MISSION FIELDS STRTUS NORMAL
REPORT OF OFFICIALS.
American Board of Commissioner for
Foreign Missions, Finances
Make Good 8howing.
The ninety-third annual meeting of
the American Bonrd of Commission
ers for Foreign Missions began Us
sessions at Oherlln, O., Tuesday,
President Samuel B. Capen, LL. D.,
of Boston, presiding. The report of
the Home Department was present
ed by Secretary Charles H. Davids,
f. D., of Boston. The report states
that during the year 37 new mission
aries were sent out to the various
fields. The large number of work
ers who left China on account of the
uprising have returned to tho Far
KaRt and normal conditions have
been resumed. The twentieth cen
tury fund, which It Is proposed shall
reach $2.r0,000, now amounts to $115,
796.(12. Tho total receipts from all
sources last year amounted to 1845,
105.85. The so-called regular dona
tions unconditioned by the donors,
from Individuals, churches and so
cieties, were fo04.035.36, a loss from
last year of $1,262.52. Of this sum
the several woman's boards con
tributed $124,710.61, an Increase over
the previous year of $16,054.99. Tho
contributions to the distinctive work
of the American board have de
creased by a little over $20,000, as
compared with one year ago. As
compared with last year the legacies
show an increase of $49,810.03. In
special gifts $42,717.42 was received.
The expenses of the year were larger
than tho previous year by $24,222.23,
the total expenditures being $741.-
S03.35. The financial prospects for
the ensuing year are said to be as
good as in any year of tfie board's
history. A summary of tho report
of the treasurer, Frank H. Wlggin,
was presented as follows: Expendi
turesCost of missions. $685,465.54;
cost of agencies, $18,486.54; cost of
publications, $9,782.48; coBt of admin-
lstration, $27,368.79; balance for
which the board was In debt Septem
ber 1, 1901. $102,341.38; total, $845,
105.S5. Receipts Donations, $651,-
304.24. legacies. $174,437.58; Interest
on general permanent fund, $19,
364.03; total, $845,105,885.
WESTERN MARYLAND FUNDS.
Stockholders Meeting Issues Call for
$15,000,000.
The first stockholders' meeting of
the Western Maryland Railroad com
pany, since control passed to the
Gould Interests was held In Baltimore.
The annual report was delayed owing
to the large amount of detail work In
connection with the transfer of the
property. The directors elected were
WlnBlow S. Pierce. A. H. Calef, H. C,
Doming, F. S. Landstreet, John W.
Gates, Edwin Gould, George J. Gould,
Lawrence Greer, Henry B. Henson, W.
H. Mclntyre, of New York; John M
Hood, Charles W. Slagle, S. Davies
Warfleld, of Baltimore. A call was Is
sued to the underwriters of the $25,
000,000 of bonds that are to be sold
Immediately, to pay 60 per cent, of
to their subscription. The pro
ceeds will be applied to tho exten
sion plans of the company.
Passenger Train Collide.
A fast west-bound passenger train
and the Torre Hauto and Indianapolis
accommodation train, on the Vandalja,
collided at ReolHVllle, Ind.. killing Fred
H. Hemson, mall clerk, and seriously
Injuring three others. The wreck was
due to the failure of the agent at Har
mony to deliver an order.
What Peary Discovered.
At a meeting In New York of the
Peary Arctic club a letter from Peary
was read, in which he expressed re
gret at his failure to attain the pole
and pointed out that among the dis
coveries made was unquestionably the
most northerly land on the globe.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. ,
Lieut. Col. Randlett, In charge of
the Kiowa Indian reservation In Okla
homa, in his annual report vigorously
assails the Indian Rights association
and the government board of Indian
commissioners.
Secretary of the Treasury Shay fa
vors the ship subsidy scheme, easing
its drain on tho treasury would bo
infinitesimal.
Commissioner W. E. Sewoll has
been appointed naval governor of
Guam, Philippine Islands, relieving
Commander Scaton Schroeder.
A dispatch from Minister Bowen,
dated at Caracas, Venezuela, says;
"Fighting continues at La Victoria.
No communication is to be had with
Voloncia."
Col. A. L. Mills, superintendent of
the United States Military academy,
in his annual report, says that the dis
cipline of the cadets has boen very
satisfactory throughout the year.
The conditional acceptance by Presi
dent Mitchell of the amended offer of
the anthracite operators to arbitrate
the questions at Issue was made pub
lic at the White House Thursday.
The Supply Sailed from New York
for Guam, to remain as a station
hip. Commander William E. Sewell,
a passenger, has been assigned us
naval governor of Guam, relieving
Commander Seaton Schroeder.
Secretary Root will recommend In
his forthcoming annual report to Con
gress that the United States purchase
arms and equipment sufficient for a
force of 250,000 men. He believes
this number of troops will be neces
sary to resist invasion by a foreign
army In time of war.
These change in the diplomatic
corps have been announced: Henry
L. Wilson, now minister to Chile, to
be minister to Greece, in place of
Charles 8. Francis, resigned; John B.
Jackson, now first secretary at Ber
lin, to be minister to Chile; H. Per
clval Dodge, now second secretary at
Berlin, to take the place of Mr. Jack
son; R. F. Reynolds Hltt, now secre
tary t Peris, to Uke place of Mr.
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FRIEND OF UNIONS.
President Mitchell Denies That J.
Plerpont Morgan Wat Forced to
Favor Strike Settlement.
President Mitchell was asked what
he knew of the report cabled from
New York to England that J. Plerpont
Morgan was forced to Intervene In
the coal strike and In reply ho said:
"To my personal knowledge Mr. Mor
gan has been trying to settle the coal
strike ever since he came back from
Europe twa months ago. If others had
been as fair and reasonable as Mr.
Morgan was, tho strlko would have
been settled a long time ago. I know
nothing about Mr. Morgan's finnnetal
Interests compelling him to seek set
tlement of the strike, but I am In
formed that he has keenly felt his re
sponsibility to tho public In connec
tion with the fuel famine, and has
done his best to bring about the end.
Both Mr. Morirnn and Mr. Cusaatt, of
the Pennsylvania railroad, were work
ing for a settlement when President
Roosevelt made his last and success
ful move. .Mr. Morgan could not very
well have been forced to do somo-
thing which he had been trying to
achieve for several weeks. I make
this statement In Justice to Mr. Mor
gan. We have had no quarrel with
him, and we wish none. We do not
fear him, but prefer his friendship If
he Is willing to give it to us. I am
credibly Informed that he Is friendly
to organized labor. As an organizer
of capital he concedes the right of
labor to organize also, and when la
bor organizations are fair and con
servative he believes In dealing di
rectly with them for the advantage of
both employer and employe. It Is
this relationship which the United
Mine Workers seek In the anthracite
field, and we Invite Mr. Morgan to co
operate with us In securing a per
manent and scientific solution of the
labor problem in this region." Car
roll D. Wright, recorder of the arbi
tration commission, appointed by the
President to consider tho differences
between the mine operators and the
miners, spent a half hour at the
White House Saturday discussing In
a general way with President Roose
velt the work of the commission and
the existing condition of affairs. E.
E. Clark, of Cedar Rapids, la., grand
chief of the Order of Railway Conduc
tors, who was chosen as one of the
arbitrators of the miners' strike dis
putes, said he would certainly ac
cept if for no other reason than to
avoid the complication and delay that
might result from one of the commis
sioners declining. District Attorney
McLaughlin, at Pnttsvlllo, Pa decid
ed to institute habeas corpus pro
eoedings to secure the custody of
Private Walter Wadswbrth, of the
Eighteenth regiment. Wadsworth
shot William Durham, a striker, on
October 9, and a warrant is out for
his arrest on the charge of murder,
but the military authorities refuse to
surrender him.
EVILS OF MONOPOLIES.
How the Trust Problem Appears to
Attorney General Knox.
In an address delivered before the
chamber cf commerce, Pittsburg,
Attorney General P. C. Knox made
the following deductions: If trusts,
so-called, are being illegally conduct
ed Congress, has the power to enact
laws, the enforcement of which will
effectually eradicato the evils. A law
which would cover contracts and
combinations In restraint of trade, as
defined by tho common law, would ex
clude all hurtful combinations and
conspiracies. Congress can, if it sees
fit, adopt that law. 1 challenge the
proposition that wo are hopelessly
helpless under our system of govern
ment, to deal with serious problems
which confront us in respect to our
greatest Interests. Public sentiment
Is sufficiently aroused and the situa
tion sufficiently grave to call for the
efforts the President Is making to se
cure an authoritative exposition of
existing laws and suggesting addi
tional ones. Evory constitutional
question is an open one until It Is de
cided by tho supreme court. May not
Congress, under ' the commerce
clause, effectively amend and extend
the law to deal with the trust ques
tion? Who shall say that the power
of Congress does not extend so far?
I think it docs. I am quito sure no
ono can now say it does not.
MASONS WILL CELEBRATE.
Lodge to Observe 150th Anniversary
of Washington's Initiation.
Invitations have been insued for
the celebration by the grand lodge of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia of the
sosqul-centennial 'of the Initiation of
George Washington into the Masonic
fraternity, which took place in Fred
ericksburg, Va., on November 4, 1752.
President Roosevelt, who Is a mem
ber of Oyster Bay lodge, Is expected
to make an address. General Stew
art L. Woodford, minister to Spain,
will deliver an oration on "Washing
ton as a Cltlden,' and James M.
Lamberton, of Harrlsburg, Pa., one
on "Washington as a Free Mason."
Revolver Instead of Check.
When pressed for settlement, Wil
liam C. Turner, formerly president of
the Climax Bottle Manufacturing
Company, of New York, shot and in
stantly killed Albert Hamilton, of
Pittsburg, and W. J. Mallard, of New
York city. He then put a bullet
through his own brain, and the three
men died together in a little room not
more than 10 by 15 feet In area. .
Admiral Self ridge Dead.
Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge,
Sr., U. S. N retired, died at the Mc
Lean asylum in Waverly, Mass. He
was the oldest admiral In the world,
and bis son, Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.,
is a retired rear admiral In the navy.
Convicted on Old Murder Charge.
Albert Brown, a negro, was convict
ed at Evergreen, Ala., of killing Levi
Brown In 1871 and sentenced to pris
on for Hie.
END OF lULII 19 III SIGHl
CASTRO'S ARMY DEFEATED.
Government Forces Compelled to Re
treat After Desperate Fighting
nd Heavy Losses.
News has been received from Cara
cas that the battle near La Victoria,
Venezuela, between forces of Presi
dent Castro, numbering 4,100 men,
with 15 guns, and the Venezuelan rev
olutionists., has so far been without
definite result. Genoral Matos, leader
of the revolution, and General Men
doza were not present. The only
rebel Generals engaged were Gueva
ra, Torres, Crespo and Antonio Fer
nandez, who had with them about 3,
100 men, representing the advance
guard of tho revolutionists. President
Castro twice led a charge In person
and showed great courage and cool
ness. His Lieutenant, General Alcan
tara, who was at one time at the
West Point Military Academy, was
mortally wounded. The Government
forces had 247 men killed, while the
revolutionists lost 310 men. Among
the latter was General Guevara. The
arrival at the scene of battle at 5
o'clock Monday afternoon of Vice
President Gomez with 800 men and a
large amount of ammunition saved the
situation for the Government. At that
time the odds were greatly against
President Castro, but the arrival of
reinforcements Improved his position.
Monday night the revolutionists still
retained their positions. The fight
started again Tuesday, and at 10
o'clock in the morning Castro retired
to La Victoria. At 1 o'clock the flght-
Ig ceased on both sides. News of
the engagement having reached Gen
erals Matos and Mendoza. they has
tened to the scene and arrived at a
point near La Victoria with the rest
of the revolutionary army, which now
numbers about 8,000 men. The rein
forcements under Matos and Mendo
za Intended to take part In the renewal
of hostilities. Those who were wound
ed In the fighting are still without
medical assistance or care. They He
on the battlefield as they fell, and the
scene there Is one of great horror.
MINERS' STRIKE ENDED.
President Roosevelt Names a Com
mission of 8lx.
After a consultation with President
Mitchell at the temporary White
House at Washington, Wednesday,
President Roosevelt named the fol
lowing commission, who are to deter
mine the points at Issue between the
mine operators and United Mine Work
ers' Union: Brigadier General John
M.' Wilson, United States army re
tired; late chief of engineers. E. W.
Parker. Washington, as an expert
mining expert engineer; chief statis
tician of the coal division of the
United States geological survey.
George Gray, Wilmington, Del., as a
Judgo of United States court. E. E.
Clark, Cedar Rapids, la., grand chief
of the Order of Railway Conductors,
as a sociologist. Thomas H. Watkins,
Scranton, Pa., as a man practically ac
quainted with the mining and selling
of coal. Bishop John L. Spalding, of
Peoria, 111. The President has added
Bishop Spalding's name to tho com
mission. Carroll D. Wright, United
States commissioner of labor, is ap
pointed recorder of the commission."
The naming of this commission is the
result of a mutual agreement on the
terms of compromise between the
Union and tho operators.
THE TREATY WITH CUBA.
Tariff Schedule of Cuba Favors the
United States.
It is reported in Havana that the
proposed treaty with the United States
is based on tariffs that were prepared
by Col. Bliss, ex-collector of customs
According to these the United States
will give Cuba concessions amounting
to 20 per cent. The United States will
pay about the same duties as at pres
ent, but the duties for Imports from
other nations will be increased from
about 20 to 70 per cent. It Is said that
this excludes the trade of all nations
but the United States.
UNITED STATES LEADS IN COAL
Enormous Output In 1901 Exceeds
That of British Empire.
The United States Geological Sur
vey estimates the world's production
of coal in 1901 at 866,165,540 short
tons. The three great coal producing
countries of the world aro the United
States, Great Britain and Germany
Prior to 1899 Great Britain led among
the world's coal producers, but during
1899, 1901 the United States has made
such remarkable increases due to the
activity in the metal trades, that it
now stands far In the lead, with a pro
duction in 1901 exceeding that of
Great Britain by 47,965,938 short tons.
Ud to the close of 19u0 the coal pro
duction of Great Britain and her colo
nies, if taken together, still exceeded
that of the United States, but the
output of the mines of this country
last year exceeded by about 26,000,000
short tons, the entire output of Great
Britain and her dependencies, Includ
ing India and the Transvaal. Of the
output of coal In 1901, the United
States produced 33.86 per cent, Great
Britain and her dependencies, 80.80
per cent, and Germany, 19.42 per cent,
or combined 84.14 per cent of the total
production.
Richest Nstlon on Earth
The Osage Indians of Oklahoma,
are said to have $8,000,000 cash on
deposit In Washington and to own
1,500,000 acres of land, worth another
$8,000,000. Their realty holdings give
a per capita wealth of $4,000 for every
brave, squaw and papoose In the tribe,
Telegraph Operators Orgsnize,
There was organized In New York
city a lodge of the International
Union M Commercial Operators.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
T. men were killed by accident to
an airship In France.
Coal cars are bolng bunched In stor
age yards ready to rush coal to mar
ket. Father Pic Mayer, a German, ha
been elected general of the Carmelite
order.
The Vermont legislature ro-cloct
ed W. P. Dillingham United Statet
senator.
Tho city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, has
been officially declared Infected with
yellow fever.
Rev. Dr.' Francis L. Patton was
elected president of Princeton The
ologlcal seminary.
The town of Klamartron. Cal.. was
nearly wiped out by fire, which caused
a loss of $.150,000.
Cholera Is spreading fast In Pales
tine and nt Gaza the dally death record
Is from 30 to 40.
Wlnslow 8. Pierce has been elect
ed president of the Wcsterland
Marylnnd railroads.
Archbishop Chapello has reached
Genoa from the United States and
proceeded to Rome.
A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco,
declares that all Europeans have been
expelled from Fez.
The seven days' battlo In Vene
zuela Is without permanent result,
according to Minister Bowen.
Gilman. Son & Co., bankers and
dealers in Western mortgages in New
York, have failed for $200,000.
There were two Inches of snow at
Cadillac and a two hours' snowstorm
at Marquette, Michigan, Tuesday.
Consular reports show that Russia
produces more petroleum than the
United States, but the grade Is in
ferlor.
Mrs. W. A. Klerl, 17 years yean
old, was placed under arrest at Syra
cuse, N. Y., charged with poisoning
her husband.
The sailing of two ocean steam
ships from New York was delayed
through the late arrival of their sup
plies of coal.
Motorman and conductor were held
responsible for death of President
Roosevelt's bodyguard, William Craig,
at Plttsfleld, Mass.
The Grand hotel at Point Chautau
qua, N. Y.. owned by a Beaver Falls
and Buffalo syndicate, was destoyed
by Are. Loss, $200,000.
The Tillamook stage was held ut
by three masked men five miles from
North Yamhill, Ore. The robbers se
cured $200 and escaped.
It Is announced In Rome that the
emperor and empress of Russia will
come to Italy next December, escorted
by a Russian squadron.
Thomas Llpton's third challenge for
the American cup. sent by the Royal
Ulster Yacht club, was made public
by the New York Yacht club.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Chas
S. Fnlrchlld was painfully but not
dangerously hurt by being knocked
down by a trolley car In New York.
The National Association of Retail
Liquor De alers. In session in Washing
ton, resolved to endeavor to Induce
Congress to reduce the tax on whisky.
A box containing bank notes valued
nt $50,000 In gold was stolen from tho
treasure room of the steamer Zaflro
on her voyage from Hong Kong to
Mnnlla.
Tho crown prince of Slam devoted
tho greater portion of one day in
snectlng Cramps shipyard ami tli
Baldwin locomotive works at Phila
delphia. The Golden Eagle Knights, at Port
land, Me., elected Jenkin Hill, Read
ing, Pa., Btipreme chief, and F. A.
Williams, YoungBtown, O., supreme
first guardsman.
Governor Hunn refuses to call an
extra session of the Delaware Legis
lature to elect two United Statei
senators before tho regular session
soon to convene.
Russell Sage, the New York iinan
elor, makes two of Ills clerks trus
tees so that In case of his death col
lateral for leans may not bo tied m
in estate settlement.
President Roosevelt Issued an or
dor endorsing tho opinion of Attorney
General Knox Incorporated therein,
touching the soliciting of politico.
moneys from government officials anO
by them.
Andrew Carncglo will bo Installed
as rector of St. Andrew's University,
England, October 22, and Ambassadors
White and Choate will receive the de
gree of Doctor of Laws.
Simon Yondcs, of Indianapolis, has
given $12,000 to tho Presbyterian
home mission board, which makes
$87,000 that he has contributed to the
missionary work within six months.
A strong effort is being made In
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Arkanias to organize every sawmill
firm of Importance Into the Hardware
Manufacturers' Association of the
United States.
The immediate acceptance of the
President Roosevelt commission by
the anthracite operators and by Pres
ident John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, caused a big drop In
the wholesale prices on both hard and
soft coal in New York.
Prof. Adolph Lorenz, the Vienna,
Austrian surgeon who made a special
trip to operate upon the daughter ot
j. Ogden Armour, was cited befort
the state board ot health on the
charge of practicing without a license
He took out a license.
A petition will be forwarded to
Rome for a coadjutor In the Cincin
nati archdlocose for Archbishop Wil
liam Henry Elder. He has been In
the priesthood 66 years and is the old
est momber ot the American hier
archy. Ida C. Craddock, known as priestess
and pastor of the Church of Yoga,
who was to have been sentenced in
the United States court in New York
for sending objectionable literature
through the malls, was found dead in
her room.
Tuesday was the first registration
day ot the 'coming election In Porta
Rico. Few serious conflicts have
thus far been reported,
f.
A TERIFFIC ERUPTION.
Matter Thrown Forth 8psrkles In
Dsrk Air Incessant Roar Accom
panies Outbreak.
A terrific eruption of the Soufrlere
volcano at St. Vincent, commenced
again Wednesday. During the preced
ing day earth tremors, apparently too
slight to be considered Important,
were experienced In the central and
northern parts of the Island. At 8
s'clock Wednesday night there were
Indubitable Indications of an erup
tion. Rumbling noises were heard.
ind they Increased until 9 o'clock,
ahen the roaring volcanic giant belch
sd out Its deadly contents. This erup
tion was followed by a brief lull. Then,
from 10 o'clock until 4 o'cock Thurs
lay morning the upheaval continued,
rhe outbreak was accompanied by on
Incessant and confused canonading.
There were Incandescent clouds and
sparkling matter was ejected. After
I o'clock the disturbance gradually de
creased, but the noise of the holing
saldron was still audible In the dis
tricts nesr the volcano. Both craters
of the Soufrlere were apparently ac
tive. Sand fell heavily everywhere
from 1:30 until 2:30 o'clock Thurs-
Jay morning. At Southern points tho
sand was half an Inch deep, the depth
gradually Increasing toward the vol
canic cone, where there were showers
;f large stones, pebbles and cinders.
Kingstown and other southern points
of the Island hav not been damaged.
This eruption caused darkness at
Bridgetown, Island of Barbados.
Tnere was a fall of volcanic dust
there. The sand ejected during this
eruption has a stronger sulphurous
odor than any previously thrown out,
and one superficial square foot of It
weighs exactly one pound. The pub
lic meeting held at Kingstown to dis
cuss alleged maladministration of re
lief funds was enthusiastic and or
derly. Thousands of persons of all
classes. Including Carl I) Indians and
other sufferers from the recent vol
canic eruptions were present. A reso
lution was adopted asking Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain to recall Gov
ernor Llewellyn. It charges diversion
of supplies contributed by the United
States, and that Llewellyn falsely an
nounced that no land was left and that
sufferers must emigrate to Jamaica.
DEFENDS GEN. SMITH.
Gen. Grant Says That He Is Not So
Bad as Painted.
General Jacob H. Smith la not so
bad as he Is painted. This Is the
opinion which Oeneral Frederick
Grant expressed when he arrived In
Chlcaco from the Philippines. "Oen
eral Smith Is a man who does a good
rleal of talking, but I do not believe
lie is as violent as he seems to make
the public believe," said General
Grant. "I succeeded him In com
mand of the district whore he waB sup
posed to have done so much burning
and killing. But I could not find
that ho had destroyed so vastly as I
had supposed. The buildings which
nenersl Smith did burn were those
shelters which stood a half mile or so
from tho towns, and which offered
cover for the peoplo who came down
from tho mountains nnd rushed In at
night to attack the American soldiers
who were stationed In tho towns. Ho
ordered all of theao buildings burned,
which was just as It should havo
boon."
RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION.
Hulk of the British Ship Jersey Found
at Brooklyn,
After lying burled for over a cen
tury the English prison ship Jersey,
in which several hundred Americans
were martyred while tho British held
New York In tho Revolution, has been
discovered at the Brooklyn navy
yard by tho workmen putting up the
launching stays for the battleship
Connecticut. Historical URSocinliunn
have been searching for tho Jorscy
to: 60 years. The half-burled hull of
t-e ship Is lying under 12 or 14 feet
of dirt and water and is in perfect
condition.
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD.
Officers of Correspondence School
Taken Into Custody.
Fostofflco Inspector Hugh J. Gor
man caused the arrest of tho four
principal officers of the Alt F. Clark
Company, of Scranton, Pa., which con
ducts what is known as the Corres
pondence Institute of America. The
men arrested are Alt F. Clark, presi
dent; Conrad Lotz, vice president and
treasurer; Louis Conrad, secretary.
and William M. Bingham, general man
ager. The warrant charges them with
using the mails for the purpose of de
frauding. Fifteen Hurt In a Wreck.
A passenger train on the Northern
Pacific, road collided with an engine
six mllos west of Brainerd, Minn., and
Engineer Carlson, Fireman Leonard
and Baggagemaster Jones and a doen
passengers were injured.
United States Consul Lost
Vice Consul J; F. Kimball, at Neuvo
Laredo, Tex., reports that a message
bad boen received from the United
States Consul General at Monterey,
Mexico, stating that no news had been
heard of united states consul Gar
rett, who went Into the Sierra Madre
range, on a hunting expedition Sep
tember 8.
Labor Organizer Sent to Jail.
Edward Currant, a labor organizer
from IndlanapollB, was sentenced to
eight months' imprisonment by the
Federal court at Abingdon, Va., for
contempt In disregarding the order of
the court not to trespass on the lands
of tha Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
Company while they were in a receiv
er's hands.
ALABAMA RACE RIOT.
Three White Men and Eight Negroes
Fall In a Fierce Fight Near
Birmingham.
A terrific race riot broke out at
Littleton, 22 miles west of Birming
ham, Ala. Three white men and eight
negroes are dead. The negroes In
the place outnumber the whites ten
to one, and are In complete posses
sion of tho town. Tho negroes have
captured a powder magazine belong
ing to a coal company. A reign of
terror existed Sunday. The operators
at Littleton nt 10 o'clock p. m. Sun
day wired Birmingham that 40 armed
white men were In his office waiting
fur a sheriff's posse, and If the offi
cers wero not there before morning
there was going to be very serious
trouhlo In the place. Tho riot started
In the afternoon, when a white wom
an was shoved off a trestle by a negro
man and woman. The woman told
her friends and five white men went
after the negroes. A pitched battle
followed, and the white men were
worsted. The while men were forced
to retire, but succor soon arrived and
the negroes were put to flight. Re
inforcements for them arrived also.
Shooting continued all night. James
Thompson, white. Is shot In the
abdomen and will die. Another man
shot and killed instantly worked for
tho Sloss-Sheffield Company. His
name Is not known. One white man
Is miming. The reports from Little
ton Fay there Is great excitement and
everybody Is armed. Sheriff Uurgln
and 10 deputies left Birmingham for
the scene of the riot.
THE WORLD'S COFFEE 8UPPLY.
Three-Fourths of All That Is
Comes From Brazil.
Used
Coffee was originally Indigenous to
Abyssinia, from whence It was Intro
duced In Ceylon and Java, but since
Its Introduction into the West Indies
and South America its original hab
itat has almost been forgotten. Its
cultivation In Its native home has
been completely neglected. Brazil is
now the most Important coffee pro
ducing country of the world,- produc
ing, according to the "Government
Crop Reporter," almost three-fourths
of the annual crop. Brazil's position
with reference to the coffee market
Is much li Ua that which this country
occupies as regards corn. Similarly,
while Chicago Is the chief corn mart
of the world. Santos, In the State of
San Paulo, Brazil, Is the chief coffee
mart. From this point about one-third
of the world s coffee commerce orig
inates. Strikors Ordered Back.
The Chicago Federation of Labor
by an almost unanimous vote ordered
tho striking members of the Whole
sale Grocers' Employes' Union to re
turn to work pending the settlement
of their troubles by arbitration. Five
large establishments had been tied up
and two more were threatened.
CABLE FLASHES.
Rear Admiral Charles Boresford
has been promoted to the rank of
vice admiral In the British navy.
Tho Spanish Cabinet has agreed to
the renewal of the literary copyright
treaty between the United States and
Spnin.
.'.nchel Elizabeth Hind, the Ameri
can woman ncemed in London of
complicity with Henry Conrad In at
tempting to obtain a wax Impression
of a pnBtofllce box, was discharged.
General Zinznr Marovlcs has form
ed a new cabinet in Servla In suc
cession to the ministry, which resign
ed October 13. It Is composed of in-
lcpenclent Radicals, with himself as
premier.
The Hague tribunal awarded the
payment of $1,420,000 to the United
States by Mexico as the adjudicated
amount due In the Pious fund, and
further an annual payment of 113
0,"i0 Iq Mexican currency. The de
cision was unnnimotuj.
Gen. Perdomo, minister of state
and commander of the Columbian
army, has been Invested with presi
dential power, on his arrival at Pana
ma. A guard of American marines
presented arms, and he was escorted
to the center or tne city by Colum
bian troops nmld wild cheering.
Pope Leo paid $500,000 for the
library of Prince Bnrborinl, founded
by Urban VIII. It will bo established
In a special hall in the Vatican at
Home, and open to the scientists of
all countries.
The rollod steel syndicate at Ber
lin reduced prices In Germany by
1.25 a ton, as a concession to publlo
opinion. There has been much agita
tion recently over the high domestic
and low export prices.
The British punitive expedition un
der Colonel Swayno sent to Somali
land, Arabia, fought a heavy engage
ment with the forces of Mad Mullah
Major Phillips and Captain Angu
were killed. Colonel Cobb wounded.
Word has been received confirming
previous reports that the provisional
government of Haiti has crushed the
Firmlnist revolution, and adding that
tho election of Senoqne, Pierre to the
presidency Is assured. Hundreds of
refugees are expected at Kingston
Jamaica.
The new Chinese Portuguese treaty
authorizes a supplementary conven
tion to fix the customs regulations for
the new station to be established un
der the treaty, and making Lappa, op-
poslte Macao, where a large traffic in
opium is car lieu on, equivalent to
treaty port.
It la reported that during the re
rent visit ot Grand Duke Nicholas of
Russia to the Sultan of Turkey,
treaty was concluded. Under its terms
the parte undertakes to exclude In
time of war, all foreign warships from
the Black Sea, while Russia agrees
at Turkey's request, to furnish aid by
land and sea forces.
At Fehrbellln, Brandenburg. Ger
many, a monument was unveiled in
the presence ot Emperor William to
the memory ot the great elector and
his defeat ot the Swedes there In
1675.
TUB KlAti.Mt.ETa.
PITTSBURG- '
Grain. Flour and Feed.
Wheat-No. t red A....... fl TO
Hn-Nn i . ns
Tt
67
81
OT
Corn-No. t yellow, ear S'H
N. J follow, (helled M
Mixed ear W)
70
S4U
4 ol
4 00
16 fO
IS 00
i so
I" so
17 ro
B 00
8 00
Oats-Ko, I whl to m
Mo. a white iu
Flour Winter potent .- 4 00
Funny straight winters 8 90
liar No. I timothy .! 00
.'lover No. I 1 no
r-(l -No 1 white itild ton "0
grown middlings li oo
ran. bulk 17 00
Straw-Whrnt 7 60
Oat 7 W
Dairy Products.
butter Zlgln creamery ...S
' !
84
no
ua
14
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ss
no
s w
unio creamery
Kant'T f-niiiitt-v rnll
it)
IS
11
I-'
Cbecae Ohio, new
ew York, new
Poultry, Eto.
Hens per lb
IS
15
I nli-kene rireHMed ...
F.ggs la. ami Ohio, frenh
Fruits snd Vegetables.
reen Peana tier ban It Of)
Potatoes Fancy wblte per but 60
Cabbage er bbls SO
Unions per barrel I 85
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent $3 70
Wheal No. i red 70
so
71114
It-,
orn nixed ft
Kmc
butter Utilo creamer? si
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent .....83 50 400
W teat-No. a red 7IH fttf
Corn-No. 2 mixed 89 70
ate No. 2 while 87 371
Uutter Creamerr. extra: SI ttu
Kgge Peuusyliaula Urals . i
NEW YORK.
Flour Tetania
IS 8.1 4 01
,.. dHW IN
Wbeat Nul 2 red
Corn No, 2
Uate No, 2 White
butter C.'reamepv
;7
Kfgs btateand reunsrlvaula
... w
LIVE STOCK.
Central 8took Yards, Esst Liberty,
Pa,
Cattle.
Prima beary, 1HC0 to 1GU0 lbs $ 0 so
Prime, 1SOO to 100 lbs 8 40
Medium, 121X1 to MOO lbs... 8 70
Fat bellere 800
but.'hf r, too to 1000 lbs . 8 00
Common to fair 80
Oxen, rommon to fat 81)0
Common to good fat bulls and cows 8 60
Mllrh con e, ea'-h 00
715
8 75
8 15
5 0)
4 DO
8 OS
4 00
4 as
SB 00
6000
txtra nillcb cows, each 40011
Hogs.
Prime heary bona 7 SO
780
7.M)
740
7
700
00
6 00
715
too
mine medium weights .... 7
Beet heavr yorkors'anri tneillnm.- 7 35
Uood to choice packers 710
Uood plf a and light rorkere
rigs, common to eood 8 70
Common to fair 8 00
nongtis eoo
blags 8 00
8heep.
Extra, fneftlnm wattii.a S 90
4 CO
8 75
850
800
Wood to choice 8 SO
Medlnm 800
Common to fair I W
. Lambs.
lamtia ellnne . ft Oft
875
6 50
450
888
Lamlia, good to choice, clipped!. . 8 00
Lambs, common to fair, olipped.M 800
bpring Lambs 800
Calves.
Veal, extra 8 SO
Veal, good to choirs 800
800
650
600
too
.ei, common beary auj
Veal, common to fair 80J
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Transportation Worst Feature The
Railroads Unable t Handle Busi
ness Coming to Them.
R. H. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says: Settlement of the coal
strike removes the only serious hand
icap to Industrial progress. Five
months of restricted fuel production
hod begun to check the wheels at
many manufacturing centers. Trans
portation is now the worst feature and
threatens to continue disturbing.
While the grain crops are being moved
the suppy of rolling stock and motive
power will prove insufficient, athough
every effort Is made at the shops, lib
eral premiums being offered for early
delivery. That the railways are well
occupied Is evidenced by earnings for
the first week of October. 3.-6 per cent,
larger than last year and 10.9 per cent,
above 1900. Inadequate supplies of fuel
caused further banking of furnaces,
but the efTect of a decreased output of
domestic pig Iron has been partially
abroad. Practically no price can be
named for immediate delivery of home
Iron, and there Is no disposition to
make concessions on distant contracts
owing to the abnormal coke situation.
Fortunately there has been little Inter
ruption at finishing mills, and the out
put of rails, structural material and
kindred lines well maintained. Con
sumers not only find difficulty In se
curing steel from the mills. but encoun
ter further delay on the railways
which are unable to handle freight,
promptly. Orders come forward freely
for the heavier lines, numerous con
tracts being offered for steel rails for
next year's delivery, and the plana for
building and bridges keep a lot of
business in sight in beams, channels
and angles. Plates for ship yards are
also sought freely, prices tending up
wards on tank steel. Higher freight
rates have checked Importa of finished
steel. Footwear shops are actively
engaged, many producers having added
to their long lists of orders, and while
practically all the New England manu
facturers are assured full time to the
end of the year, they are also taking
orders for deliveries In March. Leather
Is slightly weaker owing to the sharp
fall in hides which has been accentu
ated by the poorer quality now coming
on the market. In cotton goods the
feature was a purchase of about 250,
000 pieces of print cloths. While quo
tations were not altered the tone be
came decidedly firmer. In other divis
ions of the market buyers are only
Interested In meeting current de
mands, future requirements being held
back by evidences of weakness in the
raw material. Failures for the week
numbered 206 In the United States
against 229 last year and 24 in Cana
da compared with 31.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, Includ
ing flour, exports for the week end
ing October 16 aggregate 5,240,688
busheU, against 5,645,779 last week.
5,536,073 in this week last year and
3.796,643 In 1900. Wheat exports since
July 1 aggregate 78.871,180 bushels,
against 95.103.917 last' season and
65,302,165 In 1900. Corn exports ag
gregate 180,674 bushels, against 180,
858 last week, 640,033 last rear and
1,888.993 In 1900.