fJ V IEBUU MBDEJIIHKEY SETTLE- DEPOSITED $95,000 IN BANK. Final Success Alter Tin Year of Dlp'oma'.lo Eltorl Tho Indemnity to th Fam ly ol Frank Land Include J. John (. A. Lclshm-in, I'lillcd Ht-iton minister to Turkey, linn nm-ceeileil In a task In wlilcli his four privtei-rssnrs during tlio piist 10 year have f.illcl -that of Imbuing tiu suliiin's a ivpi ii merit to pti v tin- Ainrrlcnil chiltii. The ntnte department has received through Mr. 1-i-lslininii tin; lull ummiiil rl.iliiu'i!, t'Vi.OOO, mid ho tin forwarded lo Washington drafts for tin money, which linn In en placed In Hip Otto man Inipci-htl Imnk at t'oiistiititltt'ph'. The state department will uisirlbitte the money mining the cl-ilni-int ns noon as It enu prepare the list. Included In tlm claims is Hint of the family of l-'rank (1. I.oiitn, tlit l'ltts burg lilrvi'llt, who was kllliil on May 10. IHM, In Asiatic Turkey, while making a tour of the world on his wheel. Other claims are limltily for tlm dent met Ion of American mission ary anil piliicntlomil Institutions nt Morneh nml Hnnioot, Armenln. Secre tary liny liuil I ii tohl by diplomat skilled in the ways of Turkish dlplo umey, that he never wouhl get the money, principally liecause he had to contend with the Jealousy of the great European powers, most of whom had claims against Turkey vastly larger than ours, and whose total was be yond the nlilllty of the Turkish gov eminent to meet. Fur more than n decade the American claims have been pending. Minister Terrell Initiated them. Dr. Angoll went over to collect them, expecting to be so engaged only a short time, but he returned unsuc cessful after several years In Con stantinople. Then Minister Straus took them up, nud when he resigned he passed them along to young Mr. (iris com. The hitter only recently com mitted his heavy charge to Mr. Irish man, and while to the latter minister belongs the credit of actually collect ing the money. It Is said nt the state department Hiat each of the officers named has contributed valuable serv ice toward the llnnl settlement. CHINA TURNS TH- TABLES. Demand! Indemnity lor American Trealmenl of Chlneie In Montana. The Chinese government, through Minister Wo Ting Fang, has (lied a elnlm for Indemnity to the amount ot $."tm,0OI on aecouut of the alleged out rageous treatment of Chinese at Ilutte, Mont. It is charged that some of tin1 Chinese were killed, others lost their property, nearly nil were ruined In business, nml many of them were driven out. The claimants number sev eral hundred. The outrages date back to 1SSH. INJUNCTION TO PROTECT WIFE. KJchlgan Man Tries Peaceful Means To Sava His Happy Horns. Charlos S. Yonug. of Ypslhintl, says he la tired of having Foster Kllpntrlck breaking up his happy home and In stead of resorting to deadly weapons or the divorce court he lias succeeded in getting Judge Klnne to issue a novel Injunction, it perpetually restrains the said Kllpntrlck from visiting Mrs. Young or from speaking to her, or writ Ing to her, or In any way directly or Indirectly, corresponding with her through the aid of third persons. UNION MEN IN CONTEMPT. Judg Stewart ol York Sends Two Strlko Leader to Jail. Judge Btewnrt, of York, adjudged George. W. Test, corresponding repre sentative of the Iron Moulders union of North America; John I". Frey, of Worcester, Mass.. fourth vice presi dent and Howard Wlliner, of the local union, guilty of contempt of court In violating the court' injunction re training them from picketing nml , otherwise Interfering with the York , Manufacturing company. Test and Frey, the lender of the strike, were cnteuced to pny n tine of SJ.IO and cost and undergo Imprisonment for 80 day, and Wlliner wns lined $.", which ho paid and wn released. To Develop 7,000 Acres Coal. Jonea & I.aughllna, Limited, have awarded a contract for the opening of a 7,000-aere coal tract at Coal Cen ter, on tho Monongalieln river, with the largest drift mine In tho l'lttsbiir-; district. The contract for excavation, irw.?onry and tunnel work will amount to about $100,000. It Is the purposo to provide for nn output of A.imio tons of coal every ten hour. Tho total cost of the opening to tho coal will on aiioui jJoimhhi, una a year will be required to complete It. BULL FIGHTS APPROVED. Governor ol Nebraska Vlsts the Ring No (ympalhy for Performers. Governor E. I'. Savage of Nebraska, attended the South Oiiinlm bull light Wednesday and endorsed the perform ance In on Interview. He wa told that none of the bulls hnd a yet lot a drop of blood In the encounter. "Excellent," replied tho governor. "So long as the Nebraska beef I not In jured the show may go on. The per former go Into the arena of their own free will and must take their chance." Colic for Port) Rico Untaxed. Under a ruling of the Treasury De partment coffee shipped from the United State to I'orto Itlco will bo admitted Into I'orto ltlco free of duty a soon a free trade I proclaimed be. tween the United State and that Inland. Hot Wavt Crosse Sea. Great beat extend throughout West ern Europe, from Spain to Scandinavia. Beat prostrations are reported from fjftif point. ' ' LATEST NEWS NOTES. The suffrage committee of Virginia recommends a poll tax under the new constitution. The Spanish Claims Commission will sit the slimmer through In Washing tun without a recess. Tile famous Itlngitold Cavalry will hold Its regimental reunion nt Waynes Imi'g. I'a., Auunst 2ii. .1. Fierp.int Morgan has bought the CliHcnti secil in of the Tninsanileaii railroad fi r !."( i.imo. Six l.iiu If-il men employed at Tup 1 or I. nlte. X. Y., planing mills, have struck fur n t.l:- '-hour day. Mi's... I. -Hi tv.Hi Davis, widow of tin former president of the confederacy, Is quite ill at Portland, Me. K. II. Conger United Stales Minister to China, arrived at San Francisco Saturday, enroute to l'eklng. Hot weather In Kansas has causd the corn to shrivel up, the failure of the ont crop anil made hay scarce. William II. Stone, a former Con gressman from Missouri, died Tues day nt Anbury I'ark, nged "1 years. Tlie directors of the I loiiiluli-iill order In Canada nnd the United States will lie transferred from France to Mon treal. Servant girls nnd other working women In Chicago have taken the pre liminary steps for the formation of a union. A national convention of negro bankers of the United States has been called to meet at IlulTalo, September American nnd Pnntsh capitalists pro pose to stort a direct steamship line from Copenhagen nud Christianiu to Chlca go. Andrew 1. White, United State am bassador to Germany, will resign that position next year, when ho will be 70 years old. A four-story hotel nt ltutte, Mont., burned Saturday morning. Scores guests were rescued from the upper windows. The New York Court of Appeals has decided that the eight-hour provision in the labor law of the slate Is con stitutional. The Standard Oil company's reduc tion In the price of parnltlue wax will result In an annual loss of $1,000,000 to the Scotch oil trade. Comptroller I in wen has ordered an assessment of Iimi per cent, on the S.-.mi.OiHi capital stock of the brventh National Hank of New York. l'rlnce Christian, eldest son of the crown prince of Denmark, Intends to visit the United States on board his yacht in the spring of 1!'0'. A party of .Vi Cuban teachers, who are to study Fngllsli nt Ilarvnrd, ar rived In Cambridge Tuesday making 77 teachers now lu Cambridge. The corporate existence of the Tot ters National Hank of East I,lverMol, ().. has beeu extended by the comp troller of the currency until July 11, l'.U'l. The Itrltlsh steamer Helmnr. from Dundee, which struck on a reef lu Itlackliend cove, St. Johns, N. II., Mon day, during n dense fog. Is a total wreck. George Holdt, of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. New York, backed by the As tors to the extent of $."i,imk,imhi, Is look ing for a site for a hotel lu IauiIoii, England. Keen use he couldn't obtain money to go to the IlulTalo Exposition Tlm Nlo cum, of Cleveland, aged Ui. Jumped from a high bridge and wn crushed tj dentil. As n result of the use of crude pe troleum ami the binning of tobacco stems, nu abatement of the mosquito nuisance has been effected In Hart ford. Conn. Judge Weiss made nn order Tuesday declaring the Lancaster Avenue Title and Trust Company, of Philadelphia. Insolvent nud appointed Hubert M. I'atton receiver. Tho New York Central Itnllroad company ha placed an order for 100 locomotives to be built with the boiler nud fire box Invented by Cornelius Yuuderhilt, Jr. Acting under order from Home, Archbishop Kaln, of St. Louis, has ap pointed a court of priests to Investi gate the aliened miraculous cure of Sister Catherine Ilurke, of the Sacret I leu rt, from a uiagllnant cancer with which flic wu afflicted. 1 German exports. Including Dresden to the Unlteu States, during tho fiscal year ending March 31, u mounted to ?:ii),S.x7,Ui:t. an Increase over last Uscul year of 1. 074,8.14. The Ellwood City National bank of Ellwood City, hns been authorized to begin business with a capital of $50, nisi: H. S. ltlatt 1 president, nnd J. J. Matt, cashier. The Hank of England Thursday pave notice of the Issuo of $1.pi,(NN),(hhi lu India 3 per cent, stock, not redeem able he fore October 5, 11M8. Tho price ot the Issue M US. The supreme court of New York has set aside the verdict which awarded Frank Mowbray, vnlct of Howard Gould, $.",( hm) damnges. A new trial has beeu ordered. Governor Herrlen, of South Da kotah, appointed A. B. Klttredge United States Senator in place of the lute .lames ii. Kyle, for the term cud lug March 4, lOOtl. Samuel Hulse, a wenlthy farmer, of Andrew county. 54 yours old, uud weighing 47 pounds, Thursday married Miss Karnh Stephens, aged 20, and weighing o.' pounds. The state board of pardon of Min nesota 1m approved the parole of Cole ami James Younger, who have beeu in tho penitentiary 25 year for com plicity In robbery ana murder a uicmlH!i- of the James gang. James rtentrnm Ilutton, an American actor, I under arrest In Loudon, Eng land, ou charge of personating Mr. Verken, Jr., of New York, and pass ing a worthies check. rickpocket operating at Colorado Spring were responsible for a party of about 20 Ep worth Leaguer becoming stranded. John D. Rockefeller and J. Plerpont Morgan have decided to establish a banking Sous ta Tart, with a capital of SM.000.0Uu. IUUUI1D MEN mil WORK. GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED. Startling Results of (he Failure of the Unled States Steel Corporation lo Agree on Unionizing Its Mills. President Theodore J Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Stei 1 ami Tin Workers, Issued Satur day to the presidents of nil lodges In the plaut.s of the American Tlnplate Company, American Sheet Steel Com pany iimi American Steel Hoop Com pany the fjllo.vlng order: 'Notify your men that the mill is on strike nml will not work Monday, July 15. T. J. Shaffer." This means that unless the confer ence committees arrive nt nn amicable understanding, all prints controlled by the Amalgamated Association will be lied up. About 1 5it,i m hi men are affect ed directly and Indirectly by this or der, and serious consequences are feared everywhere. The order was followed by a circu lar to all lodges In plants of the Unit ed States Steel Corpora t loll, giving the propositions of the manufacturers nnd calling upon the men to Joint the great army flulitlng for the cause of union ism. No other alternative Is given by section ,15, nrtlele 10, of the associa tion constitution, which reads: "Should one mill lu n combine or trust have a dllllcitlty all mills In said combine or trust shall cense work until such griev ance Is settled." Tills order applied to the American Tlnplate Co.'n 34 plants, 17.000 skilled nnd 111,000 unskilled; American Sheet Steel Co.'s 17.000 skilled nnd 10,000 un skilled; American Steel Hoop Co.'s 10, noo Hklll.il and 10,0oo unskilled. The strike Is the lli'st great lalKir dis turbance among the Iron nml steel workers since the fatuous ntrlke at the Homestead works of the Cnruegle Steel Company. President tMiaffer was confident of his ability to get the organized men to quit work. 1HE EUROPEAN CROPS. Average Yiold in England, Franc Short fpain Kill Have Surplus. The Mark Lane Express, London, In Its weekly crop review say It Is doubt ful If the recent rains will effect great er "transformation scenes" In the wheat crop of England. The yield niny reach nn average of 28 bushels per acre. The enhanced price nnd bi weekly market In Paris furnish evi dence that the Freuch farmers con sider the government estimate nn being 10 per cent too high. The agricultural press puts the yield nt .15.000,01 10 quart ers. 4.noo,iHio quarters below the gov ernment estimate. Spalu Is reaping a mnL'iilllceut harvest, estimated at 1 2,5111 UK m quarters. The Itnllnn har vest promises to reach the full average nnd the Koumnuln harvest Is estimnted nt O.ooo.imh) quarters, leaving 3,000,000 available for exjxirt. The spring wheat in Russia Is less promising. In sev eral provinces the winter whi-nt crop, however, is splendid. The rye will mnke nu excellent harvest. The other autumn-sown crops nre nil nbove the average, but the spring barley nud oat are below par. EMBLEMS FOR DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP. The Staunch Olympla Will be Ornamented Commjmorutlng Manila ray. Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympla Is to bear bronze ornaments commem orating the victory of Manila bay. The stern piece couslsts of n shield with 11 muss of scroll work on either side. The stem ornament Is a winged Vic tory, holding high nbove her head an eagle, which is about to launch lu the nlr. The Olympla 1 at the Bos ton navy yard and will be completely remodeled. Senate Is Criticised. The report of tho legislative commit tee of the First dlstrld of the United Mine Workers nt Scranton wn given out by the press committee Tuesday. After reciting the experience of the Mine Workers' lobbyist and the ac tion of the legislators on the miners' bills, the report say the state senate wns the stumbling block for all the bills, some of which were so amended that their authors hardly knew them. After Corporations. Auditor General Hardeulierg Is mak ing an effort to have the Honnck act levying a bonus of one-third of 1 nor cent, on the cnpltal stock of corpora tions nriug in Borne revenue cms year. He has sent out upward of 1,000 cir culars to eonxirutions that ore now doing business In Pennsylvania, and will try to make them settle under the retroactive provision of the law. New Philippine Tariff. Oltlclnl who have had In charge the preparation of Philippine tariff esti mate that It will bring In a revenue of $10,000,000 the first year. Duties on necessities will be lowered so n to reduce the cost of living In the Islands and also with the Idea of opening the Philippines to American trade. Says He Was Hypnotized. 7 N. II. Copcland, who shot and killed A. !. ltoirers on n Ciilon Pultln imin near Wamsuttn. Wyo., Friday, wan rormeriy a iiuuk teller or uiuulia and rcaideii In Kolltli Kl .Tiuu,ili f,. 11.. - - -- ' - 1' . v., . . u said he killed hi companion to save his own life and break a hypnotic spell. Southern Coal for Venice. Local companies of Knoxvillo, Tenn., have received a Joint order for 100,000 ton of East Tennusseo nnd Hnnthm.ui. eru Kentucky eoul to be exported to Venice in tue next six month. Two Italian Lynched. National Plar.ro, Italian Vice Con sul at Vlcksburg, Ml., received In formation Thursday of the lynching of two Italian at Avon, Washington county. - A mob la aid to toe bunting the other lullam la to swamp. MILLIONS BEING COUNTED. Annual Settlement With the Philadelphia Mini Means Hard Work Shortage Would Be Discovered in Weighing Up. Three hundred million dollars In gold nml nllver coin nud bullion Is now being weighed nud counted by five em ployes of the government nnd ft force of laborers nt the Philadelphia mint. This operation, known 11s the "an nual setthment," Is carried on for the purpose of checking up the nccoiints hetm-ecu tile superintendent nt Phila delphia nnd the treasury department In Washington. Similar settlements are mane ut New Orleans and Sun Francisco, nn well nn nt the ussny of fices lu New York, Seattle and else where. The Philadelphia work Is be ing done under the direction of H. F. flutter. The work requires tour or live weeks nnd the laborers who hnndle tho coin lings 'nnd bullion linrs work almost as nurd ns laborer In a blast furnace. In spile of the vast nmoiint of treas ure for which they nre responsible, It Is a rare thing to find nny shortage. At Philadelphia a few years ago a trust ed employe succeeded In abstracting several gold bars from the bullion vault wltli mo old of nn Iron hook, lie got nwny with several thousand dol lars' worth of gold before the Inevit able discovery was made. In New Orleans, n year or two Inter, the settlement resulted In the discov ery of a shortage lu the accounts of one or the employes which the super intendent wan compelled to make good. In neither ense did the government lose a dollar. A BOER STOWAWAY. Gets Away From British Guards and Jumps Into the Ocean. One of tho liner prisoners recently taken to Darrclla Island, llermudn, from South Africa, wan a stowaway on the steamer Trinidad, which ar rived nt New York Tuesday. His name Is William S. Huploy. Last Friday he fi'iw a chance to escape and threw lilm self Into the water. He floated about for hour till two llermiidan fisher men took him aboard and lauded him at Hamilton. There he eluded pur suit nud got aboard the Trinidad, hid ing In the coal bunkers. He remained there during the trip. Huploy was ar raigned before the speclul Inwrd of In quiry. Tho young man admitted that ho had escaped from the Itrltlsh mili tary prison nt Hermuda. He mild that he enme prepared to earn hi own livelihood nud there wa no chance of hi becoming a public charge. Ills case was deferred until his friends can be heard from. He wan nent back to Ellis island for detention. WILL SAIL LONG RACE. Two Fleet Standard Oil Steamers lo Half Girdle ths Earth. A nailing race, half way round the world, of International Interest, will start from ew York the first week In August. The ship to contest nre the Acme, flying tho Stars nnd Stripes, mid the IJrllllaiit. a Prltlsher. These vessels are the latest additions to the big sailing Meet of the Standard Oil Company. They nro loading nt Itn.v- onue for Yokohama and their sailing mire nre almost Identical. The two ships will follow the name course, reaching Yokohama by way of the China sea. SCANDAL ALLEGED. Serious Charges Filed Against 811 Labo Authorities of Illinois. Charge of a serious nature have beeu filed with Frederick W. Job, chairman of the state board of arbitra tion, for transmission to Governor Yates. Jint mny place In Jeopardy the official henun of 1. ltoss, secre tary of the bureau of labor statistics, several uicmticrs of the mine examin ing board aud the seven district mine Inspectors. The claim in made In the formal complaint and copies of docu ment are supplied In suhstaufatJons that the men under accusation are financially Interested In the Frassler coupling Co. aud that their names are used to furthor the Interests of that concern in It dealing' with mine op erator turougnout uie suite. Dynamited Frog Exploded. The three children of George Mc Curry at Albany, Ma, Thursday found oine dynamite In the cellar of their homo and thinking it wn putty, fed It to their pet frog. A large tool chest fell on the frog and exploded tne dyna mite. A chisel pierced the temple of the youngest cuuil nnd killed it. An other child aud Mr. McCurry. in the kitchen above were seriously hurt. Mill Not Publish Names. At the request of the managers of the State penitentiaries tho Pardon Board Thursday decided to withhold from the public at all times the names of convicts released from these Insti tution under the prison commutation net passed by the Pennsylvania Legis lature. CABLE FLASHES. Signor Francesco Crlspl, tne cele brated Ituliun statesman, 1 seriously III. A report from Java state that 700 persons, mostly natives, were killed by a volcuulc eruption. The national fete day, tho anniver sary of the full of the Hostile, was cel ebrated everywhere throughout France with much enthusiasm. The railroad strike for Increased wages, which begun July S, which caused a complete tie up of the rood uuroughout Western Australia, has been settled. Secretary Koot, accompanied by General Gillespie, chief of engineers, and Colonel Itandolpb, chief of artil lery, Is making a tour of Inspection of the principal military statlou la the middle district DASHED TO DEATH. A Railroad Trestle Gave Way Letting a Work Train Fall Elghlyseven Feel. Escaps of Patsengcr Train. Eleven men were kl'led nnd n num ber seriously Injured Thursday by tho fall of the Nlckle Plate railroad bridge that spans Crooked creel;, near Spring-lii-I.I. Pa. The East End local freight followed a few minutes behind passenger train No. 3. The local, utter the passing of the passenger train, pushed three cars heavily laden out on to the structure to unload stone for the masons work ing beneath. The work of unloading had hardly begun when the whole structure, hcHt-lug the three laden cam filled with laborers, fell Into the valley. Only (leorge Smith leaped In time to save li.mself from linjury. The list of dead includes: Conductor Pn: A. Moore, Coiineaut: J. Sealioss. work man. Cleveland; George Schwartz, workman. Springfield; Homer Hock- with, fireman, C01 nut; live Italians, names unknown; Itiindall, West Springfield. The ni(.n, as the train fell, leaped as far ns possible, so that only two or three were burled beneath the mnss of debris nt tho bottom of tho ravine. These were easily pulled out mid carried lo the top of the hill and placed 011 the lawn, nwaltlng the ar rival of medical assistance, which came promptly. As simiu as the now of tho accident renclied Conneatit the wrecking train and a hurriedly constructed ambu lance train wa dispatched to the scene. The wounded were attended to. the (lend were placed In cots and all were taken to Couneiiiit. with the exception' of Itandull. Iteckwitli nnd Swartz, who were tnken charge of by parents at Coiineaut. iho railroad men regard It as little less than mirac ulous Hint It withstood the strain of the heavy ludeu passenger train No. .'I. while moving slowly over It, and live minutes later fell while only the weight of tlirce car were standing tipou It WANT MINE TELEPHONES. Coal Operators Think They Would Save Lives. Useful to Locate Accidents. Among the big mine companion In the nuthracito region a plan Is being formulated for putting telephones in the coal mines. In the day of doubt whlclj followed the disaster nt the Twin shnft, near Plttston, n few years ago, when on lives were lost by tlie ex tensive caving In of the mine, the tel ephone might hnvo been used to od vanttige In letting the rescuers know the exact location and condition of the Imprisoned miners. Engineers nre of the opinion that with reasonable In genuity and care It Is possible to in troduce and operate n mine telephone that would uot be affected by the cav ing lu of tlie surface. EPWOftTH LEAGUERS ESCAPED. Llv Stock Train Collides With Passengor Ex press 16 Killed, Scores Injured. Sixteen persons nro dead, two proh nbly fatnny Injured nnd n numniber of others loss seriously hurt ns tho re sult of u head-on collision between passenger and fast live-stock trains on the Chicago & Alton railroad, near Norton. Mo Wednesday morning. Six were killed Immediately, three died on a train conveying them to Kansas City nnd seven died nt a hospital. The' passenger train wns lu three sec tions, on account of the heavy Kpworth league business to San Franclsi-o. The wrecked train wns the first section and contained no leaguers. ALARM IN EGYPT. Bubonlo Plague Thor Is of Very Virulent Type Many Deaths Result. The state department I informed through Its consular representative In Egypt that tlie bubonic plague which prevails In ninny town there In of a virulent nml ,l.uitrti..iu-a -,.. n.i . . 1" , ( IFll account of It rapid development and inw cxocpiioiinny nign rate of mor tality general apprehension and alarm prevail throughout the country. I Hir ing the week preceding June 19 there were 23 cases reported, Ul of 'which were at Zagazlg aud two at Mlnlch. Sixteen onsen were admitted into tlie hospital and five were found dead out side of the hospunl ot tho former place. Of those admitted to the hos pital six died. A singular circum stance occurred Just before the break ing out of the plague. It was noticed that tho rat In different parts of the town appeared to be In a dazed aud dying condition. BOERS SHOT WOUNDED BRITISH. Kitchener Ha Forwarded Testimony from Vlakfonteln Battle Field. Official corroboration of the charges that the Roer murdered the Itrltlsh wounded at Vlakfonteln promises to he forthcoming. War Secretary Hrodrlck read a telegraphic corre spondence In the House of Commons with Lord Kitchener ou the subject. The latter had nt first declared that the reports were unfounded, but he subsequently telegraphed the state ment of a wounded yeomanry officer corroborating the reports, and on July 0 Informed Hrodrlck that he had the testimony of seven men that they aw Hoer shoot the wouuded. Prayer to Secure Rain. Gov. Dockery, of Missouri, ha re ceived numerous potltlou asking him to Issue a proclamation setting a day of fasting and prayer for rain. It I old that unless rain shall come soon, the failure of crop lu Missouri will bo the greatest since 1So4. Big Cargo of Gold. Ileldelbnck, Ickelheltner & Co., shipped 17.10,000 In gold bar to Ger many by the teuuishlp Deutchland Thursday. 60,000 MEN AFFECTED. Result of the Bl-Monthly Examination Tho Puddlers Will Recolv $5.25 per Ton. Finishers Two per Cent, The wagon of 30,000 puddlers nnd finishers lu the union rolling mills of tho country wore Wednesday advanced for tho months of July nud August. Tho puddlers nro to receive $.t.U3 a ton, or ST 1-2 cents n ton more thnn wns paid during the past two months mid the finishers will get nn Incroaso over the former rate of 4 per cent. This wn (lie result of an ndvnnce In the base rate of the Amalgamated association scale made nt the conven tion lu May nnd nceepted by the Ho public Iron & Steel Co. nnd the in dependent Iron companies nnd the firm price of bnr Iron during May nnd Juno. The bi-monthly examination of the sale sheets of the Hejnibllc company wns made by Assistant Secretary M. F. Tlghe, of tho Amalgamated asso ciation nnd Hot-rot 11 ry uiunos H. Nutt, of the labor bureau of the bar Iron combination. It showed that the actual sales of bar Iron for the prist two months nveraged 1.3 cents a pound. This gives the puddlers L'." cents a ton above the new base rale for the open ing two montlis of the new scale yenr nnd the finisher a per cent. The baso of tlie scale last year was $4.7."i a ton, and It wns advanced to ?.. Tho pud dlers receive a." cents a ton with every oiiitenth cent advance In tho average bar Iron sales nnd the finishers' pny Is Increased 2 it.r cent. BRITISH DESERTER ARRESTED. Sorgl. Gamage Attribute His Troubles lo Disappointment in Love. Alfed Thomas Gamngo, 29 yonrn old, formerly n sergeant in the Hrltlsh army, stationed nt Hamilton, Scotland, wns nrested Tuesday nt Kansas City, charged with stealing IjsriOO frou the crown. Gamage, who had been known as Sidney Thomas, of Hamilton, Lan arkshire, Scotland, was arrested at the Instance of Frank Stanley Young, Itrltlsh vice counsul. to whom ho had voluntarily surrendered and confessed. Gamage said ho had beeu disappointed In love, took the money ana deserted lu l'JOO. POSTAL EUilNESS GROAING. Large Increase Shown In the Receipt , of the Big Cffices. The postal receipts of "0 of tho larg est postofrtee for June wore $.1.H0.",. l.'i.'t. nn Increase of $Jir!l,7i over June, llioo. Now York lends with $s;tll,2r)3, nu Increase of .-t,2:U. Other load ing cities nro n follows: Chicago, ?.".ss,l.-!1, Incroaso, (tiu.Otrji; Philadel phia, fl'OI.."!!, Increase, $t!,."77; Hon ton, $:i!i!l,70N, liicrerise, $18.23"; St. Lou In. $1ti3.2t'in. Increase $11.S!Kt; Cin cinnati $10l!..iS,'i, liicn-n.-'.- S?2,2;0; I'.rook lyn. $121,774, increase, $7,21S; Cleve land, $s.'-,s), Increase. $4,17.i: Pitts burg, $01.1 .10.02, Increase, $7.0t)l.D7. PYTHIANS TO PROSECUTE. Civil Action Will be Entered Against Mem bers Connected With $500,000 Delicit. Tho supreme lodge of the Knight of PvJhla has adopted a resolution Instrirrtlng the supremo chancellor nnd board of control of tho endow ment rank to prosecute civilly and criminally nil persons connected with the deficit of $.-,00,0(10 in the funds of the endowment rank. The supreme lodge nlso decided thnt the most ex pedient way of meeting tlie defflclen cy In the treasury of the endowment rank Is to raise the Insurance rate to tho maximum proscribed by the na tional fraternal congress. If. In this wny money Is not forthcoming, It la likely a sieclnl assessment of r0 cent will be put on every member of the order for tho benefit of the endowment bank. This will speedily raise $2.-O,OO0. STEVN'S PAPERS CAPTURED. President of tho Orange Free Slate Escape In His Ehlrt SI eves. The London war office received a dispatch from Lord Kitchener dated at Pretoria Saturday: 'Itrooilwood' brigade surprised Itoltz. capturing Steyn' brother nnd others. Steyn himself escaped In hi shirt nleeves, with one other man only. Tlie so-called 'Orange Itlver Govern ment' and pajiers were cilptured." Iml Kitchener nlso report that Schreoper' commando burned the pub lie buildings in Murrnysburg, Cape Colony, and some farmhouse In the vicinity. According to further advices from Ird Kitchener the columns under Colonel Fentherntono and Colonel IHxon have reached Zcernst, Western Transvaal. They met with opposition and made some captures. The Brit ish casualties were one officer killed nnd three officer nnd 24 men wound oil. Supply ol Armor Plate. Aiimlral O'Neill, chief of ordnance, navy department, said Wednesday that the Carnegie company has verbally agreed to manufacture as much armor plate for the government a may be required. The Hcthlehem company I also expected to double it capacity. Mormon Ceremony Invalid. Judge Hall, of the District Court at Salt Lake City has rendered a decision in the Hilton-Park case, holding that the ceremony f "sealing" performed In 1S72 wa not a marriage ceremony known to or recogulzed by tho laws of L'tah. Rioting In Korea. A dispatch from Seoul, Korea, dated July , say that bloody conflicts con tinued for 10 dny on the Island of Quelpart between the Catholic mission aries and their pupils and the popu looe of tho Island. Fifteen of the native and about 300 of the mission pupils are reported to have been killed. The Goveruor of Quelpart sny the trouble wa the fault of the pupil and arose from their support of tax collector In collecting lllegul taxes upon the native. . VHE MARKETS.! PITT fit! MO. Grain, Floor nnd tS. Wmat-No. I red f 78 ' It tyi No. 3 6H t Con No. S yrllow, enr , M H No. 2 yellow, shelled 64 Mlxf-fcnr 4 . 47 Oats So. whlto 4t 49 No. 8 whlt , S: 40 Fl.nr WlntT rntent 8 85 8 V) Kiiiioy Strnlglit Whiten 8 7-1 8 80 Hat No. 1 timothy 14 01 14 60 Clovi-r No. 1 10 !(5 10 75 Frr.n-No. 1 white ndd. ton.... 17 00 17 60 Jlrnwn middlings 14 75 IS i5 I'rnn, l.iilk S IS 7S Bthaw Whent 7 60 00 Out , 1 tO 7 75 llalrf Prutnot EtTTTf. Elgin creamery SJ' SJ Ohio oi-psmery Hi4 'ii l'aiiejr country roll If Wi Ciifkse Ohio, new t ' New York, new 10 I0V I'onltr, ero. Ilrns r-er Ih 9 10 t'nirxKsn lreso.l 11 14 Euos Pa. aud Ohio, fresl 14' li Frails nml Vrgetnblet. Onrr.- flr.ANs rs-r IiiisIimI 4Vf 61 I'oTATor.s Krirn-y white, V hu.. 80 45 Caiii-aiik i--r lnrrl 1 75 J 00 Onions per b irn-l J 4J t 60 IMI.TIttOUK, Fi.nrn Winter Iv .1 8 709 8 91 Wiir.tT No. 2 red Conn mined Oats F.ons. ltUTTun Ohio cn-n-nery . ei gs 7 . . MX . 20 21 rinr.AUKMMif Ft.orn Winter f.ntont 8 8)f 8 5) Whi at No. red 70 71 Conn No. 2 mixed 61 61 oats So. white lltTTr.n 4lrenmery, Mtrn lt toon 1'i-niiisylvaiil llnu. 13X 31 V M3 NKVtr YORK. Fi.otra Pntent. , Whi-at No. 2 red tons No. 2 Oats No. 2 White lltTTr.n renmery tuo State atiJ I'-nus .. 8 639 9 90 87 ' 15X MX U 15 LIVE STOCK. Contr.tl Stock rnl, Etit t,lbrtf, P, CATTLE. Trlme !invy, 1W0 to 1003 !!.. 5 85J S M 1'rtme, 1300 to 1400 IM 51 IN )leillnm, K00 .o 1100 lu 8 80 S 60 Fat heifers 8 00 6 9 Iditeher. WO to 1000 lls 4 25 IN Common to lair 8 7i 4 15 Oxen, common to fut 8 01 4 80 Common to xooil (at bulls Jt cow 2 75 4 25 Milch com, each 10 0J 4 00) Extra milch cowj, each. 87 60 60 Ol) BOOS, l'rime medium weljrhn 8 85 8 87)4 test heavy yorker an I medium 6 00 8 85 Good to choice i-nekern. 6 15 8 95 Good plea anil lK'ht yorker).... 9 SO 6 35 l'lipi, common to good 6 80 6 85 l'rime heavy hogs 8 01 6 05 Common to lair 6 25 8 75 HoukIis 6 00 8 70 btaga 4 00 75 DEEP. Extrn, merllum weight wethers.) 4 00 4 28 Good to choloe. 8 25 8 75 Medium a 50 8 60 Con-mou to fair , I 60 il 40 lambs. Lamb clipped 4 25 4 50 taints, R00U to choice, clipped 3 6) 4 25 Lambs, common to tair, ciioued 2 60 8 5C bprmg Lamb 4 01 8 60 CALVES, Veal, extrn f 8 00 9 7 6s Jeai, pood to choice. 4 00 8 00 Veal, common to fnir 8 SO 4 50 NeaJ, common heavy 75 301) TRADE CONTINUES GOOD. All of th Leading Industrial ar Still Katp. Ing Well Employed Improvimant In Demand lor Finished Product. It. O. Dun & Co.'n Weekly Review of Trade nays: fieneral business continues Its even course with all the lending Industrie well employed and with confidence expressed on every hand. Labor trouble are in process of settlement and speculator have been responsible for niewt of the unrest which hits reflected in the markets. Steel mill are actively employed and there Is a distinct improvement In the demand for finished products. In bars for use by makers of agricultural Im plement there Is a brisk movement. Kalis are ordered freely, with notable pressure for trolley and other light weights. The most startling and gratifying feature of the situation Is the decrease of l.i,il5 tons In furnace Mocks, notwithstanding an output at the rate of over l.luo.uot) ton an uually. The market for split goods I firm er. Jobber have light stocks of sum mer goods; leather Is in good demand and tirm. Textile lines have settled In a steady position that promise more lusting prosperity. Heavy weight woolens are securing duplicate orders and 111 1 lis are making extensive pre paration for the light weight season. Wool wa not altered In price, but is tinner. Ira In crop till season are oc casloning much uneasiness among speculators, owing to the extremely complicated rituution. According to latest ottlclal anil unofficial prognosti cations tin-re Is reason to anticipate the heaviest wheat yield ever har vested, and even with the small sup plies on hand when the year opened, there appcurs available for export about 50 per cent more than wenl abroad In the year of greatest ship menu. Yet prk-es sro far above the Kiw record. Extensive needs abroad coutluue, the movement from Atlantic ports for the week amounting to 3. 208,034 bushel against 2.HW.4-13 bush els a year ago, and western receipts were 4iTt,378 bushels, against 2,ulS. U77 bushels last year. Corn exhibited remarkable ntrength. drought and heat since July 1 giving reason to expect les than the orncial report, which Indicated more than 2,000.100 bushel. The failure for the week numler 208 in the United States, against 1IW lost year. An earthquake wrecked several building in the town of Aulron, Mex., and then passed ott to Zopothon. where It sported with the waters of a big lake. At first the waters seemed In a Ute of great agitation, and then they aubslded and gradually disappeared. The earthquake had caused a fissure In the bed of thu lnira .. n,,.,,.i. I Uls the lake had paaed out of sight, ft
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