NO TIME FOR PRISONERS. Major Testified That Commanding Officer Said 8amar Wat to Be Mad Howling Wilderness. Major Littleton W. T. Waller, of the Marine Corps, at the session of the court-martial, at Manila, Philippine Islands, by which he was being tried on the charge of executing natives of Samnr without trial, testified Tues day In rebuttal of the evidence given by General Jacob H. Smith, who com manded the American troops la the Island of damar. The Major said General Smith instructed him to kill and burn, and said that the more he hilled and burned the better pleased he would be; that It was no time to take prisoners, and that he was to make Samar a howling; wilderness. Major Waller asked General Smith to define the age limit for killing, and he replied: "Everything over ten." The Major repeated this order to Captain. Porter, saying: "We do not make war In that way on old men, women and children. Captain D. D. Porter, Caplnln Hiram I. Hearss and Lieutenant Frank Halford, all of the Marine Corps, testified corroborative ly. The defense requested that a subpena be served on the Adjutant General, demanding the production of the records of the massacre at Palan Riga of the detachment of tho Ninth Infantry, In order to refute the state ment of General Smith to the effect that the attack on the troops was made according to the laws of war. The request was granted. CELLULOID EXPLODED. Fire In Railroad Station Destroys Sixty-Five Trunks. A fire at the Market street depot on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Newark, N. J., started from an explosion of a case of celluloid left standing near the steam pipes. The Adams Express Company's offices at the southern end of the station and the baggage room adjoining were gutted. Sixty-five trunks were burned. Indiana Want Work. Agent Blngenhelmer, of Standing Rock, sends out an announcement from Bismarck, N. D., to the effect that there are 534 able-bodied Indians on the reservation who desire to work as day laborers at any kind of work. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The President nominated James R. Garfield, of Cleveland. O., to be a Civil Service Commissioner. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations agreed to dispose of the French reciprocity treaty at the next session of the committee. The report that Minister to China Conger is to be retired and a new man appointed Is practically con firmed at the State Department. ..Fire on the water front Saturday 'destroyed the plant of the American Ice Company and several other build ings In Washington, causing a loss of 160,000. Generals de Russy. Burt and Sher idan, who were con Armed Friday as Brigadier Generals, have applied for retirement and will be retired In a few days. The enlisted force of the navy is Increased 8,000 men by the naval ap propriation bill reported In, the rough by the sub-committee to the House Naval Committee. The House Committee on Agricul ture, In order to expedite the bill's passage, decided to recommend ac ceptance of the Senate amendments to the oleomargarine bill. Major O. L. Prudon, Assistant Sec retary to the President, has been re moved to Garfield Hospital for treat ment for organic heart trouble. He is In a dangerous condition. Secretary Root Tuesday sent an answer to the House resolution ask ing for all facts as to the conduct of the transport service between San Francisco and the Philippines. , Colombia has increased her Import duties on all merchandise except alco hol and rum by B0 per cent, accord ing to a report to the Stnte Depart ment from United States Consul Malmros, at Colon, dated March 25. Major General S. B. M. Young re ported at the War Department Wed nesday and was assigned to dutv as President of the Army War College to be established at Washington. The War Department has received copies of a general order of General Wood directing the abandonment of the military post of Ouantanamo, Cu ba, a step toward withdrawing from the island. To perfect the act for civil govern ment of Puerto Rico, which he be lieves defective, owing to the devel opments in the Igleslas case, Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill of rights for that island. Tk. e..n n - v DDiiBtv vuniiuuiee on iviiiirni-v Affairs authorized favorable reports on the nomination of Brigadier Gener al Tobert P. Hughes to be Major Gen eral una uoioneis Isaac De Russey Andrew S. Burt and Michael V. Sherl dan to be Brigadier Generals. The President has notified Secretary Shaw that Frank P. Sargent will suc ceed T. V. Powderly as Commissioner General of Immigration: that William Williams succeeds Fitchle at New York, and that Joseph Murray will una oweeney s place tnere. Tne State Department has received me roiiowing cauie dispatch from Con. i McWaUe at Canton, China: "Gov- ei -o, Tang informs me that the rebels iu.Kuang He have been defeated and are being pursued by the imperial troops.. Our missionaries are safe." The Civil Service Commission has come out as a champion for - tho rights of women to employment. Pref erence now la generally given to men in tne departments. The Commit' ion has issued a letter to the beads U departments about this unjust dla- crimination. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Cuban Reciprocity. The Senate Tuesday adopted the rule providing that no Senator In de bate shall Impute to any other Sena tor unworthy conduct or motive, nor refer offensively to any State, The Chinese exclusion bill was taken tip and a telegram was rend from Clans Spreckcls and 35 other business men of San Francisco, declaring that the exclusion of legitimate Chinese mer chants would be gross Injustice. The Chinese exclusion bill passed by the House was referred to the Immigra tion Committee. The House Tuesday began the de bate on the Cuban reciprocity bill. When Mr. Payne, New York, Chair man of the Ways and Means Commit tee, moved to go Into committee of the wholo to take up the bill, the op position showed their fighting teeth. Mr. Tawney, Minnesota, demanded to know upon what theory the bill was privileged, and Speaker Henderson sustained Mr. Payne'a contention that It was privileged because It affected revenue. Mr. Payne's motion was carried by a vote of 177 to 80. Exclusion and Reciprocity. The Committee on Immigration Wednesday reported favorably to the Senate the Chinese exclusion bill passed by the House. Mr. Galllnger, New Hampshire, Mr. Foraker. Ohio, Mr. Turner, Washington, Mr. Dilling ham. Vermont, spoke briefly on the merits of the bill. The discussion on the Cuban reci procity bill was continued In the House Wednesday, 8tate Election Laws. The session of the Senate Friday was consumed In debating the ques tion of election of Senators by popu lar vote. Mr. Teller, Colorado, spoke In favor of the Chinese exclusion bill. In the House Friday Mr. Watson stated state after a careful canvass he was positive that when the attempt was made to overrule the chair In order to make way for an amendment to aholUh the differential on refined sugar the chair would be sustained. It Is conceded that the fate of the bill hinges upon the Question of over ruling the chair. NEW ENGLISH POST. British Camp at Lathrop, Mo., Now Commands Attention. Major J. Moore, in charge of the camp at I.athrop, Mo., said Tuesday that since last May 120,000 horses and mules had been shipped to South Africa from Lathrop to be used by the British army. Two hundred men are employed. Lieutenant General Sir Richard Campbell Stewart, K. P., was in I.athrop to Investigate the charge that the British funds were being wasted In the purchasing de partments. Ten officers of the Brit ish army are Btatloned there. The British government haa invested more than $1,000,000 In land and improve ments there In the name of two Amer ican horse dealers. The fact that the British army has such a camp In Missouri has been called to the atten tion of Governor Dockery and tele grams have been sent to the Congress men from that State. GLASS ORDER PLACED. Jobbers Will Receive 500,000 Boxes from Manufacturers. An order for 600,000 boxes of win dow glass was placed Wednesday In New York by the National Window Glass Jobbers' Association with the American Window Glass Company and the Federation Window Glass Com pany at an advance of 13 per cent, over the last order of the Jobbers. The Jobbers first asked for an order of 750.000 boxes. They were offered 300,000. then 400,000 and finally an agreement for &oo,ooo boxes was made. An order was placed at 88 per cent, oft regular list, which is the samo as an advance of 13 per cent, over tho last sale and 20 per cent, on double and 15 per cent, on single over the May and June sales of the Independent Glass Company. The last order of the Jobbers was for the same number of boxes. The two sales bring the total for this fire by the jobbers to an even million boxes. PROGRESS OF CREED COMMITTEE Has Completed 8even Articles of the New Statement. The Presbyterian Committee on the revision of the creed on April 11. in session at Washington. 1). C. com pleted the article on "The Grace of God," which is to form a part of the brief statement of doctrine to be pre pared for the action of the general assembly. Seven of the articles of this statement have been completed those relating to God. the divine purpose, the creation, the revelation, election, sin and the grace of God leaving about 10 to bo prepared. Looking for Leonard Case Heirs. M. J. Dunham, of Mlddletown, N. Y.. has been In Westchester county, N. Y looking up heirs of Leonard Case, Jr., who at his death iu Cleveland, 20 years ago, left an estate of more than t8.000.uno. Fisherman's Luck, O. Nodenlca, a poor fisherman at Lacross, Wis., picked up a clam on a sandbar Friday, in which he found a pearl that he immediately sold for 11,600. Big Locomotive Order. Contracts were let by the Burling. ton management at Chicago, Friday, for the construction of 60 locomotives, which will cost 1850,000. All the en glnes ordered are of the consollda tlon type and will be for the freight service. Must Stand Trial. Tho nrAsa committee) ar Manila Phlllnnlnea. had an interview with Acting Governor Wright with refer ence to the arrest (or sedition of the dltor ot jrraaaoni. EUGENE f. WARE SUCCEEDS EVANS PENSION COMMISSIONER President Roosevelt Treats Office 8eekert to a 8urprlte by Nam ing Kansas Man, The President surprised nearly every one In Washington Friday when he announced that he had selected Eu gene F. Ware, a Topeka lawyer, to succeed H. Clay Evans as Commis sioner of Pensions. The Kansas dele gation In the House, with one excep tion, was specially surprised, as it had at a meeting a few days ago united In Indorsing ex-Representative Richard Blue, of Kansas, for Pension Commissioner. Representative Cur tis went to the White House Friday to Inform the President of this nctlon and to nsk that a time be fixed when the delegation could present their ar guments In behalf of Mr. Blue's ap pointment. The President cut his callers short by stating that he had decided on Mr. Ware for Pension Com missioner. The selection is regarded as a curious one. While Mr. Ware has the reputation of being probably the ablest lawyer In Kansas and has a good record as a soldier, he has not been Identified with the soldier element. Mr. Ware was born at Hart ford, Conn., In 1841. He enlisted In the Civil War from Iowa, finally becoming Captain. He also saw serv ice In the Indian Wars, and In these campaigns was badly wounded. After leaving the army he moved to Fort Scott. Kan., and In 1871 was admitted to the bar. He was. a member of the State Senate. He is the authur of many sketches, pamphlets and legal essays, and under the nom de plume, of "IronqulU" has written a num ber of poems. PRISON 8ENTENCE FOR MOST. Anarchist's Plea Did Not Help Him In the Supreme Court. The Appellate Division of the Su preme Court at New York Friday af firmed the conviction of Johann Most on a charge of printing In his news paper, "The Frehelt," an Improper, article entitled "Murder vs. Murder.", at the time of the assassination of President McKlnley. Most was sen tenced to a year's imprisonment. Re garding his contention that the Consti tution gave him the right to publish the article, the court said: "The Constitution does not give to a citizen a right to murder, nor does It give to him the right to advise the commis sion of that crime by others. What It does permit Is liberty of action only to the extent that such liberty does not Interfere with or deprive others of an equal right." IN MITCHELL'S HANDS. Ordering Strike of Miners Rests With National President. The National Executive Board of the United Mine Workers, after a week's session in Indianapolis, lnd., adjourned Saturday without making public the policy adopted regarding the anthracite coal field trouble further than to announce that the matter has been left in the hands of President Mitchell and the anthracite district officers, pending the result of the negotiations of the civic federa tion committee. It is Intimated that preparations have been made for a general strike immediately after the expiration of the ,'io-day truce between miners and operators, April 27. If the operators refuse to make terms. An other effort is to be made to get a conference with the WeBt Virginia operators before a strike shall be de clared. TO PARDON CUBANS. Order Is Issued Shortening Terms of All Prisoners. An order granting partial pardon to all those undergoing life or shorter sentences has been published at Ha vana. The pardons vary from one quarter to one-half of the penalties Imposed. All persons who are await ing final decisions by the Court of Ap peals must withdraw their appeals In order to benefit by this order. This order also clears up all doubt regard ing pardon for offenses committed in connection with the war. DIAZ TO LEAVE MEXICO. President May Resign and Make His Home in Europe. It is stated on high government of ficial authority at Mexico City. Mexi co, that President Porflrlo Diaz will secure a vacation of six months from Congress and leave about June 1 for Europe and that he will probably re sign the Presidency about the end of the vacatlou period. President Diaz has large financial interests iu France,1 which he will give bis personal at tention. Objections Filed to McKee's Will. Steps were taken Friday in Phlla delphla, by the children of the late Colonel John Mch.ee, the colored mil llonalre, to prevent the execution, of the will. New York Salaries Cut The Board of Estlmato of Greater New York Tuesday adopted a resolu tion to cut the city salary list 10 per cent., exclusive of the uniformed po lice and firemen and school teachers. Those receiving very small salaries and veterans of the Civil War are not to be affected. Rockefeller Offers (125,000. i Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, President of the Board of Trustees of delpbl College, Brooklyn, N. Y announced that John D. Rockefeller baa given to the college $125,000, on condition that the friends of the Ins. tltutlon will contribute an equal amount, to be paid within on year from July 1. INDEMNITY DECISION. Comptroller of the Treasury Makes Rulings on the Disposition of Money from China. An opinion was rendered Saturday at Washington. D. C, by the Comp troller of the Treasury In relation to the, Indemnity to be paid by China on account of the Boxer uprising to the commission of bankers appointed by the powers, under the provisions of the final protocol to receive and di vide the same. He holds that not un til after the Indemnity Installment due the United States Is actually te ceived by the International banking corporation, which Is representing the United States on the commission, will It be entitled to receive Its commis sion for collecting the money, and further that until such time interest In favor of the United States does not begin; the disposition of the money cannot be controlled, nor can accounts be rendered therefor. In all matters affecting the scaling of the claims of the powers, the propor tionate share of each and the allow ance of Interest to China, he holds that they properly belong to the Sec retary of State for diplomatic or In ternal administration. FOULKE WILL INVESTIGATE. Breaking of Civil 8ervlce Rules In Chi cago and Terre Haute, Civil Service Commissioner Foulke will begin nn Investigation at Chica go April 19 of the charges recently filed that the Chicago l'ostoffice was being conducted Iu a partisan way. Mr. Foulke also will Investigate charges that Collector of Internal Rev enue Bonnell at Terra Haute, lnd., and his predecessor, Mr. Henry, both gave political preference In the assignment of work, and that the present collec tor was connected with the collection of funds for political purposes. LATEST NEWS NOTE8. Samuel Van Stavern was hanged at Camden, N. J., for the murder of his wife. Property to the value of 1 100,000 was destroyed by fire In Chicago, Sat urday. President Roosevelt was enthuslas Ically welcomed to Chraleston, S. C Tuesday. St. John's military school at Man- llus, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $125,000. Three men were reported killed and others Injured In a wreck on the Chi cago Great Western at Relnbeck, la. The tin workers of New York and vicinity, who went on strike several days ago, voted to continue to strike?. The United States Steel Corpora tion expects to get through this year without encountering any labor trou bles. James Brown was Instantly killed by William Pulley at HopkliiBVllle, Ky. Pulley was badly hurt In the fight. The United States Tube Company. of Buffalo, was incorporated at Al bany, N. Y., with a capital of $1,000.. 000. J. Sterling Morton, former Secre tary of Agriculture, Is seriously ill at the residence of his sou, In Lake For est, 111. The Western Maryland Railroad question will be taken out of commit tee's hands and fought out in Balti more Council. It is Btated that the loan of $5,000, 000 to be raised by Koreo will be financed in the United States Instead of Japan. Thomas W. Smith died In Chicago from Injuries Indicted liy strike pickets at the Allls-Cliulmers mu chine works. The scarcity and high price of American meat bus compelled many dealers iu Birmlnghum, Eugluud, to close their shops. Negroes and whites clashed In the heart of the Tenderloin district New York. Twelve or fifteen of the former were badly beaten. General MacArthur told the Senate Committee American possession of the Philippines Is absolutely essential to guard United Slates Interests in the Orient. It Is announced that tho Pennsyl vania Interests will soon acquire pos session of the allied Plant and Atlan tic coast line systems. Prof. Joseph M. Miller, a Detroit music teacher, confessed to having killed MIks Carrie Jenuett, a pupil, to avert impending disgrace. About 50 per cent, of the flour mill capacity of Minneapolis, Minn,, wlil be Idle for an Indefinite time until conditions shnll improve. Exchange of shots between a Nor folk and Western conductor and a pas senger who had no ticket resulted in the death of the passenger. In a fight between officers and des peradoes at lirnggs, 1. T., four men are reported killed and Beven wound ed, among them a noted outlaw. Governor Yates, of Illinois, honor ed tho requisitions of Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, for the extradition of Anthony Mlscamlge and Joseph Machutls. alias Joseph Matzuta, want ed In Wllkesbarre, Pa. The vote on the educational bill In the Lower House of the llelchsrath, at Vienna, Austria, Weduesday pre cipitated a riot betweeu the Czechs and (Hrnian Radicals, There was a noisy demonstration lasting halt an hour, resulting iu the sitting being suspended. The Tariff Committee of the Fed eral House of Representatives, Aus tralia, has fixed the duty on cotton and linen piece goods at C per cent, ad valorem. Steamer Acorn, owned by the Mo nongabela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company capsized in the Ohio river Wednesday. Two men were drowned. John W. Gates, backed by Charles M. Schwab, H. C. Frlck and others, baa succeeded In buying a controlling Interest In the Louisville aud Nash ville Railroad. Will ORDERED Oil II BEEF TRUST. TAKEN INTO U. S. COURT President Roosevelt Instructs District Attorney to Proceed and Indict Kansas City Packers. It was known at Kansas City, Mo., Sunday that the Attorney General of the United States has telegraphed In structions to Major Warner, the Fed eral District Attorney, to at once pre pare to dissolve the beef combine and to Indict the members of It, and that a federal grand Jury has beenn sum moned. Major Warner positively de clined to make any statement In tho premises. The legal representative of a packer was snld to have been no tified that such action was contem plated In Washington. "We were told," said he, "that every one of the Kansas City. Chicago and Omaha packers would be taken before the grand Jury and afterward Indicted. The trouble Is over the rise In the price of meats. Reduced to the point of view of a retailer, meats are cost Ing double what they did a year ago. It has hurt tho dinner pall, and the President Is Interested. There is no trust. A tariff Is maintained by the packers under which none cuts, just as railroads make and stand by freight and passenger tariffs; but there Is no trust In the sense of profit sharing." A large retail dealer said: "We think there Is a trust. No butch er is allowed to slaughter his own cnttle. If he does a butcher shop will start up next door to him and ho will And himself undersold on every thing he offers for sale. It Is this treatment which compels all of us to buy from the packers, and all packers charge the same price.'' When a private telegram from Wash ington was shown to the United States District Attorney, saying he had received orders direct, he de clared: "I haven't a word to say." The sen'nr member of a law firm with which Major Warner does much busi ness confirmed the private dispatch and added: "The United States Commissioner has been cautioned t) select his grand Jury this time with the utmost care. The intimations to Warner Is that President Roosevelt it making this his personal fight for the 'full dinner pall.' Packers are said to be making 100 per cent, on the money they turn over." GOVERNOR TAFT GOING TO ROME Will Consult With the Authorities on Removing the Friars. Governor Taft has impressed very strongly upon the President and Sec retary of War that the question of get ting rid of the friars Is of vital conse quence to peace In the Philippines, and that It is necessary to deal direct ly with Rome. It has been decided that Governor Taft should stop at Rome on his way to the Philippines, to consult with the church authori ties and see if It would not be pos sible to come to some agreement on behalf of the Philippine government. The United States government does not wish to do Injustice to the friars by taking away their lands without compensation, but it recognizes that, although the Christian Filipinos lire practically all Catholics, they are a unit In demanding that the friars leave the Islands. LOSING THEIR AIM. Seventeen Kentuckians Meet One Dead and One Fatally Wounded. News reached Croftsvllle. Ky., of a general light on Boone. Mountain, in which John Elklns, Jr., aged 19, whs killed and William Fleming probably fatally wounded. Two others are said to have been wounded. Seven teen men took part In the shootlni;. the trouble grew out of a trial in a magistrate's court. Special officers have been Bworn iu to keep the peace. GANGPLANK BREAK8. Fifteen Persons Thrown Into North River at New York. Fifty persons had narrow escapes from drowning Sunday In New York when a gangplank leading to a float nt the foot of West Forty -seconl street broke In two, throwing 15 men and women Into the North river, 20 Into launches and rowboats beneath the gangplank and 15 upon the flout. It was 15 minutes, however, before the lust person was taken from the liver. Many had sustained Injuries about the heud and bodies. The ma jority were relatives and friends of the Auiitrlan officers. An Appeal from Governor Sayres. Governor Sayera. of Texas, has In vestigated the conditions which pre vail in Zitputa county and Issued an appeal calling on the people of Texas to extend relief to thut section "on account of the very severe and pio traded drouth which hns prevailed." Roosevelt Increases His Policies. President Roosevelt, since he be came Chief Executive, has become one of the most heavily Insured men In the United Stutes. He has taken out a policy for $3o.ooo iM one of the big Insurance companies, besides continu ing policies for smaller amounts. Major Waller Acquitted. Major Waller was acquitted by court-martial in Manila on the charge of executing natives without giving them a trial. Monster Ferry Boats. R. R. Metheany. of Grand Rapids, and Daniel W. Kaufman, of Marquet te, have awarded to the American Shipbuilding Company a contract for the building of two 30-car ferries, to coKt approximately $1,000,000. Tho ferries are lo bo 400 feet long and the most powerful on the lakes. Cathedral Collapsed. At the close of the celebration of a grand mass at Madrid, Spain, Sun. day, the tower of the Crtthedral of Clenta collapsed FIVE MILLIONS ASKED. Relief Committee limies Appeal In Behalf of Boer Sufferer Check Payable to President. The Oovernnor Yates Boer Rellel Fund Committee, of Chicago, havo Issued the following appeal to the public: "Governor Yates, of Illinois, haa appointed the undersigned a com mittee to collect funds for the un fortunate Inmates of the South Afri can reconcentrado camps, and Presi dent Roosevelt has recently accepted from us $5,000, which he has forward ed by cable to the American Consul at Cape Town, South Africa, for dis tribution In the camps. The entire population of the two South African republics at the beginning of the war was less than one-tenth that of the population of Cook county. 111. This handful of people have for 80 months been at war with soldiers gathered from all over the world by Oreat Britain. For more than one year the women and children have been herded In reconcentrado camps, be ing thus deprived of all means of self support. They are now totally de pendent. One-half of the children are dead; but there Is still time to help the other half. The mortality among the women has also been frightful. We desire to collect 6.000,000 checks and drafts of $1 each, from all parts of the United States, payable to Theodore Roosevelt, to be presented to him as a petition for such aid as he may be able to render these people, and as a practical and beneficial demonstration of the sym pathy of the people of America for these reconcentrado camp sufferers. These checks and drafts should be sent to Peter Van Vllsslngen, 172 East Washington street, Chicago. Edward F. Dunne, Carter H. Harrison, Peter Van Vllsslngen." ISLANDS FULL OF IRON. Capitalist Makes Great Mineral Dis covery In Alaskan Archipelago. The most Important mineral discov ery on the Pacific coast since gold was discovered in California has been made during the last 60 days. It is the finding of an Iron ore district, com parable to that at the head of Lake Superior, on numerous Islands of British Columbia and Southeasteru Alaska, Great bodies of hematite, magnetic and specular ore have been uncovered. , Year Without Government. Chief Justice Burford, of the Ter ritorial Supreme Court, at Guthrie, ukla.; has rendered a decision hold Ing that the recent city elections at Chandlers. Lawton and other new cit ies are void. The decision maintains that only the regular elections next year will be legal. CABLE FLASHES. Lord Klmberley, the great Liberal leader In England, died Tuesday, ' The son of Yang Yu, former Chi nese minister to RusBla, committed suicide In St. Petersburg, whither he had gone to take home the body of his rather. Consul Campbell, at St. Petersburg. Russia, has gone to the United State. declaring he Intends to place his resit; nation in the hands of Secretary of State Hay. The cholera situation In Manila continues much the samo, but con ditions In the provinces grow alarm. Ing. The total In Manila up to date is 24j cases and 1H2 deaths. In the provinces there havo been 418 cases and 318 deaths. The English admiralty has awarded the British tank steamer Lackaman na $30,001) for salvaging the Ieyland steamer Fhlladelphlnn In February The Phlludelphlan broke her tall shaft at sea and was towed into Queenstown by. the Lackawanna, The Norwelgan ship Thor. Cap tain Andresen, from Savannah, No vember 20. for Glnsguw, and the Ital ian bark Maria Maddalena, Captain Giirlbaldi, from Mobile, August 2, for Hosarlo, have been posted at Lloyds, KUKland, as missing. Major Waller, being court-martialed at Manila, addressed the court Friday, citing Ave noted precedents to Itistl- fy his treatment of fiends who revel In blood and have an appetite for wanton sacrilege of the human body; Major Mailer's acquittal Is expected, The Belgian government Friday threatened martial law unless rioting ceases and at the samo time makes concession by deciding to allow discussion as to the advisability of revising the constitution regarding the question of universal suffrage. The Tariff Committee of the Relchs tag of Prussia, fixed the duty on dried nnples and pears at 10 marks, on dried plums of all sorts at 10 marks If loose, and at ij marks if packed All other dried fruits were taxed 8 marks per double hundred weight. Ten battalions of English and Scutch militia are to be embodied in Kngland and sent to Ireland within a month to apply the coercion act. Lord Londonderry, the Postmaster Gener al, threatened to resign from the Cab). net unless active measures were taken to circumvent the United Irish League. The Tai Iff Committee of the Reichs tag, oi' Prussia, fixed the duties on horses of tho value of 3o to 1.000 markB, to pay a duty of 90 marks; value ut from 1,000 to 2,500 marks, 180 marks: above 2.jO0 marks, 300 murks. Stallions under 2 years o( age. in murks, and older btallions, 20 marks duty. The condition of Queen Maria Hen. rlettu, ut Belgium, Is reported to bo very serious. She Is suffering from heart disease, which Is entering upon the dropsical stage. Three doctors liHve been summoned to Spa, in the province of l.lege, to bold a consultft' tlon. Tho government commission ap pointed iu Norway to report upou sub- murine boats haa declured in favor of the Holland type. The minority expressed the opinion that submarine boats were not sufficiently developed to Justify their Introduction Into th Norwegian uavy. YHB MAHKBTS. PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. WhMt-No. I red : fi Rr No. t en , 7 Corn-No. yellow, rar 6M V.H So. II fellow, iUelled ftllj rU Ixed ear si fii Oat-Mo. I white ......... .. 4SH 4 lo. I whit 4H 4fU Floor Winter patent S 05 4 oo l"ucy trnlgnt winters lit 70 Uay No. lUinothr .14 M til 00 t'lflVMP Nn I in 91 Ml Ml Feed-No- f white iiilij.' ton. ' oo HI 0(1 Sivwn mmniiun .10 no w raa. I. tO U ' straw ivaei".!i;j.'.!'.!";;;!'.;!!!.'. 7 00 7 w w I mm Dairy Products. Buttar-Klgin creamery a ti Ohio creamer? SO S0M KanvT lounlrr roll 0 l Chec.e Ohio, new 18 ISM Kw lurk, new II lH Pe'ultry, Ete. Bern-tier lb a It It I hluKent draaied ... , 14 1 al-r. una Ohio, ireah n4j Fruits and Vegetable. Oreen Bean per bnahel 2 M S 00 Potato Fancy whit r ius W i labbage per l,n 18 00 SO 00 Unlona par barrel a UU S3 BALTIMORE. Flour-Winter Patent 13 99 4 IS Wheat No. I red 7S 7H Lorn mlz4 IHttj MH Eli li is butter Oblocraiurr. SI n PHILADELPHIA. Flour-Wlntr Patent .3 80 ' 400 Wtat-No, rd tH 88 Oorn No. 2 mixed fi-m 6.1 Oat No. t wblie W (0)4 Butter -Creamery, eitra .. ... 81 IU Penuaylraul urate VH 1 NEW YORK. Flour-rat nt ,t $1 W 4 05 Wbat-No. Urd ! fM torn-No. t 6j 67t Oat No, 1 Willie 47 4 buttcr-t'raatuarr l ' hltft-maieauu feuuaylranla IK 14 LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yarda, East Liberty, Pa. Cattle. frlm heavy, l.'iOOto 1600 lb $179 Frlu.e. 1300 to 1400 Iba 6 60 Meillum, IM0 to 1100 lb I 30 I at balieni loo Biilcber. V00 to 1000 lta 140 Common to fair. 4 50 Uieu, common to at SOU Common tofood lat bull and cow I Ml Bun a cowa, eacn iow titra uiIKh cow, each ... 17 Ml Hogs. Prime medium weight T SO Beet heave vorkera anil medlntn... 7 1A Uood to cboloa packer 6 70 Ootd plara and light forkars 7 00 rlga, common to good 6S5 frime heavy bog 7 SO Common to fair 6 00 Hougna 6 60 tttag 4 SO Sheep. Extra, medium wathara. I 100 Oooil to choice I M medium ...: 4 w Common to fair 'i Lambs. Lamba clipped - T Lamba, good tooholoe, llpped... 6 Lamlia. common to fair, oiiuoad... 6 Spring Lamba TOO Calves, Veal, itra , toi Veal, good to choice 400 Veal, common heavy 4 00 Veal, common to fair tM DISTRIBUTION RETARDED. Labor Troubles and Wet Weather the Only Check on Business Pig Iron Brings $16.50. R. O. Dun & Co.'a Weekly Review of Trade says: Oood news predom inates In the business World notwith standing two somewhat serious draw backs. Weather conditions have been unsatisfactory at many points, retarding retail distribution and de laying outdoor work, while excessive rain put many aouthern planters be hind with work In the cotton fields. Still more of a handicap Is the atrlfe between wage-earner and employer. Manufacturing is exceptionally ac tive in lines not disturbed by strikers and there Is a vigorous movement of goods through regular channels. At the close of the week negotiations were concluded for a large sale of pig iron at $16.50, furnace, deliveries beginning In October and covering six months. This price la In line with the avowed conservative intentions of the leading Interests. Yet spot trans actions are reported at $1 higher quo tations whenever buyers are so fortu nate . ai to secure prompt shipment. Firmness In cotton goods naturally follows the combination of light stocks and the interruption of work at some mills, with threatened dis turbance at others, together with the higher price of raw material. In many lines it Is no longer possible to secure prompt deliveries, and buy ers have practically ceased to ask concessions. Large transactions have been effected for export, mainly of sheetings for China. Clothing buyers are seeking to secure woolen goods to substitute for deliveries retarded by the strike, but find the market heavily overbought and many lines withdrawn or-advanced In prices. Worsted manufacturers are busy and there la a noticeable inquiry for yarns. Footwear manufacturers nave se cured a little more business and shops mvu uceu evuitt iu kvuiu me reuuecu time that was feared. Quotations are rainy steady, and in the Jobbing trade there Is a greater demand for tan shoes than was expected. Leather is quiet after the recent activity. Dry hides have advanced. More anima tion has appeared In the speculative markets for staples. Fluctuations were more Irregular In corn, whlca broke sharply, but made a partial re covery, although still remaining be low the best price last month. Wheat moved within narrow limits, varying a fraction, according to the preponder ance of good or bad crop news. West ern receipts for the week were 1,722. 642 bushels, against 2,908.042 a year ago, and the total for the crop year la gradually falling back to last year's figures. Lower prices stimulated ex port! (or a time, but shipments of wheat and flour from all port of the United States during the week were only 3,849.970 bushels, against 4.976,- 810 last year, and Atlantic export of rnrn whfb nnlv lfill 01 hnahAla against 2,020,349 a year ago. , Coffee was depressed by excessive stocks and receipt, the spot price falling close to the low record. Failure for the week numbered 198 In the United States, against 30 last year, and 1 U Canada, against 24 last year. si if 90 Am leoo I 615 ' t 'J I 1 -is
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