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120,000 Austrian Troops Engaged
According to Account.
HITCH IN THE NEGOTIATIONS
Opportunity in Turkey for Wide-
Awake Americans, Consul
Jewett Asserts.
London.—Actual fighting has been
in progress in Bosnia and Herzegovi- |
na for more than a week, according
to advices which reached London.
The report said that 120,000 Austrian
troops had tecn engaged with the in- |
surrectionists. The information was
brought, it was gaid, by a Montene-
grin agent, who is here to investiga{e
the exact ccurse England will pursue
in case Servia and DMicnitenegro de-
clare w
+ against Austria.
This rent declar that
warfare has been raging in the moun-
tains of
Austiria’s
becld stroke early
dangerous that Austria is rt
inforcements to ker provinciol a
Scores Kilied, He Says.
Scores have been killed, according
anarchy exists in the eastern and
southern scctions of the annexed ter-
ritory. A state cof siszge was declar-
ed by Austria 10 days ago. The tem-
per of the people of the provinces is
such, the agent declares, that they
will willingly submit to the annexa-
tion.
Constzntinople.—There is a hitch
in the negotiations between the Turk-
ish government and the
sably
YANKEE FLEET LEAVES TOKYO
Japanese Emperor Is Preparing a
Reply to President Roose-
veit’s Message.
Tokyo.—After a week's suspension
of almost every kind of business De-
cause of the presence of the American
fleet in Japanese waters, Tokyo is
Tr ming its normal conditions. Al-
ready many of the decorations havs
been taken down, althcugh everyone
is yet discussing the remarkable
features of the past few days.
Fresident Rocsevell’s message to
the Emperor was presented to him
through Count Komura, the Foreign
Minister, and the Emperor will prob-
make a reply tomorrow, but
there is no reason to expect that the
Elimperor’s message will contain other
than a graceful acknowledgement and
ion of gratification at the
President's warm words of apprecia-
tion.
The departure of the fleet Sunday
was one of the prettiest features of
the week. As cach of the American
battleships passed the head cof the
Japanese cclumn the crews of the
ships of both Nations cheered enthu-
i eiastically, and the band on each of
guerilla |
the annexed provinces since |
in the |
: > Ey | ble on the horizon.
month. and that the situation is so | 50 fe
Sang Ie | poen completed.
the American ships played the Jap-
anese National hymn.
When the last of the 16 ships was
saluting the Connecticut was invisi-
Within exactly
minutes the entire maneuver had
Since midnight 26
Saturday men
| have been reported missing, but the
Bulgarian |
envoys, owing to Turkey's HKoumellan |
tribute, which Bulgaria declines to ac-
cede.
L.ondon.—A Sofia correspondent
says that the Bulgarian
Constantinople are returning to Sofia,
their mission -having failed. The
governirent, however, is still hopeful
of reaching an agreement with Tur-
key.
Not a Signatory.
Washington.—Nct being signatory
to the Rerlin treaty of 1878, the United
States is not in a pcsiticn to inter-
ceCe with Austria in behalf of Bos-
nia and Herzegovina, the Turkish
provinces recently annexed by Aus-
tria, which President Roosevelt has
been asked to do by a mass meeting
of Servians in San Francisco. The
President referred the request to the
state department.
American manufacturers should be
Interested in ‘a commercial and in-
dustrial phase of the new regime in
Turkey which is set forth in a re-
port just received in Washington
from United States Ccnsul Jewett at
Trebizond.
Not cnly will the subjects of the
sultan enjoy greater political freedom
under the new and liberal constitu-
tion granted them. but also will en-
joy in a striking way With the previ-
ous stringent prohibition of trade in
certain lines.
Under new instructions recently is-
sued to Turkish custom: officers, Con-
sul Jewett says, many articles which
were not permitted to enter the Otto-
man empire, or were only taken in
with great difficult;y may now be
freely imported.
Press Is Now Free.
First and most important, the Turk-
ish press is now free and printing
and all matter for printing may now
be imported. In conscquence news-
papers are being started all over the
land and wide-awake American man-
ufacturers of presses and machines
may -jump in and get some of the
business. The embargo on typewrit-
ers has also been lifted, likewise that
on safes, firearms and ammunition
and many other articles which the
Turkish government under the old
regime regarded either as dangerous
to the moral and material welfare of
good Moslems or to the safety of tie
ruling class.
Heretofore, electrica
? Rs: > | majority of these were picked up and
to the “Montenegrin,” and a state of |
will be placed
which will sail
aboard the Yankton,
Tuesday.
BOTH ARE KILLED
Bodies Are Found After Battle, Each
Pierced With a Bullet.
New Orleans.—News was received
of a double tragedy during the night,
at Gulfport, Miss., in which a cow-
boy, belonging to a wild west show,
and a Gulfport policeman slew each
| other.
‘While the show was packing up to
|
| depart for New Orleans, Lon Seeley,
envoys to |
a cowboy, was alleged to have ridden
into a crowd of negroes, beating them
over the head with the butt of a re-
| volver.
appliances |
have been excluded from Turkey as |
inventions wf the devil.
Now they |
may be taken into the empire, and |
it is expected there will be a consid- |
erable development in electrical in-
dustries.
$35,000,000 FOR CANAL
Isthmian Appropriations Asked for
Fiscal Year 1910.
Washington, D. C.—Congress will
Policeman Lee Varnadoe started in
pursuit of Seeley, and the two men
were lost to view in a cloud of dust.
Later, their bodies were found near
the railroad, each body showing a
single bullet wound, and each man’s |
revolver containing one empty shell.
’
Seeley was the son of a ranch owner
living near El Paso, Tex.
RANCHER DIES IN SNOW STORM
Thousands of Sheep Perish in Mani-
toba Province, Canada.
Winnipeg, Man.—Harry
Martin Brothers’ sheep ranch in the
district of Maple reek, while out
with a flock of sheep in a snow storm
last week died from exposure, 15
miles from town.
Many thcusands of sheep perished
in the storm. Iva Wilson living
nerth of Maple Creek lost 2,500 ani-
mals. The storm drove them into
the lake near his ranch. Thomas
Kerr lost 500 and Martin Brothers lost
several hundred. 2
SERVIA CALLS QUT TROOPS
Alliance Said to Have Been Concluded
With Montenegro.
London.—A dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Belgrade says
Servian government has called out
all the first reseryes and has ordered
khahi for the troops, 300 Maxim guns
and 400 military automobiles.
According to this
Peter has informed the Turkish min-
ister that an alliance probably has
been concluded between Servia and
Mentenegro, but that this in no way |
interfered with the friendship of
these countries for Turkey.
ZEPPELIN SCARS AGAIN
New Airship of German Aeronaut
Makes Successful Flight.
Friedrichshafen.—The reconstruct- |
cd Zeppelin® dirigible
ascension with 10 passengers October
99
Zo
for speed and stability were most |
satisfactory. The trip in the air |
lasted for three and a half hours and
passed without a hitch. The balloon
made an average speed of 29.31 miles
| an hour at a mean altitude of 809
be asked to make an appropriation of | I .
| of national banks and to make them
$35,000,000 for carrying on the work
on the Isthmian Canal during the
fiscal year 1910, if the estimates pre-
pared by the Commission are approv- |
ed by the War Department.
The current year’s appropriation
aggregates $27,000,000,
which was for the purchase of three
vessels for the commission’s use.
President to Become an Editor.
New York.—President Roosevelt
has signed a contract with the Out-
| examination to
$100,000 of |
feet.
To Cross-Examine Bank Directors.
Washington, D. C.--—-To
greater responsibility upon directors
pay Jnore attention to their institu-
tionstions Comptroller Murray issued
an order to national bank examiners
when they enter a bank to make an
immediately convene
the directorate and require answers
to 25 serching questions, designed to
! bring out clearly the relation of the
i directors to the executive conduct of
look to act as an associate editor aft- |
er his retirement from the presiden-
cy in March next. This is made sub-
ject to the existing contract to write
the story of his African travels for
Charles Scribner’s Sons. His work-
in connection with the Outlook is to
cover political and economic topics.
$300,000 Fire at Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Fire caused a loss
of $300,000 in the business block |
bounded by Main, Washington, North
Division and South Division streets.
The fire started in A,
Ww
the bank. the extent of their knowl-
edge of the bank’s paper, the latitude
conceded by them to bank officers in
overstepping the national banking
law provisions and their supervision
of the bank details.
Russian engineers have discovered
large naphtha fountains and also an
entire naptha lake on the Russian
section of the island of Sakhalin.
BATTLE REPORTED
Seventy Bulgarians and Ten Turks
Said to Be Killed.
London.—A dispatch from
an engagement between the |
and Bulgarian troops at|
on the fron Seventy
rians and ten T were kill-
Martin of |
that the |
dispatch, King |
airship No. 1 |
made a triumphal reappearance and |
, and went through evolutions that |
enforce |
Athens |
TORNADO DOES DAMAGE
4 LONE STAR STATE
One Killed and Eighteen Others
Injured.
STORM WAS SIXTY “ILES WIDE.
It Wrecks Houses Destroys Crops
and Devastates Path Sixty
Miles Wide.
E] Paso, Tex.—One person was kill
ed and eighteen injured and much
property was destroyed by a tornado
at Tucumcari, N. M. J. S. Owen’s
residence was blown over and his 8
year-old daughter was crushed to
death. Many residences, houses and
gin mills were blown down.
At Hartford, 40 miles south of
Tucumwari, a number of houses were
wrecked, Thomas Jones and Mrs. J.
C. Hankins were killed; their bedies
being blown a considerable distance
with ruins of their shanties.
In Quay valley, T. C. Williams was
killed by wrecking of his shanty. An
area 60 miles wide was swept bare
by the storm.
Shawnee, Okla.—A cloudburst at
Gale, Okla., six miles west of here
caused the South Canadian river to
rise at an unprecedented rate to a
height of two feet above the former
high water line. Much damage was
done to property and to crops, but
no lives were lost.
POWDER TRUST DOINGS
Come in Were Forced Out
of Business.
New York.—Methods alleged to
have been employed by the so-called
powder trust to gain control of the
powder trade in the United States,
were described by R. S. Waddell, for-
mer general sales agent in the
United States for the big powder
company, at the hearing in the gqQv-
ernment’s suit against the company
for alleged violaticn of the Sherman
anti-trust law. .
He had declared that the defend-
ant ‘company now controls between 95
and 98 per cent of the trade in gun-
powder and 90 per cent of the" trade
in blasting powder.
He told of the formation of the
Southern— Powder Company, which
was organized in Birmingham, Ala..
with mills in Georgia in 1896, and ab-
sorbed by the big company a few
months later. :
“We went right after the Southern
people as ‘soon as they entered the
market,” said Mr. Waddell. “The
| fight continued until the general
| round-up in July, 1896.”
| “What do you mean by the
| eral round-up?” he was asked.
| “I mean the complete elimination
of competiticn by absorbing the com-
petitors,” replied the witness.
Entire Trade Absorbed.
The witness then went into detail
as to a plan of the Associated Manu-
facturers which provided, he said,
that the entire powder trade through-
out the United States be placed on a
contract basis.
The project was subsequently put
into execution, witness testified, with
| the result that practically the entire
| blastings powder trade of the coun-
| try was secured.
A number of specimen contracts
| and vouchers purporting to show re-
| bates and discounts were submitted
| in evidence.
The witness was then asked to de-
scribe the storage and delivery com-
pany organized by the association
comnanies for the storage and deliv-
ery of their product.
A great reduction in the cost of
handling dynamite and powder re-
sulted from the establishment of the
company, he declared.
The independents had reaped no
benefit from the organizaticn of the
company, he said, for the “very gocd
{ reason that they were not permitted
to join it”
gen-
CAUSE OF RIOTS HANGED
Negro Who Murdered Engineer at
Springfield, lll, Executed.
! Springfield, Ill.—Having confessed
| his guilt, and with a prayer on his
| lips, Joe James, 18 years old, negro
murderer of C. A. Ballard, was
i hanged October 23.
{ Ballard was a railway engineer. He
was killed by James on the night of
| July 3, the murder preciptating riots
which State troops were necessary to
i quell. While James in jail an
alleged assault by ancther negro up-
cn Mrs. Earl Hallan was reported.
Then came the riots, which resulted
in the death of five white men and
two negreces, the wrecking of Loper’s
restaurant, a number of negro stores
and saloons and the burning of 40
| homes.
wna
was
ttes Go to Jail.
venteen of the woman
| suffragists who were arrested October
13, during the “storming” of the
house ©f commons on charges of dis
orderly conduct were sentenced in
the Bow street police ccurt to terms
cf imprisonment varying from three
weeks to three months. The womer
were offered the alternative of giving
bonds for their good behavior, but
they elected to go to jail.
ow
WESTERN TRAINS SNOWBOUND
Stages Stalled in Drifts 15 Feet Deep;
! Rain in Wisconsin.
Lewiston, Mont.—A blinding bliz-
zard tied up traffic in Central
1 T: on
the Ch
yA
are
d in snow-
) sign
Smaller Companies That Would Not
MANY ORDERS
Numerous Contracts Awarded, Big
Concerns Preparing for Business.
PLACED
Cleveland. O.—The Iron
view says:
Some increase in buying of structu-
ral material by railroads and other in-
terests, an_ unusual transaction in
pig iron and the promise of early or-
dering of steel rails and equipment by
the Pennsylvania Railroad have tend-
ed to relieve the monotony of an
otherwise dull situation.
The Pittsburg Steel Company, which
has been endeavoring for some time
to provide for its large requirements
of basic pig iron, has made a con-
tract covering a five-year period, call-
ing for about 350,000 tons of iron.
The United Steel Company of Canton,
0O., has purchased from 6,000 to 12,000
tons of basic; a large enameling con-
cern has purchased 10,000 tons of
basic for delivery at its Illinois plant,
and 2,000 tons of basic have been sold
at Philadelphia.
A Columbus, O., concern has pur-
chased 35,000 tons of maleable and
charcoal iron.
The Chicago & Northwestern is in
the market for 24,000 tons of struct-
ural material for track elevation
work. The St. Paul has placed an-
other order for 2,500 cars, and has
contracted with the Bettendorf Axle
Company for the steel underframes.
The Bettendorf company will require
22,000 tons of structural steel for car
work recently taken. Other railroad
orders include 4,000 tons for a via-
duct at Denver, 3,000 tons for bridge
work, awarded ‘by the New York Cen-
tral to the Fort Pitt Bridge Company;
4,000 tons for a bridge across the
Mississippi, awarded to the McClin-
tic-Marshall company; the Illinois
will take for prompt shipment 25,000
tons of steel rails.
Including the railroad work, about
65,000 tons of structurat steel will
soon be contracted for in Chicago.
Among orders placed within a few
days were 5,200 tons for the Ritz
Carlton hotel. New York City, and
5,000 tons for the Emigrant Savings
bank, New York.
Trade Re-
SNOW AND RAIN STORMS
Railroad Service Blocked in North-
west—Heavy Rain Breaks Long
Dry Spell in Southwest.
St. Paul, Minn.=~Blizzards and
heavy snowstorms in Montana, with
drifted snow 15 feet deep in some
places, wrought havoc with the pas-
senger train schedules.
Winnipeg, Man.—One of the worst
snowstorms that ever occurred in the
West is now at the height of its
fury, and has demoralized the service
of the Canadian Pacific and the
Great Northern railroads.
Ten inches of snow have already
fallen, accompanied by a gale. Snow
has filled railway cuts and in some
cases the snow is 10 feet deep.
Kansas City, Mo.—The rainstorm
that has been general over the south-
west for three days, followed a 48-
day routh, has broken all October rec-
ords in amount of precipitation.
All the streams in Kansas and
Oklahoma are overflowing the bot-
toms and there has been some loss
of corn and cotton, and many bridges
have been washed away.
MYRIADS NEAR STARVING
England's Problem of the Unemployed |
i York’s election
| seem
Staggers the Government.
London.—The very serious matter
of the unemployed in England came |
up for discussion in the House of
Commons, but a larger dole of money
than last year and the expediting of
the naval shipbuilding program were |. : .
I he oi ah py | izations took part in the parade, each
| individual carrying a lighted lantern
the only expedients
Premier Asquith. Hundreds of thou-
sands are on the verge of starvation
through lack of work.
The governigent, said the premier | A :
I ’ | officers of the American fleet viewed
is prepared toc provide a fund of $1,-
500,000 to hedp the unemployed and
JAPANESE WELCOME.
~ IMERICAN FLEET
Nothing Lacking to Make Uncle
Sam’s Boys 'Happy”
ALL APPOINTMENTS COMPLETE
Men of American and Japanese Fleets
Fraternized Everywhere in
Tokyo and Yokohama.
Toyko.—The reception accorded
the American Atlantic fleet by the
government and people of Japan is
conceded by the American naval of-
ficers to have been the prettiest of
the many welcomes received since
the vessels sailed from Hampton
Roads. Rear Admiral Sperry said
that he was utterly unable to say
how it had been accomplished, but
the welcome given the fleet and its
officers and men here has been so
carefully planned and carried out to
the most minute detail that a lasting
impression has been stamped upon
the memory of every American who
has witnessed it.
The men of the American and Jap-
in Tokyo and Yokohama. Every
wish of the Amercian sailers is an-
ticipated ‘and each blue jacket finds an
English-speaking guide among the
Japanese sailors. The American uni-
form 1s the “open” sesame’ every-
where, the cordiality of the Japanese
extending to the
most remote villages.
Since the arrival of the fleet not a
single unpleasant incident has occur-
| red, though the sailors of both fleets
are swarming through the towns
about Yokohama and Tokyo.
Speaking at the dinner given by
Ambassador O’Brien, Admiral Sperry
said that he was unable to account
for the perfect way in which the re-
ception of himself and his men had
been carried out but, that it certain-
ly surpassed anything of the kind that
he had ever seen.
JAJANESE SHOW US HOW
Procession Miles Long Bearing Lan-
terns in Celebration of Amer-
ican Fleets Presence.
Tokyo.—The capital of Japan wit-
nessed the most extraordinary evi-
dence of the spirit of the new Japan.
After having an audience of "the of-
ficers of the American battleship fleet
on Tuesday, the emperor issued an
order directing the people to increase
in every way possible the enjoyment
and pleasure of the American visitors,
who came, he said, as historic friends
of the Japanese nation.
The response to this imperial man-
date was seen and heard Thursday.
Originally a torchlight procession of
15,000 people was planned as part
of the program, but this feature went
far beyond expectations and devel-
oped one of the greatest popular
demenstraticns and outpourings of an
enthusiastic people ever witnessed in
any country. Japan’s war celebra-
tions after peace with Russia, “Lon-
don’s Mafeking night,” and even New
night revel would
almost insignificant compared
with Tokyo’s celebration.
Mile after mile, through madly
| cheering people, the great procession
moved. Representatives of guilds,
universities, schools and other organ-
held high on a long pole with Ameri-
| can and Japanese flags intertwined.
the admiralty is giving out orders for |
the construction of nine torpedo boat
destroyers and fivt unarmored ecruis-
ers, to cost $12,500,000, two months
Admiral Sperry and the other chief
the preccession from a special grand-
stand, standing with bared heads
above the waving lanterns. The roar
of cheers and the clash of the music
| from scores of bands, which played
earlier ‘than originally had been in- |!
tended.
The premier also said the |
war office is ready to take on 24,000 |
recruits in the special reserves. These |
proposals fail to meet the demands
nf the Labor members of the house.
Jap Emperor Receives Bluecoats.
Tokio.—The most significant event
of the visit of the American fleet to
Japan took place October 21 when
Rear Admiral Sperry, his flag officers
and the captains and commanders of
the 16 battleships were presented to
the Emperor and Empress, a radical
departure from all court precedents.
President Roosevelt's message of
amity was presented to the Emperor, !
and he made a happy response.
Revenue Receipts Fall Off.
Washington.—Government receipts
from internal revenue for September
were $21,096,956, as against $19,094,-
687 for August. The returns from
spirits alone for September show to-
tal collections of $10,955,050,
against $9,034,514 for August.
months, however, are far below the
normal, the decrease for September
being $1,221,517, as compared with
September, 1907.
a
as
Both
Swindler Sentenced.
New York.-—Frank S. Marrin, for-
merly a well-known Brooklyn lawyer,
who was convicted of swindling Mrs.
the American National hymn contin-
uously, rcse in thunderous volume.
INCREASES ARE SHOWN .
Abstract of Revorts of National
Banks Issued by the Comptroller.
Washington.—The abstract of the
reports of the condition of the 6,855
National banks under a call issued by
the comptroller of the currency for
Statements as to September 23, 1908,
was issued October 21.
The five principal items in the re-
turns show that since February 14,
1908, the loans and deposits in the
National banks of the country have
increased from $4,222,353,647 to $4.-
750,612,721, a difference in a little
over seven months of about $328,000,-
000, and druing the same period total
resources of National banks have in-
creased $631,000,000. hie combined
capital stock paid in has advanced
nearly $20,000,000 - and the surplus
about $11,000.000.
The most remarkable total given is
as to individual deposits, which have
increased during the last seven
| months from $4,105,814,418 to $4,548 -
Caroline Barry, a widow, out of $80,- |
300, was sentenced to 15 to 20 years
in prison. The swindle took place
13 years ago.
Winter in Central Europe.
Berlin.—Central Europe is in the
grip of the coldest weather that it has
experienced in October since 1866.
The thermometer ranges from 7 to
15 degrees below the fre hoint,
and there h been a 1 of
snow
in
35,165, a difference of $443,000,000.
Vermont Elects Two Senators.
Montpelier, Vt.—The two branches
of the Vermont Legislature, voting
separately, re-elected United States
Senator William P. Dillingham, and
elected former Governor Carroll S.
Page to fill the remainder of the un-
pired term of the late United States
Senator Redfield Proctor. Both are
Republicans.
—ees
Bank President Shoots Himself.
Carrol, La.—W, L. Culbertson,
aged €4, president of the First Na-
ticnal bank here, committed suicide
)y shooting himself through the head.
The bank closed, pending an investi-
gation. Culbertson had been at the
head of the bank for 35 years.
$195,000 Steal Is Charged
vana.—Mig
inhabitants of the |
| at the session delegates
| ing every principal city in the coun
ox
BANDITS DYNAMITE BANK
——
from Slumbers,
Citizens, Aroused
Engage in Pitched Battie
With Intruders.
Duquoin, IIL.—The safe of the Rus-
sell company’s bank of Carterville,
| which is located at Hurst, was dyna-
mited and $25,000 secured. The
company is a mine operator and the
money had been banked there await-
ing for next pay day.
At the first report of the exploding
dynamite, Henry Pulley, who was
sleeping on the floor near the bank,
woke up and rushed out. Upon reach-
ing the street he was shot through
the breast by a man who was. sta-
tioned in front of the bank. Pulley
is in a critical condition.
A second explosion aroused the
citizens and they tried to stop the
robbers, who were making away with
their rich haul.
A pitched battle followed, in Which
many shots were exchanged. The
burglars made their escape and an
armed posse of citizens is in pursuit.
RIVALS DIPLODOCUS
Skeleton of Ancient Lizard 40 Feet
Long Found in Bad Lands.
Great Falls, Mont.—The skeleton of
a prehistoric animal 40 feet long and
22 feet tall has been found in the Bad
| Lands south of Glasgow, Mont., by
an . ; orvwhere | Barnum Brown of New York, connect-
anese fleets fraternized everyw led with the
American Museum of
Natural History. The relic has been
shipped to New York. It took 16
teams to haul the fossil to the rail
road, the skull alone weighing 4,000
pounds.
Mr. Brown classified the fossil as a
tyraunosaurns rex, or “king of the
lizards.”
THAW CASE APPEALED
U. S. Circuit Court Grants Ex-Gover-
nor Stone a Writ of Error.
Philadelphia.—The United States
Circuit Court of Appeals granted a
writ of error from the decision of
Judge Young at Pittsburg, in which
the court dismissed the writ of ha-
beas corpus to bring Harry K. Thaw
to Pittsburg to testify in bankruptcy
proceedings. This means the case will
be reviewed by the court. Argument
will be heard in December.
The appeal was taken by ex-Gover-
nor W. A. Stone of Pittsburg, attor
ney for Thaw.
Wool Market.
Boston.—Transactions in the local
wool market continue heavy, with
prices firm and the demand extended
to pearly all lines. The leading do
mestic quotations ranged as follows:
Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces: XX,
32 to 33c; X, 31 to 32¢; No. 1 wash
ed, 34 to 35c; fine unwashed, 21 to
22c¢; fine unmerchantable, 24 to 25c;
half-blood combing, 26c; 34-blood
combing, 26c; quarter-blood combing,
25c; delaine washed, 34 to 35cc; de
laine unwashed, 26 to 27c. :
Around the World.
Two of the battleships of the Atlan-
tic fleet arrived home on the 19th aft.
er circumnavigating the globe. The
Maine put in at Portsmouth navy
yard, where it will be overhauled, and
a few hours later the Alabama cast
anchor in New York harbor. The re:
mainder of the fleet is being entertain
ed in Japan, the two ° battleships
named having separated from their
fellows after the visit to Hawaii.
Pledge Half Million for Missions.
Philadelphia~—An appropriation of
$500,000 for mission work in the
United States and in her possessions
was pledged at the conventicn of the
Woman’s Home Missionary society
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
A considerable amount of this sum
bad already been pledged by various
societies throughout the country, but
represent:
try gave promise of financial support.
To Stop Fake Mediums.
Indianapolis, Ind.—At the conven:
tion of the National Spiritualists as-
sociation steps were taken to force
| out of business all “fakirs’” and “false
| mediums” who practice their profes:
| sion on pretenses of having
| nicated with spirits. Mediums whese
| character and ability
commu-
to establish
spirit ¢ommunication is beyond re-
proach are to be exempted from this
order.
Business Briefs.
The United States Express Com-
pany has declared the regular semi-
annual dividend of 2 per cent, paya-
ble November 16.
The Pennsylvania Steel Company
has declared the regular semi-annual.
dividend of 31% per cent on its pre-
ferred stock, payable November 2 to
holders of record October 17."
Gross earnings of the United Rail
ways of San Francisco were approx:
imately $574,000, which is equal to
the ratio of earnings before the earth-
quake.
The Wall Street Journal says the
floating supply of Westinghouse Elec-
tric stock is not more than 50,000
shares: Arrangements have been
made . for complying with the de-
mands of the readjustment committee,
which means the rémoval of the
company from receivers’ hands with-
in a short time.
President McCrea of the Pennsyl-
vania predicts that from now on busi-
ness will steadily improve.
Twelve Men Blown to Death.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—A caboose Aflled
with laborers and attached to a Union
Pacific freight train was blown from
the track near Hermosia Junction by
a hurricane, and 12 men were killed
outright and many others injured.
| The road crosses a deep canyon at
that point and the caboose rolled
the steep embankmtent to the
bed far below. The car was
into splinters and the unfor-
were pierced through and
crushed under debris in
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