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
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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.
Wheat-No. trad ,. :4
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fnrn-No. I tellnw, ear 71
No. 8 fellow, ahellrd HSU
Mixed er 74
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Food -No 1 white in Id. (on si M
rlrnwn middling! ...HI on
Bran, bulk 00
Straw-Wheat 4 tit
Oat IW
Dairy Product.
Butter-Klitlnrrearaerr M
OMo t-reamatv nil
Fem-r routine roll 14
(here oblo out lt
N York, new II
Poultry, Etc.
Bene-per lb n
4 bl.:kti 4trMr4 11
fi-lJ. mid Ohio, lif.tl 1
Fruit and Vegetable.
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PHILADELPHIA.
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t'lit-u- -No. if ihlxtil
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NEW YORK.
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torn-No. 2 fttU V,
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butter ( rramtiry - 9H
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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
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tilaga.
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Sheep.
Ultra, medium wetberv
4 40
.. 400
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41
4 S
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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
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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.