n n if osino be cm TO REDUCE TAXATION. Surplus Would Otherwise be Enor mout President Abnndons Idea of Tariff Revision. A revenue reduction bill which will nit out all thn war taxes Imposed three years aro will be Introduced noon nf tor Cohitcrs aascmhlcs. !litronr!itr tlve raync, Chiiirnmrt of Uu Commit tee on Ways and M"iuis. will dr:il't the bill lor tnut sweeping piece of b'H lulntlua. 1 io lit acting upon iV ailvlio of Secretary flage, and with the con sent of the' President. Tho latter has about abandoned IiIh lilen that it would be politic to undertake the revision of the tariff schedules, ro the reiluetlon will be on Interim revenue tnxes nl together. It la the purpose of Mr. Payne to write a bill which will eui Hip Ineonie of tne Trenuurv nt le:iHt 170.000.00(1 and probably $sn.ono.oim. Tho tax on berr will be reduced to 1 1 a barrel, the figure at which It stood before the Spanish War. It may be put down to !r cents, which the brew era demanded of the President nt an Interview be had with the officers of the National Association ol Brewers aeveral days ago. The tax on whliiky Is to be reduced from $1.20 n gallon to at least !() cents ami ponrlbly to 70 or nn rents. Tobacco will go bark from 9 to 0 cents. All tne inliicella neons taxes, those of secret formula proprietary nn-dlelii-n end the like will lie rrprab'il. The reduction on beer will be nhout J21.nrin.iMHi, on to baceo a similar amount, on whisky from Jin. in. ii, ihiii to $ lii.iinii.onit. and an rqual amount on tho miscellaneous Bchednle. The determination to frame such a drastic bill was reached at a conference Mr. l'ayno had with Sec retary (laKP. The Secretary brought out licoliH and reports to indicate that the surplus will, if the present rate of Increase keeps tip, be no less tnnn 130,oiHi.(iiMi on July 1. P.W2. for thn fiscal year ending the day before. That added to the surplus of the year before will make a collection of $21o, 000.U0O more than needed. After Mr. Payne learned these tacts he and Representative Steele had a final talk with the President, with the result as before Indicated, a determination to wipe out practically all the war taxes. PLOT TO MASSACRE. Garrison at Moncada Was to Ee Cut to Pieces by Bolomen. A plot to massacre the American garrison at Moncada province of Tar lac. Island of Luzon, has been revealed by the wife of one of the conspirators. Several town officials are Implicated. The woman bid a detective beneath a house In which the conspiracy was planned. Arrests followed and many Incriminating papers were seized. The plan was to set fire to a bouse close to the barracks after dark, and when the soldiers came out, 130 conspira tors, armed with bolos, were to cap ture their arms and massacre the gar rison. ROSBERS USED EXPLOSIVES. .1 Secured $4,000 and $10,000 Worth of The safe In the private bank of O'Donald & Morton, at Whitehall. Mich., was blown open by robbers and $2,000 was taken. The explosion did $500 damage. It Is supposed three men did the job. Thpy escaped In a stolen rig. Black Kock. Ark., bur glars blew open tho bank vault and secured $2,000 and $10,000 worth of pearls belonging to W. D. Bird, which had been placed In the vault for safe keeping. The robbers escaped be fore the citxicna, aroused by the ex plosion, got out of their houses. BORDEN MAKES A CUT. Posts a Notice of a 10 Per Cent Re duction In Wages. M. C. IX Borden posted a notice In the Fall River, Mass., Iron works to the effect that wages would bo reduced 10 per cent, after November IS. .Mr. Borden's notices aa posted are incon sistent with his recent statement, aud there is much disappointment among the operatives In his mills. DENIED THE WRIT. Alleged German Forger Must Await Decision of Appellate Court. Judge Kohlsaat of Chicago, in the Federal Court denied the petition of Gerhard Terlinden for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari. The court re fused to consider Terllnden'a conten tion that there is no treaty of extra dition with Germany. Terlinden, who Is accused of a big forgery, alleged to have been committed In Germany, was remanded to jail till the appellate court passes on his case. Five Generations Living. A daughter that was born to Mrs. Frank Crawford, of Nowark, O., makes five living generations of that family. The baby's mother la 23 years old, and Its great-creat-grand mother Is 88. Veteran German Editor Dead. Hon. John D. Sarnlghauaeu, publish er of the Indiana "Staats Zeliung" and one of the oldest German editors In the country, died at Fort Wayne, Ind.. Friday, at the age of S2. He had beeg editor of the "Scaata Zeltuug" 40 years. ' " A New Pipe Line. The Union Pipe I.lue Company was Incorporated at Albany, N. Y., with a capital of $100,000, to maintain a pipe line tor the transportation of oil from Sharon Center, Potter county. Pa., to South Bolivar, Allegheny county, N. Y. She Ended Her Life. Mra. William Textor, of Leaven. wortn, Kan., committee, suicide Dy saturating her clothing with kerosene nd then Igniting it. Her mind was derancea uy an injury received. LI HUNG CHANG DEAD. China's Grand Old Man Passes Away Aged 80 Instated on Work ing to the Last. I.I Hung Chang, the Chinese diplo mat, and the last of that famous trio of world's dalesmen, lllsinnrk and (ilitilHtono. died nt poking on Tuesday night. For a quarter of a century Karl I.I held the office of viceroy of the Im portant province of Chll.l, having been made successor to tho grent Tsens '(wo Kim, Ills former coniiiiiiiiilei', In 1S70. In addition to being viceroy of Chl-l.l province, Karl 1.1 mis secretary to the tirand Council of State. Super intendent of Foreign Trade for the Northern ports, Superintendent of Coast Defense for tho Northern district and Senior (liinriilnn of the Heir Ap parent. He has concluded more treat ies than the Chinese Foreign Office, lius had thn burden of providing food lor 9.0(10,000 people In a famlne-Btrlck-en province, and tins attended to all the regulations In regard to traffic and trade. Ho also created and Installed whatever military and naval defenses are at present In operation along the Northern const of China. During his long career as a public olllelnl, In spite of the prejudice and enmity of the niln-li'tiM-a close to the imperial throne he I'as stood consistently for the Intro duction of modern Improvements and methods. In spite of bis long period of service as China's most able states man. Karl l.l was three times deprived of his rank and degraded to the posi tion of a commoner. In ISioi 1.1 Hung Chniig. accompanied by an extensive suite, visited thla country, while on a tour around the world, and while In New York he placed a wreath upon the tomb of tleneral Grant, whom he al ways looked upon as a hero. In the recent negotiations wit u the great powers to arrive nt a settlement of the claims for damages done by the Boxer outrage!, I.I Hung Chang wns the first man appointed by the Chinese Impe rial government to look after tho In terests of that country in the capacity of a commissioner. BABY INCUBATORS SEIZED. 8herlff Orders Infants Removed at Riok of Their Lives. One of tho most ttnlQUo seizures ever made In the history of a sher iff's olllce occurred in Erie county. New York. Friday, when Deputy Sher iff Howard went to the Infant incuba tor building on the Expedition Mid way and claimed possession in the name of the law of the contents. This included several of the Incubators, five of them containing living Infants. The deputy did not care to take tho re sponsibility of keeping the breath of life In the Infants, so asked that they be removed, despite the fact that this action may result In their death. The descent of the Bheriff is the result of a suit between partners In the en terprise over a distribution of the per sonal property. The Inventory shows a queer assortment of valuables. It Includes 8 Incubators, 20 bottles of lotion, 10 dozen Infants' linen, 12 dozen boxes of toilet powder, 24 dozen boxes of toilet soap, 12 dozen jars of toilet cream and kindred articles of nn estimated value of $1,000. There was also seized $55 In cash. BRADFORD'S BIG BLAZE. City Building and Stores Burned. Loss $150,000. The city building, two large livery barns, together with several large stores and dwelling bouses at Brad ford, Pa., were burned Friday. Thirty-eight horses belonging to a livery were burned, among them being some racing horses. The loss will bo over $150,000. The city building cost $40. 000; Insurance, $22,000. The records were saved In the fire proof vaults of the building. ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE. Employes of Mines Near Scranton Several Thousand Men Affected. An oraer calling a strike at the eight collieries of tho Temple Iron Compa ny was issued Wednesday from the headquarters of Disti'.ct No. 1. United Mine Workers of America. The col lieries affected are: Lackawanna, Sterriek Creek, Edgerton. Northwest, Harry E., Forty Fort, Mt. Lookout and Babylon. The miners claim that the Temple Iron Company discharged about DO men because they had previ ously worked at the Maltby mines of the Lehigh Valley Caiupany, and had struck. HARD TOW TO HANDLE. Big Naval Drydock Grounds Near New Orleans. A dispatch states that the Algiers flouting naval dock went aground at Sixty-Mllo point, near New Orleans. Tho dock was floated without great difficulty and proceeded on Its way up the river. A heavy wind blowing down tho river where the aocident OC' curred, made it difficult for the tugs to handle the tow. Earl LI'o Successor. Yuan Shi Kal has been appointed to succeed LI Hung Chang as viceroy of Chi LI, China, and that Wang Wen Ehuo has been appointed deputy' vice roy of the Bame province. Yoan is the viceroy of Shan Tung province. Wages of Alabama Miners Advanced The wages of 10,000 Alabama ruin' i.m were advanced 2 cents ni- inn owing to the recent advance lu the price of pig Iron, the average tor ail grades being last month a little over xli) uer ton. Ten thousand men nid effected. The advance will apply ironi INOvemuur i, rpinca fiaizea Thru DaH. Amlral Calllard, commanding the French fleet in Turkish waters, ruis occupied the (three principal' ports . A nf k I . I 01 lUe IftUUIIU Ul iillLIOUU. Tn Invada Manellk'a nim.1. Another Russian exoedltlnn r.nn listing of on diplomatic agent, two ..lanilulH nna rmi m are! m I uun a photographer, will go to Abyssinia. FORCED THE STOCKADE. One Killed, 20 Succeeded In Passing the Gates Weapons Secre ted In Stone Pile. One man killed, five others danger ously wounded, and 28 desperate con victs are nt large as result of a mu tiny Thursday at the site of the new United States prison, two miles sotifn east of leavenworth, where 400 pris oners from the Fpdernl prison. In charee of an armed gnnrds, were at work. When the trouble began the rebellious prisoners had only two re volvers. These had been seeretpd In one of tho walls of the building by some unknown person. Two walls are partly completed, and the remainder of the Bite of the building Is surrounded by a high wooden stockade. Gus Par ker, of Ardmore, I. T., one of the ring lenders of the mutiny, under pretense of a npcesslty, walltpd to the corner of the stockade, where the revolvers wpre concealed, and under cover of some weeds secured them without bring dp tected. He returned to the gang and pnssed ono of tho revolvers to Frank Thompson, a negro, who secreted It about his person. When T. H. Hlnes. superintendent of construction, and three armed gunrds prepared to round up the men at the end of the day's work the two armed convicts covered them with the revolvers and encour aged by the other mutinous convicts, lorced the men to walk before them o the corner of the stockade, where they expected to make a rush through the opening. Outside the Btockade wag an armed guard, and the convicts were met ar. the opening by C. E. Bur rows, n guard, who fought them back. but who received two Bhots In the neck. The convicts then rushed over io ttnothcr opening and were met by Arthur Trrell'ord. nn armed guard, who s In churge of all the convicts. Treel- ord resisted the convicts and was shot twliv. but not dangerously wounded. Defeated In their attempt to escape, at this point, the men rushed to the guard house, where the arms are kept. The guards from the outside rushed in at thla point and drove the convicts away from the guard house. , J. P. Waldrupe, n guard, shot and killed Ford Qulnn. The prisoners then made a rush for the main entrance, and 20 of them succeeded In escaping. Close ly followed by the guards, the men ran to a nearby forest and succeeded In evading their pursuers. The men went in the direction of Easton. Kan., and It la reported that they have held up many farmers, taking horses and clothing. 8EVEN ACRES OF FIRE. Dllworth, Porter 6Y Co.'s Plant De stroyed Loss $200,000. The Iron nnd steel plant of Dllworth, Porter & Co., Pittsburg, covering sev eral acres of ground, was totally de stroyed by lire Wednesduy night. The conflagration started from a spill of molten metal on the monkey mill. The bar. guide and spike mills, tho ware house, a greater part of the machine shops and tool house and tho entire plate mill, Including the valuublu ma- cnlnery in these departments, were de stroyed. The firm estimates the loss at $200,000. KENTUCKY SHOOTING AFFAIRS. Two Men Killed, Two Dying and Two More Wounded. At Pierce precinct, Morehend, Ky., William Morris shot and killed David Jones. At Pine Grove, John Shumate and Tllden Hoggo became involved in a political dlfllculty with George Hogge and his three sons, Ray, Tllden and Charles. Pistols and knives were used freely, and Charles Hogge Is dead. Ray Hogge and John Shumate are dying, and George aud Tllden Hoggo are bad ly wounded. TO PR08ECUTE THOMPSON. Maccabees, Under Terms of Bond, Muot Push the Case. Maccabee officials will, under tho terms of Charles D. Thompson's bond, have to take the Initatlve In prose cuting him for the embezzlement of $(K),(HiO while Finance Keeper. Thomp son's arrest Is expected soon. Dr. L. E. Slsler, of Akron, O., has been se lected to succeed Thompson as finance keeper. FOR ART AND CHARITY. Mrs. Balch Divides $500,000 Among Public Institutions. The will of Mrs. R. Balch, of Man chester, N. II., who wbb found dead, face downward. In a bath tub at her homo there was filed for probate. She leaves her mansion to the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences and about $73,000 in small legacies to churches, colleges, societies and Indi viduals. The residue, estimated at from $300,000 to $400,000, is to go to the Balch Hospital. Van Amee Appointed. State Commissioner of Excise Cull- 1 . V . Vft.b kn - I . man, ui hp" wini una uppuinieu William Van Amee. of Orange county, general couneol for the State Depart ment of Excise, at a salary of $4,500. Held for Murder. Five raon have been held by the cor oner's jury of Allegheny county for tl.a n-.iinler hf John K. Fault txf Leechburg, Pa, They are: Benja min Humm, Frauk Morrow, Rees Jack, George Grimm and Peter Morrow. ...I ..Ill l. l.l In ltra,v. 1 I 1 UtJ Hill I'D limu (II i ? unimui tJIUUU couuty, where the killing was done. Funeral of War Nurse. Funeral services wero held Sunday at Bunker Hill, Kan., over tho remains of Motlior lilckerdyke, who died Fri day, aged 84. 8he was noted as a war nurse. . The burial took place at Galesburg, 111. : Ministers Convict Dr. Swallow. Pr. Silas C. Swallow, waa convicted, ot falsehood at Harrisburg, Pa., pestkouSe burned. Smallpox Patients Fled From Burning Hospital and Were Herded In an Open Lot, Fourteen smallpox patlpnts were compelled to flpp for their IIvps from a burning pest house at Dps Moines. la., early Thursday morning. Residents surrounding tne neighborhood were terrorized und called wildly for the po lice and the fire department. All but threp Inmates escaped without difficul ty. Thpge were discovprpd and borne from the building by those ablo to walk. The police and firemen over camp tbelr fear of disease and corrall ed the escaping inmates In a vacant lot, where they wpre guarded. Blank lets and cots afforded sllgnt protection from the severe cold. and. as a result, It la feared that several patients may dip. Few could be Induced to aid the sufferers, and, as a last resort, the po llen were given tools and they con structed temporary huts. The qup tlon as to the future disposition of the patients la rendered difficult by a threatened Injunction by neighboring property owners. Many threats had been made to burn the building, and. although the origin or the fire In un known, Incendlnrirm is suspected. LIFE BATTLE RAFT. Shipwrecked Crew of a Lake Michi gan 8chooner 8aved. The shipwrecked crew of the schoon er Eureka, bound from Tawas, MIcu., to Lorain. O., arrived at Kincardine, (Int.. Friday, on n raft. They were terribly exhausted after a fight for life lasting many hours. Mrs. Big gar, the stewardess, was washed overboard nnd drowned. Tho boats were smashed and the captain, Mate Arthur Blggar. his wife the steward ess. Fred Carpenter and James Shar key, seamen, took to a raft to make a battle for life. Tne high western winds frequently upset tho rnft, dump ing the occupants into the lake. During one of these upsets Mrs. Dig gar was drowned. Her husband bravely tried to save her, but was too late. CALIFORNIA FRUIT DEAL. Independent Canners to Be United by Eastern Capitalists. A deal Is about to be consummated by which all the leading fruit canning establishments outside of the Cali fornia Fruit Canners' Association will pass Into the hands of nn eastern syn dicate. The combined capacities of the plant to be Included In the pro posed deal will. It Is said, equal that of the rxlstlng combine. The an nual output will be not less than 1.500,000 cases, or 30,000,000 cans. LATEST NEWS NOTES. The portending death of Cardinal Svampa reopened the succession ques tion at Rome. Three more of the escaped convicts from Leavenworth military prison wero captured. Iiord Roberts' absence from the Lord Mayor's banquet at London caused some comment. Emperor William of Germany, has Issued an army order praising tho work of the troops In China. Fire at the Six Milo Ferry tipple of the Monongahela River Coal nnd Coke Company caused a loss of $25,000. Edward A. Kloman, of Pittsburg wus killed in a battle with Filipino in Btirgents on tho Island of Samar. Stella Ford was held by the coroner to await tho action of the grand jury for the death of Mrs. Minnie Suker. A tablet to tho memory of the late Dean James O. Murray was unveiled In Marquand Hall, Princeton Univer sity. Two steam fitters were killed and two others seriously injured by the blowing out of a valve at Armourdale, Kan. The American Sugar Refining Com pany reduced refined sugars 10 points to meet the reduction made by Ar- buckle. The police at St. Louis have In CUB' tody a man and a woman suspected of complicity In the Great Northern Rail road robbery, near Wagner, Mont., on July 3. j During a heavy gale two fishing boats capsized off Galilee, Mass., and John Wilson and Thomas Lalson were drowned. Rt. Rev. Samuel C. Edsall, formerly of Chicago, was Installed aa head of tho Protectant Episcopal bisnoprlc of Minnesota. A whaling fleet which returned to Dundee, Scotland, from Davis Strait, reports the continuance ot severe weather In that region throughout the entire summer. Col. N. Shtnas, government military engineer at AtheoB, Greece, Is In this country Inspecting water departments for his government. Certificates were issued to-day au thorizing tho First National Bank of Crafton, Pa., to begin business, with a capital of $25,000. At the Middlesex Club dinner at Boston, Senator Lodge said the Mon roe doctrine must be uphold by tho power of a great navy. Much uncertainty existed among glass workers regarding next year's trade, the feeling being that the agree ment may nut be renewed. Bernlce Fisher, of Worcester, Mass., was found guilty of attempting to ex tort $8,000 from Charles S. Burou by threats to kidnap his son. It Is positively denied by the Navy Department that Rear Admiral Crom woll has any orders to take part In a demonstration agaltpit Turkey. Ex-Captoln O. M. Carter, now a con vict in the government prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kus., Is to have a rehear ing ot his case In a civil tribunal. The Women's Foreign Missionary Society has recommended that the name ot the Lucknow Women's College ot India bo changed to the Isabella Thoburn College, and Us endowment fund be $50,000, as Miss Thoburn desired. fDETERMINED TO KILL WISS STONE BULGARIA MUST ANSWER The Brigand Leader Will Never Let Her Escape She Possesses Valuable 8ecrets. Information has bppn received at Sofia. Bulgaria, from Douhnltza that the band of brigands holding captive Miss Ellen M. Stonp, the American missionary, callpd about a fortnight ago at the village of Smetehevo and subsequently procpdpd to the monas tery at Illto. but the movements of the troops compelled the brigands to flee toward the frontier, where they are now In hiding. It Is asserted that the brigands have recently been treating Miss Stone with more seve rity In order to exercise pressure and to compel a more ready acceptance of their conditions. Consul General Dickinson Is Indexible. He insists that the surrender of Miss Stone must precede or be simultaneous with the payment of the ransom. His atti tude Is justified by the known deter mination of some members of the band, particularly the captain, Yanne Snndansky, to kill Miss Stone and her companion an soon as the ransom is received, owing to the fact that the captives have now acquired Informa tion concerning the secret committee. Competent persons express the opin ion that the cupidity of the brigands will overcome their fear of revela tions, nnd all such approve the declar ation of Mr. Dickinson. Mr. Dickin son made energetic representation to the Bulgarian government against the Bulgarian troops, reproaching the of ficials with the fact that notwith standing their solemn promises to give him all assistance in tneir power, their action was embarrassing the negotia tions, retarding a settlement and plac ing In Jeopardy the life of Miss Stone. He made a definite declaration that the Bulgarian government would be held responsible for the death of Miss Stone and all the consequences of her death, should It be proved that the attitude of the Bulgarian government forced the brigands to kill tbelr cap tives. HOLBROOK'S MILLIONS Deeds for Property Bought In the Early 70's Discovered. The mystery of the disappearance of the fortune of $3,000,000 left by Isaac S. Holbrook, a stock broker, of New York, who died suddenly In 1870, Is cleared up. When ho died he was regnrded as a millionaire, but on the settlement of his affairs, his wife and three children were unable to get track of the bulk of his property. Isaac S. Holbrook. Jr., who was a baby when his father died, has been proce cuting the search for his father's es tate and has found two big battered tin uoxcb In wnlch repose the original title deeds to millions of dollnrs worth of real estate purchased by his fnther away back In the early 70's and which could not bo traced before, owing to the fact that tho deeds were not In llolbrook's name, WATCHING FOR MASSACRES Every Precaution Being Enforced on Island of Samar. Advice from Catbalogan, capital of tho Island of Samar, say. Lukbuu, the Insurgent leader, lias sent a message to General Smith, declaring that ho will not listen to negotiations for sur render until all the Americans have withdrawn from the Gundara valley. General Smltn has ordered every American soldier in the Island of Samar and tho Island of Iyte never to be without anus, even at meal time. He Is dotermlned that there shall be no more surprises. General Smith also direct 8 thnt scouting must con tinue lncesnuntly. WANTED AN ALLY. Letter of Bismarck an Alliance With Scandinavians. The newest diplomatic sensation Is the publication by Prof. Frledrlcksen. of Denmark, of an hitherto unknown letter which Bismarck, while prime minister, sent to Prime Minister Blix en, of Denmark, in 18(12, proposing German-Scandinavian alliance. Bis marck assured Bllxen Buch an alli ance could rule the world. WILL ENLIST TORIES 8cheme Under Preparation for Cape Colonists to Defend Themselves. In a letter dated October 23 the Cape Town correspondent says: "Lord Kitchener and Sir John Gordon Sprisg (tho Cape Premier) have arranged a scheme tor tne expulsion ot the invad ers from Cape Colony. A Joint com mission ot imperial and colonlan mil itary chiefs baa been sitting for some days to draft a scheme. It Is un derstood that this provides for the Colony taking a large share in tho fu ture ot the country and contributing toward its coBt. Apparently a levy of loyalists en masse is the idea In volved. Chicago Steel Mills Crowded. The Chicago steel mills are over whelmed with business. With an average output of UO.OOO tons of steel rails contracted ahead for six months additional orders, aggregating 100,000 tons, have como In. American Schooner 8elzed. A dispatch from Lisbon says that a Portuguese, gunboat has seized the American Bchooner Nettle and Lottie ot .llorta. Island ot Fayal. the Azores, for clandestinely conveying 211 emi grants who were trying to avoid mill! tary service. Turka Jarred by an Earthquake. A severe earthquake -occurred Fri day at Erzoroum, Turkey. Many houses were dostroyed and the Inhab itants sought safety In the open. Denmark Needa Apples. The Trult crop tn Denmark Is a fail ure. Apples are especially scarce selling aa high aa 13 cents a pound, German. Russian and French apples ar being Imported. NATIVES AT ODDS. Flllpplnos Quarrel In Effort to Form Government Are Bitter Toward the Friars. The Fedpral convpntlon contlnup Its meetings at Manila, but these are as a rule of a turbulent, character and very little Is accomplished. Personal bickerings prevent harmony. Benor Btiencamino challenged Senor Velanco to a duel, but the latter refused to fight on account of thn age ot the challenger. Many provincial dele gates have already left In disgust. Senor Sabella Heyes wanted to enter upon the minutes of the convention an expression of the regret felt by the delegates at the lack of Interpst dis played In the work of political organi zation. Then Senor Buencamlno left the room, saying ho would never re turn. In each instance he yielded to the persuasion of his friends that ho should go back, and finally he formally tendered his resignation, but only to put In an appearance again at the evening session. The ques tion of the friars has been occupying much of the time of the convention. Intense antipathy Is shown toward them, and the sense of too convention was practically unanimous that they must go. TURKEY ACCEDES. Demands Made by France Have Been Accepted by the Porte. The Greek Minister In Constantino ple, according to a dispatch, has tele graphed the Greek government tthat the Porte has accepted all the' de mands of France. A dispatch from Admiral Calllard has been received at Paris announcing that he landed marines on the Island of Mitylene and occupied tho customs at Midllll With out resistance. The French govern ment hns received satisfactoty replies from ail the powers, without excep tion, to its note explaining the meas ures taken against Turkey, Olllclal advices received say the Turkish au thorities have cut the telegraph lines between Mitylene and Constantinople. Admiral Calllard was unable to com municate directly with M. Bapst. Coun clllor of the French Legntlon at Con' stantlnople, and was obliged to file all dispatches nt the island of Syra. No International complications are antlcl patpd, in view of the powers' response to h ranee s note, and no trouble is ex pected on the island Itself. The news papers of Russia anticipate that, fol lowing the lead of France, other pow era will discover claims against Tur ky. TEN CREMATED. ' Vaudeville Actors Lose Life In Wis consin Theater. Ten lives were lost and four build fngs destroyed by a fire which started In the Klondike theater at .Hurley, Wis., Wednesday. The fire started on the stage and in a few minutes the entire structure was a mass ot flames. The tnlrd story was used as sleeping quarters and the rapid spread of the fire cut off tho escape of the occupants. The charred remains of six of the via t.'ms were recovered. PLUNDERED A PAYMASTER. Major Stevens Robbed of Money In tended for the Soldiers. Paymaster Stevens, of tho United States Army, arrived at Pensaoola, Fla.. from Atlantn Saturday, and, be. fore leaving thnt city, placed In a hand satchel 2oo sliver dollars and $1,800 In paper money for the pay of several hundred artillerymen at Fts, Barancas and Mcltea. When he reached Pcnsacola he found that all the paKr money bad been abstracted and that only tho silver dollars re malned. Paul Revere Dead. Paul Revere, great grandson of Colonel Paul Revere of revolutionary fame, died at Mornstown, N. J., Sun day, of pernicious anemia. Mr. Revere was the vice president general of the Sons ot tho American Revolt! tion. Miners' Strike Averted. The 6.000 miners ot the Templo Iron Company, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., will not go out on strike. At a con ference between a committee of tho employes and officials of the company a satislactory agreement was reached; tne miners discharged will bo rein stated. Kaiser Alone Will Settle It The kaiser has communicated with the committee which has charge of the erection of the Wagner monument In Berlin, Germany, stating that he alone will decide on tne design and without consulting the committee. The American Church Commltee at Berlin. Germany, has decided to break ground for the now edifice. The building fund amount to $44,000. The lot cost $30,000. CABLE FLASHES. The War Office of England will ac cent Canada's offer of a strong caval ry contingent for service In South At tica. The commission of the Finance Mln lstry ot Russia reports that the expend iture on the Manchuria Railroad from 1895 to 1001 has been 80,000,000. The' Nlcaraguan government raised and formally saluted the British flag Suturday in compliment ot tho birth' day anniversary of King Edward VII. The Germaiv Consul at Barcelona Spain, has caused the arrest ot Ester- meyer, former manager of the Securl' ties Guaranty Bank ot Berlin, as a swlmllur. The Gorman Imperial deficit has heretofore been estimated at 100,000 000 marks. It Is now asserted that the budget will assume a deficit ot 140,000, 000 mai Ks, The tall In consols, in London, which Is partially attributable to the speech ot the chancellor ot the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, foreshadow ing Increased war taxes, caused very thing to be dull the early part of last week. THE MAHKF.ra PITTSHUKO. drain, Floor anil TTasiT No. red 9 69 OS nt 09 40 44 70 79 s 7 6 47 s's$ Kre No. 9 Con's Nn. 1 yellow, enr. ....... nn. x ynnow, shelletl Mixed ear Oats No. !t whlto No. 8 whlto Flous Winter patent 9 Faney Htrslght Winters S Hat No. 1 timothy 14 25 9 7.1 AO 50 60 00 95 8 70 14 50 11 to 3 J 00 19 50 W 75 8 X5 8 00 Clover No. 1 10 Fir.n No. 1 whits mid. ton.... 1 Jtrown middlings 18 llrnn. hulk 17 Btsaw Wheat 8 Ost 7 Dnlrr I'rmluotl Iottib Elgin orunmnry t 41 94 W Kimo creamery a Fnnev eoniitrv roll 12 Ciksb Ohio, new 10) New York, now U 1'onltrr, ate. Huns rr Ih 8 10 13 13 C'hicskns ilrewwd 19 boas l'n. mid Ohio, fresh 99 Frulia and Vettili, times Jlr.ANii per binlml 195(9 I 10 l OTAn.r.H-i nni'y wlilto, Jf bol. 1 J 9 0U CAtutAoK-pxr bnrrol 195 1 6 Omoni per barrel I 95 8 50 IIALTIMUKB, Ft.ora--Wlnter l'ntout S 91 Whkat No. 9 red TlX Vli ('nni mixed Qui 61 Oath M 40 ' Koos S3 94 liuiTER Ohio creamery 93 94 PIIILADKLt'lIt V. Fi.otm Winter pntout Wihat No. 9 rd ferns No- 9 tnixnd Oath Nk. 9 wliitu HiTTEB -Cri'iinifry, evtrn. . . luo pHiiiiKylvuiiin first. .. ..$ .1 41 J 75 .. 7il 77 .. 05 tiW .. 6HU 7 .. 93 95 .. 9J 94 NEW YOU It. ri.ncK I'ntents ... 3 40 4 10 .... 8"K Ht Wheat No. 9 nid tons No. 9 Oais No. 9 Whltn 44 15 21 46 Li'TTEn Croaini'iy iucm Htnto und IVuiiit. . . "9 1.1 VK srousL Central Stock Vanl. Bill LIKirtf. fc CATTr.K rrlm h-nvy, 1500 to 1000 lb . . t 5 CJ ? 5 tO Prlinn, 1300 to 1400 Hi. 5 40 J 50 Medium, UO0 to 1300 lbs. 4 W) 6 25 Fat hoifora 4 60 4 90 Butolier. WO to 1000 IIm. 3 95 4 '25 Common to fnlr i 50 s 10 Oxen, common to fat 9 60 4 95 Common to good fiU bull A cow 1 50 8 (0 mien cows, eaou is 01 6) 00 iitrm mllcti oovrt, eaoli. 87 W 50 1)0 BOOS, Frfine medium weights. $ 6 80 8 M Det heavy yorkent an. I medium 5 70 5 75 Good to cliome puckers. 6 00 8 85 Good plg and light yorkow.... 6 60 5 0 1'igs, common to good 5 eo 6 60 Prime heavy hogs !5 6 05 Common to fair 4 7s 5 60 Houghs 4 75 a en "'K 4 00 4 7i SHiir. Extra, medium weight wethers. S 40 9 3 60 Oood to choice. . 8 16 8 80 nlmlhim .i .a a --. ........................ 4 uu a w Common to fair i oo 9 00 LAMBS. Lamb clipped 8 50 8 75 Lambs, good to choioe, clipped 9 0J 8 75 Lambs, common to fair, clipped 1 Oi) 9 00 Spring Lambs 8 Q 6 00 CAI.VCS. Vcnl, extra $ 5 00 9 7 50 V eal, good to ctiolne. 8 (HI 4 95 Veal, common heuvy 8 Ol) 4 50 Veal, comuiou to (air 8 Ui) 4 00 WORLD OF TRADE. Business Conditions Excellent Tex tile Mills Busy Abundance of Orders. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Little relief has been afforded the leading manufacturing In dustry in the matter of transporting fa cilities. The situation on the whole Is less satisfactory since inability to se cure coke has brought about the bank ing of some furnaces. This in turn tends to harden the market for pig iron, though no actual alteration in prices has occurred, except at Phila delphia, where 25 cents more a ton is readily paid. .Material Is purchased, now for much structural work in the spring, and additional contracts are seeking acceptance. Railway needs were never as pressing, every form ot equipment being sought, and It Is Im possible that more orders will be placed abroad. Labor troubles and low water have added to the dlfllculty arising from cor saortage. making three retarding influences affecting tho output of coal Just when the export demand has become a factor of Import ance. Textile mills In New England are busy. Print cloths have ceased to be inflated, standard widths resum ing the former quotation of three cents and meeting with fair demand. Do mestic buying of all staple cottons la seasonably quiet, and the views ot exporters are still below those of sell ers. Recent declines in the raw mate rial have not weakened prices. He ports from thu South indicate that the spindles are well occupied. In wool ens there Is a free movement of wo men's dress goods, and orders are plen tiful In heavy weight lines for Imme diate delivery. Footwear Is firm at last week's advance, and eastern manufac turers are beglanins work on spring orders. Leather la held at the best prices of the season, and dry hides rose further on heavy sales. Low temperatures In grain growing States brought a higher level ot quotations, corn rising 2'i cents above the ruling figure at the corresponding date last year, and lit! cents over 1809. Wheat la moving out freely at both coasts, bhlpmunts from the United States for the week amounting to 5,051,472 bush els, against 3,210,104 bushels In the same week ot 1900 and 3,927.203 In 1809. CoftVe advanced despite tho record-breaking supply. Failures for the week numbered 243 In the United States against 201 last year, aud 11 In Canada against 18 last year. German Army Maneuvers. No matter what other results iter accomplished by the recent maneuv er ot the German army In the nelgn borhood ot DanUic. It Is certain that they have given a vast amount of com fort to the military exports ot Ei'glaad. who have become abnormally sensU the because of the tedious and incon clusive operations ot the British forces J I ! I x '
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