- TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
Franco, Italy and Russia are .Said to Ha
Entered Into an Agreement That
Oisolves thaDrcibund.
England, dcrmnny and Austria nre
nghnt In fncp of n combination which
again proves the truth of Commodore
Annum h Haying, innt moon is integ
er thnn water."
Tin' new triple nlllnupp In Franco,
Itnly nml Uusln. I inly Is mill In the
Drclhuud. but only In nnnip. Slip linn
offered her hnnrl to France nnd King
Victor Kinnmnnol will hind thn engage
mpnt when he visits France In thp
nntnnin; Thn two great Latin nations
hnvp come together ami It In likely tti
union will Ih lasting.
Italy's old fnr of French aggression
and ambition tins (licit out, while hIip
perceives that Krnni'p. on a frlpiul, In
a better guardian for lnr northwest
ern frontlpr than thp Itnnipnnp army
which Itnly mnintnlnn nt an pxpennp
which Is beggaring lipr peasantry and
rHlnpln.it hpr noblpn to poverty, ami
making rich and poor regret thp mild
xplp of thp poppn, and pvpii tin- pie
dnrpn(ipn tyranny of thp Homhns. for
1A0 falr-inlndpd olisprvrr of Italliin
condition rnu deny tlmt Hip rural pop
tilntlon, nt leant, wan better off under
the old nyntem of benevolent. If nlno
despotic government, than nnder the
constitutional nionnrchy which hnn
driven multitudes to neck a living In
foreign lauds.
Should the German kalner now neck
o dlnplny liln prowess on the field of
tonornl wnr, ho would have to face,
rlth Austria for his ally, Kussln. on
he cant and France on the went, with
Italy aiding France In the south,
Thp new triple alliance In undoubted
ly the grontest Intprnntlonnl event of
the century's beginning.
INMATES SOtl ND AND GAGGED.
Matkod Bu
rtitxa Subject Fan
IFamlly to Unpleas-
i it i ii a
0 and Jewelry.
1'" - '
... ,k1;im1 men Ul" nn to tup
,.r .1 ii. nenr miirnr
i AVnrreii coum... n., roroott nn
durance mm -bound tnenmntes of the
lioune, consisting ofllnrrts, who Is a
well-to-do tmytss ninn, his wife nml
an IndlnnlVrvanT. They made n feeble
reslsteifff, but were soon oveniowered.
Kiomtd'and gagged.
Living reuinte from a bank Harris
kept considerable money at home and
, had a safp In the house. Thp robbers
.. turned their attention to thin, forced
It open and secured ?.HM( In cosh, two
. valuable watches and considerable
. Jewelry." The siife wim suimosod to be
nurgiur proof nnd from the manner in
wuii-u il win. cntcitfii nouie oi me men.
It la n.,...nrl .... i .
over some papers nnd ransacking the
room searching for more booty, the
robbers ngniu securely fastened the
cords that bound their victims, cau
tioned them against giving nn nlnrni,
and drove away In two rifts which
they hnd left standing on the roadside.
After an hour's hnrd work Harris
succeeded In liberating himself nnd the
others. He hurried to Warren nil re
ported the robliery. Detectives have
started on the euse nnd frtora the description-
Riven they expeuf to uppre-
liolld JlkJcnst two or thwof the irnii!?
eyRICAN BEEF.
Reported to Halo Barred II From
Army Contracts.
A Chicago meat pilT'kTng' corlipnnv
ins notified the govfriiinent that it
had been advised by its London repre
sentative that the British governmeut
Nuded all but V home-bred beef
Vnrniy contracts after June 1.
, nV concern lias asked thin
fernment to render till possible aid
having the decreo rescinded. It is
Jld that if the rert 'Is true 'the
rltlsh, action Is probably In retnlla
Aon for proceedings lu the United
States court at New Orleans to stop
.the shipments of horses and mules
from this couutry for the army in
South Africa.
V To demonstrate the importance of
Hue move now said to Is? contemplated
lit Is pointed out that the value of our
Jexports of live nulmnls to" Great Brit
ain amounts to 40,(HHi,(MK), while the
total of animal products exported
from the United States to Great Brit
ain Is stated to be, in round uumbera.
2000,000. -
1
Stolon Gold Rooovorod.
three bars of gold, valued nt
, ffh leu were missing from the
rApm of the steamship Kalner
itf-tk-r Orosse when she arrived
pbourg on her trip from New
lhave lieen found lehiud a
In the corridor outside the
F class mi loon. Whoever took
i lacked the courage or failed
fau opportuulty to carry It
J
Deal In Texas Oil Property.
k'icaiesi on ueui yet cousummat-
laumout district Is one 1 1 vtiileh
i was 'paid for the property
or the Texas Western Oil
wmerly the Southwestern
of Corslcauii. The pur-
la syndicate of Eastern
Vdefl by It. L. Henry, of
.J unli. Innliifl..u .1...
nt,,- i,i, tin- ifrtlii,,
Vvej'und well bt'ought In In
vit(li o, producing capacity
nvU per day, uud nbout
of fill ami mluerul leas
tlun.
te, pipe lines itnn eiiilp
it to handle the Deatty
Vm nnd other wells will
mil the syudlcnte will
Ho uiarketlu ell.
t Ru5 Order. .
isdigfors, Finland.
V'tve ordering that ull
. taught the Itussluu
t'llV'i'cut couunotlou
- iuy of the child
X to leuru the
( (euelllon against
'h a moveiueut Is
I Metidlug Finns on
cncb.,,,, L'hurt' U'ter,
'I ue at w.( with
ver.
LATEST NEWS MOTES.
The governiuent of Korea has de
creed the death penalty for opium
smoker.
Ten thouxnml Chinese converts were
reported In great distress nnd hundreds
starving.
There were -17.10" emigrants from
Ireland hi IPtwi, nbout in.."i per l.tHXto!'
the popttlatlon.
tireiit Ililtnlti seeks to obtain great
er tradiiK privileges In China Instead
of money iilemnlty.
Subscriptions for the ?.00,0IM of sec
ond mortgage ItulTalo exposition bonds
amount to
The Wisconsin legislature rejected,
by a vote of two to one, n proposition
for female suffrage.
The military order of the Loyal Le
gion decreed to hold the meptlng of
l'.M5 in Sail Francisco.
A New Knglnnd pastor In n sermon
found Justification for the mother who
killed her nix children.
Bishop Henry M. Turner, of Macon.
Ga., advocates the banishment of ne
gro criminals to Africa.
The association of Catholic colleges
declares state common school system
to be Illiberal aud unjust.
Kngllsh tnxpnyern are groaning lie
ucath an expense of $7,,HM,(HHi a week
to keep up the ltoer war.
The Central l'nssenger Association
llxen rates to G. A. It. encampment nt
Cleveland at 1 cent a mile.
An nviil.'int'hc of snow nnd rock
killed three men and seriously Injured
four others nenr Ailelnlde, Col.
lr. John T. Duttield. class of 1S41.
emeritus professor of mathemntlcs nt
I'rlncctou. in dead, aged 7 yearn.
Ministers to China will consider the
destruction of Chinese forts which is
recommended by forelgu generals at
Peking.
The transport Uawllnn, loaded with
provlslous for Cuba, was burned and
sunk at the dock In New York; loss,
1 10.IHMI.
Japan urgently requests tile Chlnesi'
emperor to return to I'eking and to
send Ji i.i Nn i troops to maintain order
In Manchuria.
A high army officer of Germany has
tiecu found gtiiny of exempting young
men from military service for tinanclal
compensation.
The plan of President McKluley's
tour through the South ami West has
been arranged to take lu . states nnd
two territories.
The transport Thomas has arrive at
Sail Francisco from Manila with 1.1144
men of the Twenty, eight li and Thirty
tifth regiments.
The state assembly panned the act
enabling New York to accept Andrew
Carnegie's offer of f.l.'Jtin.iMHi for
branch libraries.
Yank Fu. Chinese minister to St.
Petersburg. Insulted n Kiisslnn diplo
mat and wan thrown downstairs and
fatally injured.
The guests nt n family reunion near
Latrobe. Pa., ate tish that had been
cooked iu arsenic in mistake for
ttonr, but none died.
Sixty houses have beeu destroyed
by tire lit the village of Boreitk, 111
Transylvania. Great distress prevails
there iu consequence.
There will be no strike of employes
of the Jersey Central railroad. The
officials of that road have granted the
ili'iiui in Im ot its men.
The will of Fernando Yxnngn, filed
In New York, leaven liln estate of $:!.
(Mhi.ihm) to his sister Consuclo, dowager
duchess of Manchester.
Motislgnor Comity, rector of Cnth
ollc university at Washington, snys
state control of schools threatens Cath
olic educational system.
Ilev. Johu W. FranilM's, a New Jer
sey Baptist minister, was stricken In
liln pulpit Just before delivering a fare
well senium, and died.
The main building of the blower
works of the B. F. Sturtevant com
pany, at Boston, was destroyed by tire,
causing a loss of $:i."hi.inhi ,
Governor Hunt Issued a proclama
tion abolishing martial law lu Sho
shone county. Idaho, the sent of the
famous riots of April :!, IS! ill.
The National Salt Company of Sagi
naw, which controls nbout three
fourths of the Michigan salt output,
has cut the price od cents n barrel.
Johu II. Klrby. a rich Texau, will
prevent the oil trust from getting con
trol of the Beaumont oil fields by
every legal process he can bring to
bear.
The Hungarluu census shows the
population of Budapest to be 7o:i.44S.
The Hebrews number KMi.iMK). This
represents uu Increase of ll'J per cent In
the Hebrew population during the lust
10 years.
Mrs. Margaret Honsnck, of Iudlau
ola, la., wife of a wealthy farmer, has
been found guilty of the murder of her
husband uud sentenced to life Impris
onment. Chinese brigands hnve destroyed
three towns iu Thibet.
Colorado Springs, Heuver nnd Pueb
lo will be Joined by n trolley line to
cost .oiHi.tKHl. It will be built by
Chicago, Detroit nud Cleveland capi
talists. Because he couldn't abstain from
drink, Jesse McGregor, the paroled
murderer of Wellsvllle, O., was sent
buck to prison to eerve out his. life
sentence.
Fuilllu Kemplu. doctor of laws and
one of tlie tort-most lenders of tliei
woman s movement lu Germany, has
just died In uu Insane usylum at Basle,
Switzerland.
By the will of the widow of I'ulted
State Sena tor John U. McPhcrsou, of
New Jersey, Yule uulverslty, at the
expiration of n trust, will receive at
least 7."tUlO.
The remains of A bra 1mm Llucolu
will soon be removed to the recon
structed monument nt Springfield, III.,
but the exact date of the truusfer will
be kept secret.
Five thousand operatives will be Idle
In Lowell, Mass.. this week because of
the suspension of the cotton mills. Iu
Full Klver 17.WI0 will be laid off for
the same cause.
At Cripple Creek, Col,, the family
of James Bmltli. comprising six-persons,
were Instantly killed In their
borne by the sliding (if the huge dump
of the Gruulte lutue,
REIGN OF BLOOD f ERRED IN POLRND!
DEATH TO REFORMERS.
'Hangmen of Kieff." Chertrove, Mad Gov
ernor ol lite State Wat Too Brutal
for the Late Alexander III.
Another stunning blow has been de
llvered nt the hopes of Hussion reform
ers In the appointment of Mlkhael
t'herlvove. ns governor general of Po
land. Chertvove has had for years the
tltie, In popular parlance, oi the "Haug
mnn of KlefT."
Thin title Chertvove earned by the
ninny executions for which he hnn lieen
responsible during the pan. '-!." years,
more especially nt Kleff. He lins nl
ways been an advocate of the severest
measures In dealing wltn popular dis
content, nnd he was never known to
recommend that the life of n politico!
offender, condemned to death, should
be spared. He was regarded as too
blood-thirsty and merciless, even by
the late Cr.nr Alexander 111., nnd was
relieved from olllee on that account.
The fact that tills man. who hnn been
to It n ss la what the Infamous Jeffries
was to F.ngland, should tip selected for
nn olticc second In Importance only to
t lint of the cjiar, and Invested with vir
tually unlimited authority over the
liven nud property of the Poles, Is tak
en ns moaning that the czar Is afraid
of n Polish rebellion, nml Hint he
means to crush out ngltntion and con
spiracy, in that section of his domin
ions nt least, by establishing n reign
of terror with the gallows as n warn
ing to the dissntlstled.
It Is feared Hint the c.ar has given
up 'any liberal Ideas which he may
have entertained, and that he will vin
dicate to the full his declaration made
when he succeeded to the crown, that
he Intended to maintain the autocracy
which he had Inherited from his fa
thers.
WINTER WHEAT CONDITIONS.
With One Exception They Are the Finest lor
Ten Year.
lteports from the American ngrlcul
turlst's corps of country observers
carefully consolidated Into state aver
ages, show n condition of wheat high
er tniin has been noted at this time lu
the past teu yearn, with thp exception
of 'ill. The general average as report
ed for the whole belt Is !.".", a figure
which represents n practically perfect
prospect over the greater part of the
whiter wheat area. At the date nt
which correspondents made the obser
vance there had been no period of
warm growing weather sufficient to In
duce spring growth, demonstrating ab
solutely the extent to which Hessian
rly is present. The returns, therefore,
must be quullUcd with the statement
that the discount shown from a per
fect condition may not entirely repre
sent the actual damage from this
canst. With the exception of a few
counties In Kentucky, Tennessee nud
Ohio, no winter killing Is reported.
Since March 1 there has been nn
abundance of moisture lu nil sections.
KING EDWARD WANTS PEACE.
He le Willing to Let Poert Have Liberal
Terms.
King Kdwnrd Is for pence in South
Africa, and he has let his ministers
know it. He wants the Boers to have
liberal terms, provided they will lay
tlowu their arms. He Is willing, It Is
said, even to grant them self-government;
that is, to raise them to the
same position ns Cupe Colony.
The king has Impressed this on his
cabinet nud It is likely that Lord
Kitchener, whose views nre much In
sympathy with those of the king, will
find n way of conveying King Ed
ward's wishes to the Boers in the field.
The later are far from conquered. The
Kngllsh speak of them as guerillas,
hut the triitu Is that the Boers nre
masters of the Trausvnal and the
Grunge Free State outside of a ft-w
garrisoned places, and that they hnve
never bi-t-u without nn established
government, having a local cnpltol.
Palestine lor the Jews.
- Fifteen hundred Hebrews' held n
meeting In Milwaukee, Wis., In the
Interest of the Zionist it- movement to
raise a fund to purchase Palestine
from the Turks, nnd make It a haven
for the oppressed Jews of every land,
i-r. Carlo, oue of the chief promoters
of the movement, says It Is to be
prosecuted with fervor.
Selected Florida Lands.
Couituuutlcr Booth-Tucker, of the
Salvation Army, uud Cols. Holland ami
Brewer, of the Isiard of colonization,
wlio have beeu down the east count of
Florida Investigating the Mlnglcr lauds
for a Salvation Army colony site, and
uuve partially selected a tract of laud,
containing over U.ink) acres, near
Mia nil, ou the railroad, aud If matters
are settled the commander will locate
a colony ou this tract.
CUBAN NEGROES COMBINE.
Powerful Organization Has Been Effected for
Mutual Bonefit.
Advices from Havana sny: Negroes
iu the eastern part of the Islaud have
formed an organization, pledged to act
together for mutual support, whether
under American or Cuban rule.
' While the organization is nominally
political. It Is claimed by some ac
quainted with its secrets, that the
members 'are bound to stand by uud
to avenge each other, If need be, ami
that they would go so far as murder
to secure what they imagine to be
Justice. They have leaders, elected by
tlie organization, whom they obey Im
plicitly. Americans are apprehensive that the
movement limy be directed against
Amei'lcuu occupation of the Island.
Russia' Great Canal.
The Itussluu government projects a
greut maritime cunal connecting the
Block seu with the Caspian. The pro
duction of Irou. coal ami petroleuui.
the development of the mentul trades
uud the growth of cottou In Central
Asia, are more and more fixing the
south as Bussla'a commercial aud In
dustrial center aud, the increaslug glut
of traffic Is steadily reducing; tb rail
wajr luratuui ta uralvsht
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INDEMNITY PROBLEM.
Commlitloner Rockhlll Instructed to Oppoit
Anything Over $200.000.000 Ruttla
Counted Upon to Back This Position.
A hew Insup In tin Chinese mutter
hnn bi-en defined. The Fulled Staten
hnn definitely decided that Chlnii can
not pay Indemnities aggregating more
than .'iKi.tssi.iHHl. Instructions were
cabled to Special Commissioner Hock
hill directing him to object strenuously
to demands for a mini greater than
that, and to tiinke the utmost endeavor
to hnve the total kept down to half
the maximum before staled.
Although Itussla han not yet taken
nny net Ion. It is understood hen that
a proposal that the Putted Slates nnd
Itussla shall tlx n maximum ban been
under discussion between Washington
nnd St. Petersburg no long tlmt there
In a IlklihiMid of concurrent nnd lilentl
cnl action by them. If they take nlm
llar measures It will be because their
chief motives are similar.
The American claims aggregate f'J.I.
CHin.iHMi, but the government Is willing
to cut tills down to as low nn I.'i.ihki.ihhi
If the other Powers will make propor
tionate reductions In their pecuniary
demands. Mr, Hockhlll hnn been In
formed of thin view of the authorities
here and directed to devote liln efforts
III Hint direction.
The ad vices from Mr. Hockhill show
that some of the small P.uropoiiu na
tions whose Interests In China suffered
very little by the "Boxer" trouble have
made claims for Indemnity out of nil
proportion to the Injury Inflicted on
their subjects. The Fulled States will
object to tnene claims on the ground
that they are exhorbltnnt.
Gortnnny s claims aggregate more
than ."), nni.inni. The exact figures are
not disclosed, but It is admitted that
they nro between the amount named
and tion.iii km Nil l. It has been general
ly understood heretofore that they
would be In the neighborhood of $"-V
(XII I.I MM I,
DYING OF STRANGE MALADY.
Several Already Dead and Others In a Seri
ous Condition.
The town of North Bcllevernou.
Westmoreland county, Pn., Is scourged
with n peculiar disease nnd competent
physicians of that town ami neighbor
hood are nonplussed. Several victims
have died aud live or six more are
seriously 111.
Hcccntly N. II. Hooves wan stricken
with tin- strange disease. A physician
concluded that tin piitieiit was nfiliet
ed with tile grip, but win-u lie steadily
grew worse, his stoniacn refusing i.
retain food and the different orgi'im
refusing to perform their functl .ns,
the physician sought counsel. The pa
tient's skin turned yellow, and he wan
convulsed with spasms of hiccoughs.
After lingering In n comatose mate
for several hours, he died.
The public schools have Is-pn closed
In consequence of the strange disease.
The people of the town nro grently
stirred up over the epidemic nud the
givatest alarm Is felt. Many theories
nre advanced ns to the cause of the
sickness. It Is the Opinion of some
that n wholesale poisoning has been
plotted. Others are nt the opinion that
the strange sickness is due to defective
lira I tinge. A chemist will analyze the
water lu n certain well.
WORSE THAN SEIGE OF PARIS.
Labor Troubles In France Cost Big Loss ot
Die and Money.
The object lessons furnished by the
strikes which, since the clone of the
Exposition, have Is-en so general
throughout France, nre beginning to
tnke effect. Calculations have beeu
made showing that the Calais srrlke
on used Ions of life and $1.kkUhk to
local industry, besides $J,tKKMXKl in
work mens' wages. The Marseilles
strikes, which are not yet ended, al
though 70 per cent, of the strikers have
resumed work, have dealt such a ter
rible blow to the prosperity of Mar
seilles that the city can scarcely hope
ever to recover Its lost position.
The loss to trade at Marseilles Is es
timated at $8,000,000 each week dur
ing strike; sales lu retail business
diminished 00 per cent. There are in
dications on all sides from French uu
tlertakings, aud shopkeepers lu Paris
and elsewhere have the greatest dif
ficulty In meeting their engagements
and paying their rents, their situation
being worse thnn ut any time aluco
the siege of Paris.
CABLE FLASHES.
Fire destroyed houses in Andover,
Hampshire, ling., rendering 150 per
sons homeless.
Reports from India show that 5.000,
000 persons succumbed to fa mile aud
cholera since 18IK1,
The French coal workers decided to
resume work, and with this decision
tlie prolonged strike came finally to an
cud.
The 83d birthday of Klug Christian
wns celebrated Monthly everywhere lu
Denmark. The king; Is In quite good
health.
The fishing steamer Kmma has Is-en
Inst during u storm lu the North sen.
Her captain nud crew of 10 men were
drowned.
Klug Osenr of Sweden has accept
ed the post of arbitrator of the Sa mo
an claims of the United States, Great
Britain aud Geruuiuy.
Owlni to a dispute regarding the
rate of pay, I.ikkj miners have gone on
trlke lu the Hewsbury colliery dis
trict, County ot York, Fug.
The earl of llalshiirjt Is about to re
sign the post of lord chancellor, and
will be succeeded by Baron A I vers! one,
lord chief justlta of F.ngland.
A special dispatch from Hongkong
suys two Chluese steamers cuniu Into
collision between Canton uud Wll
i how and that 70 Chinese were drown
ed. Geu. William Booth, of the Salva
tion Army, celebrated lu Loudon his
seventy-second birthday by attending
meetings and receiving couguatula
tlous.
j ne uig iron wors, at uoyunauseu,
Germany, was destroyed by fire, (Him
damage reachlug half a million marks.
The nre Is believed to uavo beeil of
luceudlary origin. .
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SiO! 10 DEI BY 1 DESPERADO.
TWO TRAGEDIES.
Cold-Blooded Killing of Grocer Followed
by Murder of Brave Detective.
Gang In Jail.
Thomas H. Kahney, n grocer of Mt.
Washington, wnn murdered ill cold
blood early Friday morning by bur
glars, whom he had caught at work
In bin house. Not many hours Inter
Heteetlve PatrtcK K. Fltngerahl was
murdered by Kdwtinl Wright, a sup
posed Chicago crook. In n rooming
house at ;l'J Fulton street. Pittsburg,
Pa., to which the detective had traced
Wright us one of a gang suspected of
the Kahney killing. The combination
of crime simply astounded nn already
startled community. No single day's
happenings lu the history of the Pitts
burg police department equaled the
succession of shocking deeds of the
few hours of the forenoon.
Wright opened fire upon Heteetlve
Fitzgerald when cornered nnd a des
perate encounter In a small room of
the Fulton street house enihsl in He
teetlve Fitzgerald receiving a bullet
lu his heart. Inspector Hubert Gray,
who accompanied him. shot Wright
through the head, left forearm ami left
log. Wright Is closely guarded In the
Mercy Hospital nml physicians say lie
will recover. Four of his companions,
two women, are under arrent.
Diamonds and Jewelry valued nt be
tween .ihm nud $4.ikki, tools used by
criminals and much neavy explosives
nud chloroform used lu the operations
of tills gang, were recovered by the
police nnd will be used us evidence
against tin- prisoners. '
BENEFITS OF COMBINES.
The
Industrial Commission at Washington
Enlightened on This Subject.
Flverton It. Chapman, who has been
on it a god In financing Industrial com
binations, test Hied before the Indus
trial commission at Washington, n, ('..
regarding the organization of the
Pittsburg Coal Company, which had
absorbed 140 other concerns iu the
Pittsburg district. Before the consol
idation, he said, these companies were
selling coal at less than i-ont price.
True, prices are higher, but the ad
vance is compensated for by stable
prices ami assured supply.
Mince the consolidation the company
'.old spent :i.imhi,ihhi lu the purchase
of coal hinds. The uet earnings for
Inst year were between JI.ishi.imhi and
$."i.inki.ikk). There Is. he said, no
community of Interest between the
coal company and the railroad com
panies. His company preferred or
ganized to unorganized labor, and he
expressed the opinion that self-preservation
would prevent any Industrial
combination from putting up the price
of Its product so high nn to invite com
petition. He believed that combina
tions of tills character must have (he
effect of reducing selling prices.
Archibald S. White, president of the
National Salt Company, sain that las:
year his company supplied between N.
i H K i.i K ii l and '.i.ihio.imhi barrels of the
1:!.inmi,(Hhi barrels consumed In thin
country. It had absorbed ,'hl plants,
of which six had been closed, Pre
vious to the combination competition
was so sharp that there was no profit
lu the business and mucii inferior salt
was made. 'Flit- combine had dlspeus
cil Willi the services of .'10 per cent,
of its salcsirien, but wages had been
advanced ifli or .'10 per cent. Mr.
White did not consider any anti trust
legislation necessary, nut a tax ou ex
cessive earnings might be placed. He
thought the time would come when I
tlie trusts would be regarded ns bene-j
ticlurlcs because of their conservation !
of energy, labor, etc., uud ls-cnuse o" j
their prevention of over-production
uud tlie elimination of middlemen.
Will Netd Many Harvest Hands
I. W. Blaine, n director of the South
western Kansas uud Oklahoma Im
plement Healers' Association, is plan
ning to go before the Western Passen
ger Association to ask for a special
rate for at least 10.IKK) harvest hands
to take care of the small grain In the
wheat belt lu .lime. He will ask a
rate of one cent per mile from tlie
Mississippi river.
The estimate of 10.INK) hands Is mnile
from a canvass of fanners by school
districts. The crop In the wheat belt
will be as per cent, heavier than that
of last year.
Regulated With Staves.
At Independence, Mo a number of
negroes made up of members of the
ruction lu the Baptist church that Is
opposed to Its pastor. Klder J. T. Fltts,
seized the minister aud his wife after
prayer meet lug, threw ropes around
their necks, dragged them Into a hol
low beside the road and "regulated"
them with barrel staves laid vigorous
ly ou their bucks. Minister Fitts
swore out warrants for six of the reg
ulators. Chinese Die From Plague.
Ilobert M. McWado. L'ultetl States
consul ut Canton, China, reports that
10.IMH) deaths from tlie plague have
occurred there during the past six
weeks, and that there are l.'l cases of
smallpox on board the I'ulted States
monitor Monterey, Only one deatu
has resulted ou the Monterey, nud the
other canes are progressing favorably.
Terrifie lattlo Fought.
A special I'l-oui Blount county. Tenn
essee, says that u terrific battle took
place Just, on the state line near the
North Carolina border, lu which
t..ree mountaineers were family in
jured nud two others receive,! gunshot
and knife wounds of u serious nature.
Anti-Combine Proceedings.
The Minnesota statu senate lias
adopted the resolution Instructing the
nttoiWy general to Investigate tlie con
solidation of Minnesota railroads
1u the Interest of tin I'ulted
States Steel corporation. A bill was
passed empowering the attorney geu
enil to examine luto thti affairs of cor
porations, to requisition books and sub
poena witnesses. Iu case the latter
refuse to reply they ahull be deemed
guilty of contempt aud shall be tried
without ludlttmeut.
STATUE UNVEILED.
President McKlnley Speaks Upon (he Merola
Character of the Late Commander
of the Army ol the Tennessee.
In the presence of nn Immense as
semblage the superb pqupstrliiii statue
of Gen. John A. Logan was unveiled In
lown circle, Washington, II. C, Tues
day afternoon by his grandson, Master
George Tucker. President MeKluley.
the cabinet, Mrs, Logan and the per
sonal servant of Major John A. Logan,
who was with him when he was killed
In tlie Philippines, were present. The
president was escorted by a military
parade that Included regular troops
and the Grand Army or the Hepublic,
ami was under command of Col. Guen
tlier, of tlie Fourth artillery. Gen,
Grenvllle M. Hodge presided over the
ceremonies, which were opened with
prayer by Hev. Frank Bristol. Gen.
1 lodge then Introduced President Mc
Klnley, who said lu part:
"My Fellow Citizens: It Is a good
token when patriots are honored and
patriotism exalted. The statue un
veiled to-day proclaims our country's
appreciation of one of her heroic sous
whose name Is dear to tlie American
pi-ople, tin- Ideal volunteer soldier of
two wars, the eminent senator nnd
commander. Gen. John A. Loguu. Home
names Instantly suggest a sentiment.
That of Logan stands for exalted pa
triotism. This was tlie key of his suc
cess. How much he did to create and
increase the sentiment of loyalty anil
patriotism among tin- people of his
own stale aud throughout the nation
can never be told.
"Logan wan never hnlf-hearted. An
intense patriot, he was also nil Intense
partisan. He was forceful lu tlie seu-
iile. as he was undaunted 111 battle.
lie despised duplicity, was the soul of
frankness and always at the front lu
every struggle, civil or military, dur
ing the years of his eventful life. He
came out of the war with tin highest
military honors of the volunteer sol
(I lor. Brilliant In battle nml strong In
military council, his was also tlie true
American spirit, for when the war
was over he was quick and eager to
return to the peaceful pursuits of civil
life. While a strict disciplinarian, he
was yet beloved by all his men. It was
significant of his generous spirit that
under the tempting opportunity of a
great command lie declined It rather
than injustice should be done and hu
mliliit Ii hi put upon a brother officer.
"He whs among tlie first command
crn of the Grand Army of the Hepub
lie. and to him we arc Indebted for
Hint beautiful service which on May
,'lo each year brings to the graves of
the soldier dead, among whom he now
rests lu everlasting comradeship, the
offerings of an affectionate people nud
tin- undying gratitude of u nation.'
The statue was designed nud execut
ed by Franklin Simmons nud cost $115.
oiNi, of which congress appropriated
$rto.OiK) and the Grand Army of the Ho
of the pedestal Is n group representing
of tlie pedistal is a group representing
Gen. Logan lu consultation with lead
lug officers lu the Army of the Ten
nessee. In thin group are portrait
bronzes or Gens. Dodge. Hasen, Slo
cum. Lt-ggett, Mower, Bhilr and Capt.
Strong, on tlie eant face Is a group
representing Gen. Logan taking the
oalli an Fnitetl States senator, which Is
being administered by Vice President
Arthur. In this group are portrait
bronzes of Senators Ciillnm. Kvurts.
Coukling, Morton, Miller, Yoorhccs and
Ihurnmn. The south frout is emhel
llshed with tin allegorical figure of war
ami the north with another of pence.
The equestrian statue rises above the
pedestal UH fed. Gen. Logan is rep
resented as riillng along a line of bat
tie, his horse moving forward at a gen
tle trot, his hat ou and sword drawn.
BIG TIP FOR PORTER.
Woalthy Patron Makes Him Her Heir, Cutting
Out Relatives.
George W. Thurston, a negro Pull
mail ear porter, lias received a "tip" of
nearly $UK),tKK), which breaks all fee
ords. For attentions paid Mrs. Kllza
Jane Kvnus, of New York, who was
frequently a passenger on Ills car, he
has been made principal beneficiary of
an estate valued at nearly IflOO.ooo.
Her husband, from whom she separat
etl several years ago. Is disinherited
ami relatives are remembered with dol
lnr legacies.
Contest of the will wns lieguu lu the
surrogate court. Mr. Kvnus, attorneys
allege that she wns of unsound mind,
mitt that the execution of the will was
procured fraudulently by Thurston,
who was uuined us executor lu the wlU,
Teias Oil Factor.
Tests made In refining Texas crude
oil at the Standard ull retluery, at
Limn. O., show the produce of tliu
Beiiumoiit field to be of much higher
grade than has been heretofore esti
mated. That the oil market must In
the future reckon with the Beaiimout
output as a factor Is uow comlug to
be recognized. Tlie receut dot-Hue In
both tlie Pennsylvania uud Limn
markets Is attributed to the strike Iu
tlie Beaumont field.
Believed Carrie Nation.
W. B. ('arrow, a traveling represent
ntlve for Bell & Co., of New York City,
committed suicide at nil Iiidlautipolls
Intl.. hotel, nud everything Indicated
t (til t he tiled froui the effects of poison
nun bullets. A note on the dresse
said: "I go to seek the hereafter. Tell
Carrie Nation tlmt rum nud cigarettes
are a damnation.
Must be Healthy to Wed.
A bill it-quiring n physical and men
tal examination of all applicants for
marriage has passed both houses
tlie Minnesota legislature, and will
probably become a law. Tlie law
aimed to prevent the marriage of per
sons allllclcil with incurable disease
or of Imbeciles.
Aguinaldo Comet to Terms.
Alt hough the otnclals are iiueoiu
miiiilciitlve, It is said that Aguinaldo
has ut lust signed the peace maul
festo, Aguinaldo strongly objected to
two clauses of tlie uiatiltesto, aud con
siderable argument was required to
overcome his objections.
Col. Aba, Insurgent leader of Zam
bales province, with 111 ottlccrs, S3 me
aud 02 rllles, surrendered to Llcrtf. Col.
Maticll C. Gtsidivll, commuuilliur tbo
marines at olougnpo. Gen. Mulvar,
with about H00 meu aud us uiuuy rifle,
Is expected to aurreuder shortly
' TUB MARKETB,
riTTsnima.
Grain, rioor and Feed.
Wbi.t No. I red
TJ
CD
4
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64
40
4S
Hvo No. 1
Corn No. 3 yellow, ear
Nn, S yflllow, helled, .. .....
Mled ear
4.1
40
Oat-No. 1 whlto
No. 8 whits
Flous Winter patent
so a w.-
70 8 SO
Fancy Htraiirht Winters
Hat No. 1 timothy
lfl Ot)
li ltd
19 01)
17 00
11 115
0 'i
ii
16 !!9
IU 71)
ao ot
17 80
1 50
0 SO
53
( lover No. 1
Ftsii No, 1 white mht ton...
llrown middlings
ltrnn, Inilk
Straw Wheat.
Out
Dnlry Prtxluoti.
Butter Elgin creamery. i
23
J1X
14
13
2 31
41)
1 5)
t 23
(into oroiiinerjf
Fancy eoniitry pill
.
91
lit
Il
1J
11
14
IU
CnsRsa Ohio, new
New York, new
Poultry, ate.
Hess pet lb
t'HIt'KEns dressed
Euos l'a. and Olilo, fresh
Fruits and Vf tablet.
Deass Nuvy, per bulinl i SQf?
I'otatoes Fanny white, V Uu.. n
arsaok oer Imrrel 1
Osiuss pr bushel 1 10
BALTIMORE.
Fi.ot's Winter Tstent I 9 M)$ 4 Of)
Wheat No. 1 red 7Si
7S
Cors mixed 4u'ti
Oats 8S.1 4
Eoos. Vi-4
llCTTKB Ohio creamery
41
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1'IIILADKLf IIIA.
Flocb Winter patent 8 25 8 41)
Whiat No. S ml 77,V 11H
toss No. 2 mixed 4H 4S'4
Oats No. 2 white 33'
llCTTsn Creamery, extra iM'i
Euos Pennsylvania firsts. 13' 14
NEW TOHK.
Floi-s rntents 8 C5 4 0
Whkat No. 2 red 77
Cors No. 2 4t"1)
Oats No. 2 White 30
Ultter Creamery 10 21
Euus Htute nud 1'enna 14 H i
LIVK STOCK.
Central Block tnl. Kt Llttirty, Pi.
rrime henvv. 1500 to 1000 list. . . 5 CO 3 5 75
I'liine, 1300 to H00 lbs. 5 25 0 50
Medium, lOUO to 1200 lbs. sou 4 n
Fut heifers 8 00 4 75
Ilutclier, WO to 1000 lbs 4 50 4 7 j
Common to fair 8 73 4 25
Oxen, t-omtiion to fat 8 00 4 01)
Common to good tut hulls Avows 2 50 4 25
Milch cows, eneh a ou so w
Extra niliih cows, each 25 00 60 00
hoos.
Prime medium weights I 6 80 8 33
liest heavy yorkers and medium 8 30 tl 35
Good to choice uackera. 5 8) C 115
(lood pigs nnd light yorkers.... 0 20 Si)
l'lgs, common to good 8 Oi) 0 00
I'rtine benvy hogs 0 uu u o
Common to fair 6 10 0 2')
Houghs 4 00 6 75
Blags 8 00 75
sniKP.
Extrn, medium weight wethers. 5 00$ S 93
(lood to choice. 4 DO 4 SJ
Medium 4 23 4 60
Common to fair 2 00 4 Oi
LAMBS.
T.nmlril Avtra inrlnif 1 fi 00 Jl fr 28
Lambs, good to choice, spring... B 73 5 Do
laiiius, common 10 loir, spring.. in u
Hpriug Lambs 8 00 12 00
CALVKS.
Veal, extrn
... 8 00 3 0 25
... 6 50 0 0J
4 00 5 00
.... 2 75 8 74
enl, good to choice, . .
Veal, common to fair,.
Veal, common heavy,.
BUSINESS IMPROVING.
Report ol tho Government on Wheat Crops Is
Mora Than Satisfactory Small De
crease In Failures.
It. G. Dun's "Weekly Ileview of
Trade" soys: Tho toue of general
btiHlm-ss wus better this week. Marked
activity lu the distribution 'of iner
t'lmudise is reflected lu the gains of
4.1.0 per ceut. In bunk clearings at
New York, compared with UNA), and
1:0.8 per ceut. over IX! 10, with gains of
i;t..1 and 10.8 for the same periods at
lending cities outside New York. Ac
tivity lu metals hus taken, pig Iron pro
duction to nenr record tlgures. uud-
some dealers don't see how production
of partly liulshed forms this yeur Is ,u
lie made to meet the demand, the gov
ernment report of the condition of
wheat on April 1 Is the surest possible
basis upon .which expectation of con
tinued commercial prosperity could bo
founded. Hallroad eurulugs in March
were 7.4 per ceut. lurger thnn Inm
yeur, and 32.4 per ceut. over 1M00. Tig
Irou production ou April 1 was at the
rate of 3tM,4TU tons weekly. This
quantity has been exceeded but twice
lu the history of the industry, on Ue
cenrlier 1. 1H1H), when IMHVVii) tons were
produced, aud ou February 1. I'.kkj,
when the output was UH8.014 tons. The
remarkable feature of the situation
Is the decrease of l)!l,5il8 tons lu fur
nace stocks uiirlug March In the face
of this enormous production, while lu
sis mouths the loss In supply has
amounted to 'J03,ti."sl tons. Quotations
are geuerully steady for all forms, ex
cept plutes, ou which a tou more is
ueiua tided without restricting purchas
es, rlpcculutlou baa beeu unusually
heavy lu foot! stuffs. I'rlces receded
sharply from the top point of two
weeks ugo, wheat losing about four
cents for spot. Two dements of
strength caused some recovery. In
sects were reported numerous lu the
southwestern sectlou, nml foreign buy
ing wus HUtllclent to make Atlantic- ex
ports, Hour luclutlctl, tt.7:U.0IN) bushels
lu two weeks, against H.DU.KiT bushels
lust year, uud ;i.NHi,:tNi Imshels lu 1WK).
Textile fiihrlcs are lu better position,
although Improvement is slight nud
coiitliictl to tl few special Hues. At
KUMtcrn wool markets uinuiifacturers
have lakeu sulttcit-ut new material of
lute to Indicate better orders for goods
nnd news from the west suggests that
ranch owners are going to hold for bet
ter prices thtui now prevail. Iu the
cottou goods division there has beeu
more buying for China, while spring
urygnods openings make encouraging
exhibits. The raw material lost most
'of last week's gain, supeculators mak
ing uo resistance to the wenkeulug In
fluence of larger receipts aud llghlj.
exports thnu a year ugo. Besides .
Intentional curtailment of spint
:nere uus beeu further reduction oi
tjratlons by spring Hoods,
Failures for the week uuiubereJ
In tint I'ulted Htates, against wl
rear, 'una '.'4 lu C'auadu, agaltihJ
last year.