had been solved. The trouble arises largely from a general spirit of dissatisfaction and demorlllzation which spread among the canal em ployes with the departure of Chief Engineer Stevens. There doeB not seem to be nny special complaint against the army officers, but things have not run so smoothly and In terest In the work on the part of the men has flagged. The bottom of the whole trouble Is said to be politics. The real reason for the resignation of John F. Stev ensa step which he did not want to take has never been made public. He was making an excellent record, and was fast pushing the ex cavation work up to a million yards a month. Then ho noticed that the class of men being sent to him from the United States was deteriorating. They were mostly incompetent, and chosen, not for their capacity In any line of work, but apparently because of their political pull. He protested, declaring his reputation was at stake, and that he would be compell ed to leave the work if the policy of which he complained was kept up. There was no material Improvement, however, and finally Stevens re signed. MIXIP OF IN-LAW RELATIONS. Husband And Wife Related In Fonr Or Five Wuys. Toledo, O. (Special). It is un usual for a brother-in-law to marry his Blster-in-law, but still more un usual is It to find brother-in-law and sister-in-law married when they are widower and widow of twin broth ers and sisters, all of which usual mlxup of brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law nnd sisters-in-law happened in Toledo because of a wedding. Louis J. Srhnltz, 47, was married to Rosa Schulls, 46. Some years ago Louis J. Schultz was married to the sister of his bride. Several years ago the bride was married to the brother of Louis J. Schultz, the groom. Louis and his brother were twins. Rosa and her sister were twins, so twin sisters and twin brothers were married. First the wife of Louis died and left him a widower. Then a little later the htiBbaud of Rosa died, leaving her u widow. Plot To Steul $30,000,000. Victoria, B. C. (By Cable). A plot to Bteal $50,000,000 from the Russian Government office at Tschita, whore tho money was kept for enterprises In Siberia, has been discovered, and 30 Russians arrest ed. They had made a tunnel 120 yards long from a hotel to the safe, and when the plot, was ripe it was disclosed. Almost all of the plotters were quickly arrested. Mrs. Gilson Dead. Chicago (Special). Mrs. Cather ine E. (illson, known to members of the Woman's Relief Corps through out tho United States as "the god mother of the Woman's Relief Corps," die! at the age of 92 years. She was born In Middletown, Conn., and came to Illinois in the year 1837. Pennsy Sued For $140,000. Pittsburg (Special). Three dam age suits aggregating $140,000 have been filed In the United States Cir cuit Court in Cambria County against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company by persons injured In the wreck of the Pennsylvania special, the 18 hour train between Chicago and Now York, at Mineral Point, February 22. Nominated On The MMtb Ballot. Hobart, Ok., (Special). The Democrats of tho Fifth Oklahoma District here nominated Scott Ferris, of Luwton, for congress on the two hundred and ninety-sixth ballot. Judge Attempts Suicide. San Francisco (Special). Over come with grief and humiliation at the action of the Bar Association In recommending that h be Impeached tor gross inteiupernnce If he did not immediately resign, Superior Judge K. C. Hebbard tried to take his life in his chambers at the Temple Is rael. Ho was saved from death af ter he had pressed the barrel of a revolver agulnst his temple, by a re porter, who took away the weapon. Appeal To Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special) Pres ident Roosevelt received a message from the Central Labor Union of Washington asking htm to cause an Investigation to be made to ascertain whether the telapgraph companies have violated tho Sherman anti-trust law by conspiracy in restraint of trade. The President has as yet ordered no Investigation and has given no in timation of his probable action In this matter. SEVERAL INDICTMENTS NOW TP FOLLOW Pennsylvania Graft Inqury About Completed. THE ARCHITECT WAS A VISIONARY Former Governor Stone, the First Chairman of the Capitol Commission, the Final Witness -The Report Will Show Thai, as the Result of Collu sion, the State I out Heavily. Harrisburg. Pa. (Special). The capltol Investigating commission com pleted the taking of testimony Fri day, with the examination of former Governor Stone, of Pittsburg, pres ident of the Capitol Building Com mission, by which the contract wa." let to Payne & Co for the construc tion of the capltol. Mr. Stone was also president of the board ol gr ..nds and buildings by virtue ol his office of governor in 1902 when the Pennsylvania Construction Com pany was given the contract for me tallic furniture. This contract wat afterward made so elastic us to en able the Pennsylvania Construction Company to supply $2,000,000 worth of metallic furniture for the capltol which the commission's experts say could have been furnished at a prof it tor 1350,000. In the course of his testimony for mer Governor Stone said: "We discovered that Huston waf visionary. While a good architect hi web not a good builder. He was dreamer, Impractical, and we found that he had no enre- If he exceedec1 the appropriation of $4,000,000 fot the building. It became a questlor, If Huston could bind the commlsslot to large expenditures by alteration! In his plans. This, I think, he would have done had It r.ot been for Ber nard Green, the commission's super vising architect, who acted as e check on Architect Huston and pre vented him from consummating hb wild dreams for a capltol to cost $25,000,000. We bore with Hustor as best we could nnd kept constant watch on him without having at open rupture. Wo did not core tt get rid of Huston and delay thf work with litigation." . The commission will now prepar; Its report to Governor Stewart, upot which civil and criminal prosecution! will be Instituted by Attorney Gen eral Todd. The report will set forth, accord lng to a member of the commission thnt there was evident collusion am conspiracy between Joseph M. Hus ton, the Philadelphia architect, nnc John H. Sanderson, of Philadelphia contractor for the capltol furnish ings that the contracts for the $9, 000,000 furnishings were improperly let nnd not to the lowest bidders; that the urnlshlngs were not pur chased at the prevailing market prices, as the law requires; that in ferior goods were supplied not in accordance with the plans and speci fications, and that there Is evidence of shortages; that the members of the building commission and of the board of public grounds and build ings were derelict in their duties to the state In not checking the evident fraud and collusion that existed, and that there were gross overcharges and extravagances In supplying the furnishings. COMMERCIAL COLUMN Weekly Review of Trade and Latest Market Reoorts. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review f Trade says. Improvement has become more ronounced In distribution of sea (onable merchandise, and with the reduction of retail stocks there is i broadening of Interest In jobbing ind wholesale shipments of fall nnd vlnter lines. Weather conditions lave again favored both trade and igrlculture, rapid development Of the crops being potent for good In ommeretal departments. In a few txceptlonal cases the week has rought no change In the attitude if Indisposition to operate until re mits on the farms are assured, but it most leading cities the sentiment e distinctly ono of confidence, and nercantlle collections are much more prompt. Little machinery is idle in the leading Industries except where repairs or Inventories Inter fere. Building operations are large, slthough less than contemplated, ow ing to financial conditions. Textile plants continue to produce freely, having much business already under contract, but orders are light at this time, owing to stock-taking by jobbers. From reports thus far available it Is evident that supplies In second hands are low, the last few weeks of warm weather having exert ed a most salutary influence. Sinks With Ninety Men. Santiago, Chili (By Cable). --It Is officially announced by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company that only one passenger was aboard the Santia go, wrecked in a heavy squall 50 miles north of Corral, and he was drowned. The only survivor was the fourth officer. All the rest of the crew, numbering 90, and Includ ing 12 English officers, are said to have prrlshed. Ponies Blown Miles Away. Topeka, Kans. (Special). A re mnrknble tornado incident Is report ed from Medicine Lodge, the home of United States Senutor Long. His barn was damaged by a tornado nnd his two Shetland ponies carried away. One was found two miles east of Medicine Lodge, feeding In a pas ture. The other was found two.milea north of the Long residence, pin ioned in the forks of a large cotton wood tree. Quarantining of Consumptives. Austin, Tex. (Special). Stale Health Officer Brumby has made no official order looking to the quaran tining of consumptives attempting to enter Texas, but in consequence of an agitation of the subject, growing out of the death of a consumptive on a treln in West Texas about two weeks ago, the matter Is under con sideration. Dr. Brumby may issue a statement withia a few days. Heal Poachers Caught. San Francisco (Special). The steamer Homer, Captain Donaldson which just arrived from Pribiloff Is lands, brought word of the capture of 29 Japanese seal poachers at St. Pauls Island, off the Priblloft' group, by the United States revenue cutter Porrys THIS AND THAT. The bedbug has been scientifically Investigated by the Department of Agriculture, and the reassuring in formation Is given that an adult bed bug feeds only once In from 36 to 40 hours. At the Pope's expense, a selstuo logical observatory has been inau gurated at Valle dl Pompeii, near Naples. It is estimated that the suu will he abje to supply the present amount of heat for another 30,000,000 years. The womerawa is a curious stick which the Austallans use'for flinging long arrows against enemies or an! trials. Tho Senate of Rome has passed a bill making the centenary of tin birth of Garlbuldl (July 4) a nation al holiday. Education in India Is advuuelug In Bengal the government's expen diture under this bead last year wat $8,675,116. ' Mrs. Perry Belmont Is building a $500,000 bouse In Washington, and she is only one of the many women who have decided that it Is worth while to have a winter home In ths capital of the nation. Lord Kitchener, the famous ISog llsh general, and his brother in boyhood days .used to have to drive pigs to market They were sent off without breakfast and had to do without that ue-ul on their return If the pigs remulued unsold. Whnlennl- MarswM, Baltimore.- Wheat The market for Western opened steady and un changed; spot and June, 92 ; No. 2 red Western, 94; July, 92 14. Settling prices were: No. 2 red Western, 94c; contrnct. spot, 92; No. 3 red, 00 ; steamer No. 2 red, 85. Corn Cob corn is quiet, with car loads prime yellow on spot quota ble at $3.40(5 3.45 per brl. Western opened steady. Spot nnd June, 6060c; July, 60 60; September. 60. OatB White, No. 2, 5050c. ; No. 3, 49 5x 49; No. 4. 47047. Mixed No. 2, 47(f?47c.; No. 3. 4fi46; No. 4. 45(45. Cheese Murket steady. Jobbing prices, new. per lb., 13';13c. Eggs Market quiet and stendy. We quote as foliowr,, per dozen, ioss Dff: Mm-ylnnd, Pennsylvania tud nearby firsts. 1GC. Western firsts. 16; West Virginia firsts, 16; Southern firsts, 15. Live Poultry Chickens, old hens, per lb., lit) It He., old rooeterB, ach, 25 3 80; spring, large, per lb., 22 23; do., small to medium, por 'b., 20 21. Ducks Puddle. 1-irge, per lb., lie.; do., small, per lb., 10; lIVMOVy and mongrel, per lb.. 10; 36"., dtakes, each, 80 40; white PoJiinfSH. per lb.. 11; spring. 3 lbs. 9nvt river, per lb., 14 16. Guinea fowl Old. each, 20c; youug. each, 25. New York. Wheat Receipts. 22,700 bu.; exports, 143,640; salCB, 3,500,000 futures. Spot strong: No. 2 rod, 100c, elevator; No. 2 rso, 102, f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 North ern Dulnth. 112, f. o. b.. afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 106, f. o. b. afloat. Corn Spot firm; No. 2. 63 ele vator and 63 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 white, 64, and No. 2 yellow, 68, f. o. h., afloat. Oats Spot steady; mixed, 26 O 32 lbo., 49 c; natural white, SO p 33 lbs, 60 iff 51 ; clipped white, 363 40 lbs., 50 54. Butter Steady and unchanged; receipts, 8.723 pkgs. Cheese firm; receipts, 4,844 boxes; new stale full cream, colored and white small, best, 12; do., large, 12; large and small, fair to good, 1115)11; do.. Interior, 8 10; do., skins, 1 9. Eggs steady and unchanged ; re ceipts, 15,997 eas7i. Philadelphia. Wheat strong, ?c. higher; contract grade, June, 96 96. Corn firm, c. higher; June, 59 60. Oats dull. c. lower; No. 2 white natural. 55c. Butter steady and in fair demand; extra Western creamery, officio, price, 24 c. ; street price, 25; ex tra nearby prints, 27. Eggs steady and in fair demand; Pennsylvania and other nearby flrsta free cases, 17c. at mark; Fonnsyl vania and other nearby current, re ceipts, In returnable cb, 16, ai mark; Western firutB. free cases, 17 CheoFe firm and higher; full creams, choice. 13c; do., fair tc good, 12 12. Live poultry firmer; fowls. 13c; offl roostero, 10; spring chickens 1723; ducks, old, 10ll: do. spring, 13 14. Dressed poultry firm; fowls choice, 14c; do., fair to good, 14; old roosters, 10; broilers, nearby, 27 30; do., Western., 19 2R. Live Ktodi. Chicago. Cattle Market stead; but slow; common to prime atoers, $4.60 7; cows, $3.25 fri 4.75 ; heif ers, $3 5; bulls. $3.40(5; calves. $3G,50; stockers and feeders, $3 S 5. . Hogs Market steady: good to primo heavy, $5.90 5.95; medljm lo good heavy, $5.80 5.90; butcher weights, $5.95 6. Sheep Market weak; sheop, $4 n.25; yearlings, $5.50 6.60; lambs, $5.75 7.75. Pittsburg. Cattle Supply light xiarket steady; choice, $6.106.25; prime, $6,90 6.10. Sheep Supply light; market steady; prime wethers, $f.505.76; tulls and common, $2 3; ve' calves, $7 7.60. IN THE FINANCIAL VOKLD. "800" common was In the lime light with an advance of 6 points. Rock Island's May gross earnings Increased $1,19l;616 and the net profits gained $167,836. Tonopah Belmont warrants were ilaced on the unlisted department tf the Philadelphia Stock Exchange H. 0. Frlck will shortly go to Europe to remain for throe months. This is construed as an evidence that ie will be out of the market tor at cast that long. So far this year the coal and coke tonnage on the ponnsrlvanla's east ern lines has amounted to 27,343, 000 tons us compared with 22,550, 000 tons lu the tamo period last year. American Car and Foundry share holders held their annual meetlug Thursday. ' Tho report thowod u re markable growth In business over 1906. Gross earnings amounted to $11,115,087. a gain of $6,466,534. The compcay has 72.7S8 cars under contract, compared with 71,369 a year ago. Net earnings wore $9, 347,084, a guln of $5,188,884.
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