30 PEOPLE OEM AND
70 0IHEI1S ME HURT
Freight and Excursion Trains Coma
Together.
SPEEDING FIFTY MILES AN HOUR.
Disaster on the Pere Marquette Rail
road Near Detroit, Mich., Due to
Coal Train Disregarding Order to
Wait for Excnralon Train, Which
Had the Right of Way.
THE MS OF THE WEEK,
Salem, Mich. (Special). Thirty
people are dead and more than 70
Injured, many of then seriously, as
the result of a head-on collision be
tween this village and Plymouth,
when a Pere Marquette excursion
train, bound from Ionia to Detroit,
crashed Into a westbound freight In
cut located at a sharp curve of
the Pere Marquette Railroad, about
mile east ot Salem.
The passenger train of 11 cars,
carrying the Pere Marquette shop
employes of Ionia and their families
to the Michigan metropolis for the ir
annual excursion was running at high
peed, probably 50 miles an hour,
down a Rteep grade. It struck the
lighter locomotive of the freight
train with such terrific force as to
turn tho freight engine completely
around.
The wrecked locomotives lay side
by aide both headed eastward. Only
a few of the freight train's cars were
mashed, and It was only a few
hours' work to remove all traces of
them from the scene. But behind
the two wrecked locomotives bIx cars
Of the passenger train lay piled In
a hopeless wreck. Four of the pas
senger coaches remained on the track
undamaged and were used to con
vey the dead and Injured to Ionta.
one coach was entirely undamaged,
with only its forward trucks off the
rails. These were the rear Ave cars.
The two coaches next ahead of these
were telescoped. The next car for
ward stood almost on end after the
wreck, its forward end resting on
the roadbed and the rear end high
In the air upon the two telescoped
coaches that had been following it.
Two coaches were thrown cross
wise of the track, and lay suspend
ed from bank to bank of the cut,
Ave or six feet above the rails. Of
the baggage car not enough remain
ed to show where it had been tossed.
Portions of the baggage car and of
the locomotive tenders and freight
cars were piled In an Indescribable
mass of debris upon the top of the
10-foot high embankment.
James Boyle, n farmer, was work
ing In a field probably 4 00 feet away
from the track when the two trains
approached from opposite directions.
The local freight was moving slowly
up the heavy grade, and had just
reached the curve, when the pass
enger train appeared running at high
peed. Farmer Boyle saw the pass
enger engineer shut off steam and
apply air brakes, and saw the crews
of both engines jump just before the
crash. He ran to the tracks, wh'jr-;
be found the uninjured passengers
from the rear coaches running for
ward and joined with them in pull
ing out the injured, who could ba
seen on every hand. The dead were
placed in n row alongside the track,
and the injured were made as com
fortable as possible until the arrival
of wreck trains from Saginaw, De
troit and Grand Kaplds made It im
possible to send them to Ionia ami
Detroit. The 28 dead bodies tlrst
taken from the wreck were shipped
to Ionia and the injured were placed
on two trains, one of which headed
for Detroit and the other for Ionta,
There were about 35 Injured peo
ple on each train: Later In the day
the body of Ed Corwan, the head
brakeman of the passenger train,
was taken out of the wreck. Fire
man Knowles died on the relief train
en route to Detroit, bringing the
list of dead to 30, with a possibility
that more bodies might be found In
the wreckage and that s-everal of tho
injured may die.
The responsibility is put squarely
up to the crew of the freight train
by oflleials of the road. Officials who i abdicate
arrived at the scene of the wreck
soon after the accident, secured from
the crew of the freight the orders
under which it was running and
which clearly showed the position of
the passi'iiger excursion trnln, and
that the freight had encroached up
on the other train's running time.
Domestic.
District Passenger Agent Wood
and Ticket Agent Wilson, In Ashe
Tllle, N. C, of the Southern Rail
road, were sentenced to 30 days In
the chain gang for selling tickets
In disregard of the new rate law.
Otto H. Droege, formerly ot Mary
land, has been named a police mag
istrate of the city of New York, at
a salary of $7,000 a year for 10
years.
President Flnley, of the Southern
Railway, delivered an address before
the Louisville Commerce Club on
railroad conditions In the South.
Tho State Board of Pardons of
Pennsylvania refused to recommend
a pardon for James B. Gentry, the
actor, who killed Madge Yorke.
Hugo Lobe, recently from Ham
burg, locked himself in the bathroom
of his boarding place In Harlem.
N. Y., and turned on the gas.
P. O. Mulford. former cashier of
the defunct American Bank' at
Manilla, was sentenced to eight
years' Imprisonment.
Governor Carter, of Haws'!!, said
In Seal . Wash., there was no Antl-
Japanesc feeling In Hawaii.
George Sandberg, a somnambulist.
plunged from a third story window
In New York and was killed.
The remains of Lieut. Cooper
Goodrich were burled at Stone
Church, N. J.
Officers elected serve for the en
suing year by the Grand Lodge of
ElkB were: John K. Tener, of Char
lerol, grand exalted ruler; Edward
W. Leach, of New York, grand treas
urer; Fred C. Robinson, of Dubuque.
Ia., grand secretary; Bayard Gray, of
Frankford, Ind , grand lecturing
knight; Thomas F. McNulty, of Bal
timore; Mayor Charles SchmlU, of
Wheeling, W. Va., and Thorns. B.
Mills, of Superior, Wis., grand trus
tees. Judge Saunders, of New Orleans,
has decided that the lighthouse ten
der Maple, on which President
Roosevelt was making a trip, was
responsible for the collision with the
fruit steamer Esparta n4ar New Or
leans in the fall of 1905.
Michael Sullivan, at one time priv
ate secretary to Speaker of the
House Samuel J. Randall, committed
suicide by jumping into the Dela
ware River.
Fourteen personB were injured In
a trolley-cnr collision at Butler, Pa.
Fritz Ulrica, a traveling salesman,
was killed In a wreck on the Chica
go Great Western In Kansas.
Kentucky Day was celebrated at
the Jamestown Exposition with a
barbecue and oratory.
A quarter of a million barrels of
oil in a tank at Lima, O., were Ig
nited by lightning.
The United Mlneworkers have lost
21,000 members, owing to nonpay
ment of dues.
Vice President Fairbanks dined
with a railroad section foreman at
Glble, Ore.
Governor Davidson, of Wisconsin,
has signed a two-cent rate law.
UNDER THE RECEIVERSHIP.
Week's Cleverest Cartoon by Macanley, in the New York World.
TRUST PROBERS ON VACATION
Purdy, Author of the Injunction-Receivership
Method, Goes to Europe.
Washington, D. C. (Special) .Mil
ton D. Purdy, assistant to the Attorney-General
and author of the Injunction-receivership
method of deal
ing with the trusts, has sailed for
Europe for a vacation of six weeks
or two months. It is probable that
there will bo no great activity In
trust prosecutions during the next
two months, for Attorney-General
Bonaparte spends most of his tlmo
at his country seat In Maryland, Solicitor-General
Hoyt Is already in
Europe and Assistant Attorney-General
McReynolds, who prepared the
case against the so-called tobacco
monopoly, accompanies Mr. Purdy
on his European Journey.
Only two more anti-trust suits are
in immediate contemplation. The
case against the Du Pont Powde.
Corporation is In print, ready for the
final approval of the Attorney-Gen
eral, and the papers in the case hayo
been submitted to him. The other
proposed action Is agatnst the In
ternational Harvester Company,
which Is declared by the Government
officers to be a monopoly In restraint
of Interstate commerce.
The Investigation of the Harvester
Company has never been completed,
although the preliminary examina
tion, which was enough to satisfy of
ficers of the Department of Justico
that some action should be taken
against the corporation, was com
pleted some time ago. The prosecu
tion of the Harvester Company may
possibly go over until the autumn.
An experiment will be made In the
suit against the Tobacco Company,
which is charged with violating the
Sherman law. An Injunction will be
asked against It to prevent It engag
ing in Interstate commerce, and. tho
court will be asked to appoint a re
ceiver.
SOUTHERN BACKS DOWN
Governor Threatened to Use Troops
Against Fedrral Courts.
Ashevllle, N. C. (Special). The
Southern Railway Company, alarmed
by the public sentiment aroused by
Its move to have United States Cir
cuit Court Judge Prltchard take by
habeas corpus proceedings from the
State Superior Court actually engaged
in trying him at Raleigh, Ticket Agent
Green, who was indicted for violat
ing the new Railway Rate law by
charging more than 2 cent a mile
for tickets, has backed down, after
getting the issuance of the writ and
having Judge Prltchard go to Ral
eigh to enforce It.
The contest between the State
Court, backed by Governor Glenn,
who says he will call out armed force
to prevent alleged highhanded nnd
despotic interference by the Federal
Court with n prisoner on trial In the
State Court, and the United States
Circuit Court has been transferred to
Ashevllle. Judge Prltchard at 1.30
o'clock Friday morning Issued wrltB
of habeas corpus commanding the
Sheriff of the county to present to
mm J. H. Wcod and O. C. Wilson,
Southern ticket agents here, who
were sentenced to the chain gang
for 30 days because they refused to
pay a fine or appeal or otherwise
recognize the State Court on a con
viction of charging more than 2 4
cents a mile.
The hearing was set for Friday
morning, and Governor Glenn, being
unable to get here In time to per
sonally direct the fight, was In charge
of the situation by telephone and en
gaged counsel to resist the release of
the prisoners. Railway counsel ap
peared for Wood and Wilson and
sought to prove by Judge Reynolds,
or tne Police Court, and other wit
nesses that Reynolds was instigating
the prosecution of the railway for
violating the law. They said he had
dismissed a previous warrant In or
der to prevent Judge Prltchard from
hearing the case on habeas corpus,
and had watted until Judge Prltchard
had left the city, procured other war
rants on the same charge and rushed
the defendants to trial.
Counsel for the State vehemently
protested against Judge Prltchard
Investigating the motives of a court
of equal dignity with his own.
It was asserted that when Judge
Prltchard left Ashevllle Wednesday
evening he would call on President
Roosevelt for force necessary to en
force his writ, but public sentiment
all over the State was so aroused that
the railroad backed down and a con
flict was avoided by direction to the
United States Marshal not to Berve
the writ on the Sheriff, and Judge
Prltchard returned to Ashevllle.
Tho hearing was continued,
when the man who swore out the
ACCESSION OF NEW KOREAN
EMPEROR (MID DISORDER
Fierce Clashes Between the Japanese
and Natives.
MOB TRIES TO KILL THE CABINET.
Jspanrse Guards Re ols Thousands
of Rioters esr the Palace, Killing
and Wounding a Large Number All
Approaches to the Palsce Occupied
by the New Emperor Guarded.
Seoul (By Cable). With the city
guarded by Japanese troops and dis
turbed by grave apprehension of at
tacks, the ceremonies attending the
accession of the Crown Prince to the
tnrone were carried out at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning, when the former
Emperor took his leave of the Cabi
net. Despite n proclamation issued ear
ly In Mie morning calling on the peo
i'ie to remain In their houses and UM
mountain of machine guns Intrenched
behind breastworks built In the
streets approaching the palace, the
patrolling of the suburbs by mllltlc
and other warlike preparations, the
capital was repeatedly dlstnbcd by
disorder and severe fighting.
The stroets were being cleared at
noon, when desultory rifle firing whs
nenra in different parts of the city,
presumably by the deserters from trie
Ping Yang Regiment, whose plotting
continues.
Houses of Ministers Burned.
A concerted effort was made at 2
o'clock to murder the entire Cabinet.
After haranguing at the Temple ot
Heaven a mob of 2.000 marched a
mile to the mansion of Lwanyung,
which they sacked and burned. Tfca
same fate was then visited on the
homes of the Prime Minister and
others.
The same mob then proceeded to ths
home of the Minister of War, near
the old palace, but here they were
met by Japanese guards, who repuls
ed the rioters, wounding and killing
many.
The rioters surrounding the Pre
mier's residence were dispersed bv
the Japanese police with the assist
ance of the artillery. The Premie.
sought refuge in the palace, the other
Ministers going to the Japanese Residency-General.
The new Emperor is performiim
his duties in a purely perfunctory
manner. He Is said to show UtllO
strength of character, and the out
look for his administration of public
affairs Is not promising.
The Korean Cabinet formally no
tified the Japanese Government of
the abdicalion of the Emperor and
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reoorts.
R. O. Dun f! Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Encouraging reports ore received
from leading commercial centers,
the volume of business being excep
tionally heavy for the season, and
stocks are depleted by the usual
clearance sales, providing more
prompt payments nud greater con
fidence In the future. Buyers are
numerous in the large cities, pre
paring for an active fail trade, now
that the agricultural outlook is leaa
uncertain. Clothing manufacturers
report much new business and few
cancellatlona.
A firmer tone has appeared in the
primary market for cotton goods,
manufacturers securing without
difficulty the prices asked. While
a few lines are distinctly aulet. there
Is mor evidence of satlsfnctorv
business than at any time for several
weeks.
HON. JOSEPH H. CHOATE
PLEADS FOR ARBITRATION
Suggests a World Convention For
That Purpose.
BIG DAY AT PEACE CONFERENCE.
A Declaration That Spain Adheres to
the Principles of Moderation Which
Inspired the American Proposition
Limiting Force for the Collection of
Public Debts.
Hurncil By Molten Metal.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Caught
ander a shower of molten metal at
the Homestead Steel Works five men
ere seriously burned, two' perhaps
fatally, while many others received
minor injuries. The men were tap
ping a furnace In open i, earth mill
No. 3 when the big ladle, containing
tons of molten metal, was accident
ally lipped. As the fiery liquid
struck the Boor It splashed with ex
plosive force upon tho workmen
standing about.
Mr. Cleveland sun sick.
Princeton, N. J. (Special). It is
stated here that ex-President Clove
land, who had an attack of acute in
digestion a few weekH ago, has not
recovered from It as quickly as ex
pected. It is hoped now that he will bo
able to go to bis summer home In
New Hampshire by the first of August.
Foreign,
The syllabus promulgated by the
Pope contains a preamble setting
forth than Roman Catholic authors,
under pretext of examining dogmas,
explain them in the name of his
tory In 3uch a way that the dogmas
disappear.
The marriage of Prince Robert
de Broglle and Estelle Alexander,
dlvorsed wife of Sidney Velt, In Chi
cago, last summer has been annulled
by the French court.
In the trial of Professor Hau at
Karlsruhe on the charge of murder
ing his mother-in-law some rather
damaging evidence against the pris
oner was given.
have been drowned at Marstrand, i The Hague (By Cable). The sit
Sweden. by the capsizing of a sail- j ""K of the Peace Conference Thurs
boat. Only one of the party es- I day was one of the most Important
caped. I yet held, for Interest in the ques-
In an Anti-Jewish massacre at j Hons discussed as well as for the
Skonltz. a Polish town on the Aus- powerful speeches delivered by Jos
trlan border, hundreds of persons eph H. Coate, of the United States,
were killed or Injured. , Luis M. Drago, of Argentine, and
The Korean cabinet ministers have Perei Trlana, of Columbia, while In
resigned and the Emperor Is very addition, Spain made a declaration
angry at them for advising him to ! which attracted much attention as
abdicate. revealing the desire of the Spanish
William Hasketh Lever, Liberal I government to assume a kind of
member of Parliament, secured judg- j moral tutelage over the Latin-Amerl-ment
for damages of $250,000 can countries.
against the Dully Mail and Evening j Spain's declaration says that that
News for libels during the contro- country adheres to the principles of
1 t
ManH Gould Denies It.
Paris (By Cable). A correspon
dent saw Mme. Anna Gould and ask
ed her If there was any truth in
the rumor that she is engaged to
Prince Helle de Sagan, whose repu
tation as a spendthrift almost equals
that of Count Boni de Castellaue.
"I would be much obliged." she
said, "If you would contradict the
report. i cannot understand how
it originated. I am not engaged nor
am I likely to be. The report is
entirely untrue."
Five States (let 2- Vm Hate.
Chicago (Special). New Inter
state passenger rates between all
points In Illinois, Iowa. Missouri,
Minnesota. Wisconsin snd North
and South Dekota were made effect
tn at midnight Thursday night
This reduces all Interstate passen
ger rates to the basis of II cents a
mile except In Wisconsin and the
Dakotas, where the rates are based
on I 4 cents a mile. The law re
cently passed in Wisconsin, making
the rate 3 cents a mile, will become
ef ve August 15.
bring about a soap combine.
Premier Franco, of Portugal, has
recommended the abolishing of the
Portugese House of Peers;
The council of ministers has defi
nitely approved the project for
double-tracking the Siberian Rail
way. The Italian minister of public In
struction, Slgnor Bava, has sent a
large contribution to Louise de La
Kamee (Ouida), which she has ac
cepted most gratefully.
The American proposal for the in
demnification of private property
seized at sea during war was adopt
ed In committee by a vote of 21 to
11.
M. Thomson, the French minister
of marine, gave a luncheon to Rear
Admiral Stockton and the other vis
iting American naval officers.
The Korean Premier has asked
the Emperor to abdicate because of
action in sending deputation to The
Hague.
The alleged detention of a Mussul
man woman In the Ghetto, In Tehe
ran, nearly led to a massacre.
President Roosevelt has given a
set of his works to the University
of Berlin.
The bomb explosion In Therapla,
Turkey, summer quarters of the
American Embassy, is now supposed
to have been connected with a pos
sible attempt upon the life of George
Chrlstlch. a natural son of (he late
King Milan of Servla.
The appeal of the executors of the
estate of William Louis Wlnans, of
Baltimore, who died In England Id
1897, brought before the London
courts, hat been dsmlssed.
Secretary Taft has fixed upon Au
gust 2 4 as the date for an address
at Oklahoma City upon the new constitution.
Airs. IlirtlNong Pardoned.
Jackson. Miss. (Special). Gov
ernor Vardaman granted an uncon
ditional pardon of Mrs. BIrdsong,
who wus convicted of the murder of
Dr. Butler, her family physician,
who, she claimed, had Insulted her.
She was sentenced to prison for five
years. Her case was appealed, but
the sentence wus affirmed. She bus
never been tn prison. In announc
ing the pardoning of Mrs. Blrdanny
Governor Vardaman frankly declar
ed that be based his action largely
on the unwritten law.
American proposition, limiting force
for the collection of public debts,
these being the principles that the
government and the King have fol
lowed and will always follow.
"Spain sees today," says the dec
laration, "as an accomplished fact
what shehas ardently desired since th?
last conference, namely, the presence
at The Hague of the representatives
of the Latin-American nations, which
are sisters of ours in language and
In race. Spain Is disposed to accept
every proposition tending within the
limits of international law to fa
cilitate the legitimate and peaceful
development of the Spunlsb-Amerl-can
republics. The doctrine just
enunciated by its illustrious author,
Dr. Drago, was not included in the
program; therefore, It could not ob
tain our support, but as an earnest
protest against possible wrong from
the use of force, it deserves all sym
pathy." In concluding bis address Joseph
H. Choale made an eloquent appeal
to the nations to enter Into a general
convention, which ought to be en
tirely distinct and Independent, for
the settlement of disputed questions
arising lu arbltiatlon.
"At the proper time," he said,
"we shall ask for an opportunity to
explain our views on the project we
offered for fortifying the present
permanent Court of Arbitration and
for the organization therefrom of a
tribunal which shall compel the con
fidence of nations and be the neces
sary sequel to the general arbitra
tion agreement which we now offer."
The committee dealing with the
bombardment of undefended towns
and villages approved the Italian
proposition forbidding such acts.
Upon leaving the sitting, Brigadier
General George B. Davis, one of the
American delegates, remarked ironi
cally: "Since the time of Julius Caesar
no example exists of an undefended
town being bombardod, but the con
ference took three weeks to realize
It."
The American delegation has pre
sented to tho peace conference this
proposition:
"If for any reason a captured
neutral vessel cannot be tried, tho
vessel must be released."
The Peruvian delegation has pre
sented tho following amendment to
the American proposition regarding
the collection of contractural debts:
"The principles established by this
proposition cannot be applied to
differences arising from contracts be
tween the government of one coun
try and the foreign subjects of an
other, wben the contracts provide
that these differences must be sub
mitted to the judges of local tribu
nals." The Venezuelan delegation pre
sented a declaration on the same
subject, making the same objection
as Peru, with the addition thnt In
case no contract exists, all diplomatic
means of reaching an undei standing
must be tried before recourse is
had to the permanent court of arbi
tration. The Venezuelan declaration
ends with these words:
"It is understood that said differ-
ances are to be settled through
peaceful means without recourse to
coercive measures implying the em
ployment of military or naval
forces.
the accession of the Crowi Prince
warrant will be asked to give his i During the night the Imporlal Deptl-.
motives In swearing It out. The ties visited the mausoleums and
railway contended that the counon mnrie tho
slips issued ut Judge Pitchnrd's or- spirits ob their deoarted ancestors.
der to those who paid more than 2lA ! The new Hmnarnr will nmnv the
cents a mile had been UBed as evi- j North Palace, the former Emepro-
remaining In his old refuge, adjoin
dence in the State Court trial of
Wood and Wilson, and so the order
of the United States Court was
Issued to defeat Itself.
The attorneys for the railway are
trying to get witnesses to swear that
Judge Reynolds said If Judge Prltch
ard Interfered with his court he j
WOllM Hilt llhn It, loll fnp nnnt.in,.., 1
and will represent to Judge Prltchard
that he should imprison Reynolds for
this. This action will be resisted to
the utmost by Governor Glenn.
There is much bitter feeling aroused
by what is termed the overbearing
treatment of the State Court by the
United StateB Court.
Sunflowers As Febrifuge.
An eminent Spanish scientist has
made the recent discovery that the
sunflower yields a splendid febrifuge
tnat can ue usea as a substitute for
quinine. Accordingly, the sunflower
should not only, by its crowing.
exert great fever-dispelling effect,
out also yield a product which Is
used advantageously In all fevers.
H. It. THAW IN POOR HEALTH.
Confinement Is Telling On Murderer
Of Stanford White.
New York (Special) Friends and
relatives of Harry K. Thaw are be
coming alarmed over the condition
of his health, which Is said to be
decidedly on the wane. Although
his wife calls nt the Tombs every
day with many delicacies for him,
he has scarcely eaten anything for
three weeks.
Dr. Magulre, the prison physician,
has been prescribing for Thaw, but
his remedies seem to liavo had but
little effect on the physical condition
of Stanford White's slayer. It was
thought that open-air exercise In the
prison grounds would benefit Thaw,
but his confinement has been such
that a general breakdown may come
at any time. HIb illness Is describ
ed as congestion of the liver.
o War, Cannon Declares,
Milwaukee (Special). Speaker
VMUua. 01 cue nouse or uepiesen- ltt the University of Utah
' pubneu iiirougn nere eu
route to Oconomowoc on a pleasure
trip. In regard to the Japanese sit
uation, Mr. Cannon said: "The
United States will never, in my
judgment, give Japan or any other
nation on earth Just cause for war,
and I have no fear that Japan or
any other nntion in sight will give
us any Just cause for war with It."
Ing the American and Russian Con
sulates. The Cabinet continues In
office, but on Recount of their alarm
two men have In turn refused to
accept annolntment to the vacant po
sition of the Household Ministry.
Terrible Leap To Deuth.
Chicago (Special).- Henry Berg,
a retired grocer, committed suicide
by throwing hljnself over the railing
on the twelfth floor of the Chamber
of Commerce Building. Berg was a
consumptive and had been despon
dent. He read the account of the
suicide of Anna Normoyle. who kill
ed herself by jumping from th? fif
teenth floor of the Masonic. Temple,
and, It is thought, the Btory suggest
ed the method of a quick deuth.
Killed By Outlaws.
Guthrie, Ok. (Special). Deputy
Marshal Morlrs and Special Officer J.
P. Dickson were killed while trying
to arrest two negroes charged with
robbing a bank at Sassakwu, I. T.
Tho negro fugitives were in a house
in the negro settlement, reinforced,
it is reported, by a dozen friends.
Friday night Deputy Morris was slain
by the outlaws. When Dickson fell
mortally wounded Saturday night he
shot, and killed oue of the negroes.
Farthquake Shock In I'tuli.
Salt Lake, Utah ('Special). Dis
tinct earthquake shocks lasting for
about one minute wero recorded on
iho seismograph recently Installe-J
Disturb
ance was noted at 11,69 A. M. The
movement was from a little north
of west toward southeast.
Plugue Kills MMIO.OGT.
London I Special ). Returns of
deuths from the plague In India show
the appalling total of 1.060,067 for
the six months ending June 30. The
monthly total Is at present decreas
ing, however, the death roll for June
being placed at 69,064. The total
for the first six months of 1907 al
ready surpasses that for the entire
twelve months of 1904. when 1 ,022,
000 persons died. TIiIb total Is the
highest ever recorded previous to the
present year.
World's Peace Makers.
Londou ( By Cable). Speaking at
a. luncbeun In this city In connection
with the bazaar to raise funds for
the Duke of Connaught's soldiers'
home, Whltelaw Reld, the American
ambassador, offered toasts to King
Edward and President Roosevelt,
and said: "We honor two men
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
The armored cruisers West Vir
ginia. Colorado, Pennsylvania and
Maryland, of Admiral Dayton's Paci
fic fleet, are expected to start from
Cavite for the United States In ten
days or two weeks. The recall of
these warships Is accepted as a can
cel ofthe order of an American fleet
to the Pacific.
The International Bureau of Amer
ican Republics announces an impor
tant step lu the bringing about of
closer political and educational rela
tions between South America and lite
United States.
Meeker & Co., an independent
coal mining company, riled with the
Interstate Commerce Commission a
petition against the Lehigh Valley
'.arglng dls-
whose lives are of the Kreatest in,
portauce to the peace of the civilized Railroad Company,
world, two men who have earned the crimination.
name of peacemakers, and two men Captain Hubbard, of the battleship
who share the belief that in prepa- Minnesota, reportad that he camo
ration for war is to be found the near being run down In Hampton
greatest security for peace." Roads by a poorly lighted tug.
Better Feeling In Tokyo.
Tokyo (By Cable). The share
market, which has been depressed
for months, has shown a sudden ac
tivity since Saturday, due to the be
lief that there Is no likelihood of
trouble between Japan and the
United States. Public feeling on this
question has Improved as a result
of Admiral Yumamoto's efforts to In
spire the American people with con
fidence In the firm friendship of
Japan.
Boni Defeated.
Paris (By Cable). The appeal of
Count Boni de Castellaue from the
decision of the court on November
14 last granting a divorce to the
Countess de Castellaue formerly Mies
Anna Gould, of New York, was dis
missed and a final decree of divorce
duly entered. Attorneys for the
Count made practically no contest.
Although the Count, under the law,
has still sixty days in which to ap
peal to the Court of Cassation upon
legal grounds the judgment is re
garded as final.
Venezuela Refuses To Puy.
Brussels (By Cable). Venezuela
has Intimated that it will refuse to
pay the $11,000,000 debt to its Bel
i'.'.uu creditors. This decision is con
trary to the finding of The Hague
Tribunal, and the Belgian govern
ment, realizing that persistence In
this refusal would Inflict the most
serious injury to the cause of arbi
tration, is doing Its utmost to induce
Venesuela to carry out The Hague
verdict.
UN THE FINANCIAL WUULIX
Hank of England retains its 4 fer
cent, discount rate.
New York banks are still offering
0 per rent, for Philadelphia money
for six mouths' time.
JWIth the best possible weather
from now nn, there can only be an
average cotton crop," says an ex
port. "Doing no Improvement work ex
cept what cannot be avoided," said
a Pennsylvania Railroad representa
tive. Amalgamated Copper directors de
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of $2. The stock fluctuated from
88 4 to 80.
The Income derived on Chesapeake
& Ohio noteB Is 2 4 times as great
as the dividend yield on the stock.
President Roosevelt's reported In
tention of not having Congress take
up the tariff question at the next
sesolon was well received on the
street.
Sliue Harrlman Interests bought
the Baltimore and Ohio, Norfolk ft
Western and Chesapeake & Ohio
stocks from th Pennsylvania they
have decreased lu value $13,000,000
The Pennsylvania's profit on that
stock when it was sold amounted to
ut least $1 ,i
Northern Pacific's 4 point advance
carried ihe entire market upward.
The professionals who are now mani
pulating the market regularly use
one or two stocks to lift and they
apparently sell other stocks under
tho cover of (be leaders.
Webtlughouie assets are set down
nt $72,000,000, of Which $22,000,
000 ure labeled Investments. The
company's gross earnings for the
year ending March Si, 1H07, were
$82,000,000 and the net profits from
manufacturing were $4,1711, 67(4
Other Income amounted to $1,266,-1
Ml.
Wholesale Market.
Baltimore Wheat All desirable
grades of Southern were in good de
mand, and prices were 4c higher
an graded lots. Sales on cargoes
new on grade at 91 He for special
bin No. 2 red; 91 for stock No. 2
red; 86 for special steamer No.
2 red; 84 for stock steamer No.
2 red; 79 "4 for special bin rejected;
764 for stock selected, and 72 4 for
rejected to go through the drier.
Small bag lots, by sample, sold at
B8 to 89c. The market for Western
apened steady; spot and July,
914c; No. 2 red Western, 944;
August, 914; September, 93.
Corn Cob corn is quite firm on
choice grades of yellow, which are
quotable at $3.50 per brl. in car
lots. Western opened steady; spot
and July, 694c; August, 694;
September, 60 4. Trading vas quiet
and after the opening prices soft
ened, and the midday call the tone
I was weak, with spot and July quot-
sa at oc; August, 69; Septem
ber, 69.
Oats The market rules quiet and
easy; receipts ample for the light
demand. We quote: White No. 2.
tlMQtlc; No. 3, 500 61; No. 4,
48 484. Mixed No. 2. 484
I 49Vc; No. 3, 480 4S4; No. 4, 47
0474-
Cheese Market slendy. Jobbing
I prices, 14 4 0 14 4 .
I' Eggs Market steady under light
J receipts and fair jobbing demaud.
I We quote, per dozen, loss off: Mary
land, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts,
1 17c; Western firsts, 17; West Vir
ginia firsts, 10 4: Southern firsts,
16; guinea, 8 9.
j Live Poultry Market unchanged,
j Demand fair for choice stock. We
quote as follows: Chickens Old
hens, heavy, per lb.. 15c; do. do.,
small. 15; do. old roosters, each,
26 0" 30; do., spring, large, per lb.,
210 22c; do., do., small, do., 20c.
New York. Wheat Spot firm;
No. 2 red, 97 4c, elevator; No. 2
; red, 98 4, f- o. b., afloat; No. 1
Northern Duluth, 1114, f. o. b.,
j afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 101, f. o.
b., afloat.
Corn Spot easy; No. 2, file, ele
, vator. and 60 4, f. o. b., afloat; No.
2 white, 614. and No. 2 yellow,
i 61, f. o. b., afloat.
Oats Spot steady; mixed. 26(0
; 32 lbs., 49 4; natural white. 30
! 33 lbs., 61 52; clipped. 36 0 40 lbs.,
! 51' 54 4. Hay quiet.
Butter strong; receipts. 5,421
packages; street prices, extra cream
ery, 26 4 27c; official prices,
creamery, common to extra, 20O2C;
Western factory, common to firsts,
ISO 214. Cheese firm, unchanged;
receipts, 2,430 boxes. Eggs firm,
unchanged; rccolpts, 12,068 cases.
Poultry Allveless active: prlc.es;
prices unchanged; dressed firm;
Western chickens. 20 24c; turkeys,
10 0 15; fowls. 12 15.
Philadelphia. Wheat-No. 2 red,
In esport elevator, 90 '.4 91c. ; No.
2 red. Western do.. 914 0 92; No.
1 Northern do., $1.09 1.10; No. 2
Northern do., 11.67 1. OS, Corn
Bteady; No. 2, In export elevator,
,6901&f)4c Oats firm, but quiet;
No. 2 whltd natural. 51 51 4c.
Bran steady, but quiet; winter, In
sulk, $22.00 22.50; spring. in
tacks, $22.00 22.50.
Butter firm; good demand;
Western creamery, official
26 4c; street prico. 26 4;
uearby prints, 28.
Eggs firm; good demand;
tylvanla and other nearby firsts, dec
rases, 18c, at mark; Pennsylvania
tnd other nearby current receipts.
In returnable cases, 17c. ut mark;
Western firsts, free Caftg, 18c, at
mark.
extra
price,
extra
Pcun-
Llvo Stock.
ChlcBgo. Cattle Market steady;
rommon to prime steers, $4.75
7.86; cows, $3.26 5.75; heirers,
$3.00 5.90: bulls. $3.15 5.26:
calves, $3007.76; stockers und
feeders, $3.00 5.00.
Hogs Market steady; good to
'prime heavy, $5.805.90; medium
to good heavy. $5.705.86; butch
er weights, $5.80 C. 05; good to
prime mixed. $6.76 6.86; light mix
ed, $5.85 6.00; packing, $6.00
5.76; pigs, $5 60 f i. oo; selected,
$6.006.10; bulk of sales. $5.70
6.90.
Sheep Markot etoady; sheep,
$3.76 0-6.00; yearlings, $6,500 C. 30;
lambs. $6.75 7.75.
THIS AND THAI.
The birth rato In Germany is tlx
a 1,000 higher than In England.
The Russian secret service em
ploy more than 0,000" women. Sev
eral of them draw $10,000 a year.
For the last throe months tho
tropical Ulands of Juma!ca, sur
rounded by a warm sea, whar tho
cvaporixatlon la great, has suffered
from a drought as tevcre as any
which visit tho Inland deserts, far
away from any largo body of water.
A German article doicrlbos n loco
motive equipped with feed water
boaters which has recently been put
Into service on tbo Egyptian stale
railways, and effect a saving in
coal of 11.4 per cent., or over $1,
000 a year to each engine.
The Illble which Kin- Edward Is
to present to Bruton Church, at Wil
liamsburg, Va.,' on the occasion of
Its consecration on October 10 next,
was sent recently to Ambassador
Bryoe at Washington, who will for
ward it to thf churub offlcials.