WERE BEATEN DOWN NEGROES IN PERIL. Psnnsylvanla Citizens Frenzied Over Killing ol Railroad Man Brave Officers Saved Two Frtm Lynch Law. A murder nml a desperate attempt at lynching niv part of tin1 thrilling events Which passed In quirk succes sion nt CMmcHsvllle. I'n., Saturday evening. To Increase I ho (xi'iteinent Sunday morning a shooting occurred on Main street, nnd ns n result n col ored man 18 dying nt the Cottage Suite hospital. And his would-be slayer Is In the borough lockup. William Fairfax nnd Ills reputed wife, known n "lllnck HI," nre In Jnll it I'nlontnwn charged witn the mur der of William Moore. nsslstnnt Balti more nnd Ohio ynrdmoster, after spending Sunday nlaitrt In the lockup In Connellsvlllo, surrounded by a mob thirsting for their blood. Only fl hand ful of nnVers stood oetweon them nnd death by the uooxp, but thp devoted hQlid protected their prisoners despite terrific nssnults. The lockup Is pnr tlnlly In ruins. The frnglne door wn battered till It was found unavailable nnd the of ficers, tilling the narrow way. offered llielr bodies ns n barricade. They threatened death to the flint one to enter the broach made by using n tele graph polo ns n buttering mm, nnd overawed the mob. The killing of Moore was most wnn- ton. his body being robbed nfter he had been knocked senseless with n brick, nnd thrown over n high wall In the fall his neck was broken. The only pica of justification yet made by the negro Is that Moore insulted his wife, but tills is not believed nnd does not explain the robliory. FOREIGNERS CREMATED. Liquid Metal Fell From a Bunted Crucible While Thoy Worked Beneath. Ono man Is dead, four others will probnbly die nnd several more are seriously burned ns the result of nn unusual neeldont at the Ohio steel works nt Youngstown, Ohio. The lottom nf a converter was Mown off. letting the contents of the big crucible down on tlio ground. where n dozen or more men wore work lug. A flame accompanied the molten metal In Its descent which flashed ns It enme In contact with the wet earth, enveloping thp workmen. One mini was Instantly killed nml the others w nil seared nnd blackened. I hey were quickly rescued nnd Ave of those still living wore taken to the hospitals, bill' Two ol them will hardly, snrvlvt I he management can ascribe no cause for the disaster. All of the victims were foreigners, whose names nre not known, their time being kept by numbers. MISSIONS OF THE U. P. CHURCH. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Otficert Elected by the Woman's Society. The Conlribulioni. At Monmouth, 111., the Women's Missionary Society of the United Pros byterlnn Church elected officers ns louows: iTcsiucur, airs. it. i. .hick- hou, Stronghurst, 111.; First Vice Fjxwl dent. Mm. II. H. Hell, San Francisco; Second Vlee President. Mrs. A. M. Campbell, Princeton, lnd.; Secretary, Mm. M. W. I'orter, Wllklnsburg. I'n.; Treasurer. Mrs. B. S. Stown. ntts burg. The convention will meet next year nt Xenln, O. The society decided to establish a home for children of . foreign missionaries attending school In this country, nt New Wilmington, I'n., to be opened next fall. Contributions to foreign missions for the pnst yenr were $:17.40". The board probnbly will establish a school at Luxor, Egypt. Cripple Cured at a Shrine. After being n cripple nil hlsi life Mauiico Ijivcry, 13 years old. Is said to have been cured nt the shrine of Our Lndy of I.ourdes In Brooklyn, N. visited the shrine twice n a half yenr, and after be led with holy wnter Sun presence of 200 people he said to liuve walked to the parish bouse without Assistance nnd without using his crutches the first time In his life he had ever wnlked without their nld. Sixty Drowned in a Collision. The steamship Glcnoglc brings new from Hongkong of n collision t the steamship Hung Fel. bound from Wouchow to Hongkong, with the steamship Suiichow, Imuud from Can ton to Wouchow with a large num ber of passengers. The Sum-how was struck on the port side and sunk lu three minutes. Only 13 people were saTed, and over 00 passengers. Includ ing; a number of Europeans, were drowned. Sixty Cues ol Smallpox. '-' j FoUshtown, a large settlement lu the northeastern part of Detroit. Mich., Is terrorised by ) cases of smallpox j i Vuarantlue nt the St. Francis convent. The disease whs Introduced by a Yung woman from Keren, Ohio, who Yas serving her novlnte lu the lustitu- Von. There are UK) children and 30 luns in the convent. 4s LIvea Lost in Australian St'.rm, News has just been received of the loss of the steamer Federal off the Australian coast during u heuvy gale, Thirty-two persons perished. Six bodies were recovered. Wild dogs were eating them. The ship Louise I anient was lost during the same storm with 10 souls. Nicaragua Route Favored. Admiral Wulker, chairman of the Isthmian Canad Commission, Is finish ing bis report on the feasibility of a nip canal across Central America, connecting; the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. - Tbo report will announce that tbo commission favors thai Nloa raguan route In preference to thp Panama one. The commission will resent the engineering features, and from this point of view show why the Nicaragua route offers more advan tages and fewer difficulties than the 14MU rout. V Stoulsvllle, Mo., a Village, wns des troyed by Are, causing a loss of 100,- OH I. Joseph MoGrntli.-one of the oldest men In New York, celebrated his 10,'td birthday Monday. tax of 20 a head hns been Im posed on cattle from Colombia, nffect Ing shipments to Cuba. C. Frederick Belts, of New York. former stock broker, Is missing. It Is snld he lost Sto.mwi In Wall street. The Albany, N. Y., street railway employees' strike lasted eleven days and cost $s:i,"iiMi, Two lives were lost. The Brotherhood of Hallway Train men, in session nt Milwaukee, re elected F. II. Morrlssoy grand master. Four men were killed In a fire which destroyed the stenmer Owensboro. a towboat, tied up nt dock nt Cnlhoun, Ky. Cardinal Ledochowskl, prefect of the proMigaudil nt Home, has been completely blinded by a disease of the eyes. At Knoxvlllo, Tenn., Mrs. Nannie Bird. Ave children nnd five boarders may die as a result of eating Ice civn m. An ohVinl dispatch announces that the Chinese Plenipotentiaries have ntftved to grant concessions for legn I Ion sites. The Hoynl Society of Knglnnd Inn started n movement to organize a court of letters similar to the French Immortals. Fire started In Shaft No. 2 of the tlantlo mine nt Iron Holt, Wis. One hundred and fifty workmen had nar row escapes. The Herman press urges the people of that nation to defend themselves against the commercial rivalry of the i nited States. Another Italian who wns Injured In the FninMngton, W. n., mines dis aster died, bringing the list of fatali ties up to nine. The postofllco safe nt Hopkins, Mo., was blown open nnd Hint If 123 In money order funds nnd 45 postal funds were stolen. At n meeting of the sovereign camp, Woodmen of the World, nt Columbus, O., II. II. Scott, of Heaver Falls, Pa wns elected n senator. Hurghirs blew open the Hart county bank, nt Mumford, Ky., nnd got nwny with :i,00:) In money nnd mnuy valu able pniiors nnd bonds. George It. Whitney, former manager In Philadelphia for the Morris Beef Company, of Chicago, confessed the embezzlement of 10,000 . At I'pper Sandusky, O., Chnrles Foster was sentenced to serve ten years In the penitentiary for the mur der of n farmer mimed Johnsou. Mrs. Lyman .1. tinge, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, died nt her residence lu Washington, I). C Fri day night, after nine weeks' Illness. At Champion, Mich., by the prema ture explosion of powder nt the Cham pion mine, one miner wns killed. Seven others were seriously Injured. lieiieral Mnscat'ilo. with 328 men, has surrendered to Captain Joseph P. O'Neil, of the Twenty-fifth Infnntry, nt San Annlonla, Zaiuhiilca province. The Ohio Prohibition convention nominated 10. J. Finney, of Cleveland, or liovernor mm railed to insert a woman sun rage plank lu the platform. Monslgimr OCnnnclI, formerly rec tor of the American college In Home, has boon consecrated In that city ns bishop of the Catholic diocese of Port land, .Me, Weston 1 lowland, who died nt his home lu Fair Haven, Mass., Sunday, nt S-. was the first man In America to discover n successful method of re fining petroleum. At St. Paul, Minn., In the presence of his il-yenr-old son, Frank Grolpi was shot down In cold blood by his brother-in-law, Henry Mlngers, the re suit of n quarrel. Seoul advices state that the Korean government has leased to Japan 4.0 acres to form a settlement nt Ma Snn-Pho. The laud was formerly sought by ltussla. Hon. Kdwln F. I'hl. of Grand Uaplils. Mich., former Assistant Sec rotary of State nud Ambassador to Germany under the Cleveland admin Istratlou, Is dead. Only five lives wore lost In the sink lug of the steamer City of Pnducnh In the Mississippi river, sunilay. Six of the reported missing have appeared in St. Louis. Mo. Property In the business section of WoodsvHlo, N. II., valued at about iHHi.oon, wns destroyed by fire. The Alaskan, the largest merchant steamship ever built on the Pacific coast, has been launched at San Fran cisco for the American and Hawaiian Steamship Company. Miss Mary Kern, daughter of Mil lionaire Joseph Kern of West Box bury, Mass., bus eloped with Thomas Henley, a little curly-headed boll boy. They are eueh 20 years old. The Mexican government hns grant ed a concession for boring for petrol eum, exempting the Industry from ttixutloti for 10 years. Free Importa tion of drills ii nd machinery Is granted. James F. Ay res, of Fort Arthur. Mich., a Government clerk, was found shot dead in a Washington hotel ud der circumstances Indicating thut he might huve beeu murdered by a wo man. Negotiations nre on between the Hamburg-American Steamship C'om pnuy and the Atchison, Topcka uud Sauta Fe railroad to establish a steamer line between Sun Francisco nud the Orient. ( Mr. Multle, an American evangeli cal minister of Iuivenporf, ,lo com mitted suicide nt Naples, Italy, In the Inter mi tiunnl hospital. He severed an artery of his wrist and swallowed cor rosive sublimate. THE BATTLESHIP OHIO IHUNCHED.! WRECKED BY DYNAMITE. SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR. Miss Tarber Pressed Electrlo Button, While If Its Deschler Christened the Vessel. President McKinley Attends. The battleship Ohio was launched nt the I'lilim Iron works, San Frnmisco., Cat., .Miss Mary Harbor. Mrs. McKlny2 Cnl.. Saturday, Miss Mary Harbor, Mm. Mckinley's niece, acting ns substitute for her aunt In touching the button that sent the Immense vessel sliding from lie ways, nml Miss Helen Heshlor of Columbus, O., breaking the bottle of wine over the ship's lsws nnd christ ening her. President McKinley wns present, having come up the bay In the tug Slocum through a magnificent naval parade lu which those warships of the Pacific squndron now in port took n prominent part, tin the way Mr. McKinley passed the transport Sheridan, which had Just arrived from the Philippines with the Forty-second and Forty-sixth regiments, nnd the soldiers gnve him round nfter round of the heartiest npplnnse. At the shipyard the workmen presented him with n plate of burnished gold, 5 by fl Inches lu size, bearing a platinum min iature of the Ohio and suitably In scribed. Miss lieshler wns presented with n tnblet of black onk and piim- avern, bearing portraits of the presi dent nud herself. A tnblet or slmllai workmanship, but having In the con tor n picture of the American eagle nnd flag was handed to the president for Mrs. McKinley. After the launch Mr. McKinley made an address to the assembled thousands of people. In which he gave thanks to Cod for permitting him to lie present. FAMOUS PRIEST DEAD. Father Phillips, ol Hazlelon, Pa., May Have Been Murdered In New York. Father Edward S. Phillips, the priest who went to Now York from Ha'.leton, Pa., lu March, to Intercede Willi J. P. .Morgan in behalf of the coal miners who were threatening to strike. was found dead Friday lu a room in a little rear tenement lu thnt city, He had been dead at least a week. In the same room lu which the do c in posed body was found Kirk Htnu ley, a massage operator, who la now held on suspicion, hns boon quietly liv ing eating, sleeping nnd washing his clothes. The story which he tells, at the most n wildly rambling one, does not explain nwny the belief which the clreunistnncos of the ense nt once pro duced, flint the dead priest has lieen murdered. The coroner's Inquest which wns hold at the morgue, resulted in the finding of a dark fluid lu the stomach, the nature of which could not be do- terinlned without a chemical examina tion. A Policeman's Home Demolished Occupsnls Burled In the Debris. A two-story frame dwelling In East Akron, O., occupied by William J. Brimnor, n policeman, wns wrecked by nu expioslou of dynamite. Hruner, his wife and two children were In the house nt the time. They were blown out of bed nnd burled under the debris, but none Were seriously Injured. The wing of the house where Kroner nnd his wife nml baby slept wns re duced to kindling wood. The occu pants wore dug out nf il big pile of plaster nnd broken timbers. The force of the explosion damaged houses for n block around nnd there wns not n window left unbroken for more than HH) yards. The report could be heard two miles nwny. The police lielleve that the dynamiting wns nil nttetnpt nt revenge upon Policeman Hruner. South Akron hns been Inrected by a gang of llrebugs and this officer has been most nctlve lu npprchendlug Its members. The police linve arrested eleven boys who nre members of n gang which the police have boon trying to brenk up. Nemiy nil of them have been un der nrrest on various charges before, Olllcer Hruner recently recovered prop erty which they are supposed to have stolon, nnd the police nre pressing them closely on the charge of setting fire to buildings In Fast Akron. Other policemen nre lu danger. A note wns loft on Ofllcor John King's porch which read: 'Otllcer King, your house has boon condemned, beware SHIPPING TRADE RECORD the AGAINST ANTI-CANTEEN LAW. lit Secretary Root Collecting Evidence on Effects From Military Posts. Secretary Hoot Is collecting nil nvall nble evidence nbout the effect of the niitl-cniiteou law on the soldiers of the regular nrmy. Col. Wllllnui Van Home of the Twenty-ninth Infantry, stationed nt Fort Shcrldnn, Chicago, hns reported to the secretnry that at present i3 men of his command nre In the guard house, nml thnt nearly KJO others nre being sonrched for. Col. Van Home enrnesily recommends a return to the old post canteen sys tem under which no trouble with the men wns experienced. Adverse re ports nre being received from nil over the I'nlted States, nnd Adjt. Gen. Cor- bln is having statistics of drunken noss a til arrests under the new plan prepared. The American Flag Almost Unknown on Atlantic Government Report. "Commerce, nnd Nnvlgntlon." Just Issued by the I'nlted States Treasury Department, donllng with the fiscal yenr endinl June .'Hi. 1000, shows that American shipping records were broken lu one respect, via: in the rnde between tlie I'nlted States aud Ku rope. I Miring thnt entire period not one American merchant vessel went to or came from Germany. Russia, Swedeu and Norway, Denmark, the Nether lands, Italy, Austria. Hungary, Greece or TurRey. Only two small American vessels came to the I'nlted States from France, one from Belgium nnd three from the I'nlted Kingdom. Eleven went from the United States to the I'nited Kingdom. The American ting wns never be fore such a rarity on the North At lantic between the United States and Europe. ANTI-LYNCHING LAW SUSTAINED. Administrator ol a Murdered Man's Estate Secures a $5,000 Verdict, What Is known ns the nntl-lyiicliing net has been sustained by the Ohio Supremo Court In a decision Just hand ed down. The court nlllrmed the Judgment of the Circuit Court of Champaign county In the case of the county commissioners vs. Benjamin F, Church, administrator of the estnte of Charles W. Mitchell. 'CMck Mitchell, a negro, wns lynched nt t'rbann June 4, 18! 17. His administrator, Benjamin Church brought suit against the commission ers of Chnmpnlitii county to recover the sum of ?.,(KM, under the specla statute making the county liable In such cases. He was given a verdict for 5.O00, the amount allowed by law, mid the decision has stood the test of all the courts of the Slate, Seven men were killed and seven more were seriously burned ednes lay by nil explosion of Are damp In the shaft of the Georges ( reek Coal nd Iron Company's shaft nt Farm Inglon, W. Vn. The last of the dead ml Injured were removed from the mine after half a hundred willing orkers had tolled eight hours In the wreckage and blinding gns to recover he Imprisoned men. 1 lie cause of he explosion has not yet been do rnilned, but it is thought to have re ulted from the Ignition of the tire damp with n lighted torch Hut 14 of the band of workmen ere unable to rench the outer nt biosphere. Burned to blnckened orpses, some lay In the midst of the nines. Several were entombed nnd died of snn'ocntloti, Eight others suf red still more horrible torture, When the gas was ignited they were penned In by the suffocating vnpors ml groped nlsmt lu terror, seeking some nvenue by which to escape from the vault of denth lu which they had been entombed. A few staggered from the entry nml were nine to cry ir help, and one or two bravely re turned to the depths of the mine nml tried to assist their less forluunte omrrnh's Less than 40 men were In the mine when the explosion occurred. Those mployod on the outside of the shaft promptly summoned assistance, I he damage to the mines Is very slight nud It wns staled by n member f the firm flint 1.,"imi would repair tin property loss. Coroner Fleming, of Marion county, Isitod the s le nnd will Invesllunle the cause of the disaster. It Is said tnnt an Insuillcleiit number of fans wore used and consequent lack of ventilation wns responsible for the ex plosion Bloody Result ol Man's Rage. Murderous hnte) inspired by nn In Justice which lie believed had been done to his father lu business manors caused Everett Conwny of Eviinsvllle lnd.. to kill his neighbor nnd his neighbor's wife, fatally wounding n policeman nnd snoot two other men. In his rage he killed every cow In his neighbor's stable, set the stable on fire, ami Just missed shooting his own father when the latter tried to Inter fore with him. He ended his bloody course In his own homo, whore he shot himself through the heart, after the entire police force of the city, niimlM-r- ing Mi men, had surrounded the house and made his escape impossible. Will Cause Trouble at West Point. An open secret nt the' West Point, N. Y military uendemy Is there will be nn uprising of cadets which will paralyze discipline nnd amount to practical muuliy If the young men who lire "spoiled" for dismissal are ordered to leave the institution. News received unofficially from Washington that the finding or the lionrd of In qulry or court-martial which Invest! gated charges against 8.1 cadets recotu mends the dismissal of at least two nud severe punishment for many others. Turkish Flag Hauled Down. ' Advices from Sofia, Turkey, describe a riot there during the course of which the Turkish embassy was stoned. The Ottoman - flag was - pulled down dragged In the mud nud torn, Sev oral persons nre reported ns having been killed, among them UrekofT. a former premier, and Clarclckoff, a for mer minister of education. Mississippi Elopsrs Killed. News lias boon received from Me, Comb City. Miss., of the tragic death of elopers. The dead man Is Vornoii t . Ellzoy, who. a mouth ago, wns con sidered oue of the most substantia business men of that city. The deai gbi Is his Hl-year-old cousin, Myrtl Cllzey, with whom he eloped. It wn discovered nfter Kllstoy s departure thnt his accounts with thc-Mlsslsslppi Cotton till Company wore short. Th company started detectives on hi trail. They traced the couple to Will Point, Tex,, where the pair got lilt n buggy to drive to Elmo. Near the latter place the ofllcors overtook them nml ordered the man to surrender Ellzey drew n pistol nnd shot the glr nt Ills side. J lien ho turned his 111' on the officers, who shot him dead CABLE FLASHES. In Ueu. Clin (Tee bus Issued his farewell order eudiug the American relief ex pedition lu China. The American troops will board the transports Wed nesday at Tuku and Thursday will leave for Manila. Pr. C. H. Hunt, a well-kuown Coun cil Bluff, Ia physlclau, and bis wife are In Jail on the charge of setting Ore to their residence, Mrs. Hunt has made a eonfesalou. The proper! was lusurea lor w.ovu. To Ship Coal to Europe. It Is reported In IOtidou that the Itoekefcliers huve formed a new com pany with u capital of $U.OOO,(XHJ to supply the continent with coal at lower prices than those of the Eng lish export market. To Open New Lands. Soon after his return to Washington President McKinley will Issue a proc lamation throwing open to settlors the lands In the Kiowa auu Wichita In dian reservations, lu Oklahoma. These lands are very desirable, either for grazing or for agriculture. Badly Burned by Fireworks. During the Norwegian celebration at Bemldjl. Minn.. Friday night Ore works exploded on board the steamer Shadow, and 11 persous were badly burned. , - .. A manuscript Bible, richly Ilium tinted, dated back to 14111, was sold ill London for Ifit.Ksi. Andrew Carnegie has given S.VH), (MSI to establish district libraries Glasgow, Scotland. France Is reported negotiating with Ecuador for the purchase of oue o the Uulapagos Islands. The village of Acereu.a, Italy, was nearly destroyed by a full of rock Fifteen corpses have beeu found. Strike riots have occurred In the cotton mills on the Ylboy side of the Veva iu Husslu. Many have been killed. The revolt In . Moca and La Vega provinces, or sail to Domingo, lias bee qucllea by tlie uoveruuieut. The British House of Commons passed by a vote of 227 to 211 Wn Secretary Brodiick's plan for lucreuse of the army. Two Freiich warships have arrived at Tangier, Morocco, to euforce pay incut of indemnity fur tlie murder of a French ma u. A detachment of the South Wazlr ii 1 1 It 1 it hns been tired on by unknow persons, llireo or the WaziirU were killed und two wounded. The British are extending the rn road to Tuug-Chow, along the I'd H which will facilitate the withdraw of foreign troops and Is of commercial Importance, The failure of tho spring crops India Is nlready severely felt. T number of persous now receiving re lief Is SHl.ooO and lucrciislug rapidly. According to a dispatch from Pleter niuritKsburg Ixud Kitchener Is about to try a new plan of burning the veldt lu order to compel tho Boers to sur render. The Berlin advices assert that a re adjustment of the military forces of (iermany on the Russian frontier Is in contemplation, luvolvlng a heavy Increase. si mm u explosion. SEVEN ARE DEAD. any Workmen Severely Burned In Coal Mine Disaster at Fat mlngton Naked Torch Caused the Trouble. OIL COMPANY CHARTERED. Corporation Formed With $15,000,000 Cap ital In Tetas Not a Standard Concern. The charter of the J. M. Otiffoy Pe troleum Company, with principal of llces nt Beaumont, has been tiled at Austin, Tex. Tho capital stock of or point Ion Is H.l.iHHi.iHS), and the franchise tax and tiling fee paid the State amounted to S'.-MO. It is the nrgest. complete domestic corpora Ion ever chiuicrcd lu the State. The Incorporators nre J. M. (JufTey, tlie multl-mllllomilre oil operator nud Doin ocratle politician of Pennsylvania: II Flick, the steel inatrniitc of Pitts burg; James II. Heed, of Pittsburg Andrew Mellon and T. Hart tllvon. r wenllhy business man of that city 'aptalu A. F. Lucas, tho expert oil mail who brought lu Hie celebrated Lucas gusher lu the Heaumont field and n number of prominent Beaumont men, including Judge Hubert A. (irecr ono of the most prominent attorneys or loxas. ah or tne capital of the company Is paid In ami Is lu the treasury. This money will bo used to build retlnoiios, pipe linos, curs, tank steamers, storngr tanks nnd to develop the extensive oil land holdings of tlie company. CHINA PLEADS FOR MERCY. ALBANY RIOTS. Innocent Spectators the Victims et National Gsard's Volliy-Exoltlng Times In New York Stale lapltal. THE MAttRBTB. Telegrams from Albany, N. Y., dnte4 Thursday, say: One man dend and two fatally wounded, hundreds ol others with broken heads nud cut faces, cars running merely us arsenals' Willi no patrons, tlie city under iunr nil rule, with Its citizens in n frenzy of excitement, and the city iillthorltlpd nnd lenders of the strikers trying td got the railway company to come to an amicable settlement, wns the sit uation when darkness put nu end to lie strife growing out of the street cur strike to-ulght. The dead man Is: William Walsh, merchant; shot by National Ononis-men. Tho fatally Injured nre: Leroy Smith, merchant; shot by National Ounrdsmou; Wllllnui Marshall, non union motorimin: skull fractured. Others most seriously injured nre: Ocorge Boozo, citizen; check ripped open by bayonet; llllntn llooney, citizen; shot by National Ouardsmeii; Oilbert Hall, nonunion moturmnn; shot by mob. The bloodshed enme nfter n day of peace. From enrly morning the crowds 1 1 it it molted nwny before bayonets nnd shotguns, cars had been operated un der heavy gum ds oud there wns nil Impression that the spirit of turbulence was waning. Five hours of conference with all the waning elements represented, failed to settle the strike. The strikers waived all demands for the removal of the nine non-union men. The ex ecutive committee of the I'nlted Trac tion Company will consider tlie propo sition iu tlie morning, nml may accept It nnd settle tlie strike. Tho Common Council will hold a meeting for the purpose of calling upon the tractiou company to termi nate the strike before .Monday. If the strike is not ended by flint time It is the Intention of the council to con sider a proposition to repeal tho or dinance under which the company uses electricity In the operation of its cars. NEW ARMY DIVISIONS. flTTSBVRO. Cmln, Flour sad PmiI. yrnr.kt No. (red Ity No. I Coss No. 1 yellow, enr , No. 1 yollow, shelled Mlxf d enr Oat-N . 9 white No. 8'wlilln FLocr Winter patent Knn. V RtrnlRht Winters. . . nT-- No 1 timothy , Clour Ho. 1 fr-rn- N . 1 white mid. ton brer n middling 17 00 Urnt , mile 17 21 Btra- Vlieat 9 ' v, .... f yj lislry rrodaott, Brrtrs P.lgln erenmery. Slf Ohio cmsinery IHtj 71 nn BfX BOX 61 " W 60 '2 St 49 0 98V Si 9'i 83W 75 95 8 80 lfl 00 IS 00 14 60 17 80 17 60 8 60 SO 8 8 70 15 75 U 60 IS 00 14 IP 10 il 19 14 10 10 13 Fnner roiintrv roll . . . Chkssc Ohio, new , New York, new Poultry, to. Ititxs per lb ( Hitsrxs dressed Eons Pa. nnd Ohio, fresh.. ., Fruits snil Vegetable. PfASs Nnvy, porbimheL 1 80 1 85 1 otatom tnuey wlillo, r l)U.. 4'i I'aiibaok per barrel 1 95 OstoKs per bushel 110 RALT1MORR, Flops Winter Patent Wheat No. 8 red Coss mixed Oats , Knos. biTTis Ohio creamery 11 45 1 5) Utmost Indemnity Sho Can Pay is $21, 000.000 Annually lor Thirty Years. Telegrams from Teklng. say: The nnswer of China to t.ie statement of the Ministers of the foreign Bowers us to tlie losses sustained by nation and Individuals In Chlnii has beeu received. Tho answer commences with nu appeal to mercy, saying that the country Is Impoverished. It ex- I Inlns that the utmost China can offer Is I.'i.imsi.immi tatds annually for the next SO years. This a mount will be derived as follows: From salt. HUHHUhH) tools: from the llkin tax, J.iNHi.oiKi, and from unlive customs. 3,ikki,imki. The communica tion further assorts that were this done It would leave tlie country un able to meet the expenses nf Govern ment without assistance. It Is there fore requested that tho foreign cus toms bo Increased one-third nml the receipts t herefrom be given to China for the purposes of government. The Ministers refuse to discuss this an swer until it has been considered by them lu mooting. TO COVER CRIME. Found In The Reorganization Order Showing Strength ol Various Deparlments. The War Department hns published the reorganization order prescribing the strength of tlie vnrl.nis branches of the military service upon the basis of a total army of 77.287 men, nnd a stuff of a.7S3 men, the enlisted strength being 71,504 men. By the or der each cavalry regiment will con sist of 12 cnvnlry troops of 85 enlisted men each, linking the total strength of the cnvnlry branch 1".840 men. The const nrtlllery will consist of l'JU com panies of lull enlisted men each, mak ing i:i,7.'M. nnd the field nrtlllery of ill) butteries of Kill men each, limiting a total artillery force, Held and coast, of 1S.SH2 men. The 30 liii'niitry regiments will con sist of 12 companies of 1U4 enlisted men each. making tne Infnntry strength 38,520 enlisted men. The three engineer battalions will have four companion of KM enlisted men ouch, with n band, nnd will have a strength of l,'JN2 enlisted men. BRIGANDS ARE AMERICANS. Natives In Luzon Are Not Guilty ol All the Outrages Committed. Iietectlvos nnd tho police hnvo broken up 11 baud of American brig anils who have boon operating lu the province of I'timpnngn, north of nnd not far from .Manila. George Kay moiid, t'liich Rogers nnd Oscar Mush miller have been captured, nnd An drew Martin, I'etor- Helse, George M11I111 ami two others lire still being pursued. This band committed ninny outrages nnd murder nt Bncolor, rnm- piinga province, and iu Unit vicinity on Humbly Inst they killed Henry How, nn American. Home times they represented themselves ns American deserters nml nt others ns American soldiers, ltnyinonil wore the uniform of n captain. Itaymond nud Martin were formerly policemen in Manila. 'Girl Killed by Schoolmates. Blanche Iteynolds, ngod 7. Is dend at Harbor Beach, Mich., ns I lie result of being waylaid by schoolmates. Her l-yoar-old brother was nlso as saulted. Ilattle Hariimnn, nged 14, Is under nrrest for the bitter assault, but 110 arrests have boon tmidu for the girl's death. I'llblic excitement is very great; WILL CLOSE THE SHOPS. 8 80 , 78 . . 47 . 8:P . 14 . 90 4 03 7H 47? 8k IVi PIIILAbKLPIIlV Ftors Winter pnteut 8 95$ 3 40 Y H F.AT N O. reU II '4 l on -no. 9 nnxea Oats No. 9 white ltiTTEn Creamery, extra.. toos Pennsylvania firsts. . 47 :i 99 7S.'i 4S 84 91 It NEW 1UKK, Frovn Fntents 8 63 4 01 Whkat No. 9 red SOJjf bl Cobs No. 9.... Oats No. 9 White llCTTEB Creamery Luae btnte and l'euna 83' 15 W-'tf 19 It LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yarils, El Ltbsrty, ft. CATTLE, Prime henvy, 1609 to 1000 lbs. Prime, 1300 to 1400 ll Medium, 1000 to 1900 Pi Fnt heifers lintnher, WW to 1000 lbs. Common to fair , Oxen, common to fnt , Common to good fat bulls A oows Biucn cows, encn Extra milch cows, each. . . BOOS. Prime medium weights. $ 8 85 Deet heavy yorkers and medium 8 80 Good to choice packers, Oood pigs and light yorkers.... I'igs, common to good I'rtino heavy bogs Common to liur Houghs Kings SHEtF. Extra, medium weight wethers. i 353 4 40 (lood to choice. 4 0) 4 95 Medium...., 8 50 CoaimoQ to fair 9 00 LAMBS. I.nmbs clipped 4 99 I.nmlie, good to choice, clipped 4 75 Lambs, common to fair, clipped 8 50 Hi.rlug Lambs 7 Oi CALVES. Veal, extrn I 5 00 8 OJ Yunl, good to choice, 4 50 6 00 Veal, common to fair 8 60 4 00 Veal, common heavy 9 75 3 00 . 5 601 5 35 .. 4 75 .. 4 9. .. 4 50 4 00 8 50 9 60 90 00 87 50 6 SO 5 70 8 9i 6 80 6 60 8 75 8 00 5 85 5 50 6 95 4 71 4 75 4 95 4 95 4 15 85 00 60 0J 8 8 8 85 6 OT 5 60 6 i 5 70 8 93 4 95 4 00 8 00 6 01 4 ) 6 (10 8 50 TRADE CONDITIONS PROSPER. Spirit of Unrest In Labor Circles the Only Disturbing Features Wheat and Corn Advancing. Ruins Charred Bodies ol Family Work of Fiends. Tho murders which have startled the rural districts of Maine tho past few mouths nre almost overshadowed by a tragedy lu Shirley, Mo Monday, lu which a family of three was put out of existence and tire used to hide the crime. The victims nre J. Wesley Allen, Belectmau, his wife nnd 14 year-old daughter, rue cuarreu bodies were fouud in the embers of their bouse. There were evidences of murder, and even worse. The only clew to the Identity of the murderers Is furnished by a man who reported that he was held up on the road by four men. A TORNADO'S SPORT. lu liie Barn Carried Over a House and Creek Filled With Sand. At Nnutyglo, up lu tho mountains, near Johnstown, I'n., a tornado struck a large burn belonging to I'atrlck ltlley, carrying It over his bouse. Tlie house was not touched, but the chim ney was knocked off. 'Jim barn was carried several hundred yarui, aud now lies iu n wrecked heap. Tho bod of tho creek whlen flowed by Is a solid muss of saud. 'i. j storm struck a bank of sand aud carried 11 great mass of It down lufo the stream completely wiping It out fur 2'sj or 800 feet. Mauy trees were also destroyed, Hastening Voluntser Promotions. It Is the purpose of tho President to muster out Several high ranking officers of volunteers on June zu, 111 stead of June 80, nnd appolut aud promote other otticors of volunteers In the 10 days remaining before the volunteer army expires by limits tlon. Northwestern Employers Will Mov Machin ery Elsewhere Strike Ihe Cause. According to a special from Butte, Mont., the Anaconda Mlniug Company nml the Great Northern railroad have decided to take decisive measures In treating with obstluute strikers. It was announced that the mining compnny machine, shops at Anaconda oud the railroad shops at Great Falls would be permanently closed and the machinery removed elsewhere. The Great Northern, It Is said, will here after have all Its work done at Spo kane or St. Taul shops, efforts to front with the strikers at both places have beeu unavailing and there has boeu constantly recurring trouble. He vera I thousand men are said to have been thrown out of employment ly the illtTerent shutdowns. TERSE TELEGRAMS A cotton duck combine, with a cap ita! of fJtl.lOO.iHKl, Is being organized, Carlos and Itaiiion Julia, respective ly, postmaster ami assistant post master, at Juiiuadhix, I'orto Kico, have boon arrested on the charge of em Imxlcmcut. Tho nnviil bureau of equipment 1ms recommended the odopllou of wire less telegraphy. The annual convention of the Catho lic Knights of America began lu St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday. s The I'nlted Brethren conference niiulo n pilgrimage from Frederick, Md to Baltimore, to the church aud grave of Otterbelu. The Penlvluu Government has granted to Mr. William Speedle 80,000 hectaires or land on conuition mat ne Import 120 European or North Amer ican famines as eoiouieia. Bradstreefs Weekly Review says: Aside from a quite perceptible In crease of the silrit of uurest lu labor circles there nre few new changes to record lu the general trade or Indus trial situation. The volume of busi ness Is fair for the season, and col lections are reported likewise. The crop sltuntion Is good, particularly for tlie cereals, w hich Is lu a high de gree promising. Industries nre nctlve. Iron nnd steel nre strong, and the mill have siitncieiit business to seep them busy from one to three months. The de mand of the machinists is regarded as a possible disturbing feature, but It is felt that this matter will le ad justed with less than earlier expected friction. . Foreign trade continues largely to fnvnr thla coiintrv. aud the demand for wheat to replace possible smaller yields lu Kuropenu countries has swelled the volume of export trade. Despite the talk of rate-cutting and of expectations of a smaller move ment of goods as the spring advances, railway earning favorable, some great syst reporting maximum weekly earnings. Probably the beat report as to uew demand come from the leather nud allied trades, while the poorest, as heretofore, are re ceived from the textile Industries. Trices evince considerable steadiness despite slightly lower quotations for cotton, corn, cheese and petroleum, but- some bog products, hides and leather are reported higher, and 'he great majority of prices remain un changed. The print cloths situation Is unsatisfactory, owing to the break down of the "selling committee" plan of disposal of the product. Wool is slosv of sale at the East, but quite active at the Went, where quotations are said to be relatively below those of the East. Wheat, Including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 8,084.!ki8 bushels, against 4,178.872 bushels Inst week nnd 5,178,422 bushels lu the cor responding week of l'JOO. Corn ex ports for the week aggregate 2,704,504 bushels, against 1.5K1.831 bushels lust week and 3,4:17,004 bushels In this week a yenr ago. Failures for the week number 102. as agulust 103 lust week, l'5 In this week a year ago, 108 lu 1800, 211 In 1808 aud 245 in 1S07. Canadian fail ures for the week number 24. against 20 last week, 24 In this week year ago, It) in 1800 and 3d In 1808. Irish Preler Despotism. The English House of Commons has rejected the bill amending legal pro cedure In Ireland. The Nationalists declared they preferred open tyranny and the abolition of trial by Jury un der the present system to existing rule. Attorney General Atkinson said contempt of court was growing la Ireland. ,
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