i ?'V BRND1TS HOLD UP WESltRH TSALH. SECURE $83,000 IN CASH. After 8hoollnj at Paisengers Makj Good Their Escape on Ihe Plain Big Re- ward for Their Appreliensbn. LATEST NEWS NOTES. sceillng The C.rcnt Northern Trnnsenntlncn ill train No. .'). leaving St. Tniil Tiles tiny morning nt lock, win hold cp nt Wacncr. Mont.. ton miles cast "f Great Falls, nt :i:tvj Wc.liiesilny p. m. Iiy three masked mi'ii. who lilew open tln express car n it .1 wrecked through siue wl;h dynai: S..tXJO. Onr of the rubbers boarded the "lillnj bngiiage" inr nt Hinsdale, n station nlMitit 20 miles east r Wng racr. Ite appeared to bo n tramp, but when tho conductor discovered him nt a stop ho drew n heavy revolver niul ordered 111 in 1o return (o the rear f tho trnln on penalty of Instant death. The hobo then climbed over the loco motive tetuler. nml nt the point of his revolver coniellod the engineer and fireman to stop the train (nt ft ravine a few mile oust of Wanner, where hli confederates, two iln number, both masked, lay In wnlt. The tramp then compelled the lire man nnd enirlneer to abandon the en gine, ns the train cnine to a stop. 'as aciigcrs who began to look ont the windows Instantly became the target of Winchester In the hands of tlw rob lers. A pnssottger on the toursst fonoli wns struck by n stray bullet mvttsei'l onsly Injured. Two other smswitgers were phot, but neither nn seriously Injured. The express messenger wnp compelled to leave the car nt the point of n rllle nnd tho "through" pafe was Immediately dynamited. Four charges were necessary before It war forced. The robberp hnrrledly gathered In Its contents, consisting of specie ship mentp. drafts, coin nnd vnlnable no (tollable paper, nnd ivttvatod. keeping the train crew nnd passengers off nt the point of ihelr tlrearms. All three disappeared In the ravine nnd were seen later mounted on hors- cs, heading southward, nt a furious fruit nnd the booty being; plainly visible In n pack thrown across the smlille bows of one of the horses. Hie tram: liendeil for the Utile Buckles, lying across the Milk river. In un almost In nreesslble country, consisting mainly of bad lands. Tosses were Immediate ly organized nnd started In pursuit, one by a sheriff, who was a passenger on the till In. A reward of ja.",ihn litis been offered for their capture. LUST Cllt OH IIIBKff 10 SETTLL FHILIPr INOS MUST NOT LAND. Ths Admhihtration Frctsrs to Awsil Court's Definition of their Status. The administration Is undecided what position to assume relative to the admission of native l'hlllpplnos to Hawnll, The attitude of the Adminis tration heretofore has been thai they must U' excluded until legislation by congress liellues their status. William Haywood, representing the rich planta tion owners of Hawaii, caw the presi dent In re mini to the I'hillpplno labor ers. He urged that It was Impossuiie to secure sutlich nt labor, and as a re unit the planters lose money. Willi the annexation of Hawaii Importation of Japanese ar.d Chinese was stopped. 0PP0.2 FOREIGN PUPILS. Munich Pup Is Do Not V' ant So Many En roiled at Mechanical . ciool. A petition has been addressel to the Bavarian government by the students of the Munich MeclianU-nl High school and the trustees of the Institute n ru ing the government to restrict hence forth the number of foreign ptuileuts, wlnse numlier has recently risen by hundreds, hindering native students in their studios. Lincoln'! Body Replaced in Vault. Owing to fear of ghouls, tho body of Abraham Lincoln, which has been re posing in a temporary vnult while re pairs were being made on the Lincoln monument, at Springfield, Illinois have been secretly replaced In a private vault within the monu ment Just when tho removal took place has not been made kuown, the work having been accomplished In the night. Su-Shl-Chin Admitted at Latt. Acting Secretary Tnylor hns directed the Snu Francisco authorities to allow Su-Shl-Cliln to enter. He is well known In China As n man of high at tainments. Lately he hns been classed among tne revolutionists, l or some time he has been an outlaw and every effort was mado to secure his deporta tion to China. The treasury olllclals, however, took the view that the only offense committed by Chlu was a po litical one. PAROLED FOR TRACE SECRET. Knowledge ol Art of Maklnj Damascus Stoel Procures Cawion's F.elease. 8. R Dawson, who hns served Ave years of n ten-year penitentiary sen tence at Des Moines, In., for shooting Waller Keott. his sou-Iu-law on Christ mus night, 18!).". has been paroled by Governor Shuw. "Damascus' Daw son, as he Is known, claims to have re covered the arts of making Damascus steel and of hardening copper. Capi talists who are interested In a com pany to develop Dawson's processes, secured the evidence upon which he was paroled, as he had asserted that ho would die with his secrets rather thr.u reveal them while In prison. Ministers Sottlod the Strike. Two clergymen, Rev. Dr. C. B. Gor hard of St. Stephen's Reformeu church nad Bov. Itufus W, Miller, secretary of. the, Heroruiea Hunuay scuool Hoard of the United States, are responsible for the settlement of the strike of Heading railway shop hands. On the ve of a general strike they secured a. conference between President liuor and the strike committee. Chairman lieschor of the striker says (he set tlement affects not' only the strikers In the Beading Railway, but also those a the Central railroad of New Jersey. Prince Ton Hohenlohe, Oennnny's former chntieellor, died nt Ilngota. The North Amerlenn Trust Com pany has withdrawn entirely from bus Inesp in Cuba. Frank W. Hackelt will tender Ills resignation ns ns-.'siant secretary of Hie navy In Hie full. President McKlnlcy sent II letter of Kii'eilni; t.) 1 ln Christian Ktnlcavor c, n vein I mi nt Clmliiiiiill. Addison llrown, fulled Stales ills trlct jnilM" for l he pout litem district of New Yelk has ivsigncn. Ti. n'. children are dea l and Mini people seriously III fn.ui drinking pic nic lemonade it .Mciicc, 1. 1. (ieneral (lomeif In New York declar ed that freedom must come to Cuba before annexation can take place. A brilliant Independence day recep tion was held In Homo by the I'tilted States Charge d'AfTalres I,ewla M. ld dliius. Colonel .1. M. tluffey hap taken up the John Sllney options on I'O.oim ncres of coal land In I'resloii county, West Virginia. Tin American Window Glass Com pany has bought up the stock of the I'nlied Slates Glass Company of Syra cuse, N. Y. A cloud burst Friday canped pup pension of tratllo for 2-1 hours on the Northern Taclllc railway nt Miles City. Mont. The Homestead, the well known ho tel nt the Virginia Hot Springs, In Hnth county, was destroyed by Are Wednesday. The fulled Stntes cruiser Newark renched New York Saturday after a trip of 47 days from Hong Kong via the Suez canal. C. It. Crnndoll, president of the He dalla TniPt Company, Sednlln, Mo., died suddenly In a hotel at West Ches ter, ln Saturday. The body of ex-Governor Hnzen 8. filigree lay in state nt the city hull nt Detroit Friday, fifty thousand peo ple passed by the casket. The nppllcntlon to organize the I'eo pics National Hank of Monessen. .a., has been granted by the comptroller of tin currency. Capital $.-n,Mi. President Shatter of the Amalga mated association luis decided to pewt potio calling om nil union tin plate workers employed by the combine. Advices received Friday by the war department from Havana Indicate that Governor trem riil Wood Is seriously ill. Colonel Scott Is acting In his place. Allan t). Myers has brought suit In the I lilted Slates District Court at Columbus. .. iisklng ."ii.(Mh) ,inin ages ngnliist the Grand Lodge of Llks. The statement July 2 or the treas ury balances In the general fund, ex clusive of the ? lot MM ii ,i ii hi gold reserve In the dlvlslou of redemption, slums: A message was received by wireless telegraphy from the steamship Lake Chaiiiphiiu at Cape Hay Wednesday. Tin steamship was !).W miles out ut the time. Tin Canadian government has pro hibited Sunday steamboat excursions in the province of Ontario, In pursu ance of a promise to the lord s Day alliance. President nnd Mrs. McKlnlcy left Washington Friday nlgut for their former home nt ('anion, ()., where lliry are to spend the remainder of the healed term, F.iistbound Atlantic express No. H on the f nlon Pacllic ran into a freight at Keck Springs, Wyo., Monday nnd between IS mid 20 persons were slightly Injured. Kmpress of China made the run from Yokohama to Vancouver, ft dis tance of 4,;ihi miles. In nine days nnd IS hours. The best previous time was 10 days nnd 14 hours. The Ancient Order of Hibernians In America will atllllnte with the branch es of tho order In Great Britain, Aus tralia and several of the smaller col onies of the British empire. Cashier Cole and Chief Clerk Dim mlck, of the San Francisco mint, have been suspended from duty pending the Investigation Into the disappear ance of $:o,oo) In gold coin. Mrs. Phoebe Doss, aged 83, and her sister, Mrs. Eliza Mackey, aged INi years, both died Friday within a few hours of each other at Catsklll, N, Y., where they lived together. By the derailing of the engine ten der of on Iowa Ceutrnl passenger train nt Hampton, la., Friday, Hall way Mall Agents Kendall and McKcil zle, of St. Paul, were killed. A jury of prominent business men of Fort Scott. Knn., took four min utes to Hud one the Suite's new lhpior laws, passed an n result of Mrs. Na tion's crusade, unconstitutional. Kmlgratlon from Germany by way of Bremen during the six months which euded June 30 reached UT',742. as compared with fj.i.hl uurlug the com spending criod of last year. Mrs. Ca river, a Dowleite, died Sat urday nt Maustleld, O., after three days' unconsciousness and no medical attention. A burliil permit was re fused. Tho coroner Is Investigating. F.dward Parks Deacon, member of n vi-ealihy Boston family, whose killing of M. Abellle nt Cannes. France, In 1S02, caused an International sensa tion, died at Boston, Muss., Saturday. A flash of Ugtitulng Friday night at Buffalo put out the downtown electric lights, stopped tho street cars and burned out all the circuits leading to the exposition. The conduits were ut terly inadequate to carry off tho wa ter and the exposition grounds were flooded. Tho statement of the treasury bal ances lu the general fund, exclusive of the $1.10,00(1,000 gold reserve iu thu dlvlslou of redemption, shows: Avail able cash balance, $173,4118,030; gold, $'J0,20M,U44. MaJ. O. L. Pruden, who was ap pointed paymaster in tne regular army In May, has reslgued his position In the army and bus been reappointed to his old position of assistant secretary to the president . -. A claim to property said to be worth $2ri0,000,000 was made In Chicago Wednesday by Sidney Smith, of Cam bridge. Mass.. wbo says be la the belr WARSHIPS TO BACK DEMAND. MlnUtor Lelshman Will Force Payment Re organltod Europoan Squadron lo Make Demonstration In Turklih Waters. John G. A. Lclphtnnii. Tnlled Stales minister to Turkey, will make his next demand upon the sultan for the fnl 1'llmeiit of the promise to pay the $!H),- (inn due this government, backed ny n licet of American wnrshlps In Turkish waters. Announcement of ' tills pro gram was made nt Washington Sat urday, neeonipanylng the formal ord ers for the reorganization of the L'uropenn naval pipinilron. The re-cptttbllslimcnt of n naval station lu F.uropenn waters will be of considerable Importance to Knropn nnd to American Interests lu that con tinent. Hear Admiral Cromwell Is di rected to proceed nt once to F.nrope nml assume coinniiunl of the reor ganized station. His squadron, for the present, will consist of the pro tected cruiser Chicago, flagship; the protected cruiser Albany nnd the gun boat Nashville, now en route for Manila. A batttleshlp Will probably be added to the squadron lu the fall. Besides protecting Amerlenn In terests nnd Impressing F.urope the new squadron will be used to facilitate the payment of claims now lu course of negotiation, Turkey tins ngnln promised Mr. Lelsliman that she will pay the I'.Ml.lHSI Indemnity, to tho col lection of which this government hns beeen giving conshlernble attention for more thnn a yenr. During the coming winter the squadron will cruise lu the Mediterranean nnd will call nt Turk ish ports. The presence of Amerlenn ships will be tho signal for further representa tions by Mr. Ielshmiiii In case the claims are not paid lu the meantime, nnd will probably have a beuetlchil effect TO CUBA IN BARGES. Coal Shlppsd In Quick lime Exporter) Now Think the Enpsrlment Can Be Extended to Europe. Conl men nre elated over the success which has attended the experiment of sending coal lu barges to Culm. The predict lull Is made t hat It would not be long before this method of coal transpiirliitloii would be adopted be tween the fulled Stales nml ports In (lie w'est Indies nnd Mexico to say nothing of the possibilities of using these I louts lu meeting Hie demand for American conl iu Kiiropean couniries. '1 in tuiilioat Culm reached Phila delphia on Friday from Havana on returning from n voyage which dem onstrated the success of the venture of cnrrvlng conl to Cuba on barges. She sailed from Philadelphia June HI with two barges, carrying 2.XO0 tons of bituminous coal. The tugbont is of Linn-horse power nnd each of the barges Is about 300 feet long nnd HI feet wide. Havana was reached June 211. The barges were left, there nnd the Cuba sailed on the evening of July I, reaching Philadelphia July ft, mulling the trip from nock to dock In less thuu four days. BRITISH NAVAL SCARE. Mfdllerraneai Fleet Declared Lectins, In Modern Guns. During the debate In the house of commons, London, on the naval esti mates, the cabinet ministers were heck led on nil sides regarding the condition of tin navy. Members asserted that the British Mediterranean lliet was es pecially Inadequate to meet the French nml Hiisslnn squadrons, saying that It was undermanned nnd poorly equip ped, especially lacking modern guns; that It lacked colliers and that the coal depots were all exposed to nn enemy's lire. The members generally predict ed that In case of war the admiralty would break down ns completely us tho wnr olllce did. EXPOSED CONSPIRACY. John rots Railroaded to an Aiylum Found to be Sane. The Hoss Insanity case was decided nt Itidlnn.tpolls Tuesday In favor of Hons. The .lildge decided that he wns sane. The case seems to have ngltnt- ed I ml i.-i ii ii and adjoining stales be cause of the report that n conspiracy existed mining the examining physl clans and certain Justices of the peace lorming a "trust to pool and divide tecs that accriieil from Insanity pa tients and examinations. Dr. William B. Fletcher, ex-superlnlelideiit of the Central Insane Hospital, has repealed ly denounced tin system. A few days ago John Hoss was railroaded Into the asylum so rapidly ns to arouse his neighbors. On the stand Hoss told how he had Injured his chest by lift ing a heavy box. "I did not feel Just right mid took the forenoon off. The next day the otllclnls took me to the insane hospital." The exposures In this cuse will compel the next legisla ture to revise the Insanity laws of lu-dliina. NEEDS NEW WAR LOAN. England Alarmed by Continuance ol Hostili ties Surplus Only Good Until Fall. The London Statist, frankly discuss lag the probability of a fresh wnr loan. urges. In view of Its apparent Inevit ability, that parliament, before ad journment, should confer upon the treasury loan powers for use durlnii the recess. It points out that the last consols loan, after meeting the delicti and carrying on active war to July 31, will leave an estimated surplus of HI,(Nsi,iHHI available for winding up the charges of imilnlulnlng the present large force lu South Africa, but that n continuation of hostilities beyond July 31 at the present rate of l.oO0,. 000 a week would wipe out the entire surplus before October 13. t MORTAGE IN THE MINT. $30,000 Is Unaccounted For, Bui Errot May Bo Made. There Is a discrepancy of about f.KV ooo between the books of one depart ment and those or nnother In the full, ed Slates mint, nt San Francisco, and the whole clerical force or the estnli lishmcnt Is trying to ascertain whelhei there Is a shortage or whether noun1 bookkeeper has made nil error. Gi-orgu F. Holierts, director general of th mint, and throe assistants from Wash ington, nre going over the books.' Tlip discrepancy was discovered when tin visiting ollleers attempted to biilanet the hooks of the mint at the cud ol the llscal year, June 30. fHE RUSSIK1I NOTE RECEIVED. HOLDS HERSELF BLAMELESS. Acknowledges Receipt of Gage's Note Hopes Tariff War Will be Avertcd-Conslder Case When Cassinl Arrives. Hnssla ncknowledged the receipt of Ihe American note on the subject of her retaliatory duties on Amerlenn (foods Friday. It Is pacllic In Its lerms mid tenor. But It shows t.hat Itusslan pride has been deeply woiind fd by the refusal of Secretary Gage, nr nil her ihls government, lo accept her categorical denial of the accusa tion that she pays a bounty, cither di rectly or Indirectly, on sugar. The acknowledgement does not con tain nny Imllcntloii of what reply she will make lo our answer to her orig inal complaint. Site says that she Is nnxioiis to avoid n tariff war. The In 1 1 mil I lots Is, however, very plain that If n war does result Hussia will hold herself blameless for a breaking of those pleasant relations that have ex isted for so many years between the two governments. She promises to give Hie fullest con sideration to Hie American answer nt n very early day. The early day. It Is generally believed, will lieglil when Count Cassinl, the ntubassailor station ril nt Washington, urrlves In St. Petersburg. TRADE IN PORTO RICO. Islanders, Want Ihe Foraker Law to Be corns Effective on the Anniversary ol Raising the American Flag, THK HAHKBT0) IS NOW LEGALLY DEAD. Iam:i From MUST NOT SEIZE MOROCCO. Ilia Kalsor'a Foreign Policy Lays the Law Plainly to Franco. Dr.WIt 8NEERE0 AT OUR FLAG. tho Baltimore Youth Fights a Duol With Freno m in Avenges Insult Albert Hopklus of Baltimore. Mil., a grand nephew of the benefactor of Johns Hopkins university, fought a duel at Paris Satunhiy with Henri D'KsUiurnelles, over a sneering re mark made by the Intter concerning the Amerlcnu ring. Hopkins do mnnidcd that D'l-Jwtournellcs retiract his statement, but the Frenchman re fused to do so, Hopklus Dually strik ing D'lOstoiirnelles In the face. The men appointed their seconds. Herring, an American, serving for Hopkins, and Third, a Frenchman, for D'Es tourndles. The encounter wns with swords. D'F.Htoiirnclles wos severely wounded In the arm ami completely disabled, while Hopklus escaped with a slight scratch on tho cheek. The "Vlsslselie Zeltung" prints nn editorial declaring that Germany, un der no conditions, would permit Francti to acquire Morocco or Hie key to the Mediterranean, near Glbralhir. "Wen either to be accomplished," It says '"France would thus drive Italy lute the iirniH of the triple iilllauei anil could shut otil German ships from the Med 1 terra lien n In time of war." Thif declaration Is sigiiltlcnnt because oh vloiisly Inspired, and the whole article Is believed to rolled correctly the views of the German forelgu olllce. WILL GET $7,000,003. New York Museum ol Arts Residuary Lega tee ol Jacob 8. Rogers. By the will of Jacob 8. Iloger, tin millionaire locomotive builder of Put terson, N. J., the Metropolitan museum of art, of New York, is to receive the enormous endowment fund of any where from $.73O.0O0 to $7,750,000 With the exception of eight bequest! amounting lu all to only lf2r0,Ooo, tin entire estate of the eccentric old ninu who for years hud led a life of send recluse, Is bequeathed to the museum that Is devoted to matters concerning which Mr. lingers hnd little knowledge and In which he wns supposed to have even less luterest. Maprow Has .lot Been Heard For a Quar er ol Century. James Morrow has been ndjudgeil by Judge Glldorsloeve of the Supreme Court of New York, to be officially lead. His son, Samuel II. Morrow, Is held to be entitled to his share In the rslnte of Wlllluin McMiihon, n grnnd lllicle, who died ill October, 1SIIS, leav ing property estimated to be wort'n f.-.iHl.iMMi, and Judge Glhlersleeve has illriM'ted nil accounting lu his behalf Morrow last wrote to Ills wife In 1'i" from Texas that he had been shot, nnd was III. He had never seen his son. The Judge held that Morrow's failure to write to his family was sulllcieut evidence of death. WANT I REE TRADE. riTTsntmo. (train, riiior and ritu ITs-aif No. 1 red M Hy No. t Cuss No. 1 yellow, anr No. a yellow, uliellt'J ?H Mixed enr A Oats No. 9 whltn Si No. 8 whltn 31 Fi.ocb, Winter jin'ent '.. " "a Fmtcy HtriilghMYIiiten 7 Hr No. 1 tlini lUy 1" 0 ( lover No. 1. , 1" "0 Frpn tin. 1 whltn mid. ton.... 17 " llrown middlings '9 limn, bulk l- 00 Bthaw Wheat 7 8" out 7 a) The state depnrlinout has received by mall nnd cable from Gov. Allen notice of the action of the Porto Itlcnn legislature In ndoplliig the free trade resolution. By mall came nn advance copy of the resolution before It wns acted on and the ctihlcgrnm received by Acting Secretary lllll Informed him that the resolution ns mulled hud been adopted. one of the paragraphs In the reso lutions requests Gov. Allen to present them lu person to President McKlnlcy and it Is the iiudersljimllng that the governor will do this. Tin Slnytlower, his station ship, which has heen on the Venezuelan coast for some mouths looking after American Interests iu that quarter, returned to San .limn ami she will convey the governor, ac companied by ii leglstnilve committee to Hampton Itnails whence they will go to Washington nml execute their mission, even If this Involves a visit to Canton. I BALTIMORE, The resolution requests Hint free j Fi.ors Whiter Patent Irade go lulu effect on the 2."lh of this wiimt No. a rod, month, the anniversary or the first raising or the American Hag on Ihe Island, and It Is desirable Hint mall copies of the president's proclamation noliryiug Hie public or that fact shall be promulgated lu advance of that date simultaneously lu the I'lilted Stales nnd Porto Hico. Iintrr rrmtuott Dcrrits Elgin crenmnry. Ohio en-nmnry 1 Fsnoy country rnli CaititBR Ohio, new New York, new 1 1'oultrj, ! Hryippnr II. ('Hlrsssp dressed IS toon 1'a. and Ohio, frneti 1 i' Fruits sail Velblfc flnr.ss PrASs r Inmliel 9 6"$ j'otatoss aiioy wnuo, ruu., " Cask a oi per tnrrnl. 1 as Omoks per barrel. CHANGED PLACES. Consul In Switierlanrl Swaps Jobs W Ih an Indexer ol the Laws. Jntncp T. Dubois, I.'. S. consul nt St Gall. Switzerland, has exchanged places with James I. McCalluiii, who has charge or Indexing Hie laws ol congress. Mr. McCalluiii, who Is sta tioned In Washington, Is a son-in-law (r tin late Secretary or Suite John Sherman, Mr. Dubois Is ut present on leave or absence from his post staying lu Ids country home lu Pennsylvania. Cons mixed , Oats , F.oos DtitEB Oliio creamery. . 9 (0 S 709 . 1H . :t:4 . 1H . It 6 7.1 7i S 91 ISC, PHlt.ADKLPIlI.. Ftota WlntiT patent S5 8 4 Whpat No. a red 69' 7il Coss-No. 9 mixed 47 Oats No. i white H I BtrtTis Creamery, extra 1 1 Koua I'euusylvaiila Orst. 13f NEW YOUK. Flour Fntents. Wheat No. red Cork No. a Oats No. a While lllTTRR Creamery Kooa Btnte aud l'eiuiii ..$ 8 799 ... 15)4 .. MX Puerto (llco Namos July 29 as the Date to Issue Proclamation. The Porto Itlco assembly Thursday passed unanimously Hie resolution call ing for free trade with the Fulled Stales under I lie Foraker law, which empowers the president to establish free trade as soon ns Hie Island raises Internal revenue sullleleiit for Hie sup port of Its government. The resolu tion contains a request for the trans mission hy Governor Allen to President McKlnlcy and asks that the president shall Issue Hie free trade prochi mil lion on July 2., the Porto Hico holiday lo cominemorate the anniversary of the coming of Hie American Hag. SHOT HER DEAD. Woman Did Not Believe Ho V.ould Fulfill His Threat. Defied I'.lni. Confronted by Hie testimony of a (lyenr-old witness Walter DrWcoll, It; years old, Tuesday confessed to the deliberate murder of Mrs. Herbert Mr Call, 10 years old at Monde, I ml. Drls ;'iill hail n quarrel wllh Mrs. MeCall nnd Nile closed Ihe door of her room ami locked It. Drlscnil tried lo bent Hie door down, ami falling lu tills rllnilicd to the transom and said he would shuot her "like n rnt." The woman, not believing Hint lie would shoot, eaine to the door with her arms crossed on her bosom, and defiantly said :"Now, I am here; shoot me If you dare!" The next instant she fell dead, with a bullet In her bend. NEW CAISiON SUNK. Lies Eubmarged at the Brooklyn Dry Docks. Valves lid not Work. The new $.-:i,ooo caisson for use in the newly reconstructed dry dock No. 2, nt the Brooklyn navy yard, lies completely submerged lu the dry dock, having sunk Saturday from what Is alleged to have been the defective working or the automatic valves which were being operated to bring ...e caisson to its proper level or ad justment. An engineer nml half a dozen assistants who happened to lie Inside of the caisson were forced to scramble hurriedly out of their com partment to save themselves. WESTINGH0USE SUES. Tho Lorain Sleol Company Is Charged Wllh Inlrlngemcnt of Patents. A bill of complaint wns Hied In the j I'lilted Stales circuit court nt New York Saturday In behalf of the West-hi'-'honse F.leetrio nnd .Manufacturing jlVmpaiiy against Hie I.oniln Steel l Company nnd II. ('. F.vans, agent. The suit Is for alleged Inf rlngment of patents said to lie owned by Ihe West liighoiise company, and Hie court Is asked to Issue nn Injunction restrain ing the Lorain company from continu ing' to manufacture certain machines. L1VB STOCK. Central Stock Ysrdi, (ill Liberty, Pt, CATTI.S. rrlme heavy, 1600 to 1000 lbs. . Frtme, 1800 to HU0 Mm. Medium, HU0 to 1J00 lis. Fnt heifers ltuteher, Kioto 1000 lbs. Comiuou to fulr Oxen, common to Int. Common to good fat bulls ft oows ill Ich oows, ennli. .8 8 9)9 00 ..8 65 S S .. 5 85 6 i .. 6 10 .. 80 4 00 a 01 a to a oj i fextrn mlluli cows, each. 87 60 t BOOS. rrlmp medium weights. 8 6 IS liest lienvy yorkrs slid meJluin 8 00 (load to clioleu packers 0 19 tlood pigs nnd light yorkers. ... 6 00 l'igs, common to good 6 00 Prime heavy liogs 6 0) Common to fair 0 OJ Houghs 4 91 (Mug 8 2S an car. Extra, medium weight welhors.8 8 75 9 (iood to choioe, 8 40 Medium a 75 Comiuou to fair 1 oO 8 8 8 65 8 IS a SO 4 75 4 75 3 50 8 75 LAUDS. I.nmbs clipped 4 TO I.RMibs, good to clioko, ellmi 4 51 IjoiiIjo, common to fulr, cllnped a 50 Hpriug Lambs 3 61 CALVES. VenJ, extra t 8 OOJ 0 50 Veal, good to olioiei. 4 dO 6 00 Veui, common to fair 8 60 4 60 Veiil, coiiiuiou heuvy a 'Ii 8 00 Cat Crop Failure lor Kansas. Secretary Smiley, of the State Grain Dealers' nssociintlon, Wichita, nrter a personal Investigation, said Wednes day that the oats crop in Kansas will be the worst failure lu 10 years nnd that only an Immediate ruin can save the eorii. Many Attend the Pan. The total nttendnnce to dnte at the Pan-Amerlenn exposition Is 1,779,808. The exposition nttendnnce begun on the '.'Olli of .May, but at that time many features were incomplete and the people remained away. The av erage dully uttcudunee for June, In cluding live Sundays, was over 31,000. Riot in Colorado Mines. Oeorge Nicholson, a shift boss, on of the men wounded In the fight nt tin Smuggler-l'nlon mine, at Telluredu Col., died Thursday, making thre deaths. The armed strikers drove KK non-union men over the range Into On rey county and warned tlietn never tc return. The company has agreed U withdraw all men from the mine ex cept n few watchmen, which sett lei the trouble for tho present. Nonro Dies of Charbon. Charbon continues to spread In Mis sissippi, and animals are dying by the thousands. In Itoscdulo county alone 2,000 mules have died. Many persons have become Infected. Tho first death thut of a negro, was reported Frlduy. ' Field Day at Havana. The Fourth of July was observed among the United States troops by a Held day at Camp Columbia, where there was a large attendance of Apier- Commissioner Evans Will Stay. Pension Commissioner F.vans had a lengthy conference with the presldenl Friday after the cabinet meeting. IIu lert the executive's presence In good humor. It Is understood tho president assured Mr. Evans Hint ho need nol worry niioui uis oinciat iieatt as no change Is contemplated lu the peualou coinuilsslonci'Hhlp. Burned to Death by Sun. Harry Welsh, serving a sentence foi Intoxication nt Akron, U., escaped from the street gang nnd got drunk. lie lay down on the canal tow-path nnd wns literally baked by tho sun. IIo wns found dead, his face burned black, lie was a laborer, 00 years old. CABLE FLASHES. The birth of a child to Queen Wll lielinlna of Holland, Is expected about Christinas. A tornado struck the shores of the Hudson river near Osslnlng, N. Y., cutting a path two miles or more long and several hundred feet wide. It Is asserted In banking circles at Berlin that durlug June a large pari of the German loau of 1807 was bought up by agents of a French clerical or- ' Will Settle) Salvadorlan Claims. Senor Don Itafael Zaldovnr, the Sal vadorlan minister to Washington, has lert for his home to recuperate. Thee will consequently be a temporary de lay In the prosecution of the two claims against his government which tho slate department has referred hi the Interest of Americans, amounting to about loOO.OOO. There Is every .pros pect of an amicable settlement by September 15. Second frog Shower In a Week. A shower of frogs at Fruuklln, N. H., Friday, was the second within n week, lluln fell In torrents all night nnd early morning pedestrians under went the unusual experience of seeing u un i hers of frogs sliding off their umbrellas to the sidewalk ns the ruin ceuseu. rno unusual visitors were very small nnd fell In widely separ ated parts of tho city. Mrs. Nalion Arrested. Mrs. Carrie Nation's threat to wreck tho saloon of Ohclm Bros., In St. Louis Thursday night, resulted lu her arrest by the police. She wns convey ed lu a patrol wagon to the Central district station, but was released by Captain Iieyuolds. INTERNAL REVENUE. Wera Receipts For the Month of May Noarly $28,000,000. The monthly statement of the col lection of Internal revenue shows Hint for May the receipts from nil sources amounts to -7,lH!l.717. an Increase, as compared with May. 11MH). or fJ.IKU, PT.t. During the 11 months of the llscal year the total receipt were f'J.sl.Otrj.'.'oii, an Increase over the cor responding is-rlod of last yenr of $13, KNU'ol. A statement of the postal revenue In the Island of Cuba Tor the nine mouths ending March 31, 1001, tihows that the total revenues were 8JSL',27t, and for the same period of l!NKl to 8103.S15. ' Carman Trade V. Irh America. Tho fiscal year's exports to the I'lilt ed Mates, excluding Dresdeu, amount ed to S!iS,i.H',5l!), a Increase of 810, 704.011. Magehurg shows in Increase of ?:i.4JI.01O; Bremen. .fl,1(i-,2!0, nnd Stettin, 9NO.V1IM. Hamburg exports Increased Sl.loO.OItT. The quarter ex ports to tho L'ulted States from tho North Herman consulates amounted to ?H,(Ki0,ol'(l, nn Increase of $1,3-I(),2U8. Craw Three Pensions. E. W. Ward of New Orleans enjoys bhe distinction of drawing tlirt'O pensions. He is a veteran or the Mexican war. for which the I'nlted States pnys him for service; Missis slppl pays him a small sum for serv ices under the stars aud bars, and the railway recognizes tho faithful serv ices of the veterau of two wars. He hi 77 yours old and lu perfect health. Cent. Wac Arthur Leaves Manila. General Chaffee cabled Friday that the transport Meade hud sailed from Manila with three officers and 140 en listed men of the Eighth Battery, Field Artillery. General MacArthur Is a passenger on the vessel. He will go as far as Nagasaki, where he will spend two weeks, completing bis trip to the Dnltcd States on the transport Hberman. A Delicate Operation. Local physicians of Wnnkegan, 111., are pleased over the successful out come of the delicate operatlou of set ting the dislocated neck of Nora Kelly, n child. She fell downstairs nnd dis placed her ueek nt the seventh clavl cul. Her head was pushed out of place, so her chin nnd head projected considerably. sphalt Trust Takes the Mines. According to passengers who have arrived at San Juan, l'orto Ulco, on a steamship from Venezuela the Warner (julnhui syndicate has taken possession of thu Fellcldad asphalt mines, under the authority of a decree by state courts. New 1,500 Milt Air Lin. -Articles of Incorporation were filed at Ies Moines. In., Wednesday for the Continental Ball way Company, with principal offices In Des Molues, capital stock, 8100.000, with privilege of large ly Increasing it. The company pro poses to build an air line l.soo mile long from tho Lake of the Woods in British North America to the Gulf of Mexico, through the mates of Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory and Texas, keeplug as close to nlnety-Uftb longitude line as possl-Ida TRADE REPORTS GRATIFYING. Labor Troubles and the IVoa her the On y Dis turbing Causes Jobber) and Retailers Busy Prices Yls.d Fair Profits. K. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly trade re view says: Development of fresh la bor troubles Is a feature on the week, but throughout the whole country job bing and retail lines are busy and are handling goods nt prices which yield fair profits. Thero Is a reflection of this activity In the continued Improve-' mcnt In the textile markets In tho east, and the tinenslness over th money market does not extend beyond the ranks of speculators In stocks. Crop reports continue gratifying, much good having been done by rains in tbs middle west. Harvesting of winter wheat progresses favorably. Manufacturing has been Interrupt ed by the elements and labor agita tion. Numerous prostrations from heat caused humane employers to close mills during the most distressing hours, while the sheet and hoop work ers were ordered to stop work until certain disputed points were settled. No immediate settlement la anticipat ed, because many plants need repair and others nre taking stock. Until the owners wish to resume their posN Hon will not be known. The reduc tion or i" cents on No. 118 sheets was unexpected nnd not accompanied by any general weakening or prices. Footwear shops In New England active on fall lines, but local Jobbers are less busy, and orders from sales men on the road are light. Leather Is quiet but firmer, with a splendid ex port demand for hemlock sole. Woolens and worsteds are selling better, nnd raw wool Is taken more freely. News from -the west was full of promise as to the growing wheat yield, causing a furtbter decline In prices, although foreign needs are known to be heavy. Corn steadied somewhat because of reported Injury from heat and drouth. Commercial failures during the first half of 1001 numlH-red 5,750. with lia bilities of $."),N04.i!!M. against 5,332 last year for f74,74T,4."J. In manu facturing lines there were 1,2(15 de faults with 21.tll,048 liabilities, while 4.180 traders railed for 824,884,. 207. The Improvement over the pre ceding year was most striking In brok erage and banking Insolvencies, which were $0,240.4: ami 815.830.554 re spectlvely.agulnst 822,124,84(1 and $25,. 822,082 last year. While the half year's statement Is gratifying, the second quarter makes a much better showing, liabilities declining 87.602,283 compared with the drat quarter and 817,023.073 La comparison with tha second Quarter of 1000. The prke of medlctn in Prussia la regulated by tho state.
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