WIH STORM fill II WILL
OASHED TO PIECES BY WAVES.
Wind Swept Over th City it Tirrffle Veloclly.
Property Destroyed and Many Drown
Ingt Hav Been Reported.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The tropical storms which initio lip
from Ronth Wednesday nnd Increas
ed In force during tlto night following
Is believed to have been the M'Vercst
In tin. vicinity of Mobile. Hie wind
blow 70 mill nn lrour for noun time.
Mnny nro repoiMod drowned. The
pleasure yacht Ariel Is ri'i""''' to
be ponndiM to pieces on 1 wharf
at'Haiitlos. Nothing has boon heard
of the crew. Tin pleasure y in-lit
Mayflower, with prominent people on
Ixmiil, reportiM lost have been liPiird
from. All on lionrd touniid refuge oil
Cat Island, but lht bout whs worked.
Nothing had been heard from Fort
Morgan up to Friday night. Tim lmr
nicks undoubtedly received the full
force of the blow. New concerning
tibo fate of the islanders Is anxiously
awaited.
A twvir.'.itil whooiicr was tipokcn
65 miles southwest of .Mobile, totally
dltmiartcd. Saw fog mid squared
timber drifted livto Mobile all day,
much of ll coming up on Itoyal sjt.rctt,
thtve bhs-ks from the writer front. The
IXxIp sawmill mid tlie mill of Hilr
nnymns IlnH'hers, located nt Magazine
Polut. were partly bhwu a winy. No
oyrlwate of the damage In Mobile was
possible up to Midnight Friday.
There Is much anxiety at the Wnr
IVparlmont because of the Inability
to communicate with Fort Morgan. In
Mobile bay. commamleil by Major
I.ulg-I I-oinla. There are two cotnpan
los of pixmt artillery there, the Klghth
ond the Ninety-ninth, each ooniMsed
of Hill men. The fort Is situated on a
narrow peninsula which Juts .10 miles
out Into the !ulf and seiwiratos the
waters of the llulf from the bay. The
land nt which the fort Is situated Is
only : feet nbovp the waters of the
Uulf. It Is sandy nnd there In no pro
tection from the waters.
ROBBERS LOOT TRAIN.
Mat lied
Men Make Good Haul In Txa
But Ar Finally (apured.
A train on the Missouri, Kansas; and
Texas railroad was held up nnd rob
bed by n party of seven masked men
nt ('fluey Bottoms. .!'. miles north of
Denlson. In the Choctaw Nation, on
Tuesday. The oxpmss car wnw dyna
TnltiHl, the safe cracKcd nnd all the
mall considered valuable taken. Then
'With Postal Clerk Tulley holding nil
empty mail sack, the robbers went
through the coaches nnd roblied every
passenger. They secured if'JMO In on"
conch, a negro refused to give up
Jilt, money nnd was severely beaten.
After holding the train two hour the
' robbers left, going east Into the dense
bottom limber. The men were arrest
ed nnd taken to Atoka, where they
were given n hearing. The could not
give the $.",000 boiid nud were remand
ed to Jail.
HORE WARSHIPS FOR IUE ISTHMUS.
NEW STEAMER LINE A CERTAINTY.
'On
ll to Be Run Directly Between New
Orleant and Rotterdam.
Arrangement have been completed
for the establishment of n direct line
of steamers between New Orleans
and Hottenlnm. under the Joint man
agement of the Illinois Central rail
way nnd the Hndcllfl'e steamship line
of Cam Iff. Simultaneously the sail
Ing of the Lcyland West India line,
from New Orleans- to London, will lie
resinned after long suspension due
the fact that the British government
chartered t lie boats of the company
ns trnnsKrts In connection with the
Boer was.
WIVES PREVENT MEN STRIKING.
Milwaukee Women Largely Responsible for
Failure ol Strike at Bayvlew.
The wives of the Bayvlew employes
of the Illinois Steel Company nt Mil
waukee wore largely responsible for
the inllure of the men to respect Pres
ident Shaffer's strike order.. The wlvea
of otllccrs, It Is said, had a meeting
before the Bayvlew men took their
vote on the strike quextlon. Then It
was determined that all should use
their Influence with their husbands to
prevent the breaking of the contract
with the steel comiany.
Women Form Union. '
A report" says organized lnlbor Is
making great wt rides among the wom
en employed In the Government print
ing ofllce nt Washington, 1). C. By
September 1 no woman will be able
to get employment there unless she
belongs to some union. Vnu women
bookbinders huve recently organized
sud unless shu tins a union card no ap
plicant, no matter how strong her po
litical backing, can get employment.
Population ol Franc 38,641,333.
The official final census retnrns
show flip population of France to be
88,041,.'I3, nn Increase In the last Are
years of 412.3U4. The increase Is
mainly in urban ce.uters. Twenty.
eight dcpiirtmciitH show on lucrease
nnd til) n decrease. The census fig.
urcs Include the troops lu Olilnn and
the Bailors of the navy and merchant
marine absent from France March -4.
Texai Legislature Pledge Support.
A resolution was introduced lu the
State Legislature pledging morul and
financial suimurt to the nel striker
and requiring members to contribute
1 pur duy of their salaries to aid the
strikers.
Bridge Doe Damage.
A span of the new bridge from
Fleming park to Neville Isluud, Pitts
tuirg, was torn down by a-passing
freight train Thursday afternoon and
did great damage. A street car Just
ewcaped the wreck and the Olevelmid
flyer ou the Lake Krie was stopped
within DO yards of it Workmen
that cleared away the debris were
shocked In handling Iron buujns charg
ed wtth electricity from the trolley
vires of the McKeee Hacks, Neville
island and Ooraopolls traction Usee.
Edwin H. Conger, rh.i 1'nlted State
minister to China, ha.i nrrlved at re
king. Marquis Ito, former premier of Ja
pan, will tnnk a visit to the t'nlted
Slates.
The postoffleo nt Cape May. X, J.,
was robbed of $200 In stamps and
money.
The widow of Henor Cunovas Hel
Castillo, the former premier of Spain,
is dead.
F.nglMi butcher have cninblned In
prevent the sale of Anieiicau miat lu
Loudon.
The navy department has consented
to submit to Admiral Schley Its list of
vlliipMce.
Fire tin mil god the A. C. Williams
Iron works nt ltnvcnna. O., to the ex
tent or 1.1 00.
Signer Crlspl'w delvts were many
mil his em Ire estate may be used to
satisfy creditors.
A dispatch from Corni-nsi says the
Invnder on the Venezuelan frontier
have disappeared.
Vice President Uoosevelt will at
tend the lira ml Army reunion nt
Hutchinson, Kan.
The American Oil Company of Erie.
Ii.. capital STO.wio, litis Wit Inoer
ixuated lu Delaware.
Five wrsoiM were klllinl and 10 hurt
In Chicago by the collision of a trolley
ear nnd railroad train.
Lleiitennut (leneral Miles hns Issued
a general oilier Intended to Improve
the conditions of the nruiy.
Consul Malmros reports from Colon
that gu.Tiilla lighting haw been going
on between rnnnma nnd Colon.
Henry M. Flagler, the inulll-mllllon-nlro.
has Ih'cu granttMl a divorce from
his Insane wife nt Miami, Flu.
A company to enrry freight over the
flrent Lakes hns been orgaVI'.ed Bt
Syracuse. N. Y with S-.Vkmi.OOO.
In n (inarri'l nt UreeitvUle, X. C.
Wllllani (iardiier and Mark Dixon
killed each oilier with one pistol.
Col. Myron T. Herrlck, with hl wife
nnil Ills son, are gmsts of 1'ivsldeut
nnd Mm. McKinley. nt Cnivton, .
William Herwlg. of New Bedford,
Pa., shot nnd killed hlinsiif oil his re
turn from the funeral of a cousin.
The National Council of the Knights
of Columbus adopted what is known
ns the step-rate plan of Insurance.
Albert Shlnn. aged . the wealth
iest citizen of Shlnnstoit. W. it., was
kicked to death by a vicious horse.
The St. Alovslus llomiin Catholic
church at Wilinerdlng. Pn.. was dam
aged by fire to the extent of SH.miO.
A firm of cotton buyers nt Atlanta,
tin., announced that they had taken
Itlchard P. Hobson Into partnership.
The West Point Cadets will give
dally exhibition drills nt the Pan
American F.xposltlou until August 2S.
The seventh annual International
convention of the Catholic Order of
Foresters opened In Detroit Tuesday.
Helen Potts Hall, a claimant to the
estate of Ceorgo F. (Jllninn, was di
vorced lu New York from Blakcly
Hall.
Oeiieral Miller was greeted flt the
National C.uard camp with a salute of
IS guns, after which he Inspected the
camp.
The state department has received
advices from Venezuela that another
Invasion was stnrtcd y 4.000 Inmir-1
genu.
A plant for the manufacture of vlt
rilled nnd buff building brick nnd
fancy pressed tile will be erected near
Tareutiim, Pn.
Lieut. Wallace Bertholf. of the
Culled States navy, has liegun ship
ping lli.ooo reindeer from Okhotsk, Si
beria, to Alaska.
The estimates of the army engineers
for river nud harbor Improvements
during the year ending June 30, l'.K3,
total IH4.34S,4D4.
Mrs. Itrldget Walsh nnd Mrs. Ld-
ward Kelley were Instantly killed nt
Scrnnton. Pa., by being run down by
a pn.cngcr train.
The lmard of healtli of Montclalr,
X. J., hns given the authorities power
to purchase oil to liegiu the work of
extermlnat lug inosqulliM's.
fien. Fltzhngh Lee, fornier consul
nt Havana, said In nn address at Chau-
tnuipin that the Maine wns destroyed
bv students who were experimenting
with cxplotlves lu the Spniiish arsenal.
Tlte caving In of a tunnel on the
AshevKle lino bctweeu Black Moun
tain and Hound Knob, X. C, killed a
man and delayer! train.
Grand Duchess Xenla, wife of
Grand Duke Alexander Mlkhnllovltch,
of Kiissla. gave birth to a son. The
child wiur christened Dliuitrl.
Chief Offlcer Hnns Ilusser. of the
TtHltlmore and Hamburg liner Bntu
vla. hat Is-en iipKi'lnted captain of the
German Autnrtlc expeilltJon,
The Biitisii steanuT Knlgtit Coin
mnnder, which sailed from I-ondon for
Baltlmmv, collided off Dovit wit.h and
t-niik the barge Xorumn Uttle.
The second annual reunion of the
Society of the Philippines began at
Salt Luke City with a delegation of
Pennsylvania veteruus preseut.
A olspi,.tch from Victoria, B. C
says the steamer Inlander, running
from Victoria to Skagwny. struck an
Iceberg aud U. Uvea were lost
Mr. Chamberlain, In nn Interview
In 1ondou, says there Is no founda
tion for the rumor that he Inteuuds to
muke a tour of the l ulled States.
Maryland state council of the Jun
ior Order I'Ulted American Mechan
ics will present Admiral Schley with
a valuable gold medal commemorat
ing the battle of Santiago.
The first oftlclul bulletin of the Can
adian census give the population of
the dominion at 5,3:18,883, an Increase
of uOS,U.ri5 over the census of 1801.
Statistician Brown, of the Xew York
Produce Exchange, estimates the corn
crop, based on the government per
centages, at 1.303.000,000 bushels.
The trades council of Detroit Mlcb.,
bus adopted a resolution urging Mayor
Maybury to refuse the $ToO,000 girt
from Andrew Carnegie for a library.
A force of Ecuadorian troupe Is
ready to Invade Colombia, and a bat
tW la Imminent near Psotu
IOWA ORDERED TO PANAMA.
TWELVE MEN MEET OEATN
la the Burning ol Crlk at Mi Cleveland
Water Worki Retcuer Overcome by
Gat Many Saved by Tug.
Increailng Serlouinet of the Sltua Ion
South Am rlca Germany Gathering
Squadron on Atlantle Sid.
That this government consldim that
n serious situation In the Insurrection
In Colombia ami the virtual war lie
tween that republic nnd Venezuela Is
amply ntteted by the fact that the
Navy Department has ordered the
battleship Iowa to prepare for a voy
age to IV.n.-itn.t, nn.l she will im onh '.'
ed to s.ill fi r tliat port ns soon ns he
Is retnly. The little cruiser. Hanger,
nw at San Diego, Cnl.. hns Is-en Ill
s' nietcd to start for Panama, aim will
sail on short notice. The cruiser
Philadelphia hns gone Into dry dock
for overhauling nnd general repairs,
In order that she might be projwred. If
oocitslirti niMise, to go to scene of the
trouble en the Isthmus. The weekly
papt rs In F.nghind are ilbvnswlng the
(pinrrel lstwn Venezuehi nnd Col
umbia. The "Spei-lntor" thinks Mint
"Atneiicnii Interferonce will luive
grave results," mid tluit Is no Im
IMisslbte that rhp I'nltvd Suites will
oii'ttpy Panama, but It cau no rea
son why tlitmt Britain should oppose
fitch n course.
The department of state Is ndvlspd
by telegram front Mr. Itiumdl,
charge il'iiffaires In VeneziiPhl, that
tlu departure of the Colombian min
ister from Carni-ns was voluntiiry and
that lie has the Intention of returning
to his post. Mr. Itussell hns taken
charge of the Colombian legation prop
erty nnd archives during the minis
ter's absence.
WtR BROUGHT WiDESPRtnD RUIN.
WRECKED THE PHILIPPINES.
STAGE ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
Not In the Wild Wait. But In the Adirondack
of New York 81a'.
A stage conch robltory in the Adi
rondack took place In broad day
light, Wcilni sday, two mill's north
of Dunlap's hotel nt Xorth Hlver, on
the rond to Blue Mountain lake. The
highwaymen shot mid killed two hors
es and thus stopped the conch. There
were seven pawsemrers In the coach,
four men nnd throe women. The
hlghwnymen treated the women with
courtesy, nnd one of them remarked
considerately that no harm would lie
fall them If they would simply keep
quiet ami hnnd over what available
cash they had, along with their rings
watches nnd Jewelry. Then, while
one highwayman covered the passen
gers with his ritle, the other one went
through their puruvs and collected
quite a sum of money. Then the mall
pouches were ripped open nnd in the
presence of the scared passengers
the hlghwnymen opened nil letters
and pocketed the contents. They then
turned their attention to the express
package.
After the hlghwnymen concluded
their senrch they took to the woods,
keeping the passengers covered until
they were out of sight.
In a fire fraught with nil the horror
that accompanies iienth In the most
violent form,' Ave men were burned to
ibnth, four were drowned and three
wire asphyxiated nt Crib No. 2 if the
new water works tunnel In Cleveland.
Wednesday morning. ' In addition to
these, live men are In Cleveland hos
pitals and It Is Im'IIcvpiI that three will
die from the pffoets of injuries, burn
nnd polscnous gas. The three men
who wero nsphyxjated lost their lives
In the tunnel, while eight other mem-1
tiers of the night shift were rescued.
Another denth wn added to the long
list, one or the rescuing party losing
his life In the tunnel. The tiro was
due to nn overheated bolh-r smoke
stack. The Isiller exploded soon nfter
the flames broke out. The crib Itself
wns of pine tlmlier. The men, who
were nwleep In their bunks, sprang tip
to find themselves In the midst of the
flames. The boards nil around them
were burning fiercely, liown In the
shaft, under the lake, 11 men were at
work digging, unconscious, until the
nlr supply wns cut off, of the lire
nliove them.
A watchman nt a life saving fta
Hon sounded the alarm for the life
saving crew. The scene of the fire
lieggnrs description. There half-clad
and many entirely naked men were
clinging to pieces of tlmler nud hang
ing to the side of the burning crib.
Life preservers were thrown to the
men and one by one theV were pulled
Into the tug. Two men In the yawl
ent to the side of the crib and tw
ued 10 men.
(. B. Van Onsen, the foreman, de-
scpiiiIihI the miii ft in nn attempt to
rescue eleven men In the tunnel lie
low. He discovered that they were
still alive. Twenty-two In all were
rescued from the water nud four
rowned. The (lend are: Victor
nufimin. Canton: Arthur Hasty. John
Martlne, Mark Snyder. John Kowel-
ky. Ail hni' Hastings and John Fug-
lug. Four boilies have not yet been
recovered, the two In the tunnel and
the two at the Ixittom of the lake?
Work was begun on the new water
orkft In IS'.mi, and. In addition to the
2 lives lost Wednesday morning. 10
have died as the result of accidents,
making a total of 31 lives that have
boon Hiiciillced. Further rescue work
had to be abandoned for the time be
ing, but the big lire tug Fa Illy Is sta
tloned nt the crib, nud Is pumping nlr
hrougli a line of hose into the tunnel
This, however. Is entirely precaution
ary, ns If Is the opinion of those In
formiHl that there are no more men lu
the tunnel..
Sen. MacArthur Arrive In Frlic and Calmly
Tell Facti Northern Luton Pacified.
The Shtrldin Bring Troop.
RUSSIAN FAMINE.
Crop Continue Vry Pr Nearly Third at
European Terrllor In Dllrl and
Many People ar Starving.
tmi mahkbta
riTTSBURO.
Orals, rtoar and fi.
Wsiat No. I red AS
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Cobs No. 1 rullow, tmr M
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BRINGING FOREIGN WORKERS.
The Immigrant Inspector Ordered to Invastl
gat Reported Action of Truit.
AsulstntU Secretary of the Treasury
Tnylor has directed Milton Smiley,
tlie Immigrant Inspector stationed nt
Columbus. O., to proceed to Bellalre,
O., to Investigate reports that the
steel trust Is preimrlng to Import for
eign workmen to take thp places of
strikers. The suggestion Is that the
stiH-1 company projmses to find expert
workmen lu Lurope and bring them
to this country In such a manner ns to
secure their admission.
School Teacher Sailing Acrou th Pae lie
Spend th Tim Making Love.
Of tlie 400 American teachers who
sailed ou the transport Thomas from
San Francisco to Manila, (Ml of them
on renculiig Honolulu were married
lie tiiichors had lieen chowen from
many normal universities of the coun-
nud were strangers to each other.
Their acquaintance nnd courtship ex
tended over a period of less than 10
days. The captain of the Thomas re
fused to permit their weddings while
at sen, and the 30 couple, upon the
arrival of the transport nt Honolulu
sought out a liorgymau and were mar
ried. A lMint wns chartered and the
30 pairs made a tour of the bay.
GLASS TRUST NEGOTIATIONS.
Willing to Take Alt th Belgian Factorle,
One-Third Their Minimum.
In connection with the .Vmprlcan
negotiations for the acquisition of the
Belgian Glass works, which tire being
conducted by President James A,
Chambers and Vice President M. Iv
McMullin. of the American Plnte
Glaus company, the "Petit Bleu" says
The Americans ask as their minimum
share one third of tlie combined Bel
glint factories, but they would take
the whole If the masters nre willing.
The trust guarantees to take 18 per
cent, or the entire output so long as
tbo arrangement continues. ,
English War Vouel Sail for Panama.
The sloop of war Icarus, which has
been ordered to Kugland, will call at
Panama, remaining until the trouble
hns been settled. The Phaeton Is now
there.
Law Rovlved Against Scolding Woman.
Mrs. Mary Wagner, of Allegheny
has been held for court by Alderman
Samuel Alieniathey on the charge of
being a common scold, liillip Der-
elch, with 12 other witnesses, tiwtltled
that she was a regular nuisance
the nelghlMirhood. scolding and quar
reling wltu everyone anout ner.
Troop Give Up Chase. .
Compnny 1, Eighth infantry, O. N,
G.. after scouring the hills of Holmes
county for two days lu pursuit of the
robbers who attempted to loot the
Adams bank, returned to Mlllersburg
and announced tliat tncy Had abuu
doned the clinse.
Ministers Have Signed.
The Ministers of the Towers have
signed the preliminary draft of the
protocol at Peking in order to bind
their Governments and to prevent fur.
ther exchanges, the Palace of An
cestors, hitherto guarded by Frenc
troops was transferred to the Chinese
authorities intact.
Big Contract for Alabama Coal.
Th Warrior Coal Co., of Tusca
lootM, Ala., a concern that la not
the Aluibama coal combination, which
la eouitroltcxi by the Monongahula Hlv
er Consolidated C'ual ana cose co,
hae made a contract to deilver 800,
000 tout at coal at New Orleana for
one your, beginning November 1. Tbe
coal will be laid down In that city for
fit a ton.
The transport Sheridan nrrlved nt
Son Francisco Sttnlay from Manila,
bringing (lenepal MacArthur and stuff,
the oflh-ors and Will enlisted men of the
Fourteenth Infantry, nnd Company A
of the Biitt'iillon of Fnglnecrs; 2112 dls-
liiai'u-.'.l mhllers, Jill prisoners, HO ills-
liiargcii civilian employes, r murines
ami 12 wtowawnys. The prisoners nre
nearly all short-term men, most of
them of the Fourteenth. A pnvsenger
on tlie Sheridan was Captain H. W.
.Newton of flip Thirty-fourth Volun
tiMW, who took a prominent part In
the capture of Agilltnahlo. General
MacAi'thiir snld: "War has wrecked
he Philippines nnd laid wnste whole
Ilstrhits. The peoplp In mnny ills-
tclclu have relupsi .1 Into bnrbnrlim.
The 'beat conditions prevail In Xortlurn
Luzon. You may nay that the whole
territory Is pncllled, but not trnnqnll-
Ised. but it will not be many months
lief ore law and order arc observed
erorvwherp. While the conditions nro
Hot perfect, tliey ore gratifying. A
few groups of armed Insurgents ore
Mill at large, but they will eom snr-
rnnder, as their power l broken nnd
they are not being aided by the na
tives. Tlune natives have come to see
that surrender does not moan death,
ami they are coming In every wiek
with their rifles. Throughout Xotth-
prn Luzon the Insurrection has la-en
dead for pome time nnd there is free
dom of movement. Still a large crim
inal class there commits depredations
on Amerli-nns and natives, though the
laititer suffer the more severely. The
natives ore eogorly seeking the estab
lishment of civil government
that they may roit out those bmi.l of
criminals. There Is every reason to
believe that the whole country will
ion ! perfectly wife for travelers.
At present there Is some trouble nt
Smar. but General Hughes, with n
lurge and effective force, has gone af
ter tin 'I'll nnd will soon bring the In-
mirgeitts to their senses. I Imt Is the
worst place, but It Is not Interfering
with the const business. In Ci-bit and
Bohal anil occasionally In Southern
Luzon there Is a slight outbreak, but
it Is caused by the criminal clement.
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Advices from Moscow say uussia ia oNo7i white.............
on tlie eve of another famine. Near- No. S w'liltn 9 !
ly a third of the province, of t; ,
penn lluswln are officio"" ''"-lured to nT No. 1 timothy 15 '8 18 0
have produced "Insnlllcleut" others i Clover No. 1 WH 1 I
m..l..t. t " mill ntlu.rw ctlll "iiikIit tlie rtsn No. 1 wh Is mid. too.... l
average" crop of i-ercnb'. (Inly two
provlmt out of 70 have really good
Irarvewls. Among Hip "Insutllcleiit"
TAKE HUSBANDS AT HONOLULU.
RUSSIA MAKING RAPID ADVANCEMENT.
ROBBERS PLOT.
Gen. Grant Found Remarkable Improvement
Even Among Former Serfs.
Gen. Fred Oent Grant, who has lust
arrived from- F.urope. said Hie feeling
of the peopie of the m.ddle and upper
lasses was favorable to the V lilted
States. The ltusslans regard the
I'nltisl States more ns a country to
buy from than to soil to. "I found
tihe greatest improvement since my
last visit to KiiMNla in 1NT2. liven the
house are bel'ter built, mid show that
ltitsrtlu is advancing with the time nnd
Is prospermia The Improvement in
the condition of the serfs Is remark
able. They were liberated about the
same time that our negroes were, ut
they have advanced Inllnltely furtilier
In the same time. Army service has
helped In their development physical
ly mid mentally in n way that goes
far to make up for the, burden ou e
nation at large."
A Punxsulawney Insurance Agent Bound enl
Gagged For Refuting to Help.
Two men entered the ofllce of J. L.
Ijoo. nn agent for the Prudential In
surance company Friday, nt Pnnxsn
ta wney, nt 10 o'clock p. m., nnd made
him ii uroiiiuiltlon to join them In rob
bing the First National bank, of this
place. They told him If he would go
ami hire a rubber-tired buggy ami
meet them lu the Fast Fud after they
had comtiletPil the Job, ho would get
Sl.OOO. Mr. Leo absolutely refused to
do so. and the burglars draw their rr
vol vers on him, telling lilni if he did
not accept he must die. The robbers
seized .him, IniuiiiI his hands nnd feet
Hectirely. detached the rulnVr hose
from n small gas stove, placed one
end In Lee mouth nnd tied it there,
so he could not move ll. nnd put the
other end to the gae Jet and turned on
the' gas. Then the men bade him
good-bye, locked the door mi the In
side and climbed out through the
transom. I.ce begau to chew the rub
her hose nud Anally suivocdcil In bit
lug it off, and then liccnmc uncoil
scions. Mr. G. W. Klpp and Mr. Alex
nnder, who were passing, heard moans
cooilug from Lee's olllr nnd brok
the door In and found Lee unconsci
ous.. A doctor wns called who. nfter
working for nn hour, succeeded lu re
viving him. The bank wns not enter
cd.
NONE OF THE MISSING FOUND.
Suit Over Newly Opened Land.
A temporary Injunction hns been
granted by the probate Judge, In tbe
absence of the district Judge, In the
suit of Itebeeca Young and other al
leged Indians against the disposal of
some of the newly opened lands In
Oklahoma. Some of tho lands are
Involved In the suits recently liistl-
tutcu by Indians.
Argentina Pan-American Delegate!.
Tho Government of Argentina has
npiKilnted Or. Autonlo Bermejo, Dr.
Lorcnso Annbon and Or. Garcia Me-
rou. Argentine Minister to the United
States, as representatives to the Pan-
American congress. Dr. Kmlllo Xo-
setl has been appointed secretary of
tho delegation.
Th Stoekken' Expedition Return to Norway
From Franl Josef land.
The expedition commanded by
Stoekken, the father of the missing
Xorweglan innolilnlut of Unit iiatiu1
sent lu search of young Stoekken nn;
he other lost members of tlie Atiru..
expedition, nrrlved nt Snndellord, Nor
way, Saturday, after having expioroti
the south ci-flst of Frans Josef hum
Xo trace of the ml swing men wus
found. The hu'iiiIhts of tlie expedl
tion erected at Cnpo Flora the memor
ial stone sent by the Duke of Abmzzl,
- Want Duty Imposed.
Fcderlco Degetnu, Resident Com
mlssloner from Porto ltieo, has tiled
with tho Secretary of the Treasury a
brief lu eunnort of his contention Unit
under the provisions of the, Foraker
act a duty or a cents a nouna snoiiid
be luipckod ou all cotTco imported..
CABLE FLASHES.
Queen Sophia of Sweden Is again
seriously ill.
Kdmond Oudranax. the French cum
poser, le dead. He was born April
11. 1842.
Baron Adolf Erik XotdenskJokL the
Swedish Arctic explorer and natural-
1st, died Sunday at Stockholm,
Two million Iondoners to have an
opportunity to eat excellent dinners
five day In every week for 4 cents a
meal. ,
lire the best wliiat growing Districts.
The official "Insnlllclent" means utter
dtarv.i.t'loii. 1 he fnniliip stricken nren
xew ds half a million square mllev.
ml about the samp area ns that of
III,, it-rent fnni lie of 1 Sill .
.,11, iim,I,i J!l mill IHMI Mim liioiefl I
untied on the re-port of two months
ago lmvp vanished. The havoc has
lieen Avrought by the Intense hi at nnd
entire ilOiseaice of rain when needed.
Aftcjlwniri! there wtire 'tcrreiii, lal
ownponrs nnd hailstorms. The ap
pearance or Innumerable pests Is com
pleting the destruction. As the bar
est Is now in progress these nre hum
reports. It might be suppiov-d that
Russia would :lll be able to draw on
er vast resources of Siberia. But,
mathrs have not gone well Ihere,
though the figures have not been Anal
ly Issued. Moreover, the crops jf Si
beria avail li.lle fi r Ru.rdn has no
roads but the r.'ii'roaiis. Of Vie hun-
ilmls of thousands who perished, di
rectly or Indirectly, from typhoid nnd
olhrr epidemic. Induced by slnrva-
t'lon. during previous famines, the
p. .it inn purity were within a hund-ed
or two hundred miles of the railroads
nd grain could not nnd cannot go to
e starving mujiks, though the
ri ams Inks such quantities to the
pi.ris a to In in -11 1 the oitlir world.
brown iiildillliigs.., 16 M
Ilrnn. hulk IT OJ
Stiuw iVbi'Ht J 00
1 uu
Out..
Iislrr rrmlasM
CtTTrs Elgin aresmary.
Olno orenmnry Sltf V
KiuidV iniilitrv roll 18
ns that of , mtii.m. 10
The popil- New York, now 10 V X
Ponttry, eta.
Hiss for lh J
Omrisss dirssod I J
Eoae l's. and Ohio, fresU 18 IT
Fruits snit VstbU.
Ostss Psass per tmthol 1 SOfl 1 T9
1 otatoes Fnn-y wlilto, uuL 4 0) 4 M
C'AiniAns pr liurrflL 1" J '
Usiuse er barrel. M "1
llALTtttORB.
Fixics Winter Fntcut
WnsA-r No. a red
Cons mlseil
Oats
Kmii
liCTTis Ohio creamery
T0
.
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PRIVILEGES OF CHINESE.
Attorney General Knox Decides That a Hrhnu-
fncturer May Alio Be a Merchant.
Attorney Oetieral Knox. In nn opin
ion holds that a t'hlnamnii may en-
age In the manufacture of goods for
sale and still be cniislderi il a incr-
Inint In the sense In which that word
Is used in the treaty and laws relating
to the cxc-lns'lon of Chinese, where tint
mercantile part of the business, either
wholly or in part, ns the selling of
goods so mnntit'nctui'od. The case is
tliat of n member of n firm nt San
Francisco cngnged lu the manufacture
mid sale of cigar v. nnd the question Is
whether th.s ( hliiamnn may be re-ad-mlttcd
Into the Fulled Slates as n re
turning merchant. The Alturney lien-
r:i I holds that he Is entitled to admis
sion. Mr. Knox has also held that all
Chinese who have a light to be lu the
Fulled States', ns evidenced by valid
ei'tlllcates of residence or registration
are entitled to pass from the Fulled
States to the Hawaiian Islands nnd to
be protected while there by their reg
istration ccrtlllcalcs.
PIIILAUBLHlIt S.
Piin. Winter nstant I W I "
1 . a m
BEAT MO. INI
Cuss No. 1 mlxad
Oats No. S whits 49
Ui'TTBB Cresmnry, MtrA
Eooe Fetuuylvauls lints.
a
aiu si
16 11
CARLSLE 150 YEARS OLD.
MKW tons,
Frotrs Patents.
Wheat No. rod
tons No. 1
Oats No. il White
ltt'TTBS Cremnery -
Euot Hlnte and i'enna
, 0f
. TT
. S
. 4a
. i
. 17
M
77VJ
3'1
43-1
iO 4
t
Lira stock.
Central Stock Tsnlt. Kill Llljjrlf, lfc
CATTLE.
rrime hravy, 1500 lo 10O0 lbs. . . S BJa 8
Prim, 1300 to 1400 II 5 40 J
il'diiiiu, 1'iUO to 1300 IU. B 11 5
FM iiPifeis 4 fW
llulolier, V00 to 1000 lb. 4 00
l onimon to litir 8 40
Oxen, common to Int. S 50
Common to good futbullaaootf 2 00
Milch oows, noh 13 00
Extra miluh oows, esoo. 87 50
BOOS.
Hunted By 8,000 Man.
Five thousand men nre searching
for Mose Wilder, a half-breed negro
Indian, who Is charged with the mur
der of Mrs. t VldweJl nenr South May
de, Tom. The pursuers nre covering
all tlie territory from South Mayde to
Woodvllle, I. T., a distance of 100
tulles.
President ol Ecuador.
The Ecundoivnn congress In session
In Quito, after a scrutiny of the votes
cast for president, diolared General
Iia.a legally elected to tho ofllce,
wifh a plurality of tl.1,000 votes. Gen
eral 1'luza will nssumo ofllco August
31.
Found Chest of Coin.
Workmen, while excavating a.r the
Ilennepln canal fivder, 20 miles south
of Hock Falls, III., discovered a large
Iron client, nlsnit two fct wide and
four feet long. It was full of old
Span Uli coins hearing date of 1H.N4. It
lit evidently a strong box of the iinrly
Simulsh or French settlers. The coin
Is probably worth nlwitit $1.01)0.
Fak Grave of Hamlet,
Slmkeserenu experts In Fnglnnd,
are denouncing the proposition that
Sir Henry Irving nnd Kllen Terry ap
peal for funds to place a statue over
the alleged grave of lluinlet, Prince
of Denmark, at Kluluore. It Is stated
as a fact by those who ought to know
tluvt tlie grave now marked as the Inst
resting place of Bhakespeare'ai great
est diameter Is not a grave at
all, tint merely a hoax Intended to
catch the American tourist. The
real grave of the real Hamlet is said
by those who object to the proposed
monument to bo on Moors' IsIiuaJ
Pennsylvania Town Will Celebrate It Set-
qulcenlenary in October Noxt.
Carlisle will celebrate My scsqiileen-
tennlal In October. In the ma titer of
age Carlisle Is the oldest Pennsylvan
ia town west of the Susquehanna ex
cept ShlpiM'iisburg. Cumberland coun
ty was laid out January '!", l'.'S), nnd
Cuiilsle was laid out a year later. Tho
early settlers were compiis'ed of
Sit'tch and Irish, with nbont .TO fam
ilies i f liermniis. The Shlromnnstown
i.iiineraii cnurcii wns iiiini in iiu.i.
and the Silver Spring IVesbyterlnn
church In 17S:i. The oldest school
house, still standing nud iimiI for
school purposes, wns built near Shire
miiiistown lu 17S7, making it 104
years old,
INFECTED MOSQUITO CAUSES DEATH.
New Theory of Yellow Fever Domon bated
In Oeally Manner.
Chief Surgeon Harvard announced
that the Investigation of the propaga
tion of yellow fever nt llnvnnn, so far
ns these Involved the mosquito test,
will be discontinued. This decision
was taken bocnuwe one of the non
iiiimuiHw who was recently bitten by
nn Infected mosquito illid of yellow
fever. The mnn wns a Spnnmnl, de
sired to become an Immune and allow
ed himself to be bitten by nn Infected
mosquito. Another mnn who wns
bitten Is also suffering from a very
lmd ca&o. "
WAS ELOPERS' MECCA.
L'fEt heavy yorkers and modluin
liooU to clioioe nnckers.
Hood pigs nud light yorkert....
1'lgs, vominon to good
Prima heavy bogs
t'ommou to lulr
Itougtis
tttags
eassr.
Extra, medium weight watliors.
Oood to ehoioe.
Medium
Common to fair.
LAMBS,
Lambe clipped
Lamb, good to ehoioe, clipped
Lambs, common to loir, clipped
Uprlug Lambs
calve.
Veal, extra S 00 7 03
nl, good to cholca. 4 60 8 60
Veul, oonimoD to Inir 8 09 4 61
Veal, common heavy S 00 8 60
111
6 05 f
8 05 f
6 95
70 I
8 15
6 00
6 00 Votf"
4 00 4 61
8 V) 4 00
8 60 8 7
8 75 8 5
1 35 80
9 50 4 31
8 6) 04
i 60 8 50
a ii s ai
CONDITIONS ARE SATISFACTORY.
Indiana Official Go Ater A Gratna Green.
Marriages Too Numerous.
Attorney General Tnylor has declar
ed war against the illegal features of
tlie Gretna Own or marriage Indus
try at Jeffersonvllle, Ind. A secret
Investigation of tlie operations of the
otllclnls of the turhcrn Indiana town,
has been In operation for some time.
Basing bis action on the reiMirt, Mr.
Taylor dispatched a letter to the
county prosecutor of Clark county and
ordered hi in to proceed at once to col-
led evldeuce for the purpose of pun
Idling those guilty or trafficking lu
marriage ceremonies. The deputy's re
port feiiowtt ;hut for the year ending
June 30," 1001, there were 1.4S0 mar
riage licenses Issued by the clerk of
Clark county, so per cent, of which
were net residents of the county.
No Tariff oa Porto Rico Cofle.
The treasury department hns decid
ed that a ciin.oms dflty of 5 cents
pound shall not be Imposed on all cof
fee InqMirted Into lVrto Hlco from tho
I lilted States. The department be-
lieves H was tlie Intention of Congress
to protect tho coffee Industry lu lxrto
HUti, but rliat through inadvertence
tlie unrestricted provision abolished
all tariff duties Including that ou cof
fin.
Boy Was Mas of Flams.
Thrusting a lighted torch Into
dwo-gallon can of kerosene young John
Richards ,of Bridgeport, near NorrUv
towu, Pa., was nearly burned to death
When the torch reached tho oil It ex
ploded, ureuchlug the boy, who was
luslaiMlv enveloped in rtauin,n
Business Outlook Gratifying Steal Strike
Put Up Prices Mateial for Immedi
ate Delivery Command Premium.
H. O. Dun & Oo.'s weekly trade re
view says:
The iIlHti'lbutloii of merchandise
ha proceded on a steady and satis
factory scale throughout the east, and
In the west and southwest the relief
from the long drought nnd heat Is be
ginning to be reflected In a largor re
nin Trauo, so mill tor xm uuiirier-
promiso Is held out of a larger busi
ness than lawt year. Crop conditions
in tlie territory niot nnTectea ny tlie
recent drought ore Improving, and the
weather hits been highly favorable la
msiirly all districts east of tlie Mis
souri river, though rains have Inter
rupted the spring wheat harvest. The
stool strike hns nffeettfd prices exten
sJvely, particularly on sales for Im
mediate delivery. Id tin plate the ad
vance hn been greatest, while hoops,
bliect, skelp and billets are sold at
premiums. Quotations are too errat
ic for accurate record and in many
cases sales are at private terms. Con
fidence 1s steadily shown by placing
of Ulwtant deliveries at regular prices.
Consumption has undoubtedly been
flintier curtailed this mouth, but a re
vival of exports tends to prevent ac
cumulation. New England boot nud
shoe factories are still actively en
gaged and the stability 'of prices re
mains a feature. New sork and West
ern shops are equally busy. Jobbers
complaining of slow deliveries. This
is the season of greatest demand for
Isxits and there Is a fair volume of
busluctw. but each year a decrotu la
output appears. Leather sells freely,
but wirhout change in price, while
slightly lower 'bids for hides will,
probably secure large lots. Woolen
mills have full employment as a rulu
and the lucreawd consumption of raw
material tends to harden the tone of
the wool market, although no quot
able change is possible. Otliclal fig
ures of condition were fur more hope
loss than even the most pessimistic
fliirlclputlons.'ndlcntlug ouly 2,000,
000.000 bushcur cf wlitut and com to
giither. Inflated prices brought out
receipt for the week of 2.3o9,703
bushels, against 2,0:iJ.l!)8 bushels last
year, and reduced Atlantic exports to
K31.S00 bimhols, compared with 2.0.12.
333 bushels a year ago. and 4.IKI4.30J
bushels In 181)0. Wheat also ndvauc
ed aharply, but there Is souud argu
niont for strength in Atlantic exports
during tlie last two weeks of 13,570,.
034 bushels, ngttluwt 4.378.D01 bushels
In 1000 and 4.80U.04U buuhclg two
years ago. Tbe South ia In a better
position than ever before, planter
have mortgaged less of their crop than
usual, and the bauca will not draw on
New . York a heavily as heretofore.
Failures of the week numbered 108 la
tbe United States,