IU1KU RULE WILL EE SUPREME
PEACE IN TWO YEARS
Governor Taft Predicts That Absolut
Peace and Harmony Will Pre
vail In the Philippines.
"In 18 months, or two year at
most, matter will have progressed so
far in the establishment of a perma
nent government In the Philippines
that the commission which has heen
In the Inlands for the past two years
In the Interests of the United States
may be relieved of the work they have
been pursuing;." Thus spoke Gover
nor William H. Taft, head of the Phil
ippine Commission, who had none
from Washington to Cincinnati to
epend several weeks before returning
to the East to complete the work that
was largely responsible for his re
turn to the United 8tatcs. "We hope
to have things running sufficiently
smooth by the beginning of 1904 to al
low the Islands to be governed as are
any of the other territories of the
Unltc-l States. I have every reason
to believe that Congress will take
speedy action on the governmental
and tariff bills, which concern the
Philippines, and hat a form of gov
ernment for the Islands, together with
the desired tariff legislation will be
put Into force at a very early period.
During the time I was In the East I
received many Inquiries In regard to
the Philippines from men who had,
or claimed to have, largo financial In
terests. There Is no doubt that as
soon Is Congress shall fix a form of
government and tariff matters shall
he settled there will be a large Influx
of American capital Unto the Islands.
This can but have a beneficial result
on conditions there. The way the big
financiers regard the Philippines Is
perhaps best Illustrated by a state
ment made to me by Mr. J. Plerpont
Morgan, who assured me that, with
a government established, tho Philip
pine Island bonds could be sold In
New York wlthont any guarantee from
the United States."
CHILDREN QUIT SCHOOL.
Sympathizer With Street Car Strik
ers Leave to Rebuke Teachers.
A novel strike Is on at Seeleyvllle,
Ind. More than 80 school children
took their books away because all hut
one of the school teachers had ridden
on the boycotted street ears. Thir
ty children stayed at their desks.
Their parents are mostly miners. The
township trustees refuses to discharge
the teachers and says the children
will have to stay out un'.ll they get
ready to coma back.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The Cabinet discussed the anarch
ist documents that the Treasury De
partment has been receiving of late.
The condition of Representative O.
H. P. Belmont, of New York, who Is
111 with pneumonia, was reported
Tuesday as slightly better.
The Austrian Minister confirms the
report that he Is to be made an Am
z'bassador. The United States will at
' once respond and elevate Minister Mc
Cormick.
There was laid before Congress
Thursday a communication from tho
Portuguese government officially la
menting the assassination of Presl
dent McKlnley.
General Robert P. Hughes said Wed
nesday the Filipino forces would have
been of little assistance If It had been
necessary to capture Manila from the
Spanish by assault.
Senor Don Joaquin Walker-Martinez,
who succeeds the late Senor
Vicuna as Chilian Minister at Wash'
lngton, presonted. his credentials to
the President Tuesday.
George de Gront, a letter carrier or
Morrlstown, N. J., has heen allowed
18 claims by the patent office at Wash
ington for a collectors' recording
mechanism for lotter boxes.
The Census Buroau reports on bi
cycles and tricycles, exclusive of re
pair shops, shows that the products
of the Industry Increased almost $30,-
ooo.ooo between lS'JO and 1900.
Rear Admiral J. A. Howell, next to
Admiral Dewey ranking officer of the
navy, will be retired on March 16. This
will result In the promotion of Cap
tain A. S. Crownlnshlold to the grade
of Rear Admiral.
John J. Feely, the new member of
Congress from the Second Illinois dis
trict, Is the youngest member who
ever sat In the House of Representa
tives. He Is a graduate of the Yale
law school. ,
The Spanish treaty claims commis
sion handed down a decision against
the claimants for death and Injuries
received by officers and seamen in the
wreck of the battleship Maine In Ha
vana harbor.
General Henry L. Abbott, a retired
army englnoor, testified before tho
Senate Commltteo on Inter-Oceanic
Canals that the Panama route Is the
most desirable for a ship c&nal across
the Isthmus. The property and fran
chises of the Panama Canal Company
would be cheap at double the price
asked by that company.
The President has made the follow
ing appointments for cadetshlps at the
Naval Acadomy: Ralph Earle Samp
son, son of Rear Admiral W. T. Samp
son, principal; Woodward Philip, son
of the luto Rear Admiral Philip, first
alternate, O. W. Howard, son of Major
General Howard, U. S. A., second al
ternate, and Prosloy Morgan Taylor,
sou of Rear Admiral Honry C. Taylor,
third alternate-
Chinese officials are greatly dis
turbed over the conditions at Jehol
(Cheng-To), about 100 miles north
east of Poking, whoro bandit soldiery
have captured a priust. An official
of the Foreign Office declares that the
Russians have already dispatched 500
troops to Jehol from the Mancnurlan
border.
The Commander of the Department
of the Potomac, G. A. K. have Invited
the President to deliver the address
at the Memorial Day exercise to be
held at Arlington. The President
conditionally .accepted.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Debate Continued,
The Senate Tuesday continued the
debate on tho Shipping Suhsldy bill.
The credentials of Messrs Allison and
Dolllver. re-elected Senators from
Iowa, were presented and President
pro tern Frye, ruled that Mr. Dolllver
must again take the oath of office, as
his term began on March 4, 1901. Mr.
Dolllver was sworn In. Mr. Alli
son's present term will not expire
until March 4, 1903, and his re-election
extends his service for six years
from that date. A bill was passed
placing Major Oeneral David Mr Mil r
trle Oregg on the retired list with the
rank of Captain,
By a vote of 138 to 10!) the House
Tuesday adopted tho ronference re
port on the Philippine tariff bill. Then
resumed debate on tho bill to classify
the rural free delivery service and
place the carriers under the contract
system.
Conference Committee Named.
The Senate Wednesday passed the
legislative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bill and resumed debate
on the shipping subsidy bill. It ap
pears likely that the Senate will reach
a vote on the bill within a week or ten
days.
Tho House Wednesday adopted the
conference report upon the pension
appropriation bill. The Senate amend
ments to the bill to extend the time
for the redemption of Internal revenue
stamps was disagreed to and the bill
was sent to conference. The bill to
classify the rural free delivery system
was briefly discussed, and the House
adjourned when the death of Repre
sentative Polk, of Pennsylvania was
announced.
To Protect Presidents.
The Senate Thursday agreed to take
a final vote on the ship suhsldy bill
at 3 o'clock Monday. March 17,
and then took up the bill for the pro
tection of the President. On motion
the Senate adjourned as a mark of
respect to the memory of Representa
tive Polk.
The House devoted Thursday to a
continuation of the debate on the bill
to classify the rural free delivery serv
ice and to place the carriers under
contract.
Irrigation Bill Reported.
The Senate Friday passed the consu
lar and diplomatic appropriation bill
carrying $2,0ft0,0u0. Consideration of
the bill to protect tho President occu
pied the remainder of the day. and
tho Senate agreed to make It the un
finished business after the ship sub
sidy bill is disposed of. Then ad
journed to Monday.
The bill to classify the rural free de
livery service and to place the carriers
under the contract system held the
floor In the House Friday. The New
lands irrigation bill was reported by
Representative Mondell. in behalf of
the Irrigation Committee. The re
port says that the territory affected
by tho bill Is nearly one-half the area
of the United States, and that in tho
16 arldland States there are over
535.000,0011 acres, or more than one
sixth of the public land subject to en
try. Of this vast tract, only 10,000,
000 acres will produce crops without
Irrigation.
MAGNATES ADMITTED ALL.
Suits Ordered Against Roads Who
Flouted Interstate Law.
United States District Attorney Bet-
hoa at Chicago received Instructions
from the Department of Justice at
Washington to begin legal proceed
Ings against all railroads centering in
Chicago whose officials confessed ho-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to infractions of the law. It
has not been decided definitely what
form the proceedings will take, but it
Is probable that injunctions will be
instituted. Full Instructions havo
not been received by the District At
torney, and probably will not be until
the arrival of W. A. Day, who is the
attorney for the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The latter body has re
quested Bethea to have Attorney Day
appointed special counsel to assist the
government in prosecuting the rail
roads. Suits will bo instituted not
only In Chicago but in several cities
where it may be deemed necessary to
attain the end of observance of tho
law.-.
MISS STONE CLAIM MADE.
Second Note Has Been Presented to
the Porte.
The American Legation at Con
stantinople, Turkey, hns presented to
the Porte the second note referring to
tho capture of Miss Ellen M. Stone.
In this note It is pointed out that as
Miss Stone was captured, the ransom
paid and the prleoners dollvered iu
Turkey, the brigands must be within
the Turkish frontier and should, there
fore, be captured. Tho note denies
that the authorities were ever required
to lessen their vigilance on tho frontier
and asserts that only the movements
of the troops In the Interior were In
terfered with.
Hotel Guest Has Smallpox.
William J. Spencer, a traveling
salesman from Chicago, was removed
Sunday from the Broadway Central
Hotel, New York, suffering from small
pox. The patrons of the hotel were
not compelled to submit to vaccina
tion. Coachmen Boycott Sunday Funerals.
The Trenton Coach men's Union, of
New Jersey, decided not to attend
Sunday funerals. They have the sup
port of all the. undertakers but one.
His drlverB will be expelled from the
union. The agitation against Sun
day funerals has the endomement of
the clergy.
Ecuador to Be Shown the Flag.
The cruiser Philadelphia left Pana
ma Friday for Guayaquil, Ecuador,
where she will show the United States
Hag for the first time In several years.
THE. MARCONI lElEGDflPH FAILED
ETRURIA BROKE DOWN
Disabled Steamship Reaches the
Azores Futile Attempt to Noti
fy Umbrla of Her Mishap.
The Etruria reached Horta, Azores
Sunday, All on board well. She
had a comparatively uneventful pas
sage, except for the break down, which
occurred during the dinner hour of
February 26. When this occurred
the Etruria had just finished speaking
by wireless telegraphy with the Cun
ard line steamship Umbrla. After
the accident was discovered the Etru
ria railed the Umbrla wlrelessly for
an hour, but wlthont success. Upon
examination It was found that the
ship's propeller had broken off out
side the tube and that the rudder had
been carried away by tho propeller.
The Etruria then sent up rockets,
which were seen by the British steam
er Wllllnm t'llrr. The latter nore
down and was alongside In 5o minutes
after the accident. Sho stood by
until day light, when, after several at
tempts, she succeeded In passing a
hawser aboard the Etruria. The tank
steamer Ottawa arrived on the scene
at this time. The William Cliff then
attempted to tow the Etruria while
the Ottawa attempted to steer her.
The hawser, however, snapped. The
Ottawa stood by for two days and then
left for Fayal. bearing the second offi
cer of the Etruria to report the dis
aster and obtain assistance. In the
meanwhlie the crew of tho Etruria
had made every effort to rig a Jury
rudder. The first such rudder was
carried away Immediately when an at
tempt was made to use It. After
further efforts lasting for two days a
second Jury rudder was successfully
adjusted and Is still In position. The
passengers of the Etruria wero satis
fied they were In no danger and they
prsise the conduct of tho captain and
crew of the vessel. Tho Etruria was
hoping to communicate with the North
German Lloyd steamer Kron rrtna
William by wireless telegraph. But
her mast wire broke In several places
and she was unable to repair It until
the weather had Improved, when It was
too late. The Elbe will carry the
Etruria's passengers to England.
INDICTMENTS AGAINST REDS.
Anarchists to Be Broken Up by Appli
cation of Postal Laws.
Four prominent members of the
coma, Wash., wero Indicted by the
Home colony of AnarchlstB near Ta
Fcderal grand Jury for transmitting
licentious matter through United
States mall. The Indictment was fol
lowed by a strong recommendation
to the Postmaster General and Attor
ney General, through J ml go Hanford,
that the Homo postofftco he Imme
diately abolished because tho mem
bers of tho colony wilfully abuse its
privileges. The chief offences named
are tho continued mailing of tho col
ony paper Discontent and the alleged
indecent pamphlets. By Judge Han
ford's order, certified copies of the
grand Jury report were forwarded to
Washington.
AMERICAN COAL IN EUROPE.
Anthracite Can Not Compete With the
English Fuel,
American roal Is claimed to ho a
failure In Europe. Exhaustive tests
of the Yankee fuel havo been made in
Germany, Holland, Belgium, Sweden
and Denmark. Sample cargoes of
Pennsylvania anthracite Imported by
the German court collier Gustav
So Inline have proved that it produces
20 per cent, more ashes than Welsh
coal. Attempts to utilize the Ameri
can article by mixing it with Welsh
coal were equally unsatisfactory. Herr
Schulze has notified the Philadelphia
and Reading Company that unless It
Is possible to export coal of a max!
mum ash quality of 7 or 8 per cent.,
Yankee anthracite has no chance In
the European markets. Herr Schulze
Is keenly disappointed. He expected
to market immense quantities and
eventually to deliver German con.
Burners from the bondage of the British
miner.
FOUGHT FOR TWO HOUR3.
British Could Not Hold Out Against
Boers at Klerksdorp.
Telegrams received In England
from Klerksdorp describing tho at
tack upon and capture by tho Boors
February 24 at a point southwest of
Klerksdorp of 4C7 British soldiers who
were acting as convoy to an empty
wagon train, show that General Dela
rey laid his plans with consummate
care and precise knowledge of the
ground. For two hours tho British
held out. They then divided and
were overwhelmed. A few minutes
of Incautious fighting and all was ovor.
The Boers galloped along the line fir
ing at every man who showed the
slightest tendency to resist until they
reached and captured tho guns.
FARMER KILLED BY BURGLARS.
Torture Wife, Force Her to Tell
Where Money Was.
Three masked burglars forced an
entrance Into the farm house occu
pied by Henry Smith, aged 85, and
tils wife, near Butler, Pa., Thursday
and killed tho aged husband, and tor
tured tho wife, compelling her to
reveal whoro their money was con
cealed. Three men wore placed un
der arreBt Friday at Butler suspected
of being connected 'with the crime.
Anxious to dispose of the budget,
the French Chamber adopted the unu
sual course of sitting Sunday and held
two lengthy sessions. The Chamber
paused a law imposing a tax of one
franc per 100 kilograms on crude pe
troleum. . The budget for 1902 was
finally adopted by a vote of 898 to
64 and the Chamber of Deputies then
adjourned. ...
MANY ARRESTS IN TURKEY.
The Sublime Ports Takes Heroic
Measures to Counteract Plots
Against His Rule.
General Chaklr Pasha, brother of the
late Grand Vlsler, was arrested Wed
nesday at Konak, Island of Prinklpos.
The Sultan ordered Baad Edln Pasha,
the military commander of Constan
tinople, to personally arrest Chaklr
Pasha. Accompanied by 16 officers
Saad Edln Pasha started from Con
stantinople In a launch, crossed the
Bosphoroiis, and landed on the 8kutarl
shore. The party then took a special
train to Kartal and thence In small
boats to tho Island of Prinklpos, when
they effected the arrest of Chaklr
Pasha. The successive Incarcera
tions and banishments of important
dignitaries are causing widespread
uneasiness In Constantinople.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The United States 8teel Corporation
Is booking orders for delivery In 1903.
Tho Palmer box and slave factory
at Poplar Bluff, Mo., was burned out;
loSs, $300,000.
The First National Bank of Mont
gomery, Ind., was robbed of $10,000 In
rash and bonds.
William Cox shot and killed his
wife at Evansvlllo, Ind., and fatally
wounded himself.
Norfolk, Vlr., strikers refuse to ac
cept decision of arbitrators and the
struggle continues.
A company of Sharon men and New
Yorkers will undertake to electrify the
Philippine Islands.
Cholera has broken out among the
Moslem pilgrims at Medina, Arabia,
and 110 deaths have occurred.
Enoch Townsend and John Gonzales
were drowed by tho capsizing of
their boat at Ocean City, N. J.
Chicago vessel owners predict that
lako navigation will be open by April
1, two weeks earlier than usual.
Miss Alice Roosevelt has accepted
an Invitation to visit Governor Gen
eral and Mrs. Wood at Havana.
Mark Judy, the stock raiser, of Cov
ington, Ind., sold an Aberdeen-Angus
bull to Chicago buyers for $9,100.
The National Congress of French
miners, by a vote of 105 to 98, adopt
ed a resolution to postpone a general
strike.
Court martial of Major Waller and
Lieutenant Day for killing mutinous
Filipinos without a trial is set for
March 17.
Alarm of fire several squares away
causes a panic among several hun
dred guests of tho Hotel Endlcott,
New York.
A mob In Norfolk, Va, excited by
the street car strike, defied the pollro
and the militia. Martial law may be
procallmcd.
Cannon's dry goods house was burn
ed at Sedalia, Mo. Tho fire originated
in a search for a lost penny. Total
loss $100,000.
Tho Czar of Russia, has sent 150.000
roubles for tho relief of tho victims
of tho recent earthquake at Shaniaka,
Trans Caucasia.
The Knights of Columbia have 609
councils, with a total Insured member
ship of 32,790 and an associate mem
bershlp of 46,016.
Two rich mineral discoveries rival
lng tho greatest ore strikes mado In
tho West In many years, havo boon
mane in Arizona.
The body of the fifth victim of mur
dor In Beaumont, Tex., slnco January
1, was found iu the river. Eighteen
suspects are under arrest.
The main building of tho Unity
Collar and Cuff Company, In North
Bennington, Vt., was burned. Loss,
$60,000; Insurance, $40,000.
At a meeting of the creditors of
the late Archbishop Purcell. at Clncln.
natl, resolutions wero adopted to ask
for the discharge of the receivers
Jeeslo Morrison, onco convicted of
murdering Mrs. Clara W. Castle at
Eldorado, Kas., was granted a new
trial by tho Kansas Supreme Court.
William Klump. of Lowell. Mich..
is In Jail charged with murdering his
wife and suspected of endangering the
Uvea of many others In order to avert
suspicion.
Gunner Joseph A. Hill, though pass
ing examinations with credit for the
post of commander in tho navy. Is told
he has not the necessary "social qual
ifications." Robert E. Lee, editor of tho Inter
state Grocer, says thero is little proba
bility of the St. Ijouls candy houses
taking any part in tho proposed nation
al consolidation.
David Crear, of New York, has paid
the taxes on tho farm near Hodgon-
vlll, Ky where Abraham Lincoln was
born, and has Raved It from being
sold by the sheriff.
The State Legislature of Minnesota
passed a resolution asking Congress
to amend tho Judicial acts so that suit
against the Northern Socurkles Com
pany can be brought in Fedora!
Court.
Two days' conference In New York
between Amalgamated Association and
American Tin Plate Company of
ficials ended in an agrocmcnt where
by the present scale is continued until
July 1, 1903.
The survey of the Vlckaburg &
Birmingham Railroad Is completed.
The route Is 2tiC mllos long and will
extend from Vlcksburg. Miss., to Birm
ingham, Ala. Estimated cost is $14,
000 per mllo.
Emphatic denial Is made at the Mc
Klnley Home at Canton, of a report
sent out ironi Atlantic City that Mrs.
Klnley home at Canton, O., of a report
sort to spend some time there.
Mandamus proceedings wore insti
tuted against Governor Yates, of Illi
nois, and the trustees and wardens of
the State penitentiaries to prevent the
further contracting of convict labor.
County Attorney Butler has sued
176 citizens of Casper, Wyo for $100,.
000 for damage to bis personal reputa
tion which, be alleges, was caused by
a petition that he employ an assistant
In a murder trial.
MISSIONARIES IRE MASSACRED.
MAGISTRATES POWERLESS
Chinese Boxers Taks Revenge for De
position of Prlnca Tuan's Son.
Attack Missions.
Reports of two massacres of mis
sionaries In China were received by
the steamer Empress of India, which
arrived from the Orient Tuesday. In
Kansu Fathers Van M rhaeaha and
Bouagerts were murdered by a band
of Chinese, including soldiers, who at
tacked their mission. The first
named priest was killed Instantly by
a sword thrust, but the latter lingered
for five days suffering from terrible
wounds. It Is stated that the attack
was made In revenge for tho deposi
tion of the son of Prince Tuan by tho
impress Dowager at the request of
the foreign ministers. The magis
trate of the district being friendly to
foreigners, warned the missionaries,
but tho latter wero attacked before
they could get to a place of safety.
i ne otner mansAcre took place in
KangShl, Father John Jullen being
attacked while he slept and cruelly
murdered. His body was mutilated,
both hands being cut off. His two
servants were also killed. The Vic
eroy has sent a troop to hunt for the
murderers. Two pirates of a band
who had captured two Junks In the
West river and were guarding pris
oners taken in the raid suffered a ter
rible denth. They wero attacked by
a band of outlaws and the two pirates
were burled alive.
BURNED IN WRECK.
Texas Train Leaves the Track Run
ning at High Speed.
A broken rail caused a frightful
wreck on tho Southern Pacific Rail
road near Maxon station, 25 miles
west of Sanderson, Tex., Friday. Thir
teen persons were killed outright and
28 were more or less Injured. Tho train
left San Antonio at noon Thursday,
two and one-half hours late, and at
tho time of the accident was run
ning at a high rate of speed. In order
to make up time. Tho road at the
point where the wreck occurred Is In
a rough country, tho curves being
sharp and tho grades heavy. It was
when rounding a curve that tho train
left the track. All the passengers
were asleep and the shock that fol
lowed was the first Intimation they
had of tho danger. Tho train was
going at such speed that the tender
and engine landed 75 feet from where
they left tho rails. The cars bo
hind piled up against the engine,
caught fire, and all were consumed
except the sleepers. All tho Injured
In tho coaches Just behind tho express
and baggage cars wero cremated. The
people lu tho Bleepers were saved
with the assistance of the uninjured
passengers.
MOODY IN LONG'S OFFICE.
Massachusetts Man to 8ucceed the
Secretary of the Navy.
It Is accepted as settled that Presi
dent Roosevelt has selected Repre
sentative William Henry Moody, of
Haverhill, Mass., to succeed Secre
tary of tho Navy John D. Long, when
the latter retires. It Is understood
that Secretary Long will retire be
fore May 1. Representative Moody
Is popular and his selection meets
with universal approval, as he seems
to be possessed of tho very qualifica
tions needed In a man at the head of
the Navy Department. Representa
tive Moody is 48 years old and physic
ally strong and alert. He graduated
from Harvard in 1876 and was DlBtrlct
Attorney for the Eastern district of
Massachusetts from 1890 to -895.
TO SETTLE 8ALA CLAIM.
Negotiations With 6anto Domingo
Have Prospect for Success.
Tho United States mlnlBter. Will
lam P. Powell, at San Domingo, Is us
ing his good offices In order to bring
about a settlement of the Bala claim
for $50,000 cash, and Is nlso endeavor
ing to arrango a settlement of tho
affairs of tho Santo Domingo Improve
ment Company of New York. Tho ne
gotiations have a fair prospect of be
ing successful. Sala was a French
man who loaned money and supplied
munitions of war to the late President
Hereaux of Santo Domingo, amount
ing In the aggregate to about 50,000.
SUGAR BOUNTIES GONE.
Result of Brussels Convention Is Con
firmed by Minister Townsend.
Tho State Department at Washing
ton has been Informed by Minister
Townsend at Brussels that he Is ablo
to certify as official the statement of
the agreement reached by tho beet
sugar producing countries, namely, the
abolition of all bounties on sugar and
provision for a uniform customs tariff
of 6 francs per 100 kilograms, or
about a half cent a pound. Houmania
alone refused to enter this arrange
ment. Her sugar production la too
small to affect the agreement. The
United States Treasury must proceed
at onco to take steps to remove tho
countervailing duties now levied on
bounty-aided sugar, thus considerably
affecting the, revenues.
Guden Refuses to Vacate,
Charles O. Guden, whom Gov. Odell,
of Now York, deposed as sheriff of
Kings county, declares that he will
fight the Governor's order and carry
his case to tho courts If necessary,
sloeniiiK and eating there. Governor
Odell may call out a company of mill'
tla 10 oust Guden,
American Fruit Prohibited.
United States Consul Chester,
at
Budapest, sent to the. State Depart
ment a new order of the Hoyal Hun
garian Ministry of Agriculture prohi
biting the Import of American fresh
plants and fruit. The Consul says
that the Hungarian government lately
has opened a chemical Inspection sta
tion at Flume.
FOWLER BILL OMNIBUS
Chairman of Banking Commlttta In
traduces Measure Affecting
Many Branches of Finance.
Chairman Fowler of th House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency Intro
duced an Important financial measure
framed by the committee after a eon.
fnrenoo extending over two months.
The purpose of the bill Is to transfer
from the Government to the hanks the
responsibility of protecting the neces
sary gold reserve and the burden ol
furnishing gold for export, thereby
saving our rommeco from the de
structive apprehensions growing out
of raids upon the "gold In the Treas
ury." which can now only be re
plenished by a tax Imposed upon tho
people through tho sale of bonds; to
provide a currency always responsive
and adequate to the demands of trade
everywhere and to equalize and lower
the average rate of Interest Iu all
parts of the United Statos; to secure
for American enterprise and Ameri
can capital the privileges and oppor
tunities of engaging In international
hanking under national law, and so
lny a foundation upon which to build
an American merchant marine; to re
move the last vestige of doubt with
regard to our standard of value. Tho
measure provides for International
hanking, and a division of banking
and currency Is established under a
Board of Control, Instead of a single
Individual In theperson of the Comp
troller of the Currency, as heretofore.
If the measure should become a law
It Is believed that the national banks
will assume the current redemption
In gold coin of $130,000,000 of United
States notes. In consideration of the
obligation assumed by the national
banks they will hove the right dur
ing the succeeding five years to Issue
gradually, as business may require,
an amount of bank notes equal to 60
per centum of their paid-up and unim
paired capital, provision being made
also for an emergency circulation. As
the notes nre taken out for circula
tion the banks will deposit with tho
Government a guarantee fund of 5 per
centum of the amount of the notes so
Issued. Tho national banks here
after will be required to pay Interest
upon the Government deposits at the
rate of 1 per centum per annum. This
5 per centum fund and the tax upon
the bank notes will be used to protect
the bank notes, and the excess of such
taxes, -with the Interest on the Govern
ment denoslts. will he used to pay off
tho United States notes which the
banks assume to currently redeem.
Tho United Slates will be divided Into
clearing house districts to facilitate
tho current redemption of the bank
notes, so that tho amount of notes out
standing at any time will always be
co-ordinated with the amount of trad
ing to be done, precisely as checks
and drafts reflect tho amount of com
mercial work being carried on. No
bank note less than ten dollars will be
Issued and tho Secretary of tho Treas
ury shall not Issue a silver certificate
of a denomination greater than flvo
dollars; and thereafter, upon tho pre
sentation to him of one hundred silver
dollars, or any multiple thereof, and
a demand for their redemption, ho
shall exchange gold coin for the same.
OCEAN RATES UNIFORM.
All
Except Cunard and Whits Star
Lines Sign tho Agreement.
Tho various steamship lines plying
between New York and Europe have
finally agreed as to passenger rates,
and although tho White Star and Cun
ard lines are not signers to tho agree
ment. It was authoritatively denied
Friday by a prominent steamship of
ficial that a rate was was Impending.
Tho agreement only affects passenger
rates and went Into effect March 1.
CABLE FLASHES.
Cecil Rhodes, who has been 111 for
some time at Capo Town, Africa, Is
Improving.
The Pope Tuesday, ut Rome, re
ceived In audience Mgr. J. M. Farley,
coadjutor bishop of Now York.
Tho Cunard Company, of England,
hns dwlded to build two new stcamcrj
for tho Atlantic passenger trade,
which will eclipse In slzo anything
afloat.
Itsllef Is felt in Germany that the
flight of Prlnco Henry through the
United States Is now drawing to a
clone without any untoward Incident.
It is reported In Ixmdon, England,
that tho projected visit to Ireland
of King Edward has been abandoned
on account, It Is said, of the aggres
sive action of the United Irish League.
A big demonstration occurred at
Brussels In favor of universal suff
rage The assemblage sent a tele
gram to King Leopold urging hlin to
ubo his power to hasten a solution of
tho electoral problem.
A single case of the plague has been
reported at MUbourne, Victoria. It
was traced to a steamer from Syd
ney, N. S. W. There have been 46
plague cases at Sydney since tho out
break, 14 proved fatal.
The Folkethlng of Copenhagen, de
cided to glvo the Danish West Indies
treaty two roadlngs. The treaty
thereafter will go to tho Landsthlng
(upper house), whoro the opposition
to the Ministry Is the strongest.
The United States Navy Depart
ment has ordered for two stations a
complete out tit of the wireless tele
graph system of Slaby and Arco. from
tho Allgemelne Electrlcltaets Gesell
Bchaft of Berlin for experimenting.
Admiral Valois has presented the
Emperor of Germany with 300,000
marks In behalf of the members of
tho German Navy League living in for
eign countries toward the construc
tion of a gunboat. His Majesty ox
pressed his pleasuro.
At the request of the roslilont clorgy
of The Hague Stanford Newel. United
States Minister to tho Netherlands,
unveiled tho window In the Anglican
Church presented by tho Mayor of
New York as an Amorlcan memorial
of the work accomplished by The
Hague peace conference, to which the
Mayor was a delegate from tho United
Statos. 1
TMB MARKKTI.
PITTSBURGH
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Poultry, Eto,
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uiitkrns dieeil ... , !
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Fruits and Vegetables.
ren Bran nor runnel ..$J M
I'otatoaa- FHn i while j.er una fit
in titmice--1 or t. n 0 oo
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BALTIMORE.
Flottr-Wlnler Talent $390 4 1
Wneai .No. 2 red
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Uulter Utalo ureamorr ! W
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour-Winter I'.tfOl ...1W 4 0(1
Wi.eiV.Na, 2 red tM I4
Corn- So, 2 mixed ttt
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Jluui-r -l leitmfry, exltn W
t i'enne;lviiiil urate .. '2Vi A
NEW YORK.
Floiir-ratnte M 40 4 M
ii.it N. . a r.,i B7K
Corn-No. J 89V, i
Dim .o, t hue MVt 'i
Itutior (L'reanierjr i
hgxH-bteiea.iu j eninyH oiiU in 14 S3
LIVE STOCK.
Central 8tock Yards, East liberty,
Cattlt.
Pa.
j rime brnvf. Iff to 1600 lbs f OT
l'tlii e. lauu to iiiKj iba (00
Mxrt'uni, UW iu 1;UU Iba t Til
rut bolr- ( Ml
Hut. hr, too to lOfO lie 4 mi
lontmoii to fair 4 00
Ojtfti. .otiimon to fat 8 0J
1 0111 in on t..(ji)o 1 tat bulla and cowa 00
.tiut n cime, earn itw
Extra milch lowa, each ItW
Hogs.
prime medium weiitlite S6M
licut beevv joikere noil medium... 0 t
(;od to choice imrkore ft tl
tuxd lq ami lUbtrurkers DM
yK; common to koihI 500
1'rnne henrr lions BflO
( oininou to lair 6"
liouKiia o
Htaaa 4 40
Sheep.
KXtrn. me 'Itim we'bera. ft n 40
riiiod to cholco 6 00
M-illtim. 4 00
Couiiuou to fulr i 00
Lambs.
Latnlie nllnred ft 40
Leitibe, s',Ml to rholoe, rllpd..,..
l.nmhe. common to fall'. o.hiomiI... 4 Ml
Spring Lnnitit (8i
Calves.
Veal, extra 5 00
Vrai, (iihuJ to cholre H 400
Veal, common benrjr 4 00
Veal, common to fnlr IM
TSO
ft AO
4 00
PAY HIGH PREMIUMS
Destruction by the Elements Makes an
Unusual Demand for Structural
Material Coke Short.
, R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly Review
of Trade says: Unsettled weather
was the most unsatisfactory feature
of tho business situation. A sud
den thaw following an exceptionally
heavy snowfall produced freshets and
floods. Manufacturing and transport
ing Interests suffered severely, and
consumers were urgent for shipment
of delayed goods, while great quantl'
ties of merchandise became stalled
In tranBlt. Preparations for an enorm
ous spring trade continue undlmia
Ished. There Is still some uneaslneai
regarding the labor situation at the
coal mines, and at Fall River there Is
disagreement as to the length of a cut
of cloth, although Increased wages are
assured. There Is no Improvement
to be recorded In tho Iron and steel
outlook and floods in the Pittsburg re
gion added to the pressure by com
pletely closing many plants and dam
aging much costly machinery. Sup
plies of coke failed to Increase be
caiiao the railways wore badly disor
ganized, and tho net result was a week
of light output when requirements
were notably heavy. Recent destruc
tion by the elements created an unu
sual demand for utructural material
and on spot business buyers gladly pay
premiums of $6 a tun above list
prices. The situation has became
so abnormal that It Is impossible to
gauge the market by ordinary stand
ards or Eecure quotations of any value
for comparative purposes. The en
couraging feature is that despite pres
ent exorbitant prices tho Bpecula
tlvo clement is not prominent, and or
ders are accepted for distant doll very
with no effort, at inflation. Coal
shipments have been curtailed to such
an extent that dualcrs' supplies are
low and quotations very strong. Noth
ing has devaloped In the footwear in
dustry. Shipments havo fallen be
low the figures tor tho same week las:
year. Leather Is weaker and bides
declined another fraction. Cotton
goods are well sustained. ie stronger
raw material giving all the advant
age to sollors, but there la much uncer
tainty as to the labor situation. This,
tends to make the mills conservative
regarding the acceptance of contracts
for future delivery. Less .activity Is
reported In tho market for woolens.
Exports of wheat, flour Included, wera
4,174,8'J4 bushels, against 3.1K5.032 la
tho previous week and 3,713,030 a year
ago. Even corn went out more freely,
Atlantic exports exceeding 10 per cent,
of the movement a year ago, or 371,901
bushels, against 3.357.438. Visible
supply statiutlL's of cotton were cal
culated to dopress the market, but
there was a recovery, which, may ba
attributed to gloomy cablus from Bra
zil regarding the outlook for the new
crop. Full ure s for the week number
er 176 Iu the United States, against .
208 last year, and 17 la Canada,
against 20 last year.
Aristocrats as Milkmen,
The milk trade attracts England's
arlitocratn. Lord Raylolgh Is a milk
man and owns one of the finest bust
nesos la the bom counties.
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