V
PRESIDENT Of Mi Oil I SIUD
LITTLE INFORMATION GIVEN.
'J. L. Crawford Refuted to Antwer
What Were Considered Mott
Important Queitiont.
The representatives of tho miners
during the course of proceedings be
foru tho striko commission at Scran
ton, Pa., railed ono of tlio Independ
ent, operator.!, J. L. Crawford, presl
dent of the Peoples Coal Company, to
the wltttcM hlnnil. hut he refused to
answer what., were considered t ho
most Important questions. When
Mr. Crawford was asked "When did
you ship con! Inst?" he replied: "Yes
terday.'' "What ntv you nettle.-;
for It?" '"I don't know exactly."
."Can Yc-ti come near It?" "I can If
I want to." "Don't yon want to?"
"No, islr." "Yon are a party to this
commission and went to New York
to seo the coal presidents?" "Yes,
Ir." "Then you refuse to give this
commission that Information?" "I
dont think I am compelled to, sir."
"Whieh road do ou sell to?" "Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western."
"What do you get for It?" "About 03
jwr cent of what tl.o Delaware, Lack
awanna . Wester. i gets for It." At
this point attorne; for the operator
objected to tho Inquiry, proceeding
further along t'l.a lines of what a
company's profit." were. Mr. Darrow
ttaid he called the witness to show
that the coal companies were able to
"y tho advance In wages asked for.
V'ayne MacVeaph, In his cross-ex-an
Inntion of Mr. Mitchell, he said.
inU.nated that Hie Increase, If grant
ed, would ultimately be placed on the
"bowed backs of tho poor," and he
wanted to show that the companies
are well able to give the Increase
aske:l for without putting It on the
poor. Mr. Darrow Mien continued
the examination. "How many tons
do you produce a day?" "Nine hun
dred to l.ooii tons." "And you don't
Know how much you get for It?" "I
can give an estimate." "Well, what
is It?" "About $2.50 a ton." On fur
ther examination Mr. Crawford said
that during the latter part of the
strike his colliery was in operation
and he got $20 a ton for his coal.
Chairman Gray here stopped the ex
amination, saying that the excep
tionally high prices during the strike
were not pertinent to tho inquiry.
Two witnesses, employed by the Del
aware, Lackawanna & Western Com
pany, testified that before the strike
of 1900 the men when they worked,
received 94 cents a car, and that the
strike was ended by the company
agreeing to give the men an In
crease in waes of 10 per cent, 2 4
per cent In cash and the other T-A
per cent to be considered In the re
duction In the price of powder. In
stead of receiving the Increase, they
now get tihreo cents a car loss, or 91
cents. In cross-examination the com
pany produced figures which showed
that one of the witnesses earned an
averago of $4.23 a day for 17 days
"worked In November. The witness
claimed he went into the mine 25
days during the month. One of the
witnesses banded in a statement
which was given him some time ago
by a - mine superintend tt showing
that there were seven sizes of mine
exs at the mine colliery where he
worked. The witness paid the same
. wages are paid for Ailing all of
thero.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Representative" Dalzell introduced
Pittsburg & Lake Erie ship canal bill
In Congress.
Tho Anti-Saloon League adopted
resolutions declaring agaiiiKt tho re
peal of the anti-canteen law and
pledging its efforts to continue tho
law.
Tho American Institute of Archi
tects e'-cted a honorary members
Andrew Carnegie, Samuel A. D. Ab
bott, of Boston, and Emit Xauchamor,
of Paris.
The bar of the United States su
preme court met and look appropri
ate action in honor of the memory of
the lute Justice Horace Gray, of that
Court. Sonator Hoar, of Massachu
setts, presided and delivered a eulo
gistic address.
George Sawter, United States con
aul at Antigua. British West - Indie.
lias been appointed to succeed the
late Thomas Nast as consul general
at Cttayaqull, Ecuador.
Goneral Crozier, chief of ordnance,
has awarded a contract for the manu
facture of 20 15-pound rapid fire guns
ana mounts to the r.ethlohem sloe!
works at $3,930 for guns and mount.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
has asked Congress for an emergency
appropriation of $1,000,000 to be ufced
in stamping out the foot and memth
disease among cattle In New Eng
land. Representative Tayler. of Ohio,
has introduced a bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to purchase
a site for a public building at East
Liverpool at a coat not to exceed
$20,000.
Admiral Dewey, In a cablegram re
ceived at the Navy Department, dated
Ban Juan, December 11, announces
the opening of the fleet maneuvers
by the combined squadrons under his
command.
The delegates to the National In
dian Association were received at the
-White House by Mrs. Roosevelt, who
expressed to them her interest in the
organization, of which she is honor
ary vice president.
Mr. Scott and other representa
tives of the Baltimore. & Ohio rail
road appeared before Secretary Root
at the war department and asked his
favorable consideration of the bill
introduced in Congress for the estab
lishment of a military camp at Som
erset, Pa.
Senator Quay introduced a- bill in
tho Senate appropriating $2,625,01)0 to
enable the secretary of war to estab
lish a permanent camp ground for
the instruction and maneuvering cf
troops of the regular amis' and 'Na
tion! Guard in the vicinity of Som
erset. Pa.
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CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
LVII. CONGRESS.
Immigration Bill.
The Senate Tuesday adopted a.n
amendment to the National Onarl
bill designed to prevpnt rontrover
.Iob as to when a man becomes u
United States soldier. The bill to
rcgnlato Immigration was called tip.
Amendments were adopted to exclude
ptofesslonal beggars from admlnslon
to this country; providing for the
careful Inspection of families of
aliens who already have been admit
ted and filed their preliminary dec
larations for citizenship, and tha
skilled labor may be Imported if such
labor cannot he found In thla coun
try. The section relating to the ex
clusion ot anarchists was amended so
an to mnke It speclHealy provide for
the exclusion of anarchists who advo
cate the destruction of the govern
ment of the United Stales, or of all
tjevornmonts by violence.
Holiday Adjournment.
The House Tuesday passed the res
olution for n holiday adjournmrnt
from December 20 to January B. The
London dock charge bill was opposed
by Mr. DnlHi, Pennsylvania, and w
killed by striking out the enacting
clause. The Indian appropriation
bill, carrying $9,715,930, was reported
from committee.
Refund War Taxes.
The Senate Wednesday took tip the
hill passed by the House at the Inst
session to admit Oklahoma, New
Mexico and Arizona as States. A de
rate ens-.ied. participated in by Quay,
oi' Pennsylvania; Uevorldge, Indiana;
Nelson, Minnesota. Without further
action on the Statehood Mil, the Sen
ate assed the House bill remitting
the duties op. tei and a bill to refund
war taxes to owners ot private dies.
Tea Duties Remitted.
The House Wednesday passed tl.
bill to remit the duty on tea in bonded
warehouses prior to January 1. 1903,
when the repeal of the duty takes ef
fort. Another bill was passed to re
fund the duties collected on imports
from Porto Rico and the Philippines
between the ratification of the treaty
of Paris and the enactment of the
rovenuo laws for those Islands. The
pure food hill was made a continuing
order, not to Interfere with appro
priation bills.
Strike Arbitration.
After brief discussion in the Senate
Thursday on the bill to admit New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma as
Stales it was passed over until Mon
day. The bill fixing the compensa
tion of the coal strike commission
was passed with an amendment,
making the pay of the members not
already in the government service at
$4.00.); providing that the compensa
tion of the employes and recorder of
the commission, who are not officers
or clerks of the government, shall be
such as may be fixed by the commis
sion, and nllowlng the commission
ers and asalstant recorders $10 per
day for expenses, and all other em
ployes of the commission $ per day.
As passed, the bill takes the quo-,
tlon of payment out of the hands of
the President. The bill was further
amended by changing tho title of tho
commission to "The Anthracite Coal
Strike Arbitration." The Senate then
adjourned until Monday.
Contested Elections. '
In the House Thursday Mr. Olm
sted, Pennsylvania, called up the
resolution from elections committee
No. 2, limiting to 40 days the time
for taking testimony In the contested
election case of Wagoner against
Butler, from the Twelfth Missouri
district. Untler, who is a son of Ed
ward Butler, tho St. Louis million
aire, recently convicted of bribery,
was expelled at the last session and
was re-elected In November by a ma
jority of over 5,000. Mr. Wagoner
contests on the ground of fraud at
the polls. The resolution was adopt
ed by a vote of 155 to 118.
Three Appropriation Bills.
The House Friday parsed 173 pri
vate pension bills. Tho legislative,
executive and Judicial appropriation
bill, currying $26,930,453, was report
ed from committee. Bills appropri
ating $7,000,000 for a department of
Justice building end $1,500,000 for a
building for the Department of AgH
t.ulturo were favorably reported.
NEW $2,000,000 COKE COMPANY.
Organized at Syracuse, N. Y., to Com
pels With Fritk Company.
F. R. Hazard, president of tho Sol
vay Process Company, has organized,
a company at Syracuse, N. Y., with n
vnpttal stock of $2.000,OiMi, for manu
facturing coko and other by-products
of gns coal. 'Che St-lvay Process
Company Is now manufacturing ok?
ior Itself on a large seals, and has
coke ovens In Syracuse and Detroit,
while the Senet-Solvay works at
Prima, Ala., are for the exclusive
manufacture of coke. The new com
pany expects to compete with tho H.
C. Frlck Coke Company. It is tho
intention of the company to estab
lish ovenB at the bases of the buppiy
of gas coal
Zero Weather.
' Now York and New England Tues
day experienced the coldest weather
of many years. In New York city It
was the coldest December 9 lit 2C
years, tho ' thermometer registering
eight above sero. In the, Adirondack
region and along tho Cham plain Val
ley the thermometer registered be
tweon 17 and 26 below.
Oliver Mine Still Burnt.
The underground workings of tho
section Jtt mine of the Oliver Mining
Company, at Ishpemlng, Mich., which
took fire December 8, is still burning,
though the Are is not so tierce. All
tho shafts and openings have beeu
scaled with timber and clay, but
igasco continue to ooze out.
Bank Robbers Took 130,000.
The bank at Htllsbofi, Sierra coun
ty. New Mexico, was held' HP In broad
daylight and robbed of $30 W,
WIS LftDED IN Villi,
CASTRO'S NAVY DESTROYED.
Hostile Anglo-German Fleet Moves
en Laguayra to Enforce Pay.
merit of Claims.
Tho combined Angto-German fleet
entered the harbor of l.aguavia Wed-re-lay,
December 10, and 'anchored
within 3oo feet of the custom house
and began landing marines. Ten
Germnn and four British ctitteis at
4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon seized
In the harbor the Venezuelan war
ships General Crespo, Twtumn. Ossnn
and Margarita, which had 39(i men on
board. They went alongside the
Venezuelan vessels and ordered them
to surrender, and without a shot be
ing ft red the British and German
forces seized the fleet in the name of
the German Emperor and the King of
Fttpland. Two of the vessels which
were undergoing repairs were broken
up. The German cruiser Panther
steamed Into the harbor d ii 'ng these
proceedings with her decks cleared
for action. The Venezuelan steonier?
were taken outside the harbor and
the Genernl Crespo and Tntumo and
Margarita were sunk. The Ossun
was the only vessel spared. In view
of the protest made by the French
charge d'affaires, Qulevreux, who
noticed the commodore of the allied
fleet that the Ossun Is the property
of a Frenchman. One hundred and
thirty Geiinan sailors proceeded to
Carlonnl, a suburb ot Laguayra, in
which In sltitnted tho residence of
Got runt, Consul Lentz, w ho, with his
family, they escorted to Laguayra and
placed on board the warship Vlneta.
On their way back thp Jiliors met a
party of Venezuelan soldiers, but no
collision took place. A landing party
of ;m British seamen went to the
British consulate and conducted Hip
British consul, R. Sehnnck. and his
family on board the Retribution. The
German and British residents have
been arrested by Venezuelan forces
with the exception of Ileldworl;,
Price and Lepage, directors of tho
harbor corporation, who barricaded
tnemselve in their houses. They
were rescued by British sailors and
taken to the Retribution. Their
houses were surrounded by Vene
zuelan policemen, but when 320 sail
ors marched to their relief the police,
men made no resistance. All the
stores and banks at. Laguayra were
closed. Great excitement prevailed
as the population were afraid that the
town would he shelled by the Anglo
German vessels. A Venezuelan gov
ernment communication to its repre
sentative at Paris, France, protests
that Great Britain and Germany, act
ing in concert, hae committed an act
of hostility In a manner as arbitrary
as It Is unprecedented by the seizure
of Venezuelan vessels lying at Lagi!;
a'vra. The communication says tiiat
Indignation In Venezuela Is at Its
highest pitch and the government In
reporting to reprisals. It has avret
ed the resident subjects of both hos
tile countries and has seized the rail
ways and other undertakings belong
ing to them. At the Brltifh and Ger
man embassies at Washington It wan
said that President Castro's arrests
of German ami British subjects ;n
Venezuela are nufnclcnt ground for a
declaration of war. Mr. Bowen,
United States minister at Carlwa,i,
who had undertaken to look alter too
Interests of British and Germans, at
once detrai.ded or Castro their re
lease. Castro at first demurred, but
when Mr. Bowen produced his au
thority from the German and Brltluh
envoys, who had left Caracas, he con
sented to release tho principal pris
oners, and Mr, Bowen will Insist on
tho release of the remainder. In tho
House of Commons of England Lord
Cranbourne. under foreign secretary,
said that the British claims against
Venezuela that necessitated coercion
Included a demand for compensation
for interference with trading veosels.
tho imprisonment and 111 treatment
of British subjects and the destruc
tion ot the property. .
Tenders HI Resignation.
Philip W. Moen, second vice presi
dent ot tho American Steel and Wire
Company, has resigned and will re
tire from business.
CHANGE INAUGURAL DATE.
April 30 Fixed In Resolution Intro
duced In Congress.
A Joint resolution was Introduced
in tho House by Representative Do
Armond, proposing an amendment to
tho constitution ot the United States,
providing that tho term of the Presi
dent shall continue until April 30,
I'loS, at noon, and thereafter April 30,
at noon, shall ho substituted Instead of
March" 4 as tho beginning and tndln?
of terms of President, vica president,
and that the Fifty-ninth Congress
shall end and the Sixtieth begin on
January 8, 1907, at noon, and there
after 'each Congress shall begin and
end on January 8 at noon.
6CH00L CADET8 DISMISSED.
Military Institute Boys Sent Home
and 40 Others Under Arrest.
For Indulging In disorder 13 chi
clets, members of the third class at
t'uo Lexington (Va.) Militaiy Instl
tutc, were dismissed from the school
and ordered to return to their homes.
The remaining 40 members of the
class wfe under arrest pending action
of the superintendent.
Four Killed by Dynamite.
vl'our men were killed and 10 in
jured, three probably fatally, by tho
explosion of a box of dynamite In No.
5 mine, of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company, at South Wilkes
barre. A $500,000 Fire at Atlanta.
Fire at AtlanU, Ua., burned out the
stores of the Snook & Austin Furni
ture Company, the Jacobs Drug Com
pany, P. M. Rose's liquor store, the
Williams hotel and the Norcross
building. The lots was $500,000.
LATEST NEWS? N0TEJ.
Four Phlladelphi- phblle school!
were forced to close for want of coal
GaluHha A. Grow made what H
called his farewell speech In Con
gress. The government, tariff bill passed
second reading In the German relch
stag. Great Britain disclaimed respnnsl
blllty for seizure of Venezuelan
ships.
The trwn cf Ventura, near Mnsor
City, la., was wiped out by fire, l oss
$30,000.
A newsboy was choked to death h
nn unknown person In Central park.
New York.
A white man was killed by a negrc
nnd lynching vias threatened neat
Stciil'cnvllle.
Claude O'Brien was sentenced U
dentil nt Lexington, Ky., for tho niur
der of A. U. Chlnn.
Mrs. Dora Llgiitnor told on wit
nc. stand at Toledo, O., how shi
killed Lucy Wheeler.
President. Roosevelt will attend the
dedli alien exerclpes of the St. Loui;
txpositlon next April.
British and Gorman residents a'
Puerto Cabolla have been arrested bj
Veno-'.tielan government.
Tho nnnual meeting of the Amor
lean Coal Company will be hell lr
New York December 26.
Fire destroyed the Fostorla (O.)
Claa Specialty Company's plant
Los, $50,000; insurance, $17,000.
Senator Tillman In the SenaH
maintained that Pennsylvania coa
barons t folate constitution with ini
punlty.
George Feever was roasted tr
death at Bird Island, Minn., by hit
foot cat eli lug in the doorway of t
burning house.
Congressman Burton's opimsllion tc
Bromwcll's Ohio river survey reso
lutlon is reported to have effectual!?
pigeon-holed It.
Dr. Ellis Duncan assailant ot
Bruce Head was reinstated by lonla
vllle, Ky., authorities as superintend
ent ot City hospital.
The American Tin Plate Compaii)
hns decided to remove the bar null
division of tho great Elwood (lud.)
plant to Pennsylvania.
Tho catch of the American Fisher
ies Company tills year Is reported l(
have been 1,.'l7o,7RU hnrrels against
807,210 barrels last year.
The first collision between the
striking dockmen nnd police at. Mar
ppIIIps, France, resulted In tho Injury
ot teveral on cac.i side.
George W. Preseott, first president
of th,c Union Iron works, was found
dead at tne Palace hotel. San Fran
cisco, Cal., from heart failure.
The New York Central will pay the
New York .fc Harlem railroad a dlI
dend of 5 per cent on Jntiiiary i to
holders of rocoid December 13.
The president has withdrawn the
Dominican reciprocity treaty from
consideration by the senate at the
request of the Dominican authorities.
Governor Yates' secretary, In con.
mentlng on the answer of Governei
Stono on the stock quarantine, said
Governor Stone was not ruling llll
tiols.
President cf tho Manufacturers
Association told the Civic Federal ior
tlmt there are not enough men In ths
country to work three shifts of eight
hours.
Mr. Carnegie upon his arrival In
New York, said President Roosevelt
and Attorney General Knox were tali
ing the right line In dealing with
trtiFts.
Mans for a combination of tho
Inrger tot. fnctorlos ot the country
are almost completed. Tho combi
nation will have about $2,0u0,00l
capital.
Bishop Talbot and leading woman
member of St. John's Episcopal
church of Huntingdon were dolond
ants in suit for heavy damages by
deposed rector.
James B. Hnwley, acquitted of the
charge of killing his brother at Do
ttolt on tho ground of self-defense.
The brothers were prominent long
shoremen nnd wreckers.
Kdwitrd and Oliver Tompkins, ne
groes, 4 and 2 years old, at Wash
ington, were burned to death. Kosi
Pruo, with whom they wore left In
charge, was placed under arrest.
Unless relief shall bo secured soo.i
packing houso managers at Omaha
Nob., assert that they will have to
closo their plants for want of coal.
After undergoing repairs In the
! Bremerton navy yard the butlienhlr
Wisconsin, re;ertly returned from
Panama, will follow tho Oregon to
the Asiatic station,
Hugh C. Baldwin, at Plalnfleld, N.
J., Is trying to break tho will of his
mother, Mrs. A. C. Baldwin, who
died a month ago. The estate I
valued ot $200,000.
Among the nominations sent to
tho senate by the president was that
of Leonard M. Thomas, of Pennsyl
vania to be second secretary of the
embassy at Rome.
Before the Mine Workers' conveh
tion. at Indianapolis, Ind., L. D. Nlch-
j ols, president of tho largest anthra
rite district, will run against Tom
Lewis, of Ohio, Tor vice president.
First of 65 Carnegio libraries was
dedicated in Now York Saturdafy.
Stato capltol commission of Penn
sylvania closed contract with George
Gray Barnard, sculptor, for marble
decorations for Interior of now cap
ltol. General Krltschlnger and Cam man
ants Joubert and Fouche, formerly ol
tho Boer army, were among the pas
senders on the Atlantic Transport
liner Manltou, which arrived in Now
York.
The board of directors of the Penn
sylvania railroad granted the rcquoat
of General Manager J. B. Hutchinson
to bo relieved of tho duties of that
position, the change to take effeel
January 1, 1903. ,
Dr. C. O. Probst, of Columbus, 0
was elected president of the Amor
lean Public Health Association at
1 New Orleaus. La.,
GEN. LEE RELATES SEGRET HISTORY
SPANISH BLEW UP MAINE.
Tells How He Nearly Killed General
Funtton While He Wat Consul
General In Cuba.
General Fitzhugh Lee, former Con
sul General at Havana, Cuba, ad
dressed the members of the Pntrla
club at Now York on "The United
Ptates and Cuba.'' Ho said In part;
Culm Is well worthy of tho attention
of tho American people. It Is the
richest sot on God's green earth. No
country can ever rival Culm In Its
products. It hnn been waiting for
hnlf a century for American energ;.
and enterprise. If we had not sac
rificed wisdom for sentlmniit wn
would own Cuba to-day. When we
did have Cuba we should have held
on to It, but somo of the people
wanted to show the world that they
were acting for. humanity's sako and
not for the possession nt territory.
Prior to the war with Soaln, when
I was consul general In Cuba, there
wore repeated attempts to assassi
nate mo. Wherever I went I had to
sit with my back to the wall and my
hand on my six-shooter. I received
20 and 30 letters a day In which I
was threatened with all manner of
deaths. Somo threatened to waylay
and strangle me; others to Hiring me
tip to the nearest post, and still
others to tie me to a horse's tall and
drag me around the streets of Ha
vana. Five Spanish women called at
my olP.co one afternoon and handed
me a letter from some 'Spanish of
ficers In which they tlhtvatcned to
come to my office, tie me hand and
feet, put me aboard the Maine nnd
drive mo out of the hnrbor. When
r.onte of these reports were current a
man came Into my office onn day
with the purpose, as I thought, of
killing me. He movpd toward me
Inch by Inch, and, Just as ho came
within reach I hnd him covered with
my gun. I asked him what ho want
ed and, ta my surprise, he said In
Rngllsh: "I havo Just come from
General Gomez's csmp, suffering
from a wound In the thigh. I want
to go back to tho United States." I
asked him whore h came from, and
he said, in the drawllent kind of a
wiay, "from Kansas." That man was
General Frederick Funston. 8o you
eo I had much to do with the later
capttiro of Agulnaldo. General Lee
then related the Incident that fol
lowed tho blowing up of the battle
ship Maine and told of General Blan
co's actions after the catastrophe.
General Bfnnco and his officers ha.1
no more to do with the blowing up of
the Maine than had the people of
New Y'ork city. It Is my belief that
somo ot the voting officers left In the
arsenal by Gentnl Weyler blew up
tho Maine. In conclusion. General
Leo advocated an Increase of the
navy owing to tho growing Interest
nf the United Stutis and becnuno "In
view of recent events wo may bo in
deep water before we knew It."
8TORE ORDER ACT INVALID.
Courts Decide Unconstitutional Law
Advocated by Mine Workers.
The Dauphin county (Pa.) court de
cided In an opinion written by Judo
Slmonton, that tho store order law
was unconstitutional. In a number of
rases tried and decided the court
found the companies against whom
the taxes had boon charged did not
Issue any store orders of tho kind
upon which the net Imposed a tax of
23 per cent on their face value. Tho
ruse nf the IiChlgh Coal and Naviga
tion Company, the court squarely
holds the act to be unconstitutional.
Judge Slmonton says: "Tho taxation
Imnosod on defendent by said act and
charged against It In said settlement
was Intended to do, and If tho act
were sustained, would inflict a pen
alty on defendant for doing, that
which it has a legal and constitu
tional right to do, and tho act Is.
therefore, Invalid and ' ti neon nt lit:
tionnl." This act was ono of the
measures advocated oy the Unllol
Mine Workers.
NUMBER 10 588.072.
Spurious Twenty Dollar Bill Has
Been Put in Circulation.
J. E. Wllkie, chief ef the secret st r
rlee bureau nt Washington. I). C, hns
nntlffet! secret service ni n through
sut tho country to hn -on the lookout
for a new counterfeit Itlin gold cert I.!
ato, which Is being circulated. The
hill boa on it check lottor "C." tho
signatures of J. W. Lyon as r.-gifltet",
Gills H. Roberts n- treisurer, ami
contains a poor picture of ex-President
James A. Garfield. The numb.-r
3t the bill is 588.572. and tho woi !
tranship on it Is very poor The cer
tificates are printed 011 two pieces of
paper, having heavy red and blue sili
thread running through them.
Midshipmen Polioned.
The number of sick midshipmen at
Annapolis has reached 115, nearly a
quarter of the wholo naval academy.
They nre suffering from ptomaine
poison contained In soniothin which
they ate. Several aro 111 enough to
stop work, nnd the naval hospital In
(till, the others being In quarters. It
Is not known what caused tho troit
blo, opinion being divided between
sausage and salad dressing.
Pure Water for Public Use.
The American Public Health Asso
ciation at New York adopted a reso
lutlon .asking ft.r legislation that
would require railroad and steamship
companies and hotols to furnish puro
drinking water.
Deep Snow In the West.
There was seven Inches of snow
In Nebraska December 14, end four
Inches In Kansas. Six inches fell
aver the Rocky Mountain region from
Northern Wyoming to Southern New
Mexico.
INSULAR AFFAIRS.
Cholera Cuts Labor 8upply Rinder
pest Annihilates Water Buffaloes,
Commerce of Philippines.
The bureau of insulnr aflalrs of the
war department, nt Waihlngton ha
ispued the follev.lng comparative
summary of flic crntmerro of the
Philippine- Islands' for the seven
month ending July 31, 1102 and
11 1 : Th" total value of merchan
dise, exclusive ef g:ild and silver, Im
ported durlr the neven months e.-nd-ed
Julv 31, 1!HI2, was $1!),aiO,4J7. as
against $17,132,205 for tho r.amn
period ef 1!MM. Tho principal In
crease In V'o2 was In fr.s.l stnfls, the
purchaMP of rice alone rxiecding the
Hyiros for 1f)oi bv nearly $1.500,0011,
Gold and silver was Imported during
the seven routes nf 1!io2 to the vultm
of $3,020,747. same period r.r 1!ml.
$1.2.10.2!' The v.ilne of Import
coming fro'i th Uttlied Slate In
1'J02 was $2.l31.s:i, against approxi
mately $300,000. n f.onipat'pd w.llh
1!'o. A?i-lcultui al Industries through
out, the nrchipclatro have been ma
terially affected owing to the unfortu
nate destruction of the work cattle by
an epidemic of rinderpest, a dlsense
that has practically annihilated the
earnbao or water buffalo, and the out
break of cholera, which has curtailed
the already limited stir-ply of labor.
These tinlavorablo renditions In ad
dition to tho effect of frequent
changes tnking place In tho present
currency standard, an early nnd sat
isfactory solution of whlcli situation
the bureau says Is absolutely essential
to thfl business Interests of the Luanda
produced a falling r.ff In tho exports
for the seven menths ended July 31,
1!)02, nf nearly $l,ono,oun. as com
pared with the f-c.rrcf ponding- period
of the previous year, th" figures for
i!0 showing S13.8S3.2I.1. against
$14.SI5,71 In Ifjoi. Gold and silver
was exported to the vnlttp of $2,oi!t..
717 In 1!)o2. agnlpst $33.181 In 1901,
The annual export trade of the Is
lands since American occupation a
compared with tho ciitput prior to
toat time, has Improve I so rapidly
that the present monthly averazt
notwithstanding the adverse contll.
lions that have prevailed during thu
seven months cf the current year, Is
In excess of tho computed ratio based
on the Knowing cf former years.
BEAUTIFUL LIFE FINISHED.
Mrs. U. 8. Grant Died at Washington
of Heart Trouble.
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, widow of
President Grant, died at her resl
dence In Washington, D. C, at 11:17
o'clock Sunday night. Death was due
to heurt failure. Mrs. Grant hnvlng
suffered for somo years from valvu
lar disease of the heart, which was
nzpraratcd by a severe attack of
bronchitis. Her age prevented her
rallying from the elliacktt. Her
daughter, Nellie Grant Snrtorls, was
the only ono of Iter children with her
at L-he time of her death, her threo
sons hnd been summoned, not ltav
ns reached the city.
CABLE FLA8HE3.
Dispatches from Naples says Vesu
vi'.is assuming a threatenlrg ap
pearance. A number ot sr.mller open
Inpn have appeared around the groat
center.
Tho Victoria hotel in Quebec, Can
ada, wns completely destroyed by
lire. Tho guests and employes es
enped uninlnred. Loss, .$1111,01111; ln
httrance, $75,iMlli,
The Hrltlsh cruiser Charybdls and
tho German cruiser Vinetn bombard
ed the fortress at Puerto Cnbollo.
Vop.ezneln, Saturday and quickly
silenced It. The bombardment lasted
4S minutes, nnd was in retaliation
for a mob tearing down a Itrltish
lla.
A d'apatch from Wllleinstad. Cura
cao, dated December 11. says that lb?
foreign residents of Puerto Cabeilo,
Vonoi.uehi, nrj taking refuge on
board tho German cruiser Vlneta and
lite liritish cruiser Ariadne, and that
these vessels are threatening to bom
bard tho port.
The report of the conimllteo of the
Houso of Commons of Knglnnd on
steamship subsidies Is against the
principle of grnuting subsidies. It
I'ndH that British ship owners have
not Fiilfeied much from the foslerlns
effects of stilnddiea paid by foreign
governments.
At a mans meeting of Porto Klcans,
held in liilo. Honolulu, a resolution
was' adopted providing for a commit
tee to ask Congress to Rend the Porto
KlcHiis. who are In Hawaii, back to
their own country. They, aro mostly
destitute, mid many of them are very
anxious to return to Porto Woo,
Tho great Nllo reservoir and dam
n Afsonnn, Egypt, wero opened De
cember lo In the presence of tlio
khfvilve, tho duke and duchess of
Connnniht, Lord Cromer, the Iiriil.ih
a:-'o;it ami consul general In IVypt.
tm.l Lady Cromer; the ministers and
lunnv other distinguished poraoris.
The Sultan of Morocco's forces
havii been defeated with serious loss
on the road to Rabat. After defeat
ing tho Zcm incur tribe recently the
Snltr.n's army encountered another
rebel force and a sanguinary flffht fol
lowed, with the result that tho army
was compelled 'to retire toward Fez.
General Alexis Nord, who was war
nilrLiter under tho provisional gov
ernment, entered the capital of Haiti
at the head of his army. He was ac
corded a sympathetic reception by
the people. It is generally believed
that in cure ho announces himself
a candidate for the presidency his
eleollon to that office is assured.
Chancellor von Buelow, In his argu.
ment on the third reading of the
tariff bill In the German relehstag,
ttald the allied governments would
accept the bill and also tho abolition
of the municipal octrois since tho
dote fixed for taking offec't in 1910.
Tho Increase on meata runs from
$1.50 a hundred ou bacon to $1.75 on
meat delicacies.
Minister Bowen has suddenly be
come famous In Germany.
1HB MAHHEXB,
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REVIEW OF TRADE.
Retail Butlness Flourishing -Sales
Lsrgely Exceed Those of Corre
sponding Week Last Year.
It. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
ot Trade says: Lower temperature
and holiday demands have combined
to accelerate retail trade, Bales large
ly exceeding tlio corresponding week
In preceding years. Much postponej
business is being mado up and ship
pin,? departments are crowded with
work, but wholesale trade has ruled
quiet. Railroad earnings for Novem
ber exceeded latlt year's by 7 per
cent and those of 1900 by 20.5 per
cent. At first glance the sudden rise
In furnace stocks of pig Iron to 91.
295 tons compared with 71.8&8 on No
vember 1, might suggest that con
sumption was below production, but
obviously any accumulation that oc
curs Is due to lock of transporting
facilities, since needs are urgent, as
evidenced by the Imports of eastern
steel works. The pressure Is still
greatest for railway supplies, with
structural material next as to urg
ency of demand. Small supplemen
tary orderti for spring shoes are re
ceived by New England shops, but
the season Is practically over. Aside
from activity In Union sole, tne leath
er market has been quiet. Further
recessions have occurred in domestic
hides. On the other hand, foreign
dry hides are firmly held, desplto in
creased receipts. Conditions are
practically unchanged as to cotton
goods, a fair volume of orders pre
venting accumulation at tho mills.
Quotations are steady and export
sales of heavy brown cottons con
tinue small. Woolen goods for next
fall have been opened at an average
advance of from 5 to 10 per cent.
Failures this week In the United
Stutcs are 2(i!. against J04 last week,
213 the preceding week and 273 th.i
corresponding week laU year; in
Canada, 3d, against 13 last week, 16
the preceding week and 17 last year.
Uradstreet's says: Retail distribu
tion, further stimulated by colder
weather and the advance of the kolt
Jay season, has expanded largely,
until It easily occupies Hist position
in the trade situation. Wheat, includ
ing flour, exports for the week end
ing December 11, aggregate 3.701.047
biibhcls, against 5,704.410 bushels last
week: 3.8711.809 In this week last
year, and 4,785,577 in 1000. Wheat
exports since July 1 aggregate 120,
507.495 buHhels, agulnut 136,303,381
bushels lattt scutum, and 8ti,Oiis,0O3
bushels In 1900. Corn exports ag
gregate 1,301.28(1 bUHHiftls. aalp,st
1,151,5(13 bushols last week; 287,307
hut-hols last year and 4,853,458 bush
els in 1900, For the fiscal year ex
ports are 5,160,186 bushels, against
19,794,958 bushels last season and
84,908,390 bushels In 1900. Cold
weather and snow have helped dis
tribution at retail in the Northwest
and the outlook is for an unprece
dented holiday distribution on the
Pacific coast J
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