) -4 TROLLEY' CARS COLLIDE Blunder ol a Wotormtn Caues n Awlul Dlsaiter Near Albany. N. Y. Fatal Ending to Sunday Outing. Electric turn racing for n switch while running In opposite directions at tin- nil" of 40 miles nil hour, cost Ave liven Sunday afternoon ly terrific collision lu which over 40 prominent persons were Injured, some fatally nnil other seriously. The scctie of the accident was about two miles out of Orecnbush, N. Y.. on the Hue of the Albany mid Hudson railway. The ears met on the Minnie track at ft sharp curve, and mo fust were both running and mo Miidden was the collision that the inotormen never bd time to put on the brnkes before southbound car No. Ti had none almost dean throuith northlmund car No. 17 and hung tin the edge of a high bluff, with It load of shrieking, maimed hu inanity. One motoruian wns pinion ed up against the smashed front of the southbound cur with both logs Hovered and killed Instantly, while the other one lived but a few minutes. Fully 120 men, women and children formed a struggling pyramid, mixed with blood, detached portions of hu man bodies and the wreckage of the cars. Home of the more silgliNy In jured of the men extricated thein Melves and began to pull people out of the rear ends of the two ears and almost everyone was taken out In this way ond nearly all were badly Injured. The cars weigh 1." tons each and arc the largest electric oars built, but so (rightful was the crash that both were torn almost to splinters, ltoth were filled with Sunday pleasure seek ers returning from the .new recreation grounds that the railway had Just opened. With both motormen killed It was hard to get at the cause of the acci dent, but it Is pretty well determined that It was caused by an attempt of the southlHHind car to reach a second switch Instead of wait Inn for the northbound car at the first siding. LATEST NEWS NOTES. SERVIANS READY TO REBEL. King Alexander li not Popular Austria May Land Hand. Dispatches from Vienna Indicate a coining revolution In Servla. where the masses are lieoomliig disgusted with KIiik Alexander as they used to be with his father. Milan. The Sorv Jans are not fairly represented by the degenerate family on the throne. There Is much sturdy virtue In the race, and with a national government the country ought to have a prosper ous future. There seems to be no hope for Serv la. however, under the existing dynasty, and the Servians themselves seem to have come to this conclusion Austrian troops nre near the Servian frontier, and the Austrinus might muke an attempt to occupy the king doiu In the tveiil of an outbreak. me time is ravor' for such a movement owing ' .iussln's preoc cupatlou in the east and Rutland's troubles In South Africa. TWELVE WERE DROWNED. Steamer Baltimore Goet to Piecet In Heavy Gala on Lake Huron. The steamer Baltimore foundered In Lake Huron near Au Sable, Mich., Friday morning and twelve of her crew were drowned. Two men were tossed about In the hike for ten hours, lashed to a piece of wreckage, anil were tlually picked up by the tug Col iiiuhln. lioorge Mctilnnls, a deck hand, one of the rescued, became In sane from his experience. The other survivor, Thomas Murphy of Mil waukee, second engineer, was nhlo to tell the story of, the disaster. The dead were: ("apt. M. II. Place, master of the steamer; Mrs. M. II. riaee. stewardess; Michael Hrcnthcn, first mate; John Didders, sicond stew ard; Kdward Owen, wheelman; v. W. Sears, wheelman; (Seorgn W. Scott, watchman; Herbert Winning, watch man; P. Mnrcoiix, chief engineer; William Parker, fireman; P. Krueger, fireman; August Anderson, deckhand. Mary Ellen Lease Bankrupt. A petition In bankruptcy has been filed In the I'nlted States district court by Mrs. Mary Kllen Lease. Lia bilities, :t,J4".ri.-; assets, $2,2!).'I.To. ' N.Much of the Indebtedness was Incur red as endorser ou mortgages given by 'her husband, C. L. Lease. The assets consist of debts due, and are either for money loaned or for lec tures delivered by Mrs. Lease. The ;icMir m legislature has pnssed the bill hi vug railroads upon their gross canon ;s, The . 1 1 .i ! general of Texas has started r. investigation Into wildcat oil C"I!.-.lllieS. The Presbyterian general nsscmbly voted down the report of the minority on creed revision. A large number of Itoers have en gaged to settle in tlie (ierinan colony In Southern Brazil. Nine hundred emigrants sailed Tucs- dav rrotn Porto Itlco for Hawaii and 4DD more nre ready to go. The steamship llawarden Castle has sailed from Durban Tor Her mudil with 300 Moor prisoners. ltrescl, the nssasslu of the lnte King llu mliert, has committed suicide at the penitentiary of Santo Stefnno. The wage committee of the Amal gamated association has recommend ed a general advance of 0 per cent. The British house of commons pass ed the bill for Increased tnxatlon to a second reading by a vote of 230 to 1.12. Hlshop Hartzell of the Methodist F.plscopal church declares that the re mote Ashanti races lu Africa may rebel. Negroes nnd Italians at Bhorpsvlllo, Pa., engaged In n fierce riot nnd sev eral were seriously nun ny nuiieis nuu stones. At White Plains. N. Y an Italian has been sentenced to prison for nine years and ten mouths for burying a baby alive. There are now 810 prisoners In the West Virginia penitentiary nt Mounds ville. the largest number ever there at one time. Salurdav nine men wore whipped In the lail vard at New Castle. Del., one negro receiving 00 lashes and an hour In the pillory. Hear Admiral W. S. Schley nrrlved In New York from Knrope, having hur ried to attend his son. who Is sick lu a New York hospital. The steamer Ohio, from Hull, re ports the collision of the Lisle, from Moss, and the probable drowning of 1.1 nieu In the Atlantic. An explosion of a bomb at the Cam bridgeport. (Mass.l National Bank badly wrecked the building and ser iously Injured the cashier. The National conference nn taxa tion in session at Buffalo, N. Y., re solved to form a national organlatlon for reform of tax methods. Livingston county. X. Y.. Is ntlllcted with a plague of small black files. The Insects fill the air In clouds nnd attack both men and anlmuls. Citizens of Jefferson parish. Iji., burned the buildings In which -the New Orleans leper board proposed to establish a lazaretto for lepers. At Lexington, Ky., broken In health and crushed In pocket by the tobacco trust, II. A. Means, aged 4!), a to bacco buyer, committed suicide. Charles Vanderlyn was killed at O reon Held, X. Y.. by Frank Heroy, whom Vanderlyn had tried to stop from abusing Heroy's aged uncle, The Bessemer ore mine, Aragon, xt Norway, Mich., has been bought by the I'nlted States Steel corporation from Ohio capitalists for $2,."o.tHMt. It Is reiiorted that the Ohio Oil Company has struck a well In Wash ington township, Blackford county, Iiid.. that Is good for 1,000 barrels a day. An olliclal dispatch from Batavla, Java, says three F.uropeans and 178 natives perished as tt result of the re cent eruption of the volcano of Keloet. David Reynolds, a wealthy miser, was murdered near Schennclady, X. Y, His hoots. In which he was supposed to carry large sums of money, were missing. Fifty Servian gypsy Immigrants, bound for Canada, were ordered de ported from Xew York, although they had S.'i.imio, mainly on account of their hi' Illness. Masslllon (O.) coal dealers have discovered a large bed of rock which they believe to be rich lu gold and copper. Specimens have been sent to au nssayer. Moses T. Hale, for nine years city treasurer of Colorado Springs. Is held in $10.iuhi hull by Justice Uudy to answer the charge of misappropriat ing funds of the city amounting to $.'li MM Hi. The official crop report of the Ger man empire cites a further deterior ation lu winter wheat, and gives the percentage ns midway between poor and medium. Wluter ryo Is reported medium. IU PLOT EXPOSED M ItTTER I FOUL CONSPIRACY. Mine Manager, Member ol Hit family and all Hit Properly Included In Destruc tion Planned Rewards Offered. As a result of labor troubles nt Her nice, Sillllvnn county. Pa., 82 strik ing miners are said to have banded themselves together to kill .1. H. Crawford, assistant superintendent of the Bernlce coal mines and eventually destroy all the other ineinliei's of his family nnd till his property. The con spiracy was unearthed and 50 deputy policemen have been appointed to pro tect Mr. Crawford and the mine com tutor's luimertv. About two months ago tne trouoie Ix-unn when the Bernlce Mine Com- nanv demanded that the miners re frnlu from Joining a labor union. The men objected to the dictation of the connmnv. nnd as they had other dif ficulties that they wanted adjusted, the miners went out on strike. The mine since has been flooded nnd even though the company desired to star work they would not be able to bf gin In less than. several months. A letter found In front of the post- olllee tends to show t tint n conspiracy Is afoot to despatch Mr. Crawford and his family. The letter says that 2d men have already sworn to carry out the murderous plans and that six others will do so nt the next meeting. The superintendent Is to be shot from ambush and his house Is to be burned to the ground at night while members of the family are asleep. An effort Is being made to capture the writer of the letter, and a big reward will be paid for the conviction of the entire gang. The better class of mill era deplore the dastardly work. FITZ JOHN PORTER DEAD. Noted Civil War Officer Who Wat Cashiered and Later Vindicated. Oen. Fltzjohn Porter, who has been 111 for several weeks nt his home lu Morrlstowu, X. J., died Tuesday. He was 80 years old. (Sen. Porter was a prominent figure during the Civil war, nnd his trial by court martial and dismissal from the army on charges that Implied cowardice was a case that attracted attention for years. His friends In slsted that he had beeen unjustly con detuned, and they afterward proved their contention to be right and Porter was reinstated. The disobedience for which Porter was court mnrtlaled oc curred August 20, 1N02, during the see ond battle of Bull Hun. Porter was ordered to advance with his troops. He did not do so, and In the following January he was cashiered and ills qualified from holding office tinder the government. SOUTHERN SENATORS RESIGN. Carolina. McLaurln and Tillman, ol South Adopt Novel Measures. As the outcome of a spirited debate between l' lilted States Senators B. It, Tillman and John L, McLaurln of South Carolina, both of them hnv put their resignation lu the hands of (Jov. McSweeuey, to take effect No vember IS. They have resigned with the under standing that they nre to go before the people of the state In a Joint can vass. aud that the sentiment of the people Is to be expressed In the vote In a Democratic primary to be held In November. Tillman last summer was re-elected to the I'nlted States senate for six years, nnd McLaui'lu has yet two years to serve. Should Tillman ho sustained M I.nurin's seat will be vacant, while .McLaurln is successful he will sin coed to Tillman's long term ludiana COAL TRUST FORMING. Get in or Be Oklahoma Negro Hanged. At Pond Creek, Okln., Bill Camp bell, a negro, wus lynched by a molt of 400 persons, who broke down the Jail, took him to the scene of his crime nnd hanged blm to a telegraph pole. While ou the way to the place of execution the negro sang "Nearer My God to Thee" aud other 'hymns. Campbell shot Sheriff George Smith. Burglars Murdered Boy. Robert Hlslop. n 13-yeur-old boy, was murdered In Snu Francisco, Cat., by burglars, nt his father's home. He was alone and lu bed, -and the burg lars repeatedly struck lihu over the bead with a blunt Instrument, crush lug bis skull. They ransacked the house and made their escape. Operators Must Crushed. The proposed Indiana coal trust has progressed to a point where meeting has been called to be held Indianapolis, to complete the couiblu atlon. Options have been taken two-thirds of the mines In that stud The trust will be backed by an n I mini mice of eastern capital, and lis ope atlon. It Is predicted, will force the. operators remaining outside the com blue either, to enter the trust or abandon the working of the mines, thus giving the Indiana coal trust undisputed control of the mining forests lu the state. Tin trust w be Incorporated under the laws New Jersey. Creed Treaty Signed. Chief Porter 'has signed the Creek treaty, adopted recently by the legis lative bodies of that tribe at Okmul gee, L T. Formal notification of the final acceptance of the treaty will be made to President McKInley at once so he may Issue a proclamation authorizing- the allotment and sale of tne Creek Indian lands. 1 Wlscossla lank Robbed. The First National bank at Mineral Point, Wis., was robbed ol 130.000 aarLr 8a.tunJ7 . morning. On account of success with the rapid telegraph system Invented by the late Prof, Rowland of Johns Hop kins uulversity. the German govern ments Intends to muke use of It in the postal service. The Canadian government has de cided to buy the historic Plains of Abraham, at Quebec, from the nuns for $mo,ooO and convert them Ipto a public park. Lawyer .Tohu T. Semple of Camden, X. J., has been Indicted on the charge of aiding Taylor nnd Bredell In coun terfeiting $20 notes while lu prison 'u Philadelphia, Pa. The trustees of the Episcopal Gen eral Theological seminary ot New York elected Itev. Dr. Samuel Hart of Mlddleton, Conn to the chair of pastoral theology. Former Congressman Charles A. Boutelle of Bangor, Me., died Tuesdtiy at the McLean asylum, Waverly, where he had been confined for a year with brain trouble. Dcutu wus due primarily to pneumonia. MaJ. Gen. Henry C. Corhin, aujutant generul of the army, will sull for the Philipppiues June 25 to make a gen eral Inspection of the military condi tions In the Islands. A package containing $8,000, con signed by registered mall by the Na tional Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, Mo., to a bank In Great Bend, Kan., has disappeared. Under the new commutation law about 1.000 convicts wHl be released from the prisons of Pennsylvania shortly. The new law takes off about three months every year. Russian Financier Suicides. President Altschensky of the Khar- koff chamber of commerce killed him self by allowing n railroad train run over him near St. Petersburg Hussla. He was a financier of great influence. His deatli wus due to lluanclal difficulties aud will embar rass many Institutions. TEXAS OIL FIELD. Untied Slates Geologist Hill Makes His Re port Possibilities art Vast. Hubert T. Hill, chief geologist of the I'nlted States geological survey, has turned from an extended geological Investigation In the Texas oil fields, and has embodied the results lu n re port which snys 1 lie Importance or Ihls oil field Is far greater than nt present can In scribed or estimated. It means not only a cheap find supply to the larg-1 est stale lu area In the union, but ow ing to Its proximity to tidewater, It promises au export trade such as exists nowhere else lu the world. Pre parations are being made to sink hundreds of wells ami very soon the present output of rssi.iHHi barrels a day may be quadrupled. It Is entirely within the limit of probability that oil will be found nt many places lliniughout the costal prairie, especially lu Us southern ex tension toward the Hlo Grande and In the northeastern state of Mexico nt Tinnallpn. The outcrop of the terri tory formations In Southwest Texas. In Wilson, Atascosa, .dcMtilleii, Dtl- vnll nnd other counties Is naturally rich tu oil and the practical oil men nre risking their money In experi menting In that region, As the oil bearing tertiary strata extends east of the Mississippi Into Mississippi ami Alabama. It Is not beyond possibility that oil may be found In these slates. It Is very probable that other oil fields may be discovered lu the costal plain between Beaumont nnd Tutu pIco fields. Here lies n vast territory underlain by the oil bearing eocene formations which has not been ex plolted." OUTLAW TO SURRENDER. Kl POINT CADETS DISMISSED. SEVERE PUNISHMENT. They Revolted Against the Attempts to Abol ish Hazing Five Sent Home lor Good. Six Suspsnded (or One Yoar. Gen. Callles Preparing lo Give Up Will Cripple Malavar. Setior Dancel, nil accredited Inter mediary, has returned to Manila after having had a very satisfactory Inter- lew with the rebel commander, Gen. ( 'a lies, who has been declared an out law. Seiior Daticid says Callles Is anxious to surrender with his entire ommiind, provided his men are liber ated ns soon ns they take the oath of allegiance. Cnlles says that person ally he Is not afraid of an luvestlga tlon of his various nets. He says that he never violated the laws of war and thnt he always showed consideration for his prisoners. Cullies Is now concentrating his en tire com ma ml with a view to fnclll luting the surrender of nil his forces, He Is also taking vigorous action to prevent any stragglers from escaping nnd becoming Intidroucs. Senor Dan eel asserts that the surrender of Coll les will cripple Gen. Malavar, who has been relying on the former to make diverting raids. SENT TO PRISON. Officers Connected With Commissary Frauds at Manila Are Punished. ("apt. James C. Bead, late depot commissary nt Manila nnd a forim resident of Pittsburg, Pn litis been sentenced to three years Imprisonment on coiivlcltlon of crime In connection with the recent commissary scandals there. The others officers nre dipt, Frederick .1. Barrows, late depot ttartei-master for the department of Koutiicru l.uzon, to five years, am Lieut. Frederick Buyer, late depot commissary nt Calamhti, to one year. l lie prisoners were driven In u inuli wagon to Bllibld prison, Manila, and began to serve their sentences. ('apt. Bead ami dipt. Borrow seemed comparatively unmoved by their situation. Lieut. Buyer pro tested his Innocence and seemed vin dicative toward ("apt. Barrows, who, he alleged, was alone guilty of inlsar propria ting uncoil. REPORT ON PORTO RICO. GHASTLY TRAGEDY. H!K VUAllitSZTO. West Point Cadets Henry L. Bolby. rele. Neb.: John A. Cleveland, l.iu- il Ala.i Traugett F. Keller. New ork; Itaymnnd A. Linton, Saginaw. Mich., Bltvhle O. Maliaftey, 'lexur kona, Tex., nil of the second class. ave been exiiclled from the military academy by direction of the president upon the recommendation of the superintendent of that Institution. The following were suspended wltn- ont pay until April 1. 10O2: Second lass-nluu C. Aleslilre. La Harpe, III.; njamlu V. McClcllan, Tnjlulah. I.a.; lames A. Shannon, Dultith, Mlun.: 'htirles Telford, Bountiful. Itah. 'hlrd class Thomas N. Glniperlln, I ii ton, .; Henry I law Icy, Troy. X. Y. In Ills report to the secretnry of war on the events which have culminated In the above punlslunetits, Supt. Mills of the iiciidemy says lu part: 1 have the honor to report that nt dusk ou the eviMiing of April ID, loot, large number of cadets became en gaged In tin Insubordinate demonstra tion, directed ot the superintendent of tlie military academy. The pretext for this demonstration was it punishment awarded to I ndet Hubert It. ltalston. second class, In orders published at parade that even lug. The actual cause was the resent tneiit of a group of Insubordinate en dots of the second class nt measures taken by the superintendent to enforce the law forbidding hazing. 'I believe It Is necessary for the discipline of tlie corps of cadets that the loaders In the Insubordlnntlon t ' separated from the academy for good, To permit them to remain under any promise of reformation would. In my judgment, be a mistake and might In volve very serious consequences. I he academy cannot afford to have any repetition of hazing or other out breaks. The present demonstration plainly exhibits among Its leaders total lack of appreciation of their re sponslbllltles and obligations, entirely Inexcusable among cadets finishing their third year at the military academy." Hall-Eaten Remains ot Children Found Ir West Virginia Mountains by Search ing Parly - Bruin Killed. To be crushed to death lu the em brace of a monstrous black bear and their little bodies afterward mangled nnd partly devoured was the fright ful fate that befell the three young hlldren of K. P. Porterlh Id, a moun taineer residing about 12 miles south east of Job, W. Yn. The remains were omul by n searching party widen in cluded John Weldon, n Maryland hunt er, who, within a few minutes after the discovery of the bodies, shot nnd killed the bear lu a neighboring thicket. The children were Mary, aged 3: WHIle, nged fi, ami Henry, aged 7. They left home to gnther flowers In clearing near their home. Xothlng more Is known, but It Is supposed that they wandered into the woods nnd be coming lost continued ou their way until they were overtaken by the bear In the dense forest, three miles from their parents' home. The bear feasted off all three or he bodies. The bones of the children had been (rushed like straws and the flesh stripped off with teeth and laws. The party divided nnd began a search. Within n few minutes Wel don discovered It In u thick clump of hemlock saplings near n small stream. A single shot ended Its life. It was de clared to be the largest bear ever seen In thnt neighborhood. 1 he bodies of the children, which presented a sickening sight, were car ried home In sacks. The parents of the children arc almost crazed with grief, their bereavement leaving them childless. MTTSIIUIO. Crnln, lonr snil fi'. wntvr-Xo. 2 red 9 71 1V llye--No. 2 BU'f Bfl.'j CRAZED HUSBAND. Nearly Ponders Over Perpetual Motion and Kills His Wits. William McMillan, a well-to-do car penter of St. Louis, Mo., had frenzied dream In which he thought that he had stubbed his wife until she was dead aud then attempted to commit suicide. He awoke to find himself sawing away nt his neck with the blade of a carpenter's plane, which Itnd cut off part of the flesh His wife lay lu the bed deeding and nearly unconscious from the loss of blood. Mrs. McMillan hail been awakened from sleep by a wound Inflicted by he husband with tlie blade of the plane. She screamed and aroused their eight children, who were sleeping on tin1 floor ubove. Her husband cut her ten limes and turned the weapon upon Himself, mulcting ten wounds, litis band aud wife were removed to the City hospital, both seriously Injured .McMillan recently rend In au east ern paper that n reward of J.'iO.oim) had tieeu offered for the discovery of per petual motion. He resolved to solve the secret aud It Is believed that his mind became disturbed. He dooes not know how he gut hold of the plane blade aud says he loves his wife and children and would nut harm them fur the world. 4t 40 J 34 81.7 8 !t 8 Hi) IB 00 11 50 1 73 IB 75 17 29 9 HI 59 9 75 7B 15 76 13 00 1H 60 16 60 17 00 9 15 9 21 Coiin No. S vcllow. oar. Nn. !i vellow, shelled Mlcd ear Oei-Xo, 1 wiiltn No. !) white l't "i n -Winter patent I'unejr Straight W, titers Hat- No. 1 timothy t lover No, 1 Fi kii No. 1 whlt mid. ton.... brewu niMulinK llrnn, bulk SrnAW Wlieut Out Hslrr Prntlaoti, ErtTts Elgin creamery Ohio creitmery Fnney country rull Ciircxr (ihlo, new Now lurk, new , 1'oultrjr, sta Hiss per In mrsrss ftresseil loos Pa. ond Ohio, fresh. Fruit snil VvR-etBblni, Tir.wn Nnvv, per bushel 1 SO 3 SI 1'oTATors Fnuey white, r bu. . fit at I aiikauk pvrhnrrul 125 151 Osiom pur Innliul 1 10 1 K lt.' 13 10 9 13 19 9 51) 91 19 14 10 mi 10 14 13 BALTIMORE, From Winter I'nteut Whicat No. 2 red Cons mixed Oats F.oos lii-rricn Ohio creamery 9 9 A0$ 4 09 , 7i Wi . iOJi 47 . 8;t4 84 . M . 20 THILADKLPUf A. Fi.ofn Winter tmteut.. 9 9 25.$ Wiir.AT-N. 2 red 77? CoHN No. 2 mixed 47,7 Oats -No. 2 whlto 84.'i llUTTEB Cresmery, extra lH, Ecus -Pennsylvania firsts, lu 111 of SOUTHERN FLOODS. Eight Lives Lost and Great Property Damage In Tennessee. Millions of dollars damage has been done aud at least eight lives lost In I'pper Tennessee by the floods which began their work of destruction where a dam across the Hue river at Lli.a- bethton gave way Tuesday afternoon. All property In the path of the Hood was destroyed aud people rendered homeless In a moment. The Chuckey river In Green county nnd the French llroad la Jefferson are also out of bounds, and growing crops have bccii swept away all along tuelr courses. Telegraph wires geuernlly are down. Ou the Chuckey river six bridges were swept away, resulting In damage of about $ilo,0O0, while the damage to farms, outhouses and stocks along the stream Is Ureen county alone will amount to half a nillllan dollars. Governor Allen Explains Why Laziness Exists on the Island. iov. Charles II. Allen of Porto III has presented to the president through the state department, his first annual report. 1 lie governor expresses the opinion that a scheme of colonial ad ministration such ns Is found lu the Unnlsh, French and Lnglish West In dies might safely be instituted, with variations dependent upon the future policy of the home government, rather thnu our territorial form. The governor speaks plainly In pre senting the reason why this Island has been ut a practical standstill for near ly four centuries, and snys that lu a climate where a miiu can He In a ham mock, pick a banana with one hand and dig a sweet potato with one foot, the Incentive to Idleness Is easy to yield to. Sidewalk Collapsed. Ky the falling of a part of tho side walk lu frout of Central Music hall, Chicago, one man was killed and six were Injured. A large number of men were standing on the walk waiting to draw their pay when the supports of a portion of the walk gave way. About Jo were precipitated Into the basement, the others managing to make their escape luto the building. Crowley Found Guilty. The trial of Harold Crowley of Lock port, X. Y., sou of ex-Congressman Crowley and a former employe of the postal department, nn a charge of mis appropriating postal funds, has been concluded nt Ponce. Porto Itlco, after lasting two days. He was sentenced to four years' hard labor. It Is prob able that au appeal will be taken to the supreme coourt. MINERAL OIL EXPORTATION. Nearly One Billion Gallons Will be Sent Abroad by Juno 30. The recent oil discoveries In Texas and ou the Pacific coast lend especial Interest to'some facts Just presented by the Treasury bureau of statistics regarding the exports of mineral oils from the I'nlted States. These show that the exportntlons of the fiscal year about to end will probably be the larg est in the history of this remarkable Industry, which has Increased Its ex ports from 'Jo4.otsi.tsio gallons of II ItltnlnatlliK nil lu lST.'i to 7 111. 000.000 gallons In llioo. In the uunrter century from 1H70 to llioo the total value of mineral oils exported from the I'nlted States was about $1.oini.inni,(nio. an average of about $ISi.(mm,ooo a year; and during recent years has averaged about $tso,ooo,iMsj per annum, or ". 000. 1MHi per month. The overage value of the Illumin ating oil exported lu ISTli was about 1. " cents per gallon, nnd In 1S77, an ex ceptional year, 0 cents per gallon, lty 1NM the price had fallen to about 10 cents per gallon, the figures for that year being JIItL'.tHKi.tMio gallons, valued at .$.'14,000,000. lty 1SIU the nverage price was about 7 cents per gallon, the exports of that year having been .Mil. ootUKio gallons, valued nt $11,000,000. lty 1M0M the average export price was about ." cents per gallon, the (piantlty exported having been KJ4.0OO.IHI0 gal lons and the value reported to the bureau of statistics by exporters through the customs collectors. $4J.-OJJ.li-SL'. In file nine months of the present fiscal yenr for which the fig ures nre completed by the treasury bureau or statistics tlie total exports of Illuminating oil amounted to .'i0, tl'.M.Tul gallons, valued nt $:17 Pr!0-14. or tl cents per gallon; while the total value of all mineral oils export ed. Including crude, lubricating and illuminating nils. naphthas and residuum, was $.12.74.".')Oii. and for the full fiscal year seems llKely to amount to $70,000,000, NEW YORK, rtnri-Pntenta 9 6i(9 4 03 WBfAT No. 2 red 79J tons-No. 2 4l Oats N. 2 White 93'f Itcnm-Creamery 13 19 tuu Hlnto and Peuna 13 13 9 40 7S M 20 To Search For Gold. 8eareh for Hold. oaysheat!do Another company Has been organ ised to prosecute the search for the 2110,000 English gold mid to have been on' board the British frigate Hussar when she sank off Port Mor ris, few miles from New York, on the Long Island coast, lu 17H0. Soap Minns In Wyoming. Wyoming will furnish nil tho soap mi-eiled for other purposes than toilet and will furnish It from her soil. A deposit of whitish material In com posite form containing Just enough sul phates, potash and pumice to give the gritty essential has been discovered lu the northwestern part of Wyoming. In a short time a building fitted with machinery that will cut the slabs luto mineral soap Into size for rommercial use will cover a portion of the ground,. SCANDAL AT MANILA. Clerk It Accused ol Forging Disbursing Oil), car's Signature. E. C. Lawrence, formerly a private In the Thirty-third volunteer lufautrv and afterward a civilian clerk In the adjutant general's office at Manila, has been accused of forging the signature of Capt, Blaveus, the Insular disburs ing oltlcer, to checks purporting to be payable to Oen. MacArthur. Two checks of t'iOO each have been cashed at Ban Francisco; another negotiated at St. Louis was returned and pro nounced spurious br Cant. Rlavnns. Java Volcano Active. Tlie Kolost volcano ot Ilatavln, .lava. Is lu eruption. It is reported that a large number of natives In the 1 tilt tit- district have b i killed by tlie lava. A heavy rain of cinders fell, covering six districts. Including Sum a rang, Kedlrl and Surnkarta. Shot Down in Riot. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Ittissla, says: "The strikers nt tlie Obiichoff Iron works tit Alexandrnv- sky. In this vicinity, had a collision with the authorities. Some ,'l.."oo riot ers stoned the police, injuring 12 of them. Tlie police were reinforced by soldiers, who fired three volleys, kill ing two men and wounding seven. Due hundred nnd twenty persons were nrrested." Miners Entombed. An explosion occurred Friday morn ing lu the Universal colliery at Sen bcuheydd. Ill the Khoiidda valley, Wales. The rescuers first brought out five bodies ond then a few more, but there nre still over 70 nieu In the pit, and there Is uo hope that they can he rescued. Duel Fought With Knives As the result of a tight with pocket knives one man Is lying nt tho Alle gheny (Pa.) (Sciicrtil hospltnl nt the point of deatli. and three others are nt the police station with from three to six kuile wounds lu their bodies. All the' parties are Hungarians. Intend to Bleed China. Tho ministers of the powers have uuanlmously rejected the American proposal for the reduction of the lu deiuulty and have agreed, Mr. ltock hill alone dlsseutlng. to Increase lui port duties to an effective 0 per cent waiving claim for compensatory com inerclul facilities. (Joriuany approves the Urltlsb proposal for payment by a bond Issue. It Is believed a com promise between f'JOO.OOO.OOO and the maximum of $337,000,000 may be effected. PRODUCTION OF STEEL. Gross Tonnaje Greatly Incroasod During the Lait Year Pennsylvania Leads. Tlie bulletin of the American Iron anil Steel association says: The pro duction of open hearth steel In the l ulled States In I'.hiii was .1. H C..V2 gross tons, against 'J.!i4i..'IHi tons lu IMi'.i. au Increase of -I.Vi.'J.'iil tons. 1'lie production of open hearth steel Ingots ami direct castings by states In gruss tuns was: New Knglaml, "4,- .'; Xew Yolk and New Jersey, li",- :iill; Pennsylvania, L'.To.'l.blO: Ohio. I.'IO.IOI; llliuuls. 'j.s.",.Vil; other states. Hl.nos; total. :i.lir.'..V.o of tlie total prodtnilon lu looo, 'J,-.'I7.0-.'! tuns were made by the basic proces nnd Kou.."'.'!! ions were made by the acid process. 'Jlu total proline tlon of open hearth direct steel cast ings In looo amounted to l'Oel'.'K gross tuns, of which 41.001 tm.s were made by the bin !e process ami HW.i'.'lJ tuns were made by the ncld process. In I'.ino our open hearth production prob ably exceeded that of tlreat ltrltain, which amounted to 3,n.'liM.'.l tons In l.S'.IU. LIVE STOCK. StM TrM. Es'it Liberty, P CAT ITS. Prime henrv, 1500 to 1000 lbs... 5 70 5 85 Prime, 1800 to 1400 II. 6 60 5 65 Medium, 1000 to 1200 lbs. 6 00 5 25 Fat belfurs 4 50 4 75 Butcher, WO to 1000 lbs. 4 60 4 S3 Common to fair 4 24 , 4 50 Oxen, common to tat 4 80 4 40 Common to good fat bulls A cow 9 00 4 15 Mlic-b cow, each 20 00 83 00 Extra milob cows, each. 87 50 50 00 BOOS. rrime medium weights. 9 5 05 6 00 llest heavy yorken and medium 6 92 6 95 Good to choice packers. 6 90 6 95 Good pigs and light yorken.... 6 85 5 W Pigs, cummun to good 8 CO 6 70 Prime heavy bogs S 90 6 00 Common to fair & 60 6 HO Houghs 4 00 6 50 Mags 8 00 4 25 snicr. Extra, medium weight wothors.9 4 353 4 30 Good to choice. 4 10 4 20 Medium 8 60 4 00 Common to fuir i 00 8 00 LAMBS. Lambs clipped 6 20 8 3) Lambs, good to choice, clipped 6 00 6 25 Lambs, common to fair, clipped 8 60 6 10 Bpriug Lambs . 6 00 7 60 CALVES. Veal, extra 5 60f fi 75 Veal, good to choice. S 00 5 60 Veal, common to fair 8 60 4 50 Veal, common heavy 2 76 8 00 TRADE REVIEW. Labor Troubles do Little Harm to General Business Excellent Prospeo t For Winter Wheat Improves Outlook CABLE FLASHES. (iermany has announced that Count von Wiildersee and the (iermun troops will soon leave I'hlliu. A dispatch from Wtildeiibnrg, Prus sia, says that as a result of a fire which broke out lu the Hermann mine 'Jl miners perished. The full score of Ptircell's "Fairy Queen." missing fur -00 years, has been found In tlie library of rlio ltoynl Academy of .Music, Loudon. Fxperlmciits are being made ut Turin with some new explosives, ouo of which, called pyristlte, has already given splendid results, aud has becu proved to be eight times stronger thuu balistlte. A bill was Introduced In the Indi ana legislature permitting towns aud cities of the state to frame their own charters and 'to release a municipality from legislative Interference. All of the diamonds that you see in the Jewelers' wiudows are pure car bon. They are carbon crystallised the most peruiaucut of gems, for they can never be melted nor dissolved. The ameudmeut to the North Caro lina constitution for the disfranchise- incut of Illiterate voters, which was ratified by the people of that state last summer, does not go Into effect uutll July 1. 1D02. " ' . ' li. (.. Una tc Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: The labor situation Is tho cloud hovering over the busluess world, but the difficulties nre not suf ficiently widespread to seriously Inter fere vrlth riie progress of manufacture and distribution. Home settlements of strikes have been affected during the week, and others seem probable at nn early date. Meanwhile prices hold firm, the capacity of producing plants lu nil the leading Industries Is well employed nnd crop advices ire satis factory. A feeling; of confidence In the permanence of values appears to have settled In all divisions of the Iron ami steel manufacture. To this may 1k attributed the decrease In orders fur distant delivery, purchasers mere ly contracting for order requirements from one to two mouths lu advance. Tranquility regarding the future Is undoubtedly due to the action of the large combination, which has made no effort to secure exorbitant prices, but manifests an Intention to main tain quotations nt the current level. Independent producers show a ills- . position to work along the same Hues, and the net result Is less scrambling to get orders placed, but no Indication thnt the actual demand Is any small er. Notwithstanding niuch-talked-of dullness In pig Iron, Bessemer Is firm ly held at 4)10.73 delivered at Pitts burg, or Did at valley furuuee. Foun dry Irous are somewhat easier. All lines of llulslied steel are crowded to the limit of productive capacity, and machinery houses at Chicago nre grunting machiulsts' demands rather than risk delay. Correspondents re port the winter wheat outlook stead ily Improving, and there Is every reason to anticipate nn abundant har vest. The most encouraging feature Is the decrease lu the - amount of harm doue by Hessian flies, which earlier lu the season threatened to be severe, lu the face quotations continue firm. Injury lu tJermany affecting foreign markets. Atluutlc exports have been large for the past week. Including flour, amounting to 3,002.4 Kl bushels, against 2,173,350 bushels In the same week last year and l,U4il.iiJ4 bushels In 1801). Speculation lu May corn has died down, but the general level of this cereal continues far above nor mal prices, and more liberal receipts have been attracted to Interior cities. For the week 3,007,042 bushels were recelved.agalnst 1,094,780 bushels last year. On the other hand, foreign buy ing Is restricted, Atlantic exports be ing only 1,130.800 bushels, against 8,534,073 bushels a year ago. Fail ures for the week numbered 180 In the United States, against 185 last year. and 23 year. In Canada, against 1NW.
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