PROTECTING OUR INTERESTS
Troopt Disembarked From Warships
t Panama With Rapid Fir
Gunt-Armored Car.
The United States cruiser Cincin
nati has landed BO marines and also
Bent ashore a small rapid-Are gun at
Panama, which was placed on a rail
road truck protected by Iron plates.
Commander Potter, of the United
States cruiser Ranger has placed
guards on the trains running across
the Isthmus. This step was taken In
addition to the marines landed from
the cruiser Cincinnati. It is not
thought proable that the revolution
ists will attempt to Interrupt transit
on the railroad. General Balazar,
commander of the government forces
on the Isthmus and acting United
States Consul Ehrmann have had a
conference and the general was In
formed that the measure of placing
guards on tho trains could not be con
sidered as an act of hostility to Co
lombia, but that It was only taken un
der the necessity of Insuring uninter
rupted trafllc over the railroad. The
reports which reached Colon Colum
bia, ot a skirmish between Insurgent
and government forces near Mlndl
station are now learned to have been
magnified. No skirmish actually oc
curred, but government soldiers fired
a few shots upon sighting insurgent
spies moving between Mlndl and
, Monkey Hill. The Brltlan steamer
Laplata has arrived from Savanllla.
She brings 1.000 government troops.
Further reinforcements are expected
to reach the Isthmus shortly. A dis
patch from Washington, D. C. says:
The report that Commander McLean
is about to advance a proposal that
neither the government nor the revo
lutionary forces use the railroad dur
ing the present crisis on the isthmus
is not taken seriously In Washington,
for one of the important provisions
In the treaty between the United
States and Colombia now awaiting
signature Is that Colombia at all times
shall have the right to use the rail
road for the transportation of her of
ficials or her troops. While this treaty
has not been signed, both parties have
signified their approval of it as a
whole, and it is generally believed
that the provision In regard to trans
porting troops across the isthmus will
be respected by the United States In
the present emergency. The govern
ment reinforcements all are going to
Colon by way of Haranqullla and
Cnrthagena, and if transportation did
not await for them on the Atlantic
die the government would receive a
serious setback in its efforts to sup
press the movements against Panama.
HAD $50,000 WORTH OF LOOT.
Oriental Treasures Found In Trunk of
Private of Marine Corps.
J. E. Welkman, a private of the
marine corps at the Brooklyn navy
yard, has been arrested, accused of
robberies In the marine barracks. A
trunk said to be Wetkman's .was ex
amined and Jewelry, Chinese and Jap
anese curios, rare porcelain and a
great variety or Oriental goods wore
foiwid in it, amounting to an estimated
value of $50,000.
A New Use for Oil.
In the arid district between Sellg
man, Ariz., and Hesperla, Cal., a dis
tance of 360 miles, and Santa Fe rail
road has beon sprinkling the tracks
with crude oil for the purpose of lay
ing the dust. The Santa Fe officials
declare that the result is most satis
factory. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The surgeon general of the army
reports that there is an improvement
in the health of the United States
troops.
An order has been issued by the
War Department assigning General
Fredrick D. Grant to the command of
the Department of Texas,
The bank deposits of the people of
the United States in 1901 aggregated
$8,635,053,136, an average of $108 per
capita. Ten years ago they aggre
gated $4,232,000,000, and 20 years ago
they were $2,600,000,000.
Rev. Albert Rhett Stuart, D. D., roc
tor for 25 years of Christ Episcopal
church, Georgetown, D. C, died of
acute nephritis, aged 56.
The Interior Department received
a telegram from Superintendent Shel
ter, in charge of the 'forest reserve
tracts In Washington State, saying
that two fires were raging over a
large area inside the Mount Ranter
reservation.
The United States Supreme Court
will reassemble October 13. Among
the first cases to be heard are the prize
money cases of the United States of
Admirals Dewey anil Sampson.
The United States and Colombia
have practically entered into an alli
ance to prevent the insurgents on the
Isthmus from getting control of the
State of Panama.
Bo far only one answer to the state
department's identical note to Euro
pean powers concerning the Rouman
ian Jews hag come to hand. This
was from Great Britain.
Thirty White House painters and
decorators have gone on strike. The
strike is another outbreak ot the dis
pute between the Brotherhood of
Painters, affiliated with the Federa
tlon of Labor, and the Amalgamated
Association of Painters.
Dr. James J. Richardson has been
engaged by the President to accom
pany him on bis Western speaking
trip, and administer .to his throat
whenever It becomes affected.
The navy department will send the
gunboat Bancroft as station ship at
Ban Juan M Porto Rloo, where she
wilt be within striking distance of
Colombia, Venezuela or Haiti.
The State Department Is advised by
the Bank of England that there is
leas than $500 to the credit ot the
Whltaker estate la the bank, al
though thousands of Inquiries are re
ceived from supposed heirs.
OFFICERS WILL RESIGN
President Bear and Coat Mine Offi
cials Say They Will Retire If
Miners Win.
The resignations of all the general
mining superintendents In the Phila
delphia & Heading Coal and Iron
Company In the anthracite region
are in the hands of President Bear
o be handed In along with Mr. Baer's
resignation If the policy of the com
pany Is changed In regard to the
strikers. General Mining Superin
tendent John II. Velth has frankly
admitted that he would resign his
position If the company recognized
the union or makes the concessions
demanded by the miners. An at
tempt was made at Mahanoy City to
wrock with dynamite the railroad
bridge on the north Mahanoy colliery
siding. The report from the explos
ion was so terrific that it awoke the
entire town. The damage to the bridge
can be repaired In a short tlnie. An
thony Ferguson, Inside foreman at
North Mahanoy colliery, was attacked
by a crowd of strikers while on his
way to work. Coal and Iron police
rushed to his rescue. The mob at
first offered some resistance, but
when the police fired a volley from
their revolvers the strikers fled.
Ferguson was able to proceed to the
mine. Reports of similar occur
ences In other parts of the Schuyl
kill region have been received. The
nineteenth week of the miners'
strike ended Saturday. Disinterest
ed parties now believe the, miners'
strike will go the six months limit
the same as the big strike of 1877. In
court at Wllkesbarre Judge Whenton
administered a sharp rebuke to those
who have been guilty of calling peo
ple scabs. He says the intimidation
and lawlessness that have been pre
vailing of late must stop, and those
guilty of calling other people scabs
will be punished. The local opera
tors at Wllkesbarre in answer to the
statement alleged to have been made
by President Mitchell that there was
only one mine in operation In the
strike region the Oxford at Scran
ton state that there are a dozen
mines and washeries in operation
In the Wyoming and Lackawanna and
Schuylkill regions, and that the out
put of coal Is increasing dally. The
Reading Railroad Company have be
gan to increase Its coal shipments.
On September 20 140 cars, contain
ing over 4,000 tons, went down the
main line from the western end of
Schuylkill county. Sixty-nine cars of
anthrncite coal also passed through
Reading for Philadelphia. On the same
date there were 3115 cars of coal
of various sizes In the yard at Cres
sona. Pa., all of which came from
Kalmla washery and lirooksldo and
Hood Spring collieries, in Schuylkill
county. Good Spring colliery now
has' nearly a full complement of men
at work, and the breaker Is working
tour days a week. The men employed
there are all skilled miners, secured
from many sections of the coal re
gions. The breaker at Brookslde is
being run two days a week., the com
pany having about one-third the
number of minors required. It is
estimated that the Reading com
pany has about 10,000 tons . of coal
in the vicinity of Cressona, and It is
from this Btock the public schools of
Philadelphia are to receive thoir
supply.
PRESIDENT'S TOUR.
Will Make South Dakota the North
western Limit of Trip.
Secretary Cortelyou made public the
outline of the President's tour to the
Northwest September 19 to October
7. The President will be accompanied
during a part of the trip by Secretaries
Shaw and Wilson. In addition to these
and Secretary Cortelyou, Assistant
Secretaries Loeb and Barnes, the parly
will Include Dr. Lung and others of
his personal staff, representatives of
the press associations of several lead
ing papers of the section of the coun
try traversed, and the two telegraph
companies. The principal stops will
be Cluclnnati, Chicago, Detroit, Mil
waukee, St, Paul, Minneapolis, Sioux
Falls, Omaha, Kansas City and St.
Louis. Monday, October 6, two hours
will be spent at Columbus, O. The
President will deliver an address from
the State House. The train will reach
Washington on Tuesday morning, Oc
tober 7.
WINONA SCHOOL OPENS.
Plan to Furnish Boys With Agricul
tural and Technical Education.
The Rev. J, Wilbur Chapman, chan
cellor of the Winona Agricultural and
Technical Institute, presided at the
formal opening of the school at Win
ona September 6. Several wealthy
business men are Interested In estab
lishing the school, among them being
J. M. Studebaker. of South Beud,
Walter M. Smith, of Now York; H. J.
Heinz, of Pittsburg; Hugh Hanna. of
Indianapolis, and Alexander McDon
ald, of Cincinnati. The school is de
signed to help boys to practical busi
ness life In all lines, and provisions
have been made whereby a boy lack
ing that necessary means may work
his way through the college,
Made a $3,000,000 Contract
Acting Postmaster General Madden
has awarded the contract for furnish
ing stamped . envelopes and newspa
per wrappers for the four years be
ginning January 1, 1903. to the Hart
ford Manufacturing Company, of Hart
ford, Conn. Upward of $3,000,000 will
be paid this company.
Scottish Rits Masons in Session.
The annual meeting of the Supreme
Council of Sovereign Grand Inspec
tors General of the thirty-third degree
of Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
Masonry for the uorthern Jurisdiction
of the United States, convened at
Providence, R. I.
German Coks for America.
The Rhlne-Westphallan pig iron syn
dicate ot Berlin, . Germany, has re
duced Its prices 60 cents per ton. The
coke syndicate has sold largeorders
of nuka for the United Status
LIMIT OF LAW.
Swift Justice Wm Meted Out to But
ler, Pa., Man Who Escaped
Mob Violence.
Joseph Rennett, whose brutat treat
ment of little Theona Wagner, at But
ler, Pa., led to an attack on the jail
by a mob, entered a plea ot nolle con
tendere, and was sentenced to 15
years' Imprisonment in the Western
penitentiary. Bennett was taken Into
court at a time when the street in
front of the jail was deserted. He was
escorted the short distance from the
Jail by four policemen under the per
sonal direction of Mayor I, O. Smith,
Sheriff Thomas R .Hoon and three
deputies. Many persons were around
the Jail and court house expecting
Bennett to enter a plea of guilty, but
when he did nut do so It was believed
that he had concluded to stand trial,
Bennett kept, up his attempt to create
the Impression that he was Insane,
nnd at first refused to sign a plea of
nolle contendere prepared by Attorney
Frank X. Kohler. He finally affixed
his signature. Judge S. H. Miller, of
Mercer, who was holding court, called
a number of witnesses to establish
clearly Bennett's guilt and then called
him for sentence. Judge Miller told
the prisoner that he need not attempt
the Insanity dodge, as the court was
well satisfied from evidence adduced
that he was mentally responsible. He
then sentenced him to pay a fine of $1
and costs, and undergo imprisonment
in the penitentiary for 15 years, the
limit of the law for criminal assault.
When the sentence was pronounced
Bennett uttered a low moan and trem
bled like a leaf. The court room was
crowded to the doors with people in
terested In other cases, and Judge
Miller placed officers at the door, with
Instructions to permit no one to go
out until after the sheriff had return
ed Bennett safely to the Jail. It was
feared a rush might be made when
Bennett was taken out and former
riotous actions repeated. The prisoner
was back In his cell before the people
outside the court room knew anything
of the proceedings. The aged mother
and two sisters of Bennett were pres
ent when he was sentenced. The
mother wept bitterly as she saw her
son led away. After being taken back
to Jail Bennett talked rationally.
LIVES LOST IN THE MINES.
Last Year 1,467 Men Were Killed and
3,463 Injured.
A bulletin issued by the United
States geological survey shows that
In 18 States and Territories during
lliol 1.407 men were killed and 3.403
Injured by accidents In coal mines.
The number of tons of coal mined for
each life lost varied from 426,094 lu
Maryland to 49,424 In Indian Terri
tory. The average number of tons
mined for each of the 1,407 lives lost
in these States and Territories was
lS8,liOS. In Pennsylvania the number
of tons of bituminous coal mined per
1 1 to Inst was a little more than double
the amount mined per life lost in the
anthracite mines in the same State.
The total number of men employed
In the coal mines of the United States
In 1901 was 485,544, who made an
average of 216 working days, as com
pared with 448,581 men, with an aver
age of 212 working days In 1900. The
distribution of this labor in 1901 was
as follows: In the anthracite mines,
14.'.3u9 men, with an average work
ing time of 190 days; In the bitumin
ous mines, 340,235 men. with an aver
ago working time ot 235 days.
8INS OF THE BEEF TRUST.
St. Louis Meat Inspector Accuses It of
Selling Putrid Meat.
Partly decayed meat, which had
boen treated chemically to hide its
condition, as well as sausages contain
ing potato, flour, unhealthy kidneys
ground up, and other adulterations,
were sold in St. Louis and other largo
cities between August 21, 1899, and
May 1, 1902, by the beef trust, accord
ing to testimony given by Thomas L.
O'Sulllvan, meat and live stock in
spector ot St. Louis. He was the first
witness called by Attorney General
Crow - when the taking of testimony
was resumed by Commissioner I. N.
Kelnly in the beef trust inquiry.
TRICK OF A CIGAR DEALER.
Accused of Refilling Imported Boxes
With Cheap Goods.
George G. Tyson, vice president of
the firm ot Tyson & Co., New York
who own news stands in the Waldorf
Astoria, Plaza, Netherlands, Filth
Avenue, Savoy, Imperial and other ho
telB, was arrested on a warrant charg
ing the firm with having refilled im
ported cigar boxes with cheap cigars
known as "stuffors. ' A second com
plaint was made against Tyson, charg
ing the firm with having failed to can
cel the revenue Btamps. He was ar
raigned before United States Commis
sioner Hitchcock, pleaded not guilty,
ana lurmsneu ball for $2,000,
New York Militia Called Out
A strike of the employes ot the Huifr
son Valley Electric railway, near Sar
atoga, N. Y., has been In progress and
the system tied up. Recently at
tempts have been made to resume ser
vice, but with slight success. The
sheriff of Warren county has called
out the company ot State malltla at
Glenn Falls to protect the power house
of the railway company, situated be
tween Glens Falls and Sandy Hill.
"Deaths at Manila.
' General Chaffee has cabled a list of
deaths reported to the army bead-
quarters at Manila since the last re
port on September 1. The total num
ber is 29.
Armor Stood ths Shots.
A stx-incn uarnegie plate, repre
senting the last group ot armor, for
the battleship Missouri, underwent a
successful test at the Indian .Head
proving ground. Three shots were
fired at velocities ot 1,908, 1.885 and
1.891 toot seconds. .
LATEST NEWS NOTE).
The cruiser Dps Moines was launch
ed at Qulncy, Mass.
A slight shock of an earthquake was
felt in San Francisco.
It is alleged that $50,000 were pild
a St. Louis alderman for his vote.
John W. Gates is said to have beon
barred from an exclusive London
hotel.
Nicholas Fish, prominent New
York banker, loses bis life In a saloon
brawl.
Congressman Babcock declares cut
In the tariff a poor remedy Tor trust
problem.
Secretary Shaw announces that $L
000,000 will be released to relieve the
money stringency.
Judge Chytraus, of Chicago. In a de
cision puts an end to all corners on
the board of trade.
The monthly crop report shows that
there Is every prospect for a record
year In all cereal crops.
The congregation of a New York
church demands recognition of con
sumers In the coal strike.
Mabel Carroll, aged 15, accidentally
shot and killed her aunt, Mrs. William
Emerlek, at Roanoke, Va.
Grand Duke Boris, of Russia, sailed
for Europe on the French steamer La
Lorraine from New York.
Henry Reins, foreman of "a lumber
camp, was shot and killed by Nell
Sinclair at Eekerman. Mich.
The French steamer Thomas sank
a harbor steamer at Lisbon, Portugal.
Nine persons were drowned.
Iafayette Gruff, of Gloucester, was
hanged In the county Jail at Camden,
w. J., for the murder of his wife.
Guert, Keen ft Co., of Birmingham,
bngiand, deny the report of a forma
tion of a British steel rail combine.
Speaker David 11. Henderson, of
the House of Representatives, de
clines renomlnatlon for Congress.
The Navljo Indians In Arizona, 2,000
men, women and children, are In need
of speedy aid to prevent starvation
Three firemen were Injured and 25
horses burned to death in a fire In a
large livery stable In New York city.
Employee of the Minneapolis flour
mills voted to strike If their demand
for an eight-hour day is not granted.
Two children of Louis Morltz, at St.
Paul, Minn., were burned to death In
a fire which destroyed the Morltz
home.
Nora Stanton Blotch, of London, will
be the first woman to take the engi
neering course of study at Cornell uni
versity. The stamp mill and cyanide plant ot
the Columbian Gold Mining Company
at York, Mont., was burned. Loss,
$50,000.
Secretary of State Hay has filed
with European powers strong protest
against Injustice to the Jews In
ltoumanla.
Edward Jelllnek, an employe of the
Lender bank. . of Vienna: Germany,
stole $315,000 by falsifying checks and
disappeared.
The residence of John D. Rocke
feller at Pocantlco Hills, West Ches
ter county, N. Y., was destroyed by
Are. Loss, $40,000.
A Jury of condemnation awarded to
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad seven
acres of land In South Baltimore, Md.,
tor terminal purposes.
Benjamin Guggenheim Is back of
a Bcheme to combine lead manufac
turing and smelting companies with
about $200,000,000 capital.
The transport Logan has sailed
from Manila for San Francisco with
General Frederick D. Grant and six
troops of the Ninth cavalry.
President Gompers. of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, had a con
ference with President Mitchell, of
the United Mine Workers.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, says Banker Nicholas Fish's
killing by Thomas Sharkey was the
result of a low saloon brawl.
At the beef trust inquiry in St. Louis
Joseph Stelnkamp declared that he
was compelled to sell bad meat by
companies comprising the trust.
Congressman Charles E. Lltllefield.
of Maine, says he will be a candidate
for the speakership if Speaker Hen
derson persisted In his refusal to ac
cept the nomination from the Third
district ot Iowa.
It is announced In India that Crown
Prince Federlck William of Germany
will accompany the Duke ot Con
naught to the coronation durbar.
.Cornelius Weddle, a private in tho
Forty-second coast artillery company,
was stabbed to death in Salem, N. J.,
by John Ryan and William Lacey,
An unknown man was killed and
Engineer L. W. Rodger probably fatal
ly hurt in a wreck on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul near Milwaukee.
Clem Graves, owner of the Bunker
Hill farm, Indianapolis, Ind.,- sold the
Hereford bull Crusader for $10,000
to Edward F. Hawkins, of Earl Park,
ind.
The Morgan shipping combine has
absorbed the Philadelphia Transat
lantic line, which owns 11 large steam
ships trading between London and
Philadelphia.
Because the officials of the Can
adian Bank of Commerce at Skagway,
Alaska, would not surrender $20,000,
a would-be robber blew himself up
with dynamite.
The cable steamer Colonla has
landed the land end ot the Pacific
cable at Bamfleld creek, Victoria, B.
C, and has started on her long trip
to Fanning Island, paying out the
cable as she proceeds, ,
The Bridge and Structural Workers'
union, in session at Milwaukee, elect-
od Frank Buchanan president, and
John McCabe a member of the execu
tive committee.
The lodges of the Amalgamated as
sociation at Sharon, Pa., will make a
large weekly contribution to the fund
to support the striking miners In the
anthracite coal region.
The will ot the late George Hoadley,
former governor ot Ohio, was filed
in New York. The value of the prop
ery is given as $215,000, ot which
$200,000 is in real property. The en
tire estate goes to the widow.
f'LART FAILED 10 RtP.CI! IHt POLE.
STOPPED BY THE ICE
His Farthest Point In Froxen Seas
North. 84 Degrees 17 Minutes
of Latitude.
After four years of a stay In the
Arctic regions Lieutenant Peary has
returned without discovering the north
pole or getting higher than 84 degrees
17 minutes of north latitude, but he
says that his stay In the ice has re
sulted In most Important benefits to
science, some of which were achieved
In his last dash In the direction of the
pole. He says he feels certain that
the pole can be reached, and that If
he were a man of Indmiendunt means
he would persevere u II he succeed
ed. He believes that the pole can be
reached from Franz Josef Land and
from Grant Land, In latitude 83 de
grees. If the winter quarters ore es
tablished as far north as possible. He
says that he would Just as soon winter
at Cape Hecla, as at Sabine or Etah.
The reller steamer Windward arrived
at Sydney, Nova Scotia, with Peary
and his party on board. Including Mrs.
Peary and little Marie Peary. Lieu
tenant Peary Is recovering from an ac
cident to one of his legs, from which
he suffered last winter. He Is slightly
lame. He has sent to the Arctic Re
lief club of New York a report of hlB
movements since August, 1901. He
says: "Left Erik harbor on the Elles
mere coast, August 29. The party
reached Payer harbor September 16,
crossing Roose bay partly by sledge
and partly by boat, then walking across
Bedford Pirn sound. About a week
later my Eskimos began to fall sick,
not one escaping. By November 19
six adults and one child were dead;
nearly all the others very weak, but
out of. danger. Early in January Eski
mos came across from Anvlllk, bring
ing news of the ravages of a fatal epi
demic through tlTe tribe. Word was
sent back by these scouts for as many
of the survivors as could to come to
me, and by the end of the month they
began arriving. In February a large
depot of dog food was established
near Cape Ixmls Napoleon, some 00
miles north of Sabine. On March 3
my advance party of six sledges In
charge of Hensen left for Conger. On
March 6 started with the main party
of 18 sledgos, leaving Percy In charge
at Payer harbor. Conger was reached
In 12 marches, arriving within an
hour or two of the advance party. My
supporting party of Eskimos returning
from Conger brought down the Instru
ments, chronometers nnd Arctic li
brary. Eight marches more took us
to Cape Hecla. The north end of Rob
inson channel was all open across to
the Greenland coast, lakes of water
extending northward as far as could
be seen from Black Cape and Capo
Ransomo. On April 1 started north
ward over the Polar sea with Honson,
four Eskimos and six sledges. After
bIx marches open leads and floes in
motion were encountered. Two na
tives were sent back. As we advanced
the floes became smaller, the pressure
ridges on a grander scale and tho
open leads more frequent. Each day's
march was more perilous and our gen
eral course deflected west by the char
acter of tho Ice. Finally at 84.17 north
latitude, northwest of Hecla, the
polar pack became Impracticable and
further efforts to advance were given
up. The Instruments, chronometer
and Arctic library abandoned by tho
Greely expedition were recovered nnd
are on board the Windward.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL RESIGNED.
Order Compelling White and Colored
Pupils to Kiss Not Popular.
Prof, J. D. Deafenhaugh, principal of
the Fifth ward school, Bellalro, O.,
who compelled white and colored girls
to kiss one another under a threat
of chastisement, has resigned his posi
tion. He appeared before the school
board meeting In extraordinary ses
sion and made a statement in which
ho did not deny compelling the girls
to "kiss and make up." He did not
appear to realize the gravity of his
offense until the mutterings of the
storm It caused reached his ears. The
resignation was promptly accepted.
MRS. PICKLES IS FOUND.
Believed 8hs Can Clear Up the Fish
Murder Mystery.
Investigation into the facts sur
rounding the death at New York of
Nicholas Fish, the banker, whlcn fol
lowed an altercation In a saloon, Is
being -pushed with vigor. According
to Assistant District Attorney Gar-
van, Mrs. Margaret PlcKles, a sister
of Mrs. Cosey, who Is sold ta hove
been in the company of Mrs. Casey
and Mrs. Philips, when Fish was
struck by Sharkey, has boen located
In Boston and arrangements are Doing
made to have the woman In New York
durlnc the inquest. Mr. Oarvan said
that he believed her evidence would go
a long way in clearing up tho ni)M
tery.
THE BEAUMONT OIL YIELD.
Not Mors Than 150 Producing Wells
, In the District
D. O. Lively, one of the largest pro
ducers of oil in the Beaumont field,
declared in sworn testimony before
the railroad commission that there are
not more than 150 producing wells lu
the Beaumont district, and that the
average dolly capacity and output ot
each well does not exceed 300 barrels.
He estimated that the total produc
tion of the field since its discovery is
about 17,000,000 barrels ot oil, and that
about $15,000,000 has been .invested
there.
8uspected of Anarchism.
TCiihraim Rosenthal, secretary ot the
committee arranging for the reception
of President Roosevelt at Chicago, re
signed Jils 'position upon publication
of a rumor that the committee con
talked one or two members whose
sympathies leaned toward anarchy.
ANGRY MONT PELEE.
Covered Ten Times Mors Territory
Than ths First One, but There
Were Fewer Fatalities.
The Quebec Steamship Company's
steamer Kdrona has arrived at New
York from the West Indies. Among
the passengers were Captain Walker
McKay, agent for the steamship com
pany in the West Indies. Captain
McKay said: "I was at Fort de
France, Martinique, August 3, the day
of the most recent eruption of Mount
Pclee. The explosion was terrific and
the rumblings aud detonations wero
continuous for a long time. This
eruption, It is estimated, caused the
death of 2.000 people and covered an
extent of territory 10 miles greater
than did the great eruption of May
last. This time the track of the dis
aster was beyond the mountain ridge
and spread out over the Interior. I
saw the mountain in eruption. Thero
appear to be numerous apertures be
low the edge of the crater from which
the steam Is ejected. The great cone
Is truncated and has changed consid
erably In appearance. The natives
were abandoning large sections of the
country In proximity to the moun
tain. The government had warned
people to remove their "ects to high
BTound In the Interior In anticipation
of a possible tidal wave. Martinique,
in the northern part was greatly de
vastated, hut the south is in full blos
som and Is thriving. We are shipping
more freight now than beforo the
eruption. It is a mistake to say that
the people are starving and are
crowding the fertile parts of the
Island. The fact, is that, considering
so many have been victims of the
eruption, the fugitives are com para
tiveiy tew In number. There Is no
need of food supplies. The natives
will not go to work as long as they
can obtain food for nothing. There
is room for all and employment is
easily obtained." A cable from Kings
ton. St. Vincent, says: There was an
eruption of La Soufrlere at midnight
September 15, but no loss of life. A
peculiarity of this eruption was that
no dust or scoria was emitted by the
volrano. Flames were seen flicker
Ing above the crater and the sight
was accompanied by Internal and
thunder-like explosions.
FAVOR CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
Honolulu Planters and Merchants
Want the Celestials Admtlted.
The United States senatorial com
mission at Honolulu has heard testi
mony regarding the question of labor
for plantations. F. M. Swansey, as
trustee of the Planters' association,
nnd W. O. Irwin, president of the
chamber of commerce, testified that,
In their opinion, the only solution was
limited immigration of Chinese la
borers for field purposes and under
such restrictions as Congress might
see fit to Impose. A similar view was
taken lu a memorial presented by the
Merchants' association.
Telegraphers Form Organization.
The International Union of Com
mercial Telegraphers was formed at
Chicago by a convention of 40 dele
gates, representing as many delta
throughout the United States. A con
stitution was adopted providing for
the Issue of a working card to each
member every three months.
Five Hurt in Collision.
Five persons wero seriously injured
and three tralnloads of passengers
were thrown into a panic In a col
lision between three Southslde ele
vated truing at Chicago, III.
CABLE FLASHES.
Marie Henrlette, Queen ot tho Bel
gians, is dead.
Is announced at Sofia, Bulgaria, the
nominal issue to be $21,200,000.
A syndicate with a capital of $50,-
000,000 is being organized In England
by the coal combine, which proposes
to purchase the Fife and Clyde com
panies' mines.
The claim of ex-Queen Ltlluokalanl
for the crown lands taken from her at
the time of the overthrow of the
Hawaiian monarchy has been present
ed to the Senate Committee on Ha
waiian Affairs. The queen asks that
she be paid tor her lands, which she
values at $20,000,000.
Two French tourists, two guides
and three porters, who were making
an ascent of Mont Blanc, Switzerland,
have fallen over a precipice and It is
feared that they wore all killed.
The French government, has decided
to install a wireless telegraph system
in the Islands of Martinique and
Ouadeloupe, owing to the frequent in
terruptions of the cable service there.
An trade has been issued at Con
stantinople authorizing .the passage
through the Dardanelles of the four
Russian torpedo boat destroyers on
condition that they sail under tho
commercial flag of Kussia, with an In
terval of 24 hours between each boat,
and that they carry no armament or
naval crews In order that internatlon
al treaties be not violated.
Lawrence Hubert Greig, who has
been for flvo years confidential book
keeper In the London, England, office
of the Carnegie Steel Company, was
arrested and arraigned in police court
and confessed to committing forgeries
to the extent ot $00,000.
The coal strike in the United States
is continuing to favorably affect tho
English Iron market. One firm in
London booked a single order for 20
ooo tons of east coast hematite tor
Pittsburg, In view of the shortage of
American pig iron, many midland and
northern furnaces are running on full
time to meet American orders.
In a dispatch from Johannnesburg
a correspondent says ho understands
that Port Matala, two miles from
Lourenzo Marques, Portuguese, East
Africa, has been leased to Great
Britain.
United States blue Jackets, with a
small, quick-firing gun from the cruls
er Cincinnati, continue to accompany
each passenger and freight train
across the isthmus of Panama, not
withstanding the protests against
such measures
THE MARBBTB,
PITTSBURG,
rain. Flour and Feed.
Tkeat-No. Ired .1 7
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70
57
gs
4 05
4 OA
If) 00
12 00
9 00
19 00
16 00
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its
Corn No. (yellow, ear 70
KO. fallow, (tidied t
Mike,! ear ' All
9f-No. white M
Ko. a white ..j .
floor Winter patent ......... 4 00
tnnuf aireigni winiere-.... e
Bar-No. Itlmothr 15 01)
Clover No. t 11 00
"d-No ! white mid. ton "
grown middlings "
ran. hulk..... I 15 7ii
Strew Wheat 7 00
Oal 7 00
Dairy Products.
Butter ltlgtn rreamerr S '
M
ti
Itt
vmo creamery
Faflcv .mini,, toll 15
Chat-He Ohio, new HH
new lorn, new u
Poultry, Etc
Bans par lb $ t
Jblckens dressed .... , 11Hj
Bite- and Ohio, fresh 1
15
17
S
Fruits and Veoetables.
Oreen Beana per baa.... .l 75
Potatoee Fancy white per bua 55
Oabbage per tibia ........ 90
100
an
1 oo
2 50
unions par Barrel . a uu
BALTIMORE.
Flour-Winter Patent 13 70
385
ill
24
24
Wheal No. 2 red o
torn mixed 09
Ega
Buiior-Ohio craauierr s-i
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent -.SnM
Wheat No, 'ired 7
Corn-No. 2 mixed flu
Date No. 2 while IM
Butter Creamery, axtra ...... 23
"gfa PeiiuejrlTanl time St
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8
NEW YORK.
Flour- I'a tents
Wheat No. ired
torn No. 3
Oata No, 2 White ...
butter Creamery
Kgge Htateaud r'ennsrlvaula
S 85
, 74-H
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22
LIVE STOCK.
Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa.
Cattle.
Prime heavy, KC0 to 1600 Iba f 5 75
Prime. 1BU0 to HCU Iba SOU 5 75
Medium, 1200 to UUO Iba 49 O0
S belter t "00
utoher, KI0 to 1000 lb 4 00 40
I- muion to fair HOD 50
en, common to fat 8 00 5 W
Common tuguod (at bulla and cowa 2uj 4 23
Mlk-hcowa.eaoh 0J 00
Extra ullch cows, each 40 0'J M00
Hogs.
Prima heary hoga 7 85 7 90
Prime medium weights I 7 7H5
Beat heavy yorkera aud medium... 7 75 7 HO
Uood to choice packers 7 60 7WI
Ooodplgaaud Hghtrorkers 7 00 7D5
Plga. common to vood 600 720
Common to lair 7W 750
nougba a on t
Stage 6 50
Sheep.
Sltra. medium wathara S 4 00 4 15
Ootid to choice S0O H0
medium ., miu im
Common to fair 150 2 00
Lambs.
lambs clipped 5 95 5 50
Laiuoa, goon to choice, clipped. .. i w nw
Lamlia. common to fair, olmuml... .101 5M
Spring Lauiba Ooi 0 25
Calves.
Veal, extra 8 00 8
Veai, good to choice 4 00 fi
oai, common heavy 8fi c
Veal, common to fair 80J 6
TRADE IS RUSHING.
All Indications Point to the Breaking
of Records Crops Only Slight
ly Injured.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says: "Domestic trade con
tinues active, high rates for money
having thus far failed to check In- .
dustrlal operations or unsettle confi
dence. Stringency is considered only
temporary and chiefly of importance
to speculators while large imports ot
gold promise relief. Crops are mak
ing encouraging progress, despite
some injury from frost. Labor dis
putes are few, the anthracite coal
strike being the only one that retards
progress, and each week shows some
increase in output. Fall distribution
of merchandise has begun unusually
early, while the volume of orders al
ready placed indicates much the heav
iest aggregate on record. At the south
and west conditions are especially fa
vorable, shipping departments work
ing vigorously, and' payments are
promptly made. Trafflo congestion
causes complaint, yet railway earn
ings thus far available for September
show a gain ot 4.9 per cent over last
year's returns and 15.17 per cent over
1900. Official returns ot foreign com
merce during August show the im
provement in exports over the two
preceding months that was indicated
by the weekly movement ot merchan
dise and staples and imports far sur
passed the corresponding month in
preceding years. This liberal buying
in foreign markets testifies to well
sustained domestic consumption, par
ticularly as to iron and steel, but im
ports of coal are abnormal and will
be still more ot an element in sub
sequent statement. Relief comes
slowly to consumers of coke, although
each week brings a new high record
ot output. Stocks are becoming bur
densome In the Connellsville yards.
The worst effect is the increasing im
portation of pig iron, Great Britain
alone sending 70,000 tons during Au
gust, while arrangements are now be
ing made tor remote deliveries. Steel
Is also coming in freely, German "pro
ducers accepting orders at gradually
advancing quotations. Estimates of
the tonnage on the. books of the lead
ing domestic concern tall little short
of 5,000,000 tons, covering deliveries
nine months ahead. Recent advances
in tin and copper were not maintained,
supplies proving fully equal to de
mands. Woolens and worsteds are
notably quiet because leading con
cerns ha-ve sold their entire product
ot staple goods. Failures for the week
numbered 199 In the United States,
against 157 last year, and 25 In Can
ada, compared with 20 a year ago.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, Includ
ing flour, exports for the week ending
September IS, aggregate 5,435,323
bushels, against 5,444,142 bushels last
week, 3.840,674 bushels In this week
last rear, and 3.535,857 bushels In 1900.
Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate
55,537,085 bushels, against 72.181,845
bushels last season, and 38,519,690
bushels In 1900.
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