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. '
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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.
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