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THE ANTI-TRUST LAW
To be Tealed by Organized labor In 8ull In
Which Attorney Gem rat Knox
Will bolho CilMidant.
District Ass-cinbly X. of
Knights Of Labor of Washington. I.
C, authorized Its Ioglslntlve I'onir
fnlttoe to bring qui) wnrrnnto proceed
ing ognlnst tln Attorney General of
the Vulted Stales, to show cause why
hn has not enforced tho provisions of
the null-trust law, known as tint Sher
man net. This action. Is aimed at the
United Htatos Sum.'I Corporation,
which Is claimed to bo operating In
violation of tho Sherman net. 1-abor
leailers sny this will hasten a solu
tion of the strike now In progress.
They sny that laws vltnllor or nenr
ly similar to the Sherman law hnve
been nuaeteil In nenrly nil the states
and In several of them, notably In
Ohio and Texas, the comity attorneys
have the power of the Attorney Gon
erul of the Slate In iio warranto pro
ceedings nml that the Amalgamated
Association has a largo fund on hand
With which to Inst Unto proceedings
similar to tlioso to lio begun here. Kx
Attorney (ieneral Frank 8. Mennett.
of Ohio, has been retained by the
American Anti-Trust League to begin
action before the statu nud local
courts of Ohio.
THE GREATEST OF STEAMERS.
Sea-Sickness Is Unknown Aaoard the Trans
Atlantlo Liner Collie.
Tho new steamship Celtic, of the
White Star I.lno .the first 20.raio.ton
vessel the world has ever seen arrived
at New York Monday on her maiden
voyage, crossing In eight days and 4H
minutes. She is under the commnnd
of Captain Lindsay. The Riant liner,
which Is tho largest snip nllont, can
carry 18.000 tons actual cargo and has
accommodations for IJ.l'.U persons
She Is 700 feet long nml has a beam
of 75 feet. The Celtic has nine decks.
She was not built to break speed but
for comfort. On her trip over seasick
ness wns almost nn unknown com
plaint, this being duo to the fact that
(be ship's great size overcame the ac
tion of tho sea.
A TRUST EXTENSION.
The Unl'.ed Stales Steel Corporation Buys
the Shelby Tubs Works.
Tho United States Steel Corpora
tion lias obtained control of the Shel
by tube works, u corporation with 15
mills in various pains of tho country,
producing tube of all kinds, but prin
cipally of the higher grades. The
principal mills owned by It are locat
ed at Shelby. ().: Greenville. I'll.: To
ledo, O.: New Castle, I'a.; Hartford,
Conn.; Albany, I ml. ; Atihuru, In.;
Heaver. Falls, Ia.; Garwood, X. J.;
Mansfield, )., and Cuyahoga Falls,
O. The weekly product of the com
bined mills is about 5,000 tons of
tubes.
WHITE CAPS FLOG HUSBAND.
Wile Beator Is Severely Punlshod by Masked
Men In Indiana.
William Gore, of Young America, 15
miles west of Kokomo, Ind., nccuwed
ef habitually beating his wife nnd
child, was taken to tho woods by 10 of
his neighbors, tied to a tree and given
a flogging. Three buggy whips nnd a
blacksnnke were worn out on his bare
back. Tho White Calipers were mask
ed with muslin over their faces
Faint and covered with. blood Gore
dragged hlinwlf to the ollice of Dr.
Lyhrook. who dressed the wounds.
Gore will leave the couutry as soon
as bis wounds heal.
Paymont ok Legacy Taxes
Commissioner Y'erkes, of the Inter
rial revenue bureau, has held that n
Vgney tube must be pain within n year
after the death of tho testator, and lu
any event before payment nud dis
tribution to the legatees, or nny par
ties entitled to boucllclul Interest lu
tho estate Its assessment and col
lection, however, should not be en
loroea until too expiration of a year
unless otsmoution is sought to lie
niado within that time.
Hungary Seeks Advancement.
consul t.istoe, at uottordam, re
ports that the government of Hunga
ry will grant subsidies to manufac
turers of textile goods, ngricultura
machinery, silkw, for tho manufac
ture of articles of lead, zinc und tin
by electricity. The government will
expend a considerable sum In iri-i.
gation and In other ways endeavor to
revive the industrial prosperity of
Hungary,
American Locomotives Win,
English experts have mado a test of
English and American locomotives on
the railroad at Kingston, Jamaica.
with tho result that under tho same
conditions and over a difficult lino.
the old American engine beat the new
English engine, which cost twice as
uiucu, by over seven minutes.
Japan to Make Hrr Own Ships,
It is announced that within two
years Japan will be able to make her
own warships, guns and other naval
and military paraphernalia, which
means that England und America
will lose one of their best customers
lu una line.
. Certainly Is a Prosperous Bank.
The Indiana National bank of In
dlanapolls, Tuesduy declared a div
idend or $7UU,uuo, or 1-3 per cent.
$450,000 out of the surplus and $250,
000 out of undivided protlts. The can
ltal stock was Increased from $300,000
to su,uw,uuv;.
To Search For th South Polo.
The uritiKU snip uiseovery. com-
Bonded by Copt. Scott, of the British
nary, started from Cdwei Tuesday on
Its long expedition In search of the
South role.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Robert F. Plmes, a Huston lnwyer.
committed suicide lu that city.
$ino.noo,0(n combine forming to
take In all tho coal mines lu Illinois.
Kx-Govornor Wllllnm A. Newell died
hur.xday nt his home In Allcntown,
X. J.
$M1,fiOO of the $2fo.tsi0 stolen from
California vault recovered from the
mud.
Fulled Mine Workers of America,
fllclally Indorse the steel worker'
Ft like.
IM ,T. A. I.lbby was elected presl
cnt by the National convention of
dentists.
The Society of Amerlcnn Florists
looted as Its treasurer II. P. Hentty,
f Oil City, Pa.
Poor leaders not surrendering by
September 15, are to be banMiod from
South Africa.
I'M win Iavls, a young carpenter of
Pcriinton shot his wife nud himself
Sunday evening.
The capital stock of the National
Ilcllnlng Company, of Cleveland, has
been Incrcasvd $1, 400,000.
Count Tolstoi Iiiin rented a villa nt
San Martina, In southern ltnly, nnd
will spend the winter there.
Steel trust rejected nil proposals
or nrbltrnllon and nnnounooti mat us
mills would be run non-union.
lions are to be checked lis baggage
on i lie western railroads nt the same
rale as bicycles) and baby carriages,
The Chicago Transportation Com
pany, with $250,000 capital, win mum
ten steel steamers for the lake grain
trade.
very inlle of the Northwestern
raJIrnad system earned the gross sum
of $7.S25.lij for the fiscal vear end
ing May at, 1001.
Flro destroyed the IuimIucss portion
of I .Imp Springs, la. Fourteen busi
ness houses were burned; los, $150,-
ooo, partially insured.
The NiHlonal ltoll Steel Car Com
pany, capitalize! nt jihsi.issi, mis nceii
Incorporated nt Trenton, N. J., to
liiaiiul'acliii'e steel cars.
A petition for the reduction of the
duties on cigars to $2.50 a pound will
be sent to Washington by the Havana
union of tobacco dealers.
The Fulled States transport Thom
as, having on bonrd over nisi senooi
teachers bound for the Philippines,
nrrlved at Honolulu July 31. .
Italy proposes to convert Venice In
to a first class naval harbor, and in
arrylng out this plan will dredge the
anals and fortify the Islands.
The Clgarmakers' Fnlon, of Hav
ana, asserts Cuba, will be rorcoit lo
ask for annexation to America unless
l.he cigar tariff Is reduced.
Professor Warren K. Morehoad, of
Newark. O., has been nppolntod cura
tor of tlie new museum nt Phillips
cademy nt Andover, Mnss.
Tho liquor dealers of Atlantic City
dolled the court's order to -lose on
Sundav. The town wns "wide open"
and without police Interference.
The negro who attempted nil assault
on the wife of a railroad section mas
ter nenr Ways station, (ieorgla, was
burned near the sceno of his clime.
The steamer bearing the body of
Tin run von Kettler, Herman minister
to China, who was murdered by the
Boxers In Peking, arrived at Hrenicn.
The steamship Islander has arrived
from Skngway with $150,000 In treas
ure. A great drought on tho creeks
will very much reduce tho estimated
output.
Judge Arthur M. Noyes, of the
Nome, Alaska, district, denies that he
had any communication regarding the
business of the court with MeKenzIo
or Chlpps.
A windstorm passed
over Ports
the death on
L. M. .Men ley
Injuring half
mouth. N. II.. causing
Heaver's Island of Mrs.
nud Joel Penrsou and
a dozen others.
Gen. Chaffee has received word
that Gen. Simmers troops nre In
close pursuit of tho Insurgent lender.
Malvnr. They captured Miilvurs
camp while his breakfast was still
hot.
Prof. Willis L. Mooi'p, chief of the
went her bureau and acting secretary
of agriculture. Is going to Yellowstone
pnrk to Inspect that reserve with n
view to locating a weather station
there.
ItepresentatlvcB of tho I'nlon
Iron
New
Works of San Francisco aro lu
York City to engage machinists.
boil-
crmakcrs nnd molders for tho
com
pnny's employ.
In n hvultle with his wife In
the
apartments of another woman, llollls-
ter U. Goodrich, a constable, or cnica
go, was shot dead. Mrs. Uoodiich
was arrested.
Two sections of tho Atlantic City
excursion trains of the Baltimore &
Uhlo railroad camo together In a rear
end collision, at Confluence, Thursday
resulting In tho Injury of nine pnssou
gers and one of tlio train crew.
Intornnl Hevenue Commissioner
Y'erkes decided that a dealer In "puts,"
calls" nnd "spreads Is subject to
special tax nnd stamp tax under the
act of March 2, liwi.
An old-fnshloned mining stampede
lias been started to the Big Snowy
mountains of Montana by tho dlscov
cry of rich gold bearing copper aud
saud carrying free gold.
Flro broke out In the western end
of the Kmery Arcnde, extending from
Vino to Ilaco streets, Cincinnati, O,
A number of the small stores were
damaged, tho louses aggregating near
ly $100,000.
President W. J. W. Cowden of the
board of regents of tho West Virginia
University Is authority for tho state
ment that tho university will Qiavo
summer term next year.
Announcement Is made In London
of the nppronchlug marriage of Her
hcrt Glndwtonr, sou of the Into Will
lain Gladstone, to a daughter of Sir
Ulchard Horner Paget.
The monthly circulation statement
of the comptroller of the currency Is
sued July 31. snows a totui clrcula
tlon of bunk notes amounting to $&U,
162,00(1, an Increase for the year of
$30,057,012. '
CONTRACT ABOVE LOYALTY.
South Chicago Steel Workers Vols To
Not Strike, Also To Extend Financial
Aid To Their Brothers.
Tho stool workers In Iho
Chicago mills refused to Join
great steel srtrlke. Hy a vote
South
hi the
of 15S
to 7 two Amalgamated Association
lodtfcs decided Sunday that their duty
to the Federal Steel Company, In ac
cordance with their wage contracts,
was higher than their duty to the
union. At the same tlnie tho South
Chicago sit eel men expressed their full
sympathy with Hie strike. And In the
formal statement by which they an
nounced their decision they offered
It tin tt -In I n lil to the strikers In the
Fast. The South Chicago men an
nounced tlielr decision 1o Genernl Su
perintendent -. II. MeCullongli, Jr.,
of the Sonth Chicago mills. The text
of the resolutions Is ns follows. It Is
the spirit of l.nkestdo Lodge No. 0
nml ommerchil lodge No. 14 of the
Amalgamated AsfMcl.nllon of Iron nnd
Steel nud Tin Workers, tlint. owing to
the existing contract between said
lodges nnd the Illinois Steel Company,
we nre Justltled In standing by our
contracts, nnd, owing to a ruling of
President Mahlon M. Garland In 1SD7
that the nssoclatlon never broke nn
agreement we do not wish to bring
the Amalgamated Aoclatlou Into dis
repute with out employers, nil lnbor
organizations or the general public by
breaking n contract at this time. We
extend our lliianclnl aid to our broth
ers In tlielr struggle for the building
up and maintenance of the Amalga
mated Association In the Fast and
pray that their efforts may be crown
ed with success.
All that the South Chicago steel
men have to worry tliein in whether
they will lie allowed to remain lu good
standing as members of the Amalga
mated Association. It was said Unit
they liml received assurance Hint their
reasons for disobeying the strike order
would be deemed jMilsfactory by the
general olllcers.
THREE HUNDRED SLAUGHTERED.
Horrible Massacre by the Fanatics In Quel
pari Island, Korea.
The stnte depnrtment gives the fol
lowing, received from Minister Allen,
our representntlve In Coren: "Accord
log to advices received at the depart
ment of stnte up to July ,1, the revolt
on the Island of , fjuelpart. off the
soul hern coast of Corea, has boon sup-
prcsMcil by the Corean government
aided by two French gunlxints. About
Its) persons were killed In the revolt.
mostly Christian. It wns nscertHlned
from persons who had been on the
Island Hint the revolt wns chuhmI hy
nn attempt to collect Increased tnxes,
Tho substance of the Information
received is thnt the Islanders, who nre
very ioor. refused to pay those taxes,
and. as no tax collector were avail
able nmong the Inhabitants them
selves. It wns arranged that t.ie Chris
thins, mowlly Catholics and presum
ably exiles, should collect the taxes.
A coiilllct occurred and before quiet
waw restored nil the Christians had
been killed.
BURIED IN HER MARRIAGE GOWN
Priest
Who Read the Banns Said
for tho Intended Bride.
Mass
Annie Towers, of 1417 South Philip
street, Philadelphia, who was engag
ed to lie married on August 21, wns
burled Saturday. Father Anthony Z
Zeller. who read the marriage banns
on August 4. sang high macs In the
church where she was to be married
nnle wns to hnve become the wife of
liiomns Corblazier. Itcturnlng home
from a trolley ride with Corblazler,
she complained of being 111, but ap
parently recovered. Her mother was
awakened In the night by noises com
tug from Annie's room, nnd, entering.
found her daughter In a nnsnl licmur
rhage. She died before n doctor nr
rived. Attlnil In her wedding dress,
file lay lu her lavender casket. A
broken wreath, with the words, "My
hopes are lost," was from her Intend
ed husband.
TRUST COMPANY RULING.
Commissioner Yerkes' Order Regarding
Their Special Tax.
Iu a letter to the collector nt Balti
more Commissioner of Internal ltev
eniu lerkes has held that a trust com-
paily doing a banking business must
include with their bunking capital lu
reckoning the amount of special tax
winch tney nre mquired to pay, tlio
amount set npai:t for use In conduct
tug their storage business. It has also
been held In nnother case that these
companies must Include money reiiulr
ed to be deposited ns security with tho
treasurer from the state, ns Is required
by statu laws, before doing business
Second Brigade's Date,
Adjutant Genernl Stewart Issued
general orders Wednesday from tho
headquarters of tho national guard of
l'cnusly van.a announcing that the
Second Brigade will encamp at Som
erset August 17 to 21.
Over a Million lor Charity,
Under tho will of the Inte James
Toleman of London tho sum of $1,
250,000 is jbequea thed to charity, and
the executors aro given an absolutely
free hand in us oiwrrimuion.
Sweden to Have Trolley Can.
The Swedish government, accord
lug to a dispatch from Stockholm. I
considering plans for the Installation
of electricity throughout the whole
railway system of Sweden. 1
Insane Woman Cuts Son's Throat,
While In bed suffering from Injuries
received by falling from a horse, A
vlu Seatou, aged 10, of Glonmore, N
T., was murdered Saturday by hi
mother, who cut his throat from ear
to ear with a rasor. The woman was
temnorarllT Insane.
BOLDEST ROBBERY RECORDED.
Vlellm Tho Selby Smelting Company Rob.
bers Bor:d Hole Undor Vaull Lost
$50,000 In Their Hail 3.
The Pelby Smelting nnd I,end Com-
pnny, of Snn Frnnclsco, wns robbed of
2S0.000 worth of gold bullion Mondny
night. The thieves tunneled from out
fide the building under the vault nt
he works, which nre locnted on the
my shore, nbout 30 miles from Snn
rnnelseo. They secured nearly 1,200
pounds nf tine gold, worth $20 an
ounce, and escaped without leaving n
trace of their Identity behind. It Is
supposed t lint when the robbers se
cured their loot they loaded It Into a
Imnt that wa waiting and disappear
ed In tho fog that had arisen over San
rranclsco hay. In their haste to get
away they left two liars worth nearly
$50.(HS1 lying on the bank nt the wa
ter's edge. The robbers took the pre
caution to sprinkle red pepper In the
unnei in order to mnke things ns un
comfortable ns possible for anyone
who might nttemnt to pursue them.
The robbery was not discovered until
lie employe! started to work Tues
day morning. This gave the burglars,
some Hours' stnrt. All the sheriffs lu
'nllforuln were Immediately notified
to look out for them.
GREAT BATTLE IN VENEZUELA.
Government Claims A Victory Over
22
nn-uu-
Ballalllons of the Robels.
The Venexuelnn government
nounces that n force of Invaders
der Oen. Rnngel Garblrls, Including
21 ltflltnl fin nl llin I ...l.nttlitn n nimr
wns repulsed by the government
troops nnd compelled to fnll bark
ncross the frontier after 28 hours'
lighting on July 28 nud 20. It Is of
llclnlly asserted Hint the Invaders lost
000 men. the government troops losing
10.
The government has sent relu-
forcemeats to the frontier.
GERMAN CRISIS SPREADS.
Cologne Bank Declared Insolvent and Calico
Mill Is Forced to Suspend.
Dispatches from vnrlouiy pnrts of
Germany show that the financial nnd
Industrial crisis Is spreading. The
Ithenlsche Immnbdlleii Aktienbank
of Cologne has been declared Insol
vent, nnd the cnlleo mill of Ehrenberg
c Hichter in Filenberg hns suspend
ed. Iir. Vlerlln. chnlrmnn of the over
seers of the W. H. Popp spinning ma
chinery factory In Werdnu hns been
arrested. Two of the directors nre
wanted under suspicion of having
forged checks.
TORNADO HITS NORFOLK.
Twenty Houses Unrooted in Outlying Part of
Town Several People Hurt.
A tornado, lu the usual funnel-shap
ed cloud nud nbout 5(1 feet In width.
swept over Norfolk, Vn Tuesday.
Fortunately, Its pnth was In the outly
ing portion of the city. The roofs of
20 houses were blown nway and sev
erol people were Injured. Several
houses lu Berkely were unroofed.
Trees were torn up and chimneys
blown down. It was followed by
rainstorm that almost equaled
cloudburst.
Now Fruit Line lo Jamaica.
Influential merchants nnd represen
tative fruit growers of Kingston
Jamaica, hnve taken steps for the
forma l Ion of a company with a capi
tal of $200,000 to establish a line of
fruit stenmers between Jamaica and
American ports. The great supply of
fruit cannot be handled by the two
existing lines.
David Nation Asks Divorce.
David Nation hns brought suit for
a divorce rrom tns wire, Mrs. enrne
Nation, the temperance crusader. The
petitioner, who Is now visiting In liter-
In, O., alleges that his wife held lilm
np to public ridicule nud abandoned
Ills home.
The Kaiser Invited.
The Emperor of (lerninny will be
presented with nn olllclal Invitation
from President McKlnlcy to visit the
Lolushina purchase exposition at St,
Louis In 100.1. Itepresentntlve ltlch
nrd Ilnrtholdt, of Missouri, hns ar
rived at Berlin to arrange with tho
foreign otllce for the visit of a dele
gation of exposition directors which
will personally hand to the Kaiser the
President s greeting and urge him to
miiku a trip to St. Louis.
Insurance Company Forced Out.
Stnto Auditor West hns commenced
net ion at Omaha lu the district court
to put the Security Mutual Fire In
surance Company out of business. Tho
condition of the company In tlio aud
itor's opinion does not warrant Its con
tinuation. The company Iinsr secured
tho appointment of Henry A. Whip
ple as receiver.
Norlh Dakota Feils Frost.
There wns a general frost at Rot
1 1 neti ii, N. D Thursday night. It
caused some damage to late wheat
In the lowlands, but did no other In
jury, Mrs. Nation Released.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was- released
from the county Jail at Topeka, Kan.,
Thursday, her fine having been paid
by Dr. Fva Harding, who took up a
collection for that purpose. Mrs. Na
tlou will go to Atlantic City, where
she will deliver four lectures for the
poor liilldreus' outing fund.
CABLE FLASHES.
A dispatch from Port Arthur states
that Senator Bovctidge, of Indiana,
litis arrived at that place.
According to a dlwpateu from St.
Petersburg. In the recent conflagration
at Wltebsk, 1,000 bouses were destroy
rd and 100 lives lost. The prison
there was burned and many prisoners
perished.
PLHN 10 BlOW BP ENGLISH BOAT.
TORPEDO UNDER MULESHIP.
Boer Sympathizers at New Orleans Credlltd
With Attempt lo Destroy Transport
Ready lo Sail for Africa. "
Wlint Is regarded ns nn Attempt of
Hoer !'ympnlhls!or to blow up a Hrl
sh transport occurred shortly after
midnight, nt New (liienns Hmtiirdny
morning, when there wns a ferritin ex
plosion nt the stock landing, where
he Mechanician Is loading with mules
for Soiitii Africa. The explosion shook
houses, rmttlod iIIkIio nun awakened
people for some distance around.
Most of the: crew of the ship were
nsleep, but the shock brought them
quickly on deck. An examination
showed n large dent on Hie slnrlmnrd
side. Three large plntes nt the wa
ter's edge hnd been stove In nnd con-
sldernble water was flowing Into the
ship. Pumps were Immediately put
to work and when daylight enme It
wns found the vessel wns In no danger
of sinking. Tlio rrew dinhfd that
there wen- nny explosives on bonrd,
nnd those who examined the Hhlp
state that the explosion was from the
outside, nnd Hurt some sort of bomb
or torpedo hnd been used. Alfred Ie-
blnno, general oltlcer of the Harrison
line, said the damage would lie re
paired nt New Orleans nnd the vessel
will get nwny for South Allien a a soon
ns ixwslble with her enrgo of mules
A British oltlcer, who was on the ship
last night, said the explosion was ler-
rllle, nnd that n column of water went
high up lu the sir nnd came down on
dock. It was suggested in some ipmr-
ters Hint It might Imve been Hie net
of sonic disgruntled muleteers, as
some who have left the city on the
British transports have returned with
complaints of 111 treatment.
APPOINTMENTS MADE.
Speaker W. T. Marshall Names the Members
of Several Commissions.
Commissions provided for during
the Inst session of the Legislature
have lieen announced by Spenlter W.
T. Marshall of the House of Itepre
sont'ii fives. lie has seleotvd- Repre
sentative John T. Harrison of Phila
delphia to servo on the commission
which will select a site nnd build n
hospital for the care and treatment
of the Insane.
J, N. Pew Is named ns n member of'
the Topographic and (leologlcal Com
mission. Pennsylvania commission
to the South Carolina lnter-Stato and
West India Kxposltlon nt Chruiestvi.
S. C: John Hamilton of Philadel
phia, Mellaril M. Kopp of Allegheny,
Hurry K. Dougherty of Mercer coun
ty. James Foster of Montour county.
Kdwnrd James, Jr., of Incknwnnnn
county, William S. Vonliyke, of
Westmoreland county, Madison A.
(tarvln of Adams county and (leorge
It. lilxon nf Klk count;..
Pennsylvania commission to the
Louisiana Purchase Kxposltlon nt St.
LohIm: Itepresentntlve Theodore B.
Stulb of Philadelphia, Charles A. Mor
tens of Krle county, John P. McTlghe
of Allegheny county. William 11. Fl
rleh of Ilutiphln county. John Solicitor,
Jr., of Lackawanna county, Hubert. M.
New-hard of 1'clnwnre county, Fred
erick Hess of Philadelphia, Fdgar S.
Manning of Cumberland county.
Representative Frank B. Mef'lnln
of Lancaster county. Ward It. Bliss
of Delaware county, Charles K. Voor
hess of Philadelphia and Henry Hal!
of Allegheny couuty, have been named
nn members of n commission to In
quire Into the condition and care of
the Insane patients of the state.
PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT.
Gov.
Taft Declares That Congress
Must
Enact Tariff Legislation.
Oov .Tnft, speaking nt the bnnquet
given by the Cnlifornlnns In Manila
to Itepresentntlve Julius Kahn, of
San Francisco, said Hint in order prop
erly to develop the Philippines satis
factory legislation dealing with tariff
reform must be passed nt the next ses.
slon of Congress. Ho nsserted thnt
law prohibiting the salo of public
lauds nnd timber, laws providing for
tho Incorporation of American banks
and laws granting franchises and
mining rights wero Imperatively de
manded. N:w Weather Wrinkle for Farmer.
Congressninn Sereno B. Pnyno Is
trying to get the postal department to
act with the weather bureau and hnve
rural freo moll deliverers enrry wenth
er signal Hags to Inform tho farmers
of tho weather forecast.
Tillman Sued for Slander.
J. Young JoncM has tiled suit at Col
umbia. S. C, against Senator TlUnian
for $10,000 dainuges for slander. Tho
alleged slander was littered months
ago. I'll 1 mil ii lu a speech alluded to
Jones as "a craey old thing Just out
of tlio asylum."
' President of Arlgua.
News conies from Ln Victoria. Ven
ezuela. that Francisco L. Alcantara, a
graduate from the Fnlted States mill
tary academy at West Point In tho
class of 18U7, bus been elected presi
dent of the state of Arlgua. Ho is
only 2T years old.
Fdgar A. Whitney and Ernest Bur-
gone, in-rested in New York, have
confessed that they were agents of
combine that arranged with the police
for protection of gambling bouses.
Oil and Gas Companios Chartered.
The rinte Valley Gold Mining. Sllll
lag & Development Company, of
WIlkeMbarre. capital $500,000, and the
now Independent Oil Company of
Clarksburg, W. Va . capitalized at
$500,000, were Incorporated lu Dela
ware Saturday.
Tho Building Trades Council, tho
houwcsmlths' union, and tlio bridge
mens' union, of Now York, have adopt
ed resolutions pledging tho moral and
financial support of the orgaulatlou
to the steel workers. .
DROUGHT HURT IT MUCH.
Secret iry Wilson Gives Results of His
vsatigallon Lati Corn May Be Good.
Fair Proipecls Is Iowa,
Secretary Wilson, who hn Jiift con
cluded a tour through the corn belt,
In a communication received tit tho
depnrtment of agriculture snys: "Tho
com rrop Is very seriously Injured In
nil t.ie great com growing states. Tho
spring wns wet. nnd much of. the crop
wnw planted late on ncconn't of tho
Ian,, being smturatcil. It Is ivrlklng
ly observable unit most crops n-e un
dersized, stunted nnd not such henvy
yleius of grain. This Is tlio case In
the nest com reglonv, such as the
route from Chicago to llmilngton, la.
"The crop In Central Iowa promises
butter. It has heavier stalks, but an
exnmtnntion of the ears show Incom
plete fertilization. Siilllcleiit rnln
has not yc fallen to enrry on the crop
to maturity In most of the' states of
the great corn belt. Northern Iowa
nnd Minnesota have lighter crupw that
look green and healthy, ml need rain,
nnd can not have average crops on ac
count of Imperfect fertilization.
"The Injury to corn Is so serious
that It Is very, easy to over-estimate
the crop. The wheat Is reported good
everywhere. The heat did hasten
ripening and caused Hiiinking. Oats
lire reporter! light lu mort states, ow
ing to hurried ripening. The same Is
said of barley. Potatoes nre very
seriously Injured south of Mlnncsoiji.
s c.i 1.1 to be excellent.
I get estimates on Iowa of a two'-"
thirds corn crop. It will be less; I
believe. The corn nlong the 'O' road
n Southern I wn Is very light. 1 do
not think half of It will be worth
husking and the other nslf dors not
now. promise more than half of nn nv
eraje crop at the outside. This may
also be tuld of Nebraska corn nud
Kaus.is Is suffering sllll more."
HONDURAS LAND GRANT.
Gives 64,000 Acros on Condition of Sottling
Trad With American i.
James Wood, of Chicago, who went
lo Honduras ns the representative of
n Chlongo iiymllcate. has returned and
sayw that- his company has secured
from the government 01.000 neres of
land on the condition Hint It be set
tled with Americans. The land lies
betwen Celba and Puerto Cortess, about
'in miles from the latter place. Mr.
Wood claims that his company has al
ready made arrangements with a num
ber of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
farmers to go to Central America and
raise tropical products. The flrvt par
ty of emigrants Is expected to leave
lu about two months.
20,000 PERSONS DROWNED.
Great Floods Caused by the Overflowing of
the Yanghtse Kiang.
Great floods caused by the over
flowing of tlio Yang Tse caused the
death of many thousands' ln China.
Tho river hnd risen 40 feet, and for
hundreds of miles the country was n
great lake with only tops of trees and
mi occasional roof showing. At Ank-
lug tho town was flooded, some of the
houses to tlio roof. At Kiu Klang tho
nailve town was flooded and two feet
of water xtood lu the foreign settle
ment. Lower down i river to
ward Swu Hue the destruction was
greater nml boatmen estimate that
'.'o.iMSl were drowned ln the district.
Chong Teh was wiped nwny by floods
nud 10,000 were drowned there.
wlille many other points have been In
undated, Involving awful loss of life
and great destruction to property. .
REPRIMANDED REAR ADMIRAL EVANS.
Assistant Secretary ol Navy Rebukes Him
(or Attack on Chandler.
Acting Secretary Hacked of the
Navy Depnrtment has reprimanded
Iti-ad Admiral Itohlcy I). Kvans for
what lie wrote In his book, "A Sail
or's Log," nbout Wllllnm K. Chandler,
secretary of the navy from 1SS1 to
18S5, senator from New Hampshire
for two terms and now president of
the Spanish Treaty Claims Commis
sion. Evans accused Chandler of re
moving him from active uuty for re
fusing to use his olHce for political
purposes.
GROWING GERMAN TRADE.
Wlih the
United Sta'.e Both Export
and
Imports Are Larger. ,
Imports Into fhe T'nimi Stntes from
Germany nnd exports from the United
States to that country have Increased
from $12,000,000 in INTO to $101,0(0,.
000 In 1001, nn Inerense of nearly 300
per cent. In Imports from Germany
nnd of nenrly 400 per cent. In exports
to Germany. On tho export side, the
greatest growth has been during the
last five years. In which time our ex
ports) to Germany have doubled, be
ing in I.SIMS. ijil)-,8f)7,107. aud ln 1DU1,
SlDl.OTiMIS:
Fearing Trouble..
Tho stnte department has received
a communication from J. Edward
Simmons, of New York, president of
the Panama railroad company, ex
pressing apprehension of trouble along
the Iwfhmus and suggesting that an
American warship be sent to the Pu
clllc side at Panama as well as to the
Atlantic side at Colon.
Pernod'v nbslnthn factory nt Ton
rartlon, one of tho largest in France,
was struck by lightning Sunday. The
factory was completely destroyed, the
damage being estimated ut $1,(500,000.
Nollis Grant Sartorls' Canadian Homo.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartorls, daughter
of Lieut. Ccu. U, S. Grant, sealed
legally on Saturday tho piirclin.se of
tho mngulflcent residence nt Cobnrg,
Ontario, of Miss Allan, daughter of
tho lute Sir Hugh Allun, founder of
the Allan lino of steamships, and will
havo almost Immediate possession.
Mrs. Sartorls Is accompanied by her
oioUibr.
the mabke;
PITT ia-no.
Arsln, Floor and hit
Wnrvr-No. I red W t
ltv No. 2 ' 1 . I
Coss No. 3 yellow, par Tf W
No. 8 yHlow, shelled M
Mixed ir 'A,..6",
Oats-No. 3 white V '
No. 8 whits A... W4
Fmiiis Whiter pntent $ 70 8 W
Fancy Hirnlght Wliitorn 1 01 75
Hay No. 1 tlino'liy 1 0 19 69
Clover No. 1 10 US 1" 7
tr.rn No. 1 white mliL ton.... 19 00 !i0 00
Jlrown middlings 10 & II M
limn, hulk 17 0) 18 00
Btbaw Whent 7 00 7 80
out - 7 ai 7 w
Dairy rrmtnott
Ppttsb Elgin nreamory. $41
Ohio Preninery 0!-
Fancy country roll 10 17
Cnr.rsK Ohio, now 10 lO1
hew York, UflW 10 V I0)i
I'ouUry, aio.
nssa-pcr lb 9 I'
Ciiickk.ss ilrcssmt t "
Euoi I'a. nnd Onto, frwh 15 14
Frnlla nn l Vetomlitm.
flans rtsASs per liusluil $ I JV? 1 BO
I'oTA-ross t'niicy whlto, V ubl. 4 S5 4 7J
CAiiitAfia ir Imrrel 3 31 3 50
Ukioks yer bnrrui OJ 3 3i
riALTIMOIlB,
From Winter Pntuut
WiirAT N. 2 red
Cons nilxod
Oats
Knon A
Uottiu Ohio oretimory
3 5 I'a)
70
's
:;
31
t TO
70 U
(S04
44
13
2i
ritlLAIK!.tMI( 1
Fi.orn Winter patent ......... t 1 1 ?
n hat No. 3 mil
Coss No. 1 mixd ,
Oats No. 3 wliito
HiittfJb Creamery, extra
toon I'enusylvnulu 11 ruts,....
NKW YOllK.
Fr.ocB rntcnts.
Whsat No. 2 red
Cobs No. 2
Oats No. 3 Whlto
lien KB Crflium'ry
too 8tnto and I'auun
Live stocic
Central Stack Vrli. Km I.Unrlr,
CATTLR.
Trim heavy, 1500 to 1000 IU... S (11
j'rimc, 13IM to him ;i. o -to
Medium, I J)0 lit liOJ IM 5 2i
Fnt liclf.im 5 OJ
Uutclinr. W)0 to KWO iln. 4 25
Common to fntr 3 0
Oxen, common to Int . 8 OJ
Common togood tut tmllsik Dow 3 . 0
Milch oows, wren Js Oi)
Extra milub cows, cni'h !l7 iJ
noos.
rrime medium weigm A Id
Dmt henvy yorker nud mudiuiu S
Oood lo cho.c l-Miekers. ' 8 0
tiood piss nnd light yorsera.
Tigs, common lo goou
I'nine henvy hogs
icimmin ;o nur
liouglis
tings
sneip.
Extrs, medium wclxit welhart. i 85 4 00
Good lo cuoico. 3 SO 3 78
Medium 3 7i 3 SO
Cooioiou to lair 1 Hi 3 3
LAMUS. '
Lambs clipped 3 SO 5 61
Lnmbs, goud to choice, cllriii vl 3 51 6 00
J-junl, common to lair, clloiiud 3 30 3 61)
7SH I I
sii4 co I
i4 4" I
20 I
mi 17, J
UK I
01 1
Hi I
in 1
10 I
6 9-1
6 Of
6 01
8 5
4 i"'V
is 3 4J 4 00
CALVES. - f
5 00 7 00 I
) Choice. 4 50 6 60
Venl. extrs.
Veal, cuoil to
vcul, common to fair 3 60 4 60
eol, couimou heavy it 0 J 8 60
PROSPERITY IS UNINTERUPTED.
No Complaint About Trado Uncertainty Has
Beon Eliminated Possible Results ol
the Steel Strike Discounted.
It. G. Dun & C'o.'s Weekly review
of trade snys: "
There Is no complaint from any
part of tlio country over the volume
of current distribution of merchan
dise, nnd what hesitation Is observ
ed lu general trade Is chiefly due to .
tho uncertainly as to the duration
of the labor troubles iu the steel man
ufacture. killed ions continue good,.'
better weather has helped the agri
cultural classes, money Is easy, aud
slocks of merchandise carried nro not
above the average for this ceason of
the year, particularly in the west and
southwest.
Relief Is felt In all departments of
the Iron and steel Industry now that
uncertainty is ended and the posi
tion of the contestants made clear.
Structural, wire and plate mills are
not affected ami the production of
rails will not be materially curtailed.
Supplies of bars and tuliew will be re
stricted, nud Quotations In these lines
tend to follow tho advance already
secured for hoops and sheets. A bod
fearuro Is the increased Importation
of tin plates, which had been manu
factured In sufficient quantity to about
meet the domestic demand, Imports
lu tlio last (Iscnl year being valued at
only $3,770,002, agnlnst $;13,7I(1,920 10
ytsirs ago. l'ureluuters of nwny
forms of tlnlMicd steel are showing
mucn eagerness to place contracts,
whllo on tho other liiind pig Iron U
In less urgent rciiqcat. Having no
further ammunition aud drought re
ports for hoisting prices, speculators
havo turned suddenly to the other ex
tivnio and demonstrate that early
frosts tlircatcii all the Into planted
corn. The result has been a spot quo
tation at this city of nioro than (10
cents all the week, and the practic
al elimination of exporters from do
mestic markets.
A healthy demand from domestic
millers ami phenomenal Atlantic ex
ports give strength to prices of
wheat. As the sea sou advances It bo
comes more npinmmt that foreign
crop losses will necessitate unprBce
deuted shipments from tlio United
States, aud with tho settlement of
the strike on the Paclflu cooati there
will be a movement of great magni
tude. (
1'lantern shoe manufacturers And
conditions as favorable as lat week,
while reports from the west are mora
encouraging. Orders from the drought
affected regions are no longer coun
termanded, and earlier cancellations
are being restored. Leather Is steady
aud no alteration. In prices Is eaU
ciliated. An unmarried man doesn't havo to
join church in order to be a confirmed
bachelor.
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