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MEDALS 10 HEROES IH LATE MS
HEROIC DEEDS EPITOMIZED
Proud Nation Beatows Token for Bra
very and Sacrifice In Cuba, China
end the Philippines.
The report of the MeArthur Hoard
on Brevets and Medals was given out
by thp War Department In Washing
ton Krlilay. Thp name or Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, recommended for
Brevot Brigadier General, was omit
fpd for obvious reasons. Other brevets-will
aoon bp Rpnt to tho Senate.
Medals of honor will bo nwanlp.l In
33 eases, of whlrh 10 no to commis
sioned officers and 23 to non-commls-Blonod
officers and privates. Only one
tnpdal Ir awarded on account of serv
Ice In thp Cuban service, two In thp
case of thp Chinese campaign and 30
In the I'hllipplnp war. Tho medal
list shows few nnmpi of persons fa
miliar to tho public, perhaps the most
notable ones being thoae of Musician
Calvin I. Tltns. who was the first to
aralo the wall at Peking and who
afterward was sent to West Point,
and l.lpntenant Matthew A. Bataon.
who conimnnded tho Maecnltebe
scouts. Tho certificates of merit are
all awarded to non-commissioned of
ficers and privates, and or tho total
nnmbpr of r four are on account of
the Cuban campaign. 45 on account of
the Philippine campaign and seven
on account of the Chinese trouble.
SILVERTON NOTIFIES CHINESE.
Secretary Hay Asks Governor Orman
to Have Them Protected.
Governor Orman at Denver, Colo..
Wednesday made public the following
telegram which he received Monday
from Secretary of State liay: "It Is
reported that the Chinese residents,
about 70 in number, have been ordered
to leave Silverton, under threat of
violence. An appeal baa been made
through tho Chinese minister for their
protection. The department would
be pleased It you would take such ac
tion as you may find necessary for
the protection of their rights of per
son, business and property." Gover
nor Orman said Wednesday that he
knew nothing of any trouble at Sil
verton until he received Secretary
Hay's telegram, but he Immediately
asked the sheriff of San Juan county
to send him full particulars of the
trouhle and to nee that no violence
shall be done to the Chinese residents
there. He will do all In his power
to protect the foreigners.
Dowager Empress Is Solicitous.
The State Department has received,
through Minister Wu, what purports
to be an edict Issued by the Chinese
government. Inquiring as to the condi
tion of the people connected with the
United States legation at Peking who
went through the "Boxer" siege and
expressing an Interest In their wel
fare. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOi..
The pope has sent his rongratula
tlons to President Roosevelt on the
improved condition of Ms son.
Collector of Internal Revenue Heln
r, Tuesday was designated as Custo
dian of the Federal building at Pitts
tours;. Diplomats In Washington differ In
their views of the action taken hy
Lord Pauncefote in the matter of in
tervention. The President has decided that Miss
Alice Roosevelt will not visit Berlin
after the coronation of King Edward,
but will return home at once.
Superintendent Fred C. 8prlggs, of
the Nevada Indian Agency, near Wads
worth, Nev telegraphed Tuesday that
smallpox had broken out among the
whites near that agency.
General Davis, Judge Advocate Gen
eral of the army, said Tuesday that he
had no official Information of the de
cision of the court at St. Ixuls In the
case of Captain Peter C. Demlng.
The commission is making active
preparations for the reception of mod
els for a memorial statue of General
Ulysses S. Grant. Thirty-six artists
will submit models In competition.
, VBusan B. Anthony was 82 years old
Saturday, and 'the woman suffrage
coventlon gave her a round of con
gratulations. A call for funds for
the benefit ot the cause brought
$5,012.
A memorial of the National Anti
Trust League against Attorney Gen
eral Knox, was presented In the Sen
ate Wednesday, with the design of
getting It printed In the Roeord. Ob
jection was made.
It Is expected that the rivers and
harbors bill will be ready for Intro
duction Into the House the latter part
of this week, and It Is probable that a
rule for Its consideration will be made
at an early date.
The eleventh continental congress
of the. Daughters of the American
Revolution mot Monday. One of the
important questions discussed Is how
.the large representation in the con
gress may be reduced.
The reports Tuesday from the sick
, room of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the
' eldest son of the President, who, ajnoe
Thursday last, has boen ill with pneu
monia at the Groton school Infirmary,
tend to enow an Improvement.
The postofnee appropriation bill was
completed Wodnesday by the House
Committee on PostofBcos. It carries
$137,918,51)8, an increase of $14,133,910
v over the current appropriation, and of
s,ik&,u22 over tne esumateB. .
The War Department's bill for the
reorganisation of the army staff
branches and the creation of a general
staff corps, was transmitted to Chair
man Hull, ot the House Military Com
tnlttoe, and by him introduced.
' .The contract system will be Intro
duced In the rural free delivery serv
. Ice, It a provision which was Inserted
In the postal appropriation bill Tues
day by the House Postofflce Commit
tee becomes law. It provides that
hereafter the carrying of malls over
rural delivery route shall be let by
, contract to the lowest bidder, aa It It
1 now don in the cat ot star routes.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Changing Date of Inauguration.
By ft two-thirds vote the Senate
Tuesday passed the resolution pro
posing a Constitutional amendment
changing the date of the Inauguration
of the President from Mnrrh 4 to the
Inst Thursdny In April. Mr. Teller,
Colorado, spoke against tho Philip
pine policy of the administration.
The House Tuesday sent the pen
sion appropriation bill to a conference
committee on disagreement with the
Senate amendments. The ntl-oleo-margarine
bill was taken up and wns
amended to provide that, tho tax of
10 cents a pound shall not be enforced
npnn olcomnrgnrlne net colored In Im
itation of butter. Another amend
ment was adopted providing that the
law shall not forbid a Slate to prevent
the manufacture and s.le of oleomar
garine within Its own borders.
War Claims.
Tho Senate Wedncrday continued
tho debate on the Philippines. Mr.
Patterson, Colorado. Intimated that
Mr. Lodge, Massachusetts, had sug
gested that no-newspaper men should
be admitted to the hearings held by
the Senate Committee on the Philip
pines. Mr. Ixidgo denied tho state
ment. Mr. Turner, Washington, pre
sented a memorial from the Anti
Trust League naming combinations In
conflict with the Sherman law and
asking that Congress take action.
The House Wednesday passed the
bill to impose an Internal revenue tax
of 10 cents a pound on oleomargarine
colored In Imitation of butter. The
amendment providing for tho Inspec
tion and branding of renovated or pro
cess butter was adopted by a voto of
152 to 12. Bills wero passed to
pay 17 hills, aggregating $2,114,552,
for supplies taken by the army from
loyal citizens during the Civil war,
and to pay $55,775 for property taken
within the United States for mili
tary purposes during the war with
Spain.
Constitutional Amendment.
The Senate Thursday continued tho
debate on tho Philippine tariff bill.
Senators Teller and Mitchell spoke on
the bill.
The House Thursday unanimously
adopted, for the fourth time, a reso
lution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution for tho election of Sen
ators by direct popular vote. The
Senate bill appropriating $50,000 to
pay the claims of Confederate officers
and soldiers whoso horses, side arms
and baggage were taken from them
by tho Union soldiers contrary to tho
terms of surrender was passed. A
bill was also passed to confer on tho
Spanish claims commission author
ity to send for persons and papers
and to punish for contempt. Mr. Cor
liss, of Michlgnn, spoke In favor of
his bill to lay a government cablo
from San Francisco to Manila.
Director's Salary.
In the Senate, Friday, Mr. Clay, of
Georgia, when resolutions for thee in
payment of extra clerks and messen
gers were favorably reported from
committee, made a vigorous protest.
After a long discussion the resolu
tion was sent back to the Committee
on Contingent Expenses, with Instruc
tions to Investigate tho clerical force
ot the Senate. The bill to establish
a permanent census bureau was taken
up, and an amendment adopted fixing
the salary of the director at $7,500. in
55 minutes the calendar was cleared
ot 127 private pension bills. Eulogies
upon the late Representative Rroslus,
of Pennsylvania, were spoken by
Messrs. Penrose, Gal anger, McComas
and Spooner.
The monotony of a private pension
day ot tho house was enlivened Friday
by a very sensational speech from
Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky, In denun
elation of what he denominated "flun
keyism" to foreign countries. His
speech aroused the House to a high
pitch of excitement, and elicited from
Mr. Boutell, ot Illinois, a spirited de
tense of Secretary Hay, whom he eu
logized In high terms. Several other
members participated in tho debate.
Amendment Rejocted.
The Senate on Saturday continued
discussion of tho hill to create a per
manent census bureau, without reach'
ing a vote. Tho civil service tines
tlon was Involved In tho amendment
offered by Mr. Lodge, Massachusetts,
that all employes of the twelfth cen
sus office who are retained in the em-
ploy of the permanent census above
the grade of skilled laborer shall be
placed without further examination
under the provislons of the civil serv
ice act. it was rejected without di
vision. ALL MUST BE VACCINATED.
General Order to Officers and Employ
es cf Chicago Railroads.
Every employe of every railroad en
tering Chicago, from tho president to
tho messenger boy, will bo vaccinated
or lose hlu position. Every car that
arrives In that -city from every direc
tion will bo subjected to fumigation
for six hours under the direction of
the health department of tho city bo
fore other passengers are allowed to
enter It. The Chicago and Alton
Railroad and the Ilinols Central be
gan to take these precautions Wednes
day and tho other roads began Thurs
day. Rejected Lover Kills Himself.
Because his sweetheart, Mary Kler
bara. spurned his offer of marriage,
Lucas Blazovisky sent a bullet through
his heart Tuesday et Sharon, Pa., dy
ing almost Instantly. He was JO
years old, a blast furnace worker. .
Wheeling Postmaster Resigns.
PoHtmaster WiBe, of Wheeling, West
Virginia forwarded his resignation
Tuesday to take effoot March 1. gen
ator N. B. Scott. It is said, will rec
ommend James K. Hall for the va
cancy. Fire Devastates Town.
South Mills, N. C, near the Dismal
Swamp, was practically destroyed by
fire Friday. Four hundred families
are reported homeless. The loss was
1120,000.
UPRISINGS MIS! ' VENEZUELA.
PRESIDENT CASTRO'S DECREE
The Government Forces Are Com
pletely Routed by Revolutionist!
in Two Engagements.
News from tho Venezuelan govern
ment was received at WlllniiiHtcad
Island of Curacao Bundny from the In
terior of the country. The latest re.
ports Indicate that a wide-spread dls
natlsfactlon exists and there baa been
new and numerous uprisings In the
i-'tnto of Cnrnbnho, nnd that, the gov
ernment bad ordered a body of sol
diers to that section. There were
two engagements Saturday n'-ar Vela
do C.'oro. between the govornni"iit
Torres and the revolutionists under
General Hlera. Th government
forces were completely routed In these
engagements nnd a detachment of
thi-m passed over to the side of the
revolutionists. General Hlera has Is
sued n revolutionary proclamation
from Siiuca dnted February II. Hail-
ca Is a village situated to the east
of and not far from Vela do Coro.
There ore ninny government soldiers
In the neighborhood of Vela de Coro,
but these are principally composed of
hoys from I I to 15 years of age. Presl-
dent Castro s government nt Caracas
has Issued a decree ordering the ex
pulsion from Venezuela of Mrs. Matos,
wife of General Matos, the leader of
the present revolution against Castro.
FINISH THE HUDSON TUNNEL.
Company Incorporated to Complete the
New York 8ubway Connection.
The New York and New Jersey Com-
pnny was Incorporated at Albany
Tuesday to compute the old ftudson
river tunnel. The terminals on both
sides of the river have been acquired,
the terminal station on the New York
side to be In tho block bounded by
Christopher, Tenth, Greenwich and
Hudson streets. The tunnel cara will
come to tho surrace at this station,
so that transfer of passengers can be
made to the elevated and Metropoli
tan systems. On tho New Jersey
Ride connections will be made on tho
surface with the street railroad lones.
The tunnel will bo operated by elec
tricity. The tunnel has been built
for 4,000 feet, leaving 1,600 feet of
work yet to be done.
LURED TO AMBUSH.
Two
Officers and Ten Men Killed
Many Others Wounded.
One hundred and fifty mounted In
fantrymen, while patrolling the Klip
river, south ot Johannesburg, South
Africa, February 12, surrounded a
farm house where they suspected
Boers wero In hiding. A single Boer
broke away from the house and the
BrltlBh started to pursue him. The
Boer climbed a kopje, the British fol
lowing. Immediately a heavy fire
was opened upon them from three
sides. Eight of the British officers
made a gallant effort and defended
the ridge with carbines and revolvers
until they were overpowered. The
British had two officers and 10 men
killed and several officers and 40 men
wounded before tho force was able to
fall back under cover of a block
house. INVESTMENT IN PHILIPPINES.
A $250,000,000 Corporation to Open Up
Mindanao Island.
Articles of incorporation of the Phil
ippine Exploration Company were filed
"at San Francisco Thursday, with cap
ital stock of $500,000. This Is prelim
inary to tho formation of a company
of millionaires, with a capital of
$250,000,000, to colonize tho Island of
Mindanao, acquire lands for agrlctil
tnral and mining, build railways, erect
sugar and other manufactories, con
struct water works and Inaugurate a
steamship lino between San Francisco
and the islands.
ONE HINDOO TWIN DEAD.
Died of Consumption Which It Had
Before the Operation,
The Hindoo twin named Dordlca,
who was separated from Radlca by an
operation at Paris, France, February
9, died suddenly Sunday In convul
slons, due to tho advanced stago of
the tuberculosis from which sho suf
fered. The twins appeared to Im
prove during last week and passed
their timo playing happily with tops.
Tho death of Dordlca has been con
cealed from Itailtea, who Is making
excellent progress.
CONTEMPT FOR THE FLAG.
Cost Boston Man $20, and Nearly Got
Him a Hearty Thumping.
For using a United States flag as a
bag In his business of collecting rags,
In Boston, Mass., Meyer Katzman was
fined $20 in the municipal court, the
charges being "contemptuous use of
the United States flag." A policeman
made the arrest on his own reBponsI
blllty, and while taking Ratzman to
the station was Intercepted by two
marines, who pleaded for a chance to
chastise tho prisoner.
No Fire Escape Provided.
A summons has been Issued against
E. W. Gilham, proprietor of tho Em
plre Hotel, at St. Iouls.. Mo., In which
11 persons lost their lives last Sun
day, commanding him to appear In
court for alleged violation of a city
ordinance in fulling to fit his hotol
with fire escapes.
Perished In Venezuela.
George Arthur Flnvollo, of Chicago,
nnd Charles M. Curlngton. ot New
York, yonng explorers, are reported
dead In the jungles of the unexplored
regions of Venezuela, by J. C. McGUI
who arrived In Chicago Friday from
Caracas.
t
Nine Fires at Altqona.
Nine fires at Altoona, Pa., Tuesday
In less than five hours, seven of which
were of , Incendiary origin, kept tho
firemen of the city busy, and resultod
In a monetary loss ot $2,600.
MIGRATION'S TREND.
The Census Bureau Issues a Valuable
Roport on Movement North
and South.
The migration between seclldns of
tho United States Is dealt with In the
official statement Issued by tho Cen
sus Bureau: Tho migration north
ward of Southern whites, while In
creasing In absolute amount, has re
latively declined. The migration
northward of colored persons has in
creased rapidly. The northward mi
gration of Southern whiles, however.
Is still nenrly three times as great
In absolute amount, and nearly one
nnd a hnlf times as great relative to
the population from which It comes,
ns the northward migration of the
colored. In 1'I0 there were 1'O22.770
persons living In the South who had
been born In the North, pn Increase
of r. per cent, since lX'JO. But the
total number of persons of Northern
birth In the United States is so great
(In is:)o, 31.933.n7l and In moo,
3!,1S5,5lfi) that the amount of this
southward movement relntlve to the
population from which It comes Is less
than the proportion for either of the
return currents. In 1800 there were
north of Mason and Dixon's line, the
Ohio and southern boundary of Mis
souri and Kansas. f)04,89 white per
sons who had been born In tho South,
which Increased C per cent, to 958.1174
In Ifioo. But the number or white
persons of Southern birth living In
the United States as a whole had In
creased from 12.921,9!I5 to lfl.it55.045.
In 1900, 83A.879 colored persons of
Southern birth were living in the
North, an Increase of almost 40 per
rent. Meantime the number of col
ored persons born In the South and
living In the United States as a whole
had Increased from 6,915,715 to
8,287,081.
LATEST NEWS NOTE8.
Small, Maynard & Co.. nubllshers of
Boston, Mass., have made an assign
ment. The two houses of tho New Jersey
eglslature elected Frank O. Uriggs
State Treasurer.
Willis Cooper shot and killed Will
iam Perry and Mrs. Barbara Russell
at Amite City, La.
Clarence E. Dawson, chairman of
he Civil Service Board of the rural
free delivery service, resigned.
Peter Burehwab. a Chicago real
estate dealer, committed suicide In
his office by turning on the gas.
The battleship Illinois In trial test
Wednesday demonstrated that she
was tho fastest ship In tho navy.
The schooner which was burned to
the water's edge off Cape May. N. J.,
was the Mary Graham. Tho crew Is
safe.
Mrs. L. E. Ellin, wife of Dr. I.. E,
EIHb, of Detroit, nnd a sister of Rear
Admiral W. T. Sampson, died Tues
day.
Two negro prisoners at Bumtervllle,
Flu., broke out of Jail after seriously
wounding an officer and killing a citl
zen.
Mrs. Ixnilsa Vannella, 25 yearB old,
and her 2-year-old child, of Philadel
phia, were asphyxiated by Illuminat
ing gas.
Tho City Council of Mitchell, S. D.,
voted to accept the proposition of An
drew Carneglo to donato $10,000 for a
public library.
Caroline 8. Rathcono, of New York,
bequeathed $70,000 to establish a
home for aged and innrm persons at
Evannvllle, Ind.
A solid silver statuette of Rear Ad
miral Schley, six Inches high, has
boen received by Isldor Raynor, his
counsel at Baltimore.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Is rapidly
convalescing and was glad to see his
slBter Alice, who arrived at the Gro
ton. Mass., College Saturday.
A bill giving $50,000 that Prof.
Smith make experiments to eradicate
mosquitoes was reported favorably to
the Legislature of New jersey.
Henry L. Wilson, United 8tsteB mln
Ister to Chill, Is to leave Santiago
Boon on a visit to the United states,
going by way of Buenos Ayres.
Music hall of the Maennerchor at
Utlca. N. Y.. burned, at a loss of $oO,
000. Fire Lieutenant John Bernle
was caught beneath a falling wall and
killed.
Fifty-three million dollars of new
insurance policies In the first six
weeks of the year is announced by one
of the life Insurance companies of New
York.
Admiral von Baudlssln, commander
of the German Imperial yacht Hohen
zollern, has ben kept busy since his
arrival In Now York receiving ana re
turning calls.
A Tennessee scientist claims to
have discovered electrical Btrnta In
the earth which will make sending of
Marconlgrams through mountains an
easy accomplishment.
Charles W. Pearson, who denies tho
miracles recorded In tho Bible, re
signed aa professor of English liter
ature in Northwestern University at
Chicago Wednesday.
Judco Donovan, of Detroit, Mich
appointed the Union Trust Company
receiver for the City Savings Bank
The bond of tho Union Trust Company
was fixed at tioo,uiiu.
Judgo Teoudalo, at Kansas City, Mo,
granted tho application of Frank
.Tames for an Injunction to stop tho
production of "The J a men Boys of
Missouri," on the ground of private
rights.
A boulder rolling down steep decliv
ity struck a work train on Choctaw,
Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad, near Lit
tle Rock. Ark., killing seven men an
serloiiBly Injuring 14.
Judgment by default for $30,000
against Prince Kulwho, oecond Bon of
tho King ot Korea, was entered by
Chief Justice Bingham In the Circuit
Court for the DlBtrict of Columbia
Friday.
Property covering a total area of
five blorks at St. Louis waa transfer
red to George J. Gould, president of
the Missouri Pacme and Iron Moun
tain Railway tympanies.
DIFFICULT TO SECURE JUDGES.
Governor Taft Says They Cannot
Judge Impartially Where Two
Persons aro Involved.
Gov. Tnft, continuing his testimony
Friday before the 8enate Committee
on tho Philippines, at Washington,
snld that tho codn of laws for the
Islnnds Includes the treason act. There
was no provision for n Jury, os 90 per
cent, of the people are too Ignorant
to nit on a Jury. "And I am bound to
add," he went on, "that the difficulty
of selecting judges who aro above
reproach makes it certain that the
selection of juries would lead to noth
ing but corruption and Injustice. We
ore trying to lend up to tho Jury sys
tem, but the Filipino mind is RUeb as
to render the average Fllltilno Inca
pable or looking Impartially upon a
question Involving tho rights or two
persons." Gov. Taft Raid that In the
arrest, and Imprisonment of Filipinos
who had been In Insurrection but who
ad surrendered, there had been Home
trenching upon tho civil authorities
by tho military forces. In reply to a
question whether there Is any part of
the archipelago tho control of which
could be trusted to native troops, the
witness replied that he did not think
It would be advisable. "I should not
like to hnve the responsibility of rec
ommending such a course,' he said. "In
country so recently In Insurrection
to put 1.000 rifles In tho hnnda of 1.-
ooo natives would not be wise. Tho
presence of a native regiment under
the control of native officers. In my
opinion, would give rise to Importu
nities to the commander to lead tho
tribes Into ladronlsm or Insurrection.
I have not the slightest doubt that
with Ammicnn ofllcors the native
troops would bo entirely loyal." Thnt
tho people In some provinces did not
ympathlze with the Insurrection, Gov.
Taft would not attempt to say.
SCHLEY DECISION READ.
Cabinet Heart President Roosevelt's
Finding In the Case.
At the Cabinet meeting Friday the
President read tho flrBt draft of his
decision on the appeal of Admiral
Schley. Cabinet members say tho de
cision will clear the atmosphere some
what upon many of tho Involved ques
tions. Sortie modifications were made
n it, and, as it is subject to further
and possibly important changes, mem
bers of tho Cabinet back their Indis
position to diBcuss It by the assertion
that it is unsafe to predict what Its
exact effect will be. It Is a long doc
ument, and ono feature Is the clear
presentation of the facts regarding
the Santiago fight as given the Pres
ident by the captains engaged In that
battle, who recently were summoned
o the White House to confer with
him. Tho decision Is couched In the
resident's characteristic vigorous
tone.
HOLDING ON TO MI3S STONE.
Brigands Have Ransom Money, Want
to 8ecure Their Own Safety.
Tho State Department at Washing
ton, has received by cable confirma
tion of the report thnt the ransom for
Miss Stono has been paid to tho cap
tors. It is not known when her re
lease will occur, but It Is understood
that the brigands have made a condi
tion that they, shall have a week or
10 days In which to make sure their
safe retreat before the prloner Is de
livered up.
IT 13 NO CRIME.
Philadelphia Judge Rules on an At
tempt rt Suicide.
Herbert Wright, of Philadelphia,
was arraigned Friday before Judge
Arnold on the charge of taking laud
anum with suicidal Intent. Wright en
tered a plea of guilty and was dis
charged. In commenting on the case
Judge Arnold said he doubted it there
was such an offense In this State or
tountry as attempted suicldo. The
law emanated from countries whore
thero were kings and emperors, who
adopt the theory that It was wrong
for a man to kill hlmseir and thus re
duce the number of the king's sub
jects. The Judge added that a man's
life belonged to himself and his Cre
ator, nnd he did not know but tho man
had the right to kill himself if ho so
desired. The judge, however, told
Wright that when ho died ho would
be a long time dead, and advised him
not to hurry himself off.
BLOCK OF BUILDINGS BURNED.
$50,000 Fire at Alliance, O. Business
Section Damaged.
At an early hour Tuesday morning
fire totally destroyed an entire block
In the business part of Alliance. O.
The flames broko out In tho Concordia
dancing hall from unknown causes,
Tho entire block was composed if
frame buildings, and they burned Ilko
tinder, tho local Are department be
ing powerless to cope with the big
blaze. The business houses that wero
consumed, together with their approx
imate value, aro as follows: New
Method I-aundry Company's establish
mont, $11,000; Concordia hall, ownsd
hy the Concordia Singing Society,
$4,000; C. H. Severance, bakery, 1
000; J. W. Jones., business block, $t
000; W. A. Smith & Co., grocers
$2,000; P. P. Peterson, owner of the
Poterson House, $3,500; Joseph Fred'
erlck. aaloon. $1,500; Jacob Zither,
manager of tho Peterson house, $1,250;
George Hertsman, store building. 2
ono; W. K. Fogg, store building, $2,0 '0,
Tho total loss Is placed at $."0.000
with partial Insurance.
Tennessee Tcwn 6uffers from Fire,
Two-thirds of tho business portion
of Woodbury. Cannon county, lenn.
burned Sunday, tho loss is estimated
at from $50,ooo to $75,ooo.
The Hohemolleren Arrives.
Tho Hohenzolleren, the Emperor of
Germany's yacht, arrived in New York
harbor Wednesday and will remain to
await the arrival or r nnce Henry.
ARMY CAMP IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Board of Officers Recommends the
Conewago Valley as Site for
One of the Four.
The Army Board, of which General
Miles was chairman, has recommended
thnt one of the four permanent camps
ho located In the Conewago valley, In
Ix-banon, Dauphin and I.ancaBter
counties, pa., and that the necessary
surveys be made. Tho board recom
mends that the other three camps be
established In the vicinity ot Chlcka
manga, Ga.: Fort Riley, Kas and on
the Naclmlento ranch, In Monterey
and Snn Luis Obispo counties, Cal.
Its suggestions ror the establishment
of new military posts are: One for
a regiment or Inrantry In tho vicinity
of Los Angeles, Cal. Ono for a regi
ment of cavalry on tho camp site on
the Naclmlento ranch. One for a reg
iment of Infantry In the vicinity of Al
buquerque, N. M. One for a regiment
of Infantry at Governors Island, N. Y.
One for a regiment of Inrantry In tho
vicinity of Washington, north of the
Potomac river. One for a battalion
of Infnntry In tho Red River valley, In
tho vicinity of Crookston. One for
a regiment of Inrantry on the camp
site In tho Conewago valley, Pa when
piactlcable.
BURIED BY 8NOWSLIDES.
Four Men Lose Their Lives at Smith
Gulch.
A miner who arrived from Warren,
Idaho, Sunday, brings news of the
death ot three men who were caught,
Saturday, In a snowsllde near tho head
or Smith gulch on tho route to Thun
der Mountain. Tho victims were
Hert Titles, J, S. Campbell and II. M.
Syles. of Welaer. Idaho. Arid Williams,
of Wetson and A, Myers, of Boise,
were tho other members of tho party,
but they escaped death. Hen Hamil
ton lost his life in a snowsllde at
Buffalo Hump, Idaho, Wednesday.
Hamilton was caught In an avalanche
of anow about a mile wide.
PARDONS BEFORE TRIAL.
Governor of Kentucky Freet Four
Men to End Feud.
Governor Ilerkham. at. Frankfort,
Ky Friday, pardoned before trial
four men Indicted for murder In Clay
county. The pardons were Issued to
Kdwln and Talhott Garrard, sons of
General T. T. Garrard; John Wood
and James Lucas, of Clay county, In
dicted for the murder of D. T. Hoi-
and. and was for the purpose of pre
venting a reopening of the feud and
more bloodshed. Two Judges asked
for the pardon on that account.
Four lives wero lost In a head-on
collision on the Iowa Central Kail
road, one mile north of Gilford.
CABLE FLASHES.
Agrarians In the Rolehstng succeed'
ed in carrying an amendment to the
Oerman tariff bill Saturday.
The city of Schemakha, In Trans
Caucasia, Russia, has been destroyed
hy an earthquake. Tho city had 22,
000 inhabitants.
Hiirlng a service In Canterbury
Cathedral, London England. Sunday,
Dean rarrar fell from a stall and sus
tained a bad scalp wound.
Every preparation for the voyage
to the I'nlted States was comploted
at Kiel, Germany, Friday. The prin
cess will not go to Ilremerhaven to
hid the prince farewell.
A detachment ot cavalry had to be
requisitioned Tuesday at Brussels, Bel
glum, In order to disperse the Social
ists who made a demonstration In fa
vor of universal suffrage.
As a result of the strikes martial
law has been proclaimed at Trieste,
Austria. Altogether 100 arrests have
been made. In some of the trades
it is expected work will be resumed
soon.
Santos-Dtimont. the Brazilian aero
naut, narrowly escaped death Friday
In the Day of Monaco; the guide rope
of his airship became entangled In
tho propeller and tne inventor was
compollod to pull the emergency cord;
ho was rescued hy tno Prlnco of Mo,
naco In the presence of a big crowd.
Lord Cranborne, In the House of
Commons. England, said that Lord
Pauncefote's connection with the note
to the powers in regard to the Span
ish-American war was strictly unof
ficial.
A dispatch received from Rome
Tuesday says that a meeting of repre
sentatives of Italian lodges of Free
Masons It was decided that Italian
Free Masonry should cease to be a
secret society.
The Queen Regent of Spain, will
sign the treaty of friendship with the
United States. General Weyler, the
Minister of War, will submit to the
Cortes a proposal to reduco the Span
Ish army by four army corps.
Reports from Bulgaria say that two
hands of brigands are fighting over
the possession of Miss Stone. One
which originally captured her, th
other Is trying to seize her to secure
the ransom. In an engagement the
rasnalitles were 20 killed and 20
wounded.
General J. Franklin Bell has practic
ally cleaned up tho Insurrection In
Ilatangas province, In the Philippines,
the troops under his command having
modo a clean sweep of tho district,
It Is not believed that all the insur
gent arniB have been captured or sur
rendered.
At a meeting of tho Marconi Wire
less Telegraph Company In London
England, it was announced that the
director had Insured .Mr. Marconl'i
llfo for $750,000. It was repoute
that the Lloyds have exclusively
adopted the Marconi system in con
nection with their signal stations,
Alarming advices regarding the con
dition ot Count Leo Tolstoy, who Is in
the Crimea, had been received by
Count Tolstoy's agent In England
Tuesday. Count TolBtoy la suffering
from heart failure and Inflammation
ot tba lungs and wu said to be dyln.
T1XIS MARKCTB.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat-No. J rod I 76 t
Kya-No. M 701
Com-N'i. i follow, mr S9 7
No. 2 yellow, aho.led CSV
Mlxon mir (V. tt
Oats-Ko. ( wlilto Wl SO.
No. a frhlH 47K
Honr Wltiir pKtant S 70 I
tnncj mmlKlit winters lit fi
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:lovr No. 1 to M lit 7!
Fowl-No- 1 whlto mlL ton M ) SR l
llrnwnmtil'lllniii SIM WW
limn, hula, ill 23 si M
6trim-Wh.nl 7 M
Oat -. 7 uu 7
Dairy Products.
Buttpr-F.tKlnrrnimcrf
Ohio i-t-pAtneir 7
Kunry country roll IS
Clln-im (ht, nrw .., 11
Now York, now 12
Poultry, Eto.
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Fruits and Vegetables.
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BALTIMORE.
Flottr-Wlntor I'ntcnt
Whi-at No. i rod
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LIVE STOCK.
Central 8tock Yards, East Liberty, Pa.
Cattle.
Mm hmvv 1 ViO n . ITJin lha
I'rlm. vmh ut mm ilia
Milium, liw to I3IJU Iba
Fat bailor
Hiit'-ln-r, V oto twin H.s.
Common to fair
Olen. niinmnn to fat
tominoti toirno'l fat bulla and cowa 1 M
Mil.-b con, on.-h
bxtra tnlleb cowa, oacb
Hogs.
Prltn mxlliun wolshta
Hoot heavy vorkora ami modluin
Good to choice patera
"mo MKa ami nitiit rorkers
I'Ik, ooiuinnn to icood
frim heavy hog
Common to fair
Itouaua
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Sheep.
Extra, mo-tltim wothara. bfi-1
Hoori to choice 4 SO
Hi'lluin sn
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Lambo.
Lanthn nllppM ej
Lainta, good lo choice nllppoil.., 8 75
l.anih. common to fair, cilonod... 4 00
fprlnj Lauitia tii
Calves.
Vonl, eitra 6 00
Veal, good to choice 400
veal, common heavy 400
Veal, common to fair - )M
TIDE OF TRADE
Mills Cannnot Supply Demand of
Home Trade Orders for Finished
Steel Filled Abroad.
H. O. Dun & Co.'b weekly review :,i
trade says: Business continues satis-
factory, notwithstanding heavy
losses through the elements. The
new year has been unusually handi
capped In this way, floods and snow
blockades being closely followed by
fires and explosions, destroying ranch
property and retarding traffic. The
labor agitation has distinctly Im
proved during the past week. Dls-
putes at woolen mills were adjusted
except as to the weavers, threatened
disturbances In coal mines averted,
while some railway employes received
voluntary advances In wages. A slight
decrease ot 8.5 per cent in railway
earnings for the first week ot Feb
ruary, as compared with the same
week last year, was not surprising In
view of the many severe storms and
the diminished movement of grain. In
the iron and steel industry It Is now
being demonstrated that there is such
a thing as too much prosperity. Dur
ing the last few years there has been
such a marvelous expansion in domes
tic business that the capacity of fur
naces and mills, as well as trans
porting facilities, have failed to keep
pace. The result Is a gradual falling
behind with deliveries and a tendency
of buyers to send orders abroad when
ever needs are urgent. One case is
now in evidence of steel rails to be de
livered at' a Florida port which, after
paying tho duty, will cost about $5 a
ton more than the regular domestic
price. Yet home producers are fully
sold up to about September 1. Pig
Iron production during January was
at the record-breaking rate of 1,450,.
000 tons, and the reduction in fur
nace stocks indicated that consump
tion was still greater. Unfortunately
the recent storm disorganized the
freight movement, and many fur
naces are banked through lack of
coke. An unusually large number of
buyers in the Boston footwear market
promised much business, though there
Is some hesitation about paying the
recently advanced prices. In the
textile industries there Is notable
strength. Liberal jobbing distribu
tion of dry goods has brought a grad
ually expanding demand, except on
Southern orders, which are below ex
pectations. Stocks of cottons, light
weight woolen goods and worsted fab
rics are short, and deliveries are
often later thad the specified date.
Print cloths advanced, but quotations
aro generally steady, and many lines
of woolens have already boen with
drawn. Higher prices were the rule
In the markets for tho leading agri
cultural staples. Exports of wheat
flour Included, from all ports of the
United States aggregated 3.429 820
bushels, against 3,a9,053 bushels hut
year, while Atlantic ports sent out but
390,075 bushels of corn, compared
with 3.92U.002 a year ago. Failures
for tho week numbered 240 In tho
United States, against 257 last year,
and 33 in Canada, against 40 last year.
There 1 on titled personage t
vary hundred commoners In Russia.
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