UN ANARCHIST PLOT TO BLOW UP OUR FLEET Conspiracy Discovered in Rio De Janoiro, Brazil. EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TAKEN. Ckief of Police of Rio Janeiro Says Iden tity of the Conspirators Had Been In dicated in Information Received From France and Germany Plot Said to Have Been Organized by Jean Fedher. Rio Jnnoiro (By Cable). Tho Brazilian police havr discovered nn anarchistic riot here having aa Its object the destruction of part of an American fleet now lying In the har bor. The conspiracy, while centering In Rio Janeiro nnd Petropolls, had rarrlflcattoes in Sao Paulo and Minns Q reaps. An individual named Jean Fedher, who resided In Petropolls. was the chief conspirator here, although It Is understood that foreign anarchists arc deeply Involved In the plot. Fed her Is believed to have fled to Sao Paulo and the police, who know him. have been sent to that place for the purpose of apprehending him. One of the detectives, who was well acquainted with Fedher. having ervod on the police force at Petro polls for sometime, returned from that place today, alter having made Investigations there and had a long conference with the chief of police at Rio Janeiro. The latter guve It to be understood later that the Sao Paulo police are on the track of the arch-conspirator and expect to arrest htm soon. In an official note the chief of po lice says: "Sometime before the arrival of the American fleet at Rio Janeiro, the Brazilian government received from Washington an! Pari! advices that anarchist? of different Mstlonalltlos Intended to damage one or several of the sh'.pj of th'. American fleet. The nameri and nddiesscs of the con spirators were Indicated by Informa tion which the poMeo here had re ceived pMVtonsly from France and Germany. The police of this district are worklnr with the police of Sao Paulo and Minns Ccrnet nnd I am sure every pr-r.nution will he exer cised and the most rigorous vlellanre observed both .m land and at sen to prevent any Injury being done." Assurance Of Safety. The chief of police, after having made this official statement, said that he did not feel he should go Into any further details with regr.rd to the conspiracy, but he authorized the statement that the plot was organized ; by Fedher, and he added that the j people of the United States could rest easy as all of the conspirators I had taken refuge In the Interior. Eviini' Stntement. Rear Admiral Evans this evening said: "I have learned from Brasillan police authorities, unofficially, that certain suspected annrchlsts proposed to make some demonstration, not necessarily agates! the American Beet, Kor fear of accident, more than In tent, the necessary precautions were taken aboard the vessels to pre n tit trouble or damage, such as would have been taken In fact, have been taken ninny times In our own portp to meet Jurt s.ich threats. Similar precautions always will be taken as long as the present conditions of ef ficiency In the Navy exist a part of the routine of our profession, and nothing more. The nrnzlllan govern ment has manng' d t ii-- Mttire matter admirably and has promptly taken every precaution to preserve the sanctity of the port of Rio de Janeiro. Among all the names men tioned not ono Is Japanese," PIPE SMOKERS MMEItOlS. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH They Consume More Tim Half Of Country's Crop Of Tobacco. New York (Special). Pipe smok ers consume more than half of ull the tobacco grown in the United States, according to a statement made bjr Vice President Harris, of the American Tobacco Company, while testifying in the Government suit against the company. Mr. Harris said the American Tobacco Company nev r has attempted to obtain a foot hold In the plug tobacco trade in Canada, as the Interests now In con trol of that market appear to be too solidly entrenched. Domestic E. H. Harrlman was directed. In a decision given by Judge Hough In the United States Circuit Court of New York, to answer all questions propounded to him by the Interstate Commerce Commission, except those relating to the purchase of Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific Railroad stock In connection with the divi dend 9f August, 1906. Judge Hough also directed Otto H. Kshn, of Kulin. Loeb St Co., to answer all questions asked him by the Interstate Com merce Commission. One of the two thousand strange letters received by Mrs. Evelyn Thaw since Harry K. Thaw's trial began, which was made public, contained an offer from nn Ohio man to substitute himself for Thaw and, If necessary, be executed. The writer imposed tho consideration that his family he paid $::. "'" as soon us the proposed substitution Is complete. His lettor covered 600 pages. The bodies of the five young per sons who were drowned while skat ing on the .Ilmtown Reservoir, near Counellsvllle, Pa., were recovered In 12 feet of water. In a pistol duel Wllllnm Fenker hauser was klllod in Chicago by De tective Michael Kern. Fenkerhauser attempted to rob two men. Oovernor Hughes appealed to n large gathering of New York farmers for support of his effort to abolish racetrack gambling. The funeral of Samuel J. Ran dall, author of "Maryland. My Mary land," took place at Augusta. Ga. Announcement is made that there will be no reduction In the price of diamonds. While miners were drilling In a missed hole" charged with dynamite at the Winona Mine, at Hancock, Mich., an explosion occurred killing Henry LuckOB.SH and John Koski. Several sailors of the cruiser 8t. Louis have died at Vallejo, Cal., from drinking wood alcohol, and two oth ers are blind from the same cause. Evelyn Thaw's testimony during the trial of her husband was fairly torn Into shreds by the repeated ob jections of District Attorney Jerome. Gov. James K. Vardsman. of Mis sissippi, announced that he would re enter the Held of Journalism after his term as governor expires. Two girls were killed and seven Injured during a Are In the building occupied by the Imperial Underwear Factory in Scranton. Daniel C. Stover, millionaire man ufacturer of stoves, windmills and farm machinery, died at his home in Freeport. 111. Evidence of n plot to wreck the Franklin Building In Cincinnati were discovered by a clerk. Following the refusal of the Cun ard Company to come to terms, the International Mercantile Marine Com pany again cut Its eastbound steer age rates on vessels of the White Star and American Lines, making a total reduction In this class of $11.25 since the rate war began. Frantic from pain because of an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, Mrs. Loulti McClure, a bride of a year and a mother of two months, ap parently drowned herself in the bath tub of her home in Now York. Two Indictments, charging that William If. Montgomery, while presi dent of the Hnmllton Rank, misused the funds of that Institution, were returned by the grand Jurv of New York. Evidence wns presened at the Thaw trial to show irrational conduct on the part of the prisoner and Che death of two relatives in insane asy lums. A new type of gas electric car, a substitute for locomotives, was tried In New York, developing a speed of CO miles an hour. The British ship King George has arrived at New York from Hongkong after a fast passage of 107 days. The Michigan Central Railway Is laying off as muny employes as bus iness will permit. Oakloigh Thorne has been re elected prosident of the Trust Com pany of America. Henry O. Havemeyer left an es tate in excess of $10,000,000 . THREE PERSONS KILLED UNO MANY HURT Factory Firo Causes Panic Among Jilris. ONE G!RL BROKE HER NECK. One of the Victims Wss Caught in the Burning Building, While the Others Jumped From a Fire Escape The Injured Leaped to the Ground After Having Been Badly Burned. Scranton, Pa. 8peclal). Three girls were killed, 10 seriously Injured and a score or more slightly hurt at a fire In the Imperial Knitting Com pany's Mill, in Dlx Court, in the cen tral part of the city. The dead are: Marie Buckley, aged 19 years, neck broken by jumping from third-story window. Catharine Griffith, aged 20 years, skull fractured by Jumping from win dow; died in hospital. Jennie Rntrhford, aged 22 years, both arms and legs brolten and In ternally injured by Jumping from window; died in hospital. Eighty-five girls were at work on the third floor when a fire broke out on the ground floor, where were men varnishing furniture. It quickly as cended the elevator shaft and drove the girls pnnlr-strlcken to the win dow opening on the Are oErnpe. The girls on the upper part of the fire escape crowded those In front. With the (lames enveloping them half of them Jumped from the third floor be fore the firemen arrived. There was only one exit, a narrow hallway besides the fire escape, and this hallway was cut off by the Are and smoke. Tho fact that many of the girls fainted further blocked the narrow Are escape and added to the difficulty of rescue. Some of the In jured girls deny that they Jumped, alleging thnt they were pushed over the rnlllng by other girls. The whole Interior of the building was eaten out by the flames, caus ing a loss of $75,000 most of which falls on tho underwear company. Tho most seriously injured are Knthryn Manosky, aged 18 years; Anna Ryan, aged 22 years; Florence Watros, aged 19 years and Ernestlno Kohn. These girls Jumped from the third floor and received Internal in juries and broken limbs. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH I SHOT FIRED AT EDITOR, Foreign HOTEL IlLOWN UP, Night Clark Killed. Several Injured Anil Much Dnni.ige ( ihim cI. Joplln, Mo. (Special). An explo sion of natural gas In tfie basement of the big Olivia Apartment Hotel here killed Marvin Reynold.-, aged 20, night clerk; seriously Injured several Other persons and caused $S000 dam ages' to property. A suit of five rooms occupied by John E. St'-venu. a wealthy mine owner, and his wife, was BOmplstsly Wrecked and both occupants w : rerely injured Mrs. Slovens will die. Aged Couple Die Together. Providence, R. I. (Special ) .-After having passed the greater part of their lives quietly und uneventfully in an old farmhouse here, Jonathan King and his wife. Abide, died togeth er. The wife passed away at 8.40 o'clock and a few minutes later the husband died. In both cases death was due to old age. Mr. King wa (4 years old and his wife SS. Exodus Of Immigrants. New York (Special). The rush of emigrants to return to Europe keeps up, and tho figures (or January will show an enormous Increase over the same month last year. Already in 17 days 30,056 steerage passengers ' have left New York, as ugalnst 9,476 last year. During the same period this year only 7,138 steerufe passen gers have arrived at this port. The increase In eastbound steerage tavcl so far this month Is 210 per cent., and tho outwurd flow Is greater by 10 per cent, than the Incoming. Three Boys Drowned. Newark, N. J. (Special). Three boys were drowned und another had ft narrow escape from death while trying to cross Klruohgheasners Pond, on Nineteenth Street, on the ice. The Ice gave way under the boys' weight where tho water In the pond is deepest und the little fellows were submerged Three w m under the tee and were drowned. The victims wore Gustave Hartman. 9 years old; taOViS Hart man, b years old, and Leo Smith, 10 years old The hoy win wri resetted ;. E ivnr 1 H e.- le, 10 years rid. Chancellor von Bnclov, In tho Prussian Diet, declared that If rho eevmnnlzatton of Poland was to con tinue the bill authorizing the gov ernment to enforce sale to the Settle ment Commission of Lands in Prus sian Poland held by Poles must be adopted. The body of a widow, Marie Kruetza, of Silesia, was found In a forest near Bremen and the police suspect Henry Haas, of Clevelnnd, O., who Is now on a steamer en route to South America, of having knowl edge of the murder. By a vote of 277 to 208 the French : Chamber of Deputies decided to place the Income tax measure In the flrst place on the parliamentary program. Ti e Court of Common Council In i London considered the question of i the American meat trust acquiring control of the London meat market. Formal opening of the flrst Swed I lsh Parliament under the reign of King Ciiistav took place in Stockholm. John Redmond was reelected chair man of the Irish party's forces In Parliament for the coming session. The new German cruiser Scharn horst ran aground near Buelk and was badly damaged. English statesmen are disturbed over Japan's political and financial future. General Stoessel protested direct to the Czar against the exclusion of witnesses for his defense. Women suffragists en ated another scene at the residence of the Pre mier of England In London. During the year 1907 Frnnce's Im ports amounted to $1,209,529,600, an Increase over the preceding year of $84,093,400. Her exports amount ed to $1,10!, 406, 000, an Increase of $55,064,600. The Japanese occupation of the Chentao district in Manchuria and the annexation thereof by Korea has at tracted attention in 8t. Petersburg. United States Ambassador Grls com presented the King of Italy with some new American gold coins sent by President Roosevelt. The Haytlau goverament has de clared the ports of Gonalves and St. Marc, which are occupied by Insur gents, to be blockaded. Tho Allan Steamship Company Is arranging for a new steamship ser vice betewcru Canada and France. Inspector Of Police Objects To Crit icisms Published. New Orleans, La. (Special). Ed ward S. Whltaker, Inspector of police, entered the office of the Morning World here and fired two shots at Joseph M. Leveque, the editor. Neither shot took effect. The shooting followed several at tacks upon Whltaker in the editor ial and news columns of the World. The head of the New Orleans Police Department was criticised for "at tending the rnces dally while draw ing a salary of $6,000 a year from the people," and was referred to as a "blackguard and a bully." Whltaker, accompanied by several detectives, entered the editorial rooms of the World shortly after 6 o'clock and the Inspector started for Leveque. who wns talking at the time to a young woman reporter. Blows were exchanged nnd It was then thnt Whltaker drew a large caliber re volver and flred twice. Accounts of the shooting vary, but according to eyewitnesses one of sev eral reporters who rushed to the edi tor's aid struck the Police Inspector's arm and caused the shots to go wild. INCENSED at PREACHER. He Culled The Girls "A Hock Of Cackling Parrots." Tekonsha (Special). The mem bers of the Presbyterian Church of this town have for Borne months been growing restive under the criticism of their pastor, Rev. William McPhet ers. The latter has been accustomed to speak plainly from the pulpit what was In his rnlnd, and several times demands by the more hot-headed of the church have been restrained by the cooler ones. The last straw came on Sunday, when In the course of his sermon he referred to the young ladles of the congregation as "a flock of cackling parrots." This was too much, nnd a meeting of the congregation wns called at which Mr. McPheters was dismissed. He at ono time was In the pulpit of a large Washington (D. C.) church. His personal appearance and oratori cal powers at once gained for him the sobriquet of a "Second Henry Ward Beecher," nnd people came many miles to hear him. HXOWBALI.K SAVE TOWN. 1't.ctl To Extinguish A Eire And Pre vent Explosion. Johnstown, Pa. (Special). Prob ably the most remarkable manner of extinguishing Are occurred at Bos well, a mining town near here, when hundreds of men, women and girls saved the town from destruction by throwing snowballB. The town has no Are department and water Is scarce. The flames had gained much head way, and a building In which was stored sufficient powder to blow up the village was threatened. As a last resource practically the entire population began throwing thousands of snowballB. made from soft, wet snow, and after a time prevented the explosion and confined the flames to a half dozen buildings. Killed In A Pitched llattle. Chicago (Special). Two men were killed, one policeman was wounded und several worklngmen were Injur ed in a pitched battle, between three policemen and thirty Hunguriun rail road laborers at Gary, Ind. Guns and revolvers were Ared and knives thrown, but though they wero out numbered ten to one the policemen made seven arrests and stood their ground until reinforcement arrived, when thirteen more men were ruptur. ed. Is Now Up To Japan. Mr. Mlyaoka. counselor nnd charge d'affaires of the Japanese Embassy, was In consultation with Secretary Root for sometime. He stated af terward that the problem of Japanese immigration to the United States had been solved so far as this government was concerned, he thought. .In that the United States had Indicated to Japan Its desire to exclude Japanese laborers, and Japan had agreed to stop or limit as far as possible tholr migration to this country'- How this can he done remains for Jnpan to work out, he said, but the limitation or denial of passports will doubtless ly prove most effective. He was not In a position to say whether this limitation would he applied to per sons mli" at Inc. to Canndn or Mexico. resident Entertains Diplomats. The annual state dinner In honor of the Dlplomntlc Corps wns given at the White House by the President snd Mrs. Roosevelt. There were about 80 guests nnd Included, be sides the Diplomatic Corps, Secretary of State and Mrs. Root. Representa tive and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cowles, Miss Carow and others. The dinner was given In the state dining-room nnd the sliver service was used. The decorntionR were or chids. Roman hyacinths nnd white carnations. Mrs. Roosevelt's gown was bine hrocade, with a lace bertha. Hniley fiets Clialrmnnslilp. Senntor Bailey (Texas), who hns been a minority member of the Sen ate since 1901, has at lnr.t reached the dignity of a chairmanship, which honor carries with it not only a room, but authority to employ a clerk and messenger. He hns Just been ap pointed chairman of the Committee on the Disposition of Useless Paper In the Executive Departments, n place made vacant by the death of the late Senator Pettus. of Alabama. It Is ope of the few unimportant commit tees, the chairmanship of which Is assigned to the minority. Gives Up His Pen Ion. Milwaukee, Wis. (Special) Erall E. MIttag, of Everett, Wash., has written a letter to Pension Agent Coe Informing him that he will no longer draw H a month pension which he had been drawing from the govern ment. He says: 'God has convinc ed me to stop drawing the pension,' becasue he whs not entitled to It having himself shot off the two fin gers of his right hand to escape serv loe. Mr. MIttag was a member of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Coast Artillery. For A nig Loon To China The Department of State is In re ceipt of Information that an agree ment has been signed by China with an English-German syndicate for the loan of 5,000,000 at 5 per cent, for 30 years, for the construction of the Tlentsln-Chlnklang Railroad. The ownership and control of the rail road Is to be entirely in tho hands of tho Chinese government. Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. The Department of Justice an nounced thnt if the coal-carrying railroads agreed to promptly comply with the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the constitutionality of the provision of the Hepburn law prohibiting trans portation companies from owning and operating coal properties after May 1st, It will not prosecute such com panies, pending the adjudication of tho case by the Supreme Court. During 1907 merchandise to the value of $1,423,326,080 was brought Into the United States, an Increase of $102,825,108 over 1906, according to figures compiled by the Burenu of Statistics. The total of exports for the year was $1,923,498,434. an in crease over 1906 of $125,255,000. President Roosevelt informed Gov ernor Sparks, of Nevada, by telegram that he would permit the troops to remain in Nevadu for such reason able length of time as would give the legislature opportunity to organ ise a force to perform tho police functions of the state. The nomination of Regis L. Post to be governor of Porto Rico was con Armed by the Senate, as were all the other Porto Rlcan territorial nominations. The Senate passed a bill to provide for the erection of a postofllce build ing In New York City to cost $3,- 500,000. Asiatic cholera Is reported to have mude Its appearance among the sol diers on the Island of Mindanao. Secretary Taft explained Panama Canal matters to the Senate committee. The Senate ratified tho extradition treaty with Spain. Representative Richmond Pearson Hoi, son submitted to the President a copy of his bill offered In the House which calls for an appropriation this your of $50,000,000 for new battle ships. Chairman Scott, of the Senate Com mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, made a favorable report on a bill appropriating $3,1j00.O0O for a post office building In New York City. The Senate passed the resolution providing for the remission of more than half of the Chinese Indemnity granted on account of the Boxer re bellion. Secretary of the Treasury Cortel you declared emphatically thut he had not resigned and had no Inten tion of resigning from the Cabinet. Senior Dick Introduced a bill for the establishment In the Department of the Interior of a bureau of mining technology. Bids to build a dirigible airship for the government were opened In the office of Chief Signal Officer Gen eral Allen. Representative Beale, of Pennsyl vania, introduced a bill providing for the restoration of the motto "In God we trust" to all coins. In transmitting to Congress the re port of Provisional Governor Magoon, of Cuba, President Roosevelt said In a special message that the Island would be turned over to the. Cuban government one yeir hence. Senator Lodge submitted a favor able report from the Foreign Rela tions Committee of his resolution pro viding for a remission by the I'nited States of $12,000,000 of the Chinese Boxer indemnity. A bill was Introduced In the Senate to lucrease the pay of officers and men of the Army and Navy. Senator Uacon Introduced a cur rency bill and the House decided upon holding public hearings. Senator Culberson Introduced a resolution to ask Secretary Corteiyou for info.-matlon which he claimed would allow that the Secretury had Issued bonds to lower bidders. Senator Tillman Introduced a reso lution, calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for Information rsiitlvo to the administration of Insolvent bunks. FIERCE BATTLE WITH THE MOORS Three French Officers Among Wounded. the FEARLESS AND DESPERATE NATIVES. They Return Repeatedly to the Battle, and After Once Being Routed They Attack the French From Three Sides A Column of the Moors Command ed by Mnlai Hachld. Tsngier (By Cable). News has reached here of a terrific 10-hour en gagement in a ravine near Settat be tween a French column under the command of General D'Amade and n column commnnded by Mnlal Rachld. one of the chiefs of Mulal Hafld's forces. The French gained a splen did victory In the face of heavy odds, succeeding In dispersing the enemy and occupying Settat. Twenty of the French soldiers were wounded, but many of the Arnbs were killed. The latter not only offered a dogged and fenrless defense, but returned repeat edly to the battle after they hnd been routed and attacked the French from three sides. In the Inter hours of the fighting Mnlnl Rachld's column was sudden ly reinforced by the powerful rhaoula tribe, which figured In the massacres at Casblnncu and which hnd arriv ed from the mountains at the very moment when Mnlal Rachld was about to retreat. Under the combined charge of the now-confident Moors, the French not only held their ground, but Steadily threw back the enemy, driving them eventually In mnd haste to the hills. he engagement between the French nnd the Moors followed Immediate ly upon a 2 5-hour march of Oenernl D'Amnde's column, and under these trying circumstances the French forces are considered to have shown more than ordinary stamina and brav ery. The French wounded Include three officers. After destroying the camn of the enemy at Settat. General D'Amnde pushed forward and occupied Kr.sbah Ber Rohld. WALSH FOUND GUILTY Mtopflcailon $7,000,000 of Banks Funds. Chicago (Special). John R Walsh, a flannnclal and political lend or of the Middle West, wss found guilty of wrecking tho Chicago Bnnk The federal Jury that had spent tw months hearing the mate of testlmonj consumed 30 hours in r-gre. 'ng on i verdict. The verdict wns based 01 45 of the counts on which he wai tried. On the other 90 counts h was found not guilty. The pennlty Axed by the statute! for tho offense of which the aged fl nanrb was convlrted Is Imprlsonmen for nrt lean than Ave years or niori than 10 for each count upon whirl his guilt wns established. He wat relenF"d OH bone1. This ends the dream of an Iris! lad. The fulfillment of his vlslot carried him flrst to America as at Immlgrnnt. starter! Vilm In buslnesi as a newsboy, carried him to th plane of small merchnnt, then poll tlclnn, banker, rnllroad president and finally to the throne of the po Ittlcal and Ananclnl autocrnte of th second largest city In the United States. Pull Of The Master lluilder. The closing of the doors of tin Chicago Trust Company and thi Home Savings Bank, in 1805, wai one of the financial upheavals of th( age. Walnh was the master bulldei of millions. But. by today's verdict he is eonriotod of uniting Into hit structure at least $7,000,000 ol money entrusted to him by othei people. MISSION OF THEIig" FLEET IS REVEALED Roosevelt's Message to President of Brazil FRANCE AND SPAIN FIRM. Will Hold Morocco Strictly To Terms Of Agreement. Paris (By Cable 1. Foreign Minis ter Plchon, who has just returned here from Madrid, Is nuthorlty for tho stntement that there Is perfect accord between France and Spain re garding Morocco. "The Algeciras act will remain in force," M. Plchon said. "France un dertook certain obligations which no change in Morocco can modify, nnd Morocco undertook certain obliga tions to Europe which no trnnsforinn tlon nt the SheriAnn court can niter." Continuing, the foreign minister reiterated that France would continue loyally to observe the Algeciras agree ment and limit her action to insuring the security of Europeans and main taining order in the forts of Moroc co and along the Algerian frontier. Advices received by the govern ment from Morocco Indicate that tho proclamation of Mulal Hafld as sul tan has had little effect In the Chaoula region, whero the work of pacification continues. General D'Amade, commander of the French forces in Morocco, arrived at Settat, at the head of a column of troops. At the request of Foreign Minister Pichon tho interpellation of M. Jaures, the Socialist loader In tho Chamber of Deputies, regarding Mo rocco has been postponed until Janu ary 24. Aeronaut Fnrnuui Wins. Paris (By Cable). Henry Farman, the French aeronaut, won the Dentsche-Archdencon prize of $10,- 000 by making n circular kilometre In an airship heavier than air. The successful Alght was made In the presence of an official committee of the Aero Club The time wna 1 ! minute and 2 8 seconds. Dropped Dead During l ire. Oakland, Cal. (Special). Fire de stroyed the Pnclflr Press Building here. During the Are W. B. Goldlan, 61 years old, n mining broker drop- ! ped dead from excitement, nnd Fire- j man Arthur Covens so seriO'Tly Injured that one of his legs had to be amputated. Washington (Special) . Something more than the usual degree of lm portance attaches to the felicitous ex changes between the Presidents ol America and Brazil over the visit ol Admiral Evans' fleet to Rio, owing to the significant expression used b President Roosevelt In accounting for the mission of the battleship fleet The correspondence by cable, Just made public, follows: From President Penna: "Petropolls, January 14, 1908. "President Theodore Roosevelt Washington: "This afternoon 1 had the grenl pleasure of receiving and becoming personally acquainted with the nd mirnls and captains of the American Aeet en route to the PnclAc Ocean "I congratulate you on the sue cessful arrival of so powerful unr! well-drilled a Aeet at Rio do Janeiro and I take keen pleasure in Inform ing you thnt the people of our cap! tal spontaneously and entlnudnstlcnl ly Joined the Brazilian naval author! ties from the very Arst movement it demonstrations of fraternity and friendship toward the American sailor; and the great republic of the North for whose glory all Brazil utters tht most cordial wishes. (Signed) AFFONSO PENNA. "President of Brazil.' President Roosevelt's reply: "The White House, Washington January 15, 1008. "President Alfonso Pennn, Rio dc Janeiro: "I thank yon for the kind message whicli you were so good as to sent' me upon (he arrival of the Amorlcur fleet at Rio. It has given mo, anc will give to the American people, tht liveliest satisfaction. We are al: very sensible of the courtesy nnd tils tlngulF.hed hospitality with which tht government nnd people of Brazi have received our officers and sailors The Warships of America exist fot no other purpose than to protect peace ngalnst possible aggression anc Justice against possible oppression As between the United States one Brazil these ships are not men-of-war but are messengers of friendship and good will commissioned to celebralt with you the long-continued and nev er-to-be-hroken amity nnd nititun helpfulness of tho two great repub lies. (Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." CHICKEN BFVEALS GOLD MINK COMMERCIAL COUEl Weekly Review of Trade and litest Market Reports. FINANCIAL j Jones & Laughlln once more deny that United States Steel is going to buy them out. A Mldvale Steel Company director says the 1907 output exceeded that of 1906, but definite flgures are not Issued. BrokerB are almost unanimous in their belief that short covering has caused most of tho recent rally In stock prices. William M. Bayard, a floor broker on the Philadelphia Stock Exchungo, has been suspended for six months "for actions detrimental to the In terests o' the exchange." Pennsylvania and New York Cen tral were tho market leaders. Cen tral rose over 4 per cent, and got above par, for the Arst time In n long while, and Pennsylvania was up near ly 2 per cent, to 110 . The Pennsylvania hns reduced all track labor on the whole system to forty hours per week. All shop hands have also been cut to forty hours per week. Tho track hands and the shop hands have been work ing recently about an average of nine hours per dav. It was said that the strength In New York Central was due to calling of stock which had been lent for a long time past. This forced cover ing of shorts in a narrow market. The squeeie is likely to be followed by the delivery of that stock as It was Bold long ago. New York trust company deposits prior to the panic were nearly four times as large as trust compiny de posits In Philadelphia, but New York companion lost $253,000,000 of de posits at that time, while Philadel phia trust companies only lost $25, 000,000 between May and December. A despatch from Pittsburg says that Iron bar price are lower than they have been in several years, and sales have been made an low as $1.86 per hundred pounds. Many of the largo producers have been endeavor ing to maintain prices at $1.40, but there has been considerable under-sailing. .Metal In Craw Onuses Farmer To 1)1? Until He Finds Ore. Shnmokln (8peclnl). Digging tt n depth of ten feet Henry Dunkel berger, residing near Seven Points uncovered what he believes is gold ore. He will send a sample of It tc Philadelphia lor nnn',ysis. Some time ngo lit 1 Died a chlcket on his land and found a pieco of goU In Its craw. Thinking there might be gold deposits on his possessions he ha.-- dug into the ground at different pnrts of the farm over since. Boy Attempts Suicide. Clevelnnd, O. (Special). While Jail attaches were preparing to re lease him and send him homo, Ed ward Doyle, of Pittsburg. 14 yearc old. attempted suicldo. The boy was unconscious when cut down. He tried to hung himself with his sus penders. He was picked up on the street two weeks ngo, begging. He refused to tell where his home wan Saturday word wns received from John Doyle, of Pittsburg, thnt 'the boy wns his son. The lad will b: sent to Pittsburg. Probably Lost With All Hands. Seattle, Wash. IB pedal). The British ship HatAold. from Liverpool to Seattle, Is believed to have gone down with all on board off the west coast of Vancouver Island. A wire less message rop'oits that tho ves sel's deckhouse and several enipt) boxes washed ashore. Tho shlp'e captain is A. S. Anderson, and hit wife and family probably were on board. In all, 30 persons were aboard the ship. Bradstreet's says: Financial affairs show further and marked Improvement, and money It more plentiful annd easier to obtain, but the gain In trade and Industry proper Is still largely one of sentl nicnt, because business is quiet the country over, railway earnings and bank clearings are below n year ago. collections are slow, though better than month ago, and Industry Is. as a whole, on short time, with the larger concerns reporting a great number of unemployed. In trade lines the general report Is one of backward business. Mild weather Is still a bar to tho widest activities In seasonablo goods North and West, and retailers are stimu lating lngglng demand by reduction sales, and Southern trade shows lit tle more life than a week ago. Some lines report after-holiday collections as better than those of December, and In some cases better than antici pated, but they In few rases are bet ter than slow to fair. Some events if the week In dry goods lines nro of special Interest. One is the nn nouncement of revised quotations for prints and sheetings by leading agents, the reductions vnrylng, but being of considerable volume. Anoth er Item Is thnt some converters who have overbought gray goods are can celling and paying something for re leases from contracts. In tho wool en goods line tho feature Is the open ing of woolens for the fall of 1908 at slight reductions from the pre ceding senson. Buslnesi failures In the United Slater for the week ended January 9 number 424,. ngalnst 345 Inst week. 283 in the like week of 1907, 2SC in 1906, 295 In 1905 nnd 315 in 1904- Who'esnle Markets. Baltimore, Md. Flour- Quiet ana unchanged; receipts, 6,301; exports, 8,007. Wheat Firmer; spot, contract, 1.03 1.04: spot, No. 2 red West ern. 1.06 1.00 ; January. 1.03 Co 1.04; February. 1.05 1.05 ; March. 1.07 1.07; May, 1.10; steamer, No. 2 red, 99 99; receipts, 14,402; exports, 8, 000; Southern, on grade, 99 1.04. Corn Firmer; old spot, mixed, 65 66; new spot, mixed. 644 65 ; old No. 2 white. 65 66; January, 64 iff 65; February, 63 63; March, 64 64; steamer, mixed, 60 61; receipts, 62,746; exports, 86,214; new Southern while corn. 61 65 : new Southern yel low corn, 61 65. Oats Firm; No. 2 while, 56 57; No. 3 white, 64 56; No. 2 mixed, 54 54; receipts, 7,995. B u 1 1 e r Firm and unchanged; fancy Imitation, 24 25; fancy creamery. 31; fancy ladle, 22 23; store packed, 16 18. Eggs Stoady nnd unchanged, 28 0 29. Cheese Firm nnd unehnnged; large, 14; flats, 14; small, 14. New York. Wheat Receipts, SO. 000; exports. 126,000; spot, Arm; No. 2 red, 1.07 elevator; No. 2 red, LOSS f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 1.24 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 1.18 f. o. b afloat. Corn Receipts, 44,075; exports, 1,100; spot, steady; No. 2, 75 nom lnnl, elevator, and 63 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 white, 69, and No. 2 yellow, nominal, f. o. b., nftoat. Oats Receipts, 76,500; spot, quiet; mixed, 26 to 32 pounds. 53; natural white, 26 to 32 pounds, 54 56; clipped, white, 32 to 40 pounds. 55 62. Rye Firm. Poultry Alive, ensy; Western chickens, 12; fowls, 13; turkeys, 14; dressed, Arm; Western chickens, 13 20; turkeys, 1 6 17; fowls, 10 13. Butter Firm; creamery specials, 31; extras, 30: thirds to firsts, 21 30; held, second to special, 23 29. Eggs -Easy; State, Pennsylvania and nearby, fancy, selected, white, 36 3S; good to choice, 32 35; brown and mixed fancy. 30 32; Arsts. 2S 29; Western and South ern, Arst, 27; seconds, 26 27. Philadelphia. Butter firm, good demnnd: extra Western creamery, 32c; do., nearby prints, 34. Eggs weak nnd lc. lower; Penn sylvania nnd other nearby firsts, frco cases, 29c. nt mark; do., current re ceipts. In returnable cases, 28 at mark; Western choice, free cases, 29 at mark: do., fair to good, frco cases, 2 7 (?. 28 at mark. Cheese firm fair demand; New York, full crenms, choice. 15) 16c; do., fair to good, 15 15. Live poultry easier; fowls, 11 13c; old roosters, 9 9; spring chickens, 11 12; ducks, 13 13; geese, 12ft 13; turkeys, 14 15. Live Stock. Castro Auuals A Monopoly. Caracas, Venezuela (By Cable). An executive decree Just Issued an nuls the existing match monopoly and puts an end to tho concession of tho National Match Compuuy. This com pany was capitalized at $1,000,000, and the shares wero held mostly in England. The position of France la Morocco la dally becoming more difficult. Japan has Informed China that a railroad paralleling the South Mnn- hiirl.in shall uof be Unlit. Sew York. Beeves Receipts, 1, 957. No trading; feeling steady. Exports were 3,400 quarters of beef. Sheep and Lambs Sheep In light supply and 2fc higher; yearlings firm; prime and choice lambs full steady, others less active and gen erally a shade easier. Sheep sold at 4.50 5.50 per 100 pounds; year lings, 6.50; medium to choice lnmbs, 7.50 8.12. Chicago. Cattle Market steady to strong; steers. 3.90 6.35; cows, 2.754.60; heifers, 2.5005.25; bulls. 2.85 4.26; calves, 3.00 7. S5; Blockers and feeders, 2.40 4.40. Hogs Market steady to 6c high er. Choice heavy shipping. 4.60 4.60; butchers, 4.50 4.60; light mixed, 4.30 4.40; choice light. 4.454.66; pigs, 4.004.55; bulk of sales at 4.40 4.50. Sheep Market strong to 10c. higher; sheep, 4.00 6.10; Iambi, 6.757.40; yearlings, 4.006.36. THIS AND THAT The Horsoshoers' Union of Denvei has started a school of farriery. Cabbages In Cuba grow to sucb site that a single head often weight 20 pounds. The crushers -of the Edison ccmenl works at Stewartstown, N. J., can crusb a six-ton stone. Pitch pine, which has been con sidered almost worthless, Is now Is demand for cranberry barrels. Germany does not permit dentists to style themselves "Atnorican," a Is the custom all over Europe.
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