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fere is ek dhit store
NINETEEN LIVES LOST
Many Were Trapped en Upper Floors
and Jumped to Death on
the Pavement.
Nineteen known dead and property
' loss amounting to upward of $500 .000,
In tho result of a Are tbnt occurred
In tho business section of Phlladol
phla Frldny. The number of Injured
la not definitely known, hot fully a
seoro of victims were treated at va
rluoa hospitals. Police and firemen
all night Friday were delvInK Into
the ruins In search of bodies suppos
ed to have been burled beneath tno
rtehrla, as It was feared that others he
aldea the known dead had lost their
Uvea In the flames. The buildings
destroyed were the eight-story struct
ure 1213 and 1221 Market street, oc
cupied by Hunt. Wilkinson ft Co., up
holsterers and furniture dealers, and
three three-story buildings occupied by
amnll merchants. The big furniture
building extended back a half block to
Commerce street, nnd was owned by
Henry C. I.ea. The list of known dead
la as follows: Dorothy Kramer. Mar
tha Haker, Margaret Hebden, Susan
Gormly, Harry House, H. A. Sparrow,
Charles K. Sparrow, Frederick Wittlng
ton. Charles 1. mulls, Walter Btearly, J.,
F Armstrong. Mrs. Martha Hanks, col
ored. Mrs. Mary Mitchell, colored,
Margaret Grady, one unknown white
woman and four unknown white men.
At 10:20 a. m. the blaze broke forth
In the building, and one hour later
tho sacrifice of life had been made
and the Immense loss of property had
been accomplished. Such a disastrous
fire attended with so groaf a loss of
life In a brief period was never before
known In Philadelphia. Men and wo
men died a lingering, agonizing deatn
In the presence of thousands of spec
tators, who were unable to assist.
On the fire escape at one end of the
building two men and one woman slow
ly roasted to death. The origin of the
fire la unknown. It Is said that an
explosion of naphtha or gasoline In
the basement was the cause, but this
U denied by Mr. Wilkinson.
TWO BILLION COMBINE.
The Belgian Glass Makers Have a Big
Proposition.
A party of Belgian glass makers,
bearing with them letters of endorse
ment from the Russian Minister of Fi
nance, and several Belgian govern
ment officials, held a conference at
PlttBburg with James A. Chambers,
Tresldent of tho Window Glass Com
pany, and laid before him plana for a
combination of gigantic size, which
they Intend asking .1. P. Morgan to fi
nancier. It is a two billion dollar
scheme. The ambitious Belgians want
to take the United States Steel Corpor
ation, tne glass combines of America
and a group of other Industrial com
bines Into an International schemo to
regulate prices and to prevent Ameri
can rate cutting. The Belgians In
conference represent $400,000,000.
HELD CITIZENS AT BAY.
Four Armed Burglars Clean Out a
Michigan Safe.
The citizens of Parkers Corners.
Mich., were held at bay Thursday
night hy a gang of armed burglars
while they robbed the safe in I F.
Feet's general store. The men dy
namited the safe and the explosion
which wrecked the store awakened the
citizens. Thero wore four men In the
gang and they successfully held the
residents off with their revolvers un
til they had cleaned out the safe. Be
fore they left town the robbers also
cut telephone wires leaving the ham
let without communication.
ROBBERS GOT $100,000.
Carried Off Papers Belonging to Bald
win University.
Robbers cracked tho safe In tho hard
ware store of Lawrence & nrlghtmau,
at Berea, O., Saturday. Six men are
believed to have been engaged, and
all escaped. They secured bonds,
deods, notes and mortgages valued at
$100,000, which wore In charge of C. C.
Brlghtman, junior member of the firm,
who is treasurer of Baldwin Univers
ity. CRIDLER'S NEW OFFICE.
Will be European Expo Commissioner
With Larger Pay.
Thomas W. Cridler, Third Assistant
Secretary or State, has accepted the
position of European Commissioner of
the Ijoulslana Purchase Exposition, a
post whicn affords nearly double the
compensation of his present position,
nnd for which Mr. Cridler Is fitted by
reason of his wldo acquaintance
abroad and his connection with the
Paris Exposition as successor to the
late Moses P. Handy.
UNION VETERAN OFFICERS.
General Dyrenforth Re-Elected Com
mander-ln-Chief.
Members of the Union Veterans
Union concluded tholr sixteenth an
Tiual encampmont at Chicago, the fol
lowing officers being elected:
Commnnder-ln-chluf, General Robert
S. Dyrenforth, Washington; deputy
commander-in-chief, General 1.. M.
I.ang8tuff, Dubuque, la.; second depu
ty commander-in-chief. General F. 11.
Hutchinson, Rochester, N. Y.; chief of
staff, General John McElroy, Washing
ton; adjutant general,
Mulattoes Cannot Inherit.
The Court of Common Pleas In Flor
ence county. South Carolina, has de
cided that marriage contracted In
that Btate between a white man and
negro woman In 18H7 was Invalid, and
that the children born of such mar
riage did not inherit an estate left to
the lawful grandchildren of the par
ties. Japanese Bond Unsalable.
The attorn pt of Japan to dispose
, abroad of bonds of 60,000,000 yen has
failed. This, It la expected will seri
ously affect the position of the cabinet.
DESPERATE BANDIT ESCAPES
Cowboy Train Robber and Murderer
Exchanged Shots With Pursuing
Crowd Killed Two Dogi.
A desperate man, O. 0. Hanks, alias
Jones, etc., cowboy, murderer nnd train
robber, wanted In the Great North
ern $83,000 express robbery at Wngncr,
Mont., escaped from the clutches of
the law at Nnshvllle, Tenn., Sunday,
and the chase after the fleeing despera.
do made up one of the most exciting
days In the history of the Nashville
pollco department. News of the sen
sational dash of the bandit spread
throughout tho city In a few minutes,
and It was not long until many citi
zens, armed with pistols, rifles and
shotguns, Joined Chief of Police Cur
ran and Sheriff Hurt and their men in
an effort to apprehend the man, but
no outwitted them all. Hanks ap
peared at the store of Newman & Co.
and made a small purchase, present
ing a $20 bill, one of the stolen ones
from the efpress train. Through a ruse
City Detectives Dwyer and Dickens
were called. They placed him under
arrest, when the desperado drew a
brace of 45-callber Colt revolvers and
stood them off. A desperate hand to
hnnd fight ensued. The bandit ran Into
the street, stopped an Ice wagon,
driving three noRrocs from the seat,
at tne point of a pistol. Crossing the
Cumberland river bridge, he threw the
heavy team, breaking the leg of one
horse. At this Juncture he held up a
negro driving a buggy and stnrted for
tho country. After almost driving the
horse to denth, he mounted an animal
ho found In a field and rode away bare
back. He ran through fences con
structed of boards and barb wire. Fi
nally the bandit abandoned tho horse
and ran through a strip of woods on
foot. He escaped. Nearly all of the
police and sheriff's force, along with
hundreds of armed citizens, joined In
the chase. At one time when the of
ficers were close upon him. the bandit
threw away a wallet containing $1,040
of tho stolen money. The pursuers
found two of their bloodhounds snot
to death a short distance apart, and
the trace of the man was lost.
FLAT TOP COAL 80LD.
Ten Millions fcr 238,624 Acres In West
Virginia.
Arrangements have been completed
at Philadelphia for the transfer ot
238.624 acres of land in West Virginia,
owned by the Flat Top Land Company,
to a syndicate representing the newly
organized Pocahontas Coal and Coke
Company, of New York. The land
was transferred for a consideration of
$10,000,000. Five millions of the pur
chase money was paid through the
Fourth Streeet National Bank. The
other $5,000,000 remains In New York,
where it will be utilized in paying the
stockholders of the Flat Top associa
tion, many of whom llvo In that city.
The Pocahontas Coal and Coke Com
pany was Incorporated under the laws
of New Jersey, and it Is stated the
company was organized in the Interest
o'i th United States Steel Corpora
tnlon. E. A. Gary, a director of he
latter, is president of the company
ROUNDING THEM UP.
Uncle Sam Gives Reconcentrado Or
der in Samar.
The people of the Island of Samar
In the Philippines have been notified
to concentrate in tho towns on pain
of being considered public enemies
and outlaws and treated .accordingly.
Intense feeling exists among the
tioops in Samar. It they can meet
the enemy In the open there will be
great retaliation. Many of them have
seen and the others havo heard of the
barbarous treatment to whicn the dead
American soldiers were subjected by
the Filipinos recently,
MEETING YANKEE INVASION.
English Steel Works Forced to Give
Westinghouse an Order.
With a view to lessening the cost of
production and making an effort to re
sist the American invasion of rails
nnd other steel products in the United
Kingdom, the Cleveland (England)
steel works of Bolckow, Vaughan &
Co. are to be equipped with an exten
sive electrical power plant, the mate
rial for which will be manufactured
at tho Westinghouse works, Pittsburg.
As far as possible each machine In the
plant will bo operated by a separate
motor. This contract, which Is valued
at over $200,000, will be the second
one hitherto secured for the equipment
oi a European steel plant with Ameri
can electrical machinery. The only
steel plant at present operated with
electrical apparatus mado in the United
States Is the Antwerp steel works,
which are also Installed with Westing
house machinery.
HONOR FOR CnOWINSHIELD.
Will Command the European Station
at Time of King's Coronation.
Rear Admiral Crownlnahleld will be
rewarded for his work as the head of
the navigation bureau during and
Eince the war with Spain by being
placed In command of the European
station at tho timo of the coronation
of King Edward, of England.
May Be Barred,
Earl Russell, who was convicted of
bigamy and sentenced to a term of
six months In an Kncllsh prison, is
expected to sail for the United States
witnin a short time. Upon his arriv
al here he will be confronted by im
migration officers and examined as to
whether or not he is a fit person to be
admitted to this country.
The, Czar Buying Up Grain.
The Czar baa sent several officers
ot his household into the Interior of
Russia to buy all the available stocks
of grain. -The action 1b differently
Interpreted. By some it is tafton to
Indicate a fear of International com
plications, while others see in it but
a precaution against famine.
CABLE FLASHES.
El Pals asserts that Benor Sagasu
will shortly resign the Premiership of
the Spanish Cabinet.
Will ROUND UP THE SAMAR REBELS
MARINES TO CO-OPERATE.
Army and Navy Combining to Capture
Them or Drive Them In-
to the 8ea.
Fears of a general uprising In Sa
mar are entertained, as It Is stated that
natives supposedly friendly are acting
In secret combination with those in ac
tive rebellion. General Chaffee Is go
ing about the work of crushing the
Insurrection In a most thorough way.
The fact that Admiral Rodgers states
that nearly all the naval force Is con
centrated In patrolling Samar shows
tljnt tho two branches of tho service
are united in the work, the fleet, whicn
Is composed of no less than 36 vessels
of various classes, with the northern
squadron now In Chinese waters, and
composed of two monitors, one battle
ship and four cruisers to draw from,
being drawn In a cordon around the
Island to prevent the shipment of
arms and ammunition to the Insur
gents. Although the United States
troops In the Island are somewhat re
duced by the expiration of thp terms
of service of some regiments, there
Is no reason to suppose that General
Chaffee will be hampered hy the lack
of sufficient troops. With tho co-operation
of the navy and the assistance
ot tho marines who, according to Ad
miral Rodgers, are to be landed, Gen
eral Chaffee will likely have all the
force he can use to advantage. The
trouble In Samar, as throughout tne
Philippines, Is something like that
which confronted tho British forces
In South Africa. The fighting will be
almost wholly on the part of tho Fil
ipinos, of a guerilla nature, and with
their knowledge of the country and
ability to pass over long distances
much more rapidly tnan can our troops
the lntter are at a great disadvantage.
The present activity ol both army and
navy In this matter Is generally at
tributed to tho direct orders of the
President himself. His well-known en
ergy, coupled with his earnest desire
to have hostilities brought to a suc
cessful close In the Philippines, Is be
lieved to have led to Instructions be
ing given to the commanders of the
forces there to leave notnlng undone
to end the Insurrection.
A FIENDS WORK.
Pours Oil on a Woman and Applies
a Match.
While Mrs. S. B. Hlllmnn. wife of the
proprietor of the Beechwood Inn, Jen
kintown, Pa., was on ner way to a
train Monday night she passed a lone
ly spot on the road, when a man Jump
ed out and held her fast while ho fixed
a largo piece of adhesive plaster over
her mouth. After securing her pock
etbook the man drew a largo bottle
and poured kerosene over her cloth
ing. Pinioning her with hlB knee, the
assailant applied a niatcn to tho oil.
The man then ran away. Mrs. Hill
man tried to tear off the plaster. She
quickly thought of freeing the blazing
Bkirt at the waist so that it fell to
the ground and she stepped out of it.
Dizzy and weak she staggered back
toward, her home and fell unconscious
In front of the steps. Relatives found
her there and restorattlves were ap
plied. ENVOY FROM THE BOERS.
Gen. Pearson to Present Their Case to
President Roosevelt.
General Samuel Pearson, an adju
tant on the staff of General Botha, one
of the Boer leaderB, has arrived In
Washington. He hopes to enlist the
sympathies of tho people of this coun
try in behalf ot the Boer men, women
and children kept by the British In
reconcentrado camps. There are 109,
000 persons so situated, and during
September the mortality among them
approximated 2,400. Pearson will seek
an interview with President Roosevelt,
to acquaint him with the situation In
South Africa.
MAY 8TRIKE FOR A VOTE.
Swedish Worklngmen Determined to
Have Manhood Suffrage.
At a mooting of tho .Worklngmcn's
Association at Stocknolm, Sweden, a
vote was taken by ballot to decide If
certain trades should strike to enforce
the adoption ot manhood suffrage. The
majority of those present voted in fa
vor of the strike and deposited one
day's wanes per member to form a
strike fund. The final decision will
be taken when the labor congress
meets In Jammry. Hopes aro express
ed that tho reform bill now In prepa
ration by the government will meet
the ideas of that gathering.
WOMEN NEED NOTHOP. .
Civil Service Commission Withdraws a
Curious Requirement.
Tho Civil Servieo Commission has
notified tlic Postmaster Ooneral that
It has mollified Its regulations In ac
cordance with his request to waive
certain physical requirements of. fe
male applicants for positions as post
olllce clerks, including that making
them hop on one foot tor a distance of
12 feet.
RUPTURE WITH CHILE.
Argontlne Minlcter May Withdraw
frcm Santiago.
Chile has occupied the disputed ter
ritory In the Cordllleres without wait
ing for Gin at Britain's award. The
Argentine government Is seeking ex
planations, and it Is rumored that the
Argentlno minister In Santlugo de
Chile will bo withdrawn.
Sunday Cars a Necessity.
At a habeas corpus hearing at Read
ing, Pa., Judge English discharged the
United Traction Compauy's motormen
and conductors charged with oper
ating 'cars on Sunday. lie declares
that tho runi.ing of cars on the Sab
bath is a necessity.
Pan-American Closing Day.
The Board of Directors of the Pan
American Exposition have agreed that
Saturday, November 2, at midnight.
be fixed as the time of the final clos
ing ot the Exposition. -
CHICAGO TO GET MONEY.
Decision Taxing Capital Stock and
Franchises Removes Anarchy's
Only Excuse.
Tho decision given Thursday by tne
Illinois Supreme Court In what Is
knovrn as the teachers' lax rase re
lates to 2.1 local corporations enjoy
ing munlcliml franchises, Including
tract.' on companies, gns companies and
electric companies, whose total cap
ital r-tock was estimated to be worth
$:!(i8,ooo,noo, all or wnlch has escaped
taxation previously and was likely to
ho omitted again by tho State board.
Judge Thompson, In Springfield, May 2,
commanded tho board to assess these
corporations, but tho board neglect
ed to make the assessment. Broad
as It is, tho sweep of this decision In
Itself Its logical results are much great
er, as the decision. It Is said, really
applies Just as well to railroad corpor
ations and every other corporation In
the State, and may lead to the collec
tion of back taxes. Attorney Green
acre, who acted for tho Teachers' Fed
eration In tho courts, said: "The
taxes of home owners will now be re
duced from $5 to $4, nnd the deficits
annually confronting tho county and
city governments will not longer ap
pear. By this decision anarchy in
Illinois Is deprived ot Its only ex
cuse." WOMAN 8HOOT8 THE FALLS.
8chool Teacher Accomplishes the Feat
and Lives to Tell It
Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor, B0 years
old, went over Niagara Falls on the Ca
nadian side Thursday and survived, a
feat never before accomplished. She
made the trip In a barrel. Not only
did she survive but she escaped wltn
out a broken bone, her only apparent
Injuries being a scalp wound one and
a half Inches long a slight concus
sion of the brain, some shock to her
nervous system, and bruises about
the body. She was conscious when
taken out of tho barrel. Mrs. Tay
lor's trip covered a mile ride through
the Canadian rapids before she reached
the brink of tne precipice. The barrel
In which Mrs. Taylor made tne Jour
ney Is 4H feet high and about 3 feet
In dlamoter. A leather harness and
cushions Inside protected her body.
Air was secured through a rubber tube
connected with a small opening near
the top ot the barrel.
SOMERSET COAL COMBINE.
To Absorb All Operations but the Ber-wlnd-Whlte
Company.
Tho next few weeks will see th'e con
solinatlon of all the big coal mining
companies in Somerset county, Pa.,
that are shippers over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. It the capitaliza
tion is to be arranged on an equali
ty with the real valuation the figures
can hardly fall Bhort of $10,000,000.
The Berwind-Whlte Coal Mining Com
pany, with its extensive plants at
Windber, and Its two large mines soon
to be opened near Foustwell, is the
only company of any magnitude in
Somerset county that will not be a part
of the proposed consolidation. One
object of the consolidation Is to ob
tain better rates for transportation.
Most ot the coal from the Somerset
fields goes to the seashore.
GREATEST ORDER FOR RAIL8.
United States Steel Co. Will Make
100,000 Tons.
The amount of the Pennsylvania
Railroad's requisition for steel rails for
next year has been finally settled, and
the distribution to be made of the or
der decided upon. No less than 170,000
tons of steel rails will be contracted
for, which la 20,000 tonB more than
Inst year, and tho largest order of the
kind ever given at one time by any
company.
This tonnage will be allotted as fol
lows: To the United States Steel
Corporation, 100,000 tons; to tho Penn
sylvania Stocl Company and tho Cam
bria Steel Company, 35,000 tons each.
Tho price Is $28 a ton.
Excluded from Second Class Mall.
The Postolliee Department has 1b
sued notlco to postmasters of a second
list of serial publications barred from
second class mall privileges. Back
numbers and future Issues of such pub
lications must pay the third class rate
of 1 cent lor eacn two ounces or frac
tion, and postmasters have been In
structed to cancel the certificates of
second class entry in these cases.
Farmer Lost His Money.
Jacob Nicholson, a bachelor former
of Upper Turkeyfoot township, Som
erset county. Pa., had no faith In hank
and kept his uninvested money, $5,500,
ccncealed about 'nls home. A few days
ago when ho went to look at his money
ho was amazed to find that $4,500 in
bank notes, which he had placed in
a tin box, hod disappeared.
Spain Thinks She Was Cheated.
Thero was an animated debate In tne
Spanish Chamber of Deputies regard
ing the recent sale of the dry dock
at Havana to tho United States. Se
ller Sllveln, the Conservative leader,
blamed the Minister of Marine, who,
he said, had admitted being deceived
by the purchaser.
Secretary Root on Duty.
Secretary Root has resumed his offi
cial duties at the War Department,
alter an absence of several weeks. Ills
vacation was Interrupted by the assns
Blnatton of President McKlnley, and
the sorrow and excitement incident
to that tragic affair bo affected bis
health that he was compelled to soek
reBt.
Negro Burned at 8take.
The uegro Bill Morris, who assault
ed Mrs. John Ball, at Balltown, La.,
was burned it the stake Thursday.
After being captured be made an ef
fort to Implicate others, but tbey
proved tbelr -Innocence.
Letters received from Panama say
the Colombian rebels lost heavily In
a battle near there October 16.
TAKING COUNSEL WITH THE CABINET
OUTLINING THE MESSAGE
President Roosevelt Also Called In
National Leaders for Consul
tion Reducing Revenue.
President Roosevelt Is at work on
hla mesiinge to Congress, and Is evi
dently end-avorng to fully Inform him
self with regard to all public ques
tions. It Is Btated that be Is putting
tho Cabinet officers through a very
thorough course of examination as to
tho condition of affairs In their re
spective ilepartmontB, and he Is also
continuing to send for leading mem
bers of botn branches of Congress,
that they may give him the benefit of
their views and experience In National
matters. Senator Aldrich, of Rhode
Island, and Senator Allison, of Iowa,
chairmen of the Important committees
on finance and appropriations are the
latest to bo called In consultation. It
is said that Mr. Roosevelt will not
devote much Bpaeo to a discussion of,
finance and currency In his forthcom
ing message, believing that those mat
ters have been pretty well settled by
recent legislation, Bnd that the coun
try will get along better without any
further agitation of the subject at
present. The condition of the Treas
ury Is not such as to require the Pres
ident to make any radical suggestions.
The cash balance Friday amounted to
over $1(19.000,000, with gold to the
amount of over $440,000,000, Including
the $150,000,000 reserve. The surplus
of receipts over expenditures for this
month Is $4,657, 37fi. and for thus far
In the fiscal year $22.fs:tti,440. Reduc
tions In revenues, the President may
lecommiid. Of tho questions on
which President McKlnley dwelt with
considerable length last year, one, that
that pertaining to China, haa been
lorgcly eliminated from consideration
by the negotiations which havo been
carried on at Peking. One of the most
Interesting questions which the Pres
ident Is expected to discuss Is that ot
reciprocity.
REPORTS CONFLICT.
Miss Stone's Capture Still Basis for
Many 8torles.
Tho conflicting stories from Bulga
ria about Miss Stone's whereabouts
continue. It Is said she has been lo
cated at Jakooda, In Turkey, two
hours' Journey from the Bulgarian fron
tier. It is also reported that Mme.
Tsllka, her companion, Is dead. Mis
sionaries will now bo sent Into the In
terior, as the searchers hitherto have
waited on the outskirts expecting to
hear from the brigands. The recrim
inations between Turkey and Bulgaria
continue. The Sultan Is again cnarged
with conniving at the abduction in
revenge for being made to pay the
United States claims. It Is said she
was captured by Turkish cavalry.
CHANGE8 ON THE B. & O.
Woodford General Superintendent of
Pittsburg Division.
Officltil announcement has been
mado at the Baltimore and Ohio gen
eral ofllces of the resignation of D. F.
Maroney as general superintendent of
the Pittsburg division and the appoint
ment of W. R. Woodford, vice presi
dent aud general manager of the
Cleveland. Lorain and Wheeling Rail
road, to Biicceed him. Mr. Woodford
will remove his headquarters to Pitts
burg and retain his jurisdiction over
the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling
Railroad.
CONGRES8 OPENS.
Pan-American Delegates Assemble at
the City of Mexico.
The Pan-American Congress was
opened Tuesday at Mexico City hy
Hon. Ignaclo Marlscal. Minister of For
eign Relations, who referred to the for
mer congress held 11 years agu In
Washington, as tho beginning of the
era ot good feeling between the three
Americas. The value of such assem
blages was not to be measured by Im
mediate results. They were part of the
evolution of tho times. There could
be no doubt, ho said, ot the friendly
reeling for tho United States. which
pervaded the continent. Much ot this
was due to the work ot tho bureau at
Washington.
ISLANDERS ATTACK CO. E.
Ten Americana Killed, While Four
Score Vicols Lie Dead.
Five hundred bolomcn attacked a de
tachment of 4(1 men ot the Ninth In
fantry at Bangajon. on tho Gnndara
river, Island of Samar, iu the Philip
pines, Friday, killing ten and wounding
six. Tho remainder of tho company
arrived on the scene In tlmo to pre
vent further slaughter, and routed tho
enemy, killing over a hundred ot them,
As soon as the news was received at
Cotbolognn, two gunboats were dis
patched. General Smith going lu per
son to tho scene.
Woman Kills Herself.
With tho photograph of her husband
on the pillow, a 38-callber revolver
with two empty chambers, Mrs. David
Gresley, of York, Pa., lay on the bed
In a dying condition with two bullet
holes lu her left breast, when Letter
Carrier David Gresley, her husband,
went homo to dinner Thursday.
Investigating Hard Times.
Tho Prussian cabinet lias resolved
to investigate through tho various
provincial governors regarding the
number of persons out of employment,
tho causes of recent Industrial em
barrassment and the measures neces
sary to improve conditions.
Charges Against a Plow Company,
Samuel S. Porly, proprlotor of the
Coqulllare Wagon Works, at South
Bend, Ind has filed a petition for a re
ceiver for the Blssoll Plow Company,
He alleges that K. C. Westervelt has
been allowed a salary ot $30,000 as
president ot the company, and that
notes given him for unpaid salary at
6 per cent amount to $15,000.
ST! KM ED IP BY BULLER
The General's Resignation Asked by
tho King and Demanded
by Rrodrlck.
Leaders of the Liberal nrtflnlzstlon
In England deny that any meeting ol
the Liberal leaders has been called tc
consider the advisability of Issuing a i
masircsto to tho country calling on
the government to resign or call a snt.
clal session of Parliament to discuss
the Boer war and the dismissal ol
General Bnller for admitting that ht
had advised General White to retreat
from J,adysmlth. The Liberal lead
era conceded that the War Office acted
correctly In retiring General Buller,
though this does not prevent criti
cism of that officer's previous appoint
ment to tho command of the First
army corps. A great meeting of sym
pathy In Hyde Park Is under consid
eration, and there Is talk of the pre
sentatlnn to the General of a sword .
ot honor, as a national tribute. In
thfl r,f t-nnUn.l U I ) . . 1 1 . ' '
..... ..ok ... iiifsmiiu, wiitTio uuiiri
home Is situated, the feeling runs high.
Frequent meetings have been held to
denounce the government's action.
General Buller, after delivering the
speech which resulted In his retire
ment, received a personal letter from
King Edward, disapproving of his ut
terances and clearly intimating that
His Majesty would be glad If General
Buller would resign. Then the War
Secretary, Mr. Brodrlck, summoned
General Buller and demanded his resig
nation. It was a stormy Interview,
ending In Buller's flat refusal to re
sign. He did not believe that the War
Olllce would venture to retire him. Af
ter tho Interview Mr. Brodrlck went
to King Edward, In Scotland, and the
result of his visit in the action which
stirred up the country. Walter Ixng.
president of the local government
board. In a speech at Liverpool, said
tho government would defend General
Buller's appointment to command at
Aldershot on the grounds of policy
and justice. His dismissal was solely
because hlB recent speech was subver
sive to military discipline.
Chile Prepares for War.
The Chilean government announces
the mobilizing of the army for the end
of November, ostensibly for maneu
vers, says a dispatch from Buenos
Ayres. The Argentine fleet has been
ordered to be provisioned and coaled,
and the sailors are working day and
night. . Three thousand manlfestants
have arrived.
LATEST NEWS NOTE8.
Sunday was tho forty-third annlver
sary of the birth of President Roose
velt. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York sailed from St. Johns, N. F.
lor England.
President Roosevelt bas appointed
Ethelbert D. Watts, of Pennsylvania
to be Consul at Prague, Austria.
A large number ot counterfeit sllvei
dollars, bearing the dates ot 1887,
1888 and 1889, are In circulation.
A daughter was born In London to
tho Duchess of Manchester, formerly
Helen Zimmerman, of Cincinnati.
James Mace, Wyman Marvin and
Mrs. M. Freeland died from Injurlet
received In a railway wreck at Exllne,
la.
At Beechwood, Wis., Andrew Israel
son, Bhot and killed his wife and het
father and sister and committed sui
cide. While driving over a grade crossing
at Onkwood, Wisconsin, Mary Honzel
Joe Paulifskt and Annie Kenter were
killed.
Mrs. Mary Bello Wltwer, charged
with killing her sister, Mrs. Anna
Pugh, was placed on trial at Dayton.
O., Tuesday.
Because his wife refused to permit
him to see their little children, Jamei
Kennedy murdered her and killed him
self in Chicago,
General Horace Porter, tho Amerl
can ambassador, who recently visited
Turkey on leave of absence, hag re
turned to France.
Fireman Thomas Evers and Brake
man Thomas Holland were killed by
tno explosion of a Wabash Railroad lo
ccmotive at Boody, 111.
Annie B. Home, alias Clara Moore
was shot and dangerously wounded
at Norwich, Conn., by Jose Fernandez
who then committed suicide.
James McDougnl Hart, tho artist,
for many years the vice president ol
tho National Academy, Is dead at his
homo In Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 73.
Negotiations have been opened be
tween Great Britain, France, Russia
and Austria to securo tho independence
of tho island of Crete from Turklst
rule.
A rich discovery of gold Is said tc
have been made at Beulah. Col., 3
miles west ot Pueblo, and to ylclc
nearly $2,000 a ton by free milling ol
tho ore.
Tho Paris Temps says the sole top
lc for discussion on the bourse Is the
new French loan of 250,000.000 to 280,.
000,000 francs, secured by tho Chinese
annuities.
Rev. Edward Ells, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Beham, Pa.,
has resigned his cburge to accept a
call to the congregation at Fall!
Church, Va.
Tho town of Delmar, on the bordei
lino between Delaware and Maryland,
was nenrly destroyed by fire, causing
a loss of $100,000 and making 250 peo
plo homeless.
Admiral Dewey resigned the presl.
dency of the Metropolitan Club, Wash
ington, owing to ciiticiums of decis
iens by himself and comrades in tha
Schley court.
Cndwollader Blddle, of tho Pennsyl
vania State Board ot Charities, haa
condemned the Mercer county Jail and
advised the Jury to report ;avorably
for a new Institution.
Wolford Gwln. a 15 -year-old boy ol
Moravia, five miles from New Castle.
Pa., was terribly wounded through be
ing mistaken in the underbrush tor a
quail by a fellow hunter.
Hall Calne has tteen elected to rep
resent the town of Ramsey In tha
Manx Parliament, England, receiving
458 votes to 191 cast for bis opponent,
a local lawyer named . Kermode.
THE MAHKE 1'-.
PITT HIIRO),
drain, Hour anil re t,
WnttT No. red I H 69
live No. a o-j ei
Com No. 2 yellow, ear US V'
No. I yellow, shelled 6-IJi
Mixed ear 61 84
Oats-No. I white ! 42!
No. t white 40 iO'i
Floos Winter patent 70 8 Mil
Fanny Ht might Winters 8 28 8 Til
Hat No. 1 timothy 14 23 14 K
Clover No. 1 , 10 f.O It 01
Feed-No. 1 white mid. ton.... 31 f0 SI 0(1
Drown middlings 18 50 19 60
llrnn, bulk 17 60 17 IS
Btsaw Wheat S 00 8 25
Oat 8 00 111
Hair? PriMtttott
Btn-rxB Elgin erenmery. Q4 il?
Ohio creninery 8'i 22
Fancy country roll lltf 19!$
Cmskks Ohio, new I0i u .
New York, new II
I'onttry, ate.
nn per lb $ 10
CnicsitHS dremed l 13
tao 1'a. and Ohio, fresh. W ' 'H
Frnlti nnd Vslblei.
Orxes Deash per bushel 1 O0i$ 1 M
Potatoes Fancy white, V bliL J OJ 9 li
Caibaiik pr bnrrel t 1M 161
Okioxi per barrel 10) $ it
nALTlMOItR,
Ft-oea Winter Patent t 8 8I9 S Ha
Wheat No. 1 red 70,f 7m
Cess mixed SO CO '4
Cats 40 4I
Kens. 19 2(1
Bti'iTxa Ohio creamery. Si SIS
PUILAUKLPIlt.i.
Flocb Winter patent 4) 41a J T.I
Wheat No, 9 red Tl.'f 75
t'oss No- mixed SI?,' QV,i
Oath No. 9 wblte 4J' 41
Butter Creamery, extm '11 -2 'ID
loos l'cnniiylvauln lints. HJ-
KBIT VOIIK.
Fi.otis rntenls. J W)a 1 1 S3
Wheat No. red 77 II
Cobs No. 1 62V ll'il
Oats No. 1 White 4' II
dctteh creamery it
tou Btute aud l'enua
LITK StOOK.
tmlnl Stock Taril. Kill LlHirtf, fx.
CATTLE. .
Prime hrerv, 1S00 to 1000 lbs...$ 5 7-1? 6 to
1'rtme, 1300 to H0O 6 6J a BJ
Medium, UUQ to 1J00 lis. t 16 6 41
Fat helfem 4 61 8 10
Uutcber, 900 to 1000 lbs. H fl) 4 61'
Commou to fair 1 60 S 39
Oxen, common to fat 'i 60 'i t
Common to good fat bull k oow 1 60 4 00
Milch cows, eaab lit UJ 61 JO
fcitra miloh cowl, each. 7 6J 60 JO
BOOS.
Trime medium weights. t 6 41 6 45
licet heavy yorkore aud medium 6 Si 0 (
Oood to choice paoker 6 40 6 611
Hood .Ik uud light yorkurs.... 0 10 6 16
Pigs, common to good 6 75 6 90
Prime heavy hogs B AO 0 6i
Common to lair 4 08 6 25
Houghs 5 00 6 II
6Uui 4 50 6 21
SHEEP.
Extra, medium weight wethers. S 80 9 8 40
Oood to choioe. 8 00 8 11
Medium 2 60 8 00
Common to fair t Oil i 0C
LAMBS.
Lambi clipped 8 AO 8 40
Lambe, good to choice, clipped I III 8 60
Lambs, common to fulr, clipped 1 0J 9 00
Bpnng La lube a 0J 4 75
CALVES.
Veal, extra 8 00 9 6 60
Veal, good to cboloe. 8 01) 4 00
Val, common heavy i oj 4 60
teal, commou to fair Ot) 4 00
NO ANXIETY FELT.
Manufacturing Plants Assured of Full
Operation for Year and
Many Orders Ahead.
R. O. Dun & Company, In tnelr
weekly review of trade, say that
with tho mills, shops, factories and fur
nacea assured of full operation until
the end of the year as a rule, and many '
contracts already running far Into
1902, there Is no occasion for anxiety
regarding the ludustrlal situation.
Jobbers are still urgently asking for
prompt deliveries by manufacturers of
staple llnes.whlle opening transactions
In fancy goods for the holidays aro
unusually early, showing that dealers
anticipate a large trade. Retail distri
bution of heavyweight wearing apparel
and other seasonable goods is checked
by the tardiness of low temperature.
Each week the situation as to Iron
and steel becomes more encouraging,
orders now running to the middle of
1902 In many finisned products. De
spite the extensive addition to pro
ductive capacity lat year there is still
much work In progress of preparation,
promising many new plants ready to
start next year. The feature of the
week was the placing of enormous or
ders for steel rails, practically assur
ing another record-breaking output.
Other railroad supplies are also In
great demand, tho most s?ricus embar
rassment being felt at many points
on account of shortage. Added to this
Is much structural work In replacing
wooden bridges by steel arches, and
in the minor lines there is an equally
vigorous demand. Pig iron reflects the
brisk movement In finished products,
and higher prices are anticipated.
It is worthy of note mat the domes
tic situation Is not calculated to stimu
late export trade and the loss of much
foreign business may be directly at
tributed to the strike, which put the
mills so far behind on home orders.
Coke ovens are active and the out
put Is large, but lack of cars and mo
tive power restrict shipments. Coal
deliveries aro similarly retarded,
dealers being often unable to fill more
than a small proportion of their or
ders. In woolen goods conditions are
quiet. Strength in tho raw material
Is conspicuous, mills buying freely.
More satisfactory prices are receiv
ed by domestic wheat growers, last
year's figures being surpassed. Fail
ures for tbe week numbered in the
United States 240, against 205 last
year, and 29 in Cauada, against ii
last year.
A UNIQUE CLOCK.
French On Is Made of Bicycle Parts
Entirely.
An Ingenious mechanic ot Paris has
constructed a clock exclusively ot bi
cycle parts. The framework is a
large bicycle wheel.