SI M SKIPS THROUGH AIR.
UNDER PERFECT CONTROL.
Two Dirigible Machines Are Guided
With Ease by Their Manager.
Both Met With Success.
PUNISHING THE MOROS.
humi urn mi on unu
The Americans Captured Three Forte.
Enemy Opened Fire, but Fled
When Artillery 8helled.
300 MESSAGES SENT.
Two airships, soemlngly tractable
is water craft, aci-ompllshed in New
Yorli the .first flight of dirigible n0
machines In America. Dependent on
their own mechanism the ships man
euvered nt Hie will of their helms
men. They rose, circled, ohedlent to
the ruders. set course and held them,
while thousands of people craned
their necks to follow the sight. Acci
dents of minor Importance to the gen
eral results prompted the aeronauts to
brine; their mnelilnes to earth. Their
ucces had been demonstrated before
descent was made necessary. Rival
machines made the flight. One was
the Snntos Pumont ship No. fi. at
P-rlghton Beach, with Edward C. Bolce
In tho car. After a flight In which
more than two miles were probably
traversed tho ship settled tn a mc-adow
back of the Sheepshead Hay race
track. It alighted as easily as a gull
settles In the water. I.eo Stevens
sailed the other machlno from Man
hattan Beach toward the village of
Sheepshead Ray, swung easily on a
westward course until over Coney
Island, when he turned back and
eventually reached earth by way of a
ladder reared against a telegraph pole,
In the wires of which his anchor had
become entangled. Stevens was as
enthusiastic as his rlvnl. Both ships
started about 3:30. Stevens' ship
was probably 3.000 feet higher In the
air than the Bolce machine. Because
of an escape of gas Bolce decided to
bring bis ship to earth. Becnnse a
guy rope caught In Stevens' propeller
of the motor be decided that he had
better descend. In descending' the
basket of the ship caught In the cross
bars of a telegraph pole. Some lino
men working nearby brought a ladder
and he climbed to the ground. The
ship was uninjured and was taken to
Manhattan Beach.
The Maclu Moros In Mindanao,
Philippine Islands, have offered but
slight resistance to the column under
Captain Pershing, of the Fifteenth
cavalry. After skirmishes on two
days the Moros retreated Into six
forts on the shores of the lake. When
n courier left Maclu for Camp Vlcarn,
Cnptaln Pershing was preparing to
assault the Inst Moro stronghold. Th.i
American column reached tho former
camp at Maciu September 28. The
Moros opened fire on them with a
brass cannon and rifles from new
forts which had been erected since
Captain Pershing's first visit to tho
place. The battery, under Captulti
William 8. MeX.ilr. scaled a rldgo
commanding the position of tho Moros
and shelled them out. The engineers,
under Captain .lay J. Morrow, hut)
constructed a trail over tho swamp
flanking the Moro position. Captain
Pershing's column crossed the swamp
by the trail and captured and de
stroyed three of the Moro forts. Thi
Morns ran as soon as the artillery
openeil on them. Captain Pershing
has been ordered to destroy the fort
unless the Moros make peace. Twen
ty Moros were killed and many were
wounded. There were no casualties
among the Americans. The letter of
C.enora! Sumner. In command In Min
danao, to the Maclu sultans has been
delivered. It warns them not to make
war against tho Americans.
Says 8alling Master Tried to Bess
Ice Pilot at Wrong Time.
Compares Results.
ADMIRAL CASET'S ORDER.
8alaxar Refuses to Accept Hit Inter
pretatlon of Treaty-May En
danger the Great Canal.
WASHINGTON MEETING FAILED.
Operators Refuse to Listen to Any
thing From Mitchell.
President Roosevelt's efforts to end
the strike of the minors of tho an
thracite coal district of Pennsylvania
failed, at least for the present. The
propositions of the representatives of
the coal operators and those of the
men who spoke for the miners' union
were so far apart that there was no
middle ground. The conference
proved fruitless as soon as Mr. Baer
stated to the President that the oper
ators would listen to no proposition
that Mr. Mitchell might suggest. Mr.
Mitchell, on behalf of the striking
miners, proposed that the entire situ
ation be referred to a board of arbi
trators whom the President should
select, and that both sides to the
controversy pledge themselves In ad
vance to abide Implicitly by tho ver
dict of that Jury. Mr. Baer nnd his
associates made a proposition, that
any miner who felt that he hart a
grievance might in his individual
capacity apply for redress to the court
of 'common pleas In his district and
that his employer would be bound by
the verdict of the Jury. The attitude
M the mine presidents Indicates they
have agreed not to recognize the Min
ers' union or its officers. Prealdent
Roosevelt has expressed himself aa
Jotermlned to settle the strike even
t it is neeeBBary to call an extra bcs
,ilon of Congress to secure authority
o intervene officially.
SALT TRUST BANKRUPT.
Owes Mere Than Its Assets and Hus
a Losing Contract.
Chancellor Maejiu at Trenton, N. J.,
appointed Frank P. MeDerinott, of
,Ior;ey City, and Nathan S. Beards-
loo, of Warsaw, N. Y., receivers lor
the National Salt Company. Frank
P. Slave, chairman of the executlvo
committee, admitted that the liabili
ties are fl.loO.ono and assets 1850,000.
and that the company stands to lose
f.'!5.00ii a month on a contract under
which it was to purchase about 2.000,
000 barrels of salt a ear, and which
will not expire until January, 1901.
FOUND STOLEN CORPSES.
Evelvn B. Baldwin, the Arctic ex
plorer, has arrived In New York. He
at first refused to talk about the al
leged controversies which had taken
place between him and Captain Jo
hannsen, of the America, but after
hearlns that it had been reported that
tho expedition had been short of food
nnd supplies. Baldwin made the fol
lowing statement: "There is not a
word of truth in the report of our not
having sufllclent supplies. It is eaBy
to explain the troublo between my
self and Captain Johannsen. He
wanted to bs the whole thing. That's
all. Tho trouble first started between
the captain -or, to give him his proper
title, sailing master and the ice pilot
took up his place In the crows nest
on the ship when we were In the ice
fields and should have had, and event
ually did have, complete charge of the
directing of tho ship. The sailing
master objected to the ice pilot's hold
ing absolute sway over the move
ments of tho ship at any tlirA and
that is how the row began. I, of
course, took the side of the pilot, and
Haw that he was kept In command
while we were In the ice. The ex
pedition went away with 42 persons
on beard and we brought back the
same number. The Kram drifted
nround in tho Ice for four years,, while
In one year we did almost as much
nnd established an outpost. I have
learned one good lesson, though
never take a Swede and a Norwegian
topether along with you if you want
to avoid trouble. The l-e pilot was
a Norwegian and the sailing master
a Swede. Our most exciting adven
ture wns when we were coming back
nnd were caui;ht In tho pack Ice. The
ship's propeller frame was Broken and
the rudder and screw bent. We were
sending balloons and buoys adrift.
containing messnges, continually. Al
together we sent over 300 messages.
Fifteen balloons were sent up, but
they never reached their destinations.
The meteorological observations taken
and the dredging will be of great In
terest to Bclence. I still believe that
when the pole is reached it will be
found to be surrounded by Ice."
Ten Bodies Found Under the Floor of
Indiana Medical School.
Detectives found ten corpses burled
tinder the floor of the Medical Col
lege of Indiana, at Indianapolis, and
believe them to have been stolen
from cemeteries by the negro gang
arrested last week. The college offl-1
cers claim that the bodies are those
of subjects dissected by the students
last year. .
CABLE FLASHES.
GEN. MILES SAILS.
With Many Army Officers He Departs
for the Philippines.
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Mile
has sailed for the Philippines on the
transport Thomas, which will call at
Honolulu and Ouam. With General
, Miles are Lieutenant Colonel M. P.
Maus and Mrs. Maus, A. 8. Flint,
stenographer, and Julius Barteman.
messenger. Other passengers are
Charles S. Holt, Frank W. Wlborg
and Henry C. Rouse, president of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway,
all of General Miles' party; and 20 of
ficers of the army and navy.
TIMBER FOR THE POOR.
Residents of New Jersey Town Pre.
ented With Hardwood for Fuel.
Mayor Drake, of Lincoln. N. J.,
president of a real estate company,
offered free of charge to the rent
dents of Lincoln three acres of stand
Ing hardwood timber owned by his'
sompany and located on the outskirts
nt the village. The only condition is
that the timber must be cut down
?ttt Into cord wood lengths and stack
(id. Then it will be distributed to th
townspeople. The offer was at once
accepted, almost every family provld
Ing at least one worker. By after
noon the cutting of tho trees began
There are 300 Inhabitants in th'o vil
lage, and It is figured that there. Is
enough wood In the tract to do them
.'or the winter should it become neces
sary to keep up the consumption of 11
Undercut the Syndicate.
Bids for the construction of lite bat
tleshlp Louisiana were opened at the
navy department. The lowett bid
was that of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company, of
Newport News, Va., which offered to
build the battleship within 41 months
rom date of contract for $3,990,ooo.
Instructions With Soft Coal.
A coal dealer in Williamsburg, N.
Y who believes that more people
would 'be willing to burn soft coal If
they know bow to nee it without muk.
dig too much smoke has put out the
following sign:' "Bituminous coal
$10 a ton, -with instructions how to
jse It
Troop on Guard.
Troops were placed on duty guard
ing streets of Glens Falls, N. Y., be
cause of rioting brought on by street
railway striae.
Gustav Kauffmann, whose election
as Second Burgomaster of Berlin
Germany, Emperor William refused to
sanction, is dead.
According to the St. James Gazette,
London, England, a Cardiff firm has
Hooked a single American order for
15,000 tons of steam coal.
Andrew Carnegie has donated $7,
BOO to the union for womeu students
of St.. Andrew's university, London,
England, of which he is rector.
5,124 cases of cholera nnd 2,74'')
deaths from that disease were report
ed In the province of Hollo, Island of
Panay, Phlllppplne Islands, Septem
ber 29.
The Venture, London, England, cor
poration, promoters of the Indepeml
ence. mine at Cripple Creek, Col., Is
preparing to bring suit for $3,000,0uil
damages against the estate of W, S
Stratton.
The Senate has approved the bill
previously passed by the Chamber of
Doputles, providing for the partici
pation of Ecuador at the St. Louts Ex
position. ,
At a cabinet council in France it
was decided that Chaumie, minister
of public instruction, should renre
sent tho government at the funeral of
Emile Zola and deliver an oration.
Dreyfus revisited the Zola residence
and remained a few moments beside
the coflin.
Snow has fallen at Hanover. Hll-
desheim, Wernlgrode and In the Harz
mountains, Germany, accompanied by
heavy wind storms. The temperature
at Hanover tell to 28 degrees fahren
belt.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia ar
rived at Constantinople, Turkey, on
the Russian ironclad Georgi Pohled
onosotz, which, owing to the insis
tence cf RiiHBla, was permitted al the
last moment to. pass the forts.
The remains of Emile Zola will be
interred In Montmartre cemetery.
Tho funeral will be a civil ceremony,
though the body will be accorded
military honors, to which the do-
ceased is entitled aa an officer of the
Legion of Honor.
A cable from England says the de
mand for bar gold on American ac
count remains as keen as ever. In
spite of the rise In the bank's rato
of discount, the firmness of sterling
exchange and secretary or the Treas
ury Shaw s "rellof measures."
Fifty prominent Germans from va
rious elites of the empire and some
American residents In Berlin were
initiated Into the Deiitsch-Amerikln
ascher klub. at Berlin. , The object of
the club Is to encourage pleasant rela
tions between the United States and
Germany.
Hungary and Austria have failed tn
agree on all. the points of the pro
posed renewal of the agreement as to
the cost each is to bear for the ad in In
lutration of their common affairs. The
Austrian ministers are expected at
Budapest, when, it Is hoped, an agree
ment will be reached.
A. Guthrie, of St. Paul. Minn.
contractor of the Great Northern rail
way; John Henry and J. J. Jeffrey.
of Vancouver, British Columbia, have
bought ma victoria Terminal rail
way and its franchises, which, It Is
understood, will give the Great North
era railway an entrance to Victoria
and Vancouver.
HIS PRICE $1,000,000.
Young 8tratton Demands That 8um
for Withdrawing His Contest.
I. Harry Stratton, at Colorado
Springs, raid that be had been ap
proached by one of the executors of
his lather's win with the proposition
to compromise the contest, and an
swered that he would withdraw his
cult If given $1,000,000. The matter
was taken out of the county court and
transferred to the district court on a
writ of certiorari issued by Judge
Cunningham, of the district court
The action of tho county court Is set
aside, and the case now stands as it
did before the appointment of admin
istrators by Judge Orr, and the ap
pointment of the administrators is
practically annulled. It is victory for
the executors, who are defending the
dead millionaire's will.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
I IS SIUNI.
INCREASE RELIEF FUND.
After the conference held between
General Salaxer, Governor General of
Panama and commander of tho Co
lombian forces on the Isthmus, and
Commander McLean, of the ITnlted
States cruiser Cincinnati, no further
difficulties were feared, for It was be
lieved that General Salazar was sat
isfied that the landing of the Amer
ican marines on the Isthmus had for
Its onl( object the maintenance of
free mil road trnnslt between Panama
and Colon. The arrival at Panama
of Rear Admiral Casey on board tho
battleship Wisconsin has altered the
situation. Instructions brought by-
Admiral Casey may result In serious
complications. General Salazar re
ceived a communication from Acting
United States Consul Ehrman saying
that Admiral Casey would not permit
the transportation of armed or un
armed military employes of the gov
ernment, or of war material of any
kind by the railroad. General Salazar
held a conference with Admiral
Casey on board the Wisconsin. At
this meeting General Salazar said
that the United States, according to
tho convention of 1846, had contract
ed two Inseparable obligations, name
ly, to guarantee positively and effl
caclously free transit across the isth
mus and to guarantee in tho same
mnnner the rights of sovereignty and
property which Colombia possesses
over the isthmian territory, and said
that if the Colombian government Is
not allowed to transport its troops
nnd war tnnterlnl by rail over the
Isthmus not only does the United
States not fulfill its second obliga
tion, but It attacks Colombia's rights
of sovereignty and violates all prin
ciples of morality and Justice; that
he, as the representative of the na
tion and government, could not ac
cept such an Interpretation of tho
convention against which he ener
getically protests. To General Sala
zar Admiral Casey answered that he
was complying with Instructions. He
sold he regretted he had been com
pelled to take these measures, but he
considered them necessary to the pro
tection of free transit across the
isthmus. Admiral Casey said that
he would consult with Washington
and see what could be done tn the
matter.
PROSPERITY 8HINES ON CUBA.
Treasury Filled and Sugar Prices
Increased.
The customs receipts of Cuba dur
ing September amounted to $1,307,102.
The receipts from the postfllee. money
order department. Internal revenue
and sundries and reimbursements,
etc., bring the total receipts for the
month up to $1,596,401. The cash on
hand on August 31 was $1,039,217,
which makes a grand total of $2,635,
648, and there was a balance in the
treasury on September 30 of $1,406.
736. There was an Increase in the
customs receipts for September of
this year of $264,490 over . those of
September, 1901. The customs re
ceipts are keeping up with thoso col
lected during the period of Interven
tion. Tho Increase In the price of
sugar and reports that the next sugar
crop will be larger than that of last
year, are bringing about a restoration
of contidence.
8trlkers Strengthening their Lines
Preparatory to Continuing the
Struggle Find Ammunition.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The President's wound will not per
mit him to review the G. A. R.
parade.
Frederick C. Jackson, captain and
assistant surgeon. United States
army, is dead of morphine pnlHoniug
Ernest L. Squires, alias Edward
Somers, was captured In Washington
after an 18 months' chase by the New
York police force.
The naval estimates for 1904 cull
for a total of $82,426,038, and are re
markable for their liberality to all
branches of equipment of the war
ships.
All bids for the interior work on
the public building In Chicago have
been rejected for the reason that
none ore within the . appropriation
available.
There will be 14,000 rural free de
livery postal routes In operation July
1 next, and the estimate for appro
priations for the next fiscal year pro
vides for 12,000 more.
Colonels Chambers McKlhhen, of
Pennsylvania. Hood, of Ohio, and
Kimball, of New York, were promoted
to brigadier general rank and all will
retire almost Immediately.
The navy department Is Informed
that Rear Admiral Evans, on the
Helena, left Hankow, China, for lt-h-
ang to investigate the threatened up
rising against the foreign element.
Minister Conger's dispatches to the
state department show that Yuan-Shl-Ka,
tho viceroy of Chlh LI, is in
earnetit In his expressed determination
to crush the Boxers In his section of
China,
The navy department received a ca
blegram from Hear Admiral Robley 1).
Evans, second in command on the
Asiatic stutlon, announcing his .In
parture from Kuiksang for Hankow to
investigate the "Boxer" disturbances.
Secretary Shaw designated AhhIj-
tant Secretary Allen, United Stutea
Treasurer Roberts and Mr. Ridgcly,
comptroller of the currency, u.i a com
mittee to examine and report on the
character of bonds offered by batiks
as security for public deposits.
The estimntos of appropriations re
quired for the department of agricul
ture for tho next fiscal year; us com
pleted by secretary Wilson, aggre
gate almost $5,000,000. Tho appro
prtatlons for the' current year amount
ed to $4,503.9t'.U.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne hus issued a circular letter to
the, postmasters of all rural free de
livery poMtottices instructing them
that postmasters and rural free de
livery carriers are not permitted to
condemn the letter boxes used by pa
trons.
According to the annual report of
the paymaster general, army expen
ditures decreased during the past
fiscal year $918.D19, as compared with
the preceding year, partly owing to
decrease in the pay of the armr.
MAY BE THE WESTINGHOUSE.
American Company Gets a Huge Con
tract for Electric Power Plant.
A contract to the value of $2,500,000
was awarded In London. England, to
an American corporation, presumably
the Westlnghouse Company, for the
equipment of two generating stations
In tho C;.de valley, of Scotland, In
tended to supply electrical power for
Industrial purposes over an area of
755 square miles.
GREAT LETTER WRITER.
Accused of Using His Gift to Win Half
a Million by Fraud.
The arrest of C. W. Norton of South
Wallingford, Vt., by a Boston post-
office inspector on the charge of using
the malls for fraudulent purposes has
brought to light what Is alleged to be
one of the biggest swindles known In
New England in many years. The of
fenses charged agahiBt Norton cover
several years, anil Involve more than
$500,000, Norton was an adept letter
writer. He is accused of getting ex
tensive consignments from wholesale
houses on the pretext that he was an
owner of a large department store.
The administration regards tbe
coal famine as something with which
Governor Stone, cf Pennsylvania,
has full authority to deal. President
Roosevelt hopes he will be able to
demonstrate whether the claims of tho
operators are true that they can run
their mines full If men who are will
ing to go to work are given protec
tion. The administration still has no
plan, definite or lndoftnlto, for at
tempting to do anything under United
States authority. Governor Stone
will not discuss the strike situation
nr the failure of the Washington con
ference. Neither will he indicate
whether or not he has had any com
munication directly or indirectly with
President Roosevelt on the subject.
If the governor has any plans to sot
tie the strike, he Is keeping it to him
self. John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers, at Wilkes
barre, when asked Sunday whether he
had heard from President Roosevelt
since Frldoy's conference with the
operators, said: "Why do you askT
What have you heard?" He was In
formed that the President and his
Cabinet had held a long conference
on the coal strike, and he was asked
If he had heard from the President's
Cabinet. His answer this time was:
"1 have not heard from the Cabinet."
"Have you heard directly or Indi
rectly from Commissioner Wright?"
"I don't care to say anything."
Walter E. Weyle, who has done con
siderable work for United States
Commissioner of Labor Carroll D.
Wright In the anthracite fields, spent
about three hours with President
Mitchell Sunday. Mr. Weyle being
so closely Identified with Mr. Wright,
It was surmised that he may have
carried some message to Mr. Mitch
ell from Washington, but both gen
tlemen denied that the visit had any
significance. The conference between
the President, the operators and the
representatives of the mine workers
having been without result, the strike
leaders are engaged In tightening up
their Hues and preparing themselves
to combat any movement by the oper
ators to break the ranks of the strik
ers. The first step In this direction
wab taken when W. R. Russell, pres
luer.t of district No. 12 of the Miners'
union, which comprises the entire
State of Illinois, came to Wllkesbarre
by direction of President Mitchell for
tho purpose of discussing relief meas
ures. After the conterence it was
announced that steps would Imme
diately be taken to carry out a plan
by which tho relief fund from Illinois,
at least, will be Increased. What the
plan Is both Mr. Mitchell and Mr.
Russell declined to say. The 36.000
mine workers In Illinois are now con
tributing to the Pennsylvania strik
ers 10 cents on every ton of coal
mined by them. The boys employed
In that 8tate, too, are giving 10 cents
a day. In addition to this tax tho Illi
nois miners are paying one cent per
ton Into their own general deren3e
tund.
Just beforo daybreak Sunday morn
ing a squad of Thirteenth regiment
men, stationed near the Grassy Island
colliery, at Scranton, came across an
Italian striker named Paprlello prowl
ing about the outpost with a shotgun.
He fired In the direction in which the
soldiers were approaching. Colonel
Watres had received Information
that Paprlello was receiving arms
nnd ammunition, and a detachment
of two companies was sent to his
house. The soldiers found there
1.200 pounds of cartridges. No arms,
however, ' were found. Twice during
Saturday night sentries about the
Thirteenth's camp were stoned, and
early In the evening a train bearing
troops from Olyphant to Blrdseye en
countered a pile of rocks and a felled
tree across the tracks.
Arctic Explorer Baldwin has arrived
In New York.
Indian uprising feared among
Apaches In Arizona.
Sir Marcus Samuel was elected
lord mayor of London for the ensuing
year.
8lnce July IS the cholera record of
Egypt is 36,658 cases and 30,933
deaths.
The business section of Tulare, Cal
ifornia, was burned, causing a loss of
$160,000.
Illinois citizens want the President
to have receivers appointed fur coal
companies.
Union Steel Company orders $1,600,
000 ore handling plant for furnaces
at Donora, Pa.
President Roosevelt wnnts mlnen
to return to work and let Congrem
act for them.
Sons of striking miners quit school
because sons of non-union men are al
lowed to attend.
J. P. Morgan says the President'
call for a strike conference wus an
admirable thing.
Ex-Councilman Uthoff has lmpllcat
ed Ed Butler and John Scullin in St.
Louis bribery case.
Paul Dorchester, of Pittsburg, wot
elected treasurer of the Junior clasi
of Boston university.
Sir Michael Herbert, British ambas
sador to tbe United States, has ar
rived In this country. .
Engineer J. 8. Perdue and Firemar
E. 8. Keys were killed In a collision
of engines at Washington.
Arthur MoCormlek, of Unlontown
Pa., was killed while exercising a year
ling colt at Lexington, Ky.
Gen. Chaffee and Vice. Gov. Wright
have sailed from Manila on the trans
port Summer for San Francisco.
The metallurgical works at Kurtsh
Russia, have failed for $8,000,000
throwing 6,000 men out of work.
A tornado struck Indtanola, Tenn
A number of people were Injured, oni
rataiiy, and many houses destroyed.
Benjamin O. Crane and Miss Fran
cos Herllng were killed by the fall or
an elevator In a factory at Lynn
M ass.
B. II. Howells Son & Co., and Ar
buckle Bros., of New York, have re
duced all refined grades of sugar flv
points
The steeple of the church of Sat
Stefano, Venice, which was built 80(
years ago, shows further signs of col
lapsing.
The Jury at Milwaukee has return
ed a verdict convicting ex-Chlet ol
Police Frederick W. Ames of receiv
ing a bribe.
The New York detective bureau
has been advised that a bank in Parli
has been robbed of $150,000 in French
government bonds.
Rev. Charles T. Olmstead was con
secrated in Utlca, N. Y., bishop co
adjutor of the Episcopal diocese ol
Central New York.
Victims of Sheraden, Pa., naphtha
explosion bring suit against tho Pitts
burg, Chicago, Cincinnati & St. Louis
Railroad Company.
Mayor Capdovlelle. of New Orleans
notified the railways company that it
must operate Its cars or Its franchls
will be revoked by the city.
Henry Phlpps, who gave $100,000 tc
the Boer relief fund, arrived In New
York from Europe on the steamshlr
Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse.
An explosion of firedamp occurred
In the fourth level of the Lawsor
mine, Washington, badly wrecking
the mine and killing 12 miners.
The steamer Bostonlan, towed Into
St. Johns, Newfoundland, the steam
ers Pallanza, from Hamburg for New
York, which was disabled at sea.
George McAllister, ' of Baltimore
was granted a hearing by the post
office department on his scheme tc
make every street car a mail col
lector.
Summoned to the White House.
president Roosevelt Thursday sent
Invitations to the coal operators atid
minors' officials to a conference In
Washington In an attempt to bring
about a settlement of the strike.
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STOCKS ARE LOW.
Retailers Generally Are Calling on
Jobbers and Manufacturers for
More Rapid Delivery.
v EXIT UNDER GUARD.
Non-Union Negroes Sent From Leb
anon to Avoid Trouble.
The American Iron and Steel Man
ufacturing Company at Lebanon, I'a.,
oent away in a special train the 300
negroes who hn.l been employed In llu
workn as strike breakers. The no
groea were loaded on the train In tho
works, at the eastern end of the city,
under guard of two companies of tho
Twelfth regiment, and the train dash-
cl westward through the city at top
ftpced, avoiding t vufl li t with the strikers.
Terrorize Nebraska Townsmen.
Tho sain In the bank at Norman,
eight miles stiutlieaHt of Mlndeii,
Neb., was blown open by four rob
bers, who secured about $1.00(1 in coali
and terrorised the town. I'urt of the
building was blown away by the force
of the explosion. Tho robbers es
caped.
Coal for Reading Men.
The Philadelphia & Reading Hull
road Company notified those of Its em
ployes in llurrisburg who are heads of
families that they will be supplied
with one ton of anthracite coal each,
at tl.25 per ton, lu less thau 10 days.
Strike May Close Business.
The retail merchants at New Or
leans, I .a., resolved that unless the
strike of the street car men is called
off they will close their establish
ments Indefinitely, throwing - out of
employment about C.iMJU clerka.
HE DRAWS A SHARP LINE.
Postmaster General Issues Circular to
Postofflce Employes.
Postmaster (leneral Payne lias ad
dressed a circular letter to all offi
cers and employes of the pobtotllce
department and others concerned re
garding the extent of the prohibition
put by the department on political
activity among poBtofllco employes,
in which he save: "As to political ac
tivity, a sharp line is drawn between
those in the classified nnd thiue In
the unclassified service. Postniusterit
or others holding unclasHlllc-d posi
tions aro merely prohibited from
using their olflces to control liolitlcul
movements, from neglecting their du
ties, or from causing public scandal
by political activity. A person In tho
classified service has an entire right
to vote as lie plouses, and to express
privately his opinions on all political
subjects, but he should take no active
part In political management or in
political t-Ampaiens."
Anthracite Coming Prom 8cotland.
It Is reported in Glasgow, Scotland,
that the Scotch coul masters nave se
cured large contracts for anthracite
coal to go to the United States.
Burke's $4,000,000 for Charity.
A dcuil was filed for record at Mar
shall, Minn., whereby John M. Burke
conveys to the Wlnneld Masterson
Kurke Relief foundation $1,000,000
worth of real and personal property
as an endowment for a hospital for
convalescents.
Glass Scale Arranged.
The Window Olass Workers' asso
ciation, I-. A. 300, Knights of Labor,
and the American and Federation Co
operative Window Olass Couoanlea
reachart ettleaieut.
Thomas Stewart, a negro barber
killed W. I). Barrlngor In Grand
Rapids, Mich., with a blow on the
Jaw, after accusing him of Insulting
Mrs. Stewart.
Police Superintendent Walte, ol
Minneapolis, issued a warning to the
public that his force Is notoriously
inadequate to cope with burglars anO
porch climbers.
Henry C. Rose, who killed his wife
In New York on suspicion that she
was unfaithful, was committed to the
Tombs by the coroner for the action
of the grand Jury.
Justice Adam Van Wyck. of Hobo-
ken, N. J., says be was approached by
it lawyer, supposed to represent Laura
Hlggar. who tried to bribe him to pro
duce a marriage record.
Commissioner Wennorstrura, of the
St. Louis Exposition, was received by
Crown Prince Frederick at Copen
hagen relative to Denmark being rep
resented at the Exposition.
Tho collection of the fuud for the
mine strikers created a record-breaking
business for the money order de
partment of tne inuianapoiis, inii.,
postoftice for last quarter.
Armour & Co., who hold all the Sep
tember wheat available, pushed the
price up on tho short speculators to
f5 cents, the highest figure since the
Letter deal four years ago.
K. W. Ames, former chief of pollcf
of Minneapolis, was sentenced to sli
and a half years in the penitential-)
for accepting a bribe, but was grantee
a stay of Go days to move for a new
trial.
The headless, armless and almost
nude body of a woman was fount'
In the East river, New York. Ther
was nothing about the remains to give
any clow of their identity.
The bodies of'L. L. Hunter and L.
B. Magtll. who were lost in the burn
ing ot the steamer City of Pittsburg
last April, 30 miles below Patiucab,
were found four miles below the
wreck.
The monthly statement ot the pub
lie debt. Issued from the treasury de
partment, shows that at tbe close ol
business September 30, 1902, the
debt, loss cash In the treasury,
amounted to $957,415,887, a decrease
ot $10,675,434, as compared with Sep
tember 1.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
Says: Distribution ot merchandise
shows no diminution and prospects
are bright for continued activity.
Dealers in many lines are urging
prompt shipments. This indication ot ,
reduced stocks Is a good sign and
tends to sustain quotations. Western
reports are especially favorable. Vol
untary advances in wages have been
announced in a number of Instances,
while the labor situation is more sat
Isfaotory. Transportation facilities
have Improved in the coke region,
where congestion was becoming se
vere, and railway earnings thus far
reported for September exceed last
year's by 94 per cent. Pig iron fur
naces are receiving larger consign
ments of coke, and there is less in
terruption because of fuel scarcity.
The situation is by no means satis
factory, however, and production of
iron and steel would expand consid
erably if facilities were normal. Much
of the relief has come from large im
ports, the extent of which is not gen
erally appreciated. During August
aloue pig iron Imports were 79.447
tons, and for eight months 257,210
tons, valued at $4,676,649, while re
ceipts of steel billets were worth still
more. Recently the purchases abroad
have extended to steel and rails and
structural shapes. Quotations are
fully sustained on these products, but
the inequalities of the market are
shown by declines In sheets, wire
nails and barb wire. Tin plates are
dull and efforts are still being made
to retain business sent abroad by spe
cial wage arrangements. Supplies ot
cotton goods do not accumulate In
first bands, the demand continuing to
keep pace with production. Wool
averaged slightly higher in sympathy
with the London sale, but further
declines occurred in hides and leather
has become dull. Strictly commercial
failures In the United States during
the first nine months of 1902 number
ed 8.G76. with defaulted liabilities of
$85,407,490. Last year there were 8.
083 failures of banks and other finan
cial institutions, with liabilities of
$28,027,198. against 61 In 1901, involv
ing $17,295,554. Only one other year
during the past two decades made as
favorable a showing. Business fail
ures in the United States for the week
ending October 2 number 164, aa
against 172 last week, 175 in this week
last year. 177 in 1900, 148 In 1899, and
163 in 1898. .
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, Includ
ing flour, exports for the week end
ing October 2 aggregate 6,870.578
bushels, agalnBt 6,077,070 bushels last
week, 6,195,749 bushels thla week last
year, and 4,450.167 bushels tn 1900.
The Empress Dowager of China In
tends establishing a girls' school In
the palace at Peking. Ten daughters
of princes will be the students. The
reason Is that the Empress needs In
terpreters when entertaining the
wives of foreign ministers.