WEE PERSONS KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH Motorcar Struck By a Fast Express Train. MEMBERS OF THE PARTY DEAF Charles J. Root, Hi Mother and Her Sinter Dead and Mr. Root's Sister ad Hia Niece In a Critical Condi tion The Family Prominent in Connecticut. MANY MOTOR DISASTERS. Auto struck by train; three killed, two Injured. Auto goes ovrr embankment; chauffeur saved from burning wreck. Cigarette sets auto ablaze and chauffeur burned while prevent log an explosion. Auto dashes Into telegraph pole; one man seriously Injured. Explosion on motorboat; two killed and Ave injured. THE HEWS OF THE WEEK. Great Barrington. Mass. (Special!. An automobile containing a party of five persons from Bristol. Ct., col lided with the New Tork-Plttaflold xpress at Ashley Falls crossing, near hare. Three of the motoring party were killed and the other two probablv fataily Injured. The dead: Charles J. Root, 40 years old, nn automobile manufacturer, of Bristol; Instantly killed. Mrs. Root, his morther. died from Injuries while being removed to JPlttsfleld by train. Miss Roberts, sister of Mrs. Root. MIsh Mary Root, daughter of Charles J. Hoot, removed to the hospital at Plttafleld, where her con dition was reported as very critical. Miss Katherlne Root, aged 14, Iileco of Mrs. Root, knocked uncon scious and suffering from internal Injuries. Tht express train was going near ly 60 miles an hour, and the auto mobile was also runuing at n rapid rate. The accident occurred on a crossing which la almost at right an gles. The driver is deaf, and Miss Boot claims he did not hear the car until the crossing was reached. Peo ple on the car say that the machine had been racing the express for about half a mile. A part of the automobile was carried 50 feet and CM wreckage was terrible. Bristol, Ct. (Special). News was received here of the catastrophe at Ashley Falls, Mass., resulting in the death of Charles J. Root; his moth er, Mrs. Joel H. Root, and her sis ter, Miss Candace Roberts, and the probable fatal injuring of Mr. Roofs alster. Miss Mary Root, and his niece, Catherine Root. Tho party left here at S.30 A. M . lor a trip through Lenox, Lee and the Berkshires. All the members of the party, with the exception of the little girl, were deaf, and It is thought here that the approach of the train may not have been known to them for that reason. Only one brother (Theodore C. Root! Is left here. He is the father of Catherine, and he and his wife are almost prostrated with grief. Mr. Root was a manufacturer of count ing machines of all kinds and of registers. He was about 45 years old. Mrs. Joel H. Root was about 7 years old, and her sister. Miss Roberts, two years younger. All Were very prominent here, being of Revolutionary stoek. Miss Root Is well known about tho state through her writings for the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, of which society she was a member. Dashes (er Kmltiinkiiiciit. Atlantic City, N. J. (Special). Dashed over an embankment by a sudden swerve at a turn in the road between Pleasantville and Mays Landing, a big automobile, in which James H. Hook, of Lancaster, Pa., and his two sons were driving from Atlantic City to Townsend Inlet, turned turtle and threw tho three Into a gulley. The Chauffeur. Charles Young, who was handling the wheel when the accident occurred, was pinned under the overturned car, which caught fire, and was only saved from death by the arrival of Chris Hilde brandt, a farmer, who pried the heavy machine from (he injured man's body in time to save him from being roasted. All four occupants of the car were Injured, but will recover. Cigarette Set Auto Ablaze Atlantic City, N. J. (Special). A cigarette butt carelessly tossed Into the body of an automobile stand ing at the loot of Virginia Avenue, Ig nited a leaking gasoline tank and caused flames to shoot high In the air subsequently destroying the machine, after calling out almost the entire Are department of the city. P. A. Hazel, a chauffeur for a New York au tonioblllst, saved an explosion by abutting off the flow of gasoline, and suffered severe barns on the hands and arms In consequence. I .ii. il Melon I runt. New Orleans, La. (Special). The body of an unknown young man, ap parently 17 years of age, was found in Pearl River at the mouth of Halldays Canal. The young man bad gone Into a watermelon patch 'nearby where strychnine had been put In the melons to stop depredating prowlers. The stranger got hold of ont of these, and when be went to tho river to quench the thirst caused by the poison fell over dead. No identification was possible. Moors Bepaitcd At odds. Tangier (By Cable j -Trustworthy reports indicate that dissensions have ariseu between the chiefs of the tribes Inventing Casablanca and Mo gador. It Is said they are at log gerhead over what course they shall pursue. The reports declare that the tribesmen are lacking In supplies of ammunition Commander Le.qul vet, the second ranking officer on board the French armored cruiser Glolre. haa been appointed command r of the City of Casablanca. Domestic Officials of the telegraph companies claim that the general strike order did not affect them. Tho men claim that 5,000 telegraphers walked out The Western Union and Postal MP cials say they are handling 75 per cent, of their normal business. J. Warner Hastings, aged 66, since 1864 an official of the United States subtreasury In Boston, was arrested on a charge of abstracting three f 1.000 bills from a package contain Ing $105,000. Criminal and civil prosecutions are to be brought against 18 men ac- used of graft in the Harrlsliurg cap ltal scandal by the final report of the investigating commission. Five persons were killed and 10 In jured In the collapse of a two-story frame building at Fray and Chase Streets. Chicago, 111., during a ter rific windstorm. H. H. Harrlman declares he will reveal the Inside facts of the Chi cago and Alton deal to the Inter state Commerce Commission. William Wnldorf Astor has Inher ited $.1,000,000 and a Newport villa through the death of Miss Zela Otbbes, an aunt. A bursted water main shot a staeam of water 60 feet high in the streets of Chicago and caused a panic in the Stockholm Hotel. Tax Assessor Henry Alexander, .if Absecom, N. J., has Imposed a tax of $100. on wealthy bachelors In the community. Four loaded meat cars fell from the steel arch bridge over the Niagara River Oorgc In the Whirlpool Rapids. Experts for the Southern Railway say that the two-cent rate law of North Carolina Is confiscatory. Forest fires near Hyannls, Mass., have burned over a stretch of nine miles. A work train on the Long Island Railroad backed Into a crowded street car at a crossing on Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, hurling the trolley from Its tracks and causing the death of 3 passengers and the in jury of 16 others. The Louisville and Nashville Rail road has secured a federal Injunc tion restraining the State of Ala bama from enforcing the Two-and-a-half-cent Rate Law. W infield Marsoo, aged 16 years, formerly a clerk In the Chlcopee National Bank, of Springfield. Mass.. was captured with $4,700 In notes In a dress-suit case. While disturbed by a dream, Rose Moses, aged six years, fell out of a third-story window In Philadelphia, breaking nearly every bone In her body. Samuel V. Hulse, a lawyer, of Newark, N. J., is held under $1,500 ball to answer a charge of embezzl ing $5,500 from the Peddle Institute. The government will dispatch the cruiser Buffalo to the Prlbylofl Ts lands as the result of the discovery of a plot to raid the seal rookeries. Over half a hundred hotels and summer cottages in Old Orchard, Me., were destroyed by fire. The Pennsylvania Railroad will equip Its yard locomotives with flre llghtlng pumps. Federal .Judge Prltchard has en joined B. C. Bockwlth from bring ing suit against the North Carolina RCVroad Company to recover penal ties for failure to put Into effect the 2 -cent fare law. The Pope Manufacturing Com pany, manufacturers of bicycles and automobiles, has been placed In the hands of a receiver. The Public Service Commission's investigation of tho Interborough Metropolitan Traction Company was resumed In New York. General Coxey is planning an other pilgrimage. The submarine Viper has complet ed her torpedo trials at Nurragan sett Bay. Fire and a series of explosions threatened the destruction of the Eastman Kodak Company's plant at Rochester. The State of New Jersey's gift of a silver service was presented to the battleship New Jersey in New York. An eight-year-old boy was arrested in New York charged with the com mission of a series of burglaries. The government's vigorous action against alleged rebate offenders came to a sudden stop In Chicago. The steamer Adirondack was dam aged by fire while bound from New York to Albany. Gen. S. B. Dodsey, of the Confed erate Army, died at Cincinnati. HININO A MONOPOLY. ) Cartoon by Trigga, in the New York Press. SPYING ON THE CORPORATIONS Secret Service Agents Employes of Rail roads and Trusts. T THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happening Briefly Told. There was a decrease of 883 In the number of oourt-martlals In the Army during the year, nccordlng to the report of Acting Judge Advocate General Porter, who also points out the evil results of the Antlcanteen Law. The War and Navy Departments will co-operate to maintain wireless service between Alaska and San Francisco. The two daughters and son of the late Major Huntington, who were shot by their brother In Versailles, are reported to be In a serious con dition. King Edward visited Emperor Francis Joeeph of Austria at Ischl, and the two, with their advisers, dis cussed political affairs. Admiral Phlllbert. In command of the French naval squadron at Casa blanca, telegraphed that peace seems to be assured. The House of Commons passed the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill and sent It to the House of Lords. Joseph Joachim, the great Ger man violinist, dle.l In Berlin. The strike at Belfast was finally settled Charges of gross discrimination were made against the Iehlgh Val ley Railway Company before the In terstate Commerce Commission by the Reliance Coal Company, of Pitts ton, Pa. The records of the Manila Bureau of Health show that not a single contagious disease has been In evi dence during the past six months. Miss Anna M. Humes, an employe In the Government Bureau of Print ing. Is said to have fallen heir to an estate of $10,000,000. The Employer s' Association brought nonunion men, who took places vacated by the strikers in the building trades. Secretary Taft returned to Wush ngton to clear up his desk prepara tory to starting on his trip to the Philippines. CRIMiNUL SOUS COMMERCIAL COLUMN 10 BE BROUGHT ! W8ekiy Review of Trade and Latut Harrisburg Capitol Grafters To Be Prosecuted. EIGHTEEN NAMES ARE GIVEN. Gov Stuart Says He Will Transmit the Report Immediately to the At torney General for Action, and As sures the People of Pennsylvania Thai the Prosecution Will Be Vigorous RUSSIA ABIDES BY VERDICT Foreign, A complaint against manipulation of railroad securities by the Chica go and Alton was filed with the In terstate Commerce Commission. The fight in the building trades for the open Bhop has apparently failed, several union leaders taking places with nonunion men. Proceedings are to be Instituted In' Chicago against the Harvester Trust for alleged violation of the Anti-trust law. . A general court-martial will try Capt. Herbert J. Hlrshluger, of the Marine CorpB, on the charge of neg lect of duty. F. S. Curtis, of Mount Vernon, O , has been appointed chief clerk of the Navy Department. The Hottentot chief Morengo has crossed the frontier Into German Southwest Africa and U causing the German government much uneasi ness. The French and Spanish command ers at Casablanca are not in accord. General Drude Is expecting another attack from the Moors. The Esperanto Congress, in con vention In Cambridge, England, de cided to bold the next session In Germany. Two meu have been killed and a number injured in a labor riot which occurred among dockmen In Buenos Ay res. A convention of German wine growers at Oestrlcli-ou-the-Rhine de manded revision of the wine laws. Fourteen passengers were drowned when the American bark Prussia was wrecked lu Fllndero Bay. Governor Frear was inaugurated at Honolulu. W. H. Adsetts, former United Stales marine, accused of murdering a woman in Chefoo, China, was ar rested on the cruiser Galveston, where he had hidden. A bomb was thrown Into the resi dence of Lord Ashtown, In Clnumel, Ireland, doing some damuge, but not Injuring the Intended victim. Leon Dorlgny, a member of the board of directors of the Compagnle Generate Transatlantique, died In Paris. A veteran of the American Civil War named Schumacher was found dead in his lodgings In the Strand. Chicago (Special). The Record Herald says: "Secret Service agents of the Unit ed States Department of Justice, working through tho Bureau of Cor porations, are said to be on the pay rolls of all the big railway corpora tions and trust combines In the country. "In Chicago alone It Is said there are at least 150 Bpeclal men who are working for railroads and for packinghouse companies and are watching every move that is made with a view of ascertaining whether the corporation laws are observed in letter and spirit. While no proof Is obtainable as to the presence of these spying employes, In several in stances men who have been suspect ed have been removed from their positions on the ground that they were In the employ of the Govern ment aB secret spleB. "One of tho officials of this end of the Department of Justice, when asked If such an army was at work for tho Government, said: " 'If it were so, I could not tell. I know of cases where meu have lost their positions unjustly from falling under suspicion. I have heard the statement made before, but I shall neither deny nor affirm It. If sucb work Is done, agents of tho BureutJ of Corporations are those most like ly to be engaged in it.' "Tho rumor that the Government had placed all of the big railways and corporations under surveillance wes revived forcefully by the alleged rebate case which the Government Is Investigating against the Schwarzs child and Sulzberger Company. The Information, whether disclosing a rebate or simply a clerical error, was given to the department here by an employe of tho packing company. Ofllelals of the Government refuse to deny that he was an agent. Rail way officers declare he was a Gov ernment agent and that there were two of them employed by the pack ing Ann. The story Is told that the two spies were compelled to draw their revolvers in order to make their escape with the evidence. "It Is thought the Government has grown tired of prying evidence out of corporations and In return giving a contract of immunity, in every wrong act that has been uncovered thus far by the departments of the Government the evidence has been given by one of the parties guilty of the alleged crime. "All railway officials interviewed seemed to be convinced that Secret Service agents were in their employ, one official stating that he under stood the espionage extended to sta tion work on the line of his road. " 'If the Government Is looking for old offenses,' said one official, 'they may be found, but I do not believe tho strictest system of espionage will disclose anything willfully wrong on the part of the railroad now.' " No War of Revenge Japanese. With the SHOT HER FATHER TO AVENGE MOTHER Now Daughter Does Not Care What Happen;. FATHER ACCUSED OF CRUELTIES. George Wasser Opens Fire on His Wife and Kills Her Married Daughter Sends for Revolver and Fires Four Times, Driving Parent Before Her as He Returns Shots. New York (Special I George Was ser, a German, 57 years of age, mur dered his wife and was in turn slain by his daughter at the home of the women, In Harlem. Wasser fired upon his wife and then exchanged shots with the daughter. The latter was not wounded. Mrs. Wasser soon succumbed to her Injuries and her husband died a little later. The daughter was arrested. She assert ed that the father had persistently practiced cruelties upon his family for having had him arrested because he annoyed her. He then, drew a revolver and fired several shots at his wife. .Adeline Langlotz. a wid- I owed daughter, sent her younger bIb- cer, Annie, to tho next room to bring a revolver. The little girl obeyed and Mrs. Langlotz opened Are on her father. Wasser ran, his daughter pursu ing and firing several shots at him as he fled from uaom to room. Was ser turned several times in his flight and fired at his daughter. In the parlor Waeser fell to the floor. The noiso of the shooting caused a panic In the house and the screams of the tenants caused a large crowd to gather. The police found Mrs. Was ser lying wounded In the kitchen, while the father lay In the parlor wounded In the head. Adeline Langlotz and the little daughter Annie were taken to the police station after the reserves had scattered a crowd of several thous ands of excited people, who flocked around 'the house. Mrs. Langlotz said her parents had been separated for several years and that recently Wasser had tried to assault Annie. He was arrested, but not convicted. Frequently, she said, her father came to the house and threatened to kill the entire family. Mrs. Lang ii '.ii.i sue Deneved she had done On entering the flat In Third Ave nue where hlB wife and daughter the rlnht thin in in. bin t. ; ( .. I ..... " -w.-b "oi lived WasBer upbraided the former father. Her Body In A Hox. Chefoo. China (By Cable). W. H. Adsetta, formerly a sergeant lu the United States Marines forming the guard of the American Legation at Peking, was arrested here on suspic ion of robbing and killing a woman whose body was discovered In a box on bourd the British steamship Mont eagle at Hongkong. Adsetts was ar rested by the British sheriff, after a violent resistance. Several thousand dollars and a quantity of .welry were found lu his clothe!. t uutloii ail- . I 111 II, Pittsburg (Special). Awakened by tho barking of his watchdog at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning, M. P. Howley, aged 73 years, u wealthy real estate dealer, arose and started in search of the burglar ho suppos ed was lu his homo In some way he tripped and fell, and when found he was dying from a bullet wound In the head. Howley had beau ill for eoroe time and had a nervous dread of burglars, although he kept large sums of money In the house IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. Selling of Lehigh Valley recently has come mainly from New York, which last winter bought quite a lot of It. The street expects Morgan to be a doctor for the sick market. If he can cure It his prestige will be greater than ever. Right or wrong, the impression ex ists that the Standard Oil party ha; done about all it could to support the market. Roared bears evidently made thai rally of (I j oints in Union Pacific. Katlonal Lead declared its regu lar atvldendB of 1 per cent, on the commo.i si .-k and 1 per cent, on the preferred. Russian 4 per cent, bonds fell nearly a point and sold at 72. There la much ur.caglnesa over the Interest I ay meats by that country The Bank or England surprised the financial world by Increasing Its discount rate from 4 to 4 per cent. This action emphasizes the stringent statement of financial af fairs In Europe. St. Petersburg (By Cable). The text of the Russo-Japanese treaty recognizing the independence and territorial integrity of the Chinese Empire and pledging tho two coun tries to the maintenance of the status quo, which was signed on July 30 last, was made public Friday and was well received on all sides. In their estimate of the results the Conservative and Liberal newspapers display remarkable unanimity in agreeing that It establishes the re lations between the two papers on a sound basis, guaranteeing unbrok en peace for a long period. The Novoe Vremya expresses the opinion that the treaty is the turn ing point In Russia's Asiatic policy, enabling her to shift her attention hereafter to nearest Russia, after having carefully weighed the argu ments in favor of waging a return war for the recovery of the lost ground in Manchuria and having fin ally decided to accept the situation as It is, abandoning all Idea of a war of revenge. The Rossia characterizes the treaty as a link In the chain of interna tional agreements removing the men ace of war in the Far East. Tokio (By Cable). It Is believed here that tho Russo-.Iapanse treaty Includes a clause which has not been published, specifically defining the respective spheres of Influence of the two countries. Under this clause it Is reported that a portion of tho Sungarl River Is placed within Jap ans sphere, thereby modifying the exclusive rights of navigating that stream which was conferred upon Russia by the treaty of Algun. OIL TRUST DIVIDEND. Amount Declared So Far This Year Same Ab in 1000. New York (Special). At a meet ing of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey held here a dividend for the quarter of $6 a share was declar ed which makes the dividend declar ation so far this year $30 a share. The previous dividend was $9 a share. At thlB time in 1906 and in 1905 dividends of $6 a share were declared, the same as tills one, and the amount declared for 1907 to date Is the same as for the period .'n the past two years. In the full year 1906 the company paid 40 per cent.; In 1905 the same. Its highest re corded dividend rate was 4 8 per cent. In 1900 and 1901. Harrisburg, Pa. (Special). Both criminal and civil proceedings against all persons concerned In the fradu lent transactions In connection with the construction and furnishing of Pennsylvania's $13,000,000 capltol are recommended In the final report of the capltol Investigation commis sion Just made to Governor Stuart. Eighteen persons are named In the report sa being Involved In one wav ,i another In the Irregular 1 1 ansaclions, and the Attorney Gen eral, through the Governor, Is urged to act at once. The persons named and against whom either criminal or civil suits are recommended are John H. San derson, of Philadelphia, contractor for furnishings; Joseph M. Huston. Philadelphia, architect, and Stanford H. Lewis, his assistant; James M Shumaker. of Johnstown, former superintendent of the board of public grounds and buildings; W. P. Sny der and E. B, Hardenberg, former auditors general; W. L. Mathues and Frank O. Harris, former state treas urers; Congressman H. Burd Cassel, president of the Pennsylvania Con struction Company, which supplied the metallic casings and fourniture; George F. Payne, who built the capl tol, and his pnrtner, Charles G. Wet ter; Charles P. Kinsman. Wallls llolleau, John G. Neuderer and George K. Storm, who organized the Pennsylvania Bronze Company, which supplied the loaded lightning fixtures to Sanderson; Frank Irvine, an au ditor in the auditor's general office; George C. Town, bookkeeper under Shumaker, and the International Manufacturing and Supply Com pany, which bid against Sanderson for the capltol furnishing contract. A Supplemental Report. The nume of Governor Pennypack cr who by virtue of his office was a member of the board of public grounds and buildings which let the furnishing contracts, and those of former Governor Stone and his asso ciates, who made up the commission which constructed the capltol, are not mentioned in (he list of persons against whom the investigators re commend that action be taken. Senator A. G. Dewalt and Repre sentative R. Scott Ammerman, the Democratic members of the commis sion, presented a brief supplementary report In which they specifically name most of those already men tioned as criminally and civilly lia ble for the frauds against the state. They are In entire accord with the report of the Republican memben.. and presented their supplement as I further expression of their Individual views. The commission says that It was able to ascertain by testimony thnt goods costing $1,574,399 were sold to the state by Sanderson and the Pennsylvania Construction Company for $6,434,748, a profit of $4,860, 349. The report was presented to the Governor by Cliairman Fisher in the presence of the commission. After receiving It Governor Stuart issue ! a statement. In which he snld: To Compel Restitution. "I will transmit the report to the Attorney General for his action, and 1 can assure the people of Pennsyl vania that there will be a vigoron: prosecution of every person whom the evidence may show to have been guilty of any crimlnnl offense in connection with the construction and furnishing of the state capltol. "Wherever the evidence submit ted shows that there has been any money wrongfully or fraudulently tak en from the state treasury civil suits will be commenced to compel restitution." Living In A Treetop. Worcester, Mass. (Special). Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Felton have open ed a unique summer home In the topmost branches of a willow tree, 30 feet from the ground. The house consists of two rooms, one a sleep ing room and the other a sitting and dining room. The roof walls are entirely of duck, so that on par ticularly warm nights the roof can be drawn up. Both Mr. and Mrs. Felton are firm believers In fresh air treatment as a preventive of all Ills. Shot Dead By His Wife. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special). James A. Conley was shot and kill ed at 88 Commerce Street this af trnoon by Madeline Conley, his wife. The man came home at 2 o'clock and found the door of the bouse lucked He was ( limbing through a window when the woman shot him. Conley ran outside and fell dead. It Is said another man was the cause of the trouble. The woman was arrested. Sulphite-Cured Fruit Wholesome. Kansas City, .Mo. (Special). City Food Inspector Cutler has notified the natlounl government thnt his test of California and Kansas dried fruit cured with sulphite shows that the food when cooked g en tirely whiilesnmo and Kansas City v.i.1 accept the sulphite fruit. Cotton Mill Huruod. Montgomery, Ala. (Special). The Tuscaloosa Cotton Mills, at Cotton dale, Ala., were destroyed by Are Loss $300,000. Too Much Coal. lleudlng, Pa. (Special). It is re ported here that the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company will order its collieries on half time next week, and that they will work but three days a week for some time. The matter will be decided In a few days. The company haB aft unusual quantity of coal In its stor age yards for this season of the year. Another Yellow Fever Victim. Havana (Special). Private Ro land Shepherd, of the Hospital Corps of the American Army, died of yel low fever at In- military Hospital at Clenfuegoa. There has been an other case of tho fever amoug the Amerirun soldiers. Three new cases have been reported in the city ot Clonfuegos, whero conditions are serious. Octogenarians Marry. Lancaster, Pa. (Special). Amos S. Miller, aged 83 years, and Susan B McClay, aged 80, were married here. They walked to and from the home of the justice who married them, four miles. Each one was married three times before. Miller loBt two wives by deuth and one by divorce. Mrs. Millcr'B former hus hands are dead. Repudiated Hy Canada, Montreal, Canada (Special). The report that Capt. 8. C. Young, a Canadian, contemplated seizing Isle Royal and raising the British dag over the Island, apparently haB reaah ed the English colonial office. A cable message reached the Canadian Secretary of State from the Earl of Elgin, coloniul secretury. requesting a statement on the case. The re port that Captain Young had any designs against Isle Royal, or thui Canada In any way questions the title of the United States Dynamite Pak'tory Goes Up. Berlin (By Cable). A dynamite factory at Doemltz, Grand Dutchy of Mecklenburg - Schwerln, exploded. One life Is known to have been lost, eight persons are missing and are regarded ... killed, 20 persona were dangerously Injured and 60 were slightly hurt. In an address at the New York Chaulaugua Prof. Smuller Mathews, dean of the University of Chicago Divinity Sebool, claimed that capital Is In control of the church and In being used scs'i"- 1 Market Reports. New York. Bradstreet's says: Growing crops show further good progress toward harvest, and fall trade tends to expand at lending Western and Eastern jobbing cen tres. Cross currents are visible In different Industries. Thus, while finished cotton fabrics are in de mand and some marks, notably bleached goods, have been further advanced, there are reports of small er demand and lower prices for cot ton yarns. In woolen goods, while high-grade worsted and fine woolen fabrics sold well, other grades are slower of sale, nnd there Is talk of accumulation. In the leather trade there is more life than of late, and good quality leather and hides are on better sale, as are also high-class shoes. Low grades are slower ot sale, and Enstern shipments so far are 4 per cent, behind 1906. In Iron and steel the lack of new buy ing Is still notnble and prices tend! to ease, as the mills nd furnaces1 find deliveries easier to make. Wheat, Including flour exports, from the United States and Canada for the week aggregated 2.947.433 bushels, against 3,272,993 last week, 2,827,954 this week last year and 9,039.761 In 1901. For the first seven weeks of the fiscal year the exports the 18,911,193 bushels. against 14.928.225 In 1906-7 nnd 45.334,545 in 1901-2. Wholesale Markets. Baltimore. Wheat Demand for Southern wa3 Inactive and prices were easier. Some cargoes selected Bold at 88c. for special bin No. 2 red, 87', 4 for stock No. 2 red, 82 for special bin steamer No. 2 red, 804 for stock steamer No. 2 red,' 76 for special bin rejected, 73 j for stock rejected and 70 for re jected to go through the drier, and others were sold at a "half cent per bushel less all round, the market easing off as the day progressed. Bag lots sold at 67 to 83c. The mar ket for Western opened easier; spot and August, 86: No. 2 red Wes tern, 89; September, S7(fiS7. Corn Western opened firmer; spot and August, 59 c; September, 60. Trading was light, demand being of no moment, and prices soft ened, being c. lower at the mid day call. Sales 10,000 September, 60 c; car yellow (domestic), up town elevator. 64; car spot, 59. Oats We quote: White No. 2, 61 fa 61 'ic: No. 3, 59AU60; No, 4, 67 fa 58. Mixed No. 2, 58 58c; No. 3. 57f57; No. 4, 55 ft 56. Butter Creamery 25 25; Sep arator 24 25. Cheese Jobbing prices were: New, per lb., 14(14c. Eggs We quote, per dozen, loss off: Maryland. Pennsylvania and nearby flrBts, 20c.; Western firsts, 20; West Virginia firsts, 19; Southern firsts, 16 17. Guinea eggs, 8 10c. New York. Wheat No. 2 red, 90c, elevator; No. 2 red. 92, f. o. b., 92, f. o. b afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 104; No. 2 hard winter, 93. Corn No. 2, 62c, elevator, and 60, f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 white, 62; No. 2 yellow, 61. Oats Spot strong; mixed. 26 32 lbs., 58; natural white, 30 33 lbs., 60(3 61; clipped white, 36 40 lbs., 60 64. Poultry Alive steady; Western chlckenc, 15c; fowls, 15; turkeys, 11. Dressed irregular; Western broilers, 1720c; turkeys, 10Q 15; fowls, 12 14. Philadelphia. Wheat Spring steady, winter firm; contract grade c. higher; August, 87dj87c Com c. higher; August, 59 59c. Outr scarce; No. 2 white na tural, 00c. . Butter steady; extra creamery, 25 c; extra prints, 28. Eggs firm; Pennsylvania and other nearby flrstB (free cases), 21c. at mark; Pennsylvania and other near by current receipts (in returnable cases), 19 at mark; Western choice (free enses), 21; do., fair to good, 18 ti 19. Live poultry firm: fowls, 15c; old roosters, , 1 0 1 1 ; spring chickens, 17(5 18; ducks. Ilffil2. Dressed poultry steady; fresh-killed fowls, choice. 15c; do, fair to good, 14 14: nearby broilers, 2 2 Ij. 2 4 ; West ern do., 114 19- Western nearby Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle Market stow and dull; common to prime steers, $4.50 (it 7.60; cows, $3 5; heifers, $3 5.50; bulls, $35; calves, $3 4i8; Blockers and feeders, $2.50 5. Hogs Market 10c. lower; good to prime heavy, $6.10 (ft 6.30; me dium to good heavy, $6t 6.10; butch er weights, $6.206.50; good to prime mixed, $6(a6.15; light mixed, $6.25 6.35; packing, $5.50iT( 5.96; pigs, $5.50(jx 6.50; selected, $6.50 6.65. Sheep Market weak and lower; sheep, $3.806.25: yearlings, $5.75 (a 6.50; lambs. $5.75(7.25. Kansas City. Cattle Market stoady; feeders firm; choice export and dressed beef steers. $6.20 7.10; fair to good. $5.00 i 6.10 ; Western steers, $4.00416.00: stockers and feeders. $3.25 5.40; Southern steers, $3.00(i 4.60; Southern ' cows, $2.00(1(3.25; native cows and heif ers, $2,004(5.85; bulls, $2.40 3.65; calves, $3.00 6.00. ODDS AND ENDS. The gross earnings of the Tokio street railways are from $6,000 to $8,000 a day. India annually produces a rice crop of greutor. value than the American cotton crop. William il. Luffan, proprietor of . the New York Sun, is a famous col lector of china and ceramics. Wrestling is the popular sport In Persia. Great tournament are held to decide supremacies of districts. Mrs. W. E. H. Leccky, tho widow of the distinguished historian, is preparing a memoir of her husband. Germany's colonies are five times us big as herself, those ol France 18 times and Britain's 97 times bigger than herself. Rev. J. M. Greens" Presbyterian Church in Havana Is (he only church in that city built utter the American plan of architecture. a comical foot rur was recently witnessed In Paris Nineteen men, ouch with a wooden leg, were the contestants. The winner ran a mile lu 12 minutes
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