ne ms Tr re e— n “0 BOERS NOW TAKE TH OFFENSIVE RECAPTURE A RIDGE. Gen. Joubert Attempting a Flank Movement— Has Crossed to South of the Tugela— Buller to Make Another Dash. The most important news from South Africa Sunday morning is conveyed in a dispatch from Duoban. which says that Gen. Joubert is marching with 6,000 men to outflank Gen. Buller. An alarm was given in the Boer camp on Friday night that Gen. White was try- ing to cut his way out of Ladysmith, but nothing seems to have come of the attempt, if it was made. “The Boers have occupied Bloys farm, south oi the Tugela. which is under an hour's ride from Chieveley and have turned the homestead into a hospital. On the farm are hills com- manding both bridges over the Tugela, _ as well as Forts Wylie and Molyneux. and from which a view of Bulwana and Ladysmith is obtainable. There is much apprehension here regarding the Boer movements and the authorities are on the alert.’ A dispatch from Frere Camp. dated Sunday, said all was quiet there. The British troops were resting and the Boers were inactive. The latest reports irom the front, showing that Buller abandoned Va Krantz and retired across the Tugela because the Bger guns could shell him out of his position, and that he intends to make another dash for Ladysmith, destroy the comforting and ingenious theory that the movement was an elabo- rate feint to facilitate the main advance of Gen. Roberts. he dating of mes- sages from Frere camp may indicate that Buller has withdrawn all his forces there. Even the most sanguine persons be- gin to see it almost hopeless to expect the relief of Ladysmith, while it is clear that if it be impossible for Buller to reach Ladysmith it is equally impossi- ble for the garrison, exhausted by sick- ness and privations, to cut a way out. The fact that Gen. Roberts arrived at Modder river Friday seems to show that he has been on a round of inspec- tion of the chief commands and that the main advance is not so near as has been supposed. i.ondon was astonished and dish ened Friday afternoon by the publica- tion of the following dispatches, dated on Thursday at the Boer head laager, l.adysmith: “The British who were in possession oi the kopje at Molens drift abandoned it after a bombardment by Boer cannon Thursday morning and retired across the Tugela river to their former posi- ton. A desultory cannonade is pro- ceeding at the Tugela, but otherwise everything is quiet. As tending to confirm the above this dispatch from the same source. dated Wednesday, was posted: “An armored train Tuesday made a Chieveley towards Colenso and landed 2.000 British troops on the right of the Boer position. The Boers immediately crossed the river and made at attack with rifles and artillery, forc- ng the Vihirey al of both the train and the troops to Chievele)y The fighting on the Upper Tugela river lasted until sortie from 8:30 Tuesday evening. Firing at both Colenso and along the Upper Tugela Las been proceeding since 3 o'clock Wednesday morning. While Buller has been forced back in Natal an unpleasant story comes from the western border that Methuen has ordered a retreat irom an advanced position. Col Plumer's force attacked the Boer position near Ramonsta and after heavy fighting, including an endeavor to take the place by storm, the British were re- pulsed. Their loss is unknown. N Boers were injured. JOHN D. ROCKFELLER RETIRES. Some Motive for His Giving up Presidency cf Standard Oil Company. John D. Rockefeller has resigned the presidency of the Standard Oil Com- pany of Ohio to avoid being draavn in- to future investigation of its affairs. He will be succeeded by A. M. McGregor, vice-president of the New Jersey Stand- ard Oil Company. It is believed that this move is mere- ly one of expediency. as the State Su- preme Court has decided the Anti-Trust law of Ohio constitutional and a fur- ther investigation of the Standard is likely by Attorney General Monnett of that State. This action by Mr. Rock- efeller will probably avoid the necessity of his testifying at such a hearing. Mr. Rockefeller will, it is generally believed, continue to direct the affairs oi the Standard as he has in the past. Frank Rockefeller has also retired as vice-president. and F. H. Squire. of Cleveland. has been chosen for that po- ion. The Ohio corporation in which these changes are made is really the controlling organization of the Stand- ard Oil Company CONVICTS ESCAR — ISVILLE. erate Criminalt™iain Their Liberly in Kentucky. ” There was a jail delivery at Louis- ville, Ky., Saturday evening. Red Ferg, Thomas Kelly, Henry Gard- ner, George Gorman and George Mec- Elroy, five notorious criminals, made their escape from what is known as sec- tion No. 5 which was heretofore thought to have been the safest part of the structure. By the use of files they cut a sufficient portion of the roof of their cell away and effected an exit. When they reached the wall of the building they dug their way out by re- moving the bricks. By a daring climb along a narrow cornice they reached the roof. Then they leaped across a 10-foot alley space to an engine house heyond From this they made their way_to the ground and disappeared. Their escape was discovered only a few minutes aiter they left the jail. Ballot t Box Stuffers Sentenced. Samuel R. Markley Joseph S. Hogs and Frank T s Pierce, of Phil- adelphia, have been sentenced to im- prisonment for two y penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $300 each for frauds perpetrated at the No- vember election. The men were election officers in the Twelith division of the Fiith ward and were recently convicted of stuifing the ballot box and making fraudulent re- turns of the votes cast. Not Much Yellow Fever. A report of the vital statistics of Ha- vana ior the year 1899, compiled by Mayor Davis, chief sanitary officer, shows that in an estimated population oi 220,000 there were 8.153 deaths from all causes. Oi these 1,163 were irom enteritis and 1,307 from tuberculosis. Yellow fever occupies a relatively small position on the list, 103 deaths having resulted from this cause. Eleven deaths were due to lepro Shot His Wiie’s Murderer. At Cherry station, Ky.. Saturday. Jim Gordon, a negro farm hand, enraged because Mrs. George Rollins, a white farmer's wife, refused to give him some money, cut her throat with a butcher knife. Her screams were heard by her husband, who shot the negro twice and beat out his brains with the gun butt. Mrs. Rollins died in a few minutes. ree Will Institute a Tariff Law. France refuses to lower the duties on Brazilian coffee, and the negotiations on the subject are broken off. A cable message just received from Paris ai- firms that the French Government will retaliate against the Brazilian law doubling duties on French goods. The negotiations with Italy, Spain and Ger- many are progressing favorably. LATEST NEWS NOTES. A society has been formed in Berlin to promote emigration to Southern Brazil. A survey for an electric railroad is be- ing made irom Tiffin, O.. to Toledo, by way of Sandusky. Tampico. Mexico, astrous fire in its history. about $1,000,000. The Maharajah of Jaipur has made a donation of 100,000 rupees to the South African war fund. At Black Hawk, shot and killed his and committed suicide. Heavy snowialls throughout Germany have greatly interfered with railway and telegraph communicavions. had the most dis- the loss being Col. W. M. Allen wife and daughter The Alsonche cement works of Ger- many are now seeking a suitable place in the United States to erect a branch. United States Judge Seaman, at Chi- cago, dec’des that saloon license bonds not exempt under the war revenue Governor Tanner, of Illinois, is con- fined to his bed with a serious attack of stomach trouble. and all visitors are de- nied. At Corry, Pa, Tidioute, committed suicide, ering his head from the body razor. Robert P. Porter and Director San- ger, oi the Cuban census, arrived at Havana irom the United States Wed- nesday. Thomas J. Berney. ci nearly sev- with a manufacturers with a capita consuni- A eonibination of the oi whips in the country, of a, is soon to be mated. The American Bicycle Company. of Jersey City, N. was incorporated at Springfield. TIL. with a capital of $R0.- 000.000. Pittsburg was fiith among the cities wi a) 1 of the country in building last year. and there were 3.547 operations, at a cost of $8,201,204. The Diamond Match Company has declared a quarterly dividend of 215 ver cent., the net profits of the past ye being $1,513,767. Rev. William Hudson, pastor of the Carmichaels (Pa.) Presbyterian church, has started to Egypt. Palestine and the Paris exposition. Kiskiminetas narrowly es- night by the Fifty skaters on the river, at Bagdad station, eaped drowning Monday ice breaking up. Eighteen hundred quarts oi glycerin exploded at Fulmer Valley. near Brad- fjord, Pa. The shock was felt 50 miles No lives were lost. Jelleionte, Pa.. have erection Ol monu- The citizens of already raised $8000 for the the soldiers’ and sailors’ Curtin ment at that place. It 1s now conceded in England that the Salisbury ministry is firmly in pow- er and will be backed by the country in continuing the war. Henry A. Holcomb. a New Bedford. yarn manufacturer, has gone in- to bankruptcy. with liabilities of $1.- 351.438. and no assets. Mass, An American student at McGill versity. Montreal, was ducked in section bath for criticising the troops in South Africa. Promoters oi the electric railway to connect Sharpsville, Pa., Sharon, Pa, Hubbard, nd Youngstown. O., are securipg the right of way. High water and floating ice in Bui- falo creek.’ N. Y., Friday caused dam- age estimated at $100.000 to shipping and docks along the stream. While James H. Finnegan, at Cleveland, O., was blowing his nose his eye popped out. The cleverness of a physician has saved it for him. Major General Otis will be detached from duty and will return to this coun- try aiter the arrival of the new Philip- pine Commission at his own request. A mob of 1,200 miners in Martinique have been preventing the harvesting of suger cane, and in a fight with the mil- itary nine men were killed or wounded. Four thousand men and boys employ- ed in the collieries of the Mineral anc Union Coal Company. at Shamokin, Pa., are idle on account of a car famine. William Stiles, aged 70. was arrested at South Bend, Ind.. charged with cm- bezzling $40,000 {from the estate of the Uni- a dis- British late Samuel Halstead. of New York City. Youngstown (0O.) council voted down a resolution expressing sympa- thy with Boers, on the ground that the British are in the greatest need of sym- pathy. A joint resolution was passed by the House in Iowa calling for an amend- ment to the Constitution authorizing the selection of Senators by popular vote. The hospital ship Missouri, which started from Manila with 272 sick and wounded soldiers, is reported irom Honolulu as having lost 16 of her pas- sengers by deatn. © © Rear “Admiral McNair has been re- lieved of the superintendency of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, owing to illness, and Commander Richard Wain- wright succeeded him. Seven members of the McTarish fam- ily were murdered by Indians at Cap- per Lard, British Columbia, the Indians imagining that they had caused an epi- demic of scurvy by witchcraft. The courts of Berlin have decided to reiuse Herr Sternberg’'s offer of bail to the amount of 1,000,000 marks, and the 18-fold millionaire, now rged with financial irregularitics, went to jail. Agoncillo, the Filipino representative now in Paris, declared that the propos- ed plan of civil government for the Philippines would never be accepted, as it gives the natives little say in the gov- ernment. The benefit performance in New York Friday for the English soldiers in South Africa and the widows and chil- dren of the American soldiers who fought in the Philippines netted about $6,000. Pittsburg engineers, workmen and materials are to be used in the erection oi the mammoth blast furnaces on the site of the old Cleveland rolling mill to be used by the American Steei and Wire Company. “Bill” Cook. sentenced in 1893 to four years’ imprisonment in the Albany Pen- itentiary, and who died there Wednes- day from cons umption, was once one of the most noted desperadoes of the Indian Territory. Two switch engines on the Wiscon- sin Central Railroad collided in a fog at Franklin Park, Wednesday, two men being killed, another sustaining what 1s thought are fatal injuries and a fourth severe injuries. After deliberating seven and a hal hours the jury found a verdict oi guilty oi first degree murder against Roland B. Molineux, the New York clubman accused of poisoning Mrs. Katherine J. Adams. December 28, 1808. W. S. Taylor, the Republican claim- ant for the governorship of Kentucky, issued a proclamation refusing to sign the agreement made between Republi- cans and Democrats, but saying he will allow the controversy to be settled in the courts. The Lincoln birthday association of Buffalo has a fund of about $10,000 left by the late Julius E. Francis, as stated in his will, "to perpetuate the memory of Abraham Lincoln,” which the trus- tees have offered to the Buffalo park de- partment as a contribution toward monument to Lincoln. a An offensive and defensive alliance has been made between Portugal “and Great Britain whereby the former is to give to the latter the Portuguese ports in South Africa by which the Boers are importings arms and men, while Eng- land is arming wholesale to keep the powers {rom interfering. GITIES BEING BURNED BY REBELS. GEN. SCHURMAN ATTACKED. Filipinos Try to Ambush the American Expe- ditions-—Now Use Flaming Arrows to Aid in Destruction. Of late the insurgents in Albay prov- ince, Luzon. have adopted harrassing tactics against the towns which the Americans ve garrisoned. They camp in the Is and maintain a con- stant fire upon the American outposts. When the troops y against them they scatter, returning when the Ameri- cans retire. They shoot burning ar- rows and have thus burned a large part of the town oi Albay. Most of the ns in that province are prac- &eserted except by the garri- sons. Scarcely any oi the inhabitants return to their home . They are camp- ing in the interior. and it is supposed armed insurgents prevent them going back. It is reported that there is ‘much suffering among them, owing to lack of food. As a result of these condi- tions, the hemp business in that section is seriously hindered and ships going for cargoes are compelled to take gangs of coolies to do their loading. Hemp held in the interior is quite 1naccessi- ble. Guerilla warfare continues south of Manila. Two attemots have been made to ambush the Americans. Gen. Schwn, while reurning to Manila with his staff and escort of 100 cavalry irom Batangas. was attacked by the insur- gents. “he latter were dispersed, but the Americans have five men wounded. Licut. Col. Beacom. with six com- panies of the Forty-second infantry, eld a two hour's fight with Gen. Pio Del Pilar’s command, which attempted to ambush the Americans along the trail through Morong province. near the lake. Here also the insurgents were dispersed. but the Americans had several wounded. among them a cap tain. Gen. Bell bales province with other expedition is ward from Subig. It is reported that the insurgents general Alejandro recovered from his wound and has as- sembled a large force in that district. The plague continues. Eight cases were reported last week among the na- tives and business and social life are undisturbed. Smallpox is prevalent among the natives along the railroad and in the towns on the norti.2arn coast. is operating through Zam- a small force. An- proceeding north- Two officers of the Thirty-sixth in- fantry have died of the disease and an- other officer and several soldiers have been stricken. CUBA is PROSPERING. The Growing Demand for Laborers Cannot Be Supplied. labor in The demand for Cuba is greater now than at any time in the his- tory of the island. From the sugar dis tricts comes the information that it is impossible to get suificient laborers, and tobacco growers of Pinar del Rio are offering them $3 per day. or three times as much as ever before, and even at this price are short many hundred. This condition tells the story oi Cuba's agricultural prosperity more eloquently than it could otherwise be told. In response to the demand there are ar- riving in Havana now from the Canary Islands irom 3.000 to 4,000 men and boys each month. The immigration statistics for 189g show about 45.000 passengers landed at this port, of whom 25,000 were immigrants. An American syndicate has sccured control of the asphalt deposits in the 1 of Puerto Padre and have begun regi development. Five «old mines have been discovered in the vicinity of Hol- guin, in eastern Cuba, on property owned by a British syndicate. Engi- neers are now at work preparatory to operating the mines. The same syndi- cate has purchased several other claims where gold has been discovered. The automobile has been introduced in Cuba and the company already es- tablished in Havana 1s seeking con- tracts to carry the mails to all points of the interior which have no railway com- munication. The roads throughout eastern Cuba are good, and it is heli ed that the automobile has solved a puzzimg question. MAY BE GOEBEL'S ASSASSIN. Police Think They Have a Clue to the Right Party. The police oi Peoria are on the trail oi the tor Goebel, of Kentuckj iy mysterious well-dressed stranger is co-operating with the local force. and sensational de velopments are expected. A youiy man arrived in the city 1ast™{ail, who c¢ ed his-fatfier was a member of a on East Front street. Cincinnati. claimed Kentucky as his home and said repeatedly that it was his evidence that acquitted Goebel of the charge of mur- der. He_was very bitter in his denun- ciation of Goebel, and offered to bet large sums of money that Goebel would be assassinated before he reached the gubernatorial chair. He said a near relative of Goebel's victim was pledged to kill the governor, but in case he failed to keep his word, others would not fail, and that he him- self would, with his own hand shoot Goebel before he got a chance to dis- grace his native State by becoming its governor. This was said several times in the presence of reputable witnesses. Some think his talk the ravings of fanatic but most of his hearers believe he was desperately in earnest. He had leit Peoria some time before the Ken- tucky tragedy and his present where- abouts is not known. Peoria, IIL, New Philippine Commission. The President has appointed Judge William H. Tait, of Cincinnati, United States judge of the Sixth judicial cir- cuit. to be president of the new Fhilip- pine commission. Judge Tait's place on the bench was filled by the appointment oi Judge Henry F. Severens, of Grand Rapids, Mich. On leaving the White House Judge Tait stated that the com- mission of which he had been appointed president would sail for the Philippines soon after March 13, and its specia ni ssion would be the establishment of a il government for the island. There will be five members on the commis- sion, all civilians. Murdered by Natives. News has been received that the na- tives of the Solomon Islands group are murdering the white settlers, and that a gunboat irom the German Solomons has gone to punish the culprits. Many murders have taken place, and in one instance the Captain and mate and four of the crew of trading schooner were killed while trying to protect a settler irom the natives. In. most cases rob- bery seems to be the incentive. Mexicans Defeat the Indians. A dispatch from Oaj Mex..says that General Bravo is making good progress in his campaign against the Maya In- dians. in Yucatan. The Maya losses are reported to have been heavy. Sev- eral small villages have been destroyed by the gunboat crews. It is charged by Mexican officers that the, Mayas are receiving aid from the residents of British Honduras. Exports for January. The monthly statements of exports issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department shows that there were exported in January breadstuffs to the value of $17.541,240; provisions, $11,508,340; cotton, $27,104,201; mineral oil, $6,339,185 ‘he total exports for the month were $64, ,320.503, as compar- ed with $74.720,763 for January, 1899. declared Oporto. Portugal, has been free from the bubonic plague. RELINQUISHED BY BRITAIN. She Will Make No Objection to Our Entire Con- trol of Nicaragua Canal. The United States and Great Britain have reached an amicable agreement re specting the operations of the Clayton ulwer treaty as affecting the right of construction and control by the United States of the Nicaragua canal. The re- sult marks the termination of conier- ences between the officials of the State department and Lord Paunceiote of ful- ly a year’s duraton. Great Britain agre es to a modification of the Clayton Julwer treaty by which she practically relinquishes any claims respecting a du- al control of the Nicaragua canal aiter it shall have been constructed. The re sult is to eliminate that feature of the treaty bearing on the subject of dt control and to leave the United States free to construct and thereaiter control this inter-oceanic waterway. In all the discussions over the proposed canal the question of England's rights under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty has formed a prominent feature, and on more than one occasion has given rise to the query whether or not the United States gov- ernment had the moral right to pro- vide for the construction oi the canal without a modification of the treaty. England has made no demands for za quid pro quo for her abandonment oi whatever rights she may have had un- der the treaty and which she promises to relinquish. MAJ. LOGAN'S FUNERAL. Youngstown, Ohio, Pays Tribule to the Dead Hero— Business Suspended. After lying in state in St. John's Epis- copal church. Youngstown, O.. the re- mains of Maj. John A. Logan were Wednesday afternoon carried to their last resting place in the magnificent An- drews mausoleum at Oak Hill cemetery. The services were held in the church and the Episcopal burial service was used without eulogy. The funeral cort- ege was the largest ever witnessed in Youngstown, and business was practic- ally suspended. The funeral cortege included C ompa- ny H, Seventh United States infantry, with Tegtien el band as escori: Com- pany H, O. N. G., guard of honor: G. A. R., posts, battalion Fith regiment, O. N. G., dernl] of U. S. Grant post, Chicago, G. R.: a detail of the socie- ty of the aa of the Tennessee, sol- diers and sailors of the Spanish-Ameri- can war, civic societies, city officials, and friends in carriages. At the cemetery a prayer by Bishop Leonard. benediction by Rev. Mr. Fr zier, a volley fired. the notes oi the bugle sounding taps, and all the earthly honor had been shown the fearless sol- dier who so heroically died upon the field of San Jacinto in his country’s cause, ANXIOUS FOR AN EDUCATION. Cubans Take Advantage.of the Public Schools Instituted by Uncle Sam. Alexis Frye, superintendent of Cu- 1 hel in his report to the govern- 3 or general upon the development of the se hool system since the work of reor- ganization began six weeks ago, says that the whole country seems on fire with enthusiasm for education. The popular feeling exceeds all he had ven- tured to hope for. Six weeks ago there existed in the island less than 200 eho all based on the old Spanish foundations, with the exception of a few that had been e stablished more than a year before in Santiago by Gen. Wood. There are now 2.038 schools in the island, of which 201 are in Havana city, 152 in Matanzas Ci Puerto Principe City. Thns far reports have been received 3erling who enjoys exceptional advant- age for gathering information regard- ing the German navy. erts that the German Government made all the has prepari itions necessary to finish the con struction of the new worships by 1908, instead of 1916, as the naval augmenta tion bill seemingly provides. In 1908 the German navy. according to this officer, will have 37 battleships. varyigg from 11.000 to 13.000 tons, and 30 large and 40 small armored cruise thus exceeding in fighting power the navy of F > DBetore the ad of 1003. «#11 according to the same informant. Germany will be mistress of the North Sea and her fleet will beat the American over twofold. Coal Fleet Me! Disaster. Word has been received by Jute & Co., of Piusburg, Pa., who operate the big towboat Joseph B. Williams. that their boat had met with a serious accident at Point Pleasant, Mo., result ing in the sinking of 16 coal boats be- sides grounding 10 and badly damaging several others of her fleet. She had 40 coal boats and three barges of steel rails in her tow. Fog and rapidly falling water are said to have been the cause of the disaster. The entire fleet was shov- ed onto a bar at Point Pleasant and the tow went to pieces. ‘he coal boats which were sunk and damaged contain- ed about 670,000 bushels of coal. The loss is estimated at $30,000. Dying of Influenza. The influenza which has spread throughout Germany now numbers 60,- 000 victims in Munich. In Berlin every bed in every hospital was occupied, and the hospital physicians, hundreds of whom have been stricken with the mal- ady, are scarcely able to care for their patients. Among those believed to be dying is Dr. Lieber, leader oi the Centrists, or Clerical party in the Reichstag, who re- ceived the sacraments. CABLE FLASHES. Diplomats in Europe expect Russia to make an aggressive move in Persia to secure a route to the open sea at al- most any time. Count Ferdinand Esterhazy against amnesty being granted to Cap- tain Alfred Dreyfus, and he even invites prosecution for himself. In Munich there are 60.000 victims of grip. while in Berlin all hospitals are full, and Dr. Lieber, leader of the Cen- trist party, is thought to be dying. The mortality in Bombay Tuesday anprecedense There was a total of 408 deaths. The situation aggra vated by the advent of famine refugees. The German direct cable from Emden to New York, by way of the Azores, will be laid by a London Sonany; It will cost £085,000. The cable will be 4.336 miles long. Lord Roberts, British commander- in-chief in South Africa. has sent a note to Presidents Steyn and Kruger com- plaining against the wanton destruction of property in Natal by the protests Ww Joers. A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says that the Venezuelan troops invaded Brazil- ian territory and were apposed by the forces of the latter republic, which were forced to retreat after a serious fight. General von Der Goltz, a German military expert, said the Boers are su- perior io the Turks as soldiers and that their victories are due to the patriotic motives with which they are inspired. At the annual meeting Tuesday oi the associated chambers of agriculture in London, the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease in Norfolk and Suffolk was announced, the first outbreak since 1804. The situation is described as a Very grave one. and 170 in| irom 07 municipalities and there are 34 others to be heard from, which will probably increase the number of schools by 400. The schools that have already reported show an aggregate attendance of more than 100,000 pup and Mr. Frye believes this attendance will have increased to 130,000 before June 1. German Navy Increasing. An American naval officer now in| BUSINESS OUTLOOK VERY BRIGHT REVIEW OF TRADE. Industrial Concerns ALE Busy, Production Sur- passes That of Any Previous Year. R. G. Dun & Co.'s “Weekly Review of Trade” reports the following: The industries are still surpassing in actual output the work of any previous year. Fheir new business is not correspond ingly large, nor could such orders be accepted by most industries if offered. but enough are coming to prevent stop page of works or much decline in pri The weekly output of pig iron February 1 was 208,014 tons, but stocks unsold rose 20,300 tons in January, in- dicating a consumption slightly smaller than the output when the month began. As the consuming works were naturally stopped about the holidays more than the furnaces, the figures prove little, but bessemer and grey forge at Pittsburg have not changed in price during the past week, and slightly lower offers of pig by southern and other new furnaces at Chicago and eastern markets have had little effect. It is more significant that the decline of prices for some weeks in bars, plates and sheets has been checked. Large orders have been taken for these and other products, in- dicating that the works in need of busi- ness may have obtained enough for a time. “ailures for the week were 245 in the United States, against 217 k vear. and 33 in Canada. against 33 1 year. Bradstreets says of the ment: Wheat, including ments for the week, aggregate 2.902.357 bushels, against 2.724.037 bushels last week, 5.380.500 bushels in the corres- ponding week of 1809, 3.410.504 bush- els in 188, 2.051.345 bushels in 1807, and 2,718,301 bushels in 186. Since July 1. this season. the exports of wheat aggregate 123.012.322 bushels, against 136.300.1359 bushels on year, and 049.337 bushels in 1897-98. Corn poris for the week aggregate bushels. against 3.380.902 bushels last week, 3.865.622 bushels in this week a ear ago, 4.308.012 bushels in 1808. 4.- 160.27 4 bushels in 1807 and 3.143.344 bus ha in 1806. Since July 1. this sea- SOM. Corn exports Aggregate 132.600.774 bushels. against_103,279.356 bushels dur- grain move- flour ship- ex- 3.430.000 ing the same period a year ago, and 103.3060.671 bushels in 1897-08. MORMONS WILL LEAVE UTAH. Owing to Gentile “ Persecution” They Wiil Settle in Wyoming. Arrangements for one of the biggest colonization schemes ever engineered in the west. have been completed at Corey ne, Wyo.. where a portion of the Big Horn basin in Northern Wyoming will be settled by Mormons. For sever- | al years a majority iu tah have leit that they could not stand the “persecutions” of the | new country where they might build their homes, new arrangements were made with the Wyoming authorities for the selection of 200,000 acres of land in the Big Horn basin under the ict. A committee of prominent | mons is now selecting this land | the Stinking water river. The canal and irri {tem will be Sttieed and several jos anals and reservoirs constructed. dreds of Noymon families are now dis- | posing of their property in Utah, pack i | | i i Mor- along tion Sys- new Hun- jing up their personal belongir and during the curly spring they will start { for the big Horn basin. The Mormon leaders say there will be upwards of 30,- i 000 people emigrate to the colony dur ting the present year. i Crazed by Kentucky News. { i Since the shootis ng of Senator Goebel | Henry Munday. well-to-do farmer | | and wondsine living 30 miles south of x a., near Big Sandy river, { has manifes A the greatest interest and | walked miles daily to the railroad sta- tion for [talk to his family of nothing else but the | a newspaper. Tuesday he would trouble at the Kentucky capital, and to- | ward evening he became wild with ex- citement, declaring that he | sl; ayer of Saebel before he could be stopped he seized Winchester rifle and started for the! | station to take the train for Frankfort. | where he intended to shoot dew the guilty ones. The demented man was disarined with difficulty, as he threaten- ed to use took six men to hold him. Wealthy Brothers Killed. I William and John Newton, wealthy { bachelor brothers, were burned to death {in the home of the former one mile west { of Portland, Ind., on Monday morning. The fire was discovered by a neighbor, but when he reached the burning house he was too late to render any assistance. In the rear of the ruins were a number of chairs and a bundle of papers which had evidently been carried out. All of them were covered with blood. No actual evidence of foul play has been discovered. William Newton was 73 vears old, and one of the wealthiest men in the State, his estate being estimated at £1.500.000. Both men were eccentric and lived in the most frugal manner. Militia Standing. Secretary Root has sent to Congress his annual report on the organized and unorganized militia. It shows that the country has 10,343,152 men capable oi bearing arms. Of this number 106,330 are in the National Guard, an increase of about 2,000. Pennsylvania has 10,- 036 men in the National Guard, and 912,064 available for military service. Ohio has less than half as many Na- tional Guardsmen, the total being only 4.481, and 630,000 men available for ser- vice. West Virginia's Guard has 083 men, and 125,000 available. Object to Further Aid. Hon. Joseph Israel Tarte, Minister of Public Works, Montreal, is strongly opposed to sending any more Canadians 10 South Africa. His paper, La Patrie, s “The country has already spent oy $2,000,000 to send two contin- gents to Africa. If we are to take part in all the conflicts of Europe, instead of developing our resources and im- proving our country, we will spend our money in armaments for wars in which Canada has no direct interest.’ Bomb tor De Cassagnac. Some considerable excitement was caused in Paris by the announcement that a bomb had been found in the win- dow ledge ci the residence of Paul de Cassagnac. on the boulevard Malesher- bes, with the fuse lighted. The latter was extinguished by a policeman. The chiel of the municipal labatory said that the engine would have done much dam- age if it had id exploded. No Lova for England. It is officially announced in London that Sir Edmund J. Monson, the Brit- ish ambassador to France, leit Paris for the south on leave of absence. The an- nouncement is erally regarded as important, Coming on top of the known anti- British feeling in France, it is thought the departure of the ambas- sador irom his post at the present junc- ture indicates more than appears on the surface or than is contained in the oi- ficial explanation Klondik='s Output. Because of the mildness of the winter into the latter part oi December the Klondike, according to official report, will be unable to attain the estimated $25,000,000 output for the year. - How- ever, the temperature in the last week was below 40 and down to 50, and that will help production. of the Mormons in | | i Gentiles and | { with the idea of getting away and into a | Carey | knew the! the weapon on his friends. It, SEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED MORE COAL DEALS. Suit Pas Been Brought Against Bondsmen of | Ex-County Treasurer Hershey—Juggled a Botil2 of Dynamite. County Solicitor Hz: agaist the bondsmen of rea who wi ex-County s short $63, Ihe mat- ‘esponsible tor George T. Haddin, dead, Joh nstown, 312; Nancy C. Haddin, Johnstown, $8; Barbara Hauser. Linden, $3; WwW. Wallace. Connellsville, $17; A. Boal, Beaver Falls, $0; Acheson, Pittsburg, $8; John R. ay, Edgewood Park, $6; Mack- Winnings, Kine. $6: Thomas Robson, x. $6; Charles A. Crassel, Alle- zheny, $8: Robert Bennett. dead. Brad- lock, $60 to $12; Samuel J. Elgin, Salts- ourg, $6 to $10; William A. Kuhns, ‘reeport. $6 to $8; lizzie M. Jacobs, Center Hall. $8; Chrisuna James, $8:Corydon W. Charles C Baybrooks, Mooney, Johnstown, Greenfield, $0: Conshoho Rankin. $6: John George mington, en, $6; Jover, Barnett. Eli Farquhar, st Bethlehem, $6; San uel Gordon, Reed, $6: William L.. Wal- lis, Sharon. $6: George Drellinger, Chambersburg. $ Jacob W. Ream, dead, johnstown, “$12: John Gregg. Monroeton, $ George Grumblin Hick Becl Ks Danville. Johnstown. $10: James Caldwell, ory. 38: James M. Crawford, Mills, William Keener. Benjamin McKillips, Patterson, $12; John Miller, Butler. $10; Jacob | Stalb, Hastings. $17: Louise Horton, Mansfield. $8: i.ibbie Mclaughlin, Oil City, $8; tha Haines. Graysville, $8. John C. Dougal, accused of sheep stealing in the West Alexander region. Washington county, was sentenced 1 Judge Taylor to twenty months in Riv- srside penitentiary. guilty to the charge the grand jury and was at once taken before the rourt for sentence. The arrest of Dou- gal occurred two weeks ago and was responsible for the murder of George McCammon. Dougal implicated no one in his confession before the court. He said he had stolen over 100 head of theep since fall and had been in no sther business. He took the sheep from the sheds at night and had them taken to Wheeling, where he had previously anged to dispose of them. An engineer was blown from his cab by an explosion of a cylinder head on the locomotive Wednesday, and that caved his life. The engine was used in the construction of the new Smithfield & Masontown railronod and was going at a moderate speed when the explosion occurred. wetal and bolts were hurled throug ab and passed hrough where the engineer was sitting when he was blown out of the engine 1 second before, escaping with a severe shaking up and some bruises While cutting fieces ol 1 the © tnmber on his farm near Polk Saturday afternoon, John Russell was str truck across the neck and shoul- ders by a falling tree and pinned to the ground. The tree was large and Rus i sell suffered terribly, until his assistant, a boy. chopped through the tree and re- leased him Even after this was ac complished he lay on the snow for some time until a conveyance could be srocured to take hom home. His recov- ery 1s doubtiul Mrs. Joseph G. Mognet, near Salis bury, Somerset county. sold her fine “atin to the Continental Coal “omipany. operating in that section, for $13,000. Henry J. Wilmoth, engaged in the eoal hus siness in the same section, will erect 5 houses. S Livengood and J. IY. 1gle sold to Ehlent Reed, timore, | v,200 acres of coal near Casselman, i Somerset county, which they will devel- op al once. The Beate 1 examining board reports the of its investigation in- to the charges that the questions for the nnual examination for licenses to dicine and surgery in Penn June at Philadelphia were known to several apph- the exanunations. The 1edical 2 Eh J Pittsburg | |: | | cants prior to board decided that hereafter the ques- tions shall not be printed. Judson Fields, awaiting trial for horse Joseph Tayle for felonious and James Carson, {or bur- | escaped from the county jail at stle, Tuesday night by cutting through the and climbing down a roof telegraph pole. They got out of their cells by unscrewing a bolt holding the lock. Six other prisoners claim that they heard nothing. The jail had just been remodeled and was thought to he doubly secure. Larimer, the small mining town one mile west of Irwin, has three cases of smallpox. The victims are Johan Fav- eri, William Rochitti and John Gelpi. The last named man had the disease for some time but the owner of the house kept the matter a secret from the other | boarders, with the result that the two first named men became affected. A quarantine was established. as the cases A drunken tool dresses from South Beaver township wreated consternation at the Seventh Avenue Hotel, Beaver Falls, Friday. by standing on the tile floor of the office and juggling a pint bottle of nitro-glycerin. Republicans ad Trusts. The Supreme Conrt has decided in every case in which unlawful com- binations are attempted in violation of interstate commerce that Congress has power to legislate. It has, there- fore, sustained the views of Harrison, Sherman and leading Republicans which are embodied in the Sherman law and has rejected the doubts of Mr. Cleveland and his associates, which seemed to prevent the two hostile to trusts. In this latest de- cision (the Addystone case) the court | has declared without reservation that Congress has power to legislate against all combinations of manu- facturers which are in restraint of commerce between the States And now President McKinley urges Con- | gress, which has the higest assurance of its right to legislate against trusts prejudicial to interstate commerce, to enact further anti-trust laws, —TIndian- apolis Journal nal, Apres Ov eionkel, Somehow the Bryanistic newspapers who were so skeptical about the prev- alence of prosperity are becoming sig- nificantly silent on that point. They have apparently overlooked the dis- patches announcing another ten per cent. advance in the wages of the New England mill operatives, —Buarlington Hawk-Eye,. er brought suit | 20 In Cot and who 1s now ugitive fron: justice I'he suit includes | voth the State and Lancaster county bond=men, cach set holding tiy: other ter will coine up at the March term of | rourt for nent | The pensions were granted | last week Wilse Indiana, $6; Michael . Widnoon, Armstrong ha; |} beth Opahn Pittsbu BS; Sarah Sanders. Williamsport William T. Taylor, Leasd: $6: Charles | Robert | William | Chadwick | Milesgrove. $6; foseph A. rb=y. Alle- gheny, $8: Thomas Gorman, Mines, $10; David Zimmerman, Johnstawn, $10; John Barnes. Munhal. $8: Harvey [. Coleman. Herricksville, $12: William R. Moran, Altoona, = Lue M. Bird, iin : William Ramsey. Nor- | istown, $12: Joseph H. Lutz Mahoney | City. $6: Sy I’. Reed, New Alexan- dria. $6: David R. Palmer. 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Cleveland, Ohio , & FTTH HTLHVLL HAVA ILAB VILLAS For Sale by Harry M MINES AND MINERS. Great Deposit of Cement in Florida Being Opened Many New Coal Compan- ies Incorporated. Considerable attention is being attrae- ted to a deposit of cement in North- western Florida, ly examined by in the northwestern on the bank of the | near the town of rough estimate plac | formation at between | acres. Jorings show a some places of oly eighty fe 1s calculated that « nogh material is at hand to produce fully 2,000,000,000 bar- rels of cement from the raw material. Its color is as white as snow, and it has been mixed with sand for making brick of an exceedingly fine quality. Work- men can remove it easily with a spade but when treated by heat it hardens and calcined without crumbling. Among those who have examined the experts. It is vart of the Apalachicola river River Junction. A s the extent of the 2,000 and thickness in becomes deposit is Uriah Cummings, president of the Akron Cement Works of Akron, N. Y. Mr. Cummings recently made a careful investigation, and gives his opin- ion that it is the most remarkable bed of natural hydraulic cement in the world. Ic states it contains all of the necessary ingredients for the production’ of the best quality of cement, and that owing to its color it is especially suit- able for work in buildings constructed | of marble and other light material. Mr. Donald Cameron, an old Black Hills gold miner who has been examin ing the lands of Mr. W. S. Floyd, near Critz Station, Patrick county, Virginia, where gold was found some time ago, have written that he thinks, from what he has seen, Mr. Floyd is safe making the developments. rly this month ho | finished a shaft twenty-one feet deep and struck some rich white quartz, which indicates gold and silver. The vein is from ten to twelve inches at the top, and widens as it goes down, and the deeper he goes the riches the rock becomes. He thinks that when he strikes the main land there will be a rich, white quartz gold mine. An iron mine on Bell Island, New- foundland, which was in 1893 bought for $120,000 was sold last year for $i,- 000,000. George F. Becker, of the Geological Survey, who has just returned from a year’s visit to the Philippines, reports the ‘outlook for gold and other valuable metal in those islands is meager. He says there is a better chance of getting rich on gold in the Southern States than in the Philippines. He found, however, the islands were rich in coal deposits The company of Alabama coal opera tors who are shipping coal to points on the lower Mississippi by water from enville, Miss, have secured a con- tract to furnish 150,000 tons to the Texas & Pacific Railroad Co. during the | present year. It is understood that the Texas & Pacific has hitherto secured a i portion of its coal from Pittsburg. The Southern Railway Co has been encour- aging the coal trade along the Mississ- ippi by giving the operators all the fa- cilities possible. It has secured a large fleet of towboats and barges. which take on cargoes at Greenville. In addition to this contract, about 100,000 tons | more, it is calculated, will be shipped to New Orleans and other points during 1900, making at least 250,000 tons which will go by the water route. The Joseph R. Foard Co., of Balti- more, has secured a contract to trans- port 5,000 tons of coal from Baltimore to Santiago. Cuba. This coal has been purchased by the government. As the extensive iron ore mines near Santiago furnish a portion of the ore for the fur- | naces - of the Maryland Steel Co. at Sparrow’s Point, the shipments of coal would give cargoes both ways, and may be an advantage in securing cheaper tr Ssponstian rates for the ore. 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