VOYAGE CHI WIRE II HOLD CARGO CONSUMED. Steamship Noordland Takt Patten gera from Burning Pretoria and 1 Both Reach New York. Bearing a full cargo of freight and numerous tourists bound for Bermu da, the Queen line steamship Pre toria, which sailed from New York Saturday. retraced her wny to that port Sunday night with no passengers to show and a fiercely burning: Arc consuming tho cargo stowed In her forward compartment. While strug gling with tlio blaze, which has broken out in tho forward lower hold No. 1, tho Tied Star liner Noordland bound out from Philadelphia for Liv erpool tamo by, and apprehension lest tho flro should spread and tho lives of tho passengers be still further Im perilled, Captain McKonxle signalled tho Noordland for assistance. Cap tain McKen.le asked that his passen gers bo received on bourd and Cap tain Doxrud, ot tho Noordland, as promptly agreed to receive them, and, moreover, to stand by and to escort the Pretoria back to harbor, so as to bo ready to render further assistance In case such should be necessary. When all had been put safely on board the Noordland the Pretoria swung her bow toward Now York and, followed by the Noordland, which kept her close company all tho way, the two set out for New York, reach ing quarantine at a quarter to eleven o'clock Sunday night. MODIFIED THE TUNNEL BILL. May Be Under Authority of the Rapid Transit Commission. The Senate at Albany. N. Y., Tues day passed a bill giving the New York City Rapid Transit Commission authority over the proposed Pennsyl vania Railroad tunnel. This is de signed to overcome the objections of the commission to the tunnel bill, signed by Mayor Low which empow ers the aldermen to grant the neces sary franchises without action by the Rapid Transit Commission. 80AP PROVIDED BY NATURE. Paint Mine and Soda Lakes Found in Canada. Consul General Blttlnger reports from Canada on mineral discoveries In the Northwest, including a natural soan mine, a paint mine and several soda lakes, found in the foothills near Ashcroft, B. C. The report says their bottoms and shores are Incrusted with a natural washing compound. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Congress is being urged to enact legislation which will curb tho rapac ity of the beef combine. President Roosevelt will start on his visit to Charleston Exposition on Monday, April 7, and will remain un til Thursday. President Roosevelt declared Wed nesday that so long as he Is In office no deserter from tho army or navy would find favor with him. A six-Inch plate, representing group 2 of the Bide armor for the battleship Ohio, has passed a successful test at the Indian Head proving ground. The United States yacht Mayflower carried on the naval list as a cruiser, will be assigned to the use of tho President during the summer months. Commissioner General of Immigra tion Powderly, whose term of office expires soon, will be tendered some ofhor position in the government serv ice. Secretary Root's order to General Wood directing him to turn over the government of Cuba to the new re public on May 20, was made public Tuesday. Thirty-seven American artists have entered the competition for the con struction of the proposed Grant statue memorial. There la an appropria tion ot $250,000. Chairman Sulloway, of tho House Committee on Invalid Pensions, is preparing a report on the bill grant ing a pension of $3,000 annually to the widow of President McKlnley. " The President Wednesday sent to the Senate tho nomination of Mahon M. Garland to be Surveyor of Customs at Pittsburg, and Perry M. Lytle to be Surveyor of Customs at Philadelphia. Three names -are prominently men tioned In connection with the post 'of United States Minister to Cuba. They are tjnanes- a. Alien, or Massaehu setts; General Fitr.hugh Lee, of Vir ginia, and H. Clay Evans, of Tonnes see. It Is announced that President Roosevelt will deliver the diplomas at the graduating exercises of tho Naval Academy at Annapolis May 2, me aavance date navlng been set In order to relieve a dearth of commis eloned officers, ' The secret service has announced that a new 25 National bank note, the face of which Is fairly deceptlvo. Is in circulation. It Is a photographic Trim on iwo pieces ot naner. w th fiber "between, on the Union National Hank, of New Orleans. The President has lot it be known that he would veto a bill which pro vides for the erection of buildings to cost $8,000,000 or $9,000,000, which . tne secretary or state and the Attorney General, with their clerical assistants, were to occupy. Secretary Hay has been notified that owing to tho protest of United States Minister Hart at Bogota and our Con. uls on the Isthmus, the order look' In to the censorship by the Colom blan government ot official dispatches oi uousuis na been vacated. Senator Mason gave notice of amend' tnent to the postofflce bill appropriat ing $160,000 to connect the offices at x Washington. Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, But falo, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo and Chicago by wireless telegraphy or wire less telephone. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Mr. Rhea Unseated, In tho Senate Tuesday Mr. Money, Mississippi, mode a sharp attack on the nntl-oleomargarlne bill, which he denounced as unconstitutional. Im moral and unjust. He said It was a proposition to tax out of existence one Industry for the benefit of another, and was protection gone mad. The House Tuesday unseated Mr. Rhea, Kentucky, Tuesday, by a vote of 127 to 127. and awarded tho seat to J. McKenzle . Moss, the contestant. The remainder of the day was spent In debate on the army appropriation bill. Congress It Supreme. The Sena' ; Wednesday continued the discussion of the bijl to tax col ored oleomargarine in rents a pound. Mr. Hoar argued that the hill was prop er under tho fight of Congress to regu late Interstate commerce. Mr. Vest Inquired If Congress had the right to Invade his State, where oleomargarine wns manufactured under State laws, and tax the Industry out ot existence, when tho oleomargarine mndo there hnd not entered Into Interstate com merce. Mr. Hoar replied that Con gress was In vcry State of tho Union as much as the State government was, and as a controlling power It was su preme. Mr. Ixidge urged that the House provision regarding renovated butter ought to bo restored to the bill. Mr. Proctor In charge of the measure, said that an amendment covering that point probably could bo offered. The House Wednesday adopted with out debate the resolution offered by Mr. Burleson, Texas, calling upon the President for information relative to the application of General Miles to be assigned to duty In the Philippines for the purpose of executing a plan for pacification of the Islands. Mr. Burle son said the conduct of Secretary Hay In regard to passports for Rev. Hlran Thomas and wife to visit the South African concentration camps and dis tribute relief among the Boers was an aversion. Mr. Breazeale, Loulsana, denounced tho Committee on Naval Affairs for refusing to report tho Schley resolution. Investigating Bribery Charges. In the Senate Thursday Mr. Hawley, Connecticut, reported from the Mili tary Committee a bill to correct the army record of Charles H. Hawley. A similar bill was vetoed by the Presi dent last week, but Mr. Hawley said It had been changed to meet the views of the President. The antl-oleomar-garlne bill was taken up, and Mr. Har ris, Kansas, offered an amendment taxing adulterated butter. 10 cents a pound and providing that It should be stamped. Mr. Qnarles, Wiscon sin, spoke In support of the bill, say ing that 110,000,000 pounds of oleo margarine were manufactured every year, and that It was the greatest fraud of the century. Tho Senate adjourned to Monday. In tho House Thursday Mr. Rich, ardson, of Tennessee, offered a resold' tlon for tho appointment of a com. mittee of seven to investigate the story that agents of the Danish gov. ernment had corruptly spent $500,000 to Influence Congressional legislation to carry through the sale of the Dan lsh West Indies Islands. After an exciting debate the resolution was adopted. The Speaker named as tho special commute Messrs. Dalzell Pennsylvania; . Hltt, Illinois; Cousins lowa; McCall, Massachusetts; Rich ardson, Tennessee; Dlnsmore, Ark ansas; Cowherd, Missouri. The House passed tho army appropriation bill and adjourned. Pension Bills. The Ilotiso alone was In session Friday. It came near breaking the record by passing 21o pension bills Some ot them involve tho same oh jectlons as caused the veto of the bill removing the dismissal ot Eman uel Klauser, and his Imprlsoncment for mutiny. Mr. Mann, Illinois, de clared that Congress should consider the attitude ot tho President toward certain class of bills. He denied that tho President had declared that he would sign no bills correcting the military records of soldiers. Tho President, ho said, had objected to the form of some of these bills, which, Instead ot permitting the Secretary ot War to change the military record, required him to make the change SAMP80N WEAKER. Admiral Hovers Near Death Mind Entirely Gone Able to Walk. Rear Admiral Sampson continues to hover between life and death at his homo In Washington. Tho attending physicians say that If anything ho Is growing weaker. The Admiral la ablo to take Bhort walks occasionally, hut Is practically confined to his room. Surgeon General Rlxey and the other physicians ot the Navy De- partment call to see tho Admiral dally. The Admiral's mental condl tlon Is hopeless. College Fund Nears Completion. The Barnard New York College fund ot $200,000, the completion of which will win a donation of $200,000 additional from John D. Rockefeller, has reached $191,000. William C. Whitney gave $1,000 and $4,000 was given in memory ot Jesse Kaufmauu Mob Defrauds Law. Charles Francis Woodward, the con demned murderer at Caspar, Wy who was respited hy the State Supremo Court, was taken from the Jail by cit izens and hanged on the day originally sot lor nis execution. v Iron Famine Feared. Foundrymen ot Now England, as wen as aeaiers in structural iron and tank iron and steel, are having great difficulty, in securing fulfilment of their orders, and foar a famine if the rush and deiay continue. Was Convicted of Heresy. Rev. Granville Loutber at Arkansas City, Kan., formally refused to ao cent the proposition to atop his teachings, and the Methodist Epis copal trial committee declared him guilty ot heresy. 1 FOR HIE ENDS III DEEEfll JURY OUT THREE HOURS End of Notable Trial Lawyer A. Patrick Adjudged Guilty of First Degree Murder. T. Lawyer Albert T. Patrick Wednes day wai adjudged guilty of tho mur der of his former friend. William M. Rice, the Texas millionaire. Tho llnding was rather a surprise to tho prisoner. He had nil along expressed himself ns being sanguine of acquit tal, but the Jury seemn to have made up Its mind In-fore leaving the Jury box. as they took but three hours in which to decldo upon sending Patrick to tho electric chair. The Issue of tho trial establishes the charge that Patrick conspired with Rice's vnlet, Charles F. Jones, to obtain possession of the aged Texan's estate, estimated at $7.(1110.000. and that Jones killed his employer by the administration of chloroform at the direct Instigation of Patrick. The scene In the court room when tho Jury filed In was dra matic In tho extreme. The accused lawyer when told to stand arose with out a vlBlblo sign of perturbation. Calmly he stood erect, looking the foremnn of the 12 men who had de rided his fate square In the face. At the word 'Guilty" not a sign was shown of the great struggio that was evidently going on In his mind. Tho prisoner's eldest sister created quite a scene. Sho ran about the court room, screaming hysterically, and It. required tho efforts of her father and several friends to remove Her. It Is announced that an application for a new trail will at once bo filed. Tho cases of Davll U Short and Morris Meycrn, tho witnesses to Patrick's will, who testified for him at the pre liminary hearing before Justice Jer ome, and were Indicted for perjury a result of their testimony, will prob ably bo moved for trial In about 10 days. What disposition will bo made of Charles F. Jones, the former valet- secretarv of Millionaire Rice, who confessed on the stand that he placed a chloroformed sponge In a cone over his sleeping employer's face, no one connected with the District Attorney's office would say. Jones Is not under Indictment for murder, and so far as is known Is not under Indictment for forgery or conspiracy. PAID $9,000 FOR BRIBERY. Trial of Former Member of the SL Louis Council. Emll Meysenburg. ex-member of the municipal legislature, was placed on trial Tuesday for accepting a bribe for his vote In favor of the Suburban Railway ordinance. Richard Hospes, Cashier of the German Savings Bank, testified that Meysenburg received about $n,000 on a check made out In favor of Philip Stock and Meysenburg. The money was provided by a note signed by Henry Nleolaus and Charles H. Turner, President of the Suburban Railway Company. Turner testified that Philip Slock was the legislative agent of the Suburban Company wnon Its bill was before the municipal as sembly. BAD FISH CAUSE LEPROSY. Dr. Hutchinson Reports His Invest! gation of the Disease. Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, formerly President of the Royal College of Sur geons, of England, after studying the cause of leprosy In South Africa ne. dares that the primary cause of the disease Is the eating of 'badly cured salt fish, which is largely consumed by the farmers and in the industrial centers. Dr. Hutchinson obtained conclusive evidence that leprosy. In very exceptional clrcumstonces, may be communicated from person to per son. Ho does not believe that It Is either Infectious or contagious In the proper sense ot these words. DETROIT'S WRECKED BANK. Receiver Files a Report Showing What Andrews Took. The Union Trust Company, as ro ceiver of the wrecked City Savings Bank, of Detroit. Mich., has filed In court Its report on the appraisal of the assets of the wrecked bank. It shows that there are total liabilities ot $3,274,523.41, while tho assets are appraised at 1.874,427.7. In audi tlon to the liabilities given there are also outstanding certified checks drawn by Frank C. Andrews amount Ing to $01)2,500. Tho receiver asks permission or tho court to negin sun against tho stockholders ot the bank for tho full amount for which they are legally liable. STRANGE WHALES IN BAY. Fishermen Capture Six Young Ones Off Parish Island. A tichool ot six whales was stranded at tho lower end of Parish Island Beaufort. S. C. The school when first seen by negro fUhermen consist ed ot one bl whale and eight smaller ones. Tho big follow, with two of the smaller ohob, made for tho channel and got away, but tho remainder of the school averaging 30 feet In length were stranded and subsequently cap- tured. Bequest of $1,500,000. Public bequests aggregating $900, 000 and private bequests to the amount of $600,000 are made In the will of Robert C. Billings, at Boston, Mass. The estate la inventoried at $2,355,804.93. The $100,000 gifts are to Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and museum ot fine arts. Frauds Aggregate $100,000. It was Btated at Tipton, Ind., that the alleged forgeries of township war rants may aggregate $100,000. M U. Johnson, whose presence Is de sired, is said to be in Hot Springs, Ark. Johnson, it is said, was doing a large business at Anderson, repre senting bridge manufacturers, steam heating contractors, furniture men and school supply firms. H. C. EVANS QUITS. Opposition of Grand Army Force Him Out of the Pen sion Department. Men A letter from II. Clny Evons, resign ing the Commisslonershlp of Pen sions, together with an appended statement, was made public al tho While House Friday, In which ho Fays: For some time I have been considering the question of resign ing. It will soon ho five years since I assumed the duties of this office, and I now have tho honor of tendering you my resignation ns Commissioner of Pensions, and will thank you to ac cept the same at as early a date as may suit your convenience. The statement appended to tho letter Is as follows: "Mr. Evnns some months ago verbally expressed bis desire to resign, and finally put It In writing on March 15. The President, how ever, has told htm that he will have to remain as Commissioner, In the first place, until his successor hns been determined upon, and In the sec ond plncn, until there Is some position to tender him which tho President will regard as a promotion ami as a fitting reward for his excellent serv ices in the department. LATEST NEW-8 NOTES. Textile unions of Lowell, Mass., have been refused an advance In wages. Paul Dana, of New York, may suc ceed George von L. Meyer, as Ambassa dor to Italy. During a heavy storm Sunday the steamer Belle McGowon was cap sized in the Ohio river. Atlantic steamship lines . have agreed on a slight Increase In saloon passenger rates after April r. Mississippi, Alabama and other gulf States suffered Incalculable damage from high rivers and heavy storms E. J. Armstead shot and killed Mary Hansen, colored. In Montgome. ry, Ala., and then committed suicide. Lowell, Mass., mill owners closed their mills because ot a threatened strike, 16,000 operatives were locked out. James R. Garfield, a son ot the late President Garfield, has accepted the position of Civil Servlco Commis- loner. W. H. Wallace, a 'sleeping car por ter, was lynched at La Junta, Col., for an assault upon an aged woman pas senger. The French Chnmber of Deputies voted $100,000 for the fine arts and manufacturers exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. Bill permitting the retirement of pre. ferred stock of tho United States Steel Corporation amended In the New Jer sey Senate. The Lower House of the Iowa Lcgls- lature passed a resolution favoring the election ot United States Senators by popular vote. Mrs. Green Older was murdered at her home at Barton. Ky., eight miles north of Jelllco, by an unknown man who escaped. Mrs. Mary Hively fell Into a pan of boiling water during an attnek of epilepsy at Warsaw, Ind., and was scalded to death. Rear Admiral Endlcott, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, will ask Congress for $1,000,000 for a new diy dock in the Philippines. Rock Island Railroad Company has decided to spend $2,ooo,fi00 In the building of 10 now trains for the Chi cago to California service. William Welch, of Claremont, N 1L, celebrated the one hundred and second anniversary of his birth at Boston, Mass., Saturday. A train having on board Preslden J. Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, made tho run from Phlladel- phla, 81 miles. In 77 minutes. Samuel Flower, former Paying Teller of tho Hlbernla National Bank of New Orleans, was sentenced to five year In prison for stealing $30,000. Three men were killed and several people injured In a head-on collision at Sag bridge. III., between two cars of the Jollet & Chicago Electric Rail road. The Joint convention at Terre Haute, Ind., of minors and operators for tho Eleventh district signed the scale submitted by tho scale commit tee. Tho United States Is Importing every day more than $l,ono,ooo In manufactured material and exporting more than $1,000,000 In finished goods. A compulsory industrial arbitration court has been established at Sydney, N. S. W. The membership Includes representatives of employers and em ployes. Only two dozen pieces oi man were saved from tho three tons of poHtal mntter carried on tho train of the Southern Road, wrecked near Char lottesville, Va. . A corpse found in tho river at Sault Ste Mario, Mich., was Identified as that of J, V. M. King, a former Episco pal minister, who bad been deposed tor dissipation. Norlel, tho only Filipino insurgent General, with tho exception of Mai var, still In the field, has been cap tured by Lieutenant Frank E. Barn ford, of tho Twenty-eighth Infantry. The findings ot tho court-martial at St. Paul, Minn., in tho case ot Sergeant Major Charles F. Williams, of Company 1 r, rourteontn inrantry have been approved by General Otis. Archbishop Feehan has issued a letter to Chicago priests, stating that all who are guilty ot aiding, In any manner. Rev. Jeremiah J. Crowley will be suspended from tho Catholic Church. The State of New Jersey will lose an annual revenue ot $12,500 by rea son ot the passage by the Legislature last week ot the bill permitting the United States Steel Corporation to convert its preferred stock into bonds. The schooner C. O. Cramer, Cap tain Bragg, was swamped of Cape Hatteraa llKht Friday , SAYS HE HELPED TO KILL M KINLET HAD POISONED BULLETS Convicted Burglar In Wisconsin Con fesses He Placed Bandage on Hand of Ciolgooi. Sheriff Stnckhnuse at Bnrnboo, Wis., Tuesday gave out the details of the confession made by J. Btelnmnn, a convicted burglar, that he was Impli cated In the McKlnley assassination. The sheriff f-old that Stelnman, whom ho took to Wnupun Saturday to serve years sentenco for burglary, was one of tho worst looking criminals ho ever had to deal with. While on tho train bound for Waupun Stelnman pointed to bis red necktie and snid to tho Rherlff that It stood for blood. Ho then declared that he was tho accom plice of Cxnlgosx, the assassin of President McKlnley, and that ho had bound the handkerchief about the murderer's hand In his preparation for tne deed. Stelnman further said ne was near Czolgosi! when the latter llred the shot and was ready with two revolvers loaded with poisoned bul lets to do the work had Cr.olgoss failed. Stelnman's homo Is In New Jersey, but lor over- a year he had been living In Philadelphia. He carao west about six months ago. PEACE MIS8ION IN AFRICA. Armistice Between the British -and Boers Has Been Arranged Concerning the visit of Mr. Schalk- burger, acting president of the Trans vaal, to Lord Kitchener in Pretoria, War Secretary Brodrlck said In tho House of Commons, England, Mon- day. that Schalkburger Intimated to Kitchener his desire to be granted a safe conduct through he BrltlBh lines nmi oacK, in orner to see air. dlujii with reference to the possibility of peace proposals. .Kitchener, with the consent of the government, had acceded to the request. The final decision as to whether serious peace overtures shall be made rests with the burghers, who will have to decide upon It at a public meeting. It Is be lieved In Boer circles that the move of Schalkburger Is the result of a com munication from the Boer representa tives in Europe. AMERICA BRISTLES UP. Glvet Notice to Nations of Power to Retaliate. A Washington correspondent says: Notice will be served during the com ing week on all European nations, es pecially Germany, of the tremendous power In the hands of the United States government that can be used to retaliate effectively against any na tion which by unjust discrimination excludes American products of farm and factory from Its markets. This notice will be given by tho publica tion of a list compiled by direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, show ing what articles are Imported Into the United States from Europe, which are deleterious to health, and which can be excluded under the authority of the Dlngley tariff act. CUBANS PROMOTED. Native Officials Given Higher Posi tions In Postal Service. Action looking to the relinquish ment ot the United States postal regime over the Islnnd of Cuba was taken In Washington Saturday. Charles Hernandez was appointed Assistant Director General of Posts ot Cuba and Jose Alvarez was ap pointed Postmaster of Havana. Both changes are promotions and both men are Cubans. Hernandez Is at pres ent postmaster of Havana, while Al varez Is Postmaster of Cicntuegos. MUST RETURN TO GERMANY. Secured 100,000 Marke by Meant of Forged Check. In the extradition case of Helnrlch Herrle, of Bavaria, Germany, charged with forgery. United States Commis. Bloner Adlcr, at Cincinnati, O., de cided that tho accused must return to Germany and answer to tho charges preferred against him by the Bavarian government. Herrle was arrested on a warrant sworn out by German Counsul Polller, charging hira with ob taining 100,000 marks on a forged check. MINISTER TO CUBA. Diplomat and Consular Agents for the New Republic. Tho President will send a message to Congress and recommend that Con gross provide for a Minister to Cuba, a Consul General and Consuls at the chlet seaports. He will not suggest the salary to bu paid to tho Minister, but it Is understood that It will be a $7,500 post und possibly a $10,000 posi tion. Tho American Minister In one sense of the word will be the guardian ot the new government. WANT8 MAINE RAISED. General Wood Gives Reatont Why Famous Ship Should Be Raited. General Wood suggests the proprie ty of making some arrangement for raising the wreck or tne Maine in Ha- vana harbor. He says that not only are there sentimental reasons for this, owing to the fact that, according to common belief, the remains of 40 or 60 American sailors lie within the sunken hulk, but the heavy steel struc ture Is an obstruction to navigation The hids range from $400,000 to $700 000. Secretary Root will submit the question to Congress. Found 85-Pound Nugget Great excitement has been caused at Lawton, Okla., by the unearthing by minors in the Wichita mountains of an 85-pound nugget, 83 per cent, nure gold. It was found in Devils canyon, the location ot one ot the ancient Spanish mines, where many crucibles have been unearthed re cently. . DICKINSON N0N GRATA. Due Efforts In Stone Case Bulgaria Wants No More Dealings With Him. As one result of his activities in tho Stone case, Mr. Dickinson ha lost his position as diplomatic repro sentatlvn to Bulgaria. When h was in Sofia last fall ho addressed some very strong representations to tho Bulgarian ministry for foreign af fairs and apparently he has not been forgiven, for now information comes that he is persona non grata. A minister or diplomatic agent, cannot be retained at his place against the will of tho country to which he Is accredited and that Is Mr. Dickinson's position. it Is very probable, how ever, that this government, as a man ifestation of Its displeasure, will re frain from sending another diplomatic agent to Sofia, though It will not bo thus prevented from making any de mands upon the Bulgarian govern ment In the matter of the Stone case, which the Inquiry now In progress may seem to Justify. The Bulgarian govern ment has no representative In this country. Mr. Dickinson Is consul gencrnl at Constantinople, beside be ing diplomatic agent to Bulagarla. and receives a lump salary of $5,000 per annum. It Is not likely that he will suffer financially by this Bulga rian action. THIRD RAIL INSTALLED. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Placet It on Tracks Through the City. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has put Into active service tho third rail system Installed on the elt line between Camden station and Waverly through Its tunnels under Baltimore. Engineers regard the sys tem as a complete success, and the entire overhead electric conduit and supports will be torn down. DRAW LINE AT HAVANA. Cuban People Will Not Permit a Naval Station There. The administration Is anxious to es tablish naval stations at Havana and Nlpe Bay, on tho northern coast of Cuba, and Guantanamo and Clenfue gos, on the southern coast, after this country evacuates. At Monday's conference It Is said that President elect Palma emphatically told Secre tary Root that the Cuban people would never consent to the location by the United States or any other foreign government of a naval station In the harbor of Havana. CABLE FLASHES. Cecil Rhodes died at Cape Town African, Wednesday. Miss Ellen M. Stone, tho American missionary, has started from Salonlca for London. Thence she will sail for America. The House of Commons, of England, after a brief session Wednesday ad Journed until April 7 for the Easter holidays. It is again rumorcr In London, Eng land, that the American Tobacco Com pany Is negotiating with the Kronen government for the toliacoo monopoly. I An official bullotlon at Constantino ple on the subject of cholera at Mecca and Medina admits that 1,129 deaths have occurred at the two cities men tioned. Tho Hamburger Nachrlchten says the coffee importing firm of Neben, ' Schulz & Co. is In difficulties. Tho liabilities are estimated at 3.000,000 marks. King Edward's cutter Britannia and Emperor William's yacht Meteor, now being finished In the united States, will race during the Cowes regatta. England. At Montlninhert, France, Kelson Low, an American, attempted to kill his servant girl with a hammer, and when be supposed she was dead he shot and killed himself. The efforts of Acting President Schalkburger, In Africa, to open com munication with Steyn, the former President of the Orange Free State, have thus tar been unsuccessful. ' . Dr. Leyds, European agent ot the Transvaal, in France, denies that he is to have an Interview with Ixrd Hoseberry. Sir Henry Campbell-Ran-norm an and other Liberal leaders. Tho Swedish-Norwegian committee at Christiana, Norway, appointed to consider the abolition ot the present joint consular system has decided In favor of a separate consular service. Queen Alexandra, of England, start ed Wednesday for Copenhagen to at tend the celebration on April 8 of the birthday of her lather, King Christian IX., ot Denmark, who has born April 8, 1818. Tho Mlnistcrios of War and Agricul ture, of Germany, published an offer for first, second and third prizes ol 10,000 marks, 5,000 marks and 2,500 marks respectively for the best alcohol motors for military usages. Tho Senate of France adopted the bill, previously passed by the Cham ber of Deputies, providing a credit ol tjiio, OnO francs to defray the Fine Arts and State Manufacturers' exhibit ol France at the St. Louis Exposition. During the recent domiciliary visits at St. Petersburg, Russia, police searched the house of an American Mrs. H. Gardner, and arrested hci son, Boris, who Is a student. Noth ing Incriminating was discovered but Boris is still in jail. From Moscow alone 95 students have been banished to Siberia and that 567 have been Im prisoned for terms ranging from three to six montns. John Redmond, leader ot the Irish Nationalists, gave notice in the House of Commons of a motion, equivalent to a vote of censure, on the Speaker for not having made the Colonial Sec- retary, Joseph Chamberlain, withdraw hla remark, "The honorable gentle man Is a good judgo of traitors." ad dressed to John Dillon. The .Turkish government has de cided to call to the colors 90,000 Ir regular troops ostensibly for the an nual maneuvers. In view of the con ditions In Macedonia considerable significance is attached to the move ment. THE MAHKET0. PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed, Wheat-No. I rod TS M Rve Nn. t Cern-Nn. yell Tall, No. 1 fellow, (hailed M ml enr Oats No. twhiu V4 4Ni HO. 8 Willi 4' Hour-Wlntnr patent 8 70 tnnry straight winter Vi nr No. i timothy i no Clover No. I 10 m Feed-No- 1 whit inlrt. ton 2 W 11 ISO ro 14 86 10 7!i w m ill frt so no 7 ttt T mown middlings no no llran. hut io (Hi Straw Wheat 7 0,1 oat 7 00 Dairy Products. Butter Elftln creamery t SB nio cn-aitierj It'nm-r pnnntr. ,,fl Cbeene Ohio, neer Itow York, new Poultry, Etc. Hen tier lb . It II t hlirkellN ii.4 ... , S.KI9 fa. milt Ohio, freed Frultt and Vegetables. tlreen Brans per btiahol .$2 M Potatoes Kan. lr white iter titia VU t 00 intihaL.-p-t.i r Im 18 00 SO 00 Unions per harroi 00 . IV BALTIMORE. Floor-Winter Patent $( 4 IS Wheat No. 1 red HO sou forn-mlxod ti?i r.Rita it i't liuitut Ohio creamery W ' PHILADELPHIA. Flotir Winter Patent ..I3 M 40O Wheat-No, 2 red MHj M Corn-No. 2 mixed M MJ4 Oata No. 1 while W bl butter -Creamer-, extra SH IS Egg-PeniiBlvaiiU uraia 19 ! NEW YORK. Floor Patent $s SO 400 Wheat No. 2 red 8K W4 Cora-No. 2 ? oTH Oats No, 2 White I U4 Ifutter Creamery M t: w tf m-MtaleauU t enneylvaula IS 10 LIVE STOCK. Central 8tock Yards, East Liberty, Pa. Cattle. Prime neary, lvoto 1600 lbs $ SW) 7 Prime. MOO to MOO Iba 80 Sd Medium, I'JOO to 1WI0 lbs IM 1'at heller 6 70 W Htlt-her, WO to 1000 I hi 6 00 6M Common to fair ISO 4 do Oxen, cotninwn to fat 6 0u 60 louimon tRood fat bulla and eowa too 60i Milc h cowa, ea- h 1S00 U0o Extra milch cowa, each S7M Moo Hoge. Prime medium weight 1 86 Bent heavy yorkera and medium... 6 1 Uood to choice Parker 6 65 Oocd iilfta and llKht rorkere ) Plge, ooinmon to Rood 6 3 Prime heavy hoga 6 76 Common to fair 6 40 Kougtie 6 40 Hlag 4 60 Shtep. Extra, medium wethers, $ 6 70 Oood to choice .... It) Medium 4 Hi Common to fair 3 60 Lambs. Lambs clipped ttsu La m be, good to enoloe, clipped. ... 6 76 Lamne, common to fair, oiipped... 4 7) Bprlng Lambs TOO Calves. Veal, extra 6 01 Veal, good to choice 4 00 Veal, common heavy 4 00 Veal, common to fair . 2 60. BUSINESS WAS BRISK. 10 6SO 6 76 MOO TI0 em 6 00 400 Eatter Trade Facilitated by Good v Weather Volume of Trantac tione Exceptionally Large. R. O. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade says: Favorable weather greatly facilitated Easter retail trade, the volume of transactions In all lines ot wearing apparel being of ex ceptional magnitude. Activity was by no means restricted to the special ties, however, the general distribu tion of merchandise exceeding that of . previous seasons, with prices well maintained. A distinct evidence of the vigor of legitimate trade Is found , In the decline of only 21.4 per cent, in bank exchanges at New York, notwith standing the fact that transactions at the Stock Exchange were not more than a third ot those In the corre sponding week last year, while at other leading cities clearings ex hibited a gain of 9.8 por cent over last year and 81.6 per cent over 1899. Demand for an eight-hour day after May 1 by the blast furnace men was the most disturbing feature of the iron and steel industry and this It not causing much alarm as an agree ment will probably be reached dur ing the Intervening month. Produc tion is now beyond all previous rec ords and the movement of coke Is am ple, although the early opening of lake navigation may withdraw some of the transporting facilities which cannot well be spared. Buying has been notably active In bars tor lm. plcment makers, and producers have sold their entire output so far ahead that new business is not sought. Many plans ior immediate structural work have been abandoned, owing to the Insufficient supply of available mater ial. Aside from the advance In bar . iron at Pittsburg to $1.80 and foundry Iron at Chicago to 118.50, there are no important changes, southern furnaces having decided to postpone contem plated advance. A slight recovery In coffee from the bottom price must be attributed to aggressive option buy ing, as the statist leal position is not improved. Brazil receipts exceeding last year's high record to date by over a third. Meats again advanced in the face of easier grain, a helpful influ ence being the largest single order ever placed for the British army. Wheat exports materially declined from the satisfactory record ot 4,088, 625 bushels last week, to only 3,088,. 642 bushels this week which compared with 3,936,832 bushels in the same week last year. There was a de crease in western receipts to 2,747.. 094 bushels, against 4.052.508 bushels a year ago. Atlantic shipments ot the minor cereal were only 138,344 bushels, compared with -2,946,161 In 1901. According to an analysis of the official returns by a Liverpool authority there will be only 13,000.000 bushels ot wheat in this country at the close ot the crop year, but the statement la baaed on exports for the last four months of halt as muob the preceding eight months. . Fail, urea tor the week numbered 205 in th United States, against 206 last year, and 22 in Canada, against 29 last year. 'A
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