ELEVEN IN DEAD
One
llunlrwl and Ten Men
Prisoners Ten Hours.
HELD BACK BY AWFUL BLACK DAMP.
One Survivor Crawls A Quarter Of
A Milo On His Stninarh To Avoid
Gases In Minn At Indiana, Pa.
IKMd, Blackened By Flames,
Found Scattered Alniut Tho Ilor
inns Ursnii' Party Leads Impris
oned Men To Safely.
MANY
DF
Indiana. Pa. (Special). Ten Hun
garians and one American la the
death toll of a gas explosion In the
No. 2 slope of the Ernest mine of
tho Jefferson aud CIsarfk-ld Coal
Company, five miles north nt this
place. The explosion occurred In a
heading where 12 workmen wero lo
cated, and one of theae. Andrew
Krazcer, escaped by crawling a quar
ter of a milo on his etomaeh to
evndo the noxious gases. Vila In
ability to speak English prevented
a lucid explanation of the causo of
tho explosion. When he saw the
lights of the rescuer, ho moaned
and tried to crawl, lie was slight
ly burned, but suffered chiefly from
the effects of after-damp. Ho was
placed In a car and taken immedi
ately to daylight. Some of the dead
were found near the entrance to the
heading, others lay along the track
at short distances from each other
almost at the face of tho coal. Two
bodies nearest the face were burned
slightly about the face and arms.
The position of the bodies showed
tho men had made desperate efforts
to crawl away from the heading.
One hundred and ten men work
ing in tho same Blopo escaped
through other headings of the mine,
although they were held back for
about 10 hours by the black damp,
until a rescue party of 12 mine
bosses reached them. Ono thousand
other men working in adjoining
mines within a radius of throe miles,
who heard the concussion, paid no
heed to it and did not learn of the
disaster until they came out of the
mines. Four men who were laying
tracks just within the mouth of the
mine slope were knocked unconscious
by tho concussion, but were revived
later with little difficulty.
Michael Harrington, the only
American among tho dead, was a
son of John Harrington, foreman of
tho mine. The younger man, act
ing as assistant to his father, was
directing the work on tho heading
when the explosion occurred.
The first report of tho explosion
was made by Bcven track repair men
who had been working at the back
of the main entry. They wero hurl
ed from their feet, although 125 feet
away. As soon as they came out of
the drift a rescue party was headed
by John Harrington, father of Mi
chael Harrington. Some of these
were overcome and were found by
a second rescue party, but all re
vived shortly after being taken out.
EGGS 1HC0LO STORAGE
One Warehouse in New York Has
fieen Filled a Year.
Investigation Of Cold Storage As A
Means Of Maintaining High Prices
I I'nder Way In Hudson County,
,1. Tons Of Poultry Also Held
For Nearly A Year Indictments
Tor Conspiracy To Itaise Prices
Pending,
New York (Special). There are
36,000,000 eggs enough to provide
eight eggs apiece for every man,
woman and child in New York City
and all its boroughs in one cold
storage warehouse In Jersey City,
according to the Information placed
before the Hudson County (N. J.)
Grand Jury in its investigation of
the big packing and other concerns
which maintains extensive warehouses
on the other aide of the Hudson Rlv
er. The eggs have been there since
last March, it was learned, together
with 100,000 pounds of poultry,
Btored since April last.
Prosecutor Pierre P. Garven, of
Hudson County, has subpoenaed the
managers of the Union Terminal
Cold Storage Company, In whose
warehouse the eggs and poultry are
said to be stored, and officers of the
other largo refrigerating companies
to appear before the Grand Jury
when the prosecutor hopes to trace
other large consignments of ancient
meat and produce.
Witnesses from Swift & Co.'s cold
storago plant, in Jersey City, were
before the Grand Jury, but little val
uable Information was elicited. This
particular Swift plant happens to be
a small factor in comparison with
other warehouses in the vicinity.
MEAT OH DIVORCE.
Man
Of
KIM.S Wil l: AM) CHILDREN.
Ruckliciin Said lie Wanted To I'm
cape Divine 'er.uei;licp.
Fergus Falls, Minn. (Special).
William P.uckhehn, a fanner, aged
35 years, murdered his wife and
four chHdr-n and shot himself at
Parkers Prairie. He was found dy
lug when his snn went to the farm
Ho Is believed to have been tempor
arily Insane.
lluckheini declared that lie had re
ceived a divine command to proceed
to a certain graveyard, where he and
his fanii)'' were to exhume several
bodies, using only the" hare hands.
Unless this command wan carried out
before Faster, Hiiekhelm nald, he
mid his family w.-uld be dragged to
death. After examining tho grave
yard nr.d finding bat It would he
Impossible to perform the task on no
count of the frozen ground. Ruck
helm paid ho billed his family to
escape Divine vengeance.
TO HAVE A BitAXD-XEW RICH.
Tells Police He Is Tired
Fating Patented Foods.
New York (Special). The meat
boycott Is blamed for the marital
woes of Samuel Barrmore, who, ar
raigned In the Paterson, N. J., po
lice court, told Recorder Carroll that
he had raised a rumpus because his
wife would not buy meat.
My wife is in favor of reducing
meat prices," said the prisoner.
'And she started this boycott busi
ness on mo in December. Since then
I've lived on all sorts of patented
foods and I'm tired of being con
fronted by a vegetablo garden on
the table every night. I told her
I d get a divorce unless she gave me
some meat, But she won t listen.
Sentence was suspended on Barr
more on the charge of disorderly cpn-dnct.
FOOD LEAGUE CHARTERER.
National Association Is Incorporated
In Washington.
Washington. 11. C. (Special).
"For mutual benefit and protection,"
the National Anti-trust Food League
was Incorporated under the laws of
the District of Columbia, with J.
Lynn Yengle, Emll I.. Schnrf and
Hepresentative Coudrey, of Missouri,
all members of the board of direc
tors, as Incorporators. This league,
which Is to be national in scope,
alms at a reduction In the cost of
living by having its members refrain
from purchasing thosn articles of
food which rise to exorbitant prices,
FRIGHT CAUSES BLINDNESS.
THE HATTERS LOSE
THEIR BOYCOTT SUIT
Jury's Decision Means a Great
Blow to Labor Unions.
UNDER SHERMAN UNJI-TR'JS! LAW.
Verdict Of $222,000 Agnlnst The
Danbury Hatters Is Given Hy A
Jury In The United States Court
At Hartford Manufacturer Is
Given Damages For A Boycott
Unions Held Responsible For Their
Ofliclals' Acts Jury Spent Two
Hours Deliberating.
Hartford, Ct. (Special). "A new
declaration of independence" Is what
Attorney Danie' Davenport calls the
verdict of 1222,000 rendered In the
United States Court by a Jury in the
suit of D. E. Loeme, of Danbury,
against 200 hatmakers of this State.
After having been out over two
hours, the Jury ordered actual dam
ages of (74,000 to the plaintiff, but
as the suit was brought under the
Sherman Anti-Trust Law triple dam
ages can be recovered.
There wbb a remarkable scene in
court when the verdict was announc
ed. The defendants In attendance
were stunned for a time and then in
groups dejectedly discussed the blow.
It is estimated that the costs in
the case will amount to at least $10,
000 and these, with the counsel fees,
may bring the bill against the Uni
ted Hatters of North America to ful
ly a quarter of a million of dollars.
Speaking in regard to the signifi
cance of the verdict in tho case,
which Is said to be the most impor
tant of Its kind ever tried in this
country, Attorney Davenport, senior
counsel for the plaintiff, said:
"First, it means that individual
members of labor unions are bound
by the action of their officers and
they cannot allow them to do as they
please.
"Secondly, it means that the Sher
man anti-trust law protects manufac
turers and merchants from boycott
attacks.
"In substance, It is a new declara
tion of Independence."
The plaintiff, D. K. Loewe, was
surrounded by friends in the court
room and congratulated upon the
outcome. He said that if he had not
won he would have gone out of busi
ness.
Judge Piatt In his charge practical
ly Instructed the jury to bring in a
verdict for the plaintiff. He said the
only question for them to decide was
one of damages, and these were to be
based upon the losses sustained by
the plaintiff between July, 1902 and
September, 1903, the period during
which the boycott against the Loewe
factory was maintained.
A bill of exceptions will be filed
by the defense and the case will be
carried to the Federal Court of Ap
peals and the United States Supreme
Court.
The suit, which was for $240,000
damages, has been on trial for 11
weeks. It was instituted by the nntl
boycott society through Mr. Loewe,
but It Is understood the damages
awarded are to go to the Danbury
Hatmakers. The expense of defend
ing the suit falls upor the United
Hatters of North America, who filed
a bond to protect the defendants.
GoniHTs Is Silent.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
When Samuel Gonipers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
was told of tho verdict In the Dan
bury hatters case he absolutely re
fused to muke anv comment.
MAN AND WOMAN
DIE TOGETHER
Philadelphia Police Try
Solve Mystery.
To
The Man A Prosperous lapidary
Who Had Not Been Seen Since
Ctiristma Week And Was Sup
posed To Re On A Hunting Trip
May Have Keen A Double Mur.
der Or Suicide Pact, Authough No
Evidence Of Crime.
Philadelphia (Special). What
may havo been a double murder, a
consummated suicide pact or two
sudden deaths from natural causes
was discovered here when the bodies
of William Bohrer, a prosperous lap
idary, aged 65 years, and an uniden
tified woman, about 30 years of age,
were found in a room in the whole
sale Jewelry trade section of this
city where they had lain probably for
more than a month.
The room where the bodies were
found were used by Bobrer as a
sleeping apartment and adjoined his
shop on the third floor of a small
building at Seventh and Samson
Streets. The lapidary, who had suc
ceeded his father in business many
years ago, had not been seen since
Christmas week. It was his custom
to take frequent fishing and hunt
ing trips, and the fact that his rooms
bad not been opened for more than
a month attracted little attention.
His son, after several attempts to find
his father at home, notified the po
lice and a locksmith was sent for and
broke open the door.
Clothed only In their night robes
the bodies of tho man and woman
were found lying in the room. Boh
rer's body was stretched face down
ward across a chair, while that of
the woman lay on the bed face down
ward, her outstretched hand grasp
ing the round of a chair.
There was nothing to indicate that
the couple had entered a suicide
pact, no trace of poison having been
found. Neither was there any evi
dence of murder, aside from the fact
that Bohrer's body was lying In an
unusual position. The apartment
was in good order, and there was no
evidence of a robbery having been
committed. Both bodies were In a
badly decomposed condition, and It
was practically Impossible to tell
from the superficial examination
which was made whether murder had
been committed.
The identity of the woman is not
known to any of tho occupants of
the building.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
SEVENTY IRE
MINERS ARE KILLED
Mexico is the Scene of the Last
Great Mining Disaster.
MINER'S CIGARETTE JGM1TED MINE DAM?.
Another Catastrophe Added To The
Already Long List Explosion Oc
cur In A Ooal Mine At Las E
peranzas Nearly As Many Arc
Injured As Are Killed And Many
Of These Will Die Remarkable
Ksrape Of Those SavedThe Mine
Was Well Kqulppcd.
Laredo, Tex. (Special). One of
the greatest disasters In the history
of Mexican coal mining, which has
heretofore experienced several crush
ing blows, resulting In a tremendous
loss of human life, took place In the
Palan Mine, at Las Espcranzas,
Mexico.
According to the latest reports
from the scene of the disaster 70
lives are known to have been lost.
After the official report showing 53
dead, 14 additional bodies were re
covered, bringing the total up to 67,
while there bodies have died in the
hospital, making the total of vtctoms
thus far 70.
The explosion occurred In the No.
3 shaft of the coal mine of the Es
peranzas Mining Company and is at
tributed to the ignition of gas from
the flame of a miner's clgarrette,
who was smoking contrary to the
rules.
The miners, consisting principally
of Mexicans and Japanese, had assum
ed their places in the workings short
ly after 7 o'clock. About 8.30 o'clock
those at work above ground heard a
loud explosion, and almost instantly
a vast cloud of dust and smoke shot
forth from the mouth of the shaft.
Assistance was immediately forth
coming, and as soon as the air In
the shaft could be purified sufficient
ly to permit rescuers to descend, many
volunteers were ready to risk their
lives in an endeavor to succor their
stricken brothers below.
A cage was immediately sent down,
followed later by two others, all
loaded. When the cages descended
and the men had made an exanii-
THESE ROBBERS MAKE HAUL i
Drilled Dig Hole in Safe in
Philadelphia.
Hold IIolilory Of The Store Of Mas
Mayer By Skillful Cracksmen
They Climbed Up Flrc-F.srnpe And
Entered Through Trapdoor By
Rope Ladder Watchmen And Po
lice Saw Nothing, Though Light
Was Burning
Philadelphia (Special). Dla
monds, watches and Jewelry valued
at $10,000 were stolen from the
store of Max Mayer by cracksmen,
who bored a hole in the safe large
enough to admit an arm.
They evidently were well acquaint
ed with the premises and climbed
up a fire-escape in the rear of the
building, forced a trap door on the
second floor with a Jimmy and let
.hemselves down into the store by
meftns of a rope ladder.
Mayer occupies only half of tho
room with his store. Thirty feet
from the front he built a partition
and covered it with burlap. In the
center of this he had a big steel safe
Installed.
Though a light burned In the
store proper, the cracksmen were not
noticed by private watchmen or po
lice. With their drill they made 18
holes In tho back of the safe and
then ripped out a large piece of steel.
Lucky Dogs These.
New York (Special). Tho will of
Mrs. Minna Knoch, who died recent
ly, leaving an estate valued at $50,
000, gives the Income of $10,000 to
her three dogs for life, which is as
much as she- left to her husband,
Henry Knocb. If the dogs die first,
Edward Baker, her son by a former
marriage, is to get the principal of
the $10,000. But the income is to
go to tho support of tho dogs and
their caretaker during their lives.
Knoch only gets the income from
$10,000. Mrs. Knoch left the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals $3,000. Six relatives are
not mentioned in her will.
Danced In Snow At 113.
Cleveland (Special). Aura Mary,
gypsy queen emeritus, who says she
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports. .
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
".Measured by such tests as bank
clearings and railroad earnings there
la no visible dlmunltlon in the rol
ume of industrial and mercantile
transactions, and yet with such hap
penings as the English elections, the
Paris flood, the agitation over the
high prices and the rather violent
break In the New York stock market
attributed .to exaggerated fears, it
would be strange 'ndeed If the vari
ous trades, sensitive to financial and
political influeices, did not In some
degree feel tho effect or7 these dis
turbances. Then the weather condi
tions have been In places unfavorable
to distribution. Therefore the situa
tion presents an Irregular appear
ance due to an uneven trade develop
ment." Bra.isl reefs says:
"BuBinesH failures In the United
States for the week ending with
January 27 were 295, against 275
last week, 311 In the like week of
190!), 359 In 1908, 211 in 1907 and
228 in 1906."
nation of the first and second levels, j is 115 years old, danced barefoot In
It It Being Made Fur A Man Who
Fell From A Wuu.iii.
St. Louis. Mo. (Special). When
Thomas Herbert leaves the City Hos
pital he will hve a brand-new face.
Half a dozen physicians and surgeons
are now makir.); it for him, and they
promise such an Improvement over
the face that nature gave him that
even his b?st girl would not know
him.
While driving a wagon Herbert
fell off and a wbeel passed over his
face. The hospital physician found
thirty-three frcrturrs In the bones In
his face. In fixing him up It was nec
Ery to remodel his face entirely
Klong new lines. They are now wir
ing the bones so they will knit, read
justing tho flesh so as to give tho
futt symmetry and character.
Osraretto In Tho Powder.
Atlanta (Spctlal). Tho stump of
a lighted cigarette, carelessly thrown
Into a pile of loose blasting powder,
resulted In tho fatal Injury of Wil
liam White, aged 16. utid Vcsllle
Moss, a ted 11. Following the ex
plosion, which set fire to their cloth
ing, the boys leaped lr.to a nearby
creek and succeeded in extinguishing
ti e Parres. but It Is not thought that
either '"an recover.
Typewriter Whose Desk Shut With
Bung losfs Eyckiglit.
Minneapolis ( Special ) . Suddenly
frightened by the swift closing of
typewriter desk, Miss Christine Can
field, a stenographer. 21 years old,
has been totally blind since last Fri
day. On thr.t day her desk started to
close automatically. Anticipating
the crash. Miss CnnfieM placed her
Hands over her eyes. The desk bang
ed shut and Mls3 Cnnfield took her
hands off her eyes to strange durk
ness. A surgeon believes Miss Canfield
will recover her sight gradually.
FAMILY OK SIX POISONER.
GIRL KCARF.D RALRHEADED.
SI
Paul Jury Awards Fuctory Em
ploye 82,000 Damages.
St. Paul, Minn. (Special). For
being scared until she turned bald
headed, Tllllo Ominsky, a factory
girl, was awarded $2,000 by a jury
in the Circuit Court here.
Tlllle was employed, a little more
than a year ago, at a machine which
elevated paper boxes to the floor
above. Her waist caught in the
wheels and shafting, and she was
drawn tight against tho machine
Physicians and surgeons I est! fled
that fright had so affected her nerv
ous system that her hair felt out.
STAND FOR OLD CLERKS,
Mfisoiino Publishers Apitcal.
Atlanta (Special). Declaring that
the proposed Increase in postage
rate on magazines and other second-t-lets
matter would practically force
them out of business, representatives
of $0 magazine published In At
'anta, through their organisation, the
Southern Magszlue Publishers' Asso.
rlatlon. havo appealed to Southern
Representative la Centres "to do
a)1 In their povcr to avert this real
ind threiiieneJ darror to the wel
fare of the American people."
Three In Auto Killed.
Inver, Col. f.Sptcla: l James A.
' JJrer. of Attltrbnro. Mass., and two
romen who? identity unknown
vre kIMol and Ruitsell A Talbot,
of Nov Yo. k. vai fatally Injured
whin a trolley car crashed into the
sttQTinbll tu which Ave persons
ere it linn V.rrls Mayer, owner
of the niehl'if, who was at ttw
w-e. was stunned, but Differed only
minor !n)i,-le. j
An tn-tustrtal siool was found
ry n tho cur o' ftsia Fe. ArnUn.
m MovsaiUs S3, IbOS.
Mother And Child Denil; House Was
Ou Flic.
Washburn. Wis. (Special ) .Mrs.
P. Behrante and family of five chil
dren were found poisoned at their
home here.
Tho mother was dead and one
fhlld has since died. Tho recovery
of three of the other children Is
doubtrul.
The poisoning was reported by
Behrante who says that he also was
poisoned. An investigation will be
made
When neighbors first arrived the
house was on fire and Behrante was
running about In his night clothes.
A Meteor Explodes.
Qulncy, III. (Special). A meteor
supposed to have struck here at 1.30
o'clock A. M., aroused the wholo city
p.nd caused buildings to tremble. Many
about the streets saw a glare In the
sky and a terrific report as of an
explosion Immediately followed. Sev
eral saw the metoor explode follow
ed s few seconds later by trembling
of the earth, lasting five to ten sec
onds.
Why Butter Is High.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Spurred
by hundreds of complaints against
hlsh prices for food products, William
A. Blakley, dUtrlct attorney for Alle
gheny County, sent out the entire
force of 20 county detectives to
gather evidence In illegal conspiracies
to hoard foodstuffs and boost prices.
Any evidence available will be placed
la the bands of United States Attor
ney John II. Jordan to be presented
to the Federal grand jury. The dla
trlst attorney was urged to take this
step by tho report maJe to him.
To Hy Across Atlantic.
Paris (Special). It Is undorstoo-1
here that Walter W oil man. who
sailed from Now Yor for Europe, Is
arranging for a ball on digit across
the Atlantic from New York to Krig-
land or France, In b.s Arctic airship.
This, it Is said, will be equipped
with new propellers and engines.
The shed at Cennevllllercs, where
the aero craft is housed, is under
water, ' The attempt bat been let for
July. That month, according to the
record of the pant 0 years, is uhe
moot propitious for anon an under
taking. -
Mnssmeeting Soon To Protest Against
Their Rcmovul.
Washington. D. C. (Special).
The patriotic organizations of Wash
ington will band themselves together
to flyht the proposed elimination of
The fall of the River Seine con
tinues and the city of Paris is slow
ly resuming normal conditions. Tho
work of disinfection Is thorough
The relief fund totals $700,000.
The Nlcaraguan revolutionists'
gunboat Ometepe bombarded Grey
(own for twenty minutes, and tha
shore batteries replied to the fire.
A force of Nlcaraguan revolution
ists captured the town of Boace, 60
miles east of Mnnngua, after two
hours' fighting.
France favors the reoccupatlon of
Crete by the powers as the most ef
fective way of preventing complica
tions.
The German Chancellor sent to the
Reichstag a communication on the
tariff negotiations with tho United
States.
Colonel Roosevelt's expedition ar
rived at Numlde, Uganda Protector
ate, Africa, all In good health.
Tho Brazilian government hus ne
gotiated a loan with too Rothschilds
of $50,000,000.
Secretary of War Dickinson made
an argument before the House Com
mittee in favor of his bill amend
ing the organic act of Porto Rico.
The tariff negotiations between
Germany and United States were
concluded by tho mutual agreement
to apply the minimum rates.
The Humphrey Ship Subsidy Bill
was ordered favorably reported aft
er a lively session of the House
Committee.
Tests of tho methods of paper
making are provided for by an ap
propriation made by the House.
The House passed the Agricultural
Appropriation Bill, carrying about
$13, 500, 000.
The descendants of Michael 11
legas, first United States treasurer,
believe the government owes them
everything was found to be intact,
and beyond being frightened the men
working in these levels were safe.
They were brought to the top as rap
Idly as the cages could be loaded.
The rescue party continued its ex
plorations and went down to the
third level and as soon as the air
would be sufficiently cleared, enter
ed the various shafts and began
search for the dead.
Scattered about In various po
sitions in the workings, they found
the bodies of the men, suffocated;
the faces indicating in many instances
the hopeless fight thev had waged.
The rescuers immediately began to
work in relays, searching for and
carrying to the surface the bodies
of the dead and dying.
Many heartrending scenes were
enacted as the bodies were brought
up from the shaft and stretched out
In rows upon the ground to await
identification.
Most of the killed were Mexicans,
the .lapanese miners being employed
In other parts of the mine.
IIIGHFR PAY OR STRIKK.
the snow with the "other members
of her tribe at the celebration of Ave
Maria Day, at their camp near here.
Aura Mary believes in, living close to
nature. She never wears heavy
weight clothing and it is her Jaily.
custom to go barefoot through the
bdow or over the Ice. She is spry
and smokes, and says she expect;
to livo 10 years longer.
No Poison In Stomach.
Cincinnati (Special). Jesse Van
Zandt, charged with the murder ol
his wife, whose burned body was
found lying across a gas stove at
their home, was arraigned and plead
ed not guilty. The Court announced
it would await the verdict of the
coroner, and the case was continued
until February 11. A chemist who
examined the contents of the stom
ach reported to the coroner that lie
found no poison and that death was
due to other causes.
Miners Must Get Substantial Ad
vunce, Says President Icvls.
Toledo, Ohio (Special). "A sub
stantial increase In wages of the
mine workers of this country is the
only basis upon which industrial peace
can be established in the mining In
dustry on and after April 1 next."
ibis was the final declaration of
Duel Challenge Is Assault.
Abbeville, La. (Special). Mrs.
Mary Schcxnaider, 60 years old, re
cently challenged a woman of about
tha same age to a duel near here.
Tho challenger stipulated shotguna
us weapons. Saturday Mrs. Schex
nalder wjis called before the District
Court and fined for assault. "My
challenge was not accepted," sho pro
tested. The Court held, however,
that a challenge to a duel constituted
an assault.
old clerks irom tne uovernment eerv- over a million aoiiars interest on a
i Ice. At the call of Col. John Mc-1 loan made to the government by
Klroy, editor of the National Trib- their ancestor.
une. a mass meeting will be held n was announced at the State De
in the near future at which the or- payment that a complete agreement
ganlzatlons and their auxiliaries will
discuss plans for the coming cam
paign for the old clerks.
CHOKKD TO DEATH ON MKAT.
IxiuUville Councilman Was Fating
Lunch In Saloon.
Louisville (Special). Henry V.
Wolff, a City Councilman and clerk
in the Southern Railway office here,
choked to death on a piece of meat,
which he was eating at the lunch
counter in a saloon.
Mr. Wolff had taken only a few
bites when be grew black in the face
and fell to the floor.
A vhyslclan was called, but Mr.
Wolff died before tho doctor arrived.
between Germany and the United
States of the present tariff negotia
tions might be expected.
The Senate passed the Army Ap
propriation Bill and the Urgent De
ficiency Appropriation BUI, the for
mer carrying $95,440.S67 and the
latter about $5,150,0(10...
Chief Forester Graves lias decid
ed to reestablish the branch 'of lands
of the Forest Service, which wos
abolished some time ago.
Senator Heyburn, In tho Senate,
said that the postal savings banks
mean that the government will go
into the loan business.
i Secretary Balllnger decided to ob
tain counsel to defend him in the
Ballinger-Pluchot controversy.
The administration program, as re
vised by the Senate and House lead
ers, is assured to go through Con-
President Thomas L. Lewis, of the White Rhinos To Smithsonian.
United Mine Workers, before he left! Mmuie (Special). Colonel Roose-
forbrtEn " Smithsonian In-
with the operators, but made it evl- - etitutlon specimens of the white
dent that hi had not given up hope 1 rhinoceros family complete. He has"
of a settlement.
Talk that a special national con
vention of miners would bo called
or a referendum vole taken to re
adjust the situation obtained-considerable
credence, but this, President
Lewis said, was speculation
"Mine owners recognize that mine
workers are entitled to an advance
in wages and that also they will
have to provide additional safety ap
pliances," he said. "This means add
ed cost of production, and the Amer
ican people and the coal-consuming
interests, willingly or otherwise, will
be compelled to pay a higher prlco
for fuel "
Would Make Peary Admiral.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
That Commander Robert E. Peary
may be officially recognized by Con
gress as the discoverer of the North
Pole and promoted to the rank of
Rear-Admiral of tho Navy the Main-)
delegation voted to empower one of
its members to introduce a resolut
tlon to that effect. Commander
Peary is a resident of Maine,
i.
Robbers Gave Ilini Auto Ride,
Chicago (Special). Robbery by a
new method was committed here
when two men in evening dress,
drove up to the sidewalk In an au
tomobile, pointed revolvers at Jacob
Butz, a restaurant proprietor, and
after forcing him into the 'machine,
took him from a prominent business
street to a dark alley and leisurely
robbed him. A watch and $87 were
ken from him.
also two skins for the American Mu
seum of Natural History at New
York and a head for William T.
Hornaday's collection. Mr. Roose
velt will not retain any of tho white,
rhinoceros trophies which he secured
in the Belgian Congo.
Glussmakcrs' Strike Off.
Hartford, City, Ind. (Special).
Aft:.r lasting five months tho strike
of the cutters and flatteuers in the
plant of tho American Window Glass
Company here was declared off by
President Shinn. Tho rompaay has
factories In Bello Vernon, Pa.; Mo
nongahela City, Pa.; Arnold. Kane
and .leannetto. Pa., and Hartford
City. Ind. More than 800 men will
return to work.
Wblto Slave Funds.
New York (Special). The hoard
of estimate voted the appropriation
of $25,000 aske l by District Attorney
Whitman for the work of lnvestigat.
ing the "white slave" traffic, which
the grand Jury of which John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., Is foreman Ib con
ducting. Mr. Whitman said the work
of the grand jury could not proceed
without the money.
Roosevelt's Mall Free.
Washington. D. C. (Sueclal). The
rarrlnva (rw nf nnfitaea of all mall I gress
A leuer sent oy Representative
Crow caused a lively political debate
matter sent by Theodore Roosevelt
is proposed by Representative Ham
ilton FUh, of New York, who in
troduced a bill to that effect. Tho
bill Is very brief and reads as tol
laws: "That all mall matter sent
by Theodore Roosevelt, late president
of the United Plates, under bis writ,
ten autograph signature, bo convey
ed free of postage during his natural
life."
Heat Baby's Head On Iron Rod.
Morgantown, W. Va. (Special).
Precaution is being taken by the
authorities to safeguard August Gil
lis, 25 year old, who was lodged In
Jail here Sunday, Glllis was arrest
ed In Rock Forge. It Is alleged that
the man, entering the borne of F. H.
Johnson, of this city, seized a 3-year-old
Infant by the legs and beat Its
bead against an iron bod when Its
cries threatened to awaken the house
bold. Mrs. Jons n In defending ber
child broke Gulls' skatl with a poker.
The citud die. ,
in the House over the Census Bill.
President Taft was Invited to at
tend Grant's birthday celebration in
Pittsburg on April 37.
A Brooklyn aeronautic enthusiast
presented President Taft with a mod
el aeroplane.
An exhaustive study of the whole
subject of tho tariff is planned by
President Taft.
Ex-Senator Davis gave a dinner
to president McCrea, of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, with a number of
prominent railroad men as guests.
Fountain L. Thompson, recently
appointed a senator from North Da
kota, resigned, and W. B. Purcell
was sworn in as bis successor.
A meeting of the Unltel States
dolegates to the Brussels Maritime
Conference was held at the State De
partment. Rear Admiral Sehroeder reported
that seven of the new battleships In
the recent trials exceeded contract
speed.
Two Perish In Burning House.
Bcranton, Pa. (Special), Mrs.,
Patrick Joyce and her granddaugh
ter, Mary Sweeney, lost their lives
in a fire which destroyed the Joyce
home at MUnooka, near here. Mi
chael Sweeney and his wife, parent
of the child, and Martin, Thomas.
Peter, John and Mamie Joyce, chil
dren of Patrick Joyce, were seriously
burned and are in a hospital. Pat
rick Joyce and bis daughter Bettlna
were the only persons in the house
to escape injury.
Fairbanks Sees The King,
Rome (Special!, t-King Victor
Emmanuel received former Vice
President Fairbanks . In private au
dience, and they conversed half an
hour. Ths King Inquired about' af
fairs In the United States, with the
politics of whUh be showed himself
familiar. Mr Kairoanss. wno naa
Intended to sail for the United States
March (, yielding to pressure from
the Pilgrim Society of London and
the American Consul there, has ac
cepted an Invitation to a banquet to
be given la ais Donor Marsa .
Robbers Hold Up Train.
Pittsburg, Ksn. ' (Special). Threo
unidentified men held np and robbed
the passengers on an caBtbounJ Mis.
sour! Pacific passenger train five
miles east of here. They were un
masked. About $400 cud a small
amount of Jewelry was taken from
tho passengers,
A llttlo while ago the pitchblende
containing rsdium was actually re
garded as a nuisance by the old
miners of Rt. Ives, so that It was
cast aside on the rubbish heap, a
heap which grew to mountainous pro
portions, and from which today th
company is obtain lug toes of ma
terial. Although the first American patent
for a metal pen was granted a Bal
tlmorcan in 1810. It wes half a cen
tury later that the industry began
to flourish. -
American meat producto importod
Into Germany are subject upon ar
rival to examination held under Im
perial pure-food laws, and if found
to be unsuitable for sale and con
sumption in Germany, may be con
fiscated or returned to the Importer,
as tho Inspectors deum best.
The Montreal carnvai ' Is not
wanted by the land and colonization
Interests of the Dominion. ' Every
effort dds been made In recent years
to divorce Canada In the popular
mind from the "L ly of the Snows"
Idea.
Wholesale Markets.
Xew York. Wheat Spot firm;
No. 2 red, 130c. elevator, domestic
and nominal f. o. b. afloat; No. 1
Northern Duluth and No. 2 hard -winter,
1.26 & nominal f. o. b. afloat.
Corn Spot steady; No. 2, 74 o.
elevator domestic; 75 delivered and
72 f. o. b. afloat, all nominal.
Oats Spot steady; mixed, 26 32
lbs., nominal; natural white, 26J2
lbs., 52 55c; clipped white,
3 4 (? jp 4 2 lbs., 535614. Option
market was without transactions,
closing net lower. May closed
52 U. Receipts, 41,175 bush.
Butter Firm; receipts, 5,282
pkgs. Creamery specials, 32c; ex
tras, 31; -process., 26Va28.
Cheese steady, unchanged; receipts,
1,802 boxes. Eggs weak; receipts,
7.G34 cases; state, Pennsylvania and
nearby hennery, white, fancy, 36
41c.
Poultry Alive, steady; Western
chickens, 15c; fowls, 16; tnrkeys,
1317. Dressed steady; Western
chickens, 15tff;23c.; fowls, 14jj'17;
turkeys, 22 25.
Philadelphia. Wheat Quiet but
steady; contract grade, January,
125127c.
Corn Steady; January and Feb
ruary, 69 70c.
Oats Dull, c lower; No. 2
white, natural, 5354.
Butter Firm, good demand; extra
Western creamery, 33c; do., nearby
prints, 34.
Eggs Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts, free cases, 38c.
at mark; do, current receipts in re-,
tnrnable cases, 36, at mark; Western
firsts, free cases, 38, at mark; do,
current receipts, free cases, 323G,
at mark.
Cheese Firm; New , York full
creams, choice, 17V417c; do.,
fair to good, 16 17.
Baltimore. Wheat Western
opened quiet; No. 2 red spot, 127c;
May, 1.18. The market war
firm, but there was very little trad
ing. Sales: Car No. 2 red, domes
tic. 127 c
Settling prices were: No. 2 re
Western, 127 c; No. 2 red, 1.27;
No. 3 red, 1.22; steamer No. 2 red,
1.20; ' steamer No. 2 red Western,
1.22.
Tho closing was firmer; No. 2 red
spot, 127 c. bid; May, 1.19 nomi
nal. Corn Spot, 69 Ts ffP 70 c; Feb
ruary, 70a70; March, 71 ft)
71; May, 72 72. Prices
hardened alter the opening and at
the second call spot was quoted at
7070c. Offerings were light.
Sales car spot, 70c; 15,000 bu.
March, 71; 4 cars spot, 70; 2 cars
spot, 70; 10,000 May, 72.
Settling prices were: Contract,
70c; No. 2 white, 72;. steamer
mixed. 68; No. 4, 66.
Oats We quote: White No. 2,
as to weight, 54c; No. 3, as to
weight, 5253;'No. 4, as to
weight, 51 & 62. Mixed No. 2,
5252c; No. 3, 50 61.
Rye We quote per bu: No. 2
rye, Western, domestic, 85 86c;
No. 3 do. 81 83; No. 2 rye, near
by, 80S1.
Hay Receipts, 339 tons; Includ
ing 71 for export. Demand fair for
good, sound timothy, mixed and
clover hay, but top figures extreme'
for car lots. We quote per ton: No.
1 timothy, $21 21.60; No. 2 timo
thy, $20 20.60; No. 3 timothy,
$17.5019.
Butter We quote, per lb: Cream
cry, fancy, 313!c; creamery,
choice, 29 30; ereamery, good, 28
29; creamery, imitation, 24026;
creamery, prints, 32 34.
CheesvJ The market Is steady.
Quote: Jobbing prices, per lb, liii
18 c.
. Eggs The msrket is steady, with
fairly good inquiry for fresh eggs.
MVe quote, per dozen, loss-off: Mary
land, Pennsylvania ana nearoy firsts,'
33c; Western firsts, 33; West Vir
ginia firsts, 33; Southern firsts, 32;
guinea eggs, 16 17.
Dresaed Poultry The market is
firmer on choice to fancy stock. We
quote.' per lb: . Turkeys Choice,
small, 24 24c; choice, medium to
large, 2122; fair to good, 1
21; old toms, 19 ft 20. Chickens
Choice, 1 young, 1617c; old and
mixed, 15 16; old roosters, 10 11,
Ducks, 15 17c. Geese Nearby, 12
13c; Western and Southern,. 10
flll. Capons-i-Large, 24c; .me
dium, 21 23; small and slips, 190
20.
Live otock.
. Chicago. Cattle Market steady.
Steers. $4.76a8; cows, $S.504.25;
heifers, $3.40flC; bulls, $436.ZS;
calves, $3 8.76; stockers and feed
ers. $3.7506.40.
Hogs Market 10 He. higher.
Choice heavy. $8.40 8.80: butchers.
.$8 358.4S; light mixed, $J.U
B.zb; choice light, $8.268.S0;
packing.- $8.80 8 40; pigs, $7.15
7.85; bulk of sales. $8.2 9 1.40. ' T
Sheep Market steady to strong.
Cheep. $4.666; lambs,' $T7.t;
yearlings,, f 425 7.5,, .,...
V Kansas City, Mo. Cattle Market
for steers steady: for cows steady .to
lEc. higher. .Choice export and
dressed beef teers. $5 75a7.10; fair
to , good. $4.75 6.75; Western
steers, $4.50 ; stockers and-feeders,
$3,606; Southern steers, $4.2$
5. SO; Southern cows, $2.7S 4.60',
native cows, $2.n&5.li; nsUve
belters, $3.66f5.60; bulls, $8,769,
4.66; calves, $3.75.25.
Hags Market 10016c higher;
advance lost. Top, $8.42; bulk" el
sales, $8 8.80; heavy, $8.B0
8.42; papers " butchers, U10
f8.0; light, $T.08-; pigs,
T.J07.H.