DESTROYED ; tt U. S. WILL INVESTIGATE. Stone Erected to Indicate Alatkan Line Alleged to .Have Been Broken by Canadian. The Alaskan boundary controversy lins assumed a now phase. Reports have reached the State Department that a monument erected by Russia, to mark the boundary between Alaska and the adjacent British territory, has been arbitrarily removed by a Cana dian official surveying expedition. In view of this Secretary Hay, by direc tion of tho President, has ordered a personal Investigation to be made by n commission of American officers to ascertain tho truth of the sensational information. Captain W. P. Rich ardson, of the Eighth Infantry. U. 8. A., and Lieutenant George Thornton. L'. 8. N., retired, have been appointed as members of tho commission. Ac cording to the Information received nt Washington, Richard Frazler, a civil engineer In the employ of the Canadian government, Ib the head of the party accused of having removed the boundary stono. State Depart ment ofllclaia would not express any opinion as to the truth of the report. n;id were apparently annoyed over the ' tact tlint It had become known outside of official circles. Tho location of the Russian British boundary monu ments is of the moat vital Importance to the United States In tho controver sy. To find them means that bound ary lines of tho territory purchased by this government from Russia will lie determined, thus -probably ending the question that has given so much trouble to Great Britain, the United States and the Dominion of Canada. Should the accusation which Captain Richardson and Lieutenant Emmons are to Investigate prove true, it will mean that the Canadian authorities acknowledgo the justice of the Amer ican boundary claim and have re sorted to sharp practice to prevent the United States government irom obtaining possession of territory right ly belonging to It. Carnegie' Gift to Havana. ' As a result of an interview between Lieutenant Matthew Manna. Commis sioner of Schools for Cuba, and a secretary of Andrew Carnegie, the Mavor of Havana has received a let ter from Lieutenant Hanna in con' nectlon with a proposal from Mr. Car ncgle to give $250,000 to the munici pality for a public library. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The President nominated Wlldred L. Montague for prmt master at San Francisco, Cat. Efforts are being made' by the friends of Estes G. Rathbone to se cure a parden for him. William Williams, of New York, has been tendered, and has accepted, the position of Commissioner of Immigra tion of New York. Mrs. Roosevelt will soon inaugurate a novelty in entertaining, giving a series of garden parties in the White HoiiBe grounds. The House has paused the bill to authorize the Western Bridge Com pany to build a bridge across the Ohio river at Allegheny, Pa. The presence of Senator Ixidge at every one of the Presidential tunc lions has attracted much attention in the social and political set of the cap ital. The Society of the Army of the Cum berland has decided to transfer the remains of General W. 8. .Rosecrans from Los Angeles, Cal., to Arlington for burial. Senator Stewart reported the In dian appropriation bill. It carries a total appropriation of $9,415,339, a net increase of $973,834 over tho total as the bill passed the House. The House Committee on Claims Wednesday reported favorably a bill appropriating $282,044 for overtime service of numerous letter carriers where claims have been allowed In the Court ot Claims. It la stated that If Congress passes the bill creating a Cabinet depart ment of Commerce and Industry, George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the President, will be appointed Secre tary of the department. According to a report In circulation around the War Department General 8. M. B. Young may be the next Commandor-ln-Chief of the army, suc ceeding Lieutenant General Miles. Representative Adams Wednesday presented the report of the House Committe on Foreign Affairs in favor ot the bill reforming the consular service on a civil service basis, Two notable Chinese government edicts, copies of which have been re ceived at Washington, permits Inter marriage ot Chinese and Manehurl ans and advises against binding feet of girl babies. Tbe House Committee on Labor has ordered favorable report on the eight- hour bill, which la demanded by or ganized labor, and which provides an eight-hour day for work clone under government contract.' The President has signed a pardon In the case of Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, who lost 11 numbers in his grade as a result of a sharp letter written by him to the detail officer of tne wavy Department. Upon the re tirement of Admiral Farqubar Cogh Ian will become Rear Admiral, . Senator Quay bus given notice of an amendment be will offer to the army appropriation bill providing for t.ne promotion or Major General John , R. Brooke to Lieutenant General and Authorizing his retirement with that rank. . The Senate' Committee on Military Affairs Thursday authorized favora ble report on the nomination of Colonel George L. ' Gillespie to be Cbiaf of Snglneara and Colonel George ' B. Davia to M judge Advocate Geo ral with rank of Brigadier General. T vC0NGRtSS(0NAL 0TES. ; Three New States. Senator Bacon, of Goorrtln, offered a resolution In tho executive session of the Senate Tuesday, requesting the President to liefer his proclamation announcing tho acquisition of the Danish West Indies until the Investi gation of the charges of bribery is finished. Opposition to dictating to the President wns manifested. In tho regular session the day was spent considering the antt-oleomargarlne bill. .. The Howie Tuesday continued the consideration of the sundry civil ap propriation bill, and got through with 93 pages. Mr. Grow, Pennsylvania, spoke in favor of tho election of Sen ators by popular vote. Mr. Snlzer, New York, offered an amendment to appropriate $50,000 for electric lights in the torch of the atatun of Liberty in New York harbor. The bill for tho admission of New Mexico, Arizo na and Oklahoma to statehood was favorably reported from the Commit tee on Territories. Civil Service Appropriation. Mr. Bailey. Texas, and Mr. Depew, New York, furnished a statistical and comedy piny for the Senate Wednes day In the debate of the bill to tax colored oleomnrgnrlne 10 cents a pound. Mr. Bailey attacked the bill as intended to suppress a legitimate Industry by unconstitutional means. Mr. Depew contended that if a mer chant deceived his customers by foisting on them a fraud, that man ought to be reached by law, because every man, when he purchased an ar ticle, had a right to get what he paid for. The House Wednesday passed the sundry civil appropriation bill and discussed tl.c till passed by the Sen ate to Improve the revenue cutter service. Chinese Exclusion Bill. The Senate Thursday passed the antl-oleomargarlne bill by a vote of 39 to 31. The bill, ns passed by the Senate, is different iu some features from that passed by the House. It provides that oleo and kindred prod ucts shall be subject to the laws and regulations of any State or Terri tory into which they are transported. The Chinese exclusion bill was made the next order of business. In the House Thursday Senate bill to promote the efficiency of the rev enue cutter service was passed by a vote or 133 to 49. It gives the com missioned officers of the service rela tive rank with army and navy offi cers, and provides for their retire ment with three-fourth pay for disa bility or upon reaching the age limit of ti l years. Discussing Exclusion Bill. The Senate Friday took un the Chi nese exclusion bill. Mr. Mitchell, Oregon, sneaking in' favor of the bill Mr. Piatt, Connecticut, offered as a substitute for the bill a requirement that the present Chinese exclusion laws be extended to December 7, l04 and so long as the treaty of March 17 1894. may be continued. Mr. Quay, Pennsylvania, gave notice of the fol lowing amendment: "That nothing herein contained shall be construed to excludo Chinese Christians, or Chi nese who assisted In the defense or relief of the foreign legations or the Petang cathedral in the city of Pekln, In the year 1900." The senate ad iourned without action on the bill. The House Friday also uau cninese exclusion under consideration. When Speaker Henderson called Mr. Moody, Massachusetts, to the chair to pre side over the committee of the whole, there was a round of applause for the man who 18 to succeed Secretary Long. Mr. Hltt, Illinois, who had charge of the bill, said the Foreign Affairs Committee wns unanimous in the opinion that the admission of Chinese laborers Into this country would be a serious evil. The bill was before the house when adjourn ment took olace. BIG IRON ORDER PLACED. Constituents of Steel Corporation Con tract for 225,000 Ton. Contsluents Interests of the United States Steel Corporation have placed a combined contract with the mer chant furnaces ot the Mahoning and Shenango valleys for 225,000 tons of Bessemer pig iron at $10.50 a ton, at the furnaces. Tho new order covers practically the pig Iron requirements of the Steel Corporation outside of its own production. Deliveries on the contract are to start in October and continue till April, next year. The aggregate cost of the iron is $3,712.- 500. Root Requests Full Report. Orders were cabled to General Chaf fee to make a thorough Investigation ot the manner ot the death of Ed ward C. Richter, a private In Com pany I, Twenty-eighth United States Infantry, while stationed at Damar inas, Cavite province. It Is charged that he was tortured In a guardhouse by having water -poured Into his mouth. Rhodes' Yankee Hair. George Rhodes, a janitor and gener al utility man employed at Lakewood, N. J., has -received a telegram from a Philadelphia lawyer named Jenkins informing him that Cecil Rhodes has bequeathed him $50,000. Rival for Buffalo Bill. The Cummins Indian Congress and Wild West Company, capital $1,000. ooo, was Incorporated at Trenton, N. J., to own and manage Indian and Wild West Shows. Overproduction. Causes Shutdown The flint glass bottle factories of the country will close for the season May 15. This is a month and a half earlier than usuul. A manufacturer ot Marlon, Ind., says that the shut down is caused by an overproduction. Sargent Accepts Office. ' Frank Sargent, President of the Brothehood of Locomotive Firemen, has been tendered, and accepted, the place ot Commissioner General ot Im migration to succeed T. V. Powderly. CiM-tNIUDKTS CHRISTMAS: DANISH BRIBE SCANDAL. Punctured by the Dane Who Imported It Flatly Denlea Accusations In Report. The Danish Islnnd purchase bribe srandnl Investigation was opened Tuesday at Washington by the Com mittee of the House of Representa tives and the story was punctured through and through by the very man (Nells Gron) who Imported it from Denmark. Mr. Gron said nothing In support of the charges contained in the Christmas report to the Danish government. He even refused to sny how the document came into the pos session of the "no sale" Danes who commissioned him to bring It to the United States to prevent appropria tion for tho purchase of the islands. He flatly denied some of the asser tions In the Christmas report, and declared he knew of no Senator or Representative who had been bribed or whom anyone had attempted to bribe. He denied the 10 per cent com mission story contained In the re port, and also Christmas' statement that he (Gron) had a part in the al lowed dealings with Abner McKlnley and others. In fact, except In his story about receiving the Christmas report In Denmark and Bhowlng it to General Grosvenor, the newspapers and others in America, the witness testimony was made up of negations. It established nothing. He spoue in good English, with a slight Danish accent. He said that in February persons In Conenhngen. members of tho Upper Houhc, who opposed the transfer of tho Danish West Indies to the United States brought to his attention the "Christmas report" to the Danish government. Asked spec ifically regarding a statement In the Christmas report, thnt Roeors had agreed to' accomplish the sale of the Islands for 10 per cent, of the pur chase money, Mr. Gron declared that there was no such agreement. He denied absolutely the statement that he (Gron) had signed a contract with Christmas by which he (Gron) and Rogers were to have two-thirds ot the commission. ENGLAND STANDS EXPENSE. Will Not Cost U. S. Representatives Anything for Two Weeks. The British government" has in formed the government of the United States that It will stand the expense ot entertaining the American repre sentatives to the coronation of King Edward for a period of two weeks. This courtesy does not, however. In clude the wives of the members of the special embassy, and they have been so notified. The offer is un derstood to embrace the hotel bills and traveling expenses ot the Ameri can emissaries while they are in Eng land, or rather for a fortnight after they arrive. If they stay longer, they must stand the cost themselves. NEW LAKE IS WILD. Northern Pacific Must Build Bridge and Three Miles of Track. The situation at Sterling, N. D., on the Northern Pacific, Is unchanged and will so remain unless the railway company builds a new track around this suddenly formed lake. No pas sengers were transferred across the lake Sunday because ot the danger. Paasengers report the lake is 30 miles long and about 2 miles wide, with a depth of about 16 feet. When tho wind blows great waves roll. It is estimated that three miles of track and a 000-foot bridge must be built be fore trains can run again. BLOW TO TRUST COMPANIES. Connecticut Supreme Court Decides Against Foreign Concerns. A decision which threatens to up set the business of a score of trust companies doing business as foreign corporations in Connecticut has been rendered by the Supreme Court of Errors. It refers to the administra tion of estates and means, in brief, that no foreign corporation, although specially chartered In other States has the right to act as administrator of Connecticut estates. CANAL BOATS DRAWN BY MOTOR. Electricity Takes Place of Horse on the Towpath. The first trip of canal boats on the Miami and Erie canal, drawn by an electric motor, was made Friday. Six boats In line, laden with material for building the line to Cincinnati, were drawn easily to Port Union, a dls tance of five miles. Material will be transported in this way daily as the tracklaylng is extended toward On ctnnatl. The line Is expected to be open for traffic from Hamilton, O., to Cincinnati early in June. DETAILED TO CAPTURE BOOTH. Sudden Death of a Soldier Who Trail ed Lincoln Conspirators. James B. Goddard died Wednesday at Marlboro, Mass. He was born In 1847 and served in the Third Massa chusetts Artillery in the Civil War, In 1805 he was detailed with others to capture John Wilkes . Booth, the aRsassln of President Lincoln and it was be who furnished information which led to the capture ot two other of the conspirators. CLARK AND GOULD IN DEAL. Subscribe $2,000,000 Towards Consoil k dating Wabash and West Virglnls,- It is announced that Senator W. A, Clark, of Montana, and George J. Gould have each subscribed $2,000,000 toward a plan for consolidating tbe Wabash and West Virginia Central Railroads, and building a. trunk line to the Atlantic seaboard. Richard C. Kerens has beep 'raising subscrip tions and torn days a so had secured $9,000,000. DEAD'. NUMBER 21 250 Are Injured by the Collapse of Grand 8tand at Glasgow 8cotlnnd. The casualty lists of the Ibrox Park disaster, were a number of persons were killed or injured by the collaps ing of a spectators' stand during the International foot ball match Satur day afternoon between England and Scotland, have been completed. They eclipse all Hhe reports and estimates of the casualties which were current. The disaster has resulted in the death of 21 persons and the Injury of 250. Nearly 200 of the latter were so seri ously hurt that they were taken to infirmaries for operations and treat ment. Ono hundred and fifty of them still remain In the infirmaries. A large proportion of the Injured had limbs broken, bodies crushed and mangled and heads and faces gashed. Several more deaths will undoubtedly result from the most critical cases of fractured skulls. The infirmaries were besieged by friends and rela tives of the victims of the disaster, and henrtrendlng scenes were wit nessed when the names of those who died were posted outside the building. The action of the authorities at Ibrov Park In averting a more general panic by permitting the game to proceed, while they encouraged the Impression of the crowd within the enclosure that the accident was not so direful, Is generally condemned. The Incon gruity of the. yells of applause ming ling with the groans or the struggling sufferers wlll never be forgotten by those who -witnessed the sceno at the rear of the terrace. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Robbers take $16,000 from a State bank at Ruskln, Neb. Philippine Insurgents are daily turn ing over tholr rifles to the Americans. China has paid the third install ment of the Indemnity, 1,800,000 taels. Navigation for the ore carrier fleet on tho great lakes opened Wednes day. Preserved meats are to be with drawn from the markets of Pennsyl vania. The Pone has aDuroved ot the Re surrectionist order of priests, founded by Polish Catholics. J. Plerpont Morgan sailed Wednes day from New York for England on the steamer Oceanic, Senator Clark has given tils aid to complete a great trans-continental Gould railway system. Charles Kratz. St. Louis Councilman charged with receiving bribe, Jumped his $20,000 bail boud. St. Louis Exposition may be post poned a year out of deference to the wishes of foreign nations. Delia Tansey Jumped over the rail Ing at Goat Island and was carried over Niagara Falls, Thursday. Sugar Trust, according to reports filed In Washington, will reap benetlt of the Cubap tariff reduction. H. H. Rand, of Milwaukee, Wis., has been appointed confidential secre tary! to the Postmaster General. The American North Atlantic squad ron arrived Wednesday at Fort de France and St. Pierre, Martinique The amount to be paid to the surg eons who attended President McKIn ley in Buffalo will not exceed $25,000. Two thousand coal miners, at Sagl naw, Mich., struck because the con I'erees failed to agree on a wage scale. Judge Chester, of the New York Su preme Court, has decided that the State franchise tax law Is unconstitu tional. The warehouses of the Peaslee' Gaulbert Paint and Oil Company, at Ixmlsvllle, were burned out; loss $200,000. The bidders for the Western Mary. land Railroad have found political In fluonce necjssary tor the consumma tion o! their plans. Newport, Giles county, Va., wns de stroved by fire. Every store, two hotels and the beHt resldnces were burned. Ix)ss over $100,000. Rev. G. C. Woodruff, the oldest Methodist minister In America, died in Magnolia., Minn. He was born at Lewis, Essex county, N, Y In 1807. Mrs. Mabel Fenton Haines, who was trial at Mt. Holly, N. J., charged with killing her 2-year-old step-daughter Gwcndoltn, was acquitted by the Jury. Saloonkeepers and policemen united In an effort to close the saloons in New York Sunday, and the metropolis experienced an exceptionally dry Sab bath. Philharmonic of New York, cele brated Its sixtieth anniversary. An drew Carnegie, was a speaker, and may assist in securing a New York orchestra. William Sibley, a cowboy, who rode from Wyoming to New Hampshire on a broncho will see President Roose velt In Washington, and return West on his little steed. The Secret Service Department of the Dominion Custome at Montreal, has made a seizure of from $10,000 to $15,000 worth of false teeth, which bad been consigned from New York. President T. Estrada .Palma. of the Cuban republic addressed the New York Chamber of Commerce Invoking their aid for reciprocity In a commer cial treaty between the two, countries. The pearl necklace, iost by Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beaie, was found in possession of young white man, who was serving a? Tiagman on train at the time the, r.ti Klace was stolen. Merchant bar buyers ordered 100,. 00d tons In Pittsburg during past week at $30 a ton. Order for 90,000 tons ot Bessemer Iron goes a-begging because none is available before July. After spending 108 hours on aban doned train in midst of blizzard on northwest prairie, 250 famished and halt frozen passengers, one of whom attempted suicide on account ot the hardship, reacnea Bt. ram wednea day. UliftlE BE BilSE ILLEGAL KNOX GIVES THE LAW. Allegations Such as Challenge Atten tionPresident Roosevelt Hat Ordered an Investigation. If tho allegations made concerning the existence of n British army base at Chnlmette, a few miles below New Orleans, are true, vigorous action may be looked for at the hnnds of President RooBevelt. The reason for such an exportation Is to be found In the correspondence mado public by Attorney General Knox. Secretary Hay asked the Attorney General for an opinion on the subject. That opinion was given and discussed at Cabinet meeting. it caused tne President to direct that an Investiga tion be made. The order of the President was made because Mr. Knox said thnt tho allegations are such as to challenge attention: that they are of such a serious character that the government should take steps to as certain If they are true. From Mr. Knox's letter to Mr. Hay, the Attor- . . , I ' . , 1 ,,.. ney uenerui is oi ine upiiiiuii mui u the transactions at Chalmette are as represented they constitute a breach of neutrality and that they ought to bo stopped. He does not give the Secretary of State an opinion, be cause he does not think he has been asked for one In the case, but he does give him a number ot points by which Mr. Hay may be guided In reaching a conclusion as to whether there has been a breach of neutrality. The Attorney General Bays that tho principal question, and a delicate one. is whether there has been a de parture of neutrality on the part of our government In this matter. He soys, the sale of contraband of war supplies to a belligerent is held by many eminent authorities to be un lawful and something which a neutral nation must forbid to its citizens, but the weight ot authority is the other way. Carrying on commerce with a belligerent In the manner usual before the war Is not giving such aid. The mere Increased demand for warlike articles and their Increased quantity In the commerce does not make that commerce cease to be the same as be fore the war. In conclusion Mr. Knox says: A number ot allegations and some testimony have been sent me, and they are sufficient to chal lenge attention. But the first thing to be done Is to ascertain whether the allegations are true. A SERVANT'S CRIME. Negro Butler Slays Mother and Chil dren In Philadelphia. William H. Lane, a negro butler, shot and killed his employer, Mrs. Ella J. Furbush, her 12-year-old daughter Maudeline and probably mortally wounded another daughter, Bloise, 7 years old, at their home. 052 North Fifteenth street, Philadelphia. Lane was caught and confessed to the crime. Recently Mrs. Furbush had been missing small amounts ot money, and finally she Informed the police, who began an Investigation. Suspt con tell on Lane, and a warrant was sworn out for his arrest. According to I-ane's confession, he saw Mrs. Furbush on Monday night counting a large roll of bills. That night he stole $70 ot the money. When Mrs. Furbush accused him of taking it he shot her twice through the heart and then shot both daughters, thinking them the three dead he lied. HAIL TWO INCHES DEEP. Texas 8torm Sweeps All Foliage from Trees In Its Path. A destructive Btorm swept over Prattvllle, Tex., Saturday. The storm came from the north and for 20 minutes there was a perfect flood of rain and hall. Along the path of the storm, which resembles a railroad track, not a leaf nor a particle of fruit Is left. Hall fully two Inches deep was lying on the ground. The Methodist Church was blown from Its foundation and a dwelling house was lilted up and carried Into an adjacent field. Two stores at Paclo and a farmhouse were blown down. A store at Paclo was completely wrecked and the goods scattered for miles. No one was killed. DRUMMERS FORM COMBINE. Hope to 8ecure Better Railroad Rates and Hotel Accommodations. The organization of the National Commercial Travelers' Association was completed at Sioux Falls, S. IX The association now takes In the States of South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Miutie sota, Illinois and New York, and later, will embrace the entire country. The objects of the association are to Be cure better railroad rates, hotel ac commodatlons and other conven lenceS. HIGH PRICE FOR CATTLE. Chicago Packers Pay $7.50 a Hundred Pound. An advance of Vj cent per pound on dressed beet went into effect at the stock yards at Chicago. Wednesday, when all the packers responded to the repeated advances that have taken place In cattle on the hoof. The top price for cattle, $7.50 per 100 pounds, is tbe highest April price since IS 82 Hogs sold at record price for the year. $7.05. Held Up Passenger Train. Passenger train No. 13 on the Bur llngton Road, which left St. Joseph, Mo for Denver at 1 1 : 40 o clock Tours day night, was held up three miles) north of St. Joseph by four masked men. Railroad authorities assert that the robbers did not get anything. Funston Leaves Frisco. Drlgadier General Frederick Funs- ton left San Franciso Sunday for Den, ver to assume command of the Denart- ment of Colorado. ATLANTIC CITY FIRE. Twelve Hotels, the Boardwalk Much Valuable Property De stroyed Thursday. ind Twelve hotels and more than t score of small buildings adjoining the boardwalk along the ocean edge at Atlantic City, N. J., were destroyed Thursdny by a lire which swept the bench front for two blocks, from Illi nois avenue to New York avenue. The loss. It is believed, will not exceed $750,000. In this respect the confla gration Is the most disastrous that, has ever visited that city. The loss will be only partly covered by Insur ance, as the rate of 6 per cent, charged by Insurance companies on property Is regarded as almost prohibitive. Fortunately, no llyes were sacrificed, though probably ' a dozen person were slightly Injured and burned dur ing the tire. The origin of tho fire Is unknown, but it is said to have started in either Brady's bath on the Tarlton Hotel, which adjoins the baths at Illinois avenue nnd the board walk. The hotels destroyed nnd their estlmnted losses are: The Luray and annex, the latter formerly known as the Norwood, owned by J. S. White ft Son, $125,000; The New Holland, Mrs. M. J. Lee. $30,oon; Stratford. Arnold W. Waldner, $10, 000; Berkley. Hew Bros., $50,000; Bryn Mnwr. J. and E. Keffer, $25,000; Rtlckney. Mrs. L. V. Stickney, $20,000; Evard, James T. Gorman. $20,ooo; Rio Grande. J. P. Klllpatrlck. $;!0,000; Mer vine, K. Fells, $20,000; Academy Hotel and Academy ot Music. Charles Frail- Inger, $25,000: Windsor, O. Jason Waters (partly destroyed) $2:.00o; Tarlton, G. Jason Waters. $20,000! Charles Keeler, who conducted a drug store on the boardwalk at Kentucky avenue, estimates his loss at $60,000. nnd Victor Frclslnger, proprietor ot an art store at St. James place and the boardwalk, says his loss Is $50, 000. There are others whose losses range from $5,000 to $10,000. In ad dition there were numerous smaller booths and several cottnges on minor thoroughfares In tho rear of the board walk, which were either partially or entirely destroyed. Relief Fund for Boers. A certified check for $3,000, drawn to the order of President Roosevelt, was forwarded to tho President on March 28 by the committee of citizens which Governor Yalfs, of Illinois, ap pointed In December to raise funds for the relief ot Doer women and chil dren In the concentration camps ot South Africa. Gold Striko In Taos. Advices were received at Santa Fe. N. M., of a phenomenal gold strike. which has caused a stampede In Taos countv. Assay returns gave from $30.17 to $20,000 a ton, all gold. The average Is $220 a ton. The vein Is 28 feet wide. Vast Export of Farm Product. During the fiscal yenr ended on June 30 last exports of Amertcun farm produce were $952,000,000 the- largest In our history, and an increase of over $100,000,000 beyond the previous yenr. CABLE FLASHES. Santos-Dumont, the nreonnut, sailed from Kngland for New York on the Detitschlaml. The United States cruiser Brook lyn left Port Said Saturday for home. She will stop at Gibraltar. At Yokohama. Japan, forty vessels have been reported missing since the storm of April 3. and there have un doubtedly been many fatalities at sea. The sealing steamer Neptune has arrived at St. Johns, N. F with 23,- 000 seals on board. She reports that owing to the stormy weather the other ships of the sealing fleet still out have not been doing well. Dy the will of the late Cecil Rhodes, of Africa, the great bulk of his vast fortune will be used to found scholarships at Oxford. Each State and Territory of the United States gets two of these scholarships. A large party of American ship- riveters. Imported by an English firm for the purpose ot "showing the Scotch workmen how to do It." ar rived at Southampton, England Thurs day. CnBper Kruger, the eldest son ot President Kruger, and 24 other rela tives ot Mr. Kruger bearing the same family name, iu East Africa, are among those who have recently taken the oath of allegiance to Great Bri tain. Tho Balkan situation has entered a critical stage. Reports ot atrocities committed by Bulgarian bunds are re ceived dally. Tuesday the beads oi seven Bulgarian brigands were brought to Salonlca and hung up in tlie prison court yard. The Courrlere Delia Sera, of Rome, Italy, asserts that King Edward aban doned his proposed visit to the Riviera because of the discovery ot an anarch ist plot against his life. The anarchists purposed to give the ap pearance of Boer revenge to their operations. There was severe fighting all day long, on March 31, in the neighbor hood of Harts river, In the south western extremity ot the Transvaal. Africa, between part ot General Kitchener's (Lord Kitchener's broth er) force and tho forces ot Generals rDelarey and Kemp, resulting In the repulse ot the Uoers alter heavy losses on both sides. While President Lonbet was drl lng to the Elysee pulace. in Paris, France, a man named Sejounie, carry Ing a revolver, approached his car riage and exclaimed: "I demand jus tice." Hejourne was Immediately ar rested. He appeared to be weak minded. William W. Thomau. Jr.. the United States Minister to Sweden, sent to the United States over $500, represent ing the contributions!! the ministers and others in Sweden and Norway to ward the erection ot tbe national memorial to tbe late President Mc Klnley. ' THE MAHHBTA. ' T J: PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat-No. t red $ ? M Kye-Nn. t 7 M Corn-No. rellow. ear t 8 No. a ji.ow, shelled trt VVi Mixed ear Itf w Oau-.No. white i4 4 Oo. I whit .,.. 41 4N Flour Winter patent it 0 u Fancy straight wlutere ....... i" SI" Hay-No. ltllnothf 7.. 14 00 14 Ml Clover No. 1 10 5 10 M Feed-No-1 whits mlit ton ' W irown middling H Oil l 00 Iran, bull l to Su (W Straw-Wheat .. J 00 1 Oat 7 00 T as Dairy Products. Buttor- Klein rroainerf '.... W 4 Ohio creamery !) Fancy country roll I7V Is Ckeeee Ohio, new 1 1114 Sew York, now I Poultry, Etc. Hen,-per lb II U thlcieua (itemed ... , 14 15 Ksse-fa. and Ubio, frneti l-'X 10 Fruits and Vegetables. Ureen Reane per bmhol $i M 1 00 Fotet.oee-Fanuf while tier kua W Cabbage per ton 18 W WW Onions er barrel It OV BALTIMORE. Flour-Winter I'atent tJ 4 IS Wueat No. 2 red So V Corn mixed 6JHi Egg 1) iJ butter--Ohio ureamerf XV fu PHILADELPHIA. Hoar-Winter Potent 13 50 4 DO Wbeal No, 'J red sJ Hftj Coru-No.2 m'.xud t-1 Mhi Oat No. '2 Willie H) MLfe Hutter - Creamery, extra HI 3 a-"! Peuuiflvniila mats 15 lb NEW YORK. Flour-Patent $3 95 t 05 Wheat No. ilrtxl i Corn No. 2 .in ttl'e date No, t White 7 Kutter-Cieainerf t M t(ga Staleaud r'uuueyltaula ID '"! LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa. Cattle. frlme heavf, lVMto logo lu $" I rluie. 1300 to UU0 lbs 840 0J Medtuiu, mi to 130U lb 0 II W I M holler 6 7U BID Buti-hnr, WO to liuo Iti 5 10 B7i Coin moii to lair 4 to 41W Oxen, i-oninion to fat Sin RfiO Common toguod fat bull and cow IW 4 ;o MIKli cow, ea. h 1S0 8""" Extra milch cow, each 7 Ml IKIUU Hogs. Prime medium weight ! Cl Beet beary yorker and medium... Io IW (load to choice pai-aer S ID 0-Jll Uoudcigeand llxhtTorkora., W m Plira. commnn to wrwul tt 3ft 0 4,' Prime heaTT bona . ) T ou Common to fair 5W u Itougii S litag 4 50 ff Sheep. Extra, medium weilier', $ft"0 19) Uood to cbulce 5 !.i W Medium 4vr, 10 Common to fair 2U 4UU Lambs. f Urn tit ell pped 0 7H 90 Lamb, good to chnioe, (dipped. ... 5 ?'i 000 Lauih, common to fair, ulliud.. 4 7' AM bprlni Lamb Toi WtW Calves. ' Venl, extra 01 r0 Veal, good to choice 400 tui Veal, common neitvy 4t)U nOJ Veal, common to fair i'J) 400 REVIEW OF TRADE. Distributions and Collections Are Both Excellent Few Clouds In the Financial Sky. R. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review says: Labor controversies continue to be the only seriously disturbing events In the industrial world, and while many disagreements have been promptly settled, others have appear ed to Interrupt production and make manufacturers consevative about new undertakings. Retail distribution of spring wearing apparel received a weather In many localities, yet mer chandlse of most staple lines Is pur chased freely, and collections are satisfactory at nearly all points ex cept the south. Supplies of iron and steel do not seem in any immediate danger of overtaking demand. In fact, the prospect of labor disturban ces on May 1 makes the situation more uncertain, and those who hoped for equilibrium In the market by July 1 are less sanguine. Midsummer seems to be the dividing lino as to quo tations, prices after July averaging about $1 per ton less than earlier deliveries, while those few fortunate sellers ot spot material continue to secure larger premiums. Pittsburg pig Iron is definitely higher and large contracts are still under negotiation between the Bessemer producers and the leading consumers. Coke con tinues to move a little more freely, yet prices are fully sustained. In the markets for textile products there Is a distinctly firm tone. Labor troubles and the high position ot raw cotton are both factors of strength, while mills have orders that will oc cupy their full capacity for some time. Although quotations are nominally without change, the scarcity ot avail able supplies makes it a simple mat ter t hold prices. Export inquiry for sheeting and drills has increased, but makers insist on higher prices than are offered in many cases. It is between seasons for woolen goods, and there is the usual quiet, except where buyers are anxiously looking for goods to replace deliveries, inter rupted by tbe strike at Olneyvllle and vicinity. No improvement is recorded in conditions at footwear shops In New England, where only the larger manufacturers are. able to keep going. Prices of shoes are unchanged, although buyers are holding back for better terms. Leather bas steadied under large purchases of sole and belt ing butts, with the additional support of heavy exports. Domestic hides again average lower. Widely diverg ent views as to the crop outlook re sulted In a dull market for the cereals and only small changes In prices. Wheat receipts tor tbe week were but 2.074,699 bushels, against 3.357,135 last year, while exports from all ports of the United States amounted to 3.305.070 bushels, compared with the customary loss In receipts ot corn: 1,580,505 bushels comparing with 1.602,027 a year ago, but Atlantic exports wer only 204,350 bushels, against 3,064,891. Failures In the United States this week were 17 against 195 last year, sad $3 in Cana da against 2 last year. r 1
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