mn ria" "wm 2Cular orders for cast iron pipi COLD-BLOODED DEED. Samuel MacDonald, a Treasury Clerk, Shot and Killed Frank H. Morris, Auditor for the War Department. Frank H. Morris, of Cleveland, O., Auditor for the War Department, was shot to death in his office at Washing- ton, D. C, at 2.30 o'clock Saturday ai- ternoon by Samuel MacDonald, a $1,400 clerk in the office of the Auditor for the Postoifice Department, who after- ward unsuccessfully attempted suicide by shooting himself in the stomach and slashing his throat with a knife. MacDonald came to Washington over 30 yeas go from Steubemille, O. The trou le grow 2ut of the fact that M:cDonuld abou a vear ago was re- moves from the £2700 positior as d.s- bursing officer in the office of the Aud- itor for the war department and trans- ferred to a $1,400 clerkship in the post- office department. He =lamed Andito- Morris for this degradation. As a fact, it appears that Auditor Morris had noth- ing to do with MacDonald's transfer, which was due to the discovery by other treasury officials that he was careless in his methods and short in his accounts to the extent of about $1,000. : MacDonald is in a precarious condi- tion, and his death is expected to result from self-inflicted wounds. CUBA GROWING HEALTHFUL. Yellow Fever Confined to Havana—Stalement From General Wood. General Wood, commanding the de- partment of Cuba, has written a letter to the adjutant general, for the purpose, as he says, of correcting an erroneous impression in the public mind concern- ing the existing sanitary condition of Cuba. He says: “The island as a whole is free from epidemic or contagious diseases at pres- ent, with the sole exception of Ha- vana, where there still remain a few cases of yellow fever, though not enough to receive serious consideration. The total death rate from all causes in the city of Havana for November was the lowest of any month, without regard to season, for the past ten years. 0 “Inasmuch as apprehensions arising out of the yellow fever situation of the past summer still remain, it may be ad- visable to give this subject general pub- lication, in order that f-!l commercial and other relations with the island may be resumed.” DEPRESSION IN GERMANY. Heavy Falling Off in Many Lines of Industry According to Report. A pronounced depression in German business enterprises generally has been reported to the State Department by United States Consul Albert at Bruns- wick. In building, in railroad projects, in the construction of electrical and street railroads, and in projected elec- trical plants for lighting there has been a decrease as compared wiih last year of from 30 to 60 per cent. The number of projected gas w orks 1s almost a third less, and in mining and smelting metal manufacture, breweries and watcr works there has been a considerable fall- ing off. The Consul characterizes the depres- sion as the natural reaction after so much prosperity in 1899, and says that ermany never was so flourishing as during last ye year. BURNING F FORTY TWO YEARS. Celebrated Pennsylvania Mine Fire at Last Under Control. The officials of the Lebigh Coal and Navigation Company are jubilant over the fact that fire in the celebrated burn- ing mine at Summit hill, near Tamaqua, Pa., which started 42 years ago, is now under control and it is said that the next two years will see its extinguishment. The fire, which has consumed about 35 acres of the finest coal land in the anthracite coal region, has moved west- ward toward Lansford. Two immense drilling machines which have been constantly pressing toward the fire have now honeycombed the earth to the west of the burning por- tion. Culm is being poured into these holes and a solid mass will thus con- front the fire. Na'ural Gas Near Tacoma. Great excitement prevails at Rosalia, Wash, over the discovery of natural gas over a wide area along Pine creek. In many places heavy flows of gas have been obtained by thrusting an iron rod into the soil until it reached gravel. When the rod is withdrawn gas escapes from the hole. Strong indications of oil have been found throughout ihe same belt. Spokane men have leasad 20,000 acres and have commenced sink- ing wells. Worried oy Americ aa The central bureau for #4 Zparation 2 of commercighapreics, TL A a circu s < regarding the re- cers ’ #5" of American: in getting 2 1 3rders. The circular mentions to be used in the Dutch colonies, at 23 per cent. below the German bid, and also orders for locomotives to be used in Calcutta at figures below the Eng- lish prices and on terms of delivery bat- ter than those offered by the English. After citing the bridges constructed by Americans in Uganda and East Africa, the circular points out that ships are being constructed at San Francisco for China and Japan and it concludes with the statement that American competi- tion will be seriously felt in China after peace is concluded. Staamer's Big Mail. The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived in New York Thursday with 600 cabin and 641 steerage passengers and an unusually heavy mail. The postal clerks on board report that the number of letters han- dled during the vovage was 273,000. There were 5.829 registered letters, making 2.276 sacks of mail. The post- age on about 40,000 letters was insuf- ficiently prepaid. The receiving, check- ing and openine of this amount of mail, together with the separating and regis- tering, required the constant work of four clerks and two tants for 11 Cowie Elder Eggel. I. At Granville, O., G. Mason, a Dowie elder of Chicago, was mobbed Wednesday night while delivering a lec- ture at the opera house. He made a bitter attack upon the Masonic and ot! er secret orders, and was i eggs and other mis for protection, and a nu connected with the had attacked gathered kept the crowd back w corted to a safer place injured. nen which ! him ani he was ¢ { Mason was 1 mber of about Great Battle in Ccicmbia. The State department has received a dispatch irom Charge d’Affaires Deau- pre, at Bogota, stating that a great ba:- tle has been fought at Girardot, Mag- dalene river, Colombia, which resulted ina decisive victory for the government. It is reported that 600 were killed and many hundreds wounded. Other viz- tories by the government forces of the | ritics say LATEST NEWS NOTES. Mass., Fires in Boston, cause a loss of $200,000 The Santa Fe telegrapher’s strike has been declared off. 3 Ex-Gov. Roger Wolcott, of Massa- chusetts died at his home in Boston Fri- day. . : Nearly half a million foreign immi- grants found homes in the United States in 1900. Charles F. Stone was shot and killed in an encounter with a burglar at Hous- ton, Tex. John D. Rockefeller has given an ad- ditional $1,500,000 to the University of Chicago. Peter Early, Mrs. Josc oh Taylor and Minnie Baker were drowned in Hata lake, Alaska. The Puerto Rico Legislature has passed a bill introducing the jury system in the island. Furious gales on both British and American coasts have caused much loss to shipping. : John Owens was hanged at Paris, In, for the murder of James Hogue on Sep- tember 22 last. Gifts were poor children by the Pittsburg, Pa Safe crackers at Everett, Pa., rob- bed the postoffice of $500 in stamps and $1,000 in securities. At San Jose, Cal. four children per- ished in the burning of a house, attempts at rescue being futile. The Sharon (Pa.) Coal and Limestone Company putting down two mine shafts near Volant, Pa. The Pennsylvania Company will build a branch railroad to the new coal field in eastern Mercer county. Andrew Carnegie has promised a $30,- 000 public library for Ft. Dodge, Ia, on the usual conditions. The death of former Governor Roger Wolcott, of Massachusetts, makes a va- cancy in the electoral college. The American Express Company will give each of its 10,000 employes a $35 gold piece as a Christmas gift. At New York Carrie Hanley, the school girl burned while playing Santa Claus, has died of her injuries. Six masked men cracked a bank safe at Madison, O., but were frightened away before they secured any booty. Attempts to float the British steamer Laura, ashore on the coast of Holland, near Petten, have been unsuccessful. Sternberg, the millionaire banker, was convicted in Berlin of immorality and sentenced to 30 months in prison. John Keppleman. a private watchman, was found in Louisville, Ky., with brains beaten out and his money gone. A car strike which is likely to tie up 1early the whole anthracite region has nll] on the Scranton Company's lines An invalid sister of General Castillo the Cuban army committed suicide by shooting herself through the heart. A new company has been formed with $10,000,000 capital for the purpose of controlling the crude rubber market. presented to over 10,000 Toy Mission of 15 his of the cause of the death of Oscar L. Booz, Tuesday held a hearing at West Point. At picture Matthews was Toronto, Ind. moulding factory burnad, fatally. John Morrison murdered a whole fam- postage stamp. Sufficient money estate interests. The increased demand for coal result of the recent strike in the anthra- all the colleries. Channing B. Barnes, who held found dead in crime. was near scene of his The Tenney J., was destroyed by fire, escaping guests being their night clothes. a swamp many driven out a bill appropriating $500.000 for the Chilian exhibit at the Exposition in- Buffalo. at Peking was signed Thursday a-brac dealer, has commenced suit Paris against tellane for 6,500,000 francs. of the Masonic are members - = sociation of Masonic engineers. lem excesses against the Christian pop- ulation in the central provinces of Tur- key. where 200 Christians have killed. Bertha New York, cember 3. Friedman, naped. The cause of the diplomatic snarl :t Peking seems to be blunders of the cable Friedman, 135 years old. has been missing since pe and her father, believes she has been kid- structions from foreign capitals to envo Mayor Kelly, of South Omaha. ic to be tried on the charge of t: the Neb. had blinded Dr. Frank Taylor by throw- ing vitroil in his face in revenge for her | betrayal. and got nothing. Governor Roosevelt, of New York, re moved District Attorney Asa Bird Gar diner for alleged neglect of duties and appointed in his place Eugene A. Phil bin, a gold Democrat. During the year the colporteurs of the Young Men's Bible Socie ty, of Pittsburg, Pa., have sold over 2,000 Bi- bles printed in foreign languages to foreigners in Pittsburg. At Philadelphia, Pa., the big factory i the F Baker Company, manu cdded 1-1 a cocoanut was hadi fire Wednesday. The SS I's $150,000, fully insured. of New has been The purpose of the co: construct railroads a ppines Company, capital $1,200,000, ' to The fine behavior of the Ameri soldiers in China, Oriental officials London say. will result in increasng America’s pre and throughout the m the Philippines Japansts Ame 2 ers utmost importance have been announc- | the best all-around fighters in the al ed armies, Bed Military court of inquiry investigating Bros.’ and 12 men were injured, one probably ily in the Moosoom district of Canadian Northwest and has been sentenced to be hanged. Maj. Esterhazy, of Dreyfus scandal notoriety, is an inmate of a London almshouse, too poor to buy even a as a cite region is causing a rush of work in ap and robbed a train near New Orleans, the house at Asbury Park, N. of the in The chamber of deputies has passed Pan-American The new note drawn up by the envoys Tole night and will be presented to the Chinese government Saturday. It has been decided to hold the Northwest International Mining FE position at Spokane, Wash., from June to November, in 1002. Charles Werthemier. a London bric- in Count and Countess Cas- | At a recent meeting of engineers who order, it: decided to form an international as- A dispatch from Vienna reports Mos- been Andrew i unexpected renewal of and | FORTY-FIVE REBELS WERE KILLED. SHARP ENCOUNTER. Sixty American Cavalrymen Attack and Put to Rout a Body of Insurgents. Capture Ammunition. Advices from Southern Luzon say that a lieutenant and 60 men of the Ninth United States Cavalry attacked a large body of insurgents near Guino- balan, province of Albay. After the battle 45 dead insurgents were counted, together with many wounded. The only American casualty was the wounding of a sergeant who was cor- nered by several rebels and struck in the leg by a bolo. The rebel loss was the heaviest recorded among recent en- counters. A detachment of the Sixth infantry has captured Bautista, the head of the Katipunan Society, in Northwestern Luzon. A detachment of the Forty- ninth infantry recently attacked a vil- lage on the Caygayan river in Isabella province, drove out the insurgents, kill- ing several of them and captured a thousand rounds of ammunition. The Americans also burned the insurgent quarters. The latest reports from Ilolio say that the islands of Panay and Cebu are being rapidly cleared of the enemy and that in a few weeks the only oppo- sition will be that offered by scatteriag Ladrones. It is universally believed that the rebel forces are greatly thinnad and scattered throughout Luzon. Their ammunition supplies are being rapidly cut off and numbers of them are becom- ing amigos. SHORTAGE ALLEGED. Teller of the York Security Title and Trust Company Short $20,000. Harry K. Weiser, teller of the Se- curity Title and Trust Company, a banking institutiod of York, Pa. said by the officials of the company to be short $20,000 in his accounts. The bank posted a notice informing its cus- tomers that neither its capital or sur- plus was impaired by the teller’s short- age and that it was prepared to meet all its obligations on demand. Teller Weiser has secured the bank by trans- ferring to it real estate valued at $20,- 000. How long Weiser's irregular transac- tions have been going on the bank offi- cers refuse to state. His methods con- sisted in changing figures on deposit slips. Weiser has broken down and lies at his home suffering from nervous pros- tration. It is believed that he had been trading in the stock market. 15 Will Give Salary to the Poor. John F. Hurley, whe has bean «lected mayor of Salem. Mass., intends to give his salary as mayor, $2,500 a year, to the peor of the city. He does not in- tend to give it over to charitable or- ganizations, for he can disburse it to ge himself, knowing every case of deserving poverty in the city cn account of his business dealings with them. y was an independent can- didat te and elected himself mayor by his personal efforts, his platform being “economy and low tL " It is believ- ed that Mayor Hurley's example will establish a precedent in Massachusetts ciies. Coast Treaty Expires On the last day of December the Anglo-French modus vivendi respecting | the New Foundland treaty coast expires has been pledged to | and this, it is expected, will create ser- relieve the Anglo-American Savings and | 1ous complications between these two Loan Association by taking over its real |} powers. It is highly unlikely that the ew Foundland legislature will consent {to renew the present arrangements, in which case grave friction will probably cnsue unless England makes another ar- rangement with France. The colony's position, however, is so strong with the British public that such arrangement must be decidedly favorable to the colony. A New Food For Soldiers. Sauer krant is to be added to the bill of fare of the United States soldiers now i on duty in the Philippines. Bids will be received by Major W. L. Alexander, purchasing commissary officer of the Department of the Lakes, on December 20th for supplying Uncle Sam's troops stationed in and about Manila with 20,- coo gallons of sauer kraut, and it will be shipped from Chicago early in Jan- vary. With it there will be sent 150,000 two-pound cans of roast beef, 60,000 pounds of bacon and 62.500 pounds of hams. | Mob Used Tar and Feathers. Edgar Plato. a piano salesman, was tarred Ad feathered by a mob of seven nasked men near his home, three miles Kan., Saturday night. The men told Plato they were his neigh- bors and punished him for marrying a i divorced woman. Warrants have been i issued for three well-known farmers. i! i from Topeka, 1 ! | | An Idea From Alabama. | Richardson, of Ala bama, who has just taken the seat from fthat State vacated by Gen. ‘Joc i Wheeler, proposes a startling innova- | tion in the present federal soldiers’ i homes system. He has introduced a | bill in the House which authorizes the | National board of managers of the homes for disabled volunteer soldiers to establish a branch at Huntsville, Ala., Representative company in trans smitting messages of in- i to which may be admitted not only veat- che | | erans of the union army, but such ex- Ve ohtedel rates are recommended {or | maintenance the Alabama State as by king { board of examiners in charge of the bribes from brewers to allow sa- i State confederate veterans’ home. loons in the city to remain open an | ,,,—,—————— Sunday. To Preserve Valley Forge. The Massachusetts superior court re- The Valley Forge Park association, cased on probation Marion Hogan, who | nade up of various patriotic societies | having for its object the preservation of | the battlefield at Valley Forge, met | w ednesday in Independence hall, Phila- Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, in the | lelphia. Letters were read pledging history of his administration which he the support of Senators Depew, Hoar, is writing, states that there have bee; nly odge, Wellington and Scott. The as- 5.320 holdups in the city limits within] ¢5ciation has a bill in Congress appro- six years. | priating $200,000 for the purchase of the Francis P. Blake, general superintend- | battleficld, and the intention is to lay ent of the Puritan Coal Minis Com- | « wt a park. pany’s plant at Puritan, Cambria coun- | ty, committed suicide by shooting. | England Tuying Mcre Horses Cause, ill health. | Captiin Heyyatz>, of the British army, The night watchman at the State |i: purchasing 50.000 cavalry horses and treasury, in Lincoln, Neb, found three | myles in the United States, for the Brit- men endeavoring to rob the safe but | wv in South Africa, owing to the they were frightened away by his shots, | : hostilitie They ¢ sent to New Orleans and shipped 3ritish transports, some of which are | how on their way to the United States. 1 Gets an a Enormous Fee. Former President Benjamin Harrison has received his fee for his services in connect! with the arbitr. ation of the between British Gni- The settlement was It has been stated Harrison's fee was to boundary dispute ana and Venezuela de Wednesday ally that Mr. be $100,000. Irish Coast Swept By Gales. Acrial depressions of great size and depth are spreading over Great Britain from the westward. Storms are re- ported on all the coasts, numbers of min- or wrecks have occurred and the south- west gale continues with unabated fury on the Irish coast. Negroes Killed by a Tornado. A tornado passed through the eastern edge of Noxubee county and the western part of Pickens and Sumpter counties, Sunday nig doing great dam- n several plantations houses were 241 down. Two negroes are known w Tove been killed. Cape Colony in the Orange river are in more or less open revolt, and that there is likely to be sharp fighting on a rather large scale before the invasion is crushed. The tac- tics of the Boers in rallying as many as possible of the Dutch in the back coun- try to their cause are proving successful. announcement: “In position in South reinforcements of mounted troops have been arranged: Eight hundred will start using the water tube boiler owing the many accidents. Livadia, « 2 St. Petersburg before the middle of Jan- uary. will show a population of about 000, and a startling shrinkage in tive of Ligny, but the paintings and works were saved. ish situation miles from Kimberly again. now on the way from England. will replace less some of the forts abou# the harbor of Halifax, N. vast tract Puerto Cabello ropean BOER RAIDS. Cape Colony Has Been Invaded by Two Thousand Burghers — Demands Made of General Dewet. The situation in the northern districts of Cape Colony is more serious. Fully 2,000 Boers have invaded that section. Grave fears are entertained that Dutch sympathizers will join the rebellion and that this will spread. The principal seat of action has been transferred to the northern part of Cape Colony. A large body of Boers have crossed the Orange river toward Bur- gersdorp. A British force followed, to avoid which the Boers turned westward and occupied Venterstadt, but they evacuated the town the same day on the approach of the British and marched in the direction of Steynsburg. Another 3,000 Boers crossed at Sand Drift, making for Colesberg, but on the dispatch of a British force, they diverg- ed and occupied Phillipstown, cutting the telegraph wires between Phillips- town and Moukt Kraal. Early Thurs- day morning a portion of these Boers reached Houkt Kraal station and cut the line there. Considerable reinforcements have been sent to DeAar and Hanover, and it is expected that further invasion will now be stopped, except in the case of scouting parties which may slip through to raid cattle and to obtain much need- ed supplies. DeWet had 6,000 men and 18,000 horses when he captured Dewetsdorp, according to a gentleman who was im- prisoned there. then declared that he was not going to surrender without a free pardon for all his men, The force of three sections. The Boer commander including many Cape Dutch. 6,000 is now divided into CAPE COLONY IN REVOLT. The Dutch are Taking Arms in Sympathy With the Fighting Boers. Private advices have been received in London that virtually all the districts of vicinity of the The war office has made the following “ ‘lew of the general Africa the following next week. Two cavalry regimenis have been ordered to leave as soon as the transports are ready. The colonial police will be increased to 10,000. De- tachments will leave as fast as they are formed. Further drafts of cavalry will be dispatched at once. Australia and New Zealand have been invited to send further contingents. Three thousand extra horses, beyond the usual monthly supply, have been contracted for.” CAUSING MUCH ANXIETY. Chinese Desperadoes Burning Houses and Murdering Natives. A dispatch from Peking, dated Fri- day, says the situation throtighout the provinces is rapidly growing worse, and is causing grave anxiety. The dispatch adds that unless a definite system of government is speedily installed a re- crudescence of the anti-foreign out- breaks is confidently predicted. The pressure of winter begins to be felt by the people, who are also suffering on a:- count of the blackmail levied by the na- tive employes of the allies, for which the foreigners are blamed. A number of desperadoes, imprisoned at San Chow Fu by Gen. Mei, whom the Germans released, are now hurrying to the Chi Li Shang Tung border burning houses, murdering and pillaging. Lynched an Innocent Man. Citizens of Gulfport, Miss., Thursday lynched one negro and are on the trail of three others as a result of the murder of Town Marshal W. E. Richardson. The negro lynched was not the one who did the shooting, but he had been ar- rested by a posse that was pursuing the real culprit and his relatives. The negro church at Gulfport has been burned by the mob. Canadians Going Home. The population of the New England States, but more particularly of Maine, threatens to be reduced by 150,000 or 200,000, and that of the Province of Quebec correspondingly increased carly next spring, by the return to their na- tive province of French-Canadians who nave during the past 30 years crossed the border with the hope of bettering their condition. Natural Bridge Sold. The Natural bridge property, ginia, including over 400 acres of land, has been sold for $350,000, of which $20,000 was paid in cash. The purchas- in Vir- ers are a syndicate of Richmond, Va. and Northern canitalists. CABLE FLASHES. he census of Germany shows 33 cities with populations exceeding 100,- 000. Count von Blumenthal, the oldest field marshal in the German army, is dead. Seventeen thousand dock laborers, sailors and coal porters are on a strike at Antwerp. Von Meerscheidt Huellessem, the chief of the criminal department at Ber- lin, died Friday. The population the suburbs, is 2,076,546 in 1803. of Berlin, including 2,460,676, compared wit h London war office have raised the wages of English soldiers in Africa to five shillings daily. Royul Aberdeen, Lord Strathcona and Mount has been installed as rector of Scotland, university. The British navy will probably stop | to The Antwerp police engaged in bat- tle with the striking dockmen and 50 of the latter were wounded. Thanksgiving service in London :n honor of Lord Roberts’ return post- poned until Boers are crushea. The Czar of Russia will not leave where he is convalescing, for The coming census of Great Britain 41,270,- the na- Bri The chateau in Belgium of the Prince dating from 1146, was burned, most of the art h race. The influenza epidemic at St. Peters- burg is so severe that the mortality re- turns for the last week have been the highest for a decade. Sir Alfred Milner, South Africa, grave. governor of Brit- sent word that the The Boers are 14 is Several modern long-range guns are They modern armament in A German dyndtaan has acquired a of tide-water coal land near 5, Venezuela. Many Eu- stors have lately arrived inves there looking for coal. A MILLIONAIRES SON KIDNAPED. PAID $25,000 000 RANSOM Conspirators Warned ihe Father That if He Failed to Pay the Money His Son Wouid be Blinded. Omaha, Neb., has never known such another reign of terror as that in which it now struggles. Edward Cudahy, Jr, who limped painfully into the home of his millionaire father at a nearly honr Thursday morning. had just finished an experience with kidnapers which he will long remember. The boy was carried by his captors on Tuesday .evening into a deserted house on the outskirts of the city, and there chained ‘to the floor like a beast while the brigands bargained ail his father for his release. Edward Cudahy, the millionaire pack- er, paid $25,000 in gold for the release of his son. The father was threatened through a letter that unless he produc- cd the money at once the eyes of his son would be burned out. The hali- frenzied parent drove to a lonely road and leit the gold in a bag, at the spot indicated by the brigands in their let- ter. Mr. Cudahy has announced that he would pay $25,000 reward for the appre- hension of the abductors of his son, $5,000 for one and $15,000 for two of them. Edward Cudahy, Jr., related the cir- cumstances attending his abduction and his experience while in the hands of the kidnapers. He appears well, though pale and somewhat emaciated as :he result of his terrible ordeal. His wrists still bear the marks of the handcuffs placed upon him by his captors. He says there were six of the men, but that all wore masks whenever in his presence, and that the only one he would attempt to identify was the onc who kept guard over him during his incarceration in the lonely building in which he was held. He thinks he could recognize the man’s voice, as it differed much from that of any of the others. TARIFF ON WHEAT Agrarian Parly in Gormany Wants it Made Prohibitive. The Agrarian party in Germany, hav- ing successfully brought about a law at the last session of the reichstag pro- hibiting, in effect, the importation of American canned meats, is now using its powerful influence to increase heav ily the import duties on all grains en- tering the empire, notably on wheat, reports U. S. Consul Diederich at Bre- men to the State department. The aim of the Agrarians, according to the con- sul, is to make Germany entirely inde- pendent of all countries for its bread stuffs and food supplies. At present, however, says the consul, there seems little doubt that the pro- posed law will be passed by the reich- stag. As a large portion of the im- portation of wheat is American-grown, this will seriously affect the interests of the American farmer. “A duty of 40 or 50 cents on every bushel of wheat,” concludes Consul Diederich, “cannot fail to be well night prohibitive, and the conseauence will be more limited markets, fiercer competi tion, and lower prices to the produ cer MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS. Turks in Macedonia Klled One Thouand. Men Crucificd and Flesh Sliced CH. Further details of the Christians in re of the Mussul- Macedonia by mans are received from Salonica. In the village of Bituch, in Northern Al- bania, a horde of Mohammedans hE sie fied every Christian male in the place, through their hands and feet. Many of the women were assaulted, and all were carried off to Mohammedan har- cms. Children were chopped up before their parents’ eyes. At Gruma. south were assaulted in bands and fathers; bly mutilated, having their ears, fin gers, toes and limbs cut off. Many Christians were drowned. At Ribaritz, the entire population ws massacred, after the victims’ flesh had been sliced off. At Banishka, a bonfire was made of 20 Christians. The Ser- vian consul at Mitrovitza estimated the number of Christians killed at 470 men, 110 women and 430 children. of front the Bituch, women of their hus- men were terri- Mary'and Bank Fcbbed. Robbers blew up the of the safe activity. of arms. by were notified that such practices will end the possibility of their resuming normal civ tive criminals. morning. fixing them to trees with stakes driven |; ENVOYS AGREE. Not Made Irrevocable—Punishment of Boxer Leaders Demanded. Telegrams from Pekin, say: Wednesday evening the terms of the joint note were agreed to, including the British modifications. The ministers 1e- fuse to disclose anything, believing that the home governments should give tie particulars to the public. The officials at Washington are ua: able to say just what the British modi fications referred to in the Pekin dis patch are, but it is believ. ed they rested upon the exclusion of the “irrevocable’ clause, which this government has in- sisted must not appear in the preamble to the note, and the preamble, it is un- derstood, will not contain that word. It is believed that the following points cover the essential features of the agree- | ment: The punishment of the officials guilty of the Boxer outrages. The payment of indemnity for the wrongs inflicted by the Boxers to the persons, corpora- tions and societies which have suffered. The revision of commercial treaties. Some reform in the Tsung Li Yamen, so that the ministers having business | with the foreign office may transact it more expeditiously and with a responsi- ble head. A monument to Baron von Ketteler and the appointment-of a prince of the blood to proceed to Germany to make formal apology to the emperor. The right to keep legation guards in Pekin desired. The exclusion of candi- dates for examinations for office for a certain number of years in the case of those who may be guilty of anti-foreign An interdiction of importation of arms into China and of material to be used exclusively in the manufacture he taking of measures to prevent further troubles. PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED. Gen. MacArthur Says the Laws of War Will be Strictly Applied in the Islands From Now On. Thursday Gen. MacArthur issued a proclamation warning the inhabitants of the archipelago that strict compliance with the laws of war will be required of ants. mations threatening natives who are friendly to combat- The proclamation refers to procla- by insurgent commanders non-combatants as well as the American forces and to the orders issued to their men to kidnap and as- sassinate residents of towns occupied erie The insurgent leaders c relations and will make them fugi- Residents of places occupied by Amer- icans were notified that compliance with the demands of the enemy will create a presumption that such acts are volun- tary and malicious; that pleas of in- timidation will rarelv be accepted, and that where secret committees are per- mitted to exist in behalf of the insur- gents even well-disposed persons will be exposed to the danger of being tried as traitors. MADE A GOOD HAUL. Bank Robbers Blow Open a Safe and Secure $18,000. The safe in the Citizens bank at Hope, Ind., was blown open by robbers and looted of its contents carly Tuesday There were five explosions in opening the safe. The telephone girl saw the flash and called up a number of citizens. Postmaster Spaugh, one of the first to arrive upon the scene, saw a man on guard in front of the bank o ran inside the bank door just ia time to avoid a load of shot from Spaugh's shotgun. The robbers fled with their booty, and made their escape. There was at least $18,000 taken. Three or four men were connected with the robbery. Twenty men are scouring the country in search of the robbers, who are thought to be in hiding not far off. CHOATE MAY FESIGN. /merican Ambassador to England Coming Home—May Not Return. Ambassador Choate will, it is said, soon sail for the United States, the death of his partner, Charles C. Beaman, having rendered his presence in New York necessary. It is believed that Ambassador Choate will not return to T.ondon. He is not a rich man and his life there as ambassa- At 3 meeting of the foreign ministers late dor entails not only the loss of his pro- | € y I {fessional income, but is likewise a heavy drain on his purse, as his salary is th ly sufficient to pay his house rent. This iin itself rendered him disinclined to re- {tain the ambassadorship for another Hampstead bank, Carroll county, Md., carly Thursday morning. So terr ie! was the explosion that a portion of the: wall of the building was demolished. | The robbers escaped, using a hand car and going south on the Baltimore and | four vears, and now that his partner in Harrisburg railroad. Officials cf the! i the firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman is bank say the men secured about $30 in | dead his return to America for good has coin, all the notes having been removed | become more than ever probable. from the safe th the evening before ena ana Prince Cai’ed to Account. VOLUNTEERS TO RETURN. Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, pastor of the he (1 ity Temple, w has assumed for a week the editorship of the London FPhilippine.Soldiers Are Soon to be Replaced | ir in Tuesda s issue of the paper, by Regulars. [under the heading ‘Betting and Gamb- - 3 2 _. iling Forecasts,” tilts at the Prince of Telegrams from Manila say The Wi ales and Lord Roseberry as follows: volunteer regiments will proceed to the Voce to any country in which the | I United States, to be mustered out, in heirs to the throne and prime ministers practically the same order as they ur- | favor the race course as it exists among wds. They ius to-day. If princes are gnilty, it is rived in the Philippine will be replaced by regulars, provided ly the army bill. The Thirty-seventh volunteer regiment, which to begin | a poor consolation { pants. If the has no right r us to rebuke peas- premier can blaspheme, he to rebuke ribaldry upon the street. I would rather have as pre- i mier a man of solid character than one {of brilliant mind addicted to habits that i may have thie effect of a pestilence upon 2 il 1c Tising gencration is the pomevaid movement by embarking i brought and on New Ye: day, will be from the a de Bay dis strict, will sail on the transport Sherid: The officers of the regular ing commissions in volunteer 1 wiil be retained in the Pre ies, and wn Britains Most important Vegetable. If asked what was the most important volunteer officers on special duty will be relieved only on the authority of €vent in the history of British vegeta- headquarters 2 bles, most people would say the bringing It is believed that the temporary de- Over of the potato irom its home in pletion’ of many posts and the checking America. They would be wrong. The introduction of the turnip—that is, of | of operations will result in renewed in x i surgent activity. The announcement of the Swedish lorena of puch ay the early commencement of transporta er yalue. hi \ A = tae ys tion home of the Intecrs used turnip people had te live during the winter chiefly on salted meat. And se- vere winters were dreaded on account of the terrible mortality among sheep, which were then left ont at pasture all | through the cold weather. The growing of Swedes changed all that by providing prise General Hi hes ; reports that 21, 000 persons in the island of Panay Ne ¢ sworn alegiane e fo ps e United States American Wea'th. In the last ten years the Uhited States cheap and wholesome food for stock has increase d | it $£26.070,000.000, | when penned up. Turnips. like so many which makes of the nation | other vegetables, came from Helland about 1600.—Washington Star. Morecco Comes A message from United States Con- Gummere, at Tangiers, informs the State department that the Moorish gov- $G1.000,000. < an average per capita wealth of $1,195. This is not so! great a per capita we alth as Great Brii- | an’s, for her figures are $1.300 for each inhabitant But aggregate wealth sinks into the background before ours, | she has | i for only $30,000,000.000 agains had settled the claim of the our © $01,000,00 ,000. Her increase 1 States for 000 indemnity on wealth in ten years is $10,000.000.0c0, weccount of the murder of Marcus against our $26,000.000,000. The incr | LEszagui, a naturalized American citi- 136 in wealth in this country in the last ten | zen, years has been $337 for each inhabit Beers Become Invaders. It is reported that in Morocco last spring. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Charles S. Francis of New York, has been forced to abandon the pursuit of |been nominated to be minister to Gen. Dewet, owing to the situation cre- | Greece. Roumania and Servia. ated in Cape Colony by the Boers cross- The Senate has confirmed the nomina- Gen. has Knox ing the Orange river. Tt is said that{tion of John W. Yerkes, of Ketucky, 1 3,000 republicans have entered Cane |be commissioner of internal revenue. Colony, and a similar number have John G. A. ishman, of Pittsburg. reached Philipstown. Dewet, with minister : nd. has been trone. about 4,500 men, is northeast of Lady- ferred to the m at Constantinople. brand, and an astack on Winburg is ex- h Senate voted > nsior pected. The SEH 3 be 1S101S of $50 a ee month to the widows of General John The mayor of Atlanta, Ga., breaks his] M. Palmer and General John A. "Me. pledge and is locked up in police sta-|Clernand. tion for being drunk. The Senate passed the House resolu- Attorney Gen. Griggs argued in su-|tion authorizing the retirement of Con- preme court that the constitution does gressman Charles A. Boutelle as a cap- not necessarily follow the flag. tain of the navy. AEISTONE STH NES CONDENSED | The Conditions for Negotiation of Peace Are PENSIONS GRANTED. | bh Center County Preacher Making Musical | Instruments—Accidents on Railroads in This State Last Year. | —— | Pensions were granted the following "persons last week: Wilson S. Smith, Elizabeth, » James Gray, Dunbar, $3; Francis M. Kessinger, Mifflinburg, $17; Valentine Phipps, Shippensville, $17; Horace Johns, Covert, $8; Eva Bales, Fort Palmer, $12; Mary E. Houtz, Philipsburg. $8; E tolonig Chew, West Brownsville. $12; Sarah J. Bales, Ord, 8; Antoinette R. Horton, Wellsboro, $17; Wiley C. Belcher, Clymer, $8 Rev. W. W. Rhoads, now pastor of the United Evangelical Church ‘at Center Hall, Center county, ter Hall, Center Hall, Center county, js not only a very good preacher of the gospel, but he is a thirough musician, and is the author of quite a number of sacred songs, both words and music, and to add to his salary, this minister makes violins. And they are not an o:- dinary violin bv any means, but a very superior musical instrument, for the preacher sells them for from $30 and upward. The total number of passengers in- jured on the steam railroads of this State for the year ending June 30, 1900, was 1,137 and the number killed was 30. The number of employes killed was 795 while 14,784 were injured. The number of passengers carried this year was 178,123,541 and there were 5,937,451 carried to one injured. An immense charge of dynamite Wednesday morning blew up the saie in the postoffice at Midway on the Panhandle Railway and the contents, including cash, notes and stamps, aggre- gating over $400, were taken by the robbers. The building was wrecked and the desperadoes safely escaped. At Scranton, Patrick McNulty was stabbed twice in the body and possibly fatally injured by 68-year-old William Murray during a fight. Murray is in jail. The men quarreled over the pri- maries which were held to select a suc- cessor to J. I. Greer, one of the resign- ed bribery councilmen. President E. B. Sturges, of the Scranton Municipal league has officially confirmed the rumor of the past few weeks, that ten more councilmen are to be arrested for bribery. Arrests will be made immediately after the holidays. Twelve have already been through the mill. Judge McPherson, in the United States court at Philadelphia, directed the entry of judgment for ° $115, 327.48 against William M. Jacobs. who is serv- ing a term of imprisonment for his con- nection with the Lancaster counterfeit- INY case. The auditors’ of the defunct Pennsyl- vania Building and Loan Association, of Altoona, have awarded the stock- holders 9 per cent. on their holdings, which aggregate $110,000. A further report with a second distribution - is promised. One result of the recent strike among the glass workers at Arnold is the abol- ishment of the company store. It was known as the Union Supply Company. Orders have been given to close out the entire stock. The Eckles school house and con- tents, located near New Kingstown, Cumberland county, was totally destroy- ed by fire of incendiary origin. The building was first or and then burn- ed. Loss, $3,000. The Everett postoffice was entered and the safe blown open, the. burglars securing more than $500 in stamps and cash and $1,000 worth of valuable secur- ities belonging to Postmaster John G. Cobler. David Rhodes and Orton Hough, two grocers of Smithton, Fayette county, narrowly escaped drowning while at- tempting to ford the Youghiogheny riv- er. They lost their wagon, one horse and $200 worth of merchandise. The Springboro school building and O. G. Dewitts’ barn, in Crawford coun- ty, were destroyed by fire. The blaze originated in the school building, pre- sumably from the furnace. The dam- age is $8,000. The new coal mines of the Pittsburg and Baltimore Coal Company, being opened at Adamsburg, Westmoreland county, will be ready to begin operation in {ull about April 1, The company is erecting 200 houses for its men. Josiah M. Black, administrator of Newton Black, who died suddenly at Butler, seeks to prove that Black's death was due to an accident, and seeks | to recover $5,000 each from two accident insurance companies. An estate valued at $250,000, in the fer- tile valleys of Lorraine, Germany, has become the heritage of George Wilhelm, a_dairyman who lives on the Morning sire road, near Highland Park, Pitrs- burg. William D. Rebok, aged 50 years, a porminent citizen of Newburg, near Carlisle, was shot and killed in his yard. His own gun was used. but whether the crime was murder or suicide not known. The directors of the Western Pennsy!- vania Agricultural society, at Washinga- ton have elected W. Baldwin president; James S. Forsythe, secretary, and J. P. Eagleson, treasurer. Hon. Ebenezer McJunkin, former presiding judge of th: Butler- Lawrence county judicial district, and the oldest member of the Butler bar, is seriously ill at his home in Butler. At Edeborn, near Uniontown, Larry Garibalde, while drunk, fired into a crowd of Ttaligns around a stove and shot Antonio Fozzio seriously. is aged 82, Thieves carried off the Commercial Hotel safe at Tarr, Westmoreland coun- ty, and blew it open. There was noth- ing in it. By a cave-in at the Ravine mine of the Pennsylvania Coal Company at Pittston, the principal street of the city for 30 feet fell into the mines. The Latrobe board of trade has re- | ceived from an East Liverpool (0Q.) pot- tery firm an inquiry regarding a site for a plant to employ 500 men. Mr. Clarence Josselyn, wife of a prom- inent merchant, was fatally burned at her home in Erie by an overturned lamp. ine rouse nas passea a bil granting a pension of $40 a month for D. R. El. lis, of Somerset. Ellis is one of the four survivors of the crew of the Monitor, of civil war fame. Four more Montgomery county town- shipZ petition for a mandamus to com- pel the State superintendent and State treasurer to pay them more school money. Wm. McCracken, aged 17, was caught in a belt at a lath mill at Glen Camp- bell, and whirled arcund for 20 minutes, when his mutilated body was discover. ed. English Live on the River. F. Hopkinson Smith has just return- -d from abroad. He says: “I went over in June for my annual jaunt. This time I painted on-the Thames, in Hol- land and in Venice. The Thames is a new subject for me. The greater part of the work which I did on the Thames was done at Cokeham, an hour out of London. This is one of the prettiest part of the river. The trees Overhang it on either side, and the life is inter. esting. We have no idea over here of the life on the Thames. The Eng live on the river. I wish we appr ated our rivers as the English do.” SrmawWheat. Oat. BurTter—EIgin creamery. . BeaNs—Navy, per bushel. . Brooklyn, a neighbor, a box of fine kid gloves against three Kisses would be elected. be delivered in Miss Davidson’s heme in the presence of a number of friends. Sunday night the young woman kept her agreement. somewhat bashful, ‘0 cancel the wager. some hesitation gave the kisses, her fiends cheered. —New York World, THEE MARKETS, PITTSBUEG. Grain, Flour and Feed. —No. 2red . «8 Me 7 ®ve. No o Ty Ae 60 61 Re 2 yellow, ear 43 44 No. 2 yellow, shelled. 42 42 BAr......--0- 4114 4 @ats—No. 2 white. 1 Brown Tladiings, Bran, bulk. . Dairy Products, Ohio creamery... ... 2417 25 Fancy country roll. 18 19 Cueesg—Ohio, new. . 11 113 bg New York, new .............. 12 1214 Poultry, etc. Hexs—per 1b T@ Ts al eee 12 12) 3 Eces—Pa. anda Ohio, 24 244 Fruits and Vegotable: . 3210@ 215 »orATOES—Fancy white, Db 45 50 re barrel. : 9% 10 Ox1oxs—per bushel . 75 85 BALTIMORE, FLOUB....s0vnresiies sedated % 3 80@ 4 00 WaeAT—NO. 2 red 2Y% 72} CorN—mixed . 42 12% OATS . . 30g 41 Eas. 23 25 Burrer—Ohio creame 26 21 PHILADELPHIA. Eaas—Pennsylvania firsts. . NEW YORK. Frour—Patents. .... $3 0@ 4 2% WreeAT—No. 2 red 764 CorN—NO. 2....... 4635 OaTs—White western 30Lg oi BurTER-—Creamery... .. is 2 Ecas—State and Penna .. 22 21 LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liboarcty, Pa. CATTLE. Prime heavy, 1500 to 1600 lbs... 8 5 30@ 5 45 Prime, 1300 to 1400 Ibs... , 490 510 Medium, 1000 to 1200 Ib: 425 Fat hejfers........... 410 Butcher, 500 to 1000 1b: 4 85 Common to fair...... 320 Oxen, common to fat... 4 50 Common to good fat bulls 3 60 Milch cows, each 35 00 Extra milch cows, each. 55 00 HOGS. Prime medium weights......... $5 05@ 5 10 Best heavy yorkérs and medium 5 00 5 05 Good to Yo packers. 505 510 Good pigs and light yor 500 505 Skip pigs..... 380 39 Prime heavy hog 505 510 Common to fair. ; .. 495 500 Roughs...... ... 8350 410 Stags 300 390 SHEEP. Extra, medium weight wethers.$ 3 902 4 10 shoice, 3 i 3 80 325 3 25 LAMBS. Lambs, extra spring ........... 35102535 Lambs, good to choice, spring... 300 500 Lambs, common to fair, spring.. 425 490 CALVES. Veal, extra 6 E0@ 7 00 Veal, good to choic . 600 6 & Veal, common to fair. . 4:0 500 Veal, common heavy 350 450 TRADE REVIEW. doliday Trade Has Made a Spurt and the Iron Industries Are Vigorously Boom ng. R. G. Dun & Co.'s “Weekly Review of Trade” says: Better weather condi- tions on the Atlantic seaboard and pronounced activity in distribution of all staple lines of merchandise at South- crn cities have impaired a slightly more aggressive tone to general business. Distinctive holiday business, which means retail distribution, has shown further improvement and no complaint is heard from any quarter, while the jewelry trade is much more active than for several years past. At this time in ordinary years furnaces close down in large numbers and dullness is general at mills and shops where iron and steel are handled. Instead of reduction of working force or concessions in prices this year, reports from the principal cities indicate the existence of con- tracts that will take months to fill, and new sales are made at the former level, despite much talk of cheaper ore next vear. Fuel declined about 25¢ a ton recently, but this is as far as the cost of raw material has been reduced. It is seldom possible to secure prompt de- livery of partially manufactured forms or finished products, and each week brings more orders from abroad, while the November statement of British 2x- ports shows another decrease com- pared with last year in these products. Wheat is quiet, receipts aggregating 4,- 802,770 bushels, against 3,306,286 bush- els last year, while Atlantic exports were 2,701,412 bushels flour included. against 1,536,164 bushels in the same week of 1899. Corn advanced again to about 7 cents above last year’s level without important news. The move- ment is much heavier. For three weeks of December receipts amounted to 14,792,257 bushels. against 9,404,868 bushels last year, while Atlantic exports were 15,244,720 bushels, against 11,233,- 918 bushels in 18990. Failures for the week were 293 in the United States, against 220 last year, and 18 in Canada, against 26 last year. Two Killed in a Shooting /ffray. At Sopchoppy, Fla, in a shooting ai- fray among State Senator Rouse, Edgar Jims, . E. Edwards and Frank Walker, Rouse and Nims were kilied. The others were badly wounded. Open Alaska Boundary © Case. It is learned that negotiations with respect to the Alaska boundary have recommended between the United States and the British government, and that an active interchange of diplomatic notes is in progress. The members of the Canadian ministry absolutely refuse to discuss the matter, but it is said that by the time parliament meets in February the negotiations may be so far advanced as to permit of a ministerial statement being made then. Th? Holidays in Flcnia All military and civil duties hoes ordered suspended in the Phi'ip- for Christmas day and New t's day, with the exception of ncees- guard and field duties. General MacArthur announces that he will hold a formal reception on New Year's day. An order of General Otis, former mi'- itary governor, has again been promul- gated to the effect that members of the have sary volunteer force imprisoned for mi ‘itary offense may be released and sent home in the discretion of the colonels of their respective regiments, not been dishonorably discharged. provided they have Paid Bet in Kisses. Samuel Weldon of Fifty-sixth street, bet Miss Louise Davidson, that McKinley The kisses were to At first she appeared and Wilson offered Miss Davidson would net consent, however, and after whila of
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