I WALKER HEADS THE C1BII WORK TO BEGIN SOON. All but Thre of Former Panama Ca nal Board Re-Appointed By Prealdent Rooievell. The men who will biipci-vIro the completion ot the Tnnama Canal have boon selected and their nnmes will he announced as noon an the President Is ready to outline the course he will pursue with regard to the work. The head of the commission will bo Rear Admiral John U. Walker, the Chair man ot the commission which examin ed the routes, he will have associat ed with him all the present members of that commission except Professor Haupt. of rhilauelphla. who has sig nified a desire to be relieved; former Senator Pasco of Florida and Emory R. Johnson. The retirement of these three men win leave one vacancy to he filled. It Is altogether probable that Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, will be chosen to fill the place. The salary of the commissioners will be $5,W0. The other commissioners arc: Alfred Noble, Meorge 8. Morrison, Col onel I'Pter C. Halns of ie army, Wil liam H. Iturr and Lieutenant Colonel Oswald S. Ernest of the army. The President Is determined that there shall be no delay In hcRlnnlnu; the construction when the question bb to the validity of the title has been set tled. The selection of so many mem bers of the present hoard Is Intended as a recognition of the great work they did In studying the routes. Their Investigation was so thorough that they know every detail of the elabor ate working drawings of the cannl. The President feels that it would be a waste of time to take up an entirely new board. He took the advice of Senators .Hanna and Bpooner on the subject of a Chairman of the Commis sion, and they both said that he could not possibly do better than to appoint the Rear Admiral, who not only mode a good report on the Nicaragua route, hut made it so good that the Panama people were compelled to come down on the price of their property so as to make it worth while for the United States to negotiate with them. The President hopes to be able to begin actual work of digging the canal soon after the first of the new year. He has no doubt tnat Attorney General Knox will be able to extract a valid title from the French company and the French Government. Tennessee Miner Want Increase. The district committee of the Mine Workers of America, at Knoxvllle, Tenn., has made Its demand for a wage scale for the year beginning October 1. They want a 20 per cent, average Increase In all wages to be paid for an elght-bour day Instead of nine hours, as at present, and for two pay daya per month. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Commander Nickels cables that Porte Cabelio has fallen into hands of revolutionists. The State Department announces that It cannot recognize Capt. A. A. Rosehlll's claim to Marcus Island, In the Pacific Ocean. The War Department is about to take Bteps to stop the Indiscriminate employment of foreigners as workmen on defenses. An extra session of the senate is likely to be called immediately after the election to take up Cuban recip rocity treaty. Father McKinnon suggests that 400 native Filipino priests be sent to America for year's training 4n Cath olic seminaries. President Roosevelt has received a pleasant autograph letter from the pope with a mosaic picture from the Vatican workshop. The Navy Department boa obtained a iM.Lt- ni izH. n Tor inn inninA'tat nn rtl nlD tn Kan ITrann ann meat that the plague has been official ly proclaimed at uuessa. The cruiser Philadelphia having gone out of commission at San Fran cisco, the officers attached to her have been transferred to the Boston. The cruizer Luzon and the tankship Arethusa, attached to the Asiatic sta tion, have been ordered home. Tho Luzon, is one of tho ships captured from Spain. Justice Gray's retirement from the supreme court calls out a story that it was not Justice Shlras, but Justice Gray, who changed his mind on the Income tax law. The Navy department has been In formed that at the trinl of the torpedo boat Chauncey off the Barren island course she made 28.fi knots, her con tract speed being 27 knots. General Ell Torrance, commander In-chief of the O. A. R. and members of his staff, spent Sunday on the Get tysburg battlefield and conducted simple religious services appropriate to the scene. Surgeon General Forwood says that he was informed that the cholora sit uation in the Philippines was well under control and that there will be a general diminution in the number of cases from now on. President Roosevelt and family at attended Chrlsts' Episcopal church Sunday at Oyster Bay. Dr. p. m. Rlxey, surgeon general of the United States navy, and Mrs. Rixey spent the day at Sagamore hill. Former Gov. Francis, of the St. Louis exposition has informed the president that the dedicatory cere monies would occur April 30 next this being the lOoih anniversary of the transfer of the ceded territory from the French government to the United States. Commissioner Yerkes, of the Inter nal revenue bureau, has directed that Immediate steps be taken for the col lection of the tax on profit and losa accounts, or undivided profit ao oounta, of bank, trust oompanle or private bank under tho war revenue act of Juaa. KM. MINERS MAY RESUME. Superintendent Luther 8ay Mine May Be In Operation Within Ten Day. Mining Is to ho resumed in the an thracite field within 10 days If the predictions of Superintendent Luther, of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, which mine 22 per rent of the output Is true. In an Interview Mr. Luther said that at a meeting -between the operators and District Presidents Nlcholla ami Duffy an agreement was reached by which the miners could resume, and that since that time the two Mine Work er district 'presidents have 'been go Ins aniline tha man , .1 iiih. hAtM " ---- .... .. ' " ' PS ' " It IIIT-Ifl to return to work. Preparations i.y own ntatie, according to Mr. Luther, for a speedy resumption, and the cars that have been In ulnnn have been taken out and sent to points near tno anthracite field, where they can be rushed forward at a moment's notice. The nnprntnre. irrontltf fan. that the advent of bituminous coal has permanently Injured the anthra cite market, and are anxious to begin operations at onoe. They say that iney imenn to open the mines by Hep tember 1, and If violence occurs they will demand the aid of the troops to protect tho men 'Placed in the mines. The raiding or farms In the Cntawlssa valley by strikers continues. The sheriff has 'been nmmnlpil hv tha farmers, and as a result tho brigadier general sent the governor's troop on a march through that region. Ueneral (lobln. after an Investigation of the conditions in the catawissa valley, has decided that military protection for the farmers la ImnvanttoalilA n,w1 at his suggestion Sheriff Beddali has sworn in an men or the valley as dep uties so that they will be In a position to nrotec.t their farm from the fur. elgners. President Mitchell, at Wilkes- narre, saxi ne nad received reports from every section of the strike region, and thev showed that the strikers were standing firm and more confident of victory than ever. With the nlitninir of the Renin liv tho Mar. chants Coal Company of Tunnelton, west Virginia, it is thought that the miners' strike in that district has come to an end. STORM SWEPT GEORGIA. Wind Blew Down Buildings and the Cotton Crop Was Ruined. A severe electrical storm, with high wind, passed over the southern sec tion of Georgia Sunday. At Stlllmore the roundhouse of the Airline railway was blown down and wreckod. At Wayneaboro a dwelling was blown down and one man killed. At Bartow the Baptist church and the Academy minding were struck by lightning and narrowly escaped destruction. At swannsboro a building was struck by lightning and burned. In nil the sec lion the opening cotton was whipped from the bolls and ruined. The loss from this source Is heavy. PYTHIANS ARE GROWING. Reports of Supreme Officer Show a Steady Gain of Member. Supremo Chancellor Fethers. In his annual report to the Supreme Lodge of Knighti of Pythias, at San Fran cisco. Cal., said that December 31.1901, the order had 640,138 affiliated mem bers. To this should be added at least 600.000 who have been suspended for non-payment of dues, or who have taken withdrawal cards, making a to tal of more than 1,000.000. The net gain for the year was 23.194. The re port of R. V. L. White, supreme keep er ot records and aoal. showed that the total number of subordinate lodge December 81. 1901, was 7.002. the net gain during the year being 142 lodges. BOUGHT THE MINT. Philadelphia Institution Waa Pur chased By a Realty Company. The sale ot the Philadelphia mint property has been - consumated, the buyers being the Philadelphia Mint Realty company, and the price 12.000,. 000. A quarter of a million has al ready been deposited to bind the con tract. The rest of the money is to be paid within eighteen months. TOWN 8WEPT BY FIRE. Doctor Lights a Match, Explosion and Fir Follows. Dr. W. E. Terry was Injured by an explosion of gasoline at Princeton, Ky. and died. He lighted a match In the Terry & Frayer drug store, which caused the explosion and originated a fire that did $100,000 damage before It was brought under control. Among the heavy losers were the Cumberland Telephone exchange and tho Postal Telegraph company. The opera house. Terry's drug store and two dry goods stores were also destroyed. Negroes Have an Exposition, An Exposition conducted entirely by r.egroes has been opened at Chicago, and will continue for 30 days. Ex hibits of the various kinds of work done by colored persons from the time tho first American slave was put to work in rice and cotton fields to the present day are on exhibition. Tin Plat Mill Closed. Two thousand employes of the American Tluplate company at El wood, Ind., were notified that the plant will be shut down indefinitely. The notices posted state that the sus pension of operations results from a shortage ot orders. Big Concern Combine. The International Harvester Com pany, with an authorized capital ot 1 120,000,000. was Incorporated at Trenton. N, J. The company la auth orised to manufacture harvesting ma chines and agricultural Implement of all kind. It I understood that among the concern Interested I the Mc- Cormlck reaper and mower concern ot cnioago. POWERS SIGN TARIFF PROTOCOL ADVICES IN CONFLICT. Sharrett United State Expert At tache Signature to Custom Treaty With China. The State Department at Washing ton, D. C, has received a dispatch from T. 8. Sharrett the Treasury expert who was commissioned by the State Deportment to negotiate a tariff treaty between the United States and China, stating that the treaty was signed on the 15th Inst. It was announced about a month ago that the British Com missioners had concluded a tariff treaty with China, and It was under stood at that time that the British treaty would serve a a basts for sim ilar treaties with the United State and other foreign countries. The State Department was advised at the time that the rates on Imports enter ing China were 12V4 per cent, and the port duties 7 per cent. One of the most Important provision of the Brit-Ish-Chinn treaty was that abolishing the llkin tax. A dispatch from Shang hai to lxmdon, England, say the pro tocol of the tariff treaty wa signed Saturday by the BrltlBh, American, German and Japanese representative without reservation and by the Ana trlnn, Belgian and Dutch representa tives ad rcrerendum. This action was principally due to the American com missioner T. S. Hhnrretts, desiring to conclude the business before returning to the United StateB. The Chinese commissioners lucking Imperial sanc tion, did not sign the protocol; there fore, If China modules it the signa tures affixed will be void. The docu ment provides that the new tariff will become operative November 1. At Shanghai. LIu-Kun-YI, Chnng-t'hln-Tung and Ymtn Hlinl Knl. viceroy re spectively of Nan-Kin, Hankow and Governor of l'e Chl-LI, in conferences with T. 8. Sbarretts, Tariff Commis sioner for the United States, have con curred In making two significant and unequivocal declarations. The first Is that the critical time has arrived when China must make a supreme ef fort for the promotion of commerce and friendly intercourse with America and Europe. Tho second declaration Is that as on evidence of her good faith and her appreciation of the gen erous policy of the United States to ward her. China, will make an unpre cedented exhibit at the St. Louis Ex position. PROBING POSTAL FRAUDS. Postmasters Are Said to Resort to ' Peculiar Tactic. The attention of the Postofflce de- partment has been called to the prac tice of certain persons In Pennsyl vania who are trying to defraud the government. The salary of the Presl dentlal postmaster is based upon his receipts, while the fourth-clas poBt mhster Is paid according to his cancel lations. It Is learned that In many cases in Pennsylvania, where persons live within the limits or a President ial office, they buy their stamps at this office and then take them to a fourth-class office to have them can celled. In this way the government lu virtually compelled to pay two sal aries for the same amount of postal business. The department Is going to make a very vigorous Investigation of the cases brought to its attention, and thoBe postmasters who are found guilty will be dismissed from the ser vice. BIG BOND ISSUE. Pennsylvania Steel Company Vote 97,600,000 for Blast Furnace. At a special meeting of the stock holders of the Pennsylvania 8teel Co., at Philadelphia, an issue of 17.600.000 3 per cent. 30-year bonds wa author ized. These bonds, which were all subscribed are to provide funds to pay for the Cornwall Iron ore banks blast furnaces at Lebanon and a con trolling interest in the Cornwall & e- banon railroad. They will be secured by a first mortgage on these properties which were 'bought at the time the Pennsylvania Steel Company was re organized by the new company in May, 1901. STRUCTURAL 8TRIKE OFF American Bridge Company Concedes Demand of Philadelphia Men. The general strike of the structural Iron workers throughout the country has been declared off. the American Bridge Company having granted the demundg of the Philadelphia strikers. The President of the International ou'iu-iur&i iron rvoruers Association announced that the American Bridge Company has granted the demands of its employes for an eight-hour working day at 50 cents an hour. Mr. Buchan an further stated that the general sym pathetic strike ordered by the execu tive board has been declared off. LODGE 8U8PENDED HINSEY. Knights of Pythias Officer Accused of Misusing Funds. A compromise was reached at the ses sion of the Supreme lodge of Knight of Pythias at San Francisco that John A. Hinsey, former president of the board of control I of the endowment rank, accused of misusing $500,000, "shall be suspended until the grand tribunal acta ou hi case." Step To Be Altered. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany ha authorized a change In the stops ot all Its passenger coaches, As each car Is returned to the shop the alteration will be made. At pres ent the couches ore equipped with throe steps, but tho new car are to have four, Roosevelt Will" VIslTlndlana. President Roosevelt will be In In diana September 23, He will devote the entire day to the State. From Ft. Wayn the party will go direct to Chicago. LATEST NEWS MOTES. New York' Chlnatown'gavft a fare well banquet to Minister Wu. At Mcndon, Mo., the business por tion of the town wa destroyed by fire, , Bandmaster John 8. Diish has se cured a New York theater on a 10 year lease. The womnn's franchise bill passed both house of the New South Wale legislature. The will of the late John W. Mac kay was filed for probate by attorneys In Virginia, Ncv. Alleged plot to kill ex-Gov. I'ultBon with an Infernal machine I reported from Philadelphia. Henry Watterson, state emphatical ly that he Is not a candidate for Gov ernor of Kentucky. Luther R. Marsh, famous lawyer and spiritualist, died In Mlddletown.N. Y.. In his 91st year. At San Francisco the transport Crook arrived from Manila with 684 men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. German electrical manufacturers claim to see thlr only salvation for trade is In the American trust plan. King Edward reviewed the fleet at Portsmouth, England, and all ships wvre brilliantly Illuminated at night. A telegram to El Paso announced that James Parrlsh tha Mexican Cen tral train robber, has been captured. The agent of the American Express Company, at Fordsvllle, Ky., was robbed of a package containing $28, 000. Barbed wire was used by French peasants to build barricades against gendarmes sent to close proscribed schools. The United States war department has ordered new light field artillery riom Erhardt, the Dusseldott gun maker. Boom In Gould Blocks Is believed to foreshadow long-expected consolida tion In the "Great Missouri Pacific system." Duncan ft Porter ask United States court to permit them to Join In a suit against government contractors as plaintiffs. At Springfield. Mass., II. H. Ander son, of Pittsburg, was appointed li brarian of the American Philatelic association. The will of the late Archbishop Feohan, of Chicago, 111., was filed for probate. The total value of the estate Is $126,000. It Is strenously denied that Charles M. Schwab, president of the U. S. Steel Corporation will retire from the presidency. Charles J. Allen, at Tampa. Florida, was killed and his wife was fatally wounded by Marmel Chavez, a wealthy young Cuban. The eighth annual session or the National 'Bible confereuee opened at Winona. Ind., Sunday with over 1, COO ministers present. Andrew Carnegie has offered to do nate $150,000 for the establishment of free libraries in the Borough of Marylebone, England. John W. Gates explains the ideas which he will work out in a novel In dustrial school for boys to be built near St. Charles, 111. , A child born to Laura Biggar, In New York, which lived only 16 dayB, seems likely to complicate the Henry M. Bennett will case. Lieutenant Ralph E. McDowell, of the Twelfth United States cavalry, was drowned In Pinto creek, near Fort Clark, Texas. The annual report of the postmast er general, of England, show that $3,375,000 wa found In letters unde livered during the year. Frank C. Andrews, late vice presi dent of the wrecked City Savings bank, of Detroit, Mich., was found guilty of misapplying funds. Dr. Wilson, In a letter to an Ohio cousin, declares that be was never ar rested in Nicaragva and sentenced to death, but has been in Colombia. Relatives of Mrs. Charles 8. Fair at San Francisco, and elsewhere are preparing to battle in the courts for a big share ot the Fair millions. Edward Lenehan. a burglar, died at Emergency hospital, Detroit, Mich., from hemorrhage caused by a bullet from Officer F. J. Lemond's revolver. J, II. Bootner, who Bays his father sent him to buy mineral lands, creat ed a sensation at Owensboro, Ky., by carrying around $28,000 In currency. The Grand Lodge of KIUb at Salt Lake City, Utah, selected Baltimore as the place of meeting for the annual reunion of the grand lodge In 1903. J. H. Sims, a wealthy farmer at Otytumwa, la., was shot and killed by his Bon, Joohn while endeavoring to murder his mother with a butcher knife. , Grand Dulo Boris, cousin of the Emperor of Russia, and his party, left San Francisco tor Chicago. The Duke will visit President Koouevelt, at Oyster Bay. The Western Maryland Railroad company has purchased 123 acres ot land In South Baltimore for terminal purposes, and It. is said work will be begun Immediately. Application has been made to the stock exchange in New York to list 2.310,000,000 rubles 4 per cent certi ficate of rente ot the imperial Rus sian government. Sunday was the hottest day of the year in Nebraska, the temperature ranging from 90 to 102. At Fatrbury, lor six hours, it was above 100, and hot winds blowing. The Independent window glass manufacturers. Including the Inde pendent Glass company, after three days conference at Atlantic City failed to reach an agreement. President Schwab ha sold the Bethlehem Steel plant, for which he paid $7.(00,000, to the Unltod State Shipbuilding Company, for $20,000,000 In securities of the company. The b&dles ot Mr. and Mr. Charles Fair, w were killed In an automo bile accident, were embalmed and shipped from Evreux, France, n rout tf Baa Francisco. Cal. M0R0S EXHIBIT SAVAGERY. American Sentries 8laln by Treacher ou Native Who Crept Upon Them Unawares. A small party of Moros surprised an outpost of the Twenty-seventh Infan try at Camp Vicars, Philippine Is lands. Sergeant Foley and Private Carey were killed and Private Van Dorn Beverelly wounded. The 'Moros who numbered our a dozen, were armed with spear and swords The morning wa dark and foggy. The at tacking party crawled to within a few feet of the sentinels and then sprang upon them suddenly. The entire out post rushed to the relief ot the sen tinels, but they were too late and the Moros escaped, although possibly a few of them were wounded. The American sentinels were terribly cut by the swords and spears, 'ine at tacking Moros were all from Bacolod, and tlu occurrence probably will re sult In a move against that town, which has a strong fort and other de fences. Constabulary Inspector Wil liam Sehermerhorn, whose home wss In Seattle, Wash., was mortally wounded In a recent light with la drones at lllgan, Mindanao. The of ficials at Washington say a clash be tween the American soldiers and Moros has been expected by army of ficers for. a month or more. Every ef fort has been made by the Americans to prevent an outbreak among the fol lowers of the hostile Dnttos, but tho forbearance of the troops has nearly been exhausted. The Importance of the situation In Mindanao Is shown by the fact that General Chaffee has gone there to personally direct the opera tions of American troops. In the opin ion of officer at the War Department, it will now be necessary to begin an active campaign against the Moros to punish them for their treachery. Camp Vicars Is a newly established post a few miles from Malabang, Mindanao, where Lieutenant Vicars and a number of American soldiers were massacred a year ago. It was named In honor of the murdered of ficer. Orders have recently been Is sued Increasing the force at the gar rison points throughout Mindanao, and It Is possible that still further in creases will now be ordered. MUST BURN COAL. ndianapoll Must Depend on Coal and Wood Ga Company Quit. The discomforts of a tireless winter threaten over 25,000 resident prop erty owner of Indianapolis. On Oc tober 1 the natural gas companies ot mat city will withdraw from the gas field and cease supplying the fuel en tirely. Tha fflet. Ima fruntorl a ftatiln among the property owners, for be tween now anu October 1 10,000 new chimneys must be constructed and 30.000 flues must be rebuilt. At tha same time 18,000 fireplaces or grates must aiso do reconstructed. Contrac tors declare that there are not enough workmen by half In Indianapolis, and not enough available at present throughout the Middle West to en able the reconstruction and the new building necessary before the date set or me cutting on or tne gas supply. Property owners urn lipaloirlna- tlia Offices of the cnntrs-tnra In n ofr.irf to secure Immediate repairs. RIOTERS REPUL8ED. Haif of Bullets At Duryea Washry, Near Plttston, Pnna., A riot took place at the Warnke washery at Duryea Thursday, follow ing the attempt of the Warnke Com pany to commence operations at this plant. A coal and iron policeman was struck on the head with a atone and badly Injured, a Lithuanian striker was shot through the leg and a specta tor suffered evere Injures about the head. The trouble wa precipitated bv the throwing ot stone at the police on guard. One of the guards fired Into the crowd with a blank cartridge, and a volley of stones was returned. Then the guard substituted ball cartridges lor blanks and fired. Fourteen guards were arrested and placed In Jail. WANT FRANKLIN'S FUND. $400,000 I the Sum the Bequest Will Amount To. Claimants for money presented by Benjamin Franklin a few years before his death to the cities of Philadelphia and Boston for the benefit ot printers and artisans of the printer' craft have appeared in Jersey City. They are Benjamin Franklin bache, a druggist of that city; his brother, Walter, and their sisters, Mrs. Boobs and Mrs. Fine. The claimants say they are descendant ot Franklin, and that the money left to the two cities has never been used for the purpose it was intended. HOLY WATER IS FREE. Ha Been Levied On, But Will Not Be In the Future. The board of classification of the United State general appraiser at New York announced a decision to what is officially described as "so called holy water, taken from the spring at Lourdes, France," which Is contained in bottles holding more than one quart. The water ha been as sessed 24 cents a gallon, but future shipments will come in free, as the board holds that natural water is crude material. Building Trust in Hash. Hotels and boarding house on Brooklyn Heights N. Y., are to be placed in control of a $10,000,000 trust, which will attempt to stifle competi tion after the manner ot combination. Louis J. Horowlti ot the New Brooklyn Height Improvement Company Is the promoter. All the hotel and boarding bouses in the. district are to be acquired. CONDITION OF THE CROPS. Corn Ha Had Another Favorable. Week, but Wheat Harvesting I Disappointing. The Weather Bureau's weekly sum mary of crop conditions suys: Por tions of Virginia, the Carolines, Geor gia, Tennessee, Northern Alabama, Southeastern Missouri and the lower Ohio valley continue to need rain, and drought conditions have develop ed to some extent In portions of Ne braska, South Dakota and Northern Wisconsin. The principal agricultur al districts elsewhere east of the Rocky Mountains have experienced very favorable conditions wltn respect to moisture, with the exception of portions of the lake region, Middle At lantic States and New England, where too much rain fell. The corn crop has experienced another very favorable week, and the general outlook In the principle corn States continues very promising. In portions of Southeast ern Missouri and Southern Illinois the crop, however, Is suffering severely from drought, and rain would prove beneficial In South Dakota and In a few southern counties In Nebraska. Late corn In Oklahoma and Kansas sustained aome Injury from excessive heat In the early part of the week. The thrashing of winter wheat Is much belated In the lake region and the northern portion of the Middle At lantic States. Harvesting continues In the North Pacific coast region with disappointing yields In portions of Oregon, (spring wheat harvest Is nenrlng completion in the southern portion of the spring wheat region, and Is advancing rapidly In the central and northern portions. A considerable part of the crop In the Red River val ley Is still very green and Is ripening unevenly. Oats harvest Is now prac tically finished, except over limited areas In extreme Northern districts, and, while a generally heavy crop has been secured, the quality in many sections has been Impaired after be liilT lu shock as a result of Injury by rains. The general outlook for apples continues favorable except In Oklaho ma. Kansas, Nebraska. Michigan and New England, and. while reports from New York vary, a large crop Is gen erally Indicated. Plowing for fall seeding has commenced In the Ohio valley and Middle Atlantic State. CABLE FLA8HES. German officials at Berlin deny that sny attempt was made on the life of the Kaiser at Reval, Russia. The Earl of Dudley was sworn In at Dublin as lord lieutenant of Ireland, In succession to Earl Cadogan, re signed. In the council chamber of the castle. Polish itapcrs report that Prince ObolenBky, governor or Kharkow. Rus sia, who was shot and wounded, wears a waistcoat or chain armor, which saved his lire. Japanese naval officers on their own responsibility havo landed guns, con. structed a battery and posted guards on the island or Kothtiesan and Korpan who were sent to investigate were driven away. The Moio situation In Mindanao. Philippine Islands, is considered crit ical. American troops will soon move against Bacolod, where the recent murder or two men or the Twenty seventh Infantry was plotted. The Italian stealer Cltta Dl Miiano from New York, which arrived at Ge noa August 9, reports that an anarch ist named Saganza, from New York, committed suicide, by jumping over board while tbe vessel was off Gib raltar. An Investigation made by the con stabulary at Manila, Philippine Is lands, to clear up the facts In the killing of Cebu coaching party of four school teachers on July 10, show that the pary was ambushed 12 mile from Cebu. The British bark Hlghflelds. Cap tain' Dunham, from Cardiff June 15 for Cape Town. East Africa, and the British bark Brutus. Captain Dal lachle. from London June 3 for able Bay. have been lost In a storm. Twenty-three of the Highfleld' crew were drowned. ' Earl Cadogan, tbe retiring lord lieu tenant of Ireland, formally said fare well to Ireland. A large guard of honor under command of the duke of Connaught, lined the route to the rail way station. The Earl ot Dudley will assume office without delay. Considerable excitement has been created at Johannesburg. East Africa, by tho discovery or a new gold creek, which is snld to traverse a large ex ent or territory. Local geologists think the strike is a continuation or the Wiltwaters Rand main series. A dlfipatch from St. Sebastian, Spain fays that several anarchists of Madrid have been arrested on the charge of hatching a plot to assassinate M. Del casse, the French minister of foreign affairs, during bis recent stay at Folx, or. the French side ot the Pyrenees. Major Generals H. C. Corbln and Samuel B. M. Young and Brigadier General Leonard Wood, of the United States Army, who are to be Emperor William' guests at Berlin, Germany, at the autumn maneuvers, will be quar tered with tbe Emperor's other guest. General Jean Jumeau, In command of the Flrmlnlst troop In the depart ment of Artlbonlte, Cape Haitlen, at tacked St. Michael on Thursday. After two days' fighting he routed the troops of General Alexis Nord. com manding the army of the provisional government, who, before retreating, entirely burned the town. A Russian student named Kalajeff, recently released from a Sileslan pris on has been surrendered to the Rus sian police, at Berlin, Germany, It be ing suspected that be wa an accom plice In the murder of M. Slplagulne, the Russian minister ot the interior. It will be 1904 before any ot the scholars who receive appointment un der the term of the will of Cecil Rhode will arlve at Oxford univer sity, England. The executor of the will find ao many Intricate details that there la little hope ot getting the sys tem working earlier. THE MAHHETB. PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. 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Kkif - reniiA)lvunU fuel.. t:!M 4M WI 67 tt 7(1 21 4 .... m. SM U NEW YORK. Flnur-riHanta 3 SI) 4 W YYbaat-No, wr.iil VSi V torn-No. 2 fttU V, Onta-No. a Willi,, tl Hi butter ( rramtiry - 9H Lfga-NtittaaiKj i'eiinarlvnnln Ml 'All LIVE STOCK. Central 8tock Yards, East Liberty, Cattle. ftltna hrnry, lMJOtn IW) lb 1 750 rilme. Ulillt.i 1411 lb 7o alruium, law io law lua eo t at belter tVi Uut-hr, Wi0 In 1000 lua 4 '0 Common to lair sort Oaeti, omnium to (at t louniiiiu togoo-l fat bulla ami cowa f" &llli-b cow a, ea-b 500 titta milch com, each MvJ Hog. Prime bea'r liua TO.'i I'rltn medium welghta . 17 0 beat beavy eorkera ami medium 7 00 Uwxl toc-bolie liackera 700 Uoud ie and llbt yorkera 1 00 I'lira. LKMrimii I., itul 9 aft Pa. 7 90 75 7 ') 7i 49 430 4.V) noo r-ooi) 7 10 7KI 1 ie 710 71 740 7 40 era :j Common to fall 7U0 HoiiKlie 00 tilaga. . 600 Sheep. Ultra, medium wetberv 4 40 .. 400 . Son . IW 41 4 S 1IM "'"-1 ... VUUH.'f Medium Common to fair Lamb. Iambi clipped Lamb, (ood to choice, rlied . Lamba, common to fnlr, clipped.. Spring Lauiba 4 75 SOI 6 71 B 30 S Calve. Veal, extra SOT Veal, good to cbol.e too eel, common beavjr til Veal, tciumcii lo fair W 00 00 DUO 4 US PRODUCTION SATISFACTORY. Business Prospects Improved Through Settlement of Labor Troubles. Urgent Demand for Steel. R. O. Dnn & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade saya: "The prospects have greatly Improved through the adjust- uieui oi numerous laoor controversies, yet the anthracite coal strike situ ation is unchanged and supplies are nearlng depletion. Distribution of mer chandise has met with some Interrup tion owing to freight blockades, the volumn of business being very heavy. Statlstlcts of pig iron production on Aug. 1, according to the Iron Age, are more satisfactory than might bave been expected in view of the great scar city of fuel. A weekly capacity of 33U.463 tons is 15.599 less than the high record of May 1, It Is true, but compares favorably with all earlier (iates and shows an Increase of 32,611 ton over the output a year ago. These figures by no means suggest a serious set-back In tie Industry, but rather emphasize the abnormal condition of demand which finds such a heavy yield Intlrely Inadequate. Southern Fur naces have contracted so far in ad vance that they have practically with drawn from the market, and all dates for deliveries are remote except where foreign arrivals are offered. Pressure for steel I undiminished, and tbe ur gency of domestic consumers I shown by additional Imports or large size. Structural material Is sought by car shop and bridge builders, -while many office buildings and other large steel structures are planned. Coke produc tion In the Connellsvllle Teglon ex ceeds, 250,000 tons weekly and; outside oven are also surpassing all records of activity. Yet shipments are unsat isfactory, causing frequent delays. Shoe manufacturers at the east have received practically all fall orders that will be placed and new business is now restricted to sample orders In spring line. Leather has again risen in price and sales are heavy during the past week, not only tn sole, but slso upper stock and belting butts. Recent violent advance in hide have been fully maintained, and large tran saction occured, while heavy Texaa steers reached a new record price. De spite the very favorable report from dry goods jobber regarding the volumn ot business transacted, and tha bright outlook for tall trade, condition in the primary market and at tha mills are devoid ot incident. Buyer are still governed by the Impression that a large cotton crop 1 assured and the resulting lower price for raw material will bring better term for good. Fail ure for the week numbered 196 In tha United States against 16S last year. Bradstreet' says: Weather condi tion have been favorable and th country 1 a week nearer to realising the largest harvest In its history. Fall trade in the Northern and Western sections have further expanded and tha West and Northwest may t said to be In full career. Wheat. Including flour, ex port for the week ending Aug. 14 aggregate 4,591.805 bushel, against 4.144.36) bushel last week.
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