PRISONER SILENT. Hit Witt Showed No Slgnt ot Emotion Men Wept on Leaving the Court Room. Dreyfus w as convicted a second time by the court-martlnl at Rennea last Saturday. M. Laborl heard the verdict with a pallid visage, while M. Dcmange fll back In a chair an though horror truck. Colonel Jnunust road the Judgment without a tremor ot his voice and ap parently unmoved. The text of the judgment Is as fol lows: To-day, September P, 18M. the rnnrt martlHl of the Tenth legion Army Corp, deliberating behind cloned d ior the President put the following ques tlon: Is Alfred Dreyfus, llrevet Captain. Fourteenth Hi glm. nt of Ai tllery, probationer on the gonoial staff, utility of having In 1MM entered Into ma hlna tlons or held relations with a foreign Tower or one of Its agents to Induce It to commit hostility or undertake war against France, i r procure It the means therefor by d-llveting the notes and documents mentioned In the docum -nts tailed the bmdcreau. according; to the decision of the Court of Cassation of June 31, 1S!'!. The votes were taken separately, beginning by the lnf rlor (trade and youngest In the lat grade, the President halng given his t pinion last. The court declares on the ques tion by a majority of live votes to two, Yes, the acctisfd Is guilty." The ma jority agreed that there are extenuat ing circumstances, in consequence of which, and on the request of the Com missary of the government, the Presi dent put the question and received aaaln the votes In the above-m-ntloncd form. "As a result the rourt condemns, by a majority of five votes to two, Alfred Dreyfus to the punishment of ten years' detention. ' The Judgment was read to Dreyfus In an adjoining little room by the clerk of the court, M. Coupols. Dreyfus listened impaslve, did not give the slightest sign of emotion, did not utter a word, and marched back to prison like an automaton. Though a majority of those In the court room fully expected the verdict, they were completely stupefied when It was given, and the silence which pre vailed In the room and the way men turned pale and caught their breaths, were more Impressive than any other manlfestatlcns could have been. As the audience left the room, fully 10 or 15 men wept openly, and the ma jority of those present walked quietly down the street for more than a block without speaking a word. It waa like a funeral procession. Dreyfus' wife, who was waiting In torture and suspense at her house, bore the news bravely, and when visiting her husband Satur.lay af;crn ;on show ed the onlookers who were In the streets, r.n sign of her sufferings as she walked from her carriage to tho prison. The meeting between Dreyfus and bis wife Sunday was naturally very nt lectlng. but both ' eld un as well as possible. J.'e said to her: "I am not un easy regarding myself, as 1 shall soon be free, but I think of you anil my poor children. They w ill be branded as the children of a traitor." He is convinced that the ten years' Imprisonment to which he Is sentenced will be wiped out by the five years of solitary seclusion he has undorgono on Devils Islan, and he expects to be re leased by October 15, which w ill be five years from the date of the former con demnation. He is so sanguine that he has made an extraordinary request of his wife for a novel to read In the meantime, explaining: that his mind la so shaken and weighed down by recent events that he needs to divert his thoughts, and to try to get all the re collections of the last three months out of his mind. He thinks that reading a novel will afford the desired mental re pose and keep him from brooding. 8o far as ran be ascertained military men are perfectly satisfied with the verdict, which they Interpret as safe guarding the honor of the army and at the same time doing an act of mercy to Dreyfus, who they say, has suf ficiently expiated his crime In the aw ful existence he passed on Devils Is land. They point out that even If he Is sent to Fort Corte, It will be to re ceive henceforth the humane treat ment he has experienced since his re turn to France. One strange fact Is the extraordin ary difference of opinion respecting the exact effect of the judgment whether he can be degraded again, and whether the Ave years' solitary confinement he has undergone will be regarded as equivalent to the ten years' detention to which he Is now sentenced, and he will be released next month. This matter Is quite aside from the general Impression that he will be pardoned In a few daya by President Loubet, who will find some ground to exercise clemency. Maitre Demange thinks the Ave years will count for nothing, and that Dreyfus, according to law, will have to suffer ten years' detention. Many eth ers, however, Including several law yers, hold a contrary opinion, and de clare that he will be released in Octo ber. EFFECT OF THE VERDICT. Gen. Mercler was burned In effigy In New York Sunday. Frenchmen In New York regard the decision just and proper. Public opinion In Rome denounces the verdict and the pope Is Indignant. Hungary is already withdrawing some of her exhibits intended for the Paris Exposition. ' The most eminent jurists of Ger many say that the verdict has dis graced France. German, English and American pa pers are filled with indignant articles against the verdict. Rennes Is very quiet. There was not an outbreak as the result of the t.lal as bad been expected. . . .A rumor says that the judges of the court martial will sign a petition praying President Loubet to pardon Dreyfus. Proposals have been made to both Austria and Italy to boycott the Paris exposition as a protest against the ver diet at Rennes. Bt. Lou s and Kansas City merchants have already started a movtment to boycott the Paris exposition, twlng t3 the verdict aga nit Dreyfui. , The Marlon Club of Ind anapills baa put Itself on record as In favor of bey cotting the Paili exposition. The m m bership consists of 1,000 Republican. A great JTreyfus protest meeting will be held In New l oik in a few days, President McKlnley will be asked to appeal to Loubet of France for m.rcy upon Dreyfus. The verdict, the Dreyfusltes sty, is directed moie agalnat the Hebrew than against Dreyfus, and, If allowed to stand, will make their axlitenca In rranee impossible. , TERSE TELEGRAMS. Gold has been discovered on Lookout Mountain. Admiral Dewey started from Gibral tar for New York Inst Sunday. . Chas. 1.. Brsdlev. an Iron msnufao- turer of Harrlsburg, Pa. died last Wed nesday. Seven members of the Scientific rros- pectlng Company of New York have died In the Klondike. The navy department expects to be gin the manufacture of smokeless pow der within a few months. The school shin Monongaheln. for the safety of which there was some fear, has arrived safe at Cape Heniy, Va. The Westlnghouso comnanv of Tltts- burg has Issued an order that all em ployes guilty of flirting will be dis charged. Lightning struck the grand stand at the Tuscola. 111. fair la.it Friday and killed Robert Meyers and Sp-mcer Hrom field. Pan Francisco gave a warm reception to the Houth Dakota and Minnesota volunteers, who have Just returned from Manila. American suunttera In Hawaii have organised to make a determined legal fight for the public land they have ap propriated. Carl Proffer. R years old. died at his home In Pittsburg from lockjaw, said to have been caused by vaccination three weeks ago. Masked men secured a small amount of money by blowing open the snfe of the Hunt hern I'aiille Express Company at Cochise, Ark. William C. McCormlck, the blind councilman of linlontown, Pa., was acquitted last Haturday of the murder ot Minerva Monnghan. An uncenaored letter from Manila brought the startling Information that fully 36 per cent, of Gen. MacArthur's troops arc on the sick list. The English yacht, Shamrock, will contest with the Amerlcsn yacht, Co- lumhln, next October. The cup Is now In possession of American yachtsmen. The Filipinos made a concerted at tack on Santa Ittta, (lungn and Han Antonio, a few days ago, but were re pulsed without loss to the Americans. Preparations were completed for the great naval parade at the New York Iewey reception on September 30. Sev en mll.'s of ships will make up the line. vt llllam Turner was driving a furni ture wagon In Ilrooklyn last Wednes day. A trolley car crashed Into his vlchlcle. and he will die from the re sulting Injuries. At Brunswick, Oa., a negro elltor having declared the negroes would sus tain ntm In whatever he said or did, the citizens have asked the governor for a gatllng gun. Three bodies, each renresented to be the remains of her boy have been sent to Mrs. Phlllppln Raltxer, of Chicago. Her son was a aoldlr and died In Cuba. She Is considerably perpltxrd. Charles Mellick. Hcranton. Pa.. Joseph Paul, Philadelphia and Geo. Turner, of Chester, Pa., veterans In the l. A. II. parade at Philadelphia last Tuesday, fell dead from exhaustion. Oon. Imbert was Installed In the palace Thursday as provisional gov ernor of Puerto Plato. Gen. Jlmlnei has gone to Santiago de Los Caballer os. The people of the Interior and of the capital continue aid ntly for Jlmlnra. The amount of gold certificates with drawn from the treasury to date In exchange for gold coin Is 141.065,050. The amount of net gold In the treasury continues to Increase and Wednesday, with $49,240,254, exceeds all previous records. Charles Slegert. a clirus employe, fell asleep on top of a Bengal tiger's cage. The animal seised his leg which had dropped over the side, badly lacerating It. Tne man was removed to the hos pital. He Is an employe of the Wal lace show exhibiting at Washington. The government steamer Ramnna last week struck a skiff containing six belated merrymakers In Quincy ay near Quincy, III. All were thrown Into the water and three were drowned. The dead are John K. Wohkamp, Lulu Droy and Mary McCarthy. The Pittsburg Bridge Company and Charles M. Peasley, superintendent, were ncm responsible by a coroner s Jury at Chicago Wednesday for the death or eleven men, who were killed In the collapse of the arches of the Coli seum building In course of construction on August 28. Because the corner atone of the new Chicago federal building was cut by nonunion men, organised labor of that city has Issued 6,000 circular letters re questing Invited guests to remain away from the city on the occasion ot the festivities In connection with the laying of the corner stone. A child was playing upon the track at Glen Cove, L. I. last Wednesday and Engineer Smith found It Impossible to stop his locomotive In time. The locomotive whistle attracted Geo, A. Smith, who, mounting his bicycle, raced ahead of the engine, threw him self upon the child, rolled down an embankment Just as the engine passed. The thirty-third National encamp ment of tho Grand Army of the Re public came to an end at Philadelphia last Thursday nigh. The election of a commandor-ln-chlef was carried out In the most peaceable manner Imagin able. Colonel Albert D. Shaw, of Wa tertown, N. Y was ' unanimously chosen after Judge Leo Rassieur, ot St. Louis, had declined to be a candi date. Hundred! ol Vessels Blocked. The embargo on Lake Superior navl gatlon by the sinking ot the steamer Douglas Houghton in the Soo passage last Tuesday was lifted at 3.30 o clock Sunday afternoon. The largest fleet ever accumulated on the lakes, if not in America, began to move soon after, and one vast naval procession headed down the lakes, while another started on its way to Lake Superior. In the two there were over 200 of the largest craft under the American flag save the tew ocean liners. Killed tor Pickino Flowers. A young man named William Morrl son, of Cleveland, was shot and killed Sunday afternoon by Mrs. Mary Schwarx, who lives just outside the cl-r limits. Morrison, with several companions, picked flowers In Mrs. Schwars's yand. When she protested Morrison assault ed her. pulling her hair and hitting her with a fence picket. The woman ran Into the house, got a revolver and shot Morrison through the head. She gave herself up to the police and was charged with manslaughter. Root Favors Milts. Secretary of War Root, anxious that nothing shall bs left undone which promises to make successful his plan for suppressing the Philippine Inurieo tlon before the end' of the coming dry season, is now said to fsvor the sending of Goneral Miles to Manl'a to command the army of 00,000 men, which the sec retary expects to have In Luson with in the next three months, At the cab inet meeting Wednesday the secretary Is understood to have mad what amounts to a formal recommendation that Mi'is be sent to the Philippines. GREELY RELICS WERE UNDISTURBED. FOUND BY PEARY. The Explorer Defines Scon New Coist Linos. Traveled More Thin 1,000 Mile en Sleds. 'I he rearv-llarmswnrth steamer Windward, Captain John llartlett, from F.tah. North Ureenlnnd. August ar rived at lltigus, N. F., Monday, report ing all well on board. She will be fol lowed In a week by the Peary ArctlO club's steamer Dlnna, Captain Bamue W. llartlett, also from F.tah. The two steamers met at Man on Au gust 12 and worked In company under the personal direction of Lieutenant Peary In collecting supplies for the winter and - the equipment lor next spring's campaign. Lieutenant 1'enry and the sled parties were In the field almost continuously from October. ls!i, to August of this year, and have effected an extraordin ary amount of Important wotk, not only bearing on the future of his own expedition, but adding much to the ge ographical knowledge ot Ihe c ast line. and the Interior of Kllesmere land, the southern portion of Otinnell land. His sledging Journeys, aggregated more than 1,000 miles, not Including several trips repeated over portions of the trai'k. As soon os the young Ice could bear a sledge Lieutenant Peary made ai care- ful reconnolssance of the coast line southwest of All Man bay, and care fully defined the lands and water be tween that point and Cape Sabine. The coast line of Princess Marie bay and Buchanan strait, heretofore unknown. was accurately defined, and Hayes sound was demonstrated to be a myth. This work completed. Lieutenant eary next made several sucrissful hunt- lngtiips and laid In an ample supply of fresh meat. Including musk oxen, seals and birds, for the winter. Utilising the December moon, he sledgei along tne Ice for 250 miles north, over almost Impassable ice to Ft. Cong, r, the head quarters of the Greely expedition. Lieutenant Peary found Ft. Conger exactly as Greely left It. The table wa standing from the last meal, and all the other appointments hnd remained undisturbed for 16 years. The building weie In fair condition, though some of them would not be serviceable much longer. He took possession of all the property, real and personal, In the name of the United states Government, and posted notices to that effect. He brought awav. and Is sending home, the original Greely records, the sextant of Lieutenant Beaumont. It. N., or tne Hares-Mntkham expedition of lR76Wf, recovered by Lieutenant- Lock wood, and many private letters anu papers of members of Greely's Party, all of which are to be forwarded to the Peary Arctic club, of New York. A considerable quantity of provisions was also found and protected for further emergency. TRADE WITH THE ISLANDS. Almost Twenty Million Dollars Worth Wera Im ported From Cuba In Seven Months. Tho war department made public Monday a statement of the trade be tween the United States and all of her colonies under military control, and with Cuba as well, for the seven months of 1811$, ending July 31, making com parisons with the year lWX. The exports from the United States to Cuba for the seven months were IH.116.iW.! in 1KU9, against S4.485.937 In 1NK8. . The Imports Into the United States from Cuba for the same period were SHt.076,969 In 18H9, against $12,474, 770 In 1HU8. The exports from the United States to Porto Kieo for the sever, months were $2,299,221 In 1S99, against $569,110 In 1898. Imports from Porto Hlco dur ing the same time were $.1,379,944 In 1899. against $2,25.1.800 In 1898. The exports from the United States to the Philippine Islands from January 1 to July 31 were $.186,109 In 1899, against $65,736 in 1898. The Imports Into the United States from the Philippines for the same period were $.1,274,134 In 1899. against $2,283,775 In 1898. The trade of the United States with the various Islands when stated by months shows a marvelous growth of our commerce. Tho only fiscal years since 1877 show ing for the entire 12 months a larger value of merchandise exported from the United States to Cuba than Is shown by the first seven months of 1899 were the years 1892, 1893 and 1894. If tho same ratio Is maintained until the end of the year, the Imports Into Cuba from the United States will be larger than the exports from the United States to that Island In any fis cal year In the entire history of the trade between this country and Cuba. As far as the exports from the United Ptates to the Philippines are concerned, for the first seven months of this year. under American occupation, they are larger than those of any previous year In our history. Not only this, but they are moro than double those of any year, excepting only the years 1842, 1852, 1860. 1870 nnd 1872. INTO AN OPEN SWITCH. Swift Passenger Train Runs Into a Freight Six Men Killed. A terrible accident, on the Erie rail road, occurred at the block signal sta tion called Millers, west of Corry, Pa early Thursday morning. The New York and Chicago vestibule limited train No. 5, speeding along at the rata of 70 nilleo an hour, crashed Into an open switch and collided with extra westbound freight No. 127. The dead are: Engineer Reuben Arnold, train No. 5; Conductor Henry Bchaffer. freight: Flagman George Schatts, freight; John Hersch, tramp, on passenger baggage car: unknown tramp on baggage car: R. Blixt. In charge of two new engines being shipped to a western road, died after being found. The responsibility Is placed upon the dead flagman who did not close the switch. COSTLY CONVERSATION. Three Thousand Dollars tor Use ol a Long Dislanca Telephone. A person In Brooklyn and a person In St. Louis talked to each other for about 50 hours last week over the long dla tance telephone, and It cost them more than $3,000. Most of this talking was done between the hours of 8 p. m. and ( a. m., when the rate between Brook lyn and St. Louis Is $5 for the first Ave ndnutes and ft minute for additional time. POLITICAL OUTLOOK. William Bryan does not favor with drawing troops from the Philippines until a stable government has been es tabllshed. The Republican state executive com- ... 1 . . h.a IsmiimiI n m i ri m , it tha Republican voters of Virginia, advising mat nu vici u. iwmni iu mm nomination of Republican candidates for the next legislature. This body will elect a united states senator. ( A STEEL FAMINE. Builders Ask It Have Their Contraots Ex tended Enormout Increase In tha Prlos of Materials. The navv Is hralnntn In feel serious- ly the effect of the heavy advance In the steel market. Wednesday the ship building firm of Lally Co. of Boston asked a year's extension from October 1 In building the torpedo boats DcLong and lllnkeley now under construction In their yards. The Nlxons. at F.llsnbeth. N. J., who are building the torpedo boats Nichol son nnd O'Brien, have stated to naval nfllclals that It Is Impossible for them to get rorgings and struts, and it is expected hat they will have to ask an extension. There are twelve of the tor pedo boats and destroyers under con struction In various yards, and all are affected by the "steel famine" and the heavy prices, so that It Is expected that extensions will be asked on all of th 'se crs ft. The prospect Is -that the bids on the six protected crulsets, to be opened on November 1. will be much hlglur than was expected when the appropriation for them was made. It Is roughly es timated that the steel In hulls has ad vanced about 50 per rent; In engines, 10 per cent: In boilers. 80 per cent, and that the average advance on all classes of steel used In ships is about 36 per cent. The engineering bureau has also felt the advance, not only In Increased prices, hut In an Inability to get ma terial and buildings Inside the limit fixed by congress. On a recent purchase of electric cranes the advance was found to be about 25 per cent. In the contracts for material for the power plant at New York the Increas? ranged from 30 to 80 per cent, the latter apply ing to engines. 1 he bureau of vards and docks Is un able to proceed with a number of bill d Ing projects at navy yards and stations owing to the advanc In steel. This Is the case as to the large buildings at the New iork navy yard, all the bids be ing in excess of the amount allowed by congress. The same . Is true of the ordnance shops at the League Island yard, Philadelphia, and of several lesser projects. Civil Engineer Cunningham of the bureau of yards and docks says struc tural steel has advanced 100 per cent. nnd In some cases 300 per cent. Aumiral o Nell of the bureau or ordnance says ordnance Is about the only branch not affected by the rise In steel. Gun metal Is used only by the army and navy, so that there Is no commercial demand to send up the prices. ENGLAND'S HATRED OF THE BOERS. Withes to Control the Rich Mines ot Africa Kruger's Statement. The World of New York published the following dispatch from Paul Kru- ger, president of the South African re public, In response to a message sent by that paper: "I glndly accede to your request to put the Boer side before the American public. The present agitation against this republic emnnates partly from a certain section of British residents to whom the existence of the republic, which embraces the most flourishing pnrts of South Africa, Is a standing eyesore, und who suffer from the pre vailing jingo mania, partly also from mining capitalists, who, not content with having here the best mining laws in the world, wish also to have control of all legislation and administration. "Tho franchise voting question was taken up by England because It was thought the republic would hot yield on that point. Now that the altered franchise does not materially differ from the American it Is In many re spects easier the agitation has become worse. The object clearly Is the de struction of our republic and the com plete control of the richest mines In the world. , "The press, entirely controlled by capitalists, spreads unprecedented mis representation and prejudice through out the world against the Boer repub lic. "Wo are determined to defend to the uttermost that freedom and self-government for which our people have shed blood In every part of South Africa. Though we have no such powerful friend as you proved to Ven ezuela and to other republics we have strong faith that the cause of freedom and republicanism will triumph n lthe end." UNDER HEAVY GRANITE. Train Causes Trestle In Coll-psa Four Men Killed. Monday night 200 feet of trestle on the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens railroad over Broad river, ner Colum bia, S. C, gave way under a trainload of granite. Several cats and an engine fell 60 feet into the water. The fol lowing were killed: Dick Weatherby, engineer, of Columbia; Biles Rennlck, fireman, of Oreenvllle. S. C.;Stewart Martin, a negro, of Alston, S. C. - In a terrible head-end collision on the Philadelphia & Erie railroad at Tlona station, east of Corry, Pa., Sunday morning, two men lost their lives and four were badly Injured. East bound Empire line fast freight No. 68 and west bound fast freight No. 65 were the trains wrecked. The dead are: En gineer Henry H. Oerlnch of Erie, en gineer of the east bound train; crushed under engine andf led later on -relie train; Fireman William O. Schauf of Erie, of east bound train; both legs crushed, died later at Hamot hospital, Erie, after amputation. Smoking Killed Him. Excessive use of strong cigars caus ed the death of Attorney Thomas J. Drum, of Denver, at Mercy hospital, Chicago, Tuesday. He had reached the age of 62 years, and died after an unconscious period of three weeks, dur ing which time opiates were used to deaden the frightful pain accompany ing the ravages of cancer. Fattest Battleship Afloat The battleship Kearsarge Is the fast est vessel of her class. She went out on her trial trip Wednesday leaving the shipyard at Newport News, Va. She attained a speed of 17.25 knots an hour. This Is .05 greater than the speed made by the Alabama, which went out drawing not 20 feet of water and with a displacement ct more than 1,000 tons lees than she will carry when finished, whlle the Kearsarge was covered with a year's foul growth on her bottom, drew over 23 feet of water and carried almost all her dead weight. Supt. Post confidently expects the Kearsarge to develop speed of 18 knots on her official trip, which will take place about October 1. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL The quartermaster's department has chartered the ship Lennox to carry horses frem Ban Francisco to Manila. The naval board ot construction will at once begin work on the plane of the three battleships authorised by congress. DESIRES flUIP Hi PEACE. TRANSVAAL SITUATION. Booert Advocate Prudence and Moderation Consider iht Stoppage ot Ammunition and Concentration ol Troops. In Ihe first rand of the Boers at Pretoria Saturday morning d baie was resumed on the Interpellation of the government respecting the concentra tion of British troops on the border and the stoppage of ammunition cqn signed to the Transvaal. The house adjourned shortly before noon after adopting unanimously the following resolution: "The volksraad having considered that friendly correspondence Is still passing between the two government, that the concentration of troops In great numbers near the border has a detrimental and restless effect on the Inhabitants of the slate and that the Transvaal has lived In friends!) p and pence with all nations and desires to continue to live In such friendship and peace, now declares its regret at the tact of concentration and expresses the opinion that, In the case of even tualities, which might lead to enmity of war btween the two governments, the cause would not lie with the re public. "As regards the stoppage of ammu nition at Delagoa bay, the Vol k-read trusts that the government will act according to circumstances. "Tho rnnd further resolves to drop the mnttr of the concentration of troops on the border for the present, until the government shall supply fur ther Information t the raad, although the Information obtained Is unsatis factory. Nevertheless, and with a view to the results of the nni t a lons which are pending, the raad dec'ares Itself determined In the meantime to maintain the rights and Independence of the republic." In the course of the debate several speakers advocated a policy of pru dence and moderation. The government has Issued a formal announcement that Its last dispatch was Intended as an acceptance of the Joint Inquiry. The mistaken Interpre tation arose through a confusion ot Ideas. Both President Kruger and Vice President Joubert declare that they are determined to work for a peaceful settlement. FAVORS THE STANDARD TRUST. II Hat Cheapened and Purified Oil and Opened Ihe Markets ol the World lo the American Product. An Investigation of the Standard Oil Trust Is now bring conducted by the industrial commission at Washington. Saturday John D. Archboid, vice presi dent of the trust, was on the stand and In reviewing the Standard's career said: ' ' The early years of the petroleum In dustry were marred by a chaotic and crude condition In all branches of the trade, namely, the production, manu facture, transportation and market ing, and the average quality of the re lined products was inferior and un satisfactory. The advent of the Stnndard Oil .Company aggregation changed this entirely. It brought to tho business ample capital and com bined Into effective working shnp9 the best possible talent In all branches ot the business. It improved quality and greatly reduced costs. It sup planted old nnd Inferior methods and refineries with tho newest and nv st progressive methods and most perfect ly equipped and favorably locuted re fineries. It had ever been on the alert to en gage the best obtainable practical and technical talent for the development and Improvement of the business In all Its branches. It Inaugurated new systems of transportation, which not only gave to the producer the nvst ef flcent possible service at greatly re duced cost, but a dally cor.tlnu ng rash market for his product on a hails of the best prices obtainable In the world's market. Further, It reached out and occupied the markets of the world for Ameri can petroleum. Individual effort could not have accomplished any such her culean task In many times the same period, and, indeed, the efforts of the Standard OH Company wera none too quickly made. If there had been as prompt and energetic action on the part of the Russlon oil Industry as was taken by the Standard Oil Company the Russians would have dominated many of the world's' markets which have been made to Inure so largely to the benefit of the American ell Indui try. He expressed the opinion that the Standard Oil combination had been of vast benefit to the world at large, and said, speaking generally, "the outcry against corporations does not come from the great, busy, Industr at classes, but from Impractical senti mentalists, yellow journals and polit ical demagogues, from the last named, perhaps, more than any other. It Is a veritable attack on thrift and prosperity. To listen to their voice, to the extent of imposing restrictive legislation, would mean a frightful step backward In the commercial develop ment of our country." He uggested national corporations as the only legislation necessary. Deserted Drowning Companions. Four men, strangers tn Waterbury, Conn., went sailing on Bantam lake, Litchfield, Tuesday afternoon. Two were drowned. The remaining two g it to shoro in the boat and escaped in a lumber box wagon. In which they came to the pond. Tho Incident is a great mystery and has created great excitement. CABLE FLASHES. M. Dubut, president of the anti Semitic league In France, has been ar rested. A new cabinet was formed In Peru, with Senor Galues as premier and min ister ot foreign affairs. .Queen Victoria has attempted to prove to the kaiser that she la des cended from King David. Lord Sandhurst, governor of Bom bay, declares that not only Is the plague spreading but that famine threatens. Queen Wllhelmlna of the Netherlands has written to Queen Victoria, appeal ing to the British sovereign to inter vene in the Interests of peace In South Africa. The Danish steamer Calhay put Into Cadis, Spain, in a dangerous condition after sinking the Clan McGregor In a collision, but savins her crew. The Venesuela revolution, under the leadership ot Gen. Castro, Is gaining ground. The insurgents now occupy Nlrgua, three days' march from Val encia, The German emperor is described as furluus at the stubbornness of the Agrarians In opposing his pet schemes, and It Is his Intention to discipline all sympathisers. The plague commission of Russia re ports officially that there have been 14 cases of the plague In Astrakhan since July 7. ' NATION'S BHCtTlMtt TO DIWIY. Vealsrea the IUlla the MaslU Here la VfsMgtss. The central lda underlying the grans) Welcome to be given Admiral Dewsy la Washington the first week In October U its national character. His arrival at (ha Capital will mark his real heme-coinlng to the Amsrioan people, where the efflalaUf of the govtrnmsnt will psrtlclpsts, and the msarUBeently Jeweled swerd voted hf Congress will be presented. To that en4 all the arrsnsements will be of a simple hut most dignified character. The welcome t the hero of Manila at the National Css- Rwers Tnled bt CenTreas a Pesrer. Ital will probably occur on Monday, Octo ber S, althoush the date will depend upon the length of the celebration In New Tork, which Is still unsettled. The principal features of the reception In Washington, as planned by the cltliens, with ths co operation of the President and Cabinet, will be two In number the presentation of the ewnrd voted by Congress and a nlsht parade. A public reception at the White House will be fallowed by dinner to the Admiral by President McKlnley. The sword will be presented by Secretarv Long, at the esst front of the CapltolaV the presence of Mr. McKlnley and all the members of the Cabinet, late In the aft ernoon, while the parade, consisting ef or ganisations of all kinds, will be accompa nied by an Illumination of the city en scale of beauty never before witnessed In Washington. The different features of the prepara tions are In the hands of a central body of cltliei.j and eleven committees, em bracing In all over a thousand people. Preparations for the celebration have been in band for over a month. The Baltimore and Ohio Knllroad and other rallrouds entering Washington have agreed upon cheap rstes for the celebra tion, and the committee expects that there will be an outpouring of patrlotlo cltlsens almost equal to the Inauguration of a President. CANADIAN INTERESTS DELAYED. Depends on Pl.hburg lor Her Iron Orders Cannot be Filled. For some years Canada has depend ed almost entirely upon Pittsburg tor iron and steel supplies for building purposes, prices here being regulated by the Pittsburg rates, plus the freight charges and the duty, and therefore the present Inability of the Pennsylvania makers to fill their orders has had a paralysing effect on building operations throughout Canada, and In no place la this mure severely felt than In Mont real. The present season gave promise of being an exceedingly brisk one In building for in addition to the usual volume of work the rrec.lon was begun of some large office buildings, such as the Grand Trunk general offices, the addition to the offices of the Canadian Pacific railroad, the Merchants bank, the Star and the Press newspapers buildings. But in consequence of the iron famine little mora work will be done on these buildings this summer. The great Grand Trunk building will be roofed over as soon as the stone foundations are finished, and work will be suspended until next April, when the company expects to secure the steel beams that It had expected to obtain the present summer. The Grand Trunk railroad Is also building 20 iron bridges on Its lines be tween this city and Portland, but work on about half ot them will have to be suspended. The company last October made a contract with a Pittsburg fir: rv rm . for the delivery this season of tons of steel rails, but the mai f 27.0 inufad turers are now three months behind sv lllllng this order. I The Canadian Pacific railway Is not! much better off. The structural lron for its extension to Windsor station V was contracted for with a Philadelphia V firm for delivery In September, but It will not get here until the end of Nov ember, thus necessitating the postpone ment of the iron work until next spring. An overhead brtlge which the company Is building between its sta tion at Place Vlger and the high level ot Notre Dame street will have to be left unfinished until next spring for the same reason. The advance In the prices of all kinds of structural Iron for delivery next spring Is all the way from 75 to 1M per cent, over the prices at which contracts were made In Montreal last summer. Immense Corn Crop. All previous high reerrds will pro bably be broken by the corn crop pro duction of the United States In 1809. A canvass ot the eight states which raise the bulk cf the corn of the United States warrants an estimate above that of 1K96, which heretofore has been the record, and there U much In the advices received to Justify a prediction that the crop will approximate t,600, OOO.OOO bushels. The first crop of the country to reach. In round numbers, 2.O0O.C0O.000 bushels, was that of 1S&6. Including the crop now to be harvested only nine crops ot 2.000,000,000 or over have been produo ed. t . Corn Husk Bonnet lor Mrs. McKlnlye. Mre. H. J. Cusack. of Topeka. Kas., has sent to Mrs. McKlnley an evenlmr bonnet that will be a novelty to Wash- I Ingtun society. It la a toqus of oream colored straw, braided as perfectly as a I real French creation. U Is facl with f delicate pink and is trlmmei with th V daintiest pink and cream rosea
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers