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.
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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.
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