FIRM WORKERS' DESPERIIE ME. EXTORTION AND ROBBERY. Bold Attempt to Extort Money by Threatening Lettere Land Them In Jail. A dating plot of extortion and rob bery was foiled by deputies at Oroton near Ithaca, New York. Harlow Casar and John Collins, two farm hand, were arrested after an exciting chase, during which ninny shots were flred and their horse hit. The object of the plot was the extortion nf $1 2,000 from former Assemblyman Den M. Conger, the bridge manufacturer of Oroton. An annonynious letter was sent to him, threatening hie life and that of his brother unless ha personally deposited $12,000 at a designated spot on August I. This letter was brought to the at tention of Sheriff Seaton. Mr. Conger wan Instructed to leave a bag filled with atuff to represent money at the designated spot at the hour named. At 11 o'clock Mr. Conger placed the bag at the corner of the shed an planned. His carriage then returned to Oroton. All around the shed were stationed the sheriff's men, who recognized Conger'a carriage by prearranged signals. A Salf hour passed when another wagon flrawn by a gray horse approached. It rarrled two men, one of whom alight ed and went to the spot where the bag had been left. He stooped to pick It up when a shot flred from within the barn gave the signal. A dozen guns opened Are. The man crouched at first, then made a bold dash for the wagon, which be reached and drove off. The deputy sheriffs followed, but lost trace of them. Tne sheriffs then went down the road to Casar's house. They visited the barn and found that the horse was bleeding. Then they went to the house and arrested Casar and Collins and placed them in Jail to await a bearing. UNCLE 8AM LOSES MONEY. Auction Ships' Stores for Thirty Times Less Than They Cost. ' All property condemned by the gov ernment upon tne abandonment of the West Indian transport service a year ago was disposed of by auction at New York. The sale took place on the United States transport Sedgwick. The goods, which included an im mense quantity of ships' stores, sup plies and accessories, were Knocked down at a price 30 times less than that paid by the government. Among the articles were two lce-maklng plants, 2,000 Iron bedsteads, silverware, china glassware, desks and safes. Strike Begins All Over, The machinists of the Allis-Chal-mere Company, Chicago, 111, who were on strike for the greater part of a year, and returned to work Juno IS, are out again. The trouble originated through the determination of the union men to force all the" non-union men from the shop. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. President Roosevelt rewarded the winning gunners on the Mayflower Vith cash pilses. The date of the official trlat of the jew battleship Maine has been jhanged to tiie week beginning August .8. The board of ordinance and fortifi cation has decided to make a suf ficient allotment of funds to continue preparation and test ot wlrewcund guns. A dispatch from Panama, says the Colombian insurgent war vessels are in the bay. The government claims a Tictory in the battle at Agua Dulco, but this is not confirmed. Attorney Oeneral Knox presented to the President his approval of condi tions for the laying of a Pacific cable from San Francisco to Manila and China, and early construction is ex pected. Commander Potter cabled that he bad been informed that the governor of Panama contemplated seizing the British vessel Quito, and there being Do British warship at Panama, ha raked for instructions as to whet course to purine. A careful investigation Is being made at Manila into the army trans port service, it being suspected that systematic steal had been made in that branch of the quartermaster's department. Col. Clarence Edwards, chief ot the Insular bureau ot the war department, la preparing an answer to the letter, to the American people, puollEhed a few days ago by Charles Francis Ad ams and other anti-Imperialists. 'Surgeon L. M. Maua. TJ. S. A., re . ports that between March 20 and May 15 at Manila C98 Phlllpplnos, 71 morae, la Americans ana 1U tsngllsn men have diod from cholera.. A (tu bs de has been started against flies which carry the germ. C. F. W. Neeley, who was convicted of Cuban postal frauds and afterward granted amnesty by the Cuban legis lature has applied to the attorney gen eral to be reimbursed for the money found in his possession at the time of bis arrest, amounting to $6,234. Thlecbuml Fixlco, Gosoflco, Ufotila Horlgo and James L. Cray, delegates ot the Creek Indlau tribe in Indian Territory, have brought suit to enjoin Secretary Hitchcock and Commission er of Indian Affairs Jones from exe cuting the Creeu agreement for allot ments. United States Minister King, at Bangkok. Slam, has Informed the stato department that the Siamese uprising is spreading. Nakawn bavlng been captured. Chlengm&l also Is threat' ened. Thirty-four Americans thought to do in danger are reported safe. The answer of Secretary Root to the petition of Miss Rebecca J. Taylor for -writ of mandamus to compel him to restore ber to a clerkship in the' war department has been filed. Ha con. tJnds that the action of the bead ot an gcutlve department Id respect to the ease la not subject to review or control kr a court of law. ROOSEVELT AND JACK TARS. i mil, i Enthuslastlo Over Work of Gunners and Gives Winning Crew Money. Encoursges Better Shooting. President Roosevelt participated on board the Mayflower In mimic war fare near Green port. Long Island. The maneuvers which the ship executed were precisely those which might have to be gone through In an active battle. The lllnpano American war demonstrated tne fact that too United States navy contained fine mnrksmen and the presence aboard the Mayflow er of President Roosevelt was evi dence of his desire personally and by every means In his power to foster and Improve this Important liranch of the work of the navy. After witness ing the work of tne crew of No. 9 gun the winners of tne contest he went personally to the gun pointer, W. J. O'Donnell. and shaking his hand cor dially, said: "You did well; excel lently." In an embarrassed manner O'Donnell touched the forelock and really appeared as if he wished he had not done such fine work. Itrlefiy Mr. Roosevelt addressed the officers and men: "I wish to say a word to all the officers and enlisted men of my gratification at the show yon have made to-day. I hope this will be but the beginning of a practice which will make the Mayflower stand as the crack gunship of the navy. I am pleased wltu this showing you have mad, and I expect next time to see a material Improvement. It Is a credit to the navy as a whole when the crew of a single Bhlp does well. Every man who does well reflects credit up on the navy; every man who does badly reflects discredit upon It." When the four men comprising the winning crew. W. J. O Donnell. gun pointer: II. Crowley, G. C. Grimm A. W. Hit dehrand, had stepped forward by or der of Lieutenant W. W. Phelps, the executive officer, the President said: "I am very much pleased with the work you have done, and I want to say that If you keep up this record it will be difficult to And a better alx-poundnr crew In the navy. In the training of first-class gun pointers Is the solution of the problem of obtaining the high est efficiency of the navy." The fres- fdent then shook hands with the mem bers of the successful crew, and as be did so pressed a five-dollar bill into the palm of each, but giving $20 to the gun pointer, O'Donnell. Adverting later to his giving of prizes to the success ful gun crew the President announced that he was In correspondence with too Secretary of the Navy regarding the matter of offering prizes for spe cial excellence in gun pointing. He ueueves there is no better way to Im prove the marksmanship of naval gun ners than to excite among them frlondly emulation. HOW CUBA WAS AIDED. Some Facts Collectetd by the Bureau of Insular Affairs. The bureau of Insular affairs of the War department has prepared a state ment showing what the United btateg accomplished during the occupation of Cuba from the time the militia govern ment was established. July 18, j898 un til May 19. 1902. M the cloBe of hostili ties In Cuba, it Is stated, the country was In a stato of devastation and ruin. Sixteen custoniB houses and 300 post- offices were established. There were established a depaitmont of finance. presided over by a general treasurer and six provlnclul treasurers, one for each province. The number of school houses provided, nearly equal those In this country for a corresponding area. There was constructed a telegraph line connecting with the principal ci ties throughout the Island, and main tained by the United States Signal corps. Public roads were opened throughout the Island which with the construction and repair of bridges has ticen or Invaluable benefit to the In habitants. WITHOUT AN INHERITANCE LAW. The State of Minnesota Placed In a Curious Position. The State of Minnesota has no valid Inheritance law on its statute books. Judg3 Hunn. of the Ramsey county court, holds that the law of 1901 is unconstitutional, and decisions of other courts have found irreparable naws in the- laws of 1897 and" 1902. Judge Bunn's ruling may be appealed to the Supremj court for review. THE APPLE GROWTH. Number of Trees Has Increased to 210,000,000 Since 1890. At the conference of the National Apple Shippers' Association at Ro chester, N. Y., V. A. Toylor .pomolo glst of the United States Department of Agriculture, said that the total ot apple-bearing trees in the country is 210,000,000, an Increase of 75.000.000 over the number in 1890. He added that the apple-growing section has been shifted to west of the Alle ghaules. Addressed By Shaffer. President Theodore J. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association ot Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, addressed the Labelle tin workero at Wheeling advo cating the acceptance of tbe proposed ij- per cent, reduction upon the or uer of the Stundard Oil Company. A vote of the lodge wais taken and, while it was not made public, it is un derstood that it was favorable to the proposition. Troubls for Butchers. Dairy and Food Commissioner Cope, of Pennsylvatila, Is preparing to bring suit against several large Pittsburg meat dealers for alleged violation of the state pu-9 food law. In selling pre served meats. Train Held Up Train robbers held up the Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy limited two miles north of Bavanah, 111., about midnight Taesday. The express car waa blown up. mumm wanted bt. cuen l (( (ill f WILL ASK TWO LOANS. $4,000,000 to Aid Sugar Industry, and for Army $39,000,000. Yankee Fl nanelers Skittish of Plan. The Stale Department at Washing ton has received a rablo dispatch from Minister bquler giving the text of the loan bill passed by the Cuban senate. It authorizes the executive to negotiate a loan of $4,000,000 Ameri can gold at a minimum rate of Issue of 90 per cent, of the value thereof, payable In a period not exceeding 30 years and at a maximum rate of In terest of 6 per cent. Tbla loan is for relief of the sugar industry. The ex ecutive shall likewise negotiate within six months another loan ot $35,000,000 American gold on the aame basis ot lime limit, rate of Issue and interest as the first loan, from whlrh he shall set aside in bonds a sum sufficient for taking rare of the first loan, applying the cash to, first, the payment of the Indebtedness and obligations legitim ately contracted In benefit of the revo lution by the corps commander ot the liberating army after February 24, 1905, and prior to September 19 of the same year, and to the payment of the Indebtedness and obligations which the revolutionary government Itself, or through Its legitimate representa tives, may have contracted previously In foreign countries. Government of ficials In Washington are trying to figure whether or not .the proposed loan would be a violation of the Piatt amendment, which was adopted by the Cuban constitutional convention. Fi nancial Interests in New York were very skeptical respecting the possibil ity of floating a Cuban loan In this country. While a 6 per cent, bond, based on unquestioned security, might be marketed here-, the chances for a 5 per cent, bond, secured only by an uncertain revenue return, it Is thought would be slight Indeed. The chief con sideration appealing to Investors In such a loan would be the moral effect of having the United Slates govern ment, in a measure, behind It. That l, a Cuban loan approved by the ad ministration of the United States might receive support from American Investors, notwithstanding their dis inclination to taxe the bonds of any foreign country other than Great Bri tain, Germany, or some government of equal rank; but no loan, they say, over the legality of which there Is tni slightest dispute could be offered here with any chauce of success. 8AVED FROM THE OCEAN. Steamer Brought In a Disabled 8chooner With 65 Passengers. The steamer Bardegna. which ar rived in New York from Genoa, towed in tne small schooner Notice, which sailed from itiava. Cape Verde Islands on Juno 27 with 65 persons on board, including 11 women. On July 21. in latitude 34 longitude 04. a little east of the llermudns, the schooner was dlsabUd by a squall and drifted with the Gulf Stream, nearly out ot provisions and water. One night Plna. the mate, heard three blasts of Capt. Antonio Rema's whlBtle and rushed on deck, but the raptuln could not be seen, and It Is supposed that he jumped into the sea and drowned him self. On August 3 the Sardegna came in sight and took the schooner in tow. The passtngers of the Notice are Cape Verde Islanders and came here to find employment as fishermen. 8EVEN DIE IN FIRE. Disaster In Texas Hotel Claims Lives of Several Women. A fire In tho London Hotel at San tngelo, Tex., destroyed the structure entirely, burning seven people to a crisp and doing property damage of $75,000. The dead are: Mrs. Landon, wife of the proprietor of tbe hotel; Ed. I lend rick, ot Waco. Tex.: Mrs. Fowler, of Houston, Tex., and her grandson; Mrs. SchullmpBky ot Houston and two sons. All of tbe bodies that were recovored were fearfully charred and in no condition to be moved except In blankets. There were 75 people In tha house and all ot them got out safely with the exception ot the seven nam ed. LAKE 8TEAMERS COLLIDE. Panio on Deck, Part of the Crew Jumps Overboard. As a result of a collision on Lake Erie between the steamer City ot Ve nice, ore-laden, and the steamer So guln, a steel lumber vessel, off Ron deaux, Canada, the former vessol waa sunk and three lives lost, while sev eral other persons were more or less seriously injured. The drowned are Peter Stmondson, fireman; Thomas Flanlgan, deck hand; George Weir, watchman. Tbe Injured were John Sullivan. J. A. M'Dougat and Louis Hubecker. Many Drowned by Cloudburst. At Bloosburg, five miles west ot Raton, N. M., a cloudburst drowned tour persons. Mrs. Francesco Do mlngues aud three children, and a family of husband, wife and three children are reported drowned at Terceo. Monument to Lincoln's 'Mother. Tho monument erected over the grave of Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln, at Lincoln, Ind., will be dedicated on October 1. Col. Charles S. Denby, former mlnluter to China, will deliver the dedicatory ad dress. , Held for Bedall Death. The coroner's Jury which bas been Investigating tbe death of Joseph Be dall at Shenandoah, Pa., rendered a verdict holding "Joseph Paluwlcz, a butcher; Matthew Paularkas, a one armed saloonkeeper, and many other rioters unknown to the Jury," respons Ib.e for tbe killing. The men named in the verdict were locked up and other arrest will follow. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Secretary hoot bar aTrW'ed at CarU bad, Austria. The body of outlaw Tracy was burled at Salem, Ore. The number of new national banks continue to Increase. An official report says that of 1.005 cases of cholera in Mnnlla 600 patients died. Heavy wind and rain storm causes great damage In Kansas City and vic inity. A vllclng ship 49 feet long has been unearthed on the Island of Karmoe, Norway. Bishop James E. Qulgley, of Chicago announces that he does not want to be archbishop. A New Castle, Pa., in venter pro duces a cane that contains a sword, a dagger and a pistol. Fire at Port Au Prince, Haytl, de stroyed 60 bouses, causing damage estimated at $200,000. Senator James McMillan of Michi gan, died suddenly at Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., his summer home. A tornado at Carolina Beach, a re sort near Wilmington, N. C, wrecked a hotel, Injuring fourteen persons. George W. Fritz, of Newark, N. J., was elected president of the National Jobbing Confectioners' Association. Two towers of the varied Industries building being erected at the St. Louis World's Fair were wrecked by wind. The Prohibition State Convention of Michigan, nominated Walter 8. Weatertnan, of Adrian, for Governor. The Vatican Justs learns that inter ests in the friar land holdings In Phil ippines have been sold to private part ies. The International Christian Endeav or Union of the Society of Friends met In annual convention at Richmond, Ind. John T. 'Brush has sold his Cincin nati baseball team to a syndicate headed by Mayor Flelschmann tor $150,000. A Rio Grande train was hit by a wall of water near Florence. Col., and 300 excursionists bad a narrow escape from death. The President has made known the conditions tinder which rights will be granted to Commercial Pacific Cable Company. The Catholic Total Abstinence Union adjourned at Dubuque, la., to meet next year in Pittsburg, AuguBt 6, 6 and 7. Prince Chen says the empress of China sends her thanks to the Ameri can people for their friendly feeling to wards China. The University ot Chicago has called a special convention to confer upon President Roosevelt the degree of doctor ot laws. W. A. Scott, a Chicago millionaire, I". stabbed to death by W. L. Btebb Ings. a civil engineer. In a dispute over a bill for $3,000. Senator Hanna says hlfl remark In the Urbana speech about retiring from the Senate was not intended to be taken seriously. Gov. John Walter Smith, of Mary land, declined to honor the requisition ot Gov. A. J. Montague,' of Virginia, for Charles Knlpple. Northwestern railroad officials are to establish a school to instruct em ployes In first aid to the Injured, to help those hurt In wrecks. It Is reported at Chicago that Goulds' and Hock fellers' have formed an alliance between Chicago, Milwau kee and St. Paul and Missouri Paci fic. A commission of Ohio veterans has selected sites for the erection ot monuments and markers on the An tletam battlefield to the memory ot Ohloans. Brigadier General Frederick Funs ton, commander of the department of Colorado, is confined to his home by illness. His condition Is not at all alarming. Communication between Washing ton, D. C, and Annapolis, Md., bas been established by wireless teleg raphy tinder the auspices ot tbe navy department. All the stock exchanges In the Uni ted States were closed Saturday In honor of King Edward's coronation; the banks and grain exchanges were open as usual. Outlaw Tracey was cornered In a wheatfleld about 60 miles from Spo kane by citizens who wounded hi in, end tbe desperado committed suicide. The throng in Atlantic City la so unprecedented that Mayor Stay has ap pealed to private citizens to open their houses to accommodate the guests. Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary capture ! by brlgauds, lec tured before the largest crowd ever assembled at Winona, Ind., estimated at 9,000 people. Daniel Barry, 45 years old, fell from the dome of the city ball tower, at Philadelphia to the seventh floor, a distance of 98 feet, breaking every bone in his body. Aaron Halle was electrocuted In Sing Sing prison N. Y., for the murder ot Mary Brannlgan, whom he shot to death In a Now York store because she refused to marry him. John J. Conlff, attorney for the miners' organizers in prison In Par kersburg, W. V., will take an appeal from the decision of Judge Goff to the United States court of appeals. A new case was filed In the district court at Denver, Col., in the interest of John W. Gates against the Colo rado Fuel and Iron Company to per mit the inspection of its books. The bearing In tue Northern Paclflo merger case before Special Examiner Mable ot New York was adjourned for three days, at tho request of counsel for Camllle Weldunfleld, the broker. It Is reported In New York tnat the Westtnghouse Electrlo and Manufac turing company and tbe General Eleo trio company have made an agreement whereby competitive business will be divided. Fire In a building owned by the Michigan Central Railroad Company at Kalamazoo, Mich., cauaed a loss to the American Carriage Company of lou.QUO. nTTORNET GENERAt.. ASSAULTED. ATTACKED IN CAFE. Millionaires Asssil the Hesd of United States Legal Department at Atlantio City. Attorney General P. C. Knox was the victim of an assault ai Atlantic City, N. J., Thursday night In the care of one of the most aristocratic hotels. The trusts, against which Mr. Knox has been pitted, were the cause of the ottack on the Cabinet member. The three men who set upon Mr. Knox in the cafe were Charles T. Schoen, the multi millionaire of Philadelphia and Pittsburg; Theodore Cramp, a mem ber of the great shipbuilding firm of Philadelphia, and a Mr. Stevenson. also well Known In Philadelphia. At torney General Knox was knocked out In the argument not figuratively, but literally. He waa attacked by three men, and superior numbers defeated him. Mr. Stevenson is said to be the man who delivered the blow. The place of the occurrence was the cafe annex, adjoining the cafe ot the gar den, where there was a table of eight covers, all of which were occupied. The central figure at this table was Attorney General Knox, who had with him three other men and four ladies. They were enjoying a quiet dinner af ter a day of amusement. Mr. Knox and his party were well along with their repast when a carriage drove up to the hotel. Three men alighted, one with no little difficulty. The three men made their way Into the cafe annex and took aeats at a small table about 10 feet distant from that occupied by the Knox party. They began a lively conversation, apparently oblivious of tbe fact that at a nearby table were several women. The head waiter two or three times cautioned the men to be careful, but the talk would always break out afresh, even after Mr. Knox's presence was made known. At last the Plttsburger began to make disparaging remarks about the attor ney generals attitude toward the trusts. While Mr.. Knox was making a protest against the Intemperate lan guage he was being called names that startled everyone Within hearing. Then came a blow that landed fairly on the belt of the attorney general, who found himself opposed to three men all larger aud heavier than he. The blow staggered him against the wall. At that moment a half dozen waiters rushed In and Mr. Knox was speedily surrounded by his friends and no more blows were given. TO DRIVE OUT NEGRO LADOR. Old Fight Renewed In the Lumber District of Louisiana. 'ibe old fight In the lumber district of Grant and Winn parishes, Louisiana against the employment of negro labor In the sawmills bas broken out again and has resulted In the arrest of 75 white men. Including an ex-member of the Legislature, charged with try Ins to run out the negro labors em ployed at Dobsou's sawmill In Winn parish, on the Arkansas Southern rail road. Sheriff Ilalley learned that n mob of 75 white men was marching on tho mill and left for Dobson on a spe cial train with a posBe or. 40 armed men. Tbe mob was encountered and put tinder arrest with little difficulty. BANK TELLER ARRESTED. Charged With Embezzling $40,000 From a Colorado Bank. Leonard M. Dingle, former teller of the First Notional bonk of Aspen, Col orado, has been arrested In Denver, charged with embezzling $40,000 from the bonk. It Is said that bis pecula tions have been going on for some time, and that Dingle lost the money in gambling. It is also stated that the gamblers of Aspen have returned about $15,000 to the bank. FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES. Foreign Articles Are Not to Pay Tariff Mors Than Once. Secretary Shaw decided that free re-entry may be accorded to all articles ot foreign manufacture, pro vided the articles bo admitted have not been advanced in value or Im proved In condition while abroad. The articles should be registered with full description at the custom house on exportation, and a certificate Issued to the owner, and on their return they must be fully Identified as the articles exported. Heretofore the department has held that no matter how many times an article of foreign manufac ture was brought Into this country it must pay duty each time. 8teel Ralls From Europe. Tbe Union Pacific railroad has placed In Europe an order for 100,000 tons ot steel rails. Mills in this coun try are so rushed with orders that they could not promise delivery with in the time limit set by tho railway company. Big Brewery Fails. J. Herbert Ballantlne, of the brew ing firm ot Ballantlno tc Co., Newark, N. J., has assigned for $2,000,000 to John W. Crooks and John R. Hardin for tbe benefit of bis creditors. Mother and Two Children Burned. Mrs. Charles A. Adams nnd her two children were so- badly burned In a fire which destroyed their home at New Gretna, New Jersey, that Nellie, the eldest daughter, died. Mrs. Ad ams and the other child wore not ex pected to live. Ten Sailors Are Drowned. The steamer Virginia Lake returned to St. Johns, N. F., from Labrador and reports the fishers prospect to be ex cellent. The catch promises to be above the average. A Bchooner has gone aaliore at Farm Yard Islands and her crew of 10 were drowned. Struck Oil In Michigan. While digging for water at his home stead near Mass City, Mich, John Pearson uncovered a vein ot oil, which gushed out In large volume. fOLDlERJ "STfir PRACTICE. ' Four Men Now Charged With Killing Mine Watchman at Wllketbarre. Colorado Miners Contributed The fourteenth cite miners' strike began Monday. President Mitchell says the strikers are In good shape. Contributions to the relief fund are coming In from many quarters and the dissatisfaction which was first evinced over the dis tribution has disappeared and the strikers have settled down to whnt they believe Is going to be a nnicn longer siege man was first anticipated A 120.0011 rviiitrlliiitlnn fr,,i (ho ll.ih. erhood of Railway Trainmen Is expect ed within the next 10 days. It Is said ')u lodges will contribute $.".0 each. Other railway brotherhoods are ex pected to follow Blllt Tho llliallhmwt of the mine workers' strike continuing tor some considerable time at the an thracite region has led the officers and men of the National Guard In camp to believe they are in the field for a lung period. The, troops are whlllng away the time hv a-nlno thmiiad firia tlce, the high culm banks affording an excellent place for the targets. It was estimated that the total cost of the state for transnortntlon ami mnlninin. Ing the troops for the first 10 days mey nave been in the Held Is $35,000. ThlS InclllllPS the nir ,.f .fll,.ura .n,l men and cost of ammunition. Four men are in tne county Jail at Wilkes barre charged with the murder of Daniel Sweenev. tho mlna iiiin.n who was found dead In the roadway In Nantlcoke. District Attorney Jones went to the Jail and got statements from the three men wlm vara apnui. ed on the day of the tragedy, Michael hikko, josepn Bmitn and Ignatz Shtik le. Before the district attorney left the Jail he got Information enough to cause the arrest of Paul Tomchalk, a well-known resident of Nantlcoke. Warrants have I ipen Inanail fur tha nr. rest of 81 striking miners at Kings town, Luzerne borough and Edwards vllle, charged with rioting while doln? picket duty In the vicinity of the Woodward breaker of the Delaware, I-ackawanna ft Western Company's colliery. A Lackawanna official au thorizes the Hint eninnt that a ,.,,.,.. of miners have returned to work re cently. Two mines are In operation, under police brut pet Inti It l Kiaimaii and several washerles are alBo at worn, i ne coal miners of the North ern Colorado district In mass meet ing, voted to assess each man $1 a week for the benefit of the striking miners in tne anthracite district of rennsylvanla. " Michigan Mine 8trlke Ends. Tbe strike of the United Mine Workers of Michigan has l.een ,l,.ior. ed off, tbe various locals bavlng voted io accept ine scale submitted by the operators on July 2, and approved by President Mitchell with tbe amend ments relative to an R.hnnr ,in r... men above ground. CABLE FLASHES. DIav6lo, tho American blcycllsit, sus tained a terrinle fall while performing his act of "loo; Ing the loop" la Eng land. Ambassador White t many has mailed his resignation to President Roosevelt, to take effect early In November. An unconfirmed report from Lon don, England, savn Klmr 'h,,ini,,,. korn of Slam was assassinated In his piace ny a trusted attendant. Cholera Is spreading In Manchuria, Russia. With alarminir rnnMitv Tha deaths at Harbin on the Eastern China railway number between 100 and 130 dally. Former President Kruger ot tbi Transvaal republic bas left the Hague for Schevenlngen to visit former Presldont Steyn of the Orange Free Slate. The Coronation of King Bdwarl and Queen Alexandria, took place at Lon don, England, Saturday. The King presented the Osborne House, Isle of Wight to the Nation. Immediately after the coronation the Marquis ot Salisbury, of England, will go to France, where he will spend tho early winter. During November be will return to London to assist in work for the passage ct the euuca.ion al bill, which he originated. The Earl of Dudley, of England, bas been appointed lord lieutenant ot Ire land, Charles Thompson Richie Chan cellor of tho exchequer, and Aretas Akers-Douglass home secretary. The betrothal of Archduchess Ma rio Annonclade, of Austria, aud Duke Siegfried, of Bavaria, which was an nounced from Vienna, June 15, has been broken oft by mutual consent. The sudden death of General Lucas Meyer of heart disease Is announced at Brussels, Belgium. General Meyer was attacked several times with this Illness during the war In South Africa. During the discussion of the appro priation bill in the House of Commons England the Government was severely criticised by various members regard ing Its policy in Europo and in China. The Imperial yacht Hohenzolleren, with Emperor William on board, sail ed from Kell for Reval, Rusala, whoro his majesty is goins to pay a visit to the czar on the occasion of the Rus sian naval maneuvers. Considerable alarm was felt during King Alfonso's Journey from OvIeJo to I eon. Spain. While the train was in a tunnel near Llvares the door of tbe King's saloon suddenly opened and was broken off. The King convinced himself personally that tho occurrenco v.ns accidental. The two residents of Paris, Franco, who recently perished from exposure on Mont Blanc and whose guides wera reported to have been killed while de scending tho mountain in search ot as sistance, were named Staehllng and Mamlult. The Congress of the Mecedonla Committee met at Sofia. Bulgaria. Delegates from 45 societies. In sym pathy with the former leader ot the committee were refused admittance and the congress elected officers favor able to Oeneral Zontecbtoft, tho actual leader of the commute. XME MAHHBT8. PITTSBURG. Oraln. Flour and Feed. 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Flonr Patents S3 f 4 00 Wheat-No. arrd 7SI 7'H l orn-No. 2 St OT.U Dale No, 2 Wlilte .... tt 7H biitter-C'reainerr - 17 SW4 KSe-e-Btaleauu t'euoarlvanla . Mtt l LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Cattl. frtm hravr, irooto IGU) Ibi 17M rrlme. lou to it lb 7 as Meil'um. UuOlolJU) lb SHU i at heller t 7-t buli'her, WO to 1000 lb 4Jt Common to fair S 75 Oieu, coiniuon to fat , a at Common toiood fat bull and cow S ' SI 1Kb cow a, eai'b. 41 oi KiUa uillcli cow a, acb 1SUJ Hogs. Prim hear bos 7 7.) Prime medium welflila I 7 70 Beat beavjr jorker and medium... 7 0.t Wood to choice pa'ra 7M Ootd plf and light. Torker 7 00 PlK. cumruon to good tM Common to fair 7 40 Hougb 6 blag 7 8heep. fixtra. me'tlum wa'.hara. t 4 SO Pa. T7S 780 71 V ft fill 4(10 410 4 VI S5 00 uiuo 7 7 77t TW 7 70 7 70 770 7W jao 650 440 4 10 S7S aw Oood lo choice ... S Si Mi-dlum SHU Common to fair IN Lambs. iamb clipped 8 0S mi l, good to choice. rlliped . n 00 Lamb, common to fair. Clipped.. SOJ Spring Lamb 5 74 Calves. Veal,eitr TOO Veal, good to Choi re 409 Veal, common iien?y 4 0J Veal, common to fair 24a 75 ft SO tan as T7 4U0 GOOD CROP PROSPECTS. Bright Outlook of the Fields Upholds Buslnsss. Railway Earnings High. Prospsrlty In Trade. R. 0. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Bright prospects in agricultural sections far outweigh tbe adverse influence ot labor disputes which are still retarding trade and manufacture. Confidence in the fut ure is unshaken, dealers everywhere preparing for a heavy fall trade, while contracts for distant deliveries run further Into next year than Is usual at this date. Railway, earnings are fully sustained, the latest retunrs show ing an average advance ot 3.9 per cent, over the corresponding time last year and 21.8 per cent, over 1900. Aside from the fuel scarcity and some con gestion of traffic, the iron and steel situation continues propitious. Coke ovens In the Connellsvllle region main tain a weekly output of about 250.000 ' tons aud find ready buyers at full prices. Much more could be used to advantage. Conditions are Indicated by the number of orders going out ot tbe country which domestic producers cannot undertake. Thus far tbe Im ports have had little influence on do mestic prices except as to billets, which are freely offered below the home market level. New contracts for pig iron were placed this week cover ing deliveries In the second quarters of 11RI3. and structural material Is de sired for bridges and buildings wblctt will not be received until even more remote dates. Machinery and hard ware Is fully sustained, but there is Idleness at tin plate mills and glass factories. Minor metals are steady. Footwear factories are well engaged on fall orders and spring samples, and tbe tone ot the market Is firmer. Dry. goods buyers are coming Into tbe mar ket to a considerable extent, yet with out placing orders of any size. Splen did growing and harvesting conditions have prevailed in most sections of the country, especially were the larger and more Important crops are raised. It is now almost certain that the agri cultural returns will be far above the average as to quality, while the low stocks at the opening of tbe season are calculated to sustain prices, and there ' Is little prospects ot a return to the low quotations ot preceding years ot bumper production. Foreign com merce at this port Is still less favor able than In the same week last year, exports declining 13,775.690, while im ports increased slightly. Failures for the -week numbered 196 In the United States, against 173 last year, and 14 la Canada, against 31 a year ago. Dun's Index number of the commodity prices proportioned to consumption waa 100,177 on August 1. a decline ot Sl, 733 during July. Compared with the price level a year ago. there still ap pears an advance of about 5 per cent With the cost of living down to about $100, there is less artificial Inflation than existed for some months past, which ia largely due to the tendency of grain prices to reach a more normal position as the season advances with no setback for the Natlon'scrops. Carp are said to live hundreds ot ' years, and pike are ali haruy oil fellows.
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