GROWTH OF FOREIGN TRADE
Reports Show a Great Increase
in Last Ten Years.
EXPORT TRADE $500,000,000.
Foreign Business for Year 1904 Likely
to Be Three Times as Great
as 1894.
Exports of manufactures in the cal-
endar year 1904 will probably exczed
$500,000,000 in “value. Details of 11
months’ reports just completed by the
Department of Commerce and Labor
through its bureau of statistics, show
for the 11 months of. the present
year a total of $459.5 575,023 of
factures exported, and for the
of November "alone $46,608,896.
In the calendar year 1903 the ex-
perts of manufactures were but $421.-
000,000; in 1900, in which year the
highest export recorded in manuiac-
tures occurred, the total for the cal-
endar year
1894, $17
of manufactur
be nearly three times
those in. 1894. The
exportation of
was $441,000,000, and in
8,000,000. Thus.the € MS
$s in 1994 se
as .great .as
increase in
manufactures has been
sufficient to ‘nearly offset the phenom-
enal ‘reduction. in exports of ~agri-
cultural products.
As is well known, the
our own wheat supply, coupled
the unusual demand in the home
ket and the unusually surplus
shortage in
in other countr from which our
former custon were. able to draw |
freely, have caused the exports of |
breadstufis from the United States,
and espe yv these of wheat and
flour, to greatly in the last
year. y ;
A "G00 D SHOWING.
Year in Contrast
First Half.
indicate that the
much better show-
Last Half of Pc
With the
Annual reviews
has made a
ing than seemed possible at the out- |
set, the second half comparing very
favorably with the first six months,
and the amount of business on the
books in the leading industries prom- |
ises still further
1905.
improvements in
Traffic returns of December in-
dicate that gross earnings of the trail- |
ways were 7.2 per cent. larger than
in the previous year, A foreign com-
merce for the last week’ at this port
shows an inerease of $1,543,163 in ex-
ports, a very large gain of $3,819,245
in imports as compared with' 1903.
Buoyant sentiments prevail in the
iron and’ steel industries. Quotations
are not only fully maintained, but in
many instances further advices mark-
ed the last days of the old year. The
industry on the whole is in a re-
markably strong position as compar-
ed with the close of last year.
Textile manufacturing is progress-
ing satisfactorily, despite the peculiar
conditions of the raw material mar-
kets. Buyers of cotton are reluctant
to place orders on account of the
sharp decline in cotton,
ed stocks and difficulty of securing
prompt. deliveries hold prices steady.
There is a good inquiry for export.
Woolen goods are advancing, because
of the upward tendéncy of raw wool,
and purchasers are more willing to
place-egntracts at prevailing rates.
‘Failures last week number 252 in
the United States against 232 last
ve&r, and 11 in Canada, compared with |
17°4 yedr ago.
BIG ORDER FROM JAPAN.
Company Sends
Japanese for 13!
Large Steam Engines.
The Westinghouse Machine Com-
pany.received an order by cable from
Japan for 13 steam "engines of 125
horse-power Soh to be delivered as
soon as possible. i
The Westinghouse Electric And
Manufacturing company. also received
an order from Japan for equipment for
an electric railway power-house ‘at
Hokaida, Japan. The same company
received an order for electrical equip-:
ment to be used by the Panama Rail-
road company, the company shipped
to Buenos Ayres, South America, 20
electric motors to be used to .replace
machinery operated by steam.
al large motors were also shipped to
Chile, yesterday.
RECOUNT ORDERED.
Court Decides Colorado
Election Case.
The supreme court of Colorado or-
dered an investigation so sweeping in
its scope that every phase of the
election may be scrutinized. :
Alva Adams, Democratic candidate
for governor, who appeared from the
returns to have been elected, but who
has declared he does not want an
office tainted with fraud,
court to open every Denver ballot box,
but the order of the court goes beyond
Supreme
the mere examination of the ballots |
and provides for am investigation of
the registration lists, the campaign
expenditures and all election matters.
As there are 204 ballot boxes, it
is evident several months will be con-
sumed in the examination of their
contents by the two handwriting ex-
perts to be appointed for this work.
They Fayor Whipping Post.
In a report submitted to Chief Jus- |
tice Alvey of the District of Columbia
supreme court, the grand jury recom-
mended the establishment of a whip-
ping post as a means of punishment
for w¥e-beaters.
ABANDON THE NEW TOWN.
Russians Retire, but Japanese Fear
It Has Been Mined.
A dispatch from Chefoo says: “A
messenger from Port Arthur states
that the Japanese have mounted eight
guns commanding positions north of
the Etse forts, but they suffered heavy
josses by the Russian fire. The Rus-
gians have abandoned the new town,
but the Japanese have been unable to
occupy it because of fear that it has | ¢
been mined.”
many-
month |
Ny
em likely to |
with |
mar- |
but the limit- |
Sever- .
asked the |
STORM COVERED LARGE AREA.
Wind Blew at Furious Rate
Places.
most severe storms of
raged through the terri-
tween the Rocky moun-
great - lakes Tuesday,
trouble to street
railroads and tele-
in Many
One of the
recent
‘tory
tains
and
years
lying be
and the
caused much
companies,
graph companies.
The latter were
ers, for the blizz
through the west and northwest was
preceded by a heavy fog and drizzling
rain which made the wires almost un-
workable. The intense cold and ter-
rific gale that followed close upon
the fog coated the wires with ice, and
later in the day threw poles to the
ground, crippling the companies bad-
ly. Railroad trains were badly adelay-
ed all through the west, some of them
being 24 hours late. Street car traffic
"in all the cities of the west and north-
‘west was practically at a standstill ai
ksome time during ‘the day.
In its extent the storm was the
most widespread of any in the last
15 years. Counting the fog as a com-
ponent part, it stretched from: the
Rocky mountains to New York, and
from Winnipeg to New Orleans.
The storm struck Chicago shortly
| after noon, and increased with great
Fapidily until it h assumed hurri-
violence at 0 o'clock, when
wind tore* throug 12h the downtown
car
the greatest suffer-
rd which swept
cane
the
streets at the rate of miles an
hour.
FORCED TO RET!
| Japanese Lost Six dred. . Men,
| Besides 300
The London “Da lelegraph’s”
correspondent at Che Foo in a dis-
| patch dated December 26 says:
| A messenger from Port Arthur de-
| scribes: a Japanese ack tl
| ing of December
| umn of 5,000 and n
on the northern dc ey dash-
| ed along the rail arti trench
| after trench, and s icceeded in reach-
’ the water course beneath Pay-
uisean mountain, whence the Russian
rary worked terrible execution. A
fierce bayonet fight occurred at mid-
night. A strong Russian force ad-
vancing eastward of Payuisean moun-
| tain threatened the retreat of the
Japanese, who, after a desperate
struggle, retired to the north, leaving
several machine guns, 300 rifles and
80 prisoners. It is estimated that they
| lost 600 killed. The Japanese halt-
| ed near the cemete and finding
| that both their flanks had carried all
the works forming the outlying range
of the main forts. then entrenched
on small hills near Etse mountain
under a severe enfilading fire, which
caused them heavy losses.
ie guns
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RAILWAY BUILDING
A Falling Off of About
Compared With 1903.
Railway building in the United
States for 1904 shows a falling off of
about 25 per cent compared with 1903,
when 5,786 miles of the new road
were completed, according to the Rail-
way Age. Official returns for the cur-
rent year, not yet complete, show
that 4,168 miles of first track have
been laid since January on 299
lines in 43 states and territories.
That there would be a decrease in new
mileage this year was a foregone con-
clusion on account of the general
‘business situation.
i; With the exception of the 60-mile
| link (of which 10 miles: -were com-
pleted) to connect the W estern Mary-
land and .the W est Virginia Central
DECLINES.
25 Per Cent
4
| and Pittsburg and the completion of
| the Pittsburg, Carnegie and Western
| into Pittsburg, no work has been done
on the various|.
to complete the At-
the Wabash
no indications
umed: soon on
during the last year
{ roads necessary
lantic ‘seaboard line of
systéni,’ and tHere are
that work is to be res
these lines. There are persistent:ru-
mors of an understanding between
the Pennsylvania Railroad “and tht
Gould interests which will make the
construction of these lines
sary, and the fact that the work is
still being held up lends color to
them.
President Rooss selected J.
Hampton Moore, a Philadelphia busi-
ness man and president of the Nation-
al IL.eague of Republican clubs, as
¢hief of the bureau of manufacturers
in the ‘department of commerce and
labor.
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BANKERS UNDER ARREST.
False Entry in Books HOA Against
Cashier and Presiden
Cashier O. C. Lillie and eas C.
M. Traver of the First National Bank
of Conneaut, O., were placed under
arrest at Conneaut, by
Marshal Chandler, upon a warrant
charging the banke with a violation
of the national banking laws, the
specific charge in Mr. Lillie’s case
being the making of a false entry in
| the books of the bank, changing the
sum of $333,605 3,6
Traver is cl
complice of tt
falsification.
The National Bank of
closed its doors nearly two
after a run upon it the
1e cashier in
Conneaut
weeks ago
preceding
day. The bank has a capital stock of
$50,000.
The cause of the run the bankers
| said at the time was that the report
| had gained that Mrs. Chadwick had
| succeeded in secu g large loans
from it. The bank officials deny hold-
ing any Chadwick paper.
Less than 30 miles of trolley lines
remain to be built to connect Pitts-
burg and Cincinnati.
Receiver for Contracting Firm.
caused the appointment of a receiver
for the Drake & Stratton company, a
million dollar cor ation of West
Virginia, “Pennsyly and New York
The principal offic f company
are in Philadelph . 1 Wain-
wright, one of: the largest stockhold-
ers, was appointed receiver. The
any did an extensive contracting
in all parts of the United
and several months ago declar-
| ed a dividend -of 80 per cent.
unneces-
1 of the fort.
+500 men,
United States |
Disagreement among stockholders |
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A THOUSAND MEN FELL
Japanese Take Rihlung Hill at
. Port Arthur.
FOILS THE BALTIC SQUADRON.
If Russian Warships Should Reach
Port Arthur They Would be at
Jap’s Mercy.
A dispatch
29 says:
via Fusan, December
The Rihlung fort was cap-
tured 2t 3 o'clock this morning, with
1,000 Japanese casualties.. Seven dy-
namite mines,
vesterday, made ‘breaches in the front
wall through which a large body : of
Japanese troops charged under cover
of . a tremendous bombardment and
captured. the first line of light guns.
A bitter fight resulted in the capture
The: gatTon, numbering
escaped.
Rihlung fort, situated on Rihlung
mou ntain, formed part of the inner
circle of the chain of forts defending
Port Arthur. Rihlung is situated
about two miles from the outskirts of
the town of Port Arthur, from which
it bears due northeast. The fort just
captured is a mile and a half south-
east of Kekwan fort, recently cap-
tured 1 the Japanese.
The 1 sion of these two forts
should mak
a most important breach
in the fortific:
ations of Port Arthur,
and cut off commu between
the Golden Hill the forts
of the western section of the inner
circle of fortifications.
From Rihlung mountain,
nearly opposite 203 Meter Hill, it
would appear that the Japanese {ire
will be able to reach anything in the
harbor and town, which the Japanese
guns on 203 Meter Hill are un-
it, thus makin; apparently
Ss for the Russian second
Pacific squadron to male any use of
Port Arthur, even should the Jap-
se content themselves with hold-
the strong position they now oc-
cupy.
The Russian war office points out
that the occupation of Rihlung moun-
tain at the best only makes the Jap-
anese masters of the entire terrace be-
yond the principal forts of Kekwan,
and still leaves the main line un-
broken. : .
Army headquarters at
lished a list of casualjies,
at Port Arthur,
cers from
nication
forts and
which is
Tokyo pub-
presumably
showing that 49 offi-
the rank of colonel down-
ward, were killed, and that 58 from
colonel downward were wounded.
The headquarters of the army be-
sieging Port Arthur telegraphs that
on the night of December 28, after
the occupation of Rihlung, a small
body of Russians still offered resist-
ance in the passage between the siege
gun line and the gorge.
At 3 o'clock in the morning they
were dislodged entirely and the oc-
cupation of the fort became secure.
According to the statement of three
prisoners the defenders of Fort
Rihlung numbered about 500, besides
some St A majority of the de-
fenders were killed. A number of
guns were captured.
PLOT COSTS SIX LIVES.
Three Convicts Dead and Three Dy-
ing in. Attempt to Escape.
Seven of. nine convicts at the Cali-
fornia State prison who made a
break for liberty were almost riddled
with bullets, three being dead and
three in ‘a critical condition. Captain
R. J: Murphy,”a prison - official, was
wounded by a shot in the leg and two
“slight knife. wounds.
The convicts who engaged in the
break were all employed in the rock
crusher, whére 325 of the’ most des-
perate. prisoners were .at work. A
large sledge hammer was thrown into
the crusher, causing, the machine to
come to a standstill.
Captain Murphy,
Taylor to the place.
Thereupon the desperate
rushed. to seize Murphy and his two
assistants. They succeeded in -catch-
ing Murphy and Jolly. The others
tried to take the other guards, who es-
caped-them. The convicts, with their
captives, made their way
The convicts -had knives in position
for immediate execution should the
guards attempt to free themselves.
They had no sooner stepped into the
open than the seven guards began
firing, and within 20 seconds seven
convicts were on the ground, help-
less.
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
Hun-
titles
Francis Kossuth charges the
garian government with selling
to raise campaign funds.
John Silhaschi,
er, fell from the
a Hungarian labor-
Wabash
exploded :at 10 o'clock:
This attracted
Charles: Jolly and
convicts |
outside. |
railroad |
bridge at Mingo Junction, O., and was |
| Philadelphia, more than 550 were Rus
killed.
President Roosevelt has decided
that congress alone must frame a
measure on interstate commerce
rates.
The father of Mrs. Elliott, the wo-
man in the case, was pardoned for
murder by Gov. David Desha of Ken-
tucky, his father.
Joseph Brady, formerly of Pittsburg
has traded his River Valley stock
farm, near Wairen, O., to Contractor
William Hackett, for 82 head of hors-
es, mules and ponies and two pieces
of property at Niles, O.
Oscar, Jones has sued B. T. Davis
of Huntington, W. Va., a druggist, for
$10,000. Jones claims Davis sold his
daughter, Pearl, a poisonous drug
with which she committed suicide.
Two Submarines Ordered.
Two ©Dolland submarine torpedo
boats have been contracted for by
Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton.
At least two more will be contracted
for within the next six months. The
general characteristics of the new
boats are kept secret beyond the fact
that they cost $200,000 and $250,000
and- are 81 and 105 feet in length
respectively. They will be construec-
ted by t Fore River Shipbuilding
Company at Quincy, Mass. When com-
pleted the government will have 10
submarines.
MILLIONS FOR CARS.
. ae ——
Big Expenditures Will be Made by
Pennsylvania Lines.
At a meeting in Philadelphia the
directors of ‘the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg authorized an ex-
penditure of $7,380,000. All except
$4,000,000 of this is.to go to the stock-
10lders of the PennSylvania, and of
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago &
St. Louis. The remainder is to be
used to pay for 4,000 freight cars.
To purchase ‘the cars the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Car Company will sup-
ply the money for their building,
and the “Panhandle” company will
eath year pay off part of the sum.
The orders for building the cars were
given some time ago. :
The ‘directors of the ‘“Panhandle”
company met first and after declar-
ing a semi-annual dividend of 2 per
cent on the preferred and a .Ssemi- an-
nual dividend of 11% per cent on the
common stock, authorized the man-
agement to purchase cars. To pay
the dividend requires $860,000.
The cars are to be mostly of the
gondola type, and will be used princi-
pally in the transportation of coal.
Each will have a eapacity of 100,000
pounds, and will ‘be constructed ac-
cording to the Pennsylvania stand-
ard. i
The directors of the - Pennsylvania
Company met after the ‘‘Panhandle”
board had adjourned. They declared
a dividend of 5 per cent on the stock
of the company, payable December 31
to shareholders of record December 2.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
owns all the stock of the Pennsylvan-
ia Company. The capitalization is
$50,000,000. T.ast year the dividend
was at the rate of 4 per cent. All
the proceeds from the dividends will
go into the treasury of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
Boston Woo! Market.
ct that the wool mar-
, the supply of un-
Despite the fa
ket remains qu
sold material available ha seldom
been so small as at present. Some
of the
sold out of
are carrying
largest houses practically are
domestic wool, while all
moderate stocks. It is
estimated that the first of the year:
will see the supply reduced to 25,000,-
000 pounds. There is a good demand
for Territory wools. = Pulled wools
are firm and quiet and foreign grades
are steady. Trading quotations are:
Ohio and Dean syivanin XX « anc
above, 35@36¢c: X, 30@31c; No. 1, 39
@40c; No. 2; 41@42¢c; fine unwashed,
24@25¢; YY blood unwashed, 32@33c.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
The German legation has warned
German subjects at Fez to prepare. to
leave at a moment’s notice.,
Politicians expect former Gov.
Black to withdraw from the senator-
ial fight in New York, leaving a clear
field for Senator Depew.
1t is announced that the Republic
Iron and Steel company will make
steel rails early in the-second quarter
of next year, and that it wants to
enter the rail pool.
By the burning of the house of a
Mr. Lafreniere, near Calandar, On-
tario, his four children perished be-
fore assistance could reacly them.
Congressman William F. Mahoney
of the eighth Illinois distriet, died at
his home in Chicago. Death was duc
to kidney trouble. v
Mrs. John Johnson and her two
young sons were cremated in a fire
which destroyed their home’ at Ban-
gor, Me. : :
The estimated wheat yield in
South Australia this year is 14,575,000
bushels, an increase .of 1,360,000 bush-
els compared with last year.
The New York state execufive des
partment. refused to grant -the Ohie
governor's requisition for the. extra-
dition of Dr: Chadwick, claiming that
proof of forgery is lacking. .- -
The towboat Charles Jutte, of Pitts-
burg, was crushed in the ice at Cables
Eddy and sunk in the Ohio river. be-
low Browns island
Nan Patterson, the show girl .ac-
cused of the murder of Caesar Young
passed’ a gloomy Criss in the
Tombs. .
Volunteers who crossed the Shakhe
river Friday, surprised a force of the
enemy, killing about 100 and taking
15 prisoners. The Russian losses
were trifling.
Several postmasters in Idaho are dis-
covered to be polygamists and a re-
port has been made to President
Roosevelt. y
Thieves broke into the Pennsylvan-
ia railroad passenger station at Eb-
ensburg, Pa., and were rewarded by
getting 37 . cents. The passenger
agent had taken the money from the
safe. . :
Diphtheria is quite prevalent at New
Castle, Pa., many cases being in the
city. Two children of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Ward, of the Sixth ward, died
a few hours apart, and a third one is
at the point of ‘death.
Of the 705 passengers brought on
the steamer Merion, which arrived at
sians. Most of those were able-bod-
jed men, between the ages of 20 and
30 years, and liable for duty in the
army.
At Newark, O., fire to-night dam-
aged the Sturdevant jewelry store to
the extent of $3,000. Dr. A. Davis
lost $3,000 and other losses in the
business block will bring the total to
$10,000.
Any boy living in: the Thirty-first
Congressional district of Pennsylvan-
ia, for which H. Kirke ‘Porter of
Pittsburg is the representative, can
have an appointment to the Military
Academy at West Point by showing
Mr. Porter that he is fit mentally,
morally and physically to become an
officer in the army.
Czar "Makes Promises.
An imperial ukase issued at St.
Petersburg makes decidedly liberal
promises under a number of heads.
It promises a full and equitable en-
forcement of existing laws, assures
the zemstvos of the fullest possible
measure of self-government and “the
enforcement of the laws now existing
in their behalf; promulgates a
scheme of workmen’s insurance; ex
tends the liberty of the press, and
promises a full legal trial of all per:
sons accused.
-einnati,
0.5. WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL
The French Mission to ‘Marocco
a Failure.
FRENCH 5 dh TO LEAVE.
If Conditions Become Dangerous the
Americans Will Remove to Tan-
gier for Safety.
Absolute neutrality will be observ-
ed by the United States in the condi-
tion of turmoil coming on apace in
Morocco. Hoffman Philip, American
vice consul general at Tangier, in-
formed the state department that the
sultan had apparently refused to re-
ceive the French mission which plan-
ned to go to Fez and.that in con-
sequence this mission
definitely postponed, the military mis-
sion recalled, the French eonsul and
all French citizens warned to leaye
Fez. Mr. Phillip requested instruc-
tions. He stated that all
diplomatic and consular representa-
tives in Morocco were awaiting Qrders
fron: their home governments: > #
Secretary Hay cabled Mr.: Phillip
to carefully avoid any appearance of
favoring one » or the other in the
troubles now in, course. )
tions become dangerous Mr. Phillip
instructed to. advise all American
ens in Morocco to repair to Tan-
HONDURAS WiLL PAY.
Assassination of
Honduras has agreed to the
United States, after d nego
jations, an indemnity $78.000,
Mexican, for the murder of Charles
W. Renton, an American planter at
Brewers Lagoon, Honduras, in 1895.
L Combes, minister to Honduras,
ed the settlement of the
claim of the estate of the late Jacob
Baiz of New riz. for $42,000,
can, due on unredeemed bonds. This
wipes © all existing ‘disputes with |
Honduras.
Thee Renton
erowth of one
murders ever comntitted -in : Central
America. Charles W. Renfon,. his
wife, who now lives in New York city,
and her neice lived on, Brewers La-
z00N. "hey had trouble with J. G.
Dawe. the manager of the Brewers
[Lagoon Wood and Produce Company.
fenton’s enemies sent a Negro across
his land with a rifle. When Renton
srdered him away he opened fire up-
on the house and a volley rang from
the bushes. Renton dragged himself
within his door with a bad wound in
his leg. The leader of the gang be-
sieged the house and at midnight di-
¢ided his desperadoes into ‘two part-
ies who lay still until dawn and shot
Renton as he stepped out to milk his
COW. ;
so atfec
claim was -the-:out-
IROQUOIS D, DAMAGE SUITS.
Action in Seventeen Cases of Death
for $10,000 Each to be Brought.
Another chapter is added to the
[roquois theater fire, which occurred
in Chicago last December. Messrs,
Smith & Buxton, attorneys of Brook-
yn, are about to institute- proceed-
ngs against Marc Claw and others
for negligently ‘causing the death of a
aumber of the occupants of the build-
ng at that time, and Surrogate Silk-
man issued limited letters of -adminis-
{ration upon the estates of 17 form-
sr residents of Chicago who lost
their lives at the fire. In each case
the defendants are sued for $10,000.
These letters of administration are
fssued in Yonkers, N. Y. for the
reason that Marc Klaw is a. resident
of West Chester county:
Costly Hotel Decided On.
© A modern hotel, containing
400
rooms and costing more than $1,000,
-000,
is to be erected on the Site of
the . Pike: opera house building, Cin:
which was burned two. years,
ago. M. E. Ingalls, president of tHe
-Big Four railway, is credited with the
1 success of the present plan, which
was finally agreed to by all interests
to-day. The financing of the deal will
be looked after in part by New York
people.
TRAIN WRECKED IN SNOW.
the other
If * condi- |
has. been. in- |,
of the most atrocious,
| district.
| State conV
RUSSIA DEMANDS AMMUNITION.
Calls on Chinese to Return 3,000,008
Rounds Reeently Seized.
The Russian officials at Pekin de
manded of the Chinese foreign office
the restitution of the 3,000,000 rounds
of ammunition, apparently destined
for Port Arthur, seized by the Chi
nese authorities at Fengtai, near her¢
four days ago. The Russians asser!
the ammunition was intended only’
for the legation guard.
it is learned at the foreign office
that the Chinese intend taking, ¢
strong stand in view of the frequen
attempts to smuggle arms and ammu
nition. The bales of wool contain
ing the cartridges seized at Fengta
were consigned to an European: ‘resi
dent of Pekin: whois: now at . Tier
.Tsin. taking: part in the Mestieper |
into the affair.
:
FIVE MEN INJURED.
They Were Hurt by Explosion of Dy
2 namite at a Tunnel. =
By an explosion of dynamite at No.
2 tuniel on the Wabash railroad, near
New -Alexandrias O.,
injured. »Two of them were probably.
fatally hurt. They are: Alexander
McCance, foreman of the shooting
gang, and Thomas Har tness, “both of -
whom are at the hospital ‘here. The
offiers. hurt were Italians and “one,
“Tony” Picino, is at the hospital.
Contest in Maryland.
Congressman Willlam H. Jackson,
Republican. served formal notice up-
cn Thomas A. Smith, Democrat, that
he .would contest the seat in the
Fifty-ninth Congress for the* First
Jackson alleges that trick
used. Mr. Smith's plu:
district
ballots were
rality in the
Paper Trust.
Moody,
Against
Attorney: General
for the
ITnited Stafes, filed a petition in the
| United States district court at St
Paul, in which he makes the
Paper Company principal de
and 25 subsidiary Jay companies
party defendants in, a suit to enjoin
them and ‘restrain them from doing
Traffic on Western Roads at Almost |
Standstill.
A Chicago Great Western freight
train lost in the snowstorm was
wrecked two miles south of Melbour-
ne, Ia. causing injuries to six train
and section men. Sectionman Will-
iam Boger was buried under snow and
coal two hours before he could be |
rescued. Traffic: on the Iowa Cen-
tral and the
gg Great Western
was at a standstill. On the. Great
Western there was a snow drift at
Fairbank half a mile long, 12 feet
deep and 1,000 feet wide.
FOUND BY THE ROADSIDE.
Three Deaths From Exposure
Soldiers’ Homes.
Specials from Dayton and: Sandus:
ky, O.,
at
the storm Wednesday night.
ton the dead bodies of Daniel 1.
Stewart and James Harsa, inmates
of the National Soldiers’ Home, were
found in ‘roadways near the home.
At Day-
At Sandusky the dead body of George |
Ohio Sol- |
Weber, an inmate of the
diers’ Home, was found near the
home, where he had apparently fallen
asleep.
Too Much of Public Life.
Ambassador
that he intends to quit the diplomat-
of President Roosevelt.
“Six years is a long. slice out of the
life of a man of my age,”
“and while I have en oyed the life
and the people I have met in Eng-
land I have determined to go home
and devote the remainder of my time
to looking after my own affairs.”
tell of the death of three Civ- |
il War veterans from exposure during |
Mexi-d business. through the General Paper
in vie...
Company as the sales agent,
lation of, the anti- trust law.
ey
Expects, to Raise About $60,000.
Acting
the" Comptroller: of the : Currency
Receiver Robert Lyon, of the .closed
Citizens National bank, of Oberlin
has notified the stockholders of the
latter concern that they must stand
doubly liable on: their stock. : It is
estimated ‘that about $60,000 will be
secured by the receiver in this man.
ner. ‘Some of the. stockholders, it is
understood, have already paid their
double liability. n
Wireless Message Goes Straight.
Experiments with the Artons sys
tem of radio-telegraphy have been
made betwéen Rome and Sardinia, re
sulting in a ‘successful demonstration
of the inventor’s claim that an elec:
tric magnetic wave message trans
mitted by this system cannot be di
verted from the point for. which it is
intended. King Victor Emmanuel,
who witnessed the test, congratulat
ed the inventor upon his achievement.
Miners Wages Increased.
A bulletin issued by the commis-
sioner of labor statistics, shows the
average per capita, earnings of Ohio
miners during the past year was
.$496.60, an increase of $55.32 ‘over
the previous year. The average num-
ber of days worked was 191, and the
average daily wage was $2.60, an in-
crease of, 36 cents. The total number
of employes in the Ohio mines’ was
36,460. an increase of 5,880. .. =
in Amount of Cotten.
The Census Bureau issued a report
giving the quantity .of cotton ginned
in 737 counties, up to’ December 13 .
last, "as 11,986,614 running bales, which...
is the equivalent of 11,848,113 commer-
cial bales.y, The commercial bales! re-
ported to the same period for 1903
amounted “to $747,689.
.
Increase
“Two Stiits More Againgt Railroad.
“Two “additionel ‘suits against’ the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad for dam-
ages resulting from ‘the Duquesne
limited wreck at Laurel Run, Decem-
ber 23, 1903, have been filed. ‘David
McFadden and Thomas Byrne, each
ask $5000 Te for Injuries,
Charged. With Discrimination.
The interstate commerez commis-
sion received a complaint fzem George
Spiegle and Walter McCabe, #Phila-
delphia lumber shippers, against the
Pennsylvania and Chesapeake ¢& Ohio
railroad companies, alleging that ‘the
defendant roads had imposed unlaw-
ful and discriminative rates on the
| shipments .of the complainants.
Pearl Harbor Finally Paid For.
The United States has paid $80,000
to the owners of lands at Pearl Har-
bor, completing the purchase of the
land desired for. the proposed naval
station. Secretary Atkinson has
sold a second $1,000,000 of Hawaiian
bonds for $1,000 premium, slightly bet-
ter than the lastisale. They run 13
years and bear 4%; per cent intetest, §
Favor “Panama Irvestigation]
While no action has yet been tak-
en on the Shackleford resolution ‘for
an investigation of the Panama rail-
road by the House Committee on In-
terstate and Foreign Commerce, it is’
known that a majerity of the ‘members
of thé committee are in favor of
the resolution. ‘Action will ‘be taken
| it is understood, so that the investiga-
| tion can be made during the present
Choate has announced |
| session of Congress.
Copper Coinage for China.
With reference ..to the recent at-
|
tempt of Prof. .Jeremiah W. Jenks of
ic service soon after the inauguration |
said Mr. |
Choate recently to friends in London,
Cornell university, and a m
the American commission on inter-
national exchénge, to introduce im-
provements in the monetary system of
China, it is interesting to note that a
Chinese proposal is under considera-
tion advocating the coinage on a large
scale of copper cash, proving, it is
claimed, that the Chinese do not icon-
template a change in their monetary
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