MM HADJI UIEQU11ESL
OETAiNEO AT BALTIMORE
1 2D Mm Firm Same Prcvlrce In Austria
Eo Icvcd to Re Contract Laborer.
Held for Investigation.
i.oikcil up j On. immigrant Hotel.
Baltimore, Mil., Thursday won- 1-.'."
AuKtvI.rn wlin. tln nnthoritle KUspi'i-t,
Wi'iv lil-nuvli! ti America I.) lake th'
linv. i ( tin. s-lrltilnir cmnlne-i iif tit,.
Hteol tt'lltt. A special In it of 111
julry. consisting of !l nihVlals cm-net-ted
with the local IminbrrnHnii bu
reau, were iiiicmpilug in lcnrn wheth
or r int tin' foreign laborers fi-nlly illil
cotiii ti Anii'i'lcit under contract to
siipplnttt rin- striking steel worker.
About nliii' tiicti were put through a
"sweating" process. Imt nniii nf thi'tn
ntliitllti'il anything which would Justify
tlio otliclnls hi recommending (lint
they bo returned to Hrcnicn, where
they lM.iiili'il tln steamer HniinviT for
Hnltlmore. Win n Hip list of Immi
grant was submitted to tlu olllclals
fler tin- Hanover reached putt It was
noticed tlmt 123 of tin- number were
natives of t'roiikli', n province of Aus
tria. They had tickets to SteHton,
Pittsburg. Cleveland mi. I oilier places
In the vicinity of tin- mills of tlie.s I
trust. Tills nrouseil tlie suspicions of
the olllclals.
SYNDICATE WANTS THE BONDS.
Philadelphia Again Opens Bids for
Loan
of $9,000,000.
Mnyor Ashbrhlgo openiil bids M,m
dny for the jn.oon.ono bnlnnee of the
S12.tM)0.NHi loan authorized Inst March
l).v nn ordlnaiK-p of councils f(r the
construction n ml Insinuation of Dip
city Improved water kii))1t. Tin In
torest mil. i.v Hit per rent." lbexol &
CO. mill lil'OWIl Hl'Ofl. I'n nf I'lill,..
dolphin, nnd llnivey I'lsk Sons Co., of
Now York, propose,! to lake the entire
aliment, rhelr did being $!l.(rj'.',."iiM, tills
syndicate to take nil or none. Tin
syndicate agrees to pay the Interest
on tin bonds, from .Inly 1 to August
24 as, n pivmluiu.
ORDERED MONEY BURNED.
Thi Heirs Will Fight the Queer Clause In A
Minn'sotan's Will.
Twenty-five thousand dollars In Mils
will lip publicly binned by order of
tin Probate Court unless a clause In
the will of Harvey Scott Is knocked
out by llie courts. Scott, who was Si
ytni old, left nn pKtalp of $."0,1)1111,
half cf wlileh Is in bniil; notes nnd
trnlled Suites currency. The object
of Hip will is suppostil to bp to de
prive his legal heirs three In number
of nny share In this motipy.
GOVERNMENT FIXES RULE.
Chinese Cound (or Mox co Must Prove
Good Faith Before Landing.
TIip treasury department litis deter
mined to take ndvantaup of the nu
thorlty given by tin Chhipsp exelii
Blon net to regulate thp transit through
tin riilted Suites of mini' emi
grants bound for other countries.
Hereafter the department will refuse
landing permlvdoii to Chinese bound
for Mexico, unless it Is absolutely at
lslied of their good fait li.
MARRIED AN INDIAN.
Handsome White Woman Married fo a Mom
ber of the Chippewa Tribe.
Tim first Indian ever mnrrled In
Somerset wns wedded to Miss llertha
thirling Wednesday nt the Lutheran
pnrsotingo by Ucv. I. Stewart Hoover
of the Lutheran ehnreh. He Is Kliner
Simmon a Chippewa, and a graduate
of the Carlisle ludinn scliool and the
Indian Slntp Nonmil school. His bride
is a handsome young woman, who for
merly lived In Carlisle but now re-
uos at inuiHT, ra.
CranJ Parade of Knights.
Twelve Ki-and divisions, exclusive of
the Hpeelnl escort of honor to the 'of
ficers and members of the jrrnnd en
equipment, will form the parade of
the Knltfht Templars nt Louisville
Ky.. Pennsylvania. Illinois. Indiana
and the District of Columbia will have
enough "nwords" in line to form Kiand
divisions composed exclusively of
knights from thi'Mt states.
Claim Gold It Found.
Gold has been discovered on the IUr
Run Slock l'nrm, owned by 8. W.
Blackwood. The property Is' the
southeontern part of I'tiinklln county,
Ohio. A number of experts claiin
that the ore assays $1f) to the ton.
Wat 113 Yeart Old.
Pierce fliili'iirrnii died at New Or
leans aged 11.1 years. Ho was- born
In France In 17S.S. Coiulujr to tlie
Uultmi Slates when ho wns til) years
of ape. The thickness of his snow
n-lilte hair, and preservation nf
nu'lital f.U'iillles wero pointed out as
a wonder.
Pray 0! the An! h Bug.
The "ankle liuu" appeared nt
BloomsburK. Pit., n week no nnd Its
victims, persons wearing low idioos,
are holiblluif niviund from the effect
of Its biles. Many women have fallen,
asy prey to the nnkle ling.
i Conotnaugh Increases Capital.
The Conetnaugh Rtwl Company has
npplliil to the State nepartnie'nt at
Harrlsburs for perinlsslon 10 Increase
capital stock to $n,iiK),(ioo. aud pnl
Meuted a cheek for :i(i,."oo as a bonus.
A churter wns Brnntixl to this eoml
pnny with a caplUU stock of $3,000,000
on July 1.
No Tariff on Porto Rico Coflet.
'The treasury dntmcnt has decid
ed that a cuHtoma duty of 5 cents a
pound shall not be Imposed on all eof
fe Imported into Porto Itlco from the
United Btatos. The department be
lieves H was tlie Intention of Congress
to protect tha coffee Industry In Porto
Rico, but that through Inadvertence
the unrestricted provision abolished
all tariff duties Including that on cof
faa. .
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Crltcliett. Sibley & Co.. shoe intinu
filctuiern of llimton, assigned.
1'oi'icr. tin- weather pvnpliet nl ft.
.loo. Mo., predicts ii killing frost for
the corn lii It ulihln ten days.
Owing to tin- arrears in lny. Hip
Turkish nrmy Is In n slate bordering
on tin i ri li v.
The government
,T.'l:.-iig Ann I'i. 'in
In lis inivy.
The lin si 1 'it; Ii
of ('oliiinlihi Is on
soanii u us olllcers
is appointed Joseph
Wheeler .lr., cri
lilic.l t'ol't.".
tin 111 Hie 1". S. Ar-
in ! live !ii"i.ll'eil cM
: in 11 Millie ill ccv
stlil ! V.
( :, si,.
!n New Vii-U.
Mtlovoil line block of busi
I'll.'
ness bllilillllL'i- the pi'slolticc lllld foil'
resiliences at l:ltun, lit.
Frank Cope, Hired Id. of Salem. (.,
while iilnuliiu' In a lield, was Instant
ly killed by liulilnlni;.
A turiiiiilo at Aniiiliiiko, (ikla., Wed
tiesdiiy killed a half dozen persons mid
destroyed Inileli properly.
Latest reports of the disaster to the
steamer Islander, at Victoria, H. C,
places the loss of life lit
Henry M. Flagler, tlie mulll-mllllon-nlre,
bus been granted a divorce from
Ids Insane wile at Miami, Fin.
The Ill's) 'aiiloinoblle exposition" In
Hungary has proved a success. About
Tit machines were on exhibition.
The American schooner Fndymloti,
belonging to tleorgo .1. Lander, of
Pittsburg, has arrived at Cowes.
Canton was selected as tlie I'.HEJ
mee'liig pl.ice by tit, !:!o district cuu
vein Inn of tlie Sons of SI. Ucorge.
Hepuilcs guarding the mine proper
ty ill Si, Charles, Ky., were II red upon
lit the dark by a liiau hidden lu the
brush.
Physician have been summoned by
special train from Lottiwllle to at
tend Min. (iovernor Ileckhain, who Is
critically 111.
Three rebel w were shot nt tlraafrey
net, Africa. Friday, and ten others
sentenced to life deportation to the
llcriuuilas.
Tlie Sadybelle Mining and ltediu.'
tlou Co., composed of Plttsburgers,
has a scheme on foot to develop a
new town in Flail.
The strike at Senator W. A. Clark's
('tilled Vciile copper mining plant nt
.Icrome. Ariz.. Is ended, and tlie plant
is again lu full blast.
Lieutenant Coiiimiiniler E. .T. Dornn,
at Pago-Pago, reports the enthusiastic
reception of the cruiser Philadelphia
by the Saaioan natives'.
Hy Jumping from their trains three
men on the Pittsburg nnd Western
Itallroad saved their lives lu a freight,
wreck at Iletinett station.
The loans of tin Philadelphia banks
iiir,i-i,, ....... li!ll 'CM IUUI ...... I.. ...
p. ...... 1 -.,. t.,iiuf.i q-i'i..,-
tU.'I.OiNI nt tlie Mil mi 1 In 1 1. Inst veur mill
1 47,77:t.ti to two years ago.
Statistician Brown, of the New York
Produce Exchange, estlmatis the corn
crop, based on the government per
centages, nt 1..T.IU.00O.000 bushels.
Senor C. M. Vicuna, minister from
Chile to the Fnlted States, died In
lluiralo, N. Y Tuesday nfter a
mouth's Illness, the result of n eold
V.. li. Penrose, of Omikcrtowii
Hucks county, and Itobert Hamilton.
nf Phlliiilelnhla. have been aimiilnteil
ilepnly factory Inspectors for Penn
sylvania. Twelve prisoners In the countv lull
nt Mi'iillvllle, Pa., had mn-range-inetils
comnletcd to leave when -dis
covered by u servant emtiloved bv
Sherlll' Scott.
Count Luxbtirir. who is attached to
the tieniinn consulate at New York,
was a visitor nt the lieadiptarters of
I in Amalgamated Association, Pitts
burg. Tuesday.
The Fulled States Transportation
Company, capital $ 1 .'.'oo.ooo, to con
struct and operate ships and vessels
of every kind, has been Incorporated
lu Xew Jersey.
Five sailors and one marine under
arrest for intoxication, vsniped from
the navy yard prison at Xew York,
after knocking down and binding the
three tvntrles oil guard.
The donor of the $100,000 for the
endowment of a chair of Chinese lan
guage and I tern tit re at Columbia Fit!
versify Is (Jen. Horner- iva.rponttlor.
the California millionaire.
It Is reported that Charles Hoyn
ton has resigned tlie presidency of
the Shelby Steel Tube Co., and that
the Cleveland headquiU'ters will be
abolished.
The Santa Fe U. It. will abandon
Its trans-pacllle line from San IMego
nnd will establish an oriental service
from San Francisco with connections
for Central and South America.
Hon. Isaac Whltlmch Van Scliack,
agon St. who represented tlie Fourth
Wlscoijvln Congressional district in
ISM and again lu isss. died Thurs
day nl Five Oaks, neur Cutousvllle
MU.
A vessel carrying passengers be
tween Pleillilan and Plougrescant,
Fran "e, capsized nt Treguler, l.V per
sons being drowned. Including the
family of Aiialole l.eluaz, the novelist.
Mill. .1. (. Iti'.'iie who iiu-nu find .........
of coal hind adjoining Lccchhurg, has
secured n contract to supply the V1111
ilergrlft mills of the American Sheet
Steel Co. with coal for 10 years.
Lightning hi ruck I lire,, stem,.,.
tanks, coniainlng 700 barrels of crude
oil, belonging to tlie National Transit
Company, at Oil City, totally destroy
ing them.
In a light between several union
miners and deputy hlierllTs nt St.
Charles, Ky., several hundred shots
were exchanged aud ti munljer of
persons wounded.
The Pcnusylvaula Itallroad Co. has
begun the erection nt Verona of the
new building to Ihi used as a bridge
works for the Allegheny Valley uud
Buffalo division of the road.
An oltlclal admission bus been ob
tained that 'the controlling Interest In
the stock of the Lehigh Valley rail
road has ibeeu dlvjdad among the oth
er anthracite coul carrying lines.
The State Dfpartmciit has Issued a
proclamation, signed by President
McKluley, luvlttng the Nations of the
world to participate In the Louisiana
rurchtuie Exposition to be held at Ht
Louli In 1W3.
GOMEZ WRITES LETTER.
Possible Prrtident of Cuban Republic Given
a Chance to Speak. Tariff Musi Not
Be Too Liberal.
The ciiniliiltlee recently appointed
by prominent revolutionary lenders to
nddvi'ss 11 letter to Senor Estrada
Pa!n;.i iisklmr for a more specific
: '.'a lenient from bint regarding the pro
I gram he would follow If elected presi
dent of tlie Cuban republic designat
ed .Ii::in i.'tiaibi ri.i flume:: to draft the
eoiiiiiiiiiilciiMoii. He has performed
the task and tlie letter has been ap
proved by the committee. Iteferrliig
to the mutter Senor llotnex said the
letter was, private, but was In the na
ture of ndvlee to Senor I'lilnm sug
gesting that he should make declarations-
on certain points of policy. Tlie
letter suggests to Senor Pnllllll that
lie should declai'e that some clauses of
the Piatt amendment are objection
able to tlie Cubans mid should pledge
himself. In case n u opportunity nrlves,
to work toward chatiirlng these lu har
mony Willi tlie Fnlted Stales- govern
ment. Willi reference to tlie payment
of the Cuban army tin letter advises
Senor Piiltn.t to declare that all claims
will be thoroughly examined before
they nre recognized. He Is nlso In
vited to declare that Cuba can not af
ford to grant very liberal tariff con
cessions to the Fnlted Slates for some
time, us she needs the customs rev
enue, being unable nt present to raise
Internal taxes. Before the letter is
rorwarded It will be discussed by oth
ers Who fol-llleil lillt'l ,.r Hi.. naui.i.il.K-
of revolutionists who ntmolntcd the
committee. The otllclnl value or the
Centeii has been llxed at 4.7S and of
the louls d'or nt f.'i.KI.
VENEZUELA HELPS REVOLUTIONISTS.
Men and Ammunition Sent to General Urlbe
Urlbe NoleJ Leader Releaied
Venezuelan steamers have trans
ported niio men from Maracnlbo and
' 010, tinner command of Ceneral In
Vila, who defeated and caoliireil Hen
eral Hernandez, to Invade Colombia,
near icio II.-ii-li.i and to support (leti
eral Ffllie-Frlbe. The Venezuelan
authorities have also sent ntninntillioti
10 unit point, (ienenil .luiin pletrl
leader of a revolutionary movement
unit was about ready to sturt, was
captured near .Magdaleiia lu the slate
or ( 'nra holm while on his way to
nronse tiuarleo. On being taken to
1 aniens lie was Immediately set at llb-
1 "j 'v .iicr in 1 resilient 1 tistro.
GAME BIRDS MUST GO FREE.
Illinois
Law It Held to AddIv to Park
Exhibition Captives.
All the birds held captive nt Lin
coin Pnrk, Chicago, in violation of
1 lie Slate game laws, must lie set
free, (iaine Inspector F. E. Stotford
has so untitled tin lMrk Bonrd. Stot
ford exiilalneil Ii
move against tin park because other
. 1, Minors or ine mm taws declared
they had as much right to Ignore
1 lie siiiiiiios as nnd tlie Park Hoard.
CHINESE STUDENTS ARRIVE.
Six
From Pel Yono C0II001 Will Stud
American Methods In California.
Six students from 1I10 l..l V It till
College at Canton, who arrived from
( hina several days ago 011 the steam
er (iilelle. have been Innileit bv I'l.t.
nese bureau olllclals nt San Francis
co, nn, I will enter the l ulverslly of
alumina in complete classical and
scieiiiiite eilitcatlouy. They were chet
cil liy tlie Chinese government to
siiniy nioitern American methods with
a view of spreading them In their
native land.
HEAVY OPTIONS TAKEN.
Pemsy and Schwab Behind Reported W. Va.
Conl Land Deal.
Options have been given on the
largest tract of coal land In West
irginln, nnd which nt the sumo tlmo
Is nllp flf till, Ifll-treul l..,k.1t. ..!... a. .1.1..
..... ... .... . . .... ... mp, ui-i,n.
The Flat Top Coal Land Association
hub given 10 a syniticate nn option
on Its y:i2.4...'i acres In the Pocahontas
Held, on which nre all the producing
mines of that Held. It Is said the op
tions were taken for the Pennsylvai.
I11 Compnuy and C. M. Schwab.
Submarine Boat Launched.
The ' second of the new submarine
boats for the navy was launched nt
Kl!;:nliith, X. ,L, Tuesday. Tho vessel
was named the Moccasin by MIns
t trace imy, of Virginia. She will be
HII11I with a liiO-horsepower engine
for traveling on the surface of the wa
ter and a 'i0-horseiower dynamo for
speeding under water and Is lilted
with live torpedo tubes.
English Soli Another Line.
It Is reported In (Ilimgow that J. It.
Ellermiiu of the Lcylaud lino hns p"i7r
elm seii the old-cs1abllslicd City Hue
of II steamers engaged lu the East
Indian trade, Uie price being nearly
$3,iioo,imio. Ellermaii, iii'eorillng to ru
mor. Is nctlng for J. Pierpout Morgan
aud his associates.
Addick't Roquest Denied.
An application made on behalf of
.1. Edward Addlcks, of Delaware, for
permission to Intervene us a joint
Ilii in 1 1 IT lu the litigation over the
title In tin tiobre tirando copper
mines of Sonera. Mex was denied
by Justice O'tioriuau, of New York,
Friday, lu the Supieine Court.
Fall River Wage Cut Falls.
A cnnvnss Indicates that the plan
to cut the wagis of mill operatives at
Fall Hlver, Mass., 13 pir trout Hop
tenilKT 8 will fail. Eighteen corpora
tions, controlling l,43N,l)Jtl of the 3,
0U.17U spindles, will not sign. Tho
Migimturcs of 1,".f0,(Khj spiudles are
ueeded to make It operative.
Big Silk Robbery.
Rnrslnra robleil Hm ttawu.
goods store at Alliance, ()., of silk
vaiuea at croni i,uou to 1 1,200 Wed
nesday morning. A.U eiltnutce was
gained tjiroiigli a rear window.
INVESTORS ATTRACTED.
New Mining Camp In British Columbia Gov,
ernmenl Eulldlng Wanon Road Ore
Now f eady for Shipment.
Most of tho Interest nud excitement
from n milling standpoint nt Cnrsou,
British ( '111011111111. Is- now centered lu
Franklin camp, which lb 47, miles
north, mi t. Ki ttle river, and which
Is distinguished by the Immensity of
Its mineral deposits nml exciiplloiinllv
high Ntirfnce value A number of
Important discoveries have bifti made
In Franklin and a great amount of de
velopment wink hits be.-n done, prov
ing lli.lt tlie in-,, bodies not otilv In
crease In value as depth Is ntlalned,
but grow larger, ninny or them IM-Ing
In Hie shape of nn Inverted wedge.
The Banner. McKluley ami tlloiices.
ler mlms nre ready to ulilp ore mid
are iiwalllng llie comph.tloii of tin
tlovcrnincitt wagon roml to the camp
to becoitii. dividend payers. The Brit
ish Columbia (iovei 'llllielit III tiiipnii.
mice of its pulley f opening up prom-
iiik lei-i-iioty, nas unlit a substttn
tlal pack trail to tlie camp, replacing
a rough trappers' trail, which had
been the only road, a wagon road Is
being built, ami (.mrier for 11 rail
road Iiiim already been granted. With
this eniiiurageti t the mine owners
1111 opening up their procr!li-s to
the extent of their resources. Itcprt
seiHatives of outside capital have
been numerous tl camp, but 110 deals
of importance have been closed, al
though several nro m dm ihi.Im 'ri...
piMHpeetor, us a general rule, nrefers
not to sell mull in. Ilfltl ftltMliul flufitl.
opinetit work to such a point that ma-
"11. is incissnry tor rurther ex
ploitation. Franklin camp Is an Ideal
leld for the prospector. Onine or all
kinds nlHitinds In tin. tin. nut 11 Ilia Woi.il
and water nrp .viift-tvlw.,... ..1 ii...
soutli slojies nre carpeted with rich
bunch grass, from which pack horses
can scarce be tempted to stray.
AMERICANS CANNOT GET BACK HOME,
Transatlantic Llnors Already Overcrowded.
fay Any Price Bertht No Object.
In the whole history of transatlantic
passenger trnllle then was never so
grent n deninnd for pnssnge from Eu
rope to tin ( lilted States ns nt pres
ent, uuiiiireits of passengers who had
neeti refused aecotniuodat'lons In the
llainburg-Atnetlemi liner DentKch
land because nil tlie cabin spnee had
Imi-ii taken offered to forego cabin
luxuries mid sleeo nn Mm II, Mil at f ntitt
part of the vessel provided they were
peiiuiiicii to eat lit the saloon. On
mi vessel n lone uiMi Aiiierlciins are
on record as offering from twice to
live times tin cost of llrst-clnss pns
page for second cabin tickets. On
other liners tunny persons In the nee
oud cabin, pnylng llrst cabin rates for
the privilege of atlng lu tlie saloon.
FEELING THE STEEL STRIKE.
The
Plow Factories In Everv Suction
of
the Country Crippled.
Albert Illrslielmer, of Lncrosse,
Wis., who returned from the National
conference of plow manufacturers In
Chicago, sn.vs the steel Htrlke has al
ready crippled factories all over the
country, nml If It shall continue three
months there will not be one lu op
eration because of the Imnnsslblllt v
or getting Mulshed steel. His own
fiipply Is shut off by the closing or the
Bav View mills m Mil It'llllL-itit 'I'liii
conference viewed the situation with
great inarm.
SEES GERMAN-AMERICAN WAR.
The Russian Press Predicts tha Mnnrn
Doctrine Will Cause Trouble.
The Novoe Vreinyn, of Itiissla, savs:
"The fact must not be lost sltrlit of
that the (iermiin press Is already be
ginning to urge the dispatch of fier
1111111 warships to the coasts of Vene
r.uela and Colombia on the ground
t int it Is llllllelllt til f, 1 race It,.. .,..
come of the conflict between these re
pulilies. Should the (iermnu (lovern
nient follow these counsels, n (Jermnii
Amerlcan conlllet ninv imutlv i. ....n.
ed upon the dispute between Colombia
111111 1 cnczuein. nip united Slntes
reuinlns n stout siinimrtet. i.r tim i....
roe doctrine of America for the Amer
icans.
Got Heavy Penalty.
Oeorge Khmer, a saloonkeeper nt
Topckn, Kns., received the most se-
re penally for vlolnilim ,.r ii...
1 iniiory iiiiiior inw i.vin. iri..... ....
offender during the L'l years since the
coiistltutlomil linieiidment was mlont.
ed. Judge Hlsney lined Khmer $7..1oo,
ectitcnci'd him to l.Itr.o days In Jail ami
pntfcii nun under kio.iiiio b,,n, tu ,.
near In the district ,-,,iii-f 11., .......
: - .. ,ii
round guilty on 13 counts.
CABLE FLASHES.
Tlie royal yacht Otihlr. with 11,..
Dllko lllld llllcliess nf I'm-nu-nll ...
York ou board, Milled from Cope Town
Friday for the Island of Ascension,
(Jernhl A. Lowthcr. Secretary of tin.
British cmhawsv at WnHhlinn,,,, i,.,u
been appointed Minister of (,'reut
Bi'lialu to Chile.
Fire broke out Tuesday mnmin,, 1..
Bucklnghnm palace, the 'London resi
dence of King Edward. The damage
done, however, was slight.
The UtisstHii government has decld-
ed to continue the state of slcm. In
M.luenlV liriivlllcp for nnnllmw ........
... .. .. , --- '.m i ji-ur.
Otherwise It would expire Sent..n.i..,
7. J001.
According to advices from (Inlnt
twenty Itusslaii torpedo boats and
several dispatch boats have arrived
nt tin. Dnieper del 1 11 11 11,1 li,,..i....
troops are mobilizing along the Turk
ish frontier.
Two more cities In Portn Ri
levied prohibitory taxes on foreign-
1MV1WI1 .if1'.p. rl'lm Him .Tin,.. 1 a
--- - -- .. ...... u tj.t Altt
cibo Coiini'lls have passed S cents jier
pouuu iaxi, toiiowing ine action of
Muyngui'z,
A II pa wlilcli heirnn at ntl.lnl,.!., . .
vastatisl the towns of Orandbrourg,
the capital of the French West Indlm'
and Marie Galante, a neighboring
town.
THE FAMOUS DISPATCH.
Life 0! Bold Man In Danger Cause for
Guarding Secret Schay Furnished
Wl'h List of iVitnost.'t.
The wnr department lias not yet
surrendered to Admiral Schley's at
torney tlie olllelal copy of the dispatch
received by lien, tlrecly aniloutielug
the prcKvitcc (,r th Spanish licet in
the harbor or Satiiiago. It Is intimat
ed, however, that if an olllelal reipiest
Is received nflcr the -oiu-i m,.i.i im
dlspateli w ill be prodltccd. Tli.'le was
very good reason rnr keeping It nbso
bulely Kccret at llie time It was re
ceived, us lit) 1 the source r lien.
(Ireely's Inrormatlou then become
known to tin. Spanish, a man's lire
would have been lu danger. This In
rorinallnti was forwarded to lien,
tlrecly by a man lu the cable oltlce
nt Havana.
Bear Admiral Sclib.v n-lll 1... r,n-.
lilshcd with n list of tin. -liii,-.
to be summoned by the judge mlvo
cate to testify before tile court of In.
Minry. ('apt. Leinlv. the liiiltre ndvn-
cate of the court, cut his vacation
short and returned to Washington. He
had n long conreretice with Acting
Secretary of the Xavv llackett. nml
lias bi-LMin tin. iit'eiiiii-Miiiiti r ti... 11-1
of witnesses who. Ill Ills o'lilnloii. will
lie reipilreil by tlie c t. As soon 11 H
tills list Is made up it will be tuincd
over to Bear Admiral Schley's attor
neys. Ilenr Admiral Kehlc v will df. nil n let.
tcr to Acting Secretary llackett pro
testing iigiilnst the action or tin- de
liattnient in reritslng to uuesilon
Bear Admiral Howls, III fit! Ill lllti ltd--
ton Interview. This letter has been
prepared, but It w'ill not b.. r.rwni-,i..,i
to Mr. llackett until it has I revis
ed by Bear Admiral Sclili.v's mi,, p.
neys.
NEW VERSION OF SCHLEY'S LOOP.
Brooklyn's Wheelmai Sayt He Wat Told to
Go Dlrostly at the Viscaya.
Walter B. Adams, of Gloucester,
Mass., n seaman who claims to have
been I'lationed at the wheel of the
Brooklyn In the battle of Santiago.
Is (pencil ns giving n new explanation
or the loop made by Admiral Schley's
tlngshlp.
Adams says that when the Vlscnyn
wns pointing her course, with tl vl-
dent Intention or ramming the Brook
lyn. Commander Hodklns. the navi
gating otllcer, IkiuoiI the order to put
the wheel hard down. This would
have thrown the Brooklyn directly
towards the Vlscnyn. Adams sav's
he understood tlie oriler. but Invol
lutarlly threw the wheel "hard up,"
causing tlie Brooklyn to swing nwav
Troiii the Spanish ship. Not Icing Id's
mistake Instantly he wised tlie wheel
down, mill in getting the ship back
to her course the loop was formed,
which, Adams says, wu not over half
a mile lu length.
CORONER REFUSED BURIAL.
British Dlscourtssy Forcas th Interment of
Yankee Sailor at Sta.
A Beniloti. coxswain of the flagship
Chicago died 011 Saturday nt South,
nmptou, England, or asphyxiation. Ar
rangements were inn, l i I, 11,
coxswain ashore, but the local coroner
declined to accept the statement or
the ship's doctor which wns ci.t-tllli.il
by the ciltitiilii. tiinl r,.iw,.,l 1,, 1,
tlie Inn, ling or the body without a
postmortem examination and mi in.
iiuest. The Chicago had to put to sea
to bury the deceased otllcer. It Is al
leged that the action of tlie coroner Is
being considered by the olllcers of the
American embassy.
CLAIMS SHE WA1 KIDNAPPED.
Girl Alleges Thai She Was Abducted al Ihs
Point of Revolver.
Aggie Mnrnle. n
girl, wax kidnaped ft 'Olll llnnif. tiiMii.
St. Clairsvllle. (I V',.,l,.u,i.,,. ti...
gill alleges that her nbilnciiii una
lieorge Angus, who, at point or a re.
volver. forced her to Ufl til itl-litiri,,.,,..
O.. where, he said, thev were to get
married. While ilrlvlmr
she saw a policeman and Jumped from
me 1 in, imploring protection. The
gill's rather was lu a terrible rnn ,.i.,i
wanted to get his daughter's iibduct.
or. Angus was Placed In lull
DROWNED 33 PERSONS.
River Steamer Capsized by a Violent Squall.
ten womsn Lost,
The steamer City of (iolconda. ply
lug between FiVliicah. Ky. nml Eliza
bethtown. III., was struck by n sipiall
Monday as she was etiioute to I'adu
call. She turned over In 10 r'it or
water six miles above the city; 35
persons nre reported ill-owned.
Forlun) Awallj Them.
W. II. (ilest nml Joseph I'nlton, res
idents or Si -rset county, hnve gone
to Hill City, South Dakota, to seek a
rortiine. They are not going to
search for gold, but will endeavor to
secure 1111 estate n mount lug to $100,.
000 or more that has been left by a
dead relative. Tlie men are cousins
and the only relatives or William
tielst, a Mouth liakota mine owner
who died suddenly last week. '
Prlvato Bank Closid.
Tlie Exchange Bank, of Fucker,
Armstrong county. Fa., failed to opeii
Its doors for business Wednesday
morning. The bank Is n in-iv,nu i..u,i
tiitlon. nud the olllclals say there 11 re
IIW.OOO ou deposit. Tho bunk has 45.-
(MH worth of paper, which constl
tutes the principal part of the assets.
Lumber Dealers To Comblns.
John Husband, of Mr. Plenannt n
Is the originator and a director' lu ii
plan to combine all thn retail lumber
leillprn In a tcrritorv ail,n....l.... .i.
- - j .......... 1 1 1 1 nu
greater part of Western Fennsylvaula.
auuui ou pmiim win uo UKen in
Abductsd a Boy.
Two strnnunrs In n bmrtrv ni..i...
ed the ten-year-old son of Daniel Hon.
evcutt. residing In South Park imt
Thursday.
IN THEA3URY.
Bookt Show Mlulislppi't Traasury Owed
State More Than $100.000 Wat
Able to Balance Accounts.
Ifovernor Longltni has Issued n
stalemctit of the condition of tin
Stale Treasury, showing Hint on Aug
ust 13. he found by actual count. $i77,
SID, when the books called for Nn,.t
a shortage of 5101. 111'-'. Treasnrci
Slowcrs was. however, allowed credll
for due bills', drafts, etc., niiioiiiillng
to $33,0011, leaving tlie shortage Clou..
1-2. The (Iovernor slates: "I Indulg
ed the hope thai the amount of said
shortage would be replaced If oppor
tunity and Hint were given before the
result of said count was luaile public.
and that the state might thus recover
the money without 1 111-1 ln-i- li-ioil.li. ,.r.
plaiiailoii or loss. I, therefore, lu the
lllteres'l of the slate, en olneil se,-re,-
on those present In the whole procis-d-
lutfs and mri-(M.d with Kiinruru tleii 1
would tmike 11 1101 her couhi of the
money on Tuesday. AiilmisI 'ii (in
the date llxed I mini,, tin. count 11
was then round that cnsli nnd ilrafte
on linn, I balanced with the books.
which called for :lp.",!ll I." Tin gov.
or closed tlie statement bv Rivimr:
'TI imlltloll or the fiiiuls In tint
treasury on wild count lu 1,01,1,. , ra.
iillb'cd nf tin. be uei.il..,, t'l? ,.r ti... 1 ...
stitiilloti. nnd. in my opinion, tlie books
of the treasury tvlmw a correct stale-
"I or llie amounts which should
have been u the treasury on the said
1'ilh ami LMitli days or August, 1001, ro
spectivciy, mid before doing or saying
anything further lu the premise's. 1
deem It Just to Stowetv (Hie Treasur
er! that he be given full opportunity
to make such explanation nf the mat
ter as he may see lit." Treasurer
Slower declined to make n statement.
CUBAN CUSTOM RECEIPTS.
A Majority of thi Custom Homos
Show
Substantial Increases.
According to n statement given out
by the division or Insular alTalrs of
the war department, the totnl receipts
nt the custom houses In Cuba during
the cnlctidar year Ibuo were SMU.OOO,
IC'.'I. iignltift $I4,N.-iI oi;i f()P ls,, Tno
receipts from duties on Imports were
$H.27;l.lll ngnlnyt Cl.'Uoo.Olo nnd
from duties ou exports CUniO.ooO,
against C7iil.ini!. Most of the cus
toms houses show substantial Increas
e, although Trinidad, Xeuvltas. Bar
ncon, nza sliow decreitsed receipts,
INCREASE IN COMMERCE.
..., , .. , . .
Olticial Flflurot of the Imporlt anl Exportt
aI Ik. nun 1
ot th) Ph lipnlnoi
A continued increase in both the
Import nnd export trade or the Phil
ippines is shown In n comparative
statement compiled at tlie War De
partment, giving the commerce or the
Islands for the seven months ending
.lannary 31, 1001 nnd II 100. The to
tal value or merchandise Imported
during the seven months ended Jan
uary III. 1001, was $17.!KKUi)7. against
?lJ.li7l.70.'i for tlie mii me period In
1000; nnd tlie merchandise exported
was 1-J.i.'S7.:i.-iO. against ,:(( i.Vi.'lo for
the liioo period. This was nil Increase
of 42 per cent lii the value or Imports
and .VJ per cent In export values.
The value or Imports or merchandise
rroni tlie several countries respect
ively (lining tlie sev ninths ended
January ill, Biol nnd J nun. exclusive
of iitarterinasters supplies, follows:
fnlted Slates, liMIl, fSl.-lO.'i.tSS; 10IK),
ifsoo.oio, or SV4 per cent Increase; Eu
ropean countries, lliiil, $N.!i74,l.s,;;
lOoo, sri.L'To.'liti, or "0 per cent In
crease; Asia, 11101. M7,W, lfHio,
SO.ooii.'JJL', op p,.,. cent Increase;
Oeeanlca. Biol, p. 17.1 is.",; 1000, $507,.
70'J, or 01 per cent decrease.
Kxports of merchandise during these
seven mouth periods were: ('tilted
Slates, 11)01, $1,477,011; Hit hi, $j,(7..
i.".(t; Kuropean couiitrleM, 1!mi, $7iis:.
7."1: 1000. ;i.ooUI.-.S; Asia, 10O1, if"'.
."i:i,410: 11NNI, tfj.774.4ii4; Ocean lea.
l'.Kil, JNii.so.l; iiHio, SL'.i'lo; other
cimntrles, liKJl, if;; T,,-S2; Hhhi, ?-1'.i,.
luu,
WATCHING THE TROUBLE.
U. S
Authorities Still Much Interested In
South American War.
The progress of tho r-oiiiiilicnil,.iiu
!.,... l . .... . .
" '"ii 1 cneziieia ami 1 oloiniilil con-
tinned to attract the attention of th'
authorities at Washington, who occu
11V the nositloii t,f illwltti,t,..i .t.
.
servers of nn affair in which tlie I'ul-
reti Mates has no concern, except in
properly safeguarding American In-
tcl'ChtS. Ill till event of till iletn.il nr.n
illct between Venezuela nnd Colombia
there Is felt to lie no ocenslou for ac
tion on the part of this government.
except In pursulnir tlie usual
of looking after the property Inter
ests of our citizens in that quarter.
Second Rot at Pitlito.i.
A second riot occurred nt tin. Sior.
lltuf silk mill I'Vlilui. tn,..iii.... ...s.....
serious than, the clash which occurred
Thursday. An excited mob surround,
cd the mill nud threatened to enter
It by force ami drag the non-union
girls from the looms.
Peaches and Toinaties Higher.
At llalllmore canned penclies have
advanced from $l,:tii to 1..10 a dozen,
uud tomatoes reached Oli'.i cents a doz
en, an nilvnnet. of oiA e..nta Tha 0..1..,.
of lialllinore houses nre for tin most
part made In the went. Tlie advance
is attributed to tlie reports of a gen
eral shortage In crops.
Dynamito In the Grist.
Oynnmlte placed in the grist Tues
day, caused the explosion of the bub"
stones of a mill at Itlg Springs, a
small settlement near the .Metis oil
Held In Calhoun county. West Virgin
In. Two men were killed, two weru
seriously injured and the mill was do
uiolMied. MASKED MEN BIND FAMILY.
Robbers Maltreat Victims lo Fore Ihem to
Give Up $250.
Three masked robber forced their
way luto the house of Frederick
Wt'illtter I.rl,1ll'v tll.irtylniy In
rett township, near Wllklusburg, Pa.,
and after binding the hands of Mrs.
Welnger. their son Henry, and the
feet and hands of . Mr. Welnger,
forced them to confess where their
SHORTAGE
TIE KIARKSra,
PiTTsnimn.
Crnln, flour snd fuel.
ffsrT TJo. I rfil t t9 ft
ItvoSo. 2 M tl
Cobs No. ytillow, fnr 69 tl
No. I yellow, nholied 05 8(1
Mixed mir 63 63
Oath-No. 3 wlilto 41 41!
No. a whltn 4I)' 40V
Ftni'S Wlntor tintfnt 9 70 S HI
Funny htriilghi Wintnrs 68 8 7S
Hat -No. 1 timothy 14 75 15 115
t'lover No. 1 It 00 12 0(1
frsi.-No. 1 whlto mill. (on.... 20 60 21 00
Jlrown miiMlliigs 1H 60 19 60
Urmi, bulk 19 0 19 60
Btiiaw SYlirut 7 00 7 50
Jot 7 00 7 50
Kslrr I'r,i,lilotl
BrrTrn r.lgi ernatnnry. t 21 H4
Ohio erenmery 21 tlU
Fnnoy country roll 19 14
Cnrrsn Ohio, nevr 10 10S(
Ntw York, tiuw U U5
1'oaliry, to.
nuns jrr th $ 9 it
Cnn-KPys drowi.,1 n 1(
au l a. nnd Uiiio, frtsli 11 16
Frail nnd Vegamlilni,
Onrss l!HAK pt-rliimlifil t I 50 J 1 75
I'OTATOES-Kiiuey wliltu, f( IjbL 8 74 4 0(1
('iiituoR -r hurnil 1 J 2 2-1
(J suing pur bnrrt-l 71 8 00
HAI.TIMOltH,
Fwrs-Wlntr ritlunt 3 70 8 3 01
Wheat .No. 2 rod 71 71V
Cokn mixed 6'Ji 69';
Oats tfj. 40
Eons 14 16
IiL'TTER Ohio crnnmury. 2) 21
rini. A.iui.i'ii(
Flovb Winter iUtout $ 3 7)ai 3 91
n hiat ,. 2 r"U
toss So. 2 mixed ,
Oath No. 2 white
HurTirn Crcnrnery, oxtra.
Eaua IViibsj-lvaula lints.
71
74'
5il
41
16
6Ji1
22
If
skit route.
Fl.ocn rntcnts
Wheat No. 2 rod
toss No. 2
Oats No. 2 Whim
lil'TTEH Creamery
Eous Btnto uud Retina
. 3 609 3 03
77
77 V
60
as
16
17
61
81'
20 1
LIVK srooit
Central Stnok Vr l. Km Mbiftf, ?u
CATTLt
Prims ht-nvy, 1500 to 1(100 Ib-t.
1 5 05 9
5 20
5 U0
4 00
3 0J
8 00
S
80
rriins. lHOd m uim l..
Medium, 100 to ldOO 10a.'.!!"."
5
60
5 20
rm neiiors
Diitelier, bOO to 1000 llm.
(JomiiH.n tn fMlt.
4 8
4 6)
8 60
4 25
8 90
47 00
60 9)
Ojnn, eonuuon to int. ..
2 60
2 00
li 01
v viiuiiuu it, KtJoa mi umis iX cow
lllldi eow, each
Extrn mllon cows, ruci ,,,,,,,,
37 50
i .
f rime medium weights. 6 II
De't heavy yorkurs mid modluin 6 2)
25
6 25
6 25
6 Oil
6 10
6 00
S 61
I UOOll to tllinlnn iimibaH a tin
OOOll to tllifilnn iimibaH
(lood pigs una light yorktirs
IMgs, eommou to good
I'rlme heavy hogs
Common to lair
hough
tit age
CHEEP.
6 00
4 0)
4 50
4 00 60
Extra, medium weight wothon.1 8 9) a 4 00
llnr.it tn . . . . n A
. uiuico. 9 TU
Alodium J 7$
Cooimoo to fair '.', I 2i
8
85
3 25
2 60
LAUDS.
I.nmtn clipped 2 5i
Lambs, good to choice, clippuil 8 5J
LninM, common to fair, clipped 2 50
spring X-aiubs 2 jj
4 21
5 00
3 50
5 00
CALVES.
Veal, extra 5 00 a 6 7 J
eai, good to choice. 4 59 5 go
tvai, common to fair 3 0:)
al, common heavy a Do
4 25
8 SO
DISTRIBUTION ACTIVE.
Steel Strike Not Yet a Serious Drawback to
Buslne t Operations Production
Hat Been Curtalhd.
It. tl. Pun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Though there are some drawbacks,
Notably the labor troubles In the Iron
and steel Industry .business is of well
suwtained volume. Kxcept In certain
branches of tlie textile markets, sel
lers of merchandise have an advan
tage over buyers, and distribution Is
as large ns slocks will permit.
Tlie Amalgamated Association of
Iron. Steel nnd Tin Hate Workers
succeeded 111 enlisting tlie sympathy
of other workmen with the result that
tne output of merchant bar and wire
pittlu 1.1 ,...,.. 11. ..I . n .1... . .. . .
""",! 10 me e.ieni 01
about 40,000 tomy monthly. Jinny Idle
runs is ciiiiaiii'ii to tne extent
nuns resiiineti 1 nr n, ti... r.aut ro.,ir
nulls resumed 1 urlmr tl,,. nnt nro..ir
and even in the tin plate region there
Is a moderate output. Mates have
begun to arrive from abroad and
prices In the London market sharply
advanced. Hoop nnd steel mills .in
crease production dally nnd there Is
no loss lu the rail division, but some
anxiety Is felt regarding supplies of
cotton ties ,as tin- picking kciisoii has
begun In many states. Decreased
consumption tends to weaken pig Iron
and tin is similarly affected.
Kxceptlonal activity Is sllll the rule
nt shoe shops nnd promises to continue
for some months, old orders are be
ing lilled as rapidly as- possible. Sola
leather continues ' remarkably strong,
union backs gaining a not ber cent,
while there Is 11 solemlNl
iiciiuocK. noiii ror domestic, use
export. Helling butts advanced
nud
nud
kangaroo leather Is much 1. 1 . v
Hides' are without change In price and
selling freely. Slightly better tens
asked for staple woolen and worsted
goods In no way diminished the vol-
, nine of siili-s nml the lightweight
iciisniii promises to lie one of activity.
"I heavyweights there Is also noticed
greater Interest on the part of buyers
than is customary at this late date.
These Improved condition In tlie man
ufacture give a tl fin tone to raw wool
despho the heavy arrivals at eastern
markets of the new clip.
Oraln quotations easou off some
what durlug the week. Corn Is still
close to the highest price since ISilJ.
Korelgu customers have been driven
away by exhorbltaut prices ,to the
benctlt of Hussla and Argentina.
.Meanwhile Interior receipts steadily
exceed those of a year ngo, Indicating
that farmers have large stocks carried
over from previous excessive yields.
Nevertheless, prices remain above 00
cents. The slight reaction In wheat
Is explained by thu decrease iu Atlan
tic shipments to 4,5;i.7; bushels,
agalust 7.352.82(1 bushel In tha nre
vlous week. Compared with thn ex
ports of 1,070,817 bushels last year
and 2,71)8.887 bushels two year ago,
however, ther appears a tiiiM...menal
gain.
money was secreted.