IRE UNABLE TO FILL
BIG ORDERS FOR COAL
leading Company Declines Large
Foreign Contract.
HOME DEMANDS ARE TOO GREAT.
The Shortage in All Grades of Coal De
clared to Re Increasing Daily -Scarci.
ty of Labor at the Mines One of the
Principal Causes - Western Railroads
Anxious.
The News
Philadelphia I Special). Because
of Us inability to All tbo order, the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company wag compelled to de
cline a contract for 100,000 tons of
mnthraclte, the order for which was
tendered by a representative of the
A-ttstro-Hungarlan Chamber of Com
merce. The proposed pnrchaser was
willing to pay the regular price for
facing the coal on board vc el
eACber here or In New York.
Another order for 200.000 tons of
Mtumlous coal wanted by the Italian
government is also being offered to
Che largest soft-coal operators of the
United Statea, with little prospect of
tta being taken because of the great
ttpmsH in delivering It to the Italian
destination designated. Other for
eign orders have been offered to
American operators with lack of suc-
The great demand for coal by for
eign governments Is attributed to I
the Increased amount of coal con-
sumed by their naval vessels, the .
number of which has grown rapidly j
within the last two years. All native I
coal being used for this purpose
and the supply Is not equal to the de
smmd. Added to this la the coal re
paired for other government Insti
tutions, as -well as for Industrial con
sumption. An officer of the Reading Company
explained that his company was com
pelled to decline all such orders be
eanse of the great demand for coal
among customers In this count:;- and
Because of the scarcity of labor at
the collieries. The same conditions
confronted every other anthracite
company, as well as all bituminous
operators, he -said. It was further
explained that the shortage of all
grade'.-, of con! i- in. r isly and
many Western railroads are now
much disturbed concerning their sup
plies for the coming winter.
Men who formerly worked In th:'
mines are seeking employment In less
dangerous lines of business. Many
nave abandoned mining as a means
Of livelihood and have turned to
fanning In Western States. For
eigners who formerly came to the
United States to tako up mining now
took employment In other fields of
labor.
EIGHT KURT IN AUTO CRASH
Carl Hanna, Grandson of Late Senator,
Was at the Wheel.
New York (Special). Eight per
sons were Injured when Carl H.
Hanna, IS years old. and a grandson
of the lato United States Senator
Mark Hanna, drove an automobile
carrying a party of seven and run
ning 40 miles an hour Into a slow
moving flsh wagon containing three
men, In Ocean Avenue. Sea Bright,
at 1 o'clock A. M. It ll said that
the automobile carried no headlight,
and the wagon, who was moving in
tho same direction, was not seen un
til it was within 20 feet. Cyril Car
mlchael, lit years old, son ol Thomas
Oarmichael. banker at 52 William
Street, Her York., was hurled 25
feet In the air. Two ribs were bro
ken and he was otherwise hurt.
Carl Hanna was pinned under the
tearing gear as'.tbe car struck a
ditch on the opposite side of the
road after It had described an arc and
turned a somersault from the force
Of the Impact. He was seriously
hurt. Miss L. Sergas' arm was
wrenched and her clothes were torn.
Her father was more seriously in
jured. Wallace Robertson, brother of
George iio'.iertson, who drove a ear
In the Vanderbilt cup race, sprained
his arms anil one wrist and was bad
ly cut and bruised.
Daniel Horner, a fish dealer of
Seabrtght, who was driving the
wagon, wa.; hurled many feet in the
air, and badly hurt. Willi.; Horner,
son of Daniel. v;u- thrown 30 feet
and landed in Bt Pi ;er's Churchyard
The machine was demolished.
Domestic
A boiler 911 the coal barge Pater
son, which usually plies between New
York and Boston, exploded at Lang's
Docks. In Hoboken, killing six men.
After three weeks' rest on a farm
under athletic treatment, the health
of Secretary of State Root has been
COO) plt 17 restored.
Spreading rails raused a wreck on
the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road, In which 1 person was killed
and 12 Injured.
.lohn F. Gaynor. the contractor,
convicted of complicity in the Savan
nah harbor frauds, is critically ill.
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha Railroad has been fined
120,000 for rebating.
Evander Mclver, a wealthy con
tractor, of Chicago, was found mur
dered In a basement.
The American ship John Currier
rau on an unchartered rock In th
Pacific.
Two persons were killed and three
Injured in a fight at a Kentucky
fair.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton,
chairman of the Inland Waterways
Commission, has announced the
plans for the coming inspection of
the organization.
Secretary Taft declares the Solid
South Is a ghost of 40 years ago, and
that the South should take a part in
the councils of the nation.
The forty-first annual conference
of the I'nlversal Peace Conference
was begun at Mystic, Ct.
The ministers of Coffeyvllle, Kan.,
have announced a union scale for
conducting funerals.
One man was killed and eight
were Injured in a railroad wreck at
Hagerstown, Ind.
Much damage has been done by
forest fires In the Adirondacks.
Severe frosts are reported through
out the Canadian Northwest.
Dr. Ellphalet Wright died at Pitts
field. Mass.
W. L. Seddon, director of works of
tho Jamestown Exposition, has re
signed, to take efTect at once. The
direction of works will be turned
over to W. M. Dixon, assistant to
Director Barr.
The suit to secure an accounting
of the property of Mts Mary Baker
(1. Eddy, instituted by relatives of
the leader of Christian Science, has
been withdrawn by the plaintiffs.
Ezra Meeker, who drove an ox
team across the continent, has been
told that he cunnot drive through
the streets of New York.
Street railway officials were ar
rested and fined in Los Angeles for
disobeying a city ordinance requir
ing fenders on street cars.
The condition of Secretary Taft's
mother is said to be hopeful. It Is
said that reports of her illness have
been exaggerated.
A crank who had a hundred tele
grams addressed to President Roose
velt or King Edward was arrested
in New York.
A runaway trolley car plunged
through tho walls of a tenement In
New Y'ork, creating a panic in the
building.
Burglars robbed the cottage of A.
Howard Hlnkel, of Cincinnati, of
$5,000 worth of Jewelry.
The Portland Trust and Savings
Bank of Portland, Ore., has closed
Its doors.
Former Justice Mcl.achlan. of
Cranesville. N. Y., a recluse, was
worth $100,000.
The McKlnley Monument at Can
ton, O., will be dedicated Septem
ber 30.
"WALTZ ME AROUND AGAIN, WILLIE."
f5
-Week's cleverest cartoon, by Macnuley, in the New York World.
Foreign.
Quelch, the English delegate, or
dered to leave Wurtenburg for re
ferring to The Hague Peace Confer
ence as a "thieves' supper," was giv
en a great sendoff by the Socialistic
Congress.
Fearing a general mutiny in the
navy ami army, tne itusstan govern
ment is making a thorough inspec
tion of all forts and ships.
The German authorities are close
ly watching Russia since receiving
'hi' news of the spread of cholera In Explosion Occurs in the House of a
EOR THE COURT
0E AROITARTION
Text ot the American Proposition
Completed.
GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN.
They Are in the Agreement With the
United States for Carrying Out
the Plan- The Court to Consist of
Seventeen Judges- Provision for a
Special Tribunal.
The Nation's Capilal
The Hague (By Cable). The text
of the American proposition for the
establishment of a permanent court
of arbitration has been completed,
In agreement with Germany and
Great Britain, and will come up for
discussion this week. it consists
of 26 articles. The first article
records the desire of the signatory
powers to organize an "international
high court of justice, easily acces
sible and free of charge, with judges
representing the various systems of
laws of the world, and capable of
insuring a continuation of arbitra
tion by Jurisprudence.''
The second provides that the
judges must be "Jurisconsults of
known competence in international
law, selected bo far as possible from
the members of the permanent court
of arbitration."
According to the third and fourth
articles the judges are appointable
for terms of 12 years, and will enjoy
diplomatic privileges and immunities
while exercising their functions.
Article five provides that the court
shall consist of 17 judges, 9 form
ing a quorum
can, If necessary, try cases elsewhere
than at The Hague.
Article eight says thnt the presi
dent of the court shall be elected
every three years by a mujorlty of
j the votes.
Article nine deals with the pay- j
' ment of the judges. The amounts
are not fixed, out the proposal con
templates a fixed yearly salary, be
sides special remuneration when en
gaged in Cases, and traveling ex
penses. Article 10 forbids Judges from re
ceiving remuneration from their own
or other governments for services
In connection with the high court.
Article 11 says that the court shall
sit at The Hague, except in cases
of force majeure and the special in
stances provided for by Article 7.
Article 14 states that the high
court Bhull sit one or twice yearly,
in July and January.
Article 18 provides that "each par
ty shall be entitled to have Its own
judge to participate In the trial of
cases submitted to the court. If a
special tribunal acts as a commis
sion of inquiry even a person not
connected with the court can par
ticipate In a trial."
Article 25 proposes the ratifica
tion of the convention at The Hague
as quickly as possible.
Article 26 proposes to establish
the duration of the convention, but
the term Is not yet fixed. Any sig
natory power is entitled to denounce
the convention by notifying the Dutch
government two years before the ex-1
piry of each period, but the conven- i
tion remains intact for the other
powers.
President Nelidoff has informally j
interview the presidents of tho com
mittees on the advisability of post-1
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Members of the Congressional Ap
propriations Committee will visit
Panama to consult with the canal
officials concerning the amount to be
appropriated for next yearte work.
Brigadier Genernl Allen, chief sig
nal officer, in his annual report urges
B considerable strengthening ot the
nrm of the service In his charge.
Congressman Sereno Payne, chair
man of the House Ways and Means
Committee, says there will be no re
vision of the tariff in the next Con
gress. The I'nlted States has recognized
the provisional government set up In
Honduras by Manuel Dovlla as presi
dent of the de facto government.
Cncle Sam's bill for maintaining
the American army of pacification In
Cuba during the last fiscal vear was
$2,554,970.
The American delegates to The
Hague Peace Conference will Insist
on their proposition regarding gen
eral arbitration.
I'nder the law the President is
authorized to grant the request of
the Isthmian Canal Commission for
permission to create a deficiency of
$8, 000, 000 during the current fiscal
year to meet the requirements of
the engineer department for an en
larged scale of operations.
The State Department will take a
vigorous stand in the case of Dr.
Hlrsch, who has been denied admit
tance to the Russian Empire.
It Is the belief in national politi
cal circles that Congress In its next
session will not enact any of the
radical measures proposed by Presi
dent Roosevelt because that body In
a presidential election year never
does anything except pass the ap
propriation Kills.
General Grcely In his annual re
port gives Interesting information
as to the attitude of large firms and
corporations toward employes who
are members of the state mllltln.
The hid of the Maryland Dredging
and Constructing Company for dredg
ing the Potomac and Anacostla Riv
ers near Washington has been ac
cepted. President Gompers says the fed
eration will bring n counter suit
against the National Manufacturers'
Association, charging conspiracy.
Postmaster McElroy, of the Na
tional House of Representatives, Is
dead at the age of 75.
Reduction of 1 Per Cent, on Pre-
(erred Stock.
PRESIDENT FINLEY EXPLAINS IT.
Says Directors Considered That Under
Existing Conditions of High Prices of
Suppliesand I ahnr, of Increasing! ax
esand Legislative Redaction of Revenue-.
It Was Deemed Prudent.
New Y'ork (Special). The direc
tors of the Southern Railway Com
pany cut the semiannual dividend on
the preferred stock of the company
from 2 H to 1 V4 per cent.
President Finley made the follow
ing announcement:
"At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Southern Railway
Company the income account and re
sults of operations for the fiscal year
enej'ed June 30, last, were considered.
A tllvicb nd of 1 Vs per cent, was de
clared on the preferred stock out of
COMMERCIAL COLOAM "
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reoorts.
New York. R. O. Dun ft Co.'s
weekly review of trndo says:
Jobbing markets nrc well attended
by interior buyers and country mer
chants, who operate with great free
dom considering the financial strin
gency, which has compelled the post
ponement of much contemplated
structural work. Yet many Western
and Southern jltles report building
operations in excess of last year's,
and ns the harvests progress there
is more disposition to lnereass pre
parations for future needs. Retail
stocks have been depleted by the
customary bargain sales, and pre
parations for fall and winter trade
Indicate confidence In continued ac
tivity. At most domestic points there
Is no complaint regarding collections,
btit reports from Canada indicate
many requests for renewals. Lead
ing Industrial plants are well occu
pied, many mills having output sold
far Into 1908.
inquiry for pig iron has Improved,
chiefly for small lots and prompt de-
t. rt v lHh Zo ; i 1,very. Consumers of Bessemer Iron
tal dividend distributed of 4 percent. . . . ,,,, ,., , ,,,
for the year. Fcr this purpose there
was appropriated a portion of the i
lurplnl Income carried forward from i
the year ended June BO, 190(1. after
payment of dividends for that year.
"In taking this action the dlrec- '
tors were influenced by the consider- I
atloti that the income account for
the year reflects such abnormal and
extraordinary conditions as may not
reasonably be expected to recur. At
the same time the directors consid
ered that under existing conditions I
of high prices of supplies, material I
and labor, of Increasing takes, and I
legislative reduction of revenues. II
Was the part of conservative pru
dence to limit the distribution of the
profits of the company, at least un
til the permanent effects of such con
ditions can be fairly measured."
As a result, of the announcement
Southern prelerred sold off from 5'.'
to 53, where it closed on sale" of
1,000 shares. The common stock
held fairly strong, declining three
quarters of a point, to 15.
The reduction of the dividend to
this basis Is assumed to have been
made on the advice ol J. P. Morgan.
who got back from Europe on Wed- j
uesday,
The Income amount for tho year I
ended June 30, 1907, gives the fol I
lowing figures: Gross earnings, $50
057,994, an increase over last yea 58 ; No. 4, 56 067
being notably urgent for quick ship
ment. But scarcely any can be had
earlier than October. In most sec
tions of the Iron and steel Industry
conditions are normally more quiet
nt thin time than any other month of
the year, and the moderate decrease
In new business of late has received
more attention than the circum
stances Warranted 'because of the
phenomenally active period preced
ing. Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore. -Wheat Southern in
good demand and firmer. Cargoes
on grade sold at 91 'fcc. for speclul
bin No. 2 red, 91 for stock No. 2
red, 86'4 for special bin steamer No
2 red, 84 V4 for stock steamer No.
2 red. Western closed lower; spot
and August, 91 (& 9 1 4c.; No. 2 red
Western, 93 14; September, 91
91 .
Corn -Spot and August, 81440..!
September, 62A; year, 6714. The.
market was neglected and prices
eased off, being 4c. lower at mid
day, except year, which was fraction
ally firmer. Sales 5.000 year, 58c.
Oats We quote old crop oats:
White No. 2, 8HO; tyfc 3
(heavy). 81081 til No. : (light),
MttffOO; No. 4. 580 68H. Mixed
No. 2, BVOfiffta.! No. 3, 58'
ponlng the discussion of tho propos
ed permanent court of arbitration
Until the meeting of the neict con- i
Anicie seven proviaes mat me ference, recommending the powers
high court yearly shall appoint three I In the meanwhile st.idv the n,,oc.
judges, with three substitutes, con- tion. No decision In the matter hns i
suiuuug a special trnmnai, wmcn I yet been arrived at
A PLOT 10 BLOW
UP KING CARLOS
Bomb Explosion Brings to Light a
Conspiracy.
THIRTY POLITICIANS ARE ARRESTED.
DEATH FROM CAT'S BTTK.
Mi- Rachel D. Barry leffers Prom
Hydrophobia,
Long Branch. N, .1 i Special).
Mrs Rachel D. Barry, widow of
Amos C. Parry, who was bitten
By a cat seven week- ago at her
Batontonn boulevard home, died a
Tictini of hydrophobia. She was dy
ing for eight bonis.
Her spasms were so severe that she
had to be strappt d In bed. Mrs. Bar
ry was 46 years old and the daugh
ter of the late John Cullom. of Ox
ford, Pa. She leaves five childi
a daughter and four sons.
Pun. no i t 'unul I- unci Short.
Panama (By Cable!.- Lack of
funds Is chocking canal work. Four
thousand men have been laid off on
the new Hue of the Panama itallroad,
and it is stated thnt the department
of municipal engineering has he-en
ordered to lay off 1,080 more. A re
duction In the clerical force Is also
looked for The excavation for Au
gust will show big Increase over July.
Can Pieservo Ice.
Rhlnelander, Wis. (Special). J.
II. Darrow, connected with the paper
that, country.
King Charles of Koumaniu granted
amnesty to all who were Implicated
In the recent agrarian revolt.
General Caffarel, who was Involv
ed In the French decoration contract
scandals, is dead in Paris.
The bandit chief Kalsuli has de
feated the large force sent against
him by the Sultan of Morocco.
Negotiations are in progress for
an extradition treaty between the
I'nited States and Spain.
Frances von Bredow, daughter of
Senator Nowlands, of Nevada, died
in Berlin. She was the wife of Lieu
tenant von Bredow, formerly an at
tache of the German Embassy at
Washington.
A woman delegate from India
caused a sensation in the Interna
tional Socialist Congress at Stuttgart
by a fiery speech, in which she pir-
! tured the distress in her country.
j Mutiny is spreading among the
Czar's Siberian troops, and in a
fight between the mutineers and
I nuA-un.Ann 10 . i. r ......
n i niiai n i ue i iitr iui iiici ri :
killed and 35 wounded.
Twenty-seven persons were killed
and nearly 50 injured in an encount
er between peasants and Hungarian
soldiers In Herzegovlnla.
A rate war has broken out be
tween the Cunard and the Germoji
lines involving cabin passages be
tween Hamburg and New York.
A British shipbuilding firm has
been awarded a contract, supposedly
by Russia, for several battleships,
cruisers and gunboats.
During the last year Russian fron
tier guards made 11,600 arrests,
seizing altogether $65,000 worth of
smuggled goods.
I MUlai tiang, wno was proclaimed
mills here, says he has discovered i sultan of Morocco, Is marching upon
la a waste product of the mills a I Casablanca with 15.000 tribesmen
preparation which will preserve ice
, Indefinitely The compound. It is
said, can be manufactured at a cost
of 47 cents for 1.000 gallons. House
keepers, with this preparation in
hand, sen buy a cake of Ice, coat it
and have no need to trouble the ice
men again all summer.
Htolen Mail Pouches.
Chicago (Special). Postofllee In
spector Kimball declared, after In
vestigating the recent theft of two
mall pouches on a Chicago. Burling
ton and Quiucy train, that the stolen
poaches contained matter sent to
points east of Chicago. lie said
that if $250,000 had been ien it
asust have been currency sent from
the Denver banks to New York. The
Inspector doubted that such an
amount had been taken.
A converted Jew who shouted for
the new sultan during prayers in the
grand mosque was terribly beaten.
A plot to assassinate King Carlos
and Premie-r Franco of Portugal was
discovered by the premature explo
sion of a bomb in the house of a
student suspected ot being a leader
of the conspiracy.
Cholera has broken out among
the natives In Shanghai and several
Europeans have succumbed to the
disease.
Some 30 Oermans are reported
killed and many wnuuded In a fight
with the Hottentots, In which the
Herman were defeated.
The i'nited States Immigration
CoiiiiiiisKloners found 30 per ti nt, of
the population or Syria uffllcled with
Egyptian eye disease.
The situation In Morocco Is becom
ing more serious, the entire country
being aroused by the fanatical move
ment for a holy war.
Medical Student, Who Is Suspected
of Being the Leader of the Con
spiracyTwo Persons Killed and
Two Fatally Injured.
Lisbon, Portugal (By Cable). An
extensive plot to assassinate King
Carlos and Premier Franco was dis
covered through the explosion of a
bomb in the tenement district of
the city Two persons were killed
and two fatally injured by the ex
plosion. The affair has caused iu
teenso excitement.
As a result of the police discoveries
80 Republicans have been arrested.
They were taken secretly aboard the
cruiser Adamastor in the Tagus
River, where they ire now confined.
Jose Bettencourt, a medical stu
dent, is declared by the police to have
been the leader of the conspiracy.
It was In his room that the explos
ion occurred and he was making
bombs at the time.
The 30 prisoners will be given a
secret trial, and it is predicted all
will be exiled to Timour.
THE FRENCH MOW
DOWN THE MOORS
An Advance Turned Into a Hasty
Flight
GERMANY WATCHINgTtHE FRENCH.
When a Heavy Fog, Under Which the
Moors Were Moving; Upon Casa
blanca, Suddenly Lifts the French
Batteries Ashore and Afloat Pour
Into Them a Deadly Fire.
Purls (By Cable). Vice Admiral
Phillhert, commanding the French j
naval forces off Casablanca, tele- I
graphs that while the Moors were
advancing on the French Camp, near
Casablanca, under the cover of a
fog, the fog lifted and permitted
the French batteries ashore and
afloat to shell the Moors with deadlv
effect.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon Gen
eral Drude had moved forward his
field guns to a ridge, situated about
four miles from the camp, whence
he shelled the Moors, who were then
in full (light eastward.
Admiral Phlllbert reported that
the situation elsewhere was practi
cally unchanged.
The report that Mulal Hafig.
brother of the Sultan, hud been pro
claimed sultan Is confirmed.
Associated Fraternity.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Speclul). -The As
sociated Fraternities ot Amerlcu
elected officers, as follows: T. B.
Hanley. Des Moines, president; W.
E. Futch Cleveland, vice president;
and 0, H. Robinson, Washington, D.
C, secretary and treasurer und man
ager of the publicity bureau.
s t ,01111.0110 Diamond For Mug.
Pretoria, Transvaal (By Cable).
In accordance with the resolution in
troduced by Premier Botha the
Transvaal Assembly, by 42 to 19
voles, authorized the Government to
purchase the Culllnan diamond, (he
largest In the world, and valued ut
$1,000,000. This great gem will be
presented to King Edward in token
of the loyalty and appreciation of
the people of (he Transvaal for the
bestowal of a constitution on the
colony.
The
Htliinilz mil Out.
San Francisco (Special)
State Supreme Court rendered a de
cision In the McKlnney salary case,
sustaining the legality or the remov
al of Mayor Schinltz and the appoint
ment of Mayor Taylor.
I .. -1 Isluiicl Found g.nu.
Honolulu. The Island of Lay
bun has not disappeared, as report
ed recently by the captain of the
schooner Olsen. The Island was
visited August lb by the U. 8. tug
Iroquois, en route here from Guam.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
Atchison has placed orders for 23,
000 tons of steel rails.
There was an advance In nearly
ull foreign government bonds.
"Ltttie Investors, but no big ones,
are buying stock," said a leading in
vestment banker.
Philadelphia & West Chester Trac
tion Company will begin hauling
light freight and express packages
next month.
It Is estimated that the four big
electric manufacturing compunles
will in 1007 earn $197,000,000. a
gain of $111.1100,000 over last yer.
Of this amount General Electric la
credited with $7,000,000.
Morgan's home coining was not
celebrated with any fireworks in the
stock market, There Is much c urios
ity, however, as to what he will do
now after his long tbsence from the
United Statea.
'Very little is heard these, daya of
the formerly predicted retirement of
President Corey, of Unite (I Stater.
Steel.
For the Hist seven monihs of this
year the Pan Handle.- operating
revenue increased $2,0ss,s93 and
the net Income increased $4 17,21)2.
The six gieat Pacific railroads
Atchison, Southern, Union. Northern.
Canadian and the Great Northern
earned gross the last fiscal Ma.'
$492,000,000. The Pennsylvania
alone will have earued in Its cm -rent
fiscal year about $31 o,000,00S.
That gives an Idea of lis relative big-MM,
NECK BROKEN BY DENTIST.
Man Walks To Hospital After T00G1
Is Pulled And Dies Week Later.
Chicago (Special). George Davis,
thirty-eight years of age, died in the
county hospital of what was diag
nosed by the physicians as a broken
neck.
Davis came to the hospital about
one week ago complaining of a pain
in his neck. His right arm was par
alyzed, and the day following his ar
rival he was attneked with severe
pains in the spinal column. He told
the physicians at the hospital thnt
he had gone to a dentist to have a
tooth extracted. The tooth was diffi
cult to extract, and Davis said that
the dentist had jerked him severely
It Is believed by the physicians
thnt tho dentist dislocated a part of
the spinal column lu the neck by his
Jerk.
Mnn Killed By Bear.
Ogden, Utah (Special). Word
reached Ogden that James Chapman,
g passenger engineer on the Union
Pacific Railroad, was killed by a
bear near Evanston. Wyo.. his home.
fhumiixn was with n ntirlv ftf ri-lno
eamnitts out. He wnnciei-e,! im I
from the camp. His dead body was
found In a thicket. His face and
neck lincl been clawed by the bear,
and-death had resulted from the sev
ering of an artery In the neck.
Nohe I Prize For KIpllUg,
Stockholm (By Cable).- The Tid
ningen says It has good authority
for stating that Samuel L. Clemens
1 Mark Twain I having been suggested
and rejected. Rudyard Kipling has
been designated as the winner of the ;
Nobel literary Prize this year.
Loudon. Mr. Kipling wos asked
to confirm or deny the story from !
Stockholm. He replied ihat he had 1
not been notified of the award.
Boat Upsets; Four Drown.
Sacramento, Cal. (Special). Thrco
persons were drowned here when a 1
duckboat capsized 111 the Sacramenio I
River. A fourth victim was added
to the list when Manuel (ireggi was
pulled beneath the water by two
women after he had plunged to res
cue the three persons whoso boat
had overturned.
Three l'all 8,000 Feet.
Berne, Switzerland (By Cable),--The
'fate of three German tourists,
who had been missing on the Jung
Frau since last Thursday, was clear
ed up, when guides discovered their
dead bodies on a glacier below
Rotthl-Suttal. They had fallen a
distance of 2,000 feet.
Islands Shaken lly lOai'tliiju like.
St. Thomas, D. W. 1. (Special). -A
sharp earthquuke was felt on tbo
Ulaudv of Guadeloupe and Dominica.
Several strong shocks have been re
ported from the Island of St. Lucia
this week.
Japanese Sketch Porta,
, Atlanta, Ga. (Special). Two Jap
anese were discovered, It Is said, in
the rear of Fort McPherson taking
views and ske' cites of the buildings
snd grounds. A former enlisted
man. uhu said ho observed the Jap
anese, after talking with them, told
the story of the occurrence to the
officers of (he Department of the
Oulf. Tho officers of the department
say no action will bo taken unless
other discoveries arc made.
Make Haul At Bur Harbor.
Bar Harbor, Me. (Special) Burg
lars got into (he cottngo of A. How
Hid Hinkle, of Cincinnati, here, while
the family "us at dinner, and si
cured Jewelry valued at ISOOu
or $.(,01 6, Daft ; operating expense .
44,(199,282, an increase of $4,92(1,
1 4:i : nt oarnios, lt1.B58.71I, n
decrease of $1,909,587; total income,
$1 3.7.87,993, a decreasa of $i,fic,9.
4.18; balance applicable for dividend
after payment of fixed charges. $2 -290,321,
B decrease of $2. 938, 744.
BIG FLEET SAILS IN DECEMBER
Plans Of The Cruise To The Pacific
Determined,
Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special). The?
Atlantic battleship fleet will start for
the Pacific next December, according
to an official statement issued by Sec
retary Loeb at the direction of Presi
dent Roosevelt. The statement wa.e
made following a conference between
the President and representatives of
the Navy Department. It follows-
"A conference between President.
Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Newberry, Rear Admiral
Brownson, chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, and Rear Admiral Evan.;
commander of the Atlantic, fleet, wa
held to decide some of the details in
connection with the lleets going lo
the Pacific. The fleet will consist of
1G battleships und will start some
time in December, going through the
Straits of Magellan and up to Bin
Francisco, and will probably also
visit Pugent Sound. The question
of the route by which It will return
has not yet been decided. The de
stroyer fleet will leave for the Pa
cific about the same time as the bat
tleship fleet, but will not accompany
it."
HOUSES BLOWN DOWN.
Beveral Porsons Injured Around
Johnstown, Pa.
Johnstown, Pa. 1 Special). A
storm that approached the dlmer
sloni of a cyclone did great damage
In Somerset. County.
One woman sustained seriOttl In
juries, and In the vicinity of Bbsweil.
near here, n path ."00 yards wide
and a mile long v.us swept by a terrific-
Wind. Houses and barns we:e
destroysdsond growing crops levele d.
. Mrs, Dnvld Peterson vu3 probably
fatally Injured when her home WM
blown down.
The tracks of the Pittsburg, West
moreland and Somerset Railroad
were wushed away In a number of
places, tying UP the road.
KILLED BY TRN.Wi 'K WIPE,
He Fired Al Her First, Hut Her Aim
Was Truer.
Mount Sterling. Kj . (8peclal).
Alcln Thomas, 70 years old. a farm
er, was shot and killed by Mrs. Katie
Brumot, the 20-year-old, wife of Abe
Brumet. another fuiiner.
Butte r - Separator, 2.". ft 2a ;
Imitation. 20 cjt 21.
Cheese Jobbing prices are: New,
per lb., 144 Q 14 c.
Eggs Market firm under steady
demand and moderate receipts ot
choice fresh-gathered stock. We
quote, per dozen, loss off; Maryland,
Pennsylvania and nearby, firsts, 20c;
Western, firsts. 20; West Virginia,
firsts, 19; Southern, firsts, 17 18;
guinea eggs, 9 10.
New York. - Wheat Spot market
easy; No. 2 red, 95 14c, elevator;
No. 2 red, 9r. f. o. b., afloat; No.
1 Northern Duluth, 109 Hi
afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 97, f.
o. bt, afloat.
Corn -Spot eaB.v; No. 2, !4c. ele
vatOT, and 634, f. o. b., afloat; No.
2 white. 65, and No. 2 yellow,
06 V4, f. o. b., afloat. Option market
was without transactions, closing
(a C. net lower. September closed
65c; December closed 04; May clos
ed 63.
Oats- Spot strong; mixed, 26
32 lbs., 62c: natural white, 30
35 lbs., 66(?t67: clipped white, 36
40 lbs., 66 Ms 0 !
Butter firm, unchanged; receipts,
6,940 pkgs. Cheese firm; receipts,
2,982 boxes; state, full c renin, small,
colored and white, fine, 12c; do.,
good, 12'4 eei 12; do., ordinary, 11
12; do., large, "colored, fine, 12;
do., white, 12; do., ordinary to
good,- 11K12; skims, 10rnl0.
Eggs firm; re eipts. 7,383 cases;
Western flrstF, lSQSOc; seconds,
1 7 Vi f 1 8 V
Philadelphia. Wheal unchanged;
contract grade. August, 9()(ft90,4c
Corn firm; August, SOVsOOlC. Oats
lc higher; No. 2 white, natural, 63
068140.
Butter firm: extra Western cream
ery, I6tyc.; extra nearby prints, 28.
Eggs firm; Pennsylvania and oth
er nearby firsts, free esses, 21c, at
mark; do., current receipts, natural,
returnable cases, 20, at mark.
Live poultry steady; fowls, 140
1 4 Mi ; spring chickens, 15 17;
ducks, 11043,
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cattle Common to
nrlme steers. $4.2007.60; cows.
$;(.20i! 4.60; heifers. $3i( 5.35; bulls,
12,60 0 6; calves, $307.60; stoekeiu
and feeders. $2.50 5.
Hogs -Market steudy to 5c lower;
c hoice heavy shipping. $5.30 5.90;
light butchers', $5.9 5 (a 6. 1 0 ; light
mixed, $5.85 (i 6.05 ; choice light,
16.1006.20; packing. $5.15f( 5.76;
pigs. K. 6006,16! bulk of sales,
$6.60 Q 5.90.
S h e e p Market steady; sheep,
$3.80(ii 6.66; yearlings, $5.75 ifi 6.85;
lambs, $6 7.50.
Kansas City. C a 1 1 1 e -Market
steady. Native steers, $541 7.10;
Brumet was a tenant of Thomae g SouUlel.u Hteel.a. $3.2504.66; South
ond they had a disagreement. While 1 ,ra ,.OWH, uu 8.s5; imUve cows and
Hi unlet was away from home, Thon
as shot nt Mrs. Brumet three times.
heifers, $2. 25 lit 6; stockers and feed-
11 s t mi i.'iii . skins an-
.me bullet crazing her head See rot 1 ' $4 g 50 . Westem steers'.
1 revolver and fired at Thomas five
times, one bullet piercing the brain.
The young woman l-i about to be
come a mother nnd is in a critical
condition. Thomas leaves a family.
Mrs. Brumot la highly respected.
.lap Prime German FuotgiiimL '
Berlin (By Cable), Prince Kl-1
utyosbl Ki.nl, of Japan, has been ad-'
mltted to serve la the Second Hegl- j
ment of the German Imperial Foot-1
guards.
Gasoline Kills Three.
Warsaw, lud. (Bpeciuli. In a I
gasoline stovo explosion Charles
Webster and wife und their two-year-old
child wen- burned to death I
at. tholr home near Warsaw. Mrs.
Webster lighted the fire. then, the 1
tank exploded. The liquid wss
thrown over her and the child. As !
Webster iried to rescue tnein his 1
clothes caught fire and he was over- I
come. The throo charred bodies
were found in the debris.
Cholera Spreading In Russia.
Berlin (Dy Cable). The Prussian 1
authorities aro wv.tchlng with con- I
slderablo concern the news Indicat- I
lug that epoloia ij spreading in Rut
sia. Tho litest report Hint (lis
I hus appearod on a confluent
$4 5.80; Western cows. $2.50 4.
Hogs Market steady to weak.
Bulk of sales, $5.75 5. 90; heavy,
$5.65i5.80; packers. $5.705.95;
pigs and light, $5.85
ODDS AND ENDS.
The date for the dedication or the
Me-Km hv Monument, at Buffalo, N.
Y., hat- been fixed for September 5.
Germany needs 1,000,000 horses
for her army on a war basis. This
Is more than any oilier nation of (he
world.
The African possessions of tre
French government amount to 3,
805.000 square miles, and those of
Great Britain 2.714,000, Including
Egypt.
George H. Worthlngteiii, of Cleve
land, O., has a stamp collection that
experts estimate is worth $300,000.
It Is estlmaleel that tho gfeg 0l
land In Koreu which can profitably
be put under'cottou Is capable of
producing about 13U.000.000 po inds
of ginned cotton annually.
The lack of railroad transput alio!
has been the main cause of koopinc
Ihe btate of HinaloH from taking her
ot the inula Inteiiulllos the feeliug
01 an.-.ui- nere. ;inci uie auiii n nies iu,.ltl,, ,. f i,.,ii
have oicle -d a ,tr., t snnl aiy Inspec- I largest slates of Mexico. ,1 l aving
tlgnj Of al vessels and rafts nterl 35.000 square miles ut splendid
Prmu-la.i ; end wry by lheVlutula, 1 farming land and thousands of ri-h
S.u.ed boars' evidently made hst ""developed mines,
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