1 liSIBOFlHPm REED, DIED IN WASHINGTON. Itlnctt Took Sudden Fatal Turn. President Paid Hie Trlbuto-ln. terment at Portland, Me. Thomas flrar-kett Reed, former speaker of tho House of Representa tives, dlr-d at thn Arlington hotel at 13:10 o'clock Hundny morning, Ie--embei 7. of uiaemlx At hie nod side when he ra,"'cd away wero Mrs. Heed, their daughter, Catherine, and Drs. Ooodnow, MacDonald, Gardner and Rlshop. Mr. Heed became un conscious aloiit 5 o'clock in the even ing, and although saline Injections and oxygen were steadily administer ed he never levlved. HI kidneys re fused to operate early In the morning, and it was Raid that he had for some time been r.ufforlng from Rrljht'a dis ease. His mind was active, and dur ing the enrly part of the day he con versed rationally with persons In the room, frequently making some Joke about his condition. Later his men tal faculties wandered, and he talked of scenes nnd events of his boyhood, of his service In the navy during the civil war, and of the notable con flicts ha had participated In In the House. While he was dying the Or Id Iron club was holding a. banquet In t'n hotel. Shortly before mid night the fact that there was no hope for him was announced. First As sistant rVistmaster General Wynne, president of the club, and Major John M. Carson spoke few words In praise of him, and while the diners were drinking final toant to him he died. Mr. Reed reached Washington Sunday, October 30, having come to attei.d to some matters In the United States supremo court. He was at the oapitol Monday visiting with friends and former associates in Congress, and witnessed the conven ing of the second session of the Fifty-seventh Congress. Apparently ho was enjoying good health, but later In the day lie called on Dr. T. A. Gardner and complained of gastric distress. The following day his phy sician compelled him to remain in bed, while a diagnosis was made of his condition. Mr. Reed was strongly averse to slaying in bed, but a rise in temperature made it Imperative that ho remain quiet. Symptoms of appendicitis appeared, though his condition wo not considered as n: firming. A trained l.urse remained with him throughout Tuesday night, and the patient showed Pirns of Im provement. On Thursday the physi cians announced that the appendi ceal symptom's were abating, but that kidney trouble had developed, giving a more Bullous aspect to the Wise. The remains, accompanied by the family and friends, were removed to Portland, Me., for Interment. Dur ing the entire day thero was a stream of sympathetic callers at the Arllnf ton hotel, where the body of Mr. Reed lay awaiting removal to the railroad tatlon. They Included President and Mrs. Roosevelt, members of the cabinet and of the Senate and House, of Representatives and of the diplo matic corps. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Prince Henry of Pless has become a candidate for the German ambassa dorship at Washington. Opponents of omnibus statehood bill, soelng themselves beaten, have appealed to the President to veto the measure. Secretary of the Navy Moody or dered Admiral Hlgplnson not to use sailors In digging ditches in disease breeding swamps. Charles Henry Butler, an attorney t law of New York city, was appoint ed reporter of the decisions of the supreme court to the United States. Secretary Moody crdered Paymas ter John C. Sullivan before the retir ing board for examination to deter mine his capability for further active duty. Lieutenant Do Faramond, naval at tache of the French embassy, pre sented to the President on behalt of President Loubct, of France, and at a personal gift from him a copy of the "Annual of the French Navy.' Senaite committee on military af fairs took favorable notion on bill providing for the reorganization of the National Uiiaixl of tho sovenil States. Instead of receiving $20,172, claim ed by the State of Now York for aid ing to raise a volunteer army for the war with Spain, 5.t75 has been al lowed. Colonel Henry CV Haslirouck, artil lery corps, ci'iuiiiumllns tho iost at Fort Adems, R. I., has been appoint ed a brigadier general. He will be retired Immediately . United State Minister Frnncin notified the state department that he concluded a convention with Greece providing for a consular service In Greece and in the United States. President Roosevelt has promised to further movement for nlne-fo-1 etuge of water in the Ohio river thn whole year through, and Representa tive Bromwell agreed to Introduce resolutions providing for preliminary urvejys, In n recent order to the depart ment the commanding general lu the Philippines scores men and officers Indiscriminately for .carelessness In their observance of regulations and standing, orders respecting dress, courtesies and discipline. President Roosevelt authorized tho official announcement to be niado that he would nomiuate John Barrett, of Oregon, to be United States minis ter to Japan to fill the vacancy caus ed by the death ot Minister. Alfred K. Duck. Richard C. Parsons, of Cleveland, who or five years has been second ecretary ot the United State em bassy at Rome, has tendered his rea lisation from the diplomatic service. The Y-i" committee on appro r 't lit, agreed vo pea- CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. LVII. CONGRESS. President'a Message. Little waa done In either branch of Congress Tuesday beyond the re ception of the President's message. In the Senate ex-8ocretary of War Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, was sworn In as successor of the late Senator McMillan. One hour and fifteen mlnntea were consumed In reading tho message. The resigna tion of Rev. W. H. Mllburn. the blind chaplain of the Senate, was read, but not acted upon. New Members. The House was In session an hour and 40 minutes Tuesday. The President's message waa listened to with attention by members without regard to party. Gordon Russell, elected to fill the vacancy caused by tho death of R. C. He GroffenrelJ, or Texas, and Edward Swann, elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Amos J. Cummtnga, of New York, took the oath. Statehood Bill. tn the Senate Wednesday Mr. Nel son, Minnesota, reported a substi tute for the bill paased by the House at the last session for the admission of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico as States, which drops New Mexico and Arizona and provides for the admission of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as a State un der the name of Oklahoma. Mr. Pen rose, Pennsylvania, called up the bill restricting Immigration, when an ad journment was taken In respect to the memories of Representatives Do Graffenred and Shepherd. 10,000 for Commission. The House Wednesday passed the bill Appropriating $r0.000 for the ex pense of the anthracite coal strike commission. W. A. Smith, Michigan, offered a resolution raaueattng the Secretary of State to Inform the House of tho circumstances of the killing of W. A. Fitzgerald by God frey Hunter, Jr., in Guatemala City. Executive Seseion. The Senate Thursday In executive session confirmed Hon. Oliver Wen dell Holmes to succeed the late Chief Justice Gray as a member of the United states supreme cfiuiit. and Henry L. Wost to be commissioner of the District of Columbia. Routine Business. Routine business occupied the at tention of the House Thursday, con fined principally to mombers looking after bills pertaining to their respec tive districts. Pension Bill Pasted. The House on Saturday passed th pension appropriation bill for tho year ending June SO, 1904, amounting to $139.O0i),000. Mr. Payne, New York, Introduced a resolution for n liollduy adjournment from December 20 to January B. Representative Aclieson Introduced a bill to extend the free delivery ' mail service to towns of 6,000 imputation. RE8ERVEO FOR THE MEN. Postmaster General Payne Does Not Approve of Women Carriers. It has recently been brought to the attention of - Postmaster General Payne that about 25 women are hold ing positions aa carriers In the rural free delivery service, and a call has been made upon Superintendent Mochen, of that branch, for Informa tion about them. An investigation will be made to loam whether they are performing their duties In a satis factory manner. The appointments were made without knowledge of the sex ot tho appointees. Mr. Payne Is said to be oppoaed to the appointment of women to such service. WILL HAVE TIME TO REPENT. Philadelphia "Jekyll and Hyde" Cele a 15-Year Sentence. George Dickinson, alias Wesoott, tho burglar who waa arrested about 10 days ago in Philadelphia, and was discovered by detectives to be a rob ber tiy night and a business man by day, was tried and convicted and sen tenced to 13 yearn In the penitentiary. The police accused Dickinson of near ly 60 robborioii, but could secure legal evidence in but 25 cases. Nearly $10,000 worth ot Dickinson's loot was recovered by the polleo. CLIMAX IN VACCINATION. Gas City, Ind., 8chool Officer Ex clude 300 Children. The climax In the vaccination agi tation was reached at Gas City. Ind. when over 3u'l children wore exclud ed from tho schools for not present Ins ceitlfU-atos of vaccination. Of IhU number nearly one-halt had been vaccinated, but had neglected to ob tain proof. The antl-vauclnattuuisu declare they, will attempt to send their children to school, and If they are not admitted legal proceeding. will be brought. WILL GET MORE MONEY. Salaries of Railroad Telegraphers Have Been Increased. The committee - representing the telegraph operators employed on the Buffalo, RochoBter Pittsburg rail road, in ronforenow with tho rail road officials in regard to a new wage scale, has successfully accomplished Its purpose. It is stated ' that In crease varying from 5 to 20 . per cent, dating from November 1, will be made, bringing the salaries up to (he standard paid by otiior railroad a , Restrain Labor Union. - Supreme Court Justice Wesley O. Howard, at Bchonoctady. N. T., granted an injunction reutralnlug Painters' Union No. Si, or that city, from in any way . treating William Potter as not a member of the uulou. Potter was expelled from the union beoaoa he is a member of tn mill t!, a4 aa suon arve4 a a private ri;j Un tUdwNi Valley Vlk. FHIEEH PERSONS DIE BK S1KL HOTEL DEATH TRAP. Thirteen Victim In a Chicago Fire - Found Suffocated In B?d After -Blast I Extinguished, Fourteen men met death by suffo cation Thursday morning In a fire which occurred at 6 o'clock In the Lincoln hotel, 178 Madison street. Chicago, III. Thirteen were stifled wtill? lying In their beds. One was taken from the building before life was extinct, but died in the ambu lance on tho way to the nearest hos pital. The dead are I. C. Yocum, lire Insurance agent, Davenport, la.; Samuel Yocum, son of I. C. Yocum: A. R Coonn lawyer, Marengo. III.; F. i.. rowing, mall cletk Marietta, O.; B. F. Uoswell. Chicago: T. V. Bio- cum machine dealer, Wauconda, III.; H. K. Woods. Lebanon, Ind.; Rtlward Toner, printer. Milwaukee; F. W. Corey. 29 years of age. railwat postal clerk, Bucyrus, O.; Ward Lowe, rail way postal clerk, Sochlersvllle. Wis.; M. M. Hardy, traveling salesman, Janesvile. Wis.; C. P. Cowan, collec tor on the Wabash railroad, St. Louis; George B. Graves, printer. Chicago:; unidentified man, 6 fret S Inche tall, weighing ICR pounds; 45 years of age; thin brown hair and mustache. The following were In jured: J. S. Allison, Richland Cen ter, Wis., cut about the hands; Ed ward Davenport, Chicago, Injured In tornally by jumping from fourth story to rcof of adjoining building; W. G. Thomas, Cedar Hsplds, la., badly cut and burned; William M. Snyder, lxom City, la., bruscd by falling downstairs: Mrs. June 8 hep perd, Chicago, back strained, arms and hand cut nnd bruised; Robert C. Hamilton. Lebanon. Ind., hands cut; Cliff Ward, Battle Creek, Mich., cut about head and bands lacerated; Frederick G. Baker. Narhvilte. Mich., feet burned; Irwin Westerland, Chi cago, feet burned; Olof Oldorf. Chi cago, hands lacerated. Night Clerk Weber discovered the smoke pouring through the halls shortly berfore ) o'clock and did his best to alarm the guest, but the smoke was so dense and Increased In volume so rapidly that he was able to arouse only a small number and was then com pelled to grope his way to tho ".tract to avoid Btiffocatlon. The guests came nourlni down the one stairway in All stages of undress nnd several leaped from the windows of tho second-story to tho sidewalk below, and estied without serious Injury. A number of men, turned back by the smoke in hallways, which prevented them from fin ling the stairs, swung down on tho ropes placed In the front of the building by tho workmen erect ing the Are tscape. Tho firemen saved many lives by carrying people down the ladders, from tho windows). The smoke on the limlde of the build ing was so thick and so pungent that tho flromen wero unable to do more than take tho people from the win dows. Those who were not able to reach the windows In a few minutes after the tire broke out were suffo cated in torture. A rortlon of tho third and second floors were burned and the blaze was extinguished with in 40 minutes after the first alurru. All the dead had rooms on the third an.! fourth floors. F. A. Smith, pro- orlotor of the hotel. ald: Our 70 rooms were all filled and I should judge that wo had about 12s to 150 guoats. Chief MuBham. or tne nro department, said that in some way It waa the worst fire mat no nan ever attended. The building was one of the worst fl ret raps I have ever seen. The coroner's Jury, after view ing the ruins, adjourned until De cember 12. - BARS ON PENNSY 8TOCK. Governor Yates, of Illinois- Issued Quarantine. Governor Yates, ot Illinois, has Is sued a proclamation prohibiting tho Importation Into the state of cattlo and sheep from the states of Ver mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island; also from adjoin ing slatea of New York, New Hamp shire, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Cattle from tho first four states arc bollovcd to be Infected with tuo "foot and mouth disease." TRAIN'S FEARFUL PLUNGE. Freight Goes Down a Mountain 8lda While Rounding a Curve. A frightful freight wreck occurred on the West Virginia Central rail road at Big Run, a small rluce on the Blnckwator grado near Thomas, W. Va., resultln.tr In the ileath of tho engineer, John Jankey, and the ser ious Injury of a brakemnn, A. Wolf. The locomotive nnd 21 loaded cars Jumped the track and plunged over the sleep mountain side whilo round Ing a tiiarp curve. Tho balance of Iho crew miraculously escaped being seriously injured. No Coal In Freezing Omaha. The cold wavo caused Intense suf forlug among the poorer and even the fairly well to do clashes at Omaha, Neb., op. account of tli3 lack ot coal. Tho coal firms were swamped with or dors. There was no anthracite to be had. Two Omaha schools and a large number of schools throughout the state were compelled to close. The wooden sidewalk and fences are dis appearing at a wholesale rate. , . . ' " Lead Merger Completed. The merger ot the lead manufac turing concern ot tho United Slate I practically completed. Under th new. plan the National Lad Com pany, which bag a capital of 130,000,- 000. will become the holding and operating company. It capital 1 to a increaMed to - $0.000,000. The merger put the National Lead Com- fnjr ta absolute control of all the maauJacturara . ot iaa in tut coun LATEST NEWS NOTES. The entire country was swept by bllxtard December 4 nnd 5. The bank at Brldger, Mont., wa rohbed by three masked men of $2,000. United States Minister Buck died suddenly while duck hunting tn Japan. Twelve men are missing a result of explosion on tank steamer at San Francisco. Captain Evan P. Howell was elect ed mayor of Atlanta, Oa., without opposition. Commissioner Durham, of Pennsyl vania, will start crusade against child Insurance. The Ohio VaJley stove manufactur er decided to Increase the iprlce ol stove 5 per cent. Snow, alert and rain fell In Ne braska, Wisconsin, Michigan and Texas December 3. The yacht Shamrock lit., the American cup challenger, had a nar row escape from Are. Pennsylvania railroad ha lmprov ed Boston ocean terminal by large purchase of real estate. The Ohio miners will demanj an Increase of 20 cents a ton In the scale for pick mined coal. The Pickering Manufacturing Coin pnny of Lowell, Mass., has tailed, with liabilities of $300,000. Germany and Great Britain sent warships In haste to Venezuela to demand payment of claims. The grand Jury in New York In dicted former Police Captain Daniel C. Moynahan for bribery. Miner testified before the strike commission that it Is impossible to save money from their wage. Naval war game In the Caribbean between two fleets of the United State navy began December 4. Jauirs Sullivan anj Mr. De Klbbi were killed In a snowsllde at the Cor nucopia mine at Baker City, Ore. Thomas Nast, tho famous cartoon Int. United States consul general at Guayaquil. Ecuador, died of yellow fever. Frank C. Andrews, tiie Detroit bank wrecker, has donned prison garb aud Is making shirt in Jackson penlten tlary. The Williams knitting mills, one ol the largest In Western North Cnro Una, located at Shelby, was destroy ed by fire. Sir Liang Chen, new Chinese min ister to the Ulilted States, will marry Mile. Yu. duughtor of China minis ter to France. The call for the National conven tlon at of United Mine Workers tc meet at Indianapolis, Ind., on Janu ary 19, ho been issued. James Rochellu Tyler, 04 yean old, a grandson of President Tyler, died at the Confederate Soldiers' home nt Richmond. Va. Ex-Senator Fllnn, of Pennsylvania and other capitalists reached agree ment with Cape May councils con cerning proposed Improvements. Prof. H. V. Hllpreoht was present ed by the University of Pennsyl vania with tho Lucy Wharton Drexel medal for excavation at Nippur. Employe of the Shamokln divis ion ot the Philadelphia & Reading Hallway Company have been notified of an Increase in wages ot about 10 per ceut. j Horace E. Killlg, 45 year old, su perintendent of the Germantown (Pa.) crematory, was blown' to atom by an explosion of dynamite he was carrying. The Minnesota, supreme court de cided In favor of Russell Sage In the suit of George C. Glover to force Sage to surrender a quarter section ot land In Swift county. George W. Strceter, who made a fight tor nlledln land on the lake front at Chicago, 111., wa found guilty of manslaughter and sent to the . penitentiary. The Paclflo Coast limited on Ui Rio Grande Western railroad rau Into a rock slide near Grand Junc tion. Col., killing Fireman C. W. Beedle and Injuring Engineer John dimming and Mail Clerk Benson, but no passangers. The Indiana Company, capital $1, 000,000, with $500,000 paid In, filed papers of corporation In New Jersey to construct railway and electric light plant In Indiana. Ocneral Deschampa sailed from Sau Juan de Porto Rico for Now York, where ho expects to foment another rebellion arJUlnst the gov ernment of Santo Domingo. Revenue stamps to tho value ol $3!t,000, ranging In denomination from $1 to $1,000 aro missing from the Internal rovenue ofilco of the Eighth district, Danvillo, Ky. The appellate court at Frankfort Ky., awarded a nw trial to Caleb Pcwera, who was convicted In the Goebel murder conspiracy and sen tenced to life Imprisonment. Richard Cole, the mtgro suspected of murdering Mrs. Ada Gilbert Den nls in Washington, wa released, the prosecution abandoning the attempt to connect him with the crime, A Jury in the United State district court at Chicago convicted W. W. Bristol, manager of the Surety Guar antee and Trust Company, of fraud In sales of the company' stock. The treet car strike at Houston, Tex., has been settled. The men get IS cents an hour tho first year. 19 e.enta per hour tho socond and 2C cent an hour tne third year. The union was partlully recognized. Theodore C. Graves, a member ot tho furniture manufacturing firm ol Grave & Puolpa. aud G. K. Pratt, an employe, -wore burned to death In a lira that destroyed the Boston, Mass., plant. The forces of the sultan of Mor occo have, after heavy fighting, finally defeated the rebels in the Zenmohr territory. The aultiaa narrowly ol caped capture and hi troop us talned heavy loeae. The pretender to tb Uroue remains Taasa, GOLD III Wmm SfREETS. UNTOLD TREASURE. Western Man Discover Wealth in Sand From Sewer Trench It Pays at Surface. Throughout the city of Indianapolis, tnd., Friday thore were 100 men wash ing gold out of gravel taken from the itreets. The greatest excitement pro railed In soma sections of the city, .wlng to the discovery of gold do limits In gravel pits and In san 1 thrown from various street excava tions. Tho whole excitement was due tn t'he statement made public In the morning by R. 'L. Royce, a western jold prospector. Royce came to the Ity to visit relatives, and his atlec ;lon was attracted to the character )f he sand and gravel being hrown irom a sewtr excavation. He secured tome of It and found bright yellow Hour-like Hakes, which the state geo logist pronounced to he gold. "Young men will live to sen Indiana the greatest gold placer mining stale In tho union," Royce declared, "the greatest not In the largest wealth In lollnrs In each cubic ward of dirt, but the greatest productive area an-1 in the total amount of gold produc tion. I have Juat pnnn-il thn finest fold In the world out of the dirt of an Indianapolis street." Royce further tsserts that the men throwing the illrf ntrt of the ditch where ha made his first- washing are throwing out gold In cvr.ry cubic yard of sand excavat ed. Tho "color" he washed, he snld. would Indicate that the dirt will run from 15 cents a cubic yard on tho sur face to CO cents a cubic, yard fiitthcr down. His announcement treated a sensation In various sections of the city, and laboring n.en could be seen at various points panning the dirt In search of tuo flour-llko gold which Royce declared to be found In deposit that will run 9'J9Mi per cent pure. AGAINST EIGHT-HOUR LAW. Supreme Court of Ohio Decide That It I Unconstitutional. Tho supreme court at Columhu. 0 handed down a decision In the rase of tho city of Cleveland vs. Clement Bros., In which it dec lured the contested fight-hour labor law unconstitutional. The rate was car ried up to the supremo court by the rlty. It had let sewer contracts to Clement Bros, and ittipulatrd that the eight-hour law should bo respect ed under penalty of $10 for each violation. The city attempted to hoi I out $300 in fin eg In settling with the contractors. The latter sued aud se cured Judgment In the lower court. The city contested the decUlon' and has now lost In the hUhrnt court. The court followed a dccUlon pre viously made. VIRGINIA LEGISLATOR'S IDEA. A Plan to Take the Spice Out of Courting. In tho House nf Dolegntos at Rloli. mond, Va., Dr. W. B. Ware, practis ing physician. Introduced a bill to make promiscuous kissing a misde meanor. Praetlonlly all Dr. Ware will aay or his bill is that while it ought to pass, he has no ilia that It will be adopted. Tho act rcaita is follows: "It shall bo unlawful for my person to kiss another unless he ran prove by his family physician that be has not any contagious or In fection dlseasra. Any person violat ing the provisions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and filled not loss than $1 nor more than $5 for each offense." MUNCIE GLASS PLANT CL08E3. transfer 400 Employes to Its Fac tories at Other Plaeee. The American Window Qlaas Com pany's plant at M uncle, Ind., has hut down Indefinitely and 4o0 work men will be transferred to concern owned by the company In other iltles. The local officers of the com pany make no statement oxcept that for the present It has been found Impracticable to operate tho Munclo lactory. Beer Combine Outlawed. fnl .. r. I n. V . Rlty, Mo., decided that the comblna-l lion of brewers In that city Is a ! trust, such as is expressly forbidden by the statutes of Missouri, nnd that iny man who owes a brewor In the omblne need not pay his bill, ami tho brewer cannot collect the debt, sven In the courts. Mall Lost or Stolen. ' A mall sack, containing $14,000 In Jrofts and cheeks from the internal revenuo ofllce, and $1,000 In bank ;heck and drnfta, besides registered letters, was stolen or lost between the Danville, Ky., postoin.ee and tho sepot, or on the Cincinnati mall train. Maryland Tax Law Upheld. Justice White, of the United State itipreme court, a'flmied the right of the state of Maryland to tax the gross receipt ot the Northern Cen tral Railway Company, which claim ed exemption under old charters. Gusher In Canada. Canada ha one of tho largest nat ural oil wells In America. Tho bor ing ha been completed and 40 bar rels an hour are yielded by the now gusher, which la situated tn Halolgh township, ten miles from Chatham, Combine In Screw. Development at Providence, R. i Indicate that the American Screw Company la seeking to absorb all the tvallablo Independent acrew manu facturing concerns In New Euglaud. Martha Waehlngton Stamp. The postoffice department ha be gun to issue tho stamp bearing the Martha Washington portre" OFFICIALS MUST EXPLAIN. Interstate Commerce Commission Will Look Into Recent Increase In Freight Tariff. The Increase In freight rates, which are shoitly to be applied on the roads running frcm the MIshIx slppl river nnd points Jieyond to th? East and South, will be Investigated by the Inter-state commerce commis sion, which has fixed December 10. next, a the date for a hearing to be held at tho offices of the commission In Wsshlnitton, I). C. The commis sion has IsMied an order requiring the H.lcmlntve cf the chief traffic ot tlclals or other representatives quul tiled to give Information of the fol lowing: Michigan Central Railroad Company, Lake Shore ft Michigan Southern Railway Company, Krle Railtoad fkmipany, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, the 1'i-nnny IvhiiIj Company. Cleveland, Cincinnati, C.il rago ft St. Lulls Hallway Company. WulMish Railrend Company, Balti more tc Ohio Southwestern Itnllwtiy Company, New York Central & Hud son River Railroad Cr.mpun..-. Dela ware, I nokawnnim & Wtstoiu Rail road Company, Lehigh Valley Rail road Ccmpany. Pennylvanla Hall load t'empar-v. Southern Itnllniv Ccmpany, Norfolk ft Western Hal! way Company and Cht-miiienke ft Ohio Railway Ccmpany. The torn misHlon has a-lopted the following order: '-Whereas, It appear from schedule on hie with the commUh'.jii that rates upon grain nnd grain pro ducts, dressed -meat and provbiiui:; Iro-ii the Mlssh.slppl river to N. York nnd points governed by th. Now York rate are to be materially ad vanced In the near future; and, whereas. It a; pears prubnblo thc.t other advances are to be male wiilcu will materially Increase the guneri:l cost of transportation; therefore, it Is ordered that a proceeding of In quiry nnd Inveslluatlon be Instituted ns to the ei-catt'cn for and pruprlety of tiuli advances. Following a slu-t-lar action by tho Mlclilmin IVutral. the Chicago, Indianapolis ft Louis ville railroad hni tiled wlt'.i the com-mi.-iion tho required alani-e notice of nn Ir.crens-j i:f 5 cents to bu Im pelled on dressed meats s)ili::cd from t'blnvjo to Now York, making IhU rate 45 cents per loo pound.-, and ubi.llshlng the export rate ot 25 cciit.-i on provisions, making a flat rale of :lo cents on provisions. The i-ommU-Hlon also has been given ottlcuil uo lice that the proportional raui on wheat nnd flour from KanPHrt City, St. JoHoph. AtihiKoii. I.eavenwoi-th, and oilier lower .Missouri river point.', which retes apply on buyliit-i fiom points beyond, have been advanced J ceti'.s to CuLano. From Ohio river l-olnte siuh n Cincinnati, Louisville, Kvansrllle, New Albany nnd Cut.-o, to Charleston, Atlantn, HruiifcWlrk and the South Atlantic roust general ly nn Increase la to be made of I (Mita on grain and flour, when shipped In sacks, nnd of 7 it-nis u bnrrel or 3Va outs iter 100 pounds when shipped in bntri-ls. CABLE FLA8HE8. The tnaj-irlty group In the rilch. litag, flermany, have determined tj pass the tariff bill before Chrltslnms. Ten persons were burned to death at Boi-.hum. Piustila. a the re.itlt ot a flro which broke nut In a bakery. The British cruiser (Jood Hopo, having on board Cnlonlul Secretary f'liamlierlain and punty, bound for South Africa, arrived r.t Pert Said, Kf.vpl. - . . First Secretary Iodge has been (ra:"tiJ as chargo d'affaires of tbl I'nlted States embassy at Berlin. Uermany, aud had hi first Interview with tho foreign office officials. Announccent waa made at Philadel phia of tho proposed formation of a large combination in the rubber in due try to bo known a the Interna tional Rubber Company, with a capl tnl stock of $3.1hju.ooo. The chamber of deputlCK of Franca ratified an nil lltional monetary con vention between France, Italy, Bel gium and Switzerland, aiuhorllng each country to It'imc addition sit vt r coins to the value of $2,500,000. Tho short line for the new cablo to-Honolulu and the Philippines was laid ret San Francisco by the cablo flilp Silverton. On December 12 tho Sllverton will bo'in laying tho cablo to Honolulu, bad It ix expected that tho Hawaiian capital win exchaugo greenings with Washington on Chri.it mas tiny. After an embli,tor.-d political aud personal dolmte the red-luitug nt Berlin, Germany, difhire.l by 19S to 15 votes thnt Paron von Kurdorft's motion to vot? on tho tariff bill as a whole was admissible undeit ih rule. The Socialists abstained from ottng. The Riihsian Grand Duke Paul AlexanUevitch, nn unci of tho Czar, bus been dismissed by F.mperor Wil liam of Germany from tho honorary L-oUuielcy of a cuirassier regiment stationed at Brandenburg because ot his recent marriage to tho Baroness I'istclkoli. The decline In tho price of goid at London, Euglund. has been viewed with C'tnslileral'lo satisfaction In financial circles, as It Indicates a slackening in the demand from various quarters of the world, mili tating against the likelihood of gol-l exports or a rise In the bank rate. Tim severe wdathcr - throughout Austria-Hungary has curtailed the supply ot milk 'and vegetables to VI. -nna owing to the roads blng Im passable from snow. Many accldeuts have occurred. 1c I reported from Bucharest that the Danube is frozen over for a considerable dibtance. Premier Sprig met with a vbry hohtlle reception from his consti tuents at East Loudon, Bast Africa. His speech was constantly Interrupt ed by hlssca nnd cries of "Judas." The disapproval ot the premier's at titude wa so marked that no vote of confidence In his policy was pro posed. Emperor William, addressUg'a dep. u tatlon of warklngmen at firealau. made blttar aaU-aodaUatic apach. IMK MAHHKTS. PITTSBURG. . Grain. Flour and Feed. WhPit-Na 1 Itut ... a 6 Kr-No. .. nr Corn No. trellnw. tar OS TO M m Hi 7 VI V. 4 0)1 5 K 18 7.1 U Ml 19 511 IS OU ir an t 00 no no. i yniiow, iiid . 01 Miia aur Ail Oau-No, I ohtut m4 no. wbit M (it Flour Winter Mnt .... I W Sr1 rlhl winter m Ray-No. ItlinotUf 15 Ol Clover No. 1 . I 00 rted-No. f white mid. ton W W Grvwn iniqniina ir nit ran I. I i.m su-sw-Wbeai '!!!!.'!!!!!.";!!!!!!," s m ol 9 00 Dairy Product. Ruttep vt,,!.. a ei . -.Oblo creamery. .....'.'.,','.. . Ctieeee Ohio, aw ... . ISM 14 II new tors, new lM Poultry. Etc. tfene rtev th I 14 I h l.-l, an C( t'a, and Obfofmli"'.!!"!" t Fruit and Veoetsbtee. n.M. v.. ...... a " " -" ' .1..- w.,u.n .,....w..ei W ITS eo to fvi.wn?--r.iitr wmie .er mia. Cebtiae per hble M Onlone per barrel M . n . i ou BALTIMORE. rtotir-Winter Palenl , n 3 Wheat No. 1 tad ;i n lorn mixed 61 5 EI f in US utter Uhlo creamery US tu PHILADELPHIA. rioor-Winter Patent ,.3M 01 Wreat-Nk red 71 JM Uoru No. .lulled ftiU M Oata No. 9 while ., s? j butter Creamery, eitra 81 " 1'euneylranU tint. 0 7 NEW YORK. flnur-ratenta 13 SS 4 W Wbent-Nit .red.. . 7 TSW Corn-No. t , M t Date No, Wlilta 7 :S gutter Creamery . 7 W Kf le-ftateaud KeunsTlvaula S LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yard, East Liberty, Cattle. filme heavy, ireoto 1CU0 Ibf I eno ruii.e. lsoo to Huu It (i no Medium, law to MOO lbs tu) I' M heller. buhher, V00 K 1000 toe ISO Common to fair 8 ) Oxen, i-omtuon to fat 8 00 Common to good fat bulls and eowt VJ Mlkh cowe, each jso) a,iUa milch cows, each ltlilJ Hog. Prime hearf ho f f rime medium weights M beet heavy jorkere and medium.. 90 Uood to choice peckers ti Uood lfs and light rorkeri 40 rlga, common to ood M 800 Common to fair 6 00 Kougbe 6 t! 4 Ml Sheep. ti tra, medium wetbere 1370 Uood lo choice I SO Medium ., so Common to fair 1 W Lamba. lambecllpred S 50 La in be, good to choice. rlipreiL. 4 74 Lamba, common to fair, clipped... HO) Siring Lambs SO) Calve. Pa. Oil 6 7 6 M 410 e(IO 400 460 400 00 woo W eno tu (30 ei i e to oft) san .'0 son 5 to b 1ft 4 so Veal, extra Veal,tKNlto choice Veal, common heavy... Venl, common to fair... C0 .... 8 00 ao) 10) 85 dsn 4M S0 REVIEW OF TRADE. Business Active Despite Natural Ob struction and Bad Weather. Coke Continuee 8carce. R. O. Dun & Co.' Weekly Review say: Aside from the Interruption to retail trade In winter good at "many point by unseasonable weather, busi ness activity continues In excess of previous year, and it is probable that all the postponed trade will be made up now that low temperature has be come general. While the warmest November on record at the east af rected sales of clothing. It helped to restore the fuel equilibrium. Manu facturing plants are well engaged, and an evidence of the suocesaful season Is found tn much larger fall dividends. Higher price for dairy and garden product account for the rise during November, but it 1 particularly grati fying to the consumer that the pres ent level is nearly 1 per cent lower than at the corresponding date last year. This change la also In food stuffs, whore the cost of living waa abnormally expamlod by short crop in '901. Cotton mill have light stock and tho demand, although quiet, Is sufficient lo prevent accumu lation of goods in first hands. A fur ther advance In raw wool gives a bet ter value to the fliiinhed product, but selling price are without alteration. New order for spring shoe are still coming forward, although the bulk of the aeason's contract have been closed at New England shops. Irregu larlfly Is reported in the iron and steel market, most departments -having much business, while a few are aeek ing new orders and senm disposed to :nak slight concessions. Stability Is naturally most conspicuous In those divisions, whera it has been posslbls to prevent inflation, while in cases of extreme pressure and high premiums for early delivery, the Imports thai have lieen attracted hither have a de moralizing Influence. In view of the scarcity of coke, it is not easy for do mestic producers to meet this foreign competition, and whon any material reductlou la made tt may be found that foreign concerns will also cut price. A It is well known that much business Is held back by high prices, there is no prospect of dullness. Farm product axe remarkably well sus tained considering th liberal quan tities moving to market Statistic of failures during November disclose no weakness in the Industrial struc ture. On the contrary, there Is every evidence of strength. Buslnes fail ure in the United State tor tho week ending Thursday, December 4, num ber 185, a aalnst 18a last wet and 237 In tills week last year. liradstroel's says: Wheat, Includ ing flour, export for the week ending December i aggregate 5,704,000 bush el, against I.17M.683 bushel last week. 4,tK)4.846 bushel in this week last year and 3,432,159 bushel In 1900. Wheat export sine July 1 ag gregate lla.746.449 bushol. against 132,423.572 bushel last season, and S1.S22.42S bushel tn 1900. Corn ex port aggregate 1,151,503 buanla agalnt 266.174 bushel last weak, 363.144 bushel last year, and 6,371. 377 haahl im 1900,
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