mmm dike by floods WASHOUTS AND LANDSl I0ES Llveo Lost Owing to Weakened Bridges Co!lnp3C Ov- r One Hun dred Mine Mulsu Drowned. r'ovm which for verity mi l d" Btnic tlvoit -as linn not lc-n i iinal "I for I.I yi-ai v!.?iii'u c.-l."!i nnd ecu tral Peiinsiyvnnta Ha'ttrdnv r.lght. causing almost unprei -cdi -:ir damanj nnd Juniata rivers roe at h!:-;!i 11 l-" four human lives. Tin- havoc In t'10 coal regions was mormons, anil Hip loss to railroad ami mining companies will amount to millions of dollars Tho Schuylkill, Lehigh. Susquehanna and Jnnlala rivers rose n high as I" feet aliovo their levels, and all of their tributaries overflowed. Inundating the surrounding eonntry In more than a dozen ronntles. innumerable wash outs oeenrred on the Pennsylvania, Reading. Northern Central, l.ehltth Valley, New Jersey Cerdral and Lack awanna Railroads. Bridges were car rled away and traffic was at a stand still. The delegates to the conven tion of the American Federation ol Labor were stormbound at Scranton, Saturday, with no Idea when they would be able to leave. The force of the water weakened the supports of a bridge spanning a creek near Will lamsport. and as a result a freight train was wrecked and three men killed. At Oneida, near Hnzlcton. a miner was swept from a bridge and drowned. In the Schuylkill Valley 48 mines were flooded and In the Le high and Lackawanna regions the ' de struction was equally great. Hun dreds of mules were drowned In the collieries, and It will be weeks before many of the mines can resume opera tions. In some sections the water reached the second stories of dwell ings, and the town of Westmore. near Wilkesbarro. was submerged. Many of the residents left their homes In boats. Similar conditions existed along the Juniata river, farmers being compelled by the steadily-rising water to abandon their homes. The flood was reutiOed more disastrous by the melting of the snow on the mountain sides. The storm broke with great severity Saturday afternoon ntter the rain had been falling incessantly for several days. Forty-eight collieries of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and other corpora tions at Pottsvllle. Pa., flooded and wll! be Idle for at least a week. In the Bast colliery at Ashland 30 mules were drowned. A freight train on the Philade'phln and Kile division of thf Pennsylvania Railroad went through the bridge Bpnnnlng Lycoming Creek between Wllllnmsport and Newberry Three lives were lost. Washouts oc enrrod at Voshurg tunnel on the l.e high Valley, where debris was washer) down from the mountain, filling the openings of the tunnel at Avoca where a bridge was washed away, and at many points on the cut-off moun tain road to Knii'vlew. A train was lost In the mountains for 2u hours Every railroad entering Wllkesbarre reported extensive damage from storm all along their Hno3 in Northeastern Pennsylvania. EIGHTY HOUSES BURNED. Salem, West Virginia, Practically De stroyed Loss Over $300,000. Fire broke out Saturday night In Sa lem, a prosperous oil town In West Virginia, and caused a loss of $:0li,0iin and destroyed the business district ot the city. Before the lire department could get to work it was seen that the business center of the town would have to go. Sixty-five business houses and 15 residences were burned. No loss of life is reported. At least ' JiuO people were left homeless. Grafton and Parkersburg were appealed to for help. Tracks were cleared and the engine ready to go when the report " was sent that the fire was under con trol. Telegraph wires and all tele phone lines were destroyed. Trains were sent over the Ohio river and the short line railroads. At daylight Sun day a "speak-easy"' was erected In the burned u'hrrlct and by noon many were Intoxicated and fights were fre quent. Tho authorities were unable to keep order until late in the even ing. Many robberies occurred. The owner of the lot on which the "speak easy" was put up ordered the men oft ; and on their refusal smashed the structure. Battle With an Eagle. An eagle which had been annoying the farmers" near Sharon, Pa by car rying off chickens and lambs, was Bhot by D. W. Orres Friday. It was badly wounded, but when ho attempt ed to finish it with a club it flew at him, badly lacerating his face and hands. Orris succeeded in killing It after n severe battle. Mrs. Bonine Not Guilty. The Jury In the case of Mrs. Lola Ida Henry llonine, charged with the murder of PeuHlon Clerk James Sey mour Ayres, Jr.. in the Kenmore Hotel, at Washington, D. C., on the night of May 13, returned a verdict of not nuilty, and the lefendant was set at liberty. Jealousy Drov3 Him Mad. Vincent S. Benson attempted sul clde at Meadvllle, Pa., by taking lauda num. Jealousy of the atteiuioiiB ol other young men to a your.g woman with whom he was Infatuated waa the CUUHO. Tried to Kill Chief of Police. Chief of Police Nell Hamer. of Nllea, O., was called to the door of his resi dence and shot by an unknown man, Friday. . The bullet passed through the tlesby part of Usurer's arm. To Seo b.vi Telephone. The Independence Beige, of Bel slum, says that Dr. Sylvestre, former ly an American but bow a naturalized French physician, has 'Invented a spec' tog-rapt) which entitles utters of the telephone to see each other. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Canal Gill. The Senate Tuesday confirmed a number of nppolnlmcnts. Senator Lodge delivered an address In favor of ratification of Isthman canal treaty. Senator Vorgan Introduced a bill to appropriate $lSi,oi.).ne) for construc tion of the Niearnnua:) canal. In Hie House Speaker Henderson an nounced the remainder of the com-ri'ltci-s. The Ways a.id .M. aua Com i.ii.t"e ennenced I lint they would re port n ItrliY I. I'l for the Philippines Friday, and ask for Ha passage next Tuesday under special rule. It was decided mat the Cuban reciprocity question will not bo considered until after tho holidays. Executive Session. Two speeches on the llay-Paunec-fote trenty were nindo In the executive, session of the Senate Wednesday, ono by Senator Haeon In opposition and Senator Cullom In support of It. lrt executive session at request of Mr. Hoar action on the nomination of Mr. Knox as Attorney General was post poned, (loo. O. Cornelius, of Penn sylvania, was confirmed as Consul at St. Johns Newfoundland. The session of the Senate Thurs day was devoted to discussing the Canal treaty. The Senate agreed to tho House resolution to adjourn from December 1!) to January 5. The nom ination of F. C. Leonard, United States Marshall for the Middle district of Pennsylvania; 8. J. M. MeCarrell, Fnlted States Attorney for the Middle district of Pennsylvania; Charles II. Darling. Vermont, Assistant Secre tary of the Navy; Gideon C. Bantz. of Maryland. Deputy Assistant Treasurer of the United States, were confirmed. WILL USE KINETOSCOPE. Engineers to Depict Explosion of Boiler Before Ohio Assembly. The stationary engineers of Ohio will preen nt a unique argument for the extension of the license law to the Incoming General Assembly. They will reproduce before a Joint meeting of the two Houses, by means of a klneioseope, the incident leading up to nnd fallowing an explosion of a low pressure boiler, in which two men were killed while threshing wheat. Under the present law all boilers un der 3.'i pounds' pressure are exempt from State jurisdiction. A large mini l.cr of these small boilers, which aro used mostly lor threshing, sawing wood, pumping water and similar purposes, exploded during tho past year, and the fatalities were many. The F.nglneers' Association say that no boiler, however small, should be operated by any save licensed men. NEW WABASH LINE. Company Incorporated That Will Par allel tho Kanawha. The first, gun In the contest between the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Wabash system to secure a route into the coal fields or West Vir ginia was fired Thursday with the In corporation a! Columbus of tho Zanes ville, Marietta and Parkersburg Rail road Company. The new road, for which the survey will be begun at once, will extend along the east bank of the Muskingum river from Zanes ville to Marietta and thence to Park eiabiyg and into the West Virginia coal fields. The significant feature of the new organisation 13 that Its route lies almost parallel with tho Ohio and Little Kanawha Railroad. . SAVED 300 CHILDREN. Heroic Girl Played Piano in Burning School Building. While clouds of smoke filled the hallways from a fierce firo which raged in the basement of tho Lincoln school at Chicago. Tuesday. Ethel Barker, 13 years old, sat at a piano In the main corridor upstairs anil played a lively two-Btep for the Son children to keep time by while march ing out of the burning building. She did not cease playing until the lust child had loft tho building, and when she tried to escape she was twice driven back by clouds of dense smoke. She finally reached a door and went to the first floor by groping along tho walls and stair banisters. FRANK WOODWARD CAUGHT. Alleged Murderer of Titusvllle Chief of Police Arrested. Frank Woodward, alias Frederick Adams, was arrested at Clarksburg, and Mike MeConnell will claim tho $2,500 reward offered for his arrest. On November 1 1, 18119, three men robbed a safo in a railroad station at Titusvllle, Pa. Afterward when over taken they killed Chief of Police Dan McGrath and Injured William Sheeby, a policeman. One of the men was shot and killed, another was convlctod and executed and the third man, said to bo Woodward, has been at largo. Names of Stations Changed. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has changed names of stations on tha Ohio River division, formerly the Ohio River Railroad ns follows: Alex ander to StevenB, Baresville to Hanni bal, Brownsville to Maggie, Brooklyn to Brookln Junction. Broko Up tho Mass Meetina. A meeting In Cuba to boom General Bartelomu Masso for the Presidency was broken up by Negro friends of General Estrada Pa'ma. The rural guard was called to restoro order. Big Anonymous Gift The Meadvllle Theological School has received a Christmas gift of $50, OoO In the form of an endowment for the president's chair from au anonym ous donor. Alleged Burglar Caught Five men supposed to be the burg lars that robbed the Northern Cen tral Railroad station at New Free dom, were rounded up and captured la the woods near York, Pa-, Friday. mil cms thrown imo river KILLED IN A WRECK Pennsylvania Freight Train' Collide at Curve Men Escape Proba ble Death by Jumping. Pennsylvania freight train No. 8!), neuth hound fin the Olein division, col 'hied with extra freight No. 29 north hound. Wednesday nt. Walnut Rend, eight miles north' or Oil' CVty, Pa., throwing fin cars into the river. Two trainmen were Injured nnd ono man, Head Ilrakemnn McCnddon, supposed to have been thrown Into the Alle gheny river and drowned Is missing. Ti e injured are Fireman Van Ilrunt, of No. 29, collar bone broken. Thomas Martin, engineer, No. 29, thrown Into r:ver. A wreck crew from Oil City was hurried, with surgeons to the fccene Tho officials placed a large I ji of men at work nnd expected to have tho tracks clear In a few hours. The crew of No. 89 saw the lights of No. 29 flash around the bend and saved themselves by Jumping. The road bed at this point was very narrow, skirling along the river bank, and when the trains came together with a crash tho cars tilled up and toppled ovfr Into the water. Both engines were demolished. SHORTAGE MADE GOOD. City Treasurer of Buffalo Pleads Guilty to Charge. City Treasurer Philip Gerst's hear ing at Buffalo, N. Y upon an order to show cause why he should not be removed from office for alleged mis conduct In otnee wns begun before Mayor Dlehl Wednesday. Mr. Oerst In a written statement presented by his attorney pleaded guilty to the charges that a shortage existed, but that since November 13 the shortage has been made good. Mr. Gerst added that he did not desire to make any de fense ngnlnst the Mayor's charges, but consented to the Mayor making an or der removing him from office. Ac countant McKenna. who was directed by tho Mayor to examine Mr. Gerst's shortage of 57,ti(3 In the city treas urer's office. He did not know whether there was any shortage at present. TO RIP MAYORS CABINET. Quo Warranto Filed Against Tom Johnson's Appointees In Cleveland. A suit In quo warranto to oust every appointive otlieer of the City of Cleve land was filed Wednesday In the Su premo Court at Columbus. O. The style of the case Is the State of Ohio, ex-rel, John M. Sheets, Attorney Gen eral, against M. W. llencom. Director of Law; Charles P. Salen, Director of Public Works; John Dunn, Director of Police; Charles W. Tapp, Director of Fire Service; J. P. Madlgan, Director of Accounts, and H. It. Cooley, Direc tor of Charities and Corrections. The foundation of tho case as hied saj3 that the members of Mayor Johnson's cabinet are holding office Illegally. CHILE SUBMITS ULTIMATUM. If Argsntina Fails to Accept War Will Result. Dispatches received from Santiago do Chile say that Benor Yanoz, Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, has handed tho basis of a new proposi tion to Senor Portela, the minister of the Argentina Republic to Chile, to elTeit the Impartial and friendly set tlement of the dispute between tho two countries. If these basis aro re fused by the Argentina Chile will make no further propositions. The rei'nt-.al of tho Argentine will bo taken ns indicating that that country do Piles war. GRANGE HONORED RHONE. Past Master Invested With Jewel and Badge. Past Master Leonard Rhone was In vested with the Jewel and badge by the State Grange at Johnstown, Pa., in recognition of his services to the Grango of Pennsylvania during 18 years at tho head of tho order In this State and as ono of Its first organizers. CAUGHT BY FILIPINOS. Zanesvllle Soldier Who Killed Hi Dusky Sweetheart Captured. Private Phlneas Foutz, ot the Nine teenth United Statea Infantry, the Zanesvllle, O., soldier boy who, In a lover's quarrel, stabbed to death Genevieve Torres, his Filipino sweet heart, in November, 1900, and who es caped from military prison on the day set for his execution, was captured as a prisoner of war by the Filipino General, Mateo I.uga. Foutz was surrendered by Luga to the United States army when the rebel general gave up his sword. , 1 Cashier and $100,000 Missing. II. J. -Flelschman, Cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, of Los Angeles, Cul., has disappeared with a sum of the bank's money, which Vice President H. AV. Hellman estimates at t UMi.OOO. The shortage was dis covered Monday. To Build Now Coal Road. A syndicate at Cleveland, O., has completed the details for the con struction of a new coal road from Richmond, opposite Falrport, O., to Wheeling. W. Va. It will be the con solidation of three existing coal roads, together with considerable now track age. West Virginia Centenarian Die. Mrs. James McDermott. aged 105, died Tuesday at Cos. Upshur county, W. Va. 4 Several aged children sur vive her. Hurrying Freight Trains Kill Two. One west bound freight ran Into the rear of another at New Creek bridge at Keyser, W. Va., on the Bal timore, and Ohio Railroad Saturday, CONTRACT FOR WESTINGHOUSE. Yerkes' London Underground Rail ways Will Be Equipped Under American Plans. The Yerkes syndicate, which se cured control of the London Under ground railways, and which has since been preparing to chnnge the motive power of those lines from steam to electricity, has finally decided to award the great contract, amounting to ninny millions of dollars, to tho British WcHtlnghouae Company. The contract will take soma time to com plete, as It Is one or the largest ever awarded In Kurope and will be filled by the new Westlnghonse works now nearlng completion In Manchester, England. Bids hnd been made Tor the work by English, Frencn and Holland concerns. The electric generators which the London ronds will use will he as large ns the ones built for the Manhattan, N. Y lines, having a power cnpaclty of 6.fiO0 horse power. This Is Ltiim-horse power greater thnn me original generators built by that company for the Niagara Falls Power Company. The London plant will have a minimum capacity of 70,0110 horse power, and will be capable of developing 100.UOO horse power under stress. This is considered sufficient to operate all tho trains on the under ground railways In Ixmdon. The work of modernizing the old subway traffic of London Is to be started Jan uary 1. The contract Is to be com pleted In two years. LATEST NEW8 NOTES. Germany denies that there Is any Intention to seize a Venezuelan' har bor. Mrs. Melvlna Fnlner. of Brlttaln, O., was buncoed out of $1,G00 by Cleveland green goods men. King Edward, of England, has defi nitely fixed June 20, 1902, as the date for his coronation. Secretary Ilav hn been selected as eulogist for the McKluloy memorial meeting of Congress. The National Civil Service Reform League, In session nt Boston, re-elected 1). C. Gilman president. President Roosevelt is quietly look ing around lor a successor to Ellhu Root as Secretary of War. John Swlnton, for years a leader In Inbor organisations died Sunday at his town, la., Saturday, aged 67. W. M. Orlggln, of tho Amerlcnn Raisin Packing Company, has cor nered tho entire raisin crop. George Moore was arrested In Brooklyn, N. Y.. on a charge ot connec tion with a gang of check swindlers. Maryland members of Congress de mand an Investigation of the Navy Department and tho Board of Inquiry. Alonzo P. Douglass, a lawyer, com mitted suicide at Philadelphia, Pa., by shooting himself through the head. Movement is on foot In Germany to exclude beer from l'actaries whero It Is now usual to allow It to be drunk. The Pennsylvania Railroad awarded contracts for Improvements Involving an expenditure of more than $1,000,000. Miss Ma Wild, of Pittsburg, and Miss Lottie Pilngle, of McKeesport, Pa., deliberately ended their lives Bun day, Ex-President Kruger has taken pos session of his new residence at Ut recht, Holland. He was in excellent health. E. L. Powell, manager of the brok erage business of Murphy & Co., of New York, has disappeared from Wil son, N. C. A bank at SturglB, K, was robbed of between $3,500 and $4,000 by rob bers, who blew open the safe with nitroglycerin. Secretary Root has submitted to the House an estimate of $000,000 f r a permanent military post In the vicin ity of Manila. John E. Redmond, Patrick A. Mc Hugh nnd Thomas O'Donnell, the Irish Natlonlsts, sailed from New York for Liverpool. Representative Mercer, of Nebras ka, Introduced a bill for. a building In Washington for tho United States Su preme Court, the Department of Jus tlco and International Tribunals, to cost not exceeding $7,000,000. Signor Marconi announces the. suc cess of tils experiments in receiving electric messages across the ocean by wireless telegraphy, Two federal prisoners at the bar racks In Columbus, O., .escape, and one, George LeRoy, Is shot through the arm by a sentry. Right Rev. Thomas M. Lenlhan, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Cheyenne, Wyo., died at Mt run all town, la., Saturday, aged 75. William B. Preston, formerly a Cap ton in the Forty-third Regiment of Infantry, United States Volunteers, committed Biilcide at Manila. A national convention of representa tives ot leading commercial bodies, to consider the reorganization of the con sular service, was held Wednesday. Horace L. Smullen, an oil well driller and contractor, fell from the top of a 60-foot derrick, at Oil City, Pa., receiving probably fatal injuries. The Jury at Omaha In tho case of Miss Agnes Frizzell, who sued J. C. Root, Sovereign Commander of tha Woodmen of the World, and others, for libel, returned a verdict in favor of tho plaintiff for $14,000 damages. The Red Cross Society unanimously re-elected Miss Clara Barton Presi dent of the society. General John M. Wilson First Vice President. Mrs. John A. Logan, Second Vice President. Adolph Oppenheimor, of San Fran clsco, one of the principal witnesses against Theodore Durrant, hanged for murdering Blanche Lamont, was killed In his shooting gallery from behind. The application for clemency In the case ot Miss East wick, tho American girl confined In prison In London for "raising" a railroad bond, has been forwarded to the United States embas sy at London. . Miss Sarah Oehrlng was roasted to death In a Are at Logahsport, lad. DEWEY ALONE STANDS BY SCHLEY COURT'S ADVERSE VERDICT Legitimate Business Is Unaffected by Vargarles of Speculation for the Week. The report of the Schley Court of Inquiry was promulgated by Seeretry Long Friday. There are two reports. Admlrnls Benhnm nnd Ramsey con cur In the first, which Is signed by Ailmlial Dewey also as a mutter of form. Admiral Dewey makes a sepa rate report, although ho agrees with the findings of facts subscribed to by the others. The majority report con dems Admiral Schley on eleven points, while Admiral Dewey sustains him In most particulars. The majority opinions finds In brief that Admiral Schley Bliould have proceeded with the utmost dispatch to Clenfuegos and maintained a close blockade; that he should have endeavored to obtain Information of the Spanish squadron there; that he should have obeyed the department's orders; that ho should have endeavored to capture the Spanish vessels In Santiago; that he did not do his utmost to destroy the Colon; that he caused tho squad ron to lose distance in the loop of the Brooklyn; that he thereby caused the Texas to back; that he did Injus tice to Hodgson; that his conduct In the campaign was characterized by vacillation, dlliitorlness, lack ot en terprise; that his official reorts on the coal supply were misleading and In accurate; that he should not have made the retrograde movement; that hla conduct during the battle wag self possessed, and that he encouraged In his own person his subordinate of ficers and men. The report closes with a recommendation that the Navy Department shall take no further pro ceedings. Admiral Dewey In his report sayg that the passage to Clen fuegos was made with all dispatch; that In view of his coal supply the blockade of Clenfuegos was effective; that ho allowed the Ailula to enter Clenfuegos to get information; that his passago to Santiago was with as much dispatch ns possible, keeping the squadron together; that the block ade of Santiago was effective, ond, finally, that he was the "senior ofllcer off Santiago, In absolute command, nnd entitled to the credit due for the glorious victory which resulted In tho total destruction of the Spanish ships. ELEVEN LIVE3 DESTROYED. Survivors Unable to Render Slightest Aid to Impriooned Passengers. " Failure to obey orders caused a head-on collision on the Illinois Cen tral between lreno nnd Perryvllle. 111., Sunday. As a result eight persons are dend or missing and 11 Injured. The trains met In a Blight bend In the track, both running nt full speed. The smoking, express and baggage cars were piled on the locomotives, pen ning In the occupants of the smoker. Only three of tho half dozen In the car escaped. The others were penned In, and, If not Instantly killed, were rousted to death, and their bodies, with those of the engine crews, wero entirely consui.'.ed. WILL AID A COMRADE. Fifty Young Veterans to Be Subjocto for Skin-Grnfting Process.. To save tho life of and to restore to health a comrade In arms E(i Span ish war veterans of the D. A. Currle Separate Company of Englewood, N. J., have mustered together, each to give a little patch of skin from his arm in a skin-grafting operation upon Harry Brace, one of their number. Braco received fearful burns in tho explosion of a gas tank. ON WINTER CRUISE. No Significance In the Presenco of Warships in 6outhern Waters. Secretary Long says there Is no po litical significance In the movement of warships In West Indian waters. The Kearsarge Is to Join the North Atlantic squadron, which Is to assem ble at Havana on the 23d, where a re ception Is to be tendered to the of ficers of the squadron. Tho Secre tary says further that no representa tions have been made to the Navy De partment by the Stato Department, suggesting tho nood of any vessels in South American waters at thjs time. CREED REVISERS ADJOURN. Will Be Again Considered at the Phil delphia Meeting. The Presbyterian Creed Revision Committee finished Its work at Wash ington, D. C, Saturday. It has made a tentative statement ot the revision by declaratory statement and appoint ed a sub-committoe, consisting of Judge Edward Humphrey, Hev. S. J. Nicola. Hev. D. W. Fisher, Rev. Will lam McKlbben and Dr. Moffat, to whom was referred the subject of textual revision. This sub-committee will report to a meeting of the full committee In Philadelphia on Feb ruary 0. Charter Obtained. A railroad company which Includes among its directors olflelals of the l-ciinsylvanlu and Long Island Railroad Companies was incorporated at Al bany, N. Y., to operate a railroad Hue through au underground tunnel con necting New Jersey with Long Isl and. Its cnpltul stock is II, (H0 ,000. American Plan Wins. The arbitration 6f tho dlHputo In London, England, over methods of electrical equipment for the Metro politan and District Company has been decided In favor ot Mr. Yerkes' plan. Mrs. Roosevelt's Reception. Mrs? Roosevelt held her first public reception at the White House to wom en Saturday afternoon. Acting on the advice of Dr. Rtxey. she and the other women at the receiving line did not shake sands with the visitors. SHOCK LIKE EARTHQUAKE. Sharon Company's Pig Mill Wrecked nd Hundreds of Houses Dam aged Nine Workmen Injured An explosion thnt shook tho earth for miles around, shattered windows In hundreds of houses nt South Sharon, moved adjacent buildings from their foundations and caused the Injury of nine men. two perhaps fatally, oc curred at the Sharon Steel Company's plant shortly after noon Tuesday. Tho Injured were Michael Howard, bnr.ied about head, one arm broken; Michael Barqiierlch, burned a.JOiit head; Edward AKmr.n. head, face and body burned; will probably die; Cas slua Truxall, compound fracture of the left arm; these four were taken to the hospital, the others were taken to their homes. The explosion oc curred In the casting department of the "pig mill." The metal was being poured from the ladle Into tho cast ing machine, when It came in contact with some water, which caused a ter rible blast. The casting house, which stood some distance from the blast furnnee stack from which the metal had been drawn off Into the ladle, was completely wrecked. Large strips of heavy corrugated Iron beams and other material were hurled hundreds of yards by the explosion. Nine or 10 men were working In this Isolated mill at the time, engaged In pouring the metal. The casting machine and conveyor were damaged almost beyond repair. A part of the conveyor was blown several hundred feet, while not a vlstage of the Iron roof ot the mill remains. Windows in the ofilce of tho steel company In Broadway, sev eral hundred yards away, were broken, and In Sharon and South Sharon the shock resembled an earthquake. Some of the clerks in the steel company's offices were hurled from their chairs, nnd electric light bulbs were smashed to atoms. The steel company tele phoned for all the physicians within reach, both in Sharon and South Sharon, and prompt attention was given the Injured. Following the ex plosion there was an Immediate scene of terror and painful suspense outside the mill. The report was circulate that three men were killed, and weep ing women thronged the yards out side the big mill gates for tidings of their loved ones. The damage to tho mill and casting machine wlli be sev eral thousand dollars and will causa a serious delay at the blast furnaces, which went Into operation only last Saturday, after several weeks' shut down. Peace Conference Closes. The American Friends' Peace Con ference nt Philadelphia. Pa., closed Saturday night. A declaration of the position of tl'.e Friends of America on the subject of war was Issued, stating thnt the lapse of time has not made necessary any change In the position that the Friends have taken on tho subject of war. Depcw Carries Precious Gifts. Senator Chauneey M. Depcw 3alled Saturday from New York for Cher bourg, France, on the steamer Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosae to wed Miss .May Palmer in France. In tho hold of tho ship were two tons of wedding gifts from friends of the Senator and Miss Palmer. CABLE FLASHES. A death from bubonic plague In the suburbs of Sydney. New South Wales, was reported Wednesday. Emperor William, of Germany, has decorated Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesman, with tho Order ot tho Red Eagle. Earthquakes wero felt In the prov ince of Catania, Sicily, and In the southern Italian provinces of Calabria and I.ecce. Courtenay Walter Bennett, who has been British Consul at Blhao, has been gazetted Counsel General at San Francisco. Inspector Grnham, after an exam ination of the books of Teller Fitch am, of the First National Bank at Ballston Spa, N. Y., round that Fitehnm's alleged embezzlements reach 1114,000. A dispatch received in England from Peking announces that tho Im perial Court left. Kal-Feng-Ftt Satur day, bound for Peking, Ex-Teller Fitcham, of- the First Na tional Bank, Balllaton, N. Y plended not guilty of embezzling $100,000, and was held In 320,000 ball while ho re mains ill In bed. Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, reports that tho result of last week's work Is 31 Boors killed, 17 wounded, -352 made prisoners and 33 surrendered. The Venezuelan General Vicente Sanchez reiorts that 1.000 Colombian Liberals, distantly supported by 4.OU0 Venezuelan troops, captured the Col ombian seaport town of Rio Hacha. A dispatch received from Nkandhla, Zululand. dated December 5, tells of a recent action near L-uneberg, Trans vaal, in which Commandant Louis Botha was shot through tho left leg below the knee. At a conference of motive power officers at Calcutta, India, it was de cided to call on tho BriMsh builders to submit (teuigns for 10 light and heavy bread and narrow gauge en engines, from which standard types can bo established for use on tho In dian railroads. The British Ambassador at Berlin, Sir F. C. Laseelles, has made repre sentations to tho German govern ment drawing attention to the gravo apprehension caused in Great Britain by the proposed German tariff. Owing to the objections to France's furnishing the wholn of tho projected Russian loan of 1200,000,000, finan ciers In the Uulted States will shortly bo sounded as to the possibility of placing $100,1)110.000 of the loan. Emperor William, of Germany, Is bestowing honors upon the Russian Crown Prince, Grand DuUo Michael, who has accepted His Majesty's Invi tation to bunt In Germany. THE MARKETS, PITT8BURQ. Grain, Flour and Feed. IVntAT No. 1 red 7J live No. 3 AS Conic No. a yollnw, ar 74 No. 1 ynllow, thulled Ti Stlxeil ear 80 Oais No. 1 wlilto 63 No. 8 whlto 64 B4' Fi.(rn Wliifr pnt-nt t to S 8t Fniii-jr Hlrnlght Whilom 8 its 70 Hat No, 1 timothy 14 III 14 60 Clover No. 1 H 78 l!i to rD-No. 1 rrlillM nikl. toa.,.. v! Oil 40 Urown nil'litllngt 23 00 ' 84 00 limn, bulk SI 61) 1 00 Btbaw Wuont 7 fO 7 7S Out 7 23 7 60 Dairy Product. ttTTTrn Elgin cren r.ory I 20 Ohio cn-nmery H4' 7 17 II 11X m niii-y f-iiuiiiry roil 10 liirr.r. Ohio, now 11 hew l'ork, new 11 Poultry, Etc. flMs per lb 8 Cnu-KT.yn ilrowvl pi fj Eaus-Po. mid Onlo, freih Uti 27) Fruits and Vegetables. Onssie rir.AM per limlnl 2 00$ 2 75 1'otatom Fancy wlilta, V bbL 2 76 8 00 Lamiaoe xr barrel 1 28 IN Uxioki cr barrel V 60 8 7J BALTIMORE. Fi.ors Winter fatout 8 M$ i 10 hiai no. 1 rod 7s;$ Cosm mixed 61 Oats 64 Eoon. 7 llDTTia Ohio creamery 21 7 2 PHILADELPHIA. From Winter patent 8 41f J CO Wiit.AT No. 2 rod . 8o' ni 67X 64 ( 264 Cons No- 2 mixed Oath No. 2 white Ijl'Ttbh Creamtiry, extra. . Loos- I'euutylvauln Units, . 87 61 211 27 NEW YORK. Flouii Patontfl (.1 60 9 4 69 Wmkat No. 2 red. ... Ions No. 2 Oats No. 2 White .... Li'TTSii Creamery .... Loui Blate and i'ouuii LIVE 8TOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa. Cattle. Trlmo heavy, 1500 to 1U00 lbj... S 8)$ 8 25 Prime, law 10 1400 llw. 5 51 5 7 J Medium, liOO to UOU lbs. S 20 5 60 l'at liniforn 4 7J 5 00 Lliiteher, W0 to 1000 lb. 8 40 76 Common to fair 2 50 8 21 Oxeu, common to fat 2 60 t 25 Common togood fat bullsAoow 2 00 4 00 illlch cows, eaoli In 01 53 00 txtra nillati cows, each 87 50 60 1)0 Hogs. Trime medium weights. 9 8 20 8 25 Uest heavy yorkem nnd medium 6 85 0 00 Uood to cnoiee imekor. 6 50 6 60 liood pigs ana light yorkers.... 6 65 5 DO I'lg. common-to good 6 03 1 15 l'nmo heavy hogs 5 40 6 49 Common to fair 6 25 6 fO Houghs 6 DO 6 SO tK 4 24 4 7 i Sheep. F.xtra, medium weight wetlion 3 60 9 8 80 (lood to choloo. 8 20 8 40 Medium 2 60 3 00 Common to fuir I l)J 1 5I Lambs. 1-nmbs clipped 2 60 3 75 Lomlis, good to choico, clippoj 2 6-1 4 00 Lambs, common to (air, elipjied 10) 2 00 bpriug Lamm 2 6J 4 Hi Calves. Veal, extra 8 5 00 8 25 'CHl, good to aliolce. 2 SO 60 eiil, com inon heavy SO) 4 o tuJ, couimuu to fair KJ 4 00 HIGHEST EVER ATTAINED. Majority of the Court Unite on Verdict That He Disobeyed Orders. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: It Is most fortunate that the vagaries of speculation are not always deleterious to legitimate business. Railway stocks fell sharp ly, yet full returns for November show that earning were 11.5 per cent, great er than In the same month last year and 18.1 per cent, over those ot 1899. Industrial and traction shares were even more violently disturbed, yet the manufacturing plants ot the na tion were never more fully occupied. Numerous labor controversies have been settled, and the rate of wages is at the highest point ever attained. Rotall distribution is ot massive pro portions, with dealings In holiday goods the conspicuous feature. This class of business so far surpasses all previous records that it alone gives an unmistakable Indication of the na- , tlon's prosperity, even If other more definite measures were not available. Conditions In tho leading; industry are still most strikingly promising. De spite the full engagement ot most ot the steel mills well into next year, tba week has brought a large amount of new business, particularly In railway equipment. Stability of prices con tinues the best feature, Inflation be- 1 Ins wisely prevented by controlling interests. Reports rrom tne great Iron centers during the closing week of November dwelt on the scarcity of cars anil motive power. Implying that furnaces could not secure coke and wero going out of blast, while pig . Iron could not be moved from the ; yal.,,a t0 tne mll Ien(.0 It T,aa gen, erally expected that the output would show a material decrease while fur naco Btocks of Iron wero thought to ha somewhat augmented. Instead, the Iron Age has Issued a most en couragiug report of 2litl furnaces In blast on December 1, with a capacity of 324.7U1 tons weekly. Thus a newr high record was attained under cir cumstances which appeared anything but propltioim. It must be appre ciated, however, thnt since the month opened there lias been more Interrup tion, and the present rate ot yield U probably much lighter, Furnace stocks of pig Iron decreased 40,789 tons during November to only 223,'4ti3 to.is. Raw material In the textile In dustlri'S has developed distinct firm ness. Coltou mado a further ad vauce. The dry good market is q.ilet. Wool Is readily taken at un changed prices. Leather Is firmer. Failures for the week numbered 273 In the United States, against ZtO last year, and XT In Canada. no isn't H 72'1 6t' 5l!-J 10 ii 20 ij
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