1 CO. 25,000 MEN IN LINE President and Mrs. Roosevelt Drive Up and Down the Blue-Coated PageantUnique Features. The parade of the Grand Army of the Republic at the opening of the encampment In Washington city waa one hour and 10 minutes passing the reviewing stand.' There were about 25,000 men In line. The posts made a splendid showing. The President of the United Stntes and Mrs. Roose velt lent their energies to the en tertainment of the capital's guests. Unable to endure the strain of review ing the column from a stand, tho President rose from his reclining chair and had himself and Mrs. Roose velt driven up and down the line. The unuRtint Interest thus manifested was appreciated by the old soldiers and the couple were everywhere re ceived by them with loud applause. The procession was reviewed from the stand Immediately In front of the White House by Commander-in-Chief Torrance, who was assisted by the members of the President's cabi net and by Adjutant General Towler, of the O. A. R. Sitting In the midst of these distinguished ex-Union sol diers was the ex-Confederate Lieu tenant General Longstrect. He was escorted to the front together with General Sickles, and when the two appeared side by sldo they were greeted with hearty cheers. It Is said to be tho first time that an ex-Confederate officer had appeared on a Grand Army reviewing stand. Commander-in-Chief Scott and General T. J. Stewart were singled out for ova tions, while the fine marching of the posts were heartily cheered all along tho line. A score of hands appeared at. Intervals, and" there were many unique and Interesting features (lis . trlhuted through the line. Major General Miller, commanding officer of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, which has Just been called out by Governor Stone for duty in the strike region, came over to Washington and rode at the head of a division of the Grand Army. Post 140 of Shamokln, Pa., composed almost entirely of min ers, came In for a share of attention. The Sols band, made up of young boys from the Soldiers' Orphan and Industrial School of Scotland, Pa., was In the van of the Keystone State division. Pennsylvania posts had bout 6,000 men In line. The De partment of Ohio had 3,000 men In line. The West Virginia department was near the end of the parade, but Its 700 sturdy old volunteers were given general recognition all along the line. After the parade numerous re-unions were held by regimental and brigade organizations. End of Maneuver. The military maneuvers at Fort Riley, Kan., In which United States troops and State militia took part, closed Tuesday. There was but one opinion among the Regulars and Na tional Ouard officers. All agree ex cellent results have been obtained, tnd that much greater good could be accomplished by maneuvers conducted upon a more extensive scale. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Naval Constructor Admiral Bowles says tardy delivery of steel and long strikes have delayed building of war ships from eight to 40 months. The Executive Council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, appointed a sub-committee to draft an address to the public on the coal strike situa tion. Miss Alice Fisher, employed In the government printing office, was shot and Instantly killed by William Dougherty, an employe of the same office. The war department received an order from Governor Stone of Penn sylvania for 10,000 pairs of shoes and 1,500 blankets to be delivered Im mediately. The executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor has decided to appeal to the business men and other sympathizers with the anthra cite coal miners for financial aid for the strikers. An elaborate pronouncement on the subject of trusts, defining the posi tion of the National Administration, Is soon to be made. Attorney General Knox Is to deliver it George Graham Brooks, as the per sonal representative of President Roosevolt, has gone to the mining re gion to look up certain matters per taining to the coal strike. Secretary Moody left for a tour of speecli'maklng in the west. Ho will deliver an address on "The Navy" be fore the Marquette club of Chicago, end will speak In Madison, Wis. Chow-fa Maha VaJIraviidh, crown prince of Slam, arrived In this coun try. He was met by Herbert H. D. Pelrce, third assistant secretary of state, and D. B. Sickles, of New York, formerly conBul general at ' Itangkok, representing President Roosevelt, Tho members of Captain P. R, Bchuylor post, G. A. R. of Philadel phia, presented to Theodore Roose velt, Jr., the son of the President, a lamb named "Teddy." The lamb w. the son of "Bessie," which attracted much attention last year at the en campment at Cleveland, where sho followed the procession as the post's mascot. , Edward S. Bragg, consul genera! at Havana, has been transferred to the post of United States consul gen eral at Hongkong, taking the place of William A. Rublee, who has been transferred to the consulate at ' Ha vana, Two United States revenue cutters were successfully launched at the Spedden shipyards, Baltimore. One of them, the Mackinaw, was chris tened by Miss Alice Fuller White of Chambersburg, Pa., and the other, the Wlnnlsemmett christened by Mrs. If. F. Mahon. wife of Congressman LUlbuo of Pennsylvania. SETTLE STRIKE. Men Asked to Return to Work Under Protection Reported Division of Coal Market. Shenandoah was one of the most peaceful of the cities of this com monwealth Sunday, although blue coated guardsmen of the National Guard patrolled Its streets with ball cartridges In their rifles. People gathered hero and there on the streets and watched without comment tho soldiers as they patrolled tho town. During tho morning Colonel Rutledgo granted passes to about 200 mem'.iers of his regiment who wished to attend church In Shenandoah. In all the churches the blue of the guardsmen could be seen, but more j particularly In the Roman Catholic church of the Annunciation, of which Father H. P. O'Reilly Is pastor. He told the miners of his congregation to return to work, and scored President Mitchell. The Erie Company posted notices at Its collieries at Plttston requesting nil the striking employes to return to work. The company as sured all men who returned ample protection. This Is believed to be the first move on tho part of the coal companies to break tho strike under the protection of tho troops. General Wiley, since taking command of the brigade, has Issued an order to the command advising that the soldiers be kept ns far apart from civilians and striking miners as possible. Colonel Rutledgo, of the Eighteenth, has been very much Incensed at a story which was circulated that he was charged with being an accessory before the fact in the shooting of Durham. If such a warrant was Is sued it was destroyed before serving. With a determination to prove their claim that they could open the mines If afforded protection the operators at Scranton have been for the past week making a supreme effort to .se cure men and have succeeded to some extent. The Delaware and Hudson Company Monday started the Belle vue mine. A special from Philadel phia says: While the anthracite coal strike has not yet been settled, per sons In authority say there ia every prospect for It at any moment. It Is said that the coal operators have di vided the country Into districts, and will attempt to equalize the supply so that no one community will suffer, and that the railroads will make spe cial arrangements to handle soft coal, so as to supply all who can make use of It In place of anthracite. Secretary Root was in conference for five hours Saturday with J. P. Morgan on board Mr. Morgan's yacht Corsair, but both refused to speak of results. One story is that there is much dissension among the operators, and that some of them are desirous of resuming mining by granting some portion of the strikers' demands. NAVY NEEDS OFFICER3 BADLY. Members of Congress Requested to Present Their Csndidates. The navy department has sent this telegram to all senators and represen tatives with vacancies for midship men to fill. "Owing to the great need for naval officers the department will hold a special examination for mid shipment at Washington on Novem ber 12, under supervision of the civil service commission. You are au thorized to nominate a principal and five alternates under regulations re cently mailed you. No candidate who has failed to pass any midshipman ex amination this year can be renomi nated for November 12. Vacancies not filled at this examination must re main over to be filled by members of the Fifty-eighth Congress. MANIAC'8 DEED. Crushes the 8kulls of Mother, Four Sisters and Brother. Charles Cawley, IT years old, at Homestead, Pa., procured an ax and while the family as asleep crushed In the skulls of his mother, four sis ters and one brother. Another broth er, an Infant, was slightly injured. He attacked an elder brother also, but was overpowered by the latter. The mother and two daughters and one son are dead, and others are likely to die. The Insane murderer is in Jail. MISSING PREACHER RETURNS. Nurse, Who Disappeared at 8ame Time, With Him as His Wife. After an absence abroad of nearly two years, the Rev. James Le Baron Johnson, formerly curate at Grace church and chaplain In the fire de partment. New York city, whose dis appearance In December, 1901, creat ed a sensation, has retumed. Miss Mary Hoffman, tho pretty and wealthy nurse who disappeared at the same timo, returned with the clergyman as his wlfo. MAYOR 8ENTENCED TO PRISON. Burial of Coffin Marked With His Alias Fails to Save Him. James Pendleton, mayor of Gentry, Mo., convicted of bigamy, was sen tenced to five years in the "peniten tiary. Pendleton, under the assumed name of Coda S. Morris, married MIbs Grace Oeley, of Emporia, a few months ago, and later, uuder the name of Cox, burled a coffin contain ing Ice, at Orlando, Okla., and circu lated that Coda S. Morris bad been killed in a runaway. Lincoln Conspirator Desd. Samuel Arnold, 72 years old, who was convicted in 1865 of participation In the assassination of Abraham Lin coln, Is dead at tils home at Mason vllle, Anne Arundel couuty, Maryland. Great Steal 8labs Rolled. The Universal mill of the Central Iron and Steel Company at Harrhtburg Pa., have rolled some record heats. Several slabs, the largest weighing 7,000 pounds, were rolled Into steel plates 71 feat long, IS inches wide and tblrua-sUUtt of an loch thick. iUHQ IMS SMIL HI. CONVENE OCTOBER 20. Tin Plate Workers 8ummoned Presi dent 8ys Complications Exist That 8hould Be Explained. The result of the conference be tween the scale committee) of, the Amalgamated Association ot Iron, Steel and Iron Workers and the Amer ican Tin Plate Company, resulted In an adjournment without any agree ment being reached. It was decided by the Amalgamated association men In tho conference to again submit the question of agreeing to a rebate on certain so-called foreign work to an authority higher than that possessed by them, this time to a special con vention of tin and plate Iron workern to be held on October 20. One ob stacle In the way of an agreement on this matter was the possibility of cut wages being paid for tin plate that would not be exported. This objec tion was overcome when It was ex plained that the Standard Oil Com pany and Armour, Swift and the other big packing houses would be com pelled to pay full price for the pro duction intended for foreign trade. The American Tin Plate Company has agreed to allow a rebate when It Is shown that the plate has been made Into cans and sent abroad. The re bate will amount to more than the 25 per cent reduction In wages the men are asked to accept, and the in terests of the workers as well as those of the company are to be con sidered in determining what amount of plate Is to be exported under this arrangement. Following the ad journment of the conference Presi dent T. J. Shaffer sent telegrams to the various lodges affected, notifying them of the outcome, and also of the fact that a special convention to con sider the matter would be held In Pittsburg October 20. The call to the lodges Includes Instructions as to the form of representation that is re quired. Each lodge is required to send only tin plate and black plate workers, and only as many delegates as the constitution entitles in con sideration of membership. Those lodges having representatives In tho conference committee are Instructed to elect them as delegates, as their presence Is necessary. The questlou to be discussed Is: "Shall tho tin plate workers arrange to obtain tho re-export trade?" GOLD NEAR SYRACUSE. Farmer Digging a Ditch Discovers the Precious Metal. Excitement has been caused at Marathan, near Syracuse, New York, by the discovery of gold. Every land owner in that section is staking off his property and preparing to mine the precious metal. A short time ago Howard S. Wood, while digging a ditch across his premises, noticed that the dirt was filled with a yellow sub stance in fine particles resembling small chips of mica. On being sub jected to an acid test it was pro nounced by an expert to be gold. Largo quantities of Bimilar metal have been found on- other farms In the vicinity. COLOMBIA IS ANGRY. Admiral Touches National Pride by Refusing Transportation. The Colombian government has started negotiations with Charles B. Hart, our minister at Bogota, over the orders of Rear Admiral Casey forbid ding the transportation of troops over the Panama railroad. Colombia re sents the action of the Amoricau com mander, ar.d feeling is strong that ap prehension Is expresed that it may in terfere with Panama canal negotia tions. OIL FIELD BURNING. 75 Derricks and 20 Pumping Stations Were Destroyed. Another destructive fire, the second within a month, swept over a portion of the oil field at Beaumont, Texas, causing one known fatality and en tailing a property loss roughtly esti mated at $100,000. 75 derricks and 20 pumping plants were destroyed. Thos. Rowley, a worker in the field, was caught In the path of the flames and rustained burns from which he will die. This Is believed to be the only fatality. EXPELLING MILITIAMEN. Schenectady's Large Trades Assembly Takes Sensational Action. At a meeting of the Schenectady, New York. Trades Assembly, repre senting over 12,000 members. It wus unanimously voted to recommend tho expulsion from Its respective local unions of all members who are mem bers of the National Guard of the State. This action has created a pro found sensation in that city, which is thoroughly organized in the trades union sense. It is estimated that fully SO per cent of the mcmberj of the local militia companies of tho Second regiment are members of tho trades unions. Jessie Morrison Relessed. Jessie Morrison was released from & State penitentiary at Lansing, Ka9., on the approval ot her $10,000 bond, pending the appeal of her case to ihe supreme court. MIbs Morrison was sentenced to 10 years for killing Mrs. Qlln Castle. Claims Half a Million. Corporation Counsel Walker for the city of Chicago, has brought suit against County Treasurer Samuel B. Raymond and bondsmen to recover damages tor Interest alleged to have been withheld from the city. He al leges the total damages will reach $627,000. Coeoanut Shells for Fuel. East Side, New York, confectionery manufacturers arc supplying cocoa nut shells to tenement dwellers tor fuel. LATEST NEWS N0TE3. . i . i .i 1 . i r The Crown Prince of Slam landed In New York. . , Masked robbers secure $00,000 from a Burlington train near Lincoln, Neb Secretary Shaw says we must adopt metric system of weights and mea ures. Production of foal fjer man em ployed has steadily Increased for If years. Building statistics show that ce ment Is crowding on heels of steel at building material. Cuba Is growing Indifferent to Uncle Sam, and neglects to approve thi treaty of friendship. Trainer Dyer was rescued from vicious lioness In Bt. Ixmla by the use of redhot Irons. The main objoct of the Prince, ol Slnm to this country Is to compleU bis political education. General Thomas J. Stewart, ol Philadelphia, was elected commander In-chief of the G. A. R. Morgan and Yerkes, rivals for un derground railway franchises In Lon don, England, may combine. Thirty corpses, supposed to have como from Indianapolis, were fount' in cold storage in St. Louis. Indiana undertakers are accused of burying empty coffins and selling bod ies to colleges for subjects. Captain Alfred Fuller, of the Secont United States cavalry, died of typhok fever at the Chicago hospital. Four men were killed and sli wounded In Eldorado, Ark., as result of feud growing out of a love story. The new forest commission Is lak Ing action to preserve the historic John Drown bouse at North Elba N. Y. Carroll D. Wright. United Statei commissioner of labor, will retire from office when his term expires it 1904. The transport America sailed from Hamilton, Bermuda, for Cape Town, Africa, with 1,025 released Doer prl oners. The National Board ot Steam Navl gatlon held Its thirty first annual con vention In Cincinnati with 76 mem bers present. According to the St. James Gazette, London, England, a Cardiff firm hai booked a single American order foi 15,000 tons of steam coal. Miss Agnes McPhee, the young woman who was assaulted near the Cambridge-Somerset line, died at the Cambridge, Mass.. hospital. Admiral Casey, at Panama. Is try ing to arrange a meeting of General Salazar, government commander, and General Herrera, Insurgent leader. Fred W. McKee, a Pittsburg law yer, has sued the Chautauqua assem bly, charging mismanagement and asking a combination ot all branches. The entire body of the Louisiana militia has been assembled lu New Orleans in anticipation of trouble with the striking traction oar work ers. John Corbett, Elliott Ashman and Milan Morgan, boys, are supposed to have been drowned In Traverse Day, Mich., as their empty boat has been found. The Miners' Federation, In confer ence at South port, England, adopted a resolution urging the nationalization of land, mines, minerals and rail roads. President Mitchell positively de clined President Roosevelt's recom mendation that the minora return to work pending an investigation ot their grievances. Governor Nash, of Ohio, pardoned Mrs. F. L. Taylor and daughter, al loged kidnapers of the Taylor child rescued in Italy. His reason is doubt ot their guilt. The Sultan of Bacolod. Mindanao. Philippine Islands, has rejected friendly American overtures with the curt note: "Cease sending letters; what we want ia wax." Canada's minister of mllltla stated In Boston that Canada and Great Britain have agreed to subsidize I new line of fast steamers betweei Halifax and Liverpool. At the renewed strike conference lo New York Governor Odell demanded that the operators recognise the min ers' union and advance wages. The operators bluntly refused, and the conferences are at an end. A Janitor's unsuccessful attempt to remove a large Confederate flag from the stage of Carnegie hall, Newark, Ky almost caused a riot with the Daughters of the Confederacy. The convention of the colored Oik' Fellows, in session In New Haven Conn., elected J. McIIenry Jones, oi Wheeling, grand master and decided to meet In Columbus, O., in 1904. 8ecretasy Wilson, of the United Mine Workers, says that the bitumin ous miners throughout the country would not be called on strike in sym pathy with the anthracite miners William J. Reld. alias L. O. Hoft man, pleaded guilty to larceny fron Cooley's hotel and the Massachusetts house, at Springfield, Mass., was finec $1,200 and sentenced to jail for foul years. The committee appointed by Secre tary Shaw to pass upon the charactei and sufficiency of State and municipal bonds for public deposits have re celved about $4,000,000 of these bonds.. The thlrty-elxfth annua encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic began Monday, continuing until Sat urday. Preparations for the. gather Ing were complete. The local com mlttees employed every precaution for protection of life and limb and the housing of those who were un able to find hotel accommodations. President Roosevelt bad two con ferences with Commissioner of Laboi Wright over the coal strike situation. The question of a presidential com mission ot investgatlon was discussed at length. The Executive Council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor found that certain charges preferred by the Flint Glass Workers' union against Presi dent I). A. Hayes, of the Blass Bot tle Blowers' Association, were nol sustained. ' , urn or jackies from oim. CLEAR OF CHOLERA. U. 8. Stesmshlp Buffalo Arrived at New York From a World Cruise Visiting Nsvsl Stations. The United States steamship Buf falo arrived at New York from Manila and ports on the Asiatic station with 42 officers and 568 men. The Buffalo left New York June 5 last with 30 midshipmen of the class of 1902, 7S0 men and 800 tons of stores for the Asiatic fleet. At Gibraltar, ten mid shipmen were transferred to vessels ot the European Btatlon. The vessel arrived at Manila August 2, where she found near Admiral Rodgers with his flagship, the New York, also the Rainbow, the flagship of Rear Admiral Wilder, and several vessels of the Southern squadron. The Buffalo transferred about 450 men to these vessels and received 280 who had served the required two years in the Philippines. Bad weather interfered with the handling of the men and stores at Manila, and as cholera ex isted there, comparatively little com munication was permitted with shore. Thirteen midshipmen were trans ferred to vessels at Cavlte, and the Buffalo sailed on August 9 for Naga saki, Japan, where the flagship of Rear Admiral Evans, the Kentucky, New Orleans, Helena and Vlcksburg, were found. The Buffalo made ex changes of men and supplied stores. She also transferred five midshipmen and received a number of officers who had been ordered borne. As much cholera existed at Nagasaki the steamer remained at the water an chorage under voluntary quarantine. On August 15 the Buffalo sailed for Wu-Sung, China, where she found the Monterey, Wilmington and the col lier Saturn. There she continued the exchange of men, transferred the last two of the midshipmen, delivered stores, coaled ship and received offi cers for home. 8he left Wu-Sung August 19 for Hongkong, found there the Monadnock, completed the trans fer of men and stores, and left for home August 25, stopping at Singa pore, Colombo, and Port Said. At Messina, Sicily the Buffalo fell In with the Albany and received five of ficers and 47 men sent home from various vessels of the European Bta tlon on account of the expiration of their terms of sea duty. The Buffalo crossed the Atlantic In about 34 days and had fine weather. On board are 12 men for hospital tram the European and Asiatic stations. The United States supply steamer Are thusa has also arrived from Cavlto ria the Suez canal after an absence of 20 months In Asiatic waters, whore she has been In service attend ing the fleet stationed In the Far East. GIRL ASLEEP FOR EIGHT DAYS. Dora Meek, of Centralis, III., Afflicted by Peculiar Ailment. Miss Dora Meek, ot Centralis, 111., Das been sleeping for eight days. On the eighth day her father moiled her several squares through the city In an open wagon to his rooms without arousing her. Several physicians have examined tho girl, and some pro nounced her a victim of nervous pros tration and others of hysteria. Dur ing the last three days her mother aroused her once a day long enough lo give her two spoonfuls of water or loop at a time, but never more. She had a similar attack once before. Sho Is 17 years old and was not complain ing when she went to sleep. BUYS NEW MINE. U. 8. Steel Corporation 8eeures Ore Property and Two Steamers. The Donora Mining Company, the ore company of the United States Steel Corporation, has bought from the Eddy Bros.- & Co. of Bay City, Mloh., the fee of the Penobscot iron mine, comprising 40 acres, near Hib bing, on the Mesaba range, and two lake steamers, the Howard L. Shaw and Simon J. Murphy. The consider ation Is supposed to have been not less than $2,000,000. The Penobscot mine at present Is producing about 250,000 gross tons of ore annually. WARRANT FOR THE COLONEL. Commander In Eighteenth Regiment to Be Arrested. Justice ot the Peace Kelly, at Shen andoah, Pa., has issued a warrant for the arrest of Colonel Rutledgo, of the Eighteenth regiment, as an accessory befaro tho fact in the shooting of Walter Durham, an alleged dyna miter, by Private Walter Wadsworth, f Company A. The constable was re fused admission to the camp when be attempted to enter for the purpose of serving the warrant. Bible In 8chools Prohibited. In an opinion handed down at Lin coln, Neb., the supreme court declares that tho reading of the Biblo, suppli cation to the deity and singing of sacred songs in the public schools ot the state are prohibited by tho con stitution. All the Justices concurred. Memorial to McKlnley Unveiled. A bronze tablet bearing tho ad dress delivered by President McKln ley to the colored people ot Chicago was unveiled In Qulnn chapel during MoKlnloy memorial service. United States Senator William E. Mason de livered the oration. A star has been placed In the floor on the spot where the President stood. Soldier of Tenth 8hot Ira Velock, sergeant In Company B, Tenth regiment, was standing lu the kltcben mess tent at Shamoklii, Pa., when a bullet from a revolver pierced the tent and lodged in his right shoul der. Four men, one holding a ro rolver, were seen to rush from the top ot a culm bank close by and disap pear on the mountain. ARE NOT CITIZENS. Judge Lseombe Decides, Unless Porto Rlcsns Arei Regularly Naturaliz ed They Remain Aliens. A decision was hsnded down In the United States circuit court at New York by Judge Lacombe, holding that a citizen of Porto Rico is not a citizen of the United States, and as such en titled to land In the United States without Interference from the Immi gration authorities, but Is, the in sular decisions notwithstanding, an alien within the meaning of the law. The matter came before Judge La combe on the application for a writ of habeas corpus, sworn out on behalf of Isabella Gonzales, a native Porto Rlcnn woman, who arrived in New York August 24. Sho was detained by the immigration authorities on the ground that, being an unmarried wom an, her condition was such that she was an undcslrablo alien. She was ordered deported, but a well-to-do aunt nnd undo living on Station Island secured attorneys to get her released through habeas corpus. "The only question for discussion," reads the opinion, "Is whether petitioner Is an alien. The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides that all persons born or naturalized In the United States and subject to the Jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States. Peti tioner was by birth an alien; unless she has since, In some appropriate way, been naturalized, she Is still an alien. There Is no suggestion that Bhe was ever naturalized under the general laws regulating the admission of alien citizens. The treaty of Paris, unlike earlier treaties, which dealt with Louisiana, Florida, California and Alnskn, did not undertake to make native-horn citizens of Porto Rico citi zens of the United States. It express ly provides that the civil rights and political status of the native Inhabi tants of the territories ceded to the United States should be determined by Congress." Ellis Island Shakeup. A shakeup is Bald will follow a searching Investigation into the con dition of affairs in Ellis island. Be fore the end of another 10 clays five Inspectors of Immigration will be dis missed. With them will go many other officials and Important changes will be made in the civil employes on the Island. Bribery Is Charged. Alonzo V. Miller, president of the hoard of education ot South Omaha, Neb., was arrested charged with soli citing and accepting bribes. Similar charges were filed against J. L. Ku bat and Theodore Schroeder, both members of the same zody. CABLE FLA3HE3. Five blue-Jackckts were killed and others were injured by the accidental explosion of a shell in the naval ar senal at Spezla, Italy. Serious election riots occurred at Saint Poelten, 35 miles from Vienna, Austria, after a meeting of the sup porters of the Christian Socialist candidate for election to the provin cial Diet. Manchester, England, will be one of the terminal ports of the International Marine Company, nnd a service thence to Boston will be Inaugurated in January by steamers with a cargo capacity ot 8,000 tonB. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, speaking to a meeting ot Liberal Unionists at Birmingham, England, said that the education bill would not be withdrawn, and that If It was de feated the ministry would resign. The mall steamer Virginia Lake has returned to St. Johns, N. F., from Lab rador, and brings reports that the whole coast of Labrador has been swept by a fearful gale. Eighteen vessels were driven ashore and are total losses. - Information from the coal mining regions of France Indicates that the strike is spreading rapidly. The strikers In the Pas de Calais district number 47,600 men. The lack ot coal has already caused a number of iron works to close. At a cabinet meeting In Paris, France, Foreign Minister Delcasse announced that a Franco-Siamese con vention had been signed. By the terms of the convention France gets the ancient Cambodian province of Malaiproy and Laos, In the province of Bassack. An imperial edict Issued at Pekln, China, makes the late Llu-Kun-Yl. the famous viceroy ot Nanking, an earl ot the first rank, praises his ser vices in maintaining peace in tho Yang-Tse valley in 1900 and ordains that a tablet to bis memory be placed in tho Peking temple. In the LandBthlng at Copenhagen, Foreign Minister Deuntzer submitted a bill ratirylna the cession of the Danish West Indies to tho United States nnd urged a speedy settlement of the matter. The first reading of the bill was fixed for October 15, tho second reading will occur October 22. The Scotch Coal Masters at London, England, are In receipt of numerous urgent inquiries for the prompt ship ment of coal to New York and Phila delphia, and they are arranging freightage for 40,000 tons. The most urgent demand Is for anthracite, for which American buyers now have to pay $4.12 per ton. Emperor William has bestowed the decoration of the Prussian Royal Or der of tho Crown-of the first class upon Captain Sverdrup the Arctlo ex plorer. King Oscar of Norway be stowed the Grand Cross ot St. Olat on Captain Sverdrup last week. The Boer generals arrived at Ut recht, Holland, to greet Mr. Kruger on the occasion of his 77th birthday. Mr. Kruger In an address said the generals had only ceased hostilities in order to prevent the extinction of their race and that their assumption ot the role ot beggars showed their desire to save their people. Counterfeit American sllever dol lars are being ' made In China and circulated in the Philippine Islands extensively. tME MARKETS. I " PITTSBURG. Grsln, Flour and Feed. Wneat-No. trad .. .e M Rye-No. t M W Corn-Nn. a yellow, ear 75 78 No. yellow, ehelled ., BT 8 Mix mi ear ,. ee TO uata-no. 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Si iu "sta PennaylTauU brata M H NEW YORK. floor-ratanta ...la 85 Wheat-No. SI red 74 Corn No. 2 68M Gate No, J White 86 butter Creamery S f ge-Htaleand Fenneylvanla ml 4 0 t f M LIVE 8TOCK. Central Stock Ysrds, East Liberty, Pa. Csttle. f rlma heavy, IfOOto 1C0O lb..... B70 0 90 rrlme. lsuuto 14(10 Iba 6 60 Medum, 12U0 to moo Iba itg 00 talhellere 800 fitw Kutcber, MJ0 to 1000 lbs 4 80 6 00 Common to fair S7S SSS Oxen, common to fat S00 4 00 Common to goo J fat bulla and cows S0O 4 75 Al llch cowa, each iW S 00 Kxtra uillch cows, each 40 oil 6000 Hogs. Prima heavy boss T40 T45 I'rlme medium welalita ...$ T SO 73) Beat heavy yorkera and medlam.. 7 7 Wood to choice packers 710 T0 Good visa and lishtyorkers (50 e0 Pine, common to good 6 70 9 0C Common to lair 7 io 7 So llotisha 10 tttasa 5 00 SOU Sheep. itra, medium wethere t 8 50 8 75 CJood to choice 80 886 tedium a no tbd Common to fair I 60 t Lambs. famba clipped 89 8 78 Lam he, good to choice, clipped. . 6 00 6 50 Lamhe, common to fair, dipped... 80;) 4 50 Spring Lamba (0J t9 Calves. Veal, extra TOO e a Veal, good to choice 400 501 eal, common beery SOJ 0C veal, common to fair 804 tot BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Favorsble 8ymptoms Predominate Is Trade Despite Numerous Adverse Factors Coke In Demand. R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Favorable symptom! still predominate, and the buslnesi outlook Is encouraging, despite th adverse factors of labor controver sles, of fuel shortage and tight money That these drawbacks have not seri ously checked industrial progress tea titles to the strong position attained during recent months of uninterrupted activity and growing confidence Manufacturing plants dependent upor steam for motive power are flndlnt profits curtailed by the high prices ol fuel, and unless normal conditions art soon restored It will be necessary U secure better quotations for products The problem ot adequate transporta tion Is also disturbing, as there is al ready congestion In the coke region. When anthracite coal mining is fully resumed and grain shipments attain expected dimensions, the railroad! will find great difficulty In meeting ail requirements, despite vigorous effort! to Increase facilities. Railway earn ings In September were 9.4 per cent larger than last year, and 20.2 pei cent In excess of 1900. Dun's Index number of commodity prices pro portioned to consumption was $100, 648 on October I, an advance of 4.1 per cent, compared with the position ot September 1. It is certain that all records of pig Iron production . . would be far surpassed If coke could N be obtained, even at the exceptionally high prices now prevailing. Hence reports of active furnaces measure the available supply of coke rathei than the demand for pig iron. Last week's reduction In prices of sheet! and wire have not been followed b) any weakness In other branches ol the trade, while an Improved demand is reported In the lines making con cessions. Shipments ot tootweai from eastern shops continue on t large scale. The amount of buslnesi already placed assures activity at the factories for some time. Cotton milli in New England are preparing to shut down on account of the fuel shortage and the market for goods la strong ' because supplies are already limited Failures for the week numbered 243 In the United States, against 231 last year, and 21 in Canada, compared with 34 a year ago. Bradstreets says: Wheat, lnclud Ing flourj! exports for the week endlns October 9, aggregate 5,645,779 bush els, against 6,870,578 bushels last week; 4,719,898 bushels in this week last year, and 4,292,855 bushels In 1900. Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate 73,130,492 bushels, agalnBl 89.567,844 bushels last season, and 61,605,523 bushels In 1900. Corn ex ports aggregate 180,358 bushels against 141,423 bushels last week 678,246 buBhols last year, and 2,896, 037 bushels In 1900. World's Oldest Inn. The oldest Inn In the world Ib the "Seven Stars" at Manchester, Eng land. This hostelry has held a license for five and a half centuries. Its his tory, indeed, goes back to 1356.
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